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Media. The record shows trump in 2002 before the invasion did say he supported it. A number of donald trump attacks did land. Particularly on trade. Where he had Hillary Clinton on her heels through much of the debate. One thing we heard on the campaign trail as donald trump said. Stamina. That appeared to back fire. Listen to this. I just left detroit. I just left philadelphia. You have seen me. Ive been all over the place. You decided to stay home. Thats okay. I will tell you i have been all over. I met some of the greatest people ill ever meet within these communities. They are upset with what their politicians have told them and what their politicians have done. I think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes, i did. You know what else i prepared for . I prepared to be president. I think thats a good thing. Walking right into a tailor paid attack line. One thing is issues that were not brought up. Immigration, border wall and benghazi and the clinton foundation. A number of issues you can expect donald trump will bring up going forward. An important moment for a team that was on the ropes after weeks of polls tightening. People watching the debate. 62 of voters thought Hillary Clinton won this debate. 27 said donald trump did. It was a slightly more democratic viewing audience. That is a wide margin. Almost what mitt romney beat barack obama. The mexican peso jumped almost 2 last night. Maybe donald trump did not do as well as donald trump thinks he did. Joining us this morning for our panel. Mark preston. Brian stelter, host of reliable sources. And eugene scott and here on set is angela rye and a donald trump supporter. Ill go to you first, mark preston. Who came out looking best . John, going into the debate, no doubt that donald trump had the wind at his back. We saw in National Polls that Hillary Clinton is clinging on to at this point. Hillary clinton delivered last night. She went into the debate. She was focused. She was relaxed. Most importantly, she knew her facts. Donald trump went into the debate. He was not focused. He was not relaxed. He didnt know his facts. That was clearly laid out of the viewers who watched. Eugene scott, you have been covering this election for months. Your general impressions . I think what we were expecting from donald trump is him able to make a clear point within the twominute period he was allotted. He did not do that consistently. He used the time to bring up issues his supporters had with Hillary Clinton. Karen of the washington post. Hillary clinton came out with a needle which she used to get under Donald Trumps skin. I want to play you sound where Hillary Clinton started talking about Donald Trumps tax returns. This is the question brought up by lester holt. Listen to Donald Trumps response as well. I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, i will release my tax returns. Thats against my lawyers my lawyer says dont do it. The only years anybodys ever seen were a couple of years where he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license and it showed he did not pay federal income tax. That makes me smart. So John Phillips, that makes me smart, according to trump. Is that the response donald trump should prepare for . As phil mentioned, the topics of immigration was not mentioned. Benghazi wasnt mentioned. Border wall wasnt mentioned. This is akin to a 14 with the dealer card up next. He just couldnt help the gravity to go back to what it was resolved to the story that broke in his favor. If he stopped after a minute and did not go to two, he would have been been off. He had two minutes to fill things out. I want to talk about another things. The birtherism issue and Hillary Clinton needled him on this issue. Listen to birtherism. I think that i developed very, very good relationships over the last little while with the africanamerican community. I think you can see that. I feel that they really wanted me to come to that conclusion and i think i did a great job and Great Service not only for the country, but even for the president in getting him to produce his birth certificate. Well, just listen to what you heard. He has really started his political activity based on this racist lie. One thing i those was interesting. They were getting into the weeds about patty solace doyle. We have gone through this again and again although he tried to put it to rest. I wouldnt call it that. Donald trump lived this out until the last possible moment he could. Historically on the republican and democratic side of the aisle you have people who wait until the last six to eight weeks of an election to reach out to people of color. When you saw the press conference saying he put it to rest, the best way to do this and i advised this yesterday and apparently lester holt did not get the memo. He should have called on donald trump to apologize to the American People and president obama for birtherism. You saw more of the same of him digging his heels on the point. Giving him credit. It is ridiculous. Most people can see through that. Hillary clinton did very well by calling it what it is. Racist. Brian stelter. I said this to you. I always assumed donald trump wasnt preparing for the debate was a lie. I thought he was doing more prep than what he was letting on. On the birther debate and taxes, i was surprised there wasnt a more rehearsed answer or surgical answer. Yes, on trade, i think he did have a message he wanted to get through. On those things, which you had to know were coming, i thought he floundered. He had been thinking about the debate, but that is not the same as mock debate sessions or tough interviews. Trump had not been interviewed by journalists at cnn about birtherism. He mostly stayed with conservative news outlets. That may have back fired because he seemed to be unprepared. It seems trump was in an alternative reality and encouraging people to go to his web site and get information. Fact checkers were supporting clinton on most of the points. There were a few times where she strayed from the facts. Trump told bigger whoppers more often. Everybody stay with us. Between all of the attacks, they get plenty of policy in the debate. We will discuss those next. Lets go through the policy that came up during the first debate at Hofstra University. I want to start with the issue of trade. This was an issue where donald trump was rehearsed and he wanted to get across. He came out hard particularly on the issue of tpp. The trade deal this president obama negotiated with countries around the world. This is something Hillary Clinton was supportive of. You called it the Gold Standard of trade deals. You said it is the finest deal you have ever seen. You heard what i said about it and all of a sudden you were against it. Donald, i know you live in your own reality. That is not the facts. You have to plan. Oh, i do. Secretary, you have no plan. A book about it. Its called stronger together. You can pick it up tomorrow at the bookstore. She did call tpp the Gold Standard, mark preston. Donald trump is right on that fact. Im more interested on the audience. It seems to me the message on trade may find a receptive audience in ohio, michigan. In fact not only did he talk about the tpp, the trade deal before congress right now and really on a lifeline to see if he can get through before barack obama leaves office, but trump went back to nafta and talked about how bill clinton enacted that. A lot of the trump populism is working well in ohio and wisconsin and pennsylvania. He was effective in doing so, but after that, the train went off the tracks. You have to wonder for the argument, will it be clouded over by the fact he wasnt prepared in the rest of the debate . Lets ask john fiphillips on that. He talked about jobs moving to mexico over the past two decades. That is hard to gauge. There are jobs that have been lost. Thats a story line that plays with some voters in those states. What do you make of how well he landed those blows. You know, if he carried it far enough . I think this was the best exchange for trump and this is an issue where she is vulnera e vulnerable. She called it Gold Standard and terry mcaullife. They are saying dont worry. If she is elected, she will sign it. That resonate with people in the rust belt. Yesterday, you and i spoke, john, what each candidate needed to do in the debate. Hillary clinton needs to excite the obama coalition. There is a huge enthusiasm problem. If you go back to the bernie bros. One of the things they were upset about was her support for the tpp and duplicity on the subject. This causes a problem with the Hillary Clinton and bernie supporters who are opposed to tpp. You brought up the obama coalition. The key part is minority voters. The issue of race did come up last night. The issue of race is front and center. Trumps trumps recently going to my majority audiences. I think the act question is about crime or exact question about race in particular . Listen to what the answer was. We have a situation where we have our inner cities, africanamerican and hispanics living in hell because its so dangerous. Im saying where is this . Is this a wartorn country . What are we doing . We have to stop the violence. We have to bring back law and order. We cannot just say law and order. We have have to say we have to come forward with a plan that is going to divert people from the criminal Justice System and deal with mandatory minimum sentences. The question was healing communities. Donald trumps answer was law and order. Angela rye, what did you make of how she answered this . I really appreciate Hillary Clintons answer. One of the reasons for that is hillary, for the first time i can recall in a president ial debate where there are millions of viewers talked about bias. There is another clip and i dont know if you will show it. Lester holt followed up a donald trump response to clinton. He said to her, are you saying that all Police Officers are implicitly bias . She said lester, im saying everyone is implicitly bias. That includes Police Officers. If you are talking about a law and Order Police Department or Police Departments nationwide, what you run into particularly as a person of color who has had challenges is it is a racebased institution. Stick with us. We have a lot to talk about. Story lines surrounding the debate. How did lester holt handle the assignme assignment . Donald trump is weighing in on that. Thats next. All my medicalses, i got a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, it could save you in outofpocket medical costs. Call now to request your free decision guide. Ive been with my doctor for 12 years. Now i know ill be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] youll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. Plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. See why millions of people have already enrolled in the only Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans endorsed by aarp. Dont wait. Call now. All right. Welcome back. Good morning. President ial debates are not just about policy, but the spectacle of the moment. Lets bring back eugene scott and brian stelter. Maybe 100 Million People were going watch this and the pivotal last sixweek run. Did it live up to the hype . I think it did. I wanted the debate to continue past the 90minute mark. It was the most tweeted debate ever. More tweets than any in the past. A huge hit on facebook. We will get the ratings in a couple hours. Im struck by the Research Last night. Trump dominated conversation. On facebook, 80 of the comments were about trump. If we learned one thing about the election, the candidates were talking about is usually the one not doing well. By that standard, clinton had a good night. Lester holt. The moderatomoderator. Someone in the spotlight. Listen to what donald trump said about lester holt after. I thought lester did a great job. You thought the questions were fair . I thought he was great. You heard from our friend John Phillips, was there were many issues brought up that would be better for donald trump than clinton. Benghazi or the emails or the clinton foundation. It will be interesting to see how he moves forward in future debates based on how lester holt moderated this debate. I saw people on social media not supportive of how he handled the situation. I was able to watch the event at the apollo town hall. The crowd was supportive of lester holt there. Lets listen to the moment in the spin room with dana bash where trump hinted he had ammunition that he did not fire last night. Listen. Anything you wish you did differently . No, im very happy i was able to hold back on the indiscretions with respect to bill clinton because i have a lot of respect for chelsea clinton. I didnt want to say what i was going to say. Which is . Which is ill tell you maybe at the next debate. Well see. Whoa. What was that all about . A lot of people talking about that. That is called a television tease. You and i both know them. Donald trump knows them well. He is a reality tv star and that did not always come through during the debate. I didnt sense necessarily through the camera that you were feeling his warmth and personality and charm. He seemed frustrated by clinton. The split screen did not always help trump. After the debate, he presented a tease for the next two debates which for better or worse, will compel people. He actually brought that up on the debate stage. He said there is something he could say that he is not saying. Almost as if he wanted credit that he did not feel he was getting before not being more outrageous. Or he was trying to needle her. It was the devil on one side of the shoulder and the angel on the other. Isnt that what robby mook teased earlier . He said trump would be graded on a curve and praised for not misbehaving. The one person he was praised by was trump. Trump was proud by the fact he did not bring it up. Maybe robby mook was right about that. We are talking about polls, but one poll that doesnt matter is investors relieved that trump did not perform well. Markets up around the world. We will talk more about the debate. Showdown of epic proportions. Go nowhere. I have a feeling by the end of this evening, ill be blamed for everything thats ever happened. Why not . Yeah, why not. Going all in on policy and each other in the first debate defending their positions on trade and more. As they look to get undecided voters. Who came out on top and what was left out . We have coverage of the first big debate beginning right now. Welcome back to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. 32 minutes after the hour. Welcome to our viewers from the United States and around the world. The first president ial debate was that. Big and bruising. The kind of bruises that last for a few days, maybe until november. Hillary clinton and donald trump faced off overnight at Hofstra University here in new york. It was a night where donald trump was forced to play a lot of defense on taxes and iraq and birther issues. Karen tumulty said Hillary Clintons weapon of choice was a needle to get under trumps skin. And viewers from our polls thought Hillary Clinton was the clear winner. Donald trump got in hits on trade. Joining us with the latest is cnns phil mattingly. Phil, it was 98 minutes of pure tension and political joy. We all have been waiting for and counting down for the last days, weeks, months and a year on some level. We knew this would be a fight. There were no punches pulled. Both candidates got their hits in. Trump strong on trade. Hillary clinton keeping trump on defensive throughout the debate because she would bait him in to long explanations or falsehoods. Listen to trump relitigating the issue of did he oppose the iraq war. President obama and secretary clinton created a vacuum the way they got out of iraq. Because they got out. They shouldnt have been in. Once they got in and once they got out it was a disaster. And isis was formed. Donald supported the invasion of iraq. That was proved. Wrong. You supported the war in iraq before the invasion. What makes your i did not support the war in iraq. That is a Mainstream Media nonsense put out by her. Because frankly the best person in her campaign is Mainstream Media. We know donald trump in 2002 say he supported the iraq war. A couple of issues that were interesting. Trump tried to go on the attack. Trump attacking clinton for a true line the campaign trail. Her quote lack of stamina. Clinton saying this. Take a listen. I just left detroit. I just left philadelphia. I know, you have seen me. I have been all over the place. You decided to stay home and thats okay. I will tell you, i have been all over. I met some of the greatest people ill ever meet within these communities. They are very, very upset with what theyre politicians have told them and what their politicians have done. I think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes