mr. geist, from what i understand, has been kind of close to donald trump in recent weeks, and that's why they're inviting him. i will say this, if this does come about, i will tell you, we've not yet been able to confirm this with the trump campaign. we're getting this from people close to mr. geist and the campaign, they're saying he's likely to attend. if he does do this, it's pretty interesting because it looked like it's a different donald trump. because the old donald trump would have gone for the low blow and invited gennifer flowers and turned this into a tabloid thing. if he invites mr. geist, he's basically putting up against mark cuban a war hero, somebody who is critical of the clinton administration, of the obama administration's foreign policy, critical of how hillary clinton who was president obama's secretary of state handled that foreign policy particularly as it relates to benghazi, and someone who's just not, you know, some sort of a troll. you know, mark geist is an american

geist is someone who spoke at our convention. he served his country honorably, he's come out and been very supportive of our party and mr.rump in particular, and i think mr. trump wanted him to come. >> basically, you see this high level or low level tonight? how do you see it unfolding? >> in terms of what? >> are they going to policy issues or substance, or will it be name calling? >> the style and the substance are going to be both really important tonight. it's not just -- i think that's what people are looking for. they know what they're getting with hillary clinton, they know that. they want to come out and see is this somebody who could be the president of the united states? is this an acceptable alternative to hillary clinton? i don't like her. i want to reasonably vote for donald trump and i think tonight he'll give them one. >> thank you for being here. >> i like "the situation room" and what you've done with it. >> thank you. >>> just a little over three hours from now, hillary clinton and donald trump will face off in their first presidential debate. you're going to get an inside look at how the candidates ma