in florida and ohio, he blasted accusers and accusations that he groped and kissed women. he called it pure fiction. he promised to produce evidence that the claims were false, though he did not do so yesterday. cnn's sara murray has the latest. >> reporter: with less than four weeks until election day, donald trump spent yesterday denying allegations from multiple women

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now trump could win florida and ohio, but he would have to pull a big state and win north carolina, even with this, it's a tough order. >> the president -- i was going to say the president will is going to north carolina on wednesday. michelle obama -- i was there with michelle obama and hillary clinton. even on a day almost overwhelmed by the bill clinton money issues coming out of that -- >> that was two october surprises ago. >> even then, it was an extraordinary day for them in north carolina. >> i was going to -- you mentioned ohio and florida. trump talked about bringing new voters in the system. in ohio counties where he did well in the primaries, there aren't new registrations. in florida, the majority of new voters are not in his demographic. >> if trump campaign runs on the e-mails for the next ten days or nine days, they are making a mistake. that's out there. their spokespeople will talk about it. my view is, mr. trump does his best when he talks about issues. he was gaining ground and the polls were narrowing before this e-mail scandal. chuck, i think they have to stay econo

in florida and ohio, he blasted the accusers and accusations.ations that he groped and kissed women. he called them pure fiction. he calls them false. cnn's sara murray has the latest. >> reporter: trump spent most of yesterday denying allegations from multiple women from different parts of the country would say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. trump agitated and angry by the accusations insisted they were outright lies. these vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. and the clintons know it. and they know it very well. these claims are all fabricated. they are pure fiction and outright lies. these events never ever happened. >> reporter: but donald trump did not just take aim at the veracity of the claims. he took aim at the women making them. questioning why they took so long to report these and one suggesting the woman was not attractive enough to warrant his attention. all of this comes at an interesting point in the campaign. not only is he sliding in the polls, but they pin

florida or without ohio, for that matter. i don't think donald trump does. trump has to win florida, north carolina andohio, states that george w. bush carried twice and obama carried florida and ohio twice. obama carried north carolina once. if clinton wins florida and ohio it's over and she's leading leading in both states. john: she's leading in ohio, until fairly recently trump was up in ohio. >> that's right. trump led a number of polls including one from fox news three to four weeks ago but in recent polls have shown clinton reasserting herself here and clinton is up 3 to 4 points in ohio. smaller than national lead but if that holds up in ohio, i think that effectively changes. john: time magazine put out a famous meltdown cover with image on it. now it's total meltdown, take a look. [laughter] john: this is the total meltdown cover if you compare it to what happened or what they put on their cover back in august, you can see -- well, it's like frosty the snowman there. is it really that bad for the trump campaign? >> i think it is pretty bad because historically it's very hard to come back from

always the map starts from florida and ohio and trump needs to find something else. >> we're learning. florida and ohio and then we'll move on. but you're not leaving. we're going to talk to you again in the next hour. all right. clayton? >> all right, scott. get some coffee. >>> all right. 55 minutes now after the hour. gearing up for a showdown, the vice presidential candidates squaring off in virginia tonight. how are they getting ready? our live coverage continues at the top of the hour. you're watching "fox & friends." >>> it is tuesday, october 4th and we're just hours away from the very first and only vice presidential debate. >> indiana governor mike pence and virginia senator tim kaine squaring off at longwood university in farmville, virginia. good morning to you. you are watching "fox & friends" i'm heather childer. >> and i'm clayton morris. on the eve of the debate, tim kaine quietly preparing at home while mike pence gave a preview of what's to come. >> we're going to be talking about divisions and the choice the american people face at the top of the ticket. i kind of h

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you look at early voting in florida and ohio and north carolina and nevada. so many places. we are doing so well. >> what do the polls tell you? they are telling us a great story. the republicans are up tremendously. democrats are down. independents are bigger than ever this election cycle. independents break heavily towards us. people want something new. they don't want the same nonsense that they see every day. hillary has been a politician longer than i have been alive. who feels comfortable that she can fix the mess that we are in as a country. we have $20 trillion worth of debt. we have a broken v.a. median income hasn't gone up in 15 years. you look at obama care. obama care might be the greatest lie in the history of politics. they say you keep your doctor and your plan and average family saves $2,500 a year. in arizona the premiums are up 115%. >> it's crazy. >> no accountability. and that is the frustrating thing. >> and no consequence. >> in the real world in private industry there is accountability. when you say something and the reverse happens you're held accoun

florida there is in light whether you. you see ohio there i guess in yellow. that's the toss-up. what do you say about those states. >> florida and ohio are plus flips for trump. >> you say flips. these are obama states he has got to win. >> yeah from obama to trump. >> or get them combined. florida is 29. >> yeah and then ohio has something a little less than that iowa looks good for trump right now in the early voting. and then you have got to start looking at other smaller states, colorado, he spent some time there. nevada, although people say the nevada early voting looks good for clinton right now. and then you are getting out into the fringe blue states. you are looking at places like michigan, wisconsin, new mexico. >> the states you ticked off before you mentioned those last couple are all states he would need to win but they wouldn't quite get him to 270, correct? >> that's right. if he doesn't win north carolina, he would have to basically pull an inside flush draw at the world series of poker while eating a ham sandwich. it would be a long shot to pull it he would have to win a series of blue states that republicans in

donald trump visits the swing states of florida and ohio. >>> "the new york times" reporters michael barbero and megan towey broke the details of the new allegations against trump. ahead on "cbs this morning," their first tv interview since publishing the story. >>> early this morning, a u.s. navy warship launched three cruise missiles at radar sites in yemen. president obama authorized the action in retaliation of recent military attacks on a naval destroyer. johnathan vigliotti has the details from our london bureau. >> reporter: good mornin sites were controlled by iranian-backed rebels and used to carry out remote missile attacks the last four days on an american warship. all three sites were destroyed by cruise missiles, but there was no immediate word of any casualties. today's attack against the houthi rebels marks the first time the united states has become directly involved militarily in the civil war between the civil group. publicly pushed for peace while quietly providing military support to saudi arabia. this week's rebel-launched missiles didn't actually strike the u.s.

they say they still believe that her time is better spent in big battlegrounds, scott, like florida and ohio, and that she'd need to feel much more confident before she started venturing into republican territory. >> pelley: nancy cordes, thanks. now we go to major. major we learned trump is right about one thing. there are going to be big obamacare rate increases, the benchmark going up 25% next year. what did he make of that today? trouble staying on message, but advisers insist he has found an issue he's going to stick with for the duration-- health care. it rallies republicans and puts hillary clinton on the defensive. donald trump greeted supporters in sanford, florida, with characteristic gusto, and looked for a political lifeline in the ongoing woes of obamacare. >> the rates are going through the sky. we all knew that. i knew it before it was passed. >> reporter: the obama administration said yesterday insurance premiums on the health average of 25% this year. in some states, premium increases will be much higher. the administration did say federal subsidies will go up to soften the

clinton leading in enough states to give her 304 electoral votes as of today with arizona, texas, florida, and ohio listed as toss-ups. so that is why you are seeing bernie sanders in arizona tonight and why first lady smob going there on thursday. another break and coming up, the dire question, will the u.s. pay a price for what's happening on battlefield overseas tonight? this is the 11th hour. >>> support from american troops. some isis fighters are leaving iraq's second largest city, but an estimated three to 5,000 are still there, hard to tell. in his first interview since the push. richard engel, the iraqis have a lot to drive isis out what have they call. >> reporter: we followed iraqi troops to the front line south of anamosale to see for ourselves. we made our way to the newly liberated village. she's happy said a man pushing his 80-year-old grandmother, she's happy to see the soldiers, but then why were these people carrying white flags and leaving their village? because iraqi troops in their rush to get to anamosa will have moved on. even though villagers say there were still isis fighte

win pennsylvania he can win the country. >> but when you say florida, ohio, pennsylvania, it can be just pennsylvania. it can be florida and ohio? >> can it be just two? or all three? >> it is tough to make it. for trump to win iowa. he remains up in that state. there are a couple others. the challenge for trump, one other state is north carolina. that state goes back and forth between republicans and democrats. hillary clinton as a four point lead there. all that i'm saying is that the door has not closed on a trump candidacy. it depends opwhat he does in the presidential debate and he will have to be better than the first and second debates. >> so what does he have to do on wednesday night to change this? >> let's count it off. he has to tell voters exactly what he is going to do as the presidency starts which means the first 24 hours. he should call for a forensic audit of the federal budget. i recommend that be the very first thing. number three he has to give an agenda for the first 100 days which includes replacing obama care and a change in the federal regulations. number four is that he has to emphasize that hillar

this changes by the 1960's and florida begins to overshoot the rest of the country. florida very closely matches ohio and the rest of the nation. it is a good editor for being nation.meter the happening? why does florida look so good? think about the two races where it came down to a single seat. 2000 was florida and 2004 was ohio. there is something that makes them distinct from the other states. that ohioe explore is is multicultural. this is something that social scientists get a little uncomfortable with. it is hard to quantify culture. there is a way of thinking of ohio has five states blended into one. talking about florida being demographically different or divided. there are some regional variations. but here in ohio we don't have the same demographic differences they have in florida, but we have an inborn, written into our dna differences. some historians could talk about it better than i could. but roots out of ohio in the last several hundred years have served to produce different cultures. if we trace interstate 90 across the top, and trace interstate 90, this is a travel route. it has be

meanwhile, early voting remains strong in north carolina, florida, and ohio with three-quarters of a million ballots already cast. all three are battleground states. before that final debate -- donald trump will be back in our area for be in west allis at the state fairgrounds at 7 p-m on monday... earlier that day -- he's schedule to appear in green bay for a rally at the "k-i convention center." that event happens at 4 p-m. tickets are needed to get into the rally... you can find more details on our website, fox6 now dot com. as of right now -- hillary clinton's campaign does not have any scheduled appearances in wisconsin. house speaker paul ryan... dismissing online comments at a public event in brookfield. this-- in the midst congressman. earlier this week... trump bashed ryans leadership and his lack of support for the republican presidential nominee. fox6's madeline anderson is live in brookfield where ryan met with a group of area business leaders. ryan was invited to be the guest speaker at todays waukesha county business alliance luncheon. the media was told ryan would not

we're going to see it pay huge dividends in florida and pay huge dividends in ohio and new hampshire in iowa. these are all states that we are well ahead of where we were four years ago and we're getting further ahead of where we were four years ago. we've already surpassed where we were in many of those states already and we still have two weeks ago. i think that ground operation is going to pay dividends, but the big difference for donald trump, you're not going to see a lot-- >> for donald trump? >> for donald trump, absolutely for donald trump. we started with donald trump and we finished the call with donald trump. because we understood fully and completely, he's our nominee,'s going to be the next president. i'm telling you right now, lou, donald trump is going to win this election and going to make pollsters look silly. lou: randy evans, ed rollins, sweet words in the evening air. >> from the nation from georgia. lou: thanks for being with us, ed rollins, thank you. be sure to vote in our poll tonight and the question is, do you believe these tightening polls are signals of ri

"a fresh round of polling from several battleground states out monday shows a tight race in florida and ohio...but a solid lead for hillary clinton in pennsylvania. karen travers, abc news washington happy with trump's claims of a rigged election. auditor joel miller says all voting in the county is through paper ballots. so those ballots are not connected to the internet in any way, and hackers can't get to them. "that's bogus, that should not be something people should be talking about. we maintain the highest integrity in our elections. especially here in iowa. so i think it's just rhetoric, and i wish it would cease." miller expects poll watchers parties on election day. those people are volunteers from political parties who make sure everything is fair at polling places. north liberty says it's trying to meet the needs of a growing population. so the city has launched a bus service to get people to popular spots around town. stay with your 24 hour news investigating whether several cases of arson on the construction equipment for the bakken oil pipeline are connected. we first reported

he has to win florida and that's his only path to victory. >> it's tight in florida. >> that's his only path to vikt rip. you look in ohiovoting is up, 23% compared to 2008 and 2012 for democrats right now. even though this is a state where he has to win as well, democrats are doing well with early voting. the surrogates get the message and they're thinking about their political futures. >> the trump campaign is up in early voting in florida and ohio and winning in the polls as of today in both of those states. it's going to be a close race. but at the same time donald trump's rallies bring in 20,000 people and that doesn't include the 132,000 who take time to live stream their events. >> what did you make of michael moore's criticism that the trump campaign sliced his sound bite. he's critical of donald trump. he does not support donald trump. and you've got trump tweeting out michael moore is right. >> he's right. we do see the working class out there supporting donald trump. donald trump hasn't been out there calling people deplorables, not out there criticizing catholics, he's not calling -- >> he's alienating every

> hillary clinton's next campaign stop is in california, donald trump visits swing states of florida, and ohio. brooke and jim. >> thanks, brian. >>> well, in other news ivanka trump is stumping for her fat inner pennsylvania. she will be in malvern, drexel hill and bucks county. ivanka trump has been promoting the republican nominee child care pain trail. >>> today rahami is expect to be arraigned in court a man accused offsetting off bombs in new jersey and new york hurting more than 30 people. he appeared before the court via video from his hospital bed in elizabeth, new jersey. he faces charges that he tried to kill police officers were they captured him. it is unclear when rahami will make a court appearance on the federal terrorism bombings. >>> a fire in hockessin delaware destroys a family's home. chopper three has a look as fire departments from as far as chester county, pennsylvania help to put it out wednesday night. the fire cost an estimated 350 you this dollars worth of damage according to state fire marshall. causes under investigation. no people were hurt but sadly the family's

we have florida and georgia and ohio and iowa and nevada and utah as toss upstates. several of those are the ones that you guys had as favoring trump. you are not concerned that our map is a scary thing? >> and by our map, we mean the map based on polls. most polls. >> polls are all over the map. i am not a poll extra. there is some credible polls that's showing us leading. rasmus showing us in the lead. and upi showing us either tie or extremely close or even pennsylvania which a lot of polling does not show us competitive end. is it scary? yes, everything scares me. we should always worry, we only have two weeks to go. no one should be confident. we should work incredibly hard. the speech he gave in gettisburg. >> i don't mean to interrupt. this is for our viewers. you mentioned two polls in which donald trump leads on the right side of your screen. on the left side of your screen is where hillary clinton has a lead. there is a credible poll on both sides. this election is unconventional right out of the gate going all the way back to the primaries on both sides. i

. >> focusing more on colorado, north carolina, and florida, and ohio as much needed states. her campaign saying they easily get without. many say trump must win ohio. still, clinton hoping to reverse polls that show her makes the best choice for the future of the people of this great state. >> reporter: she hammered trump's publicized tax losses. >> what kind of a genius looses a billion dollars anyway? we'll pass a law that any candidate of a major party has to release third taxes. >> i will never raise taxes on the middle class. that is not in >> maybe lebron's endorsement will bring out more voters. maybe two more debates will make a difference. maybe there will be an october surprise. but in any case, clinton, still working hard to inwith ohio. in akron, channel 3 news. >> less than 24 hours from now, the vice president candidates will square off in a debate for the first time. preparations under way at longwood university. head to head with republican indiana governor mike pence. cbs correspondent will moderate the debate. the on l time the vice presidential candidates

. >> he's got to look at florida and ohio and pennsylvania and nevada and all the states that may be in play. >>> last night hillary clinton supporters were busy in san francisco phone banking for the campaign. volunteers were not only making old-fashioned phone calls but many also texting with voters reminding them to get out and vote. they were also getting the word out that next monday, october 24 is the last day to register to vote in california for the november election. and for an online link to register to vote if it had to our website ktvu.com click on the mornings on to -- 2 and you can access it on our app.>>> former state senator. will be sentenced today for taking bribes in exchange for supporting legislation that is part of a plea deal admitted to taking thousands of dollars from the owner of a medical company and an undercover fbi agent and also pled guilty to mail fraud. prosecutors want him sentenced to five years in prison by his lawyer is asking for house arrest. >>> four 5 am san francisco police did not want to take any chances as they dealt with two separate bomb

trump will campaign in florida and ohio. >>> we have 26 days until election day and you can keep it right here on "eyewitness news" for the latest on campaign 16. >>> in other news, major fall-outs in the growing scandal at wells fargo embattled ceo john stumpf is out. he's retiring effective immediately. wells fargo employees use customer information to fake accounts to reach sales goals. stumpf won't be receiving severance and will forfeit $48 million in stock awards. tim sloan will succeed stumpf as ceo. hurricane nicole strengthened into a major category 3 as it movies closer to bermuda. forecasters say the hurricane is quickly taking direct aim at the island and its 60,000 residents. today people calmly went about their preparations boarding up windows and getting some last minute groceries. >>> severe flooding from hurricane matthew continues to force evacuations in north carolina. lumberton is one of the hardest hit areas, town's sister city in south jersey knows what they're going through and is sending help. natasha brown joins us in lumberton burlington county with more on the e

in addition to winning florida and ohio, iowa and other states on the map and have a couple insurance policies. >> name one. >> pennsylvania. colorado. mr. trump will be in new mexico today. at a time when hillary clinton is spending money on paid advertisements in wisconsin which has been blue for decades and she had president clinton her husband in pennsylvania. >> also going to arizona. >> well but that's a head fake. she will be asked how do you arizona through obamacare right now. what will you do about obamac obamacare. people are realizing in the state of arizona they will be on the hook for a 116% increase in their health care premiums. why should asbestrizona be faci should i pay the rent, feed my kids or keep paying for my health care. >> tim kaine mentioned a big story in the washington post that found donald trump's entirely in recent years after calling 420 plus charities with connection to trump. the post found one personal gift between 2008 and the spring of 2009. they call into question all of the promises he's made about giving to charity. will trump release his tax r

it's always going back to history that ohio and florida pretty much dominate who is going to be presidenti think he needs to be flying back and forth from ohio and florida and pouncing on this october surprise. in florida he got a darn good chance. if he can work it and keep it up with the people in florida especially the southern tip of florida that has a big tendency to go purple and gieter way. it would help marco rubio and it would be a two for one deal. >> he said how dose use this to his advantage? it's simple. remind never trumpers how awful hillary clinton is. reminds independents who may be on the fence. only 14% maybe persuadable this late in the game. to noel's point, you have to win florida. but the monkey wrench right now is the state of north carolina. charles: it's one of these things i think donald trump will have to get in that state well before next tuesday and try to turn things around. but i want 20 ask you about what ford said. these reluctant republicans. don't they have a responsibility at this point when they can see their extra push might be what it needs to help

trump will campaign in florida and ohio. >>> we have 26 days until election day and you can keep it right here on "eyewitness news" for the latest on campaign 16. >>> in other news, major fall-outs in the growing scandal at wells fargo embattled ceo john stumpf is out. he's retiring effective immediately. wells fargo employees use customer information to fake accounts to reach sales goals. stumpf won't be receiving severance and will forfeit $48 million in stock awards. tim sloan will succeed stumpf as ceo. hurricane nicole strengthened into a major category 3 as it movies closer to bermuda. forecasters say the hurricane is quickly taking direct aim at the island and its 60,000 residents. today people calmly went about their preparations boarding up windows and getting some last minute groceries. >>> severe flooding from hurricane matthew continues to force evacuations in north carolina. lumberton is one of the hardest hit areas, town's sister city in south jersey knows what they're going through and is sending help. natasha brown joins us in lumberton burlington county with more on the e

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he was looking a little stronger like in florida and ohio and seeing there w that this is something haunting the campaign. and. >> this is one like we have never seen. >> it tep deeps going. >>> the news out of chicago, terrifying time for passengers on that plane at o'hare. the tire blew as it was taking off. pieces from the tire damaged a there you see that. a flight 383 bound from chicago to miami was forced to aboard the the takeoff. they made it off safely. and. >>> two teens, a brother and sister were killed in a crash. died. josh cascio. a terrible week of accidents now another one. >> it is terrible. this is hitting the town of frostproof hard and fellow students at the high school. they were model students and no one can believe they are gone. >> reporter: the jeep driven with his sister is nearly unrecognizable. and crash. >> the mother heard the crash she came out and saw the vehicle and when she saw what happened she passed out. >> they were on their way to school they had barely gone a few hundred feet their jeep was slammed into by a beefed up pickup. the speed limit is 65 mile

i'm giving him florida and ohio and wisconsin, i'll even give him nevada. do all of that and i give hillary clinton north carolina and she's at 274 and he's at 259. if you couple that with what we know about the polling and all the demographic advantages for hillary clinton that's where it looks very difficult for him on the electoral map? he has ticked up. whether or not you're willing to say the race has tightened because he has ticked up and she has ticked up. what is behind that? nate silver the guru of numbers think the republicans have come home to trump. if that's the case, the billy bush tape went away. what allowed them to come home to him? >> it's possible. i'm not going to argue with my friend nate silver, but in all of those states there are heavily contested statewide races in ohio, in north carolina, in florida. you know, in nevada. so, in a case like florida, for example, marco rubio is very much, is doing very much better than donald trump in a lot of ways. he may be pulling trump along with him and despite all the personal friction we have

i will say that x months ago democrats thought they were going to win florida and ohio. it's all completely taken off the table. three months ago i thought they would win indiana. these states that hillary clinton is likely to win , all of our candidates are currently running against donald trump. we will see if they are able to outperform him enough to be able to hold those seats. we have a lot to defend. >> image in florida and that's were senator rubio is running for reelection after mitch mcconnell coached him into reelection. there has been some reporting lately about democratic dissension about the decision to abandon their candidate there. if democrats were able to come up with five or $10 million to put behind tim murphy but with a give senator rubio more of a contest? >> the number one problem that patrick murphy as is somewhat analogous to what carlos had in the primary. murphy is not that well-known. he doesn't have enough resources to fully prosecute the case against rubio. uplos turned up a contract marco rubio's negatives, could not make himself by. murphy