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Attorneys for thousands of former nfl players today squaring off in the court with the league over head injuries. they say their client suffered on the football field. but the league claims it is not to blame for the headaches and the expression -- depression and the memory loss. that battle is next. plus the ncaa basketball title game a little later tonight and louisville could make it a clean sweep. tonight, why the mens championship team will not be there to root on the ladies. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ ...

>> shepard: big dance started last month. squaring off in the ncaa tournament final. michigan, louisville final. story and program. side stories. perhaps none more captivating of kevin ware and his gruesomely broken leg. is he expected to be on the sidelines tonight. who knows maybe he will show up for louisvilles womens basketball squad when they, too, play for the national championship tomorrow against uconn. before we go, our teams top five things of the day, number 5, mortars remembering the...

Theyre two blue-collar, catholic guys that, you know, came from two pretty industrial towns. and theyre going to be debating as vice president. >> squaring off. >> weve got a great country. >> i actually think you could say that about both tickets across the board. its a fantastic time. >> it is. it is. it is. >> mittpoliticos jonathan mart thank you very much. drew brees makes history. well have a full recap of the weeke weekends nfl action with mike florio. thats next. keep it here on "morni...

The debate performance that some advisors came up short. what david axelrod and other advisors are trying to push a narrative this was not the presidents force and it was mitt romney lying his way to vicl be honest with you. i think he was taken aback at the brazenness in which he walked away from positions he run. that is something not to make an adjustment for in these subsequent debates. >> reporter: they reject that charge. they say obama camp that has a five trillion tax cut plan that is fa...

On their last-minute preparations for their first face-off tomorrow night. abcs karen travers is joining us this morning with a preview of the debate. good morning, karen. >> good morning, rob. good morning, paula. its been very quiet on the campaign trail as president obama and mitt romney hunkers down and prepares for wednesdays debate. a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows a very tight race. so both campaigns see tomorrow night as a big opportunity. this presidential campaign has been g...

Taking longer due to the deep economic trouble he inherited while taking office. mr. romney attacks the president on the economy saying the president is out of ideas and out of excuses and back against squaring off. live in washington kelly wright, thank you. it is time for your first degree weather update with ms. maria molina. it is like hot an humid here. >> it is very gross across the northeast humid in new york city, temperatures in the 70s. we are going to deal with that in the early m...

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Billion during the dot come era into two teachers and an administrator anonymous after claim their portion of the mega millions jackpot. $218 million in total about a winner in kansas stepped forward on friday. it is not known who has that third winning ticket sold in illinois. and the white house is squaring off with north korea over the launch of a rocket that the u.s. says can carry a ballistic missile. the u.s. says it would be a flagrant violation of u.n. resolutions about so far the nort...

>> im not sure. the mitt romney has personal ties to the state. is this another shadow play by the president putting his own marker down where he knows mr. romney has support? >> reporter: thats part of it, spreading the playing field. particularly when dealing with limited financial resources although heaven knows either of those candidates if they end up squaring off will have plenty of money. the president leaves where he gave that speech onto new york city tonight. four fund raisers and the ...

Many ways now said its just not worth it anymore. so if that gets reinforced at a republican convention or democratic convention, weve got a different set of benchmarks by which we measure. >> an important statement by olympia snowe. the president while the republican candidates were squaring off was speaking to auto workers. well get to that in a moment. lets take a look at exit polls showing that 48% of voters who supported romney in michigan said beating president obama was the issue that mat...