tonight. in fact, people are saying this could be the most consequential debate in modern political history. the proposition, will trump rise to the challenge or will clinton come away as the only presidential person on the stage. >> we will >> more red bull. the high stake show down comes at a pivotal time in the race. new national and battleground states polling to show you and this race is locked in a virtual tie. election day is 43 days away. the stakes, of course, could not be higher. let's begin our comprehensive debate coverage with jason carroll live outside the debate hall. good morning, jason. >> sounds like the crowd is ready and the country is ready for the debate tonight. a matchup unconventional versus the traditional, if you will. the unconventional being donald trump not seeing the way

candidates have prepared in the past. not holding mock debates and instead reviewing the issues with his aides. his aides saying they don't want him to be overprepared, overrehearsed versus hillary clinton following the traditional route. preparing late into the night last night at a hotel outside her home in chappaqua. one of her long-time aides, he is known for his combative style, stand in for trump. so, two very different styles heading into the debate tonight. of course, both sides trying to spin and trying to manage expectations. >> i'm very concerned that donald trump will be graded on a curve. just because he doesn't fly off the handle in the middle of this debate does not mean that he is prepared to be president of the united states. >> if mr. trump has any disadvantage going into tomorrow night's debate is that he is not

treated fairly and that is pretty obvious if you read any of the reports or turn on any station at any point in the day. >> well, 100 million people expected to tune in to tonight's debate, which is expected to begin at about 9:00 tonight. stakes could not be higher, as you said, chris. because at this point, the race is just too close to call. chris? >> nothing says debate, jason carroll, like sweet caroline. >> which they are singing behind us now. >> if my head is bobbing, you know why. let's see the polls. cnn's new poll of polls, that's, obviously, the average of the last five national polls has clinton with a razor thin lead, 43-40. this morning, cnn has new bat e battleground state polls, as well. the race, again, down to one point in two key states. colorado. that's going to be big.

trump edging out clinton among likely voters. clinton has a slight lead in pennsylvania. that's a key state for trump. we'll talk about that from now until election day. all lauocked up. >> interesting to see the role that gary johnson is playing. let's discuss tonight's debate with our all-star political panel and we want to bring in senior contributor matt lewis, "washington post" abbie philips and cnn political commentator and analyst david gregory and cnn political director david challenge. it's a party here. great to have you with us. all right. let's talk about some of how the candidates spent the weekend. she did mock debates until 11:00 p.m. last night and we keep hearing that donald trump is not doing any mock debates. is it possible he's faking us

out and has been preparing all along? >> i think it is certainly possible and talking to his advisors this weekend he is having informal conversations with rudy giuliani, chris christie, sitting around, formulating answers and talking about the issues. but a fascinating contrast of styles tonight, the way the two of them prepared because he, clearly, did not want to do the mock debate up against hillary clinton and he has been watching a lot of tape and a lot of tape of hillary clinton's past debate. so, he definitely is digging in and getting ready. >> on the list of i nevers that this campaign has issued in. i never heard of someone blowing off debate prep and they don't want to spoof trump and let's get this as close as possible because they believe that it may throw him off his game before he even gets to the big game. do you think that's part of the

calcul calculus. let's not the weight of the mass expectation come on trump hurt him before it happens? >> it's part of the calculus and the candidate as we've seen throughout the course of this campaign. if he's outside of his comfort zone, it takes some time for him to get comfortable in the new zone. the teleprompter speeches at first a totally unfamiliar thing and he was completely not comfortable with it and he's grown more comfortable with it. argue maybe want to make an approximate thing to what the debate would be and have more prep. the problem is, the candidate kind of rejects that. as we know, donald trump has been driving this entire process. this isn't a campaign driven by the, this isn't campaign managers coming in who says, this is what we need to do. the candidate drives this. >> the challenges for each one. her not to be overly prepared. in previous debates he has checked out in terms of attention. they need him to stay there

present for 90 minutes. >> look, this whole idea of let trump be trump is in part because he is a reality tv show star. i mean, that cannot be minimized. he has an ability, he has a sense of the theater. he's got a sense of how to counterattack, how to be in the moment. i think david is right. you can't put him into this cylinder of all of a sudden becoming a rigorous presidential candidate. he is not. so, he's going to be totally unpredictable. i think the real challenge for hillary clinton is that both these candidates really have first half hour. ron has been preparing hillary clinton has written in the past. the first half hour is so important because it shapes the media narrative. this is a made for tv event. she wants to disqualify him. play on the idea that most people think he doesn't have the temperament to be president and that he's not qualified. she wants to be the aggressor without being aggressive. a lot of pit falls in this. >> you get it in terms of, let him be him, let him be him.

this is like a prize fight tonight. like literally saying in the heavyweight championship of the world. that's how he's comfortable. i mean, it's a really reckless approach to this. this is studied for a reason. you know, you have one chance to get it right in front of 100 million people who are watching. >> the biggest pitfalls if on the issues he is unprepared. so, donald trump needs to know both what he's talking about and he also needs to keep a little bit of his personality. the little bit of him that puts hillary clinton a little off her feet and a little unsteady. frankly, that's what the clinton campaign is preparing for. several months ago we reported that they had meetings with a couple of people who they believe knew trump's personality very well. one was a wall street person. former ceo and the other was trump's ghost writer tony schwartz. they sat in a room and asked him, what is trump going to do? how is he going to take his

dealmaker mentality and bring it on to the debate stage? they want to be prepared for that because that is the part of trump that can throw hillary clinton off a little bit. >> what are you looking forward to tonight, matt? >> i don't think this is reckless to do this. who knows how it is going to shake out, but this is being prepared to a super bowl. but let's think about super bowls. you have a week or two leading into a super bowl to prepare and different coaches approach it differently. some coaches who make their team prepare and some cases they overprepare. and other coaches say, no, go out and have a good time and relax. >> nobody says go out and have a good time until the game is about to start. they practice their butts off and make sure that they're on their game. >> overprepared and overdisciplined. >> true. >> take it a little easy and relax a little bit and have fun with it. i think even if you talk about politics, right, candidates who overprepare for these things.

richard nixon versus john f. kennedy. kennedy is getting a tan sitting by the swimming pool. he does better in the debate than richard nixon who is underlining notes and what not. >> why, though? i'll take your point. you're right, but the reason is because one was comfortable and one was not. and what makes you comfortable? preparation, ease. that's when trump has been at his best, too. when guys come into his zone of i want to talk about this and now he's confident and now he's ready to go. >> i don't think that cramming for donald trump would necessarily, even though that's probably what he needs to do even though he has a lot of holes on the issue would have been the best preparation for him. he has to be able to show a command of the issues tonight, but, also, be able to really try to rattle her a little bit. and it's just going to be -- >> i think it's more than command of issues. i think that people will not necessarily remember where they are prescriptively on the

issues. you're still looking at him behind these lecterns that are so famous and try taremember him as president. she's got an advantage on that. whether you like her or dislike her. he has to measure up. if he can fight this to a draw tonight, that is a huge win for him. 100 million people. who is watching who hasn't made up an opinion? that's really important tonight. >> this is so critical what david is saying. look at the advertising campaign that hillary clinton has done. look at her messaging on the stump. everything has been disqualifying donald trump. he doesn't have the temperament and he's not ready and not fit for the office in his own words, everything. if, indeed, he walks off the stage tonight and people actually are no longer buying it. right now the polls are in her favor. majorities do agree with her that he's not fit. if hae does improvement on that and walks up the stage where people see him as, oh, hey, i can kind of see him in the oval office. if that would happen that is a game change. >> panel, stick around. out there, you do not want

tamiss tonight's epic showdown between hillary clinton and donald trump. 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. other news that came overnight and it was of the saddest variety. so big, so beloved the king of golf arnold palmer died on sunday at a pittsburgh hospital. he was 87 years old. you can't put enough accolades on him but credited with turning golf into a television event. we have cory wire joins us now with a look at golf, the big heart, the heart of the game, arnold palmer. nobody is going to be able to adequately grasp his impact, but everybody wants to say good-bye, coy. >> exactly right. he was so much more than a golfer. helped co-found the golf channel and a drink named after him and full of love, married to his wife for 55 years and remarried and spent 11 years with his now

widowed wife and he gave love with everybody with whom he came into contact. that's why some of the current golf stars are so crushed and moved after this news yesterday. >> wonderful man with great stories. >> reporter: the greatest sports stars and fans around the world are mourning the loss of golf legend arnold palmer. an undeniable king dedicated his entire life to the sport. >> it's hard work. it's not something that just comes along and you capture it. it's something that you must work for and work very hard. >> reporter: at the age of 3, palmer started learning golf and never stopped. winning seven majors and 92 tournaments overall. the 87-year-old's rise to dominance over the game coinciding with the beginning of televised golf, bringing the sport, once for the country club elite main stream with his magnetic personality and distinctive style. palmer was the first golfer to garner legions of fans called arne's army. >> when people say, hey, treat

other people as you'd like to be treated, they don't really think that. that's a nice thing to say. but, you know, i had it beaten into me that that was the thing to do and i have practiced that. >> reporter: his final appearance as a player at the 2004 masters was a record 50th consecutive. >> just no real way to easily capsule the essence of the man and he just, just an icon and a giant in the sport of golf. >> arnold palmer survived by his wife, kit, two daughters, six grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. immediately after hearing this news yesterday tiger woods paid tribute by tweeting, thanks, arnold, for your friendship, countser and a lot of laughs. his legend will live on through those who will remember him each and every day.

aly alisyn. >> thank you. new details about the deadly boating accident that killed miami marlins pitcher fernandez and two other men. investigators believe high speed may have been a key factor. the coast guard found the boat capsized after slamming into rocks sunday morning. the baseball prodgy and that was a shock to hear about, as well, yesterday. >> it was. two deaths from the world of sports that represented such different endings. arnold palmer living such a long life getting to live out his dreams and then you have fernandez who was just getting going and an amazing talent and his life taken by something that was so avoidable. >> it was really tragic. >> bad way to go for all those fans and for his family, so, you have one man, arnold palmer who

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the mayor of charlotte lifted the city's curfew as demonstrations remained peaceful through the weekend. police finally released dash cam and body cam video of the deadly shooting of keith lamont scott. but the video did not answer many troubling questions. what have you learned brynn? >> alisyn, of course, the biggest question, was this justified? the narrative still hasn't changed. keith scott's family said he was not acting aggressively towards

police why they say he was breaking the law and deadly force was needed. >> don't shoot him! >> keith lamont scott's widow releasing cell phone video of her husband's final moments before he was fatally shot by a charlotte police officer. >> drop the gun! >> he doesn't have a gun. >> insisting scott was not armed when officer os opened fire. >> chief, chief, chief! don't you do it. >> did you shoot him? >> under mounting pressure from the public, charlotte police releasing their own video a day later, including this dash cam video with his weapon drawn on scott. you can see scott exit his suv and begin walking backwards towards police and then scott is shot at four times by brently vinson who is off camera at the time. >> there is no definitive

evidence in this video as to whether or not there is an object in his hand and, if there is, what that object is. >> also made public, body camera footage from an officer racing to the scene. in the chaos, you briefly see scott with his right arm by his side. moments later, he is lying on the ground with five officers converging on him. none of the three videos show clearly whether scott was armed. >> you have to put all pieces together. we interviewed a lot of people, we've interviewed all of our officers involved and the consistent themes were the facts. >> reporter: police presenting photographs of a handgun, holster and marijuana cigarette that officers said they recovered from the scene. demonstrators swarming bank of america stadium sunday. activists boycotting the nfl carolina game in protest of scott's death. and the protests have been peaceful over the weekend, that's why the city lifted the

curfew. but we're hearing a sit-in is scheduled for later today calling for the resignation of the mayer and the police chief. >> all right, brynn, appreciate it. let's bring back our panel to talk about policing and race and how it may play into tonight's debate. abbie philip, david gregory and david chalien. you made an interesting point when this surfaces, it's how you come across in terms of understanding the issue and the empathy that is shown, as well. explain. >> you have to investigate the complexity of this. african-americans are going through these deadly encounters and you have to be crazy not to acknowledge that there is something going on here. and, certainly, so many people in the population african-americans and others feel like there is systemic

racism that is brought to bear in these encounters. but our police also do a terrific job. there might be some who commit crimes in the act of their jobs. but you can't know all of these facts for certain. you have to wrestle with the complexity of this. but something has to go on. a recognition about the prolifation of guns in an open ka carry state. i think donald trump has tried to be all over the place on this, really, he's the law and order candidate. he wants to speak to those and only recently have then been criticizing the police. i think hillary clinton has had a more consistent message, but more on how you communicate this rather than a specific plan to deal with it. >> so many times when donald trump has tried to address these issues. a series of flubs that have really alienated a lot of those african-american voters and he hasn't figured out a sharp

message on this. and i think tonight it will be really important not just because it's not like we're looking at donald trump getting a lot of black voters to support him, but still many undecided voters and republicans who are looking at him and saying, is he his rhetoric seems racist. can he handle these issues? can he lead in these tumultous times. >> so, what are you looking to hear tonight? >> i think maeve's right, i think at this point this is an issue. it's an issue that the entire country is aware of. they want someone to appear to at least understand the complexity of what's going on and show them a way forward. right now donald trump is here, there and everywhere. his campaign clearly hasn't sat down and thought this through. thought where he wants to stand

on these issues. by contrast, the clinton campaign has been working on this for over a year now. i mean, her dialogue on this issue has been nuanced for quite some time after a fitful start. remember when months ago she had black lives matter protesters at her events. she didn't always start out at this place but they put a lot of time into it. donald trump hasn't done that. they need to do this tonight. >> a problem for trump on an issue like this, matt, you talked about this during the primaries. he is a hammer and a hammer sees everything as a nail. race, police shootings, it is not a nail. it is layered and you have to be careful. do you think that's why he struggles with it and seems all over the place. it's just not something that he's good at? >> i think donald trump lacks a coherent world view and hasn't been thinking through these issues for decades the way hillary clinton has. look, i agree. it's a very nuance and complex issue. but i think politics is about

simplification and it is abo about -- while where expect donald trump will pay some lip service to the complexity and, i would hope he would. for him this is a larger part of a cultural war. amongst republican voters, there is a sense we have turned against the police. the police have a very hard job to do and a very dangerous job to do and we should reflectively be defending the police. whether that's right or wrong, as the that's where donald trump his inclination is going to be. >> mike pence tweeted last week warning against this inherent bias and media bias against the police. >> but doesn't donald trump also say that's nice, hillary, that you've been thinking about these things for decades. where has that gotten us? >> referred to some african-americans superpredators back in the crime bill in 1990. >> which she's apologized for.

>> does not mean that he will not bring it up. i think to matt's point, these issues they do tend to be bigger. kind of a reflective feeling about supporting the police, but also looking at deficiencies at her own record. >> that would be, i think, all fine if donald trump hadn't a couple days ago come out and said with the tulsa officer, what was she thinking? >> the problem is, these are all things donald trump has to answer for. he has to reconcile all of these things and one thing if he had just sort of taken the route that everyone expected him to, but he is not -- >> he will say to african-americans watching tonight, look, you know full well that you rely on the police in your communities to deal with the violence in your midst. in chicago, where many ways law enforcement sources tell me you have the police retreating. he will make an argument that supporting the police is also something that is very important in your communities where there

is too much violence and a democratic administration hasn't done enough to do that. >> i would be shocked if this was not the domestic violence -- >> panel, thank you for your insights. we do want to talk more about this because do the police videos of keith lamont scott's killing raising more questions? up next, a former federal prosecutors who has looked that videos and she'll break down the facts with us.

charlotte police releasing dash cam and body cam video of keith scott's shooting. scott's widow also releasing her own cell phone video from that day. but still questions about exactly what happened during that deadly encounter. so, we want to bring in cnn legal analyst, former federal

prosecutors and civil rights division for the department of justice laura coates. thanks for being here. i know that you've watched these videos. so, let's let our viewers, who may not have seen them take a look. this is the dash cam video. obviously, it's incredibly disturbing. particularly since we know the outcome. but it is, it is helpful on some level that you see that the police here, they're taking cover. they're clearly nervous about whatever they see in the car but then on the left side, you see mr. scott. he exits his car and he walked backwards, which we can assume that they were instructing him to do before he was shot. what do you see, laura, in this video? >> you know, what i see is similar to what the chief mentioned about this being inconclusive as to whether or not he had a gun. i don't see one. i also see that he is more passive than they have alluded to in the past. i don't see his arm s raised or any gestures.

i do see the officers are taking some precautions, which leads me to believe there is some basis for them to feel they should take cover. alisyn, one of the most interesting parts of this video is the fact that it does not really exonerate the officers. it's fast-paced and it it does not tell me conclusively whether the shooting was justified. >> it's so confusing. i mean to the lay person looking at this because mr. scott does not appear to be aggressive. >> right. >> they weren't there looking for him. he was minding his own business. waiting, we're told, for his children at a bus stop. but let's give the police the benefit of the doubt. if mr. scott had a gun, then is there, are their actions justified? >> well, if he had a gun and that is debatable right now. we don't know from the actual video alone, but if he had a

gun, we definitely as a society in the courts give officers the benefit of the doubt to decide whether or not they feel they were reasonable in their fear of the necessary to use lethal force. but hears the problem in this case. we judge reasonableness by one officer based on what other officers who was in the sach situation may do. normally as a hypothetical officer, but in this case, four other officers on the scene who did not shoot or shoot or kill mr. scott. so, what you have here from the video, as you see, he's walking backwards and looking towards over his right shoulder at two officer os. those two officers do not shoot. it's not that they're off screen. it's kind of odd that the officer who is shooting is not the one that would have been perhaps in most immediate danger here. but if he has a gun, it's a very difficult case for a grand jury and certainly at trial to either indict or convict.

frankly, alisyn, not impossible with the video alone. that's what i have to see. that's what the chief alluded to. it has to show he posed a lethal threat. >> i don't know, laura. from the videos that we've seen, the dash cam video is no more, i mean, that was the dash cam video. there was another camera that was a body cam, no more conclusive and then you have his wife who took the cell phone video and this is the body cam, which you can see the police are clearly acting urgently, running up to the scene. ask you still can't see what they see. then you have his wife's cell phone video, which is really heartbreaking because there's audio. let me pause for a moment. she's telling the police, he has no weapon. he has no weapon. but you hear the police saying, gun, gun, drop the gun. laura, what are you to conclude here? >> again, the wife video.

back from the dash cam and body cam video. but her statements combined with the fact that the officers are really saying to drop a weapon certainly suggests that there may be a weapon on the scene. but, remember, alisyn, even though the video is inconclusive, there is evidence out there. if we didn't have the video footage, as a prosecutor, what would i look for? i would look for things like what were the other eyewitnesses seeing? what are they telling me is actually there to make that, bridge that gap there. in and of itself does not conclude he had a gun or that it was justified. >> and police say they did find a gun at the scene. they took a picture of that. but then you know the public is skeptical of even that contenti contention. so, laura coates, thank you for helping us. look at this and the challenges it will pose for law enforcement. thank you. as we know, he is unconventional and even more

unpredictable. who am i talking about? donald trump. he is hoping his shoot from the hypostyle serves him well tonight against hillary clinton. so, we'll discuss what to expect with congressman peter king, that's next.

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hillary clinton and donald trump set to face off for the first time. this debate stage tonight will be the site of history. reb n republican nominee hoping his style will be an asset against his opponent.

let's look at trump in the past. >> first of all, this guy is a choke artist and this guy is a liar. you're t this little guy has lied so much about my record. >> you are the single biggest liar. we don't need a weak person being president of the united states. that's what we get -- you're really getting beaten badly. i know you're embarrassed, but keep swinging, men. swing for the fences. >> do you think that can work tonight against hillary clinton with the presidency on the line? let's discuss. republican congressman from new york, peter king. he has endorsed his party's nominee, also known as donald j. trump. good to have you. that's the big concern. if you get that trump on the stage tonight, america will see and make a judgment about whether or not that's what they want as a president.

>> if anybody understands, it's donald trump. i'm confident he will adapt and say what he has to say or protect his style. ted cruz is different than hillary clinton and he sort of adapted his attacks to each opponent. i think you'll see a line of argument and attack, if you will, that is different. again, we have to wait and see because i don't think anyone can predict what donald trump will do. but i think he will do very well. >> help me understand how you see the expectations. a little bit of a story line going through the media, hey, look f look, if he can come out and you can envision him as president and he comes out a winner tonight. i don't even get that conceptionally. i feel that the bar is very high for him tonight. he has to come out and show that basically everything he's done up to this point isn't who he really is and that you should see him differently as a voter. how do you see the stakes?

>> first of all, a lot of people like the way donald trump is and they like that style. the fact that he's willing to break the furniture. so, i think he has to maintain as much of that as he can and at the same time show he has the capability to be president. the reason i think the debate is more opportunity for him than for her. i have known hillary for years and the fact after 25 years people don't trust it. rightly or wrongly, that is the reality. donald trump, people have questions about him. but tonight i think his questions are going to show leadership and can you show a good knowledge of what he has to talk about and can he conduct himself the way the president should. he has 90 minutes to do it. he can turn it around. i don't think she can turn anything around in 90 minutes. >> where does the confidence come from that he sizes up better than she does in terms of character. we could name it what people have problems with. with him, it seems to be on a daily basis. he can say something that makes people think, this guy has no business in the game.

you're backing him because he's your party nominee not because you were a trump supporter before that point. you're doing what you think is right for the party, not because you're in love with him. fair point? >> i supported bush and i supported rubio. but the fact is i do believe at this point in time whether it's on the military or police or just providing general leadership that donald trump is better than hillary clinton. i am supporting him. not just because he's the nominee. i am supporting donald trump. i just believe that he has shown an ability to communicate with the american people to reach out there and, again, when he was 17 opponents and three opponents, and somehow he was always able to do what had to be done and on stage and tonight he's on the biggest stage of his life. the whole world is watching. >> you're not worried he can pop off tonight if he gets a little tight or she's under his skin and you'll go right into apology mode as he has in the past. >> everyone is worried on both

sides. that's why the whole world is watching this. with donald trump, you don't know what he's going to say moment to moment. all of us has given him advice and done everything wrong quote/unquote politically. yet he is the guy that is standing. so far he has been proven right. >> what did you make of this lead up where clinton brings in mark cuban. antagonist of trump. trump says, how about i invite gennifer flowers. that's the kind of thing that makes you question whether or not he gets what being a president is about. you wouldn't engage in that kind of pettiness. >> get into hillary head and walk away from it. i think it's all part of the showmanship, which is also part of the new age of politics we're in right now. i think he's able to combine both and he's able to use the concept of reality tv and yet show why he should be a world leader. >> congressman king, an optimistic expectation. tonight the proof will be in the

pudding. >> i know i'll be right and you'll be wrong. >> so, the two candidates, how have they been getting ready? we'll have to put that in quotes.n't ewanted t ed to prep. his team and maybe donald trump himself won't really know what is going to happen when this goes off tonight at 9:00. what has clinton done to be ready? we have a supporter, next. "credit karma, why are you checking your credit score?"

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spent her weekend preparing for the first debate against republican rival donald trump. her campaign says clinton took part in mock debates and tried to study trump's personality and past performance. >> excuse me. one second. >> no. the simple fact is -- >> more energy tonight. >> you are the single biggest liar. this guy will say anything. nasty guy. now, i know why he doesn't have one endorsement from any of his colleagues. >> i never attacked him on his look and, believe me, there is plenty of subject matter right there. joining us now is democratic congressman from connecticut, jim himes he has endorsed hillary clinton. thank you, congressman, for being here. >> good morning. >> when you watch that does that make you nervous to see how donald trump will go for the jugular against his opponents? >> it doesn't, actually. it makes me remember the famous debating moment with hillary clinton and rick lazio. he crosses the stage very

aggressi aggressive. what you just saw is very aggressive. donald trump has never gone one on one in a debate with anyone, much less a woman. huge risk if he goes after her in that fashion that a lot of women will say, that's out of bounds. >> how do you think tonight is going tao go? >> i happen to think, you know, secretary clinton has done this before, a lot. she's a fairly known and mistakes she can make -- >> such as? >> trump is volatile. >> what do you think would be some of her mistakes? >> if she somehow gets drawn in to some sort of shouting match. if she goes to where he lives on that issue, that's not a win for her. she needs to appear calm as she does naturally. you just don't know who's showing up at the debate tonight. debates are not won,

historically, they're lost. they respond poorly to azinger. if hillary shows discipline, she's going to be fine tonight. >> 100 million people might be watching tonight. the numbers would be astronomical. but both hillary clinton and donald trump are playing to that swath of undecided voters out there who are not already set in their minds of who they're going to vote for. what is going to win them over tonight? >> the kind of antics that thrilled the primary electorate and all the name calling and the misstatements to put it kindly that trump has made, that doesn't appeal to that crew of people. what wins it? if secretary clinton can show her human side and really put some emotion out there so that people relate, that's a huge win for her and then she just needs to look presidential. quite frankly, the donald trump win is that if he does something that we haven't seen for a long time, frankly, forever, to act presidential and to come off as a person who under tremendous

pressure in the oval office would respond deliberately. i don't know if he has that in him. if he could send that message tonight, that's going to make a bunch of people like me worry some. >> hillary clinton has done this a lot. she has studied, we're told, a lot. she has debated and been in like 40 one-on-one debates in her political career. let's watch some of her style and her moments now. >> i think it's important we put this in historic context. united states has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades. in the 1980s, it was in beirut, lebanon, under president reagan's administration and 258 marines and embassy personnel and others were murdered. we also had a tax on two of our embassies in tanzania and kensia when my husband was president. again, americans murdered. >> look, the thinking, the

conventional thinking is on policy she has got it down. she knows that sort of stuff. but in terms of zingers and in terms of style, he might score some big points. >> well, you know, in that clip you just saw, hillary clinton did a couple of things that donald trump can't do. she remembered the number of people who were killed in a that terrorist bombings and she named tanzania and kenya. so long she sticks to that sense that i command the facts and have been to these places and if he gets ruffled and gets angry, a profound contrast in the eyes. you asked about the swing voter. a profound contrast which one of these people is best equipped to guide the country. >> it will be fascinating to watch. thanks so much for your perspective. it is go time. hillary clinton and donald trump set to square off tonight in the

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in chief? >> hillary clinton's casual relationship with the truth is well known to americans. >> nobody knows which donald trump will show up. >> i look so forward to the debate with hillary. >> there is no new donald trump. this is it. this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> we are live on the campus of hofstra university. this is where donald trump and hillary clinton will square off for the first time in a historic debate. we are 14 hours away now. tonight's debate being called the most consequential in modern, political history. so, no pressure. >> it's all pressure. >> it's all pressure. >> that's what makes it so consequential. how will each of these candidates do with all the pressure and attention on them? hey, the timing is perfect. this race is locked