Brooke . Reporter hello, poppy harlow. Last time we chatted last weekend it was iowa, this weekend all eyes on New Hampshire a couple days away from the first in the nation primary. Listen, i love being out and about and covering politics and talking to smart political minds. Looking at someone youre about to see in a minute looking at me very funny. New hampshire could technically belong to any one of the seven Top Republican candidates because about a third of the states Republican Voters tell us here at cnn that they have not made a Firm Decision on who theyll actually go out and support come primary night on tuesday. Let me begin this hour with our political reporter sarah murray at the debate venue in manchester. I dont even know where to begin. Do we talk trump, rubio, or the governors . You pick. Reporter brooke, the stakes are high for a lot of people on the stage. Thats why its so hard to decide who to start with. There are some people who are not going to make it out of New Hampshire alive and this debate is their closing argument. They have just a couple days to get up there in the polls. Were looking at Chris Christie, jeb bush, john kasich to have a breakout moment and try to seal the deal. But, look, marco rubio is going to be at center stage, going to be caught in the middle of this cross fire. Hes the guy who has a lot of unexpected momentum coming out of iowa and plenty of people are going to have their knives out for him. Then you have donald trump, the unpredictable candidate in this race, the guy who was not even on stage last time. He will be here tonight and i think the question is does he take the highroad, try to stay out of the fray or mix it up with these other candidates and say, look, i dont want to take any chances in New Hampshire, i want to take someone else down to make sure that ive got a wide lead. Let me ask you about that. Lets stay on donald trump because the last time we were talking about Republican Debate, he wasnt there. Instead he chose to hold that fundraising event for veterans. This is the first time well see him take center stage. You open up the paper today, the union leader, and one of the headlines is about how he didnt come to that event last night because of the weather. So how does he play it tonight saying New Hampshire, im here for you, i want your vote . Reporter you know, brooke, some things have changed since iowa and some things really havent with the donald trump campaign. One thing that changed is were seeing trump do more retail politics, try and mix it up with more regular folks out and about in town and his campaign has been open about the fact they didnt have as good of a ground game they wanted in iowa and theyre looking to step that up in New Hampshire. The thing that has not changed are the unforced errors, the whole skipping a debate pause youre in a fight with fox news in iowa. Now we move to New Hampshire and he decided to fly home for the night and canceled a political event because the weather was so bad. That was a mistake he did not have to make. He could have spent the night in iowa. He could hunker down here like other candidates. But, hey or spent the night in New Hampshire and hunker down here, but he has a wide lead in the state so it may not matter come primary night. Most candidates would not want to take that risk. It does make news when donald trump actually does stay in the state in which hes campaigning. Sarah you are in rhee, thank you very much. Lets broaden this out and bring in my panel, mark preston, executive editor for politics, Bakari Sellers, cnn political comment tay or and former South Carolina state representative. Here we are, manchester, New Hampshire. Have we had a day off in a while, mike preston . Am i the only one that didnt get the invitation to the prom . You are dressed up to the nines. We like to show up well here. Thanks for wearing the jeans. I have to look good for my mom. This is what you call working attire in a New Hampshire primary. This is what we call somebody who hasnt had a day off in a month so well give you that. Lets look at the debate. I want to go to all of you. What is the numberone youll watch for on that stage . Can jeb bush come out and go after donald trump and look effective in attacking him at the same point comparing and contrasting himself with marco rubio in a way that makes him look like the ceo and marco rubios a junior executive. Why would tonight be any different . Thus far jeb bush hasnt been successful with donald trump on stage. Correct. Has failed up to this point. Jeb bush has failed as a candidate in many ways, certainly on the debate stage, has han incredible amount of experience. He needs to show it tonight. If he doesnt hes in trouble. Kailee . I think bush, kasich, cruz, and rubio, the four are basically in a fight for second place. Which one can have that breakout moment, that moment that gets momentum, that gets them to control the narrative. Right now if you look at 2012 exit polls, 84 of New Hampshire voters said the debate was important to their decision in 2012. Its huge tonight. Because so many are undecided. Absolutely. To you. For me its the governors. You have to look at kasich, christie, and bush. Thats the most important thing tonight because two of those three governors will actually make it to South Carolina. One will not get a ticket out of New Hampshire. You do say two continue on. I think so. If i had to pick two today i would say kasich and bush. I think bush bringing in barbara bush has been a great step. People in New Hampshire are adoring that. They adore her. Shes one of the most we loved figures in gop politics. And kasich has been steady, playing in the snow like Richard Nixon, has a new energy to him. And both of them have been plotting a ground game in South Carolina. I think both make it out. Let me follow up on that. I want to look to you. Chris christie has set up shop here for a while. If he does not fare well, do you think hes out . I do. If you talk to the krissy folks, a couple things about Chris Christie, he has a bit of operation in South Carolina. Not huge but its a little bit of an operation down there. The thing about Chris Christie is in previous debates he had been so gentle in his attacks on his colleagues on the stage and he only attacked on Hillary Clinton. However, hes been calling marco rubio the boy in the bubble. Hes been very critical of him. If he goes out tonight and doesnt do that to marco rubio, hes finished. Let me chime in about the barbara bush thing. One of the things we cant see tonight from jeb bush is his mother being tougher against donald trump than he is. He has to make it concise, a concise attack on donald trump and marco rubio but cant be petty. Didnt barbara bush also say i think it was with our special correspondent jamie gang el, hes a little too nice being jeb bush, he needs to interrupt a little more . I dont know if you can ask him to be something hes not. Hes been evolving. That new jeb bush ad where he uses Rick Santorums words against marco rubio is one of the best political add as weve seen this cycle. If he keeps that momentum well have a good night. Jeb bush has repeatedly attacked donald trump in each debate and ef time he does, in fact the cnn debate, he went after donald trump more vociferously than ever. Talking about his wife columbia, but he didnt finish it. Right. Only one person people thought won that debate. Im not sure its a winning tactic. Hang on. What about marco rubio specifically . We have been talking so much about him since he fared so well in the wake of iowa. You know, critics said, what was that, a victory speech . When he came out monday night. As he goes into the debate tonight, i feel like last week huge bull yees i on cruz. This time it feels like rubio. How does he rise above . Hes got to be careful because he is taking incoming from all sides. Ted cruz wins the iowa caucus, donald trump comes in second and were talking about the third place winner. Donald trump spent no money, came in second. Everybody said it was a loss. It wasnt a loss for donald trump. Ted cruz is in first place but theyre all focusing on rubio. Every arrow is on rubio. I predict youll hear this tonight. You sided with Hillary Clinton on the libya invasion, sided with Chuck Schumer on immigration. Those are bad words among the republican constituency. He also has the most pressure on him. What we saw in the last debate was when ted cruz had the most pressure on him he didnt fare as well. Marco rubio has the pressure because he has to leave New Hampshire with a secondplace finish. He cant finish third or fourth. If he does, this socalled establishment lane has been opened up. The person we havent talked about in this whole segment has been ted cruz. Ted cruz. Ted cruz literally just came off of iowa, hes been riding steady about 12, fighting for second place. As long as he doesnt finish behind ben carson i think hes okay. There are a lot of libertarians in that state, he need to hammer home im anti but ron paul this past week said hang on, this wont work, hes a libertarian, you cant vote for ted cruz. New hampshire also is i think mark may have said it earlier this week, its a very cheen state. What do you mean by clean . The tricks and gimmicks that ted cruz played in iowa and ben carson is the nicest man alive. Doesnt fly here. Doesnt fly here. When he gets to South Carolina, any tricks, anything goes. But New Hampshire is a clean state and i think people are holding that against him. I have so much more. Dont go too far, the three of you. Not quite finished. Mark preston, kailee mcnerney and Bakari Sellers for now. Dont miss the post debate special at 10 00 only here on cnn. Poppy, sort of teeing up what were looking for. Incredible to think of all the different dynamics in play and that the dirty tricks dont fly in New Hampshire whatsoever. It will be curious to see how they do, especially as people keep talking about the three governors because, you know, coming out of New Hampshire, there will at least be minus one. As they say, not three tickets for three governors out of New Hampshire. I like how bakari put it, clean state. I dont think if theres anything necessarily clean in politics and debates these days. Well be watching. Brooke, thanks so much. Lets talk about the democrats. Hillary clinton tries to shrug off attacks over those speaking fees from wall street. Look, i made speeches to lots of groups. I told them what i thought. I answered questions. But did you have to be paid 675,000 . Well, i dont know. Thats what they offered. So will those paid speeches from wall streets biggest banks affect her Campaign Going forward . Legendary reporter carl bernstein, author of a major book on clinton, is with me next. [ sneezing ] the cold truth is, if a cold keeps you up at night. You cant work from home the next day. [ coughing ] thats why you need alka seltzer plus day night liquid gels. Its tough cold symptom fighters provide powerful relief. Relief that helps you sleep at night and gets you back out there during the day. [ deep breath ] [ truck horn ] alkaseltzer plus day night liquid gels. Also available, in stores alkaseltzer plus night time hot drink mix. We broabout this new car. To get your honest opinion to keep things unbiased, we removed all the logos. Feels like a bmw. Reminds me a little bit of like an audi. So, this car supports apple carplay. Siri, open maps. She gets me. Wow. It also has teen driver technology. It even mutes the radio until the seat belts are buckled. Im very curious what it is. This is the 2016 chevy malibu. And it sells for . It starts at twentytwo five. What . Oh wow. I mean with all this technology. Thats a game changer. All right. You are looking at live pictures of a Hillary Clinton organizing event in portsmouth, New Hampshire, one of a number of stops shes made today. Trying to close the gap with Bernie Sanders, who has a wide lead with polling in that state. Sanders for hi part is trying to downplay expectations he may pull off a blowout victory in New Hampshire. Heres what he just told our jake tapper today. Look, obviously, vermont, New Hampshire are separated by a river. We are close states. But you know what, secretary clinton won this state in 2008. Her husband ran several campaigns in this state. When we began this campaign in New Hampshire, we were 30 points down in the polls and she was much better known in this state than i was. So simply to say, you know, if we win this thing its because bernie lives in vermont, just not accurate. With me now carl bernstein, the renowned former Washington Post reporter who helped crack watergate, brought down a presidency, also the author of woman in charge. Thanks for being with me, sir. Good to be with you. If sanders ends up winning New Hampshire but its not by a wide margin, not talking about the near tie in iowa, but if its not wide like the polls are showing now, how do you think people will read that . I mean, will they read it as more of a loss for him since the expectations are so high . I think we ought to just look at whats going on on the ground and not try to predict how others are going to read it. Hs got to do reasonably well, but there is a huge story going on. I spent part of this weekend talking to people in the white house. They are horrified at how Hillary Clinton is blowing up her own cam pin. What are they saying to you . They are horrified that the whole business of the transcripts, accepting the money, that she could blow the democrats chance for white house. They want her to win. Obama wants thisser to win. But sanders has shown how vulnerable she is. These ethical lapses have tied the white house up in knots. They dont know what to do. Theyre beside themselves. Now youve got a situation with these trasncripts a little like Richard Nixon and his tapes that he stonewalled and didnt release. Carl bernstein, lets dissect that for a moment. Your investigate brown down a presidency. You know scandal. Show our viewers what youre talking about with the transcripts. A lot more involved than our investigation, but nixon brought himself down. Led there. Lets pull up the numbers so voters can see what were talking about in terms of how much Hillary Clinton was paid for these speeches for the big banks from 2013 to 2014. Were talking about 1. 8 million, 675,000 of that from Goldman Sachs. Youre talking about the question that chuck todd asked her in the last debate this week, will you release the transcripts . Joel burstein from her camp said, i dont think people are really interested in what these speeches say. They were on foreign policy, et cetera. Youre saying this is akin to the tapes . If she stone walls on them and does not release them and enables the republicans to paint her into a corner, this is not just a vast rightwing conspiracy that is causing her problems. She has caused herself these problems. The server is not the vast rightwing conspiracy. Its Hillary Clinton deciding that she could put a server in her closet. The same with these transcripts. The same with accepting this money in a president ial year when she knew that she was going to probably be running for president. To the people in the white house i talked to it is unfathomable that she did this and has endangered president obamas legacy. They are terrified and they want Bernie Sanders to not do well on tuesday and Hillary Clinton to do well because if this keeps going like that, they see real problems ahead. Lets play that. We have a short sound bite of Anderson Cooper asking clinton about that in the town hall this week about those Bank Payments for speeches. Lets roll it. Look, i made speeches to lots of groups. I told them what i thought. I answered questions. But did you have to be paid 675,000 . Well, i dont know. Thats what they offered, so i want your response to that answer. What should she have said . I cant advise her. Maureen dowd in her column tomorrow calls that answer obscene. Ill let maureen speak for herself on that. Some of this is unanswerable because it represents such terrible judgment, which is what people in the white house are saying. Theyre just dumbfounded by this and want her to get back on track. How can they help her get back on track . A big night on tuesday for Hillary Clinton would go a long way but i dont think theyre expecting it. Let me just paraphrase what she said. Hillary clinton said to anderson, if you lengthen that out, she said, basically, i didnt know at the time if i was going to run for president. Ive been secretary of state. I thought maybe im not going to run. Carl bernstein, you wrote the book on her. What do you say . Its disingenuous. She knew she might. And