jackie d'angelis, thanks so much. when the dust settles from tonight's debate team obama is going to bank on a big comeback. today's polling indicates obama failed to make his case for a second term last week. that was one of his big problems. the question tonight is can joe biden do any different or any better? i'm not going to bet on it, and who can blame it. it's an impossible argument to make. how should paul ryan play the debate tonight. well, my advice to paul ryan is stay on the growth message outlined by mitt romney last week. tax, spending, regulatory reform. higher take home pay for the middle class, and when joe biden tries to wave his foreign policy credentials, well, simply remind voters about benghazi gate and the cover-up. they lied to the american people. they must be held accountable, and by the way, by the way, if joe biden starts talking about his trillion dollar tax hike on successful earners and small businesses, paul ryan should jump right on that. you can do it politely, paul. mitt romney did it

cnbc's jackie d'angelis joins us with more on that and all the breaking headlines coming into the cnbcoom. good evening, jacky. >> good evening, larry. a new study from pew research center finds that americans in their late 30s are most worried about financing retirement. three years ago at the end of the recession boomers nearing retirement were the age group most concerned about affording retirement. now it's the boomers' older children. not sure they will have enough savings. investors watched the market see-saw. all three indices down and then up. at one point the dow was down more than 100 point but closed basically flat. plus, we have this tonight, larry, as the number of meningitis cases nears 300, the shutdown of an affiliate of the new england compounding center responsible for the tainted drug that caused the outbreak may impact patient. the centers for disease control working with the company to make sure their products are safe and stirl. larry, back over to you. >> thanks very much. now, we're going to switch gears to america's security breakdown in benghazi, ending in the