just now melania trump tweeted out a letter her lawyer sent demanding they remove certain parts of the article. >> meanwhile in camp clinton. >> we can't let this dark and divisive and dangerous vision of america take hold in anybody's heart. campaign. so remember, when they go low, we go high. >> reporter: she's actually not on the campaign trail today. she's fundraising, which is surprising when you think less than 30 days out, but she's letting michelle, president obama, joe biden, they're the ones that are on the campaign president of the united states has bragged about sexually assaulting women. and i have to tell you that i -- i can't stop thinking about this. it has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldn't have predicted. this is not something that we can ignore. >> okay, well how many days is it going to be until folks are saying that's exactly the way he it happen. >> oftentimes victims of sexual assault don't come forward until there is some sort of trigger. it could happen when someone denies having sexually assaulting anyone, and the trigger causing them to say you're

melania trump tweeted a copy of one such a letter to people's editor-in- chief and the reporter accusing donald trump of attacking her. take issue with the allegations of assault at mar-a- lago -- but with the reporter's claim she "bumped into melania" outside trump tower a few months later, and the conversation that followed. the letter claims the two never spoke and were never friendly... ...but people is standing by its story. also thursday, the new york times refused another call for a retraction, saying in part -- quote -- "nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that mr. trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself." me trump's plummeting poll numbers, republican lawmakers are trying to stem their losses... ...but president barack obama isn't letting former trump supporters distance themselves too far from him. ( barack obama / u.s. president ) "at the 11th hour, you withdraw your nomination? you don't get credit for that." i'm andrew spencer, reporting. with all the latest controversies in with all the latest controversies

. >> reporter: melania trump tweeted a copy of a letter to the editor in chief. the letter doesn't take issue with the allegations of assault, but with the reporter's claim she bumped into melania outside trump tower a few months later and the conversation that followed. the letter claims the two never spoke and was never friendly. also thursday "the new york times" refused another call for "nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation at that mr. trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself." meanwhile, amid trump's plummeting poll numbers, republican lawmakers are trying to stem their losses. but president obama isn't letting former trump supports distance themselves too far from him. >> at the 11th hour you withdraw your nomination? you don't get credit for that. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> time for weather and here's ashton this morning. what we have coming for the weekend is what i want to know. >> we have a lot of warm weather on the way. it starts today. actually it started yesterday.

explain why natasha stoynoff was invited to and attended, did attend melania trump's wedding if they were never friendly. i tweeted a reply question to melania trump's tweeting a that since she is only disputing her encounter with natasha stoynoff several months after the assault does that mean melania trump thinks everything else in the "people" magazine article is true. i am patiently awaiting her reply. joining us now, ana marie cox, senior political correspondent more foomtv news and maria ther kumar and nancy jiles, contributor to cbs sunday morning. ana marie, melania trump could have tweeted "i know donald trump, donald trump would never do that." but that's not what she tweeted. she just tweeted the lawyer's letter wanting three sentences removed from the article that have absolutely nothing to do with the assault. >> it's a little suspicious, although, you know, i think now would be a good time for her to plagiarize michelle obama if she so chose. [ laughter ] i would love to hear that coming out of melania trump's mouth. she probably has some feelings about this we shouldn't surmise too much and i hate t

melania trump tweeted a copy of one such a letter to people's editor-in-chief and the reporter accusing donald trump of attacking her. the letter doesn't take issue with the allegations of assault at mar-a-lago -- but with the reporter's claim she "bumped into melania" outside trump tower a few months later, and the conversation that followed. the letter claims the two never spoke and were never friendly... ...but people is standing by its story. also thursday, the new york times refused another call for a retraction, saying in part -- quote -- "nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that mr. trump, through his own words and actions, has trump's plummeting poll numbers, republican lawmakers are trying to stem their losses... ...but president barack obama isn't letting former trump supporters distance emselves too far from him. "at the 11th hry withdraw yourm reporting. cedar rapids man is sentenced a judge sentenced adam herz in federal court yesterday on exporting firearms and money laundering charges. 3 other members of his family are awaiting sentencing

that it would be this bad, that it would be this vicious."...for two, having lawyers send melania trump tweeted a copy of one such a letter to people's editor-in-chief and the reporter accusing donald trump of attacking her. the letter doesn't take issue with the allegations of assault at mar-a-lago -- but with the reporter's claim she "bumped into melania" outside trump tower a few months later, and the conversation that followed. the letter claims the two never spoke and were never friendly... ...but people is standing by its story. also thursday, the new york times refused another call for a retraction, article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that mr. trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself." meanwhile, amid trump's plummeting poll numbers, republican lawmakers are trying to stem their losses... ...but president barack obama isn't letting former trump supporters distance themselves too far from him. "at the 11th hour, you withdraw your nomination? you don't get credit for that."i'm andrew spencer, reporting. governor terry branstad is taking s

palm beach estate while she was writing a story about his one-year wedding anniversary to melania trump. trump tweeted about that one as well. why didn't the writer of the 12-year-old article in "people" magazine mention the quote unquote, incident in her story? because it did not happen. trump says. that's all his tweets this morning are about. the senior editor of "people" magazine, charlotte trigg, is here with us. we will talk to her in just one moment. first we want to get to more of the details on these latest allegations, all to surface overnight with cnn national politics reporter m.j. lee. bring our viewers up to speed, please. >> these are absolutely devastating allegations that are being made against donald trump. just overnight, just days after as you mentioned he specifically told anderson cooper on the debate stage that he never touched or kissed women without their consent. i want to walk through some of the allegations in the "new york times" story. the first woman, jessica leeds, she is now 74 years old, she says that more than 30 years ago she was seated next to donald trump on the a

. >> trump's wife melania tweeted a letter from her lawyer demanding a partial retraction from "people" magazine. mrs. trump is specifically denying she had an encounter with an accuser after the alleged assault but did not dispute the claims about her husband. abc's angelica spanos is here with the latest. angelica, what are we learning? good morning. >> reporter: well, kendis and diane, donald trump continues to say that the deck is stacked against him in this election. he's denying every single word spoken from his accusers, and now he's pointing the finger at the media, the clintons and says his campaign will show substantial evidence that the preposterous and ludicrous, the words donald trump used to defend himself against allegations of inappropriately touching women. >> these people are horrible people. they're horrible, horrible liars. >> reporter: one of those accusers, jessica leeds, who first told "the new york times" trump groped her on an airplane back in the '80s recalled more details of the encounter to cnn. >> did he actually kiss you? >> yeah, yeah. >> on the face or o

melania trump in a video. in the meantime donald trump tweeted his disapproval saying it is time to retire the boring and unfunny show. alex baldwin for perils -- portrayal stinks. strike here we go the start of your power 5 7-day forecast. doesn't it look nice to see 80s in october? unbelievable. for many of us it feels like summer, even humidity is going up a lot of rain chances going in and out. i hope you took care you may not have a chance in the upcoming days. >> thank you for watching news channel 5 at 6. we will see you again at 11. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." donald trump intensifying his conspiracy claims. saying the election will be rigged, that the media is plotting against him, even accusing "saturday night live" of a hit job. this, as he faces another allegation of sexual harassment. while questions are mounting for hillary clinton over new wikileaks. >>> over the edge. a pickup truck plunges 60 feet from a california overpass, slamming into a motorcycle festival, killing four. what we've now learned about the driver. >>> double threat. the powerful storm lashing the west coast. from san f

. >>> melania trump sought down for interview with anderson cooper and inspired a new hashtag, billy bush made me do it. some of the best tweetslania trump portrayed as if ready to dump the donald but in real life didn't just stand by her man, she partially blamed billy bush for leading her husband on. >> lead on like egg on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> but nobody had to egg on the internet. instantly a new hashtag was born, #billybushmademedoit. as in when trump cheated on first dad. or ryan lochte changed his story. you know how trump is always saying this whole election is being rigged? now we all know who is rigging this election. and the hashtag. even noted hillary supporter cher got into the act. how can trump stand up to putin? couldn't stand up to billy bush. this four-year-old puddle tweeted billy bush made me put this paper towel on my head. john olver did a segment. >> about billy bush being creepy with everyone. >> now they can add the 2005 bus scene. melania had a name for what husband engaged in on that bus. >> boy talk. >> with a 49-year-old boy? blame it on the 23-year-old, president trump, why

tweets. >> reporter: on snl melania trump was portrayed as if she were ready to dump the donald. but in real life melania didn't just stand by her man, she partially blamed billy bush for leading her host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> reporter: but nobody had to egg on the internet. instantly a new hashtag was born. hashtag #billybushmademedoit. or ryan lochte just changed his you know, how trump is always saying-- >> this whole election is being rigged. >> reporter: so of course someone tweeted... now we all know who is rigging this election. hashtag #billy bush made me do it. even noted hillary support cher got into the act. how can trump stand up to putin if he couldn't stand up to billy bush? this four-year-old puzzle t me put this towel over my head. >> billy bush being crazy with everyone. [ laughter ] >> how do you feel about your butt. >> are you kid moog e? you did not just ask me that. >> i did. >> reporter: now they can add the 2005 butt scene. >> this little guy in there. >> reporter: melania head a name for what her husband engaged in on that bus. >> they were kind

allegations of unwanted sexual advances by donald trump, and last night actually melania trump breaking her silence on this issue tweeting out a letter from her lawyer pushing back against a "people" magazine writer who also alleged that donald trump may have done things inappropriately to her several years ago and melania trump was pregnant. but in that letter, poppy, actually not addressing the central allegation of sexual assault saying that instead they actually did not meet as the writer alleged, that they had met on a new york city sidewalk. now, donald trump trying to rile up his base by saying that this is a conspiracy, this is an effort by the political establishment to go after him, to help the clinton campaign. here's a taste of what he had to say yesterday. >> the most powerful weapon deployed by the clintons, is the corporate media, the press. the corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism. they're a political special interest, no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda, and the agenda is not for you. it's for themselves. >> now, the real fe

. >> melania trump will be in suburban philadelphia to campaign on her husband's behalf. manager kelly ann conway tweets: mrs. trump will be in the area on thursday, but no word on where exactly or what time. >> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news": >> flames are bursting out in the middle of the night. see where it is happening, why nearby neighbors had to flee their homes. >> and another earthquake in italy bringing down churches and buildings, we'll have the scene from one of the hardest hit villages. stay with like me, she has pennsylvania working class roots, biden: this is what i know about katie mcginty - and she's never abandoned them. hard work. family. playing it straight. that's katie. and the ads attacking her? they're a bunch of malarkey. katie's career is about looking out for families like yours. creating jobs, keeping our environment safe. she's a wife, a mom, a basketball fan, a homework supervisor. she's like you and she'll fight for you in the united states senate. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >> flames devour a condo complex in oakland, california, forks dollar

. >> reporter: this morning trump and melania spotted outside trump tower, ducking into their suv in the rain. and tonight, his campaign tweeting this grainy image. trump on the debate stage, preparing for the biggest test sitting down, but likely far from comfortable. >> and tom llamas joins us live from that town hall debate hall. donald trump in st. louis, he's been tweeting about bill clinton's past all day today. we learned late today that bill and chelsea clinton will be in that room. will trump go there? >> reporter: there was clear division within the campaign on whether donald trump should go there. on friday, there, and today on twitter he went there. there's nothing that leads me to believe tonight, he will not go there. >> tom, our thanks to you. and the big question, as tom just reported, will donald trump try to turn some of the focus after his own words were uncovered to bill clinton's scandals? this is a different format. donald trump and hillary clinton will be in a town hall with american voters asking voters sitting close by in the room. the moderators, our own martha raddatz and cnn's anderson cooper. here's

melania trump sits down with anderson cooper..... and now, part of that interview is inspiring a new hashtag. cnn's jeanne moos has some of the best "blame billy bush" tweets. me do it-pkg on snl... melania trump was portrayed as if she were ready to dump the donald... (nats) but in real life melania (nats) she partially blamed billy bush for leading her husband on... (melania trump/ donald trump's wife) "..lead on like egg-on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff." (jeanne moos / cnn national correspondent) "but nobody had to egg on the internet. instantly a new hashtag was born." # billy bush made me do it. as in "when trump cheated on his first wife with the second " or "ryan lochte just changed his story. he now says #billybushmademedoit. " you know how trump is always saying... (nats) so of course someone tweeted "now we know who's rigging this election! #billybushmademedoit." even noted hillary supporter cher got into the act..."how can trump stand up 2 putin, if he this 4 year old puggle tweeted "#billy bush made me put this towel over my head." billy is being bushwhacked...john oliver's show did a segment... (nats) now they can add the 2005 bus

. >> the women in donald trump's family are defending him. melania tweeted a letter from a lawyer demanding a retraction and apology for the "people" magazine story accusing her husband of unwanted kissing and groping, a claim that trump denies, but in a statement online, "people's" editor in chief stood by the story. ivanka did not make any direct mention of the claims against her father, but did share what she's learned from the political process. >> nothing prepares you for having your parent run for president of the united states, but especially if you've never been in politics before, so the whole thing is bizarre and vicious, vicious. i thought that i was, you know, had sort of cut my teeth in new york real estate and, you know, can take some punches, but this is a blood sport, politics. >> well, vice presidential nominee mike pence defended his running mate yesterday while also facing a difficult question about his running mate's comments about women at a local station in ohio. >> you know, it really is extraordinary. as the media spends so much time

still wait to go hear from the trump campaign where melania trump will be back when she comes to our area this beek. campaign manager kelly ann conway tweeted that mrs. trump will be in suburban philadelphia on thursday but sanity say where or what time. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to count down. we are only eight days, from election day. >>> well, it was a disappointing loss forbidder last night. >> disappointing, frustrating, nail biter up until very end. the leslie van arsdal joins us to break down the loss in dallas and has more on what coach pederson had to say bit. >> people are grumpy, they are tired. >> me tea. >> eagles gave dallas all they could handle but down the stretch eagles defense wilted and cowboys scored the final 16 points of the game to win tonight overtime. one of the biggest concerns for the bird, it is offense. carson wentz threw for 202-yard and averaged less than 5-yard per attempt. they threw ball once over 20-yard but that was josh hough but not carson. they have one player avenue play of 30-yard or more. doug pederson was asked if you can win, without. >> we went nine and zero in kansas city a

. >> melania trump is headed to the suburbs of philadelphia to campaign on her husband's behalf. trump campaign manager kelly ann conway tweet that ms. trump will be in the area on thursday, but there is no word on where or what time. the trump campaign has not responded about the topic of her speech or whether the gop nominee will be with her. >> and stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay on top of campaign 2015. our coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. >> a local college campus terrorized by someone with a paint ball gun. >> plus, a pedestrian is struck and killed, more on the deadly crash along south jersey road. >> and another earthquake rattles italy, drones, but it shows just how badly damage one town is this morning. we've got an update. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> happy halloween, katie will be along in just a few minutes, to tell us whether or not her forecast is a thriller. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ when government bureaucrats refused to approve a cancer vaccine equally for both girls and boys, i stepped in to change that rule. when my own party held up recovery funds after sandy hit us, i took them on and won. and w

melania trump will be stumping for her husband in our area. a tweetp's campaign manager says the presidential candidate's wife will speak at a rally in suburban philadelphia thursday. no specific location, though, has been given. >>> meantime, vice president joe biden and house leader nancy pelosi will head a democratic fund raiser in south philadelphia. biden and pelosi will be beating drum to get voters to the poll for the clinton/kaine ticket and rest of the democratic candidates. >>> city and state leaders will be laying out a time line for when a new park on the tracks of the old reading railroad will be finished. the old tracks that snake through philadelphia are being turned into a rail park. it will be on three miles of the old railroad stretchifg!from brewerytown to northern liberties. this summer part of what will e be -- >> a public hearing will be held today. looking for ways to stop crimes targeting asian business owners. police reports show more than 100 chinese-american families were the victims of armed robberies this year alone. anoth

melania trump will be stumping for her husband in our area. a tweetis campaign manager says she'll speak at a rally in suburban philadelphia on thursday. no specific location has been given. >>> tonight, vice president joe biden and house minority leader nancy pelosi will head line a democratic fund-raiser in philadelphia. it will be held at the sheet metal workers hall. residents can cast ballots in camden county at the county elections and archive center. this is first year camden county has offered early voting. the state of delaware has early voting. pennsylvania does not. >>> in virginia, about two dozen people are hurt after a car slammed into a crowd following a nascar race. this happened in the parking lot of martinsville speedway. the striking car hit a group of people standing nearby. all the victims are expected to recover. >>> this afternoon we're expected to find out more about the construction of a new park in philadelphia on the tracks of the old reading railroad. the old tracks that snake through philadelphia are being turned into rail

. >>> and melania trump will be in philadelphia suburbs this week, tweeting, mrs. ver to katie fehlinger with a look at the forecast. >> really looking very very pleasant halloween forecast all-in-all, little breezy outside, definitely going to be a chilly day by comparison to the exceptional warmth of yesterday. but beautiful view, to kick start the day here outside middle township high school, few clouds rolling in obviously bright sunshine, and sun glare, becomes an issue if you are traveling eastbound. but storm scan quiet. it is going to stay that way through the day, behind last night's stormy weather back into temperatures at best upper 50's, so, again, very far cry from what we experienced yesterday, in shorts and t-shirts myself but regardless back into the actual chilly air here, suggest one of the costumes headed out trick-or-treating look at the warm up back to the 70s for two more days here the seven day, by thursday few more showers come through with the next front. meisha? >> yes, we have the sunshine out there, and it is not really posing problems th

. >> melania trump will be in suburban philadelphia to campaign on her husband's behalf. campaign manager tweets mrs. trump will be in the area thursday but no word yet on where exactly or what time. >> all eyes are on the trick-or-treat forecast. katie what can we expect. >> looks like pretty quiet and definitely cooperative when it comes to. that will last night how about the thunderstorms that rumble in, storm winds gust note's in a couple every spots like mcguire, as well aspen saugin, and out at moorestown new jersey. so a lot of these at least the peak gusts ended up into new jersey as the line rumbled through, you can see it on loop right now. we take it back in time. look at that. this is a loop from say around the time the sun was setting. so these storms are long gone. at this point, do you have just few scattered clouds left over. as a result of the quiet forecast, we can have little bit of fun with the halloween forecast, a lot of different halloween theme towns around the us, two of the northeast we go here where of course erie pa, at 54 degrees today, and schuylkill maryland up to

trump's one year weddinan melania. a trump spokeswoman told, "people," this never happened and no merit or veracity of the story. >> >> blair: trump tweeted out saying the story was total to speak for her mother today and attempt to win over millennial voters. third of the nation's youngest voters plan to cast the ballot for third-party candidate. >> julie: one wisconsin mother fighting back against bullies and wants them to pay for actions. school nurse said he had been bullied. she says if the school and police won't take action she is hoping the city will. she is proposed anti-bullying kids' behavior. >> there has to be something that shows this is unacceptable and parents need to know about it. >> they issued warning letters to parents but never had to write a ticket and propose the idea at upcoming school board meeting. >> julie: newest model of prius sedan because of potentially brake issue. can stop working. asking drivers to take cars to dealerships who will then fix the problem at no cost. >> blair: samsung sending prepaid fire resistance boxes so they can return samsung note seven smartphones. it has instructions for ground ship

tweets. on snl... (nats) but in real life melania didn't just stand by her man... husband on... (melania trump/ donald trump's wife) "..lead on like correspondent) "but nobody had to egg on the internet. born." # billy bush made me do the second #billybushmademedoit." or "ryan lochte just you know how trump is tweeted "now we know who's rigging this election! supporter cher got into the act..."how can trump stand up 2 putin, if he couldn't stand up 2billy bush." this 4 year old puggle bushwhacked...john oliver's show did a segment... (nats) now they can add the (jeanne moos / cnn national (nats) with a 59-year old boy? blame it on the 33-year old. though the donald sure seems to be the alpha... that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five. >> jj: [gasping] >> marlena: we've got decreased sounds on the left. >> gabi: jj, everything's okay. help is coming, okay? i'm right here. >> marlena: honey, honey, i know it's painful to breathe, okay? i'm gonna see if i can get you some help with that. >> gabi: marlena, what--what's happening? >> marlena: i think the bullet col

trump's wife melania released a statement saying she found trump's words offensive. but, she accepted his apology, and hoped people would do the same. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton tweeted out her response. she wrote, quote: " this is horrific. we cannot allow this man to become president". monica vernon was quick to use trumps words against her opponent in the race for iowa's first congressional district. the democrat said quote "congressman blum: have some denounce him, disavow him, and stand up for iowa's women and families." we reached out to rod blum for comment. he didn't go so far as to withdraw support for trump, but said this in a statement "donald trump's comments were disgusting and offensive: treating women in a degrading manner is always unacceptable." a des moines register and mediacom iowa poll shows republican presidential nominee donald trump is ahead of his democratic rival, hillary clinton. the poll relese leads 43 percent to 39 percent. that defies the surge in support for clinton has seen nationally and in other battleground states since the candidates first debate. six percent of likely voters say they're voting for libertarian gary johnson, and 2

melania trump once a retraction. the article says that milani and the reportee ran into each other outside of trump tower and she wants that part conversation. >>> one representative tweeted about paul ryan today that if he is for base not for >> reporter: than they are not for him tooay. paul ryan has not withdrawn his endorsement of trump but said earlier this week that he would not came -- campaign for him or defend him. >>> new this morning, information that russia might be behind that massive e- russia using wikileaks to make the emails public. russia is dismissing the accusations. >>> the obama administration has eliminated the $100 value of cuban rum and cigars that americans can bring back from the statee based to the states to rally at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. >>> apparently more and more baby boomers are thinking marijuana should be legal. 60% of adult agree with legalization. the biggest boomers, 56% of them now compared to 17 present back in 90. >>> record sales for recreational pot. hundred and $63 million. >>> and now we see pot infused menus. there are a few private diners flavors of marijuana to see how they might there with various 3 foods that these bus

melania trump after both of those vigorously denied natasha stoynoff's account of donald trump sexually assaulting her. stoynoff's mentor and former journalism professional paul mclock ineven tweeting2005 natasha phoned me crying saying trump assaulted her. she is telling the truth. hash tag natasha stoynoff. when at mar-a-lago, and writing in a "people" magazine article this. she said, we walked into that room alone and trump shut the door behind us. i turned around and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat. stoynoff said she asked her editors to be taken off trump coverage but never came forward publicly until now. she also wrote that she later ran into melania trump on fifth avenue and asking her why they didn't see her anymore. melania denying that to anderson cooper. >> that never happened. she interviewed twice, and for that story, that's it. i did not see her on the street or ask her why we don't see her name. >> "people" releasing a quote for a friend saying she was with stoynoff for that exact encounter. a friend said they chatted in a friendly way. what struck me the most was melania was carrying a child and wearing heels.

tweeting they will not vote for him. for the first time this morning, we're hearing trump's wife melania.he was pregnant in 2005, when trump bragged about how being a star gave him an edge in making advancements on married women. referencing access hollywood host nancy o'dell. melania says and we're quoting here, the words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. i hope people will accept his apology as i have and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world. former new york mayor rudy giuliani, a top trump campaign adviser, fiercely defends the donald. >> there is nothing that is going to cause him to drop out. that's wishful thinking of the clinton campaign. and those people who have opposed him for a long time. >> giuliani added republican leaders who are now distancing themselves from trump never really supported him in the first place. and one of those people who is still supporting him is former presidential candidate and u.s. senator bob dole. so far this morning we have not heard from the clinton campaign. but we're hearing before dozens of undecided