How much do debate performances matter?

We're about to find out.

The lead starts right now.

The day after that heated debate in Pennsylvania, how John Federman struggles after a stroke

were going over with voters, plus the brand new ad attacking Mehmed Oz and his awkward

answer on abortion rights.

And they got him therapy, tried to take his gun, but still, it was not enough.

A family's actions before a gunman's rampage in a school with a rifle and 600 rounds

of ammunition.

Plus, new protests in Iran marked 40 days since a woman died in police custody accused

of violating the country's dress code could this be the start of a revolution?

Welcome to the lead.

I'm John Berman, in for Jake Tapper.

We'll get to the follow from that Pennsylvania debate in just a moment.

At first, a bombshell, new report in our politics lead.

A second woman has come forward, claiming that Republican Senate candidate Herschel

Walker of Georgia pressured her to get an abortion.

The woman is not revealing her identity out of fear of reprisal, she says.

Her attorney, Gloria Allred, helped lay out her claims at a press conference a short

time ago.

Seeing its even mechan is live in Atlanta for us, even what else are we learning here?

Yeah, John, we're getting incredible detail from this woman who says that she wishes

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