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Seasoned debate moderators. his response and the issues that they care about will help determine how well he does with voters beyond sunday. many may not respond well to him pivoting to hillary clinton's marriage with bill clinton and the issues that they've had when the focus right now is on his words a few years ago. >> the focus also on words he used to apologize. the question many are asking -- did it go far enough? >> well, the reaction from many republican strategists was that the initial apology did not go far enough. this is before me released the video and maybe one of the reasons why...

Granted, that's how it's set. the responsibilities of the debate moderators, does that change in a situation like this? do they have a responsibility to press the candidates for answers to not only this question but also policy answers if this debate becomes too focused on personal character attacks? >> yeah. i think they do. the moderators have a tough job and what's unusual this year is that the town hall debate actually has two moderators and so there is a bit more of a presence than on the stage. >> male or female. >> rinchts male and female. >> an important point. what i don't think would...

At the first debate in the republican primary. and we are here today, a month before the election, and this is what's happening. >> all right. elise jordan, michael steele, thank you so much for that perspective. really appreciate it. and what impact will this trump controversy have on tomorrow night's debate? we'll ask two former debate moderators. that's when they join me in just a moment. we'll be right back. is it a professor who never stops being a student? is it a caregivedetermined to take care of her own? or is it a lifetime of work that blazes the path to your passions? your persona...

>> thank you. >> carol, let me start with you. we knew there were going to be fireworks on sunday night. i want to put you in the shoes of the debate moderators for tomorrow. how do you prepare when there has been so much breaking news, so many developments over the past 24 hours? >> well, you know, when i make appearances on shows like yours, i usually have notes on my pad. as you can see, there are no notes on my pad. because i don't know what to say. last night i was extremely disturbed. we have been laughing at what trump has been saying, and i was prepared to come in here and talk to you ...

Mcananni. will we see more of a fight between the two, sherri. >> i don't think we will. donald trump can say a lot of things at his rallys that are not true, over the top and might not slide well with other people. i think he tends to play it relatively safe at the debates. he still tries to please his base, but he's a little bit more careful because he knows everybody else is watching. not everybody in his audience is a trump supporter. and he knows that debate moderators may call him on it. i do think sara's correct that he'll try and leave it to the moderators, but at some point they have ...