now, it's a smaller crowd here nodding to me here. 500 people, not thousands like you saw in the basketball stadium before, intimate but intimate can sometimes mean even more tense. wolf? >> all right. john berman, thanks very much. we'll stay in close touch with you. anderson, there is electricity here, you have to admit. >> there is, a lot of excitement not just for this debate but the main debate that comes afterward. donald trump knows he's going to be the center of attention tonight as he has been. he's leading in the polls. his opponents, some of them may be on the attack against them we in addition to playing defense, he has to convince he has the temperament and ideas to be president. let's go to sarah murray, she's in a room overlooking the debate hall where the candidates will the gather. sarah? >> yeah, right now on my left there is room with the four candidates who will participate in the first debate. they are sitting in there chatting probably trying not to