joining me now is carl berstein and author of a woman in charge, life of hillary rodham clinton. to sigh yee you. we were just hearing from gary johnson. i was curious for your impressions. do you believe that he should be on the debate stage in eight days? we know he won't get an invitation. >> no, there are rules and he hasn't met the 15% threshold. and i was the one that first reported i think that bill weld i believe is thinking about dropping out of this race if it looks like he and gary johnson might get donald trump elected. weld decembz spices trump. i don't think he's made up his mind, but it's certainly a point if it looks like spices trump. i don't think he's made up his mind, but it's certainly a point if it looks likespices trump. i don't think he's made up his mind, but it's certainly a point if it looks likezes trump. i don't think he's made up his mind, but it's certainly a point if it looks likeses trump. i don't think he's made up his mind, but it's certainly a point if it looks like that it would help touchdown and he would go help hillary clinton. so stay tuned