hofstra university, site of the second presidential debate. let me start with this. i don t think there will be a more important few minutes in this presidential campaign as important as those coming tonight. just after 9:00 a.m. eastern daylight time. we will see a spirited defense by barack obama of his four-year record or we won t. if we see it, this election campaign will take a strong new life. if we don t, something historic will begin to die. obama has much to say in his defense. he inherited the economic carnage of a recent republican president, a catastrophic loss of jobs, a collapse in the u.s. stock market, the death rattle of the auto industry. he, barack obama, then brought a financial and economic collapse back from the brink, changed the course of the economy from job destruction to job creation, doubled the american stock market, saved the auto industry. he did it all with a dramatic change of policy, a stimulus program that buried 180 degrees from the austeri
characterize the court in any way, i would hope one day to join it. gwen: gun rights. what does that tell us about the bench she s likely to join? do law-abiding citizens have a right to own a gun for self-protection or any lawful purpose and the court said yes, we need to put the bad guys away and that means it is harder to get guns. gwen: this was not the only story. for the white house there was differences on jobs. better news on wall street reform. the negotiations on climate change, immigration, and the curious case of the russian spy ring. plus, the passing of senator robert byrd. covering the week, pete williams of nbc news. joan of u.s.a. today. and david from the wall street journal after peter baker of the new york times. live from the nation s capital, this is washington week with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by we know why we re here, to connect forces to what they n
way, i would hope one day to join it. gwen: gun rights. what does that tell us about the bench she s likely to join? do law-abiding citizens have a right to own a gun for self-protection or any lawful purpose and the court said yes, we need to put the bad guys away and that means it is harder to get guns. gwen: this was not the only story. for the white house there was differences on jobs. better news on wall street reform. the negotiations on climate change, immigration, and the curious case of the russian spy ring. plus, the passing of senator robert byrd. covering the week, pete williams of nbc news. joan of u.s.a. today. and david from the wall street journal after peter baker of the new york times. live from the nation s capital, this is washington week with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by we know why we re here, to connect forces to what they need when they need it. to he
kagan. i wouldn t want to characterize the court in any way, i would hope one day to join it. gwen: gun rights. what does that tell us about the bench she s likely to join? do law-abiding citizens have a right to own a gun for self-protection or any lawful purpose and the court said yes, we need to put the bad guys away and that means it is harder to get guns. gwen: this was not the only story. for the white house there was differences on jobs. better news on wall street reform. the negotiations on climate change, immigration, and the curious case of the russian spy ring. plus, the passing of senator robert byrd. covering the week, pete williams of nbc news. joan of u.s.a. today. and david from the wall street journal after peter baker of the new york times. live from the nation s capital, this is washington week with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by we know why we re here, to c
kagan. i wouldn t want to characterize the court in any way, i would hope one day to join it. gwen: gun rights. what does that tell us about the bench she s likely to join? do law-abiding citizens have a right to own a gun for self-protection or any lawful purpose and the court said yes, we need to put the bad guys away and that means it is harder to get guns. gwen: this was not the only story. for the white house there was differences on jobs. better news on wall street reform. the negotiations on climate change, immigration, and the curious case of the russian spy ring. plus, the passing of senator robert byrd. covering the week, pete williams of nbc news. joan of u.s.a. today. and david from the wall street journal after peter baker of the new york times. live from the nation s capital, this is washington week with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by we know why we re here, to c