what we can expect tonight. good morning, brian, martha and steve. early voting has already begun, so there could be an immediate effect where some folks see the debate and thee receipticcally could vote tomorrow. let s look inside the debate hall. we won t have access to this all day because there will come a time later on this afternoon where each candidate will have a chance to do their walk through, give themselves a chance to get some familiarity with where they will be addressing not only each other and the moderator, but the american people. the commission on presidential debates says the format of tonight s domestic policy debate will have fewer qwhat we ve see. it will be an hour and a half of six different discussions. this, the commission says, allows for more in-depth conversation. of course, each candidate does a have a job to do. analysts agree governor romney will be working his way away from that 47% of americans paying no income tax statement. take a listen.
martha: he makes great point because people talk about the fact that nobody is being blamed for the economy. apparently this whole new normal idea adds up that people say well, i guess had is just the way it is in america today. that s another thing that perhaps mitt romney could really strike out to do tonight, to say you don t have to settle for this. you don t have to. this isn t necessarily the way we have to get used to. brian: it s not okay have food stamps, 46 million getting food stamps. growth of 1.3%. when things get bad, you have to wonder what who to blame. in terms of the middle class, if you can win over the middle class, you will become the next president of the united states. joe biden knows exactly whose fault it is over the last four years on why the middle class had it so bad for so long. this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that s been buried the last four vice preside
fire. they did their job and duty and were great americans and unfortunately it was not a spontanous attack when ambassador rice said it was a spontanous even and our relationship with israel and never been better. that is misleading. our relationship with israel is strained . they are preparing to do a unilateral attack and our position over seas is dangerous and fragile. brian: we understand that intercepts show groups were talking to each other and bragging after the killing of four americans, including the ambassador and two navy seals and it makes it seem that an operation is under foot and it seems there is a special operation to go get these goys. would you support that? absolutely. you have to show leadership and policy of appeasement of
the mum num attack in lib yampt have recent events in the middle east given you pause for the governments that came to power following the arab certain. i was pretty certain and there will be butches in the road. brian: former navy seal commaner and special operations for america joins us now. that was your role when you were in the military. that phrase bothers you. it does bother me. it is more than bumps in the road. four americans dad an ambassador dead and torteured and four bass embassies on fire . apologies dont work. you can t negotiate with hostages and america needs to lead from the front and not behind. brian: we understand in a letter from the house to secretary of state will be answered today. they cite 13 incidents that show a deteriorating incident
mountain u.k. was standard and the situation was unworkable. when the libyans tried to bring in a third party, an american contractor to improve security at the consulate, a state department contract officer apparently shut it down in a july 10 letter. it reads in part, quote, the u.s. government is not required to mediate any disagreements between the two parties of the blue mountain libya partnership. both parties must agree to change key personnel. the contract terms and conditions preclude any subcontracting. at the state department say the briefer did not have specifics on the blue mountain dispute, promised to look into it for fox news. in response to another security-related question, said decisions are made in dc and not locally. ambassadors don t call the local security posture. it s worked out with washington, with the post. it s not something you can do yourself. and in that same briefing, the state department said they would comply with the letter from the house oversig