Hackers this time it was former secretary of state colin powell he got hacked and in part of his email cache we have him calling donald trump a national disgrace. Hillary clinton is set to be back on the trail tomorrow. And she has to get there, because theres only 55 days left in this election. And a lot of people are going to vote even sooner than that. Just nine days from now in some states. We have the state of play covered for you. Lets begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns. He has more on trumps child care plan. Good morning, chris. Well, this is clearly a play for the womens vote. And unveiling it in a critical state like pennsylvania is a political calculation. A bit unusual for a republican candidate, especially the idea of six weeks of paid Maternity Leave in the form of Unemployment Benefits for new mothers whose employers dont offer Maternity Leave. The critique on that is that this doesnt address leave for fathers. There are also some subsidies here otherwise known as tax breaks allowing parents to deduct the average cost of child care in their state based on the age of the child. And that would be available for up to four children, or elderly dependents. And the plan would also provide Tax Deductions for stay at home parents who have a working spouse. Donald trump speaking last night explaining his proposal, but in the midst of it, also mischaracterizing the work Hillary Clinton has done on the very same issue. Listen. For many families in our country, child care is now the single largest expense. Who would think that . Even more so than housing. Yet very little meaningful policy work has been done in this area. And my opponent has no child care plan. What trump got wrong there is the last part about Hillary Clinton. In fact, she has had a child care plan up on her website for a year. Her plan calls for 12 weeks of paid family leave, also essentially would put a cap on the cost of child care at no more than 10 of a familys income, and providing free prek for all 4yearolds. The Clinton Campaign says the trump proposal doesnt go far enough. They put out a Statement Last night. It says after spending his entire career and this entire campaign demeaning women, dismissing the need to support working families, donald trump released a regressive and insufficient Maternity Leave policy thats out of touch, half baked and ignores the way americans live and work today. So back to you, alisyn. Okay joe thank you very much. Former secretary of state colin powell tearing into donald trump in a series of leaked emails exposing how powell really feels about the republican nominee. Meanwhile, president obama slamming trump with some brandnew economic ammunition. Cnns correspondent Phil Mattingly has all of that. Hes live for us in flint, michigan, this morning with more. Hi, phil. Hey, alisyn. Yeah, colin powell has some thoughts you could say on donald trump. National disgrace. International pariah. Among the words powell, in those private emails, used to describe the republican nominee. Now powell hasnt publicly stated any of these things. As you noted his emails were hacked and those were some of the ways he described trump. The emails were confirmed authentic by a spokesperson for powell. Now, president obama, hes not keeping anything private. These are his feelings on donald trump. I really, really, really want to elect Hillary Clinton. Reporter dubbed Hillary Clintons surrogate in chief, president obama blasting Donald Trumps qualifications to replace him. One candidate whos travelled to more countries than any secretary of state ever has, and the other who isnt fit in any way, shape or form to represent this country abroad and be its commander in chief. One candidates Family Foundation has saved countless lives around the world. The other candidates foundation took money other people gave to his charity, and then bought a sixfoottall painting of himself. Obama rejecting trumps claim he is fighting for the working class. This guy who spent 70 years on this earth showing no concern for working people. This guy suddenly going to be your champion . Reporter in discrediting trumps portrayal of the economy. We have a false economy. We have a bad economy. By so many measures america is stronger and more prosperous than when we started out. On this journey together. Reporter obamas case bolstered by new u. S. Census numbers showing the middle class wages rising for the First Time Since the recession. And poverty rates dropping sharply. The president also slamming trump for his praise of russian president vladimir putin. Their nominee is out there praise iing a guy, saying hes strong leader because he invades smaller countries, jails his opponents, controls the press, and drives his economy into a long recession. Reporter trump fighting back on social media. Tweeting, why isnt obama working . And russia took crimea during the socalled obama years. Why does obama get a free pass . Obama pressing the media to do more to hold trump accountable. Donald trump says stuff every day that used to be considered as disqualifying for being president. And yet, because he says it over and over and over again, the press just gives up and they just say well, yeah, you know, okay. We cannot afford suddenly to treat this like a reality show. Reporter trump keeping up his attack on clinton for calling half of his supporters deplorable. Well my opponent slanders you as deplorable, and irredeemable. I call you hardworking american patriots. Reporter and continuing to go after his rival over her onetime use of a private email server. This is far bigger, and a far bigger scandal, than watergate ever was. Chris you kex expect those attacks to continue today. One of his stops is here in flint, michigan. Thats interesting for a number of different reasons. Flint in the water crisis still going on here was a huge issue in the democratic primary. Not so much at all in the republican primary. Trump more or less avoided weighing in on this issue. But his campaign is coming here. There are plans for him to stop by and tour a Water Treatment plant. Of note, this city is the second largest majority black city in the state of michigan. So trump continuing that outreach to minorities and working through at least public a address and arrive at a crisis that has been ongoing for now almost a year. And very interesting also a place that people will soon learn its not a place where you go and just say whats wrong. These are a people who are desperate for answers. So well stay on that. Phil thank you very much. Lets discuss. We have the Republican National committees chief strategist and Communications Director mr. Sean spicer. Good morning. Lets start with trumps child care proposal. Sure. A quick note but to put to the side, trump goes out and says Hillary Clinton has no plan. Untrue. Shes had a plan for over a year. But thats politics, okay. Hes wrong. Well put it to the side. The plan itself. Not typical gop thinking on this issue. We had steve king on. He was being diplomatic but he was saying well theres a couple of these things ive got to drill down on before we get to it and ive never seen a plan paid for by finding waste and fraud. Problems . No, i think this is absolutely bold. As ivanka and mr. Trump noted last night the way that our tax code was set up to deal with child care is almost 60 years old, right . The modern work force isnt dad goes to work and mom sits home. You now have two working parents in most cases and a lot of times the wife being the breadwinner. Child care is one of the biggest expenses that families have to deal with. I think what was outlined last night was a really bold, fresh plan that recognizes the modern world that we live in now. That allow middle class and lowincome families to address one of the biggest problems that families face. How to pay for child care. But one of the things that was really interesting about it was that it wasnt just about child care. It talked about dependent care and elder care, as well and recognized that the world that we live in now, sometimes, its a sick individual or a family member, but its also mom and dad now potentially moving back in, because they need to be cared for in a lot of cases. So the tax code doesnt recognize that aspect of how we live our lives know. And it ensures that we have the ability to care for our elder parents or family members that need care. Democrats say thats what weve been telling you guys for ten years. Can trump get his own party no, no. But i think the difference is the democrats talk about government providing everything. I think what you saw last night was a really bold, fresh, innovative way of ensuring that its paid for, and that and that it recognizes the different facets of how whats innovative about how its paid for. He said ill pay for it by finding waste and fraud and abuse. Looking at that unemployment aspect of it. The democrats just want to add up new spending. I think the difference is what trump did last night was made sure that he had a mechanism to address how to pay for it. He said ill find waste, fraud and abuse. Right. Steve said hes never seen that work thats the problem. What trump is talking about overall is saying were not going to have business as usual. Were going to go to washington, were going to make change, and were not going to settle for the status quo. Lets talk about the state of play. Hillary clinton says 50 of Trump Supporters are in the basket of deplorables. Right. And the other 50 are desperate. I mean lets not forget that. Its not just that 50 are deplorable. Its that if youre not deplorable youve got to be desperate. Trump plays to advantage and says look at the way she talks about you hardworking american. You cant be president when you talk like that. When he says Hillary Clinton has a hatefilled campaign a hypocrisy flag pops up and starts waving back and forth. Who is donald trump to say that anybody is a hate filled campaign with all that he has said. Look, first of all, every time that donald trump opens his mouth Hillary Clinton and every other democratic supporter and commentator goes off on donald trump. So he cant say this. When Hillary Clinton does it its almost like in a lot of cases she gets a pass and everyone tries to explain what she really meant. The reality is, this achbs insight into what she thinks, not about one candidate or another. Its one thing for candidates to go back and forth. You and i have seen that. Candidates go at each other. Its one thing to describe the entire degree of support that youre either this or youre that no but she didnt no, no, she didnt. She said 50 , she then said that was a mistake and she was talking about a small number of the altright people no, no, stop. Thats what she said lets talk what she literally said. She said deplorable half of which are racist, sexist she said half was too much. And the other half, and then she said and the other half were desperate. Okay. And then she came back the next day and she says i regret using the word half when speaking about deplorable. Meaning she stands by the fact that some, a good whatever majority are still that but she never addressed the other half. So she never addressed that saying that the other half are desperate. Understood and thats a point for criticism for her. But how do you set that up against this . When mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some i assume are good people. If you look at his wife she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to say. A total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. You call women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Oh, i dont know what i said. Oh, i dont remember just a taste because how much do you really want to see . How does your candidate then become the man whos going to speak out against hate filled campaigns . And again i think one, Donald Trumps taken a ton of criticism from Hillary Clinton and others on some of those comments. Two hes expressed regret for saying that he believes that when he caused never apologized for a single statement. My god he literally got out and said i regret the comments that ive made that have caused personal pain to other individuals. Ive chosen words at incorrect, wrong time. I dont know how much more he could have said. And everyone says well he should have said more. He did express regret for the way he, he said certain things and addressed certain people. So he did do that. In a lot of those cases hes talking about other countries or foreigners. What this was, what makes this thing that Hillary Clinton did very, very different is she basically said that if you dont support me, Hillary Clinton, and youre an american citizen, then youre either deplorable, or youre desperate, and theres nothing in between. Thats 20 million, 40 Million People that fit into that category. Thats a vastly different thing than singling out sometimes incorrectly so, a, a, a individual. If its a numbers game, and i dont think it is by the way, but just to give you the you know the benefit of your own premise, there are over a billion muslims in this world and he had said he didnt want any of them in. And now hes changed because were not like that in america and hes been learning that slowly. If its a numbers game he still loses. No, no. Theres a difference between addressing the safety of the United States and who were going to let in and why, and he wasnt addressing the safety 20 million american citizens hes saying that faith is nefarious. That theres something wrong with it and we need to keep them out. Thats what he was saying. Hes changed but you got to own what you say. Thats your point. What im talking about in that context he was talking about how to protect american citizens. What Hillary Clinton said was she was describing american citizens. That is a vastly different thing. Except she said that she overreached with the 50 . And youre now doing what you accused them of, explaining what he meant instead of what he said. And youre doing very well at it. But i also think that there is a big difference between anyway well go round and round. Theres a big difference, what she said described a huge, magnificent swath of american citizens that are voters in this country and it goes to her state of mind. Which is if youre not with me, if you dont believe in Hillary Clinton, somethings wrong with you. And i think state of mind, what did you go to law school all of a sudden . Let me ask you about something else. Your case is made and heard. By the way, the one thing that i think is really important to note, weve talked about this before but trump is starting his message continues to catch on. Ive taukd about it before that it wasnt just the National Polls we saw on ohio poll this morning from bloomberg up five. These polls in florida and ohio and nevada and iowa, are starting to mirror the National Polls. Theyre all trending in the direction of donald trump. We saw a poll in maine that hes tied. He continues to press forward even states like pennsylvania we were down 10 and 12. Were now down three and four. True the polls are tightening. All of them. When you see his message. Whether its child care, national security, immigration, its catching on. People are hungry for change in this country. Theyre either tired of the status quo, tired of a clinton that continues to tell you that i can live by one set of rules and you can live by another and hes also fanning a lot of flams of what make people angry which he had an entire field of republicans point out about him ad nauseam. It just wasnt effective because the mood was more important than their message. There is a chance that this man will be president of the United States. The polls are contracting. Were seeing that. What do you really know about him . This newsweek piece, it is odd. That your partys nominee is the first weve ever seen with this kind of business. Weve never had a guy with this success in the modern era running for president. Do you know anything about who holds the debt that he has about what his foreign relationships are and what they might mean . Do you know anything about sure, look. He filed a 50plus page Financial Disclosure form almost nothing in it about the nature of foreign partnerships. But what it does is it must by law require someone to list all of the assets that they have, and all of the debts that they are incurring. So everything is out there for folks to see. This no, we dont know who holds his debt, sean. We dont know. The piece that youre referring to is a hit piece and a recycled hit piece from the wall street journal that they did the other day. Now newsweek recycled it. The fact of the matter is they never contacted the campaign, they never talked to anybody. What we have is a series of hit pieces instead of a substantive discussion as far as what the Trump Organization im asking you what you know im saying i cant have a substantive discussion about something where i dont have any of the facts. Like i said, all of his debts and assets are outlined for anyone to go look at online through the federal election commission. Thats not true. Yes it is heres what he did. He put out a list of assets, as he once no, as required by law. As required by law. But it doesnt but it didnt punish over reporting so he listed lots of assets, lots of money, lots of net worth thats what he wanted to do with that statement. We understand that. We dont know who holds his debt. We dont know who he does business with overseas. We do not know. Its not