i would be hesitant to do so. >> bill: look, here is the deal with bob schieffer. he knows that candy crowley got hammered. he also knows that he is liberal. sheef ser a liberal. i worked with him. schieffer is a liberal. so there is nothing wrong with it. bob schieffer is entitled to do whatever he wants to do. he has to ask about libya. i would assume he would ask president obama the question first. you would assume the guy on the scene you ask. so let's assume, if schieffer doesn't ask libya, he has to retire tomorrow. maybe he wants to because he is 75. it's the big story. it's everywhere. big foreign policy story is libya. so it has to be asked. now, what i'm asking you is, does romney take that issue and try to just nail the president with it putting him on the defensive for the rest of the debate? >> i would think he would try to make the most of it. i suspect he would go about it in such a way that he'll look presidential in doing it. what that means, you don't do it like a strual brawl. you do it like somebody who is bidding to be commander in chief. >> bil

that's right. ( laughter ) 75-year-old bob schieffer. . 75 years old, or as florida residents call that, a 'tween. ( laughter ) when the ladies of boca got a look at bob, they're like, "who's the fresh meet?" i thought bob schieffer did a great job. before the debate bob schieffer instructed the audience not to clap for anything reason because in his house that makes the light go on and off. ( laughter ) woman, this is not bob schieffer's first time. he moderatedly the bush-kerry debates in 2004, and the lincoln-douglas debate in 1858. >> schieffer: in today's world, i can take that. we'll be right back with an update on hurricane sandy, stay with us. ,,,,,,,, >> schieffer: we're back with david bernard from wfor fair final update on hurricane sandy. david. >> bob, we're looking at a really big storm here. this is the latest information just in from the hurricane center, and the storm is moving northeast at 14. it's about 500 miles south of new york city, and the track remains the same. we're looking at a landfall tomorrow night, early tu

the questions coming from the moderator, bob schieffer. the first question will focus on america's role in the world. there are 615-minute segments, followed by an opening discussion on afghanistan and pakistan. the red lines be the third topic, followed by a changing middle east, and the conversation will rise -- will conclude on the rise of china and tomorrow's world. the format similar to what we have in the first debate that took place on the campus of the university of denver. this is the third and final debate. anthony in north carolina, an undecided voter. what question would you ask? >> after the comments a leading to the 47%, from the conservative party, and the debt is that everybody seems to be concerned about, and entitlements cannot conserve of this talk about, as either candidate in their foreign policy discussed foreign aid the countries? that be something they would consider? would that be something that maybe we should be talking about instead of blaming our problems on the poor in this country? maybe we should keep some o

>> you were brought up by bob schieffer. again? bob schieffer drowned you out.eil: he is talking right now, do you think that, benghazi should be a big part of this discussion tonight? >> it has to be, because only now we are getting the fact its turns out, neil we have a drone overhead, from time battle started on september 11 about 4:00 washington time. that was reporting from the get go. and that throughout, both people at the con-- conlet and our embassy were telling state department what was happening, think about this. neil, only an hour away. there were forces there special forces, f-18 squadron could have been there within an hour that battle went on for 7 hours, nothing was done to provide help, that could have saved lives. neil: i bet you are right it does come up tonight, i do apologize, bob for noise, and how loud it is, bob schieffer's level was yours and you were rightly confused. they are getting ready, we'll go to a cric quick break, more rigt after this. y small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles o

it doesn't get better than bob schieffer. >> bob: good point.romney were to come out with a statement we ought to show strength there our leadership ability and the reaganesque thing, what if somebody says to him what are you going to do about it? >> eric: good point. a lot of people are saying -- the left was on this morning. schultz on the talk show as well trying to define romney as a guy looking for another war. on the right they say he doesn't look to start another war with iran. romney needs to say here i am on the issue. libya. egypt, iran. >> bob: do you think he is in a position to say where he is on egypt? >> eric: he has to. he has to say this is where i am on tissue and i want to be president. i better define in no uncertain terms where i am. you talk about peace through strength what about the topic of defense cut? that has to take a major portion of this. >> eric: it didn't come up once. never ever brought up. it may tonight with bob schieffer, not sure. even the rnc they are look to hone in whether or not there was a coverup after

>> let's talk about the debate with the man who was in the middle, bob schieffer, the host of "face the nation." first, bob, congratulations. it was a great debate between the two candidates, where we had a full exchange of the views. what was it like being there? >> it's very exciting. and it's also -- i mean, you're just sitting there and you're so close. you feel like you can -- well, you can, you can almost reach out and touch both of them. and you get to see the reaction, when they're looking each other straight in the eye and both of them did that. and occasionally, they would just turn to me and look at me for a while. but, you know, i thought it came off pretty well. my objective going into this, norah, was to come away feeling that people got a better understanding of who these people were and what they're all about. and i kind of felt like that that may have happened last night. >> we get to see their demeanor on camera, the way they're looking at each other in that split screen. you get to see them up close and personal. is there a lot of attention between these two men? >> w

let you know i called bob schieffer today to offer friendly conservative advice. eone said she would give bob the message. miff phone hasn't rung all day but i'm still holding out hope. mr. schieffer, please. >> bob: even your wife hasn't called you? >> eric: she did but mr. schieffer didn't call. look at this new ad. it's the frightening reality struggling in the obama economy. greg has that and celebrity fantasy ads from the obama camp. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: so i got to wonder if the cool celebrity ads for obama really work. they keep making them so obama must think you can boo wooed by people who make millions playing make believe. i guess they think they know better and they love telling you why. >> time to go to the local polling place, scratch your name off the list and vote. this year it's not going to be that easy. there are brand new super [bleep] laws presented as a way to prevent voter fraud but are in fact designed to make it hard for people to vote. >> what stuff is important to you in upcoming election? >> jobs. >> marriage equality. >> climate change. >>

this is a little known fact about bob schieffer. has been wearing purple socks for a year and a half plus because he vowed to wear them after his alma mater won the rose bowl and they knew that inside the romney campaign. >> i hope bob has a lot of pairs of purple socks. >> we are told, i can report, he has a lot of pairs of purple socks. >> i was unaware of that. >> i have a lot of pairs of black socks. i assume you do as well. >> i've got like two. i'm cheap. >> i got a lot of pairs. we're going to obviously, bob schieffer is going to bring up what's going on in libya, what's happened in libya since the the 11th an veniversary of 9/11. there's a lot of dispute when the administration knew how dangerous the situation was in bengha benghazi. >> question, should the administration have known more, say things that were inconsistent? it's important to go back. it's important to go back on june 2012, that was an explosion, so it should have been no surprise to anyone, especially the the state department and white house, there was a dice

bob schieffer, thank you. congrats. and a good debate. >> good job, bob. >>> two torpds ss ss ss -- tornadoes touched down northern california monday knocking down trees and power lines, another struck south of sacramento damaging some buildings. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> we had a few showers overnight a chance of a few more showers to come outside. a lot of clouds moving across our skies and well, some very cool temperatures to start out the day. so if you are heading around the bay area showers are winding down a little bit headed further to the south still a chance of isolated showers today. cooler temperatures though only in the 60s. expecting more rain to come overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. then we dry out on thursday and friday. this next weekend looks like a lot of 70s showing up around the bay area. >>> mitt romney hears from conservative critics after last night's debate. some say he didn't hit president obama hard enough on libya. this morning, we'll talk with bill o'reilly about the

let vees bob schieffer waste time and ask that question. you think what you think is going on across america. >> eric: the right, the left seems to take apart romney saying binders, that is important. but president obama saying not optimal about four dead -- >> bob: do you think that -- >> kimberly: murdered americans are totally preventable. i think the american people care about it. >> you have to respect that. >> greg: it's more about the choice of words is that jon stewart used. if the shoe were on the other foot, if romney was involved in this, he would be crucif crucifyed. >> bob: big bird and binders. i'd have the same reaction if bob schieffer wasted time on big bird and binders as "optimal." the idea this is preventable is unsubstantiated. >> dana: i don't think that eric is suggesting that bob schieffer should ask about word "optimal." he is asking about the bigger picture. stay tuned. if you're interested in the story to "special report." james rosen got actual state department cables that go back there. they are so sobering. it'

bob schieffer of cbs news is the moderator. the debate is being held at the johnson wold performing arts

here's a look at the topics for tonight's debate as selectioned by bob schieffer. beginning with america's role in the world, followed by what he is calling our longest war, afghanistan and pakistan. then the so-called red lines, israel and iran, a changing middle east, followed by the new face of terrorism and concluding the 90-minute debate with the rise of china and tomorrow's world. the next hour and a half we're going to preview what to expect from lynn university. as always, we want to hear from you. our phone lines are open. the question we're asking -- what would you ask if you were posing questions to president obama and governor romney? 202 is the area code, 737-00016789 our lines for those supporting the president and 202-737-0002 for those supporting governor mitt romney. undecided voters, 202-628-0205. you can also weigh in on our

let you know i called bob schieffer today to offer friendly conservative advice. is assistant and someone said she would give bob the message. miff phone hasn't rung all day but i'm still holding out hope. mr. schieffer, please. >> bob: even your wife hasn't called you? >> eric: she did mr. schieffer didn't call. look at this new ad. it's the frightening reality struggling in the obama economy. greg has that and celebrity fantasy ads from the obama camp. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] start with an all new award winning car. good. now find the most hard core driver in america. that guy, put him in it. what's this? [ male announcer ] tell him he's about to find out. you're about to find out. [ male announcer ] test it. highlight the european chassis, 6 speed manual, dual exhaust, wide stance, clean lines, have him floor it, spin it, punch it, drift it, put it through its paces, is he happy? oh ya, he's happy! [ male announcer ] and that's how you test your car for fun. easy. [ male announcer ] and that's how you test your car for fun. customer erin swenson bought so, i'm

i think both sides have been pretty praiseworthy of bob schieffer.tack the guy before the debate even takes place. jon: history's always worth noting. jim pinkerton, thank you, alan as well. jenna: it's a crucial battleground state, one both candidates desperately want to win, and now a new report just how far governor romney may be going to secure it on november 6th. >>> also, counting down to the final presidential debate. we're going to look at how this faceoff will matter in the overall fight for the white house. we are the house when it comes to the big game. yeah. it's his thing. i don't even participate. boom! here it comes! bring it back! bring it home! [ male announcer ] when you combine creamy velveeta with zesty rotel tomatoes and green chilies, you get a bowl of queso that makes even this get-together better. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. jenna: well, we are your election headquarters, 15 days left until th

bob. >> schieffer: okay, thank you very much, elaine. before we turn to politics, one other weather note. governor cuomo has announced that the new york subway bus and train system will shut down at 7:00 p.m. tonight. there's also news this morning on the campaign front. mitt romney has won the endorsement of the "des moines register" in battleground state iowa. this has not gone to a republican presidential candidate since richard nixon. so to get some reaction to that, and other things, we go to our go-to guy in arizona for news, weather, and sports, john mccain. how's the weather out there, senator? and good morning to you. >> it's very nice and balmy. i think the storm may not reach arizona. but, obviously, the disruption of the airline-- the whole nation, obviously, and our prayers and thoughts are with those who line the path of the storm, and we'll keep praying. >> schieffer: all right. i want to ask you about that endorsement by the "des moines register." i mean, sometimes endorsements matter. sometimes they don't. it what about

tonight's debate will be broken into six separate sections, moderated by bob schieffer. each focusing on a foreign policy hot spot. we want to drill down on some of these. the contrast between the governor and president. first we want to start with libya because there's a new report out today from the "wall street journal" that supports what the white house said about the intelligence briefing. here's what stephanie cutter from the obama campaign said about libya today on "morning joe." >> mitt romney on the day of that tragedy when he came out and shot from this and before he had any facts blamed the united states. so, blamed the president. >> so sean, a president romney would presumably have been given this same information. how can he credibly claim his response would be any different than that of president obama's? >> well what governor romney was responding to at the time as you recall that the embassy in cairo had put out a statement talking about appeasement and that a video and trying to -- the folks that were attacking the embassy in cairo, it wasn't something t

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. welcome to peacethe nation. david axelrod, of course, is a senior campaign strategist, the senior campaign strategist for president obama. thank you for coming this morning. and we're joined by "cbs this morning" cohost norah o'donnell, and political director john dickerson. i'm just going to start, mr. axelrod, with the obvious question-- what happened? >> well, what happened was the president showed up with the intent of answering questions and having a discussion, an honest discussion about where we go as a country, and governor romney showed up to deliver a performance, and he delivered a very good performance. it was completely unrooted in fact. it was completely unrooted in the position he's taken before, and he spent 90 minutes trying to undo two years of campaigning. he did very well. >> schieffer: are you saying governor romney lied or was dishonest? >> yeah, i think he was dishonest, absolutely. when he said he never proposed deadline 5 trillion in

. >>> many think that bob schieffer did a good job as moderator with one notable exception. >> your response that? i would just ask you, would you have stuck with mubarak? >> america decline every year for middle income families, now down $4,300 during your term. >> pakistan has arrested the doctor who captured obama's bin laden. >> bob schieffer said to my wife, did i say that? she said, yes, you did. a little mistake. what are you going to do? >>> president obama will appear live on mtv friday. >>> if you thought the presidential debate could use jazzing up, guess what? the internet as usual is here to help with a little auto tune. >> your response to that. i would just ask you, would you have stuck with mubarak? >> it's true in order for us to be competitive -- >> america decline every year for middle income families. >> all right. a little technical difficulty. there's the auto tune of the debate. if you want to see the whole thing, head to my website and twitter pages. apparently we have it now. take a listen. >> for violating rules we are going to insist that china plays by the same ru

. >> jon: next week crowley and bob schieffer follows up.he president a mitt romney will meet for the second time. you can wam it right here. next on news watch the liberal spin cycle to defend the president. >> are you saying that governor romney lied? >> plenty of people pointed out what a liar mitt romney is. >> we didn't expect an aggressively dishonest debater. >> following the president's poor performance in the first debate the obama campaign is playing defense and the media are playing along. what is in store for next week's debate? answers is next on news watch. of any small business crit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, everday! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capitalne. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? >> are you saying that governor romney lied or di

we begin with debate moderator bob schieffer of cbs news. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened? governor romney, he said this was an example of an american policy in the middle east that is unraveling before our very eyes. i'd like to hear each of you give your thoughts on that. governor romney, you won the toss. you go first. >> thank you, bob, and thank you for agreeing to moderate this debate this evening. thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here, mr. president, it is good to be with you again. we were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and it's nice to maybe

the moderator will be chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. a new quinnipiac university-cbs nes-"new york times" poll focuses on ohio. >> president obama now has a five-point advantage over governor mitt romney, 50% to 45%. romney has cut the president's lead in half since september and the same poll found prefers the president on foreign policy but his lead has shrturning in the past month. when they were asked who was the strong leader more ohio voters choose romney and when asked if the candidates care about their needs and problems the president had the advantage. jan crawford is in boca raton, florida and covering the prep regulates from the romney campaign. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. romney has spent much of his day yesterday in debate prep huddled with his advisers getting ready to square off tonight on that stage. he did take a break yesterday to go out and meet with his campaign team which was having a quick game of touch football against the press on the beach. he had some advice for his team which was really insightful

. >> pelley: reports from nancy cordes, jan crawford and debate moderator bob schieffer. and bill whitaker in los angeles with a program bringing kids from the chaos of the streets into harmony with the world. >> music is like my meditation. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. investigators say they could see with their naked eyes black specks of deadly fungus floating in viles of steroids due to be injected into patients across the country. late today authorities said a criminal investigation would be opened and they would move to revoke the license of new england compounding center. that's the pharmacy identified as the source of contaminated drugs that have caused a meningitis outbreak in at least 17 states. 300 people have come down with the disease, 23 have died, and federal officials say the outbreak is spreading. with this rapidly developing story, here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: the preliminary investigation has revealed a lack of basic laboratory standards at new england compounding center. to

and you can watch the debate right here on cbs 5, cbs news with bob schieffer is going to be moderating after the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley and a coin toss determined that romney is going to get the first response to the first question and also the final closing statement. i'm grace lee, cbs 5. >>> a judge handed down the maximum sentence for a bay area teenager involved in a reckless driving crash that devastated an east bay family. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington was inside the courtroom. >> losing them has been devastating. >> reporter: and devastated family and friends of solaiman and ha dees nuri were devastated holding up pictures of their lost ones. the man was sentenced today who killed them receiving the maximum penalty 7 years and 8 months for vehicular manslaughter. >> based on his actions they speak louder than words, i think this is a person who needs help. >> reporter: david rosen now 18 was driving recklessly when his suv careened off treat boulevard in concord in april hitting 41-year-old nuri and his two daughters who were righting bikes. his daughter hanna

tonightee format is six 50-minute segment of the hot spot chosen by bob schieffer, including america's role in world. afghanistan, iran and china. two full segments will focus on the middle east and the new face of terror. which leads the president vulnerable on his claims that al-qaeda is on the road to defeat. the administration seems to push back with a leak to the "wall street journal" this weekend. revealing the c.i.a. told the president for more than a week the attack in benghazi grew out of a spontaneous protest. except the president story has been that he immediately declared it terror in the rose garden. >> this was an act of terror. >> which means the time line is confused again. >> that is what the c.i.a. best intelligence was. why is obama, why is president obama claim he called it terror the day after? >> well, of course it involves an act of terror. >> the top administration officials are claiming there was an agreement for one-on-one talks. the white house deny it but the democrats use that to jump out there and say the president plan on sanctions has been vindicated. ir

that of course is bob schieffer. we'll talk with vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan and bill o'reily will be here in studio 57. we'll & how he thinks the final two weeks of the campaign will unfold. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. >> we'll be watching. we especially want to larry what bob has -- hear what bob has to say. >>> the president and mitt romney went head to head over foreign policy, each trying to paint the other as less qualified to be commander in chief in a time of crisis. >> kristin fisher joins us live from the satellite center with a look at the final showdown. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. both campaigns are claiming victory this morning. no surprise there. but what was surprising at least for average americans was the complete role reversal between the first and final debate. the president went from being sleepy to super aggressive while mitt romney went from attacking to at times agreeing with his opponent. now, don't worry, there were still plent

of drones and that he would in fact continue with them and maybe even extend them the question bob schieffer of course didn't get into the issue of what it is that these drones do which is that they assassinate people on the orders of the president without any kind of jew process any kind of. trials courts of law anything at all it's just a program of assassination. i was thinking you know not i'm not going to get all upset about i'm not going to get all upset about drones when the president has scaled down one war in his has pretty much ended another i'm not going to get all that upset about drones i think well there's a reason it's also launched excuse me the president also launched a war in libya he launched that war about at least thirty thousand people were killed in libya. because now only be able. to spot as a result of that intervention. george well that's only a little easier is always i showed up in american hands and that's a war it's a war and when violence is used like that ok let's talk about absolutely what something hospital as a result or a little bit about what about the vi

we'll see how bob schieffer does to tease it out. that's why we'd end up returning to libya. even if mitt romney won't say what he'd do differently, that's the biggest point of contention between them. >> do you agree with anne cornblut on this? they're similar to what governor romney says he would have in place if he were elected. the only real difference tonight where you would see the heat, if i should say, people are craving slib ya. >> i think it's yes and no. >> based on the romney today. not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen here, i think that romney will go into this debate and try to hug the president where he can, and kin

. >> reporter: expect moderator bob schiefferer to spend plenty of time on libya. on sunday, republican senator marco rubio suggested the obama campaign tried to keep the foreign policy focus on the death of bin laden. >> is that why for two weeks they told us that the libyan incident in benghazi was a popular uprising and not a terrorist attack? because it ran counter to their campaign there. >> reporter: obama campaign officials say it's not their candidate who is playing politics with libya. >> even while the flames were burning in benghazi, mitt romney was sending out political press releases. >> reporter: president obama had a lead in the polls when the debates began. but the race has gotten tighter since then and the new cbs news poll of a key swing state shows the same result. in the battleground state of ohio, the president leads mitt romney 50 to 45% down from a 10- point lead at the end of september. >> the president created this false image of mitt romney in the minds of some voters knocked down in the first debate. >> reporter: the obama campaign has pl

host: there is a number in "-- from "bob schieffer."ost: we will dig more into foreign policy and its role in campaign 2012. right now, we would like to hear from you. what is your foreign policy question in tonight's debate? jane? caller: good morning. i would like to thank c-span for a most informative show. i am 63 years old and i hope that you have given me the time that you have given the other people. i am also a 100% disabled veteran. we served directly under general colin powell. foreign policy, there is such a thing as business. mitt romney has conducted business in europe and asia for over 20 years with the bank company. mitt romney has just as much experience in foreign policy as the president does because he conducts business. he has long conducted business in europe in the cayman islands and everywhere else. so, this excuse about him not having the experience that the president has, he does not have the knowledge. and he has just as much knowledge from the bush and administration, from his own campaign. he is so inexperienc