with me cnn host michael smerconish, also historian and professor, julian zellinger. michael, i want you to weigh in on something. aside from these allegations, something that trump has been hitting hard today, as you know, he's been tweeting, he's been saying in his rallies that this election is rigged. he even tweeted this election is being rigged by the media pushing false and unsubstantiated charges and outright lies in order to elect hillary clinton. paul ryan just in the last few moments as speaker of the house came out and said, quote, our democracy relies on confidence in election results and the speaker is fully confident that the states will carry out this election with integrity. that's from his spokeswoman. what do you make of this? this is the republican speaker of the house basically saying in so many words, no, donald trump, this election is not rigged. >> well, i was happy to hear speaker ryan say what he said. i'm paying close attention to all of these charges because like everything else, poppy, this cycle all roads seem to run through the pennsylvani

let's start with michael smerconish, host of "smerconish" starting in an hour and we have mark prestonhere with us, shot change for a moment. michael, starting with you. you had an interview, sitdown with vice president joe biden and this was scheduled before that letter was sent over to leaders of congress, so good timing on that. and when you introduced the idea or what we know now is that anthony wiener was the impetus for this discovery, he had a pretty interesting response. michael? you hear? >> victor, yes, sir i can. how are you? >> good. >> joe biden wanted to make it clear he was no fan of anthony wiener. i was curious to ask the vice president, former head of senate judiciary can committee, i wanted to know what does he make of this language? it's so vague and as you point out we were asking him at a time when the story was breaking, he wanted to make clear that he agreed with secretary clinton that comey -- fbi director comey should put out everything that he's got because voters are now completely in the dark, more than 10 million americans have already cast ballots and wha

next, michael smerconish has an interview with joe biden up next. >>> i'm michael smerconish.ca and around the world. the october surprise is here and it came from the head of the fbi. i'm on the road again in st. louis where i spoke with vice president joe biden, but i never predicted a required topic would be carlos danger. >> oh, god. anthony weiner. i'm not a big fan. >> the fbi investigating e-mails

so i think that's a point that needs to be kept in mind. >> all right, michael smerconish, looking forwardo that interview with bill weld. thanks, michael. >> thank you, victor. >>> donald trump is ramping up attacks against hillary clinton, it seems. he told "the new york times" he is planning to unnerve clinton by bringing up her husband's past indiscretions. so, talk to us about what donald trump told the times. >> yeah. he had a lot to say after what's been a really bad week for donald trump. remember, there was that lackluster debate performance, the allegations he called a former miss universe miss piggy, all getting bad headlines dogging donald trump, putting him on the defensive essentially. in this interview with the new york times yesterday, trump tried to get back on the offense, calling hillary clinton nasty but adding he could be nastier. he was also saying he would rethinking supporting clinton if she wins. he would absolutely support her. now he is saying, we're going to have to wait and see. so, trump also opening up a new line of attack on clinton for what he says was her

michael smerconish, good morning to you.et me come to you first the setting, the site, choosing gettysburg for this speech. >> victor, christie, nice to see you both. it's a two-fer. it's one of the most important sites in all of america and yet it's a pennsylvania site, mr. trump was in my home state of pennsylvania through the evening last night. he's back today. so he gets to reach a pennsylvania audience and a national audience. i don't know about you, victor, it sent me back to the history books. i wanted to remind myself of some of the facts. when abraham lincoln spoke at gettysburg, it was only two minutes long and ten sentences. it's kind of ironic that donald trump is coming and saying well this will be the speech where i will be more expansive and i will speak in detail as to what those first 100 days would look like. he did this months ago and now he's coming back to try to close the deal. but you know throughout the course of the campaign it's really been generalities and not specifics that have brought him thus

joining us now is cnn political correspondent michael smerconish.ichael. >> good morning. >> okay, so, to what does donald trump credit his optimism in terms of the polls? let me show you the latest abc news poll that came out yesterday. it shows hillary clinton with a double digit lead. she has 50% to his 38%. so when he says we're winning hugely with the polls, what's he talking about? >> the survey is real little insightful because alisyn the last time they ran this analysis, she was up by four. now the lead has grown to twelve. if you look at the issues that have dominated the last week or ten days, all of them are backfiring against him. in other words, he's facing a triple threat. his response to his accusers, 69% disagree with how he's responded to the entire question of treatment versus women. his refusal to accept the outcome is also costing him, and his charges that this is a rigged election are also problematic with voters. well those really have been the predominant matters that we've discussed in the last week or ten days. so, it's not

joining us now is cnn political commentator and host of cnn's "smerconish," michael smercon h smerconishng. >> good morning. >> tell us about what you think are the ramifications of paul ryan saying he can no longer defend donald trump. >> i think paul ryan believes donald trump is about to lose and lose badly. i'm sure he's mindful of polls like those that have just come out, whether it's nbc news and "the wall street journal" or it's politico and the morning consult, which show that trump is now trailing by double digits in nationwide polls. and even more importantly, that in the battleground states, he's fallen behind and we still haven't seen the full impact, i don't think, of both the tape and the debate. so ryan is looking at the tea leaves. he's looking at the data, saying to himself, i've got to do whatever i can do now to try and hold on to control of the house. the short-term loser, i think, is donald trump because donald trump is the one who's in peril in just three-plus weeks. paul ryan's going to be around, but what kind of a party he'll be leading after november 8 obviously

next, michael smerconish has an interview with joe biden up next. >>> i'm michael smerconish. we welcome viewers across america and around the world. the october surprise is here and it came from the head of the fbi. i'm on the road again in st. louis where i spoke with vice president joe biden, but i never predicted a required topic would be carlos danger. >> oh, god. anthony weiner. i'm not a big fan. >> the fbi investigating e-mails from the disgraced congressman's laptop involving weiner's wife, o huma abedin and donald trump is a happy guy. >> what happened today starting with the fbi, maybe the system will become a little less rigged. beautiful. >> plus, as megyn kelly's split from the network post-election as well as the republican party itself. >>> meanwhile, ten days to go. the rnc's chief strategist seanspice esean spicer here and promised to break huma abedin news live on the air. >>> but first, something in common with vice president biden. both of our families have pennsylvania coal cracker roots and i was eager to ask him about why so many working class whites wh

we spoke to michael smerconish about the e-mail developments and why he believes the issue is being blown thank you for this privilege. >> i'm happy to be with you, really. >> i have to ask you about fbi director comey and this letter. he says new e-mails appear pertinent to the investigation of secretary clinton's private servers. how concerned are you about the impact this is going to have on the election? >> look, you know the fbi works for the administration. i'm not allowed to comment at all. i know nothing about it. i just found out today. i know hillary was told she has a press conference to release the e-mails. i think the quicker they release the e-mails for the public to see them, the better off. i have confidence in hillary. >> you are the former chair of the senate judiciary committee, you are an attorney, syracuse law school, smart guy. the language of this per plexs me. the fbi cannot assess whether or not this material may be significant and i cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work. dianne feinstein said he played into donald trump's hands.

why michael smerconish thinks trumps comments about women will help her win votes in pennsylvania. >>ou don't want to be her secretary of state, i'm told. >> no, look -- i will do anything she wants if she's elected president. i'm not looking to be in this administration. it's time for me to move on. >> you are from scranton. i'm from hazelton. pennsylvania stock. it's trump country. it would be biden country if you were in this. so, you are not united in policy with donald trump, so what's the commonality and why can't -- she could win with those folks. >> i think she's going to end up -- i think we are going to win scranton or she's going to win. the reason is, look, people are upset and angry. they hate the dysfunction of washington. trump comes along and talks about how he is going to change all that. he's this new breath of fresh air, then people started to see who he is. they started to see, look, in scranton and hazelton, if anybody in your household or neighborhood talked about i'm famous, i can grab a woman anywhere i want they would get the living stuffing knocked ott of the

>> we have someone who has the answer, michael smerconish. what is this?he request for a drug test? what is the calculus there? >> i'm going to say what chris was thinking and wouldn't say. does he have the big blue pill in his system. >> i was not thinking that. >> you went there. >> he says there's no problem with that. he said there's no problem. he said it to all of america. >> a great piece in "the washington post" this morning that it is all playing to the echo chamber. i had this conversation with alisyn just last week. what is the mathematical article for the way he is approaching this campaign? it has to be if he can squeeze every last white working class voter without a college degree to come out and vote for him somehow that can trump, no pun intended, the outreach that a candidate would normally make in trying to expand the tent. >> what does he have to do in this event in your opinion and what do you think he has to do in this debate in his opinion? >> in his opinion, he needs to keep doing exactly what he's doing. he needs to say benghazi abo

cnn's michael smerconish spoke with vice president biden about all of this.listen. >> i don't know where these e-mails came from. >> apparently, anthony weiner. >> oh, well, oh, god. anthony weiner, i should not comment on anthony weiner. i'm not a big fan. and i wasn't before he got in trouble, so i shouldn't comment on anthony weiner. >> that was a very raw reaction. a very raw reaction there michael smerconish will join us live on the next hour of "new day" with more on that interview with vice president biden. >> so the news that the fbi would be looking into these e-mails came as both candidates were on the campaign trail yesterday. as expected, the reaction by the crowds at each rally was quite different. cnn national correspondent, miguel marquez, spoke to voters on both sides. >> reporter: at the hillary clinton rally, news the e-mail investigation is being revived, for some, expected, but still a shock. you just put your head in your hands. >> i did. we've been waiting for something like this. >> expecting like something like this was going to pop up

i'm not going to comment on anthony weiner. >> you can see the whole interview on michael smerconish'show. tomorrow morning at 9:00 here on cnn. back with me, my panel. that was certainly a very interesting interview. what did you think about what the vice president said about anthony weiner? >> that was vintage biden, just saying what people think when weiner's name is mentioned. obviously there's something that predates any of the sexting scandals with weiner between ed bien and wiener. he was saying he never liked the guy to begin with. pure unvarnished biden and i don't think he totally had a grasp or was well briefed on the e-mail situation if you listened carefully, he didn't seem to know the latest. >> they can't release the e-mails because they contain e-mail information, right, alan? >> could contain classified information, alan, correct? >> probably not. they're probably the same e-mails that were previously produced and maybe it's all nothing but we can't know that now. >> uh-huh. >> also presumably, huma abedin's private e-mails on her computer, right? if there are thousand

♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish, we welcome our viewers across america and around the world.he october surprise is here and it came from the head of the fbi -- i'm on the road again in st. louis where i spoke with vice president joe biden, but i never predicted that a required topic would be carlos danger. >> oh, god. anthony wiener, i should not comment on anthony wiener, i'm not a big fan. >> the fbi investigating e-mails apparently from the disgraced congressman's laptop involving wiener's wife huma abedin, top aide to hillary clinton. >>> and donald trump is a happy guy. >> what happened today starting with the fbi may be the system will become a little less rigged. beautiful. >>> plus, does megyn kelly's rift with other anchors signal a split as well as the republican party itself? >>> ten days to go, the rnc's chief strategist is here and he is promising to break some hue ba abedin news live on the air. >>> but first, i have something in common with vice president biden, both of our families have pennsylvania coal cracker roots and i was eager to ask him about why so ma

michael smerconish, let me bring you in, host of cnn's smerconish in your state.again, i see joe biden, this is a man who contemplated a presidential run. i wonder how often he thinks what i would say if i was running against this guy, what did you make of his words? >> to me this is the guy with the corvette the aviator glasses with cigarettes rolled up in his shirt. people are talking about the value of michelle obama being out on the stump and i think she plays an important role relative to women but ying of anybody better than joe biden to speak to disaffected white working class non-college educated voters, i mean -- >> because hillary clinton certainly can't say that. >> heck no. hell no, joe would say, but he can say it and, by the way, when he says that you lose track of the fact that she was the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, he is the veep but you think this is an everyday kind of guy and that's the way people talk. >> so that was joe biden then you had the charity dinner. the democrat nominee and the republican traded some barbs, here's the

. >> this morning on michael smerconish's show, he spoke with a former philadelphia enquirer reporterd an experience with donald trump this way back in 1988. she was on this morning talking about it. >> working in the wall street office of the philadelphia enquirer. i got a phone call. the woman said hold for mr. trump. then mr. trump began to yell at me. he told me i had shit for brains. he told me i worked for [ bleep ] paper. he said what [ bleep ] was i writing. i was stunned. he hung up. he called my boss in philadelphia. he treated my boss to the same sort of rant. he then added that he referred to me as the "c" word. a word i will not use, michael, because it is the worst word to refer to a woman in the english language. >> errol, how do you respond? >> wow. >> yeah. add that to the mix now. >> add that to the mix. the reality is he has done so many strange things with reporters. he referred to reporters as scum on the campaign trail in front of thousands of people. he is well known for the prank where he would call reporters and clearly him and some recorded and say he was som

. >> i'm michael smerconish. this is where things stand. she got the bump. hillary clinton pulls ahead nationally and in swing states florida, michigan, and new hampshire but her margin of victory is still smaller than that of the libertarian vote. speaking of which, without being on the debate stage, picks up endorsements from major newspapers in chicago and detroit. i'll talk to vp nominee bill weld. clinton is also getting surprising endorsements from newspapers that have backed gop candidates for decades and decades leading many trump fans to protest to cancel their subscriptions. there was even a death threat. plus, trump's problems with women continue as he taunts the former miss universe about her weight and brings up bill clinton's affairs. i'm going to talk to a reporter he once called the "c" word and circle december 19 on your calendar. that's the real election day when the electoral college votes and i'll explain. but first, here's the big picture of where things stand. in politics, what bush 41 called the big moe, momentum, can turn on a dime. d

joe biden, is weighing in on the latest chapter in this clinton e-mail controversy with our michael smerconish. he reveals his honest opinion about anthony weiner and what he thinks the fbi director should do. >> what worries me, mr. vice-president, is that folks are going to go to the polls or have already gone to the polls and they don't know what to make of this. they are in the dark. what should happen now? >> i think hillary, if she said what i'm told she said is correct, they should release the e-mails for the whole world to see. they continue their investigation and to the best of my knowledge, it won't prejudice the investigation. that's sort of the stilted language the agency always uses. it doesn't mean anything. so it's unfortunate. >> i would be remiss if i didn't note, if she would have released all the e-mails from the get-go, we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> that's true. i don't know where those e-mails came from. >> apparently, anthony weiner. >> oh, god, anthony weiner. i should not comment on anthony weiner. i'm not a big fan. i wane before he got in trouble. i sho

he talked to michael smerconish. >> that's where the rumor came from. i'm about to drop out. i made no questions about her background than i do of mr. trump's. why would i jump off the platform i love? i'm having the time of my life with gary johnson. >> all right. plenty to talk about this morning. let's bring in our guest. we have with us simone sanders, political commentator and hillary clinton supporter. good morning. >> good morning, victor. hey, christi. >> hi. >> let's start with what we heard from governor weld. and really a difficult week for their ticket. how does the clinton campaign try to bring back some of those millennials who have abandoned her campaign? how do they exploit, essentia y essentially, what happened this week? we got donald trump campaign surrogate here with us as well. simone. >> they need to take donald trump or in this case, bill weld's words and turn them back on him. he is their best advocate right now. going out there and talking to millennial voters, the clinton campaign has a great outreach team. the libertarians think that hillary clinton

>>> i'm michael smerconish coming to you from the keystone state of pennsylvania. this is a remarkable day and in any other cycle, you'd surely be saying, he's done. here's a live picture of trump tower an hour ago. donald trump emerge to chants of "usa, usa." we've got a month until election day. the huge town hall debate is tomorrow night right here on cnn with anderson cooper. would anyone have predicted a candidate's main campaign promise would be, i will never drop out of the race. while his own running mate says, he's offended by the candidate's remarks. at issue, appalling 2005 video showing trump embracing sexual assault. the reporter who broke this story, david faronholt, is here. trump issued a rare and hedged apology. >> i've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victim. >> but all day long, a lot of his big name supporters are abandoning ship. also on this program, when this pennsylvania tee

, you don't get an idea of what she was saying, what she did say on a live program today on michael smerconish. so, eugene, with that having been said, this speaks to character or donald trump, his behavior and, i mean, we are talking about the highest, you know, job of the land here. so, is this fair game for these candidates to have to explain away or speak to this kind of behavior even if it was in 1988? >> i think voters would say it is fair game because a huge percentage of the electorate are women and interested in how these candidates have spoken about women in the past and how they plan to move forward in addressing issues related to women voters. this is not the smoothest week for donald trump related to comments about women when you factor in the tweets in reference to a former miss universe. we talked about how these words and these stories affect women voters. a lot of times, we forget allies are a big part of demographics. it's not just women who are concerned about how candidates address women voters. men care, too. >> jaime? >> i think the viewers should know, clearly where this

. >>> i'm michael smerconish coming to you from the keystone state of pennsylvania.ther cycle, you'd surely be saying, he's done. here's a live picture of trump tower an hour ago. donald trump emerge to chants of "usa, usa." we've got a month until election day. the huge town hall debate

>>> live from the swing state of pennsylvania, i'm michael smerconish. he and hillary take drug tests implying she's on medication. plus, with the final debate just four days away, wikileaks drops another batch of e-mails and the goldman sachs speech transcripts. donald trump may have literally kissed his chances good-bye. he doubles down on denials and a media conspiracy. he said it's part of a rigged system, he says, and he's no worse than bill clinton and tries to paint his opponent as more enabler than victim. but are those attacks valid? i'm about to ask the man who broke the lewinsky scandal and before this, it was heavily tilted in hillary's favor. but check this out. look at this one. it shows trump up 44.2% to 41.1% and this is right before. i'll speak to two experts who explain why all the numbers could be off. and thanks to his uncanny ability to get trump to be trump, is the most influential media figure this campaign season howard stern? >>> first, at a rally in maine, donald trump said something new, incendiary, take a listen. >> i think we

>>> from the swing state of pennsylvania i'm michael smerconish wondering is it over? with the speed of this news cycle it's hard to keep up and of course the final debate this wednesday here on cnn. donald trump may have literally kissed his chances good-bye as more women surface to accuse him of groping but he continues to double down on denials and now blame a media conspiracy. he also says that he's no worse than bill clinton. and he tries to paint his opponent, hillary, as more of an enabler than victim but are those attacks valid? i'll ask the man who broke the lewinsky scandal. >>> and trump t ourch ts his business prowess as his chief credential but given the behaviors we've just seen, could donald trump get hired at say walmart? i'll ask the nation's premier business writer, andrew ross sorkin is here. even before this, the electoral map was tilting heavily in hillary's favor. but look at this one. it shows donald trump up 44.2-44.1 and this poll has been right before. i'll speak to two experts who will explain why all the numbers could be off. and thanks to h

cnn's michael smerconish spoke on all of this. >> hillary should release the e-mails for the whole worldy can continue the investigation. it won't prejudice the investigation. that is the stilted language the agency always uses. it doesn't mean anything. so, it is unfortunate. >> i would be remiss if i didn't note if she released the e-mails from the get-go, we would not have this conversation. >> that's true. i don't know where this e-mail came from. >> apparently anthony weiner. >> oh, god. anthony weiner. i should not comment on anthony weiner. i'm not a big fan. i wasn't before he got in trouble. i shouldn't comment on anthony weiner. >> is this the kind of story that makes joe biden say, damn it, i should have run. >> michael, i thought i could beat hillary. i didn't run for one simple overarching reason. my son was dying and he died. that's the total reason. i have great respect for hillary. i have great respect for other people who have run. you don't make a decision based on the other person. i thought at the time i was -- the issues the country was facing were in my wheelhouse.

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. we welcome you. 17 days until election day. who's kidding?s to early voting and people are surrounding the polls. is it over before it begins? in the final sprint with the numbers against him, donald trump is not giving up. he says his election will be brexit

. >> i'm michael smerconish. this is where things stand. she got the bump.y and in swing states florida, michigan, and new hampshire but her margin of victory is still smaller than that of the libertarian vote. speaking of which, without being on the debate stage, picks up endorsements from major newspapers in chicago and detroit. i'll talk to vp nominee bill weld. clinton is

let's listen to what the vice president, joe biden said to our michael smerconish last night about this. >> i'd be remiss if i didn't note that if she had released all the e-mails from the get go, we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> well, that's true. but i don't know where this e-mail -- where the e-mails came from. >> hearing that from the vice president doesn't help her. >> no. that was not a moment, and, look, the democrats are scrambling, and part of the clinton issue, which they've often had is the secrecy that they surround themselves with. often for good reason. they often feel that they've been under attack. bill clinton spent his first few years as president being investigated for many things, but that approach often leads to more problems, and certainly at this point the democrats should have some kind of coordinated response to what's going on, and you want the vice president to have a clear answer about what's happening. >> so clinton called the timing of all of this suspect. she said earlier today if you're like me, you probably have a lot of questions about why th

biden talked with cnn's michael smerconish about that and his reason about why he didn't run for president believes clinton will win his home state of pennsylvania. >> thank you for this privilege. >> i'm happy to be with you, michael. really. >> you know i have to ask you about fbi director comey and this letter. he says that new e-mails appear pertinent to the investigation of secretary clinton's private servers. how concerned are you about the impact this is going to have on the election? >> look, you know that the fbi works for the administration. i'm not allowed to comment at all. i know nothing about it. i just found out today. i know that hillary just -- i was told hillary just had a press conference saying release the e-mails. i think the quicker they release the e-mails for the public to see them, the better off. and i have confidence in hill y hillary. >> you're the former chair of the senate judiciary committee, you're an attorney, syracuse law school, smart guy. the language of this perplexes me. he says the fbi cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant,

million things to do♪ ♪you know that there are ♪ >>> from the swing state of pennsylvania i'm michael smerconishd of this news cycle it's hard to keep up and of course the final debate this wednesday here on cnn. donald trump may have literally kissed his chances good-bye as more women surface to accuse him of groping but he continues to double down on denials and now blame a media conspiracy. he also says that he's no worse than bill clinton. and he tries to paint his opponent, hillary, as more

. >>> i'm michael smerconish. we welcome you. 17 days until election day. who's kidding? it's already upon us thanks to early voting and people are surrounding the polls. is it over before it begins? in the final sprint with the numbers against him, donald trump is not giving up. he says his election will be brexit times five. whoever wins, what does the morning after look like? plus, widespread condemnation of debate approval to accept the election outcome but pat buchanon is here and said criticism comes from an establishment terrified they'll mefr get trump's supporters back in the fold and wikileaks founder julian assange on a vendetta to topple hillary clinton but has he gone too far? are all the private e-mails he's releasing actually undermining him? but first, so often, you hear from my colleague's envy there's 18 days left but today, that number is 17 but that number is misleading in this psychicycle. election day is now. already 5 million votes cast. balloting is well under way by mail or at the polls in 34 of the 37 early voting states. and america has been uti

vice president joe biden is now sitting down with cnn's michael smerconish to talk about it.mer congresswoman anthony weiner. watch this. >> look, you know that the fbi works for the administration. i'm not allowed to comment at all. i know nothing about it, i just found out today. i know that hillary just -- i was told hillary just had a press conference saying release the e-mails. i think the quicker they release the e-mails for the public to see them the better off. and i have confidence in hillary. >> you're the former chair of the senate judiciary committee. you're an attorney, syracuse law school, smart guy. the language of this perplexes me. he says the fbi cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant and i cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work. did he just put his thumb on the scale? dianne feinstein is saying he played right into donald trump's hands. >> well, i'm not going to comment. look, that's the same language he used before. >> but then why write the letter? >> well, because -- i don't know why. i can't r

surround yourself with savings at aarpadvantages.com ♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish coming to you livekeystone state of pennsylvania in any other cycle you would say, surely this is the end. will women forgive donald trump for appalling 2005 video that shows him embracing sexual assault? now that he has issued a rare and qualified apology. >> i've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied,

♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish, coming to you lye from philadelphia.e welcome your viewers across america and around the world. 17 days until election day, who are we kidding? it's already upon us thanks to early voting and people are thronging the polls. is it over before it begins? >>> in the final sprint with the numbers against him, donald trump is not giving up. he says his election will be brexit times five. whoever wins, what does the morning after look like? >>> plus, widespread condemnation of trump's debate refusal to accept the election outcome but pat buchanan is here and says criticism comes from an establishment terrified they'll never get trump supporters back in the fold. >>> and julian assange has been on a vendetta to topple hillary clinton. but as he gone too far? are all the private e-mails he's releasing actually undermining him? >>> but first, so often you hear from my colleagues and me that there are x days left until the election on november 8. today that number is 17. but in this presidential cycle, that number is misleading. e

surround yourself with savings at aarpadvantages.com ♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish coming to you liverom the keystone state of pennsylvania in any other cycle you would say, surely this is the end. will women forgive donald trump for appalling 2005 video that shows him embracing sexual assault? now that he has issued a rare and qualified apology. >> i've said some foolish things, but there's a big difference between the words and actions of other people. bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. >> and even before this revelation earlier in the week, a pennsylvania teen asked hillary clinton a pointed question about trump's treatment of women -- but because her dad is a democratic state senator, she was accused of being a paid actress. what's the real story? father and daughter are here in their first interview to discuss. >>> and the polls were already trending hillary's way. could she clinch it all tomorrow night at the next huge debate? i'll talk to two debate pros. >>> or might trump's rescue come in the form of w

let's listen to what joe biden said to michael smerconish. >> i'd be remiss if i didn't note that if she had released all the e-mail frs the get go, we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> that's true, but i don't know where this e-mail came from. >> so, hillary, a hillary clinton supporter. vice president joe biden, a big supporter of hillary clinton, said that's true. couldn't clinton have gotten ahead of this by handing over her team and her all of the e-mails so that 15,000 new ones weren't found a few months ago and frankly, all of the devices so that the fbi wouldn't be saying look, we have this newcap that has e-mails. they may be pertinent, we're going through them. >> fifrst of all, she did hand over the e-mails. the state department had to review every one of them to make sure that there were not things that they didn't want released and so, but the fbi -- >> she wasn't in control of that. >> the fbi found 15,000 more. >> the fbi said that after additional e-mails were found, they didn't know how much were duplicates and ultimately, what they found were that the overwhe

. >> michael smerconish? >> i think there was nothing tim kaine needs to be embarrassed, but largely for reasons you alluded to, i'll give it to mike pence. i think mike pence is a general better election candidate thran donald trump. he has better answers on the e-mail and can prevent those issues that can grow the tent and not stay limited to the base. one added footnote i didn't like the pace of the debate. i didn't like the first 30 minutes. they weren't ten minute pods. i wish they could go at it on some substantive issues and felt the opposite as the evening pro progressed but it was mike pence's night. >> pamela what did they think? >> i'm here with 28 undecided voters and i want to get the response here, who was the clear winner? tim kaine, rise your hand if you think tim kaine was the clear winner. all right. mike pence, raise your hand if you think he was, and raise your hand if you don't think there was a clear winner. all right. so as you see, jake, this group right here thinks that tim kaine was