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| Hillary Clinton calls killing of Des Moines police officers 'horrifying' | Hillary Clinton calls killing of Des Moines police officers 'horrifying' |
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| Hillary Clinton called the murder of two police officers in Iowa “horrifying” and “heartbreaking” and promised that as president she would bring the “full weight of the law” against anyone who killed a police officer. | Hillary Clinton called the murder of two police officers in Iowa “horrifying” and “heartbreaking” and promised that as president she would bring the “full weight of the law” against anyone who killed a police officer. |
| Two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their police cars early on Wednesday in “ambush-style” attacks in the Des Moines area. Authorities later arrested a 46-year-old Iowa man in connection with both incidents. | Two officers were shot and killed while sitting in their police cars early on Wednesday in “ambush-style” attacks in the Des Moines area. Authorities later arrested a 46-year-old Iowa man in connection with both incidents. |
| With just six days left before election day, Clinton departed from her standard campaign speech to address the attacks during a speech in Las Vegas. | With just six days left before election day, Clinton departed from her standard campaign speech to address the attacks during a speech in Las Vegas. |
| “This is horrifying, it is heartbreaking. It is totally unacceptable,” Clinton said. | “This is horrifying, it is heartbreaking. It is totally unacceptable,” Clinton said. |
| The Democratic nominee said she called the mayors of Des Moines and Urbandale, as well of the Urbandale chief of police to express her condolences. | The Democratic nominee said she called the mayors of Des Moines and Urbandale, as well of the Urbandale chief of police to express her condolences. |
| “As president, I will bring the full weight of the law on anyone who killed a police officer and see to it that they are brought to justice,” she said. “I also believe that everyone is safer when the police respect the people and the people respect the police who serve them.” | “As president, I will bring the full weight of the law on anyone who killed a police officer and see to it that they are brought to justice,” she said. “I also believe that everyone is safer when the police respect the people and the people respect the police who serve them.” |
| Her running mate, Tim Kaine, and former president Bill Clinton cancelled a rally with singer Ben Harper at the Des Moines Social Club on Wednesday night because of the attacks. | |
| Republican nominee Donald Trump responded to the attacks during an earlier campaign event in Miami. | Republican nominee Donald Trump responded to the attacks during an earlier campaign event in Miami. |
| “An attack on our police is an attack on all of us,” he said. “Law enforcement is the line separating civilization from total chaos. You have to remember that.” | “An attack on our police is an attack on all of us,” he said. “Law enforcement is the line separating civilization from total chaos. You have to remember that.” |
| With just six days left, the race has begun to tighten. An average of six different polls shows that Clinton is now just 1.7 percentage points ahead of Trump. | With just six days left, the race has begun to tighten. An average of six different polls shows that Clinton is now just 1.7 percentage points ahead of Trump. |
| Both Clinton, Trump and their surrogates have spread out across the country to encourage people to turn up on election day with tens of millions of votes already cast. | |
| In Las Vegas, Clinton asked voters to imagine Trump being sworn into office on 20 January 2017. | In Las Vegas, Clinton asked voters to imagine Trump being sworn into office on 20 January 2017. |
| “Imagine with me what it would be like to have Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office come next January – someone who demeans women, mocks the disabled, insults Latinos and African Americans,” she said. “What would it be like to have that person in the most powerful office in the world?” | |
| Clinton and Trump are battling for a batch of key states, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. But both candidates are stepping outside the traditional boundaries in a late-in-the-game attempt to steal states that rarely swing the other way. | Clinton and Trump are battling for a batch of key states, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. But both candidates are stepping outside the traditional boundaries in a late-in-the-game attempt to steal states that rarely swing the other way. |
| Clinton is scheduled to visit Arizona on Wednesday night, where her campaign is hoping to capitalize on Trump’s weakness with Latino voters. Recent polling shows Trump ahead by three points there, according to the RealClearPolitics average. | |
| Clinton teased the prospect of a victory there, telling the crowd that if she remembers correctly – and she did – the state has voted only once for a Democrat since 1948. | Clinton teased the prospect of a victory there, telling the crowd that if she remembers correctly – and she did – the state has voted only once for a Democrat since 1948. |
| “That was for my husband in 1996,” Clinton said. “So Bill and I love Arizona. It’s close and competitive.” | “That was for my husband in 1996,” Clinton said. “So Bill and I love Arizona. It’s close and competitive.” |
| Trump, too, is attempting to poach traditionally Democratic states, making stops in Michigan and New Mexico, where Clinton maintains solid leads, on Tuesday before returning for a full day of campaigning in Florida on Wednesday. | Trump, too, is attempting to poach traditionally Democratic states, making stops in Michigan and New Mexico, where Clinton maintains solid leads, on Tuesday before returning for a full day of campaigning in Florida on Wednesday. |
| At his final rally of the day in Pensacola, Florida, Trump insisted that he is on course for victory, telling supporters: “It’s feeling like it already, isn’t it?” | At his final rally of the day in Pensacola, Florida, Trump insisted that he is on course for victory, telling supporters: “It’s feeling like it already, isn’t it?” |
| Acknowledging the need for him to stay disciplined and avoid missteps in the home stretch, Trump said with amusement: “We’ve got to be nice and cool, nice and cool. All right, stay on point, Donald, stay on point. No sidetracks, Donald, nice and easy.” | Acknowledging the need for him to stay disciplined and avoid missteps in the home stretch, Trump said with amusement: “We’ve got to be nice and cool, nice and cool. All right, stay on point, Donald, stay on point. No sidetracks, Donald, nice and easy.” |
| He described Clinton as “totally unhinged”. | He described Clinton as “totally unhinged”. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, President Obama criticized the way the FBI director, James Comey, announced that it was reviewing emails possibly linked to the former secretary of state’s server. | |
| “I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information,” Obama said, in his first public comments on the controversial decision, Obama told the online outlet NowThisNews. “We don’t operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made.” | “I do think that there is a norm that when there are investigations, we don’t operate on innuendo. We don’t operate on incomplete information,” Obama said, in his first public comments on the controversial decision, Obama told the online outlet NowThisNews. “We don’t operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made.” |
| Comey’s decision has rocked the election in its final weeks even as polling is divided over how significant the impact has been. | |
| “If we’ve seen any effect of James Comey’s letter it is to be a motivating factor for our supporters,” an senior campaign aide said on Wednesday, pointing out record-setting fundraising numbers in the past 96 hours, higher than at any point since the convention. | |
| The aide added: “We are confident in our ability to win these states that we’ve made additional ads to but we’re not taking anything for granted.” | The aide added: “We are confident in our ability to win these states that we’ve made additional ads to but we’re not taking anything for granted.” |