or four months, and the right alternative to donald trump will surface. now, the debate stage may be a candidate short tonight after north dakota governor doug burgam injured his leg in a basketball game. he spent time in the emergency room, and may be unable to stand for the debate. msnbc s ali vitali, bring us up to speed, is he likely to be a no show? can they make some accommodation for him? what are we hearing here? reporter: that s one of the open questions here, my understanding is that the burgam team is doing their walk through, standard practice for all of the campaigns, and make a game time decision. pun intended because that s how he got into this instance in the first place, playing a game of pickup basketball. we tweeted about this, saying it s not the first time he has been sent to the er because of a pickup game but he s thankful for the well wishes. i think you set the stakes up for this debate correctly.