let's discuss, howie carr, the host of radio's howie carr show, and he is a trump supporter. sir, thank you for joining us. have to ask you -- >> thank you, son. >> -- first off the original plan was to last 60 minutes to 90 minutes. it was just over 30 minute when is trump wrapped up. why was it cut short? >> it didn't seem like it was that short to me, don, but i think he -- he just wanted to take some questions and sort of raise the flag so he got some good polling numbers, and he was in a pretty good mood and he took a number of questions. he took actually probably i'd say about 15 questions or so, 15, 20 questions. that was a good number i thought. >> so listen, what was the goal tonight? because they're saying it's not debate prep, but do you think he looked at it as debate prep? >> well, i think maybe he didn't look at it as debate prep but i think some of his staffers sort of thought this was a good sort of dress rehearsal for him. he had this -- this was a countdown on the floor and you know, went down from two minutes and i -- you know i pointed that out to him. i s

lou: to that end, howie carr, iconic radio broadcaster talk show host will be the moderator tonight.n terms of the debates, we're going lester holt to elaine quijano, the list is not -- >> anderson cooper. lou: and radditz, martha radditz, how do you prepare fair moderator that says the hell with you? >> i thought about that today. they've got to know in the trump campaign they've got to be fully prepared for anything and nothing from anderson cooper, right? to go their way. lou: or martha radditz, apparently over who gets to take up the long knives first. >> yeah, because they've got to be prepared for that, i think they didn't know what to expect with elaine. lou: really? >> i think not. lou: cbs news? lester holt? are you kidding me? >> trump came out and said he felt lester was a fair guy. >> and he revised that opinion after realizing what actually happened that evening. [laughter] . >> the point is with anderson you know what to expect, maybe can you prepare better. >> you know what people might want to realize, lou, the town hall forums have the most impact of any of the three

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. >> let's talk about what we already now know thanks to donald trump and howie carr thursday night, during the storm coverage they were doing a little town hall sort of thing in new hampshire. and howie carr, local boston radio talk show host, the biggest fan boy of donald trump in new england, just sits there in adoration of them. he was the moderator and helping out donald and offering him lines and things. when you watch it, donald trump couldn't even keep his concentration in that no pressure forum. >> so there is -- that was an interesting optical moment that we were covering when there's a hurricane breaking on the east coast. you watch that. we were told by sources around the campaign, that was for donald trump to develop some muscle memory, to get back in the town hall setting, to remember what it was like because he's never done a town hall debate. kind of get back in the swing a little bit. the insinstence that it wasn't practice. there was a two-minute clock. the audience told not to clap. call a spade a spade. the prep has changed since the first debate. chris christie a

cherise: conservative radio host howie carr moderated the event, which also featured an appearance by new jersey governor chris christie. >> i want to thank cherise: chris for being here and all of my friends. -- i just want to thank chris for being here and all my friends. cherise: trump fielded over a dozen questions, ranging from policy to the minority vote to the current state of the v.a.. also once again touching on new hampshire's current drug crisis. >> here and oliver the country. we are going to close at the border and filled that wall. you know, we get the ice endorsement yesterday. >> he's a businessman. our country is in such trouble financially that it needs a businessman to get it back in shape. >> he has said some truly sexist and just a very offensive things. and his policy ideas are wrong weekend's debate was also brought to the forefront. one voter asking whether trump held back on hillary clinton in the first debate and whether this sunday would feature a different tone. >> i'd much rather have a be on policy. i didn't like you getting into the gutter. cherise: the

tonight, moderated by talkradio coast howie carr.run his advisers acknowledge is increasingly necessary. his running mate, mike pence, had a well regarded debate performance this week. something trump himself has taken credit for. >> i'm getting a lot of credit, because that's really my first so-called choice. that was my first hire, as we would say. >> reporter: advisers tell cnn they're hoping trump can emulate, even as trump continues to defer to the gop nominee. >> i think whatever i was able to do, donald trump won the debate. >> reporter: advisers tell cnn donald trump has been running the videotape of his first meeting with clinton. tonight comes as trump's campaign looks to boost his for cli low favorability rate wgs a new positive tv ad. >> what does electing donald trump president mean for you? families making $60,000 a year, you get a 20% tax rate reduction. >> reporter: as trump himself pledges again not to bring up bill clinton's past infidelities, telling "the new york post" he wants to "win this election on my policies

a conversation with howie carr, the conservative boston radio host, as moderator.r chris christie held his very first town hall of his presidential run at this first place just hours after running into the race in 2015, so he has already done the run through here and he will be joining donald trump tonight. this is familiar turf. invitation only, which we have seen has bristled some of the feelings in the area, but there will be about 150 guests, and this will be a real time, see it for yourself, dresser herself for sunday night, the kind of debate prep trump advisors say the candidate wants to do, where he is taking some questions, where he can try some things out, where he gets a little more experience with this format. they say he loves this format, but we all know from watching him that his big rally, that is his most energetic, in the zone place for donald trump to be. this will be good practice. until he also has other times set aside between now and sunday to do more work. but it's interesting to see a candidate who is pretty candid about the fact that we ar

the questions have been written down on 3 by 5 cards and given to a mod ter rarity who is howie carroted conservative radio host down in boston. which is in itself something interesting. lots of conservative radio hosts in new hampshire because he chose to get one in boston. this is by the trump's campaign own assertion part of his prep for the sunday night debate in st. louis, which will be town hall style. and trump has been preparing for this in a variety of ways. but this is the first time that he has had an actual town hall of sorts in quite some time. he has done tv town hauls. >> carl? >> hi, brit. >> i'm down here. it's a little unclear to me how you prepare for a town hall event in which you are asked questions by people who may or may not be for you and by moderators who are certainly not among your supporters that you know of. questions you, you know, that you don't know ahead of time. how do you prepare for that by doing a 155 of your own supporters with questions that are fielded in advance by your campaign team? >> it's a great question and not one that i'm certain i co

and howie carr, local boston radio talk show host, the biggest fan boy of donald trump in new englandderate rariator and offering . and donald trump cooperate keep his concentration in that no-pressure forum. >> that was an interesting optical moment that i think we were covering -- there was hurricane matthew and going up coastline. but you watched that. we were told by sources in and around the campaign that was for donald trump to develop muscle memory, to get back to the town hall setting and remember what it was like. he's never done a town hall debate, and he hasn't done an actual town hall campaign event in months. it was get back in the swing a little bit. the prep has changed since the first debate. he has a smaller group of advisers now working with him. chris christie is honchoing that. reince priebus is involved. both were with him when the story broke at 4:00 in the afternoon doing this prep session. everybody is aware of what the mistakes were on sunday. there was talk during the debate of what were -- was the word gracious trump that we were seeing or the other trurchl.

a big giveaway from the moderator talk radio host howie carr. >> i have a clock down on the floor there minutes. >> okay. >> do you want me to call you when it goes over two minutes? >> i'll make you a deal. if i'm doing well, don't call me. if i'm answering the question poorly, please call me immediately. >> nevertheless, the trump insisted this was not debate prep. >> they were saying this is practice for sunday. this isn't practice. this has nothing to do with sunday. we're just here because we just wanted to be here. they said donald trump is going to new hampshire to practice for sunday. this has nothing to do with sunday. it's like they make you into a child. i love the people of new hampshire. i'm here for one reason. i love the people of new hampshire. i said i was going to be here and i'm here. >> that's patently false on the face of it. but in the end it's not clear it did anything to prepare trump for sunday night's showdown. how his big public debate prep failed, next. does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can

howie carr joins us this morning. oe so you guys. >> what do you make of this? you spent your high of summing up the news in a wise and pithy way. what's your gut reaction to what we saw last night? >> loose lips sink ships, tucker. but only for donald trump apparently. you know, i have been watching you this morning talking about the open borders comment from hillary clinton. to me that's a lot bigger gaffe shall woe say than than this p word controversy going on with donald trump. the other thing about, you know, the outrage that's being perpetrated out here. it's not like bill clinton is any stranger to the p word. look at the drudge report. they have a story about it or google bill clinton vernon jordan, martha's vineyard and the p word and see what turns up. you know. this is nothing new. i mean, his comments are indefensible but do they really rise to the level of outrage that we are seeing? i don't think so. >> howie, is this just a sad state ofve a lot of people waking up saying both of these new stories droppe

with that, howie carr has been amazing. i don't know if he is allowed to think he supports me. i do not know if he supports me -- i am not sure he has allowed to, but i think he probably does. [applause] mr. trump: he has been amazing, and he is a very talented guy, he is a terrific guy with a terrific family. they said, let's get how we -- howie. you have some questions. howie: i do. i have a clock on the store that says, two minutes. do you want me to call you when it goes over two minutes? mr. trump: tell you what, if i and doing well, do not call me. if i am answering the question poorly, please call me immediately. . you can go and 30 second. howie: first of all, if i have the name, i will have the first person to stand up. this is matthew, in bedford, new hampshire. mr. trump: hi, matthew. matthew says after the first debate, some within the party suggest you should have gone after hillary more. did you hold back, and you plan on criticizing her more this weekend? mr. trump: i did hold back, i thought it was inappropriate to say what i was really thinking. and i think i h