brian mooar in washington nbc news, washington. republican leaders are deciding where they stand today in the wake of the controversy facing trump. governor terry branstad is standing by trump -- but did speak out against the words heard in the 2005 recording. branstad called trump's statements quote "reprehensible and offensive" but said trump has iowa campaign director. senator joni ernst saying today that she will vote for trump as long as he is the republican party's nominee. two iowa republican lawmakers -- representative ken rizer and senator jack whitver -- pulled support over the weekend but most other state party leaders have not. this week -- important people within both campaigns are returning to iowa. will be in waterloo for what the clinton campaign is calling an early voting event. the event is scheduled for six-45 at the national cattle congress -- with doors opening at five-45 p-m. the former president will also be in linn county on thursday afternoon. meanwhile -- donald trump's running mate makes an appearance tom

brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: the two candidates, doreen and jim, have one thing in common right now. the next couple of weeks are going to be tough. with two weeks left before election day, time is on hillary clinton's side. and she's hoping the numbers are. with 200 million americans now registered to vote. >> that is more than we've ever our democracy. >> reporter: in ohio, the key to donald trump's white house hopes, she spoke directly to his supporters who are losing faith. >> i know you still have questions for me. i respect that. i want to answer them. i want to earn your vote. >> she's the most corrupt person ever to run for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: in swing states north carolina and pennsylvania, trump took turns criticizing and the rigged system. he whipsawed to a message that was far from scorched earth. >> i'm going to fight to bring us all together as americans. we're a divided nation. we are going to be a nation of spirit. we're going to love everybody. >> reporter: but for the next two weeks it's still war between trump and clinton. t

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> anchor: stay with 7 news on air and on-line for coverage of the race of the white house. dan hausle is on his way to las vegas. this for wednesday's final debate so he will have live reports. >> anchor: 7 news turning to the forecast. an absolutely gorgeous day in the stay city. not feeling like fall at all out there and temperatures only expected to rise this chief meteorologist jeremy reiner here with the forecast. >> reporter: even warmer tomorrow, near record warmth tomorrow 60's and 70's right now boston at 69. the normal high about 626789 way above that. norwood 76, fitchburg at 74 even out on to the cape and islands temperatures in the lower 70's. fair amount of clouds out there especially across western new england and into new york and pennsylvania. that's actually a warm front. t the leading edge of even warmer air and that warm front is on the move and so we will overnight tonight and then peel out of here tomorrow morning and behind the warm front look at the temperatures. detroit, chicago, in thy, lower 80's. that will get metro bosto

brian mooar reports. donald trump has his eyes on the finish line of a grueling race. >>> win, lose or draw and i'm almost sure if the people come out we're going to win. i will be happy with high self. >> reporter: in must win north carolina virtually no mention of his female accusers or the rigged system. he focused his attacks on his opponent. >>> hilary clinton is the most corrupt politics ever to seek line that bombed last height in new york. >>> hillary is so corrupt she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: trump was-year-old by some attend ease at the charity roast who thought his remarks wept beyond good natured ribbing. >>> here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate catholics. >> reporter: while trump fu accept the outcome of this election if he loses, a new nbc news survey monkey poll shows 45% of republicans might not accept results if their candidate loses. among democrats 82% said they will accept the results if they are on the losing side. it's a promise hilary cli

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brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> this mentions two we'll. there's at least ten women who have come out over the last 24 hours claiming some type of assault or indecency from trump. you have a "new york times" article, one on the flight who said he kissed her on the mouth in 2005 a woman at one of his resorts also in '05, the "people" magazine reporter who came out and wrote her experience of him kissing her. facebook account as well that was covered by yahoo! back in june of this year as well. the list goes on. it's not just the two mentioned there. >> it's not. we should mention the trump campaign denied the allegations. as awful as all of these allegations are, i wish the debate would turn to the issues. it's taking up way too much of the campaign. >> i would love to know what he's planning on a bunch of fronts. the trump campaign is pulling resources out of virginia, according to an nbc news report citing multiple sources. the decision was announced to staffers in a conference call on late wednesday. a source with knowledge of the decisio

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> former president bill clinton says once the election is over,e's supporters should reach out to donald trump's supporters. clinton spoke at dartmouth college in new hampshire today. the former president says many trump supporters have reason to feel alienated but their anger will not take them where they want to go. tomorrow, clinton will hit the campaign trail for his wife in bluebell, montgomery county. >>> to a different race now. senator pat toomey squared off against democratic challenger katy mcginty for their hotly contested senate race which could decide whether the gop holds on to its senate majority. toomey accused mcginty of having an ethics problem because of grants years ago when she led the state's environmental department. toomey won't say whether he plans to vote for donald trump. the debate happened this afternoon in pittsburgh. we'll have highlights at 11:00. >>> don't miss the final debate between the presidential candidates on wednesday night in las vegas. you can see it right here on nbc 10. our very own lauren mayk will als

day approaches -- with a the countdown now at just 25 days until next week's final debate as a brian mooar is in washington with the latest tonight. trump train nats donald trump is trying one of the he declares the growing number of women alleging he kissed or groped them are liars, publicity seekers or political pawns. "no witnesses, hey you know, 28 years ago, 10 years ago, 14 years ago." "and he came to me and started kissing me open- mouthed as he pulled me towards him." one-time apprentice contestant summer zervos is among the latest to issue an accusation, followed campaign says it didn't happen, and zervos tried to get trump's help just this past april. with weeks left in this race, hillary clinton is being careful not to dance on trump's grave. "i take absolutely no satisfaction on what is happening on the other side, with my opponent." perhaps a fitting metaphor for a candidate forced off- his supporters want to hear. brain mooar, nbc news washington. the final presidential debate is on wednesday in las vegas. coming up in sports -- once preview the panthers, hawks and cyclones.

nbc10 national correspondent brian mooar has the latest. ♪ >> reporter: in wisconsin, donald trump highighted what supporters hope is a smoking gun in hillary clinton's private e-mails case. >> the fbi documents undersecretary of state patrick kennedy made the request for altering classification as part of a quid pro quo, in other words, a deal. >> reporter: the fbi and state department both deny that claim. >> no quid pro quo. no exchange here. >> reporter: both agencies say an investigator wrongly linked separate issues. the fbi's request to send agents to iraq and the state department's request to leave a clinton e-mail declassified, which the fbi rejected. trump also repeated his claim the election is rigged, but used a 2012 report to suggest fraud is under way today. >> people that have died ten years ago are still voting. illegal immigrants are voting. >> reporter: while trump is trying to move beyond his 2005 comments on that access hollywood bus, wife melania says her husband was egged on by then host billy bush. >> egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> reporter:

live on capitol hill in washington, brian mooar, nbc10 news. >>> tonight, new footage has surfaced withonald trump appearing to make a controversial comment about a young girl. listen. >> thursday night, you going up the escalator? >> yes. >> i'm going to be dating her in ten years. >> you heard trump say he would be dating her in ten years. it's unclear to whom trump is speaking in the video, but cbs news says trump was talking to a young girl. cbs news says the video was shot in 1992 for entertainment tonight. we reached out to the trump campaign late this evening but have not received a response. >>> but i just hear such reports about philadelphia, and we have to make sure we're protected. >> that was trump campaigning in willsing bury. tonight some republicans are mobilizing as poll watchers saying they're trying to prevent voter fraund. aundrea cline-thomas is live at city hall. aundrea, there are claims this could discourage legitimate voters from going to the polls. >> reporter: discouraging the vote by undermining the process according to a watchdog group. those who are answerin

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. >> -- brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> the clinton campaign is sending first lady michelle obama to get out the vote on thursday. if the latest polls are correct, clinton is up by double digits nationwide. >>> 9news is helping you sort through those blue books voters should have gotten in the mail to help make election we'll take a closer look at ballot questions tomorrow on channel 20. on october 20th we'll host a debate between the 6th congressional district candidates mike hoffman and morgan cara. >>> denver prosecutors dropped all charges against a canadian citizen suspected of assaulting a woman in a downtown denver hotel. police investigated three of the men's friends in connection with the incident which included allegations of sexual new information led prosecutors to believe they could not prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. four of the six counts against colby mess are were dismissed. today the denver da's office dismissed the other two. the issue of consent was difficult to prove. the defense attorney told us his team also found a witness who told the court he had