hand. when donald trump was asked about the "access hollywood" tape about openly groping women. he apologized, but also dismissed it. >> reporter: donald trump entered last night's debate with one major goal. to end the crisis engulfing his campaign. after a tape of his vulgar remarks about groping women from 2005 was uncovered. >> this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i apologize to my family. i apologize to the american people. >> reporter: cnn's anderson cooper pressing trump over his crude comments about forcing himself on women. trump denying he ever actually did that. >> i have great respect for women. nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> so, for the record, you're saying that you never did that. >> frankly you hear these things are said and i was embarrassed by it, but i have tremendous respect for women. and women have respect for me.

>> reporter: hillary clinton linking the tape to his past controversial rhetoric. >> i said starting back in june that he was not fit to be president and commander in chief. this is who donald trump is. but it's not only women and it's not only this video that raises questions about his fitness to be our president. because he has also targeted immigrants, african-americans, latinos, people with disabilities, p.o.w.s, muslims and so many others. >> reporter: as he long threatened, trump rehashed old clinton controversies, bringing to the debate three women who accused bill clinton of sexual misconduct in the 1990s. >> if you look at bill clinton far worse his was action. >> i'm reminded of what my

friend michelle obama reminded us. when they go low, you go high. >> reporter: threatening to jail clinton if he becomes president over handling of private material on her private e-mail server as secretary of state. >> if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> reporter: trump frequently interrupting clinton throughout the heated exchange. >> it's just not so not true. >> you didn't delete them? >> allow her to respond. >> we turned over 35,000 -- >> oh, yeah, what about the other 15,000? >> please allow her to respond. >> reporter: clinton becoming visibly frustrated. >> i know you're big into

diversion -- >> trump at times seemingly uncomfortable. pacing around the stage and hovering over clinton. the billionaire admitting that he wrote off nearly $1 billion in losses and didn't pay federal income taxes in some years. >> did you use that $916 million loss to avoid paying personal federal income taxes? >> reporter: trump making a stunning admission when pressed about governor mike pence. his call to use military force in syria. >> he and i haven't spoken and i disagree. >> reporter: clinton found herself on the defensive, as well. over leaked transcripts of her speeches to banks. including one where she talked about having different positions publicly and privately. >> as i recall, that was something i said about abraham lincoln. president lincoln was trying to

convince some people he used some arguments. convincing other people he used other arguments. >> she lied and now she's blaming the lie on the late, great abraham lincoln. that's one that i haven't heard. >> reporter: the ugly tone of this debate was started with a candidates refusing to shake hands. ended by what they liked about each other. >> his children are devoted and that says a lot about donald. >> she doesn't quit and she doesn't give up, i respect that. she's a fighter. >> the question today is whether or not donald trump's performance was enough to stabilize his campaign and prevent more republicans from jumping ship. we'll get an early indication of that later this morning when house republicans gather on a private conference call to discuss donald trump. alisyn. whawon last night's debate.

hillary clinton is two for two now. 34% say donald trump won. clinton's winning big among women. nearly 2-1 said she won and half of men watching agreed. there is some good news for trump. 63% of debate watchers said he exceeded their expectations while 39% felt clinton exceeded their expectations. our poll does lean slightly more democratic than an average cnn poll of all americans. let's discuss. we have our panelists here. cnn political commentator and anchor of time warner cable news errol lewis and maggie haberman and daily beast washington bureau chief jackie kosinich and david gregory and senior editor of "the atlantic" ron brownstein. okay. time for a commercial. the trump camp is saying they

won. they won, they won, they won. what are you hearing? >> exactly that. they won, they won, they won. they put out an aggressive message through all of othethei allies saying this was their moment of victory and he set the tone and he is back in the race and he certainly stabilized himself for the night. you are potentially seeing the leader of the senate majority and the house speaker openly disassociating from him today. if he had a really bad performance. the fact that he apologized over that videotape, i think, basically staunched the bleeding. that just gets us to today. donald trump, number one, has had a real problem perforcming well over a series of days or a series of hours depending on how things are going and this just doesn't undo the last certainly last week, last several months and it's also really worth remembering there are a lot of people talking about the tactic he used of bringing in these

women whahado had accused her husband of -- i'm not sure how that all plays. it seemed to have an effect on hillary clinton. she did not perform as well as she did in the first debate. you know, she seemed to miss some punches that she could have hit. i don't know, ultimately, that this changes the trajectory of this race. but it does stop things for today in place. >> errol, before we get to the device that trump used bringing in bill clinton's accusers. let's listen to how he excused what he, himself, on that tape described as basically how he sexually assaults women. listen to this. >> this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i appaologize to my family and the american people and certainly i'm not proud of it. this is locker room talk. yes, i'm very embarrassed by it. i hate it. but it's locker room talk and it's one of those things. i will knock the hell out of

isis. that was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. >> so, errol, it wasn't just locker room talk. he was talking about what he did. he could grab women by the gentles and that he could kiss whoever he wants and force a kiss on them. >> he said, in fact, that he did do those things. let's keep in mind, putting aside that, he apparently is in very different locker rooms than almost every man i know. sort of the quick pivot. he apologized to his family and to the american people and he didn't apologize to the women involved. which is really what an apology is about. he expressed some regrets and then he does the quick pivot maybe ten seconds later. i'll knock the hell out of isis which has nothing to do. taking responsibility for your own actions. i think the responsibility is still out there and the fact that hillary clinton chose not to pound him on it for 20 minutes last night and chose not to make the debate all about

that. i think it's a concession to reality. the reality is the tape is still out there. we've been following it since the minute it broke on friday. it is still filtering out through the rest of the country and the impact will be found. i keep wanting to say election day, but every day is election day in state after state because of early voting. >> do you agree with maggie that clinton was a little spooked having her past brought before her eyes and that's why she didn't drop the hammer like i hear every women respond to the thi things i heard said on that tape. >> in terms of the video because they were sort of just letting donald trump speak for himself. they were letting donald trump -- this moment just sort of happened to him. she didn't need to say anything last night. the whole locker room thing. oh, ladies, this is how the locker rooms work. i don't think that plays well. i just don't. but i will say when it comes to the e-mails and some of the

other tougher things that hillary clinton was challenged with, there she was, definitely. >> i thought for donald trump it was kind of a 40% solution. i agree with maggie completely. he was at risk today and this week of a catastrophic bottom falling out with republicans renouncing him. first of all, on saturday, more republicans abandon his campaign than we've seen for a republican nominee in any 24-hour period since teddy roosevelt and his supporters left the 1912 convention. that's not hyperbole. that is literally true. the risk of that continuing, obviously, would have been annihilating for the trump campaign. i think what he did most successfully, particularly in the middle part of the debate, he reminded people he is a republican. he was at his best when he was most conventional. i'll repeal obama care and repeal the clean power plan and

prosecute hillary plan. it made it harder for other republicans to walk away from him today. but it did very little to expand him from beyond where he is which is why a 40% solution. i think hillary clinton behaved like someone who thought they were ahead and trying to reassure the country and work for all americans and work across party lines. i don't think it was cautious as it was spoofed that they won't take a lot of risks. we'll see if that is premature. trump did what he needed to do in the middle part of the debate and at the end he struggled on foreign policy and three yards and a cloud of dust, conventional republicanism and it worked very well for him. >> did that work for him? >> i think she was prepared for that. i don't think she was spooked. i think she was a lawyer at a deposition. she wanted to commit him to certain things. the fact that he said this was nothing but locker room talk three, four times.

she just wanted it on the record and now they can go a town in their ads and reach who they want to teao reach. this is a fitness for office argument. she was speaking very tactically and strategically to a group of voters. you look at the pennsylvania numbers out of the nbc poll "wall street journal." if she can keep working that jab, he is not going to grow from where he is. as ron was saying, it's true. he staunches the bleeding among the core supporters who want to see him get up and fight. mitt romney has 23% of republicans in 2012. is donald trump going to be able to get to that figure. he threw his vp under the bus on a critical policy area last night. republicans who are leaving him in droves. is that going to be enough because he showed up a little bit more strongly tonight. even if he can do that, those

voters who were looking at a general qualification fitness will scratch their heads. >> we'll talk to mike pence later on in the program. panel, thank you for being here. up next, donald trump making an unprecedented threat towards hillary clinton. what he says he'll do if he gets into the oval office. prepare for challenges specific to your business by working with trusted advisors who help turn obstacles into opportunities. experience the power of being understood. rsm. audit, tax and consulting for the middle market.

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donald trump making an unprecedented promise. last night he said if elected he will work to put hillary clinton in jail. >> we're going to get a special prosecutor and we're going to look into it because, you know what, people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one-fifth of what you've done. it is a disgrace. honestly, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. >> everything he just said is absolutely false. but i'm not surprised. go to hillaryclinton.com. you can fact check him in real time. it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> let's discuss this and more with our political panel. we have errol lewis, jackie

kos kosinich. so much for healing the country. whoever wins, it sounds like he does not want to bury the hatchet. >> i have to tell you, felt like a little punch to the gut. one more thing that we've never seen in politics before. sinking to a new low. the candidate publicly pledging to jail his opponent if he should win. that's essentially what it came down to. never mind the fact that the case and the facts involved in the case don't come anywhere near and this has been true since they started chanting during the election. >> no case or question that this election is suffering from a bad case of confirmation bias. the supporters on both sides only hear what they want to hear and you have to look at it objectively with what trump did last night. he invites a group of women in to drop the hammer and he called those women an ugly group of accusers. he was like a fully formed

individual. >> absolutely. i'm saying not last night. >> his supporters will say, you know, well, he wasn't a politician then. that is the most mindless excuse for behavior i ever heard in my life. he said impeaching bill clinton was wrong and it was silly and the allegations were silly. >> he had him at his wedding well after the impeachment process and these allegations were well known at the time. he had a comment, i think, in 1999 about hillary clinton had gone through more than anybody had gone through and more than a woman should have to. he was not a politician, but you would have to assume he was saying what he thought. interesting, his last line of the debate was her tag line. i mean, her sort of her slogan. she doesn't give up, she doesn't quit fighting. he has said she has no stamina and is weak. in terms of these women, there is a consistency issue in terms of what he has said. the clinton campaign doesn't necessarily want to point to the issues or the instances where he

has said something contrary. disparaging remarks abut these in the past. >> he wanted to put him in his family box last night. >> to errol's point about things we haven't seen. saying an opponent would be in jail even if he meant i would be a special prosecutor and doing a rally chant. this is pleasing to his base. no question it will thrill his voters. this is not something we're used to hearing in american elections. that is something you are hearing from figures. >> there's a broader point here which is about criminalizing political differences. this goes back to the clinton and bush eras. people think clinton should h, regard to her e-mails or her views on iraq, libya, syria. now to talk about throwing her

in jail when you have an fbi director who said criminal charges against her is not even a close call. that no prosecutor would have brought them. i mean, this is a typical case of not just criminalizing judgment, criminalizing political difference. but you can imagine a discussion between two voters. a voter who says, gosh, i really can't stand hillary clinton. just don't think she has integrity. i can't believe her. trump said he should throw her in jail. you can imagine that voter saying that goes kind of crazy and that goes too far. that is a scenario who hurts dawned trump. he will have a hard time getting those voters who goes way over the top as he did in that answer. >> jackie, last night another point that donald trump seemed to clarify and that is he did not pay. it seems he confirmed federal income tax for the past 18 years. listen to this. >> you have not answered, though, a simple question. did you use that $916 million loss to avoid paying personal federal income taxes? >> of course i do.

and so do all of her donors or most of her donors. but i will tell you that, number one, i pay tremendous numbers of taxes. i absolutely used it. and so did warren buffett and so did george -- >> what about that line of attack. hey, all rich people do this. >> well, right. but, well, right. there is that. but all rich people aren't running for president. and we still haven't seen his tax returns. him saying that he pays all his other taxes. wae don we don't know that. if it wasn't for a leak to the "new york times" so that we could see that he has this massive loss and took exemption and he didn't pay taxes. all of that is enforced. thanks to "new york times" at least we have that. >> he also said part of the rationale was i know the system, so i can fix the system. last night he said, we're going to deal with the carry forward interest. i don't think his plan has

anything there to correct the rules of this two tier system. that these upper income people can take for. i don't think it is in there. >> this happens repeatedly where he talks about his tax plan. i don't think that you're going to hear him actually raising this argument very often. i think the tax comment from his last night was a stumble. i don't think he intended to confirm this. this has not been part of their strategy. just open up more questions now for the next four weeks. >> contradicted both of his sons. >> that's exactly right. >> so, i think that he wasn't quite certain where he wanted to go with that. >> ron, what did you think of that moment and that moment where he also publicly diverged from his running mate, mike pence, in terms of syrian policy and what to do there. >> yeah, to think about how i think of that in my head. i think it's more likely that mike pence diverged from him initially in the vice presidential debate. what trump said last night was consistent with what he had said earlier, you know, through the

campaign. and it was pence who kind of came out with this new kind of assertive position. it will be interesting to ask mike pence whether donald trump cleared what he said in the first place. look, on the taxes, the challenge donald trump has in a lot of these areas as maggie said, that he has kind of a populous outsider, i'm going to shake up the system persona, but the actual policy is a very conventional republican tax plan that provides most of its benefits to the wealthiest. that is, you know, that is kind of the point of the debate, i think, going forward to the extent that we get to an issue debate. >> panel, thank you very much. xhnchlthsi . coming up in our 8:00 hour mike pence will join us live to talk about last night's debate and about whether or not he and donald trump are on the same page. hurricane matthew may be gone but that is a qualified term. real historic flooding and it

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the town hall format at last night's debate gave donald trump and hillary clinton free rein to move around the stage. provided some awkward confrontations between the two. janine driver, nice to have you back. >> nice to be back. >> a lot of material for you to dissect last night. let's start with what people described as trump sort of hovering and lurking in the back of the stage. right here. she's talking and he's kind of moving around. >> this is very interesting, alisyn. hillary is going to his side of the stage and standing in front of him. so he begins to hover. he's not a typical politician. she's on his side of the stage.

i think this is strategic. how do you interrupt someone that ais in front of you. when two kids are whiseripering what happens when the teacher walks closer? they stop whispering. >> whose power move was it? >> that's her power move. >> walk to his side and it was his power move, though, to walk closer to her. >> well, he starts to create some distance while she's over there. you see that pacing and he even turned around a couple times. when you move your body, you move your mind. more confessions happen walking from the jail cell to the interrogation room. why do people exercise? to decrease stress. he's decreasing stress by doing all that movement. also a preassault indicator. at some parts of watching last night, i was really getting nervous because he is in her space. like a dog starting to get anxious and being backed in a corner. i had a little anxiety during these moments. >> fascinating.

let's talk about the hand shake. at the outset, no hand shake. they just came up and nodded at each other and then at the end, let's watch. first, what did you think here? >> she snubbed him here. she looks at her three seconds longer. she didn't. we knew that wasn't going to happen and it didn't happen. no surprises. >> at the end, after they attacked each other then they do shake each other's hands. there you go. what did you see here? >> last time hillary clinton walked to his side of the stage and she shook his hand and he was in control. this time, you noticed, she must have been watching the show because she did not leave her part of the stage, he walked to her. he even extended his hand out. when she hook it, he did that elbow grab. i might be cowering down and shaking your hand but i'll take a little power back with that elbow grab. >> more that we heard the pirs time around of trump sniffing.

his sniffing was caught on audio. let's listen to this for a minute. >> there's never been anybody in the history of politics in the history of this nation that has been so abuse toov womeive to w. i didn't think i would say this but i'm going to say it and i hate to say it and we're going to have a special prosecutor. you're right about islam -- >> what is that? >> i watched "the apprentice" and i don't remember him sniffing nonstop. the problem is i'm looking for clusters. my specialty is detecting . it's a smirk. the only unilateral on our face. last time he said he didn't have a cold and i said he probably should say he has a cold because maybe he's stressed through the

entire debate although he was way more prepared this time. >> you always teach us something with these body language segments. thanks so much for analyzing it and coming in. chris. >> nice to see neither of you chose to take power back during that shake. hillary clinton may have won the debate according to cnn's poll, but did she miss an opportunity to really deal with what trump said he likes to do to women? we're going to discuss with the clinton supporter, next.

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the same polling that had clinton winning the first debate, mike pence winning the vp debate has hillary clinton winning, again, last night. that is the result of our scientific poll. however, the fact that people in that poll say that donald trump survived even overperformed,

exceeded expectations raises the question of whether or not hillary clinton gave him a pass on what he said on that tape all those years ago. let's discuss with a clinton supporter. what do you think of that notion? >> well, chris, i don't think she gave him a pass. i think she was measured, she was focused and she was forceful. what i do think she did was connect what he said in that tape 11 years ago. the horrible, massau saujnist comments he made in that tape. she reminded us that he can't just apologize for what he incorrectly claims as locker room talk. i don't know about you, i have been in plenty of locker rooms when i played high school sports and i don't remember anyone bragging about sexual assault. >> he's using it as an excuse. the guy was sitting in an interview miked with cameras around. he wasn't in a locker room.

>> it wasn't in a locker room. >> was it about this. the women who he brought last night. these women from bill clinton's past that trump wanted to have in his family box. ironically, this same group of women donald trump dismissed as an ugly bunch of accusers back when this was actually happening in our political history. she said it was wrong for clinton to be impeached and all of this was wrong to be done to hillary clinton. there they are. did that have a chilling effect on your candidate? >> you know what i think secretary clinton was determined to do last night was focus on policy and focus and giving clear and concise answers about how she will make us stronger and safer in the world. donald trump instead picked a fight with his running mate and suggested that he really has no idea on how to defeat isis and give answers on a whole range of issue from economic policy and how to make us safer in the world that left me wondering how any credible republican

candidate for senate can remain a public donald trump supporter. >> what did you make of this moment? >> we're going to get a special prosecutor and we're going to look into it because, you know what, people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing one fifth of what you've done. and it's a disgrace. and, honestly, you should be ashamed of yourself. >> everything he just said is absolutely false, but i'm not surprised. go to hillaryclinton.com. we have literally trump. you can fact check him in real time. it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> your response. >> chris, that's unbelievable. as a member of the foreign relations committee, i've traveled to and i had to work with countries where threatening to jail and then actually jailing your political opponent is common practice. that's what dictators do. that's not what candidates for the presidency and a democracy do. and i think this was, in some

was, his most irresponsible moment of the night. as he continues to undermine respect for the rule of law. the republican director of the fbi has thoroughly investigated this issue. and has chosen not to pursue any charges because there aren't any chargeable offenses here. for him to suggest that somehow this e-mail matter needs to be reref referred. i think undermines respect and something we see in the developing world and not here in the united states. >> hillary clinton did not take donald trump on point for point with his e-mail allegations last night. why? >> because there were so many other things that he said that needed and deserved forceful response and, frankly, because i think the idea that this was a measured debate where both sides were point for point engaging in a thoughtful discussion was clearly not the case from the opening lines.

>> but do you think that she could have helped herself by saying, hey, what you just said about me deleting after the subpoena. that's not how it worked. that's adjust lie. or do you think that her team has decided it's baked in. this issue with hillary clinton. you can't defend the e-mails. you're not going to make any ground with the people who believe it. >> it may be that as the case with so many other things he says that are just not true. that they've concluded that folks have made up their mind one way or another and it's more important to have a measured and level debate on her side that reinforces that she has the temperament and the knowledge and the policies that would lead to us being safer and stronger and that he clearly lacks the temperament and any co-herent policy provisions. >> nine days until the final debate. senator coons, appreciate you being on "new day" as always. the debate moderators were

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audience questions and online questions. >> so, she's allowed to do that but i'm not allowed to respond. sounds fair. sounds fair. >> please allow her to respond. she didn't talk while you talked. >> yes, that's true. i didn't. >> because you have nuothing to sayt say. >> nice to one on three. thank you. >> one on three, donald trump said. once again, he's the victim. let's discuss, host of "reliable sources" brian stelter and bill carter. does trump have a case? were they against him last night? >> i felt the same way when i watched lester holt interrupt. d >> i was a little confused about the response rules. it was hard for me to figure out what it was. each one said something and they would interject and then the moderators would say, go ahead.

it was hard to know who should be speaking. >> it wasn't really organized like that and it wasn't much of a town hall because people didn't ask that many questions. he actually had more time on the air. >> 40 minutes and 10 seconds to 39 minutes. many people on social media have these wild miscalculations of time. he got 40 minutes, she got 39. that's math. >> the trump campaign is focusing on this putting out a video saying the moderators failed. saying it was three on one. seemed to me what anderson and martha were trying to do was press trump for news and information. get some facts on the record about his taxes, about whether he viewed his comments on that tape as sexual assault. that very first question, anderson was saying. what you are describing as sexual assault. trump refused to acknowledge that fact. >> you could argue the moderators could have gone at

him completely hammering, hammering that. it wasn't an unfairness thing. they had to address it. >> did win it out of the box by bringing back the breitbart. there they were last night. did that give trump the cover he needed to keeping clinton off balance? >> i think it did in this sense. she had gone in thinking about michelle obama thing, don't go low. are we going to get in this? i do think she backed off from that probably a plan maybe that was a smart plan because i don't think she could win on that. to continually fight him on that issue. >> brian, what about the stagecraft of just having them there for the cut aways. and, i mean, when she comes out, hillary clinton comes out having to confront them or know they were there. >> i'm speechless about it to be honest with you.

this felt like a coordinated effort between breitbart and trump campaign. on sunday morning the website released interviews with the other accusers and then sunday night there they were at the debate, at the event. pregame show at the photo-op and you had to see what was going to happen during the debate. trump was clearly speaking to his base last night and slolidifying his base. these were names that most americans don't know about or care about but devotes do. if trump loses this election, he sure looked like great host for a trump tv network. >> that was a pilot. >> it's us against them. the message was out there before the moderators. it was us against them. that's all the conservatives believe in. the media is always against them and that they felt played out last night. >> when he started walking

around last night, it really did feel like it was an "snl" sketch. you know, life imitating art. let's play what happened on "snl" this week. >> i deeply apologize. >> are you trying to say apologize. >> no, i would never do that. what am i doing is apologizing to all the people who were offended by my statements. >> but, mr. trump. why would you say these horrible things in the first place? >> come on, brooke, i was trying to look cool. i mean, what normal red blooded american doesn't want to impress the billy bush? >> billy bush, by the way, now suspended by nbc for his comments on that tape. >> what about that. let's talk about that. he's not going to have a job any more at nbc because -- this is from many years ago. billy bush came out and said i am ashamed and embarrassed of what i said. >> very forthright apology. my sense from nbc sources is

that he will probably not be back on "today" show but for right now only suspended. >> an interesting thing to think. he is suspended or perhaps fired for what he said. the other guy is running still to be the head of the free world. despite what he said. >> that juxtaposition is just striking. >> two questions i have after last night. number one, are there more tapes? we don't know if there are more tapes like the one from 2005 not only from "access hollywood" but other sources. what about the third debate. he has already played that. >> you got an answer, though, last night. hillary clinton took him on on none of the allegations that he made against her. >> right. >> personal in nature. at most would say it's wrong. go look at my website. do you think she's seeding that ground that her campaign says, you will not win anyone over if they believe any of this stuff. >> i don't think she is in the same position. does she need to win over that audience? he needed to win a new audience.

he played to his base. she played it safe. she's playing to prevent defense i think now. that's the way i interpreted it anyway. she's not really being aggressive because she doesn't think she has to be. >> thanks. here is one thing that is true, we have never seen anything like what happened last night. let's get to the coverage. >> i'm not proud of it, but this is locker room talk. i hate it, but it's locker room talk. >> we have seen him insult women. embarrass women. this is who donald trump is. >> if you look at bill clinton, far worse. mine are words, his was action. >> everything he just said is absolutely false. >> you think it was fine to delete 33,000 e-mails. i don't think so. >> i would like to get the questions. >> and get off this okay, donalt off of your campaign and how it

is exploded. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." up first, hillary clinton and donald trump taking very personal shots at each other in last night's debate in what is being called the ugliest presidential debate in american history. clinton hitting trump over that bombshell video saying his vulgar comments about women reveal exactly who he is. >> we expected this to be ugly and yet it was still disappointing. trump pacing the stage and ignoring questions as anything other than opportunities to attack the clintons. he actually had the nerve to say she is the one with tremendous hate in her heart. he threatened to jail her if he is elected. we're now nine days until the final debate and people are voting right now and there are only 29 days to the big election day. we have it all covered. let's begin with manu live in st. louis, the scene of the crime. >> hey, chris. actually, we knew this debate was going to be nasty, even

before it began. that's when donald trump had a photo opportunity with reporters and brought along several women who have accused bill clinton of sexual misconduct from the 1990s. and thern whn when the two cands got on the stage, they did not even shake hands and then the n insults began and then he was asked about the "access hollywood" video. and while he apologized, he also dismissed it. >> hello. >> reporter: donald trump entered last night's debate with one major goal. to end the crisis engulfing hi s campaign. after a tape of his vulgar remarks about groping women from 2005 was uncovered. >> this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i apologized to my family. i apologized to the american people. >> reporter: cnn's anderson cooper pressing trump over his crude comments about forcing himself on women. trump denying