We have our own music. We have officially made it, john. Im john berman. Im kate bolduan. We are live from Washington University in st. Louis. And it is, john, you get to say it this time. It is debate day in america, everyone. Once again, Donald Trumps plane just touched down here in st. Louis. Let the rumble begin as the republican candidate is facing what could be the most important 90 minutes in his political campaign. 90 minutes on tonights debate stage. That might determine if, in fact, he survives the next 30 days of this race. All of this because at this point you should know of the release of the stunning video from back in 2005. Donald trump casually talking about what amounts to sexual assault. Bragging about the fact he could grab a womans genitalia and get away with it because hes famous. This is the video which is, needless to say, quite graphic. I better use some tic tacs in case i start kissing you. You know, im automatically attracted to beautiful women. And when youre
university for tonight s second presidential debate with just hours to go, there is a whole lot to discuss. all right. i want to bring in our panel right now to discuss, ed martin, the former head of the missouri republican party, hillary rosen is a cnn political commentator, hillary clinton supporter and democratic strategist, michael nutter is a cnn political contributor and the former mayor of philadelphia, and geena loudoun is a trump supporter in the host of american trends with dr. geena. edward martin, jonathan martin, no relation, i assume, that there s a memo to trump surrogates to say attack those republican who is have cut and run from donald trump in the last 24 hours. i don t know if you have gotten that. i haven t gotten that. i think jonathan martin is a terrific reporter here. what is your message then to these republicans like john mccain? like kelly ayotte? like rob portman.
it won t just be the moderators, anderson cooper and martha radditz, there will be voters donald trump has to face when he s on the stool. and geena, do you think he s ready for it? i absolutely think he s ready for it. let s not forget, he s the person that wrote the art of the comeback. he s in the sweet spot when the chips are stacked against him. how many times did all of us sit on television and say he s done, this is where he always manages to come back stronger than ever. i look for that tonight. when you talk about format, hillary clinton just in the primary, she took part in a lot of town halls herself. who is the let s do the expectations game. this is where you can tell me she s not great at town halls. if she comes out to kill it, that s amazing. i won t say that. but i think the expectations for trump are a little lower in terms of the emotional connection issue. look, hillary clinton is very emotionally tactile in these kinds of events. i think she will do well. i