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Meeting with all the contentiousness, romney camp said no, obama said it will lot more like the second debate than the first debate. >> shep: maybe it was because he lost that one so badly. i hear you. i am looking forward to it. a bomb tore into beirut. now there is new video that the bomb actually exploded and chaos in the aftermath of the attack. very serious for middle east relations. plus how tonight's debated will be different from the ones we've seen so far. moderator says stop paying attention to debate moderators. brand-new poll we haven't mentioned here and it is a huge one when it c...

>> the candidates a lot more room to basically argue among themselves, for most of the history of debates, as you know, these were very structured things. two minutes for one candidate, one minute to rebut and so on. that's been out the window this fall. >> who do you think the most effective debate moderators have been in the past. >> in 1988 -- the best thing about that is given the limited time, 90 minutes, that really reduces the amount of time that

>> the "more" magazine article suggests that you and candy, you are the vanna whites of debate moderators. why are guys getting the more influential jobs? >> i think it might have something to do with the fact that the commission on presidential debates is made up mostly of men. i think of the 17 members, only two are women. i would have to think if more women were part of the commission, that more women would have a bigger role than we have now. >> well, and the commission on presidential debates wasn't always in charge. leslie, the article points out, that for a long time, i this i it was '8...

Jim leher has suffered a lot of criticism for the way he moderated the debate. i prefer when moderators get out of the way and don't liter the debates. be careful what you wish for when you wish for assertive, clever presidential debate moderators. >> the first question goes to governor dukakis you have two minute to respond. governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered would you >> the first question goes to governor dukakis you have two minute to respond. governor, if kitty dukakis were raped and murdered would you favor the death penalty for the

I don't have one for you right now, but their agenda is not entirely identical with my own. i don't know that i line up a hundred percent with almost anybody. >> what is it that is preventing you from releasing the rest of your returns? >> well, one, i've released all the information about my financial holdings. that's required by law. and then in addition beyond the law i realized or will finally release, when the last year is complete, two years of full return. and what we've noted is our democrat friends take what's there, twist it, distort it, dishonestly use it in attack ads. i don't want...