Liar. Hes a bully. A narcissist at a level this kae country hasnt seen. Whats behind his change of heart . Two Police Shootings this week. Dont shoot him. Peaceful protests are growing around the country as we grapple with the question, what can be done to keep this from happening . Joining me for insight and analysis are doris kearns goodwin, hugh hewill, gwef ifil and mike murphy. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Its an nfl sunday. Really, this feels like a pregame show. The big game is tomorrow night on new yorks long island. With a super bowl size audience expected. Usually the first debate is the most Important Campaign moment until the next debate. Probably not this time. Hillary clinton comes in with nervous democrats feelin a little bit better about things. Four National Polls showed clinton up. Three of the polls shes up by six points. In todays Washington Post abc po poll shes up by two. Some show donald trump doing better and have a path. Trump has never been more competitive than he is now. Theres a sense if clinton doesnt knock him out tomorrow, she may never be able to before november. Both sides are engaging in psychological gamesmanship. The Clinton Campaign has placed mark cuban, a huge trump critic, up front in the audience as a way to rattle trump. In response, as hard as this is to believe, trump has invited Gennifer Flowers to sit in the front who had an affair with bill clinton in the 80s. One thing we know for sure, the two candidates are taking very different approaches, getting ready for tomorrow nights big debate. While trump huddles, clinton is in her home. Both preparing for the most important president ial debate in decades. You are going to hear donald trump doing a lot of trash talking. Tclinton is trying to shes a slob. She ate like a pig. On stage, clinton will try to get under trumps skin. Excuse me. I have given my answer. The challenge for clinton, predicting which trump will show up. People ask, are you going to go out there and do this and that . I dont know that. Will trump lose his cool, be impatient, be too subdued or be crass. He referred to my hands. If theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you, theres no problem. I guarantee. Or will trump be able to rise above the temperament questions and throw clinton off her game . He needs to worry about first of all not taking the bait from her and following her attacks. Second of all, trump needs to make sure he is readied to talk about policy in a way that matches her. Trump is watching videos to spot clintons vulnerability. Doing no formal mock debates. How is debate prep going . Im here. His campaign trying to turn his restlessness with preparation into an asset. I dont think he is locked up for two weeks like other people have been or currently are. Cramming their heads with microchips and binders. Trump cant afford to stumble on substance and he has to avoid looking like a bully. As for clinton, shes not afraid of going negative. Your profusion of comments about your feelings toward president obama are a little strange given what you said about him in 2011. And shes had her best performances when opponents came off as snarky. I dont think im that bad. You are likeable enough. Or rude. We will shake on this. I want your signature. She can sometimes become defensive, particularly on questions of character. I communicated about classified material on a howhol separate system. She can get tangled up with her lawyerly explanation. For Hillary Clinton, sometimes for that that wall seems like its 25 feet wide for people. At the more that she lets people through the doors, the better off shes going to be. Both prepare for the most consequential day of this campaign. While you cant win an election in a debate, you can certainly lose one. Joining me is the chairman of the Clinton Campaign. Welcome to meet the press. Good to be with you. Hillary clinton has prepped for 38 debates since she ran for office in 2000. How is the preparation for this one different . Look, she takes the debate preparation very seriously. She respects the American Public. She wants to tell them what she wa wants to do for them. Its about laying down policies she thinks will improve the economy. Make it an economy working for everyone and not just for people at the top. She has a challenge, because donald trump says things that arent true. He comes in and he was rated liar of the year last year. This week, the New York Times did a graphic of the 12 whoppers of the week. Shes got to be able to both make that positive case but also not let donald trump get away with what he is likely to do, which is to make stuff up. Its clear that temperament, you believe, is his achilles hill. I want to play for you ads that you are running. 14 ads you have unveiled, 13 of them have to do with trumps r temperament. Donald trump doesnt see people like me. He just sees disability. How would you answer that . What sacrifice have you made. I think ive made a lot of sacrifices. Built great structures. I have had tremendous success. Hes a xenophobic religious bigot. All it takes is one wrong move. I would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. Just one. What if the donald trump you are portraying is not the donald trump that shows up on stage monday night . Theres only one donald trump. I think he has run the race in a way that those ads i think fairly show. But i think again, you showed an ad about disability. What hillary wants to do is what she did this week, tell that positive case about how we build an inclusive economy, make spaces for everyone. Donald trump will have to think about what he said in the past. His disparagement of that reporter that you saw in the screen with disabilities. Going to have to think about the names he called to families, to mexicans, to muslims. You know, he may try to he is a Good Television performer. He may try to adjust for that in the debate. The reality is, he has run his campaign that way. Is your goal of this debate is to get under his skin . Is that why you gave mark cuban a ticket in the front row . No. I think mark cuban is one of the Business Leaders who was never involved who has endorsed hillary, because he thinks she will do better for the economy. You saw his reaction which is to do his favorite short, to dive in the sewer and go for a swim. But i think that were looking forward to him. He has been a very strong surrogate for her from the time he went to his hometown of pittsburgh and gave her a full endorsement she would be best for the economy. You referred to diving into the sewer. You believe that inviting Gennifer Flowers is diving into the sewer . You know, i will leave it to mr. Trump to decide what he will do. But i think that what he will do tomorrow night. But i think that he is predictable when you poke him a little bit, he comes back and attacks whoever is doing it. Thats why he got in so much trouble when he attacked the khan family. Thats what he does. Thats who he is. Thats why he is dangerous. One of the things that Hillary Clinton has to do is restore this issue of trust with the voters. Wasnt to play a debate clip from earlier this week. It was a congressional debate that featured charlie crist, the former republican governor, turned democrat. He was asked about supporting Hillary Clinton. Here is his answer and the reaction to his answer. The thing i like most about her is i believe shes steady. I believe shes strong. I believe shes honest. And i look forward to voting for her. It was when he says the world honest, the crowd groaned. You hear laughter. This issue of honest a trustworthiness, how much progress can she make monday night on restoring some trust and how does she do it . Look, i think she has to talk directly to the American People about what she wants to do. I think when you think about whats honest about her, its that from the day she got left law school, she has been a champion for women, for children, for families. Shes done it all her life. Shes gotten real results for people in contrast, donald trump has been about himself. I think she can look directly at them and talking about a future that is going to be brighter, more optimistic and improving their lives. Very quickly, todays New York Times has an extensive report on the ties of Hillary Clinton to goldman sachs. It talks about various ways they have been close, whether its the paid speeches, whether it was supporting a philanthropic operation while she was at the state department. Does this undermine secretary clintons credibility that she can be tough on wall street, that she has so many close ties to one of wall streets biggest brands . That story was again, it was kind of false equivalency. What it said was she supported a Philanthropic Program that gave 10,000 entrepreneurs around the world a chance to get started. What she has done is put forward what everyone agreed, including the New York Times itself, that is the most comprehensive program to regulate wall street. In contrast, donald trump wants to wipe away doddfrank, everything that has been done to make sure that wall street doesnt wreck main street again. What she wants to do is make sure that there is no institution too big to fail and no individual too big to jail. I think she has pursued a very aggressive path on wall street. Thanks for your time this morning. Thanks. Joining me now is retired general michael flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence agency and a top adviser to donald trump. He has been in the room for debate prep sessions. Welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. Let me start with this the Public Perception is that donald trump isnt doing the same type of preparation for this debate that Hillary Clinton is. The Campaign Manager said shes not been locked up in a cabin for two weeks. Eric trump suggested he doesnt need to be rehearsing flash cards. Are you concerned though that the preparation is enough . So a couple things. The very last thing that john just said is no individual too big to jail. That should include people like Hillary Clinton. Five people around her have had have been given immunity to include her former chief of staff. When you are given immunity, that means you have probably committed a crime. I dont know how he can sit there and Say Something like that with all the things that have been going around just swirling around Hillary Clinton with her emails. In terms of preparation, to answer your question, donald trump has been preparing. You know, its like where is Hillary Clinton this week . Donald trump has been in pennsylvania. He has been in florida. He has been in ohio. I was with him last night in virginia. He is out speaking to the American Public, large groups, small groups. Thats how he is bringing his message to the American Public. Thats why you are seeing the shift in the polls. One of the things i think that you ought to do is not only talk about where the polls are today but where they were a week ago or two weeks ago. Huge, huge shifts. The way we feel, the way i feel is that theres a huge shift in momentum. The American Public are starting to wake up. You are confident that he is going to be able to pass the commander in chief test . So many of your colleagues in the actiNational Security world whether former pentagon staffers, bush appointees, former service, letter after letter just hundreds of former National Security professionals who say they cannot endorse donald trump. How does he convince a public that he is up to the job when so many folks who have worked closely with you, closely with others, believe he is unfit for the job . There are hundreds there are hundreds of people that have said just the opposite thing about Donald Trumps ability to be commander in chief, ability to be the president of the United States and kind of move this country forward in the right direction. A lot of those names on those lists i look very closely at these things. Some of the things that they say. They offer no solutions. These are people that represent the past. They represent so many of the failed policies and really the stupid decisions that were made that have kept us in this perpetual conflict that we are in in the middle east and places like afghanistan. God, we have to cherish our military and veterans. But im going to tell you the decisions that put us there, many of those people that are on those lists are the ones that actually put us there. Have i you are a general. Does he know more than you . Let me tell you, i have been advising donald trump for over a year now. He is a great listener. One of the things he has what we have in this country is we have a deficit of leadership. Donald trump brings a strategic leadership a sense of who we are as america and how do we make America First . How do we bring America Forward . How do we improve our economy, our military . Theres so many things that we have to get fixed in our country right now. Just look at whats going on in the current situation. I want to follow up and state on the debate here. In response to the invitation that Hillary Clinton made to mark cuban, donald trump tweeted that he has invited gener Gennifer Flowers to the debate. Should we expect to see her . The debate will be the most watched show in the history of tv. Donald trump has been out speaking to the American Public and they have been listening and they have been hearing. You said it up front when you talked about the shift in the polls. The momentum is on Donald Trumps side. Thank god for that. We need a new direction in this country. What about this can you confirm this Gennifer Flowers talk . Has she been invited to do this . Do you feel its appropriate . I would just go with what you have seen. We will wait to see what happens tomorrow night. Do you think its appropriate . Im sorry . Do you think its appropriate to invite Gennifer Flowers to the bait . Was it appropriate to invite mark cuban . Hes not a legitimate person. Why is he invited . Again, i would leave this tit for tat. This is about the big issues that this country is worried about. Im worried about, thats the reason why im sitting here this morning with you. Our country needs to go in a different direction. Its failing in many ways. Were struggling. The difference between the bubble of washington, d. C. And the rest of america is such a vast theres a gap right now. People in this country want to see big leadership. Thats what donald trump provides. We will be watching tomorrow night. General flynn, thanks for coming on. Later in the broadcast, we will go inside the debate prep war rooms. I will talk to two who have prepped candidates. When we come back this man is a pathological liar, a narcissist at a level i dont think this country has seen. Whats behind ted cruzs decision to endorse donald trump after all . To get you all psyched up for tomorrow nights debate, we will show you highlights from donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Debate moments they have been participated in, beginning with this from one of clintons 2008 debates with then senator barack obama. What can you say to the voters of New Hampshire on this stage tonight who see a resume and like it but are hesitating on the likability issue where they seem to like barack obama . They seem to like barack obama . Well, that hurts my feelings. 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