received this information, it was so moving to me, that it was something i could just simply not refuse to attend. hillary clinton spent part of her day as we said in new york city before heading off to california for the fundraisers. she spoke a crowd of mostly latino and african-american seniors and promised to fight there are them for them if elected. here in a city that i love that is the greatest city in the world, in the greatest country in the world, and let s make sure we keep it that way! our team covering every angle of this race. let s start with nbc s anne thompson back in rome at the vatican and we just checked in with you not too long ago an i said he s n said he s not expected to meet with the pope but any chance, can they run into each other on a friday night? reporter: believe it or not, they actually could, kate, and the reason is because bernie sanders will spend the night at casa, where pope francis lives. it s a hotel that john paul ii lives. it s a
inside the republican circus for president. in just a few days, how in the world did we go from talking about this good evening. shock and horror, but sadly, no surprise. belgium, which for four months has been living on age and braced for attack, took two devastating hits today, claimed to be the work of isis. to this you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that ll do it every time. donald, you re a sniveling coward. leave heidi the hell alone. and it gets a lot worse, folks. but in the wake of tuesday s deadly attacks in brussels, the terror raids, the global insecurity, a continent in mourning, the killing of an isis commander, it could have been a week where we saw what kind of commander in chief these candidates would like to be portrayed as. and quite frankly, it should have been a potentially terrible week if you re donald trump. he had the makings of a terrible week for him. but instead, we re talking about the looks of heidi cruz, melania trump, and
good day, i m peter alexander, we are in new york. my friend andrea mitchell en route to charlotte, she is on board hillary clinton s campaign plane. as soon as she lands we ll speak to her. but just before taking off this morning, clinton herself again unloaded on donald trump. last night was yet another test and donald trump failed yet again. bizarrely, once again, he praised russia s strongman vladimir putin. what would ronald reagan say about a republican nominee who attacks america s generals and heaps praise on russia s president? we don t send our brave men and women around the world to steal oil and that s not even getting into the absurdity of what it would involve. every republican holding or seeking office in this country should be asked if they agree with donald trump about these statements. joining me now, two proud road warriors side by side in the same city, nbc s kristen welker and katy tur. both in ohio. kristen, i want to start on the clinton campaign an
some hundred million people expected to tune in for fireworks. we are getting new reporting that hillary clinton is gearing up for, quote, gracious trump. a new national poll breaking this hour shows clinton hanging onto a fragile four-point lead. after the battleground surprise today. both sides they are ready to go. we actually view tonight s debate as a big opportunity. the first, second and third objective is to positively talk about her vision for the country. i see this guy as ready for tonight. he s an actual debater. he s gifted. donald trump has gifts and skills that sometimes escape typical politicians. joining me on set some of the nbc reporters who spent basically the last year of their lives with the candidates. criss-crossing the country, kristen welker, katy tur, andrea mitchell and kasie hunt. thank you for being here now. so much to discuss. kristen, we have new reporting on the clinton campaign s strategy now against donald trump tonight. [ inaudible ]
we have no leadership. and honestly, that starts with secretary clinton. all right, you have two minutes on the same question, to defend tax increases of the wealthiest americans, secretary clinton. i have a feeling by the end of this evening i m going to be blamed for everything that s ever happened. why not. yeah, why not. that s so weird. kind of how the evening went. welcome back, our coverage continues. that was so weird. she s trying to basically make the point that he s doing this randomly, and he goes, i m doing this randomly, and she goes, you re doing this randomly, and we all agree this is total insanity. so weird this is a presidential debate. so weird. a few minutes ago, chris matthews said, in effect, you can tell a lot from a spin room when there s been a slam dunk. when there s been a decisive victory and corollarily a loss. you can tell by the people in it. chris has a prominent person in that spin room right now that will tell a lot. hey, c