All the predebate 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 remr personalities that they are, we know this is going to be a clash 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 br
This is 9news. It was expected to be the most watched president ial debate in over 30 years, possibly the biggest electronic event of media. After the handshake and the gloves came off the exchanges began both political and personal. I know you live in your own reality. Youre telling the enemy everything youre going to do. No wonder youve been fighting isis your entire adult life. I feel by the end of this evening im going to be black lives mattered for Everything Everything thats ever happened. Why not. When she releases her 33,000 e mails that have been deleted, as soon as she releases them, i will release my tax return. This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs. On job creation much of the debate focused on trade deals. Both went after the others tax policies which led clinton plan to cut taxes on the wealthy. My tax cut is the biggest since ronald reagan. It will create tremendous numbers of new jobs, but you are going to regulate these businesses out of existence. As
Shes not worried at all. Just yesterday she called him the babe ruth of debating. This faceoff comes as polls show the race is getting closer. Surveys show its basically tied in crucial battleground states that could decide the election. Polls say they dont like the nominees, most of them. A wall street journal said onethird of voters will be very impoan their minds and analysts predict 100 Million People may be watching with you tonight. Thats almost as many as the past few super bowls. In fact, the New York Post shows some bars are showing the debate instead of monday night football, and other bar owners are sticking with the games for safety reasons feeling it may cause more fights than politics, and may be right. Showing the race really is closer. Yes. Candidates going into tonights debate with the polls tighter than ever. Which means what happens on the stage tonight could have an impact on the race for the white house. A virtual heat. Hillary clinton 44 . Donald trump at 43 among
In their first of three debates before the november election will stop mr. Trump i have much better judgment than she does. Theres no question. I have a much better temperament than she has. Mrs. Clinton i think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. Yes, i did. And you know what else i prepared for . I prepared to be president. And i think that is a good thing. Amy today we expand the debate by giving green Party President ial candidate dr. Jill was barred from participating, a chance to respond to the same questions posed to donald trump and Hillary Clinton. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton faced off monday night in the most anticipated debates in u. S. History. The debate was held at Hofstra University on long island and it was moderated by nbc nightly news anchor lester holt. Ahead of the event, tv Network Executives predicted as many as 100 Millio