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For todays flashback, we turn our attention to 1996, when the presidential race was a choice between bill clinton and bob dole. 16 years ago, the incumbent president and his republican challenger met for their first debate. the showdown was in hartford, connecticut, and moderated by jim lehrer of pbs. it was also the year of a new block of voters, that was identified as jonathan alter explained to tom brokaw in the post-debate analysis. >> the swing voter this year goes by a new buzz word. theyr...

In the modern era of presidential debating on tv, the candidate who is ahead in the polls coming out of the debates has always gone on to win the presidency. obviously, heading into the debates, starting tonight, president obama is ahead in the polls. if the debates starting tonight are enough to flip that, to propel mr. romney into the lead, then statistically speaking, mr. romney will be in good shape for the november election. if the debates are not enough to flip the polls in plm mr. romne f...

Feeling he could win white working-class voters in ohio on this welfare claim. hes sticking to his guns on the claim that the president wants to roll back work requirements for welfare even though politofact take a look at what he says. >> any time theres anything that has been amiss, we correct it or remove it. >> even the welfare act? >> absolutely. look, it has been shown time and again that the presidents effort to take work requirement out of welfare is a calculated move, the same thing he ...

>> the president only attended 44 percent of his daily briefings through may. wrestling legend and announcer lawler rush to do the hospital after suffering a heart attack during wwe monday night raw in montreal. he collapsed and received cpr. he is breathing on his own and is in stable condition. now to stories you can bank on this morning. theres a new buzz word when it comes to why some u.s. companies are reluctant to hire. here to explain is lauren simonetti from the fox business network. t...

To become law of the land and i understand if mitt romney wants to turn medicare into a voucher program, kelly, that is legitimate. i would just suggest the president has a responsibility to come forward -- hes been president for three and a half years. his own debt commission -- >> it resonates the next few months. everybody knows that the problem after the election, whoever is elected president, will -- this dealing with these entitlement programs and the fiscal cliff which will be the new buz...

we begin with the republicans furious assault on president obamas health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to th...

Attending a fundraiser in new york city hosted by a prominent private equity executive. >> surprise. >> surprise. surprise, surprise. donny? >> josh, you know, i think theres a difference between private equity and what it really is and what we understand inside baseball versus what i think obama is doing, is basically saying, he is a rich guy. its wall street. its all of that. private equity is one of those words that the average american thinks is a bad thing, like hedge funds. so theres the l...

Ahead. the obama campaign, you undermine his credibility and maybe he doesnt win that argument. but my question is, is he winning that argument despite of his background? and de-facto the guy the alternative is better. >> ben, the words -- you know, leverage, buyouts, managed bankruptcy, we havent done a deep dive into what it is precisely that mitt romney has done as the head of bain and sort of his methodology is broadly speaking for the economy. do you think the american public gets into thos...

Up to 30 more energy efficient and that perhaps just the tip of the iceberg, if you will. the u.s. navy has even taken note and is developing underwater crafts based on the professors project. he joins us today. what do you know that we dont, professor? >> well, dylan, as you know, innovation is the buzz word these days and at cal tech were leveraging the millions of years of innovation that jellyfish have achieved to produce technologies in the energy sector, health care and also national defen...

>> heres where hes doing it, ohio. ohio, a place where both mitt romney and president obama have trouble connecting with working class white voters and neither of which, if you dont win them over are not going to win ohio. since were talking about republican presidents, there hasnt been one that didnt win ohio. >> i think the buzz word in that snippet that we played was free market. a lot of people would argue with the president and his policies with regard to whether or not theyd live up on tha...