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captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good evening. from the ronald reagan presidential library here in simi valley, california, we re this is the first debate featuring the new entrant and already the new front-runner, governor rick perry of texas. brian williams is moderating, along with john harris of the website politico, and our team is covering it as we go. beginning with nbc s lee cowan at the reagan library. lee, good evening. reporter: good evening, harry. yeah, it s almost a cliche to say all eyes are on rick perry, but this is his first debate, his first chance to convince a national audience of his credentials to run for president. they were eight candidates on stage tonight, as we speak in fact. they were all greeted here by the reagan presidential library by former first lady nancy reagan. shortly after that, it went right to the questions very quickly and not surprisingly it was the economy and jobs. mitt romney and governor perry who were spa
simi valley, california, we re actually speaking to you just beneath the fuselage of air force one inside the giant air force one pavilion here, a beautiful building where in just a short time we ll be underway with the fourth debate of the gop political season, but notably for this season, the first debate featuring the new entrant, who s already the new front-runner in the gop race. governor rick perry of the state of texas. i ll be moderating tonight along with john harris of the website politico and here covering it all with the rest of us and leading our political team, our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. so, chuck, some obvious things make tonight different. as i say, not only is rick perry the latest candidate to join the rac race, he s already at the head of the back. you could say a funny thing happened on the way to mitt romney s stroll to the nomination. remember, there was at one point where we thought we were going to have a s