debate performance tomorrow night is a nail in the coffin, i think. here are two things different about this moment. you re right. kristen, we ve been out there for the last 18 months. how many times have we said this could be a moment or we ve heard pundits say that or sources talk to us about this. here are the two differences. number one, we are one month away from election day. timing, right? number two. this is donald trump himself speaking these words. rit? when you listen to this tape, hear this audio. i have had had gop strategists say to me, this connects more sciss sciss scissor advise rally to voters about apprentice comments. in a way when they see alicia machado, here s what donald trump said to me years ago. hearing it from trump himself in that way, might be different for voters now. you re right in that trump supporters i m curious to see what happens at the next rally after the debate. i don t think based on what we have seen the last 14, 15 months, it s not going to
he says, quote, i do not condone his remarks and i cannot defend them. since he joined the ticket, mike pence has been the loyalist of donald trump s loyal soldiers. he has come out, he has defended him, he has been sort of a faithful ally by his side. you saw that in the vice presidential debate this past week. pence is now looking ahead to donald trump s performance sunday night. and i will tell you this. so are a lot of republicans. it s the thing i keep hearing again and again in text messages and phone calls. tomorrow night is make or break. i actually want to pull up something i heard from somebody very close to the trump campaign from somebody who supports donald trump and i m scrolling through here now. if he doesn t do super well on sunday, he needs to bow out. this is somebody who supports return it, who has been a trump backer. who is now concerned about his performance tomorrow night. we thought the stakes were high the first debate, kristen. tomorrow night is going to be e
donald trump has been able to survive a bad week or two and come back, then go down, and come back. you don t have that happening now. also, what s very different is you see a lot of people speaking out against these remarks, very quickly. i thought a lot of people would hold to see how he did after the debate and then make a decision, but this is just an avalanche of republicans coming out against what he said. it does feels like an avalanche. peter, what do you make of mike pence s statement? it was very harsh on one hand, then he said, i look forward to hear what he has to say at the debate tomorrow. i think he s trying to separate himself, also but not totally, and setting it up for mike pence 2020. i think that s pretty clear right now. i think what s really struck me about all of this is that donald trump is the first candidate that we know of, out of the reality world, the kardashian age, as i call it, and right now the tribal council at survivor trump is deciding where they
by what was said, and done by mr. trump. i think it s degrading to our women, to our daughters, our gra granddaughters, to future generations. and i dearly hope that we will come together as a nation and stand as firmly as we possibly can for the principles that have made us the shining city on a hill. not just here. we re not just a shining city on the hill for ourselves but for people around the world. and that was nevada senate candidate, joe heck, and former presidential candidate, mitt romney, weighing in on this audiotape by donald trump. joining me now to discuss this further is hellessa, mcqueen. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. i just want to get your gut reaction to what you heard on that audiotape. are you still supporting donald trump? absolutely. i m supporting him 100%. i think we really need to put
thank you. carol, let me start with you. we knew there were going to be fireworks on sunday night. i want to put you in the shoes of the debate moderators for tomorrow. how do you prepare when there has been so much breaking news, so many developments over the past 24 hours? well, you know, when i make appearances on shows like yours, i usually have notes on my pad. as you can see, there are no notes on my pad. because i don t know what to say. last night i was extremely disturbed. we have been laughing at what trump has been saying, and i was prepared to come in here and talk to you about the debate, prethe the billy bush encounter. now with his having committed, i think, this crime against women, i am not sure what s going to happen. just let me tell you that in the town hall debate, you have to