Ifill good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the second president ial debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and republican donald trump. The stage is set at Washington University in st. Louis. The most Unconventional Campaign in modern president ial history has reached entirely new levels. Fridays release of the video tape from 2005 of donald trump using lewd language and bragging about making unwanted sexual advances on women has prompted a number of republicans to withdraw their support from their partys nominee. Ifill tonights debate will be a town hall format where Hillary Clinton and donald trump will be taking questions from an audience of uncommitted voters, as well as from moderators Martha Raddatz of abc news and Anderson Cooper of cnn. Joining us at our table are our regular newshour contributors syndicated columnist mark shields, New York Times columnist david brooks, and amy walter of the cook political
Ifill good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the second president ial debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and republican donald trump. The stage is set at Washington University in st. Louis. The most Unconventional Campaign in modern president ial history has reached entirely new levels. Fridays release of the video tape from 2005 of donald trump using lewd language and bragging about making unwanted sexual advances on women has prompted a number of republicans to withdraw their support from their partys nominee. Ifill tonights debate will be a town hall format where Hillary Clinton and donald trump will be taking questions from an audience of uncommitted voters, as well as from moderators Martha Raddatz of abc news and Anderson Cooper of cnn. Joining us at our table are our regular newshour contributors syndicated columnist mark shields, New York Times columnist david brooks, and amy walter of the cook political
Near palm springs. The bus was traveling towards los angeles and was about an hour into the trip. Many of those killed were sitting toward the front of the bus asleep when the crash happened. It slammed into a big rig trailer traveling much slower. The force was so violent, the front end of the bus was completely surrounded by the truck. When it hit the back of the big rig of the trailer, the trailer itself entered about 15 feet into the bus. So you can see that it was a substantial impact. The Highway Patrol says the tour bus was operated by usa holiday based out of los angeles. Inspections of the companys only bus were done annually at least for the past three years. No problems were found. The ntsb has sent investigators to the crash site. The chp has also launched their own investigation. In arizona 17 people were taken to the hospital after a massive pileup this afternoon. It happened on interstate 17 just north of phoenix. Two dozen vehicles collided afer a commercial cattle haul
First Lady Michelle obama campaigned with Hillary Clinton today. Hillary, are you sure thats a good idea . Thats like simon trying to get garfunkle elected because when you stand next to trump, people think, i cant wait to vote for hillary. When you stand next to michelle, they think, youre blocking our view of michelle. [ laughter and applause ] thats right. [ applause ] michelle o j trail today. Said michelle, fine, ill go, but im not wearing the necklace. [ laughter and applause ] russian president Vladimir Putin praised donald trump today and said that trump has done a good job of energizing American Voters tired of the elites. Whats more amazing is he said it at a trump rally. [ laughter and applause ] putin dismissed the notion that russias attempting to influence our election, saying, quote, is no, id say were more like a t. J. Maxx the day after black friday. [ laughter and applause ] id say thats where were at right now. Donald Trump Campaigned in North Carolina yesterday wher
He laid out his new deal for black america. When asked what black america was, he said, havent decided, but probably off the coast somewhere. [ laughter and applause ] [ audience ohs ] i said i havent decided. Why are you groaning . [ laughter ] yesterday was Hillary Clintons 69th birthday, which means she probably spent today going through her facebook wall to read all of the birthday messages from friends and family. Lets check it out. Birthday, hillary. Janet posted, you rock, hills. Lets see who else wished her a happy birthday. Lets see clinton aide huma abedin posted, happy bday. Dont tell my husband about this website. [ laughter ] president barack obama posted, party at my place, and dont try to move any of your stuff in this time. [ laughter and applause ] Vice President joe briden posted, somebodys got a birthday shoulder rub coming their way republican nominee donald trump posted, if its your birthday, the calendar is obviously rigged. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] Tr