Outsiders try outlast other outsiders . Will the insiders, candidates chalked up as establishment, try to get the inside track among those rivals . Or will everyone single out the man in the middle of the stage and gang up on donald trump . Now, i know what youre thinking as youre watching the lead right now, youre not jake tapper. Thats right. Because he is. I want to get to the man right now who is moderating the cnn debate right here in simi valley. Cnns chief washington correspondent, ankh or of the lead state of the union, shut behind closed doors preparing for this occasion. Jake, first question tomorrow . First, let me apologize to staff and viewers for being so absent. I promise to return thursday, ready for action back to the lead. Weve been involved in intense debate prep questions. Making sure everybody gets a fair amount of questions and we prompt debate. Its not a series of 11 interview questions, or 15 as the case may be if you include undercard debate. That its not a forum where they all can extrapolate and give talking point we want debate about policy, politics, leadership, Different Things they bring, Different Things they have said about each other. We have been very, very hard at work, me and team, who are incredible. Youve asked four questions from everyone on twitter. You have a sense of what most people want to hear . No, because weve actually heard from literally tens of thousands of people and there are questions varied as one from a very passionate woman who feels strongly the candidates should be doing more to make sure that people at Football Games when they get evacuation notice on their cell phones should not believe it and shes against the potential stampeding that could happen. This is a woman who is active on that. Then questions about nato. Questions about abortion. Questions about government shutdowns, jobs. I mean, everything. The skys the limit. Were not going to be able to get through all of the questions but try to have as many as possible on a varied amount of topics. Youve heard from candidates, Chris Christie, benghazi, scott walker, theyre not going to sit around and wait like they did last time. Theyre going to make sure that their voice is heard. But thats not all allowed here, necessarily, is it . Wheres the line . Well, i mean we have questions and we have order. I mean were not this is a debate, we do want people to bring some sort of spontaneity to it. If they want to weigh in on a topic and i havent called on them, you know, well see what happens. But generally speaking, we do have an order. Everybodys going to be called on in every block, thats the hope, in any case. And were going to have as much engagement as possible. Now, i will say that the candidates who want to take the debate and use it as an opportunity to pivot and recite their seven talking points i think will, as they did in the last debate, kind of vanish. The ones who engage in debate and have exchanges with not with me but with their fellow candidates who i will be asking them to address, i think those will be the ones that voters hear because it will be, a, authentic, something that people are listening for, and, b, debate, was also something people want. Jake tapper, youre tough booking here on the lead. Thanks for being with us. I know youre going to kill tomorrow. Thank you for taking care of my baby and wonderful viewers. Appreciate it. Our cup runneth over with anticipation for candidates to stride on to the big stage in simi valley. Seriously, look how cool this debate stage is. In the 48 hours leading up to the debate, donald trump has been doing his best to find bigger stages. Last night trump played to 18,000 people packed inside a dallas arena and drove home this message, that the u. S. Is a dumping ground, he says, for the rest of the world, and their tired and poor that they dont want. Today, all hands are on deck for a speech by trump aboard the uss iowa, a battle ship with actual cannons as opposed to verbal ones by trump. As trump locks and loads for tomorrow night, his lead in the polls might be getting smaller. Reporter the stage is built but the tension still building. The cnn debate just hours away and frontrunner donald trump literally and figuratively in the middle of it all. The polls come out and were really killing it. We are killing it. Reporter tonight a new poll from cbs news and the New York Times shows ben carson closer than ever with jeb bush drifting further and further back. Carson was polling at 6 one month ago. While bush dropped seven points since august. So far, though, nothing and no one has managed to push trump from his perch. Whats donald trump say about the decision . Reporter when the going gets tough, the tough go negative. For the first time an outside group, the conservative club for growth, opened its wallet. Trump, the worst kind of politician. Reporter announcing they will spend more than 1 million on two ads in iowa Bashing Trump for what they call his liberal economic ideas. He has a record, and its very liberal. Hes really just playing us for chumps. Reporter not to be outantitrumped, governor bobby jindal pulling in less than 1 released a new video, too, attacking how trump shaps his Foreign Policy views. In all fairness, you know, what do i know . Reporter trump knows attacks are coming but doesnt sound too concerned. So, the debate. I hear theyre all going after me. Whatever, whatever reporter despite recent dustups with carson and fiorina, not to mention bush, walker, paul, poe ta poe tack i trump is willing to play mr. Nice guy, mr. Nice guyish. Many of these are terrific people but nobodys going to be able to do the job that im going to do nobody. Reporter jeb bush supporters beg to differ. A super pac backing bush is finally unleashing its vast war chest, spending 24 million on ads in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. New charter schools. Reporter to highlight achievements as governor of florida. Proven conservative. Real results. Jeb. Reporter hoping something, if not spending, will make people listen. While republicans prepare for battle here, Hillary Clinton is coping with slippage. A new poll out today shows Bernie Sanders now seven point up on Hillary Clinton in new hampshire. Theres a key caveat here. Among likely primary voters. It includes some independents when you narrow the sample to just democrats, likely to vote in february, clinton holds a slim edge, 4339. Cnn senior Political CorrespondentBrianna Keilar in washington with us. You know, you still dont hear Bernie Sanders name coming from clintons mouth on the campaign trail. But might we be hearing from the super pac supporting her soon . It appears that we have, john. Although it seems inadvertent. Hillary clinton, you really noticed this on the trail, she hasnt thrown an elbow at Bernie Sanders who is challenging her in the polls. She prefers to take on republicans more than democratic opponents but she has a number of super pacs that are supporting her, big super pacs, one of them called correct the record, provided some Opposition Research oppo, as its called in political circles about Bernie Sanders to the Huffington Post and paints sanders as extreme. It links him to the new British Labor leader Jeremy Corbin a socialist, the Huffington Post reports it notes sanders support for a deal with venezuela and hugo chavez to provide heating oil to low income new englanders serve years ago. The pac didnt expect this to become public and link that to them. Theyll try to operate behind the scenes but this did come back to bite them. Hillary clinton not taking saners on directly admits shes a moderate. Understanding which is unsaid, that sanders is not. Now Bernie Sanders fundraising off of all of this saying its what hed expect from the koch brothers, not Hillary Clinton. So, clinton herself seems squarely focused on a potential opponents across the aisle including donald trump. Yeah, thats right. And this may be as she sort of operates in this general election sphere, shes also seeing in the polls shes lost her edge in these hypothetical, headtohead matchups with republicans, not just donald trump but jeb bush and ben carson. And you see her taking on the republican frontrunner, she did it in iowa with a little bit of an impersonation. Here was her shot at that. I have to admit, donald trump is entertaining, i have to tell you. I really do. I really do find it entertaining. You know, i i kind of wuv i had that same sort of mentality like, oh, listen, i dont need to tell you anything, when i get there peace will be breaking out every where, prosperity will be reigning down you, we will have the new age. Donald trump United States a device for Hillary Clinton to really get democratic voters excited and judging by that crowd there in iowa, it does seem to be working. All right. Brianna keilar in washington, thank you so much. With debate day tomorrow for the republicans, right now, its like cramming for a final exam. Millions of people across the country will get to see the final answer. What plan of action will the candidates use to try to get their point across on stage tomorrow night . I will ask one of the men on that stage, gop contender, next. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. Hauled a bunch of steel. Kept the supermarket shelves stocked. Made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. Whats up for the next shift . Ah, nothing much. 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This is the lead, im john berman, filling in for jake tapper getting ready for the debate. Were all here to break down the practice film and discuss what we can expect from the debate tomorrow night. But first, we want to get a preview from someone who will be on that stage in a shade under 26 hours, republican president ial candidate and senator from e. Kentucky, rand paul joins us by phone. I suppose youre a longtime listener, first time caller, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. So in the last debate, you clashed with donald trump. You were the first in a way to speak up. I want to play a small bit of what you said. He buys and sells politicians of all stripes. Hes already hey, look, look, hes already hedging his bet on the clintons, okay. So if he doesnt run as a republican, maybe he supports clinton or maybe he runs as an independent, but id say hes already hedging his bets because hes used to buying politicians. Ive given you plenty of money. So since that happened, since that debate, senator, you have slipped some in the polls. So will you change tactics tomorrow night . I think that was a little easy on him. I think he deserves every bit he gets. I would say i will make sure that everybody in the country knows that hes a fake conservative, and theres nothing conservative about donald trump other than that he wants the trump brand to be out there, i dont think he has a vision for limited government, balanced budget, low taxes, anything of the things that conservatives have fought for for decades. Hes been on the other side of every one of those issues and voters deserve to know that. So just to be clear, the problem wasnt that you went after donald trump, you think the problem was you didnt go after him hard enough . Absolutely. You know, the thing is, not enough people yet know that donald trump is a big believer in using Big Government to take property from private property owners, small private property owners, and give it to big corporations. Often his own big corporations. And there are no conservatives in our party who supported the Supreme Court decision that allowed this, in fact, this is something that has so motivated the conservative base that whole movements have sprung up to defend private property rights. Its really the foundation or the Building Block for capitalism. And the fact that donald trump has used Eminent Domain and the bully force of government it take private property that he supports the practice, is a big fan of the kelo decision, i think americans know that when conservatives know that, theyre going to run away with their hair on firp theyre going to say, goodness, i didnt realize that donald trump was a fake conservative. Hairs not on fire, at least not yet. You have said not yet. With discourse in the campaign, you said the level of discourse in the campaign right now is like junior high. But you know, youve been standing toe to toe with donald trump, you certainly stood toe to toe with Chris Christie. Are you guilty of being a seventh grader here as well . I think talking about the issues is absolutely ledgitimat and talked about donald trump being for obamacare, for president obamas government stimulus but i havent called him ugly. I havent been calling other candidates ugly. And i think his words, particularly with Carly Fiorina, probably is the end. People are going to finally decide, do we really want someone in charge of our Nuclear Arsenal who goes around basically using the insults of a junior high or a sophomore in high school . I think really there is a time where viewers say, thats not the kind of person we want to be practicing the diplomacy of the United States. You absolutely have not called him ugly. I want to move on to policy right now, because i know you would like to talk about a lot of whats going on in the country right now, more than you want to talk about donald trump. You sent an email around to 100,000 pastors to help defund planned parenthood. You cited videos that show officials discussing what sounds like the sale of fetal tissue. Are you willing to shut down government in the middle of a campaign for this issue . I think the opposite question ought to be asked. I think congress has an obligation to control the power of the purse, it is our obligation and our duty to decide how the money is spent. And really weve been looking at this the wrong way, because people get stuck in washington so long, they say it takes 60 votes to defund something, its the opposite of the truth. When the money runs out, it should take 60 votes to Fund Anything and not only planned parenthood but a thousand different items that all have restrictions and have instructions on how the moneys spent. Every regulation that president obama has passed without Congressional Authority should be funded or not funded by congress and affirmatively take 60 votes. If the democrats choose to shut down government over any instructions we give the president , then so be it. But its not republicans or me trying to shut down government. Its me saying that congress should noted abdicate its dutie. We should control the power of the purse. Senator, last question as you head this way for the debate. Any special preparation you do, any stretching exercises to get ready for the debate stage . I typically will stand on my head for two hours, you know, before the debate. I think with all of the blood rushes to your brain, thats a good idea. All right. Thats a joke. Thats a joke. Senator rand paul, glad to have your sense of humor. Thank you, john. Actually i will be out shooting target practice in the morning. Ill be shooting the tax code with friends tomorrow morning and that will be my preparation. All right, senator. Good luck with the training. Good luck with the debate tomorrow night. We look forward to seeing you here. Thank you. All right. Some interview. Rand paul getting ready to go after donald trump, clearly the panel here, champing at the bit to discuss what we just heard. Well hear from them after the break. My name is chris hughes and i am a certified arborist for pg e. I oversee the patrolling of trees near power lines and roots near pipes and underground infrastructure. At pg e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment. Getting the job done safely so we can keep the lights on for everybody. Because i live here i have a deeper connection to the community. And i want to see the Community Grow and thrive. 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I think he gave us a healthy dose of what we can expect. I asked him, he went after donald trump, fell in the polls, will they change tactics, he said, no, im going to 0 go after him harder. I dont think it benefits him. What if hes successful in landing a blow against donald trump . Is rand paul going to be the beneficiary . I think Carly Fiorina would be the beneficiary. I think ben carson would be the beneficiary. I think hed be better served punching within his own weight class which is probably more of the establishment candidates. Talk about establishment versus outsiders. New poll from cbs and New York Times shows donald trump in front, ben carson rising against him. The striking thing to me is where everyone else is, which is nowhere. I mean, the other guys are way, way back. So you see the outsiders, trump and carson, together at 50 . And everyone else just so far down, it just seems when these establishment candidates, when they lose support, theyre not going to the other establishment people, s. C. , theyre going to donald trump, theyre going to ben carson. Yeah. Yeah. I think if youre someone, you know, like marco rubio, marco rubios been keeping his head down. I think hes playing a long game just waiting it out, either someones going to run out of money, deflate. I think when someone like ben carson gets more scrutiny he might not do as well. I guess theyre looking for the ultimate trump gaffe that brings him down. But very aware if you go after trump early and you spend a lot of money early, you might be wasting your capital like rick perry did. I think you either have to really go after him or kind of just wait this out. I want to talk about what i think is really Significant Development in the campaign, was the club for growth, spending 1 million in iowa on two commercials, directly going after donald trump. I want to play a small clip of one of the ads right now. Which president ial candidate supports higher taxes, National Health care, and the wall street bailout. Its donald trump. In many cases i probably identify more as a democrat. Trump wants us to think hes mr. Tell it like it is. But he has a record. And its very liberal. Hes really just playing us for chumps. Trump. Just another politician. So dan pfeiffer, looking at that what it says to me the club for growth, conservative group, essentially saying i cant count on the rest of you republican candidates to deal with this trump thing right now, were taking matters in our own hands. The first ones in the water to encourage the other republican candidates to do it. I dont think its an effective ad. Everybody knows everything to know about donald trump either before the campaign or the present dominance of the media i think youre in order to score effective blow against trump, you have to either introduce new information people dont know, or do it in a way that is not your typical political ad. I dont they think in a world where donald trump and ben carson are dominating the political field, typical political stuff doesnt work like it used to. Carly fiorina, she will be a new addition to the main stage. S. E. , you have spoken to the fiorina people. Whats she planning for tomorrow . A couple of things she wants to accomplish. One, her name ideas still pretty low. We know her very well, weve been following her for years but campaign thinks of this as a great opportunity to really introduce her to a lot of people and think when they hear what they see, theyll like. When they see what theyll hear, theyll like. She also wants to kind of ignore the hype. I think expectations are very almost dangerously high for Carly Fiorina. When you fight to be on the main stage, you better prove that you deserve to be there. Theyre ignoring that. They say she gets the best debate prep, takes questions regularly at Campaign Events from actual voters and she says, she doesnt study up. She feels very prepared. Shes going to be playing a lot of sole tear on her iphone to focus and relax. So i think shes feeling very, very good. All right. Another person dealing with hype right now is jeb bush. I think the bush people and surrogates raised the bar here. They said youre going to see a more energized, different jeb bush. Super pac backing jeb bush. Put up the video we dont have to wait for it. Spending 24 million on an ad in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, in support of jeb bush. Michael smerconish, how much does he need to do here tomorrow night . People right to indicate its all going to be din for jeb . I agree saying marco rubio is probably playing a long ball game, going wait this thing out because surely it cant last. There are a lot of us of that opinion who thus far have been proven wrong. I feel differently about jeb im think the expectations were high for jeb. The poll numbers have been in decline. That latest survey that came out today that shows him now tied with governor huckabee, marco rubio, they need to convince their money donors that they made a wise investmenter or that spigot can begin to be turned off. He cant wait. When you have that big war chest you have to justify it every day. Dan, s. E. , michael smerconish, appreciate it. Do not miss the republican president ial debate tomorrow right here on cnn. Jake tapper is your moderator, coverage 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Well be on air all night. You can hear the debate across the country on the salem radio network. To find it in our area, salemmedia. Com. Todays world lead, what is russia really up to . 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We just need to make sure she has what she needs. Welcome to windows 10. The future starts now for all of us. Welcome back to the lead. Im john berman in simi valley, california, filling in for jake tapper making last minute preparations for the debate. Moscow, flexing its military muscle. New Satellite Photos reveal that russia is increasing its true presence in syria and building what appears to be a Forward Operating base in the western part of that country. All of this, raising concern that russian president putin is doing whatever he can to prop up the assad regime in its desperate attempt to stay in power. Lets get right to Cnns Barbara Starr live at the pentagon. Whats the reaction from the military officials youve been speaking with . Reporter this is a military move by the russians but the pentagon defense secretary ash carter making the decision to really publicly sit this one out. They are deferring to the state department and there are plenty of people there that are very concerned. Russian president putin now openly defiant in sending russian weapons and troops into syria to prop up president bashir al assad. We have provided and will provide all of the necessary military and technical support. We are going to be engaging russia to let them know that you cant continue to double down on a strategy thats doomed to fail tur. Reporter the u. S. Looking for a way to stop a sovietstyle intervention by putin. What we would prefer to see from the russian is a more constructive engagement with 60member Coalition Led by the u. S. Thats focused on degrading and destroying isil. Reporter more than a dozen flights of Large Russian transport planes have flown from southern russia across iran and iraq into syria carrying half a dozen tanks, large artillery pieces and some three dozen armored personnel carriers as well as some equipment for up to 1500 troops. Its all going here to a coastal airfield where commercial satellite imagery has captured airfield construction and improvements. The pentagon believes all of this will become a russian operating base. Secretary of state john kerry talking again today to Russian Foreign minister lavrov, no indication the russians are changing theyir minds. A new, grim assessment from the head of u. S. Military intelligence suggesting both iraq and syria may be gone as countries the world once knew. I could see it, time in the future, syrias fractured into probably two or three parts. Again, not the ideal because that comes with some unknowns. Thats going to be a tough one to put back together long term. Reporter now the pentagon may not able to stay quiet much longer. Tomorrow general lloyd austin, head of central command, guy in charge of running this war scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services committee. Of course, republicanled. All about the progress in the war and about the russian involvement. One u. S. Military official telling me, a short time ago, expect to see fireworks. John . Barbara starr for us at the pentagon. Thank you so much. Joining me now, Cnn National Security commentator mike rogers, former republican chairman of the house intelligent committee. Whats putin doing here . Several things. Theres a warm water port in syria hes long wanted to maintain and his lease is up in ten years. This is his way in keeping that warm water port. Think about this. After the nuclear deal, with iran, heading the quds force, cia special forces, goes to moscow thereafter you see this healthy rampup. This is clearly coordinated with tehran to make sure that assad, who they both support, iran and russia, staying in power, at least for some interim period. So this is a Foreign Policy effort on behalf of vladimir put than certainly isnt in align with u. S. Interests or anyone else ms intere elses interests. Weve seen pilots being more aggressive. Theyve also brought in not in addition to 1500 troops, and heavy armament theyll provide to assads troops and theyll probably provide command and control logistic support, intelligence support. Weve seen an aggressive posture in the new some of the new fighters theyve provided. Mainly because the syrian pilots arent there yet. I think that youd see probably some russian involvement in aircraft strikes in syria, is not impossible. Start our focus whats going on all around us now at the republican library. The cnn debate is tomorrow night. What do you want to hear from the candidates on that stage tomorrow . Well, listen, i think they all have something a little different to prove. You dont want to turn it into a clown show than would be bad for the republican brand, certainly bad for candidates themselves. They have to stand up make some points where they are on things like National Security. You know one of the biggest issues the next commander in chief is going to face is how do you deal with russia thats pushing its boundaries, how do you deal with china pushing its boundaries . Cyberattacks . That next commander in chief is going to have to deal with it. I think americans want to see someone who can encourage allies and push back on oured av adveis in a way that shows strength but not reaction area. Thats an important line to walk. Bill clinton, george w. Bush, barack obama, last three president s came to Office Without any real National Security experience, so to speak. Any of the candidates who will be here tomorrow night do they have experience that you think lends itself well to dealing with the problems around the world right now . I think a host of them do. The Republican Party this year has a strong bench of candidates, some have more experience, more engaged, and have performed better, i think, on the campaign trail about talking about some of the difficulties in dealing with really hard problems. You know, the reaction area lines are, ill do nothing or send in 101st airborne division. The truth of the matter is its always in the middle to try to do that. Theres a bunch of tools in your tool kit to use. These candidates can show they can reassert American Leadership and push back onne adversariead. Theres a lot of candidates that can do that. Mike rogers, appreciate it. Coming up for us next, lets me see, next in the national league, gone in seconds. Struggle for one community after powerful flooding swept through their town. Much more from the reagan president ial library. Vo todays the day. More and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about longacting levemir®. 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Im john berman in for jake tapper, live from simi valley, california. The site of tomorrows cnn debate. Turning now to our national lead. Flames erupting across california after years of drought have turned this state into a tinder box. Some of most devastating damage coming from the valley fire, swallowing nearly 600 homes with 9,000 more threatened. That fire has grown to almost 70,000 acres. Firefighters are gaining ground but slow going. Only 15 of the fire has been contained. We have learned the wildfires claimed the life of a 72yearold woman, officials said she had multiple sclerosis and couldnt make it out of her home in time. To the border between utah and arizona arpz devastation of a different kind. Heavy rains led to flash floods in this Small Community that straddles the border. You can hear screams, residents caught off guard by the fast moving floodwaters that washed away cars with everything inside of them. Right to cnns kyung lah in colorado city. Reporter john, dangerous conditions that this community has seen continuing today. The flash flood warnings still in effect overnight. A desperate search for people who have been washed away during the flash floods. Some 17 people had been washed away, some uncovered, many found not alive. These were women and children who had been suddenly swept away by flash floods. People came out using shovels, trying to dig through the muck. Heavy machinery brought in to try to lift some of the heavy debris that was found down river. Cars were found completely banged up and buried in the dirt. Now what we all are seeing at this particular location, cleanup crews you see the effort here by heavy machines try to clear away some of the muck. This water that youre seeing, that United States a river that existed but a roadway used to be above it and that roadway is now gone. You can see all the muck above it from the flash flood. And then this very, very sad sign. These are community members, family members who are just staring, waiting and hoping for some word. And all of them keeping their eyes on the sky hoping that there will be better news on the weather front soon. John . Kyung lah on the border between utah and arizona. Here at Reagan Library, joined by wolf blitzer who has made it out to california. Youre about to do situation room here. Advisers for ben carson and ted cruz. Dr. Ben carson, hes doing amazingly well right now when you think about where he was only a few months ago, hes number two behind donald trump, especially in the states where these polls show he has really caught on. So were going to get into a strategy, will he be low key in the debate tomorrow night or go after trump . Theres been a bit of an exchange as we all know, well go through some of than ted cruz, hes got issues, hes not gone after donald trump at all. No. They were together at the rally in washington the other day against the iran nuclear deal. They were hugging, it was a joint rally two costars of that production. Well see whats going on. I want to get into some of their strategy, well see how much theyre willing to share. How long is ted cruz willing to be nice to donald trump if theyre going after the same antiestablishment voters . Hes been really nice to him so far. Donald trump has been very, very consistent. He doesnt go after these other republican president ial candidates unless they go after him. They Say Something negative about him, he bounces right back and hits them much, much harder. So i suspect tomorrow night hes going to wait. Hes going to be in the room, you and i were there, hes going to see whats going on. If somebody goes after him, whether its A Marco Rubio or somebody, i dont think it will be necessarily marco rubio, but if its someone who goes after him, hell bounce right back. I bet well see pouncing. Coming up for us, not just candidates it is their fans. 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I hear theyre all going after me. Whatever. Whatever welcome back to the lead. Im john berman, in for jake tapper live at Reagan Library in simi valley, california. Almost to the 24hour mark until cnns debate gets under way right here. Maybe some of you havent decided which candidate you will be backing. Others, well, they back their candidate like i back one direction. Reporter what candidate doesnt love a serving of rhythmic chanting . Hillary. Hillary. Reporter but the sweetest sight on a Candidates Campaign trail i am wearing trump. I have my trump purse. Reporter a voter wearing her support on her sleeve. Or wherever. You cannot show up at a donald trump rally and not make a statement. Reporter super supporters spreading the word as best they can. I guess im kind of a standard poster girl for Bernie Sanders. Reporter this poster maker says Bernie Sanders is her patronis. A positive force, wisdom, it works like a shield. Reporter who need a shell when you campaign cardboard, oversized, life size, always agreeable and easy to pose with. Hes going to fix everything. I swear. Reporter enthusiasm isnt just for adults. This tiny trump fan was infatuated before the fifth grade. The feeling of meeting your idol, you cant just replace it. You cant you cant go around it. Politician moment. Reporter kissing . Its not just for babies anymore. As Chris Christie learned, affectionately, very affectionately. If youre not into smooching stick with stickers like this supporter. At least she will be able to change her mind. Unlike this guy who claim on twitter to have won a jeb bush neck tattoo in an online bet. Exclamation point needed. So tomorrows republican president ial debate begins here on cnn at 6 00 p. M. That is all for the lead. I turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now battle lines, as the gop candidates get ready for their next cnn debate. Only 25 hours from now, donald trump is about to board a battle ship. Hell fire some salvos on National Security and Foreign Policy. But will he expose his weak spot and open himself up to counterattacks . Carsons surge, the former Surgeon General dr. Ben carson quietly catching up to the billionaire. The latest National Poll shows them just four points apart. But that really means theyre neck and neck. And bush and blitz, like all of the rest of the mainstream