huge issue and an unfolding issue for this president that he s underprepared for the job but his voters knew that and even his supporters knew that. a couple of areas of foreign policy substance, she was critical on the strike on syria suggesting in more subtle ways that there s no strategy there, that it s a one-off. she did not ridicule the idea of meeting with kim jong kim jong un in north korea. she s obviously writing a book and she s going to be more forthcoming. james comey completely disregarded how to handle an investigation. we don t know the exact impact but just because she screwed up with her judgment and in the
. in a matter of hours, the nine leading republican candidates will face off in prime time for the final debate of the year. let s look at what each candidate needs to do tonight and needs to avoid tonight. let s bring back in our panel for the dos and don ts of the debate, maeve resten is with us, cnn senior political analyst and editorial director at the national journal, ron brownstein and senior contributor to the daily caller, matt lewis. great to have you all. let s tick through, starting with donald trump. tonight he must show foreign policy substance. matt? and he can t appear out of his depths. what do you think of that analysis? that s right. there s a threshold he needs to meet. toughness equates to foreign policy strength. i think he can meet that