this is a look inside the media filing center on the campus of lynn university. several hundred reporters credentialed. a select few inside the debate hall. this is a small university for the first time hosting a national debate and we're asking you on our twitter page and facebook to weigh in your questions for the candidates. bill king has this -- "president obama has to make it clear to the nation that military interessential is not just another option. it is the final option." on to your phone calls. eric is joining us. supporter of the president from rome, georgia. good evening, what would you ask in this foreign policy debate? caller: thank you. what i would like to ask mitt romney -- this is a two-pronged question. first of all, if you become president, the only difference could be as far as eye ran is concerned, would -- iran is concerned, would you start a war, and would you put troops on the ground in syria? those are the two questions i'd like to ask. host: thanks for the call. next caller is mike from st. louis, missouri. go ahead, mike. caller: thanks

we are looking at a live shot of where the debate will take place, lynn university. u can see the preparations have been under way desperately to get everything set up. the university is in florida, founded back in 1962. boca raton is halfway between palm beach and fort lauderdale, florida. that is our c-span crew there, with a live shot of the debate hall, where things will be happening tonight. the performing arts center was just dedicated in the spring. you can catch everything at our debate hub and check things out there now if you would like to look at moments of previous debates or catch some of the excerpts that c-span has gotten organized, that is all at our debate hub, c-span.org. our question for you, foreign- policy. marty, independent line. caller: good morning. i just for the prior to the libyan incident, president obama mist over 60% of the great things on foreign policy. i have not heard anything discussed in the media about this. it just really concerns me, the truth to this situation. i think that that would be a very important thing to be brought up,

we want to thank lynn university and its students for having us. as i always do at the end of these debates, i leave you with the words of my mom, who said, go vote. makes you feel big and strong. >> that's great. >> good night. >> thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ]

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

president, folks at lynn university, good to be with you. i'm optimistic about the future. i'm excited about our prospects as a nation. i want to see peace. i want to see growing peace in this country. it's our objective. we have an opportunity to have real leadership. america is going to have that kind of leadership and continue to promote principles of peace that will make the world a safer place and make people in this country more confident that their future is secure. i also want to make sure that we get this economy going. and there are two very different paths the country can take. one is a path represented by the president which at the end of four years would mean we would have $20 trillion in debt heading towards greece. i will get us on track to a balanced budget. the president's path will mean continuing declining in take home pay. i want to make sure our take home pay turns around and starts to grow. the president's path means 20 million people out of work struggling for a good job. i will get people back to work with 12 million new jobs. i am going to make sure

we're about six miles away from the campus of lynn university.onvert, neon trees, popular group, just finished performing here. this is sponsored by rock the vote. obviously the big push here is to get folks to register to vote. i'm joined by an undecided voter, lindsey. right? lindsey ackerman. what is it that you're waiting to hear before you will make up your mind. >> well, the race is very close right now. tonight the final debate is very crucial on how i will pick a candidate. i'm looking for everything all around. i'm a teacher so education is very important for me so i'm looking to see which candidate will best suit me. >> you have just -- you told me that when foreign policy, it's very important to you. you want a president who's very strong on foreign policy but because you're a teacher, you're more focused on domestic issues. what is it that really drives you and will push you when you go to vote? >> it's very important for people to support teachers and the education process. students are important in the world and how you teach is imp

live from lynn university in boca raton for the final presidential debate. new nbc/"wall street journal" poll shows among female voters, women, if the election were held toot obama wins by eight points. at a time when the economy dominates politics president obama made clear in the second debate that women's issues are economic issues. joining me right now obama 2012 deputy campaign manager deaf sti cutter and political activist and women's advocate gloria steinem. i never thought we would have somebody so grand on the show here but there you are, gloria, and i just heard through the grapevine what you feel. i don't feel i have to offer you any special cues. what are the women's stakes in this presidential election in two weeks? >> well, i think the problem is when we say women it only applies to women but, in fact, it's the whole country so the truth of the matter is that equal pay is the biggest economic stimulus this country could possibly have. if women were paid equally for comparable work, there would be $200 billion more in the economy as an economic

thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here and mr. president, it's good to be with you again. we were together at a humorous event a little earlier and it's nice to maybe be funny this time, not on purpose. we'll see what happens. this is obviously an area of great concern to the entire world, and to america in particular. which is to see a complete change in the structure and the environment in the middle east. with the arab spring came a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation, an opportunity for greater pansion on the part of women in public life and in the economic life in the middle east. but instead we've seen nation after nation, a number of disturbing events. of course we see in syria 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there. we see in libya, an attack, apparently by, i think we know now by terrorists of some kind against our people there, four people dead. our hearts and minds go to them. mali has been taken over, the north part of mali by al qaeda type individuals, in egypt. w

to come back to some of these other debates moment as we take a look at tonight's debate from lynn universitylorida. the focus tonight is foreign policy. we want to welcome all the students including our partnership withwq the washingtn center as well as george mason university and purdue university. i want to share you to all of you students something that was on the l.a. time's website today. it was written about extentively as poll numbers continue to show how tight the race is. the possibility of an electoral deadlock. here's what needs to happen. if the president carries wisconsin, ohio and new hampshire, and carries the other state that's he's expected to carry, and mitt romney wins florida, virginia, iowa, colorado and nevada, then we have a potential to get to 269-269. this is one of the -- one of the issue that's you have talked about. thank you so much for being with us. how likely is it that we could get that that 269-269 and explain why the founding fathers never thought of that as a possibility? >> right. the likelihood remains low except as you pointed out the scenario, it's po

get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> we're back from lynn university. we're at lynn lynn university in boca raton for the final presidential debate. tonight we're going to hear president obama and mitt romney debate some of the most pressing foreign policy issues. that's what it's about tonight. and now more than ever it's crucial for the candidates to answer the questions. in a "hardball" debate, democratic senator for the state of delaware and political analyst and my friend and former rnc chair, michael steele who was beaten brutally by reince priebus. mr. chairman, you've said you would prevent iran from gaining the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. how do you justify pre-emptive war? >> justify pre-emptive war? what do you mean? no one is talking about going to war with iran. what we're talking about is containing their ability with our partners in europe and our partners in the middle east to make sure that iran understands that in order to be a part of the community of nations, they are going to have to abide by certain are realities and the re

prep rigs have been under way at lynn university in boca raton, florida. the school has spent $5 million preparing for tonight's debate. >>> our new show starts tonight. fox 5 news edge you decide 2012. we'll have certainly coverage of both local and national races. it begins at 6:30 and runs for two weeks until election day. e >>> making headlines this morning, wisconsin police say the shooting at a spa is related to a domestic dispute between the gunman and his estranged wife who worked there. 45-year-old radcliffe hotten shot seven people inside the spa killing three including himself. >> we were expecting an armed encounter if we did come across him. when we did eventually get into that locked area, we did determine that he, in fact, was dead. >> his wife was granted a restraining order against him just two weeks ago after he slashed her car tires. this is the second mass shooting in wisconsin this year. back in august, a gunman opened fire at a sikh temple killing six people. >>> montgomery county police are searching for the person responsible for an

. >> well, thank you very much, bob, governor romney, and to lynn university. you have now heard three debates. months of campaigning and way too many tv commercials. [ laughter ] and now you have got a choice. over the last four years we have made real progress digging our way out of policies that gave us two prolonged wars, record deficits, and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and governor romney wants to take us back to those policies. foreign policy that is wrong and reckless, economic policies that won't create jobs, won't reduce our deficit but will make sure that folks at the very top don't have to play by the same rules that you do. and i have got a different vision for america. i want to build on our strengths. and i put forward a plan to make sure that we are bringing manufacturing jobs back to our shores by rewarding companies and small businesses that are investing here, not overseas. i want to make sure we have got the best education system in the world. we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow. i want to control ou

finally lynn university olest student.k slodnick about to turn 87 years old will be at tonight's debate. the university's president actually gave up his own ticket for the world war ii veteran. he has big plans after graduation this year. slotnick told us today, "i want to go to the v.a." and work with vets who have ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder. no one can speak better to a soldier than another soldier. he told us he is excited about tonight's debate but would not give us any hints which candidate might get his votes. jack, we hope you enjoy the debate tonight. it was great to talk to you today. we brought you several reports on various voting fraud in the u.s. tonight, something not only in its tactics but in just how blazenly they were executed. senior correspondent eric shawn is in little rock, arkansas. >> vodka for votes. cheap vodka. the half-pint blastic bottles. that was the plan in arkansas to steal an election with money, food and booze. former arkansas state representative hallum a democrat and three cam

. >> pelley: good evening from the debate hall at lynn university. 15 days before america elects a president and a new cbs news poll out tonight finds 11% of likely voters are uncommitted. that means they haven't made up their minds or they could still change them. they will decide this election. and it is they who president obama and mitt romney will be trying to win as they debate for the third and final time tonight. look at how tight this race is: our new poll finds 48% of likely voters support the president, 46% governor romney. and that's within the margin of error, so it essentially a tie. and look at what we found in ohio. one of the swing states that could tip the balance. a month ago a quinnipiac/cbs news poll had the president with a ten-point lead 53% to 43% but tonight governor romney has cut that lead in half with the president now leading 50% to 45%. the focus of tonight's debate is foreign policy. we have two reports, first, nancy cordes with the obama campaign. nancy? >> reporter: scott, there is a natural advantage for any incumbent in a debate like this and that is that th

captioning sponsored by cbs >> and now from lynn university in boca raton, florida, the site of monday'sdential debate, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation." from boca raton, behind me this morning on the lynn university campus, you see what is known as remembrance plaza. it's a memorial to two professors and four students here who were killed in the haiti earthquake in january of 2011 while on a college service trip. and joining me now the home state senator from florida, senator marco rubio who i heard supports mitt romney. >> now, more than ever. welcome back to florida. >> schieffer: thank you, senator. how high are the stakes for tomorrow's debate? >> i think they're important. all the debates matter. peggy noonan had a great write-up. perhaps the debates matter more than ever before. i think the president created a false image i of mitt romney in the minds of some voters that was knocked down. and i think what is obvious is the president has no plan for the next four years. he has failed to laid out how he will go

president. >> thank you very much, bob, governor romney and to lynn university. you've now heard three debates, months of campaigning and way too many t.v. commercials. and now you've got a choice. over the last four years we've made real progress digging our way out of policies that gave us two prolonged wars, record deficits, and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and governor romney wants to take us back to those policies. a foreign policy that's wrong and reckless, economic policies that won't create jobs, won't reduce our deficit but will make sure that folks at the very top don't have to play by the same rules that you do. and i've got a different vision for america. i want to build on our strengthses. and i put forward a plan to make sure we're bringing manufacturing jobs back to our shores by rewarding companies and small businesses that are investing here, not overseas. i want to make sure we've got the best education system in the world. and we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow. i want to control our own energy by deve

of lynn university here in boca raton, florida. this is the fourth and last debate of the 2012 campaign brought to you by the commission on presidential debates. this one is on foreign policy. i'm bob schieffer of cbs news. the questions are mine, and i have not shared them with the candidates or their aides. the audience has taken a vow of silence. no applause, no reaction of any kind except right now when we welcome president barack obama and governor mitt romney. [ applause ] >> good to see you again. [ cheers and applause ] >> gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to certain rules and they are simple. they've asked me to divide the evening into segments, i'll pose a question at the beginning of each segment, you will each have two minutes to respond and then we will have a general discussion until we move to the next segment. tonight's debate as both of you know comes on the 50th anniversary of the night that president kennedy told the world that the soviet union had installed nuclear missiles in cuba, perhaps the closest we've

>>> i'm coming to you live from lynn university in boca raton, florida. the city where mitt romney told the world where he thinks of the 47% and home of the third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election. walking around here a little bit, i've seen there's an incredible amount of passion for the press as these people are excited the debate is in their home. tonight could be the turning point in this election. we're going to wait to see am we've said it before about the conventions. the first debate, again for the second debate. tonight could be the thing that decide this is close race with just two weeks to go. our poll shows 47% to 47%. the real clear politics poll of poll shows it extreme close, and a look at the electoral college projection shows it is razor-thin. with this debate as the last big scheduled event before november 6th, to quote vp joe biden, this is a big f-ing deal. let's start with luke russert. now that his baseball team is waiting until next year, we'll concentrate on this election. >> cheap shot. >> my baseball team is on b

this is the lynn university boca raton, florida site. the next time we'll see governor romney and president obama together will be here. >>> picking up brand new endorsements in critical swing states as the race for the white house leads governor romney and president obama to a final faceoff. fox reports how the stakes are going up as we count down to their pivotal encounter. >>> and we've been seeing this, gas prices hitting record territory as drivers across america feel the financial squeeze at the pump. now a forecast that promises up to a 50 cent drop in the coming days. how is that possible? in minutes why lower costs could be coming to a station near you. >>> fox news is america's election headquarters and they are already doing it. voting for the next president. more than four million americans filling out their ballots long ahead of election day. here's a look from this weekend in nevada. and it points to just how important it is that so many people would be hitting the polls early, particularly in places like this, a key battle

thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here. and mr. president it is nice to be with you again. this is obviously an area of great concern to the entire world and to america in particular, which is to see a complete change in the structure and the environment in the middle east with the arab spring came a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation, an opportunity for greater participation on the part of women in public life and economic life in the middle east, but instead we have seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. of course we see in syria 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there. we see in libya an attack apparently i think we know how by terrorists of some kind. four people dead. our hearts and minds to them mally has been taken over. we have in egypt a muslim brotherhood. and of course the greatest threat of all is iran. and we're going to have to recognize is do as the president has done. i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden, and going after al chi da

thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here and mr. president it's good to be with you today. we were together a little earlier. this is obviously an area of great concern to the entire world and to america in particular which is to see a complete change in the structure and the -- the environment in the middle east. with the arab spring came a dreal of hope, -- a great deal of hope and hope in the economic life. but instead we've seen nation after nation a number of disturbing events. in syria, 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military. we see in libya an attack, i think we know by terrorists of some kind against our people there. four people dead. our hearts and minds go to them. mali has been taken over by al-qaeda type individuals. we have an egypt, a muslim brotherhood president. so what we're seeing is a pretty dramatic reversal in the kind of hopes we had for that region. the greatest threat of all is iran, four years closer to a nuclear weapon. we're going to have to recognize -- i congratulate the president on taking

we have it covered this morning from lynn university in boca raton. it's monday, october 22nd, 2012. this is "the daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. we've got a ton to get to. let me get right to my first reads of the morning. with just hours left until tonight's final debate, our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows how competitive this race has become. an important slice of undecided voters still are not persuaded to rehire the president. but also not convinced, it seems, he needs to be fired. will anything tonight help these folks decide? well, the candidates prep their surrogates spoke out sunday, previewing tonight's lines of attack. >> the american people have gotten to see mitt romney up close as he offers his vision of the future, and what he would do as president. but even more startling is the president's complete failure to put forth an agenda for the next four years. >> people want to know they have a strong, steady hand in the oval office and they don't want someone who is reckless. we all remember his "dukes of hazard" tour of inte

thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here and, mr. president, it's good to be with you again. we were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and can it's nice to maybe be funny this time not on purpose. we'll see what happens. this is, obviously, an area of great concern to the entire world and to america in particular, which is to see a complete change in the structure and the environment in the middle east. with the arab spring, came a great deal of hope that there would be a change towards more moderation, an opportunity for greater participation on the part of women in public life and in economic life in the middle east. but instead we've seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. of course, we see in syria 30,000 civilians having been killed by the military there, we see in libya an attack apparently by -- i think we know now -- by terrorists of some kind against our people there. four people there. our hearts and minds go to them. mali has been taken over by al-qaeda-type individuals. we have in egypt a m