Pence was on the defensive and very calm about it. And oftentimes, christine, he didnt answer the questions or come to a Rushing Defense of donald trump. Mark preston, stick around. John phillips, eugene scott, cnn politics reporter. Brian stelter, cnn media reporter and host of reliable resources. We we just heard from mark preston. I want to get some sound to illustrate what mark was talking about. Tim kaine almost sacrificed himself for Hillary Clinton. He didnt try to win for him. He tried to lose the debate for donald trump. Listen to the prepared lines that tim kaine came out firing against mike pence but really against donald trump. And donald trump supremacist. Your hired president in Hillary Clinton, or do you want in the fired president in donald trump. Donald trump cant start a war with miss universe. Hes got supporters. If you dont know the difference between dictatorship and leadership then deputy go back to a fifth grade civics class. Had we played the sound bite of mike
The american people. This is locker room talk. Im embarrassed by it and i hate it. It is locker room talk. It is one of those things. Locker room talk. Im not proud of it. Im a person who has Great Respect for people and my family and the people of this country. Certainly im not proud of it. That was something that happened. Reporter thats not exactly the message that republican elected officials wanted to hear about the offensive remarks. They wanted donald trump to be more apologetic and show more contrition. He went on the attack and attacked Hillary Clinton bringing forward three women accused of Sexual Harassment against bill clinton in the 90s. The question is whether or not the republicans will continue to abandon ship or whether he did enough to stabilize his campaign after a combative performance and going after Hillary Clinton on a number of issues in the contentious debate. A remarkable night. Manu, thank you. Lets break this down with the early media team. We have Brian Ste
Consequential debate of the lifetime at hofstra university. Hillary clinton and donald trump faceoff on stage for the first time. They have 90 minutes to convince you about the case of americas future. You may have noticed these candidates dont like each other much. This is not who slings the most mud or scores the most points, but who can lead the country when there are questions about race, terror, prosperity. The selection is tied up. We have new information this morning about how the candidates are preparing and who will be in the audience and what the moderator will or will not do. Lets bring in our cnn panel. Mark preston is with us. Yes, he is. Upset victory. Mark preston at the debate site. Here in the studio, Brian Stelter, host of reliable sources and then we have eugene scott. Mark, bring us up to date what the candidates have been doing. Reporter john and christine, it was five hours ago where Hillary Clinton wrapped up a latenight session. She did that after meeting with P
Media. The record shows trump in 2002 before the invasion did say he supported it. A number of donald trump attacks did land. Particularly on trade. Where he had Hillary Clinton on her heels through much of the debate. One thing we heard on the campaign trail as donald trump said. Stamina. That appeared to back fire. Listen to this. I just left detroit. I just left philadelphia. You have seen me. Ive been all over the place. You decided to stay home. Thats okay. I will tell you i have been all over. I met some of the greatest people ill ever meet within these communities. They are upset with what their politicians have told them and what their politicians have done. I think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes, i did. You know what else i prepared for . I prepared to be president. I think thats a good thing. Walking right into a tailor paid attack line. One thing is issues that were not brought up. Immigration, border wall and benghazi and the clinton founda
An attack. We can assume an appeal is coming. How is the Justice Department likely to proceed . Reporter the Justice Department is reviewing the opinion and weighing its options. It could appeal to a larger panel of ninth circuit judges to see if it gets a better result or go to the Supreme Court. We will wait. On pins and needles. Thank you, laura jarrett. Lets go live to atlanta and bring in michael moore. Former u. S. Attorney for georgias middle district. Where does it go from here and how long does it take . You have judge gorsuch who will have a hearing in six weeks and could end up on the Supreme Court. This case could end up in the Supreme Court. Right. Thats true. I think the Justice Department will look and make a decision about whether or not they want to ask for rehearing on bond. In front of a larger panel or they want the case to go back to the District Court some more evidence can be gathered. I would point out, ongoing to the Supreme Court for them is the best option fo