Tonight is where the plot thickens. What will it take to give either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump that critical edge in the final 56 days . And what trump himself is telling our reporter in a Phone Call just this morning about the big showdown tonight. Plus, could the key to winning this election be as simple as getting a small slice of undecided moderate voters comfortable with your candidacy . Maybe not so simple. How do you do it . And who has got the edge . And both Harris And Trump will leave pennsylvania once the debate is done, but likely not for long. Ill talk to two mayors in cities in pennsylvania. We got a lot of experience in what it takes to win in this all important state. So, it is a very busy day, hello, im chris jansing, joined by my colleague Andrea Mitchell for our Special Coverage, msnbc reports debate day. This is the Spin Room. And we are just blocks from where the first and so far only president ial debate will be held tonight. And, chris, Donald Trump is expect
Hernandez with simone thompson. Fresh off his interview with joe biden, our colleague Jonathan Capehart is here with more on the discussion from gaza. And donald trump may have done it again for everyone to see. The former white house Chief Of Staff is at the table of the Biden Campaigns upcoming swing state blitz. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. President biden is in full Campaign Mode taking his message to battleground states. He will make stops in wisconsin, new hampshire, and michigan. He called out Donald Trumps embrace of authoritarian leaders. The president also sat down with our own Jonathan Capehart for an exclusive interview. We will hear what he said about trumps romance with far right Prime Minister of hungary,f victor orban. Was that a mistake . He doesnt believe in democracy. The guys i host in nato have Great Respect for one another. Look, when you have a president who in the midst of a carnage going on as a consequence of russian attack on ukrain
if you look at what happens there, there s going to be aside from fencing, i m sure there s going to be more capitol police, more metropolitan police than they need. there s talk there won t be as many demonstrators as we might anticipate. one of the issues would be thinking about, i would overprepare if i m on the inside. one of the issues i d be thinking about is everybody there from the other side, from the demonstrators, going to have a cell phone. if there s an overpreparation, if there s a swarming around of somebody and one demonstrators gets through, all that have shows up on social media and people showing up will use that for recruitment. there s a downside to preparation but that s what i would do. appreciate it. coming up next, good unemployment numbers taped but also bad news for millions of americans who have lost a major financial lifeline. the anxiety, the sleeplessness, it s a lot. we look at how much you ve saved, how much you ll need, and build a straightforwar
the more moderate candidates, have been trying to make that point. so i thought it really helped her. i also think that from warren s perspective, i don t know that she had the clearest answer on a lot of things. i thought every one of the attacks that came to her, she could have anticipated. everybody knew going into this race, she is now the front-runner and she became the front-runner since the last debate. so every one of those attacks should have actually i thought been better anticipated and she could have had clearer answers for them. yeah. i sometimes when i ve talked to people who have done debate prep, they say often that s overpreparation. too many cooks involved in this soup. they know the questions are coming. they re just i don t know there s not clarity. i m going to get in trouble. oh, sorry. emily. zirlina maxwell. thank you, both, very much. up next, we re going to go live to northern iraq. nbc s matt bradley just got back from a refugee camp where nearl
gut. he s written a couple of books, they re memoirs. don t waste time on overpreparation, trust your gut. listen to your instinct the. he s kind of a conartistist. that s kind of his deal. this is how he started. he was a british power trooper, came here, was actually came to the u.s. without a green card. he was literally an illegal immigrant. he was. and he comes here on a tourist visa, ends up selling t-shirts on the boardwalk in venice, and by his own admission, he sells them whole sale for 18, and he resells us donald trump and tells us something else all together. a lot of people talk about how they all thought it was a somewhat preposterous undertaking, someone has a great quote. they said he had just gone