sort of outrageous statements so overshadows the e-mail stories that i think that she is getting a bit of a break on sort of what s in some of those e-mails. and donald trump has been talking quite a bit, abby, about this allegation that the vote in november is going to be rigged. president obama responded to that earlier today. take a listen. there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even you could even rig america s elections. i would advise mr. trump to stop whining and try to make his case to get votes. stop whining. stop whining. i wonder how donald trump is going to react. i wonder if that was almost the point. that was the point. president obama, of all people, has really taken a lot of joy in needling trump. you can remember, everybody remembers, the correspondents dinner where they did the whole skit about the birth certificate
attacks. the iraqi army driving back isis in the biggest and perhaps most barbaric fight against the terrorist group yet. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. the election is three weeks away. tomorrow night is likely the last time we ll see hillary clinton and donald trump on stage together. as they meet for the third and final debate. the highly anticipated faceoff comes as donald trump is lashing out at the clintons, at the republican party, at the media and at the women accusing him of, at the very least, inappropriate contact. as he steps us his warnings of the election being rigged against him. raising concerns about what may happen after the polls close. jim acosta is live for us traveling with the trump campaign in colorado springs. jim, mr. trump announced a new plan that he says will drain the washington swamp. reporter: that s right, jake. donald trump has has drained
directly into more practice here. so president obama is taking his turn at taking on trump today. hillary clinton giving a thumbs up, setting off for her final face-to-face showdown with donald trump. staying off the campaign trail and above the fray. president obama weighing in from the rose garden, talking of trump and his rigged election. i would invite mr. trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes. reporter: aides to clinton tell cnn she is bracing for the toughest tangle yet. they believe trump is becoming increasingly desperate. it could escalate in las vegas wednesday night. since the last meeting trump spiraling among republicans. new questions for clinton too. on hacked campaign e-mails, revealing one calculation after another. and paid speeches to goldman sachs showing a friendly approach to wall street. and whether the state department
with donald trump sitting in the audience. that was the nexus of this whole thing. they love to give trump something to chew on. i will say, it s been a few hours. no response so far. that s not really saying much. but i mean, perhaps the trump campaign realizes that that s this is what s going on and they re going to try to hold back and not get into it with him and sort of litigate the issue of rigged elections as best they can. last night, david, donald trump was in wisconsin and asked about paul ryan and if he believes that the republican speaker of the house wants donald trump to win. take a listen. well, i don t want to be knocking paul ryan. i think he could be more supportive to the republican nominee. we re doing well. i think we re going to win the election. do you think he wants you to win? maybe not. because maybe he wants to run in four years. he doesn t want to be knocking paul ryan, unless you can a follow-up question. then he is more than willing to do it.
candidate. one would think if he is doing this to me, a u.s. citizen and a journalist what can happen to others in this country who have not had the luck that i have had. one thing to keep in mind is trump s brash attitude with the media, it hasn t hurt his standing in the polls at all. that s is why he has the nickname of the teflon don. cnn political reporter sarah murray has more on that. reporter: the g.o.p. front runner battling with jeb bush calling him a mess over his defense of the term anchor babies. trump saying asians are offended that jeb said that anchor babies applies to them. but on the trail today bush striking back. needling trump as a candidate full of fury but lacking in