September 9, right now on cnn this morning i think im the only person in the history of government that got it. Died it and my Poll Numbers went up Brandnew Polling on the state of the president ial race. Donald trump enjoying a bump less than two months out from the election the great debate. Now, just one day away, what both candidates have to overcome in this headtohead matchup. And hezbollah attacking from the north, israel. Now hinting they may be preparing to invade lebanon all right 5 00, a. M. On the East Coast a live look at the Nations Capital on this monday morning. Good morning. Hey everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. The days were flying by in this president ial campaign are just 57 more until election day, one more day until the next major moment, the first and likely possibly only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump harris has been preparing since last week. Shes been saying in pittsburgh she will travel to philadelphia later on today ov
right. reporter: independent voters and swing sfloertz the middle of the electorate want to see these guys focus more on jobs and the economy. the republicans have tried to make deficit and spending cuts and link it to jobs but right now that doesn t seem to have been the message that the middle of the electorate is receiving here. which brings me to the question, when you hear republicans say they have a mandate from the american people, does this poll help in clouding yet again what the mandate may or may not be? reporter: well, here s the problem. they do have a mandate from their base, from the excited voters that got them into office, the tea party folks and even outside of that, sort of core republican voters, their mandate is to deal with the deficit and spending cuts. swing voters in the middle, that s not their mandate. they want to focus on jobs. you know, when i looked at this poll, what i saw is, huh. now i see what the white house is seeing and i see why people won