host: let's let ginger gibson respond to that. guest: interesting in your point there that we know that there are divisions within the trump campaign over whether or not they wanted to engage in a character debate with hillary clinton. part of trump's advisors said don't do it, you know, it's not the message we want to drive. we want to talk about how donald trump is going to help working class people, how he's going to get rid of trade deals. and they said, no, we think hillary clinton is so awful attack her on her character, others say. to your point, that's not as clear cut an argument as one can have. a lot of people think that in a character debate hillary clinton wins. and so i think that we've probably reached the point of this campaign and this debate tonight where it's going to be unavoidable, and we're going to see both candidates engage in a pretty hefty character debate on the debate stage. and how voters respond to that is going to be one of the biggest questions of the night. scommoip what is the one big difference y

let's let ginger gibson. guest: first, congratulations on casting your first ballot as an american citizen. that's always a big moment for people who become citizens. so enjoy that moment next month when you head into the booth. i think that we do see a lot of people -- when i talk to voters, i hear a lot of concern about what donald trump is going to do on an international stage. if he says these things that are outlandish about america, in america, that's one thing. but what happens when he's asked a united nations general assembly and he says something that provokes one of our allies? i do hear that concern a lot, and that's a challenge that donald trump is going to have to face tonight at the debate. he's going to have to continue to try to lessen those concerns for undecided voters and convince them he's not going to do anything to embarrass the united states, that he can be even-keeled, he can bite his tongue when he needs to, and that he can proceed as a diplomat. host: he has been pegging himself as t

let's let ginger gibson.uest: first, congratulations on casting your first ballot as an american citizen. that's always a big moment for people who become citizens. so enjoy that moment next month when you head into the booth. i think that we do see a lot of people -- when i talk to voters, i hear a lot of concern about what donald trump is going to do on an international stage. if he says these things that are outlandish about america, in america, that's one thing. but what happens when he's asked a united nations general assembly and he says something that provokes one of our allies? i do hear that concern a lot, and that's a challenge that donald trump is going to have to face tonight at the debate. he's going to have to continue to try to lessen those concerns for undecided voters and convince them he's not going to do anything to embarrass the united states, that he can be even-keeled, he can bite his tongue when he needs to, and that he can proceed as a diplomat. host: he has been pegging himself as the

coming up sunday morning, writers campaign correspondence ginger gibson previews the second presidential debate at washington university in st. louis. plus, charlie cook, editor and publisher of the cook political report and rothenberg and gonzales report on the latest from the presidential race, including expectations for sunday's debate. talk about key swing states in the senate and the likelihood of a democratic takeover of that chamber. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. c-span 2016 campaign bus is traveling throughout virginia to ask voters, what are the most important issues in the election, and wide? john david allen, i am a freshman in college, and the most important issue to me in this election is the and refugeecrisis crisis and also the economy. has not been doing that well economically lately. i feel that the immigration crisis, illegal immigrants coming in, is a very big problem. >> my name is violet lewis, i go to the university, and the most important issue in this election are social issues, specifically

coming up, it ginger gibson previews sunday nights second presidential debate at washington university in st.

coming up, it ginger gibson previews sunday nights second presidential debate at washington university in st. louis. band foundingook editor stuart rothenberg on the latest presidential race including expectations for the sunday debate. about keyalso talk swing states and the likelihood of a democratic takeover of the chamber. at 7:00to watch live a.m. eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. town hall presidential --ate between presidential president obama and met romney. moderated by candy crowley, this is almost two hours. ms. crowley: good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i'm candy crowley from cnn's "state of the union." we are here for the second presidential debate, a town hall, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the new york area. their questions will drive the night. my goal is to give the conversation direction and to ensure questions get answered. the questions are known to me and my team only. neither the commission, nor the candidates have seen them. i hope to get to as ma

this morning, ginger gibson previews the second presidential debate, the town hall in st. louis. and a roundtable discussion on the presidential race with charlie cook, editor and publisher of the cook a report and stuart rothenberg, founding member of the political report. washington journal is next. host: good morning. it's sunday, october 9. with just 30 days to go before election day, and just hours before the second presidential debate between hillary clinton and donald trump tonight at washington university in st. louis, we are seeing live coverage from the site of tonight's debate. right now, the days leading up to tonight's debate have been tumultuous for the republican nominee after the release of a video showing mr. trump making lewd, sexual remarks. yesterday, more than a dozen republican lawmakers, including arizona senator john mccain, withdrew their support.

tomorrow, we will have ginger gibson on. we will also have a discussion from charlie cook and stuart rothenberg on the debate anti- presence of campaign. also, be sure to tune in for newsmakers where ron angstrom of the chamber of congress will discuss the chamber's role in the 2016 election campaign. again, that is on sunday at 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. also, be sure to tune in for the debate tomorrow night. coverage of that will be can live at 7:30 tomorrow night. you can catch that on c-span as well as the c-span radio app. have a good saturday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ > coming up> vice president shall candidates tim kaine and mike pence in farmville, virginia. followed by debate from the candidates running for u.s. senate in california. then, a look back at the debate between president bill clinton and bob dole. and mike pencen live at 3:30 eastern. >> c