and all things katherine fenton were fair game. and not just on twitter. e conservative publication "free beacon" printed this article. written anonymously, the article suggested katherine's twitter account revealed she liked to get wet at happy hour and that purple juice was her choice to get blackout drunk. >> a lot of what they found was taken out of context. that's why i felt no need to even defend it or address it, because they're inside jokes. i'm 24, yes, i drink. that's legal. yes, i have had boyfriends. all of that seems pretty normal to me. >> reporter: any regret in asking that question? >> zero. i would do it again if i had the chance. >> reporter: what angers her most, though, is that those attacking her don't know anything about her. she's a teacher. her parents are ultra-conservative, she says, and she's a registered independent who voted for republican john mccain in 2008. this year, she's having a hard time choosing a candidate, because she wants more specifics. she likes obama care because it's allowed her to stay on her parents' health in

what do you say to michael jones. >> thanks for having me on. >> about his doubts and katherine fentonll undecided after last night's debate, doesn't feel her questions were really answered. >> well, y heard the president outline the progress we've made since the financial crisis last night, losing 800,000 jobs a month when he came into office, businesses have created more than 5.2 million jobs, manufacturing is resurgent which had been in decline, auto industry back, investing in areas like community colleges and working training to ensure our workers haves the skills needed to compete in the 21st century economy and i think he exposed governor romney's plans for what they were, a tax deal. middle-class families that their taxesens would go up. >> do you feel that it was too contentious because there are some who say that it was really unpleasant or difficult to watch, especially women voters undecided votersuncomfortable t watch. especially women. were they too much in each other's face? >> well, you know, the president feels passionately of what's at stake for the middle class in th

katherine fenton -- an undecided voter from last week's town hall debate -- asked a question about women equality in the workplace. now, she's speaking out about the final debate. i'm definitely looking forward to the next debate, i would like to hear what they have to say, especially what they have to say about the position of america in the middle east changing - i'm very interested in iran's nuclear capabilities, i think a lot of the focus for voters is on domestic policy, but we've had debates about that, so i'm very curious on monday to see what new questions arise. on sunday, romney runningmate paul ryan campaigned in council bluffs, iowa...while the presidential candidates hunkered down to prepare for monday. i'm cristina mutchler reporting >> we will have all of your election news on our website. you can watch tomorrow night's debate on our website as we stream it live >>coming up.... a key political figure during the nixon years passes away.. plus - he's 86-years-old and hasn't been seen in months. the latest on the health of former cuban leader fidel castro. and moviegoers are

that's the question he was asked about katherine fenton. he talks about fair pay and the binder. he said, i got to be 50 years old, and the governor of a state, and i did not know in my own rolodex i did not know women who are qualified to work with me. that sounds to me quite devastating. >> that's not what he said. >> it is exactly. >> what he said is i have to ask somebody else, which was a lie, t i have to ask somebody else to tell me who can work with me in the statehouse. if this person is going to be able to support women and help women when he gets into the white house? he doesn't know. then he has to, again, ask, which is untrue. the other part is katherine fenton is a 24-year-old kindergarten teacher and all she did was ask a question about fair pay. she's being attacked now, and this is the way that people who try to speak out. she's not an activist. she's not doing the sandra fluke thing. she's attacked and this is a way of silencing people to speak out. that to me is rather disgusting. >> okay. up next in the guest spot, renowned presidential historian michael besloh

an audience member, katherine fenton, gave both candidates the perfect opening. >> in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in its workplace, specifically regarding female who make only 72% of what their male counter parts earn. >> catherine, this was a great question. i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. >> reporter: president obama pointed out the first bill he signed when he took office gave women more leeway to sue employers over unequal pay. >> i have two daughters and i want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. >> reporter: romney argued he made hiring women a priority when he was elected governor of massachusetts in 2002. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks? they brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: today, jesse mermell, who oversaw the group that compiled those binders said this

yesterday to personally attack one tuesday night's presidential debate questioners you may remember katherine fenton twenty four year old pre-kindergarten teacher who asked a question about equal pay for men and women in the workforce the free beacon publish an article yesterday spearing including using her past tweets to discredit and shame her the fact that the free beacon chose to publicly attack ms fountain is deplorable but there's a larger issue here by the fact that we live in the twenty first century pay equity is still a very large problem in america the conservatives are doing all they can to ignore the issue they're perfectly content to you and the left men more than women. and the very very ugly ohio secretary of state john huston two different federal courts have said that ohio republicans. efforts to restrict early voting and not go forward and yesterday the supreme court even weighed in rejecting another attempt by ohio republicans to go ahead with limiting early voting state that's not enough for hostile we still determine to go ahead with limiting early voting lasted as skirting the

. >> you know, if fairness to governor romney we circle back to katherine fenton, the 24-year-old who asked that question and she said neither candidate really responded to her question about pay inequity. i think the president was trying to run through all of the effective points he hadn't made in denver and they didn't really respond as effectively as they could have. >> and the president -- >> to the questions themselves. >> the president on issues like that, the way it seems to me is that he feels like everybody must know that he signed the lilly ledbetter fair act on his first day in office and this what is that did and why it was important in terms of women trying to get equal -- trying to get recourse for equal pay discrimination in the courts. he feels like people knows that about his record and he didn't spell that out. just mentioned it and moved on to other issues he thought might be important to women voters. as we get closer to date you get more people paying attention who have not paid attention to anything else in politics all year long. you have to start at square one

. >> it's katherine fenton who has a question for you. >> in what new ways do you intend to rectify thequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? >> katherine, this is a great question. you know, i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education. even though she was smart as a whip. she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up become her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why -- one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called lilly ledbetter bill. it's named after this amazing woman, who had been doing same job as a man for years, found out that she was getting paid less, and the

. >> and it's katherine fenton, who has a question for you. >> in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? >> well, katherine, this is a great question. you know, i was raised by a single mom, who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called the lily ledbetter bill. and this is named after this amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she

in case you missed it, a woman named katherine fenton asked the candidate in what new ways she wouldmen who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks. they brought us binders full of women. >> binders full of women trending on twitter. there is a new account romney's underscore binder that has 14,000 followers this morning. some funny stuff in there including the suggestion that perhaps romney's binder idea came from the time when bain bought staples. the obama campaign has a new truth squad video out today that shows romney's response and then juxtaposes that with the president's answer. >> obama: when governor campaign's was asked about the lilly ledbetter act, whether he supported it he said i'll get back to you. >> it goes on to show romney's condescending view us toward him and cut planned parenthood and how they're not just women's issues but economic issues and family issues. there is a new ad online called binders full of women.com. it shows the details on the rotten romne

. >> moderator: katherine fenton has a question for you. >> in what new ways do you intend to legislatey -- rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically females who earn less than their male counterparts. obama: i was raised by a single mom who put herself through school while looking after two kids, and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to ensure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, he started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education even though she was smart as a whip. she worked up to be a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses in the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- thee first bill i signed was called lilly ledbetter bill named after an amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she was getting paid less, and the supreme court said she couldn't bring suit because she should have found out about it earl

and it's katherine fenton, who has a question for you. >> in what new ways to you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? obama: well, katherine, that's a great question. and, you know, i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called the lily ledbetter bill. and it's named after this amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she

and it's katherine fenton, who has a question for you. >> in what new ways to you intend to rectify the know, i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. she trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career. she didn't complain. that's not what you did in that generation. and this is one of the reasons why one of the first -- the first bill i signed was something called the lily ledbetter bill. and it's named after this amazing woman who had been doing the same job as a man for years, found out that she was getting paid less, and the supreme court said that she couldn't bring suit because she should have found about it earlier, whereas she had no way of finding out about it.