sally kidd's live in a washington, d.c. bureau with how they are preparing. hi, sally. sally: hi, then. donald trump is making a provocative new claim about immigration. donald trump claims florida patrol agents have been told to allow illeim election. that is what officials told him. >> we are hoping to get the immigration status corrected. >> why? sally: a spokesman said the comments may have been misleading. hillary clinton in new york, prepping for sunday's town hall style debate. >> you get a lot of body language issues that clinton is vantage a little bit. sally: both vice presidential nominees are on the trail. mike pence in ohio. governor pence: i would have gotten your sooner but tim kaine kobe five times to interrupt me. senator kaine: again and again and again -- nevada, not nevada. sally: >> >> we are in the middle of the storm. sally: governor scott, who supports trump by the way, says everyone has had plenty of time to register. sally kidd, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: and our own emily riemer will be at the debate on sunday. you can watch the coverage beginnin

sally kidd is in washington, with how the candidates are moving forward. sally: donald trump is back on the campaign trail, calling last night's vp debate a huge win for mike pence. offering praise, and taking credit, too. mr. trump: last night, america also got to look firsthand at my sally: donald trump says mike pence won the single most decisive victory in the history of vice presidential debates. mr. trump: and i'm getting a lot of credit. because that's really my first so-called choice. that was my first hire. sally: pence has received bipartisan plaudits for a smooth performance against tim kaine. how much will it matter, going forward? kyle: you may get a lot of fireworks, but you don't get a lot of movement in the actual dynamics of the campaign. sally: hillary clinton flew home of her running mate's debate performance. her campaign chair offering this critique of pence. john: if you can't defend the person at the top of the ticket, how can you ask people to vote for them? sally: clinton is home, prepping for sunday's matchup with trump. once again

sally kidd takes a closer look. reporter: the u.s. supreme court could see the biggest i'd logical shift in decades. the death of justice antonin scalia left a vacant seat and the high court was an even split. >> looking to appoint judges in the mold of scalia. >> i want a supreme court that will stick with roe-v-wade and a woman's right to choose. >> they want to know what kind of justice should fill the empty chair. >> respect the second amendment. >> reverse citizens united. >> if hillary clinton wins the court could become more liberal than it has been in the last 50 years. >> her belief about the court stands from the idea that the thaty and powerful. reporter: analysts said a president trump would return the court to the conservative majority. >> the best trump can do is bring the court back to where it was before scalia passed. reporter: because there is no set constitutional time line for filling court vacancies scalia's seat could remain vacant long after the president is sworn in. merick garland has been in limbo since march

sally kidd, wmur news 9. mike: we'll start you off in the tropics, more on hurricane matthew r about 120 miles per hour. still a potent category 3 storm. as you can see by the satellite picture here it's slowly jogging to the northwest. you noticed yesterday, last night, early this morning it was northward at about five, six or seven miles per hour of it's picked up a little forward speed now moving to the northwest at 12 miles per hour. really battering the bahamas at this time. look at the latest track, takes to it the northwest, not much of a change from the track state, eastern parts of florida and then it begins to churn more to the north, exactly where it tends up will dictate how much win they get and eventually it gets steered by westerly winds and the jet stream over the united states and that will kick the storm out to sea off to the east of the carolinas. matter of fact by later sunday night into monday, instead of moving east northeastward north of of bermuda, it heads south water and may just sit

josh: sally kidd, thanks very much. jean: voters in florida have one more day to register for the november election. date pushed back to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow because of the vaccinations from hurricane matthew. that same judge will hear arguments tomorrow morning over extending the deadline even further. mike: quite a chill early this morning, you needed the ice scripter. -- scraper. nice, bright and mild during the afternoon. look at the scene right now in gilford, overlooking the big lake. what a great shot there, with some of the foliage in the foreground. you've got the lake and the blue skies in the background. almost a picture perfect post card looking scene out there. in the lakes region. how about this for a start, 25 in berlin, 25 in whitefield. 28 in keene. 30 jaffrey, 30 lebanon. all spots below freezing, and in the state capital. 31 cold wintery degrees. mid 30's the warm spot were atop mount washington. plymouth and also in manchester and along the coast. right now not all that bad over 6,000 feet up. the air

tom: wmur's sally kidd is in washington with the very different ideas the presidential nominees have. sally: this is a pivotalom for the supreme court, with two justices in their 80's and one seat vacant. the u.s. supreme court could face its biggest ideological shift in decades. the death of justice scalia left a vacant seat, and the high court with an even split. mr. trump: i am looking to appoint judges very much in the mold of justice scalia. hillary clinton i want a supreme choose. sally: the nominees have very different ideas about what kind of justice should fill the empty chair. mr. trump: respect the second amendment. ms. clinton: reverse citizens united. sally: the court could become more liberal than in the last 50 years if hillary clinton wins. >> her belief about the court stems from an idea that the constitution protects all of us not just people who are wealthy and powerful. trump would return to where it was before scalia passed. because there is no set constitutional time line for filling court vacancies scalia's seat could remain vacant long after the new president i

sally kidd, wmur news 9. week's presidential debate drew more than 8 # million viewers on television alone, we'll see how the ratings compare when the v.p. candidates take to the stage tomorrow. you can watch tim kaine and mike pence face off on wmur and by going to wmur.com, or our mobile app. the debate begins tomorrow at 9:00. jean: let's turn things over to traffic watch, see how we're starting to work week. live pictures over 293 in manchester, this view from our elliott at peggy: hi, josh and jean. we have a couple of incidents right now. first we have a rollover on 93 southbound in hooksett, this is just by the upper 293 split, we're told that that's a serious crash there and also another one going on in manchester, this is at sun dial after few at queen city avenue, another one with entrapment and injury, so a couple serious crashes right off 93 northbound, you hit a couple of slowdowns between exits 3 and 4 in wind ham up to derry, then again through londonderry by exit 5. the stretch of 293, the eve

live in washington, sally kidd, wmur news 9. josh: donald trump's wife is coming to his defense after that controversial video and allegations of sexual misconduct. in her first public comments about the accusations, melania trump called them a coordinated attack from the clinton campaign and the media. she believes her says the allegations are false. as for that video, mrs. trump says the comments surprised her but wonders who really started that conversation. >> he was lead on like egg on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. report you feel the host was egging him on? >> yes, yes. reporter: is that language you had heard him use before? that person that would talk that way. josh: trump says he has policy jiez -- she said her husband apologized for the crude comments. his daughter has also given her fir public statements and calledded the comments clearly inappropriate and offensive, adding i'm glad he acknowledged this fact with an immediate apolicy to my family and the american people. so as voters decide what to make of

and sally kidd is live in our washington bureau with what the candidates had on the plate today. reporter: that's right, josh. these today's events come as new polls show the race is tightening a bit. and each campaign is claiming an donald trump stepped off the campaign trail to open his new luxury hotel. located just down the street from the white house. >> today is a metaphor for what we can accomplish for this country. same kind of thing. reporter: using the occasion to take a swipe at obamacare and its rising premiums. >> unaffordable, unusable, and doesn't work even if you can afford it. reporter: the new trump hotel a target of hillary clinton's in florida. >> he's use in foreign countries. reporter: clinton campaigned with chef andres who abandoned plans to open a restaurant in trump's hotel because of trump's comments about immigrants. >> someone talks about making america great again. what? who are you? where you come from? reporter: clinton also watched the final series of ads laying >> equal pay for women. reporter: meantime, trump's running mate mike pence campaigned

sally kidd is in washington with what trump is saying today. reporter: jean, trump has said repeatedly that the election is rigged and today he essentially doubled down in explaining why he won't make an outright pledge to accept the results. under fire from democrats and republicans alike, donald trump was in ohio. >> results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. reporter: he clarified. >> of course i would accept a clear election result. but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. reporter: it's not clear how trump defines a clear or tim kaine says their campaign will be prepared if there's trouble on election day. >> we have to take that seriously. we can't just treat it as a joke when somebody like donald trump is attacking a pillar of our democracy. >> our democracy depends on people knowing that their vote matters, that those who occupy the seats of power were chosen by the people. reporter: meantime, another trump accuser has come forward, a random enco

wmurs sally kidd is in washington with more on this story. reporter: josh, donald trump took to twitter today to decry what he calls voter fraud and a fixed election, and he's questioning why republican leaders are denying it. >> it looks to me like a rigged election. reporter: ramping up the rhetoric. >> the election is being by corrupt media. reporter: donald trump tweets today that of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. his running mate making the argument in ohio. >> very no doubt the national media is trying to rig this election with their biased coverage. reporter: the claims prompting this response from ohio's secretary of state. >> i can reassure donald trump i am in charge of elections in ohio and they're not going to be rigged. reporter: a new poll finds 41% of voters think november's trump due to widespread voter fraud. >> it's an insult to american voters and it's an insult to county registrars to say that america doesn't know how to run an election. josh: a spokeswoman for speaker paul ry

sally kidd, wmur news 9. jean: hillary clinton is trying to push past the e-mail controversy and is campaigning in the key battle ground state cafe in cleveland where she mingled with customers and she will also attend an early vote be event at kent state university. there she warned supporters that a trump presidency would lead to a dangerous world. >> let's not get distracted from the real choice in this election, and the consequences for your future. [cheers and applause] jean: clinton has another event in cincinnati tonight and then heads to florida tomorrow. and republican nominee d in michigan today. during a rally in grand rapids he warned about voter fraud again, and urged supporters that they should get out and vote by the millions. trump also threw jabs at hillary clinton. >> the clinton crime spree ends on november 8, it going to end on november 8. and when we close the chapter on the clintons, we open a bright new chapter focused on the with running mate mike pence in wisconsin. tom: there's new i

in washington, sally kidd, wmur news 9. tom: thanks. tonight there is a new poll that shows a tight race for new hampshire's u.s. senate race. an online poll conducted by wbz and u. mass amherst says among likely voters, yea yot is as 46%, hassan at 43%. 8% are undecided. the poll has a 4.5% margin of error. the two candidates talked about issues affecting business today. jennifer crompton is live with more on that. reporter: the governor and it was presented by the business and industry association, along with nhpr and the new hampshire business review. it was polite and it was all business. a cordial but pointed forum between the u.s. senate candidates focused on issues about jobs and the economy. starting off with the just announced expected increases in affordable care act premiums. hassan wants to make changes to the aca but keep it. ayotte do away with it and foster competition. >> we have to rl the cadillac tax. we have to work to get generic drugs to market more quickly and we have to focus on improving quality over quantity. >>