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republican leaning states are now more in place states like georgia, utah and arizona today the salt lake tribune endorsed hillary clinton. are we going to see secretary clinton campaigning these states, no report yet, bottom line is we have to focus on getting to 270 at the same time winning more states and it would not only send a convincing message and it would allow her to get her message out who often don't get to hear from the candidate because they're in these battleground states. >> working 21 out of 24 hours a day, thank you so much, kristen. >>> coming up, what does this all mean for these campaigns? each of them preceding a pace of 26 days left. this is "the 11th hour" on nbc. >>> we are stretching the 11th hour to 12:00 tonight because of the press of breaking news to nights. we welcome back nicole wallace and mark mckennen, truly a pleasure to have you back, i'm going to give you an unlikely job posting, ceo of the trump campaign starting tonight or tomorrow morning, what do you do? >> i just heard your wife gasp. [ laughter ] >> well, the notion of filing a lawsuit against "the new

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the salt lake tribune did endorse clinton writing trump's quote entire campaign was based on divisive, bigoted and insuting rhetoric. and the desert news urged trump to resign his candidacy. writing this is one of those rare moments where it's narcissism and despotism that infect the trump campaign. the paper is not backing clinton. saying the editorial should not be confused with a statement from its owners the mormon church, which does not get involved in partisan politics. >> you get a sense of tacit approval. they wouldn't publish this if that he didn't think it was o.k. >> mcmullin rejects the idea he's a spoiler for anyone. charging the g true spoiler. fox news. >>>bring in merissa lynn. you have the early voting all across the nation. this is happening as we speak. >> 5.3 million americans have cast their vote. >> you look at the people voting as we speak on video. this is happening not just in florida but all across the nation and with this how many people are going to vote by election day? >> based on projections 40% of americans will have cast their vote before the actual el

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republican leaning states are now more in place states like georgia, utah and arizona today the salt lake tribune endorsed hillary clinton. are we going to see secretary clinton come paampaigning these states, no report yet, bottom line is we have to focus on getting to 270 at the same time winning more states and it would not only send a convincing message and it would allow her to get hermes saj o message outn don't get to hear from the candidate because they're in these battleground states. >> working 21 out of 24 hours a day, thank you so much, kristen. >>> coming up, what does this all mean for these campaigns? each of them preceding a pace of 26 days left. this is the 11th hour on nbc. guess what guys, i switched to sprint. sprint? i'm hearing good things about the network. all the networks are great now. we're talking within a 1% difference in riability of each other. and, sprint saves you 50% on most current national carrier rates. save money on your phone bill, invest it in your small business. wouldn't you love more customers? i would definitely love some new customers. sprint will help

thomas sbur the washington correspondent for the "salt lake tribune" and joins us.interesting coming out of utah. several top utah rips been turning their back on donald trump recently because of the access hollywood video. your thought here? mcmullin, will republicans maybe move into his column as we head closer to november 8 snth. >> if you would have bet me a thousand dollars last year utah would be a battleground state i probably would have given you favorable odds on that one. mcmullin is surging, picking up a lot of support from some well-known politicians in the states, somete lawmakers are coming to his column. you know, it's really in some ways he's an option for utahans who cannot vote for hillary, will not vote for hillary and can't handle donald trump, especially the latest news about the harassment of women. >> let's talk about mitt romney because you were saying some prominent republicans are coming out for mcmullin here. you know, romney doing of course quite well in utah in 2012. it's a heavily mormon state as you know and you report on. when we look

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as donald trump campaigns in flori, just moments ago picking up and endorsement from the salt lake tribune. utah is a heavily republican state. >>> good morning america is just minutes away so let's check in to see what they are working on. >> reporter: coming up on gma, shackles are off, and his campaign manager is joining us live on gma this morning. >>> let's talk about your drive time forecast, 68 degrees right now and very nice. you may need the ac heading home. cool mornings and warm afternoons with a high of 95 today. that trend will continue over the next few days with a few passing high clouds at times but the forecast is dry even into the weekend. morning because it will be nice and cool. afternoons are not bad, just a little warm with highs in the low 90s saturday, sunday, and even into next week with no immediate signs of rain. >>> switching to the roads, we have plenty of slow spots, 101 in the north valley, i-17 around the durango curve, and 33 minutes from 75th avenue to the mini stack. i-10 in the east valley near loop 202. by the time you hit the 60 you're good to go there

even in your own state hillary clinton got endorsements from major newspapers and the salt lake tribune. are you seeking endorsements. have you spoken to someone like mitt romney? do you think he would ultimately endorse you? >> you cited an old poll. the most recent ras musen poll has me ahead of hillary clinton, neck and neck with donald trump. we are rising quickly. hillary clinton is flat there which is normal for a democrat. >> we are not depending on endorsements. people asked what about members of congress. are they going to endorse you? the last thing i will do is turn to people who wouldn't stand up to donald trump in the primary and look for validation from them. i have envieted them all to endorse me. we are not standing by for that. we are building quickly at the grassroots level. you see it in the polls. we are excited about that. >> thanks so much for being here evan mcmullin. good luck. kids to get a repair estimate. liberty did what? yeah, with liberty mutual all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sigh) i wish my insurance

mcmullen, the independent candidate up to 22% in this poll above gary johnson is stunning. .salt lake tribune also endorsed hillary clinton, but in their closing graph in their editorial, they said the republicans in utah have a strong chance and opportunity here to sent a message to the republican party to turn their backs on trump iism. noticeably as well, you'll remember, "the deseret news" distanced themselves publicly from donald trump and said the correct choice was hillary clinton in this case. it is stunning for such a reliably republican state. noticeably as well, today we don't expect donald trump to go after hillary clinton -- or i'm sorry -- go after paul ryan and the republican leadership. we do expect him to go after hillary clinton and have his focus squarely on her only. andrea? >> thank you, jacob. alex seitzwald, as you know, the democrats are feeling buoyant, to say the least, ever since what happened on friday with the embarrassing, damaging "access hollywood" tape. at the same time wikileaks, they have some hurdles -- i don't know what analogy you want to use. it hasn't g

trump and today he told the salt lake tribune that the nominee should withdraw from the race all together. >> hillary clinton excerpt of clinton speeches to major bank emerge and hacked e-mail released by wikileak. they are transcription of the campaign flagged for internal review n.one excerpt she's quoted as saying i'm kind of far removed because the economic fortune that my husband and i now enjoy but i haven't forgotten it. authenticity of the documents could not be independently verified. and clinton campaign would not vouch for them. >>> now you can hear from trump and second presidential debate at washington university and st. louis sunday night. he will we will televise the entire debate between hillary clinton and donald trump on abc 7. coverage begins at 6:00 o'cloc o'clock. should be very interesting especially given today's developments. >> all right now moving to hurricane matthew. this category two storm is slo slogging its way up florida coast line into georgia and the carolinas. in the cross hears tonight several major cities in the wake devastation and rising death toll.

the trump campaign denied its working with >> and the saint lake city tribune endorsed hillary clinton. they called donald trump unfit to be president. he lost hope of being taken seriously with his recent comments. >>> charges against four men accused of kidnapping a man were thrown out and filed with the u.s. attorney's office. the men walked into an adult demanded a ransom and the victim's family paid in part. three of the four suspects were caught. those suspects since been transferred into federal cud. >>> developing story, bomb squads worked with a suspicious device outside of the police department. a hazmat team detonated it. it started when a backpack was le o we're waiting to find out what the device was and if investigators know who left it there. >>> update, breaking news, cbs4 morning news, this was an early morning swat situation and it ended peacefully. a man was arrested outside a home, the man barricaded disturbance. they managed to get inside and they've not yesterday identified him. >>> deadly crash on i-70. the medical examiner identified the woman. she died of blunt

trump, but he doled the salt lake tribune, the nominee should withdraw from the debate. we will tell advice tomorrow's debate right here on abc7. our coverage begins at 6:00. >>> in contra costa county, fire investigators are looking at how a three alarm fired at an apartment building. it happened at 9:30 last night in concord. they rescued a cat from one of the units. neighbors reported hearing explosions. propane tanks on the balcony with are the fire started could have made the pops where they heard those. two were treated but they did not have to go to the hospital. >>> one man is dead after a shooting in san francisco. it was over the ingleside district last night. two men were shot outside of a barbershop. a man in his 20s died. another man was in his 50s and taken to the hospital. lots the of people living in the sunset district in san francisco saw a two-alarm fire. they posted this video showing the smoke reporting from the back of the home near 21st avenue. sky 7 was over the area minutes later. three people were hurt. >>> in the east bay surgeries are being fi

the salt lake tribune says it's poll for mid-september m mcmullin for only 12 percentage points.ight chairman jason chaffetz dropped his support of trump are declaring, quote, i'm out. republican governor gary herbert withdrew his calling the comments beyond offensive and despicable. and then there's mitt romney, a long trump antagonist. he piled on tweeting, quote, hitting on married women, condoning assault. such vial degradations demean our wives and daughters and corrupt america's face to the world. jeff? >> rich live in d.c. thank you. >>> the ceo of wells fargo, john stumpf is walking away from the bank with $134 million. the reason he's leaving is the scandal that cost customers millions in fees. that's according to a media report which cites researchers at a firm. they say the outgoing ceo will still get all that money even though the company clawed back millions and millions of dollars from him following the scam. the feds say wells fargo employees owned -- i should say opened phony accounts for customers and then charged them fees on those accounts without them even kno

today it was clinton who got the endorsement of the salt lake tribune concluding she's the only candidate who comes close to being qualified and fit. nebraska's senator saying she would not support trump after seeing the video about his comments about women is a supporter again. senator rob portman of ohio, who has largely kept quiet, says he cannot support him. in lakeland, florida, trump suggested he will reinvestigate the investigation of clinton's e-mail server. >> we are going to investigate this phony investigation. it's a phony investigation. >> reporter: trump is using clinton's hacked e-mails to amp up his nationalist american first rhetoric. >> the e-mails confirm what those of us here today have known all along. hillary clinton is the vessel, a corrupt global establishment, that's raiding our country and surrendering the sovereignty of our nation. >> reporter: trump's threat to imprison clinton got pulled back by his campaign manager. >> that would have to be adjudicated through regular channels like anyone else. >> reporter: part of trump's preparation for next week's debate i

today it was clinton who got the endorsement of the salt lake tribune concluding she's the only candidate who comes close to being qualified and fit. nebraska's senator saying she would not support trump after seeing the video about his comments about women is a supporter again. senator rob portman of ohio, who has largely kept quiet, says he cannot support him. in lakeland, florida, trump suggested he will reinvestigate the investigation of clinton's e-mail server. >> we are going to investigate this phony investigation. it's a phony investigation. >> reporter: trump is using clinton's hacked e-mails to amp up his nationalist american first rhetoric. >> the e-mails confirm what those of us here today have known all along. hillary clinton is the vessel, a corrupt global establishment, that's raiding our country and surrendering the sovereignty of our nation. >> reporter: trump's threat to imprison clinton got pulled back by his campaign manager. >> that would have to be adjudicated through regular channels like anyone else. >> reporter: part of trump's preparation for next week's debate i

republican john huntsman is among gop members telling the salt lake tribune, in a campaign cycle that has been nothing but a race to the bottom, the time has come for governor pence to new hampshire senator kelly ayotte also reacting to trump's comments, calling them, quote, totally inappropriate and offensive. shayna: hillary clinton's campaign is reacting to an alleged leak of some of her paid speeches to financial institutions. the website wikileaks put out documents in which clinton allegedly praised a plan that would require cuts to social security. she also allegedly said it was an oversimplification to blame the 2008 financial crisis on the u.s. banking system and trade. now, the clinton campaign put out a statement saying, "we are not going to confirm the authenticity of stolen documents." trump and clinton are now preparing for tomorrow's debate. and our emily riemer will be in st. louis. you can watch the showdown right here starting at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. doug: well, hurricane matthew has moved out of florida and it is now slamming georgia and the carolinas. several m

i'm the washington correspondent "salt lake tribune" and the 100 ninth president of the press club. i guess today is tech pioneer peter thiel. you can follow us on twitter using the hash tag nbc live. today follows the great tradition of the press club including speakers and then questions for an hour the peter thiel is a man who wears many hats. and aped out paypal venture capitalist. he successfully sued gawker and is a rare local supporter of donald trump in silicon valley. that is what he is here to talk about today. he used his money recently to invest in arresting trump as america's next president. he used his reserve to fund facebook, linkedin, yelp and other companies associated with the paypal mafia. 1.25 billiononate dollars to the effort to elect trump and is raised eyebrows in liberal leaning silicon valley. toxic amonglled silicon valley entrepreneurs. but mark zuckerberg, a democratic donor defended the choice saying it would be a bad precedent to cut ties with him because of his political views. in aid out his support primetime speech at the republican national conven

according to the salt lake tribune, one-third more democrats than expected have cast ballots by mail so far. kchris jansing is in salt lake city this morning. that's where early voting starts today. what's happening there in utah? >> reporter: they are finishing up the machines here. they are ready for poem to come in. already 90,000 have isn't in those mail-in ballots. this is something we have never seen before in modern history. you mention how long it's been since a democrat has won here. take a look at the polls right now. it's not a two-way race between hillary clinton and donald trump. evan mcmulllin who went to byu, got an ivy league business degree, worked for the cia, he's making a real play here and talk to any three of these campaigns and they think any three of these people could win. in fact, there's an opening that democrats haven't seen in deck caused. they have never had offices here. hillary clinton just brought in five additional people over the weekend bringing her total staff in utah up to 6. and larry pres ler, a three-time u.s. senator from south dakota, who is

. >>> in a rare move the salt lake city tribune has endorsed democrat hillary clinton. trump astoundingly unfit to be president. utah has not supported democrat for president since lyndon johnson in 1964. >>> in our national question of the day we want to know what will have the greatest effect on your vote? is it the video from 2005 or look for the question of the day link on our website cbs2iowa.com. >>> new details on president minutes.after that, his bus tour will head to waterloo for an event at 6-45 tonight. tomorrow afternoon, president clinton will hold an event at cornell college in mount vernon at one o-clock.he'll round out his iowa trip tomorrow night in davenport. some iowa farmers will soon be getting a helping hand from another continent. continent.more than two dozen farmers from sweden will travel to iowa to help with this year's harvest.the european growers have already wrapped up their work at learn how farmers operate in the midwest.it won't be all work for the foreign farmers. they'll also get a chance to do some sightseeing here in iowa and neighbo

my name is thomas burr in the washington correspondent for the "salt lake tribune" and the 109th president of the national press club. our guest is roberto azevedo the director general of the world. organization that would like to welcome our public radio and c-span audiences. like many you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag and pc life. that's an pc life. before we begin i want to offer the press was congratulations to columbia president one man yelled santos. president santos was her guess at the three years ago where he talked about ending a half-century of civil conflict in his nation for which he won the nobel nobel prize. nobel prize. absent to briefly introduce our head table guests. i'd ask guests. i'd ask each of you to stay briefly as your name is announced they please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from a right ritual as well the foreign-policy reporter for cq roll call. elliott feldman a partner at aker hofstetter law firm head of the international trade practice. embassy liaison for the one reagan building an internationa

including former republican presidential candidate john huntsman who civil said, telling "the salt lake tribune," "the time has come for governor pence to lead the ticket." is that possible? >> if donald trump doesn't step aside, there's literally nothing the republican party can do. they don't have the time to make a rules change that would allow him to replace him on the ticket. voting's already happening. there have been thousands of -- hundreds of thousands of votes cast overall in this race. the people they're voting for, it's donald trump. donald trump's on the ballot. he's on the ballots being sent to absence see voters across the country. states have deadlines because they have to print these things. there are logistics and the deadlines have pass the e specially in texas. -- especially in texas. you can't have someone replace him in texas -- >> each if he extend aside, say that -- stepped aside, say that even a week or two it becomes so overwhelming, this is hypothetical obviously. but his name's still on the ballot. yeah. >> they're in the voting booth checking donald trump's name. th

the salt lake tribune endorsed hillary clinton. >> which is amazing. >> wow. okay.rry, will these negative ads work and will the continuing calls to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton win trump the voters he needs to win this election? >> in a word, no. look, this is, as you suggested, carol, energizing the trump base. i don't know that they need to be energized. i think most of them have had quite a few cups of coffee in the average day. that utah poll, i know mark agrees with me on this, when i heard about this this morning, it absolutely blew my mind. utah is a 70% republican state. 70%. but what you have had there is the governor, a whole bunch of the members of congress, senate and house from utah and other officials unendorsing donald trump, and of course, mitt romney has a lot of influence in utah as well. it's pretty clear that this is helping the independent, evan mcmullin who is being supported by people like bill kristol, editor of "the weekly standard." this is a three-way tie in utah. i think we need to go out and poll some of t

. >> and clinton isn't a favorite either and she was trounced in the caucus but the salt lake tribune did endorse clinton, writing trump's entire campaign was based on divisive and dig otted and insulting rhetoric. and the news urged trump to resign his candidacy, writing this is one of those rare moments where it is necessary to take a clear stand against the huxterism and mass othiny and narc six and late ebts des position that infect the trump campaign. and the editorial should not be confused from a statement of the mormon church which does not get involved in politics. >> and you have do the tacit approval if they didn't publish this if they didn't think it is okay. >> mcmullen rejects the idea he is a spoiler for anyone and saying the gop nominee is the true spoiler. fox news. >>> now a look at what seems to some feel as an undemocratic idea. organized voting, focused on stopping a particular candidate. douglas kennedy tells us about what is called ranked choice voting. >> the democrats played a very smart card. they instilled enormous fear in voters. >> in 2014, elliott cutler

. >> first of all, let's also add that the salt lake city tribune endorsed hillary clinton. an, pinch me, that we are sitting here, october the 22nd -- >> do you think newspaper endorsements really matter, anymore? >> i think in utah, they do. the salt lake city tribune is the word, right? but here we are, at this late in the game, and we're talking about questioning whether utah is going to be for donald trump? it's not just utah. arizona, which you talked about earlier. georgia, hillary clinton's ahead in georgia. texas, donald trump has a two-point lead in texas in the washington -- in the latest "washington post" survey. so there are so many states now that were normally always red, that are in play. this is unheard of. and again, i think we're north of 350 for hillary clinton. >> andre, do you believe these polls or do you believe that there are -- that there's a, you know, hidden electorate out there who's going to be coming out, that's not represented? >> well, number one, you know, good for him for running, but there's so much straight party voting right off the bat t

with me is thomas burr, washington correspondent for the salt lake tribune.as. >> good morning. >> good morning. mike pence is very popular in utah. mr. trump is not. how important is pence's visit? >> you know, the fact we are talking about the vice presidential candidate on the republican side visiting utah 13 days before the election is very telling of the campaign right now. yes, mike pence has visited utah a couple times before, actually, in this campaign and last time was with governor gary herbert and other leaders in the state. this time, not so much. >> what do you mean? because you mentioned pence was there before. senator mike lee welcomed him, a very popular republican senator in the state of utah. but things have changed. tell us how, especially with senator lee. >> absolutely. senator lee has never supported donald trump actually in this campaign. he has kept silent on who actually he's going to vote for at the end of the day. but mormons in general which make up about 60%, 65% of the state, have not been very supportive of donald trump either a

take a look at the new poll from the salt lake tribune. donald trump is getting 32% of the utah vote. 32 for trump. evan mcmullin is close behind at 30. hillary's at 24. i think mcmullin could win that one. a win for mcmullin in utah keeps trump from winning six electoral votes. utah is supposed to be republican. we'll be right back. so when you got rear-ended and needed a tow, your insurance company told you to look at page five on your policy. did it say "great news. you're covered!" on page five? no. it said, "blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah..." the liberty mutual app with coverage compass™ makes it easy to know what you're covered for and what you're not. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. bp engineers use robotic ultrasound technology, so they can detect and repair corrosion before it ever becomes a problem. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. teachers, nurses and firefightes support prop 51. because safety is never being satisfied. prop 51 will upgrade libraries, science labs

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my name is thomas burr, i'm the washington correspondent for the salt lake tribune and the 109th presidentress club. our guest today is roberto azevÊdo, the director general of the world trade organization. i would like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences, and i'd like to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag #npclive. that's #npclive. before we begin, i wanted to offer the press club's congratulations to colombia president juan manuel santos who today was awarded the nobel peace prize. president santos was our guest at the club three years ago, where he talked about ending the half century civil conflict in his nation, for which he won the nobel prize. now it's time to briefly introduce our head table guests. i'd ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from your right, rachel oswald, the foreign policy reporter for cq roll call, elliot feldman, partner at baker hostetler law firm, where he is the head of the international trade practice, jan du p

my name is thomas burr and in the washington correspondent for the "salt lake tribune" and the 109th president of the national press club. our guest today is the two the 75th united states secretary of the navy that it would like to welcome our public radio and c-span audiences and i want to remind you follow the action on threes in the hashtag and pc life. now it's time to introduce our head table guests. i would ask each of you to stand in the name is announced. please hold your applause until i finished with the entire table. from your right the publisher of stars and stripes. pat post assistant managing editor of -- daily. the editor at defense and aerospace reports. chris coppa's neighbor warfare reported offenses. michael phelps former naval officer and publisher of the "washington examiner." ted ogle chief of staff to the secretary of the navy. catherine skiba former chair of the press club speakers committee in washington correspondent for the "chicago tribune". skipping over a speaker for just a moment the honorable john warner former secretary of the navy and united states

you're at 12% in the latest "salt lake tribune" poll.ald trump at 34%, hillary clinton at 25, gary johnson at 13. if there's a possibility that after all of these fellow utah politicians have unendorsed donald trump, that he could theoretically collapse, let's say you were going to win utah, but what if you did much better than a third-party candidate normally does but only well enough to ensure that donald trump is still elected president of the united states or hillary clinton, will you feel that you contributed to making one of these two president? >> well, there are a couple of things happening here, joy. first of all, i firmly believe that americans need to stop -- we all need to stop making the lesser of two evil decisions with our votes. people have literally sacrificed their lives so that we could have the freedom to vote, and for us to treat it as the lesser of two evils decision is the wrong way. we've got to stand against what we know is wrong and stand up for what we know is right. that's what we need to do. >> okay. >> or we

all of it by the way is the salt lake city tribune endorses hillary clinton.r the last time a t democrat won utah is 1944. i want to bring lisa here. i got to get you -- how surprising of what we are seeing. trump and clinton is tied with evan mcmullin of four points. >> well, listen, you can say this is surprising and to have a democrat doing so well and an independent candidate. he's got utah ties and this is a state that really looks to character in their candidates. it is more dominated and republican dominated and republicans here just are not going to be satisfied with that r. they want to know that this is a candidate whose morals and values they can support. that's not the case with donald trump. >> i want to talk about what we were listening to from donald trump there going after house speaker paul ryan, the running mate of mit romney who was popular in utah. is that going to hurt trump continuing to attack the speaker. >> what's hurting trump in the state is that. remember, romney came out early on in utah against donald trump raising questions about

. >> reporter: clinton did receive an endorsement today from the salt lake city tribune. however, it was couched a bit. the paper called her out on the e-mail scandal and the secrecy. in part, it reads, if she's elected, she would be well-advised to be much more transparent and to wall herself and the administration off from the influence of lobbyists. the paper also tore into donald trump saying in part, trump's outsider candidacy did at least start out with some good intentions but as it played out, his entire campaign was based on insulting and divisive rhetoric and lying about how bad things are. and to fix things by being a dictator. shep, if there's any doubt about how the clinton campaign is doing today, fox news confirmed that super pac priorities usa is spending money on down ballot races, senate races here in colorado and nevada. shep? >> wow. alicia acuna with a lot of the clinton camp. this is lakeland, florida where we've been watching the dishonest media deplane. the dishonest media have been coming out one by one to prepare for further dishonesty and trump

. >>> in a rare move, the salt lake city tribune has endorsed democrat hillary clinton. conservative newspaper, called trump quote a astoundingly unfit to be president. >>> survivors of the sexual assault protested outside trump's campaign office at trump tower in new york. they called for women to reject both the republican presidential nominee and republican party, after leak video from that 2005 featured trump making lewd vulgar comments about women. >>> ivanka trump will be stumping for her father tomorrow in malvern, drexel hill and bucks county. trump has been promoting the republican nominee's child care plan on the campaign trail. >>> it is come down to the wire. we are 26 days away from the the election. >>> mayor and health commissioner are pre posing new rules to lower philadelphia's addiction to smoking. the health reporter stephanie stahl first reported yesterday, the city proposals could limit number of stores that sell cigarettes, and other tobacco products. proposal would cap number of stores selling tobacco. another row postal if a stories caught selling

in "the salt lake tribune," mike lee canceling events to campaign for others.e plans to launch a tour on thursday in draper. a beginning of town halls to reach out to voters before election day. those have now been canceled. instead, he will barnstorm for more vulnerable republicans in places like nevada. a growing concern that republicans may lose control of the senate. then you have this story in roll call. a quartet of democratic senators swinging through states over the weekend. that is they were campaigning over the weekend. female senate democrats getting involved in this as well. then you have this from the arizona republic. they have not endorsed a democrat in their 126-year history. they came out yesterday and endorsed senator mccain over ann kirkpatrick in that race. they say mccain should be sent back, even at 80, he is aggressive. some have said his age is disqualifying, but even at his age, he showed his meddle in the campaign. it says that mccain was right about the surge and putin. more than ever, the senate needs his leadership. finally, the huf