Reagan, Mondale hit hard in second and final debate 30 years ago this hour (Oct 21 1984)


Video: 'Reagan - Mondale slug it out.'

(Sunday, October 21, 1984, 8:00-9:30 p.m.EDT) — Republican U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Democratic former Vice President Walter F. Mondale took the gloves off tonight in a battle over foreign policy, with Mondale calling the president’s handling of Central American policy an “embarrassment” and Reagan denying that he once said nuclear missiles could be recalled after launch in their second and final debate of the 1984 presidential campaign at the Municipal Auditorium Music Hall in Kansas City, Missouri (click here to watch the full debate).