Replacement Ref News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Joining us. i want to bring it back to the table and talk about the moderator last night. he's getting a lot of attention. this guy -- let's put this in perspective quickly. 78 years old and he's basically a part-timer at pbs. it was a curious choice of all the journalists that jim lehrer is who they called on for this. the one criticism that i see that resonates the most with me. we have three presidential debates and this was the domestic policy debaltdebate. this was a narrow set of policy questions last night. there were no questions about immigration last night or gay marriage last night....

That's colossal -- stupidity. an nfl replacement ref making a ruling so bad it even sparktwee. fran tarkenton joining us live. governor romney getting a response after his assessment of america's economic model. we used to be ranked among the top five freest countries now we are 18th. >> it's not driven by government, it's driven by people. about this president persists on the road to make small businesses more difficult to grow and survive. he will turn us into greece and we must not let it happen. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

Principle is at hand and the "new york times" says both sides are closing in. but the nfl is not talking. they declined to confirm to fox news that a tentative contract is eminent. just that talks are proceeding. so all of this just a couple of days after that controversial call cost the packers a win on monday night in front of a national television audience. there is word the real refs could be back sunday. and the nfl is reportedly not ruling out having them work tomorrow night's game between the cleveland browns and the baltimore ravens. though probably the browns would need an act of god....

Cut spending. but romney seems to have strayed from his long time insistence that president obama raised taxes during his first term now. he is saying the president did not. >> his idea now is -- he's got one new, one new idea. i admit this one thing he did not do in his first four years he said he will do in the next four years, which is to raise taxes. >> the romney campaign is standing by the argument that the president has raised taxes. fact check, obama has raised taxes on cigarettes and tanning beds and not income taxes. though romney's own spokesman says it has happened 19 times. well...

All season the replacement refs the league has brought in have been the source of enormous frustration. who are they? according to espn, the man called touchdown, is local e fo we also learned that another replacement ref, not involved in the game, had been fired from something called the lingerie football league for incompetence. if there's any good to come out of this aside for seattle fans -- >> oh, my god. it was amazing. it was the best seahawks' game i have ever seen. >> reporter: -- that this uprohr may help end the lockout. dan harris, abc news, new york. in otheis mcf1 reob r o e pd...