things and it damages i mean i think it will be widely repudiated but i still very much dislike the rigging the system. >> but still, very quickly, to carl's point it doesn't mean that the feelings, the strong feelings go away on november 9th and the people who supported trump don't go away if he were to lose and so something might happen after the election and it's hard to put your finger -- >> -- a real movement. this is -- this is -- this is not just 20%, 30% of the people in the country that are going along with this stuff. >> right now it's 42%. >> 42, the majority are just republicans who will be happy he'll go. i'm hopeful it will be a smaller movement. he'll do what he does. but i'm hopeful it will be a smaller movement on november 9th. >> on that optimistic note, thank you very much. >> we are following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> i will totally accept the results, if i win. >> that is dangerous. that undermines our democracy. >> it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he'd be okay with

a peaceful transition of power. >> we want fairness in the election. >> he is threatening the very idea of america itself. >> this is the first time ever that hillary is speaking to major corporate leaders and not getting paid for it. >> donald, after listening to your speech, i will also enjoy listening to mike pence deny that you ever gave it. >> this is "new day." with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." chris is off this morning. and john berman joins me. great to have you here. >> good to be here. >> donald trump and hillary clinton trading jabs at a charity dinner last night. it was supposed to be funny. and the rivals did get some big laughs. but trump also got booed repeatedly for ignoring the dinner's tradition of light hearted. >> al smith v has been to a lot of these dinners before told us he had never been to a dinner quite like that one. of course it comes on the heels of donald trump continuing to say that he will honor the

results of the election. now he says he will do it if he wins. 18 days to go right now. let's begin our coverage with cnn's brianna keilar. >> this is definitely a much more pro-hillary clinton group for sure and she was more self-deprecating in her jokes. but both candidates jettisoned that normal decorum of levity in what has been a very hard-fought and often nasty campaign 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 at the 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 biased 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 politely repliereplit me talk to you about that after i get into office. >> reporter: trump even booed at times for crossing the line. >> hillary believes that it's vital to 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 tonight, 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 also 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. >> reporter: and after a debate that was noticeably devoid of a handshake between the candidates, everyone was watching to see if donald trump and hillary clinton would shake on it at this dinner. they did. at the end, they were separated through the whole thing by cardinal dolan, but they did have a handshake. it is interesting to note, though, guys, there was a photo line at the beginning they were both a part of, and they did not shake hands. there is real animosity. they don't like each other. >> at 1.7 seconds where their hands were grasping. totally changed -- >> lightning almost went off. >> donald trump is now telling his supporters that he will accept the election results, if he wins. sort of clarified that saying he reserves the right to legally challenge any election result. cnn's chris frates is live in washington with more. >> good morning, john. donald trump continues to refuse to say whether he supports what's a bedrock of american

democracy, the peaceful transfer of power. and that's drawn criticism from all corners, including from gop leaders and republicans who are in pretty tough races. donald trump is defiant, mocking critics who rebuked him for refusing to say whether he will 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. >> questioning not the legitimacy of our election, but the legitimacy of our democracy. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama tearing into trump in arizona. >> he is threatening the 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 sow 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. >> reporter: now, trump has provided no evidence to support this charge that somehow the election is rigged. and, look, the facts don't bear that out either. a 2012 investigative report project looked at over a decade of data and found just ten cases of voter impersonation at the polls on election day. so ten cases over ten years. not a lot of evidence there. but, the report does say fraud occurs from time to time. but the number of cases that happen are exceedingly small. too small to swing an election. alisyn? >> that is a very important point, chris, and i'm glad that you continue to make it for our viewers. thank you very much. so let's bring in now former republican governor of new hampshire john sununu. he has endorsed donald trump for president. good morning, governor. >> good morning, alisyn. how are you? >> i'm well. given everything that donald trump has said over these past weeks about the possibility of a rigged election, are you confident that he will accept

the outcome on november 8th? >> i am. absolutely. >> because may i remind you that during the debate he said that he didn't want to commit to accepting the election results. >> look, alisyn, you know the kind of rhetoric donald trump enjoys using, and that's the kind of candidate he is. but the point is, that this election is about changing policy. and -- and obviously i would prefer to hear him talk about those changes. i prefer him to compare himself to hillary as a continuation of the obama policy. that's where i'd like to see this campaign go. unfortunately, every time he makes a rhetorical gaffe you guys love jumping on it, and that's all the news that you get, especially with social media coming out of the hillary campaign, adding fuel to it. let's get to the fact that this is an election about policy. around i hope donald trump continues to put some emphasis

on that. and i'd like to hear hillary talk a little bit about some of her policies. >> but governor how is what he said at the debate a gaffe? >> because the question comes up, and you don't know what goes through his mind. i'm sure it flashed through his mind that -- that gore challenged what happened in florida. those are legitimate challenges to votes. and so he wanted to retain the legitimate challenge possibility. but he used the wrong language. and i think he -- i think the last piece of clip that you put on where he's talking about using legally appropriate and acceptable challenges to contested votes is what he's really talking about. i think it was a rhetorical gaffe that didn't put the onus on what he really meant to say. now let's go on and talk about policies. we've got to make changes. we have to make changes at the federal level and at the state level and i hope republicans understand that even if they don't like trump they come out and vote for the down ballots like senate and governors and

state legislators. >> let's talk about that. what do you think the trump effect will be on the down ballot republicans? >> it will be positive, and it will be negative. and the question is, will it be more positive than it is negative? i have a son running for governor in new hampshire. we need change in new hampshire. we've had too many democratic governors over the last 20 years. folks acknowledge they want to have change. if you talk to republicans, and independents, they are leaning to have change. what you've got to have is the trump -- you've got to find out whether the trump effect is going to get those people out or going to force them to stay home. and i have to admit, alisyn, i have not been able to analyze even after the fact what the trump effect has been in the primary process that we've seen. >> governor, what do you think the future is for speaker paul ryan? there's talk that because he has not embraced and has now distanced himself from donald trump in an effort, i think, he believes to save some of these

down ballot republicans and say if you don't support donald trump you are free to break with him, do you think he will continue to be speaker after the 9th? >> oh, i think paul will be speaker after the 9th. look, the important thing for republicans is to realize that policy change comes from all the offices. you don't just get it with a president. you get it with a house that's led by a republican. you get it with a senate that's led by a republican. and a predominant republicans in state houses and in legislative bodies across the country. that's how you put pressure on for policy change. so they've got to come out and -- republicans and conference independents and smart democrats have to come out and vote for the downballots as well as the press schull choice. if they can't pull the trigger for trump they ought to hold their nose and move down the ballot and vote for republicans. but if people want policy change they've got to be there in

november. >> governor did you get a chance to watch any of the al smith dinner last night? >> no. but i saw some of the clips. i have to tell you, the al smith speaker in 1991 was much better than either of those two folks. >> really? and who might that have been? >> that was me. >> i figured that. i'm sure you brought down the house. with that -- i mean, you know what they say about last night was it obviously as you well know from your experience that this is a self-deprecating, funny event and you actually do show a little bit of deference or at least respect for your opponent and that is a long-standing time honored tradition. but last night seemed to break with it and some of the crowd even booed because they thought that it was too barbed. what does this say about where we are? >> yeah, i think it is representative of the kind of campaign that we had. you know the real news that came out yesterday, though, wasn't the failure of the two candidates to do the al smith speeches right. it was cardinal dolan criticizing mrs. clinton and her

campaign for their negative attitude towards catholics and christians. and that, to me, was extremely significant. >> and was it appropriate -- >> i think it was absolutely appropriate. i think for too long political correctness has allowed folks to feel that they can make fun of catholics and christians, and then not be criticized because it might impose on them. the fact is, is that this has been going on for a long time. i'm proud of the cardinal, and i'm -- as a catholic i am thrilled that he finally -- the catholic bishop and the cardinals are beginning to understand that they have a role in criticizing the criticism of the church, and the denigrating of the church that's been taking place over a long -- >> be clear, governor, hillary clinton didn't denigrate the church. this was a private e-mail exchange that you're referring to. >> it was a private e-mail exchange. but it was very clear that it was reflecting an attitude that goes across that campaign.

if that -- if she felt not that way, you would not have that kind of interchange among staff members. and that has been going on for all too long in this country. >> well just to be clear. it was five years ago, she wasn't yet running. it wasn't her campaign, and it was a private e-mail exchange between two catholics who say that they -- what they were actually doing was, you know, criticizing sort of media moguls who claim to be catholic. but in any event, i hear your thoughts. >> alisyn, but she hasn't come out, she hasn't come out and said otherwise. >> okay, governor john sununu. thank you, always great to get your perspective on all of this. >> thanks, alisyn. >> and he did bring the house down back in 1991. a powerful 6.2 earthquake rattling western japan overnight. the quake more than 400 miles from tokyo. no reports of major damage so far and no tsunami warning has been issued. officials say the quake temporarily knocked out power to about 30,000 customers. an unidentified sweet smell

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>> but donald really is as healthy as a horse. you know, the one vladimir putin rides around on. >> there was some laughter and some boos last night during both hillary clinton and donald trump's speeches at the alfred e. smith memorial foundation dinner. usually a lighthearted affair where the candidates make lighthearted jokes about themselves. but last night was less self-deprecating and more just deprecating. joining us now is democratic senator amy klobuchar. she has endorsed hillary clinton. senator i guess i'm not going to ask you to be a humor critic right now. but let me ask you about another part of the evening which is after it was all over, they finally shook hands. the candidates managed to, you know, gather up the courage to have their hands touch for about 1.7 seconds. something that they couldn't do, neither of them could manage to do at the debate the night before. do you think that one of them should have been grown up enough to go and shake the other's hand during that debate? >> well, first of all, john, they have shook hands before in

their lives. that's for sure. and i think that this isn't just about a hand shake. this election is really about a fair shake. for the american people. and i think one of the most amazing things about the debate, as opposed to the comedy dinner, and by the way i've now spoken at three or four similar comedy dinners like the gridiron and others, and some jokes work well, some jokes bomb, i really don't read as much in to this -- the joex of last night as others may do. i think the real issue, when i get to the fair shake, was a difference between the candidates on that amazing debate, over 70 million people watched it, and for the first time, yes, there was the back and forth, but for the first time i think the american people got to get a sense of how each candidate would govern. what was the agenda? clear differences on the supreme court, immigration reform, social security, and i think hillary came out with very high marks in that debate. and probably as you've all discussed this morning, the most

meaningful part was when donald trump still would not say that he would abide by the election double downing on it the next day by saying well he'd abide by it if he won. >> but you did bring that up. but he did also expand on that after he made a joke saying he would abide by the results of the election if i win. he did make clear some conditions in which he would accept the election results. let's listen. >> 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. >> now, isn't that actually what all candidates do, if there is a clear election result they accept it, and they concede. but when there's not, you don't. i mean, when there's not, happened in minnesota in 2008 and al franken center, you don't accept it if there's a recount. you wait and see what happens. donald trump just saying he's going to do what every candidate does. at least there.

>> first of all, at least at that moment he's added that caveat. but let's look at back what he's been saying. he's been really making a call to action to his supporters, when he says things like well i'll respect it if i win. i mean, those were the words i've heard those words he has said that. >> but the new definition you're okay with? >> but it's true -- >> but his new definition would be okay? >> no i'm not okay with how he has been talking about this issue and it's very difficult to change at this point. when his own party has had to come out and clarify it. when his own running mate has had to say well no he really means he'll respect the results. and the difference when you look at that minnesota case where there were only 312 votes that ultimately separated al franken and norm coleman. when norm coleman conceded he was incredibly gracious and he was gracious throughout the whole thing. and that helped our state to get through a hard time. we had to have a recount. everyone knew that. we had to look at the ballots when it was that close. but, at one point when he could have kept appealing, norm

coleman said, i respect the results, al franken is the next senator, this is a country that is governed by laws. those are not the words that you hear going into this election. from donald trump. >> but i think what donald trump was saying neither norm coleman nor al gore did it on election day or election night. ultimately it did very much happen that is clear. you're right about that, senator. can i ask you a hypothetical here. now i think you would say right now you believe hillary clinton is going to win this election. yes? >> i think she is doing very well. but you never take anything for granted because we want everyone to go out and vote. >> if she does win the election, senator jeff flake of arizona says he would like to see the senate take up merrick garland, president obama's supreme court nominee and the lame duck. he says if hillary clinton is president-elect we should move forward with the lame duck. you sit on the senate judiciary committee. would you like to see the senate take up the issue of merrick garland in the lame duck session if hillary clinton wins?

>> of course i would. we have been pushing for this all year, and it galls me that more of my colleagues are not saying the kind of thing that senator jeff flake is saying. it is our job, the constitution said we should advise and consent. this nomination has now been hanging out there longer than any other nomination in recent history without having a hearing. and we have to do our job, we have to have the hearing. people can vote up or down on this nominee, but you cannot continue to have four poor decisions in the highest court in the land -- >> i have heard liberals say if hillary clinton wins they'd rather wait until after january 20th and have her pick someone to fill the vacancy. >> i'm sure there's people that might have said that. but i believe in the end, i can tell you right now, that if chuck grassley, the chairman of the judiciary committee, or if mitch mcconnell said you know what, let's go ahead and have hearings the election is over we don't want this politics seeping in to the supreme court as has happened the last six months, we would have hearings, and we would have a vote on that

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we're following breaking news out of iraq. clashes are intensifying between iraqi security forces and isis in the city of kirkuk. isis targeting police stations, and security offices. iraqi and kurdish forces are engaged in heavy fighting against isis as they try to push forward to mosul. cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is live on the front line near mosul. what's the situation there? >> that unexpected attack against kirkuk really a bit to throw the peshmerga who control that oil rich city on their back feet. continuing fighting 30 isis militants involved, seven of them dead we know so far. they've been attacking security headquarters. the united nations give you a snapshot of how brutal this is has just warned that 550 families may be being used as human shields by isis. some of them forced to walk on foot from the village where they live a matter of days ago.

the front lines very violent. isis not yielding any territory unless they absolutely have to. 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. peck merg ga backed with staggering air power. the common sight of american special forces. the pentagon says they're advising not assaulting position in the front of the attack. the work is slow. destructive. 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 to those militants on their radios this morning discussing 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.

we reach one unit pinned down on a hill. they say a drone is 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. turned arid. now we know some sad news from the pentagon that a u.s. soldier lost his life in the last 24 to 48 hours or so. minimal details as is customary when a u.s. death is announced. this soldier was hit by an ied, a mine in you or i language and that caused him to die from his

injuries later on after being evacuated from the battlefield. it's not clear if he was involved in that specific onslaught against mosul. highly likely. frankly he was, you saw how close to the front u.s. special forces are. the pentagon say they're not involved in the assault but frankly there it does look like they're always in the first wave heading against isis. john? >> half of the 5,000 u.s. troops said to be involved in some way or another and many are in harm's way. nick paton walsh for us, thanks so much for your reporting. all right so car accidents in the united states the leading cause of death among teens. this week cnn hero jeff payne is trying to reduce that problem teaching teenagers how to handle themselves behind the wheel. >> a lot of parents would never toss their kid a loaded gun and tell them to have fun but many of them just don't think twice about throwing them the car keys. we just throw the kids out there on the road and expect them to be prepared to handle every situation. and that's just not the case. we're just doing our jobs so we can make a difference out there and make the roads safer for all of us. >> for more on jeff's efforts go to cnnheroes.com.

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the al smith dinner known for self-deprecating humor and big laughs. and while hillary clinton and donald trump did take shots at their opponent they saved their best lines to make fun of their own campaigns. listen to this. >> michelle obama gives a speech, and everyone loves it. it's fantastic. they think she's absolutely great. my wife melania gives the exact same speech, and people get on her case. and i don't get it. i don't know why.

and it wasn't her fault. stand up, melania. come on. she took a lot of abuse. >> this is such a special event that i took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here. >> i love the nap one. >> you love nap jokes. >> nap humor gets me every time. cnn political director david chalian joins us with the bottom line. what did you think of last night? >> i thought the melania joke was the best joke of the night. political strategists will always tell their candidate, when you're doing humor, self-deprecating to the way to go. that's how politicians should always do humor. there's plenty of material. just make fun of yourself. it's charming and the audience walks away with it. both of these guys did not take that to heart all the way through their routine. >> david, there is some news overnight about money in the money that is being raised in this campaign.

what can you tell us? >> yeah, this is like the last fund-raising report we're going to see before the elections to get insight into where it stands. for the month of september, what the candidates raised and what they spent here. so again clinton advantage all the way down the line. raised $72.6 million. spent $82.6 million. and left with about $60 million cash on hand. if you look down the trump line he raised $53 million in september. spent $70 million which is twice as much as he spent the previous month in august, and he is left with about $35 million, a little more than half of what hillary clinton has in cash on hand. >> but david, you know, we've talked a lot about how donald trump has not had to spend as much as hillary clinton, certainly with all of the media, and the press, that he got during the primary season. so what has trump spent his money on? >> so, yeah, again just looking at september here, this is what the new fec reports show us. trump has spent his money on tv and radio ads, about $23 million. his digital firm, $20 million.

that is a huge budget. the trump campaign has invested a ton in to digital advertising. we'll see how that plays out. and then you see that former campaign manager payout for $100,000 to corey lune down ski as part of his separation. from the trump campaign. >> that 20 million for digital firm there is something that i think we'll try to learn a lot more about in the coming months maybe after the campaign because it is a lot it does jump out at you right there. hillary clinton has raised a ton of money, and so too has the super pac. people are talking about her being a billion dollar candidate. would that be a milestone? >> it would be. we've been to billion dollar campaigns but a billion dollar candidate would be a big deal no doubt. listen, here's what you have to remember, she has raised a lot more money, and obviously has been spending much more on the airwav airwaves. as you're saying, john, i think there's going to be a whole sort of excavation after this campaign about does tv advertising really work the way it used to. does it pack the punch? is digital now going to take over television and advertising budgets? we haven't seen that in politics

yet. but i think we will learn a lot from this campaign. but what you do see, both these candidates are emptying their pockets right now. it's the final stretch and they are just spending all the money that they can to try to reach every voter. >> october is always a good month to be a political consultant. i will say that. because that's when a lot of checks come in. >> if you're going to get into the business, do it now. so it's fun to check in with the political predictions and where they are in terms of who's going to win. obviously it's just a snapshot. where are we today? >> well, this is different than just polls although we've got a couple different models here. cnn's political prediction market, this is pivot. this is all based on sort of online betting, not real money, but the marketplace, if you will, of where people think the race is going to go. "new york times," and 5le 38 blog is based more reliantly, they rely on polls. but look at that 95% in the cnn pivot political prediction market think hillary clinton is going to win. those odds are astronomical.

92% for "the new york times." 86% for 538. the reason this matters is because this is where people clearly think the race is going, and that psychology often has impact on how people cast their vote. >> what they're looking at is right now the cnn poll of polls has been eight-point spread between hillary clinton and donald trump. even if he cuts that in half it's still four points in the national vote and that leads to a big electoral map victory in all likelihood, david? >> yeah, john, a four-point victory in today's political environment, that's a big victory in presidential politics. that's why i don't think even the clinton campaign thinks that they're going to end up with an eight-point victory on election day. this thing will likely narrow in the next 18 days. but you would rather be in her position than his when it narrows, because she's got quite a cushion. >> david chalian, great to have you with us. thanks so much, friend. >> okay. >> all right, so does either candidate have what it takes to become comedian in chief? we will look who won at the al smith dinner last night.

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all right. a night of comedy. just 2 1/2 weeks before election day brought some laughs and also some boos. but does either candidate have what it takes to be comedian in chief. cnn's senior media correspondent host of reliable sources brian stelter. dean, donald trump and hillary clinton their families love

them, they may be very nice people. neither of them i think it's safe to say are known as great comics. >> no. i don't think they are. compared to president obama, who i think is a modern-day best comedic president ever. i'll be honest, meeting president obama last year, i said you have great comedic timing. he paused right there and said, i know. following president obama a tall order for anyone. neither one is close. i think hillary did a little bit better. >> what was your favorite joke of the night? >> objectively speaking the trump joke about melania, and the speech thing. that brought the house down. he should have left -- >> drop the mic and walked out. okay, what moment did you like? >> i appreciated clinton's acknowledgment of this recent controversy involving a rigged election. the stolen election. you know -- >> let's play it for everybody so that they know a little moment of humor. listen to this. >> oh, whichever -- they're saying -- >> i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he'd be okay with

a peaceful transition of power. >> the face she made made it even funnier. >> she needed to figure out some way to acknowledge this week, and donald trump saying he wouldn't accept the results necessarily. she did that effectively. she's normally quite stilted in these situations. she did play a character on snl very effectively last year. i'm sure we'll see that again between now and election day. and this is a warm-up for her to be a little more comfortable. >> al smith v told me the environment in that room was different and probably a little more awkward than he'd ever seen before. people are saying they've never heard boos like that before. both candidates went after each other really hard. let's listen to some of the barbs that went back and forth. >> here she is tonight, in

public, pretending not to hate catholics. everyone knows, of course, hillary's belief that it takes a village, which only makes sense, after all in places like haiti, where she's taken a number of them. >> i am so flattered that donald thought i used some sort of performance enhancer. i did. it's called preparation. but donald really is as healthy as a horse. you know, the one vladimir putin rides around on. >> that was a good joke. >> you liked that. the crowd didn't like it. >> objectively speaking it's a good joke. trump did so bad at the end cardinal dolan gave his campaign last rites. but jokes, the thing is, you know that not every joke works. some jokes bomb. >> i know.

>> but -- >> the trump thing sit more than just some jokes bombing is there any deeper significance there? i'm not sure there really is. >> bombing and to be frank i have bombed as a comedian. it's uncomfortable. people looking away. they were booing. they were angry. he turned the room against him. that was a whole different thing. supposed to have a history of civility. it's a good natured time. four years ago obama and romney complimented each other and their families at the end. it was a great moment bringing people together. >> let me see if i can pull this off. most of that room knows donald trump is likely to lose in a couple of weeks. you all just showed the numbers with david chalian about how all the political prediction markets say he's likely to lose in a couple of weeks. what trump's going to be like, how's he going to act after the election? this might have been a preview of that. >> tell bad jokes? >> well we're seeing what it's like for him in a room of new york city elites. seeing what it's like for him around media figures and religious leaders and others and he didn't really pull it off. he wasn't able to be

self-deprecating. he took some shots at his rival. it was a little bit uncomfortable. in that room the people know he's likely to be the loser. >> what will late night laughs look like after the election? what will be humorous and the late night hosts do after the election because they have -- >> oh, i think hillary clinton is pretty funny if trump does lose. >> we have some sound from last night. let's listen. >> clinton and trump are at a dinner together. the al smith dinner. hillary and donald are one seat apart with cardinal timothy dolan sitting between them. like an unhappy couple hoping to get their marriage annulled. >> chris wallace asked trump if he would accept the election results. >> i'll keep you in suspense. >> suspense. that's presidential. it reminds me of fdr's first inaugural. >> the only thing we have to fear is -- stay tuned to find out! >> spoiler alert. it was nazis.

>> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. >> you got to give it to him. you got to give it to him. you know you really got me for a second there. i actually believed you had a shred of integrity. you know. what an amazing psychout you know. a national psychout like that classic joke where he offer to shake somebody's hand when they go to shake it you undermine our system of government. >> funny stuff. okay so what are your predictions for snl this weekend? >> the debate has to be a big part of it. maybe the al smith dinner booing, trump doing some kind of comedy stand-up audition would be a great thing. like a late night comedy thing. as bill carter here said yesterday it was as if trump was acting like alec baldwin. maybe alec baldwin will try to

reverse that, flip it around. i'm not sure what you do when life imitates art imitating life. >> and it's wrapped in an enigma and dipped in mustard. >> that's where we are. >> thanks, so much. >> have a great weekend. "newsroom" with carol costello picks up after this very quick break. have a great weekend, everyone. "driving my life away" by eddie rabbit ♪ well, the midnight headlight blind you on a rainy night ♪ ♪ steep grade up ahead slow me down makin' no time. ♪ but i gotta keep rollin', for the mornin' ♪ introducing the new turbocharged golf alltrack with 4motion® all-wheel drive. ♪ ooh, i'm driving my life away. ♪ soon to be everywhere. ♪ lookin' for a better way.

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and good morning from my home state battleground ohio. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. 18 days and counting, and 18 electoral votes at stake right here in the buckeye state. i'm coming to you from the bull's-eye and the capital of the state of ohio, columbus. the latest ohio polls showing hillary clinton and donald trump tied. a history lesson for you. no candidate has won the white house without ohio since jfk. that's why donald trump was here yesterday. hillary clinton will be in the state today. she'll be in the cleveland area. and it's not just ohio, both campaigns going full throttle in other battleground states. capping off another brutal week in the race for the white house. and if you were