his primary target today, the women who have made accusations against him in the past including jessica leeds, who said mr. trump groped her on an airplane in the 1970s. >> i'm famous. i'm in a plane, people are coming into the plane, and i'm looking at a woman, and i grab her, and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say, but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen, and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> reporter: leeds' accusation resurfacing as a federal appeals court today examined whether a jury improperly considered it in finding mr. trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of another woman, writer e. jean carroll, awarding her $5 million. >> it's an appeal of a ridiculous verdict of a woman i have never met. >> and so, laura, it's been a year full of court activity, and now it feels like everything is on hold. >> his attorneys have managed to get all four of those criminal cases basically tied up on appeal or otherwise delayed. now,

ever face-to-face encounter and the stakes could not be higher also tonight on friday, trump said jessica leeds, who accused him of groping her. she would not have been the chosen one. please joins me tonight to respond later, historian doris kearns goodwin, on the first very first televised debate, the presidential debate inside the inside view she had of it. and the lessons that holds for tomorrow all right. i'm good evening. thanks for joining us. take a look. this is the first picture just released by abc news from inside the national constitution center in philadelphia. 25 hours from now it happens the first and so far only scheduled debate between vice president harris and former president trump, not just their first debate of the campaign. there'll be the first time they've ever actually met vice president harris arrive late today after what the campaign said it was a long weekend of debate prep and campaign appearances in pittsburgh and a conversation with nationally syndicated radio personality rickey smiley, which aired this morning. in it, she laid out her plans for helping small bus

just to finish with her, jessica leeds. no police reports. no witnesses. no corroboration. of any kind. no criminal suggestions. no nothing. then, you have another one. this one is a writer for people magazine, who i thought was very nice. she came to mar-a-lago. she wrote the most beautiful story you have ever seen. it was a love story about milani and myself, a love story and people magazine. that was it. it was the cover, i think. it was a beautiful story. you would, everyone would love to have that marriage. she said the nicest things about me, milani. you have the story, you can read the story. her name was k? let's see. her name? was who? sworn off, i don't have it. whatever her name was. i don't know the lady. perhaps it's better that way. i don't really know the lady. she wrote this beautiful story. and about -- i don't -- years later, no police reports. no anything. years later. same person, they called up. did you attack at mar-a-lago this woman, this writer, whatever her name is? she's a witness in a case. she and leads were the only two witnesses. did you attack

he called some of them out by name, including jessica leeds. trump went into descriptive detail in his effort to discredit her. >> i'm in a plane, people are coming into the plane. and i'm looking at a woman, and i grab her, and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and, frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say. but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen. and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> reporter: all this as trump seeks to win over women voters. on his way out the door, trump was asked how that's going. >> going great, going great with women. we're doing great with women. >> reporter: again, david, donald trump did not have to be in that courtroom today. he then flew to north carolina for an event with the police union. the former president's advisers says he's not doing any formal preparation for the debate, which is now just four days away. >> rachel scott. thank you, rachel. >>> the other ma

and one of sauer's main arguments relates to jessica leeds, one of the women who testified at the trial, who said that trump had groped her on an airline we're playing in the 1970s and john sauer trump's attorney argued to the judges that it wasn't illegal, then it wasn't a crime to grope a woman or sexually assault someone on an airplane when e jean carroll's attorney, roberta kaplan got up, she argued to the judges that it actually was a crime then to assault anybody on an airplane in the 1970s the technical arguments here about whether the testimony of jessica leeds and another accuser should have come into the trial. they also argued about the access hollywood tape and on that tape, of course, trump is voted off mic can hear him discussing how he groped women and grabs women just because he wants to. so these are the nature of the arguments, but you get the outset one of the appellate judges had said to trump's attorney, it is very hard to overturn a jury's verdict based on evidence decisions made by the trial judge. so already laying down that this is a high hurdle for trump to mee

on the civil side, we will wait to see what the second circuit does with the carroll case, and jessica leeds, that woman he attacked by name today saying -- she said in response calling it, terribly unfortunate, lester. >> thank you. >>> in georgia, the first court appearance was today for the 14-year-old and his father charged in this week's deadly high school shooting. priya sridhar is there. priya, what happened in court today? >> reporter: that's right, lester. neither father nor son entered a plea in court today, but the district attorney did say there could be even more charges to come for the suspected shooter. tonight, the 14-year-old charged in the deadly shooting at apalachee high school shackled with hair covering his face in his first court appearance. >> you're charged with four counts of felony murder. >> reporter: family members of victims sitting in the first row. soon after his father colin gray appeared in the same courtroom. >> are you mr. colin gray. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: he's facing involuntary manslaughter and second-degree murder charges in connection with the shoo

he was talking by jessica leeds. he was in court to try to appeal his conviction in the e jean carroll case. that's the defamation case. >> he did not attend any of that trial when it was actually happening, but he did appear in court today. >> all right. why do you think he did that? is that is that now campaign strategy? >> this is the reason that we see so many republicans. surprisingly come out in support of kamala harris is exactly because of what we saw on display today with donald trump. the consequences of him winning are so dire it is yes, that he is frivolous, that he is not paying attention to what is best for america. he literally took 45 minutes to grandstand about why he didn't think this other woman was attractive enough for him to not show what would it be the chosen one. but we know that means i wouldn't actually grab her by the you know what that's what he's talking about today. i think the reason that he did it is because he is desperate and he's trying to find any kind of hook, any kind of red mea

one is named jessica leeds. so she she was up again. she can't get rid of her. she was up. of things. you have a an armrest in planes. back in those days . oh by the back in those days. oh by the way, she didn't know anything about the flight where we were going, where i was in very few flights. i was in new york. i building new york building. i said very few aeroplanes. i will tell you, in those days, 1979, i think it's a long time ago, but that the armrest and in the old days they didn't move . okay. but days they didn't move. okay. but she said she then got out and she said she then got out and she went to the back of the plane. and that was the end of the story. i think. and this story has followed me for years. but just to finish with her, jessica leeds no police reports, no witnesses, no corroboration of any kind, no criminal suggestions , no nothing . then suggestions, no nothing. then you have another one. and this one is a writer for people magazine, who i actually thought was very nice. she came to mar—a—lago and she wrote the most beautiful story you've ever seen

now, in addition to carol, he also lashed out at several other accusers, including jessica leeds who says trump groped her on a flight 1970s. it couldn't have happened, it didn't happen and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. he said, remarks like that have earned this assessment today from former republican congresswoman liz cheney. >> dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris. you know, my dad believes and he's said publicly that there's never been an individual in our country who is as grave a threat to our democracy as donald trump is i was liz cheney today, yesterday, she announced she will be voting for vice president harris today. she said that her dad, former vice president dick cheney, will be doing the same and we'll have more on that shortly. there was one other thing that donald trump said today that i want to point out because it involves me and he seemed to imply something that is unfounded. he was talking as he he has before about an interview that e. jean carroll did with me back on june 24, 2019 then there was an anderso

today he called some out by name including jessica leeds. trump went into descriptive detail in his effort to discredit her. >> i'm a on a plane. people are coming into the plane. i'm looking at a woman and i grab her and i start kissing her and making out with her. you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say, but it couldn't have happen. it didn't happen, and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> reporter: all this as trump seeks to win over women voters. on his way out the door trump was asked how that's going. >> going great. doing great with women. we're doing great. >> reporter: again, david, donald trump did not have to be in that courtroom today. he then the president's debate just four days away. >> right here on abc, as you know. >>> the other political headline, a major endorsement for vice president harris. dick cheney saying he will vote for harris. he is now saying about why he will vote for the vice president. >> reporter: tonight a once unthinkable turn. republican stalwart dic

the story with cnn after friday's hearing, trump not only attacked carroll, he also went after jessica leedstrump groped her on an airplane in the 1970s. he claimed that never could have happened because she quote, would not have been the chosen one. here's what she told anderson cooper the left that load. >> i couldn't believe that he was using that word like some sort of cult figure i personally believe he has convinced himself that it didn't happen he is a predator of women i was not the first of course, i was not the last. but there had been enough so that he doesn't remember leeds was one of two women, e jean carroll's lawyers called to alleged trump had a pattern of sexually assaulting women and then attacking not just their credibility, but there appearances. >> you may remember trump also said e jean carroll was not his type then mistook her for his ex-wife, marla maples, in a photo coming up undecided in pennsylvania. they're the voters who may determine who wins this entire race. so what did they want to hear? debate. you're going to find out after a quick break cnn this morning wi

in remarks after the hearing, former president trump going after him and including jessica leeds who described a situation on a plane in the '70s. >> i'm looking at a woman and i grab her and start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? i know you will say it's a terrible thing. it couldn't happen. it didn't happen and she would not have been the chosen one. >> reporter: mr. trump says he's innocent in all his cases. meanwhile, the former president heads to battleground wisconsin state. he says campaigning is his debate prep along with informal policy sessions with allies. peter. >> he debated a couple months ago. harris has not done one. i appreciate it. >>> vice president harris is behind the scenes this weekend preparing for the first debate with mr. trump. the debate is three days away. aaron gilchrist is in pittsburgh this morning where the vp is getting ready. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. it is day three for harris here in pittsburgh leaning in for the preps for the first meeting for the debate with former presiden

. >> that was jessica leeds, who accused trump of assaulting her on an airplane in 1979.erence on friday where trump took no questions, trump lashed out at leeds and other women who have accused him of sexual assault, offering a horrifying defense for why he couldn't and wouldn't have assaulted leeds. here's the republican nominee for president of the united states of america responding to allegations of sexual assault. >> so think of how -- the impracticality of this. i'm famous. i'm in a plane. people are coming into the plane. and i'm looking at a woman and i grab her and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and frankly i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen. and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> a claim so audacious even his hair clips are offended. it's a gross claim. it's a gross thing that trump would say that being famous is an impediment to carrying out sexual assault because accord