Outsiders try outlast other outsiders . Will the insiders, candidates chalked up as establishment, try to get the inside track among those rivals . Or will everyone single out the man in the middle of the stage and gang up on donald trump . Now, i know what youre thinking as youre watching the lead right now, youre not jake tapper. Thats right. Because he is. I want to get to the man right now who is moderating the cnn debate right here in simi valley. Cnns chief washington correspondent, ankh or of the lead state of the union, shut behind closed doors preparing for this occasion. Jake, first question tomorrow . First, let me apologize to staff and viewers for being so absent. I promise to return thursday, ready for action back to the lead. Weve been involved in intense debate prep questions. Making sure everybody gets a fair amount of questions and we prompt debate. Its not a series of 11 interview questions, or 15 as the case may be if you include undercard debate. That its not a for
Perhaps a very dramatic scene that could be unfolding away from all of the cameras along the border. On one side isis ready to hand over the japanese journalist, kenji goto and on the other side the iraqi prisoner that jordan has been holding for over a decade. Didnt want to hand her over until there was guarantee that their captured pilot will be allowed to live. But isis says the pilot will be killed if the deal doesnt happen within the coming hours. Isis is very unpredictable, theyre known for breaking the rules, lying, so we dont know whats going to happen. We know and the feeling here in japan is if this Prisoner Exchange is going to happen and one or both of these men is going to get out alive it could very likely be now is the time or in coming hours were going to watch closely. We know you will keep us posted on all breaking news. Lets bring in daveed gartensteinross and harris rafiq, the head of the quill yam foundation. Harris i want to start with you, what do you think of th
Is wednesday, october 14th, 6 00 in the east. Alisyn and i in vegas, baby, michaela in new york. This was the big night. We said the race would be different after this, indeed it is. Well have to wait for the numbers but youve got to see for the first time face to face the two main choices in the democratic ration right now, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders. They got a chance to talk policy. It was largely kept clean and that gave more of an opportunity for them to be drilling down. They had Anderson Cooper really being mike a maestro, taking them through, holding them accountable, testing them. The question is who made the grade, who did not . What a night it was for people who liked policy, you got some of that. For people who liked substance, you got some of that. It was not boring as donald trump predicted. It was compelling. The candidates were looking for a breakout moment, some of them had it, some didnt. What happens to the democratic field from here . Lets begin cnns comprehens
During the showdown. Does he have a score to settle . We want to welcome viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer live in las vegas. Youre in the situation room. Were just hours away from the first democratic president ial debate on cnn. As the clock winds down, the excitement level is going way up here in las vegas. Were coming to you live from inside the debate hall at the wynn hotel. The candidates have begun arriving here to get their first look at debate hall. It will be the first time that the frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, goes up against her main rival, senator Bernie Sanders of vermont. And the long shot candidates, former Maryland Governor, Martin Omalley, former virginia senator, jim webb, and former rhode island governor, Lincoln Chafee. For the underdogs, this is a make or break moment. Big chance to make an impact that could keep them in this race. For sanders, selfdescribed socialist with a strong core following, its a chance to appeal to a wider
Video, promises a new terror attack on washington, d. C. , vowing to strike americas capital as they did paris. Translator we are coming with car bombs and explosives and explosive vests and wont be able to stop us and today we are much stronger than before. The attacks in paris killing 129 and injuring more than 350. Tonight, scores remain in critical condition. Theres been fast moving developments here in france. Heavy armed forces conducting more than 150 raids around the nation. 23 people are under arrest. French authorities have seized a cache of weapons of wars, a Rocket Launcher and armored vests. There is fear of more attacks. The first suspect to be named is one of three terrorists who stormed the bataclan con sefrt hall and was ultimately killed. He spent a lot of time an hour outside of paris. I met a relative of his who says the family was eating dinner close to the concert hall on the night of the attack. Its a coincidence. Its coincidence. Much more of my reporting ahead.