mr. mondale.'' since there will also be a second debate between the two presidential candidates, tonight will focus primarily on the economy and other domestic issues. the debate, itself, is built around questions from the panel. in each of its segments, a reporter will ask the candidates the same general question. then -- and this is important -- each candidate will have the chance to rebut what the other has said. and the final segment of the debate will be the closing segment, and the candidates will each have 4 minutes for their closing statements. and as i have said, mr. mondale will be the last person on the program to speak. and now i would like to add a personal note if i may. as dorothy ridings pointed out, i have been involved now in four presidential debates, either as a moderator or as a panelist. in the past, there was no problem in selecting panelists. tonight, however, there were to have been four panelists participating in this debate. the candidates were given a list of almost 100 q

mr. mondale? exactly the commitment that was made to the american people in 1980 -- he would never reduce benefits. and of course, what happened right after the election is they proposed to cut social security benefits by 25% -- reducing the adjustment for inflation, cutting out minimum benefits for the poorest on social security, removing educational benefits for dependents whose widows were trying -- with widows trying to get them through college. everybody remembers that, people know what happened. there's a difference. i have fought for social security and medicare and for things to help people who are vulnerable all my life, and i will do it as president of the united states. >> thank you very much. we'll now begin with segment number two with my colleague, diane sawyer. ms. sawyer? >> mr. president, mr. mondale, the public opinion polls do suggest that the american people are most concerned about the personal leadership characteristics of the two candidates, and each of you has questioned th

mr. mondale. [applause] >> please, we have not finished quite yet. thank you, mr. mondale, and thank you, mr. president. and our thanks to our panel members, as well. and so we bring to a close this first of the league of women voters presidential debates of 1984. you two can go at each again in the final league debate on october 21st, in kansas city, missouri. and this thursday night, october 11th, at 9 p.m. eastern daylight time, the vice president, george bush, will debate congresswoman geraldine ferraro in philadelphia. and i hope that you will all watch once again. no matter what the format is, these debates are very important. we all have an extremely vital decision to make. once more, gentlemen, our thanks. once more, to you, our thanks. now, this is barbara walters wishing you a good evening. [applause] [applause] [applause] [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >>> here now is mr. ross perot. >> goodee you. thank you. good to see you. thank you. >>> now, governor clinton. thank you. >>

mr. mondale, your time is up. >> as we get closer to the first presidential debate, we are looking back at the dates from our archives starting with president reagan and walter mondale at 7:00 eastern. later in the evening, the 1992 debate between george bush, bill clinton, and prospero -- ross perot. >> republican vice president joe candidate paul ryan is making campaign stops in new hampshire and ohio. here is his campaign rally from this morning in new hampshire. he speaks for about half an hour. ♪ >> thank you so much for coming out, everybody. thank you so much. thank you for hosting us. thank you for sending mitt romney to the white house and barack obama back to chicago. [applause] it is so great to be back here. this is a beautiful place and a beautiful state. i brought my beautiful wife with me as well. [applause] she is here with my sister and brother-in-law. they live right over the border in boston. i do not know if that is a good or bad thing to everybody here. my sister lives in boston. she works for dunkin brands. this man knows how to balance a budget, cut spending, it know

mr. mondale, because as a senator, you voted 16 times to increase taxes. now, i believe that our problem has not been that anybody in our country is undertaxed. it is the government is over spending. i think this is why we had a 20% tax cut across the board, which maintains the same progressivity of our tax structure. as a matter of fact, it just so happens that in the quirks of minister in these taxes, there is above $50,000. actually did not get quite as big a tax cut percentage-wise as those from 50,000 down. from 50,000 down, those people paid 2/3 of the taxes, and those people got 2/3 of the tax cuts. >> mr. president, you said, "there you go again." remember last time you said that? you said that when president carter said you were going to cut medicare, and what did you do right after the election? you went out and tried to cut $20 billion out of medicare. [applause] and so, when you say, "there you go again," people remember this. people will remember that you signed the biggest tax increase in the history of california, and the biggest tax increas

mr. mondale. i recall that president kennedy had to goes dais on end during the cuba missile crisis.ended it. there was no more discussion about age. >> that was it. after the convention of both candidates, walter mondale after that moment in the presidential debate. ronald reagan was gaining a point a day and gaining about 20 points on election day because of that one moment. >> i can't wait. we'll talk about wednesday's debate. will they be defining moments that will sink in voters's mind. fascinating stuff. >> coming up on the show. just call her mom's hero. a 4-year-old makes a life saving call to 911. that little girl and her mother and dispatcher here next to share their story. good morning! ♪ ♪ ♪ in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're inereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? 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 mo

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