other women followed, including a reporter for "people" magazine. that does it for this hour of "msnbc live." thank you for watching. "andrea mitchell reports" starts now. >> thank you. right now, boiling point -- women coming forward to accuse donald trump of inappropriate behavior going back 35 years. >> he was like an octopus. it was like he had six arms. he was all over the place. when he started putting his hand up my skirt, and that was it. >> the women say they are speaking up now because of that hot mike "access hollywood" tape, and specifically this denial by donald trump in sunday's debate. >> so, for the record, you're saying you never did that? >> i did things that -- frankly, you hear these things are said. i'm embarrassed by it. but i have tremendous respect for women. >> have you ever done those things. >> women have tremendous respect for me. i will tell you, no, i have not. >> a power of pushback from

donald trump and a threat to sue "the new york times" that published the story. one of hillary clinton's strongest surrogates, michelle obama on the campaign, after joe biden said this. >> that he would acknowledge that he engaged in textbook definition of sexual assault. this is absolutely outrageous behavior. >> good day, i'm andrea mitch until washington as we face what could be a turning point. we expect to hear from ivanka trump f we she takes questions as she speaks in malvern, pennsylvania. and donald trump, in crisis again, after four women came forward claiming he either touched or kissed them

inappropriately in alleged incidents going back decades. nbc news has wanted confirmed these allegations against mr. trump, including an incident described by jessica leeds. >> it was like he was an octopus, he had six arms. he was all over the place. if he had stuck with the upper part of the body, i might not have gotten -- i might not have gotten that upset. when he started putting his hand up my skirt and that was it. that was it. i -- i was out of there. >> and this from "people" magazine writer natasha stoynoff about a 2005 interview at mar-a-lago. trump shut the door behind us and i turned around and trump had his tongue down my throat.

trump has been tweeting several responses. first to the "new york times" n part, this entire article is fiction and for "the new york times" to launch a completely false coordinated character as is nation against mr. trump on a topic like this is dangerous. and to "people" magazine, quote, this never happened. there is not merit -- no merit or veracity to this fictional story. why wasn't this reported at the time? trump has threatened legal action against "the times." his lawyer sending a letter demanding a retraction and apology. joining me on the phone, nbc's katy tur, who's covering the trump campaign, peter alexander right here, and msnbc's kasie hunt covering the clinton campaign, and jason rascon. hillary clinton has be-- ivankas talking about work/life balance, obviously, questions that are friendly questions.

went circle of the campaign. how would you describe it? >> reporter: this is a republican crowd that qaim here to see her specifically. she was about two hours late to this event, blaming fog, when she was not able to land here in philadelphia. weather issues coming here, nothing to do with potential questions be, sking asked about father and allegations surrounding him. she was asked just now about what sort of -- what inspired her about her dad, what would be one of his best qualities? she said that he inspired her as a businesswoman, he was empowering, how he gave people their shot, inspires them to do their best work. no question, as of right now, about the allegations that are surrounding donald trump. of course, ivanka is his best surrogate. she's the most relatable member of his family. a person whenever anyone meets donald trump and ivanka trump,

they're impressed about her ability to hold herself and her friendliness and her poise and her -- the way she composes herself. she is somebody who they need, especially in the state of pennsylvania, especially in this area where she is right now. this mainline area outside of philadelphia, a suburb that will be so important to the campaign. the women here will either make or break his chances in this state. without philadelphia, they don't have a really path to winning the election, florida as well, ohio, you could say. we are hearing word they are pulling out of virginia right now, seeing that state as a lost cause, taking out operatives, taking out money. the virginia director saying that basically the rnc didn't shore up their efforts as much as they would have liked and they don't have a shot in virginia so there's no reason to keep going out there. so, pennsylvania is becoming

increasingly sxornt that's why you're seeing donald trump spend so much time here. that's why you're seeing ivanka here today. she's got three stops and then a fund-raiser out here. she's going to be going to the rnc fund-raiser in montgomery county. whether she'll take questions from a crowd that will ask her about these allegations, we'll have to wait and see. we're certainly trying to ask her about it. so far she's been silent on these issues since that 2005 tape broke. the only time we've heard her talk about any allegations like this was a few months ago on "cbs this morning" where she said her father was not a groper. >> and peter alexander here with the tweet from donald trump today, his tweet with "the new york times," quote, the phoney story in the failing "new york times" is a total fabrication written by same people as last discredited story on women. watch. >> you know, there's a lot of news happening even as we're speaking right now. first news we can share is that donald trump was scheduled to be on fox news tonight speaking to

sean hannity, an intir view scheduled to take place this evening. i was told within the last 30 minutes that donald trump has cancelled that interview. that would have been interesting, of course, because it would be the first opportunity, though in a more generous format at fox news with sean hannity who describes himself as a trump supporter for tough questions to have been posed to donald trump on this issue. instead, the broadcast will include bill clinton accusers, which is this new campaign strategy. not new but a renewed campaign strategy where the desire is to bring up some of bill clinton's past accusations and try to make hillary clinton toxic, as first described by bloomberg politics and effectively put her back on the defensive. it is news that trump and his first opportunity in an interview-type format has just cancelled. >> there's another trump tweet, by the way, about "people" magazine, why didn't the writer of the 12-year-old article in "people" magazine mention the incident in her story.

because it did not happen. that from donald trump. kasie hunt, we've been talking about philadelphia and the significance of those suburbs. you know that area so well. of course, the balance right now is overwhelmingly pro-clinton of the voters of the philadelphia suburbs. any republican to win pennsylvania needs those suburban rings to offset the huge registration advantage by democrats in the city. it's not happening for donald trump so far. we're seeing new poll today where it's a nine-point advantage for hillary clinton in pennsylvania. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. there's a bloomberg politics survey out today that says that her lead in the suburban area is 28 points right now. i think this points a picture. i took piano lessons in malvern where ivanka trump is today. it's an area very much moderate republican, i would say, in tone. there are also a lot of independent voters.

i have one close family acquaintance who has voted back and forth for presidential elections through the year. this year gave his first political donation to a candidate, that's to hillary clinton, because of opposition to donald trump. i think that is something that clearly, you know, it's a microcosm of the greater kind of effect that trump is having. i think the reason the clinton campaign has been so focused on it because the state is also a place that could potentially -- you could see kind of an outsized impact of the trump phenomenon. a lot of working class white voters who historically in pennsylvania have voted democrat. they've been union, coal and steel workers. for donald trump, it's not clear how many will there will be, but it's also clear that donald trump needs to put that vote together with suburban women, many of whom often vote republican and aren't this time around, andrea. >> jacob is in west palm, where

donald trump will be speaking this hour. it will be the first chance to hear from him when he shows up directly. he'll clearly bring this up. he's been tweeting and he's been putting out statements. he is expecting -- what we're expecting is he's going to have a direct response to these allegations. >> reporter: we know he doesn't back down from any fights so wouldn't be surprised"the new y others on the stage when he shows up. his backers usually fall in one of two counts. when i go to talk to women, older women, younger women, men as well, younger or older, they refuse to believe this could be true. they insist this is some coordinated attack that maybe oon is funned by the democratic party. a lot of them throw that out. or the other camp is they concede at the very least this looks very bad and these could possibly be true, these accusations, but regardless,

even 2 they were true, that the clinton corruption, in their words, must be defeated and they can't -- one hispanic woman, retired, college educated, teacher, told me, i'm not looking for a role model. i'm looking for someone to beat the clinton corruption. when i go back and ask those who refuse to believe any of these accusations could be true, if there were hard evidence they were true, would that change your mind? they think about it sometimes but they always follow up with the same, we must beat hillary clinton. some of them say personally they hate it, they hate that he's been caught on tape doing these things, they hate these accusations and the possibility they could be true. but none of them, not one supporter over the last seven or months i've been going to rallies say they would switch over and go to hillary clinton. >> peter alexander, one other thing we should point out is there is another 2,000-plus dump

by wikileaks today of these stolen/hacked e-mails of john podesta. this has been a daily occurrence. and what was different today was the timing. this is sick. what we have noted is there are accusations by the intelligence community this is coming from russia, the highest level of the russian government. that's also what the clinton campaign pushback has been. dump came on russian-influenced state-run media before wikileaks even dumped it, so the timing is very interesting in that russia -- the russian-influenced media put it out first and then wikileaks. they put out first that wikileaks was doing the dump. >> what's interesting right now are these two competing narratives going on. the focus on hillary clinton is the e-mails, the focus on donald trump is his past relationships with women. i think were not for donald trump's past relationships, we'd be focusing more heavily on

this. it poses, as you note, this real challenge, this delicate balance given these are hacked, stolen e-mails that haven't been authenticated, nonetheless, they raise real serious issues and give us a better look inside a campaign that's been accused of not being sufficiently transparent through the course of it. >> exactly. peter alexander, thank you. jacob, kasie hunt and katy tur. coming up at any moment, michelle obama is going to appear at a rally for hillary clinton in new hampshire. donald trump will hold his rally in florida, his first since the accusation surfed last night. state right here on "andrea mitchell reports," we'll bring it to you live, the place for politics.

another woman has come forward after she heard donald trump's comments on "access hollywood" on friday. in a new exclusive interview

with nbc news on wednesday, former miss utah recalls meeting donald trump for the first time in 1997 at the pageant that he then owned. >> and it was at that time where he turned to me and embraced me and gave me a kiss on the lips. and i remember being shocked and -- because i would have just thought to shake somebody's hand, but that was his first response with me. and i remember -- i mean, i was very young. i remember feeling kind of embarrassed, like almost wanting to turn and wipe my mouth. >> despite these foet photos of them together, trump tells nbc news, i don't know anything about her. i don't even know who she is. i emphatically deny this ridiculous claim. "time" magazine as a new cover out showing trump's face and the words "total meltdown." joining me, two republican strategists, sara flores, former deputy campaign manager for

carca carly fiorina. your reaction? >> at this point i think the trump campaign needed to expand the map and the electorate and they diplomat do that. he he doesn't really have a path at this point. they pulled out of virginia. i think now it's up to republicans to concentrate on the senate races and ensure we hold the senate. >> carly fiorina was one of the first people who sort of, in this campaign as the only woman candidate in the race at the time h to face, no pun intended, one of those -- you know, one of the criticisms from donald trump. and there was that moment in the debate when she said, i think all women know what he's talking about when he criticized her appearance. what was your sense from inside that campaign of what it was like to run against donald trump and whether there were earlier warnings that should have been

apparent to republican elected officials prior him getting the nomination? >> i think a lot of people were warning there would be opposition research on donald trump, revelations on donald trump, and most importantly, the media, who have been giving favorable coverage to donald trump throughout the primary, wouldn't continue to do so when we were in the general. all of that has turned out to be correct. i think it was very hard running against donald trump in a primary when he was moving from scandal to scandal to outrageous statement to outrageous statement and the press would follow along with that. you mentioned the comments about fiorina's face, but 48 hours after that debate we were on to the next thing donald trump said. were there warning signs along the way? of course, absolutely there were, from his comments about john mccain to carly fiorina and so many other things in between. because there were so many, it was actually hard to play

whack-a-mole. it's hard to see trump move on because of these drip, drip, drip of revelations, and stuff hard to pin down, decades' old allegations that are hard to prove or disprove. >> john, you know the house leadership so well. this is what newt gingrich had to say on fox business today. >> let me say about trump, who i admire and try to help as much as i can. there's a big trump and a little trump. the little trump is, frankly, pathetic. >> and, i mean, he's one of the supporters and surrogates, frequent surrogate. what is happening on capitol hill with the leadership and how does paul ryan emerge from all of this? >> well, i think paul's got to do what paul's got to do. he's got to manage his coalition. some people in his coalition really love donald trump and they're going to continue to support donald trump throughout this campaign. we've seen this through the primary process. you know, i was an anti-trump guy for a while. during the primary process, i wanted anybody but trump, except

for cruz. and, you know, trump won. so, you had this huge base of support for trump within the republican party. then you have people like charlie denton and others, bob dole, who can't stand donald trump and whose constituents can't stand tth trump. paul ryan, you just have to make sure your constituencies do what they can do. paul's trying to manage it. it's not an easy thing. donald trump is looking for any opportunity to run against the political establishments of both parties because he's portraying himself as an agent of change. and the republican establishment is more than happy to distance themselves from trump at the same time. >> it does work with his base, though, what he did sunday night to bring the women out, to go after bill and hillary clinton. that seems to be working with the base, but it's backfiring with the larger electorate where he needed to move, correct? >> well, i think that's exactly right.

but, you know, it is energizing his base. that's where he gets his energy from. we'll see what happens in this election. i mean, i think trump's going to lose. i think hillary will win. you never know what's going to happen the voters will ultimately decide this. trump voters are much more energized than hillary voters. you know, stranger things have happened. we never had a president -- >> to agree with john for a second, we also see two of the most unpopular candidates ever to run for president. even if hillary wins, it will be bad for her to go in with this -- this crutch that she is both so unpopular and didn't beat donald trump. donald trump kind of beat himself here. it's not good for hillary clinton and, again, with such unpopular candidates, who knows what could happen in the next 27 days. >> thanks so much to both of you, sarah flores and john, both. ahead, right here, michelle

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i'm just, uh, going to go to chop some wood. with that? yeah we don't have an ax. or a fireplace. good to be prepared. could you cut the bread? he thinks about people, how he treats people. this latest incident about how he treats women.

well, he's doubled down. he doubled down on his excuse that it's just locker room talk. and i got to tell you, after he said that in the last debate, the most amazing thing happened. athletes and coaches started speaking out. they're coming forward. you know what they're saying, hey, innocent our locker rooms. that's not what happens. >> hillary clinton in vegas last night. by the way, donald trump has just walked into that roundtable in west palm beach. we're listening. of course, if he references anything of these new allegations or his response, we'll go there right away. joining me now is steve case, co-founder of aol, until now has never endorsed a presidential candidate and now supporting hillary clinton in this election. you were at the debate in st. louis. as someone from the tech world, he was on the cutting edge for so many years as founder of aol,

who wha is your takeaway from this hacking controversy? here you have ten years of john podesta's gmails being perused and dumped out by wikileaks. >> hacking was an issue running aol, we had a team protecting the system. clearly it's coming to another level when you have other countries hacking into our system to influence elections. that's unfortunate. more broadly, what's unfortunate, this is where the country now stands. last week hi a wonderful, optimistic week, spent time on the road, meeting enpractice newers in phoenix, omaha, denver, then went to the debates and sort of felt like a gut punch. we need to get focused on how do we move the country forward, how do we do it in a bipartisan way. feels like things have gotten off track. thankfully the election is in a few weeks and we can move after that. it's not a great time for the country. it's sort of embarrassing. >> what inspired you to become involved and endorse a candidate, something you've never done before? >> i've always tried to stay out

of politics, work together in a bipartisan way on immigration issues, innovation issues, entrepreneur issues, be a bridge-builder. this year a pivotal choice, and i was less focused on the character issues of trump, although clearly there's more issues on his temperament and character, but more about competent. even though he's a business person, an entrepreneur, he hasn't laid out anything with any specificity to move the country together. i was surprised by that. i kept expecting there would be more there there but there wasn't. i finally concluded we're going to move this country forward. hillary clinton is i much better choice than donald trump. i made the exception this year to kind of wade into politics because i think it's important. even the folks who are frustrated and supportive of

trump because they're mad at washington or gridlocked or feel behind with globalization or digitization, i think they would be making the wrong choice. >> you and your wife are partners in philanthropy. philanthropists, as well-to-do people, you know what to do with taxes. if you're audited, is there any reason why you cannot release your taxes? warren buffett has claimed not. >> no, of course not. just an kus not to release the taxes. there's no reason he can't. i think he knows that. he's chosen to try to avoid that issue. i think it's not the central issue, but it's just another example of not really dealing with the substance. it's always been these sound bites. we're going to build a wall. mexico's going to pay for it. we're going to cut our taxes. we're going to somehow magically double or growth rate. everything will be wonderful. really no substance to it. no there there. that concerned me and led me to endorse secretary clinton. >> thank you so much, steve case. >> great to see. >> you always great to see you. we'll be hearing from michelle obama and donald trump within the hour.

hillary clinton's superstar surrogate, michelle obama, will shortly be appearing in new hampshire. you see maggie now, the governor and senate candidate, running against kelly ayotte. but first joining me is senator edward markey of massachusetts. senator markey, thanks very much. this has been an extraordinary period, obviously, in politics. what do you make of the allegations, particularly about russ russia's involvement in trying to influence the election? we see today that rt television, which is a wholly owned subsidiary, arm of the government, dumped the wikileaks before wikileaks, which would increase the suspicion, would it not? >> i don't think there's any question russia is involved, russia is trying to influence this campaign. it's pretty clear that putin believes that he can cut a much better deal in region after region, all across the planet with donald trump than he would

be able to than with hillary clinton. i don't think there's any reason to not believe that the russians are actively interested in seeing donald trump be elected as our next president. >> at the same time n an ordinary time f we didn't have all of these allegations, we would be focused a whole lot more on these clinton e-mails. the clinton e-mails, podesta e-mails, stolen, hacked, do disclose a lot of internal mechanic of the campaign, the keystone pipeline, sgu were very engaged in. this should be a real concern to democrats as well as republicans. >> well, you know, when you're in a campaign, you can't compare your opponent to the almighty. only to the alternative. and so donald trump doesn't believe in climate change. donald trump has no plan on

isis. donald trump has no plan on health care. donald trump has no plan on anything that he has articulated thus far for the american people to be able to decide. he's like the first pr man, elmo wheeler, he would say, sell them the sizzle and not the steak. that's what eats been able to get by with through the entire republican primary process. he thought he was going to make it all the way to the finish line. the more people focus on his substance, his steak, there's nothing there. so, nothing that's in any of these e-mails, in any way compares to the magnitude of the deficiencies and his ability to explain his use to the american people on these massively important issues that are going to determine the fate of the next generation. not just in the united states, but on the planet. >> and briefly i wanted to ask you about your trip to haiti. i know you just came back and

the devastation there is beyond belief. >> you know, there is a tremendous problem in haiti because of a united nations mission in the year 2000. they've had 800,000 cases of l cholera and 8,000 deaths. this hurricane is only going to, unfortunately, worsen that problem. so, in order for us to be able to discharge our responsibility for the united nations to discharge its responsibility because we are the ones who introduced cholera into that country six years ago, we need to massively flood that country with antibiotics, with vaccines, with water, with everything they're going to need in order to successfully deal with this problem. and long term, by long term i mean in the next several months, we need a massive program, which the united nations, to go in there and help them rebuild their health care system, their

water system, their public health system in order to deal with this cholera program. unfortunately, the world has a huge obligation to haiti. we have as a world to not discharge that responsibility. this hurricane, once again, focuses the world on its moral responsibility to deal with a crisis in cholera that we, believe it or not, we, the western world, actually created in that country. >> ed markey, thanks so very much. we're waiting now, michelle obama is taking the stage. we're having satellite difficulty from the pool feed but we'll be carrying that as soon as that is straightened out. joining us for our daily fix, founder of the washington fix blog, and ashley parker, "new york times" reporter. welcome, both. ashley, this issue of the women coming out now and there are some who are saying, why now? obviously, the trump campaign believes there's a conspiracy. his supporters believe it's a media conspiracy. from what you know, from "the

new york times," they say that they were responding to the way he denied any kind of overt behavior when anderson cooper asked him sunday night. >> both women's experiences are different with mr. trump, but that's what you hear. you hear they were basically watching tv, and they all have some version of, they were watching him say, i used this language and never did what i said. they leaped up saying, you're lying. that's not true. they've all sort of come forward into this drip which has become a faucet. >> i'm checking with the control room. michelle obama is at the podium. we're waiting for the feed and audio. let's talk about the extraordinary confluence of events today. joe biden is out there, michelle obama is about to take the podium in new hampshire, donald trump is going into a rally, and we have a campaign 26 days out

where women are coming -- okay, i'm being told we now have michelle obama established. let's lynn. >> this week has been particularly interesting for me personally because it has been a week of profound contrast. see, on tuesday at the white house, we celebrated the international day of the girl. and let girls learn. [ cheers and applause ] and it was a wonderful celebration. it was a last event that i'm going to be doing as first lady for let girls learn. and i had the pleasure of spending hours talking to some of the most amazing young women you'll ever meet, young girls here in the u.s. and all around the world. and we talked about their hopes and their dreams. we talked about their aspirati n aspiratio aspirations. see, because many of these girls have faced unthinkable obstacles

just to attend school. jeopardizing their personal safety, their freedom, risking the rejection of their families and communities. so, i thought it would be important to remind these young women how valuable and precious they are. i wanted them to understand that the measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i toll them -- i told them they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. i told them they should disregard anyone who demeans or devalues them and that they should make their voices heard in the world. and i walked away feeling so inspired, just like i'm inspired by all the young people here. [ cheers and applause ]

and i was so uplifted by all these girls. that was tuesday. and now here i am. out on the campaign trail in an election where we have consistently been hearing hurtful, hateful language about women. language that has been painful for so many of us. not just as women, but as parents trying to protect our children and raise them to be caring, respectful adults. and as citizens who think our nation's leaders should meet bake standards of human decency. [ applause ] the fact is in this election we have a candidate for president of the united states who over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign has said things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning, i

simply will not repeat anything here today. and last week we saw this candidate actually bragging about sexual assaulting women. i can't believe i'm saying that a candidate for president of the united states has bragged about sexually assaulting women. i have to tell you that i -- i can't stop thinking about this. it has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldn't have predicted. so, while i'd love nothing more to pretend like this isn't happening, and i come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be dishonest and disingenuous to me to move on like this was all just a bad dream. this is not something we can ignore. it's not something we can just sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a

sad election season, because this was not just a lewd conversation. this wasn't locker room banter. this was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior. and actually bragging about kissing and groping women. using language so obscene that many of us were worried about our children, worried about it turning on the tv. to make matters worse, it seems very clear that this isn't an isolated incident. it's a countless example of how he has treated to women all his life. i listen to all of this and i feel it so personally, and i'm sure that many of you do, too, particularly the women. the shameful comments about our bodies, the disrespect of our intelligence. the belief you can do anything

to a woman? it is cruel. it's frightening. and the truth is, it hurts. it hurts. it's like that sickening feeling you get when you're walking down the street, minding your own business, some guy says vulgar words about your body. or when you see that guy at work that stands just a little too close, stares a little too long, makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin. it's that feeling of terror and violation that too many women have felt when someone has grabbed them or forced themselves on them and they've said no, but he didn't listen. something that we know happens on college campuses and countless other places every single day. it reminds us of stories we've heard from our mothers and grandmothers about how the boss

could do whatever he pleased to the women in the office, and even though they worked so hard, jumped over every hurdle to prove themselves, it was never enough. we thought all of that was ancient history, didn't we? so many have worked for so many years, this kind of violence, abuse and disrespect. in 2016 we're hearing these exact same things every single day on the campaign trail. we are drowning it. all of us doing what women have always done, we're trying to keep our heads above water. just trying to get through it. trying to pretend like this doesn't really bother us. maybe because we think that admitting how much it hurts makes us as women look weak. maybe we're afraid to be that vulnerable.

maybe we've grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet because we've seen people often won't take our word over his. or maybe we don't want to believe there are still people out there who think so little of us as women. too many are treating this as just another day's headlines. as if our outrage is overblown or unwarranted. as if this is normal. just politics as usual. but, new hampshire, be clear, this is not normal. in is not politics as usual. [ applause ] this is disgraceful. it is intolerable.

it doesn't matter what party you belong to -- democrat, republican, independent -- no woman deserves to be treated this way. no one deserves this kind of abuse. [ cheers and applause ] and i know it's a campaign, but this isn't about politics. it's about basic human decency. it's about right and wrong. and we cannot endure this or expose our children to this another minute, let alone for four years. now is the time for all of us to stand up and say, enough is enough. this has got to stop right now. if all of this is painful to us as grown women, what do you

think this is doing to our children? what messages are our little girls hearing about who they should look like how they should act? what lessons are they learning about their approach, their dreams as human beings, and how is this affecting men and boys in this country, because i can tell you that the men in my life do not talk about women like this. and i know that my family is not unusual. and to dismiss this everyday locker room talk is an insult to decent men everywhere. the men that you and i know don't treat women this way. they are loving fathers who are sickened by the thought of their daughters being exposed to this

kind of language about women. they are husbands and brothers and sons who don't tolerate women, being mistreated, demeaned and disrespected. and like us, these men are worried about the impact this election is having on our boys who are looking for role models of what it means to be a man. in fact, someone recently told me a story about their 6-year-old son who one day was watching the news, watching the news together, and the little boy out of the blue said, i think hillary clinton will be president. and his mom said, well, why do you say that? and this little 6-year-old said, because the other guy called someone a piggy. and he said, you cannot be president if you call someone a piggy.

so, even a 6-year-old knows better. a 6-year-old knows this is not how adults behave. this is not how decent human beings behave and this is certainly not how someone who wants to be president of the united states behaves. [ applause ] because let's be very clear, strong men, strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to themselves to feel powerful. people who are truly strong lift others up. people who are truly powerful bring others together. that is what we need in our next president. we need someone who is a uniting force in this president. we need someone who will heal the wounds that divide us, someone who truly cares about us and our children. someone with strength and compassion to lead this country

forward. i'm here today because i believe with all of my heart that hillary clinton will be that president. [ cheers and applause ] see, we know hillary is the right person for the job because we've seen her character and commitment. not just in this campaign, but over the course of her entire life. the fact is that hillary embodies so many of the values that we try so hard to teach our young people. we tell our young people, work hard in school. get a good education. we encourage them to use that education of others, which is exactly what hillary did with her college and law degrees, advocating for kids with disabilities. fighting for children's health care as first lady, affordable child care in the senate. we teach our kids the value of being a team player.

which is what hillary exemplified when she lost the 2008 election and actually agreed to work for her opponent as our secretary of state, earning sky-high approval ratings serving her country once again. we also teach our kids that you don't take shortcuts in life. and you strive for meaningful success in whatever job you do. well, hillary has been a lawyer, a law professor, first lady of arkansas, first lady of the united states, u.s. senator, secretary of state, and she has been successful in every role, adding more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime. more than barack, more than bill, and, yes, she happens to be a woman. [ applause ]

>> and finally, we teach our kids that when you hit challenges in life, you don't give up. you stick with it. her four years as secretary of state alone, hillary has faced her share of -- she negotiated a cease-fire, a peace agreement, a release of dissidents. she in 11 hours testifying before a congressional committee. we know that when things get tough, hillary doesn't complain. she doesn't blame others. she doesn't abandon ship for something easier. no, hillary clinton has never quit on anything in her life. so, in hillary, we have a candidate who has dedicated her

life to public service. someone who has waited her turned and helped out while waiting. she is an outstanding mother. she has raised a phenomenal young woman. she is a loving, loyal wife. she's a devoted daughter, who cared for her mother until her final days. and if any of us had raised a daughter like hillary clinton, we'd be so proud. we would be proud. and regardless of who her opponent might be, no one could be more qualified for this job than hillary. no one. and in this election, if we turn away from her, if we just by and allow her opponent to be elected, then what are we teaching our children about the values they should hold? about the kind of life they should lead. what are we saying?

in our hearts n our hearts, we all know that if we let hillary's opponent win this election, then we are sending a clear message to our kids that everything they're seeing and hearing is perfectly okay. we are validating it. we are endorsing it. we're telling our sons that it's okay to humiliate women. we're telling our daughters that this is how they deserve to be treated. we're telling all our kids that bigotry and bullying are perfectly acceptable in the leader of our country. is that what we want for our children? and, remember, we won't just be setting a bad example for our kids. for our entire world, because for so long, america has been a model for countries across the globe, pushing them to push their girls, insisting they give

more rights to their women. but if we have a president who routinely degrades women, who brags about sexually assaulting women, then how can we maintain our moral authority in the world? how can we continue to be a beacon of freedom and justice and human dignity? well, fortunately, new hampshire, we have everything we need to stop this madness. you see, while our mother and grandmothers were often powerless to change their circumstances, today we as women have all the power we need to determine the outcome of this election. we have knowledge. we have a choice. we have a vote. and on november the 8th, we as women, we as americans, we as

decent human beings, can come together and declare that enough is enough. and we do not tolerate this kind of behavior. remember this, in 2012, women's votes were the difference between barack winning and losing in key swing states, including right here in new hampshire. so, for anyone who might be thinking that your one vote doesn't really matter, or that one person really can't make a difference, consider this, back in 2012, barack won new hampshire by about 40,000 votes, which sounds like a lot, but when you break that number down, the difference between winning and losing this state was only six votes per precinct. just take that in. if 66 people each precinct had gone the other way, barack would have lost. so, each of you right here today

could help swing a precinct to win this election by hillary just by getting yourselves, your family and neighbors out to vote. can you do it right here. but you could all help swing an entire precinct for hillary's opponent with a protest vote or by staying home out of frustration. because here's the truth, either hillary clinton or her opponent will be elected president this year. and if you vote for someone other than hillary or if you don't vote at all, then you are helping to elect her opponent. and just think about how you will feel if that happens. imagine waking up on november 9th and looking into the eyes of your daughter or son or looking into your own eyes as you stare into the mirror, imagine how you'll feel if you stayed home,

or if you didn't do everything possible to elect hillary. we simply cannot let that happen. we cannot allow ourselves to be so disgusted that we just shut off the tv and look away. and we can't just sit around wringing our hands. we need to recover from our shock and depression and do what women have always done in this country. we need you to roll up your sleeves. you need to get to work. because remember this, when they go low, we go -- [ crowd yells "high" ] >> yes, we do. and voting ourselves is a great start. but we also have to step up and start organizing. so, we need you to make calls and knock on doors and get folks to the polls on election day and sign up to volunteer with one of

the hillary clinton campaign folks who are here today just waiting for you to step up. and young and not so young, social media, share your own story of why this election matters. why it should matter for all people of conscience in this country. there is so much at stake in this election. the choice you make november 8th could determine we have a president who treats people with respect or not, a president who fights for kids, for good schools, for good jobs for our families or not, a president who thinks that women deserve the right to make our own choices about our body's health or not. that's just a little bit of what's at stake. so, we cannot afford to be tired or turned off. and we cannot afford to stay

home on election day because on november 8th, we have the power to show our children that america's greatness comes from innate dignity and worth of all our people. on november 8th, we can show our children that this country is big enough to have a place for us all, men and women, folks of every background and walk of life, and that each of us is a precious part of this great american story. and we are always stronger together. on november 8th, we need to show our children here in america, we reject hatred and fear. and in difficult times, we don't discard our highest ideals. no, we rise up to meet them. we rise up to perfect our union.

we rise up to defend our blessing. we rise up to embody the values of equality, opportunity and sacrifice, that have always made this country the greatest nation on earth. that is who we are! and don't ever let anyone tell you differently! hope is important. hope is important for our young people. and we deserve a president who can see those truths in us. a president who can bring us together and bring our very best in us. hillary clinton will be that president. so, for the next 26 days, we need to do everything we can to help her and tim kaine win this election. i know i'm going to be doing