Report:  "Daisy" Ad 2.0 Goes After Trump on Nukes
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Bottom of the hour, I'm Brooke Baldwin. Looking to change the subject from emails, the Clinton campaign is going nuclear, putting a fresh focus on the little girl featured in the iconic 1964 daisy ad to once again question Donald Trump's ability to handle -- or have his hand on the nuclear codes. The new ad features the same actress, in fact, who at age 3 played daisy in the Lyndon Johnson ad that cast Barry Goldwater as a candidate eager to launch nuclear war.</s>MONIQUE CORZILLIUS LUIZ, THE DAISY GIRL IN 1964 AD: This is me in 1964. The fear of nuclear war that we had as children, I never thought our children would have to deal with that again. To see that coming forward in this election is really scary.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Trump asked three times, why can't we use nuclear weapons?</s>TRUMP: I want to be unpredictable. Bomb the (bleep) out of them.</s>BALDWIN: With me now, CNN political commentator, Bill Press a Hillary Clinton supporter, and with us CNN political commentator and Republican strategist, Alice Stewart. Great to see both of you.</s>ALICE STEWART, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Great to be here.</s>BALDWIN: Quickly on the ad and then I want to move on. The Clinton campaign is trying to change the conversation, break through. Will it work?</s>BILL PRESS, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: First of all, you don't blame them for wanting to change the conversation. I think it will work in this sense, this is an extremely important issue. I think people really do -- are worried about nuclear weapons. And I don't think there's been enough conversation about this in the campaign, to tell the truth, on either side. We have a system today where one person can make the decision to go to nuclear war. That person -- the president, has six minutes to do so. And the real question is, who do you want with their finger closest to the button and the one thing you think about Donald Trump is, he's so unhinged that that would be really scary. And Hillary Clinton comes across as a cool person with foreign policy cred and experience and you would trust her more than Donald Trump.</s>STEWART: I think this plays into what the Clinton campaign has tried to make a narrative throughout the campaign, questioning Trump's temperament. She's gone out and done other ads and talked on the stump about her being a steady hand and Trump being a loose cannon without the temperament. This right here, this exchange is about the length of time that people will go without thinking and talking about the emails. The email scandal still prevails over any talk of nuclear weapons, the economy, even the Obamacare premiums spiking. The emails are still forefront on many people's minds.</s>BALDWIN: The question is how forefront is it in terms of early voting? I was just I Florida over the weekend. They were expecting mega numbers. Will this impact voters? Just quick numbers for you thus far. More than 18 million people have voted early or absentee. Do you think -- do you think, Alice, it's a good idea to early vote? Do you feel like you have the full picture on a candidate?</s>STEWART: For me personally I know who I'm going to vote for, I like voting on election day. It's part of the process provided the work schedule works out that way. I think a lot of people that are early voting made up their mind months ago. No matter what happens between then and election day there going to vote for, whether it's Hillary or Trump and they're not going to be swayed. What's troubling with this email scandal and any October surprises are those people that aren't early voting that will take into consideration all of these nuances. That is going to make people either stay home or in this case they'll vote for Donald Trump.</s>PRESS: I think Hillary is also right when she says most people have $made up their minds about emails some time ago. And these new emails, it's hard to distinguish them from the old emails.</s>STEWART: What about the independents and Republicans who were maybe thinking of voting for her? Then you have the whole issue which you may not realize, some people have buyer's remorse. If you early voted in seven states, if you early vote, you can take it back.</s>PRESS: But how many people are going to do so? I have voted. I vote early. And I think if you've made up your mind and you know you're going to vote for it, do it. Be sure to get your vote in. Not many people are going to go back and get their ballot again. Here's something else that's going on. These are votes, for the most part, in the bank. They're not just anybody. The Clinton campaign has really targeted people who might have been a little loosey goosey. Maybe they were a little more for Trump and then they said, we didn't like that October 7th tape so now we're going for Clinton. They know who they are. They identify them and they put pressure on them or persuade them to get out and vote early. It's very strategic.</s>STEWART: That's a challenge for both candidates. Both have their base that is going to come out and vote --</s>BALDWIN: To add to that.</s>STEWART: -- with excitement on that, it may be lacking this time, their base is coming out. Their challenge is to reach out to the independents and undecideds. This email scandal is not going to bring them her way.</s>BALDWIN: It's fascinating to me over the weekend, I just decided to stay in Florida because, why not? They send me to Florida on Friday to do my show, I'm going to hang out.</s>PRESS: Did you vote?</s>BALDWIN: A lot of people --</s>PRESS: Did you vote?</s>BALDWIN: I'm in New York, no early voting. A lot of people have not made up their minds. My biggest takeaway from being down in Florida.</s>PRESS: Wow. Come on, people.</s>BALDWIN: Thank you so much. I know, I know. Coming up next, Iraqi security forces say they could be inside Mosul by the end of the day after two weeks of fighting with ISIS. We will talk to our own Nick Paton Walsh who's been at the front lines with soldiers since the very beginning.