Strategies. How each client is getting ready for tonights highly anticipated debate. And good afternoon. Im anderson cooper. And im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Were live here at Hofstra University in hempstead, long island, in new york state where four hours from now, two president ial candidates will face each other for the very first time on this debate stage right here on cnn. Some logistics already have been determined by a coin toss. Hillary clinton will stand on the right side of your television screen. She will get the first question of the night. As we head into debate night, new polling shows just how tight this race has become. The cnn poll of polls averaging the five most recently released polls has Hillary Clinton leading by two points, 44 to 42 over donald trump. Over the next two hours, well have everything you need to know to get ready for debate night. We begin with how the candidates are getting ready themselves. Lets start with donald trump. Our cnn adviser jim acosta is stand big. What do the candidates need leading up to this debate . All the points tonight are leaning toward Hillary Clinton. They are saying it is Hillary Clinton who has been dropping in the polls, it is Hillary Clinton who dropped out of the limelight so she could do debate prep over the last four days, and not surprisingly, wolf, they are trying to downplay expectations for donald trump saying hes going to be himself tonight, that he hasnt been doing the kind of debate prep we normally see from candidates. Hes only been working with his advisers, no oneonone for a standin for Hillary Clinton. But well have more talking points with this debate. They are trying to lay the groundwork just in case donald trump doesnt have a good night tonight, they are saying the fact checkers, including cnn, are a propaganda night of the Clinton Campaign, so if donald trump doesnt have a good night, its not his fault, its our fault. Wolf . Who are Donald Trumps personally invited guests for tonight . We do know they put out a list earlier today. Retired general Michael Flynn will be sitting in Donald Trumps corner as one of his notable guests, according to the Trump Campaign. Obviously his family and close advisers will be there as well. Wolf, i also think its important to note that a Trump Campaigner says a benghazi survivor plans to be there with trump, which tells us he plans to hit Hillary Clinton with benghazi. Remember the gold star family that got into a fight with donald trump over the summer. If she brings that up, donald trump will point to a gold star mother he has in his corner tonight. Wolf . All right, jim, thank you. Were also getting some inside information from the Clinton Campaign right now, including the guests Hillary Clinton has invited to tonights debate. Breanna keeler is joining us with more. Breanna, what else do we know about Hillary Clintons debate preparation . Was it still ongoing in a formal way today and who is she bringing over . Yeah, wolf, thats right, it has been ongoing in a formal way, and she has mostly been doing that at Westchester County not far from her chappaqua home. As of this afternoon, she has moved not far from the debate venue here at Hofstra University to be on long island. One thing very interesting that cnn has learned is that the person standing in, donald trump, and her somewhat confidante, leaving clinton on barriers she has broken. Certainly something Hillary Clinton has not been expecting in order to prepare her for a very different donald trump. She is preparing for that, a donald trump who can be gracious, maybe one who comes out swinging. Shes also going to be preparing to fact check him, shes going to try to get under his skin. Also, wolf, its very important her Campaign Sees it, but to sell voters on her. And as far as the guests shes personally invited to sit up front. What do we know about that . The guests shes invited, some of them speak it her strengths, some of them speak to Donald Trumps witnesses. She brought somebody who was injured in the World Trade Center attacks when she was a senator, and this is someone shes been in contact with right up to the attacks. As well as a young woman who has cerebral pal sy. That speaks to donald trump and a disabled reporter making fun of how he recently moved, but also clintons economic message which includes disabled americans. Then. This was an announcement that caused quite a kerfuffle. Hes someone who has been a Television Host as well. And she has them there to be a counterpart. Thank you very much. Our chief correspondent dana bash has been talking with both sides, both campaigns. Dana is joining us today. Dana, what are you learning about what we can anticipate tonight . Well, just to add to what brianna was talking about with regard to how Hillary Clinton was preparing, i was talking to a senior clinton adviser, even though shes prepared than her pry goal, expected to reach the 100 million viewers, to sooeds this kind of adversity . Length and in depth. And to really put forward her polici policies. Its more of an opportunity cost than anything else. Zm remember. What are they bracing for from donald trump tonight . I just think its fascinating were hearing felipe ryan is who we can expect in the debate, and donald trump accusing her of broken ceilings over the last couple days. Its not just that she was preparing that way, its because we know her skpr he has to be a very large. He has been a very disciplined donald trump with saw from a year or so in the pray. So what can we. They insist that he hasnt been doing the regular debate prep, he has been suggest did i iing. He has nl been a surrogate for him, hes actually been at trump tower and he was involved in schld, and owes been walking into a meeting with trumps Conversation Team and talking about him. It just shows how unorthodox the Trump Campaign is. We knew that but this is just one piece of very colorful evidence. Maybe hes giving some inspiration. He was a great basketball coach, as we all remember. Yes. Dana, dont go too far away. We have an exciting, important night coming up. Hillary clinton will certainly make history the moment she steps onto the debate stage. One of the Big Questions of the night is what to expect from her opponent. Donald trump repeatedly has insulted women for the way they look over the years, and thats also true that he has a problem with women voters over the years. Well talk about that and more. Mornin. Hey, do you know when the game starts . 11 hours. Oh. Well, im heading back to my room. announcer want to wake up at super bowl 51 . 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This begins tonight when trump and carly fiorina, of course, were asked when trump said, look at her face, would anyone vote for that . Lets take a look at how fiorina responded. I think women all over the country heard very clearly what mr. Trump said. I think shes got a beautiful face and i think shes a beautiful woman. To subject my wife into the middle of a raucous political conversation was completely inappropriate, and i hope you apologize for that, donald. I have to tell you, i hear phenomenal things. I hear your wife is a lovely woman she is. She is fantastic. She is the love of my life and i want you to apologize to her right now. I wont because i said nothing wrong. You called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Only rosie odonnell. No, it wasnt. For the record, it was well beyond rosie odonnell. Honestly, megyn, if you dont like it, im sorry. Ive been very nice to you, but i dont need to be because of the way youve treated me, but i wont do that. Will there be those dynamics on the stage tonight . Well wait and see. Senior political reporter henderson is joining us, also david jalion. To my left trump supporter andrew dean, supporter of trump directions, political analyst Kirsten Powers and security commentator and trump adviser to the trump position team. I dont like to use hyperbole or to hype things up, but this is going to be an extraordinary night. Probably one of the most watched political events in recent history. And often debates are overrated, debates are overhyped. This race has become so heated six weeks out, that i dont think you can limit this for both candidates. Donald trump needs to have a performance tonight. Can the people watching close their eyes at the end of the night and say, that was a president. If they can get over the is her bar lower than her bar, forget about it. Theyre both applying for the same job. If you can get over the bar that hes a president , hes a commander in chief, he can handle the tough calls, then Hillary Clinton has a problem, because right now donald trump has the best friend in politics, momentum. The question is committee carry can he carry it forward . Are you concerned at all about the dynamics that may get bogged down in this debate . A candidate is allowed to mature over the course of the campaign. This is not something who has dealt with National Security issues. Thats one example. He hasnt dealt with those issues, he didnt get up every morning to think about those issues. A candidate, in my mind, is allowed to mature on that. I think youll see a better prepared donald trump. I dont think he needs to give you the 10step program on isis. What are your principles behind it . You say youre going to defeat isis, what are your principles to defeat isis . If trump can lay that out, it will be in contrast to where Hillary Clinton has been on those same issues. I think thats the contrast people are looking for. Im not sure theyre looking for the food fight. Maybe im just an eternal optimist. They might be looking for the food fight on the stage tonight, but i think its a policy debate. Hard to hide in 90 minutes. Donald trump, can he come off as so many people see, as a president . Can secretary clinton do that as well . One of secretary clintons possible strategies will be to try to go after donald trump and annoy him in some way to kind of validate her argument that he doesnt have the temperament. Shes going to need to do that because he typically is the kind of person who strikes after somebody strikes him. The thing hes most sensitive about is how much money hes made, how successful he is. Does she Start Talking about how you havent made as much money as you say you have, why wont you show your tax returns. It doesnt take that much, usually, with him. In talking to a senior clinton adviser, i think shes going to go after him on his lies as they see them and as we fact check them ourselves. You say no. But im told shes going to remind people who donald trump was for the last 15 months if he decides to take the high road tonight, which they say they anticipate. And they say theyve spent a lot more time on the high road than on the insulting donald trump because they believe thats what hes going to do, but theyll remind people of who he was during this campaign and what he said. Andy, as a trump supporter, what do you think he needs to do . I think youre right that trump is going to try to take the high road and i think hillary is going to try to poke the bear. Shes going to try to get under his skin. Donald at first can be playful about it. He can say, hillary, im trying to behave tonight, youre making it difficult. But if she keeps going after him, hell look weak if he doesnt respond. If you see him set off, well see him respond, but he has to do it with a president ial manner, and i think he does it with intelligent humor. Thats really his saving grace, intelligent humor, and i think well see that tonight. Are you allowed to call him donald . Probably not. A chip in my arm just went off. As a clinton supporter, what worries you most tonight . What worries me most tonight is the game of expectations. As john said, theyre both applying for the same job, but the fact is Hillary Clinton has to go in and she has to do exceedingly well. She doesnt just have to win the moments, she has to win the moments with these very large amounts and run up the score. One thing Hillary Clinton has to come off with is difficult for clinton to do. What shes going to do is attack Donald TrumpsMain Campaign theme, which many people say hes lying, but its make America Great again. I think shes going to attack that and show why we are a great country. I expect her to be very inspirational, very sharp. Because at the end of the day, with all due respect to donald trump and being a former reality tv host, she is the former secretary of state. I think shes going to come on state with that. They both have very different visions of where america is right now. I wonder how much theyre going to. I think we are going to hear their visions. Theres no doubt they want to take advantage of this massive audience theyre going to have to be able to get their positive message out there. The single biggest concern for the Clinton Campaign is donald trump leaves this debate somehow normalized as a president ial candidate. Right now majorities of the country say he doesnt have the temperament for the job. A majority of the country says he cannot handle responsibilities of commander and chief and is somehow on a parallel platform in the eyes of voters, that is such a, she couldnt go through this debate than she would maybe if it was jeb bush. On andys idea of poking the bear, i think she has to. I think she has to, because thats the entire argument. If you look at whats going into this debate, the ad thats up, thats all about Donald Trumps words about women and young girls looking in the mirror with donald trump saying nasty things. Thats what the donald trump is they want to fixate on and. Is it mockery . Thats typically been a way president obama has gone that way. She remembered it, too, in the dn or dno. Thats going to be hard and can she. Think about the investment she has put in the strategy, tens of millions telling the American People in her speeches and the tv advertising, hes a loose cannon, hes a sexist, hes a mysogenist, hes unfit, hes unstable. Shes spent months and dollars making that case. Imagine if donald trump leaves the stage and people say, where was he . On the flip of the coin, donald trump has to stand there for 90 minutes. When it got into policy discussions, when it got into back and forth of exactly how government works, how you pay for things, he would step back and retreat. I agree with that point wholeheartedly because we keep saying she has to bait donald trump. Donald trump has the sam tamina withstand 90 minutes of his debate. Were talking 8 minutes, 12 minutes, 11 minutes. He has to do more than that today and i think the clint op campaign is talking about him wither ~ing. His supporters were very Effective Campaign experiences and filling. Hell walk up with lifrlly three or four notes and he will talk for an hour 15, hour and a half about policy issues and everything going on. This idea thats out there that donald trump doesnt have the intellectual rigor was proven wrong from somebody that he wants. Weve got to take a quick break. Just ahead from the senate floor, harry reid flat out called him a racist. The latest on that ahead. Also tonight, Hillary Clinton heading into tonights debate without the big lead she had last month. Next well hear. I talked to the National Committee on what is on the line tonight for her Fact Checking. Youre not a cook, if you dont cook. Youre not a firefighter, if you dont fight fires. Or a coach, if you dont coach. And you cant be our leader, if you dont lead. Our next president needs to take action on Social Security, or future generations could lose up to 10,000 a year. Were working hard, what about you . Hey candidates, do your jobs. Keep Social Security strong. You dont want to ride the 13l checkiforever, do you . Ore . Credit karma huh . Yeah, its free. Credit karma. Give youself some credit. Welcome back to debate night in america. The debate is still a few hours away, but Senate Democratic leader harry reid is already throwing punches at the republican nominee. On the senate floor he did not miss words and called donald trump a racist. Listen. Every time donald trump does or says something discriminatory, and thats on, the media uses a catalog of buzz words to describe his actions. The press use words like hateful, in totolerant, bigot, prejudice, to name a few. But there is one name that the press can avoid. Racist. They never label trump as a racist. But he is a racist. Donald trump is a racist. Racist isnt a term i throw around lightly. Well, this is certainly an escalation. The war of words for reid who has used the senate floor in recent weeks as a launching pad for attacks against donald trump. Our senior political supporter is here with more. The fact harry reid said this on the senate floor, that makes this all the more significant. Yes, it does, and hes actually going a lot further than his own partys nominee. Hillary clinton and tim kaine both have resisted calling donald trump a racist, but harry reid, who is retiring at the end of the year, likes to stir the political pot and hes certainly doing it with donald trump here. In fact, anderson, 10 days ago i asked harry reid point blank, do you think donald trump is a racist, and at the time he said this to me. He said, i dont know. All you guys have a job to do, referring to the media. You make that decision. Im not going to. Well, clearly reid wants to inject this line of argument ahead of tonights debate. And one reason why could be tightening poll numbers in a lot of these battleground states. Democrats are getting nervous about trump doing better with minority groups, including hispanic americans, africanamericans. If harry reid can help bring down Donald Trumps poll numbers, it helps his partys chances of winning back the senate in the fall, and of course Hillary Clinton winning as well. This certainly isnt the first time reid has talked about donald trump before. Theyve had, you know, exchange of words in the past. Yeah, thats right. Hes called harry reid has called donald trump a scammer in chief, a liar. When i interviewed senator reid, he said donald trump is a complete fraud. So he clearly sees his role as calling out donald trump. He did the same thing in 2012 against mitt romney, at the time falsely saying that mitt romney never received his income taxes. B but they said he should use his perks to go after a president ial candidate, and thats why theyre doing it so aggressively in the last two weeks. Anderson, a new cnn poll shows Hillary Clinton and donald trump in this race closer than ever. The big leap he had back in august has vanished and while both candidates have record high unfavorable ratings, clinton a of likely wood better describes donald trump. 36 said Hillary Clinton. Those are the latest numbers on the socalled trust gap hgd into this high stakes debate tonight. Joining us now, donna brazil, the interim chair of the National Democratic committee. Thank you for coming in. Great to see you, as always, wolf. Harry reid said donald trump flat out on the senate floor is a racist. Do you agree . Harry reid is a great public server and hes not on the ballot this fall. Im a person who i cant tell you whats in your heart. But i can tell you based on what ive seen and the things ive heard, the Birthright Movement that donald trump used to catapult himself into the national spotlight, that was really demeaning, that was demoralizing. If thats not a textbook what i call example of racism, hes not going to smear donald trump the way he smeared president obama. I want someone to come together. Hillary clinton has spent her entire year championing equality for all. I want to focus on the things i believe i know, and that is i know Hillary Clinton, i know her heart. This is a woman i actually know. Ive known her for over 30 years when she was working with the Childrens Fund making sure every child gets a good head start. How much do you think shell be Fact Checking donald trump . Factchecking donald trump is trying to find the moisture content into the future. The only way to close this socalled trust gap. Thats why she has proposed many of her ideas. Why should she have a problem when it comes to the honesty and trust issue. People dont trust the media, they dont trust politicians. Thats whats happened in america, people are so divided. What Hillary Clinton needs to do tonight is talk into the camera, look into the american. Shes reminded them of things she did he on. Maybe accurate, maybe a lie. As you well know, this is what youve said. Remember, wolf, we have tapes. Were all on video. So there is a way to do it but it should not be done to distract us what i. I think we should leave the srl. What were doing tonight is a change in ideas, talking about issues, topics. No. We all know, we watched donald trump throughout the primary. Donald trump loves tv. Hes a reality but talk to the American People and really connect. The interim chair of the dnc, thank you very much for joining us. I miss you both. I miss you. Itlets see the other side o the political chair. We have an adviser for the republican National Committee. Well get his take on what were about to see in a moment. Marcopolo marco. polo marco. polo marco. polo marco. si . Polo marco. polo scusa . Ma io sono marco polo, ma. Marco. playing marco polo with marco polo . Surprising. Ragazzini, io sono marco polo. Si, sono qui. Whats not surprising . How much money amanda and keith saved by switching to geico. Ahhh. Polo. Marco. polo fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Polo fresh ingredients, tokyostepbystep recipies, delivered to your door for less than 9 a meal. Get 30 off your first delivery blueapron. Com cook. The crowd sheer. Peop people are beginning to arrive with the debate just a little over three hours away. People are wondering which donald trump will show up for tonights president ial debate. Will it be the brave take no prisoners donald trump . We saw it in the primary debates. Hillary clinton, were told, has been preparing for both versions of donald trump. In the meantime, Trump Campaign manager, kellyann conway, has been calling trump the babe ruth of debating despite his lack of experience. Joining us now, shawn spicer, the Communications Director for the Trump Campaign. Your Quick Reaction to the democratic leader, harry reid, on the senate floor flatly saying donald trump is a racist. Im almost speechless. There is a good thing harry reid is retiring because i think the people of nevada and the people of this country have had it with harry reid. He tried to pull the same thing with mitt romney. Harry reid is leaving. It looks like were replacing him with a solid republican. If he thinks donald trump is a raci racist, then a majority think he is, too. Hes retiring because he couldnt stay in the senate any longer. The people of nevada were ready to throw him out so its good riddance for harry reid. The polls are out this morning nationally and the trend shows donald trump going in the right direction, so i dont think a majority of americans dont share harry reids view. Why is it going that way . I think two reasons. You have a candidate wanting change. People know Hillary Clinton. Shes been on the scene for 30 years. People know what theyre getting with Hillary Clinton and theyre ready to change it. Number two, i think we have a better infrastructure than anybody in history. The infrastructure is whats leading us to victory. In iowa, theyre 50 votes under what they need for the early vote. People are not turning out for Hillary Clinton. Which donald trump turns out, the brazen, feisty, outspoken donald trump or the reserved, laidback donald trump . In both cases hes a liaison for change. One thing that is consistent is this message that weve had enough of washington status quo, were ready for a change. That donald trump unequivocally showing up tonight. Shes going to hit him on a lot of issues, including, for example, why he refuses to release his tax returns. How will he respond . I think hell respond in kind. Hes going to make sure he answers the question, but hes also going to push back. This is not a guy who is going to sit back with politically correct responses. I think the tone might be a little bit different but hes not going to sit back and not answer it, and i think thats what america is ready for and thats why hes surging in the polls. Its because people are ready for someone who stands up and fights. Why did he fight a benghazi survivor, a man named mark geist, to sit in one of the front seats . Hes sending a message to Hillary Clinton who invited mark cuban. Sure. But mark geist is someone who spoke at our convention. He served his country honorably, hes come out and been very supportive of our party and mr. Trump 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. Its not just i think thats what people are looking for. They know what theyre 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 dont like her. I want to reasonably vote for donald trump and i think tonight hell give them one. Thank you for being here. I like the situation room and what youve done with it. Thank you. Just a little over three hours from now, Hillary Clinton and donald trump will face off in their first president ial debate. Youre going to get an inside look at how the candidates may be preparing when we come back. If you have moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis or crohns, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. If other treatments havent worked well enough, ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohns. Entyvio works by focusing right in the gitract to help control damaging inflammation and is clinically proven to begin helping many patients achieve both symptom relief as well as remission. Infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. 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This is cnns practice debate stage where well set the scene for tonights unprecedented matchup. Lonny helped marco rubio prepare to face trump this year and mitt romney in 2012. And paul was an aide to bill clinton and the head of a super pac supporting Hillary Clinton. Both of these candidates have been really readying for tonight here in new york. Clinton at a hotel near her home in chappaqua and trump at trump tower. And president obama practiced with this mock set up in nevada in 2012. Thats secretary john kerry and adviser ron klain with him, who has been helping secretary clinton this week, as well. Lets turn now to the guys that know about this. Is there such a thing as overpreparing . I think there can be, especially when youve prepped the facts and figures and you know what policy you want to talk about. You need to be loose on debate day. Thats what kept governor romney down on debate day. But preparing on debate day, its like cramming for a place. Youre surprised she was preparing . I was a little surprised. It seemed like a little overkill to me. The study of how to turn a t negative into a positive. Look how both have tried to flip the script. I say not in a brag doe shouse way, ive made billions and billions dealing with people all over the world. I was part of a very small group that had to advise the president whether or not to go after bin laden. If i say do it, people are going to do it. Thats what leadership is all about. I took on the drug companies. I took on the insurance companies. Before there was something called obamacare, there was something called hillary care. Im the most solid person up here. Ive built tremendous company and i want to make America Great. Senator sanders did call me unqualified. Ive been called a lot of things in my life, that was a first. It seems like most viewers see through this tactic. Is there any better way of getting through a tough question . Yes. First off, that is in the primaries and theyre trying to jockey within their own party, especially donald trump who has never held public office. Tonight, i want to hear a lot more words beginning with you than i that the challenge everybody is talking about how Hillary Clinton is going to deal with trump, what is he is out y outrageous or calm. Hes an adult, hell be fine. I want hillary to not just talk about i, i, i, i negotiated peace between the israelis and the palestinians. She did, but this is a Job Interview more than a debate. You need to see her personal side . Yes. And what motivates her to take these positions. Why is she for child care . She was a working mom with a kid at home, and she understands what that is like. But i havent heard enough of that from her. Except for people working with donald trump, you may know more about working with donald trump, how do you go up against donald trump. Well talk about that in the next hour. Thank you very much. Anderson, back to you. Don, thank you very much. Much more ahead from Hofstra University in our next hour, donald trump, Hillary Clinton facing off in just about three hours right here on cnn. Going to be an amazing night, no doubt about it. New information how the candidates are prepping. What the moderator is and isnt going to do. All of that ahead, next. But it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they could save you in outofpocket medical costs. Call today to request a free decision guide. With these types of plans, youll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. Plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. Join the millions who have already enrolled in the only Medicare Supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. 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