mr. denver? please stand up. the first balls were made from the skin of pigs.>> you're wrong, mr. denver. >> what is it? >> oh, oh. well -- >> it's definitely not the skin of pigs. >> okay. so the correct answer is? >> the pig bladder. earliest -- the earliest footballs were for soccer balls and sewn from pig's bladders and also used human skulls for soccer balls. >> are you making that up about the skulls? >> no. >> back across the street to kathie. >> when was the last time the nfl played a game on a wednesday? last season, 1948, 1980 or never. >> i'm going to say never. >> no, so sad. >> this would have been a great day for kathie lee's cd. the right answer is 1948. >> back then they played them any day. >> the rams beat which proves on any given wednesday -- >> anything can happen. you never know. back across to kathie. >> okay. you are from? >> from -- >> i'm just testing you. the top price for a super bowl ticket last year was $1200. what did the top ticket cost for the first super bowl in 1967, $12, 25, $50 or $100? >> bababooey! >> okay. >> i will go wi

mrs. romney was already seated in that spot. >> reporter: firefighters who entered the jet on the denver runwayeported no more smoke. governor romney was campaigning in nevada at the time. he did not mention his wife's close call to the audience there. mrs. romney boarded another jet and left for california. >> as we know, a grueling flight schedule. glad mrs. romney and her team are all okay. >>> before that scare in the sky as you know, jim, another major development on the campaign trail today. mitt romney releasing another year of his tax returns. he had promised to release a second year and today, he did. and now, tonight, questions about why experts say mitt romney appears to have paid more taxes than he needed to. was there a political strategy behind it? just 46 days to go and tonight, abc's senior political correspondent jon karl diving into the numbers for us. jon, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. yes, the most interesting thing about these tax returns are that even though mitt romney paid a low tax rate, he actually voluntarily paid more in taxes than he had to. the bo

mr. romney's moment will come next wednesday in denver when he confronts mr. obama in the first debate. the governor it's the only debate. he must win or he will not recover. he has to show that he cares about the folks and that his expertise can return the nation to prosperity while more of barack obama would be a disaster. quite a challenge for romney. the media is heavily rooting for his opponent. the folks are generally fair and they will be watching. whether it's lifetime or after the fact on the net and the folks will make up their own minds. so the governor does have a chance as the drama builds. and that's the memo. next on the run down, lou dobbs will respond. also ahead this evening a devastating "saturday night live" impression of the president. >> remember that movie, the sixth sense? [ laughter ] i'm like the kid in that movie. [ laughter ] i see employed people. [ laughter ] >> bill: we'll be back in a moment. american people, that's one of the most confounds parts of all of this is this race between romney and the president. is that the polls reflect just as you said, wha

mrs. romney was the first off the plane at denver's international airport. she called her husband and her staff immediately tweeted that the cause of the emergency landing was apparently an electrical fire. >> we were informed by the crew that the safest spot was nearest to the exit, at the front boarding door so mrs. romney was already seated in that spot. >> reporter: firefighters who entered the jet found reported no more smoke and in their initial report, called it a flash fire. governor romney was campaigning in nevada at the time. he did not mention his wife's close call to the audience there. mrs. romney boarded another jet and left for california. >> as we know, a grueling flight schedule. team they're allkay. before that scare, in the sky, as you know, jim, another major development on the campaign trail today. mitt romney releasing another year of his tax returns. he promised to release a second year and today, he did. and now, tonight, questions about why experts say romney appears to have paid more taxes than he needed to. was there a political s

denver. >>> when we come back, mr. clinton backs mr. obama. [ female announcer ] you want family dinner to be special. dad, we want pizza. you guys said tacos. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] my money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of having to deal with a tight budget, you could have a tighter family. ♪ wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> issue two. bubba backs barack. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president reelection was actually pretty simple, pretty insane. it went something like this. we left him a total mess, he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in. i like the argument for president obama's reelection a lot better. here it is. he inherited a deeply damaged economy. he put a floor under the crash. he began the long, hard road to recovery, and laid the foundation for a modern, more well

in denver mr. obama made several promises about our future and our politics. did he come through?rter: the president will be judged by many standards. some of those are his own words. four years ago he made promises. some he kept, some he didn't. if president obama lived up to the standards of candidate obama. >> tonight more americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. >> reporter: that cause candidate obama four years ago. >> more you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. >> reporter: blaming president bush. >> the failure to respond is the direct result of a broken system in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush. >> it many time for them to own their failure. >> reporter: the question tonight, will he? >> we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage. >> reporter: since the president took office family incomes declined by $4,000. candidate obama also promises ... >> in four years we'll end our dependence on oil from the middle east. >> reporter: the imports increased in the last

mrs. romney's plane was headed to l.a. but landed in denver it was met with emergency vehicles on the runway. mitt romney not onboard. a spokeswoman wrote they were not injured. wrote on twitter all okay thank goodness. booed in an aarp event in new orleans. those in the audience did not like the comments when president obama's signature health care law should be repealed. >> the first step to a strong medicare is to repeal obama care. it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. let me get into it. >> president obama spoke to the same person earlier via satellite. the claim by republicans that $760 billion is being cut from medicare to fund health care is simply not true. pat quinn had good news from joliet. but some of them there wanted to tell them something as well. the governor was in joliet to kick off construction on a $42 million transportation hub. but some state workers protested. they say they're not happy with pension cuts and deferred pay increases. stopped on the chicago high-speed rail l

mrs. romney had to make an emergency land manage denver after smoke was reported in the cabin.t night stephen colbert t incident.tt ro'seactn >> on saturday, ann romney's plane had to make an emergency landing after an electrical fire broke out on board. i'm happy to hear she's fine. mitt used in this close call to present a bold id he yav fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go exactly. there's no -- and you can't find any oxygen to get in because the windows don't open. i don't know why they don'to that. but it's a real proble it is aealprm. foe tht explains why burger king doesn't have a fly-through window. >> i would eat there about if they can it. still ahead, why are you awake? your cabin presse tweets, texts and e-mails are next. does your phone give you all day battery life ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, oid es. get $100 off selt rotertes like the droid razr. hey america, even though slisa rinna is wearing the new depend silhouette brief

mr. romney first stopped tonight in denver, where he is giving, or at a rally.llins is former campaign director for the reagan-bush team in 1984 and a fox contributor, a special guest. >> a pleasure, how are you. >> harris: i'm great. the swing states that the president won in 2008, when you you look at the polls, up or down for either gentlemen is tight for the margins. >> extremely close races. last time the president won them all. nine in play swing states he won every one. in order for romney to basically get to 270 electoral votes he has to winnowo, has to win florida, he has to win virginia and basically win north carolina and something else and maybe it's colorado, maybe it's an iowa, maybe it's new hampshire to get to 270, but if he doesn't winn ohio and doesn't win virginia or florida the likelihood of getting to 270 is very difficult. >> harris: let's talk about the mood among the electorate in some of the states. 7 of 11 key states, the unemployment rate went up in the last month. didn't see at that widely reported, we had it here on the fox report. h

plane carrying ann romney today was forced to make an emergency landing in denver when pilots noticed smoke in the cockpit. mrs. romney is campaigning for her husband. firefighters responded and found smoke apparently came from an electrical fire. no one was hurt. it's friday, of course, the muslim sabbath, and anger spilled out of mosques and into the streets today. tsre deadly protests over that american-made internet movie that ridicules islam. in pakistan, the protest turned deadly, but over the border in afghanistan, where our troops rne fighting, the government n.de sure that didn't happen. charlie d'agata has more about all of this from kabul, afghanistan, tonight. charlie. >> reporter: scott, two neighboring countries, both facing a backlash against this american-made film but with two very different outcomes. here in afghanistan, the government was able to keep a lid on demonstrations and things were relatively quiet here. hile in pakistan, things quickly got out of control. in the northwest city of peshawar, thousands armed with clubs and sticks, charged through the streets destroying property and ba

mrs. romney first off the plane at denver international airport. she called her husband and staff medley tweeted that the cause of the emergency landing was apparently an electrical fire. jim avila, abc news washington. >> saddened today for search of firefighters who disappeared during a tran trip to canada. the body was found today by railway work internebraska. 6 69-year-old san mateo man was traveling cross country to visit family when he vanished on september 13. amtrak officials believe that he may have fallen from the train. his family is devastated but they are grateful for the many prayers and port the they received during their search. >>> marin county man died in bizarre climbing accident in utah. l this man lived in novato. retired neurosurgery open who worked at uc sf. he died on tuesday repelling down a canyon at cy on national park. trip on the bucket list. he ended up stuck upside down next to a water fall caught in his rappel line 15 feet off the ground and he could not free himself. his wife had descended first. she couldn't help

mr. obama has accepted the nomination, in 2008 in denver, he was talking about hope and change. this time he's got a very different job to do. >> yeah, he's going to talk about hope and patience. the table has now been set, scott. bill clinton made a great speech last night, but people don't vote for the nominee. tonight we will hear from the guy who is running for the office, and it will be up to him now, to convince the american people that he knows the right way to go. >> pelley: and down on the podium, winding up the crowd right now, is mr. obama's running mate, vice president joe biden. let's listen to the rest of the vice president's speech. >> ... a president who will never quit on you. ( cheers and applause ). there's one more thing. one more thing. our republican opponents are just dead wrong about-- america is not in decline. america is not in decline. i've got news for governor romney. and congressman ryan. gentlemen, never, ever, it never makes sense, it's never been a good bet to bet against the american people. ( cheers and applause ). never! my fellow americans, a

plane carrying ann romney today was forced to make an emergency landing in denver when pilots noticed smoke in the cockpit. mrs. romney is campaigning for her husband. firefighters responded and founded smoke apparently came from an electrical fire. no one was hurt. it's friday, of course, the muslim sabbath, and anger spilled out of mosques and into the streets today. more deadly protests over that american-made internet movie that ridicules islam. in pakistan, the protest turned deadly, but over the border in afghanistan, where our troops are fighting, the government made sure that didn't happen. charlie d'agata has more about all of this from kabul, afghanistan, tonight. charlie. >> reporter: scott, two neighboring countries, both facing a backlash against this american-made film but with two very different outcomes. here in afghanistan, the government was able to keep a lid on demonstrations and things were relatively quiet here. while in pakistan, things quickly got out of control. in the northwest city of peshawar, thousands armed with clubs and sticks, charged through the streets destroying property and

mr. obama's speech. it was supposed to be at the home of the carolina panthers, with 65,000 in attendance. denvlling his stadium speech in denver in 2008. but the forecast of thunderstorms has moved this final night back into this arena, which holds 20,000. on tuesday here, mrs. obama in your speech on the first night of the convention, you said that the presidency does not change a person, it reveals the person. and i wonder, has this the experience revealed anything to you about your husband that you did not know? t i hat i have seen in him-- and ve been n so impressed-- is how he is able to handle very high- pressured situations with a level of calm, consistency, and calm, c you know, so he doesn't allow his immediate emotions to carry the day. and he-- he keeps me focused because whenever i get tired or frustrated, he's usually the one who, as i said in my speech, reminds me that this is a long game and that patience and sort y. steadfast focus really wins the day. >> pelley: what do you get tired ad frustrated about? >> you know, there are-- we don't have time ( laughs ). >> >> pelley: tell me about that. ay is th we won't

denver for the first of three debates. the stakes are sky high, especially for mr. romney. running mate paul ryan made the case for a mitt romney presidency today in the toss-up state of new hampshire. >> we have got to stop spending money we don't have. >> reporter: vice president joe biden campaigned in battled ground florida, where he argued that the obama administration inherited trillion-dollar deficits from the bush administration. >> they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny, not paying a penny. >> reid: meanwhile be president obama and mitt romney were hunkered down today cramming for next week's debate showdown. both sides are working hard to lower expect aches by praising their opponents. a romney adviser says the president has the advantage as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. the obama campaign says romney has the agent having debated about two dozen times during the republican primary campaign. >> both of these individuals are had ample experience debating but governor romney has had more practice recently and prac

mr. romney and president obama face off on the first debate on october 3rd. this will be in denver. >>darya: please got there and found a 24 year old man that was definitely. this morning at a 17 year old is in custody for stabbing a man a powwow to appear -- paula alto. a man was back at that home multiple times. police are not releasing any more about the victim or the suspect. >> the residents are mad at vallejo police because they killed one of the young men. one man got out of the car with what police thought was a weapon but it was a pellet gun. the police opened fire. >> i challenge the police department pit the police departments have camera surveillance. show us that mario got out of the car appeared. so as evidence. >> both officers in the shooting were placed on administrative leave. >>mark: parking enforcement officers have the authority now to ask for evidence that's the handicapped placards our plates belong to them. >>justine: this is the williams fire at in southern california. so far the fire has bird's 3,600 a.. if they are still trying to battle the wildfire. they

denver. we have an electrical issue here and we're going to prepare emergency. >> o blijed. obliged. >> a campaign aide says mrs. romney spoke with her husband right after the landing and told him everything was fine. >>> it shows he paid $2 million in taxes on almost $14 million in income. that comes to an effective tax rate of 14.1%, lower than millions of middle income americans. but actually more than he had to pay. romney didn't mention taxes while campaigning in las vegas today. but he did blast president obama for saying that changing washington from the inside isn't possible. romney said he would if elected. >> the president is back at the white house tonight after a day of campaigning in virginia. he spoke to voters in woodbridge and took another swipe at mitt romney's secretly-taped fund raising remarks. >> i don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nagsz tion as a bu of victims. i don't see a lot of victims in this crowd. >> election day is still 46 days away and some virginia voters are already casting their bal t ballots. absentee voting in virginia started today. >>> a

mr. jungle bird is looking. >>> this is actually backstage security guard at a concert in denver, i think, outside of denver.amous for this doing. he entertains the crowd before the show actually starts. not too shabby. >> can he actually do security? >> if there's a story that you can't get enough, tweet us at gma and we'll be right back. david. we've got to cancel. i've got gas. ooh gas, take an antacid. oh, thanks. good luck. good luck to you. doesn't he know antacids won't help gas? oh, he knows. [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts. they claim to be complete. only centrum goes beyond. providing more than just the essential nutrients, so i'm at my best. centrum. always your most complete. >>> we want to thank dan abrams for joining thus weekend. thank you at home. thank you for watching abc news. "world news" with david muir last night. have great day. @ i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male anno

mr. obama a hard time. >> on may 28, 2008, we had a conversation in denver, colorado and you you told me the following and going to quote you. what i can guarantee is we will have in the first year an immigration bill that i strongly support. >> you prom mitt romneyed that and a prom -- you promised that. a promise is a promise. >> i'm not the head of the legislature or the judiciary. we have to have cooperation from all these sources to get something done. i'm happy to take responsibility for the fact that we didn't get it done. i did not make a promise that i would get everything done 100% when i was elected as president. >> bill: joining us from ft. worth, texas, francisco hernandez an immigration attorney and from washington, viviana, a political analyst. we will begin with you. >> hi there, bill. >> bill: the president looked shaky there and ramos said hey, you didn't do it and everybody should remember the first two years that the president was in office he had control of congress the house and the senate and could have passed something and did not. so what do you think about mr. obama saying hey, i

denver 81, seattle sunny and 80. >>> top stories on a wednesday morning. smirm not backing away from his comments that half of all victims are victims. mr.ma said the president must work for everyone not just for some. chicago teachers ended their strike. classes resume today but the teachers have to vote on a new contract. rahm emanuel calls the deal an honest compromise. >>> a health group campaigning against obesity said half the people in 39 states will be obese in almost two decades. the trust for america's health expects 67% of the adults in mississippi to be overweight by to 30. colorado expected to have the thinnest population but still have 45% obesity rate. medical costs treating obesity are expected to increase to $66 billion a year by 2030. >>> it's hard to imagine watching pro football on television without seeing slow motion replays and hearing the smack of the pad. on tuesday steve sabol the man who helped transform the sport into the multimedia showcase we see today passed away. in 1964 sabol and his father ed started nfl films. steve worked at his father's side as the company's cinemaphotographer. they brought the game t

mr. magic wall himself john king. thank you. >>> don't forget as we ment watch this first presidential debate in denver colorado.y versus obama next wednesday 8:00 eastern right here cnn. >>> just in. news from space. we are just getting word of a pretty big discovery on mars. folks, it involves water. that's next. pass pass here's what happened... i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... me.id i had to go to the doctor.a type of gynecologic cancer. i received please l if something doesn't feel right get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers.é l. s ompat can help you stay that's heahier than that? . >>> mars rover curiosity on the job for 50 days driving around the red planet's rocky terrain and conducting experiments. nasa has a brand new update on the roving laboratory's discoverhein. >> big stuff round rocks like marbles. how do rocks get round? and remain round? either wind or water. >> water. >> these are too big, 4 centimeters, a couple of inches almost, too big pushed around by the wind so there was an ancient stream bed. one from

denver after an electrical fire filled the plane with smoke. a flight attendant used a fire distinguisher to contain that vapor. no oxygen masks were deployed, and there were no injuries. mrs. romney was on her way from omaha to santa monica. she arrived in los angeles a few hours later. the f.a.a. is investigating. >>> a jail lock down from a case of tuberculosis was lifted. they locked down a section of the facility in redwood city to prevent a possible spread of the illness. two inmates were dying -- diagnosed with active cases of tb. the couple with over crowding conditions housed new inmates. the women who were infected were isolated and taken to an outside medical facility for treatment. >>> a saddening to the search for a retired san francisco firefighter who disappeared during a train trip to canada. the body of charlie dowd was found in nebraska. the san mateo man was traveling cross country to visit family when he vanished. amtrak officials believe he may have fallen from the train. his family is devastated, but they are grateful for the many prayers and support they received during their search. >>> a mu rine county man died in a bizarre climbing accident in uta

denver after an electrical fire filled the plane with smoke. a flight attendant used a fire distinguisher to contain that vapor. no oxygen masks were deployed, and there were no injuries. mrs. romney was on her way from omaha to santa monica. she arrived in los angeles a few hours later. the f.a.a. is investigating. >>> a jail lock down from a case of tuberculosis was lifted. they locked down a section of the facility in redwood city to prevent a possible spread of the illness. two inmates were dying -- diagnosed with active cases of tb. the couple with over crowding conditions housed new inmates. the women who were infected were isolated and taken to an outside medical facility for treatment. >>> a saddening to the search for a retired san francisco firefighter who disappeared during a train trip to canada. the body of charlie dowd was found in nebraska. the san mateo man was traveling cross country to visit family when he vanished. amtrak officials believe he may have fallen from the train. his family is devastated, but they are grateful for the many prayers and support they received during their search. >>> a mu rine county man died in a bizarre climbing accident in uta

denver after an electrical fire filled the plane with smoke. a flight attendant used a fire distinguisher to contain that vapor. no oxygen masks were deployed, and there were no injuries. mrsas on her way from omaha to santa monica. she arrived in los angeles a few hours later. the f.a.a. is investigating. >>> a jail lock down from case of tuberculosis was lifted. they locked down a section of the facility in redwood city to prevent a possible spread of the illness. two inmates were dying -- diagnosed with active cases of tb. the couple with over crowding conditions housed new inmates. the women who were infected were isolated and taken to an outside medical facility for treatment. >>> a saddening to the search for a retired san francisco firefighter who disappeared during a train trip to canada. the body of charlie dowd was found in nebraska. the san mateo man was traveling cross country to visit family when he vanished. amtrak officials believe he may have fallen from the train. his family is devastated, but they are grateful for the many prayers and support they received during their search. >>> a mu rine county man died in a bizarre climbing accident in utah. he lived

denver 81, seattle sunny and 80. >>> top stories on a wednesday morning. mitt romney is not backing away from his comments that half of all americans believe they are victims. he said mrama believes you should take from some and give to others. mr. obama said the president must work for everyone not just for some. chicago teachers ended their strike. classes resume today but the teachers have to vote on a new contract. rahm emanuel calls the deal an honest compromise. >>> a health group campaigning against obesity said half the people in 39 states will be obese in almost two decades. the trust for america's health and robert wood johnson foundation expects 6% of the adults in mississippi to be extremely overweight by 2030. a 35% increase over the current rate. colorado expected to have the thinnest population but still have 45% obesity rate. medical costs treating obesity are expected to increase to $66 billion a year by 2030. >>> it's hard to imagine watching pro football on television without seeing slow motion replays and hearing the smack of the pad. on tuesday steve sabol the man who helped transform the sport into the multimedia showcase we see today passed away

mr. magic wall himself, john king. thank you. >>> don't forget as we mentioned, please watch this first presidential debate in denver, colorado.y versus obama next wednesday 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> just in. news from space. we are just getting word of a pretty big discovery on mars. folks, it involves water. that's next. pass pass i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're confident i'll be fine. please listen to your body. if something doesn't feel right for two weeks or longer, see your doctor. get the inside knowledge about gynecologic cancers. knowing can make all the difference in the world. there's a health company that can help you stay that way. what's healthier than that? . >>> mars rover curiosity on the job for 50 days driving around the red planet's rocky terrain and conducting experiments. nasa has a brand new update on the roving laboratory's discovers. chad myers, you h

denver while en route to los angeles. the cabin was filled with smoke after an apparent electrical fire but the aircraft landed safely. mrsomney and all on board are okay. we'll keep you posted as more information is available. well, get started. hello. i'm dana perino along with the great kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, eric bolling, not so great greg gutfeld. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: nearly ten days after -- ♪ ♪ >> dana: obama is finally admitting what seemed obvious at the time, it was a premedicated act of terror. while the investigation is ongoing, it appears there are al-qaeda connections. last week, the administration insisted the attack was a spontaneous reaction to a youtube video. but today, secretary clinton said it was indeed terrorism. here is a look at the various explanations from the administration about what happened. >> the best information and best defense we have today, in fact this was not a preplanned,be premeditated attack. >> self-evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. >> we're still doing an investigation. there will be different circumstances with different coun