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A shattering 6 1/2 hours on wall street, the dow off more than 500 points. paper losses more than $500 billion. october 19, 1987, wall street's black monday. it was this day 25 years ago when the dow dropped 22.6%. the largest one-day percentage drop ever in wall street history. can you imagine, that was '87. imagine that happening in an election year? oh, wait, it did. in 2008. just one weekend stands between president obama and mitt romney and the presidential debate on foreign policy. with scrutiny over the attack in libya, the president is stressing his commander in chief credentials. >>...

I look at my life are absolutely -- were necessary to bring me where i am today. of course i worked hard. absolutely. but for me i can't separate out the different public investments that helped enable my success. >> so you bring up the fact the investment act you referenced for 1940 is something that helped you modern times start up your asset management business but one thing i'm interested in is you say you paid 22.6% in federal taxes last year and you call that low. explain why you feel that you're maybe not paying your fair share into a system that helped you get where you are. >> right. ...

candidates aren't telling you about what is and what is not within their power to change. but first, i'll tell you about a storm that's raging in the distance. it's headed to our shores. it's an economic storm. it hasn't hit yet. we're starting to feel the outer bands of it. those who watch me every week know, i'm generally an optimist. but i understand the u.s. economy. the u.s. economy is driven about it confidence of its citizens. the customer in this case is the american consumer and is always right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they...

right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they'll stop spending. businesses stop hiring. and the economy could grind to a halt. let me tell what you i'm talking about. here's got news. we had 20 straight months of job growth in the united states. the pace of that growth is slowing. the last five months, there have been fewer jobs created each month than were created than in the month before. but jobs are being created, not lost. so that should make people feel better, not worse. let's talk about your homes. a lot of your equity is there. the h...

Resounding victory. next on tuesday comes minnesota, missouri, and colorado. but will the win last night in nevada help cement his frontrunner status in the race for the nomination? john roberts live in las vegas with the very latest. good morning, john. >> good morning to you, eric. certainly mitt romney is beginning to look like he's got it cemented in place, beginning to look more and more like the nominee. these are pictures from last night, that might add to the air of inevitability around mitt romney. he picked up secret service protection a couple days ago. take a look at this. he's sha...