Washington bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy the thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro won the toss. She elected to speak last. Vice president bush will get the first question. The debate will be built upon a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. Four a reporter will ask a candidate a question, a followup question, then the same to the other candidate, then each candidate will get to rebut the other. The debate will be divided into two parts, there will be the first section on domestic affairs, the second on Foreign Affairs. Manner of address was decided by the candidates. Vicefore, it will be president bush and Congress Woman for her. We begin with john. John adams, one of the nations first president s, said, today i am nothing, tomorrow i may be everything. I