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we'll be going live to las vegas to catch up with jim in just a second. all right, meanwhile, let's go to senior political editor mark preston, also in vegas while we're waiting to hear from our jim acosta. mark, we have just been talking about these new polls that were released a few moments ago as we are preparing for the presidential debate tonight. okay. this is live television, folks. it's like a juggling act when you have about three live shots to get to in las vegas. jim acosta, are you in place? there we go. we got you. >> this is a, this is of no fault of my own, kyra. i p...

vegas. and there's crashes all the time in this sport. let's talk about what made this one so bad. >> what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, it's a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide, which means they are more bunched up going into turns, and dan wheldon starting at the back of ...

times for people who aren't rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. we'll see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, let's talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, it's a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 eastern time on this tuesday? >> money. lots and lots of money. the players get 57% of all basketbal...

i'm not getting into that. >> i think what the real focus is here again is on religious tolerance. that's really what this is about. and i think again to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. >> we're covering all the angles for you. paul steinhauser is in washington. and shannon travis is in iowa. let's go ahead and start with you, paul. bachmann and cain ducking the debate shows. just how delicate the balancing act proves, i guess, how delicate that balancing act needs to be. so what do you think? is this the end of the topic, or are we going to hear a lot more? >> i ...

the world. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. >> it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the decade. 1,780 of them, americans. pakistan may charge a doctor with high treason because he helped ...