. >> and i'm john berman. yesterday the president-elect called the cia's claim ridiculous. says it's another excuse to undermine his victory. and why wasn't this brought up before the election? in fact, it was brought up before the election, a lot. back in july, we learned that the computer networks and democratic committee has been hacked and brought up in this joint statement by the department of homeland security and director of national intelligence one month before the election. >> and moments ago, the republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made very clear he thinks this is a big deal. and said this, the russians are not our friends and says he has the highest degree in confidence in the intelligence committee and it's something worth investigating, which appears to put him at odds this morning with the president-elect. let's go to political reporter manu raju. you were in that press conference with motorcycle. while careful in his language, manu, senator mcconnell made big statements. >> indeed he did. he did not want to look like he was criticizing preside

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. call it a thank you tour. call it a victory lap. it's probably a little of both. donald trump now moments away from leaving on a two-city trip that doubles as a celebration of his election win and the completion of at least part of a campaign promise. we are now looking at live pictures from laguardia airport in new york city. you can see donald trump's personal plane right there. it will take off shortly heading to indianapolis. of course, that campaign promise that he made to get the air conditioner manufacturer carrier to keep jobs in indiana instead of sending them to mexico. there's a deal to save 1,000 of those jobs. we don't know the details but we could learn some when he visits the facility in indianapolis shortly. >> then later today, donald trump takes the show back on the road for the first time since the election, heading to cincinnati, ohio. for the first of what's described as several rallies planned in states that helped donald trump secure the white house. let's go to

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. call it a thank you tour. call it a victory lap. it's probably a little of both. donald trump now moments away from leaving on a two-city trip that doubles as a celebration of his election win and the completion of at least part of a campaign promise. we are now looking at live pictures from laguardia airport in new york city. you can see donald trump's personal plane right there. it will take off shortly heading to indianapolis. of course, that campaign promise that he made to get the air conditioner manufacturer carrier to keep jobs in indiana instead of sending them to mexico. there's a deal to save 1,000 of those jobs. we don't know the

i'm will ripley in for john berman. >> good to see you. i'm christine romans. 31 minutes after the hour. up first, donald trump ready for a hero's welcome in indiana along with mike pence. pence and unknown incentives were key to convincing carrier to keep 1,000 jobs in the state instead of exporting them to mexico. we get more from jim acosta. >> reporter: will and christine, donald trump will take a victory lap of sorts later today when he tours a carrier factory in indiana. the same factory he railed during the campaign for shipping jobs to mexico. donald trump and mike pence say they are keeping jobs in the u.s. steve mnuchin says this is donald trump making good on the promise. >> the carrier deal, it is terrific. the president-elect and vice president-elect picked up the phone and called the ceo of united technologies and said we want to keep jobs here. i can't remember the last time a president did that. >> reporter: the transition is not offering details on the carrier deal. later today, trump will appear in ohio. his staff is call

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> i'm john berman. kate bolduan is off this morning. breaking news, a morning of firsts and lasts for the president-elect. the first time he taps someone other than a white male to be part of his administration. we have learned that south carolina governor nikki haley is the choice to be the first ambassador to the united nations, an up and coming leader in the republican party. on the subject of firsts, this is her first foray into international relations. other names floating this morning, reports that ben carson has been offered hud secretary. mitt romney is still a leading contender at state. and former cia chief david petraeus would take a job if offered. we are waiting for word on those picks. however, their days end up, none will have a better day than tater or tot. they are the turkeys now in the running for presidential pardon. this will be the final turkey commutation for president obama, coming in just under four hours. i tried and failed to get a countdown clock for that. let's start with th

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm john berman. kate is off today. our breaking news, any minute, you are looking at live pictures right now from san antonio, where police will hold a news conference on the huge manhunt currently under way for the person who gunned down an officer who was sitting inside his police car, just outside police headquarters. after this ambush, the shooter drove away. as i said, there's a manhunt under way right now. we are waiting for updates on any developments there. for the past 24 hours, four officers around the country have been shot. this has happened in three different states. so this is a cause for concern this morning. again, we will bring you to san antonio the minute that news conference begins. >>> meantime, this morning we are watching trump tower, where there is a flurry of activity and wide range of new unanswered questions, in some cases evaded questions. is the president-elect about to announce his pick for secretary of state or defense? are there any lines at all between the business of trump inc. and the

. >>> welcome "inside politics" i'm john berman in for john king. exactly two months from today president-elect donald trump will become president. donald trump much to do before then. much to talk about. one person who was uncharacteristically not talking at least publicly about things other than broadway musicals. he's been camera shy. but there was this photo op with mitt romney the 2012 republican nominee and former harsh personal critic of donald trump. the two metaphor 90 minutes at trump's benminster, new jersey resort. >> we had a far reaching conversation with regards to the various theaters in the world where there are interests of the united states of real significance. very thorough and in depth discussion in the time we had. and appreciate the chance to speak with the president-elect and look forward to the coming administration. >> close group meeting on the president-elect's meetings and actual cabinet and staff picks. no question they made some waves. >> a man who seems to be a champion of white supremacy, number one strategist in th

dick berman of illinois reelected as senate democratic whip. chuck schumer did not say who will replace senator john caster who faces reelection, but they created a new leadership post for bernie sanders. the independent from vermont, senators elizabeth warren and mark warner also will serve as policy advisers and they have been given new titles serving as vice chairs of the senate democratic conference. the democrats did go on camera this morning to talk about those leadership elections. paul kane who covers the senate for the "washington post" said the first senate democratic leadership team presser without harry reid in 18 plus years. bit jarring not seen him there. we will look now at that senate democratic agenda news conference. >> we had a great meeting. went very smoothly. i am humbled, truly humbled and honored to receive their support of my colleagues to be the next leader of the senate democratic caucus. i am even prouder to introduce the team joining up here today, which i will get into soon. i came into this job fully aware of its

. >> and i'm john berman. all eyes on trump tower this morning maybe for white smoke signaling maybe we have a secretary of state or secretary of defense or an attorney general. you'll get a live picture right now from trump tower. we are expecting president-elect donald trump to announce key cabinet selections soon, maybe even today. vice president-elect mike pence, he's expected to arrive at trump turn shortly. he is now leading that transition process. a process now described as a cluster mess, but with different words. an insider describes a knife fight over key appointments and others call it buffoonery. >>

john berman is off today. president-elect donald trump laying out his vision for america and about those campaign promises. the wall, maybe more of a fence. obamacare, throw it out but not all of it. locking up hillary clinton? maybe not so much. in his first major sit-down since winning the election, donald trump sounding a bit different from candidate trump when speaking to "60 minutes." listen to this. >> when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered? >> yes. because it happens to be one of the strongest assets. >> you are going to keep that? >> also with the children living with their parents for an extended period. >> you are going to keep that? >> we are very much going to try to keep that. adds cost but it's very much something we will try and keep. >> are you really going to build a wall? >> yes. >> they are talking about a fence in the republican congress. would you accept a fence? >> for certain areas, i would. but certain areas, the wall is more app

. >> and i'm john berman along with kate bolduan. "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> john and kate, thank you. welcome to n"inside politics." i'm john king, just across from the white house on a glorious day here. jefferson memorial off in the distance. thanks for sharing your time on this veterans day. just moments ago, president obama at tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. [ playing "taps" ] [ playing "taps" ] >>> it will be president trump leading that solemn ceremony next year. president-elect trump 69 more days and tone and temperament again the talk of the town. pitch perfect yesterday at a white house meeting with president obama. >> mr. president, it was great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. thank you. >> and again, donald trump on message in later visit with republican leaders on capitol hill. >> we're going to do some absolutely spectacular things for the american people. we look forward to starting, and we can't get started

. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour. it is veterans day. hat's off to the veterans across the country. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. the breaking news this morning. this is portland, oregon within the last hour. we saw these confrontations between police and demonstrators there. just a short time ago, we heard from a police sergeant. sergeant pete wilson. he said what started as anti-trump demonstrators. some 4,000 people ended up being 100 or 200 violent protesters. he described as anarchists. setting fires and breaking windows. police, he told us, were using non lethal responses like pepper spray and paint guns. there were several arrests, he told us, as well. we get the sense and we're checking inasmuch as we can with portland. we get the sense the final 200 people who policed described as rioters has started to leave the scene. these pictures from a short time ago. we are told the situation is a bit more calm. portland is one of a dozen cities coast to coast where thousands of people were protesting resul

." >> i'm john berman. it is friday, november 11th, veteran's day. it is 3:00 a.m. in the east. we want to welcome our viewers in the and around the world. breaking news this morning, protests across the country against the election of donald trump. these are live pictures from los angeles where you can see police are still on the streets there as well as demonstrators. we also have live pictures from portland, oregon. this was really the site of some of the most tense moments overnight. police declared these demonstrations actually a riot in portland after demonstrators threw projectiles at officers and smashed car and store front windows. also, on the portland twitter feed, the police warned rioting is a class c felony. the damage that we saw in portland, but we saw thousands and thousands of people on the streets once again all across the country. for the first time, donald trump has responded directly to this. he did it in a tweet, and he blamed the media. he wrote, just had a very open and successful presidential election. now professional protesters incited by the media ar

. >> i'm john berman. nice to see you. 30 minutes past the hour. welcome viewers here in the united states and all around the world. the breaking news. many celebrating the election of donald trump. others are not. protests in cities across the country against the results of the election. against the man that voters picked to be the 45th president of the united states. this was dozens of cities from boston to portland. protesters chanted not my president. not today. protesters in los angeles brought traffic to a standstill. this is the 101. thousands more filled the streets in oakland. they lit fires blocking some thoroughfares. one woman suffered injuries walking into traffic. and in new york, 5,000 people demonstrated in front of trump tower. some expressed fear for the fate of women and minorities under the trump presidency. >> donald trump will reenact harsh stop and frisk. >> and a woman and latina, i feel very upset and oppressed. >> we should tell you, these pictures are from new york and california. those were states that did not vote for d

let's begin with john berman to break down the numbers of how we got here. john? >> good morning, alisyn. as of roughly 7:00 a.m. this morning, we have a new president-elect. that is donald j. trump. as of now, he's got 289 electoral votes, at least. hillary clinton with 218. there are still a few states that we have yet to call. look at this, michigan, minnesota, new hampshire and michigan. you know, donald trump 15,000 votes ahead. 42,000 votes for hillary clinton in minnesota. and if we can look at new hampshire, this is a big wow. new hampshire just 307 votes separate the two. we're not going to call these races any time soon. we're going to wait for the secretaries of state of these states to tell us what happened because they don't change the outcome here. donald trump is the president-elect. hillary clinton with only 218 electoral votes. the big story the blue wall, her blue wall crumbled. donald trump picked up wins in wisconsin and pennsylvania. no republican has won in pennsylvania since 1988 and no republicans won in wisconsin since ronald reagan. hilla

let's get to john berman who is helping us with all the numbers. what dayou so you see, john? >> let's look at the chambers. republicans have 51 senate seats. the democrats 47. that guarantees a republican majority. let's take a quick look at the run down. illinois was the one bright spot for democrats. tammy duckworth and mark kirk. that was the one flip all night long. in florida marco rubio won re-election. after he loss the race for president, he jumped back in the senate race. in indiana todd young beat evan bayh. turned out to have some real problems as a candidate. flipside for the republicans in po po, roy blunt an incumbent there was a troubled candidate, but he was swept into office on the wave defeating jason kander. in nevada, harry reid's senate seat remains in control of his senate seat in that state. new hampshire, still too close to call right now. the incumbent kelly ayotte 1,500 votes ahead and so too the senate race too close to call. in north carolina, this was thought to be a republican seat in jeopardy and did not turn out to be the case. burr defeated de

let's go to john berman, john. >> good morning, a little after 4:00 a.m. in the east coast, donald trump will be the 45th president of the united states. as of right now, he's already won 289 electoral votes. we have three states still remaining to call, michigan, minnesota also, new hampshire. maine, also, we did just call maine. but one interesting detail about the state of maine. donald trump will one one electoral vote in the state of maine. the first republican to win an electoral vote in new england since 2000, that is because it's based on congressional districts. some other information we want to give you right now, hillary clinton is at 218 electoral votes. 289 for trump. no republican has won pennsylvania since 1988. no republican has won wisconsin since ronald reagan couldn't even go there after the convention. but hillary clinton did win some states including california and virginia, bringing her total to 19. dramatically fewer than expected. one of the big surprises alisyn brought up say little bit ago, donald trump they had coattails, republi

. >> and i'm john berman. zero days to election day. zero. no more minutes until poll opens in most parts of the country. counting down to history, big history. either the country elects the first president with no government or military experience. >> or the 45th president of the united states will be the first to be a woman. either way, it has never happened before, ever. that is clearly a very big deal. so big that we will now tell you that the polls are just now opening in hawaii. meaning all 50 states are now open for business. millions of voters have been lining up across, all over the place, since before dawn. donald trump and his wife melania arrived to cast ballots, we saw a short time ago in new york city. a while ago hillary clinton voted in chappaqua, new york, along with her husband, bill clinton. >> whew! >> so much at stake in the race to 270. our reporters in place across the country. es special lit battlegrounds states you may have heard us mention once or twice or 1,000 times over the past 18 months. >> first to cnn's jason

this is election day. >> john berman here alongside christine romans. we will watch as hillary clinton deplanes at westchester county airport. a long, long day for hillary clinton. she just had a rally in raleigh, north carolina. now returning home, awaiting for jeff zeleny who is on the press plane to get to a camera to tell us what it has been like. joining us right now we have cnn's phil mattingly who was in raleigh, north carolina with the hillary clinton campaign in the studio with us. sun lynne safati, reporter extradordinair. phil, first to you, tell us what the mood was in north carolina for the final rally before she headed back to white plains where she is right now. >> reporter: yeah, john, definitely coming off a high off the philadelphia rally, biggest rally of the campaign by far, 33,000, 34,000 people there. huge stars, not just the musician type, jon bon jovi and bruce springsteen, but president obama and the first lady hammering home an emotional message. it was as big as it got for the campaign. it wasn't a campaign defined by massive

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but we begin with fox business network blake berman live in washington with the clinton campaign. blake. blake: pick a swing state on this day and chances are you are going to see one of the top democrats campaigning there today. hillary clinton starts her day in pennsylvania, a couple of hours from now and moves onto michigan. two states that democrats have won the last six presidential elections but clinton force today defend the strongholds in the final days of the campaign here. she closes her day in ohio and will be represented in states all over the map on this final friday. for example, tim kaine campaigns in florida, bill clinton, colorado, chelsea clinton, new hampshire. president obama holds two rallies in north carolina. the vice president joe biden will be in wisconsin and bernie sanders stumps on the nominee's behalf in iowa and nebraska. part of clinton's final push today is trying to portray donald trump as too unsteady to occupy the oval office. a theme she has been hitting for weeks. here she was yesterday in north carolina. >> this is someone who at another rally

. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, november 4th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. no more fridays after this one in the campaign. let's give you the headlines. developments overnight in the race. donald trump as you heard took a swipe at hillary clinton asking a number of veterans and military leaders if they can imagine hillary clinton being this be boss. can you imagine her being their boss. hillary clinton went after donald trump accusing him of dog whistle politics. blaming him for support in which he has denounced. this as both candidates are in pennsylvania and ohio today. >>> this morning, counting to 270 is hard because it is a big number and you don't have enough fingers and adding up the states to get to 270 is getting complicated. for you unfamiliar with ways of our republic, you need 270 votes to win the election. hillary clinton wants new hampshire. now polls find it tied there. and a new poll from nbc news has donald trump ahead by one point. he has no chance without georgia. joining us this morning is cnn political reporter eugene scott. start with n

. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, an important friday, november 4th. 3:00 a.m. in the east. >> final friday of the race, four days to go. here is the latest for you. donald trump overnight takes a swipe at hillary clinton, asking veterans to imagine her as commander-in-chief. hillary clinton slams donald trump, accusing him of dog whistle politics. this as both candidates find themselves also in two of the same states today, pennsylvania and ohio. >> this morning counting the 270 is hard, not just because it is a big number and you don't have enough fingers but because adding up the states on the electoral map to get to 270 is getting more complicated for each candidate. for those of you unfamiliar with the glorious ways of our glorious republican, you need 270 electoral votes to win the election. hillary clinton wants new hampshire to be part of her equation. suddenly polls show a tie there. in georgia there's a new poll there that has donald trump ahead by just one point. he has no chance without georgia. the bottom line here, folks, is it is close. joining us

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. the fate of the world is teetering and it's up to you to save it. no, john, this isn't the tag line from the next avengers movie. it's actually what president obama is saying on the campaign trail right now. essentially we are all going down and only you can save it. we are waiting right now to hear much more from the president. he will be speaking any

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. we do begin with breaking news. president obama breaking his silence on the firestorm surrounding the fbi director and his disclosure about reviewing e-mails that could be related to the investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail server. >> let's go straight to cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, this is the first time we are hearing from the president on this issue since the bombshell came out on friday. walking a line here. what kind of line is he walking? >> reporter: i think you could argue he

. >> i'm john berman, it's wednesday, november 2nd. if you went to sleep last night, you missed a bunch of stuff, hillary clinton, she went after a donald trump supporter. she went after a protester during an event in florida during a way that we haven't seen before. donald trump's campaign denounced support from the kkk newspaper. and the fbi put out a statement defending itself after tweeting out documents from a long-closed clinton investigation, from a long dormant twitter account. >> both candidates were deep into the trail, late last night, we saw something from hillary clinton we have not seen before. she went right after a protester who called her husband a rapist. watch this. >> i love this country. i think we are already great. now, i think we can be greater. and, you know, i am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump. it is time for us to say no, we are not going backwards. we're going forward into a brighter future. >> all right. the very passionate hi

." >> i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 3:00 a.m., early in east. six days to go until the race for president. developments changing by the hour. here is the latest, overnight hillary clinton angrily lashed out at a trump supporter from the podium at a rally in florida. donald trump's campaign just hours ago denouncing a show of support from the kkk's official newspaper. the fbi out with a statement defending itself after tweeting out documents from a long-closed clinton investigation from a long, dormant twitter account. >> let's start with less than a week to go, both candidates out on the trail deep into the night. we saw something at the hillary clinton event we haven't seen before. this was a rally in sanford, florida. she went right after a protester who called her husband a rapist. watch this. >> i love this country. i think we already are great! now, i think we can be greater. and, you know, i am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump! it is time for us to say no, we a

>> i'm john berman. it is the final fort night which means two weeks. it does, that's what it means. it means two weeks. >> fort night. >> more importantly, it means every bit of news is a big deal. a big bit of news is a really big deal. and now there is news about obamacare which donald trump hopes is a huge deal to voters. >>

john berman is here. we have a funny show. >> we barely made it. >> they don't need to know that. donald trump and hillary clinton trading barbs at the charity dinner hours after the last debate. the political rivals got big laughs, but trump got booed for abandoning decades of tradition with blistering attacks on clinton. >> folk who have been to the dinner have never seen this before. it comes on the heels of trump's continued refusal to say he will honor the results of the election. now he will do it if he wins. we're just 18 days now until election day. we're covering this for you from all angles. we have >> you can see ahead of the remarks here at this dinner maybe how the night was going to go. hillary clinton, definitely more her crowd. she had more visitors coming up to her than donald trump. donald trump ended up with more boos as they abandoned for a tone they have taken in this bruising election battle. >> hillary is so corrupt. she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: donald trump and hillary clinton were supposed to play nice. >> it's amazing i'm up h

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. it's 11:00 in the east, assuming you are willing to accept that fact, john. 19 days before america picks a president or as donald trump might say, allegedly picks. because in front of the entire country, donald trump now suggests that in his view, the presidential election is somehow conditional. he might not buy the outcome. he wants to keep us all in suspense. >> he said that despite the fact his running mate, party chair, campaign manager and daughter all say something different. the question is, will he say it again this morning. he does have an event coming up in ohio. we will take you there live. but first, hear what he said just one more time. >> do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely, sir, that you will absolutely accept the result of this election? >> i will look at it at the time. >> are you saying you're not prepared now to commit to that principle? >> what i'm saying is i will tell you at the time. i will keep you in suspense. >> let me respond to that, b

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. exactly three weeks until election day, one day until the big debate today. just moments from now, hillary clinton will be heading off to las vegas ahead of tomorrow's third and final presidential face-off. that will also make it five days since hillary clinton has been off the trail studying up. >> no one told me there would be math. >> sorry, especially coming from me. new topic to the debate curriculum. newly released fbi documents revealing a top state department official tried unconvincingly to convince the fbi to declassify an e-mail from clinton's private server. according to fbi interview notes, those conversations were seen to include a quid pro quo, at least according to fbi officials. the fbi and state department both deny that claim. we'll speak with fbi spokesman john kirby in a moment. >> four new national polls have hillary clinton ahead, holding anywhere from a four-point lead, which is not so big, to a 12-point lead, which is wicked big. >> technical. >> the whole thi

i'm john berman. it is tuesday, october 18th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, melania trump with the first statements of accusing her husband of groping and sexual assault. in an interview with anderson cooper, she rejects the claims stating they are an orchestrated conspiracy. she was asked about the comments on the 2005 "access hollywood" tape where he bragged about grabbing women's genitals because he was famous. she dismissed that as boy talk and he was egged on by billy bush. this is some of the interview. >> it was ten days ago. what did you think when you first saw it? >> i -- i said to my husband, you know, the language is inappropriate. it is not acceptable. and, i was, surprised because that is not the man that i know. and as you can see from the tape, the cameras were not on. it was only a mic. i wonder if they even knew that the mic was on because it was kind of boy talk. he was egged on like -- egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> you feel the host billy bush was egging him on? >> yes. >> bringing much more of anderso

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, october 17th. this morning, donald trump says the fix is in. the media has it in for him. paul ryan has it in for him. even "saturday night live" has it in for him. when you lost "saturday night live" you are losing. trump insists the polls are rigged for hillary clinton. hillary clinton with an 11-point lead with three weeks to go in the race. a washington post poll which trump likes more. hillary clinton with a four-point lead. let's get the latest from chris frates in washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump continues to push this idea that the election is somehow rigged despite not providing evidence to support his charges. in fact, on sunday, he tweeted the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media. also at many polling places. the facts don't bear that out. a 2012 investigative reporting project looked at over a decade of data. found just ten cases of voter impersonation at the polls on election day. meanwhile, democrats are really trying to use trump's claim of a rigged electi

blake berman has more on this. >> a couple thousand emails you mentioned thomas several days of this show hillary clinton's campaign manager, concerning the lead up to clinton's candidacy that she would be held accountable for the clinton foundation and also worrying debates surrounding the transpacific partnership could make going awkward presidential launch. among many thousands of emails released over the last several days, we have gone through them, we have gone through several themes including apparent coziness between the clinton campaign and some in the media, after a cnn reporter, a tweet involving refugees and email showed top clinton aide cheryl mills asked others on the campaign are we going to try to have the liberal media respond to the suspension the way conservatives would if reversed? another rate instructed to find out if that reporter wants, quote, backup. in the past hour in florida donald trump went on a diatribe against what he called the, quote, corporate media and he said the wikileaks email so many factions of the media are out to elect hillary clinton. >> the

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm john berman. kate is off today. want to show you live pictures right away from ocala, florida. donald trump is set to hold a rally there just minutes from now. will he, a, attack hillary clinton, b, attack members of his own party, c, all of the above, or d, he has been on twitter the last few minutes so that could mean something. we will take you there live. this follows a night where he bashed the republican establishment, namely senator john mccain and house speaker paul ryan. trump ripped them as the sort of human shackles who are weak and ineffective who have been holding him back and who trump says he wouldn't want to work with anyway. listen. >> i don't want his support. i don't care about his support. what i want to do is i want to win for the people. the first sign of a little bit of difficulty, he unendorses. >> all right. >> i wouldn't want to be in a fox hole with a lot of these people. >> cnn's jason carroll is live at the event in ocala, florida following the trump campaign. what are we expecting to se

wikileaks dumping additional revealing john podesta appeared like berman has the details from washington. >> more than a thousand e-mails sent from wikileaks focusing on john podesta appeared here's a couple items that caught our eye. may 2015, month to a book written in a story. campaign spokesman brian fallon e-mails is that he's been given a headset with the department of justice about a filing for a proposed production schedule for clinton e-mails to be released. the republican national committee sent out a statement saying instead of facing his or her actions like others have permissions and protect it at every turn by the obama administration so she can continue to do policy for the last eight years. her statement targeted trump. donald trump has once again cheered on russian hacking after you willfully misrepresented the debate that hacking may not be happening. the wikileaks really shows coziness between the clinton campaign and individuals within a media outlet including the new york times commits cnbc communication and cnn. donna priscilla cnn and the interim committee chair sh

. >> i'm john berman. the breaking news, anarchy within the republican party and donald trump's twitter account. right now, trump has spent the last few hours, last few minutes, raging, not against the democratic nominee but against the senior elected republican in the country, house speaker paul ryan, on twitter, moments ago, trump wrote, it's so nice the shackles have been taken often me and i can now fight for america the way i want to. that came just after trump called ryan weak, ineffective and disloyal for declaring he can no longer defend trump and he slammed ryan and other republican leaders for what he calls zero support. >> let the record show after the first debate donald trump went on a tweet storm against a former miss universe. after the second debate, it was paul ryan. at least this time, he waited until after dawn and he didn't mention a sex tape so there is that. let's start our coverage with cnn senior political reporter manu raju. where should we begin? >> well, this party is in self-pre

john: we have fox team coverage blake berman, senior national correspondent john roberts live in st. louis, john. >> donald trump is going to be in pennsylvania, northwest of pittsburgh and later on in the day back in campaign trail after campaign and republicans believe was a strong performance. we will see in the coming day ifs he managed to move the needle but at the least he appears to have gotten the gaping wound that was caused by the release of that hot mic tape from 2005 and kellyanne conway saying she believes it's unfair to use seasmual abuse to describe the incident involving donald trump. listen to her this morning. >> i will tell you somebody who has worked with and certainly has in my life as i'm sure victims of sexual assault, it demeans them to equate that with political purposes. >> it looks like stability has returned to the trump campaign for the time being. mike pence was on fox and friends this morning. he was upset about the release of the tape and what was said on it and that he had some words of advice on friday for donald trump and what he should do. >> i enc

. >> i'm john berman. welcome to "early start." what happened just a few hours ago in st. louis will be talked about for generations and what political discourse reached a level never seen before and not a high one. donald trump's campaign staggered after the video where the bragged he could grab a woman's genitals. then he went to attack mode and hillary clinton responded. >> look, it's just not true. >> you didn't delete them? >> personal e-mails. not official. we turned over 35,000. >> what about the other 50,000? >> please allow her to respond. she didn't talk while you talked. >> that's true. i'll try not to in this debate because i'd like to get to the questions that the people have brought here tonight to talk to us about. >> and get off this question. >> okay, donald, i know you're into big diversion tonight. anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it is exploding and the way republicans are leaving you. >> the news this morning, however forceful trump's attacks were and style and substance from the first debate. viewers thought hillary clinton wa

john berman: as you can see right there, he suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. trump: uhhhh, i don't know what i said. uhhhh, i don't remember! i mean, i'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. blood coming out of her... wherever. debate moderator: would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? >> now on news 9 this morning. breaking overnight. donald trump issues an apology after an offensive remark about women comes to light. the latest on the the track of hurricane matthew and a system over the weekend ahead. amy: a toddler is dead and an investigation is underway. the charges the child's stepfather is facing. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 8:00 on saturday, october 8th. i'm amy coveno. got a cup of coffee going, we hope. we're continuing to track the lives in florida as it continues to move up the coast. abc's lauren lyster is live with the latest on the storm. good morning to you, lauren. >> good morning. matthew is now bringing a tornado watch to part

. >> i'm john berman. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. you will want to pay attention. deadly hurricane getting close to florida and other southeastern states. hurricane matthew now a category three storm. it is tearing through the bahamas right right now. it is expected to regain strengths before it makes landfall in the united states. where would that be? it could be north of miami up to north carolina. that means millions are under evacuation orders across a wide order right now. which includes st. augustine. you can see the traffic jams. long lines for gas. long lines at grocery stores with folks buying up everything on the shelves and sheets of plywood. residents are warned to take the orders seriously. they are expected to receive devastation not sinioce 1992. >> you cannot restore a life if it is lost. you can rebuild. we want to minimize any possible loss of life. >> protecting lives is the priority right now. there would be massive destruction. >> the weather forecasters are saying the decisions you make now are life or death decisions. joining us now with the

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. >> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. we're live from farmville, virginia, in the immortal words, who am i, why am i here, because, friends, it is debate day in america once again. the one and only face-off for running makes pence and kaine just hours away. as hillary clinton is seeing a bump in the polls. donald trump taking some lumps in the headlines. he had a bad week and, yes, your calendar is correct, it is just tuesday. the controversies piling up over his taxes and foundation. >> five weeks now until election day. donald trump is down five points to hillary clinton in our latest cnn/orc poll and the four-way race. let us begin our coverage. she is just outside the debate hall here at longwood university. big week. >> it sure is. donald trump's no good, very bad week certainly adds to the drama and ups the states around the vice presidential debate tonight where the responsibility no doubt will squarely fall on his running make mike pence's shoulders to defend and their ticket against all these controversies. inclu

i'm john berman in today for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. here in new york. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us. up first -- 36 days and counting until the presidential election, and team hillary clinton out in force armed with new ammunition against donald trump over his taxes. the "new york times" reports that trump record add $916 million loss in 1995, which would have allowed limb to legally avoid paying federal until taxes for up to 18 years. a clinton spokesman, hardly impartial we might add, call it is a bombshell. we'll listen for new reaction from hillary clinton this hour. she gives an economics speech in the battleground state of ohio. we have live pictures, i believe, from that event site. no. live pictures of me. bill clinton, he sshe on th he trail. and vice president joe biden in florida. there we go. that's where bill clinton will be speaking in saginaw, michigan. all right. not saginaw. that's biden in florida. live pictures from the joe biden florida event. as for donald trump,e

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour right now. what's $916 million among friends? $916 million at the center of the taxes and how much trump paid or didn't. the new york times received three pages from the 1995 state return showing a $916 million loss. he lost that much. the times suggests could allowed him to pay no federal income taxes for up to 18 years. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity. it shows why trump is reluctant to release the tax returns. both campaigns reacting to the d disclosur disclosures. chris frates has the latest. >> reporter: the trump campaign has not discussed the story. the statement went on to attack clinton before arguing that trump had a fiduciary responsibility as a businessman to pay no more tax than legally required. >> the times fails to point out he has an obligation as the head of a business to take advantage of and use the lawful deductions and tax advantages that are available to you. so the relate is this is part of our tax code. the man's a genius. he knows how to operate the tax code. >>

. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, september 30th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> the washington post reporting that the trump foundation never required a certificate from the state of new york to solicit money from the public. this despite the foundation claiming to raise $1.7 million in donations. just for veterans groups this year alone. the key word in determining whether the trump foundation broke the law is solicit. whether the foundation asked for the donations. for years, trump was the foundation's only donor, since 2008, trump has not given the foundation a dime. while according to the post, other donors have given more than $4.3 million. david fahenhold who broke the story in the post told anderson cooper that by not registering, trump may be avoiding a damaging audit. >> if he registered every year, he would have an independent auditor. ask the question, did the foundation spend money that benefitted donald trump in the way it wasn't supposed to? we found allegations where that happened over the years. and if required to go through the au

. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour. donald trump says he won the first debate no matter what anyone else says or the polls. in a conference call, campaign officials suggest he is angry that advisers are admitting he struggled in the first debate and pushing him to change tactics for the second. in a rally last night, trump raised a new conspiracy theory that the internet is rigged against him. >> the new post debate poll that just came out. the google poll has us leading hillary clinton by two points nationwide. and that's despite the fact that google search engine was suppressing the bad news about hillary clinton. how about that? >> oh, no. google-gate. cnn and others have looked into the idea that google rigged results in searches. it is not true. >>> trump refusing to back down on alicia machado. overnight, trump told fox news he saved her job after she gained weight. >> this is a person, bill, that was the first one under my ownership. she did not do well. she had a lot of difficulties. you know, they wanted to fir

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. donald trump says he won the first debate no matter what anyone else is saying. in a conference call, trump suggests that he is angry that some admitted he struggled in the first debate and they are pushing him to change tactics. last night, trump raised a conspiracy theory. >> the new post debate poll that just came out. the google poll has us leading hillary clinton by two points nationwide. and that's despite the fact that google search engine was suppressing the bad news about hillary clinton. how about that? how about that? >> so this google-gate, suggestion that google was filtering information about the hillary clinton campaign. this is something cnn has looked into. it is not true. >> not true. >>> donald trump is also not backing down on his criticism of one-time miss universe alicia machado. he said he saved her from being fired after she gained weight and in return i got nothing. >> this was a person, bill, the first under my ownership. she did not do well. she had a lot of

i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. less than six weeks to the election, not a moment to lose. candidates are lighting up the campaign trail. they are in battleground states, shockingly. donald trump barnstorming the midwest. he heads to iowa and wisconsin later today but first, he is speaking in the great state of illinois before the polish american alliance. we will take you there live. you are looking at the podium at the moment. >> for hillary clinton and her team it's like a swing state sing-along with all sorts of guests. michelle obama is in philadelphia in just a few minutes campaigning for hillary clinton. chelsea clinton in north carolina. as for hillary clinton herself, she will be in new hampshire with bernie sanders. bernie sanders might be her new best friend as she tries to reach out to millenial voters. this as there is a new report of anxiety inside trump world about his debate performance. the "new york times" says advisers want to make sure he's more prepared for the next face-off with hillary clinton, less obsessed with tiaras and maybe the size of ex-beauty