CORRUPT PERSON EVER TO RUN FOR

PRESIDENT.

>> I'M REALLY -- I REALLY DON'T

CAREWHAT HE SAYS ABOUT ME, BUT I

WILL STAND UP AND DEFEND

EVERYONE ELSE WHO HE INSULTS.

>> THE ELECTION IS BEING RIGGED

BY CORRUPT MEDIA PUSHING

OUTRIGHT LIES.

>> WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH.

>> FROM NBC NEWS, DECISION 2016,

THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

LIVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF

NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, HERE NOW,

LESTER HOLT.

>> AND GOOD EVENING FROM LAS

VEGAS.

THE THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE

BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON AND

DONALD TRUMP LESS THAN THREE

MINUTES AWAY.

THE BACK DROP A DAY OF SURPRISE

GUEST ANNOUNCE.

S AND CAMPAIGN STUNTS.

TRUMP IN NEED OF GAME CHANGING

MOMENT LOOKING TO RATTLE CLINTON

BEFORE THE DEBATE GETS UNDER

WAY.

THIS IS A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE

SERIOUS ISSUES TO DISCUSS AND

SERIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

THESE TWO

I'M JOIN BY SAVANNAH GUTHRIE,

CHUCK TODD AND TOM BROKAW.

>> SO WE'RE HERE IN VEGAS, HIGH

STAKES, THE CANDIDATES WILL PUT

IT ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT

EITHER CANDIDATE GETS A BIG

NATIONAL AUDIENCE LIKE THIS.

AND SO THEY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR

A GAME-CHANGER AND DONALD TRUMP

NEEDS A GAME-CHANGER.

HE FINDS HIMSELF BEHIND IN THE

POLLS.

THINK OF WHERE WE WERE WITH THE

FIRST DEBATE.

THE ONE YOU MODERATED.

HE HAD BROUGHT THIS TO BE A VERY

TIGHT RACE.

HE'S IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION

TONIGHT.

AND HE NEEDS TO TURN IT AROUND.

>> CHUCK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE

LONG GAME FOR REPUBLICANS.

>> IT IS.

THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TRUMP

NEEDING A GOOD NIGHT.

IF YOU'RE ON THE BALLOT

UNDERNEATH DONALD TRUMP'S NAME,

YOU NEED HIM TO HAVE A GOOD

NIGHT.

I TALKED TO MANY REPUBLICAN

STRATEGISTS FOR THE HOUSE AND

THE SENATE CAMPAIGNS, THEY SAID

THE BOTTOM CAN FALL OUT AND THE

SPEAKER RYAN'S JOB CAN BE AT

STAKE.

>> TALK ABOUT CLINTON.

>> SHE NEEDS TO NOT TAKE THE

BAIT AND WE KNOW SHE'S NOT

RUNNING AS STRONG AMONG THE

MILLENNIALS.

SHE HAS TO BE PRESIDENTIAL.

>> LET'S CHECK OUT THE SPIN

ROOM.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, ANDREA

MITCHELL?

>> WELL, CLINTON DEBATE COACHES

ARE VERY POSITIVE IF ANYTHING I

THINK THEY HAVE PROBABLY

OVERCONFIDENCE.

THEY THINK IF THE DEBATE TURNS

TO SERIOUS ISSUES IT FAVORS HER.

IF HE SHOULD TURN IT INTO A

CIRCUS WITH STUNTS, THEY THINK

THAT SHE COULD LOOK MORE

SYMPATHETIC.

SO THAT'S THE WAY THEY SEE IT

FROM HERE. PODIUM AND CHRIS WAL

>> GOOD EVENING FROM THE THOMAS

AND MACK CENTER IN LAS VEGAS.

I'M CHRIS WALLACE OF FOX NEWS, I

WELCOME YOU TO THE THIRD AND THE

FINAL OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL

DEBATES BETWEEN SECRETARY OF

STATE HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD

J. TRUMP.

THIS DEBATE IS SPONSORED BY THE

COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL

DEBATES.

THE COMMISSION HAS DESIGNED THE

FORMAT.

SIX ROUGHLY 15 MINUTE SEGMENTS

WITH TWO MINUTE ANSWERS TO THE

FIRST QUESTION.

THEN OPEN DISCUSSIONS FOR THE

REST OF EACH SEGMENT.

BOTH CAMPAIGNS HAVE AGREED TO

THE RULES.

FOR THE RECORD, I DECIDED THE

TOPICS AND THE QUESTIONS IN EACH

TOPIC.

NONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAS BEEN

SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION OR

THE TWO CANDIDATES.

THE AUDIENCE HERE IN THE HALL

HAS PROMISED TO REMAIN SILENT.

NO CHEERS, BOOS, OR OTHER

INTERRUPTIONS SO WE AND YOU CAN

FOCUS ON WHAT THE CANDIDATES

HAVE TO SAY.

NO NOISE EXCEPT RIGHT NOW, AS WE

WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

FOR PRESIDENT, SECRETARY CLINTON

AND THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR

PRESIDENT, MR. TRUMP.

SECRETARY CLINTON, MR. TRUMP,

WELCOME.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

THE FIRST TOPIC IS THE SUPREME

COURT.

WE -- YOU BOTH TALKED BRIEFLY

ABOUT THE COURT IN THE LAST

DEBATE BUT I WANT TO DRILL DOWN

ON THIS BECAUSE THE NEXT

PRESIDENT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY

HAVE AT LEAST ONE APPOINTMENT

AND LIKELY OR POSSIBLY TWO OR

THREE APPOINTMENTS, WHICH MEANS

THAT YOU WILL IN EFFECT

DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF THE

COURT FOR WHAT COULD BE THE NEXT

QUARTER CENTURY.

FIRST OF ALL, WHERE DO YOU WANT

TO SEE THE COURT TAKE THE

COUNTRY AND SECONDLY, WHAT'S

YOUR VIEW ON HOW THE

CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE

INTERPRETED?

DO THE FOUNDERS' WORDS MEAN WHAT

THEY SAY OR IS IT A LIVING

DOCUMENT TO BE APPLIED FLEXIBLY

ACCORDING TO CHANGING

CIRCUMSTANCES?

IN THIS SEGMENT, SECRETARY

CLINTON, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS.

THANKS TO UNLV FOR HOSTING US.

I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE

SUPREME COURT IT REALLY RAISES

THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN THIS

ELECTION.

NAMELY WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WE

GOING TO BE?

WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES WILL

WE PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS,

WHAT KIND OF RIGHTS WILL

AMERICANS HAVE.

AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE

SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO STAND ON

THE SIDE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE POWERFUL

CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHY.

FOR ME, THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED

A SUPREME COURT THAT WILL STAND

UP ON BEHALF OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS,

ON BEHALF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE

LGBT COMMUNITY.

THAT WILL STAND UP AND SAY NO TO

CITIZENS UNITED, A DECISION THAT

HAS UNDERMINED THE ELECTION

SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF

THE WAY IT PERMITS DARK,

UNACCOUNTABLE MONEY TO COME IN

TO OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

I HAVE MAJOR DISAGREES WITH MY

OPPONENT ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND

OTHERS THAT WILL BE BEFORE THE

SUPREME COURT.

BUT I FEEL THAT AT THIS POINT IN

OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, IT IS

IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT REVERSE

MARRIAGE EQUALITY, THAT WE NOT

REVERSE ROE VS. WADE.

THAT WE STAND UP AGAINST

CITIZENS UNITED.

WE STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF

PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE THAT WE

STAND UP AND BASICALLY SAY THE

SUPREME COURT SHOULD REPRESENT

ALL OF US.

THAT'S HOW I SEE THE COURT AND

THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT I WOULD

BE LOOKING TO NOMINATE TO THE

COURT.

WOULD BE IN THE GREAT TRADITION

OF STANDING UP TO THE POWERFUL,

STANDING UP ON BEHALF OF OUR

RIGHTS AS AMERICANS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING

THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE SENATE

WOULD DO ITS JOB AND CONFIRM THE

NOMINEE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS

SENT TO THEM.

THAT'S THE WAY THE CONSTITUTION

FUNDAMENTALLY SHOULD OPERATE.

THE PRESIDENT NOMINATES AND THEN

THE SENATE ADVISES AND CONSENTS

OR NOT, BUT THEY GO FORWARD WITH

THE PROCESS.

>> SECRETARY CLINTON, THANK YOU.

MR. TRUMP, SAME QUESTION.

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE

COURT TAKE THE COUNTRY AND HOW

DO YOU BELIEVE THE CONSTITUTION

SHOULD BE INTERPRETED?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S

GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AND THANK

YOU, EVERYBODY.

THE SUPREME COURT IT'S WHAT IT'S

ALL ABOUT.

OUR COUNTRY IS SO, SO -- JUST SO

IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE THE

RIGHT JUSTICES.

SOMETHING HAPPENED RECENTLY

WHERE JUSTICE GINSBURG MADE SOME

VERY, VERY INAPPROPRIATE

STATEMENTS TOWARD ME AND TOWARD

A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE,

MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

THAT I REPRESENT.

AND SHE WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIZE,

AND APOLOGIZE SHE DID.

BUT THESE WERE STATEMENTS THAT

SHOULD NEVER EVER HAVE BEEN

MADE.

WE NEED A SUPREME COURT THAT IN

MY OPINION IS GOING TO UPHOLD

THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND ALL

AMENDMENTS BUT THE SECOND

AMENDMENT WHICH IS UNDER

ABSOLUTE SIEGE.

I BELIEVE IF MY OPPONENT SHOULD

WIN THIS RACE, WHICH I TRULY

DON'T THINK WILL HAPPEN, WE WILL

HAVE A SECOND AMENDMENT WHICH

WILL BE A VERY, VERY SMALL

REPLICA OF WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I FEEL THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY

IMPORTANT THAT WE UPHOLD BECAUSE

OF THE FACT THAT IT IS UNDER

SUCH TRAUMA.

I FEEL THAT THE JUSTICES THAT I

AM GOING TO APPOINT -- I HAVE