that was our correspondent richard walker there, reporting. richard was watching the debate last night. so was i, and now we're talking about the knives that are out for the man donald trump. the republican hopeful debate took place but this time the other 10 candidates seemed determined to rein the trumpet in. reporter: rthe reblican debates and this time there was a dramatic a up ronald reagan's air force one framing the 11 candidates on age. center stage again, donald trump. what was different this time -- more rivals went on the attack. >> we do not need an apprentice in the white house. we have one right now. >> this visceral response to atck people on their appearance -- short, tall, fat, ugly. my goodness. that happened in junior high. are we not worried to have someone like that in charge of the nuclear arsenal? mr. bush: the one guy who tried to get me to change my views on something was donald trump. he wanted casino gambling in florida. yes, you did. carly fiorina: why should we trust you? reporter: it means that trump was often on t

sarah: richard walker in new york, thanks so much. as richard mentioned, earlier in the day, it was pope francis who addressed the human -- the u.n. he urged world leaders to do more to protect the environment. he called on them to protect the vulnerable and eliminate discrimination. here is more. >> pope francis is not one to shy away from politics, not even before the u.n. general assembly. speaking in front of more than 150 world leaders, the pontiff challenged them to protect the environment, by poverty, and eliminate discrimination. pope francis: economic and social exclusion is a complete denial of human fraternity and a great offense against human rights and the environment. the poorest suffer most of those offenses. >> he urged the creation of a just world financial system that would reduce poverty, not make it worse. pope francis: the international financial agencies should care for the sustainable development of countries and should ensure they are not subjected to oppressive lending systems. [applause] >> pope francis stress

. >> let's bring in richard walker, standing by in new york. chard: a real clash today at the united nations. -- richard, a real clash at the united nations. richard: yes, they seemed as if they had different versions of what is going on in the world. the two men had lunch with ban ki-moon after their speeches. many observers were looking for hints for the way forward in their relationship. as you said, competing positions that were totally different. obama portrayed putin as a strawman that leaves might is right and -- strongman that believes might is right and that bigger countries can push around smaller countries. whereas vladimir putin launched a blistering attack not just over the situation in ukraine or syria, but the last 25 years of u.s. foreign-policy ever since the cold war. he pretty much said that the united states has abused its position as the sole global superpower, that it had invaded countries and fermented revolutions with no regard to what would happen after those things happened. it was an attack that went way beyond the con

sarah: richard walker in new york, thank you. the united states has imposed for sanctions against supporters and affiliates of islamic state around the world, in an attempt to cut off the terrorist groups resources. the announcement comes as president barack obama hosted a you and summit on tackling terrorism. he said the united states would use all possible tools, including economic measures, to defeat islamic state. but he also warns that the battle against the group would take time, calling it a long-term campaign. time now for some business news. the ratings agencies have their eyes on volkswagen today in a very big way. ben: rev up your engines, fitch has already threatened to downgrade the company and now says the crisis could have long-term consequences for the entire auto sector. millions of vehicles were fitted with software capable of cheating exhaust tests. there are just over 2 million audis equipped with the stealth software, as it's being called. 700,000 fiats are involved and another couple million light commercial

richard walker joins us from washington. >> it is a huge event.hat barack obama and the first lady went to meet the pope gives you a sense of what kind of an honor he's been afforded here. it is a packed schedule the next few days. three cities with huge events. we're just talking to people here, talking more about the kind of traffic jams they will be facing. many government workers have been told to stay out of the city and stay at home rather than even try to come in. that's how many people are expected to flow into washington . and, you know, of course, that is a sign of what an interesting man he's become. 20% of the u.s. population is catholic. but beyond the borders of the catholic church, he really has ignited a lot of interest. sarah: is the pope going to get political on this trip? we are hearing there is a political dimension to all of this. sarah>> thursday is the big poll day here in washington. the pope will be making that address to the joint session of congress. it comes at a time when the state of u.s. politics, specifically conse

richards: that is not true. mr. walker: what is the number one state? ms. richards: i believe it is california. it's not only -- planned parenthood -- there are a number of providers in new york nine -- beyond planned parenthood. mr. walker: if we are going to put up with the statistics we want to talk correct on the numbers. ms. richards: it is an important point. the lack of access for african-american women in particular to basic preventive health care including family planning is a huge problem. mr. walker: it is. i agree with you. that threecern me times the population, 13%, aborted three times the person of the population at 35%. that should concern all of us. the 32 million sent overseas. any planned parenthood send funds to the democratic republic of congo. ms. richards: this was asked earlier. i did not bring material about international global program. to get back to you. it is not something i thought was a topic at the committee meeting. mr. walker: we have laws in this country that permit -- prohibit to --m sitting questions prohibit us from plac

walker dropping out of race. we expect that announcement in about ten seconds live in madison, wisconsin. thank you all three on this evening. >> thank you. >>> i'm richard now. >> breaking news. nbc news confirms wisconsin governor scott walker will drop out of the republican presidential race. walker is expected to announce that decision any minute now at a news conference in madison. that is a huge drop coming for a candidate in double digits two months ago. walker was leading the polls in iowa this summer. this big news comes two months after he formally announced his candidacy. >> we need knew fresh leadership. leadership with big bold ideas from outside of washington. the kind that knows how to get things done like we've done here in wisconsin. >

another source told me that walker told his aides how can i run a campaign against the national debt if i have campaign debt. it wasn't his time. >> thanks for that. aflcio richard trumpka said scott walker is still a disgrace, just not national. >> a scathing comment from the union. >>> hillary clinton has a new message while she is on the campaign trail. talking about the tweaks she would make to obamacare. clinton was discussing health care during a campaign swing in the south. she slammed the republican promises to repeal the affordable care act if they win election. >> i was so proud to be part of president obama's administration when he signed the affordable care act into law. i called him. i was going on one of those foreign trips i had to go on as secretary of state. i was excited. i called him and said mr. president, thank you for getting health care passed to help everybody in america. think about it. they all say this. repeal it. get rid of it. why would you repeal something that's working to help people. >> clinton criticized price gouging by pharmaceutical companies. pointing to headlines about a 5,000% hike in the price of one drug. clinton promise

we have a tweet here from richard trumka. walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national. huntington beach, california, and the . -- independent line. >> i feel that all of the republicans -- i have a bachelors of philosophy and we studied fascism, basically the republican agenda encompasses all 14 major tenants of fascism, including abortion. these are all of the things that is in the fascist tenants. basically to see one of them drop out and disappear for a while, that is great news to me. >> here is bradley, independent line -- democrats line in downers grove, illinois. bradley: how are you? >> doing fine, thank you. bradley: a lot of people don't realize donald trump knows he will not be president. ist he is doing is, he bringing out a lot of things people want to hear. i am a democrat, but a lot of the democrat have been -- democrats have been sugarcoating the issues. the reason this man is ahead is because it is exactly what the people want to hear. a lot of negative things he said regarding women, that is ridiculous. donald trump has to be an intelligent man. i beli

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scott walker's exit from the 2016 white house race has a lot of people talking, including the leader of one of the biggest labor organizations in the u.s. richardthe afl-cio president doesn't seem to be a fan of walkers. in july when walker announced his run for president, he released a statement saying scott walker is a national disgrease. now he released a new statement saying scott walker is still a disgrace, no longer national. donald trump took time to answer a bunch of questions from his twitter followers yesterday. he talked about his campaign, running a successful business, and more but naturally the oh, there were a few internet shenanigans to tell you about, like this person who tweeted, a photo of a tub of butter that previously went viral asking trump, is this you? yes or no. i don't see the resemblance, do you? gop candidate ted cruz sat down with stephen colbert last night and they talked about what it's actually like to run for president. >> running for president is real simple. you just have to surgically disconnect your shame sensor. because you spend every waking moment asking people for money. you walk up to total strangers,

see -- evangelical candidates will see a boost, but again, not many voters to leave walker at this point. >> richard connection to donald trump. tell us about that. >> well, it turned out that pat nixon, richard nixon's wife, the former first lady in 1987 saw donald trump on the phil donahue show and nixon sort of fell in love with donald trump. nixon wrote a note to donald trump saying if you decide to get into politics, you're going to do to do extremely well. now you see donald trump adopting the silent majority motif for his own campaign. that's what nixon used in 1969 to go after the anti-vietnam war demonstrators so there's an interesting note of history connecting trump with nixon. >> would you call that a posthumous endorsement? >> well, i don't know who it helps. i don't know who nixon's constituency is at this point. >> exactly. >> but nevertheless, it's the same workers that nixon was trying to win over during '68 and '72 that donald trump is reaching out to people fed up with hue better humphrey, lyndon johnson, and you see trump trying to generate momentum by being feds up with the obam

richard: the two men were later seen in this clinton drugstore using her credit cards. the police recognized both summer and walker, suspects in previous robberies. both the police arrested men, summers admitted that he took part in 20 street robberies between may and june of 2011. andent and got a handgun did armed robberies and shot a person in washington, d.c. >> that's crazy. achard: summers were serving 16-year jail sentence for the robbery and d.c. before being sentenced today. there was concern about the suspects, using tasers, then graduating two guns. in one case, they shot a victim. now both men are in jail. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: a federal appeals court is revising d.c.'s gunaws. the city cannot require gun owners to reregister a gun every three years and cannot require them to make the gun available for inspection. they also struck down a ban on registering more than one month, but they'll pulled a law that requires them to be feeder grift -- fingerprinted and photographed. the attorney for baltimore teenager said his son was bullied before a vicious fight. a judge ordered the 17-year-old fre

richard trump canot everybody is gracious. because he says, this is the afl, cio statement. scott walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national. still at some point once in a while. at least take a deep breathe. >> one day someone nice but. >> reaches deep down. >> exactly except for that. >> i think he is that role where he is play a bit of an elder statesman. potentially run in the future. be viable as cabinet secretary. just reelected in wisconsin. still serve out that term. he has said before that it has to be a governor. has said that very explicitly. that the nominee has to be a governor. does he actually -- does he actually endorse one of these. >> sask, christie. >> jindal as well. >> serious about winnowing the field serious. i think co-rubyee is the beneficiary of this nussments also made the announcement picked up walker's campaign chairman in new hampshire. >> it did seem bitter. >> i think these people gont love each other. divisive figure in his own state. i want mark he and perry dream candidates. had the experience of governor, executive experience and quite conserv

richard trump is a bore, and it is just bad form. liz: i'm sorry. we have got to interrupt. here is scott walker. >> first off, thank you for coming.t want to say, our family wants to extend our sympathy to the families of wisconsin supreme court justice. we will let the supreme court make the official decisions be made. as a kid ia kid i was wrong tomorrow reagan because he was a republican and conservative. most ofmost of all i admire him because his eternal optimism of the american people. that thought came into my head when we were standing on the stage at the reagan library last wednesday. reagan was good for america because he was not to missed sadly, the debate taking place in the republican party today is not focused on that optimistic view of america. and said it has drifted into personal attacks. in the end i believe the voters want to be for something and not against someone. instead of talking about how bad things are, we want to hear how we can make them better for everyone. we needwe need to get back to the basics of our party, party, a party that believes that people create jobs, not the govement, and the best way to

richard lui. on this monday, we have got some breaking news to share with us, republican scott walker dropping outace. he is scheduled to give a press conference in just about 60 minutes. >>> plus, the pope's visit to the u.s. is just hours away as well, but he spent today in cuba. what he did there plus what he will be doing here tomorrow. >>> latest on the fallout from ben carson's con strollers comments about a muslim in the white house. >>> first off though, nbc news confirming wisconsin governor scott walker dropping out of the 2016 presidential race. this makes walker the second republican to drop out of the race after governor rick perry. his campaign has scheduled a news conference tonight at 6 p.m. eastern in madison, wisconsin. now, a walker supporter telling the "new york times," the short answer here is money, when asked why the governor is ending his campaign. walker has also seen a full from grace in the polls a new cnn poll showing walker tied in last place among

walker files a lawsuit against porsche. also ahead we have been following your coverage of the tragic death of the high school quarterback in new jersey. dr. richard besser is here about what you need to know about internal organ injury and how to keep your kids safe. >> exciting day for gma family with amy's memoir better coming out today. i have a chance to sit down with her. a tough interview to secure but i was able to get the exclusive interview with amy robach to discuss the experiences that helped prepare for her the she did not want to make it about herself. she wants to show people how they can be better through anything. >> awesome. >> that's great. >> looking forward to it. >> thank you. >>> time for a check on the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist bill evans who asks the hard hitting questions of the weather gods outside our studios. >> we have a lot of weather to talk about. first what is most important p heavy rain is on the way for this evening, tonight and tomorrow. you will need the umbrella maybe today. warm, humid, muggy. here is a look outside from our camera in brooklyn to the lower east side. a lot of moisture. humidity

walker might have the substance. trump has a style whether you like it or not. >> richards that trump is a liar. >> i absolutely did.is not even debatable. the list of things that go on and on and jeb bush should challenge trump on the ground, but i do agree with your point they kasich will pick a fight with anybody as with chad because he is in his plan. i agree he's got a formidable record that jeb bush's standing in his way. it would be crazy to go after trump, not crazy to pick a fight and show himself stronger than bush. >> everyone says trump is a liar get you say don't go after him. >> jeb bush, absolutely. carly fiorina, absolutely. and chris christie if he's smart. this is his last gasp effort. in a sense, trump has the boastful but her personality laying the christie thought he would have. if christie is any hope of climbing his way back he's got to go after trump, too. >> this is politics and the clintons are in it. there is no last gasp ever. maria: that is interesting. richard, do you think hillary will be the candidate? >> absolutely. she is 20 points ahead of sanders in biden and his national polls by

richard matt and david sweat. the duo escaped in june and were on the run for weeks. sweat was wounded and captured. >>> a suit has been filed by the daughter of paul walker. the suit claims the car had numerous design deflectfects, but the california patrol said it was speed speed that caused the crash. >>> brown university has now rescinded the honorary agree it gave bill cosby in 1985, following the allegations he sexually assaulted dozens of womens. fordham also rescinded on a degree. >>> an 87-year-old brooklyn woman lost her health benefits when the city mistakenly declared her dead. selma cohen was told her medicaid coverage was cut off. senator gillibrand contacted us after shing the story, and within 2 thousands the coverage was restored. >> i'm grateful because she said it was for channel it. she saw it on channel 2, and that's where -- you know, she picked it up. since cohen paid her medicaid through december, she will be reimbursed from the 10 days she was declared dead. >> there was talk yesterday it could take weeks, going to the dmv to get new ids. senator gillibrand, good to know they are up and watching. >>> otis livingston with our mornin