we re standing by for the presidential candidates and their second debate of the fall season. this race could take another turn tonight. just three weeks before america s choice. the pressure is on for a president who suffered a stinging debate loss. my opponent is doing a tap-dance at the debate the other night, trying to wigglel out of stuff he has been saying for a year. the expectations are high for a challenger who gained momentum from his debate win. i got the chance to ask the president some questions people across the country have wanted to ask the president. in this razor-close presidential debate, every word, every gesture, every moment counts. i had five seconds before he interrupted me. tonight, barack obama and mitt romney return to the debate stage. this time, undecided voters will ask questions, along with cnn s candy crowley. the purpose of the debate is to get beyond what people already heard. reporter: look for candidates to come out swin
we re standing by for the presidential candidates and their second debate of the fall season. this race could take another turn tonight. just three weeks before america s choice. the pressure is on for a president who suffered a stinging debate loss. my opponent is doing a tap-dance at the debate the other night, trying to wigglel out of stuff he has been saying for a year. the expectations are high for a challenger who gained momentum from his debate win. i got the chance to ask the president some questions people across the country have wanted to ask the president. in this razor-close presidential debate, every word, every gesture, every moment counts. i had five seconds before he interrupted me. tonight, barack obama and mitt romney return to the debate stage. this time, undecided voters will ask questions, along with cnn s candy crowley. the purpose of the debate is to get beyond what people already heard. reporter: look for candidates to come out swin
work. and i want to first of all thank everybody for being here and conducting themselves in an extraordinarily civil tone. and as i said, given the number of folks that were around this table, the fact that we are only an hour late, is beats my prediction. here is what i would like to do. i m going to take about ten minutes. i want to go through where i think we agree and i want to summarize where i think we disagree. then i will address some of the process issues that have been brought up by a number of the republicans. we agree that we need some insurance market reforms. we don t agree on all of them. we agree on some of them. i think that if you look at the ones that we don t agree on, since there s been a lot of reference to what the american people want, it turns out the ones that are not included in the republican plans right now but are included in the democratic plans are actually very popular. and i know there s been a discussion about whether the government shoul