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This, can she? >> it really will stick with her for the entire campaign in one form or another. certainly through the end of this year. >> reporter: separately cnn announced its criteria for the first democratic primary debate set for october 13 in las vegas. if vice president biden jumps into the race that evening, he would be eligible to participate in that debate. from a figurative drip-drip to what appears to be a literal one. 140 million miles from here. nasa says liquid water is on mars, a discovery that could be a game changer in space exploration. steve harrigan has the fascinating d...

This, can she? >> it really will stick with her for the entire campaign in one form or another. certainly through the end of this year. >> reporter: separately cnn announced its criteria for the first democratic primary debate set for october 13 in las vegas. if vice president biden jumps into the race that evening, he would be eligible to participate in that debate. from a figurative drip-drip to what appears to be a literal one. 140 million miles from here. nasa says liquid water is on mars, a discovery that could be a game changer in space exploration. steve harrigan has the fascinating d...

>> we've seen governor christie, marco -- senator rubio, interestingly went behind his podium and very discreetly where his name was written on a piece of tape he took a pen and drew a cross next to his name. something to reassure him throughout the debate. i asked permission from his staff before i shared that detail because obviously it was a personal one and meant to be private, but i thought it was very telling about marco rubio. and we have rick santorum here. we're expecting them all to be here. they're all checking out where they're going to be standing, who's going to be standing near ...

>> reporter: it is, john. i've been calling this the coolest debate set ever. i bet a lot of our viewers will agree. take a look over here. this is air force one. it is the air force one that president ronald reagan flew on. cnn has built this entire platform, this entire stage. it's three stories high. crews have spent weeks doing steve overmyer they can showcase that plane. that plane will be behind the candidates providing the background during the debate. if you sweep over here you can see that it's a pretty intimate setup here. fewer than 500 people are going to be in this audience. you c...

After audience members. that's ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, august 6th, 2015. candidates are preparing for the republican debate in cleveland, ohio. a smaller debate set for 5:00 p.m. for the ones who did to the make the premiere event. let's go to dana bash for the latest in cleveland. >> reporter: john and christine, the locals here call it the q, behind me. it is the arena where lebron james plays basketball. it is the arena where the first republican debate takes place. it is nothing we have ever seen. we have neve...