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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 men's championship team will not be there to root on the ladies. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] there are hybrids. ♪ then there are turbo hybrids. introducing the first hybrid ...

>> 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 louisville's women's basketball squad when they, too, play for the national championship tomorrow against uconn. before we go, our team's top five things of the day, number 5, mortars remembering the legendary movie critic roger ebert in chicago. he died of cancer last thursday. number four, sen...

They're two blue-collar, catholic guys that, you know, came from two pretty industrial towns. and they're going to be debating as vice president. >> squaring off. >> we've got a great country. >> i actually think you could say that about both tickets across the board. it's a fantastic time. >> it is. it is. it is. >> mittpolitico's jonathan mart thank you very much. drew brees makes history. we'll have a full recap of the weeke weekend's nfl action with mike florio. that's next. keep it here on "morning joe." ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one cust...

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 president's 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 falling apart. all eyes is furnishing to the next debate. it's not presidential debate, it's the vice...

On their last-minute preparations for their first face-off tomorrow night. abc's karen travers is joining us this morning with a preview of the debate. good morning, karen. >> good morning, rob. good morning, paula. it's been very quiet on the campaign trail as president obama and mitt romney hunkers down and prepares for wednesday's 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 going on for nearly two years and finally it's debate season for the nominees. the time when ameri...