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| Hillary Clinton opens up 11-point lead in pre-debate poll – campaign live | Hillary Clinton opens up 11-point lead in pre-debate poll – campaign live |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
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| Months after Republicans in Colorado fomented the ‘Never Trump’ movement, the GOP nominee is neck-and-neck with Clinton in the crucial swing state. Paul Lewis and Tom Silverstone explore whether Trump’s candidacy has been damaged by his party’s civil war, | Months after Republicans in Colorado fomented the ‘Never Trump’ movement, the GOP nominee is neck-and-neck with Clinton in the crucial swing state. Paul Lewis and Tom Silverstone explore whether Trump’s candidacy has been damaged by his party’s civil war, |
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| Republican National Committee spokesperson Sean Spicer has clarified remarks he made earlier today, in which he declared that he was unsure whether grabbing someone’s genitals without their consent - behavior bragged about by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump - is sexual assault. | Republican National Committee spokesperson Sean Spicer has clarified remarks he made earlier today, in which he declared that he was unsure whether grabbing someone’s genitals without their consent - behavior bragged about by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump - is sexual assault. |
| "While I was asked question about a matter of law, it is never appropriate to touch anyone in an unwelcome manner." https://t.co/VuvHIrtkI1 | "While I was asked question about a matter of law, it is never appropriate to touch anyone in an unwelcome manner." https://t.co/VuvHIrtkI1 |
| Crime, boy, I don’t know. | Crime, boy, I don’t know. |
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| Donald Trump, throwing shade at House speaker Paul Ryan: | Donald Trump, throwing shade at House speaker Paul Ryan: |
| You have people who can’t fix a budget, but then they start talking about their nominee. | You have people who can’t fix a budget, but then they start talking about their nominee. |
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| Donald Trump has picked up a child from the audience dressed as him and brought him onstage in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the crowd has gone nuts. | Donald Trump has picked up a child from the audience dressed as him and brought him onstage in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the crowd has gone nuts. |
| The kid is pretty cute. | The kid is pretty cute. |
| The kid has his Donald Trump impersonation down. pic.twitter.com/wSwhNVdO2d | The kid has his Donald Trump impersonation down. pic.twitter.com/wSwhNVdO2d |
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| Scenes from the rally in Wilkes-Barre: | Scenes from the rally in Wilkes-Barre: |
| Woman wearing Bernie pin and this T-shirt pic.twitter.com/k2dH4tigT1 | Woman wearing Bernie pin and this T-shirt pic.twitter.com/k2dH4tigT1 |
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| Donald Trump, on voter fraud in majority-minority areas: | Donald Trump, on voter fraud in majority-minority areas: |
| I just hear such reports about Philadelphia ... everybody knows what I’m talking about. | I just hear such reports about Philadelphia ... everybody knows what I’m talking about. |
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| Donald Trump, speaking in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, compared the rise of his political movement to the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union. | Donald Trump, speaking in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, compared the rise of his political movement to the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union. |
| “I think November 8 is gonna be Brexit,” Trump said, recounting that he encouraged the “leave” vote, despite not knowing what Brexit was at the time. “I think we’re gonna win the state of Pennsylvania so big, and we’re gonna spend a lot of time in the suburbs over the next couple of weeks.” | “I think November 8 is gonna be Brexit,” Trump said, recounting that he encouraged the “leave” vote, despite not knowing what Brexit was at the time. “I think we’re gonna win the state of Pennsylvania so big, and we’re gonna spend a lot of time in the suburbs over the next couple of weeks.” |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Donald Trump campaigns in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Ted Cruz: 'I am supporting the Republican nominee' | Ted Cruz: 'I am supporting the Republican nominee' |
| Onetime presidential nominee and Texas senator Ted Cruz is standing by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite the release of a video recording from 2005 showing the candidate bragging about sexually assaulting women. | Onetime presidential nominee and Texas senator Ted Cruz is standing by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite the release of a video recording from 2005 showing the candidate bragging about sexually assaulting women. |
| “I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think Hillary Clinton is an absolute disaster,” Cruz told an interviewer during an agricultural tour of northwest Texas. | “I am supporting the Republican nominee because I think Hillary Clinton is an absolute disaster,” Cruz told an interviewer during an agricultural tour of northwest Texas. |
| Cruz’s support had been an open question - the Texas senator famously withheld his support of Trump after the New York real estate tycoon clinched the Republican nomination, telling attendees of the Republican national convention in July to “vote your conscience” in the general election. Cruz endorsed Trump last month, mere weeks before the video’s release prompted numerous members of the Republican party to disavow the candidate. | Cruz’s support had been an open question - the Texas senator famously withheld his support of Trump after the New York real estate tycoon clinched the Republican nomination, telling attendees of the Republican national convention in July to “vote your conscience” in the general election. Cruz endorsed Trump last month, mere weeks before the video’s release prompted numerous members of the Republican party to disavow the candidate. |
| “My differences with Donald I have articulated at great length during the campaign,” Cruz continued. “This is an election unlike any other but I’ll tell you, Hillary Clinton, I think, is manifestly unfit to be president.” | “My differences with Donald I have articulated at great length during the campaign,” Cruz continued. “This is an election unlike any other but I’ll tell you, Hillary Clinton, I think, is manifestly unfit to be president.” |
| “The policies she’s advancing are the continuation of eight years of Barack Obama.” | “The policies she’s advancing are the continuation of eight years of Barack Obama.” |
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| The Apprentice producer: I can't release any cut footage of Donald Trump | The Apprentice producer: I can't release any cut footage of Donald Trump |
| Mark Burnett, the reality-television icon who produced The Apprentice, has broken his silence about the rumored existence of tapes from the show’s filming that would reveal more controversial comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during his time as the show’s host, declaring that he has “neither the ability not the right” to release archived footage from the show. | Mark Burnett, the reality-television icon who produced The Apprentice, has broken his silence about the rumored existence of tapes from the show’s filming that would reveal more controversial comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during his time as the show’s host, declaring that he has “neither the ability not the right” to release archived footage from the show. |
| “MGM owns Mark Burnett’s production company and the Apprentice is one of its properties,” the joint statement from MGM and Burnett states. “Despite reports to the contrary, Mark Burnett does not have the ability nor the right to release footage or other material from The Apprentice. Various contractual and legal requirements also restrict MGN’s ability to release such material.” | “MGM owns Mark Burnett’s production company and the Apprentice is one of its properties,” the joint statement from MGM and Burnett states. “Despite reports to the contrary, Mark Burnett does not have the ability nor the right to release footage or other material from The Apprentice. Various contractual and legal requirements also restrict MGN’s ability to release such material.” |
| “The recent claims that Mark Burnett has threatened anyone with litigation if they were to leak such material are completely and unequivocally false. To be clear, as previously reported in the press, which Mark Burnett has confirmed, he has consistently supported Democratic campaigns.” | “The recent claims that Mark Burnett has threatened anyone with litigation if they were to leak such material are completely and unequivocally false. To be clear, as previously reported in the press, which Mark Burnett has confirmed, he has consistently supported Democratic campaigns.” |
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| Donald Trump is dominating in (unscientific, functionally worthless) post-debate online polling, and is very proud of it: | Donald Trump is dominating in (unscientific, functionally worthless) post-debate online polling, and is very proud of it: |
| Debate polls look great - thank you!#MAGA #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/4peQ3Sswdz | Debate polls look great - thank you!#MAGA #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/4peQ3Sswdz |
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| Speaking in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that more video recordings of him making predatory comments about women may come out in the future - and that if they do, he’s still not going anywhere. | Speaking in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that more video recordings of him making predatory comments about women may come out in the future - and that if they do, he’s still not going anywhere. |
| “I was getting beaten up for 72 hours on all the networks for inappropriate words from 12 years ago, ‘locker room talk,’ whatever you want to call it,” Trump said, of a video from 2005 showing him bragging to a television host about attempting to have sex with a married journalist and sexually assaulting women. | “I was getting beaten up for 72 hours on all the networks for inappropriate words from 12 years ago, ‘locker room talk,’ whatever you want to call it,” Trump said, of a video from 2005 showing him bragging to a television host about attempting to have sex with a married journalist and sexually assaulting women. |
| “But I said to myself, ‘Wait a minute.’ And I just saw very inappropriate words, but Bill Clinton sexually assaulted innocent women and Hillary Clinton attacked those women viciously.” | “But I said to myself, ‘Wait a minute.’ And I just saw very inappropriate words, but Bill Clinton sexually assaulted innocent women and Hillary Clinton attacked those women viciously.” |
| “If they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things,” Trump vowed, we’ll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things.” | “If they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things,” Trump vowed, we’ll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things.” |
| The statement would seem to indicate that Trump knows of more instances that might have been recorded, and warning that even if they were to be released, he will remain at the top of the Republican ticket. | The statement would seem to indicate that Trump knows of more instances that might have been recorded, and warning that even if they were to be released, he will remain at the top of the Republican ticket. |
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| RNC chair: The Republican Party is committed to Donald Trump | RNC chair: The Republican Party is committed to Donald Trump |
| In a phone call with members of the Republican National Committee at 5pm this evening, party chair Reince Priebus told Republican leadership that the party is committed to electing Donald Trump as president, a decision that was not a given in the wake of revelations that Trump had made bragging comments about sexually assaulting women in 2005. | In a phone call with members of the Republican National Committee at 5pm this evening, party chair Reince Priebus told Republican leadership that the party is committed to electing Donald Trump as president, a decision that was not a given in the wake of revelations that Trump had made bragging comments about sexually assaulting women in 2005. |
| “Over the last 24 to 48 hours, there have been a lot of false rumors that we didn’t want to engage in,” Priebus told the RNC’s members, according to Politico. “Nothing has changed in terms of our support for the nominee.” | “Over the last 24 to 48 hours, there have been a lot of false rumors that we didn’t want to engage in,” Priebus told the RNC’s members, according to Politico. “Nothing has changed in terms of our support for the nominee.” |
| Telling the committee’s 168 members that “I think the issue was taken care of at the debate,” Priebus expressed more support for Trump than congressional Republicans, who were told by House speaker Paul Ryan that the body’s leadership would focus on maintaining the party’s majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives in a similar conference call this morning. | Telling the committee’s 168 members that “I think the issue was taken care of at the debate,” Priebus expressed more support for Trump than congressional Republicans, who were told by House speaker Paul Ryan that the body’s leadership would focus on maintaining the party’s majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives in a similar conference call this morning. |
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| An internet meme pretending that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were performing a karaoke duet has been making the rounds today, but this video imaging that the presidential nominees were singing the love theme from Dirty Dancing is something else... | An internet meme pretending that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were performing a karaoke duet has been making the rounds today, but this video imaging that the presidential nominees were singing the love theme from Dirty Dancing is something else... |
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| In a big victory for Florida Democrats, a federal court has ruled that the state must extend its voter-registration deadline following the arrival of Hurricane Matthew last week, despite protests by Rick Scott, the state’s Republican governor, that the deadline should not be moved. | In a big victory for Florida Democrats, a federal court has ruled that the state must extend its voter-registration deadline following the arrival of Hurricane Matthew last week, despite protests by Rick Scott, the state’s Republican governor, that the deadline should not be moved. |
| BREAKING: Florida Federal Court Extends Registration Deadline to Wednesday at 5pm due to hurricane. PI hearing is Wednesday. | BREAKING: Florida Federal Court Extends Registration Deadline to Wednesday at 5pm due to hurricane. PI hearing is Wednesday. |
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| Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O’Dell has responded to Donald Trump’c characterization of remarks he made about attempting to manipulate her into sleeping with him because he helped her shop for furniture, telling viewers that there is “no room for objectification of women,” even in “the locker room.” | Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O’Dell has responded to Donald Trump’c characterization of remarks he made about attempting to manipulate her into sleeping with him because he helped her shop for furniture, telling viewers that there is “no room for objectification of women,” even in “the locker room.” |
| “I feel that it’s very important that I address you all directly,” O’Dell states in the comments, set to air tonight on Entertainment Tonight. “As a journalist for 26 years now, it is my job to bring you news about others, rather than turning the focus on myself. But by now, I’m sure that most of you have heard the audio tape which became national news and part of the presidential race. My name was mentioned and, unfortunately, the release of it has thrown me into the middle of the political arena of which I didn’t ask to be a part.” | “I feel that it’s very important that I address you all directly,” O’Dell states in the comments, set to air tonight on Entertainment Tonight. “As a journalist for 26 years now, it is my job to bring you news about others, rather than turning the focus on myself. But by now, I’m sure that most of you have heard the audio tape which became national news and part of the presidential race. My name was mentioned and, unfortunately, the release of it has thrown me into the middle of the political arena of which I didn’t ask to be a part.” |
| “I released a statement on Saturday and I truly mean what I said,” O’Dell continued. “There is no room for objectification of women, or anybody for that matter - not even in the ‘locker room’.” | “I released a statement on Saturday and I truly mean what I said,” O’Dell continued. “There is no room for objectification of women, or anybody for that matter - not even in the ‘locker room’.” |
| Trump has defended the remarks, in which he also stated that his fame allowed him to sexually assault women without punishment, by calling them “locker room remarks.” | Trump has defended the remarks, in which he also stated that his fame allowed him to sexually assault women without punishment, by calling them “locker room remarks.” |