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Some by this weeks debate moderator. we are learning of an 11-hour change to the debate format. now a followup discussion will be aloud for the candidates that will be driven by the moderator. candy crowley of cnn. here is how this crowley described her perceptions of her job. >> town hall meeting. there will be questioners to the right and left of me and in front of the candidate. they will have the questions and as was the case in the charlie gibson town hall meeting and the tom brokaw town ha...

$400 million. we will take a close look at the ever-growing green and energy ventures that are eating up some of your money. and questions swirling tonight. remember both campaigns complained about candy crowley and her questions of last weeks debate. we are learning of an 11 hour change of tonights debate format. we will talk about that decision. and also, a young girl and sticking her head out of a moving train. that story is just ahead i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th,

We have has four trillion dollar budget deficits in a row. megyn: well see you near spin alley. its quiet now, but it wont be in about 7 hours. just hours before the presidential candidates face off we are get something breaking news about in the event. an 11th hour change to the debate format and the role of the debate moderator candy crowly. disturbing details about a drone shot down over israeli air space. the israeli army is linking that to iran. stay tuned for that. [ male announcer ] kids ...

Voting for romney. and i think thats going to help the turnout chances for the republican party, but does that mean that independents suddenly think hes different or even democrats might be peeled aaaway? thats not what were seeing evidence of yet. that could change sure enough tomorrow night, next week. >> despite all of the conversation on the first presidential dethe bait, we are back to basically where we were before the conventions and before that debate. there are some people, very few peo...

>> i think vice president biden did what he needed to. there is no question and democrats havent sat back and whined the way that republicans have. we were clear in saying look, president obama was not up to his best game in that first debate. but vice president biden absolutely has basically surged back the base of the party and provided that inspiration, that momentum that the base needed. that was the job he needed to do. i think what were going to see in the town hall debate format is presid...

Tonight? >> well, i believe that joe is going to be extremely feisty tonight. i think he has followed all the press and the write-ups of the obama debate presentation which is viewed rather negatively by virtually everybody, and i think hes going to be amped up. i believe he is going to come hard on perhaps some of the issues that obama did not come hard on, but he is going to be dealing with another individual who is very qualified in a debate format. paul ryan is a bright guy. he probably know...

The bain capital guy and that was not a good thing in the way obama people put those ads on the air. and i think the result is that if obama can hold that kind of lead in ohio, he might come out of this as long as biden does his job and obama is not as sleepy as he was in the first debate, couldnt procenounce danas wonderful word from the beginning of the show. >> how much does format play into this? both will be seated. nine topics. ten minutes per topic. the questions whether go back and forth...

>> you thought obamas hollywood speech in which he joked seemed forced. i feel like that is where he kind of belongs. he seems much more comfortable giving speeches or being on shows like "the view" running the country sometimes. >> but again, he was with his crutch, the tele prompter. he was able to make a joke, and he was able to please the audience. lets not forget there was nobody on the other side, right? for the first time we saw in four years we saw obama up against another side. whether ...

In a debate format he is very disciplined. hell be prepped. i dont think youll see any gaffes, but youll see a solid performance. hes strong and aggressive and most of the all he has what president obama lacked. when i ran for re-election, and i did it three times, i was proud of what wheadon and i was enthusiastic about what we accomplished. joe will have that enthusiasm. hell convey to the american person what this administration has done pulling us out of the brink of financial collapse, adva...

Warming. if it is, what are you going to do about it? >> why cant the debate be pointed in that way? >> that gets to the format. my colleague, rachel, said she thought the debate format died. the debate format is going to be different in the vice presidential debate and the next presidential debate which is a town hall. hey, let them go out it. >> a different moderator might have left us with different feelings if somebody reigned it in and said you are not answering the question. who knows. >> ...