Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Former Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) says he would like to have heard more from both candidates about the financial crisis. (0:30)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Former Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said that he spoke with the McCain campaign Thursday afternoon at 3 PM, and they assured him Senator McCain would attend the debate. (0:31)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says that 5 former secretaries of state agree that negotiations should take place with Iran without preconditions, though some disagreed on the level of the negotiators. (1:01)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, former Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) says that if he were still Senate Majority Leader, he would force a vote. On important political votes like this, he says, Senators and Members of the House will delay as long as possible. (0:31)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Obama campaign advisor Susan Rice says that McCain was involved in the decisions that led to a focus on Iraq, distracting our forces from the central front in the war on terror, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (0:46)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe says that McCain needed a game-changing moment, and this debate was supposed to be his strength, but Obama “commanded” that section of the debate. (1:01)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Congressman Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) says that John McCain, a former POW, does not have to wear a flag pin. (0:24)

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Alrbight says that Senator McCain’s request to delay the debate shows an impulsiveness on his part and also shows he does not think presidents have to do more than one thing at a time. She also says that McCain hasn’t made any difference in the negotiations. (0:43)

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Senator Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) explains that entitlements will be the biggest problem for the next president. Ellen Ratner explains that she doesn’t need to have entitlements like Social Security, and Linsday Graham agrees that Social Security won’t be his primary source of funds in retirement. He says he bets that most Americans would be willing to allow Social Security payments to be adjusted according to need if it would save Social Security from bankruptcy. (1:46)

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Standing outside the hall where the first presidential debate will take place, Taylor Brown explains why he has decided to support John McCain for president. His brother interrupts, clarifying that Barack Obama is “gonna let the Muslims in and just blow up everything.”
“Bang bang, you know?” (1:01)

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