the jury now kazhas the case of the baltimore police officer. this is the first trial in the case. deliberations are underway. we ll keep you posted. we are covering the latest there from inside the courtroom. next we ll talk to someone who says do not be fooled by donald trump. he s really deep down a democrat.
i agree with rubio. don t count out chris christie in the wake of 9/11 in new jersey. thank you very much. coming up next this will be the very first debate we will see the candidates face donald trump since the fire storm over his proposed muslim ban. didn t seem to hurt him when you check the numbers in the polls. who might choose to take him on. we ll explore that. also bill cosby now suing seven of his sexual assault accusers. suing them. hear his reasons and whether he has a case. our special coverage continues here live from las vegas on this monday.
hour two here i m brooke baldwin live in las vegas. a beautiful shot inside the venetian hotel. that s where it goes down tomorrow night. 26 hours, 59 minutes, 4 seconds here ahead of the final republican debate of this year of 2015. and this is the first time that the front runner donald trump has a lead quite like this. check these numbers with me. he s now officially crossed the 40% mark in this new national poll. this is released minutes ago. the number is 41% outdoing his next competitor s support combined. when this poll was taken, this started last thursday. three days after trump announced his plan to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the united states and i m just going to throw more numbers at you. this abc news washington post poll says that ban is what many republican voters want.
specifics tr if these candidates about national security and other issues as well. this is the most important debate so far. in the wake of donald trump s call for a ban on muslims in the united states this debate has gone above and beyond politics. these debates have been important and all of these have drun record audiences. david i guess nashs wrote something very important in the washington post. e said historical reputations among the candidates will be made or lost over the course of the next few weeks. there s no moment when all of those candidates are going to be on stage and are going to be forced to come down on one side or the other of this issue, waffle or not waffle on this it issue, other than the debate tomorrow night. so what we re looking at is not
just the usual political maneuvering. we re looking at a historical moment when these candidates say where they stand. it will be interesting to see where they do that and thread the needle. . it was in the 40s or low 50s. so they have those republican voters in mind as they are speaking in front of millions of people tomorrow night on television but also laying down the line with regard to trump. it s a primary debate. it is for the republican primary voting. is and how do you play to the primary audience and also for some of these candidates who certainly do not agree with where donald trump came out of this. how do you get to the general election as the nominee it you weren t willing to go up against donald trump when that was something you would have done in the general election. i think there s a lot on the line and it s going to be interesting to see how all nine of the candidates on the stage address that issue. it was before the paris attacks the last time we a had a deba