Good evening, im terry moran. Tonight, the highly anticipated final round as president barack obama, republican challenger mitt romney took the stage to go head to head in the last president ial debate. This is a crucial night, and it could tip the scales in a sidebyside comparison, 15 days left until the election and millions of early ballots already being cast so heres how it all happened in florida tonight. The two men who would be president squared off for the last time in the homestretch of a race that could not be any closer. This time, in boca raton, florida, swing state turf and this time sitting across from one another. You could sense the urgency of the moment. I thought it should have been 5,000 troops. I thought it should have been more troops. And leadership, the real issue in every president ial debate and tonight, president obama launched a direct attack on whether mitt romney is ready to be leader of the free world. Heres one thing ive learned as commander in chief, you
Her family reported her missing when she did not return by curfew. Lance armstrongs Tour De France championships have been erased from the records. The seventime winner was officially stripped of his title then banned for life. For doping. A top cycling official says armstrong deserves to be forgotten in the sport. Armstrong has always denied the doping allegations. They use such harsh language in the report, documented to be the most sophisticated, professional and successful doping program that sport has ever seen. Someone said it was so well orchestrated and well run they compare him to the, the don corleone of the doping infrastructure of cycling. Thought that was an amazing analogy. So pervasive. Apparently while he did it. He demanded, allegedly, demanded that others also dope. I think that is what its so significant. That, you know he allegedly used all these tactics to make sure his entire team was in it with him. I cant remember a more spectacular fall from grace. The closest
Times since september 1, improving the experience. Well have more coming up but first we start with election day in virginia. Luke russert is there for us where Terry Mcauliffe cast his vote early this morning. Luke, do you get the sense that virginians are aware that all eyes are on them today as well as seeing that that state could go blue in decades . Reporter yeah, absolutely, thomas. What you see here behind me is a slow but steady stream of voters coming through. From ones ive spoken to, they say they know the whole eyes of the country are on them because of the amount of tv advertisements they have been inundated with for many years about the governors race, lieutenant governors race, among other things. The theme of the day, shall we say here, thomas, is turnout. This is a turnout election. It is a slow but steady turnout here at this precinct in Northern Virginia where im at. 1,000 people have voted so far. The polls opened at 6 00 a. M. Democratic Terry Mcauliffe needs turnou
Quinnipiac poll showed mcauliffe ahead of cuccinelli by six points. If they show up, the next governor could be a democrat. If he wins, the long ethank you letter will be to the women of the old dominion. Cuccinelli faces a gap so enormous it is better described as a yawning chasm. Women choosing the democratic candidate by a margin of 50 to 36. As it turns out ladies arent all that into antiabortion, antisod my. Thinking people. Joining me Michael Steele. Nbc political analyst and former governor ed rendell. Managing editor of the grio. Com joy reid and deputy of new york city howard wilson. My fellows and friends, thank you for joining me on this election day, which im determined to make a big deal in this hour we have. Michael steele, ill go to you first. Talk about the implications of the Republican Party. I want to start with virginia. My question to you is will the gop take notice if Ken Cuccinelli is defeated. They will take notice of it. In a sense were making more of these two
And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. In the revolt against donald trump, it all comes down to this. We are, right now, just 14 hours away from the opening of polls in what will be a supervised tuesday showdown. We have winnertakeall contests in florida and ohio. Its a chance in those states for donald trump to deliver twin knockout blows. One to marco rubio in florida. The other potentially to john kasich in ohio. We also have primaries in illinois, in missouri, in North Carolina, even one overseas. Altogether, hundreds of delegates up for grabs on the republican side, in what could be the republican establishments last stand against the forces of donald trump. And the stakes for the Republican Party could not be higher after what we saw this weekend. A weekend of chaos, of arrests, security concerns, threats of retaliation, and canceled events. All of that consuming the Republican Partys frontrunner and his campaign, and prompting a bipartisan b