Often times does defy expectations. Lets begin with sara murray, she is here as well in vegas standing outside the debate hall. Listen, its so cliche, stakes couldnt be higher, everything you can throw in but its true, especially when it comes to mr. Trump. Well, thats right, brooke, when you look at how devastating our electoral map is for donald trump right now you have to look at this debate as the biggest most highprofile opportunity donald trump has to really turn those numbers around so he has to walk off that debate stage feeling like he delivered a performance thats not only going to excite his base but that will have picked up new voters for him and thats why when you talk to his allies in these battleground states, they want to see him move past these allegations of sexual misconduct, not take the bait every time Hillary Clinton tries to needle him and focus on his message that hes the change agent. That Hillary Clinton is a politician of the past, that she wont change anything, that she would go in and drain the swamp is what hes been calling it, turn over washington and put a new face on government, but the thing that gives so many people pause is they dont know if he can resist taking the bait. If he can keep it together and stay on message and, frankly, brooke, they dont know if he wants to. If he continues to take the bait on every issue, select the kind of moment that doesnt turn things around although its hard to imagine the polls could look worse than they do at this point. I know a lot of his supporters like seeing the fight in him. But policy should be center stage. Sara murray, thank you. Weve just heard now from ivanka trump today. Shes talking about her fathers campaign. This is ivanka trumps reaction when this interview began with a question about her fathers comments, the vulgar comments on the bus from private. You called your fathers comments on the access Hollywood Tape clearly offensive and inappropriate and said you were glad he had acknowledged that and apologized but im sure you understand that many people were not just offended by the language, they were offended by the actions he was describing. Were you . Way to warm up. [ laughter ] thank you, nancy. Its lovely to be here in california. [ laughter ] well, i think my remarks were clear on this front, i did find it to be offensive. He acknowledged it was as well. This tape was over a decade old, im sure he didnt remember this conversation but was very embarrassed by it. He expressed that not only to me personally but the American People and appreciate he did that. I think it was very, very important for him to have done so. Did he what did he say to you father to daughter about that . Well, he recognizes it was crude language. He was embarrassed he had said those things and he apologized. Thats not language consistent with any conversation ive ever had with him. Also Something Else we heard from ivanka, she said she believes her father l accept the outcome of the election no matter what. Lets talk about this and more with molly ball who is here with us, Political Writer for the atlantic, senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources brian stelter, Mary Catherine ham and dana bash. So nice to see all of you. Jumping off of ivankas comments. She reiterated no matter what my dad will accept the outcome of the election but memo to ivanka trump, her father has been saying the whole thing is rigged, why spread voter fraud. Its hard to say, the think the voices of reason in that camp has been ivanka and kellyanne. They seem to be people with quite a bit of influence from what we can tell from raiding this campaign which is an an enigma. A lot of the talk is boosting of the base and i would hope would be done with on election day if he loses. I think its even more than them as the voices of reason. They are trying to influence him through the media. Publish wish casting. Publish wish casting. Thats exactly right. How do you mean . Its not the first time people around donald trump are kind of at thewits end trying convince him to do or not do something and they dont find success in the normal channel which is telling him face or face or on the phone so they try to do it through the media to make it so. Thats so fascinating and hard to wrap your mind around. Not only is it low level staffers, this is his Campaign Manager and daughter that clearly seem to be be wanting to do this. Because the concept of a rigged election is so controversial, it is making so many republicans uncomfortable for so many reasons that weve bullpen talking about over the past few days. It seems like theyre trying to telegraph through us, please, dad, please, mr. Trump, dont do this tonight. With all of that and trying to understand whats going on with the Trump Campaign, listen, we had to hop on planes to get out to vegas so last night, what does a good journalist do when they spot the ceo of the Trump Campaign sitting in front of her . You walk out of the sixhour flight and you say hello, mr. Steve bannon, im brooke baldwin, nice to meet you and you pepper him with questions and he politely walked along with me and brian was on the flight as well and you joined in some time later and id be curious your thoughts. I first said to him the news had come out that president obamas half brother who supports trump would be there as a trump invitee. And he said to me. Oh, broo he said oh, into thats just an appetizer. And i said what do you mean . Do you mean more women . And he said we wont have juanita broaddrick. I said of that same ilk . He said yes. I asked him why would you want to do this . He said to expose the sordid past of bill and Hillary Clinton and the final note i took away i said what if donald trump loses . Theres been talk he wouldnt concede. Right. This is when you jumped in and he said brooke, have you been to the rallies . Have you seen the crowds mr. Trump draws . He said his answer on november 9 was lock her up. He was repeating what the crowd behind us is saying. If Kellyanne Conway is on one side, steve bannon is on the other side. Steve bannon would seem to be encouraging this talk of a rigged election. He said at one point during the conversation he really trump really, really thinks hes going to win. This is by no means a lost cause for donald trump even though hes eight or nine points down nationally so my sense from our conversation with bannon was that he is going to through the kitchen sink at clinton with whatever hes got. What strikes me about that is its not just politically ineffective because i think these types of attacks about things that happened decades ago dont resonate with voters but its so clumsy. Saying in advance that youre going to do this, do they really think Hillary Clinton will be somehow taken aback and off her game . What about Republican Voters who may be holding their noses over mr. Trump and nothing unifies republicans like attacking the clintons, whether it was yesterday or 15 years ago, maybe that, perhaps i dont know, i think theres an opportunity cost here where youre putting so much energy and attention on these stunts that havent worked in the past. I dont think those attacks are totally invalid, just not effective. What could be effective is knowing the facts of the latebreaking scandals with the fbi quid pro quo, with the wikileaks, bringing those to bear on her in a real way on the stage live because shes prepared well for the other stuff in the past, shes only had this short time to prepare and he could go after her effectively. Do i think hes ready to do that . Im not sure. Thats what weve seen. Along the lines of the conversation we were having earlier about how impossible it seems to be to influence donald trump, he hasnt shown the type of discipline to prepare for the debates so these attacks are a substitute by that for the campaign. But i want to add and maybe for viewers who might be going why are they making such a big deal out of talking to steve bannon, the ceo of the campaign, on the plane . And the reason is because he has not done any interviews. He reminded me of that. Casual conversation en route to baggage claim. He prides himself as living in the breitbart they dont call themselves this is but the breitbart altright media world where they like to be behind the curtain and rage against the establishment. Right now hes using donald trump and his support for donald trump as a vehicle for that so the fact that you were able to talk to him, thats why this is appreciate him answering questions. He spends his time at the offices of the national enquirer, he spends his time with trump giving advice. What was striking to me was his comment about the rallies. Look at the rallies. Look at the anger. Trump is not starting thing aer, trump is just taking advantage of it. By the way, on that note, what do you think happens to the anger once somebody gets elected president . I mean, listen to this crowd. People are angry and thats where i think it is somewhat disingenuous to say its just out there and trump has nothing to do with it. As the leader of this movement exactly. And he has called himself the leader of a movement, its up to him to decide, do i tell these people that its okay, whatever happens in the election . Or do i continue to stir this up and to inflame it . Thats really his role, he is a leader of this movement. I have covered john mccains campaign, he lost, he did that. He conceded. Its time for everybody to focus on the presidency. Al gore to who to this day believes he won the election and it was stolen from him, he did that and so it is the fundamental backbone of how this country works. Its a peaceful transition from one president to another and the fact that steve bannon, his answer to what happens on november 9 lock her up is very alarming to a lot of people. Well, the pressure is on Chris Wallace. Chris wallace has to bring this up. He has to challenge trump on the rigged elections. I think he needs to speak on behalf of america and our system of democracy and hold trump accountable. But also challenge Hillary Clinton on everything to your point earlier. But theres a flip side on having rallies and citing the anger at the rallies, which is real, and treating it as a real thing and also relying on that as your campaign strategy. Thats the road to losing and thats what they cite often as justification for their lack of strategy and the things hes saying on the trail, its a doubleedged sword, im not sure either side is good. Mitt romney was having rallies bigger than this by the end of the 2012 election. Every candidate has enthusiastic supporters three weeks out from election day. Its one thing to say he thinks hes going to win. Every candidate does, you cant keep the faith and keep going if you dont somehow believe that in your core that you have the possibility to win. The danger is, do you become so diversed from reality and in this alternate media universe that when the reality is presented to you you refuse to recognize it. Refuse to accept. 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Florida moves from battleground to lean democratic and nevada moves from battleground to lean democratic. Lets talk all this over with David Chalian, cnns political director. So here you have the addition of four states that are potentially Hillary Clinton friendly. And all the moves you just went through, brooke, are towards Hillary Clintons direction, utah is about a thirdparty candidate Evan Mcmullin but its away from donald trump is the way it shows that. My big take away is that Hillary Clinton number 307. You only need 270. Right now every state that is leaning her way or solidly in her camp todays snapshot. Hes got such a big hole and some states like florida and nevada we move because we see it trending clinton. Thats mission one. Hes going to have to start and bring those back into battleground territory. When we talk about the ruby reddest of red like arizona, they voted republican for everyone but clinton in 96. The chalian cheat sheet, sir, what are you watching for . The first thing im watching for tonight is the trump rattle. How is he going to try to rattle Hillary Clinton . He did the press conference with bill clintons accusers, what does he v up his sleeve . What is the surprise that hell shake her confidence. Thats the first thing. The second thing is clinton on defense. I know that sounds odd. She enters this debate with such a formidable position in the race, its her strongest position in the entire general election campaign. But . But so much has come out in the last few weeks on the benghazi email and classification between fbi and state. On the podesta hacked wikileaks released emails that show us the inner workings of the campaign. James okeefe video her campaign has had to respond to and even talking about hypothetically going in to incite violence against rallies is not something democrats should do. So there are micro things shell be on defense for and she went want to spend much time on that. Shell want to set her vision higher and reach out to republicans and independents as well. The third and final thing im watching for is fitness for often. Its one of the themes. It is one of Chris Wallace topics and i think that section will be the most important of the debate because this is it for donald trump, we talked before the first debate that this was his mission, still a majority of voters didnt think he was temperamentally fit to serve. That had to change. It hasnt changed. Hes done nothing to change it since that debate and tonight is his last best chance . Front of tens of millions of americans coming together at the same time to try and cross the threshold that leaves the voter with the notion of, yes, i can see him in the oval office, i can see he has the right temperament for this. If he doesnt make a big jump on that score its going to be a very tough 20 days. Final question, 30 seconds, not to go all waxing poetic. Please. But youre our political director and were coming to an end. 20 days. 20 days. Whats your biggest takeaway if youre writing your David Chalian 2016 memoir. Beyond planning my vacation . Arent we all. I think this has been one of the most extraordinary elections of our time. I look at these elections as a quality ren yall exercise for the country to hold up a mirror and saywhere are we . Those questions have been front and center and well get the answer on november 8 but we are at a cross roads as a country and im curious to see how pieces come back together for the governing portion. The mirror. Cant wait to buy the book. David chalian, just kidding, kind of. Dont miss his podcast tomorrow morning c