nbc s chris jansing is live inside the debate hall with what we can expect in las vegas tonight. hi there, chris. chris. reporter: no pressure. only 60 million plus people could be watching at home if past the prologue. last couple of debates got those numbers. the set is probably familiar to you, tamron. this is the same one used in the other two debates. similar set-up to the first one. you will have hillary clinton on the right which means that her family is going to be sitting here in line of sight. donald trump on the left. this is where he will be sitting about ten minutes from now they will do a check rehearsal. these are the folks who have been playing donald trump, hillary clinton and the moderator. they will check the lighting, sound. less than 300 people actually get tickets for these seats. this is the biggest live audience they have had. look up there. folks watching the rebels play basketball normally.
open discussion for the rest of the 15-minute segment. no bathroom breaks, no special breaks, a solid 90 minutes here under these bright lights. and each of the candidates families will be sitting in the front row, they ll be sitting lined up into their line of sight. when you re in the room, brooke, you get the sense how close these families are sitting. just a matter of feet, a small aisle separates them. sunlen, thank you so much. sunlen serfaty outside of the debate hall. and now let s talk about the new cnn electoral map. this is based upon the latest state and national polling. keep in mind, the magic number is 270. a candidate needs 270 electoral college votes to win and this latest map shows an even bigger victory in the electoral college for hillary clinton but as you see the numbers, there are still 20 days until election day.
often times does defy expectations. let s begin with sara murray, she is here as well in vegas standing outside the debate hall. listen, it s so cliche, stakes couldn t be higher, everything you can throw in but it s true, especially when it comes to mr. trump. well, that s right, brooke, when you look at how devastating our electoral map is for donald trump right now you have to look at this debate as the biggest most high-profile opportunity donald trump has to really turn those numbers around so he has to walk off that debate stage feeling like he delivered a performance that s not only going to excite his base but that will have picked up new voters for him and that s why when you talk to his allies in these battleground states, they want to see him move past these allegations of sexual misconduct, not take the bait every time hillary clinton tries to needle him and focus on his message that he s the change agent. that hillary clinton is a politician of the past, that she won t c
of debate for each of the candidates. we know the segments will be divided into six topics of 15-minute segments. those topics, debt and entitlement, immigration, the economy, supreme court, foreign hot spots and fitness to be president. each candidate will have two minutes at the top of those segments to make their statements on that topic, then it will go to about 15 minutes of open debate and discussion. each and every moment up here on this debate stage so critical for both candidates. we now know that secretary clinton will be kicking off the night tonight. she by coin toss, it was decided she will get the first question tonight. their position will be largely the same we have seen in the past two debates. clinton will be standing on stage left and donald trump will be on stage right. all right. sunlen serfaty for us inside the debate hall, great to have you with us. behind us, our panel of undecided voters.
intimidation which is probably one of the largest cases we have seen. the secretary of state of ohio is voting for donald trump. he is a supporter unlike what you just said. guys, thank you very much. coming up next, america s premier debate coach joins us live along with mitt romney s former director of public policy. who is comparing they will be comparing their notes just like it s like, you know, game day. let s see what they say. what needs to happen tonight. what they need to do right and wrong. very soon hillary clinton and donald trump, they are expected to arrive here at that debate site. you are looking at live pictures from inside the debate hall. they will have their walk-throughs, check out the lecterns, check out the crowd, check out the lighting. will it be to their liking? we will discuss coming up. tomorrow s the day we ll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there s entresto®- a breakthr