georgia, he met misty hampton, and somehow got her number and went back to the white house with it. and that was someone that they were on the phone with very quickly after that, obviously trying to get access to the voting software and coffee county. when meadows went on to georgia, the misty hampton coffee county story is interesting, just to remind folks of that story. which cnn broke yesterday. and caitlin, you will jump in if i get any of this wrong. but it seems as though coffee county election officials invited trump campaign officials to basically have access to their voting machines. which according to prosecutors who is not illegal, is that right? yes, it is not illegal. and she is somebody who basically had written this statement in and all of our colleagues are people who broke this fascinating story. but she had basically written the invitation to come and view the software, which they are not allowed to do. those are messages that were then transmitted to
that s what built the middle class of america. that, with just hours to go until the first democratic debate. and the stakes could not be any higher. a senior clinton aid tells cnn she sees this debate as her chance to put her e-mail troubles behind her and focus on the issues that she finds important. and we have learned that bill clinton is also in las vegas tonight. i want to bring in cnn s brianna keilar and henderson who have a lot of knowledge about this. it s the night before this democratic debate. she chose to a a swipe at donald trump right ahead. is this what we are going to see tomorrow? i think you re going to see her playing a bit of a general election game, but i also think this visit today to the trump hotel was her way of saying i am in town and i am here for this debate. because for hillary clinton, as we ve been reporting, she sees this as a chance to reset. she wants to talk about substance. she wants to connect with voters in a way the e-mail controve
testify under oaths about conversations between trump and comey. he said you said you hoped the flynn investigation i didn t say that. so he lied about that? well, i didn t say that. i mean, i will tell you i didn t say that. trump then denied ever asking comey to pledge loyalty to him. did he ask for a pledge of loyalty from you? that s another thing he said. no, he did not. so if he said those things under oath, would you be willing to testify under oath to give your version? 100%. 100%. trump agreeing to be deposed by special counsel robert mueller in the investigation. it s incredible. investigators have now sent letters to comey and the white house. they want the memos and they want the white house tapes if they exist. sara murphy is out front front at the white house. now we re going to have one person said it under oath. the other who has said he will say it under oath. this is one man s word versus another. that s right. it s a he said-he said
he responded by releasing some of those messages, the timing of which are raising a lot of eyebrows. now. a fifth accuser has come forward alleging she was sexual assaulted by roy moore decades ago when she was just 16. moore continues to deny any he says these charges are politically motivated. however, there is a growing chorus of republican lawmakers calling on moore to quit the alabama senate race, one senator even saying if he doesn t quit and he continues to run in the campaign and wins, the senate should expel him if elected. right now, president trump is heading home after this whirlwind 12-day trip to asia. he says that he has a major announcement to make when he returns. what will it be about? that s a question we need to cover. we re going to do it right now. we have it all to cover for you. michelle kosinski is live in our washington bureau. michelle? reporter: donald trump jr. himself is releasing what he says are the exchanges between him and wikileaks befor
shaved the beard. tanned. i miss the beard. we like the clean-shaven dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we will be live in moscow shortly. a former fbi director james comey speaking out. calling the president morally unfit to be president. and the kremlin has compromising information on president trump. comey s interview with george stephanopolus with abc news. he says anyone who treats women like pieces of meat and lies about everything is not fit to be president. is donald trump unfit to be president? yes. but not in the way i hear people talk about it. i don t buy stuff about him being mentally incompetent or early stages of dementia. i don t think he is medically unfit to be president. i think he is morally unfit to be president. comey was asked about special counsel robert mueller s russia investigation and what it might find about the president. do you think the russians have something on donald trump? i think it is possible.