raddatz: good evening, i am arthur raddatz from abc news -- i am martha raddatz from abc news. mr. cooper: and i'm anderson cooper from cnn. we want to welcome you to the second debate. tonight's debate is a town hall format, which gives voters the chance to directly ask questions. martha and i will ask follow-up questions, but the night belongs to people in this room and across the country who have submitted questions. ms. raddatz: the people you see on this stage were chosen by the gallup organization. they are all from the st. louis area and told gallup they have not committed to a candidate. each of them came here with questions they want to ask, and we saw those questions for the first time this morning. anderson and i and our team from abc and cnn are the only ones who have seen them. both candidates will have two minutes to answer each question. we hope to get to as many questions as we can, so we have asked the audience not to slow things down with any applause. except for now. ladies and gentlemen, the republican nominee for president, donald j. trump, and the democratic n

raddatz: ok, we're going to move on. mr. trump: and yet she didn't know the word - the letter c on a document. right? she didn't even know what that word - what that letter meant. you know, it's amazing. i'm watching hillary go over facts. and she's going after fact after fact, and she's lying again, because she said she - you know, what she did with the e-mail was fine. you think it was fine to delete 33,000 e-mails? i don't think so. she said the 33,000 e-mails had to do with her daughter's wedding, number one, and a yoga class. well, maybe we'll give three or three or four or five or something. 33,000 e-mails deleted, and now she's saying there wasn't anything wrong. and more importantly, that was after getting a subpoena. that wasn't before. that was after. she got it from the united states congress. and i'll be honest, i am so disappointed in congressmen, including republicans, for allowing this to happen. our justice department, where our husband goes on to the back of a airplane for 39 minutes, talks to the attorney g

raddatz: mr. trump. trump: i consider her complement to my children to be a compliment, i don't know if it was meant to be a compliment but it was great. i am proud of my children. they have done a wonderful job and they are wonderful wonderful kids so i consider that a compliment. i will say this about hillary, she does not quit. she does not give up. i respect that. i tell it like it is. fighter. i disagree with much of what she is fighting for. i do disagree with her judgment in many places but she does nott hard a.m. she does quit and she does not give up and i consider that to be a very good trade. ms. raddatz: thanks to both of you. [applause] mr. cooper: i would like to thank everyone here, the university, and washington university and everyone who watch. in raddatz: please tune october 19 for the final debate at the university of nevada las vegas, good night everyone. [applause] announcer: and so ends the wild and will lead 2016 presidential debate. hello, i'm john heilemann. in the spin room wit

>> martha raddatz and the team in iraq. stay safe. and we thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn next tonight to growing outrage this evening after thousands of national guard soldiers who served this country were asked to pay back bonuses they were promised to reenlist and go to war a decade ago. abc's mary bruce tonight getting answers. >> reporter: after serving for two decades, army sergeant robert richmond agreed to go $15,000 bonus. >> i had a contract and i served the entire contract and i risked my life to serve that contract. >> reporter: now, ten years after getting the money, the pentagon wants it back. during the height of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the national guard used bonuses to entice soldiers across the country to re-enlist. extra cash intended for those with skills in high demand. but criminal fraud by a national guard official dispensing bonuses led many in calor qualify for. guardsmen like christopher van meter, who survived a roadside bomb in iraq, received a purple heart, and then notices to pay back $4

that was martha raddatz reporting. and there's a new battle for demanding money back from bonuses they gave to thousands of national guard soldiers! sot - maj. gen. matthew beevers if we could wave a magic wand and make it go away we would.. but then we'd be breaking the law. the bonuses were supposed to go to soldiers with skills in high demand. the pentagon says it paid bonuses to guardsmen in all 50 states who should never have qualified for the extra cash. in california alone...the national guard is going after 97-hundred current and retired guardsmen. one purple heart recipient who survived a roadside bomb in to repay his 46- thousand dollars in bonus. sot - bryan struthers: i felt totally betrayed by my commanders bryan struthers filed a lawsuit and the pentagon waived his bonus repayment. he says he isn't dropping his case for the sake of his fellow soldiers. right now we are working on all-new stories for 13 action news live at 3-30... but that officer isn't alone in the car! but first -- hillary clinton and do

martha raddatz repoting. tonight more than civilians remain under isis control in mosul,that's why the next phase of this operation is so difficult...trying to save those civilians while wiping out isis. this story is so tragic. two suburban atlanta children -- are dead -- gunned down -- in an early- morning -- home invasion. it happened yesterday morning. forutnately -- three other children in the home -- were not hurt. the parents -- were not there at the time. neighbors are shocked. ///butted to/// they haven't seen life, they haven't seen life yet. wow. police -- have not given a possible motive -- or if the home was targeted. but -- the chief says -- they're working leads -- to find the shooter. euthanized after glitch - v tonight -- a pet owner is angry -- after she says -- animal control -- accidentally -- put down her dog this -- happening in detroit. four-year-old coco -- was only supposed to be held -- for a few days -- for a rabies one of the investigators -- even told melissa jackson -- she could

the moderators, our own martha raddatz and cnn's anderson cooper. that new videotape will come up in tonight's debate. whether trump will try to turn the attention from him to bill and hillary clinton. >> reporter: just over a minute into his video apology, donald trump made his threat. >> i have said some foolish things. bill clinton has actually abused women and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. we will discuss this more in the coming days. >> reporter: the question now, will trump actually go there tonight, when he's face to face with hillary clinton? it's quite a turn for recently released pictures show trump and clinton in chummier times. listen to what he said in 1998. >> they made watergate out of what should have been nothing. and during the height of the monica lewinsky scandal, trump attacked clinton's republican investigators. 1998. trump then defended bill clinton. >> i don't necessarily agree with his victims. the victims are terrible. he is really a victim himself. but he put himself in that position. >

>> martha raddatz tracking this. martha, thank you. >>> back here now, to new reporting in the race for the white house. donald trump going it alone, taking aim today at house speaker paul ryan. trump saying there is something sinister going on. and what trump said about hillary clinton, that drew cheers in the hall, and discomfort elsewhere. abc's tom llamas in florida tonight. >> reporter: for donald trump tonight, a new battle cry. >> if you're not registered to vote, get the hell out of here, okay? >> reporter: the self-proclaimed unshackled trump, sending his base into a frenzy, with debate, and that moment when trump hovered behind clinton. >> i invaded her space. believe me. the last space that i want to invade is her space. believe me. i don't want to insaid her space. >> reporter: trump also escalating his war with republican leaders, especially house speaker paul ryan. >> i wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with these people, i can tell you -- >> mccain is a brave man. >> by the way, including ryan. especial

>> i agree with uf%syou.d as a matter of fact, let's stay on with martha raddatz for a second.of hillary clinton in the debate. she asked her if she was two faced because she had one opinion on certain issues privately which was different from her public position. so i didn't have a problem with that. here's what i did have a problem with. there was one questionv= that not asked that would have been a huge help for donald trump. because of the leaks, the wikileaks, it turns out that hillary clinton told some bankers that she has a dream, her words, of open borders in the hemisphere. well, you know what? >> and security. i mean, you know? terrorists. >> security. >> danced across.>hcf÷ >> right. >> that was trump's responsibility and -- >> well -- >> he should have been on that. >> he blew it. he blew;)v he blew it. but that was in the news. and the moderators chose not to ask it. >> i know. >> if anybody in the audience wanted to ask it, i don't know. but it didn't come out. >> should have. absolutely. >> trump ultimately had the opportunity. and whatever reason -- >> he didn'

is a town hall debate with questions from real voters so comoderators anderson cooper and martha raddatz received the questions from those participating tonight. essentially the people on stage, the voters who have been selected by gallop submitted their questions ahead of time and now they are sorting through the questions to decide who to call on and in what order. but one thing is already certain. according to an abc source, the moderators will begin with a set of questions about the vulgar tape and the fallout from it. this is obvious and important to report. why? because it is not donald trump who gets the first question. according to a coin toss by the commission on presidential debates, hillary clinton will ask the -- will be asked the first question and she'll have the first chance to speak at 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. to discuss all of this and the most recent developments in this campaign and we've assembled of cnn political commentators to break down the debate. from the right, matt lewis and columnist and trump supporter caylee macanneny and hillary rosen and former exe

here's martha raddatz and anderson cooper. >> thank you very much. we're honored tor here. also the commission on presidential debates for sponsoring this. this is obviously a town hall format tonight. a chance for the americans on this stage and thousands of people who have sent in questions online to ask questions directly to the candidates. >> after they've asked their questions, they've promised to remain silent and i know you've heard this before this evening, but no outbursts of any kind. we want to keep this focused on the candidates an the people who are asking the questions here. we appreciate your cooperation and we'll start shortly. great to see you all. >> raddatz and anderson cooper, both experienced with presidential debates. both have moderated at least primary debates in the case of and anderson cooper and a general election vice presidential debate in the case of martha radda raddatz. i'm not friends with all that many people in our business. not a person that has a ton of contacts in our business, but i know martha and anderson a little bit. i have a treme

martha raddatz in the region tonight. >>> dangerous ride. a police officer taking a traffic stop erupts in gunfire. >>> and, reverse the curse. the chicago cubs making their first trip to the world series since 1945. now, hoping to finally shake the curse of the goat. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the highway horror, the southern california. a tour bus crashing into a big rig. at least 13 killed, dozens hurt. the bus crashing on interstate 10. tonight, we're learning more about the tour company and that driver. here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, investigators scrambling to determine the cause of this california highway. >> i've never been to a crash with 13 confirmed fatal accidents. it's tough for all of us. >> reporter: just before dawn, a bus slamming into the rear of a semi truck. survivors telling police they believe all the passengers were asleep at the moment of impact. officials saying most of the 13 bus. the force of the collision so severe, the bus careened 15 feet

i worked with martha raddatz at wcbb in boston. know her pretty well.e one mistake arguing with syria about trump. she knows that area very well. she is passionate about it, and she believes, and i know this to be true, trump doesn't know anything about it, okay? now whether that is a valid assessment, i don't know because i don't know how much trump knows about syria. however, that was a mistake. if you're moderator you don't argue. that is hillary clinton's job to argue, not your job. but otherwise i think they, when they heard repetition, you know, as somebody who has done this before, when you hear repetition, okay, we heard that. all right. let's get to another question and. so i mean, do anderson cooper and martha raddatz going to vote for donald trump? never on this earth, all right? we all know that, all right. so yeah, he is right, one against three but i didn't think they were aggressively promoting hillary clinton. i didn't theyer doing that. harris: say this for anderson cooper early on said he wasn't voting at all. i don't know if he would

martha raddatz/abc news (offcam) :"you disagree with your own running mate?" donald trump/(r) presidential nominee: "i think you have to knock out isis." mike pence -- who confirmed that he is not dropping the ticket -- blamed the moderator (mike pence/(r) got a lot of respect for martha raddatz, but she just misrepresented the statement that i made in my national debate." clinton said the debate went as anticipated hillary clinton/(d) presidential nominee: "i pretty much saw what i expected to see the town hall format allowed voters to pose questions. karl becker/town hall participant: "would either of you name one positive thing that you respect in one another?" clinton said she respected trump's kids. trump said he respected that clinton was a fighter. and finally ... they shook hands. in st. louis, missouri, i'm emily schmidt. there were expectations that -- because of the recent uproar over trump's "access hollywood" outtakes -- this debate would have higher ratings than the first. that didn't prove to be the case. sunday's face-off in st. louis had about

i'm martha raddatz from abc news. anderson: and i'm anderson cooper from cnn. we want to welcome you to washington university in st. louis for the second debate between hillary clinton and donald trump sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's debate is a town hall format which gives people a chance to directly ask questions. the night really belongs to the people in this room and these cross the country who have submitted questions. martha: the people here were chosen by the gallup organization. they are all from the st. louis area and told gallup they have not committed to a candidate. they submitted questions and we saw them this morning for the first time. anderson and i and our team from abc and cnn are the only ones who have seen them. both candidates will have a chance, two minutes to answer online and audience questions. we hope to get as many questions as we can so we have asked the audience not to slow things down with any applause. except for now. ladies and gentlemen, the republican nominee for president, donald j. trump, and th

(martha raddatz / abc news) "you disagree with your running mate?" (donald trump / (r) presidential nominee) "i think you have to knock out isis. right now syria is fighting isis." pence tweeted after the debate that he was quote "proud" to stand with trump... ...and trump's campaign manager clinton won last night's second presidential donald trump by a landslide. hillary there with 57-percent to trump's 34- percent. voters across the valley are reacting to the second presidential debate. "for nevada's future" and "the nevada state education association" held a watch party sunday night. voters we spoke with say the presidential nominees kept everyone's eyes glued to the t-v. "given the kind of uniqueness of this election year, it was, you know, maybe not the most polite or the most traditional kind of introduction a debate but you never know. this year is pretty crazy and i think that demands a lot of crazy tactics and antics too." "you know what i want to say is the american people won tonight because i think that you see it in the people who were a

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martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> as hillary clinton takes a break from campaigning to prepare for wednesday's debate, she faces questions of thousands of hacked e-mails posted by wikileaks. there's transcripts of private speeches she gave to goldman sachs and takes a softer stance with wall street than revealed in public. the clinton campaign has not revealed the authenticity of the e-mails, but they blame russian hackers for trying to influence the election. >>> two chinese astronauts on the way to their own space station. their rocket left the launch center in northern china early this morning for the two-day trip. the pair will spend 30 days in orbit, the longest mission so the u.s. prevented china from taking part in the international space station because american authorities say the chinese space program had a strong military component to it. in the meantime, a european space agency probe is on its way down to the surface of mars. the dissent will take three days and the landing should take place on wednesday morning. the probe's purpose is to take measurements and measu

martha raddatz in the region tonight. >>> dangerous ride. >> shots fired! >> a police officer taking a civilian on a ridealong when a tonight, the manhunt under way, as we take you inside that cruiser. >>> and, reverse the curse. the chicago cubs making their first trip to the world series since 1945. now, hoping to finally shake the curse of the goat. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the highway horror, the deadly collision in southern california. a tour bus crashing into a big rig. at least 13 killed, dozens hurt. the bus crashing on interstate 10. in desert hot springs. the freeway shut down for hours. tonight, we're learning more about the tour company and that driver. here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, investigators scrambling to determine the cause of this massacre on a southern california highway. it's tough for all of us. >> reporter: just before dawn, a tour bus slamming into the rear of a semi truck. emergency crews racing to the rescue. pulling over 30 injured out, some in critical

john: tonight's debate will be moderated by martha raddatz and anderson cooper. it will be a town hall format. we will hear from an audience of about 40 undecided voters from the st. louis area. donald trump decided to make some news even before this debate got going with an unannounced, extraordinary, and shocking press conference before the biggest moment of his political life. trump appeared alongside four women among the clinton's most vociferous accusers. three of these women have accused bill clinton of unwanted adventures and sexual assault. another woman was a 12-year-old victim of rape in the 1970's and hillary clinton was the court-appointed lawyer defending the man accused of the crime. 'm here to support mr. trump because he's going to make america great again. >> at 12 years old, hillary put me or something you would never put a 12-year-old through. she says she's for women and children. she was asked last year what happened and she said she's supposed to defend. now she's laughing on tape, saying she knows they did it. >> mr. trump may have said som

it's your voice, your vote with abc's martha raddatz. >> it's wishy-washy, but looking more and more like hillary clinton. >> i was more towards trump initially, but now i'm just undecided. >> reporter: from undecided clinton, from trump to undecided, but we also found a surprising and consistent response to the access hollywood tapes. >> tape on the bus? >> yeah, i mean, i don't know. no comment. i mean, you know, made some locker room comments, right? >> i don't think anyone i knew was surprised by it at all. >> reporter: in the end, the lack of surprise seems to have led to a lack of outrage. offended, but that men and women talk that way as well. >> reporter: we heard that attitude again and again. >> did you see the tape? did that bother you? >> i actually thought it was funny. >> reporter: she's undecided. >> i shouldn't say anything. >> reporter: even holly watkins, a clinton supporter -- >> that's a personal decision he chose to make has nothing to do with performance. >> reporter: while washington and the democratic base rolling with it. if you're for trump before -- >> stil