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| Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton trade insults in contentious final debate – live | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton trade insults in contentious final debate – live |
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| Ayotte: 'Trump needs to accept the outcome' | |
| Kelly Ayotte, the Republican senator whose fight for reelection in New Hampshire has been complicated by Trump, says the nominee “needs to accept the outcome” of the election. | |
| NOW ON @NH1News - @KellyAyotte statement on @realDonaldTrump comments on accepting the election results #nhpolitics #nhsen pic.twitter.com/KHoGAMtapn | |
| That’s a close race (via HuffPost Pollster): | |
| The pro-Clinton Priorities USA Super Pac has fired some new ordnance at Ayotte today: | |
| Here's the first ad from Priorities USA attacking a Senate candidate -- Kelly Ayotte in #NHSen (h/t @ajjaffe.) https://t.co/Xj6Y5uHXey | |
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| at 3.18pm BST | |
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| Trump and Clinton to meet tonight at Al Smith dinner | |
| She called him a Putin puppet. He called her a nasty woman. But that was last night, long ago. Tonight the presidential candidates are both scheduled to attend the Al Smith dinner, the Manhattan ritual hosted by the archbishop of New York where everyone gets dressed up nice and pretends they aren’t at one another’s throats. | |
| The candidates dine with the archbishop seated between them. Then each candidate traditionally gets up and delivers a comedic monologue. Al Smith was a four-time governor of New York, 1928 Democratic presidential nominee and a Catholic. | |
| We’ll live stream the proceedings right here on the blog beginning at 6.30pm ET, with Scott Bixby driving. Will Trump experience a recurrence of the anger he visibly felt another time he was ridiculed at such an event, the 2011 White House correspondents dinner? | |
| Here are the 2012 highlights: | |
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| Oh that’s what that is. We had that hand gesture down as Queens for “Got that?” | |
| I love how much Mr. Trump uses the hand yoga mudra Gyan, which helps to alleviate feelings of negativity & anger. pic.twitter.com/H2fQVMDSju | |
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| Neither of the two top elected Republican officials, House speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, has directly rebutted Trump’s claim that the election is rigged or responded to Trump’s refusal last night to say he would accept the election result. | Neither of the two top elected Republican officials, House speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, has directly rebutted Trump’s claim that the election is rigged or responded to Trump’s refusal last night to say he would accept the election result. |
| #Obamacare has been anything but a hit with millennials. Here's why: https://t.co/AxkEIZN58y | #Obamacare has been anything but a hit with millennials. Here's why: https://t.co/AxkEIZN58y |
| Ryan continues his hands-over-the-ears-la-la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you gambit. https://t.co/ntAK5nvQ0j | Ryan continues his hands-over-the-ears-la-la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you gambit. https://t.co/ntAK5nvQ0j |
| Even Jeff Sessions, Trump’s strongest backer in the senate, said last night that “it would be wrong for a candidate to contest an election for light and transient reasons.” And RNC chair Reince Priebus asserted that Trump would accept the election result. | Even Jeff Sessions, Trump’s strongest backer in the senate, said last night that “it would be wrong for a candidate to contest an election for light and transient reasons.” And RNC chair Reince Priebus asserted that Trump would accept the election result. |
| From the leadership, radio silence. | From the leadership, radio silence. |
| 2.36pm BST | 2.36pm BST |
| 14:36 | 14:36 |
| Question: | Question: |
| How awkward was it when Trump stayed at his podium last night after the debate ended? Did he do that just to avoid Clinton? | How awkward was it when Trump stayed at his podium last night after the debate ended? Did he do that just to avoid Clinton? |
| Answer: | Answer: |
| Yup pic.twitter.com/vDf6G8bRmZ | Yup pic.twitter.com/vDf6G8bRmZ |
| Gosh he was mad wasn’t he? | Gosh he was mad wasn’t he? |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.37pm BST | at 2.37pm BST |
| 2.33pm BST | 2.33pm BST |
| 14:33 | 14:33 |
| Obama hails Clinton debate 'sweep' | Obama hails Clinton debate 'sweep' |
| Outstanding 3 for 3 debate sweep for @HillaryClinton! Nobody has ever been more prepared to be @POTUS. | Outstanding 3 for 3 debate sweep for @HillaryClinton! Nobody has ever been more prepared to be @POTUS. |
| 2.09pm BST | 2.09pm BST |
| 14:09 | 14:09 |
| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Did you watch the debate last night? Donald Trump would not say whether he would accept the election result, called Hillary Clinton “such a nasty woman” and said women who have accused him of sexual assault were only seeking fame. | Did you watch the debate last night? Donald Trump would not say whether he would accept the election result, called Hillary Clinton “such a nasty woman” and said women who have accused him of sexual assault were only seeking fame. |
| Clinton escaped a couple bear-trap questions about her private speeches and emails while battering Trump as a “puppet” of Vladimir Putin, as a man pathologically incapable of claiming responsibility or of offering apology, and as an enemy of democracy. | Clinton escaped a couple bear-trap questions about her private speeches and emails while battering Trump as a “puppet” of Vladimir Putin, as a man pathologically incapable of claiming responsibility or of offering apology, and as an enemy of democracy. |
| First lady Michelle Obama is going to give a speech on behalf of Clinton in Phoenix today. Her husband, Barack, will stump separately for Clinton in the Miami area. Vice president Joe Biden will turn up in New Hampshire and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine has a couple events in North Carolina. Donald Trump campaigns today in Ohio, which polls indicate he may yet win. | First lady Michelle Obama is going to give a speech on behalf of Clinton in Phoenix today. Her husband, Barack, will stump separately for Clinton in the Miami area. Vice president Joe Biden will turn up in New Hampshire and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine has a couple events in North Carolina. Donald Trump campaigns today in Ohio, which polls indicate he may yet win. |
| Video: debate highlights | Video: debate highlights |
| Who won the debate? | Who won the debate? |
| Readers react | Readers react |
| What's the story from Debate 3? Let's check in with some swing state newspapers that endorsed Romney in 2012. @CJR pic.twitter.com/EiToSWtMFo | What's the story from Debate 3? Let's check in with some swing state newspapers that endorsed Romney in 2012. @CJR pic.twitter.com/EiToSWtMFo |
| Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments. |