The race is virtually tied, one reason this is among the mostanticipated president ial debates in history. Hillary clinton arrived in the hall a short time ago. Donald trump is here as well. He is the political novice, 70yearold billionaire with incendiary, antiestablishment rhetoric. Hell be debating the 68yearold establishment pro, former first lady, senator, and secretary of state, who hasor debates than anyone. This is the first of three president ial debates. The the first time voters can hold a candidate in each hand and compare the ingredients side pie side. The debate is sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. It has selected Nbcs Lester Holt as the moderator tonight, and he is solely responsible for the topics and the questions. Of face the nation. Scott, theres a sense of decorum on the general election debates thats different from the ones we saw in the primarys. Its the event that is approximate to the presidency. It will be about how they approach
Gamesmanship from both campaigns this is it, were literally minutes way from the start of the first and all important president ial debate on a stage behind us. Weve already seen the candidates tonight Hillary Clinton and donald trump arriving here a bit earlier this evening. Theyre waiting backstage. And chuck, weve had a moment tonight. Yeah. President bill clinton is in the house. And met mrs. Melania trump. They just shared that handshake. Weve got the whole families assembled here. We do. And i think one thing we ought to remember as big of personalities that of big personalities, this is also a clash of two competing visions of america. Hillary clinton embracing the many cultural changes, diversity, acceleration of globalization thats happening. Donald trump embracing a vision that says whoa, lets slow down, lets slow things down, lets look inward a little bit. Lets not let that get lost tonight. Lets bring in our colleague tom brokaw, obviously somebody whos watched a lot of deb
Gamesmanship from both campaigns this is it, were literally minutes way from the start of the first and all important president ial debate on a stage behind us. Weve already seen the candidates tonight Hillary Clinton and donald trump arriving here a bit earlier this evening. Theyre waiting backstage. And chuck, weve had a moment tonight. Yeah. President bill clinton is in the house. And met mrs. Melania trump. They just shared that handshake. Weve got the whole families assembled here. We do. And i think one thing we ought to remember as big of personalitiesha of big personalities, this is also a clash of two competing visions of america. Hillary clinton embracing the many cultural changes, diversity, acceleration of globalization thats happening. Donald trump embracing a vision that says whoa, lets slow down, lets slow things down, lets look inward a little bit. Lets not let that get lost tonight. Lets bring in our colleague tom brokaw, obviously somebody whos watched a lot of debate
Your mind . Nobody wast pressing it. Nobody was tear caring much i figured youd ask the questionn tonight, of course. But nobody was caring much about it. But i was the one that got him to produce the birth certificate. And i think i did a good job. Secretary clinton also fought it, now everybody in mainstream going to say, thats not true. But its true. Sidney blumenthal sent the reporter, you. Jon have to take a look at cnn, the last week, the interview with your former Campaign Manager she was involved. But just like they cant bring back jobs she cant produce. I will let you respond to that because theres a lot a there. Were talking about racial healing in this segment. What do you say to american it. Was very i say nothing. Because i was able to get him to produce it he 1450 have produced it long time before. I say nothing. I let me just tell you. When you talk about healing, i think that ive developed very, very good relationships over the last little while with the African America
Most unpredictable president ial race ever. So much on the line these next 90 minutes. So many of our fellow citizens tuning in. 100 million, maybe more. Taking the measure of Hillary Clinton and donald trump. It promises to be the most watched political showdown in american history. As the candidates take that stage tonight, the latest National Polls show them locked in a dead heat. Trump winning big with men and white voters. Clinton strong with jon karl is in the hall tonight, and jon, political scientists debate how much these debates really matter. This race, so close right now, so unusual, its hard to imagine it wont. George, not since john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon took the stage in the very first president ial debate has the anticipation been so high or the expected audience so large. These candidates will face off for the first time, the first face, since Donald Trumps wedding, more than a decade ago. Hillary clinton has been intensely preparing for weeks. I know that donal