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Hillary clinton, do you think it did alter her performance having those pre-debate and putting those folks in the crowd. >> trump has threadenthreatenede issues of bill clinton and he did raise that issue. i dont think it helps. first of all, trump made a mistake by -- she won handedly for the u.s. senate race in new york. you know trump should learn something about history before he engages in these kinds of stuff. >> the optics were different. this was a town hall and they were expected to hav...

Weve seen other incidents around texas. just this morning, i had to issue a news release calling on the fbi to investigate hate vandalism at a mosque in louisville, kentucky. so these things are occurring on a daily basis, and thats why were asking our nations leaders to push back against this rising tide of islamophobia. >> it came up in the pre-debate -- i dont know what they call it -- the debate last night, not the main stage, but the earlier debate. let me play an exchange with bobby jindal...

>> correct. >> for a lot of folks in the republican party and perhaps america thats something to reckon with. i want to get to carly fiorina, as well. it is not only trump here although hes making his mark. she is moving up in the polls. shes done that as many pointed out despite being held off the man club, the old boys debate and yet somehow punching through anyway and cuts against convention aal wisdom. >> theres one thing it does play into conventional wisdom. she had a great debate performa...

Unsurprisingly to improvement among women. he and president obama are now tied in that key voting group. erasing the presidents once considerable lead. and that -- i mean a couple weeks ago, a couple months ago, mid-september, he was up by 18 points. the president, that gap gone. thats huge for the romney campaign. >> several pundits after the 47% comment said game over. he is toast. and you just see, what a matter of couple weeks can do. election is actually four weeks from today. but he improv...

Politics says president obama blinked at a rate of 70.8 times per minute last week. much more than mitt romney. its a measure of stress, but does it definitely say which candidate will win in november? on "meet the press," nbc political director chuck todd said that president obama may have a problem because hispanic voters are not as enthuse see as 12ik as they were in 2008. >> even though hes going to get more hispanics if less of them turn out, its a net zero and yet you look at republican en...