One of the only fresh polls available since the debate from Morning Consult and mitt coshows the race unchanged from five days ago as you can see. With clinton leading trump 42 to 36. Scott jennings who did political analysis for the george w. Bush white house joins me from louisville, kentucky. Have you had a chance to look that the Morning Consult poll which is have we have to look at tonight what strikes but it . If you look at the survey Hillary Clintons lead on the ballot is 6 points which is in line with what she has in the Real Clear Politics National polling average. If you look inside republicans and conservatives danger signs for donald trump. Only getting 82 of republicans. Selfidentified conservatives only give donald trump 67 . So, base consolidation remains an issue. It makes me wonder is donald trump suffering among conservatives because of his distances on russia, National Security, and free trade, which are traditional issues that conservatives Pay Attention to . Scott, i think we may have a graphic to illustrate that question on etiology. There has been a question whether he had enough conservative support. Of course, that translates to colonel extent into republican support. There you see the poll number that you just were referring to. Hillary clinton has got 80 of liberals. And even 17 of conservatives, which is a little bit of a surprise. Trump, in this poll, has only 67 of conservatives and that, i think, is i think that you agree that that is a warning sign, isnt it . It really is. Because, if you cant get over 90 of your own party, if you are donald trump, thats going to make it really hard to come back and win the election. And in some ways Hillary Clinton has run a bit more hawkish race than donald trump. So you wonder is she picking up some National Security conservatives because of the kinds of things she has had to say about russia and other hot spots. So, for donald trump over the last two weeks, he has got to get those republicans up to 90 . He has got to recover some conservatives. In this poll, Hillary Clinton was winning among independents as well. Thats not true in every survey. What we need to look at in the weekend surveys, brit, is did the debate on wednesday night give donald trump any list among independent voters, especially in the swing states, because of his republican number stays low, is he going to have to make up the difference among independent voters, and we will see if he got it done on the debate when we see the National Survey this weekend. Yeah. You know, i think a lot of observers, myself included, thought that by and large, he had had a pretty good night, and his best night in debates so far. But, i think there was a question raised about whether that would be the story of the from the night as people who didnt watch it read about it the next day or saw excerpts from it. And, of course, there was so much talk about this question of whether he would accept a result, that i wonder if that didnt obscure what his otherwise had been a pretty strong performance. What are your thoughts . Yeah. I think thats right. He had left that part out or he had given a different answer that sounded more reasonable to people, he might have been judged the winner of the debate. If you look at this politico Morning Consult survey, you see there is virtually no constituency for his answer. Even half of his own supporters think the winner of the the loser of the election, rather, should accept the results. Tea partiers think the loser should accept the result. Conservatives think the loser should accept the results. If donald trump had not gone down that road, you wonder if the debate outcome would have been different and certainly the Media Coverage of the post debate aftermath would have been different as well. Yeah. Look at this. All registered voters its almost 70 to accept the results. Now, to be fair to trump, obviously you can see clinton supporters overwhelming Trump Supporters under half. Many thought should than not. He kind of cleared that up a little bit the next day when he said all he was doing was reserving the right to challenge if its a questionable result. I wonder if that clarification might effect the polling on this in the days ahead. Yeah. Thats a good question. And well likely see some more National Polling this weekend. Im guessing more people have seen News Coverage of what he said at the debate rather than News Coverage of the clean up the next day. So, well see if the cleanup coverage helps counter act some of what happened on the debate stage and that could be picked up in the polling this weekend. So well have to watch out and see if any surveys show any movement for trump. But, right now, the evidence we have indicates Hillary Clinton is maintaining about a 6 point lead, which is really consistent with the National Polling average and would be consistent with the notion that as we go later in october, more and more people have already made up their mind and are, therefore, less prone to moving around here at the end of the race. Scott, as always, thank you. Contentious atmosphere of campaign 2016. There are few tougher jobs than debate moderator. Those who moderated debates ahead of this week were subject to withers criticism. Somehow my Colleague Chris Wallace managed to be a tough but fair moderator whose handling of the whole thing won acclaim from nearly everyone. He joins me now. Hello, chris. Congratulations. I survived. I made it. You did more than make it, my friend. We are all proud. Tell me about the experience. Beforehand, when you were waiting there and about to go up and on the stage before the were you nervous . Well, yes. But let me take you back a little bitter further because its interesting and its a story i havent told so i had prepared all my questions. I have a great researcher lori crim. And just like a special Fox News Sunday we had prepared our questions but the day before on tuesday, we did a run through where i sat at the desk with the two podiums there. They had somebody playing clinton. Somebody playing trump. And, you know, just to do a mock through. We did 15 minutes on favorite pizza. And the clinton person, i must say did a fantastic job of explaining why her pizza was the best and trump person actually not quite as good as why she was wrong and his pizza was better. Why it was instructive because i had formulated my questions and my idea of what was going to happen, with you on the debate stage, which is so much closer, so much more intimate than it appears on tv. When you have these two people and they have them interrupting each other about pizza and coming at me, i realized that one of the keys to this debate more than i had anticipated was going to be making decisions on the fly. When do you interrupt . When do you not interrupt . When do you throw it to the other person . And that there were a lot of instinctsial decisions i was going to have to make. That you couldnt prepare for really. No. But at least i knew that that was there. I had 24 hours to think about it. You know, i feel, i think you feel like we have done everything there is to do in this business. I tell you when you are in the wings and they are about to announce you at start a president ial general Election Debate between two people thats not going to be a team. Just you. You bet i was nervous. And as the debate started, i heard this voice asking these questions and thinking, who is that . I suddenly realized it was me. It was an out of body experience. But i would say about 10 minutes in i kind of relaxed into it. And i felt it. Not that i was going to always be able to get my way in terms of interrupting them or getting them to answer my questions. But i felt comfortable in the situation. And for the final 80 minutes it was challenging, exciting, important, but kind of fun. So you feel like you were kind of relaxed but concentrating . Yes. All right. Now, did anything surprise you about the conduct of either of the candidates . As keith jackson, the fabled football announcer used to say before a big rivalry game, these two guys just plain dont like each other. Their distaste for each other, they didnt shake hands at the beginning. They didnt shake hands at the end. When she came over to talk to me at the very end, he waited what did she say . Two things. She said thank you. And then as opposed to the other debates, there were barriers up so that the family couldnt walk up on the stage as they had in the other debates. And she turned to me and she said do you think i can walk down there . I said secretary clinton, i think you can do whatever you want to do. So she walkedp waited until she, and then he came over. We had a little bit longer conversation. What did he say . He said good job and he thought it was the best of the debates. He seemed quite happy with it . Now, i havent heard much criticism of you from any quarter except the citizens now. Not people in our line of work or politicians or whatever. Just ordinary citizens beefing about the question you asked trump that led to the answer that made all the head lines the effect he wasnt going to commit now to accepting the result of the election. When you thought about that, oh, the criticism was that you didnt ask the same question of her. Tell me about that whole thing. Well, look, lets just go quickly into the background. Trump, for at least two weeks had been talking about this election is rigged, its going to be stolen from us. And if it becomes such an issue that last sunday, when mike pence was on the shows, he was asked specifically about this and he said of course, trump and i will, quote, absolutely respect the results of the election. His daughter at the debate on wednesday said they will respect the results of the election. Trump had never said that. To me, that was kind of a winwin question in the sense that whatever he said it was going to be news. I will say that when i asked him the first time and he said ill have to wait and think about it and see what happens on election night, there was a gasp in the hall. And i thought it was important to put this in Historical Perspective and to say, you know, this is part of the foundation of our democracy. No matter how hard fought a race is that at the end the winner concedes the loser cob seeds to the winner and they come together for the good of the country. Thats part of what union nights us. And even then when i put it in that context he said im going to keep new success pence. Why didnt i ask Hillary Clinton . Because she, in no way, shape, or form had ever suggested that she wouldnt accept it. And, in fact, her answer was an answer when she said she thought his refusal to accept it was horrifying. Horrifying. You took that as, as certainly i did, as meaning that she would be in no position now to come around later and say she wasnt going to accept it . No. Absolutely not. So when did you sense or did you that this performance on your part had gone so well and the praise would be pouring in from the left and the right from democrats or republicans or did you sense that until it happened . I would say over kansas in the airplane yesterday flying home, i mean, i which i dont im too cheap to get airplane google. Wifi. I said wow this really went pretty well. Didnt people come up to you after the debate . Yes. Honestly you are almost in a state of one, exhaustion and two kind of shock. I knew had it gone well but i certainly didnt know i was going to get the praise that i got. And, you know, i was gratified. Yes, i felt good for myself, of course. But i really also felt good for us, for fox news. Because this was a big deal that fox had finally, after 20 years in existence gotten moderator for general Election Debate. I felt very keenly as i was preparing for it, i wasnt just representing me. I was representing us. When it turned out well, i felt. That feeling ahead of time couldnt help with the nerves, did it. No, absolutely not. Absolutely a added to the sense of pressure. But, you know, as i think i may have said to you at one point, the only thing worse than doing this would be not doing it and particularly as i relaxed into it i was having a great time. And. So you ended up enjoying it . Yeah. But in a way that you are totally focused and totally in the moment. You know, i will give you an example of the kind of the decision that you have to make. I asked clinton a question about paytoplay in the Clinton Foundation she quickly says no, thats not true. Im happy to talk about the foundation. Oh boy now i knew where we were headed here. All the good. Im not belittling it now all the good work we do. Now i got interrupter. You are on the stage i didnt know but 71 Million People. And you have to say well, i know all that good work that you do but i asked you about paytoplay, thats a tough moment. I bet. I bet. So now you are back Fox News Sunday is coming up this weekend. Youll be back in the chair. Right. What are you doing this weekend on Fox News Channel . Thats the thing. You set there and is i celebrating it or whatever. In this business you can celebrate for as long as you have to do your next job. By the time my plane landed from las vegas yesterday afternoon, i was begging my booker about who you were going to have as guest. Woe are going to have kellyanne conway. Im log forward to talking with her. Trump has a steep road these last 16 days. What does he try to do . Debate questions are a terrible thing to waste. There are some i didnt get to ask. Have a debate between Newt Gingrich and democratic congressman javier baker isserra. It may be more interesting and maybe more informative than the real debate. What you have done for me kind of business. You bet. You have done a lot for fox news and certain certainly for the country. Congratulations, chris, and thank you for taking the time. With 18 days to go until election day, donald trump is holding a rally right now in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. Fox News Senior National correspondent john roberts is live at that trump rally in newtown, pennsylvania. Hello, john. Brit, good evening to you. Donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The second rally that he has had here today. A state where he has a lot of work to do because Hillary Clinton in the real clear politics average of polls leads him by more than six points now. Pennsylvania may be a state that slips away from him. He can make it up in other states if he wins north carolina. But certainly its a state that he would like to put in the win column, which is why he is spending so much time here. And tomorrow here in the keystone state, he begins his Closing Argument. He have a big symbolic speech in gettysburg. You will remember 153 years ago, 272 very famous words were uttered by then president abraham lincoln. Donald trump will begin his Closing Argument tomorrow with his version of a contract for america. Remember Newt Gingrich did that back in 1996. Trump will put into one place according to his campaign a Concise Program that he will begin to execute on day one of his president should he be enough to prevail. Talk about tax reform. The military. Repealing obamacare. His plan to reduce allow energy to reflourish. Recraft trade deals like nafta. Rewrite the iran agreement. His fivepoint plan to reform ethics in washington and his plans to create an american desk at the Commerce Department which really would be focused on keeping american jobs and creating an environment in which American Companies can flourish. According to the Trump Campaign, he will also unveil several issues that he believes puts him on the side of voters and show how out of touch according to the campaign Hillary Clinton really is now, we talk about the polls. He is leading in only four of 16 of the battleground states. Thats arizona, georgia, our five of them rather, arizona, georgia, iowa, missouri, and ohio. But Hillary Clinton leads in all the rest. He is still close in florida and north carolina. So might be able to turn those around. And in an investors business daily poll, which is a national poll, he actually leads, brit, by a single point. There is some thought that when you look at that compared to other polls that are out there it may be a bit of an outlier. The Trump Campaign is taking that as a sign that they may be able to make headway. Good things for donald trump the scandals are fading. The question is though, brit, has the damage already been done and can he, in the next seven days, undo much of that damage and win the night on november the 8th, brit . You know, john, you cant help but wonder if laying out these agenda items in such detail as he is now about to do as you reported would not have helped him if he had done it sooner . Well, you know, he was laying them out kind of one piece at a time of course the late month of august and beginning of september he had all of his policy speeches. But, you know, as do you in a debate you have your closing comments. This is the beginning of his Closing Argument. He will put all of that in one place. The symbol lick location of gettysburg and, brit, we will see if any of those independent voters out there are still willing to listen to him. Okay. John. Thanks very much. Hillary clinton spent her day in the swing state of ohio where she used an event in cleveland to urge supporters to vote e