Statement on this, but in minutes its about to change. And what will she say about the new Clinton Emails just revealed . Tonight, round two. The rematch. It all starts now, live from Washington University in st. Louis. The president ial debates, comoderated by Martha Raddatz. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good evening. Strap on your seat belts. The race for president is about to take a strange new turn. Donald trump, still reeling from the video release, saying hes going to retaliate. There was a scene about an hour ago, trump at a press conference with women who he says have c e accused bill clinton of sexual harassment. Tom llamas, hes going scorched earth. Donald trump has always told me hes a counterpuncher, but this is the move he thinks can save his campaign. And the women, theyre not just there, theyre sitting in the front row. This could set off other Republican Leaders, still on the fence. Yes, the women who accused bill clinton are right over my shoulder. But Party Leaders who have not already abandoned him have stopped defending him. Others are watching. A bad performance by trump and they will leave en masse, taking Party Resources with them. One of them, trumps own running mate, mike pence. Cecilia, the running mate blind sided by this . Yes, there were aides who found out about this, and they look nothing short of shellshocked. And david, trump has a history with them. Yes, in an interview, trump said of bill clinton, the victims are terrible. Saying its a really unattractive group. And the moderators, our own Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper of cnn. Lets go to the debate hall in st. Louis. Good evening. Im Martha Raddatz from abc news. And im Anderson Cooper from cnn. We want to welcome you to Washington University in st. Louis, for the second president ial debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Tonights debate is a town hall format. Voters will ask questions of the candidates, and martha and i will ask followup questions. The people on this stage were chosen by the gallup organization, each with questions they want to ask. We saw those questions for the first time this morning. Anderson and i, and our team from abc and cnn are the only ones who have seen them. Both kacandidates will have two minutes to answer each question. Weve asked the audience not to slow things down with any applause. Except for now. Ladies and gentlemen, the republican nominee for president , donald j. Trump, and the democratic nominee for president , Hillary Clinton. [ applause ] hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hi. Thank you very much for being here. We will begin with a question from one of the members in our town hall. Secretary clinton, you will go first. Our first question comes from patrice brock. The last president ial debate could have been rated as ma, mature audiences. Knowing the educators have signed president ial debates as student homework, do you feel youre modeling appropriate behavior for todays youth . Thank you. Are you a teacher . Yes, i think thats a good question, because ive heard from lots of teachers and parents about their concerns about some of the things being done in this campaign. And i think its important for us to make clear to our children that our country really is great because were good. And we are going to respect one another, lift each other up, were going to be looking for ways to celebrate our diversity. And were going to try to reach out to every boy and girl, as well as every adult, to bring them in to working on behalf of our country. I have a very positive and optimistic view of what we can do together. Thats why my Campaign Slogan is stronger together. If we overcome the divisiveness and make big goals, getting the economy to work for everyone, not just those at the top. Making sure that we have the best Education System from preschool through college, and making it affordable, and so much else. If we set those goals and try to achieve them together, theres nothing in my opinion that america cant do. Thats why i hope we will come together in this campaign. Obviously, im hoping to earn your vote, be elected in november, and i can promise you, i will work with every american. I want to be the president for all americans. Regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion. I want us to heal our country and bring it together, because thats, i think, the best way for us to get the future that our children and grandchildren deserve. Mr. Trump, you have two minutes. I agree with everything she said. I began this campaign because i was so tired of seeing such foolish things happen to our country. This is a great country, a great land. Ive gotten to know the people of the country over the last year and a half that ive been doing this as a politiciapoliti. I cant believe im saying that about myself, but i guess i have been a politician. And my whole concept was to make America Great again. Watching deals happening, and horrible things like obama care, Health Care Going up by 69 , 71 , the iran deal and how bad a deal for us it is, its a onesided transaction, were giving back 150 billion to the number one terror state, weve made them a strong country from a weak country three years ago. When i look at all that ive seen, and all the potential our country has, whether its in business and trade, where were doing so badly. Last year, we had almost 800 billion trade deficit. In other words, trading with other countries, we had an 800 billion deficit. Its hard to believe. You say, whos making these deals . Were going to make great trade deals, have a strong border. Just today, two policemen were shot, killed, and this is happening weekly. We have to bring back respect to law enforcement. At the same time, we have to take care of people on all sides. We need justice. I want to do things that havent opinion done, fixing and making our inner cities better for the africanamerican cities, and the latinos and hispanics. Its called make America Great again. Thank you. Are you both modeling appropriate behaviors, was the question, and i can imagine, you called what you said locker room banter. You described touching them on their genitals. Thats Sexual Assault. Do you understand that . No, this was locker room talk. Im not proud of it, i apolog e apologized to my family and the american people, im not proud of it. But this is locker room talk. When you have a world with isis chopping off peoples heads, drowning people in steel cages, wars, so many bad things happening, this is like medieval times. Can you imagine the people that are frankly doing so well against us, with isis, and they look at our country, see whats going on with us. Yes, i am embarrassed by it, i hate it, and its locker room talk. I will knock the hell out of isis. Were going to defeat isis. It happened in a vacuum left because of bad judgment, and i will tell you, i will take care of isis. So, mr. Trump get on to much more important and bigger things. Just for the record, are you saying that what you said on the bus 11 years ago, you did not actually kiss women or grope women without consent . I have Great Respect for women. So, for the record i said things that frankly, you hear these things said. I was embarrassed by it. Have you ever done those things . No, i have not. And i will tell you, im going to make our country safe, were going to have safe borders, which we do not have now. From the middle east and other places. Were going to make america safe, great, and wealthy again. If you dont do that, it sounds harsh to say thank you, mr. Trump. Other nations are taking our jobs and wealth. Thank you. Secretary clinton, do you want to respond . Like everyone else, ive spent a lot of time thinking over the last 48 hours about what we heard and saw. You know, with prior republican nominees for president , i disagreed with them. Politics, policies, principles. But i never questioned their fitness to serve. Donald trump is different. I said starting back in june, that he was not fit to be president and commander in chief. And many republicans and independents have said the same thing. What we all saw and heard on friday was donald talking about women. What he thinks about women, what he does to women, and he has said that the video doesnt represent who he is. But i think its clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is. Because weve seen this throughout the campaign. Weve seen him insult women, weve seen him rate women on their appearance. Ranking them from 1 to 10. Weve seen him embarrass women on tv and twitter. We saw him after the first debate, spend nearly a week denigrating a former Miss Universe in the harshest, most personal terms. So, yes, this is who donald trump is. But its not only women and this video that raises questions about his fitness to be our president. Because he has also targeted immigrants, africanamericans, latinos, people with disabilities, p. O. W. S, muslims, and so many others. So, this is who donald trump is. The question for us, the question our country must answer is that this is not who we are. Thats why to go back to your question, i want to send a message, we all should, to every boy and girl, and indeed to the entire world. That america already is great, but we are great because we are good. And we will respect one another. And we will work with one another. And we will celebrate our diversity. These are very important values to me, because this is the america that i know and love. And i can pledge to you tonight, this is the america that i will serve if im so fortunate enough to become your president. And we want to get to some questions from online. Can i respond to that . Yes. Its just words, folks. Its just words. Those words, ive been hearing them for many years. I heard them when they were running for the senate in new york, where hillary was going to bring back jobs to upstate new york, and she failed. I heard them where hillary is talking about the inner cities of our country, which are a disaster. Educationwise, jobwise, safetywise. In every way possible. Im going to help the africanamericans, latinos, hispani hispanics, the inner cities. Shes done a terrible job for the africanamericans. She wants their vote, does nothing. Comes back four years later. When she was a senator mr. Trump, i want to get to audience questions and online questions. Youre going to get to respond now. This tape is generating intense interest, the single most talkedabout story of the 2016 election on facebook, with millions and millions of people discussing it. As we said, we want to bring in questions from voters around the country via social media. Our first stays on this topic. Jeff from ohio asks, trump says the campaign has changed him. When did that happen . So, mr. Trump, let me add to that, when you walked off that bus at age 59, were you a different man, or did that behavior continue until just recently . That was locker room talk. Im not proud of it. I am a person who has Great Respect for people, for my family, for the people of this country, and certainly im not proud of it. But that was something that happened. If you look at bill clinton, far worse, mine are words, and his are action. Theres never been anybody in the history of politics of this nation thats been so abusive to women. Hillary clinton attacked those same women. And attacked them viciously, four of them here tonight. One of the women who is a wonderful woman, at 12 years old, was raped at 12. Her client, she represented, got him off, and shes seen laughing on two separate occasions laughing at that girl who was raped. Kathy shelton is here tonight. Dont tell me about words. Absolutely, i apologize for those words. But it is things that people say. But what president clinton did, he was impeached, lost his license to practice law, had to pay an 850,000 fine to one of the women, paula jones, also here tonight. And i will tell you, that when hillary brings up a point like that, and talks about words that i said 11 years ago, i think its disgraceful, and i think she should be ashamed of herself, if you want to know the truth. [ applause ] can we please hold the applause . Secretary clinton, you have two minutes. Well, first, let me start by saying, so much of what hes just said is not tright. But he gets to run his campaign any way he chooses, decides what he wants to talk about, instead of answering questions, laying out the plans we have we think can make a better life and a better country. Thats his choice. When i hear Something Like that, im reminded of what my friend, Michelle Obama, advised us all. When they go low, you go high. [ applause ] and, look, if this were just about one video, maybe what hes saying tonight would be understandable. But everyone can draw their own conclusions at this point about whether or not the man in the video or on stage respects women. But he never apologizes for anything to anyone. He never apologized to mr. And mrs. Khan, the gold star family, whose son died in iraq. Donald attacked them and insulted them for weeks over their religion. He never apologized to the distinguished federal judge, born in indiana. But donald said he couldnt be trusted to be a judge because his parents were, quot quote mexican. He never apologized to the reporter he mocked on National Television and our children were watching. And he never apologized for the racist lie that president obama was not born in the United States of america. He owes the president an ajpol y apology, and our country, and he needs to take responsibility for his actions and his words. Well, you owe the president an apology because as you know very well, your campaigns sidney blumenthal, another real winner that you have. He got this started, and your Campaign Manager was on tv saying that two weeks ago. Sent the pictures around with president obama in a certain garb. So, you actually owe an apology. Number two, Michelle Obama. Ive gotten to see the commercials they did on you. Some of the most vicious commercials ive ever seen, of Michelle Obama talking about you. You talk about friend, go back and take a look at those commercials, a race where you lost, fair and square, unlike the Bernie Sanders race, where you won, but not fair and square, in my opinion. And all you have to do is take a look at wikileaks and see what they said about Bernie Sanders and see what Debra Wasserman schultz had in mind. I was so surprised to see him sign on with the devil. But when you talk about apologa, i think the one and the thing you should be apologizing for are the 33,000 emails you deleted, and acid washed, and the emails taken from an office last week and are now missing. And i hate to say this, but if i win, im going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation, because there has never been so many lies, so much deception, there has never been anything like it, and were going to have a special prosecutor. When i speak, i go out and speak, the people of this country are furious. In my opinion, the people that are long term workers at the fbi are furious. There has never been anything like this, you get a subpoena, and then you delete 33,000 emails. And then you acid wash, or bleach them, a very expensive process. Were going to look into it, because people have been, their lives have been destroyed for doing onefifth of what youve done, and its a disgrace. Secretary clinton i want to follow up on that. Everything he just said is absolutely false. But im not surprised. In the first debate the audience needs to calm down here. I was told it would be impossible to be factchecking donald all the time. Id never get to talk about how we want to make lives better for people. Go to hillaryclinton. Com. You can fact check him in real time. Last time, the first debate, we had millions of people Fact Checking. So, i expect well have millions more factchecking. Its just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. Because youd be in jail. Secretary clinton [ applause ] we want to remind the audience to please not talk out loud. Please do not applaud. Youre just wasting time. Secretary clinton, youve said your handling of emails was a mistake, you disagreed with james comeys characterizing your handling of the email. Martha, let me say, and ive said it before, and ill repeat it. That was a mistake, and i take responsibility for using a personal email account. Obviously, if i were to do it over again, i would not. Im not making any excuses. It was a mistake, and im very sorry about that. But i think its also important to point out where there are some misleading accusations from critics and others. After a yearlong investigation, there is no evidence that anyone hacked the server i was using, and there is no evidence that anyone can point to at all, anyone who says otherwise has no basis, that any classified material ended up in the wrong hands. I take classified materials very seriously, and always have. As secretary of state, i had some of the most important secrets that we possess, such as going after bin laden. So, im very committed to taking classified information seriously, and theres no evidence that information ended up in the wrong hands. But she didnt know the letter c on a document, what that letter meant. Im watching hillary go over fact, and shes going after fact after fact, and shes lying again, because she said she, what she did with the emails was fine. You think it was fine to delete 33,000 emails . She said they had to do with her daughters wedding and a yoga class. 33,000 emails deleted, and shes saying there wasnt anything wrong . That was after she got a subpoena from the United States congress. And im so disappointed in congressmen, including republicans for allowing this to happen. Our justice department, her husband talks t