Live. Just one day before the blockbuster faceoff, full insights, analysis and more. Only on this week. From abc news, its this week. Here now chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning. Its been compared to the super bowl. Even mans landing on the moon. Toss away the hyperbole. You still have an era event, the most watched political showdown in american history. Tomorrow night, Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Take a look inside the debate hall. The candidates take the stage 36 hours from now. 100 million americans expected to tune in. Social media will be crackling with commentary for millions more. We have everything you need to get ready. Both campaign managers. Expert insight from our round table and gary johnson who could play spoiler in the race. Our new poll has Hillary Clinton holding at 46 . Donald trump climbing to 44 . His best number since the spring. The battle lines are drawn. Trump has a massive 59 advantage among white men who havent graduated from college. Clinton counters a huge boost from white women who have graduated from College Leading trump by 25 overall, men are with trump by 19 points and women with clinton by 19 points. Biggest generation gap. 87 of republicans are wh 84 of democrats behind clinton. The big question, who will impress the voters still making up their minds . I am not a single issue candidate. Hillary clinton is the most experienced debater in modern history. 34 president ial primary debates under her belt. You are the single biggest liar. You probably are worse than jeb bush. Donald trump is hardly a rookie. Hes done 11. Took out 16 rivals. Let me talk. Out of times. This debate is one on one. 90 minutes before a tv audience that doesnt like either candidate. We have a debate very shortly right . Trumps biggest challenge close the gap on clinton on world affairs, qualifications and temperament. Ill be respectful of her. She deserves that. Im going to be nice. You never know exactly how its going to turn out. Well have a lot of people watching. Clintons campaign worried sounding reasonable. Voters expectations may be working against her. 47 think shell win to only 33 to trump. We are joined by Hillary Clintons campaign manager. Robby, thanks for coming in. The expectations may be working against you. Most voters think youre going to win tomorrow night. Your biggest worry . First of all, what needs to happen at this debate is the candidates need to present their capacity to serve as president and commander in chief. Going to do that. What were concerned about is that there might be some sort of double standard here. Donald trump cant lie on that debate stage and win or even get a passing grade. Donald trump cannot demonstrate that he doesnt have a command of the issues and get a passing grade. So all that were asking is that donald trump show hes ready to be president of the United States. You guys have been pushing that hard, this idea of a double standard and saying its up to the moderator to point out falsehoods. But they have been clear they think its the job of the moderator to get out of the way and ask questions. All were asking is if donald trump lies, its pointed out. Its unfair to ask for hillary to play traffic cop for trump. Make sure his lies are corrected and present her vision. For what she wants to do for the American People. Isnt that what a debater is supposed to do . I think donald trump is special. We havent seen anything like this. We normally go into a debate depth of experience, rolled out clear concrete plans. And who dont lie. Frankly as donald trump does. Were seeing this as a special circumstance and debate and hiary should be given time to talk about what she wants to do. To make a difference in peoples lives. She shouldnt have to spend the debate correcting the record. You want to talk mostly about Hillary Clinton and her plans. How do you get over the huge hurdle . The overwhelming number of americans who dont see her as honest . First of all, asked this question because its been out there a lot. Hillary has recognized she has a lot of work to do to earn peoples trust. As we were discussing, we think this debate is a fantastic opportunity for her to present not just what she is going to do to make a difference in peoples lives but she has a long history of getting this done. People can absolutely trust her to make a difference in their lives. They cant trust donald trump to do the same thing. Whats the number one point you want to make tomorrow night is the time for the voters to pick a president. Well have people tuning into this election for the first time. Theyre going to see the two candidates on stage. I think theyre going to see donald trump is unfit, unprepared and over his head. I doubt he will have a command of the issues. I certainly you think hell take care of the debate by himself . Is that what youre expecting . Hillary will have to press the point, challenge him to reveal what his plans are, for example, he has not revealed any plan whatsoever to defeat isis. He says its a secret and that he knows more about it than the generals do. This is a time for him to present those plans. Maybe he will. But well have to see. In a little bit of psychological welfare. You invited mark cuban to the debate. Donald trump said if dopey mark cuban wants to sit on the front row, perhaps ill be gennifer Gennifer Flowers has tweeted the New York Times saying shes going to be there. You know, this debate is supposed to be about issues and how these candidates are going to make a difference in their lives, a time to reveal their plans. If this is what donald trump wants this debate to be about, thats up to him. He is a reality tv star. Very experienced at providing television entertainment. The presidency is not about entertainment. Its about serious decisions. So you dont care if Gennifer Flowers is there . Thats Donald Trumps decision. We just want hillary to have an opportunity to explain. To 44. Hillary clinton was quoted this week addressing the polling numberans the long case shes made against donald trump. Heres what she said. Now having said all this, why arent i 50 points ahead you might ask. Well, the choice for working families has never been clearer. I need your help to get Donald Trumps record out to everybody. What is the answer to that maybe not 50 points ahead. This is such a close race against a candidate you said is the most unqualified in american history. These contests are always very close. In fact, we put out a memo in early august saying this was going to tighten up in your own poll you didnt actually show hillary losing any support, it was donald trump consolidating some of his base. I think we can win this election by a wide margin. Hillary pointed out were going to have to work hard to get the message out. Theres a lot of noise out there. The other thing in your poll that will come home to roost is that 60 of voters didnt think donald trump is fit to be commander in chief. They think hillary is going to be better fighting for the middle class. Shell be better at dealing with a crisis. Thats where we welcome this debate. An opportunity for hillarys qualifications to shine. At the same time, hes getting more republicans vote more mitt romney than Hillary Clinton is getting it depends. Obviously shifts happening demographically. Hillary is getting more republican women than ever before. Winning them by double digits. President obama lost College Educated women. So theres a lot of shifts going on. But we feel very confident that we have the coalition in place to win. Theres a lot of undecided voters. In many ways, were just starting. This race is just beginning. The candidate is coming up, from Hillary Clinton right now . Hes taking votes from both candidates but your own poll showed his numbers are dropping. I dont think that either the Third Party Candidates are going to factor in the head to head for this race. This is fundamentally a race between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. And i think youll see that movement as we get closer to election day and certainly after this debate when i think voters will see a tremendous difference concerned about the threat of donald trump actually getting into the oval office and voters understand if they put their vote to one of the Third Party Candidates it could at some point make it easier for donald trump and i dont think anybody voting for any of these other candidates wants that to happen. Whats a win tomorrow night . I think a win is hillary having the opportunity to speak directly to the voters about the big difference she can make in their lives, how shes going to create jobs, get the cost of health care under control, help families of four in college. We saw at the convention when she had an opportunity to speak directly to the voters, talk about her history, how this campaign is a mission to help kids and families, shes going to do very well. Thanks very much. Thanks. We are joined by Donald Trumps campaign manager. Kellyanne conway. Welcome back to this week. You heard robby define a victory. Whats a victory for donald trump . Answering the questions and showing america that hes ready i notice from the Washington Post abc poll george just released the number one and two issues to americans are economy and terrorism and donald trump is leading Hillary Clinton on who you trust more on both issues. We certainly hope this debate tomorrow night will be about substantive issues. I have to push back a little bit on my colleague robby there, donald trump is out there every day talking about issues. He was in five or six swing states just this week and every time it was a policy speech. Tomorrow will be nothing new for him. Its Hillary Clinton and her super pacs that have run a quarter of a billion dollars of negative ads about donald trump and she refuses to spend time talking about issues. He talked about the double standard. Hes afraid donald trump will be able to get away with lying. Thats what he said. Your response . I think they are really afraid Hillary Clinton is not a very good candidate. A majority of americans dont much like her and according to your own poll dont trust her. Of who is more honest and trustworthy in your poll that came out this morning. I think theyre worried about many things. Hillary clinton should have been in the much better position. Shes not known for her abundance of self awareness or being nimble or resilient. They never saw barack obama in 2008 or took Bernie Sanders seriously. Earlier this year he won 22 states and millions of vote everies and they certainly never anticipated that trump comeback. On the issue of honesty, the independent factor looked at 250 statements of each candidate. They have 48 pants on fire. The worst kind of lie they said. Comments by donald trump, only 6 for clinton. 89 false statements by donald trump and only 27 for clinton. If youre running against a clinton, veracity is always on the table. This is a woman whose five people were involved with her email scandal and granted immunity. Amendment but she seems very fond of the 5th amendment including her attorney who was granted immunity and able to represent her as an attorney. Hillary clintons casual relationship with the truth is well known to americans. Im sure well see it on full display tomorrow night. I dont appreciate campaigns thinking it is the job of the media to go and be these virtual factcheckers and these debate moderators should do their bidding. They picked on matt lauer. After the commander in chief debate forum. We have t job but they didnt like the fact Hillary Clinton was asked about her email server. Thats not matt lauers fault. Hell do a good job tomorrow night. Its not his job its not what your boss has said. Donald trump said lester holt is under tremendous pressure when hes a democrat when in fact hes a registered republican. Hes certainly going to be a good debate moderator in that i trust all these moderators for all the debates including the vp debate next week will be asking voters deserve and they indeed expect a good debate on the issues. This will be the first time americans will see donald trump and Hillary Clinton on the same stage and make their choice based on what they see and what is said. I can understand why the clinton camp is nervous because donald trump has got great present stature. Hes a brilliant debater. Newt gingrich said donald trump is the best debater hes ever seen. The babe ruth of debating. He shows up and swings and does a great job. Hes a brilliant businessman who has a great record and were very much looking forward to tomorrow night. We saw the tweet about Gennifer Flowers. She says she wants to be at the debate tomorrow night. Why put out that tweet . No. The question is why does mark cuban has to say im going to be there for the takedown of donald trump . I mean i expect why did he send out that tweet . He wants to remind people they started this by saying they would give a front row seat to mark cuban who was very favorable towards donald trump. He had great criticisms of Hillary Clinton in her Education Plan and now all of a sudden for team clinton. This debate should not be about what billionaire could Hillary Clinton put in the front row but how do we defeat radical islamic terrorism. How do we stimulate the economy. 29 of americans say theyre better off on the obama you want Gennifer Flowers there . She has a right to be there if somebody else gives her a ticket. But i do think also it shows the poor judgment, lack of nimbleness of the Clinton Campaign that they put a statement out last night about Gennifer Flowers being invited that it shows how easily provoked donald trump is no, you just put out a statement about people who had no idea who Gennifer Flowers is. That shes the woman who says your husband when he was governor. You talked about mr. Trump being out on the stump this week. He said africanamerican communities are in the worst shape. President obama responded in an interview. I think most 8yearolds will tell you that whole slavery thing wasnt very good for black people. Jim crow wasnt very good for black people. So africanamerican communities really in the worst shape . Its too bad the president is so glib about these issues. But donald trump glib about race issues . No. No, george, he was very glib about referring to an 8yearold. What donald trump is talking about in his speeches is rebuilding the inner cities, bringing more jobs there, is tackling full on poverty and joblessness and homelessness and crime. There are 3,000 people shot in chicago this year. 500 dead. And were not going to have a serious conversation about crime in the inner cities . Really applaud donald trump for having this conversation in and about the inner cities. He went to a black church in detroit several weeks ago. Taking his case directly to the people. You dont see Many Republican candidates doing that running for president. I appreciate the fact that president obama has his perspective but i think donald trump should also be applauded for actually trying to make a difference in these communities. One of the issues the Africanamerican Community has had with donald trump is the birther issue. Hes only been asked once since last week. Do you expect it to come up tomorrow night . Apologize to president obama . Donald trump stated friday how he feels about this issue. He said three very crisp important things. Those are his words. I expect he would say them again. I dont know if it will come up. Thats up to lester holt. And i guess secretary clinton if they feel like raising that. This is an issue donald trump has addressed very recently. No apology . The beginning should apologize. He wasnt running against Hillary Clinton in 2008. He wasnt running against obama in 2008. That was Hillary Clinton and according to Hillary Clinton and her campaign did not bring this up. Really . The volunteer guy in iowa saying yeah it started with him. The former news chief in d. C. Saying Sid Blumenthal asked him to investigate obamas ties and sent a reporter to kenya. Donald trump was busy being a successful businessman that year. Hillary clinton never saw obama coming. So i guess they resorted to desperate tactics. Thank for coming in. Thanks for having me. 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In our poll ross perot was at 6 or higher. You said you couldnt win without a debate. That its quote, game over if you dont get in the debates. Why keep going . Process to get to 15 . Your poll is incredibly low and i recognize polls. Hey, you know, youre at 15 in the polls one day but 5 , wow, this is out of the blue. If in fact, it is an accurate poll, then, you know, who is to say. But those numbers that you were quoting earlier, you know, earlier this week im leading among independents. Im tied for lead among active military personnel. I am leading among active military personnel. So nobody is talking about balancing the federal budget. Nobody is talking about the threat of a runaway government. Nobody is talking about reforming medicaid or medicare. Nobody is talking about really black lives matter. Individual liberty. Freedom. Isnt that what the constitution is all about . And the military interventions. 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Look, vote for gary johnson is a vote for gary johnson. 50 of people right now registering to vote are registering as independent. How is it that we only have two candidates that can represent the views of the United States . Of all this giving people a first vote, not a second vote, not a lesser of two evils but actually people that are going to be able to vote their conscience and vote for real change and thats how youre going to change things in this country. Vote for the person that you believe in. Thats how you bring about change. But if you quadruple your vote youre not going to get elected president. Either trump or clinton will be the president. Which one worries you the most . Well, they both do. Look, donald trump, immigration, i think we should be embracing immigration. We should not build a wall across the border. Hillarys answer to everything is growing government. Taxes are going to go up. 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What i would tell her to do then sing it with a smile on your face. Everybody has got advice for the candidates tomorrow night. Lets talk about it on our round table. Joined by matthew dowd, maggie from the New York Times. Democratic strategist, jamal simmons, republican strategist and editor of the nation. I want to get to the advice. Lets begin with the threshold question. We know people are going to watch tomorrow night. Probably 100 Million People and we know in the past generally debates have tended to reinforce where the race is going rather than make a big difference. Is tomorrow night different . I think tomorrow night has the capacity to be different. But i think there are singular debates that have mattered and have adjusted the race. 2004 george w. Bush did very badly. The race went to tie. Same as in but it pounced back to where it was. This trades on such small margins, between zero and five or six points. Any movement by two, three points, its pretty much set for 85 of the country but that movement can make a difference. The margins matter this year . Thats right. I think the debates, to your point, we remember the moments but theyre not one on moments. Obama won that first debate and the other two. The race went back to where it was. This is playing for a very small number of undecided voters who will be turning in. We know a ton about the candidates. The public knows a ton. The x factor, i think two, one is the first woman on a debate stage in a general election. I dont know how thats going to play for an audience that is still low information and just tuning in. Trump has never done a one on one debate and that cant be understated. In the primary debates he was one of ten and he would recede into the background. That is the big difference tomorrow night for donald trump. One moderator on the stage. He has also been on our tvs, on every screen for years. So has Hillary Clinton. These candidates are in our soup. Theyre everywhere. Theyre like two cups of water that are already full. The American People know these people. We have been with them a long time. Which is why its going to be very hard for anyones opinion of them i think to change. Its hard to pour more water into that full cup. Now, what could change, why we have debates any were just about policy or iq, we would give them the sat. Put them against each other because we know a president is going to face something unexpected and at some point maybe the fate of the country will lie in that persons hands. Are they strong enough, do they have the strength and character and stability is what were looking for. Theres a democratic purpose to debates, to inform the voters. Call me crazy. Im waiting for a big debate i was struck by something Kellyanne Conway said. It seems to me that the role of journalist is not to factcheck which is a vital role. Is to say that journalists are stenographers. Not those who hold the powerful accountable. Whoever they may be. I think were at a very dangerous place in our country where journalism is a rewrite the rules election. A rewrite the rules election. We have talked about media malpractice. Theres been Good Journalism in the last months but it is vital that the moderator hold the candidates accountable, particularly donald trump if its not left right. It is not about liberalism. Its about journalism. Let me ask the question why isnt that the job of the candidate on the stage, Hillary Clintons . It is. Of course people are tuning into this. This is cats versus dogs, lions, versus tigers. Boxers versus wrestlers. Everybody wants to watch something thats going to be a done what hes done the last few weeks, the im not crazy tour. Im somebody you can trust to do this. If he is calm and relax and does this job for 90 minutes people will say maybe hes not crazy. Her job will show people that she can be transparent. I would love for her to Say Something like, ive been in the most elite rooms for the last couple of decades and im going to fight for police accountability, to make sure we have a public option in health care and make sure debtfree college. Plant her feet for the people to vote for her. Not some of the people advice from the round table . Two points. One is we do need to figure out a way to discover a common set of facts. Journalists need to be involved in it. Two sets does not help our country go to a place of common good. We need a common set of facts. I heard many peoples advice that said the candidates need to be themselves. They need to not be themselves. They are disliked and distrusted by a majority of the country. Way to be less visceral and more cerebral and Hillary Clinton has to figure out to be more cerebral. Its like the wizard of oz like the tinman and scare crow. One has to figure out how to show their brain and the other their heart. I think she needs to be passionate. Passionate about the issues to speak to the country which still feels shes cool and collected and cold and as you said, i mean, speak to the people out there who have not yet come onboard. She needs to show shes enjoying and not get defined by donald trump. Not get in the weeds. I think for donald trump, the problem is lets be honest, hes not going to show up as Woodrow Wilson or Franklin Roosevelt but if he shows up as trump 2. 0 or trump 9. 0 hes going to get a lot of placability. People remember these elections are not just about the candidates but the voters. We keep talking about style and were picking the leader of the government. 70 of americans think were on the wrong track. Its going to be very hard for Hillary Clinton to make the case that shes changed. We can talk about cool and cerebral and those things and theyre all important but what about us . Where is Hillary Clinton going to take us thats different than the direction were going in now . Trump is change. He hopes to talk about tomorrow night. I want to bring this question of honesty and what our job is. Back to you maggie. Times got attention last week when they called out a trump lie on the front page of saturdays paper. Anothedoaring that this week. Whose job is it and is the Hillary Clinton team right when they complain about the double standard saying voters think shes dishonest because the media hasnt done its job . Calling out the dishonesty of donald trump . Its not the medias job to run a campaign against donald trump and i think that is where were getting into the nub of i heard robby saying this would be unfair if. I think when a campaign sounds like it is complaining that often its not a winning posture. It is the medias job to point out absence of facts and in the case of the word lie as applied to donald trump, if youre not going to say a lie about saying that the president of the United States is not a citizen, then i dont know where else the world would apply. Everything is not a lie. Trump represents a unique i think that is really important to remember. It is a blizzard of things he pupts out there. He does. I used toi was a kid. Hes like the classic character who sells potion in the town. By the time you realize hes on to the next town and cant hold him accountable. Thats the tough part. People have to zero in on the one or two things that matter about donald trump. Hillarys job may be to do that. Zero in and not let him off the map. Will he go at it . More honest than Hillary Clinton. That is a false equivalence. Excuse me. The point being when he says things like, you know, americans in our inner cities are in the worst shape ever, he speaks in hyperbole because in todays media culture thats how you get attention. If youre living in a city crimeridden and your kids are failing in school, for you, this is the worst time ever. You think most people buy is that . I think most people understand what he is saying. We dont have to settle for the way things are now. Our inner cities especially, and these are Little Islands of poverty and despair and more of the same is failing those people and we need to do something about it. Yes, i think people understand what hes saying. I think the president called him out pretty well. Trump said africanamericans are living in the worst times. An 8yearold would say what about slavery. What i think what maggie said, talking about salesmen. There are different media in this country. The Washington Post is doing remarkable work exposing trumps university. The charity. But i think the role of journalism is to call out lies. I think this country went to war in iraq because a media failed to do just that. It has been so trump poses unique challenges but we have been there before and i do think the role of media theres a difference between whether the media has been calling trump out consistently which they have done much more of in months. In months . No i disagree and whether voters are care. Theres a difference between the New York Times and cable tv. Lets be honest. Whats happened to our media on cable tv and it is acknowledged now i think there is a conflict between media as a Profit Center and media as a factual reporting truthtelling its not a left right wing. The campaign will be decided by Hillary Clinton and donald trump. The media is not going to determine the result of this. I think the biggest failing so far in the last two weeks is the fact we have only two candidates. I agree with gary johnson. Hes on 50 ballots and polling better than ross perot did. Hes not polling better than ross perot. When he got back in the race in 92 in the summertime. When you take a look at the race. The fact that the Debate Commission stacked by the two Political Parties rigged it in such a way they cant get on stage it doesnt help the country. The debates used to be run by the high league of women voters. I think we need a debate with the Third Party Candidates who rise to 2 or 5 . However as Bernie Sanders said to me, this is not a year for a protest vote. Cuban and Gennifer Flowers. Being invited by the campaigns and not gary johnson . There should be a debate with the Third Party Candidates because you need those ideas in our bloodstream. There should be a debate about the fact we have American Cities with people on the streets literally trying to burn them down and nobody is talking about that in the context of the debate. The Clinton Campaign can do more on that issue and set it out. Gary johnson talked about it today. Just about out of time. I want to go around the table. Will there be a winner tomorrow night . If so, who will it be . No. Who defiance winners . Debates i think Hillary Clinton will take the sort of solid four, five point lead she had before the conventions. I dont know who the winner would be. I guarantee they will both blame lester holt in one direction or the other. We have seen trump on one on ones doesnt do well with the president of mexico. He didnt talk about the wall when he went to the church. The pastor told him to stop doing politics. But later trump wins the hes like a twitter thug. He goes out there well end on that point. A lot will depend on what happens on social media and the days after. Thank you very much. Up next, the diplomat taking center stage in new york. He may be the most colorful diplomat on the stage. Boris johnson, great britains foreign minister. Called president obama a part canyon. Compared Hillary Clinton to a nurse and avoid meeting donald trump. He was here this week and we sat down for an interview just as the ceasefire in syria was falling apart and Syrian Government troops backed by russia launched a fierce assault on aleppo. The ceasefire seems of collapse. Can anything be done . On the face it looks satirical that you got attacks in aleppo while were all sitting here having our conversations about ceasefires. I think its vital we continue to talk. For what purpose though . Any chance at all that the russians can be persuaded to do the right thing by syria and the world, call off assads troops, stop the carnage and the bombing. It gets to the question of what kind of game Vladimir Putin is playing not only in syria but all over the world. You see him going into ukraine. Influence our elections here. Russia feels and this will be no surprise to you that as putin has said, that the collapse of the soviet union was one of the great disasters of the 20th century and theres a spirit of assertiveness, a desire for russia to have prestige on the worlds stage. Ive got no problem with russia having prestige. Ive got no problem with people thinking the kremlin is powerful. If they use that power and influence to good ends. In one way they can do that. Right now is tell assad to stop the bombing in aleppo. They have the ability to make this happen. Is Vladimir Putin showing up the west . You know, if you look back at what happened in the last two, three years, the sequence of of my country, of your country, not to intervene, theres no question we left that door open. We failed to have the imagination to think that was what putin might do. We have now got to deal with it. Lets talk about brexit. Youre foreign secretary because of that vote. Is it really going to happen . Yes, it is. The Prime Minister has said very clearly that brexit means brexit and were going to make a a lot of people look at the vote and say the themes you emphasize, control of trade, control of our borders are exactly the themes that donald trump is hitting here. I think this is sort of false analogy between brexit and events in american politics or anywhere else in the world. I dont want to get dragged into the american election. Brexit was about da mockcy. The problem is our trade policy barrel 43 years ago to the commission of the european union. So weve got a chance to take back control of our schedules, our world trade organization, how we run our terrorists and do deals. Youre familiar with john oliver . Let me give you more of britains new chief diplomat. Hes referred to cannibalism. And africans using these words which im not going to repeat. Compared Vladimir Putin to dabi. Hes huge here but i think hes hilarious. But i dont think well i may be wrong. I never watch tv anyway. I dont think hes as much watched in the u. K. Maybe thats good for you. He calls you the least diplomatic diplomat in existence and everybody is looking back at the yeah, yeah. I know exactly what youre going to say. No. No. No. No. No. No. Lets go through it. No. No. You go ahead and give me the answer. Trump, obama. The shame and embarrassment and the gasps. First of all, all those little nuggets are taken out of context. Number two, actually the amazing thing is people are so not interested. Nobody has asked you for an apology. Not a sausage. You havent had to trim your sales at all . No. I think it would be a mistake to try to do so because if you play much cricket . Do you play . If you try to do a very cautious stroke in my experience you always get out anyway. You might as well try and hit the ball if you can. You are back in the city of your birth. I have to ask you about your last visit here. I cant believe its true. A little girl on the street mistakes you for donald trump . No. No. She wasnt a little girl. She must have been about 20 or so. Absolutely true to say i was she said, whatever, gee is that trump. There you go. It is im afraid true. Very hard thing to live down. But that is not a comment on the u. S. Election. I got it. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. My pleasure. He was not going to get dragged into the election. I dont see the resemblance to donald trump. Well be right back after this \s we and we will be right here tomorrow at 9 00 eastern with our whole political team. Jon karl, tom llamas, cecelia vega. Martha raddatz will argue the next debate and also cokie roberts. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. Check out world news tonight breaking news, and attempted sex assault overnight on campus. They are searching for the man responsible. Amanda joins us live where the attack happened. Reporter fortunately, the victim was able to get away but it happened right here. And, just steps away from the auditorium here. And, they say that it happened at 1 am when the victim was walking along university avenue. Thats when he approached her and put his arm around her. She rejected the suspect thats when he grabbed her shirt pulling her to the ground. She was able to fight hee way off and contact the police. Police are looking for the man that they describe as a black