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Race. now, lets just hope it doesnt happen, again. >> lets inject some levity into this exchange and last night there is the al smith dinner and traditionally both candidates go and they use self-deprecating jokes and they say something nice about their opponent. it didnt happen last night. lets listen to hillary clinton hitting donald trump about putin. >> you notice there is no teleprompter here tonight which is probably smart because maybe you saw donald dismantle his prompter the other day. ...

Trump and his stinging adds. if this would have been one joke positioned among many it would have been more appropriate but i think when you look overall at what we saw. it is a little -- this is a dinner that is supposed to happen at a point in this election -- this hard-fought election. its supposed to be a little bit of levity. everyone gets dressed up. they are sort of funny jokes, they are self deputy ri kagt. this is so symbolic of 2016. its like this giant wet blanket of an election that ...

Shouldnt be disqualifying at a certain point. i wonder if were making a lot out of this. its a weird night, though. right we have 18 days left. last night was the last break. there is nothing left now between now and election day to inject moments of levity here. this is going to be all-out sprint until november 8th. >> when it works, it works well. if you go back and read a lot of the transcripts online and you read what john mccain said in 2000, or 2008. you read what mitt romney said just fou...

As a family man and loving father. and those are two titles that will always matter more than any political ones. >> our 44th president has many gifts and a beautiful family that would make any man prow. >> reporter: erin it is almost hard to imagine donald trump and hillary clinton speaking in that kind of tone about one another tonight especially about last nights contentious debate. they didnt even shake hands and of course there is that one explosive moment where donald trump referred to hil...

People felt like she so successfully debated in the first debate. the second was more rope a dope strategy that some people said shes rattled by craziness ahead of time. at some level, her best bet is to just not make news. >> thats what shes been doing for the last seven days. hants been out there and been preparing for the debate arguably. shell be more prepared than he is for sure. there was that levity to the first debate. the shimmy and she was like okay, donald. let me talk now. hopefully ...

Billion. >> this gets to clinton on wednesday and at the dinner. which is the degree a lot of people felt like s so successfully debated in the first debate. the second was more rope a dope strategy that some people said shes rattled by craziness ahead of time. at some level, her best bet is to just not make news. >> thats what shes been doing for the last seven days. hants been out there and been preparing for the debate arguably. shell be more prepared than he is for sure. there was that levit...

>> you dont know why thats funny. did you have any in-person briefings. i dont find that funny at all. >> a little note of levity at 7:15. >> after months of fielding questions about her e-mails, clinton got an unexpected boost from bernie sanders at the cnn debate. >> the american people are sick and tired of hear being your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me, too, me, too. >> reporter: that may have hurt sanders campaign but good for "saturday night live." the black lives matter was shaping the na...

When mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. >> theyre bringing drugs. theyre bringing crime. their rapists. and some i assume are good people. >> let me ask you flat out whether you stand by the claim that you as a young man, as a 14-year-old boy, attempted to stab another boy and attacked your mother with a hammer. >> dliemz are absolutely true. >> who else was at your home? were you alone? >> i was alone, yes. >> the whole night? >> well, yes. the whole night. >> i dont know w...

>> im sorry, a little note of levity at 7:15. >> after questions about her e-mails, clinton got an unassist from her opponent bern boerne at the debate. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your dam e-mails. >> thank you. me too, me too. >> that moment may have hurt sanders campaign, it was great material for the "snl." >> the american people are sick and tired about hearing about your e-mails. >> reporter: a campaign story line shaping the national conversation and shuttin...

>> i dont know why thats funny? did you have any in-american briefings. i dont find it funny at all. >> im sorry, a little note of levity at 7:15. >> and after months of fielding questions about her e-mails, clinton got an unassisted assist from her opponent, bernie sanders, at the democrat debate. >> the thing is, the american p and tired of hearing about it. >> that moment may have hurt sanders campaign but it was great material for saturday night live. >> the american people are sick and tire...