she needs to sort of not be too defensive but she also has to realize that this debate for her is also the equivalent of the prevent defense. i think as long as she doesn t as long as she doesn t give up the big hail mary, to use another football analogy, she will be fine. i m loving you right now. the prevent defense. it s a dangerous, dangerous thing. thanks for being with us. thanks, guys. new this morning, a poll that shows hillary clinton leading by five points in arizona. what? we will discuss. and very soon, both candidates expected to arrive here at unlv. they will tour the debate hall. we will bring it to you when it happens. caught on tape. a democratic group accused of coordinating protesters to incite violence at trump rallies. this coming from a conservative activist, talking about how they easily pop off. new fallout and how it plays tonight.
mark preston what is there after the debate? maeve s talking about hillary clinton and donald trump. it s about the closing argument after this. but what is there left after the debate when you re going to have millions of eyeballs watching. you make your case. what is there left to move the needle one way or the other? one thing, a divided america standing behind us now and a smallmicrocosm what we re tonight. donald trump, scorched earth? try to burn her down in a typical donald trump way or come out talk about policy, future a a commander in chief, how he can work in washington. both to pivot up into next week and closing weeks right now is that they have to convince the american public right now that they have the experience, the knowledge and the know-how to become president, specifically at this time that we re in so much, again, division in our country, and there s so many problems going on around the world. donald trump tonight could
election. third debates can matter. remember, even though the audience might be down for the actual viewership, most of the country will hear about this debate and so donald trump still has an opening. he s got to have his best debate ever tonight. it is a small thing, but it can be seen as a major gesture, especially kind of the tone of this race and where it s gone. brett, handshake or not when they make it onstage? it s strange to me, and i think a little sad that even it s become a thing, it s become an issue. yeah. i think we are making more of it than we should. i think they should shake hands for the good of the country. and they should discuss issues for the good of the country. that s what i m more concerned about. that we don t see a debate that denigrates just into purely personal attacks. hillary clinton has failed to articulate a positive vision of where she would take the country and donald trump has yet to prosecute a case against her for an entire debate. so those t
we are live in las vegas with a ringside seat for the final presidential debate. hillary clinton has an edge over donald trump in the latest cnn poll of polls. here to discuss debate strategies, brett o donnell, renowned debate coach and president of o donnell and associates. and lonny chen, policy director for the mitt romney campaign. if you look at our poll of polls, trump is down nine points. it s hard to look back and see a spread that big when going into a third debate this late in the cycle. how does that fact shape the debate tonight? i think it s time for a hail mary for him. i think he needs to realize that this debate performance is going to be important.
different styles. to be completely honest, i don t expect hillary clinton to do anything differently in this debate. hillary clinton right now, where she s sitting in the polls, has a better chance to win arizona and texas than donald trump has to win virginia and coast is not good policy. i m not saying coast. we want her to be floyd mayweather. she s the champ going in. dan ball is one of my favorite writers for the washington post. he sort of suggests hillary clinton may have a higher bar tonight than she s had before. she has to deal with e-mails. leave that aside for a second. the second thing is she has to make an affirmative case without using the word donald trump about why she should be president of the united states. i think she has been doing that. i would love to hear that on tonight s debate stage. i think everybody sitting up here, if we disarm ourselves of any partisanship, we want these candidates to tell us why they should be president of the united states