Are different. Jim acosta joining us live in nairobi. We knew this was probably going to come up the president was likely going to address it but what was the reaction to the words he chose to use, standing right there next to the kenyan president . Reporter it was stunning. Despite what it seemed like a Family Reunion for president obama, he sparked a cultural controversy here in this country as he pressed kenyan leaders to make more progress on the issue of gay rights. The kenyan president was having none of it. Ladies and gentlemen, the president s reporter it was a dustup on his fathers home turf as president obama clashed with the kenyan leader over the issue of gay rights. The president condemned the widespread discrimination faced by same sex couples in kenya and across africa comparing it to the jim crow days back in the u. S. As an africanamerican in the United States i am painfully aware of the history of what happens when people are treated differently under the law. Reporte
With women and latinos . Such a nasty Woman Trust Fund we have some bad ombres here and were going to get em out. Question three, can a candidate named clinton really expand the map into ruby red republican states . Im reaching out to all americans. Democrats, republicans and independents. Because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be. To grow the economy. To make it fairer. To make it work for everyone. With us on sleep deprivation day to share their reporting and insight it is, Jackie Kucinich of the daily beast, cnns jeff zeleny, reed wilson of the hill and cnns sara murray. Whether the republican nominee will accept results is an open question. I will look at it at the time. Im not looking at anything now. Ill look at it at the time. What isnt in doubt is Hillary Clinton enters this post debate 2016 stretch in a commanding position. Significantly more money in the bank. That was significantly, speak english. And a superior organization. As the focus turns to
Map stands right now. Plus the best political minds from insights on the campaign trail. Edition of state of the union with limited commercial interruptions starts now. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington. The state of our union is down to the wire. Just hours to go now until the American People pick a new president. The stakes are high. So are the tensions. Especially, perhaps, among democrats who see the race tightening in key states. Hillary Clintons Campaign has been banking on a blue wall. Diehard democratic states she was banking on for a victory. Donald trump says not so fast. Were going into what they used to call democrat strong holds where were now either tied or leading. Were going to minnesota. Were going up to minnesota which traditionally has not been republican at all and were doing phenomenally. We just saw a poll. Minnesota, a state that has not gone red in a president ial contest since the nixon landslide of 1972. And now trump and his running mate, mike pence are bot
To walk back his isis remarks, he simply is not doing it. Last night you said the president was the founder of isis. I know what you meant. You meant he created the vacuum and lost the peace. No. Hes the founder of isis. I do. Hes the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award, i give her, too. Hes not sympathetic to them. He hates them. He is trying to kill them. I dont care. He was the founder. The way he got out of iraq, that was the founding of isis. They screwed everything up. You dont get any argument by me by using the term founder, and by hitting the term founder theyre hitting on you again. Mistake . No. Its not a mistake. I think theyre liking it and i give them the most valuable player award and i give it to him and i give the cofound tore hillary. Donald trump is speaking in kissimmee, florida. Cnns jim acosta is there. He said it again tonight, didnt he . Reporter he did. You might say, john, hes quadrupling down and this is the fourth event in 24 hour
Mea culpa or deathbed conversion. 81 days from a potential clinton clobbering and reality finally sinking in for the trump campaign. The past 24 hours weve seen an unprecedented attempt at a campaign makeover, metamore fa sis, call it whatever you want. Paul manafort, Trumps Campaign chief off the campaign resigning today. The campaign finally up with its first battleground tv ad after being pounded on the air waves by the Clinton Campaign. Then theres the candidate himself. Today traveling to flood stricken louisiana for a rare president ialstyle photoontouring waterravaged communities after last nights stunninged a mirtion that he regrets some of his controversial comments, particularly those he says may have caused personal pain. Its a headturning moment for trump who has run a scorched Earth Campaign for the last 430 days but cutting through all the noise, the only question that arguably matters Going Forward for trump is this . Are voters going to buy it . Because its hard to know