continued refusal to say he will honor the results of the election. now he will do it if he wins. we're just 18 days now until election day. we're covering this for you from all angles. we have >> you can see ahead of the remarks here at this dinner maybe how the night was going to go. hillary clinton, definitely more her crowd. she had more visitors coming up to her than donald trump. donald trump ended up with more boos as they abandoned for a tone they have taken in this bruising election battle. >> hillary is so corrupt. she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: donald trump and hillary clinton were supposed to play nice. >> it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he'd be okay with a peaceful transition of power.

>> reporter: casting aside the night's traditional good humor joking, both candidates delivering brutal takedowns of each other. >> this is the first time ever that hillary is sitting down and speaking to major corporate leaders and not getting paid for it. >> people look at the statue of liberty and they see a proud symbol of our history. donald looks that statue of liberty and sees a four, maybe a five if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. >> reporter: trump starting his speech strong. >> the media is even more bias this year than ever before. ever. michelle obama gives a speech and everyone loves it. it's fantastic. my wife melania, gives the exact same speech and people get on

her case. >> reporter: but losing the room after changing his tone. >> hillary accidentally bumped into me and she very civilly said, pardon me. and i very politically epolitel me talk about that after i get into office. deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private. that's okay. i don't know who they're angry at, hillary, you or i. here she is in public pretending not to hate catholics. >> reporter: clinton landing her own sharp barbs right back at trump. >> donald, after listening to your speech, i will always enjoy listening to mike pence deny

that you ever gave it. donald really is as healthy as a horse. you know, the one vladimir putin rides around on. >> reporter: and poking fun at herself. >> this is such a special event that i took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here. >> the candidates did end up shaking hands, but they also avoided each other when they could. ahead of the event, they were both in a photo receiving line and seemed to go to lengths not to shake hands and i have spoken to a top hillary clinton aide on the plane coming back from las vegas. we saw real en maso animosity t. >> very interesting juxtaposition of what happened last night with all the tension. let's discuss it with time warner cable news errol lewis and mark preston and washington bureau chief for "daily beast" jackie kucinich. >> we all shook hands before the

segment. this is such an interesting night. it's comforting you can come in and laugh and have this levity for three hours and there's also something strange on the campaign trail. why can they do it there last night and then so hateful on the campaign trail. >> let's keep in mind, they didn't quite do it last night. there was a little bit of humor. but they also had something that doesn't normally happen which was the booing and the digs and the caustic jokes as opposed to jokes that sort of gently poke none at each other but keep the overall tone of this is the elite all showing the country that we all come together. >> there was more harsh last night. >> it was. that's not, you know, look, the reality is, you don't want to just put on a show. put on a complete illusion but this does demonstrate previous divisions. >> i've been to one of these dinners before and the idea for the most part have

self-deprecating humor and this was more deprecating humor. you take the case of donald trump and making the joke of wikileaks. >> i wasn't really sure if hillary was going to be here tonight because i guess you didn't send her invitation by e-mail. or maybe you did and she just found out about it through the wonder of wikileaks. >> you were watching this in realtime and it did feel at a certain point donald trump lost the room. >> right. >> and cross adeline. >> from the beginning. almost that he didn't have a delivery. in fact, if you would compare to hillary clinton he read his head was straight down the whole time. he read off the cue cards but at least she was looking up and laughing and kind of looking around the room. he was straight down line for line. this is the only time, quite frankly, he would have ever

worked directly off a script. we all laugh how he goes off script oftentimes. he was straight on script. the thing with her, her speech was very politically infused. the way that they wrote her speech and her jokes, everything had a little weave of politics and a dig at him and i don't think she has much criticism because it was so crafty and well done. donald trump was not as well done. >> do we know who wrote the jokes? >> look, we'll find out today, but oftentimes and john and i know these guys and errol does, as well. a handful of democratic speech writers that are fantastic. >> a lot of times actual comedians will write in single jokes and mail them in. speech writers i don't know if he was involved. he'll send joke ideas and it's a group effort. >> jackie, let's play one of hillary clinton's jokes that seem to go evover well. listen to this. >> i'm so flattered that donald

thought i used some sort of performance enhancer. now, actually, i did. it's called preparation. >> what did you think of the tone of the night, jackie? >> little of a burn, wasn't it? these are two people that don't like each other. and i think that came through. it's not just -- these aren't just competitors. she was referencing there trump's comment that they should do a drug test for the last debate because she may have taken performance enhancing drugs. you know, there was an interview with cardinal dolan after the event and he said that they were chatting and they were more pleasant to each other when they were sitting around him. but it is very clear that this is a nasty race and it's taken its toll on both of these candidates. >> errol, i'm sensitive to criticism over bad jokes. i mean, bad jokes -- it

shouldn't be disqualifying at a certain point. i wonder if we're making a lot out of this. it's a weird night, though. right we have 18 days left. last night was the last break. there is nothing left now between now and election day to inject moments of levity here. this is going to be all-out sprint until november 8th. >> when it works, it works well. if you go back and read a lot of the transcripts online and you read what john mccain said in 2000, or 2008. you read what mitt romney said just four years ago, it's quite nice. look, i respect the 44th president of the united states. i respect his family. i'm glad we live in a democracy where we can do this and move forward together. there's life outside of politics. the values that bind us together are more important than the politics who divide us. somebody has to say this and this is an elaborate stage during which you just sort of demonstrate that. else where on the days, there

were bitter political rivals who were sitting together. the governor and mayor of new york who have not been getting along. rudy giuliani and david who beat each other once in the 1990s sitting there together chatting. >> i don't want to have rose colored glasses on, but something comforting about that night when humor prevails and we can all come together. i don't know if last night captured that. let's play one more moment where hillary clinton did a little with her basket of deplorables comment. >> i have to say there are a lot of friendly faces in this room. people i have been privileged to know and to work with. i just want to put you all in a basket of adorables. >> i liked the basket of adorables. >> look, i think it. was smart. if you compare both speeches, again, like her speech was so well done, so well crafted and fairly well delivered.

she did bomb a few times, though. certainly towards the end she did bomb a few times. but her jokes were clever. they were tight. they were spot on and when they went after donald trump they were stinging, as well. she played it right, the whole basket of adorables. >> if you're expecting more than that, you know, you're going to be -- >> that was him laughing. >> jackie, the thing about this is neither of these candidates are known for their biting wit. you know, hillary clinton and she made a joke of it. seen as someone who was very serious. she is the life of every party she's been to, all three. donald trump not known for being self-deprecating, too. >> well, sure. you know, one of the things about mitt romney's speech is that he did have the sort of, you saw it once in a while this president obama throughout, i think of all the white house

correspondents dinners that he's done and he's always very funny. this is a moment where you can sort of see in glimmers a softer side of them. but i also wanted to mention that this event did achieve something that even the debates, that the last debate didn't. that is they actually shook hand. so, little victories, i guess. to alisyn's point it's nice to see them not at each other's throats. >> they can do it at this charity dinner but not on the national stage. let me see, let me see. wait, hold on. is it about to happen. >> can we rerack that and slow mo that. >> they did chat. >> it took them, basically, the head of the catholic church in the united states to make them chat and to have that hand shake. >> did they wipe their hand really fast and say, oh, cooties. >> they did a couple hail marys.

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so, donald trump changed his pshz on whether or not he would accept the outcome of the election. now, yesterday, at first was telling his supporters that, yes, he looks that election results, if he wins. and he then went further than that, as well. president obama and the first lady, though, blasting donald trump on the trail. cnn has it all live in washington with more. what's the latest, chris? >> hey, good morning, alisyn. donald trump's continual refusal to say he supports the bedrock of american democracy and has strong criticisms from all corners including from gop leaders themselves and vulnerable republicans in tough races. donald trump is defiant, mocking critics who rebuked him for refusing to say whether he'll concede if he loses in november.

>> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if i win. >> reporter: the republican nominee is doubling down on his unsubstantiated claims that the election is rigged against him and leaving the door open to contest the vote. >> i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. >> reporter: trump's unprecedented remarks are drawing backlash from both sides and rattling an already fractured republican party. senator john mccain, who lost the presidential race back in 2008, saying a concession is "an act of respect for the will of the american people. a respect that is every american leader's first responsibility." hillary clinton's trifecta of surrogates is nailing trump on the trail. starting with vice president joe biden in new hampshire. >> he's questioning not the

legitimacy of our elections but the legitimacy of our democracy. >> first lady tearing into trump in arizona. >> he is threatening the very idea of america itself. and we cannot stand for that. you do not keep american democracy in suspense. >> reporter: and in florida president obama condemning trump's dangerous talk as no joking matter. >> when you try to sew the seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our elections, that undermines our democracy. then you're doing the work of our adversaries for them. >> now, trump has provided no evidence to support this charge that the election is somehow rigged. and, look, the facts really don't bear that out. a 2012 investigative reporting project looked at over a decade

of data and found just ten, ten cases of voter impersonations at the polls on election day. that's ten cases over ten years. while the report does say fraud occurs sometimes, the number of cases they found are exceedingly small. john, alisyn, back to you guys, my friend. >> chris, thanks so much. bring back our political panel. you know, it is interesting, donald trump did mock the whole idea that he might contest the election last night. he had that joke that looks at the results, if i win. but he also did provide some important clarity here. he sort of expanded the context. let's listen to what he said. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if i win. of course, i would accept a clear election result, but i would also reserve my right to

contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. >> so, does that claire it up? first of all, he's down 8% in the polls. if the election was held today, would be a pretty clear result. >> right. look, he's sort of stating the obvious and it is good that he clarified this. he's like al gore in 2000. he's not going to simply concede if he's clear or if he believes that there is some kind of a problem that he's going to take through a legal challenge. yes, there's that. but this is him being donald trump, the businessman. you tell him that you need something from him, he's going to say, okay, let's talk about it. there's going to be a price for that. i've got some leverage. i'm not going to give it up. that's all he's doing in this entire process. >> is it possible to know where he stands on this? since he sociferos vociferously

debate said and of course i will accept them unless there is some reason not to and there is some challenge. does that put it to bed what he said? >> he's the conflicted politician in the sense that he's a showman. he's a businessman as errol said and now a politician. for someone like donald trump, though, to say on national television in excess of 60 million people watching him refusing to answer the question outright and having his surrogates go out and they don't know how to clarify. the next morning, basically, go through our iteration several news cycle until you get to tomorrow afternoon and then he kind of clears it up. listen, his supporters are all on board for this. they want to see a revolution. and leze he's leaving enough there. >> as far as the al gore comparison goes. al gore never contested the election three weeks before it

ever happened. the recount happened because of florida state law. and number three, jackie, even though i think donald trump has now explained this more and added an important condition here, he has opened the door for democrats to use this as a very potent issue. an animating issue. listen to michelle obama talk about this in arizona yesterday. >> the voters decide who wins and loses, period, end of story. when a presidential candidate threatens to ignore our voices and reject the outcome of this election, he is threatening the very idea of america itself. and we cannot stand for that. you do not keep american democracy in suspense. >> i mean, michelle obama is mocking it there. donald trump supporters might like this, but for democrats a hanging curveball they're knocking out of the park. >> the damage here is done and

it's not just democrats. you mentioned john mccain coming out because arizona has sort of become a swing state. who would think that would have happened. so, yeah, even though they're trying, he's more online with the surrogates, which is kind of the opposite of how it usually happens, the democrats are already taking this and they're running with it. i don't think you can put the genie back in this bottle even if you do say, look at what al gore did because it's not a very good comparison. but, you know, the ad is already cut and it's happening. >> errol, i want to ask you about another possible scenario for november 9th, the day after the election. that is what happens to speaker paul ryan? there is a movement from the house freedom caucus to have him replaced and removed because he hasn't embraced donald trump. so, what's going to happen? >> well, it will depend on what happens. if trump somehow wins, then,

yeah, paul ryan is going to have to start looking for a new job. if donald trump loses and loses badly and loses badly in places where the rnc kind of gave up on him, then the fight continues. i think this ongoing war within the republican party, obviously, it would be better if it happened the day after the election and not two weeks before, but it is really already starting and people are laying down their mark. >> you know when there are election waves. say they lose 20, 25 seats. the seats that go are the middle of the road seats. the people who lose are the moderates in contested districts. so, in some sense, his caucus could get harder to deal with after just by the fact of who is in there. >> that's because of jerry

gerimandering and in some ways it's sad because we've gotten to the point now where if you don't agree with a minority within your conference or your caucus, then there's problems. >> panel, thank you. sorry, jackie, to cut you off. we're out of time. have a great weekend. up next, where this thing's going. that thing is what i mean. what is that, john berman? i know you don't need roads. our first look at a driverless flying taxi. and it could be in the air with passengers sooner than you think. john will test this out in our next hour.

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♪ time for the five things to know for your new day. donald trump and hillary clinton trading jokes and insults at a normally good natured charity dinner in new york. trump got booed for some of his attacks. >> donald trump doubling down a little bit on his claims that a rigged election and mocked his critics. trump told supporters he will totally accept the election results if he wins. >> wikileaks releasing e-mails from president obama's private e-mail address before he took office. the correspondents providing insights from george w. bush's presidency to president obama's the e-mails surfaced.

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cnn senior nick walsh near the front lines in mosul. it is clear how they're fighting back. >> in kirkuk take the fight to the city that is not part of this fight around mosul. 30 militants have gone into abandoned buildings and 7 of the 30 dead we're just learning among isis militants but really brings to the floor how bloody this assault could be. isis holding on very tenaciously to towns on the edge of their territory, which you may have thought they could have given up more easily, as we found on the front yesterday.

day four. and perhaps the biggest push yet. from the north into the plains around mosul. trying to dislodge the determined and deranged remnants of isis. peshmerga with staggering air power. the common sight of american special forces. the pentagon says they're advising position in the front of the attack. the work is slow. begging the question, what becomes of the wreckage under new masters. suddenly, in the sky, a hail of bullets. spotted a drone. trace arounds dance around it and finally take off its nose. isis used them to spot targets

for artillery, even drop small bombs. this one tumbles down. its wreckage picked over, it's still unclear whose it is. yet progress down the road is agonizingly slow. this is a source of so much fighting this morning, but still full of isis and we heard that peshmerga have listened on their radios this morning discussing on how they should wait and only launch a counterattack once the peshmerga are inside. two killed by a mine and others injured in intense clashes when they flank for town heading left across barren farmland. isis still here haunting the dust pushed back moments earlier. each unit pinned down on a hill.

observing them and dropping tiny bombs on them. like grenades, we are warned. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and, still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land. the u.s. saying they have lost servicemen in the last 24 hours or so. minimal details as is normally the case in this opening 24 hours. we understand that soldier hit by an improvised device. you saw in that report there, a lot of american personnel pretty near the front and the pentagon

saying they're not involved in the assault, but we repeatedly see them in the opening columns that head in towards peshmerga assaults against isis here. minimal details there at this stage. this is likely to be long and bloodied, alisyn. >> we would not know about any of this without you and your camera. they are in farmland and traversing and fighting, we see it. we'll check back in with you. the chicago cubs heading home to wrigley on the verge of history. how they took charge of the nlcs and what that even means in our bleacher report, next. bright an. that's why at mccormick pure flavor is our mission. so you can realize the rich taste of pure flavor. after all, the smallest pinch of mccormick can make meals legendary. because pure tastes better.

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donald trump reserving the right to contest the election results, he says. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if i win. of course, i would accept a

clear election result, but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. >> so, what does that mean? what do all the different statements he made about this mean? what can we learn about trump's past comments about elections. here to discuss michael deantonio and gwen deblair she is also an adjunct faculty member. great to have both of you here. when you heard donald trump at the debate say, i'm going to keep you in suspense. i don't know that i'm going to accept the results of the election. were you surprised? >> not at all. i mean, this is a guy who plays games and pulls stunts. you know, the first thing i want to say is this interview is rigged because you have coffee and i don't. >> that's what he would say. >> that's the way he goes.

this is a way of setting up the outcome so that you can say anything is a victory. you change your ultimate goal all the time. i don't think the goal now is to win. i think the goal is to establish his media empire and he's building an audience on the dime of his political donors. so, this, the whole other people's money thing in real estate, he's using other people's money now to create his brand as a media mogul. >> let's just walk down memory lane. hillary clinton did this a little bit in the debate. donald trump said the emmys were rigged in 2004, 2005. the 2012 election with mitt romney was rigged. he said that the primaries were rigged and now struggling in the general election and he's saying that this is rigged. you say this is a way he does business, in a way. >> absolutely. the most competitive person ever. he was trained as a kid early on

to always -- the minute he walks in a room and assesses everybody and looks for the weak point and goes for it. he has to win. >> this is not the first time he talked about rigged election. this has been a theme of his back in 2012 on november 6th. election day. he sent out this tweet. more reports of voting machines switching romney votes to obama. pay close attention to the machines. don't let your vote be stolen. he then sent out this tweet. this election is a total sham and a travesty. we're not a democracy. what is this theme about, michael? >> it does sound like someone who is tuned to authoritarian states. if you think about his interest in russia. his whole fascination -- >> maybe to a conspiracy. why does this say authoritarian state to you? >> in an authoritarian state things can be rigged. in the games he played

throughout his life he set the rules to play in his favor. the whole thing of this being rigged most of us don't think of that because we have respect for our system and we trust other people. he doesn't have respect for any system and he doesn't trust anyone but his family. >> gwenda, what does that mean on november 9th. project for us what he might do if he doesn't win here? what do you think based on your experience. you spent some time with this guy. >> he grew up in the orbit of power of positive thinking where you stamp indelibly on your mind an image of yourself as successful and never let it go. that's been what his parents did. his parents went to that church and donald was married there and his parents' funerals were there. on the campaign trail he talked

about norm vincent. nat is his philosophy. you are successful, you're always winning. that's it. no other way to look at the world except winners and losers. >> even if the evidence says the contrary. >> there is no evidence to the contrary. all evidence means that you won. if you didn't win this way, you won that way. you are always successful. >> fascinate. just yesterday yet another woman came forward to say that donald trump had groped her. there have now been at least ten women who have come forward to say that they were the victims of either sexual assault or certainly unwanted advances. michael, does that comport with what you know from spending time with donald trump and researching him? >> well, the first thing i want to say is that there were people who spoke to me about this off the record. when i was researching my book and that was before donald had declared. not as if people were out to get him. i think that he lived in a world and gwenda and i were talking

about this. this happened quite often most women of that era, his generation. >> meaning in the '80s and '90s could more often expect to be the subject of an unwanted advance. >> yes. i think he may have forgotten a lot of these incidents. >> in the '80s and '90s we would see the splashy covers of "the new york post" and know that he was a womanizer but a predator is different than a womanizer. what was your take upon studying him? >> i guess i'm not a ten because it didn't happen to me. but everything is an object to him. everything is about what can i get out of this? that is just how he looks that world. how would woman be different? part of that job description, part of how you present yourself is you have a good-looking woman on your arm, that's it. women are prey.

you have to constantly prove yourself as being a sexual, you know, somebody who is able to get women. that's part of that whole way of looking at yourself in the world. he's got to stake out the turf and show that he can immediately get any woman in the world. >> declare success no matter what. michael, how does he -- not like he hasn't had adversity. he had business failings one after another. went through a few marriages that didn't work out. do we have any example of how he deals with things when they do not go his way? >> the reform party in the year 2000 is a good example. he had a kind of pretend campaign for the presidency. they had the splinter party that was going to nominate somebody. when it came close he declared that they were all idiots and he backed out. so, i think there will be blame cast on others. but i think he is affected by these things. when i see him now, he seems

almost depressed. >> what do you mean? what symptoms do you see that show that he's depressed? >> he's more slumped in his posture. there's not fire in his eyes, that i would expect. i think he's tired. i think they know the poll numbers. you see yesterday he lost a key campaign person. it can't be easy to be in his place now and, so, reality does affect him. but he's already imagining how to twist this into a victory and he'll declare something when he loses. he'll declare some victory. you can guarantee that. >> michael, gwenda, fascinating to talk to you. you spent more time with him than most. we're following a lot of news this morning. the candidates trading barbs at a charity dinner. let's get to it. >> hillary accidentally bumped into me and she said, pardon me. and i very politely replied let

me talk to you about that after i get into office. >> donald thought i used some sort of performance hanse ancan. i did. it's called preparation. >> a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. >> he's not politically correct. >> and i think we love that about him, right? >> the voters decides who wins and losers. pe period. end of story. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." chris is off and john berman joins me. a lot of jokes we're about to get to. >> not me this time. >> donald trump and hillary clinton trading jabs last night. but trump got booed repeatedly for ignoring the dinner's long tradition. >> he got booed quite a bit there. folks who have been said they never seen a reception quite

like this before and it comes on the heels to say he will honor the results of the election. he says he will do it if he wins. election day 18 days away. we have the story covered for you from all angles. let's begin with brianna keilar. >> hi, john. it was clear before the remarks where hillary clinton had more people coming up to her and this was a crowd more in her favor, but donald trump was more sharp as both candidates sort of jettison thea al dacorm on an evening of levity. >> hillary is so corrupt. she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: donald trump and hillary clinton were supposed to play nice. >> it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he'd be okay with a peaceful transition of power. >> reporter: casting aside the night's traditional good humor