Issues and Elections

A Wall Street crisis, a mortgage meltdown, a $700 billion bailout and a stock market climbing and dipping like a roller coaster. We look at where the economy's changed and where it's stayed the same with just over a week to go to Election Day.

Barack Obama and John McCain have put forth plans to control costs and expand health insurance coverage, but they take very different approaches to improving America’s health care system. We’ll find out where the candidates stand on health care.

Although they don’t rank as high these days in voters’ minds as other issues, many still want to know where their candidate stands on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. We'll look at the candidates and their platforms.

With rising fuel prices, energy has become one of the top concerns for voters in this election. We’ll see where the candidates stand on offshore drilling, alternative energy, nuclear power and the RGGI program.

We’ll find out what the candidates are saying about world hotspots like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea, and how a new administration might approach new tensions with Russia, keep up relations with China and handle old alliances like NATO.