lydia spotswood, welcome to you.d listen briefly to your opponent at the time, 28-year-old paul ryan. >> i'm not as interested in bringing star studded celebrities in from washington to tell people to vote for me or vote for somebody else, i want to talk to people one on one so they know what i believe in. >> 28. how about that? i have to wonder, lydia, was it easy to underestimate your youthful opponent there? >> it was very easy, obviously. i was old enough to be his mom. i still am. >> you pointed that out during the debate. >> i sure did. but what i found was someone who is very, very slick. he was able to really use the debate format basically to his own ends. he had a tendency to play fast and loose with the format. and he actually developed a shtick, if you will, of pretended indignation whenever he didn't like a question. and he was very evasive. he would often rotate to his own script and completely ignore the moderator and it was fascinating actually watching this and romney's debate with the president. i w

it does because we have lydia here.d morning. smells amazing. chicken with beer first. >> two simple recipes in one pot, everything in it and done. i'm going to handle the chicken so you guys don't get -- >> dirty. >> salt. >> and you can add the parsnips, carrots, potatoes. stir slightly. a little bit of salt in there, and then we have some cloves, and cinnamon, a whole sin mom and sage. that's sage. >> cinnamon, sage and cloves, got it. >> this chicken is salted. >> smells great already. >> once the vegetables have wilted a little bit. you were a little parsimonious on that olive oil. >> i was saving some calories. >> generous. >> waiting for the chicken to go in there. the chicken was going in, waiting for the big ingredient. >> now you get -- the vegetables get nice and carmelized and then you add, we have beer, apple cider and the stock. he goes for the beer first. did you notice that? >> want to taste it first. >> no, i'll get it on the other side. >> apple cider and the chicken stock. >> a nice light beer, not to

. >> hi.v j my name is lydia, i'm a survivor of domestic violence.n to reflect their new position the mayor's goon squad. in this whole debacle the only thing that was ethical when rossí1 copped a plea to shelter his family from the spotlight. as survivor of domesticg violence i would like to ask the advocates here where were you when ix>lyeeded you, where were you when my daughter was kidnapped by her dad and i afraid to call the police, where were you when i asked the judge to protect me agasb]ñ my abuser where were you when that same judge gave the dad full custody and had me arrested. where3ssr were you during the month when i spent in jail. i expected a visit but÷÷()ç you never came,wf÷. ross received more votes in the last election than the mayor did.1tv)8p&c @&c"p% there are so many reasons for that that i can't go into them tonight. but my reasonç&/ voting for him is because he stood for community justice and will continue to standeiw7 for community justice. unlike most of the members of thisnxt board his vote can never be bought. and it's my

global and you prize also have been bell peace prize in two thousand and seven zero years of the tree lydia i was almost a year you were a little team so of course it makes it easier for you to talk to government officials you had to try to talk to us into being a classical friendly introduce new technologies but it still is hard is it did you feel that they want it or they just are they all are the arrogant the think there's no i have never found anybody in the government is arrogant about one problem on the one they are interested they are more than interested they're vitally concerned about the whole problem i've yet to find any country in which there are people who just dismiss this i found business people who dismiss it really just to keep their profits high on the other hand if you go to governments they are under tremendous pressure on the one hand they have voters who want their taxes kept they have various organizations who almost regard pollution of the atmosphere as a religious. thing that they have to follow come what may so they tend to think of this as being something you have

. >> hi.v j my name is lydia, i'm a survivor of domestic violence.d. in this whole debacle the only thing that was ethical when rossí1 copped a plea to shelter his family from the spotlight. as survivor of domesticg violence i would like to ask the advocates here where were you when ix>lyeeded you,

the real winner here in all of this is lydia callis. >> dana: love her. >> greg: the sign language interpreter for mayor bloomberg. so when mayor bloomberg comes out to speak, there she is. we highlighted her there. she is absolutely hypnotic. the facial expressions alone are worth the price of admission. she is so good at this, she actually makes it impossible to hear mayor bloomberg. his words fall on deaf ears, because she is so compelling. everything. i could look at that for hours. no idea what she is saying. >> kimberly: you did last night, actually. >> greg: i did. >> dana: i was mesmerized by her, too. i could hear what he said but i focus on her because she was so good. i learned just to say to her great job. >> kimberly: nice! g that means jaspe >> bob: people deserve credit here. first, the first responders. 24 hour, doing their job remarkably well. i have to say this. if you work in television business, production operations in this station, and this channel, to get out and many places that they did and up and down the east coast, did a remarkable job taking care of us, did a remar

someone was in libya during the early stages -- days of lydia's revolution. it was extraordinarily dangerous and uncertain. you're rely on other people. you ask other people for help. i collaborate with a lot of people. if i am doing my job correctly, i should be listening to the people around me and embracing their best ideas, even if they are a little scary to me. once in awhile, that has happened. >> a couple years ago, lived through some controversy -- npr lived through some controversy. >> in the end, it has made npr stronger. the network was criticized for .he w a lot of claims were made that were factually untrue. there was a claim there is only one black man working at npr. i would look around and there were three african-american program hosts out of 10, there were black women, there was an african-american person. there were a variety of people. an incredibly diverse place. not as the verse as it could be, but better than a lot of media organizations. the people of different countries and ethnic backgrounds. you have somebody who went to harvard and

this is being taped the middle of october 2012, very comparable to the accusations about obama and lydia and it is a perennial thing. when you can find any avenue of attack. >> guest: so, there is a very strong political attack coming from the right and the lead up to the midterm election and after that. and this is part of what kennedy is facing trying to control the message. any president is going to want good press. anyone wants good press. so part of it is just trying to get the good press but controlling the message is also trying not to let his critics define him. if we think that through what would have happened if the republicans had turned this into a failure if instead of us now remembering this as a victory as a great moment in the cold war battle but instead we talk about how this was another of the of pigs there isn't a moment he shouldn't have realized he isn't negligent in any of those aspects if you think about that, the implications of the time were enormous. he was having a hard time getting his legislation through to congress than anyone. if he was further weakened by

you want to bring you up to date on the storm's progress, first of all, thank you, lydia, and -- as everybody knows, we are already seeing significant impacts from the storm and the worst of it is about to hit. i think we have done all we can to prepare this afternoon i spoke with president obama, treasury secretary geithner, and governor cuomo, all whom offered their support and coordination with the federal and state government i will say has been great. now it is the storm -- it is a storm intensifies the most important thing i can say is if you are in your home or some where safe where you can remain, stay there. the time for relocation or evacuation is over. conditions outside are dangerous. they are only going to get worse in the hours ahead. in queens we are getting ten times the normal call volume of 911 calls to the fdny. unfortunately most are for downed trees or flooding conditions. that's not what 911 is for. s that 311. but if you use 911 it means the operator on the line is not free for somebody who has a real emergency to call. please use 311 for downed trees or flooding. there

this lydia -- libya cover-up and lies and deceit we're hearing about now and being exposed and i'm sure there are more truths to come. it could be a tippingpoint for the voters. they could say i'm just not comfortable for this administration economically and now we're getting this. this is huge scandal. there are four debt americans including the u.s. ambassador, the representative of the president of the united states. i think doug is right. it is not yet the defining issue yet. it could serve a a major tippingpoint for people to say, you know what? it is okay for me to vote for mitt romney. okay for me to go to the other guy. alisyn: doug, let me look at the next question people were asked on this subject. asked motivation behind the initial misleading or erroneous reports. the largest percentage of respondents, 37%, they believe it was to help the president's campaign. 26% thought they made the reports for diplomatic reasons. 23% thought the errors were just a mistake. so 14% are unsure. people's opinions are sort of all over the map. >> that's exactly the point. if you're in the whi

up there, how do you gracefully keep the candidates on point, bring them back on topic when to use lydia's they're evasive? >> i don't think the moderator has to worry about this. joe biden will be his rival in the debate and i think joe biden's going to do a really good job of trying to keep him on track and on the truth as they would say. because he has been kind of stretching some of the facts. and so, i think with joe biden there, he's going to keep him on track. >> oh, come on. these are two politicians. i'm sure they're very adept at, you know, talking around something or attacking and not, you know, hitting straight to the point. what did you do when you found that the candidates back in '92 were doing that? >> i am -- i consider myself a good reporter and spent many years doing that. and covering politicians who know that you will ask them a question and they'll go, well, that's a very good question. and i'm going to get to that but let me tell you about such and such. they try to change the subject. and if you are not listening very carefully, you'll forget what the question was t

. >> yes, lydia? in the hurricane flew away. so, i made a picture for him. >> that's nice. she made a picture for your friend, big bird. >> that's great. >> look at that. wow. that's big bird's new nest. can you bring this back to big bird? >> yes. and big bird's going to love this. >> that's great. can we say good-bye to elmo and thank him? >> bye, elmo. >> elmo loves you. and stay safe. >> that is great. >> yes. it talked a lot about their fears and they're scared. it's important, as the doctor said, acknowledge your kids' emotions. let them feel them. tell them it's okay to feel whatever they're feeling. and assure t it's all okay. it's all goingo pass. >>> s, agai as the weaer ly tes normal. we've seen a little blue sky outside. >> we have. and it's nice every chance you see the light. i do want to remind you, you had a glimpse into young lara spencer's childhood, in josh's piece. the young lady that had her hand up, that was lara spencer. at exactly the same age, by the way. let's get to the boar

. >> reporter: this is your fst campaign against lydia spottswood. >> that's my lucky irish tie. i've worn that tie in most of my election nights. i've had seven elections. and i think that's a tie. >> reporter: back in that race she is quoted as saying she was old enough to be your mother. joe biden is a generation plus. i mean, joe biden is 69. you're 42. he's a generation older. how much does that play into your preparation? >> i'm use today that actually. i came into congress when i was 28 years old. i'm used to serving with people who are older. i'm used to debating people who are older. >> reporter: now, everybody probably is wondering will he wear that lucky tie tonight. i'm trying to find out. i'm told he has several ties with him and he's trying to figure out exactly which one to wear. unclear if the lucky tie will win out. beyond that, you know, yes, he has been studying very, very hard. but today, debate day has been a down day for him. primarily he's been spending time with his wife and small children who are rarely with him on the campaign trail. they are here with h