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ed lavandera has more. >> reporter: the first of eight accusers publicly came forward wednesday night of this week. for her it was the presidential debate in st. louis that prompted her to speak out. she couldn't believe what she had just heard. >> we hear anderson cooper ask him, like, a number of times. you know, it's this -- is this something you did? did you grope women, did you kiss him? and he adamantly says no. i jumped off of my couch and i was like, you're a liar. >> reporter: this woman once appeared as a contestant on trump's reality show the apprentice. after she was kicked off, she was in talks with trump about working with his company. he asked to meet her at the bever hil beverly hills hotel. >> he kissed me open mouthed. i pushed his chest to put space between us and i said come on, man, get real. he repeat my words back to me. get real. as he began thrusting his g genitles. >> reporter: anderson had never met or scene donald trump in person until he sat down next to her one night in a manhattan dance club. >> the person on my right who unbeknownst to me at the time wa

ed lavandera, cnn, baton rouge, louisiana. >> it is a miracle. what a story.we feature those on fridays. the "beyond the call of duty" they're so important for everybody to see. all right, meanwhile back to politics. donald trump and hillary clinton's ongoing controversy made for some good material at last night's al smith dinner. but it was also quite barbed. let's discuss this with cnn political commentator carl bernstein the author of a woman in charge the life of hillary rodham clinton. we also have bill kristol the editor of the weekly standard. you want to start with a little levity? >> sure. >> something funny -- >> let's do that. let's play a little moment from last night. >> here she is tonight, in public, pretending not to hate catholics. everyone knows, of course, hillary's belief that it takes a village. which only makes sense after all in places like haiti, where she's taken a number of them. >> i am so flattered that donald thought i used some sort of performance enhancer. now, actually, i did. it's called preparation. but donald really is as hea

ed lavandera has a story of how this officer went beyond the call of duty. >> reporter: the vicious ambushhe heart of baton rouge. three officers killed by a lone gunman on a quiet sunday morning. but as the story has faded from the headlines, one officer who answered the call to take down an active shooter targeting cops is still fighting for his life. >> nick's a fighter, you know? we believe in him, he believes in his self and nick's not ready to go. >> east baton rouge sheriff's deputy nick tullier is in a coma. he survived more than a dozen surgeries after he was shot three times, once in the head and twice in the abdomen. >> his heart stopped four times in the e.r. so they brought him back four times. >> reporter: tullier's father james says doctors told him his son wouldn't survive a day, then it was two day, then five. now it's been more than 95 days and nick tullier is still breathing. he's defied every odd. >> everybody claims this is the place that miracles happen and we hope so. he's passed everything they've thrown at him already and he's still here. >> reporter: the night bef

ed lavandera went to talk to them "outfront." >> reporter: the trump faithful are standing by their man. >> i'd rather have a guy in their anyway likes women than a cheat and liar and a thief who's going to rob the country. >> -- issues about women. they didn't care about anything but clinton was assaulting women and he was assaulted to a point that it went to court and hillary was covering him and intimidating these women. >> in the last day at least four women have come forward claiming donald trump groped them or kissed them against their will. but at this trump campaign rally in west palm beach florida, his supporters question the motivations of the women making the accusations. >> if somebody touch me in the wrong way, i rosa castillo will stand up for my right and speak and say what i have to say and --. i would not wait twenty years when the man is running for president and use that against the man. why you did not report it back in the day? why? because you being paid now? the corruption pay you good money for you come out now and say this? >> so now we address the slander and l

this one woman ed lavandera interview eed she said, in fact he did that. trump himself the most damaging witness against trump. >> corey, do not believe these women? >> i don't know. it's very difficult for me to report on something that happened 35 years ago. >> many of the allegations are from 2005. i hear you. if these were true, would you stop supporting donald trump? >> look, i can only tell you what my experience with donald trump has been over a 18-month period of time barbara res said she spent 18 years working for donald trump and in her own book she sprpraised donald trump. >> she saw him become more reckless with women. that he bragged about it and she was clear about that. >> 18 years she worked in that building as someone who worked very closely with donald trump. in 18 years she never witnessed it and now people making accusations who ran into donald trump in an elevator for three minutes. you have a person who has been an employee of yours for 18 years who wrote a book and who said, i never saw this. he was the least sexist boss i ever had.

ed lavandera is "outfront." >> reporter: for as long as anyone can remember scouring the piny woods of east texas for a democrat as been a little like hunting for big foot. they say it is out there be in conservative region but it is an elusive creature. which bricks us to this courthouse in the small town of gilmer. judge parish is an elected republican judge but won't be voting for trump. his treatment of women and endless string of insulting positions trove her away from her party's nominee. >> seemed like every day or every week there was another position he would take that conflicted with the believes and values that have been instilled in me by my church and my family growing up. >> judge parish predicts this will probably get her voted out of office when she's up for reelection in two years. it is hard to qualify but there are a growing number of texas republicans turning their backs on trump. even former president george h.w. bush is reportedly voting for clinton. at a taco joint in houston cops shared how a west point graduate army veteran serving in iraq turned high-tech entr

ed lev lavandera is out front. >> reporter: donald trump laufs beauty pageant.s own admission he was no stranger backstage for nearly two decades. >> is everybody okay. you see these incredible looking women. so i sort of get away with things like that. >> in 2001 thasha dixon was mis arizona. she experienced this firsthand. >> our first introduction to him was when weste were at the dres rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis. >> reporter: dixon was 18 at time and says watching trump storm into the dressing room was shocking. >> to have the owner come in when we're naked or half naked in a untphysically vulnerable position and then the people telling us to fawn all over him. walk up to him. get his attention. who do you complain to? he owns the pageant. there is no no one to complain to. >> four years later donald trump bragged to howard stern about what he could get away with since he owned the pageants. >> i'll go backstage before a show. and everyone is getting dressed and ready and everything else. and no men are anywhere. and i'm allowed to go

more loo from ed lavandera. >> the first of eight accusers came forward this week. for her the presidential debate in st. louis that prompted her to speak out. she couldn't believe what she had just heard. >> we hear anderson cooper ask her a number of times, is this something that you did? did you grope women? did you kiss them and he adamantly says no. i jumped off of my couch. i was like you are a liar. >> reporter: another one came today. she appeared on trump's reality show "the apprentice." air force she was kicked off the show he asked to meet her at a beverly hills hotel. >> he came to me and kissed me open mouth as he was pulling me toward him. i tried to push him away. i pushed his chest, put space between us and said come on, man, get real. he repeated my words back to me. get real as he began to brush his genitals. >> kristin anderson was an aspiring model in new york. according to the "washington post" anderson had never met or seen donald trump in person until he sat down next to her one night in a manhattan dance club. >> the person on my right, who u