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Four weeks before Election Day, John McCain and Barack Obama meet in Nashville for their only town-hall debate. How they respond to direct questioning from undecided voters and what may make a difference at the polls.
Brooks Jackson, director, Annenberg Political Fact Check
Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief, "Los Angeles Times"
Anne Kornblut, reporter, "The Washington Post"
Billy Collins discusses his latest poetry collection, titled "Ballistics." Donald Hall on his new memoir, "Unpacking the Boxes."
Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at City University of New York, where he has taught for the past 30 years.
Donald Hall, U.S. Poet Laureate 2006-2007. He has received several national poetry prizes and published more than 15 books of poetry.
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