>> reporter: beginning wednesday.
>> chuck todd , part of our team in boca raton , now, beginning with our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell , what should people watch for tonight?
>> reporter: i think watch for new rhetoric from romney, a softening from his position on iran , there were back-channel talks between the united states and iran about talking about getting together. not yet agreed to by the ayatollah for iran , or from the united states , but the agreement of the diplomatic issues are a good thing, you may hear more rhetoric on benghazi and libya, and both candidates will talk about china quite a bit. china's impact on ohio, they're all looking towards to voters in ohio, the battleground states .
>> andrea mitchell , we don't have you home for long, given your world travel and view of the world right now, what is the most urgent and pressing issue that could come up tonight? well, i think the afghanistan troops, tens of thousands, that is very important. but the most pressing issue right now seems to be syria , the united states can no longer ignore that situation, a huge hole, so far 30,000 people killed in syria , and it is clear that that conflict is a regional war with other countries becoming involved. the bombing in beirut, many believe that syria was involved. and today, in jordan, officials say a soldier there was killed when the jordan troops clashed with the fighters crossing into syria , this is a situation that the president, whoever happens to be president will be forced to deal with.
>> richard engel in the d.c. bureau tonight, and david gregory as we said at the top of the broadcast it is probably fair to say in their worst fears or wildest dreams neither campaign would have told you a year ago this would be a dead heat , 47-47, two weeks out.
>> it is so close, brian, and there will be a lot of political signs about how to try to win over the next two weeks. but i think tonight is a 30,000 seat debate. this is about america's role in the world, we've heard from our correspondents here, we're not only a nation at war but we have is faced other threats down the line, how does america lead at home, strong in the world, about our economy and place in the world. and i think tonight the real challenge for the romney campaign, they have sort of evened things up, seen as a credible alternative, he is not going to be seen as a commander-in-chief, but the stakes are high.
>> david gregory , a reminder, our debate coverage begins 6:00, 9:00, and earlier we'll gather at 8:45 eastern, for a pre-coverage discussion with our team, only available on the web at nbcpolitics.com.
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