but given that st. louis certainly profited with the airline industry and the airline manufacturing, airplane manufacturing with the lindbergh connection it's not inconceivable that had peoria said yes to his sponsorship, that peoria would have been in a good situation to follow lindbergh in his superstardom. back in the late 1800's, cities were facing a pollution scourge known as the horse in droppings of the horse and there were dire predictions that there would be ponied pooh piling as high as third floor windows in manhattan by the 1930s, so that's when the peoria plant the jury a brothers, charles and jay frank came into the picture and in 1893 developed the first gas powered car in america. they first started their experiment in peoria however their neighbors and other peoria and subjected to this sounds of the car because it startled their horses and they also objected the odor of gasoline to which years later when charles wrote a letter the father of aviation and complained about that they had to chan

f st. louis and across the mississippi river you have got st. louis, and east st. louis figured heavily in down state, illinois. >> the sheltons basically shelton gang was run by three brothers. charles she will only who was a leader. big earl his right hand man and youngest brother in the father bernard known as bernie now they were three of the seven children who grew to adulthooded in a family -- associated with old ma and pennsylvania shelton and deep southern specifically in wayne county which was in deep part of the state. they grew up very poor. they often had a tough time even having foods on the table. they lived in a very ram shack physical little house about four 3450eu8s east of fairfield, illinois. one thing, though, they did learn as kids and teenagers were to shoot guns. and to learn real well and eventually prohibition set in, they bought a tavern in east st. louis f st. louis and soon pen gaming, obviously, because prohibition they were engaging in bootlegs and started serving ot

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donald trump on his way to st. louis right now fighting for his political life and just within the last 25 minutes or so, we're getting a new look inside his plane surrounded by party head reince priebus. there's rudy giuliani in there, he's on the phone with mike pence, that picture snapped by his campaign manager. within the last hour, new reaction from one of the republicans calling on trump to drop out of the race after the release of the vulgar video from access hollywood in 2005. >> i will not be voting for donald trump. >> should donald trump withdraw from the race? >> i would support that. >> to defend the nominee, it's just rudy giuliani on the sunday show circuit. listen. >> men at times talk like that. it's obvious he's apologized for it. he'll remain in the race. it seems to me we should move on. >> even more bad news for trump, new polls out this morning, look at this, showing him lagging behind hillary clinton in key battleground states. we have so much to get into this hour and we have our team of reporter

showdown in st. louis.nd the gloves come off. >> tension reaching new heights, as the candidates break tradition, refusing to shake hands. that was just the start of it. >> good morning, everyone, you are watching fox & friends first. >> right out of the gate, the hits come hard as donald trump deliver on his promise following the first face-off. >> i take -- >> she didn't know the word the letter "c" on a document. if i win, i'm going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> it's just awfully good at that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> he owes our country an apology. and he needs to take responsibility for his actions and his words. >> you should be apologizing for the 33,000 e-mails that you deleted and that you acid washed. >> that was something i said about abraham lincoln. >> now she's blaming the lie on the late, great abraham lincoln. that's one that i haven't -

we are live at washington in st. louisolitical band in television. >> in the world. >> in the world. all right. we are getting ready for the second presidential debate. what is a make-or-break presidential debate. really at this point for donald trump after the release of that tape on friday where he makes vulgar, crude comments. joining us to discuss what he needs to do going into tonight, we are here with the cnn political commentator who worked for president obama in the white house. and we have a donald trump supporter, jeffrey lord, former political director in the reagan white house who supports donald trump. amanda carpenter is a cnn political commentator, former communications director for ted cruz. i don't think she supports donald trump. >> we'll see. things change. people can evolve. >> jeffrey lord, donald trump has been on twitter. >> uh-oh. >> i know. he's been talking about the republicans fleeing, denying their support for trump or not supporting him enough. this is one of his tweets. tremendous support exc

show down in st. louistake off. >> they refused to shake hands and here's just the start of it. >> i am clayton morris. >> i am heather childers. >> right off the gate. oh >> no handshake. >> donald trump delivers on his challenge following the first faceoff. >> i take classified materials very seriously. always have. >> yes, she didn't know the letter c on a document. if i win i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> it is awfully good someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you would be in jail. >> he owes our country an apology and he needs to take responsibility for his actions and words. >> the thing you should be apologizing for are the 33,000 e-mail that you deleted and you acid washed. >> that was something i said about abraham clinton. -- lincoln. >> now she is blaming the lie on the late great abraham lincoln. honest abe never lied. that's the big difference between abraham cli

when she boarded the plane to st. louis from westchester new york today, the pool reporter shouted a question at her and asked her for her response to the trump tapes. she chose to ignore them as we have been reporting. she will not likely speak about that before tonight. on board, there were more than a dozen of her top advisers. they have to be feeling pretty good about the past 48 hours in terms of the news cycle. they think her wikileaks leaks are paling in comparison to trump's audio tapes. we know that she does have about a dozen top advisers with her and she will not be doing a walk through here as she did in the past at the past debate. now it's safe to say shep that this will be no lincoln douglas debates. those took place in 1858 not far from where we are in st. louis. if you look back in history, the two candidates had breakfast together and then went on to debate for many hours. one notable point about that debate as we were talking about this morning, steven douglas had a sore throat at the time and went on sta

we are live in st. louiswashington university for tonight's second presidential debate with just hours to go, there is a whole lot to discuss. >> all right. i want to bring in our panel right now to discuss, ed martin, the former head of the missouri republican party, hillary rosen is a cnn political commentator, hillary clinton supporter and democratic strategist, michael nutter is a cnn political contributor and the former mayor of philadelphia, and geena loudoun is a trump supporter in the host of american trends with dr. geena. edward martin, jonathan martin, no relation, i assume, that there's a memo to trump surrogates to say attack those republican who is have cut and run from donald trump in the last 24 hours. i don't know if you have gotten that. >> i haven't gotten that. >> i think jonathan martin is a terrific reporter here. what is your message then to these republicans like john mccain? like kelly ayotte? like rob portman. i can go on down the list. these all said they will not vote for donald tr

the eye's emily riemer in st. louis this morning, where that city wrapped up just hours ago with the big debate. emily: randy, erika, good morning to both of you. policy took a backseat to scandal, everyone waiting to see how donald trump would react to questions about that now infamous recording on his behavior with women and with less than a month to go until the elections, kind of remains to be seen how voters reacted to what we heard here. we'll get into all of it shortly. first i want to check in with cindy with a first look at your forecast back in new emily. we are starting out chilly. it's 45 degrees in boston right now. the skies are clearing out. look at that wind out of the northwest. sustained at 20, gusting along the coastline closer to 30 miles per hour, and on the cape and the islands, we're gusting closer to 40, if not over 40 miles per hour. there's a wind advisory until noon. could be gusts closer to 50 miles per hour. all about that wind bringing in drier air, chilly air. 45 in lawrence. 41 in worcest

he had a speech in st. louis which was an interesting day for you in st. louis because it was the first time he took a flight in want of the right inspired flyers in which a couple of the most exciting days of his life. interesting for a guy who was hunting elephants. so the archbishop asked in a between between st. louis and indianapolis if you would stop in peoria. that happened to be on columbus day. so it was october 1910. and so that he said absolutely. because they were great friends. so roosevelt came here and once the city found out he was coming, of course they are going to throw him a big celebration. aided by having a procession go down athens street from downtown all the up to the be getting caching all the way to the beginning of grandview drive up the river's edge. they were schoolchildren lined up on the street. people just cheering ted as he went by. he had a toothy grin and is waiting. the flags are waving. the plan was to come up to the country club, which are still there on grandview drive anyone of launcher and speak at the hall in the e

washu in st. louis, missouri, when we have time sometime we'll talk about their hookup and why it is that our cameras this time every four years always end up at washu. great college in a great town. >> danforth. look up the worth danforth and you'll figure it out. >> that's a great debate. >> they do. that's a fantastic campus as well. we are back. steve schmidt is standing by to talk to us. steve's words have carried great weight these last three days as they have this entire campaign season. he's most notably and most recently a veteran of the mccain/palin effort. steve, what will tonight prove or disprove? in your view, should tonight be happening at all? >> look, i think donald trump's campaign for presidency effectively ended on friday. there are moments in campaigns of stability and fluidity. since the first debate we've seen donald trump's poll numbers collapsing and we see the private poll numbers taking place in senate races, for example, all across the country. numbers really in free fall. so

i'm martha maccallum in st. louis now an even bigger moment that will happen as debate two takes center stage. good morning from st. louis. >> martha, good afternoon from new york. i'm bill hemmer. mike pence put out a statement where he talks about he doesn't condone the remarks, cannot offend them. i'm grateful he's expressed remorse and apologized to the american people. the trump team going into damage control, trump releasing a video statement around midnight. today he says there is no chance he will drop from the race. his opponent, hillary clinton, also reacting, this is horrific, we cannot allow this man to become president, end quote. she has been hit with a surprise of her own in the past 12 hours. here is senior political correspondent mike emanuel live in st. louis as well. how is the clinton team reacting to all of this news today, mike. good day to you? >> low key in terms of a response, in terms of hillary clinton's reaction. the tweet was sent, but otherwise the clinton campaign seems to want to stay o

gina loudon, who is from st. louis. >> from st. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> 30 days until the elections and the polls showing a tight race in battleground states. they're mapping it all out, coming up next. we'll stand by for that. >>> more trouble for samsung this morning. why do phones keep exploding? that's bad for business. upgrade your phone system and learn how you could save at vonage.com/business >>> good morning. welcome back to "fox & friends." some breaking news overnight. a cop killer has now been captured after a tense 12-hour standoff. police say that known gang member john felix opened fire on two police officers in palm springs, california, during a domestic disturbance callple one of those officer os is a brand-new mother to a 4-month-old baby girl and the other officer killed jose vega a 35-year veteran and father of eight. a third officer was also injured and he is recovering in the hospital, we're told this morning. felix is now facing two counts of murdering a police officer. >>> another fox news

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a short time ago, in the debate hall in st. louis, his walk through. hillary clinton says the first time she'll react to the video, donald trump vowing he will never step down. and tom llamas leads us off. >> reporter: looking into the political abyss from his trump tower penthouse, donald trump found a personal lifeline just outside the lobby. a crowd of supporters. >> are you staying in the race? >> 100%! >> reporter: those cheers, the only bright spot in the darkest 48 hours of his campaign. that explosive video, trump caught on a hot mike talking with tv host billy bush on about trying to sleep with bush's onetime co-host, nancy o'dell, who was married. >> i moved on her, and i failed, i'll admit it. i did try and [ bleep ] her, she was married. >> reporter: trump on a bus heading to meet soap star arianne zucker. then they spot her. >> hot as [ bleep ]. in the purple. >> whoa! >> yes! the donald has scored! >> reporter: trump, then preparing to greet the actress. >> i better use some tic tacs you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- i

the gateway city of st. louis. inside, however, within the basic campus confines of this debate as you see the first guest seats have opened up. we're an hour away now, it has taken a darker turn when donald trump summoned the press corps into the room. >> so watch him debate prep, which was actually him sitting there with four women who have accused bill and hillary clinton of various kind of sexual misconduct or mistreatment. you know, if the clinton campaign has been saying run his campaign however they want. however he wants to run his campaign and they'll run their campaign the way they want to run it. the question is, how much of this outside circus can be brought on to that formal debate stage tonight? i think the regardless of what happens on the debate though, i think the republican party has to decide what they're going to do with the legacy of donald trump and what he has made their party stand for. just trying to manage mitt romney, had hillary clinton been in nominee or john mccain doing this sort of t

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♪ >>> we are at washington university in st. louishere ten hours from now donald trump, hillary clinton will face-off for their second debate. this as the media are ablaze with damaging stories about each candidate that are virtually certain to surface tonight. for trump it's a decade old videotape that shows him engaging in vulgar talk about groping women, those words causing a storm of criticism, even among some conservative commentators and fellow republicans. we will talk to the reporter who broke the story. for clinton e-mails dumped by wikileaks revealed some of what she said in those big money beaches to wall street firms include not just embarrassing phrases but positions that seem to contradict her public pronounce mts. we begin with those hot mic moments from trump's 2005 "access hollywood" taping with billy bush and some is graphic. >> i moved on her like a [ bleep ]. i couldn't get there and she was married. all of a sudden i see her, she's now got the big phoney [ bleep ] and everything, i'm automatically attracted to bea

." >>> and ready for the showdown in st. louis tonight. i'm kristen welker coming to you live from missouri university. are you pump up and excited? that says it all. this is is the place where in six hours from now, clinton and trump are going to be facing off for round two, the second presidential debate, and this one, it may not be too kid-friendly tv than tox the october surprise for trump. and the all-out gop revolt that followed. >> i am automatically attracted to the beautiful -- and i start to kiss them and i'm like a magnet. either way, and when you are a star, you can do it. they will let you do anything. >> anything you want? >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> i have not a perfect person or pretended to be someone i am not, and anybody who knows me knows that these words don't reflect who am i. i said it. i was wrong. i apologize. >> there is a little bit of the elephant in the room, and it is a troubling situation, and i'm serious, it is. >> i believe that the only option is to formally ask mr. trump to step down. >> we go live

in st. louis, steve krafft, "fox 10 news." >>> and meanwhile local republicans are weighing in and some are even withdrawing support from the trump campaign. john mccain he officially with drew his support for donald trump. he tweeted there are no excuses for donald trump's offensive behavior. cindy and i will not vote for him and then had a link to a longer statement on website. senator jeff flake he was the first arizona republican to weigh in on that controversy today. he said donald trump is wrong about his level of support. he needs to withdraw from the race. and then some strong words late tonight from jan brewer, the former arizona governor. she has been a staunch supporter of donald trump and does still support him but she wrote in part i am repulsed by the detestable language used by donald trump it was wrong, inappropriate and disgusting. and there are also many we have not heard from the sheriff joe arpaio. jeff dewitt, the state treasure or governor doug ducey. we have reached out to a

clinton a few hours ago landing in st. louis. trump's campaign just tweeted out pictures showing the gop nominee preparing for the debate on stage. with more on what we can expect in tonight's debate, karen is in ou you do it. >> reporter: it swept the hurricane from the headlines, plunged the republican party in to chaos, and prompted a rare apology. >> i said it. i was wrong. and i apologize. >> reporter: tonight donald trump takes the debate stage in st. louis amid controversy about lewd remarks caught on a hot mic in 2005 while he taped a segment with access hollywood. >> i'll admit it. i did try to [ bleep ] she was married. condoleezza rice, carly fiorina and more voicing objection of the nominee. some calling on him to withdraw and let mike pence lead the ticket. trump said no way and saturday afternoon emerged from the doors of trump tower to a crowd of supporters. those standing by him argued trump made the comments well before entering the political arena and has been changed by the campaign trail. >> i'm not justifying

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>> could be an ugly night in st. louis. chuck, we're going to check back in with you later in the show. we we'll beki has called for trump to get out of the race. we'll be streaming it on nbc.com and you can watch it on msnbc. >>> our other big story this morning, the damage from what was hurricane matthew, the storm turning towards the atlantic. miguel almaguer is in wilmington, north carolina, where cleanup is underway. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. plenty of misery. yesterday in this area there were nearly 600 water rescues. today unfortunately four people still remain missing. hundreds of rescuers remain in this area. they're scouring local neighborhoods. walking through flood water making sure everyone is okay. more than 11 inches of rain fell in this area. the hurricane responsible for 11 deaths here in the u.s. meantime, as you mentioned, that cleanup effort is underway. some estimates between 4 to $6 billion. of course, this hurricane pummelled florida, the carolinas and georgia. all four of those states

they are all local residents of st. louis and have been getting trapped about how the night will prepped about how the night will unfold. i am sure it their pulses are quickening because it is closer to getting on the stage. it is quite an important role for each of the people who will be called on tonight. let me bring my colleague peter slen into this. tell us social media, what you can about the trump campaign full -- facebook posting, which give some sense of the direction he will be taken after his own events. peter: about a half an hour ago, donald trump posted a live broadcast on his face but page. there is a political story about that. withsted a surprise panel bill clinton's accusers. for women who have accused bill clinton of sexual misconduct. here is the video. ?r. trump: are you ready >> does your star power allow you to touch other women? mr. trump: these of very courageous women have asked to be here and it is an honor to help them. they will have an individual statement. we will see you at the debate. >> i am

the fine men and women at the st. louis pd were helped. as they placed her in the vehicle she asked, do you think you could put those handcuffs on me? >> did you enjoy your ride this morning? >> oh, yes. handcuffs and all. >> how great is edie simms. >> i feel like she brought them cookies. >> right off the buc when you lose your lacrosse game to an intense game of rock, paper and scissors. they were tied when their game was called off because of lightning so how to determine a winner? how about a best of three series of rock, paper, scissors for all the marbles? >> rock, paper, scissors, shoot! >> oh. >> oh. >> so close. >> rock, paper, scissors, shoot! and so western michigan wins the game. that dayton player who was in the game afterwards, quote, overall a pretty tough loss for u.d. that is a way to go. >> now i want to play it, do we have time? >> yes. >> 1, 2, 3. >> 1, 2, 3. >> maybe we don't have time. >> oh, my gosh. >> i think this could take a while. >> we'll continue to take a break. >>> coming up next, we'll go back to st. louis

hallie jackson is in st. louis this morning, site of tonight's looking ahead to the potential for more fallout in the gop. trump's team straken and strategizing, his campaign manager and head of the party pulling out of planned sunday show appearances. through it all, though, donald trump insists he is sticking around. a defiant donald trump with a fist pump delighting his supporters outside trump tower, but inside what one source close to the campaign describes as paralysis after reckoning within the gop, dozens of republican members of congress taking back support of their nominee including all female republican senators except iowa's joni ernst. >> i will tell you who i'm not supporting and that's hillary clinton. >> the fallout coming after this recording surfaced from access hollywood, a program owned by nbc universal. >> when you are a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. trump said he wasn't a war hero now deciding trump's hot mic moment was just

he is in st. louis. we will take you back to st. louis shortly. you there? >> i'm here.e had a little audio problem. there has been one story that dominated for the last 48 hours and the old trump tape. we will look at whether that is over the top and talk to the reporter who broke the story. >> how long did they sit on that story before releasing the tape? how long have they known they had that tape of donald trump? >> it's amazing that it took this long to come out and comes out on the eve of the second debate. suspicious questions about the timing. >> what a coincidence. we will see you in 20 minutes. what can we expect tonight? our panel is next and it's a good one. stay with us. you can run an errand. (music playing) ♪ push it real good... (announcer vo) or you can take a joyride. bye bye, errands, we sing out loud here. siriusxm. road happy. to be taken care of. in good hands? like finding new ways home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh... but with added touches you can't get everywhere else, like claim free rewards... or safe driving bonus checks. even a claim

emily: we are live in st. louis this morning fact-checking the presidential candidates, the answers earning them both low special interests that oppose question 2 that's "absurd," says the boston herald. "outright lies," reports the lowell sun. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. she saw the boots and fell for fall all over again. but that's the beauty of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find, >> we are here at the 22nd ride to treat als. over 200 riders have raised more than 150,000. randy: good morning. the event. emily was there. >> nice then, and you know what, it is cold, but it is going to be sunny. >> it sure is, and you can see right now the skies are clear over boston, and we have a lot of sunshine in store today but lo

we're live in st. louis tonight, blair miller, fox 25 news. >> a lot town pack there blair, we'll check back with you in a little while. the republican party meanwhile reeling in the wake of the release of trump's lewd comments. several promments in republicans have publicly condemned his behavior. today the calls continued for trump to drop out of the race. >> well, i think donald trump should step aside which i've been asking many times today. >> i'm out, i can no president. >> reporter: there is a bit of an elephant in the room. and it is a trouks situation. >> i think it was the response of everyone else the horrible remarks, the remarks you certainly don't want to hear from anyone much less a presidential candidate. >> trump made it clear he lntsd be dropping out of the race. president obama also weighed in today. we'll have his reaction coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> the republican presidential candidate has still very much up for grabs according to the latest poll out late last week. it shows clinton

karen travers there in st. louis, thank you. >>> and do stay with us as we have more social media reaction later this half hour. >> we'll have more debate reaction later on "america this morning," and "good morning america." >>> breaking news, the u.s. navy says two missiles fired from rebel held territory in yemen lajded near an american destroyer in the red sea. water near the uss mason. that's stationed near norfolk, virginia. no americans injured. it's not clear if the mason was deliberately targeted. >>> hurricane matthew is expected to be the most costly storm to hit the u.s. since sandy in 2012. the storm barrelled up the east coast leaving behind flooding and a massive mess. marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: in matthew's aftermath, lingering concerns in the carolinas. >> the weather map shows hurricane matthew is well off the shore into the ocean, but our minds, the impact of hurricane matthew is still here and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: warnings about more possible flooding following scenes

wisn 12 news' nikole killian is standing by in st. louis with a preview of the debate. but first, we want to take you inside the debate hall. this is a live look from washington university where crews are working around the clock to get things ready. you'll notice a few changes from the last debate. chairs are set for the candidates. undecided voters. about 40 voters were selected to participate in the town hall style debate. the nominees will answer questions from them, via social media and the moderators. they'll get two minutes to respond to each question. this debate will run 90 minutes. now let's send it over to our nikole killion who joins us live outside the debate hall in st. louis. adrienne: and nikole what could happen tonight? nikole: despite all the controversies representatives from both campaigns tell us they really wth back to the issues. at washington university it's the calm before the storm, with the stage set, hillary clinton and donald trump arrived in st. louis for their second face-off. in a preview of what could come he tweeted out this link from

we're life at washington university in st. louis, missouri. we have a loud and excited crowd here as we are awaiting the arrival of the presidential nominees here on the campus of washington university. welcome to all. i'm aarerin burnett. this is a special edition of "out front" on this debate night in america. hillary clinton and donald trump have so much on the line tonight. the stakes for trump have skyrocketed higher since the leak of that video. trump caught making sexually aggressive comments about women. tonight, we expect that donald trump will talk about those remarks directly, going beyond his scripted apology that he posted late friday evening. he heads into the debate with more top republicans abandoning him, formally withdrawing their support and some want him to withdraw completely. he said there is zero chance of it happening. clinton refused to publicly talk about the trump video, but she will be doing that tonight. she saved her fire for this evening. we're told she made it a part of her debate prep once the news broke friday

as i mentioned, we are in st. louis, missouri. in a few hours, donald trump and hillary clinton will face off in their second presidential debate. you're looking at the debate stage right now. it'll be moderated by anderson cooper as well as martha radd z raddatz. it'll be conducted in a town hall format and feature questions from undecided voters. how will donald trump handle the fallout over that video tape. the lewd and vulgar comments about -- boasting about sexually assaulting women in the newly published 2005 tape. the comments have plunged the republican party into chaos. less than a month before the presidential election. the trump campaign says he will apologize for the lewd remarks this evening. we got this picture moments ago of trump doing a walk-through in the debate hall. here's what rudy giuliani told me earlier today about what trump will have to say this evening. >> he is going to apologize for what he did. he is going to explain to people that that is not the man he is today. and he is going to count on the fact

what to expect on the debate stage in st. louis. hayley: some of us got some much needed rain today from what was hurricane matthew. when this rain exits and the cooler air that moves in. adam: two people killed in a fiery crash in nashua. what investigators believe happened moments before the car flew off an off-ramp and burst like we do. now, wmur news 9 at 6:00. adam: u.s. senator kelly ayotte is speaking out for the first time tonight since withdrawing her support for donald trump. her decision comes after a video was released of trump making lewd comments back in 2005. good evening. i'm adam sexton. cherise: and i'm cherise leclerc. now, her challenger in the senate race governor maggie hassan is firing back. wmur's kristen carosa joins us wmur's kristen carosa joins us now with the details. officially spoke to reporters today. she tells us she wanted to support her party's nominee but she says the tape that was released friday referenced assault on women and can no longer stand behind donald trump. for several months, senator

from washington university in st. louis, i'm shepard smith. for the journalists at fox news, good night. >> announcer: this has been a debate. hillary clinton and donald trump go head to head in st. louis.. and the tension was apparent from the moment they stepped on stage. political reporter theo keith is live in the newsroom with more. trump's political future -- on the line tonight in st. louis. right away, he faced the lewd come raged over the past 72 hours. debate number 2 started without a handshake. donald trump quickly faced questions about lewd and sexually aggressive comments he made in 2005 that surfaced friday. cooper: that is sexual assault. trump: no i didnt say that at all. this was locker room talk. im not proud of it. anderson cooper women, and trump eventually said he had not. here was how hillary clinton addressed the trump comments. i think its clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he istrump then went after bill clinton, bringing up accusations from four women about clinton's sexual transgressions. if

while head of the st. louis v.a., unsanitary practices, potentially exposed more than 1,800 veterans to viruses or bacteria. >> i met with employees this morning. and we talked about what went on in st. louis. and the message i said was i don't believe that any employee comes to work to do a bad job. and therefore if someto know about it. i cannot fix what i don't know. >> reporter: shell begin defended his appointment, saying when she learned of the issues in st. louis she took immediate action and shut down the clinic in question. >> that suggests that we want leaders who know how to make decisions who act on behalf of veterans and put patient safety at the top >> reporter: despite questions the phoenix v.a., advocate res main skeptical. >> there's not been a director who came in here, stayed and fixed anything. >> prior to talking with the media today, the new director met with representative patrick and john mccain. he expressed his concerns about nelson's qualifications to lead. he said he will not rest unt

welcome to washington university in st. louis.romise by president lincoln. they created a government of the people, by the people, for the people. this great democratic has brought fire to much of the world including to singapore, my home. today, too many democratic governments are being undermined by the different visions of the world. of the responsibilities to their citizens. this debate provides a momentous occasions. they agreed it's important to stay engaged in the democratic process. if they have any meaning at all. come november 8th, citizens will cast their bals ones that democracy is an ideal. on behalf of the student body, i am proud of washington university for giving advice to the competing ideas at the core of democracy. thank you. >> they are about to introduce the spouses right now. john king, this is a moment that we are going to see and maybe there will be hand shakes and maybe there won't be, but this will potentially set the tone for tonight. >> bill clinton and melania trump did shake hands and bill clinton is

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jennifer griffin is here in st. louis, but we begin with chief political correspondent, carl cameron in new york city. hi, carl. >> hi, shannon. the last the 24 hours have been the most tumultuous of donald trump's entire presidential campaign. those tapes have caused republicans across the country to denounce him, some saying that he should let mike pence be on the ticket. and so the next 24 hours are likely to be just as tumultuous with tomorrow night and the debate in st. louis against hillary clinton, where questions about this entire episode are sure to come up. donald trump says he will never withdraw from the race. and amid gop demands that he quit told "the washington post," quote, they're not going to make me quit and they can't make me quit. he told "the wall street journal" there's, quote, zero chance i'll quit and the support i'm getting is unbelievable. house speaker paul ryan disinvited trump to wisconsin's fallfest today after hearing the 11-year-old tape of trump's profanity-laced boasting that his fame al