that is all for us today. "inside politics" with john king and i think they have a little to talk about. >> just a little bit. >> that starts right now. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thanks for sharing time on a busy and rashable day in 2016 president's campaign. debate two -- >> fact checking because it's awfully good someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> donald trump played the bill clinton card before and during the debate, but in a gift to the clinton campaign, trump again downplayed his caught on tape bragging about groping and forcing himself on women. >> this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i apologized to my family.

i apologized to the american people. certainly i'm not proud of it. but this is locker room talk. >> now, debate watchers scored hillary clinton the winner, again, but she also had awkward moments defending her e-mail server and things she said in paid speeches. >> wikileaks that just came out and she lied. now she's blaming the lie on the late, great, abraham lincoln. that's one that i haven't heard. okay. honest abe. honest abe never lied. that's the big difference between abraham lincoln and you. and with us, the "new yorker" and the "washington post" fraom the "federalist." break it down, republican leaders. nervous about donald trump going in. to the debate side, manu raju has details now. has speaker paul ryan, on a call

with house republicans, some like trump, some despice trump. if your reporting is right, tell ing you're on your own? >> reporter: basically he is. what paul ryan made clear to his members today he will not defend donald trump. he is done defending donald trump. 23 that really is in reference to the tawdry video leaked to the "washington post" with him bragging about groping women. it's over for him. only focusing on the house republican majority, needs to be a check on a democratic administration, assuming hillary clinton wins. now, he didn't concede that hillary clinton will definitely win the white house, i'm told, but suggesting she very well may and need to worry about the house republican majority. john, i am told this actually did not go over particularly well. there are a lot of house republicans in districts with a lot of trump supporters. they want trump to win.

they believe trump can still win. some very conservative members, and they don't want their leader sthop abandon their nominee. they believe they could still win this race if they stick together. so paul ryan actually got a fair amount of pushback, i am told, on this call. paul ryan listened to his members. he didn't push back when he got those retorts but did make this clear, john, that he will not unendorse donald trump. at least not at this time. so he's -- so he's still going to vote for donald trump it seems, but it looks like right now not going to defend donald trump. so major division within the party ranks after that second debate, john. >> manu raju, thank you. not unendorsed, paul ryan, but made clear he won't defend donald trump. i'm not sure what still endorsing donald trump means in this environment, but we're 29 days from a presidential election. republicans used to be the party of discipline, now in total chaos. >> all is wen, john.

all is well. no. the schism is here, has been here, was here before the convention works have been there whether there was floor vote or not. all of these things meant to pull the party together don't pull the party together, because there's a schism on whether this guy is fit, and that will remain throughout these next three days. paul ryan, look, threw in my lot. speaker of the house. didn't want to be, by the way, and now have to figure how to manage this thing. trying to give them leash and free rein to do what they need to be. number one job, awkward. >> he's at all worried about that, talking the senate is jeopardy for the senate. narrow are majority, battleground states, talking 29 days out and paul ryan is worried 29 days out, not just the media talking about it, losing the house majority tells you they are worried about a trump collapse that gets them in the swirling toilet bowl and gone. >> democrats need 30 seats to take back control of the house. put it in context, didn't gain

30 seats in the wave election of 2008 that gave them the biggest majority they ever had. there are fewer competitive house seats around the country than almost ever have been. 30 seats is a tall task that paul ryan would even be concerned about the majority in jeopardy is newsworthy and what i think republicans are really concerned about is not that democratic voters are suddenly going to show up in droves. that republican voters are going to stay home. they're going to be depressed about the fact that donald trump is very likely to lose this election. thinking their vote doesn't matter and, therefore, stay home, which affects senators in states lie ohio, pennsylvania, nu new hampshire and affect house members in suburban philadelphia and in new hampshire and places where donald trump is doing as poorly as he possibly can with white college educated voters who are now more disposed to vote for hillary clinton, or stay home. >> thising at the top of the show. dichotomy in the republican

party. across the south, across the mountain west. those republicans safe. donald trump popular in their district and can stand in the middle of fifth avenue shoot somebody and win those districts. the problems, suburban areas in moderate states where the 30 seats are. a stretch, but what paul ryan is worried about. the southern republicans and more conservative republicans love what they heard last night. goes after bill clinton. i call it the breitbart call. not spending your nights in the white house. it shouldish somewhere else. >> if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. because there has never been so many lies, so much deception. there has never been anything like it, and we're going to have a special prosecutor. when i speak, i go out and speak, the people of this country are furious. >> can i suggest, though, that

maybe paul ryan is playing a longer game here? that he is also worried, there's been all election season, there has been this tension between what is republicanism? is it paul ryan's republican. or is it donald trump's republicanism? and i think that one of the things he is doing here is asserting what the party should stand for after november. >> there are eight or ten strains between those two. trump here, ryan here. a whole argument, ted cruz, marco rubio. a whole bunch in between. thought that settled the civil war. opened up so many frenldebates. >> gone from the scene, that debate will continue. i agree with karen. i don't think this is just about paul ryan trying to preserve the house. it would take a lot more than we've seen for them to lose the house majority. he is the keeper of the flame of a certain strand of conservatism that donald trump pushed aside.

if you're paul ryan watching that debate last night, which had very, very little policy substance from a republican perspective, i'm sure that was part of the reason, and don't forget, he's still someone that has presidential ambitions, at least people around him and a lot supporters want him to run for president one day. the question in the 2020 republican primary, at least one of the primaries, will be, what was your position on donald trump, especially when his campaignen went off the rails when this video came out. some will say, stuck with him. maybe good for them. win some of those votes. others will say, i stood up to him. i gave up on him. >> that may be politically advantageous. >> trump wins or loses, this goes on cycles. with them, against him, waffled, back and forth, in, out, going on for cycling. trump labeling. just released moments ago, nbc/"wall street journal" poll, up on the screen. i don't know the numbers, just came out. 46% clinton, 35% donald trump. the republican worry conducted before the debate.

look at the dates, maybe a little bit of the fallout from that caught on tape moment talking about groping women, but it takes usually longer, a week or so to get a full assessment in the polls. an initial glimpse or where the campaign was as this was breaking, one of the reasons republicans are nervous. view trump as a drag. odd way, though, what he did last night, those in swing state races, those who represent suburban republicans cringing, cringing. saying, no. went through this in the 1990s. two republican speakers lost their jobs. newt gingrich and livingston and bill clinton a sky-high rating. sympathy for hillary clinton and her career. and no republican. on the right think they prosecuted the case against bill clinton, took a 2x4 in the super bop of politics. key senators, key house members saying i can't support him anymore. donald trump's campaign manager goes on television last night and says this --

>> he is very gracious. he's a gentleman. i've never experienced that conduct. i would talk to some of the members of congress out there when i was younger and prettier, them rubbing up against girls sticking their tongues down girls throats uninvited. you know it's true. >> no, of course, but -- >> on the list of people who won't support donald trump because they all ride aaron around on their high horse. >> that's dangerous. 4.5 weeks to go and essentially an invitation for any woman that had the kind of experience kellyanne conway is stalking about with donald trump to come forward, and that is what a lot of republicans are worried about. they think this is not the last piece of op-ed. >> a mid-term game here, right? in the middle, paul ryan, setting the groundwork for when the next piece of op-ed comes. there's going to be another one.

part of my right winger soul looks at him, victims, accusers, look, democrats haven't a big enough price for weiner and clinton's very bad behavior, but does it reach anyone other than my weiner soul and the folks -- i don't think they care. >> disagreements with a party, happen, not usually these issues, but disagreements inner campaign. clinton and sanders worked theirs out. he's behaving responsibly and being nice to secretary clinton. for kellyanne conway to say you're running from my guy because people are calling my guy a president tdator, you're predators, too. that is not -- >> kellyanne conway, stalking about republican on republican violence. every four years we hear from within the republican party, i feel like. there's a nominee and then a faction on the right that says, well, you have to be conservative, or the arch

conservatives won't turn out. those disagreements are about policy. this guedisagreement, whether o not this person is fit to be president of the united states and not just the right or center of the republican party arguing about this. it is the entire spectrum. >> even before this news we're hearing today, the republican house speaker, the vice presidential nominee four years ago, republican house speaker paul ryan understands what it's like to be on national ticket, telling the nominee you're on your own, not campaigning or defending you. even before that development, listen to hillary clinton last night in the debate. knows what's happening around donald trump and she loves it. >> okay, donald. i know you're into big diversion tonight, anything that avoid talking about your campaign and the way it's exploding and the way republicans are leaving you -- >> well, she's kind of right about that, but is there a risk for them to be a little tad overconfident? >> the democrats? >> i think right now they don't have that many -- not much of a down side for them being confident. i think they went into the debate clearly, their strategy,

for trump to collapse of his own weight. clinton did not go into that debate to try and knock him out with a punch. right? why a lot of people are saying trump did better than expected. her whole strategy is just to get him talking, you know, push a button here, there, bait him into issues, and he'll collapse. already collapsing pre-debate, but did a little better than everyone thought. no. should be confident. look at that "wall street journal" we just saw. republican nominee getting 35% in october. >> i agree. >> haven't seen him as low as 35%. usually been around the 40% 42% up there, see more 35% an interesting point to look at. keep the thought. next a closer look, karen just talked about fear among republicans about a locker room defense and risky trump decision to stage a reality tv revival of the 1990s clinton wars. mom, i have to tell you something.

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welcome back. perhaps the biggest question at the start of last night's debate, how would donald trump answer when asked to explain caught on tape open mike moment bragging about forcing himself on women and groping them. sorry, this is graphic, but you need to hear this to process our reprehensible it is. >> automatically attracted to beautiful. just like a magnet. either way. and when you're a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. do anything. [ laughter ] >> to trump it seems bragging about conduct that would be a crime is no big deal. >> that was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i am a person who has great respect for people, for my family, for the people of this

country, and certainly i'm not proud of it, but that was something that happened. if you look at bill clinton, far worse, mine are words and his was action. his was, what he's done to women, there's never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that's been so abusive to women. hillary clinton attacked those same women, and -- attacked them viciously. >> as we discussed a bit earlier, radio world loves that trump answer waiting for 20 years for a republican nominee to bring their bill clinton grievances to a presidential debate. essentially the world series or super bowl of politics. just like a big game has a pregame show, trump warmed up with this photo op. three women sexually assaulted them and one defended hillary clinton as a young attorney. the debate commission wouldn't allow troump seat the women in the family box up close to the debate stage. you can see, they were right there in the front row of the bleachers alongside some members

of the trump family. a lot of people thought at the beginning, just to try to rattle hillary clinton and he wouldn't bring it up during the debate. well, he did it pre and he did it during and, again, a big debate in the party about this. a lot of conservatives saying, finally. and a lot of republican strategists looking at the map say, it's a recipe for disaster. >> and that's because women voters are such a key to this election. look four years ago. mitt romney won white women voters, college educated voters as well. these days in polls, abc "washington post" polls out a couple days ago shows clinton's leading among those voters. as if the tape on friday wasn't enough. these -- these sort of stunts, just -- they're almost designed to drive away voters among whom mitt romney had a huge advantage. >> and trump clearly came in knowing it's a big issue and decided to play the bill clinton card as the diversion. listen as anderson cooper tries

to get him to answer. donald trump what he talked about in the tape is a crime. grabbing in private parts. how he explained it last night. >> are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago, you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent? >> i have great respect for women. nobody has more respect for women than i do. >> for the record you're saying you never did that. >> i said things -- frankly, you hear these things that were said and i was embarrassed by it, but i have tremendous respect for women. >> have you ever done those things? >> and women have respect for me, and i will tell you, no, i have not. >> kudos to my colleague there, kept pressing to gets answer. trump complaining about the moderators, one of the reasons they kept coming back at him, he wasn't answering the questions. even some on his own team wanted trump at the first opportunity, wah want to bring up bill clinton later, bring him up later. take one, clean contained opportunity to say i'm sore.

i'm sorry. i listened to it, i get it, i regret those things and he simply didn't do that. >> locker rooms, please, don't lower the bar. >> anyone close that get slammed a locker, essentially. >> made a lot of sense for him to have a heartfelt apology and not pivot immediately to isis and white house any transition whatsoever, and i will note that both of them are particularly bad at contrition. i've actually thought with clinton, if she looked or sounded like she was sorry about the e-mail thing instead of just saying, i -- am very sorry about that mistake. it would actually help neutralize the issue and for him, too. they're both very bad at it. >> he was getting conflicting political advice how to win the election before the tape came out. always a faction in the trump world. roger stone, steve bannon, roger stone, outside adviser not really with the campaign but always pushing trump the way to go after hillary clinton is to dive deep on to bill's

indiscretions, and frankly a lot of his advisers recently were saying no, no, no. don't go there. remember, after the first debate talking how restrained trump was in not going there. that faction won, why? only way to fight back against your own locker room banter go full-on into clinton's sex life. >> roger wanted to do that in the first debate and lost. at that point trump had momentum into this one, trump lost momentum, clinton had it and then this tape came out. wolf blitzer interviewed donald trump some time ago. prosecuted a case many prosecutors wanted prosecuted a long time. one person who did not, donald john trump n. your book, mrs. clinton a wonderful woman who's handled pressure incredibly well. >> i agrow with thagree with th.

gone through terrible times. more than any woman and she's on the front page of every newspaper in washington, i think a wonderful woman. >> is she qualified to be senator? >> i think she is. frankly, if she ran from another state i think i'd support her, because she's really a very terrific woman. i know her. >> now, that's a -- you can disagree with the answer, a thoughtful, coherent thought from donald trump on his view of all this talking about hillary clinton, a terrific woman. this is not fair to her. that was one way to put it. here's how he said it on neil cavuto on fox news talking about bill clinton and these women coming up. he said, i'm not sure women he did it with make him alluring. give me a break, the whole group, paula jones, lewinsky? just a really unattractive group. i'm not just talking about physical, but -- then neil interviewed, would it make any different? be any different if 2 were a supermodel crowd? >> at least more pleasant to watch, was donald trump's answer. >> isn't this -- this is the way

donald trump changed what we see as normal in this election. we're talking about him rating women and banning muslim immigration and -- i mean i can spend the rest of the hour going on with the -- >> saying it's okay for a radio talk show host to refer to his daughter as a piece of -- >> any of these things said by any other candidate, by jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz, they would be gone and done and now we're sort of debating whether or not this is the final straw, i mean, this is -- i think this is a very interesting moment in which things that have never been normalized before are suddenly normalized. we haven't even gotten to the part he publicly disagreed with his vice president's stated 30e policy. >> can i briefly say, clinton's actual, bill clinton actual behavior not hidden, overlooked. that normalized is not okay either. >> except it was the subject of ken starr's report.

2 w all of these stories came into and were investigated by starr. it was something that the country did spend a year litigating, and one reason that a lot of republicans don't want to go after this is that the very week that bill clinton was impeached, his job approval rating in the gallup poll ent up to 73%. >> i agree. >> lawyers say, asked and answered. >> republicans lost five seats that year in the house. >> right. 1998 mid-term elections historical anoomly, the party in the white house actually lost seats because of the investigation. >> clearly a faction in the trump campaign thinks they can try again. most republicans think it's a bad idea. we'll see. noted, flow throws his run mate under the bus.

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welcome back. this is not normal. the morning after a big debate and just 29 days to election day. >> well, you know, i'll always keep my conversation with donald trump and my family private, but

it's absolutely false. to suggest that at any point in time we consider dropping off the -- it's greatest honor of my life nominated by my party to be the next vice president of the united states of america. >> that was strange. this also not normal. donald trump last night making clear the man you just saw there, governor pence, doesn't speak for him on syria policy. >> he and i haven't spoken and i disagree. >> two minutes is up. >> i don't like assad at all, but assad is killing isis. russia is killing isis and iran is killing isis and those three have now lined up, because of our weak foreign policy. >> ah, the fact checker and international correspondents covering that conflict say trump is kind of wrong about assad in russia. glossing it over, clear, mike pence sees things very, very differently. >> the provocations by russia need to be met with american strength.

and if russia chooses to be involved and continue, i should say, continue to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in aleppo, the united states of america should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the assad regime to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis that is taking place in aleppo. >> it's quite common when you pick a running mate that the nominee and the running mate have some disagreements but worked out around the convention. running mate, he's the boss. agree with his position, give him my dmoucounsel in private. that's extraordinary? under the bus. >> i disa agree. haven't talked to him about it. the striking example of a disagreement between two members of the same ticket seen in presidential tickets i've seen. and on trump's position here, he's not just wrong. he is parroting the propaganda of the assad regime and russian

government which is to say all opposition to assad is isis, all islamic terrorists, not true. bad advice for foreign policy adviser. obviously it's not pence's view. his vie, assad is awful and putin strong man intervening that needs pushed back by americans. >> pence mainstream republican, hawkish view, maybe, but paul ryan, and mitch mcconnell agree with mike pence. >> mike pence's position is closer thon hillary clinton's than donald trump's. what donald trump said last night, had e has not talked to his running mate what could well be the defining foreign policy issue of the next president's administration. pretty remarkable. >> another issue to bring up, one of the reasons paul ryan is breaking from the nominee. they understand after the tape, more to come, more women to come forward. nor snippets and other on tv about to come out.

donald trump asked about this tape and askederer about tweeting, wremember not just th tape groping women. tweeted 3:00 a.m., here's what donald trump said. >> it wasn't check out a sex tape. take a person she built up to be a wonderful girl scout who was not girl scout. >> tweeting happens to be a modern day form of commun communication. it's a very effective way of communication. so you can put it down, but it is a very effective form of communication. i'm not unproud of it, to be honest with you. >> so the republican nominee for president, the man who wants to sit in the oval office, tell you how the country's going said, "think wasn't check out a sex tape." this wasn't check out a sex tape. twitter has a wonderful thing. computer services save something. donald trump's tweet, 5:00 something in the morning. check out sex tape, and passed.

this is one of the reasons republicans are nervous, and as we start the conversation, we talked about the nbc "washington journal" poll showing hillary clinton now up 11 points nationally. 46-35. look at this. generic ballot question. democratic controlled congress or republican controlled? 49% say democratic-controlled congress. 42% say republican-controlled congress. a shift. that is a shift from the if you went back a month or two ago and looked at the polling. that, and this whole conversation about temperament, character, treatment of women is why so many republicans are running away. >> look, the dynamic in many frustrations and many republican supporters of others frustrated during the primary season and hillary clinton supporters now, standard is low for him. what bar does he need to hit for basic acceptability? noodled on that myself. people are jonesing for a change election. they're being offered status quo, that they really don't like in the form of hillary clinton. and change that they're afraid of. they want him to give them a

reason to go there. and he keeps refusing to do so. >> as i've gone around the country and talked to trump supporters i discovered a phenomenon never seen with any other candidate where if you ask somebody why they're supporting him they say, he says what he thinks. then if you ask them, what about this outrageous thing he just said this morning? well, he didn't mean that. so people -- his supporters can somehow simultaneously have the two ideas in their heads that he is both a refreshing truth-teller and that he doesn't mean what he says. >> i call that the kardashian effect. people watching reality television know it isn't true. tough on immigration, can't ban muslims tough on the other guys. no other candidate could woebl g possibly get away with t. i heard what he said but i understand what he means. >> historically speaking the way

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you have avoided paying personal income taxes? >> no, but i pay tax and i pay federal tax, too but i have a write-off. a lot depreciation, a wonderful charge i love the depreciation. you know, she's given it to us. >> part of that answer, donald trump, a., acknowledging he used this write-off to avoid paying federal taxeses. perfectly legal, for everything we know, but -- >> confirming a mystery about this. >> and also said hillary clinton supporters specifically named warren buffett, released a statement in which titled facts for donald trump. warren buffett says i've paid federal income tax every year since 1944 when i was 13. he said the federal income tax for the year 2015, $1 million 845,000,157. show us more, donald. damaging? take that big of a write-off you take it for a reason.

again, there's nothing we know illegal about what donald trump did. admitting, yeah, sure. >> that whole story seems like a life time ago. right? >> sure does. >> so much happened since then. was always damaging in that it brought back the stories what a failure he was in the late '80s, early '90s after buying trump era and casinos failed, bought the yacht. the entire period of his life on the edge of personal bankruptcy and escaped it by the skin of his teeth. that's what that 1995 tax document, sort of part of that part of his legacy. thought if was damaging because a reminder this guy has not always been the great businessman he said he was. >> let's go to the other portion. talk a lot about donald trump, because he raises a lot to talk about in these debates. hillary clinton, a couple times clinton got her back on her heels and moderators, hacked e-mails. john podesta, e-mails hacked and excerpts the campaign has not

denied authenticity or confirmed it, mostly what she said to wealthy bankers and asked again both from the moderators and donald trump when pressed about her private e-mail server. >> look -- it's just not true, and so, please, go -- >> you didn't delete them. >> a allow her to respond. >> 33,000? yeah, right. >> we turned over 35,000. >> oh, yeah. what about the other 15,000? >> please allow her to respond. she didn't talk why you talked. >> that's true. i didn't. >> because you have nothing to say. >> i'm going to try not to in this debate, because i'd like to get to the questions that the people have brought here tonight to talk to us about. >> and the get off this question. >> you know, if you don't like trump you don't like that, but in the first debate she gave a tight answer, i'm sorry, and tried to put it away. in this debate, at least, he got combative with her and made her talk about it more. when she does that, gets into lawyer-ee land.

>> not just that a wheelbarrow full of lies. much of that is not true. and she's trying to over and over goen say these things that aren't true. does it matter in light of the fact his foibles will cover that up? not sure. he did a better job prosecuting the case on obama care and this last night. >> my understanding, whether she deleted them or not, they have a subpoena from the house and supposed to delete and guy went and deleted. not that hillary clinton called said, get rid of the e-mails. fact check what he said, there is a difference there. >> but timing doesn't pass the sniff test. >> and the notion -- >> deleted, not good. >> deleted 33,000 e-mails but i turned over 35,000 e-mail, average voter, boy, that's a lot of e-mails, and she did not help. >> and deleted it. >> it wasn't illegal. saying she should go to jail for something the fbi looked at in a

fairly thorough and transparent way. >> and house of representatives looked at. when donald trump brings up a notion people haven't prosecuted the case against hillary clinton the house of representatives is against him, he's forgetting who's in charge of congress. >> and voters, yes, probably get away with something here. part 6 this as well. >> on the hacked e-mails reve revealing some what was said, go to wall street, know the most about the banking industry looking for people to regulate. fox guarding the hen house and other things. the bigger issue, she said, russia has hacked, an issue, russia is hacking and might try influence the election, but an issue what she said she doesn't want to answer. >> one of the most interesting exchanges of the night, the one over having one policy in private, another in public and tried to draw it back to the movie "lincoln" offering trump one of his best opportunities. >> a good line. >> accused her of besmirching

honest abe. >> good comeback. trump better at comebacks, don't support him, don't like him, better than the first debate without a doubt. sit tight. sharing from note boshgs next including anxiety of republicans waiting for the next act in that tv campaign we call donald trump. your insurance company

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pictures here. hillary clinton boarding her campaign plane that new york. suburban new york. off to detroit. motor city campaigning today. donald trump on the road as well. two stops in pennsylvania. hillary clinton answering a question asked. do you think donald trump will show up for the third debate? answered with one word, yes. sure hope so. we'll be there. before we go, head around the "inside politics" table. >> i think it's worth pausing and reflecting on the fact one of the things lost last night was the whole function of what a town hall debate is supposed to be which is an opportunity for

average citizens to put their everyday concerns to the candidates, and that i think is not only what got lost last night. i think that's what's gotten lost in this election, and the final month is not going to do anything to correct that. >> i think you're right. i blame the candidates, not moderators trying to get to more questions but candidates get going at each other. key point. listen to voters. >> mid-august, one of trump's senior advisers, a meeting, biggest issue in the polling, your temperament. the last opportunity to let the american people that group of voters needed to win it, the last thing to win over is the last debates. win with some massive, new upsurge in white working class vote jers the poll says that's not going to happen. or reel back in the white college educated suburban especially women in places we talk about a lot like the philadelphia suburbs? and this temperament issue was

about the latter. ying and yang of the trump campaign. fighting about that for months. what we've seen in these last two debates is that they are doubling down on the base on a white working class surge and that is the only hope he has in the home stretch. that there is some historic surge in that democrat graphic. >> watch him try to turn it out in pennsylvania today. reid? >> the last cycles, the cost of politics risen exponentially. not citizens united. more money getting into the political system. this year, however, something remarkly different and reflecting the fact republican outside groups are virtually abandoning the presidential race and photographically have abandoned it ever since donald trump became the presumptive nominee. the amount of money spent on television in the battle for the united states senate, north of half a becoillion. presidential race, $350 millio.

the race on the white house, much more. >> the last 30 days of this, the republican party finding a runaway truck off ramp. this last weekend, might have been the last one, a bunch of people abandoned him. this whole thing, joining about camping with a grizzly bear. you may think you have an understanding, but he will eventually turn on you. the rest of the month, rock are for those still onboard and there will be more. anybody thought they were getting through october with a donald trump candidate on mike without more oppo were wrong. >> 29 days is a long time. end with this. is the cake baked or day havedeu all over again? look at polling, numbers

glaring. hillary clinton national and battleground state leads think the cake is baked. meaning race over. no matter what trump does in the next 29 days. stood by that view after the debate last night saying trump shored up right frank, but likely no headway or little in the suburbs. these are smart people and intimately involved in house and senate races in key battleground states and know the terrain. question, underestimating trump again? they don't think so. the same people told us no way the reality tv showman once pro-choice and pro-clinton could ever win the nomination. cake baked or deja vu all over again? 29 days and counting. hope you ride them out with us. thanks for watching "inside politics." be back tomorrow at noon. "wolf"'s ready to start right after this.

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hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching from irnd a the world, thanks very much for joining us. there is now less than a month until election day in the u.s. presidential race. we are clearly now in the home stretch. a new nbc news "washington journal" poll just out conducted this weekend shows hillary clinton up 11 points nationally over donald trump. this poll done after the release of the 2005 "access hollywood" tape that captures trump speaks explicitly about women but done before last night's presidential debate. it last night's second presidential debate is any indication, it's going to be a rocky and nasty final few weeks. >> hello. hello. hello. >> -- this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it. i appaologized to my family. i apologized to the american people. essential i'm not proud of it, but this is