[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] next from the libertarian party national convention in las vegas, a debate between their presidential candidates. at noon eastern, live coverage of the balloting process and nominations and later, president obama rhee opens his a lot reelection campaign on the campus of a college. gary johnson says he would abolish the irs and education department at the were president. the former new mexico governor was involved in the debate. he ran in the republican presidential primary before dropping out in december of 2011. he is expected to be chosen as the libertarian party boss presidential nominee on saturday good evening. welcome to the delegates of the 2012 libertarian national convention. welcome to our friends in the c- span audience and all support the cause of human liberty. this is the presidential nominating convention of the libertarian party. tonight is the final candidates debate. only two candidates have surv
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