And Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Well get the numbers later today, but they were saying this might be the most watched debate ever. Maybe 100 million viewers. That would get us into super bowl territory. There was a lot of hype. In some ways it lived up to it although i think if you look at the coverage this morning most people agree no knockout a lot to chew on no question about it. Well get reaction to the debate from the two Vice President ial nominees. Senator tim kaine and governor mike pence in just a little while. First our decision 2016 team has it covered starting with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. I think youre right. It was an historic night. Largely lived up to the hype. A night of contrasts on policy, personality and preparation. Her preparation. Donald trump relying heavily on his instincts. After their opening rema
Fireworks between the two. I would say yes on that front. Let me tell you just my social media alone, everyone seemed to be engaged. Well see what ratings are. I think policywise lacking on both sides. If Hillary Clintons goal was to make temperament the a1 topic of the morning, that seems to be the a1 topic, al. I think so. I think the fact that you go and you lo that moment. Check it out. Its amazing. I have much better judgment than she does. Theres no question about that. I also have a much better temperament than she has. You know. I have a much better i think my strongest asset maybe by far is my temperament. I have a winning tif ining temp. I know how to win. Theres a person with a temperament thats got a problem. Okay. That was kind of the moment. The whoo and the shimmy. Optics go. You have sniffles on his side and then you have the shoulder shimmy on her side. On another network he said he didnt have the sniffles and it was a bad microphone. Thats what we call the spin in thi