i don't think so. >> schieffer: so what should we do? should we just tell the israelis, look we're with you guys. if you think we need to go, then we need to bomb and we're with you? >> there should be agreement where that point is. most of all, let's reassert american leadership in the region. let's point out this wasn't a video that caused this. it's a fight, a struggle in the arab world between the islamists and the forces of moderation. and they want america disengaged. we need to assist these people. obviously, we have the right and should demand the host nation provide security. but we should be assisting these countries and want fact is that for us to say it's all about a video, look, one of our fundamentals freedom of speech, and that's what the arab spring was about, to bring about an end to the censorship by their government among other things. so it's not a video. and by the way, i predict you, there will be many, many videos that will be out there. it was the islamists, radical islamists, advertising and pushing this objectio

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and we welcome now to the broadcast new jersey governor chris christie. governor, thank you for being here. governor i have to start off by saying i don't hear very many republicans these days who think mitt romney is doing very well. what's your take here? >> well, he's had a tough couple of weeks. let's be honest. i'm not going to sit here and come on this morning and sugar coat the last couple of weeks. they've been tough. but here's the great news for republicans -- we have a candidate who is going to do extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the first time he has the opportunity to stand on the same stage with the president of the youth, and the first time the majority of the people who will vote in this race will have an opportunity to make the direct comparison and see the two of them. when they do, i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come inned with night. he's going to lay outs had vision for america. he's going to contrast what his view is and the presiden

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and we welcome now to the broadcast new jersey governor chris christie. governor, thank you for being here. governor i have to start off by saying i don't hear very many republicans these days who think mitt romney is doing very well. what's your take here? >> well, he's had a tough couple of weeks. let's be honest. i'm not going to sit here and come on this morning and sugar coat the last couple of weeks. they've been tough. but here's the great news for republicans -- we have a candidate who is going to do extraordinarily well on wednesday night. the first time he has the opportunity to stand on the same stage with the president of the youth, and the first time the majority of the people who will vote in this race will have an opportunity to make the direct comparison and see the two of them. when they do, i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come inned with night. he's going to lay outs had vision for america. he's going to contrast what his view is and the presiden

. >> schieffer: good morning, again. welcome to "face the nation." we are on the floor of the time warner center in charlotte. with us today, former new mexico governor, and maryland governor martin o'malley. governor o'malley, let me just start with you. we come out of the republican convention, and their theme seems to be everybody is disappointed in barack obama. they don't say he's a bad guy. it's like from the requested wizard of ozits" when he said, "i'm not a bad man. i'm just a bad wizard." that seems to be what they're saying about barack obama. how do you handle that? >> look, there were three things that you didn't see at the republican convention. you didn't see any new ideas for creating jobs. you didn't see george bush. and you didn't see mitt romney's tax returns. and the fact of the matter is, it was george bush's policy that drove our country into the worst set of problems any president as inherited since franklin delano roosevelt. but facts are facts and we can't deny for 29 months in a row we have seen

it is her decision and her life, but whatever she decides i will support it. >> schieffer:. >> schieffer: i am going to go back to one thing you said back there at one point that you thought with this economy being in the shape it is that it might be necessary temporarily to extend the bush tax cuts. do you still feel that way? for everybody. >> well, what i -- but i did say that back in 2010 when i supported the president's decision to do it. what they heed to do now is avoid the fiscal cliff and make a long-term deal. i understand the president's reluctance to extend a tax cuts for upper income people again, have a lot to do with the calendar, the timing, when you had all of those republican candidates for president saying they would oppose a budget deal that had $10 in tax cut spending, excuse me, spending cuts for every 1 dollar in tax increases, that won't work. nobody thinks it will work, you can't get this budget deal, the simpson-bowles commission said you can't bring the debt doubt without three things, economic growth, spending restraint and some revenues. a balanced approach.

>> schieffer: yes. >> no. i don't think the game is over yet, i think what mitt romney needs is a game changer in the first debate. the problem he now has got got in the engagement is it is starting to slip away from him in the key states. peggy is absolutely right, it is very close in the national polls and slipping away from him in the battle ground states and that puts pressure on him going into these debates. were he actually tied in the swing states all he needs to do is have a draw in the debates, he now needs to win and win that first debate and have turned that first debate into a game changer in which he does respond to the david corns of the world and show his true soul and what his message is. there have been a lot of mistakes in the campaign, starting with the idea he should have called peggy noonan for his acceptance address and would be in better shape now. >> i am a columnist -- >> at least he should have called because it would have shown good instincts. i agree with david, i think calling on j

>> schieffer: welcome back now to "face the nation" page two. richard haass of the council on foreign relations is in new york. martin indyk of brookings, and tom friedman of the "new york times" are with us here in the studio. richard haass, i'm going to go to you about what martin indyk was talking about, this problem between israel and the united states over iran and what do we do about it? the prime minister is saying the united states ought to publicly draw a red line and tell iran you cannot go beyond this point in your nuclear weapons development. where do you see-- what do you see happening on this front? >> well, that's an approach i think that probably can't work, simply because the iranians may be doing things already that we don't know about. and i think it's legitimate to say, even if they don't cross the nuclear weapons threshold, if they get 90% of the way there, that's not a very comforting outcome. so let me suggest a different approach, bob. instead of red linees, let me suggest deadlines. what we ought to do is going to the ir

>> schieffer: yes. >> no. i don't think the game is over yet, i think what mitt romney needs is a game changer in the first debate. the problem he now has got got in the engagement is it is starting to slip away from him in the key states. peggy is absolutely right, it is very close in the national polls and slipping away from him in the battle ground states and that puts pressure on him going into these debates. were he actually tied in the swing states all he needs to do is have a draw in the debates, he now needs to win and win that first debate and have turned that first debate into a game changer in which he does respond to the david corns of the world and show his true soul and what his message is. there have been a lot of mistakes in the campaign, starting with the idea he should have called peggy noonan for his acceptance address and would be in better shape now. >> i am a columnist -- >> at least he should have called because it would have shown good instincts. i agree with david, i think calling on j

>> schieffer: it certainly made for compelling television.f the ford-carter debates drew in more than 60 million viewers. the public had spoken. the debates were here to stay. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> schieffer: today the debates have become perhaps the only chance to get millions from both parties to sit down and hear what the other side has to say. with just the candidates speaking for themselves. >> one of the things the debates do that's very important, they dampen down some of the effect of money and politics. >> schieffer: kathleen hall jamison of the annenberg school for communication at the university of pennsylvania is a scholar on american elections >> when we institutionalized debates as a format we're communicating to the world as well as to the country that we practice what we preach. we believe that there's value in the clash of competing ideas. we believe that the public should judge individuals based on what it is they say and how they argue and how they respond to each other. not simply on the wa

>> schieffer: it certainly made for compelling television.f the ford-carter debates drew in more than 60 million viewers. the public had spoken. the debates were here to stay. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> schieffer: today the debates have become perhaps the only chance to get millions from both parties to sit down and hear what the other side has to say. with just the candidates speaking for themselves. >> one of the things the debates do that's very important, they dampen down some of the effect of money and politics. >> schieffer: kathleen hall jamison of the annenberg school for communication at the university of pennsylvania is a scholar on american elections >> when we institutionalized debates as a format we're communicating to the world as well as to the country that we practice what we preach. we believe that there's value in the clash of competing ideas. we believe that the public should judge individuals based on what it is they say and how they argue and how they respond to each other. not simply on the wa

bob schieffer-- schieffer, ann romney last week gave a great speech to that convention, maybe the best speech of the whole convention. i think a lot of people in the obama campaign think it was the best speech. but they're expecting a lot from michelle obama tonight. you know, their campaign manager, i asked him today, i said how important is michelle obama to the obama campaign. he said i'll tell you how important she is she is the single most popular figure in american politics today. he said we want her out there. >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. let's listen in, not on a politician but on elaine, a mom from winona, ohio. >> so like i said, i'm not a political person. but i'm a mom. and if someone is there for my family and families like mine, then i'll be there for them. that's why i am so proud to introduce my fellow mom and our first lady michelle obama. (cheers and applause) >> oh yeah, baby! here i am, signed, sealed delivered i'm yours. signed, sealed delivers i'm yours. (cheers and applause) >> thank you, thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. (cheers and applause)

reports from byron pitts, norah o'donnell and bob schieffer. anna werner on a big jump in cases of west nile. it could be this country's worst outbreak of the virus ever. armen keteyian reports the n.f.l. is pledging millions medical research as a new study finds football players have a much higher risk of dying from brain disorders. and space walking astronauts use a toothbrush to repair a space station while the sun shows a flair for the dramatic. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, bad weather scuttle it had first day of the republican convention and now rain is forcing the democrats to scrap what they hoped would be a spectacular finish here. they planned to move out of this arena tomorrow to stage the president's acceptance speech outdoors in the massive stadium that is home to the carolina panthers. but president obama will be on the stage behind me instead in a much smaller forum which leaves no room for tens of thousands of party volunteers. we have bob schieffer in our

jan crawford, bob schieffer and anthony mason report. this could be one solution to the drought. but jim axelrod tells us funding for it has dried up. could jesus have been married? a scholar says an ancient scrap of papyrus may hold a clue. and to this 15-year-old, the great recession looks like opportunity. >> i'm trying to get as many houses as i can while the market is low. >> pelley: anna werner with a future mogul. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with 49 days to election day, a

bob schieffer is joining me here in broadcast booth. bo bob, your thoughts on the obama- clinton alliance we saw last night. >> reporter: i tell you, scott, bill clinton and barack obama were never best buds. we all know that. after all, his wife ran against mr. obama for president. well who would have thought it, but after bill clinton's speech last night, i decide he may be happened to barack obama. i don't care how good the message is, if you can't explain it in a way that people understand, you might as well not say it. after the obama team spent last week trying to answer the old reagan question, "are you better off now than you were four years ago?" clinton gave them last night an answer that people could remember. the republican logic he said was, "we left him a total mess. he hasn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back." no wonder my friend brit hume over at fox said, "if i were ever in trouble, i'd want bill clinton to defend me." time and again last night, clinton laid out president obama's positions better,

. >> reports from nancy cordes and na schieffer. on the gulf coast, homeowners see the devastation left by isaac. manuel bojorquez is there. bill whitaker is in california where new wildfires are burning out of control. and on this labor day, sharyl ontkisson meets some people atying to survive as the jobs vanish. >> yeah, i'm going to try to work. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm jim axelrod. it's a question a president is asked every time he runs for reelection: are you better off now than you were four years ago, a question president obama's team should have seen coming but didn't. today as democrats gathered in charlotte for their convention, sh the campaign faces the distraction of trying to set the record straight. nancy cordes is traveling with the president tonight as he surveys the damage from hurricane isaac. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: jim, this is a quick trip for the president, less than three hours. he is touring a dam

bob schieffer, quite a speech. >> schieffer: well, that was quite a speech and i have heard a lot of them. i must say and i think your point is exactly right. that he kind of summed it up in a way that the obama administration simply hasn't been able to do. for better or for worse. i mean he laid it out. i must say i thought his best line of the night was he said, they left it in a total mess, he didn't clean it up fast enough, so throw him out and put us back in. which is a pretty good way to answer that question the republicans keep asking, are you better offer now than you were four years ago. it is just an amazing speech, i thought. >> pelley: president obama will have his work cut out for him tomorrow. looking ahead, tonight, the roll call of the state decembers will make official the nomination of barack obama as the democratic candidate for president. tomorrow night, the president will deliver his acceptance speech and we will bring you live coverage beginning at ten eastern time. there will be more about all of this tonight on your local news and on this cbs station on our cb

remain on-line, jeff. >> jeff: anna werner, thank you. >> the libyan president east also told bob schieffer today that his government has arrested roughly 50 people for the again bazzee-- benghazi attack and at least some of them are from other countries. our charlie d'agata is in benghazi tonight. charlie, what more are you hearing about who is responsible? >> well, a top libyan official told us today, jeff, that members within the militant groupance ar-al shariya are suspects in this attack including some individuals still at large. but was quick to point out that some factions of that group may be the responsible for the murders of ambassador stevens and three of his team, not all members took part in the attacks. >> jeff: i think a lot of people might wonder what kind of support does ansar-al shariya receive in libya? >> well, jeff, like many brigades here, they are responsible for the day-to-day running of benghazi, particularly when it comes to providing security here. as a matter of fact, even today we saw their trucks with their insignia on the side parked outside the area hospitals

bob schieffer with our new poll showing who's ahead in the race for the white house. in a candid interview, president obama says he's lost a lot being president. >> the pomp, the circumstance, the title, the air force one, all that stuff probably isn't worth the sacrifice. >> pelley: but he tells us the one thing that makes the sacrifice worth it. and steve hartman "on the road" with a chef who serves up a generous portion of kindness. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, "patriots" is the word president obama used to describe the four americans killed in libya as their flag-draped caskets returned home late today. the president, secretary of state clinton, and defense secretary panetta were among those at joint base andrews outside washington to honor the first u.s. ambassador killed in the line of duty in 33 years. a state department information officer and two former navy seals who had been the ambassador's security detail. they were killed tuesday in that attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, li

thin >> schieffer: well, scott, two that . first, that 40% really jumps out. that is the largest number of teople who have thought the country's headed in the right direction in over three years. it's s it's still not a majority but it goes without saying that the try is hple who think the it is for headed in the right e presidn the better it is for the president, any president. the second thing, the best help s message that he is s seeme who can best help the middle-class does seem to be getting through. a majority in this poll, 54%, said the president would do more to help the middle-class while ored the rhat mitt romney's while u favored the rich. on, butill a while until the ave to s, but you put all that together and you have to say this is some of the best polling news that the president has seen in quite a while. >> p >> pelley: bob, thank you very much. be watching on sunday when bob's guests o or joh on "face the nation" include republican senator john mccain of arizona. the teachers strike in chicago could soon be over. the school board president say

bob schieffer, after watching mrs. obama tonight and ann romney last week, it's pretty clear that governor romney and president obama both married up. >> i don't think there is any question about that. and i will tell you something else, i think they liked it, don't you, scott? that was a fine speech. and i'm always a little skeptical when i'm told things like this. but someone that i trust in the obama team tells me that mrs. obama has been working on this speech for about a month. it is a process, others help, but that basically this was a speech that she wrote. well, it certainly went over well with this crowd. it was a remarkable speech. >> pelley: we have a picture that we just received from the white house with the president with his two daughters watching the speech tonight. that's maliah, 14 years old, just started high school today and sasha who is 11 years old. the president stayed behind at the white house so that he could take them to school today. looking ahead now, former president bill clinton will addre

jan crawford, bob schieffer and anthony mason report. this could be one solution to the drought. but jim axelrod tells us funding for it has dried up. could jesus have been married? a scholar says an ancient scrap of papyrus may hold a clue. and to this 15-year-old, the great recession looks like opportunity. >> i'm trying to get as many houses as i can while the market is low. >> pelley: anna werner with a future mogul. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with 49 days to election day, a candidate for president doesn't want a distraction from his message but it's happened in a big way to mitt romney. today, opponents and supporters parsed and examined in minute detail secretly recorded comments governor romney made about four months ago. it was during a private fund- raiser in a private home. romney was explaining why he believes that nearly half of the country would always be on the side of president obama. >> pelley: the video was recorded on may 17. it was obtained by the liberal magazine "mother jones." "mothe

bob schieffer, a classic barack obama speech but there was one line in particular that i heard that i'm not sure i have ever heard a president say. he said, "i'm proud of what we've achieved together, but i am far more mindful of my own failings." >> reporter: yeah, and i think that was an effort to say to people and to answer people who talked about, you know, that he had called for hope and change and he had built up people's hopes, and maybe beyond expectations that he could actually deliver on. it was a speech that did, as we were told it would, draw contrasts between these two very different visions for america. but this was not-- this was not the kind of speech that bill clinton made last night. you just-- it just didn't have that little spark, it seemed to me, that clinton had, over and over again. i thought it was a good speech. i thought he laid out his side of the story here. but it was hard for me to pick out a headline here. what is the line we're going to remember? maybe it's the one you just cited from this speech. and i must say, in that sense, i didn't hear it. >> pelley

bob schieffer, the stakes really couldn't be higher for the democrats. there are 62 days until election day. they don't have many more opportunities like this one. >> reporter: well, you know, there's a very small number of americans, according to the polls, who simply have not made up their minds. that's who the president will be aiming this address at tonight. this thing is dead even. very few people in the key battleground states are going to be the ones who decide how this election comes out. that's what this is all about. all of this has been planned for this night, for the president to lay out for the american people where he wants to take the country. over the next four years. >> pelley: norah o'donnell, the cohost of "cbs this morning" is down on the convention floor. norah. >> reporter: scott, if you talk with the president's political advisers, they also see these national polls that show this race is almost dead even, but they say they don't care about those polls because the presidency is not decided by the popular vote. it is decided by the

once again tonight, bob schieffer is with me here in the anchor booth and our campaign 2012 team is down on the floor. bob, getting president clinton here to make this nomination speech tonight wasn't just a matter of asking him. what is the back story? >> no, you know, think about it, bill clinton's wife ran against barack obama four years ago and things have been a bit rocky between them since then. but about a year ago, the obama people began to make a concerted effort to get bill clinton on this stage tonight. it actually began with an invitation to play golf, then there were calls back and forth, he was asked his opinion on strategy and so forth, and so on, and now she here. they need him, because they think he can get through and talk to the pea people where they are weakest and that is white working class voters. >> bill clinton has become the rock star and tonight is going to be bill clinton night. >> in recent gallup polls president clinton had a 60 percent approval rating and president obama has a 53 percent approval rating. >> they probably won't mention that part. >> they are

. >> pelley: reports from jan crawford, anthony mason, and bob schieffer. and "on the road" with steve hartman. a silent soldier hears the call of duty. >> 60 years later. still checking on his guys. cbaptioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the storm cleared over the gulf coast today and the full impact of hurricane katrina is now becoming clear. the first hurricane to hit the u.s. this season left at least ve peoeople dead. more than 20 inches of rain combined with the storm surge raft whole neighborhoods underwater in louisiana. dee power is still out for more than half a million homes and businesses and the damage could top $2 billion. our mark strassmann has been talking with some of the people who have lost nearly everything. >> reporter: for the first time oday we were able to look from the air at the abandoned neighborhoods in plaquemines thrish, swamped by five feet of isaac's storm surge. crews have begun cutting as many as 10 holes in its levees east tsd west banks to drain the water a

extremist elements that joined in an escalated the violence >>> but this man disagrees and told bob schieffer it was premeditated >>> the way the perpetrators acted and moved and choosing the specific date for this demonstration this leaves us with no doubt this was preplanned >>> libyan officials say they've arrested 50 people and connection to the benghazi attack. the fbi also investigates and the u.s. government is increasing security to protect u.s. personnel duarte geraldino cbs news >>> the last week of summer and brian hackney with the forecast >>> we cool down a bit in the bay area the numbers will come down every day nothing dramatic still plenty warm inland. fairfield 9189 livermore. some fog comes in on the shoreline you see the golden gate. the marine layer is about 1,700 ft.. low pressure moves in. it moves the a marine layer. none is much fought tonight as last night. 58 degrees at concord, at the airport 55 degrees, 50 santa rosa, the call and will continue through midweek then a little bit of a warm up but the cool down it or warm up nothing to write home about. high pressure

plus, our own bob schieffer will be with us.ked governor o'malley the question that left democrats scrambling. and michele obama's speech and how her message will be different than four years ago. all that and more at 7:00 from charlotte. >> we'll be watching. >>> summer is coming to a close for hundreds of thousands of children this morning. it is back to school in northern virginia today. some of the region's biggest districts are going back to class. alexandria, the city of fredricksburg, prince william and stafford counties all have the buses rolling for the first time today. >> kristin fisher is live in lorton, virginia this morning talking with the head of fairfax county schools. >> reporter: good morning. we're about an hour and a half away from the opening bell here at south county middle school. joining me now, fairfax county's public school superintendent dr. jack dale. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: busy morning to you. this is as i said all morning, this is a brand new

bob schieffer raised it as well as others did on the sunday shows. better off than you were four years ago. democrats i guess have decided to tackle that directly, right? most americans are. >> sunday morning shows i think everybody asked that question. some of president obama's aides had problems answering it. they kind of -- it seemed they equivocated on that answer. that's what led to the stories this morning. >> bill: cheerly some people are still hurting so they have to acknowledge that. >> right. some statistics haven't improved much since january of 2009. others have. i was surprised they didn't know how to field it. you talk about the things that have improved and you ignore the things that haven't improved. surprised they equiv kate on that on sunday. yesterday, they came out saying of course people are better than they were four years ago. people picked up on that. hence you see the stories this morning. >> bill: that's the key question. seems to me there are two. that question. are you better off today than you were four years ago. are we

well, joining us now live to talk about all that, chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. bob is, it safe to suggest that president obama got a convention bump, whereas mitt romney did not? >> he may or may not have, but what jumps out at me in this poll, derek, is when you drill down into it, 40% of americans now think the country is headed in the right direction. now that's not a large number. it's far from a majority, but that is a nine-point jump over the same question when it was asked last month. that's the highest number, the largest number of americans who think the country is moving in the right direction in three years now. now you couple that with a couple of other things in the poll and it suggests that the president's message that he is the one who can do the most for the middle class is beginning to break through. a majority of people in our poll said they thought he was the one who could best help the middle class and about 53% thought that romney's policies favored rich people. so, you know, it's been a rough couple of weeks for the obama administration, bu

bob schieffer is our chief washington correspondent and the anchor of "face the nation." bob, what do you make of mr. romney's comments? >> scott, i tell you, for a candidate who has fought the perception from the very beginning he's just a rich guy who doesn't understand the average folks, i cannot imagine what he could have said that would have hurt his cause more. as the very republican bill kristol, editor of the very republican "weekly standard "and conservative columnist in david brooks have pointed out today, the 47% of the people who pay no federal income tax are not all moochers, not by a long shot. many a r traditional republican supporters-- old people living on social security, retired members of the military as well as poor families who, once they are docked for payroll, state, and local taxes, just don't make enough money to owe federal taxes. when romney says he can't worry about these people because he'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility for their lives, you have to wonder if he actually knew who he was talking to. maybe he didn

that joined the and and as the lead of the violence >>> the libyan president disagrees and told bob schieffer it was premeditated >>> the perpetrators acted and moved chusing the specific date for the so-called demonstration leaves us no doubt this was preplanned >>> libyan official say they have arrested 50 people and relation to the attack the fbi also investigates the u.s. government increases security to protect personnel overseas. duarte geraldino cbs news. >>> territorial dispute with japan has demonstrators in china in the streets for second day in a row both countries fighting over islands in the pacific ocean, after japan decided tuesday to buy the islands protesters say it is a provocative violation of its sovereignty. the situation says leon panetta says china and japan are headed towards war. 50 cities in china reported acts of violence. less than two months before the election voters face a tough choice in choosing a president for them full of conflict. smart phone theft one of the fastest-growing crimes in the country. >>> we have the back to work forecast it shows a nice week o

yesterday on "face the nation," bob schieffer asked her husband what he thought. >> i just don't know. she's an extraordinarily able person. i never met anybody i thought was a better public servant. but i have no earthly idea what she will decide to do. >> president clinton says whatever his wife decides he's for her first, last and always. >>> this morning firefighters in washington state are making progress against several major wildfires burning in central washington. the largest is table mountain fire has burned more than 30,000 acres. on sunday two mountain cabins run by the forest service were destroyed. about 200 homes remain under mandatory evacuation. >>> a significant clue to the cause of breast cancer may have been found. nature the scientific journal report scientists have completed a major study of the genetics of the disease. one form of breast cancer might be treatable by drugs used to fight ovarian cancer. it's hoped the research will lead to more effective treatment. >>> cbs money watch time now. a peanut butter recall at trader joe's and battle for number one at the

." >> bill clinton voice-- he told face the nation's bob schieffer the outcome could help congress deal with a so-called fiscal cliff. mandatory budget cuts that would take effect in january if the gridlock congress finds no agreement on targeted cuts. >> something has to change so that both parties see that they have more to gain from doing than to the doing. and i think what will happen is when the election occurs, let's say the president wins. i believe he will. if he wins, then he can't run again, the calculus of the congress will change. they will be facing this fiscal cliff, and if doing exactly what it intended to do it will force them to concentrate. i believe there will be a lame duck session of congress in which they will either reach the beginnings of a budget deal or more likely agree to some sort of period of time to avoid the fiscal cliff and make the budget deal then. i think that as soon as this election is over the incentive for gridlock will go way down and the incentives for action will go way up. >> jeff: california could become the fifth state tow eliminate the deat

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yesterday on "face the nation," bob schieffer asked her husband what he thought. >> i just don't know. she's an extraordinarily able person. i never met anybody i thought was a better public servant. but i have no earthly idea what she will decide to do. >> president clinton says whatever his wivize he's for her first, last and always. >>> this morning firefighters in washington state are making progress against several major wildfires burning in central washington. the largest is table mountain fire has burned more than 30,000 acres. on sunday two mountain cabins run by the forest service were destroyed. >>> a significant clue to the cause of breast cancer may have been found. nature the scientific journal report scientists have completed a major study of the genetics of the disease. one form of breast cancer might be treatable by drugs used to fight ovarian cancer. >>> cbs money watch time now. a peanut butter recall at trader joe's and battle for number one at the box office. >> reporter: good morning. markets in asia were lower this morning on new concerns about a global slow down

thanks for the debate piece this morning >> schieffer: well, you're quite welcome, charles.chris christie annuity gingrich about know very thing, the debates. on "face the nation." >> osgood: thank you, bob. we'll be watching. who is our sunday morning profile next week? legendary rocker pete townsend. that's who. plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel®, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infecti

in the first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob schieffer pointed out ryan budget plan, including his plan to voucherize, that's a great word, medicare, could be trouble for romney. let's listen. >> there's no question your campaign has been trying to make this a election a referendum on barack obama. now some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan. >> well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i have put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> and again this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan's positions and assert that he's the man at the top of the ticket. let's listen. >> the president's cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i'd put those dollars back into medicare. >> mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost precisely the same number, 716. >> he was going to use that money to reduce the budget deficit. i'm putting it back into medicare and i'm the guy running for president. >> well, what a miserable time he has. all he does is defend himself a

. >> reporter: chris christie told "face the nation"'s bob schieffer he expects romney to turn in a game-changing performance at wednesday's debate. >> thursday morning you are all going to be scratching your heads and saying wow, we have a barn burner now for the next 33 days. >> reporter: node on fox news, his running mate paul ryan admitted the campaign has had some challenges. >> first of all, 47%, mitt acknowledges himself that was an inarticulate way of describing how we are worried in that stag nato bama economy more people are dependent on government. >> despite being down in most polls ryan said the gop ticket will eventually win over voters who are frustrated by a stagnant economy. >> given that we are going to win this. >> reporter: and romney has a lot to gain from a debate says cathleen hall jameison. >> the challenger has the opportunity to establish he is competent to stand up and hold his own against the president of the united states. a challenger who accomplishes that, in effect, wins the first debate. >> reporter: romney las been studying for the debates since june, the last mo

i don't have a problem with her i think that bob schieffer he's also doing a really good job so i personally don't think that you know every journalist is biased and everyone in the mainstream media is terrible and they're out to get republicans and some really do think that but i don't think that at all i think that you know in general there is a problem in the in the media anymore with republican or with the media just being way too biased to the left or to the right and yeah you know outlets like fox outlets like c.n.n. they try to take that kind of divisive is it a reflection on how divisive the country is or are they perpetuating a false two party narrative to try to continue that divide americans and i don't think that's it's either of those things i think that partisan news sells if they didn't do it i mean if it didn't work then they wouldn't do it as someone who runs a center right national publication for a center right company you know i can personally say obviously you know it sells to be able to do that and that's why m.s.m. b.c. does it because you know they get a lot of viewer