. >> i'm john berman. it is wednesday, october 19th. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. have no idea what time it is where i am, live at the university of nevada, las vegas. it could be the last chance for donald trump to right this ship to claw his way back into the campaign. he's behind in the latest round of national polls by a lot. he's also in most of the battleground states. he made two stops in colorado on his way here. urging supporters, don't believe the polls and he delivered a dire warning about a possible hillary clinton victory. >> history will record that 2017 was the year that america lost, truly lost its independence. truly lost its independence. and by the way, this is our final shot, folks. in four years it's over. you're never going to be able to win. it's going to be a one-party system. this is your final shot. >> trump renewed his pledge to build a wall along the border with mexico. and he described himself to voters there colorado as a unifier. let's get more from cnn's jason carroll. >> reporter: john and christine, donald trump had very little to

christine romans. >> john berman thank you for that. that the assessment from a kurdish military commander during day two of the offensive. nearly 100,000 troops are marching on iraq's second largest city. and overnight, iraqi forces find themselves surrounded by extremists. we want to go live to erbil, iraq, bring in cnn's michael holmes. what's happening? what are you hearing from the front lines, michael? >> reporter: yeah, occurredish and iraqi forces are pushing in from the east and heading south towards mosul. some units we're told as close as maybe ten miles. but it's hard going. they're going through all of these towns and villages clearing them but they're getting resistance along the way. they say it's not as heavy as expected but they are having to take it seriously. and clearing those villages is not an exact science. because we did get as you alluded to, there are disturbing reports that some iraqi soldiers have in fact been surrounded by isis fighters. this is near a village about 15 miles south of mosul. they have gone th

i'm john berman. it is tuesday, october 18th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, melania trump with the first statements of accusing her husband of groping and sexual assault. in an interview with anderson cooper, she rejects the claims stating they are an orchestrated conspiracy. she was asked about the comments on the 2005 "access hollywood" tape where he bragged about grabbing women's genitals because he was famous. she dismissed that as boy talk and he was egged on by billy bush. this is some of the interview. >> it was ten days ago. what did you think when you first saw it? >> i -- i said to my husband, you know, the language is inappropriate. it is not acceptable. and, i was, surprised because that is not the man that i know. and as you can see from the tape, the cameras were not on. it was only a mic. i wonder if they even knew that the mic was on because it was kind of boy talk. he was egged on like -- egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> you feel the host billy bush was egging him on? >> yes. >> bringing much more of anderso

stories and tweets that john berman wants all in one feed.ownload it all. >>> "early start" continues right now. >> breaking news. explosive allegations against trump. women coming forward saying he touched them inappropriately. >>> also breaking overnight. two police officers in boston rushed to the hospital. they were shot. one now in critical condition. >>> breaking overnight in the middle east. u.s. navy striking back with missiles. good morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is thursday, october 13th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. if you slept for a few minutes overnight, you missed one of the most eye popping stretches of the campaign. woman after woman coming forward claiming unwanted touching and kissing from donald trump. now the trump campaign categorically denies the claims. with sources in the campaign claiming that lawyers are drafting a lawsuit against the times. cnn's sunlen serfaty joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. this is another big bombshell

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, october 3rd. 4:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, the tax information of donald trump he wanted so badly to keep secret, secret no more. now the candidate faces new questions about what he made or did not make or pay or did not pay. the new york times received three pages of a $916 million loss in 1995. that is $916 million which could allow him to avoid paying any federal income taxes at all for up to 18 years. now cnn has not independently confirmed the authenticity of the tax documents, but both campaigns are reacting. cnn's chris frates with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the donald trump campaign has not disputed the accuracy of the story. they put out the statement calling the times and media an extension of the clinton campaign. that went on to attack clinton before arguing that trump had a fiduciary account to not pay. >> he has an obligation to take advantage of the lawful deductions and tax advantages that are available to you. the reality is, this is part of our tax code. the man is a genius. he knows

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, october 13th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. if you slept for a few moments, you missed the campaign. woman after woman coming forward accusing donald trump of unwanted kissing and touches. two women have come forward of inappropriate actions. the campaign is categorically denying the claims. lawyers are now threatening a lawsuit against "the new york times." cnn's sunlen serfaty has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. this is another bombshell for donald trump. two women have come forward to say trump accosted them and touched them inappropriately. one from 2005 and the other from more than 30 years ago. cnn has not been able to confirm, but one woman jessica leads goes on air with her account. >> it was over 35 years ago. i was hired by a news print company. i was a sales rep. i was traveling in the midwest. i was coming back to new york city. the stewardess asked if i would like to be moved to first class. i sat down to a young man, blond, tall. he introduced himself as donald trump. i was not aware of

. >> i'm john berman live in farmville, virginia. 4:00 a.m. in the east. this is longwood university in farmville, virginia where in a few short hours, it will host the one and only vice presidential debate. democrat tim kaine of virginia and mike pence will talk about the top of their tickets. >>> after a busy day for pollsters, hillary clinton has a lead over donald trump in the wake of the first presidential debate. clinton tops trump among five points. one factor. an increase of support among independents. a month ago, they broke heavily for trump. now making a move to clinton. secretary clinton is taking steps toward the enthusiasm gap. 50% of supporters are excited in voting for her. >>> another key finding in the wake of the report that donald trump went nearly two decades without paying income tax. 86% of people polled say paying taxes is a civic duty. and 12% say it is an unnecessary burden. the polling period ended before "the new york times" published the report that he took a $916 million loss to avoid paying a penny in federal income tax for u

. >> i'm john berman. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. you will want to pay attention. deadly hurricane getting close to florida and other southeastern states. hurricane matthew now a category three storm. it is tearing through the bahamas right right now. it is expected to regain strengths before it makes landfall in the united states. where would that be? it could be north of miami up to north carolina. that means millions are under evacuation orders across a wide order right now. which includes st. augustine. you can see the traffic jams. long lines for gas. long lines at grocery stores with folks buying up everything on the shelves and sheets of plywood. residents are warned to take the orders seriously. they are expected to receive devastation not sinioce 1992. >> you cannot restore a life if it is lost. you can rebuild. we want to minimize any possible loss of life. >> protecting lives is the priority right now. there would be massive destruction. >> the weather forecasters are saying the decisions you make now are life or death decisions. joining us now with the

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, october 24th. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is election day in florida. florida can be an important state in presidential elections. if you mean important, by deciding the whole thing. hillary clinton has inched ahead in polls there. there is no inching across the country. there, her lead can be tracked in feet. a 12-point lead. even trump's campaign manager admits they are trailing. >> where do you see this race? did you acknowledge you are behind? >> we are behind. she has tremendous advantages. she has a former president who happens to be campaigning for her. she has the current president and first lady hoping for more. >> interesting. all right. it is all but impossible for trump to win without florida. let's get the latest from jason carroll. >> reporter: john and christine, despite polls showing trailing hillary clinton, despite his campaign manager coming out and saying they have ground to come up. donald trump telling the crowd here that the polls are wrong and the media is wrong. he continued to double down on the i

welcome back, everyone, i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. 's 30 minutes past the hour this morning. the question which "un"applies to donald trump. he says unshackled but is it unplugged or unhinged? after taking aim at john mccain and paul ryan on twitter, trump took aim the the only place he will do interviewers. >> if you sneeze, he calls up and announces, isn't that a terrible thing. so, look, i don't want his support. i don't care about his support. what i want to do i want to win for the people. because hillary clinton, she is a disaster. >> trump campaigns in florida. his second day in the crucial battleground state. he held a news-filled rally there overnight. our sara murray was there. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine, while donald trump spent much of yesterday attacking members of his own party, from house speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain by the time he arrived for the evening rally he was ready to set those attacks aside and focus on hillary clinton. seizing on the allegations of the hacked e-mails published b

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans, trying to energize john berman. it is 3:00 a.m. in the east. happy halloween. fbi agents obtained the search warrant that will allow them to scour the huge batch of e-mails two and from a clinton aid. whether huma abedin's e-mails add anything new to the clinton e-mail server. also, it is calls into question the role of james comey in that investigation and the timing of the probe, so close to election day. nine days away. for the very latest, we turn to evan perez in washington. >> reporter: good morning. fbi investigators have obtained a search warrant to obtain thousands of newly discovered e-mails belonging to houma abbean. investigators found on them, as they conducted an investigation, of abedin's husband, anthony weiner. he is under investigation, for exchanging sexually explicit messages with an underage girl. that's questions from the clinton campaign why this came up friday, days before the election. law enforcement officials say what's been going on behind the scenes is this. technical experts spent some time cataloging

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour.g, donald trump declares the fix is in. the media has it in for him and paul ryan has it in for him. and "saturday night live" has it in for him. with the poll numbers fading and list of female accusers growing, he insists the press is rigging the race for hillary clinton. rigging polls like this one from nbc news and wall street journal. clinton opened up an 11-point lead with three weeks to go until election day. there is a poll that donald trump likes more. this shows just a four-point lead for hillary clinton. let's get the latest from cnn's chris frates in washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump continues to push the idea that the election is somehow rigged despite not providing any evidence to support charges. on sunday, he tweeted the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest media. also at many polling places. the facts just don't bear that out. for instance, a organization called news 21 found ten cases of voter impersonation on elect

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is tuesday, october 11th. four weeks until election day. when you woke up this morning, did you grab your phone to see what other political bombshell dropped in the last few hours after a day which many thought was a moral victory that his running mate did not flee and he only lost the active support of the house speaker. donald trump is headed to florida today as is hillary clinton. trump seems to be sticking to his attacks on hillary clinton's husband's long-ago sex

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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.l donald trump open his wallet in the final weeks of the campaign? we will have more on that in a moment. this morning, donald trump is in a new back and forth with the father of the slain muslim-american army captain khan who died in iraq war in 2004. trump repeated his claim that his son would still be alive if donald trump were president at the time. but khan's father lashed back. >> had i been president, captain khan would be alive today. we would not be in the horrible mista mistake. >> this is the most cruel thing you can say to grieving parents. if i was there, this would not have happened. there's no sincerity in those remarks. >> it does bear repeating that donald trump is on tape saying he supported the invasion of iraq. he was on tape in 2002. the invasion was in 2003. clinton's lead over donald trump is tightening to six points in the cnn poll of polls. cnn's jason carroll has the latest from the trump campaign in north carolina. >> reporter: john and christine, at trump's

. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, october 28th. mike pence is okay this morning, but he nearly was not. the breaking news of the plane carrying the vice presidential nominee and now the ntsb team on the ground right now after his plane, a 737, skidded off the runway at laguardia during rainy and windy weather. the plane came to rest several hundred feet from the interstate. liz landers described what happened. >> reporter: you could feel the plane skidding. you could feel the back of the plane too which is where the press is. it felt like it was fish tailing and moving side to side. then the plane came to a very pretty sharp halt. governor pence came to the back of the plane to check with the press and asking if everybody is okay. we asked if he was okay. he and his family were fine. he remarked there was some dirt and mud on his window at the front of the plane. >> officials say a break-away concrete bed at the end of the runway helped stop the plane after it skidded. >> runway 22 is a 7,000 foot runway. the plane was in the bed a

. >> i'm john berman. nice to see you. it is tuesday, october 25th. breaking overnight. president obama unleashed on president obama. you want to watch this. the president starting with mean tweets with jimmy kimmel. >> president obama will go down as the worst president in the history of the united states. @realdonaldtrump. well, at least i will go down as a president. >> what i don't do is tweet about people who insulted me. i try to sleep so in the morning i'm actually ready for a crisis. >> when you watch donald trump, do you ever actually laugh? >> most of the time. >> there is no historical parallel for this to have a sitting president do what barack obama do right now. attack after attack after attack on the opposing party's candidate. we have never seen anything like it. >> no historical parallel for the last 13 months in the presidential sicycle. >> we're in the fine at fortnight. >>> a new cnn/orc poll has hillary clinton leading by five points. donald trump points to a handful that shows a closer race. >> i believe we are actually winning. i believe we are act

. >> i'm john berman. it is tuesday, october 11th. four weeks until election day. when you woke up this morning, did you grab your phone to see what other political bombshell dropped in the last few hours after a day which many thought was a moral victory that his running mate did not flee and he only lost the active support of the house speaker. donald trump is headed to florida today as is hillary clinton. trump seems to be sticking to his attacks on hillary clinton's husband's long-ago sex scandals. >> if they want to release more tapes, we'll continue to attack bill clinton. >> more polls show trump could be in serious trouble after release of the tape where trump bragged about his ability to grab a woman's generitals and g away with it because he is famous. a new nbc poll shows hillary clinton with an 11--point lead. this tape came to light after the tape was released, but before the debate. overnight, trump was in pennsylvania. a state could be tougher and tougher for him. cnn's sunlen serfaty is there. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald tr

a fortnight. >> well said. >> as john berman would say.ary clinton leading donald trump by five points. 49% to 44% in the final stretch of the campaign. trump dismiss what is he calls phony polls from the media. >> a lot can happen. look at hit the trail. obamacare premiums will soar by double digits next year. what does that mean? donald trump and clinton are battling it out for votes in florida. we have it covered. let's start with cnn's jason carroll >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. you know the trump campaign says that the large crowds they draw at the rallies shows that this candidate is doing well. they say that the media is ignoring it and they say the pollsters are just getting it all wrong. donald trump on the defensive. >> i believe we're actually winning. >> reporter: trump flat out denying he's behind in the polls as he blazes through the background state of florida. >> they are phony polls put out by phony media. >> reporter: just hours before hitting the trail, trump did admit he's lagging. >> i guess i'm somewhat beh

three, john berman can no longer say the word fortnight at least with a straight face. donald trump hitting the campaign trail and hitting the states he really, really, really needs to win and to hit the magic number of 270 starting today with a rally in new hampshire, then to maine, then to iowa. >> hillary clinton goes to iowa herself today. of course, everyone can save a lot of time and money if we just canceled the election and made donald trump president as he suggested. more on that later. >>> first let's go to cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta. he is following the trump campaign in manchester, new hampshire. i know you know this from watching our episode yesterday. it all comes down to new hampshire. >> reporter: you know, looking at donald trump's path to victory, the electoral map, it really could come down to new hampshire. there are several states here that are very key to donald trump at this point and one of them is new hampshire. he's going to be here in about an hour and a half from now as part of sort of a new england swing. he's going to

. >> i'm john berman. in just a short while donald trump will stand on a stage in west palm beach, florida. the question is, is he standing on the precipice? how does he handle the flood of new accusations of unwanted, inappropriate kissing and touching? what will he say? can he survive? just a short time ago he tweeted this. phony story in the failing "new york times" is a total fabrication written by same people as last discredited story on woman. watch. >> so two women told the "new york times" that trump touched them inappropriately and without their consent. one in 2005, the other more than 30 years ago. cnn has not been able to independently confirm their accounts. they spoke to the paper on the record saying they came forward after this moment in sunday's debate. watch this. >> just for the record, though, are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent? >> i have great respect for women. nobody has more r

i'm john berman. christine romans, no show. it is friday, october 14th. a defining moment in the race for president. donald trump with a defensive conspiracy laced diatribe against the media and the women who accuse him of kissing or groping or sexual assault. overnight, one of the accusers spoke out in an interview adding detail to her claims. this with anderson cooper. she said it was trump's claims about sexual misconduct to anderson in the second debate that inspired her to go public to "the new york times." >> when you specifically asked trump had he ever groped a woman or i forget how you phrased it and he said no, i literally wanted to throw something at the tv or punch the tv. that was sunday night. monday morning, i found myself writing an e-mail. letter to the editor to "the times." >> more from the interview later in the show. first, trump's remarkable defense against the claims and what he considers the conspiracy. in florida and ohio, he blasts the accusers that he groped and kissed women. he promised to produce evidence that the accusations

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. this morning, you can still hear the ringing from the political grenade that went off last night. one of the least surprising questions to come in any of the presidential debates this year yield the one of the most controversial answers ever. donald trump down eight points in the polls refused to say if he would honor the results of the election. >> are you saying you are not prepared? >> i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> there were plenty of issues that came up. that refusal is the headline in all of the papers across the country this morning. plus the fact that donald trump who needed a win on the stage to change the trajectory of the race did not seem to get it. according to cnn/orc poll, 52% thought hillary clinton was the winner. 39% thought donald trump was the winner. a majority of the audience was democratic. that are skew the poll. let's go to manu raju. the debate news making to say the least. >> reporter: john, huge night after donald trump losing t

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, october 17th. this morning, donald trump says the fix is in. the media has it in for him. paul ryan has it in for him. even "saturday night live" has it in for him. when you lost "saturday night live" you are losing. trump insists the polls are rigged for hillary clinton. hillary clinton with an 11-point lead with three weeks to go in the race. a washington post poll which trump likes more. hillary clinton with a four-point lead. let's get the latest from chris frates in washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump continues to push this idea that the election is somehow rigged despite not providing evidence to support his charges. in fact, on sunday, he tweeted the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media. also at many polling places. the facts don't bear that out. a 2012 investigative reporting project looked at over a decade of data. found just ten cases of voter impersonation at the polls on election day. meanwhile, democrats are really trying to use trump's claim of a rigged electi

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour right now.ng friends? $916 million at the center of the taxes and how much trump paid or didn't. the new york times received three pages from the 1995 state return showing a $916 million loss. he lost that much. the times suggests could allowed him to pay no federal income taxes for up to 18 years. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity. it shows why trump is reluctant to release the tax returns. both campaigns reacting to the d disclosur disclosures. chris frates has the latest. >> reporter: the trump campaign has not discussed the story. the statement went on to attack clinton before arguing that trump had a fiduciary responsibility as a businessman to pay no more tax than legally required. >> the times fails to point out he has an obligation as the head of a business to take advantage of and use the lawful deductions and tax advantages that are available to you. so the relate is this is part of our tax code. the man's a genius. he knows how to operate the tax code. >> it shows an absolute mes

. >> i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. we are live from washington university in st. louis. and it is, john, you get to say it this time. >> it is debate day in america, everyone. >> once again, donald trump's plane just touched down here in st. louis. let the rumble begin as the republican candidate is facing what could be the most important 90 minutes in his political campaign. 90 minutes on tonight's debate stage. that might determine if, in fact, he survives the next 30 days of this race. all of this because at this point you should know of the release of the stunning video from back in 2005. donald trump casually talking about what amounts to sexual assault. bragging about the fact he could grab a woman's genitalia and get away with it because he's famous. this is the video which is, needless to say, quite graphic. >> i better use some tic tacs in case i start kissing you. you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful women. and when you're a star, they let you do it. you can grab them by the [ bleep ]. you can do anything. >> donald trump did issue an apology on vi

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. >> i'm john berman. what day it is?> it's debate day. >> 90 minutes is what donald trump has if he survives another 30 days in this race. all this because of the stunning video of 2005 of donald trump casually talking about what amounts to sexual assault. bragging about the fact that he could grab a woman's genitals and get away with it because he's famous. this is the video which, needless to say, is quite graphic. >> i better use some tic tacs. you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful. and when you're a star, they let you do it. grab them by the [ bleep ] and you can do anything. >> donald trump has since apologized. some are saying the apology does not go far enough. this all as the top leaders of his own party are now jumping ship. it is easier to track who is still with him than who is against him at this point. among those condemning his remarks, trump's running mate mike pence issuing an astonishing rebuke, refusing to defend him. hillary clinton for her part has remained largely silent on this likely b

. >> i'm john berman. breaking news this morning.near disaster with his plane. the crews are moving the plane off the runway at laguardia. it skidded off the runway by grand central parkway. the ntsb team is on the ground right now. this happened while landing on a rainy, windy runway. cnn producer liz landers traveling with the pence campaign. >> reporter: you could feel the plane skidding. you could feel the back of the plane which is where the press is. it felt like it was fishtailing and moving side to side. and the plane came to a very pretty sharp halt. governor pence came to the back of the plane just to check with the press. asking if everybody is okay. we asked if he was okay. he and his family were fine. he remarked there was dirt and mud on his window. >> officials say the break-away concrete bed at the end of the runway helped stop the plane after it skidded. >> runway 22 is a 7,000 foot runway. the plane ended up in the arrester bed at the end of the runway. destroyed about 80 arrester bed blocks and is currently in the

ac 360 continues with john berman. >> john berman in for anderson tonight.p campaign hunkered down inside trump tower grappling with what could be the biggest threat to their candidate's presidential chances so far. donald trump caught on tape in his own words, vulgar words, bolstered about being able to grab women by their genitals and get away with it because he's a star. and that is the definition of sexual assault. this is an open microphone picked up on a bus with a conversation between he and billy bush who was

. >> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. we're live from farmville, virginia, in the immortal words, who am i, why am i here, because, friends, it is debate day in america once again. the one and only face-off for running makes pence and kaine just hours away. as hillary clinton is seeing a bump in the polls. donald trump taking some lumps in the headlines. he had a bad week and, yes, your calendar is correct, it is just tuesday. the controversies piling up over his taxes and foundation. >> five weeks now until election day. donald trump is down five points to hillary clinton in our latest cnn/orc poll and the four-way race. let us begin our coverage. she is just outside the debate hall here at longwood university. big week. >> it sure is. donald trump's no good, very bad week certainly adds to the drama and ups the states around the vice presidential debate tonight where the responsibility no doubt will squarely fall on his running make mike pence's shoulders to defend and their ticket against all these controversies. inclu

. >> i'm john berman. what day is it? day in america once again. >> how many more are there after this? >> zero. >> so how high are the stakes then? >> as john berman would say, wicked high. >> that is why we are live

i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. it is live event-palooza once again this hour. hillary clinton live in lake worth, florida, her second straight day in that battleground state. donald trump will be on the right of your screen. he is in washington opening his new hotel there. that is not washington county, florida. for that matter, that's not washington, north carolina or washington, pennsylvania. they exist. he's in washington, d.c. >> which has never voted republican in the history of ever. that aside, after days of polling problems, this morning trump is enjoying a tiny ray of survey sunshine. brand new bloomberg politics show shows him up a couple points in the must-win state of florida. most recent polls have shown clinton ahead there. curious if he will stay this poll is rigged. but we digress. let's get to cnn's jeff zeleny with the clinton campaign in lake worth, florida and cnn chief political correspondent dana bash is at the trump event. dana, with campaign and lodging news. >> reporter: right here, it's just lodging or more importantly, business promot

ac 360 continues with john berman. >> john berman in for anderson tonight. the trump campaign hunkered down inside trump tower grappling with what could be the biggest threat to their candidate's presidential chances so far. donald trump caught on tape in his own words, vulgar words, bolstered about being able to grab women by their genitals and get away with it because he's a star. and that is the definition of sexual assault. this is an open microphone picked up on a bus with a conversation between he and billy bush who was with access hollywood. they were talking first about a married women trump had tried to seduce but he didn't use that word. and then talking about the co-star they were going to make. much of is the graphic and obscene. the very fact the such a videotape of the presidential candidate needs such a warrant speaks for itself. >> i moved on her actually. she was down in palm beach. i moved on her. and i failed. i'll admit it. i did try and [ bleep ]. she was married. her name was nancy. i moved on her heavily. in fact i took her out furnitu

. >> i'm john berman. this morning we know this campaign is no joke. at least probably not a good one. judging by the al smith dinner. more on that in just a moment. in just a few minutes, donald trump holds a rally in fletcher, north carolina. then it's off to pennsylvania for two events later today. this as he says he will or won't or may accept the results of this election, an election where he's down by an average of eight points nationwide. hillary clinton goes to ohio today where she's been trailing in some polls although a new poll shows the race there even. >> but about last night. the two candidates were a little too close for comfort both on the seating chart and where their jokes landed. at the annual al smith charity dinner in new york city. as is tradition, the candidates traded jokes and jabs but as is tradition for this election cycle it was mostly jabs. some were funny. some were kind of not. some may have gone a little too far. you be the judge. >> hillary accidentally bumped into me and she very civilly said pardon me. and i very poli

three, john berman can no longer say the word fortnight at least with a straight face.ing the campaign trail and hitting the states he really, really, really needs to win and to hit the magic number of 270 starting today with a rally in new hampshire, then to maine, then to iowa. >> hillary clinton goes to iowa herself today. of course, everyone can save a lot of time and money if we just canceled the election and made donald t

. >> i'm john berman. what day is it? >> it is debate day in america once again. >> how many more are there after this? >> zero. >> so how high are the stakes then? >> as john berman would say, wicked high. >> that is why we are live here at the university of nevada las vegas, where it all begins in just ten hours. of our nonpartisan friends here. >> completely nonpartisan. >> this is the third, last and final debate between donald trump and hillary clinton which means there are no more after this. >> which means there's no time like the present to make your case, land your punches and pull off a big "w" before millions of viewers also known as voters. how is it going to go? look no further than the campaign as your guide. in short, it could and likely will get nasty. let's begin with an inside look inside the debate hall. sunlen serfaty has all the details. give us the low-down. what's going to happen tonight? >> reporter: well, i think right now it is certainly the calm before the storm here inside the debate hall. each

john berman: as you can see right there, he suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. trump: uhhhh, i don't know what i said. uhhhh, i don't remember! i mean, i'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. blood coming out of her... wherever. debate moderator: would you tell a child ole model? >> every fight can't be a big one. now go make some big plays. reporter: that's coach jim hue sbert with a gill stadium. the water bucket celebration after his team won the state championship for the fourth straight year. that was at gill stadium and that's where we're live. 14 games on the schedule. we'll talk about that and hear from coach schubert coming up live. let's check that red sox score right now as they go to the top of the fifth inning. and it is a 5-0 lead for the indians. shortest postseason start ever for david price who lasted just with a three-run homer. the red sox already down a game in the series. they're down 5-0 in this one. now let's check on the toronto blue jays. they're looking great in their series. former fisher cat kevin pillar with a so

john berman: as you can see right there, he suffers from a chronic condition trump: uhhhh, i don't know what i said. uhhhh, i don't remember! i mean, i'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. blood coming out of her... wherever. debate moderator: would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? ayotte: absolutely. i would do that. adam: no rust to shake off for tom brady today as he returned from his four-game suspension with a dominating performance in a win over the cleveland browns. cherise: it was a dominating performance. ed harding from our sister station in boston, wcvb, is live in cleveland with a recap of the game. reporter: it was normal and everything was flying in on tom brady. he said after any press conference very humbly, i have a little rest and a lot i can work on, difficult on brady. the one thing that did emerge for the patriots with the long ball. he had plenty of time. the protection was very good for him the entire game today. he kept him clean and upright. he was able to find the deep receiver. chris hogan

john berman: as you can see right there, he suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. trump: uhhhh, i don't know what i said. uhhhh, i don't remember! i mean, i'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. blood coming out of her... wherever. debate moderator: would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? >> dicky: from hollywood - it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight - don rickles. john stamos. presidential debate sensation ken bone. and music from two door cinema club. and now, so there's no confusion -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> hi, everyone. jimmy, host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. before we get started, i know a

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 31 minutes past the hour.loween. >> oh, yeah. >> other scary things happening in politics. fbi agents obtained the search warrant to scour e-mails from hillary clinton to the top clinton aide huma abedin. there is new information about the role of the fbi director james comey in that investigation. questions this morning about the timing of the probe so close to election day. for the latest, we turn to evan perez in washington. >> reporter: good morning. fbi investigators obtained a search warrant to review e-mails belonging to huma abedin. one of clinton's closest advisers. the fbi found them weeks ago stumbling on the investigation on huma abedin's husband, anthony weiner. he is under investigation for exchanging e-mails messages with an underage girl. questions surround this days before the election. technical experts spent time categorizing e-mails. the top fbi officials were briefed after the discovery of the e-mails and there were some legal questions because the search warrant they had only covered the

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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. the fury in missouri.when political discourse reached a level never seen before. we are not talk about a high level. donald trump, his campaign staggered after the release of the video where he bragged he could grab women's genitals because he was famous. he went into full attack mode. hillary clinton responded. >> look, it's just not true after so please. >> allow her to respond. >> over 33,000? >> we turned over 35,000. >> oh, yeah. what about the other 50,000? >> allow her to respond. she didn't talk when you talked. >> that's true. i didn't. >> because you have nothing to say. >> i will try not to in this debate. i would like to get to the questions that the people brought here tonight to talk to us about. >> and get off this question. >> okay, donald. i know you're in to big diversion tonight. anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it is exploding and the way republicans are leaving you. however forceful the attacks and style and substance he may have provided from the first debate.

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 29 minutes past the hour. thursday morning. dizzying series of events overnight that rattled the already roller coaster campaign. series of women coming forward telling stories of unwanted kissing or groping by trump. "the new york times" with two women accusing trump of unwanted behavior. and the sources claim the trump lawyers are drafting a lawsuit against the times. we have sunlen serfaty with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. this is another big bombshell for trump. allegations from two women who have come forward to say trump accosted them and touched them inappropriately. one incident from 2005 and the other from more than 30 years ago. cnn has not been able to independently confirm the claims from the women. one woman, jessica leeds goes on camera with her account of what happened. >> it was over 35 years ago. i was hired by a news print company. i was a sales rep. traveling in the midwest. i was coming back into new york city. and it was on that flight that the stewardess asked me would i like

. >> i'm john berman. 31 minutes after the hour.e first public statement after the list of women alleging her husband of sexual misconduct. she rejected claims that her husband sexually abused women. she was asked about her husband's comments on the 2005 "access hollywood" tape where he bragged about being able to grab women's genitals because he was famous. she dismissed that as boy talk. she said the then 59-year-old donald trump was egged on by billy bush. >> it was ten days ago that "access hollywood" released that tape. i wonder when you first heard it, what did you think? >> i said to my husband that, you know, the language is inappropriate. it is not acceptable. i was surprised because that is not the man that i know. and as you can see from the tape, the cameras were not on. it was only a mic. and i wonder if they even knew that the mic was on because they were kind of boy talk. he was egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> you feel the host billy bush was egging him on? >> yes, yes. >> we will bring you more

john berman is here. we have a funny show. >> we barely made it. >> they don't need to know that.ter the last debate. the political rivals got big laughs, but trump got booed for abandoning decades of tradition with blistering attacks on clinton. >> folk who have been to the dinner have never seen this before. it comes on the heels of trump's continued refusal to say he will honor the results of the election. now he will do it if he wins. we're just 18 days now until election day. we're covering this for you from all angles. we have >> you can see ahead of the remarks here at this dinner maybe how the night was going to go. hillary clinton, definitely more her crowd. she had more visitors coming up to her than donald trump. donald trump ended up with more boos as they abandoned for a tone they have taken in this bruising election battle. >> hillary is so corrupt. she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: donald trump and hillary clinton were supposed to play nice. >> it's amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he'd be okay with a peaceful trait

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. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour right now. this is the breaking news. major storm that has already killed 15 people in the caribbean. it is getting close to florida and other southeastern states. we just got a new report from the national hurricane center. it puts matthew in the bahamas right now with sustained winds of 125 miles an hour. that is the upper limit of the category three storm. it is expected to gain strength and expected to reach a category four. if it hits from miami to north carolina, millions of people right now under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. including the entire city of st. augustine. you can see some of the traffic jams evacuations are causing. long lines at grocery stores there. people buying up every sheet of plywood. federal and state officials are warning residents to take the evacuation orders seriously. this storm could bring devastation not seen since hurricane andrew in 1992. >> you can always rebuild and always repair property. you cannot restore life if it is lost and we want to make sure that we minimize a