Wednesday. Until the end. 8 1 2 pounds, youre ready. Thats a good, healthy weight. Anyway, we wish becky the best. Well be talking to becky im sure a lot. Hopefully well see becky, but probably not for a little while. A little boy and a girl. Its totally rounded out. In the meantime, we have so much to talk about. Well start with u. S. Equity futures and well get to the debates in just a second. Take a look at this, the dow jones up 77 points after last nights performance. The nasdaq up 21 points and the s p 500 up ten points higher. The asian markets in hong kong and japan are close d for the holiday. Youre looking at the european equities right now. As we flip the board around, were seeing everything up pretty much across the board. Finally, well take a quick look at crude, wti right now this morning. Youre looking at 49. 60. Yeah. So down about a half percent. It was down on friday. Pierced 50 for the First Time Since june last week. Well watch the saudis comments on that. Well get to the debate in india minute, but first well go to the halting in production of the Samsung Galaxy note 7. The replacements caught fire, not just the original models. Smoke from one device forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines flight last week. All 75 people on board had to be evacuated. Since then, at t and tmobile stopped exchanging the phones were replacements. In a statement they say, quote, they are adjust iing shipments ensure quality. Samsung shares are down 1. 5 as the company is in the middle of the activist target. Well see how this situation plays out. Meanwhile, stop lee fisher is arguing u. S. Job gains remain solid and growth should pick up in the second half of the year. He made the comments to the socalled group of 30 during the annual imf and World Bank Meetings that took place over the weekend. Fischer says the decision not to raise rates last month was in his words a close call and done mostly to allow further progress on jobs. We do have a busy economic calendar. The bond market closed for columbus day. On wednesday we get the meetings from last months fed meeting. September look for jobless claims. Friday, september sales, ppi and consumer sentiment. Earnings season is just about to get underway as well. Several big names reporting this week. Alcoa starts us off tomorrow. Csx posts numbers on wednesday. And then the three big banks will hit on friday. Citigroup, jpmorgan and wells fargo. Joe . It was close. We may do it next time. I just want to let you know that. It was very close last time. Were going to do it. We are. Were going to do it. It wasnt close at all last time. Call me in december. Are you at 55 . Well see what the minutes look like. See, i think its going to be a good jobs number, as ive said. Oh, you werent here on friday. 150. I was here on friday. Oh, you were here. Oh, no, no, you werent here. I was here. Hitting you remote is not the same as feeling trust me, through the ifb, i can feel he was getting the pulse of the economy in columbus on the ground. We have an election to talk about and then well talk about this. Well talk about the election. Todays top story, it was bitter from the start, candidates skipping im glad we got to see the action there, you know, that was a fact thinker right there with the director. The candidates speaking the traditional handshake. John harwood was there for a firstland hand look. He is joining us with more. Reporter good morning, joe. That debate followed a rough week for donald trump after the release of the tape from 2005 with billy bush on access hollywood. Over the weekend many republicans moved away from donald trump. Donald trumps reaction last night was to, as Hillary Clintons was, to appeal to the base of his party. She appealed to the base of hers. And he was trying unite republicans by going very hard after Hillary Clinton and bill clinton, her husband. So lets take a look at what happened when they talked, for example, about the tape. Hillary clinton talked about what it said about donald trump. And donald trump pivoted to the clintons. What we all saw and heard on friday was donald talking about women. What he thinks about women, what he does to women, and he has said that the video doesnt represent who he is. But i think its clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is. If you look at bill clinton, far worse, mine are words, and his was action. His was what hes done to women, theres never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation thats been so abusive to women. Reporter now, the same thing happened in a different version on economic policy. Donald trump accused the familiar republican argument that even though Hillary Clinton says shes only raising taxes on wealthy people, that really means shes going after the middle class. And, of course, she reiterated she was going after the people at the top. Take a listen. Were cutting taxes for the middle class, and i will tell you, we are cutting out big league for the middle class. And i will tell you, Hillary Clinton is raising your taxes, folks. Look at me, shes raising your taxes really high. And what thats going to do is a disaster for the country. People like donald who pay zero in taxes, zero for our vets, zero for our military, zero for health and education, that is wrong. And were going to make sure that nobody, no corporation and no individual, can get away without paying his fair share to support our country. Reporter now, what donald trump was doing in the debate was trying to stem further republican defections by uniting them around their negative views of Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton was appealing to a much more diverse electorate. His supporters are overwhelmingly white, dominated by nonCollege Educated older voters, especially rural area voters, small town and rural areas. She appeals to a more urban and diverse audience, blacks, hispanics, women, especially single women. The problem for donald trump is that her base is a lot bigger than his base. Shes leading the race. Our new survey monkey poll has her up by five points over donald trump. And it doesnt really reflect the impact of this weekend. Her arguments were also stronger on the merritts, which is what is going to make it difficult for him to expand his base by getting more of those collegeeducated voters. But he, as one republican pollster told me last night, his best goal last night was to stop the bleeding and maybe he did that. More on last nights president ial debate, well bring in the former congresswoman from new york and former new york cochair of Carly Fiorinas campaign and former u. S. Congressman harold ford. I was watching you and listening, i dont know what you were thinking, so i wont try to glean that, but what were you thinking . You were shaking your head. I was listening to john talking about the segment of the electorate to whom donald trump was addressing his rematches. And he was quite careful and rightly so to include every part of the american electorate, particularly members of urban and minority communities who have been absolutely left behind by the kind of policies that Hillary Clinton continues to aspouse. And when donald trump said last night, i think one of his best points was that when she says these things, its just words. When she sounds conciliatory, when she sounds as though shes the stateswoman, whats behind those words, in fact, unfortunately are the wrong policies for this country. Policies that will continue to set everyone behind. And john is assuming its not working with people that you he may try, but its ringing hallow. That is johns view. I dont know that it would have rung hollow. You listened last nightin the way they addressed the audience in the nation. Hillary clinton sounded very rehearsed and practiced, overly so. When she said she was found out through wikileaks, she said, theres what you say in public and what you say in private. Wink, wink. She attributes it to Abraham Lincoln . Honest abe. That is just that is a remarkable rehearsed line very ingenuine. If trump would have seemed too old if he said i knew abe lincoln, he was a friend of mine. That would have been the lloyd benson, but that would have dated him too much, i think, to say that. But when i spoke to you earlier, you said you thought trump did pretty well. I think he studied or steadied the ship. He said he would indict her, put a special prosecutor if he was elected president , i think in a lot of ways that reminds you of the donald trump you dont want. I thought both of them did what they needed to do again. I dont know that any needle was moved in a significant way. I thought mrs. Clinton did a great job of articulating a vision, what she needed to do. And donald trump tried his hardest to move away from the controversy that swirled around his campaign. I think a lot of mainstream republicans look at the debate last night and say, well, he didnt go off the tracks. But in a lot of ways hes capable of doing it again in the next 30 days and pulled many of them back into the fold saying its okay to stand with him because im not as outside the political mainstream as you might think. But we have all seen him over the last year. Hes entirely capable of blowing up again. He pulls you back in and then there are great movies that say, every time i think im out they pull me back in. But i think the Republican Senate candidates who are on the fence are going to have to make a decision this morning. Do you unendorse him and run your own campaign to try to hold on to the senate seat . Or do you stick with him between now and election day and run the risk of him again alienating, angering and dividing the country in ways that disadvantage you . I certainly dont want to be in that position. I think the democrats find themselves in a much stronger position in the senate races across the country. And i think secretary clinton finds herself in a stronger position as well. Interestingly, the moment that went the most viral is when he acknowledged that he and mike pence had not come to an agreement about syria policy. At least he outright said he disagreed with him. He said we have not talk in a while. Right. But it comes at a time that theres a divide widening between a candidate and his running mate. And Carly Fiorina came out over the weekend endorsing mike pence for president and others are doing the same thing. Is that a viable strategy for republicans . I think a viable strategy for us is to take heed to the policy premesis that donald trump did articulate last night. And i think one of the strengths, harold points out, rightly so, that donald trump is not inside the mainstream of professional politicians. What are you going to do . Im going to vote for the republican ticket. Im going to vote for donald trump so long as he continues to represent the kind of policies that every american desperately needs. Its not about republican or democrat with me. He has not assaulted women. Nor does it include without a hint of ironny. I thought that was the most disgusting i cant even salvaging women is not what donald trump did but Hillary Clintons husband did. To present herself for an advocate for women is offending to me as ament with. Im voting for the economic policies, tax reform, tax relief and regulatory reform. No hint of ironny there. So how about when they go low, the clintons go high. Which over the past 30 years, i the we all know thats the way the clinton machine theres no hint of irony there either . The clinton machine goes high. I have told you that tees people have some bashed in the other side of it to me is so andrew, lets assume, you and i can agree, we both have things that trouble us about each others candidate, dare we say. He did a great job last night of moving off the issue in many ways. I have things that trump brought up about Hillary Clinton. Lets get beyond that and talk about the policies that make sense. Anybody thinking about the economy, anybody thinking about people who desperately need work and who need an education. Hillary clinton is not representing the best interests of those among us who most need that. Heres a man who filed bankruptcy multiple times, wont release tax returns to the country, put that aside, we can deal with the economy. But the question i have is, do you trust him with the Nuclear Codes . Do you trust the man who tweets at 3 00 to 4 00 who can be tempted, who can be antagonized, do you trust that kind of person, that temperament in the white house to deal with those issues on the every day basis . Harold, he needs to have the steady thank you represent. I agree that he needs to, but seriously, he very seriously needs to continue to demonstrate that he can be in control. I have no fears about the Nuclear Codes. But i do fear a smooth talking practiced politician who among her many questionable actions has secretary of state also allowed 20 of this nations uranium supply to fall into the hands of russia. Our enemies. Why do we not talk about that . Hillary clinton as secretary of state, as part of the russian reset, as we all know, allowed dealings with uranium, now 20 of our uranium is in russian ownership. She allowed members of the c consortium outside of moscow have access to outside information. They said obviously she knew that what the c meant. And its on the top of all the classified he at that point said, you know what . After the interview, were really not convinced she did know that. And the level of understanding of Just State Department classification, after two or three or four years as secretary of state, as the person in charge of classifying things, maybe it wasnt a malicious intent to put the security of the country at risk, but she was clueless. Seriously. Either shes but she can have the codes . The temperament, in all fairness, you talk about fitness in temperament. I think we can all agree around this table this is not a paragon in terms of mr. Trump at the kind of temperament to go with the president. This is where i have the greatest concern about a trump presidency. And i think those around this table probably share that. But thats part of the appeal to his base, the polished slick sort of saying the right things. Slick being intelligent. Slick being fair minded. Slick being honest. But Hillary Clinton is not an honest person. Come on, this is a movie that Steven Spielberg did. I beg to differ. When he said he wanted to appoint a special prosecutor, did that make you applaud . Or do you say to yourself, this is a problem. Thats hyperbolic. I would discourage that. Is the wall hyperbolic . The wall is something that millions of americans endorse as a security measure, as did Hillary Clinton. We have all seen the tape of Hillary Clinton endorsing the exact same thing. We need to have a structure. We do need to have a structure. When he couldnt distance himself from david duke because he said he didnt know enough about the kkk, i dont put that on you, but how did you interpret that . Because were talking about hillary, mrs. Clinton making comments about public and private positions. The kkk ive seen no indication whatsoever, and i have talked with africanamerican president s, theres no indication that donald trump harbors any sentiments of racism. He has hired an advanced and extolled africanamerican colleagues. One of his spokespeople is africanamerican. Why doesnt he condemn them . Condemn the supporters constantly at rallies screaming racist things . Hillary clinton has condemned roughly half the American People as deplorable and irredeemable. That to me is not the kind of attitude but she apologized for that. She apologized for that and mr. Trump has not apologized. I hear you and know it is painful and dont put you in the group, but these are facts that a lot of americans will find it hard to get around. He had a pretty decent night last night, did as well as he could, but there many questions that remain and we have 29 days to litigate. He has been reaching out, and rightly so, and in all sincerity, to communities that historically have not necessarily been associated in recent deck wades with the Republican Party. And hes doing it for real. Because the policies that have been in place that Hillary Clinton still espouses, donald trump wants educational choice for families in disadvantaged communities. He wants them to have the choice, the option to charter schools, to get a better education. Hillary clinton supports none of that. If we dont get tax relief in this country, we are not going to have the kind of Small Business growth that folks who want to start those kind of businesses need to have. Clearly, so many of these issues are lightning rounds. Next time tell us how you really feel, okay . Im just trying to be calm about it. I hear you. Again, if i had to defend your position, i would be doing the same thing that youre doing this morning. Gerald ford, thank you so much. Residents from florida to North Carolina are cleaning up this morning after Hurricane Matthew ripped through the region. The latest after the break. The death toll from Hurricane Matthew in the United States rising to 19. And floodwaters in North Carolina are expected to remain at Dangerous Levels for days. The weather channels jim cantore has the latest. Reporter as matthew pulled away yesterday, the sun came out for many. Unfortunately, the water was still coming up. Here along the tribuy tetaries, see this river crest at 24 feet. Its going to stay above the old record through at least saturday. Unfortunately, this is where i95 sits. And that means water will be sitting on top of interstate 95. Yesterday when we arrived on scene, two hotels here behind me under water being rescued by the lumberton rescue crews. They got 108 people out of here. No harm, no foul, thats the good news. But the problem is a lot of those people that were in these hotels actually left the coastline. And they have no idea what theyre going to be hea