my own son ten years later. reporter: he told the ap in 2009 that barack obama s election would be a victory for modern liberalism. the president said george was a statesman of great conscience and conviction. in the last few years the mcgovern family said he continued giving speeches, writing, and advising all the way up to and past his 90th birthday which he celebrated this summer. the family also said services will be held in sioux falls, south dakota. harris? reporter: peter doocy, thank you. this time tomorrow night we re expected to be oh, so close to governor romney and president obama meeting on the stage you see here. a live look at the home of the final presidential debate. bret baier, anchor of special report , will join us next with a preview. i m so glad you called. thank you.
before election day to sell them on getting out the vote. harris: let me explain to viewers, bret, as you were mentioning the table where these gentlemen will be seated, we popped it up on screen so people can see a live look inside the performing arts center. bret, you gave us the foreign policy layout. it s always possible domestic issues will creep in, especially when you consider how many millions of americans are still out of work, particularly in battleground states. how do you think that can come about? bret: sure. very easily. it will come up. you know, listen. the national debt, you have the former chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen, who said it is a national security issue. you will probably hear governor romney mention that. you have the sequester, the defense cuts, that are pending january 2nd. that affects natural security. you have all of the things about american exceptionalism that you hear on the trail, that america being weak at home affects
harris. it was 13 days from that first presidential debate to the second debate in hofstra, the second presidential debate. that was the biggest span in distance in 1988. that time was the time the romney camp was essentially percolating a good debate performance for romney and kind of a lackluster one for president obama, and it looks like it sank in. the second debate really hasn t moved the needle that much at all, at least from the polls you look at right now. those early voters really, really make a difference. i guess the question is, and we won t be able to answer this until after the election, i would imagine. how many people voted in between those two debates those 13 days. that would be an interesting point to make. if i could have you for just another second, i want to get this before you go. the passing of an icon for the democratic party today, george mcgovern. your perspective. bret: yeah. he was a beloved figure in the
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ambassador rice was, in fact, acting on what the intelligence community told her on sunday after this attack. what they told her on sunday, if that s correct, was factually false. we don t know who the people were in charge. what troubles me is that governor romney before we knew that four americans had died was already taking political pot shots over this incident. i think that is fundamentally wrong. remember, john robertsents al likely come up in the debate tomorrow night. let s get into it now with molly henneberg live in washington. molly, republicans contend the obama administration had warning about the security risk in libya but did nothing about them. tell us more. reporter: harris, republicans were pressing that point today on the sunday morning talk shows citing newly released state department documents showing that u.s. officials on the ground in libya were concerned about security and had asked for more protection. people saw this attack coming. the british pulled