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maeve, it is more than allegations. jackie, there were three accusers of bill clinton's in the audience. you know, obviously it was designed to get hillary clinton back on her feet. i did feel that she was rattled in her first answer because the first question from an audience member was about the tone of the last debate and whether it was suitable for children to be watching. hillary clinton gave a treat on the policies. that was an opening to go for the jugular with the divisiveness and toxicity. what did you think about her demeanor the whole time? >> reporter: she did seem certainly a little bit off balance in the first question and no doubt was rattled by this. this was a surprise to the clinton team. we were all around them at the time this came out and rushing past to go watch the facebook live that donald trump had done with these accusers. so clearly that did get her up on guard for the beginning of the debate. i do think she regained her pacing and her step and you know, the fact that donald trump was doing al

maeve, let me begin with you.tin have a point that wh manipulation of public opinion, even if bray i don't know fallon did nothing wrong does it matter? is this attack line what resonates with the voter? >> well, i think there's a lot of voters that are concerned this is happening out there and we saw trump address this point in the debate on sunday night and kind of wave off the hacks saying that he didn't know if there was evidence of that so it's produced this interesting storyline in the campaign where the clinton campaign is very worried about russia and the amount of influence they're trying to exert on the election and trump is waving it off. but i think for voters out there, it sort of gives the podesta e-mails in particular a window into campaign strategy the kind of conversations you would imagine going on in the clinton campaign, for example about whether or not she should have a press conference or not or whether she should take question and answer if she was going to get drilled about her e-mails. so

maeve this can be a tricky format. donald trump hasn't had a ton of experience doing this.t night even though he's insisting it wasn't debate prep and even though you had questions funneled through a radio host so it wasn't a one-on-one with voters we're going to expect pund, when you watched that, what did you take away from what donald trump is going to bring or needs to improve on? >> what i took away from it is that he's not that interested in practice at this point. all three of us have covered tons of town halls in new hampshire in the past and it's very rare that you would have a pre-selected audience like that and one host pre-selecting the questions and they were really a lot of them laughable softballs like that about his childhood memory and the world series. so that clearly was not a format that will prepare him for the tough questions that he will face in the debate on sunday. but this is a tricky format. there are a lot of things to think about when you're on that stage, not just the space between you and your opponent but how you connect with the voters in th

maeve and a.b. -- yeah, quickly, go ahead.uickly. >> i mean, i just think that it does -- i is correct in the fact we've been talking about so many things other than the issues and that really has frustrated voters out there. that's why so many of them are just going to stay home, because they don't want to be talking about this stuff. >> by the way, it's frustrated us, too. >> yeah, yeah. ditto. ditto all around. ladies, thank you so much. >>> listen, let's not just talk about the top of the ticket. coming up next, fight for the control of the senate. it's razor-thin. kelly ayotte is in a tough fight for re-election in her home state of new hampshire. why she now says she made a mistake by calling trump a role model. sweet sun no artificial flavors. philadelphia® strawberry. rich..., creamy... ...and delicious. nothing else tastes like philadelphia® my insurance rates are but dad, you've got... ...allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's goo

maeve reston, political director david chalian. editor mark preston and senior politics writer for "u.s. world and news report." what voters do trump and clinton need to target tonight? >> clinton has got to hold on to what she's got. certainly expand that universe of millennials not sure about her. the former bernie sanders supporters who don't like what they've seen in the leaked e-mails, and trump should be reaching out to those white suburban women, but we haven't seen any move by him in that direction to do that. but i think that's the imperative for both tonight. >> david chalian, last debate hillary clinton tried to reach out to some republicans, independents, said this. listen -- >> look, i want to be a president for all americans. not some americans. i want to be a president for people who agree with me and don't agree with me. i want to be a president for democrats, republicans, and independents. >> so is that still her target audience, and what does trump need to do to reach more voters, if you will? >> yeah. trump reall

maeve? >> nevada. we saw a brief clip of this at the beginning of the show, but dr.in a very tight senate race out there got into -- went out on stage yesterday and denounced donald trump and got booed over and over again. now, of all the people who came out against trump after this tape, i think that for heck this was maybe one of the biggest gambles because nevada is a state that has been very kind to donald trump. it's very close there. it's very difficult to poll. and it will be really fascinating to see with hillary clinton headed out there this week whether or not he can hang on in that close race. >> fascinating. could make the difference too. that could be the difference as we move west through the up and down senate races. nevada could do it. >> two big progressive groups launching their biggest get out the vote efforts in their history. planned parenthood as well as the human rights campaign which is an lgbtq. targeting millennial voters and in terms of hrc, they are very much targeting swing states as well. north carolina they want to do 400,000 voter cont

he can not counterpunch on michelle obama in this way. >> maeve i want you to pick up on abbey's point because i think she's right. it was very special coming from michelle obama in a way, perhaps that hillary clinton as she's the one opposing mr. trump, she couldn't do that. michelle obama has been referred to before as the closer to me listening to her it sounded personal. >> it sounded very personal. there were notes of emotion in her voice as she spoke and i think what you say is so true, brooke, is that hillary clinton is has never been able to deliver a speech that moves people, probably, in the way that michelle obama did today and in that way she's such a powerful surrogate for hillary clinton, particularly on this issue, which is an issue she's been working on in the white house i do also think the contrast between those two speeches was so stark and so -- many of the things that trump said will be so galling to women, particularly talking about the evidence that was going to come out about these claims not being true, we don't know what that is yesterday, but it sounded someo

but this is her last shot. >> i mean, that's a problem, maeve, i mean, 20 days until the election and she stands for. give us this past year of our life back. i mean, they've been on the campaign trail for a year. people i think knew what bernie sanders stood for and they know that donald trump stands for something different. so, what do you think, david, she's going to say about that tonight? her vision. >> it has to be in part a paoliy vision but stands to the argument she has been making. fitness for office. it's baiting him in those ways where he's temperamentally unfit. our polling still shows up over 60% of voters don't think he's qualified and i think she sticks with that argument down the stretch and tries to keep building on that success among women. >> you know, part of it is just slogan. make america great, again. it's obvious, grab it. with her she has stronger together but i'm with her is what they used even more which detaches with the person and not the message. >> david, maeve, thank you. >>> lots of coverage to be had with this debate. it will begin here on cnn at 4:0

maeve?t, looking at huge booms in latino registration, particularly in swing states. we want to know what's happening in 2016. looking beyond that to races in 2017, 2018. where, for example, in california you have so many latinos angry at trump that they're registering and actually could make a huge difference in the governor's race there. it's going to be interesting to watch that trend, and in states like texas as well. >> domino effect of 2016 carries on to the next cycle. >> and senate race in california in two years. here for a debate, remiss didn't remember also in the middle of a big congress' battleground. two competitive races, and senate race. versus the republican. only chance for republicans to possibly take a seat and it would be harry reid's seat. it's a close race, but democrats remain notably confident out here. point to dean heller, republican who won by less than two points in 2012 and harry reid's come from behind win in polling bad. might be the senate race waiting to hea

talk about tomorrow, maeve. we have -- just talking about these polls. hillary clinton up five. you've got, you know, texas. there's a poll out tightening. looking forward, especially in the arizona, use it as an example. michelle obama is going there. hillary clinton is sticking to the traditional battleground states. what is michelle obama doing for hillary clinton? what is hillary clinton doing after this? what to they do in the final three weeks? >> hillary clinton has to make her chosen argument. a lot of issues with millennials thinking about voting for the third-party candidates, and get real. michelle obama is the better surrogate for hillary clinton out there on the trail than hillary clinton is for herself. so but their strategy certainly is to make trump play in some of mees red states like arizona even maybe texas, and really keep him on defense. that's how they'll kroclose it down. >> the rnc chair didn't want to see donald trump there. how many more days will that last until a big invite, come to phoenix, donald trump? >> exactly. >> manu,

maeve, he's attacking republicans directly saying so many self-rye chus hypocrites watch their poll numbersnd elections go down. what is the leadership say but what is ryan or donald trump going to do tonight? tweeting is one thing, but what he says is another point. one of the things they are going to test is how he feels tomorrow morning. many of the leaders are discussing the presidential race, about this, about everything. >> donald trump is talking about the weather. >> exactly. they are on recess right now. >> about that continuing resolution -- >> exactly. they are on visas right now. so this is very unusual you'll have tomorrow morning -- you will attack how many are waiting to decide what to do. n nay. >> my sense is that everyone is waiting for paul ryan. those on the fence may defect their waiting that maybe i don't want to get out in front of the speaker. they are going to take his lead. >> it's a risk for him politically because a lot of the members are big trump supporters. so he can get a lot of backlack for that. >> not just paul ryan, but you have to think they are going to

our executive editor mark preston and maeve reston. mark, the trump campaign is seizing on florida. they have another poll tonight showing her lead cut in half in just a few days. and now on this map florida now, no longer clinton going back into toss up territory. that is a big positive. >> certainly in a month that's been really bad headlines for trump this is a dig positive for him. and florida, he needs florida to win. it really starts with florida as well. if he loses florida early on election night the election is over. however as we're seeing down there we're seeing republicans now starting to come home so to speak. and we expected this before the election anyway. the real fight now is going to be for those independent voters. and the question will be will we see specifically in florida some marco rubio supporters, will they eventually go with trump and could trump help marco rubio. so there is dynamics going in that state that are very very interesting. >> and mike pence is saying hillary clinton got way too kokky. here is how mike pence put it. >> hillary clinton's out ther

. >> with us to share the reporting and their insights dan vols with the washington post, cnn's maeve reston and politico's glen thrush. let's start with the wow. dan, been at this a while. we were talking before we came on the air, never seen a day like yesterday. never seen 72 hours like we've been through here. the conversations yesterday, can we dump him? can we force him out? what if we did? trump says no and never. where are we today as we prepare? there's supposed to be a debate between the two candidates. we're supposed to talk about