president obama and mitt romney return to the campaign trail today after appearing last night at a catholic fundraiser here in new york. instead of contentious debate the dinner offered for more light hearted salvos. president obama s comments about libya on a comedy show made headlines. tara mergener is in washington for us this morning. good morning. reporter: it was not all laughs last night but the candidates made that traditional stop along the campaign trail, a chance to score political points with humor for a good cause but today it s back to business. for one night only president obama and mitt romney took a break from the bitter campaign. sort of. in the spirit of sesame street the president s remarks are brought to by the letter o and the number 16 trillion. broipt men were featured speaker of the al smith dinner, a white tie dinner for catholic charities. it s nice to relax and wear what ann and i wear around-the-house. reporter: president obama was spoke
with scott pelley. pelley: good evening, the boy scouts of america kept files for decades on scout leaders and volunteers who were suspected of sexually abusing boys. scoutouts kept the files to prevent molesters from returning to the organization, but often did did not share what they what with police and prosecutors. the documents paint a picture of serial cover-ups to protect the name of the boy scouts of america. because of a lawsuit, oregon s supreme court ordered the documents released. they became public today and anna werner has our story. reporter: the 1200 documents cover incidents from 1965 to 1985. they describe actual or suspected sexual abuse by volunteers or troop leaders. ndhn anderson says he was alested by a scout master beginning in 1976 when he was when happes happened 35 years ago and i did not understand how it affected my behavior. i would say i m fine. when i first went into counseling, the counselor said how are you dealing with this? i said i m fi
19 days to go, until americans go to the polls. and you can see it in both campaigns, you can hear the urgency and feel it, tonight we have new poll numbers to debut, reflecting the race still changing. also, governor romney and president obama will face each other on stage, not to debate, but it is a big annual dinner where the candidates attend, trying to keep it light, even though it is heating up in the battleground states. and the urge to reach the undecided women voters especially. we begin with our correspondent, chuck todd. reporter: good evening, the battleground is narrowing, time on the campaign trail winding down. in this election it is about big issues but also it means the little things start to matter more. and also means the states like new hampshire start to matter more. 19 days, new hampshire. reporter: in a race that is coming down to the wire, swing states full of undecided voters are getting time, attention and ads from both candidates. in 19 days
obama campaigned for laughs at a charity fundraiser. actually mitt is his middle name. i wish i could use my middle name. in the spirit of sesame street the president s remarks are brought to you by the letter o and the number 16 trillion. less than three weeks the voters will decide which begs the question what are we doing here? the entire student visa systm has come under fire after a man tried to blow up the federal reserve. have to close it before would be terrorists use it. tigers are going to the world series. welcome to oklahoma. a dust storm shut down part of i-35. looks like something out of the dust bowl. we have the video of a pro wrestler springing into action on a light rail train to stop a potential crime. a giant panda who has taken his first baby steps. these first steps is what s called clumsy. all that body waxing? chris matthews. bill, we ll inhale helium balloons. he smokes crack. and all that matters. i was hoping the pr
Each step of the way. nafis was living in jamaica queens and the fbi raided his apartment and taking away evidence. he reported the suspect was here on a student visa. we learned a man who was believed to be a co-conspirator was areesed on unrelated changes. they wasted no time firing back after the debate. one of the hottest topics, women. governor romney was asked a direct question about equal pay. he started talking about bind e ers. oh. the idea to go ask where a qualified woman was, he just should have come to my house. he didn t need a binder. i ve got to tell you we don t have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified,