artificial insemination after its mom had five failed pregnancies. preliminary findings on the cause of death are expected today. but very, very sad and knew this was the introductory period where the bonding period so they didn't even announce the gender of the panda. >> everyone always gets excited when a new panda cub is born, and it is very sad because people had been so excited the last day or two. >> especially an endangered species. >> exactly. well, to politics now, mitt romney huddled with his top advisers this weekend, preparing for next month's debate. >> abc's washington editor rick klein joining us for a preview. 43 days and counting from election day. >> good morning, rick. >> reporter: paula and t.j., the debates have become all important and romney is going into them because he has so much more to gain. it's a chance for a big moment standing toe to toe with the incumbent to take the argument directly to president obama, but one thing worth remembering, yes, mitt romney has more experience recently, but he went into almost all of the primary debates as a favorite.