that's why you need to do your job on election day. >> michael feldman and michael gerson, thank you. by the way, i don't know about you but i don't want to revisit 2000. >> we agree on that. >> i agree. >> no ties. >> and coming up next, the commander in chief test. first letterman takes on foreign policy. >> you think benghazis is that guy who played gandhi. number nine, always refer to the un as u.n. promise on day one you'll stand up to general so. number seven you praise madagascar's talking animals. number six you think arab spring is a brand of soap. refer to every world leader as what's his name. number four, you think the g-8 is a hot boy band. number three speak to people from other countries whiz a foreign guy accent. number two, know gadhafi was killed but worry about gadhafi, gadhafi, gadhafi. and the number one sign you know nothing about foreign policy made it your mission to prevent iran from enriching geraniums. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in go

michael feldman and republican strategist michael gerson, both on opposite sides of debate prep in 2000good to have you both today. first to you, michael, you know joe biden really well. what is the challenge here for joe biden? we know that sometimes when he gets wound up on the stump he goes off message. but as maggie was saying earlier, in debates he's been really focused. is that the joe biden you expect to show up tonight? >> i do. i expect joe biden to show up tonight to try to prevent congressman ryan from wiley mischaracter iing the record the obama/biden record over last four years and try to hold congressman wryan to specifics. congressman ryan will have to reconcile his own budget plan and the rapidly evolving romney/ryan budget and tax plan. a lot of open questions there. i expect vice president biden's going to come out ready to hold his feet to the fire on specifics. and congressman ryan has other challenges, you know? he's not well-known on the national stage, so this will be a new introduction for him. and he has to pass the commander in chief threshold so there will be

democratic strategist michael feldman, who served as senior advisor to then vice president al gore. also business strategist and best-selling author, carol roth and republican pollster, kristen soltis. who do you think won last night? >> i think joe biden won the debate. his mission was to go in, energize democrats, defend the president's record and challenge congressman ryan on some of the misrepresentations that they've made about obama/biden record and frankly, ask him for specifics about what they would do, this mystery tax plan and whose budget are they actually running on. i think he did all of that last night and did it really well. >> kristen, do you agree with that? >> no, but i think it's possible for republicans to really think their guy won and for democrats to really think their guy won. i don't think this is partisan spinning because both men went in with different objectives. joe biden went in with his objective being i'm going to heckle the republicans, and fire up my base. he did that. i think paul ryan said i have to go in and prove i can be vice president or presi

board to david feldman, even larry thompson from the producer, and all these people who loved her, they were all ready to do this. >> lindsay's team says they're not associated with michaelrlusconi? she said she saw clooney at one of his infamous parties. clooney said he was not at the party. >>> a mom and her daughter have been reunited, a special moment that brought lots of cheers and tears. familygram arranged this surprise homecoming. >> after four tours of duty, months of being away from home, army sergeant melanie webb just back from afghanistan counted down the seconds when she would be reunited with her little girl. >> she has no idea. >> maya and her third grade class didn't know that their principal planned a surprise homecoming. a moment which brought family, friends, and of course mother and daughter to tears. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> a bit shocked and speechless but happy to have mom home. >> you've grown so much, i can't believe it. >> sergeant webb who has served for the past eight years says leaving her daughter is the hardest part. >> the military gets lots of prayers but we forget to pray for our families. >> while her father is still deplo