>> this is dw news live from berlin. tonight, a constitutional crisis cliffhanger created by donald trump. mr. trump: let me keep you in suspense. secretary clinton: that is horrifying. xd will not commit to accepting the result if he loses. is this the final nail in his candidacy coffin? is he paving the way for postelection chaos? also on the show, pressure on putin. more sanctions against russia the key?

debating fresh measures against moscow. we will find out what leverage the eu has against moscow. and during protests, against rising university tuition fees. we will go to johannesburg to find out more. i'm brent goff. donald trump keeps stunning the u.s. and the world with democracy on his terms. today, he said he will accept the outcome of the election if he wins. that came after last nights's debate bombshell, he refused to confirm whether he will accept the results of the election at all. he said that he wanted to keep people "in suspense."

the republican party in damage control tonight, hillary clinton describing the comments as horrifying. we begin in las vegas at last night's debate. >> threatening the foundation of american democracy is what donald trump's critics warn he's doing. >> i was shocked and i sort of expected it from him. if it doesn't go his way, he says it is rigged. >> it is very childish. >> trump was trump. there is no other word to describe it. >> he stood by his comments and says he's leaving the door open to a legal challenge if the election result is unclear.

referencing past u.s. voting disputes like gore versus bush in 2000. but one line got his supporters going. mr. trump: i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. >> another point resonated the day after. claims of sexual misconduct against trump. a new accuser has come forward with her lawyer to say trump groped her in 1998 outside of a tennis tournament. >> a random moment of sexual pleasure came at my expense and affected me greatly. mr. trump revealed his true character in his own words on tape, which indicated that he felt entitled to grab women by

their private parts. >> trump has denied all accusations of sexual aggression so far, insisting they are part of a media conspiracy to end his run for president. brent: i am joined by nicholas cassels from the john f. kennedy institute. it's good to have you with us. are we headed for a constitutional crisis? could it be 2000 all over again? or even worse? >> we have two options, generally. yes, the indicators of what donald trump said yesterday night, the fact that some of his voters come out with repeal the 19th hashtags which would repeal women's suffrage in the u.s.. it has the makings of a major

constitutional crisis. or we will visit the pendulum swinging back, party leads and common sense republicans huddle and try to make something of this crisis. brent: donald trump himself is not saying that, social media is full of a lot of people with a lot of ideas. adding fuel to the fire. mr. trump: i would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters. and to all of the people of the united states.

that i will totally accept the results of this a great and historic presidential election. if i win. brent: that is not a scene from a saturday night live skit. it happened earlier today. democracy on donald trump's terms. what in the world is he trying to do? >> i don't know. if you do, let us know. as democrats and experts, the only thing we can say is that there are serious fault lines the american society right now. it is nothing less than mind-boggling and astonishing. brent: we are not talking about a majority of americans here,

first of all. his numbers have been going down in the polls. but we are still talking about a significant number cheering for him and say they support him. >> some say 40% of the vote is simply his floor. so where this development goes, who knows. it shifts in terms of culture and in terms of immigration. the way people make their living in the 21st century are culminating. brent: what does it mean? last night, it is hillary clinton's to lose.

she's going to win if you believe the numbers from the scientific polls. if she wins on the eighth of november, that will be the trigger for another storm? is that how you see it? >> actually not. i think on it will be part of the first 100 days. we will see the gop licking its wounds. brent: you think the gop, the republican party will survive? >> for the first hundred days, i think so. i would not dare to make a projection over the next four years. i do not think that -- what are the options? he either accepted or he doesn't. his voters have the option of civil war. that is the only plausible scenario in which any of this makes sense or begrudgingly

accepted. i think the latter is way more probable. brent: we will be talking with you later on this evening. meeting with brussels on the table. the possibility of sanctions. this comes a day after talks between the french president, the german chancellor, and the russian president failed to make any progress. making her summit debut in brussels. >> the british prime minister in brussels to update the remaining eu leaders. >> we continue to play a full role.

>> a side note on today's summit. the eu's response to russian bombings in syria. i hope that we as the european council can make clear that we need to work hard to reach a cease-fire. german chancellor on glum merkel and french president aland met vladimir putin on wednesday and are looking to play tough. they want to make clear that the eu is making clear the atrocities will continue. sanctions against syria and russia. we will put pressure on prudence so he will fulfill his duties. just stop supporting the syrian regime.

particular, the country and member states are discussing deals with countries. limiting the streams of migrants from africa. once again in crisis mode. brent: crisis mode indeed. i wonder what the leaders of the eu must be feeling when they sit down. influencing russia to behave differently.

>> it really has shown any affect that they know that they are not on the ground militarily. everybody knows that this is where they can build up considerable pressure on russia. he wants to keep all options on the table. you have a couple of countries. brent: what about the trade deal between the european union and canada?

>> a different topic and a small european union crisis. to block that free trade agreement. it appears that therime minister of wallonia has compromise the deal with the eu commission. it doesn't mean that the parliament will meet on friday. brent: we have to talk about the brexit, still on the agenda even if it's not at the top. >> the eu policy is very clearly no negotiation.

at least that is what the prime minister theresa may has promised. it's her first summit, as we know. it is really only a discussion. brent: and we're looking at how to reduce migration through europe. >> the blueprint would be the eu turkey deal. they emphasize everybody is different. to keep the people, the economic migrants from coming to the european union. they are really at the start here.

brent: as always, thank you very much. more world news.

brent: welcome back. donald trump drops a bombshell he will not commit to accepting the election result if he loses. i was just the most controversial remark in a debate that saw plenty of mudslinging last night. it was the final tv debate before the election november 8. the girl has been in prison waiting after an attack in

hanover back in february. he's charged with being in i s supporter. >> in february, then 15-year-old sophia stabbed a policeman in hanover. he allegedly knew of her plans. now she's on trial for a tinted murder and for acting in the name of so-called islamic state. the public have been denied access to the trial to protect the defendant and her family. they reject claims that the defendant acted in the name of ois.

if she sympathized with i.s., she would not have apologized to a german police officer. the teenager could face up to 10 years imprisonment. the trial could continue until the beginning of next year. brent: south african students angry about rising university tuition classed with police outside president jacob zuma's office in pretoria. police fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd. they demand free higher education. the protests are part of a wave of unrest sweeping the country. the fees forced students out of the education system.

a student protests turn violent in south africa, it seems tear gas, burning tires, and arrests are becoming more and more common. good evening to you. these protests become a flashpoint. a set the scene for us. >> actually not that much. student protests, the governmental the students that for next year, the tuition fees can go up 8%. many students say they can't afford that. and there are anniversaries. the missing middle,

working-class teachers, policemen, nurses that can't manage to send their kids to school. they are learning and tuition fees, and it is definitely something causing a lot of anger here. brent: is there more to these protests than meets the eye? >> definitely. this young generation, they feel they should have better chances than their parents. they are saying not enough has changed since the end of apartheid. it is six times more -- a gets off to a bad start. they get to university. they feel that they need to get a chance to get the -- to go and

study. brent: what happens next? >> they set up a municipal commission to discuss this. at the same time, they said we don't have money to invest more. if this is got a lot of priorities. the health sector, for example. poverty. housing. that's a big problem and that's why you see these riots at university. students are gearing up against the university. is a big problem that the government is not stepping in and this can continue. reporting from johannesburg. brent: business news, javier is here.

i don't like driving that much and i guess the future is mine. >> tesla will help you very soon. they want a driving cars to become the norm. -- self driving cars to become the norm. they will install self driving hardware in all electric vehicles it makes. in the first stage, the car will drive itself. the driver will still be in control. the new technology will run in the background to collect data and analyze traffic. to significantly increase production, there are 500,000 by the end. tesla is like a big promise.

wax investors are a bit skeptical of this new hardware. on thursday, the hardware itself , those cars can look through in front of you. one of the headlines here was that it is self driving hardware that won't right away. it will take time before the systems actually will be put to work. the technology and the hardware might already be obsolete. a lot of question marks regarding the hardware. >> technologies are being implemented by carmakers. the drivers don't seem to like

them that much yet. >> that probably is true. that is the biggest market. we are talking about mass transportation, we are talking about truck's. we're talking about taxis. that is where the technology might have bigger impact to private people. the technology will come sooner or later. i would rather look at those markers than the private drivers. >> leading quantitative easing unchanged in this thursday's

meeting. will they stop pumping billions of euros into the economy? mario draghi said the qualifying program is unlikely. they will continue investing 80 billion euros a month until next march. if things are not looking good by then, the program will continue. he said the monetary policy has been under fire in recent months and said to be one of the causes of europe's current banking crises. the meeting of the ecb did not have that much of an impact here in europe. but it did have an impact on the u.s. dollar. >> certainly. initially after the meeting, we saw the dollar actually losing. but investors thought again that

they might sound more aggressive . the dollar traded to the upside. the feeling is that the ecb might still continue printing money. federal user for sure. that is the feeling right now. >> inky for the analysis. -- thank you for the analysis. brent: donald trump will not commit to accepting the election result if he loses. it was just the most controversial remark in a debate that saw plenty of mudslinging. pressure on vladimir putin. brussels is considering imposing more sanctions.

after a short break, complete analysis of last night's final u.s. presidential debate.

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