with a single number that people can put and they can put their deductions and credits mr. president, we re keeping track, i promise you. and mr. president, the next question is for you, so stay standing. looking forward to it. and it s katherine fenton, who has a question for you. in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? well, katherine, this is a great question. you know, i was raised by a single mom, who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. and she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the
we saw a president offering not a single new idea on how to turn things around. we saw a president not offer a single idea or a lesson learned from the fail yours of the last four years. andrea, we re bopping around the country primarily just to three places now, here in ohio, in virginia, and then tomorrow the next two days with paul ryan down in florida. those three states are the most heavily concentrated for campaigning and spending money. ron mott, from talking a lot of football in the past with condi rice as a child growing up in birmingham, because they didn t have a team to root for, she has always been at least as a child, a big cleveland browns fan. so this must be a great day for her as well. indeed. thanks, ron. and both candidates got a chance last night to answer specific questions about women s issues including this question from a 24-year-old woman, katherine fenton. in what new ways do you
september 11th attack on the united states consulate in benghazi libya an act of terror. the president said romney simply had his facts wrong. watch this. the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden, and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also said that we re going to hunt down those who committed this crime. and then a few days later i was there reading the caskets coming into andrews air force base. and grieving with the families. and the suggestion that anybody in my team, the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that s not what we do. that s not what i do as president. that s not what i do as commander in chief. governor, if you want to reply, quickly. i certainly do. i think it is interesting the president just said something which is that on th
performance in his first debate. even the president said so himself. the challenge will be somewhere between his first performance and vice president biden s performance, finding that sweet spot, wher whether he can do itd for governor romney whetherel capitalize on what was a good run the first time around. megyn: a word about the audience here, the town hall participants. there are some 80 there. they all submitted their questions. candy crowley selected the ones that will be used tonight. right now 80 nervous souls out there, 82 if you count the candidates, because they don t know which ones with have been chosen. they ll learn as we learn who will stand up and question the next president of the united states. candy crowley from cnn. good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i m candy crowley from cnn state of the union. we re here for the second presidential debate, a town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organi
performance in his first debate. even the president said so himself. the challenge will be somewhere between his first performance and vice president biden s performance, finding that sweet spot, wher whether he can do itd for governor romney whetherel capitalize on what was a good run the first time around. megyn: a word about the audience here, the town hall participants. there are some 80 there. they all submitted their questions. candy crowley selected the ones that will be used tonight. right now 80 nervous souls out there, 82 if you count the candidates, because they don t know which ones with have been chosen. they ll learn as we learn who will stand up and question the next president of the united states. candy crowley from cnn. good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i m candy crowley from cnn state of the union. we re here for the second presidential debate, a town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organi