sparked national outrage. he s not backing down. what he s saying to her now. and how she s firing back. and let s get ready to rumble. two titans of television, o reilly and stewart, just days away from their own supersmackdown. just hours before their faceoff, jon stewart is here, going head-to-head. and he s in a fighting mood. oh, yeah. it s on. little debate poster up there. good morning, america. glad to have lara back. elizabeth vargas here, as well. it was a big night for the white house. president obama and mitt romney facing off in the first crucial debate in denver. overnight polls give romney the win. the question, now, will it boost him enough in those key battleground states? it was the most-tweeted event in social history. our political team is standing by with a full roundup of the night. and what this means for both candidates, with just 33 days to go until the final vote. we re closing in right now. and josh and sam, you had a special visit yesterd
transforming herself for all of her viewers to see over the next year. well, jennifer then responded with a message for kids who might be getting bullied about their weight or their acne or whatever. here she is again. listen to me right now. do not let your self worth be defined by bullies. learn from my experience that the cruel words of one are nothing compared to the shouts of many. reporter: she s getting a lot of attention about this. next stop might be the ellen degeneres show or america live, whichever comes first. of course, if we all had to respond to nasty e-mails, megyn, we d get very little news on the air, right? megyn: this is true, kenneth. loser. [laughter] reporter: kenneth krause. megyn: trace, thank you. and fyi, it s not because of the anchor thing, because of the cruelty thing, kenneth. taking your thoughts on it. follow me on twitter @megyn
right now from inside the so-called spin room where all the journalists will gather to cover tonight s debate. more importantly, this is a stage where president obama and governor mitt romney will hopefully define their positions on the key domestic issues facing our nation. that s what s on the agenda for this debate tonight; jobs, the economy, health care. but first, a new distraction for the obama campaign during a critical week. it comes in the form of a video released by the daily caller of then-presidential candidate barack obama back in 2007. in it he speaks to a group mostly made up of black pastors. his speech got some coverage at the time he delivered it, but his prepared remarks did not include some of the off-the-cuff, off-prompter moments, if you will, alluding to alleged racism to hurricane katrina and spending decisions made by our elected leaders. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington with more. mike? reporter: hi, megyn.
0 clinton or the other candidates like john edwards and others who were ahead of him in line. he needed to consolidate the black vote, and he went down there, and he told an african-american audience what they wanted to hear. he gave them the rhetoric and used the sort of dialect that he thought would go over well with that audience and also played up his bona fides as a congress regant of jeremiah wright, a person who was well esteemed in that crowd. so that s what he was trying to do then. now, if you re president obama, you re walking onto the debate stage tonight in denver where you are, megyn, and you are expecting to be treated deferentially, you are expected to live this sort of this cloud of presidential privilege where people don t say stuff, and you don t have to pander, you don t have to go out of your way to tell audiences what they want to hear to such a great degree because you are the incumbent. so for the president he cannot like that this is part of the discussion toda
we ll talk to her today, wednesday, october 3rd, 2012. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. and i m david gregory in for matt this morning. if you love politics, this is it. the stage is set. the first big presidential debate. the showdown in denver between president obama and republican challenger mitt romney. you know mitt romney is looking for a new look and, of course, the president is trying to avoid the incumbent trap of trying to appear arrogant or underprepared. a lot on the line right now. a big moment in the campaig because there are so many eyes on this. it s the first of three debates between these two men. it s scheduled to last 90 minutes, and with just 33 days until the election some 60 million people are expected to tune in. former republican candidate rick santorum knows what it s like to go agains