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Disputing the veracity of the e-mails that much, and yet, it was stolen allegedly illegally by the russians in order to rough up perceptions of one of the candidates. >> yes, exactly. and i am taking the intelligence leaders in our country like james clacker seriously. if they say that they have proof that the russians were behind the hacking of the democratic national committee, i think thats then a fact. so then, we have to look, you know, is this, as you say, is this a completely new thing? h...

Campaign and also how the foundation operated and so far we have not seen this kind of dramatic bombshell that wikileaks and others have promised. i do think were seeing a lot of fascinating insights into how she managed her campaign, approached this race. i mean, really interesting nuances when you get behind the scenes and try to have a better understanding of the political calculations theyve been making. but if anything, these revelations have reinforced perceptions of the way she approached...

Over this over the next 48 hours, we will see what the rank and file voters think about it. so, john, what youre saying is they both may have turned in their best debate performance but there wasnt anything that would change the fundamental dynamics of this race. >> these debates are about moments, thats what they always are about, they are about the couple moments that get remembered. the two things most people will remember from this debate one of them is the thing we have been discussing that...

They may win or may not win. theyre going to be ahead of him. is all of that rigged or is that undermined? i looked at that comment as really the explanation point of the story on all of the debates. going into the debates the central question was to go back to what david said. could donald trump reverse the perception. 60% of the country going into the debate said he was not qualified to be president and didnt have the judgement to be the president. that was the central hurdle he faced. that wa...

Four-point spread. that was while that gave democrats some senate seats, it kept the house in republican hands. so anything he can do to make this more competitive saves the house. i just think its ironic, of all people tonight, nobodys job is more on the line than paul ryans. and his future rests in donald trumps hands. how uncomfortable is that? >> it could also be reduced to saying that both of them need to look presidential tonight. the stakes are just higher, i guess, for donald trump. >> y...

There also was a personnel issue brought up by the fbi, not by the state department. you have the state department pushing back on this. the fbi saying, look, in the end, nothing was downgraded. no classification was changed on this e-mail. but it still fields ineeds into this criticism from republicans who question fbi director comey deciding not to charge clinton. he did say she was reckless in her e-mail practices but ultimately decided not to charge clinton. the question, is this going to ma...

Another split with prominent republicans notably house speaker paul ryan. >> i dont want to be knocking paul ryan. i think he could be more supportive to the republican nominee. were doing well. i think were going to win the election. >> does he want you to win? >> maybe not. maybe he wants to run in four years. >> the arizona republican with josh barro of insider. there are still wavering republicans or perhaps some wavering independents. but what can donald trump say or do tomorrow night that ...

And that wasnt hype. not just in polls, but in perceptions. this is his last chance to show i know how to do this job. thats the bar for him. i think its harder in a town hall. people think it is going to be easier because it is real people. i dont know where this confidence comes from. he has this magic touch with real people. do you believe the stakes are this high. >> people are already voting. it will start in more states very shortly. the second is the concerns that people have about donald...

You got 5.8, i got 6.3. >> but let me say, it seems to me that that argument should have been made by some of the people in the main debate when they were on the main debate, right? because it cuts both ways. >> it has been. and ive been making it since the beginning. its been less important, obviously, when youre in the main debate. you know, the perceptions are very important. is it fair to the voters who support me to say, oh, well, hes a second tier candidate with three weeks to go. we dont ...

Were talking about differentiating people on, oh, you got 5.8, i got 6.3. >> but let me say, it seems to me that that argument should have been made by some of the people in the main debate when they were on the main debate, right? because it cuts both ways. >> it has been. and ive been making it since the beginning. its been less important, obviously, when youre in the main debate. you know, the perceptions are very important. is it fair to the voters who support me to say, oh, well, hes a seco...