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With the accusations of all these women who have come forward. he just said flat out theyre false even though they have been disproven, that they have been -- and thats really not true, they havent been disproven, and thats sort of -- this has been his achilles heel the entire election. every time he gets on message, every time he begins to do fairly well as he did in the beginning of this debate, he was on message, he was calm, he had gravitas, he stuck to his talking points about immigration, ...

I think donald trump will address this a little bit tonight. but let me just point to something -- >> hes already say thing is large-scale voter fraud. >> there is voter fraud. heres what is different about tonight and how he wins. he goes down a different path. he spends 10, 15 minutes prosecuting possibly the past and everything we talked about. more importantly, he talks about his policies for the future. most americans today, theyre tired of all this. they want to know the policy points. whe...

Continue to make policy points, can she stay above the fray? >> david birdsal, thanks. remember, watch the debate wednesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. up next, are you waiting for election day? well, in a lot of states its already here. well talk about that next. its easy to love your laxative...

Television. so mastering the means of communication of your era is critical to political success in a democracy like this. george h.w. bush, for all his many, many virtues, simply was not in his -- by 1992. and so i think the town hall for trump is going to be a very interesting question. he tends, like most salesmen, to try to take on the coloration of the audience to which hes speaking, as jim just said. will he attempt to win that person over, that questioner over and that leads him, as weve ...

Wanted to know how he could get jobs back, how he would win the hispanic vote. he didnt get into the nit nitty-gritty on his policy points. thats what makes these new hampshire-style town halls an important thing for candidates to do. its what makes them better candidates because voters can press them about any issues on the top of their mind and ask them to go into further detail about the policy issues they really care about and tonight from donald trump, we saw a lot of the 10,000 foot view h...

Was more presidential tonight than tim kaine, right? >> right. >> reporter: how so? >> i feel like he had more of a measured responses. he wasnt the sort of like forcing -- forcing his way into the conversation. i feel like he had a lat more respect for the process and he seemed more measured and a lot more thoughtful than tim kaine. while i think tim kaine probably did -- i like that he laid stuff out, i just think pence came across as more relaxed and more honest. >> reporter: how about you? >...

Other point since the september 11th attack. just 18% saying the u.s. and its allies are winning. the "on the record" political panel is back. all right. so what do you think about this? these new numbers, this is a huge problem. >> yeah. i mean, this is an issue for the democrats, right? when you have obama in the white house and the majority of the country is not satisfied with the way that terrorism is being handled, but i want to point out one other number in that poll. americans are still s...

Adviser? >> i think trump is his own adviser. he has a few people around him. we can ask him when least here. theres michael who hes dealt with on a lot of issues. he has his campaign manager. i think hes starting to get more trust with. i think ultimately, donald trump is donald trumps own adviser. he watches the shows, reads the papers and picks up on things and decides where he wants to go. hes also good at reading a crowd and practices some of his attack lines and policy points on the trail ...

About that on set. even gifted athletes have to practice their craft, and they practice it because they prove to the coaches that when a big game hits, theyre going to be able to perform. the same can apply to gifted leaders as well. they have to practice their craft and move people and show evidence that when the big game comes, theyre going to be able to perform in that position. and the critics of marco rubio say, listen, he may stand for some good policy points, but he hasnt passed legislati...

Promise you i will do such a good job. >> so scotty, you are supportive of donald trump. what do you think he needs to do on the stage tonight? >> let me say this. i dont think he was necessarily begging just like i dont think hes going to go after dr. carson tonight. this is the debate that was made for what he is successful at, business. but when you look at these polls and mr. trump realizes this poll is just looking at gop candidates. what its not counting are those independents. even those ...