Fiction. It was lies and it was fiction. He goes after their dignity, their selfworth. The candidates clashing in a heated final showdown. I think hes unfit and he proves it every time no, you are the one thats unfit. Such a nasty woman. Just 19 days until the final votes, our Powerhouse Political Team will break it down on a special edition of gma. And good morning, america. The debates are done. Race for the white house in the home stretch right now and what a finish. Lots of fiery exchanges, the smoke electric by far a defiant donald trump would not commit to a bedrock american principle that the loser concedes to the winner in a president ial race. And also, george, they did not shake hands before or after the debate and the families were kept apart by debate organizers. So nasty and it was so Hillary Clinton, take a look at her afterwards. Very happy with her performance. She was celebrating once it all ended and said overnight she remembers her first debate this election cycle a year ago and now that shes finished the last one she feels, quote, both relieved and very grateful. Donald trump was surrounded by his family on the stage last night. Right after the debate they all came up to wish him well. He took to twitter overnight, said he was pleased with the results, looking at some online polls he said gave him the advantage. Well hear from his Campaign Manager kellya also Hillary Clintons running mate and our whole political team. Abcs tom llamas starts us off from the debate hall in las vegas. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. An incredible night and that one incredible moment, donald trump refusing to commit to conceding if he loses the election in november sticking with his position that the election could be rigged. From the getgo, hostility. The candidates walking out on the stage refusing to shake hands. You dont get anything done, hillary. He is denigrating, talking down our democracy and i for one am appalled. Reporter the flash point in the debate when trump was asked about his claims of a rigged election. I want to ask you here on this stage tonight, do you make the same commitment that you will absolutely, sir, that you will absolutely accept the result of this election . I will look at it at the time. Im not looking at anything now. Ill look at it at the time. Reporter trump asked would he suspend his campaign if he loses. Are you saying youre not prepared to commit to that principle. I will tell you at the time. I will keep you in suspense. Chris, let me respond to that because thats horrifying. You know, every time donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him. Reporter clinton then painting trump as a sore loser. There was even a time when he didnt get an emmy for his tv Program Three years in a row and should have gotten it. This is a mindset. This is how donald thinks. And its funny but its also really troubling. Okay. That is not the way our democracy works. Weve been around for 240 years. Weve had free and fair elections. Weve accepted the outcome when is we may not have liked them. Reporter another turning point, trumps relationship with russian leader Vladimir Putin. From everything i see haso well, thats because hed rather have a puppet as president of the United States. No puppet. Youre the puppet. Reporter trump who said he loves wikileaks asked whether he condemns russian characters allegedly hacking the Clintons Campaign emails. You condemn their interference. Of course, i condemn. I dont know putin. I have no idea i never met putin. This is not my best friend. Reporter but trump using information from wikileaks to criticisms from clintons own campaign chairman. Wikileaks just duly came out, john podesta said some horrible things about you and, boy, was he right. He said some beauties. Reporter the candidates often cutting each other off. I sat in my apartment today on a very Beautiful Hotel down the street, known as made with chinese steel. Reporter even name calling . Such a nasty woman. Mr. Trumps hes unfit and proves it every time. You are the one thats unfit. Reporter a t dismissing a group of women that have come forward to accuse him of Sexual Misconduct as liars working for clinton. I didnt even apologize to my wife who is sitting right here because i didnt do anything. I didnt know any of these women. I didnt see these women. These women the woman on the plane, i think they want either fame or her campaign did it and i think its her campaign. Donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. Their selfworth and i dont think there is a woman anywhere who doesnt know what that feels like. Reporter the candidates also clashing over immigration. Now, i want to build the wall. We need the wall. One of my firstages will be to get all of the drug lords all of the bad one, we have some bad, bad people in this country that have to go out. Were going to get them out but we have some bad hombres here and were going to get them out. When it comes to the wall that donald talks about building he went to mexico, he had a meeting with the mexican he choked. Reporter but trump take a tougher stance on immigration suggesting allowing Syrian Refugees into the u. S. Would pose a danger. Wait till you see what happens in the coming years. Lots of luck, hillary. Thanks a lot for doing a great job. Now, no spin room for the candidates after the debate. They both flew out. Hillary clinton heading home and donald trump heading straight for the battleground state of ohio where hell host a rally later this afternoon. Much. Lets bring in Kellyanne Conway. Thanks for joining us again. I know its an Early Morning out in las vegas. I want to ask you about something that donald trump said in the first debate. If she wins talking about Hillary Clinton, i will absolutely support her, last night he refused to say he would accept the results. What changed . I think its the same statement in this way, george. He is saying until the results are actually known, certified and verified, hes not going to concede an election. He just doesnt knowha happen. I imagine if you asked al gore in 2000 if he was going to respect the Election Results he would have said yes. He actually called to concede the election to governor george w. Bush and retracted it and as you know we had six weeks until the Supreme Court of the United States decided who the next president would be. But i just think donald trump is also putting people on notice that if there are irregularities or voter fraud or largescale malfeasance thats committed investigate that but well have to see what happens. His first statement and this one taken together you see somebody willing to accept the election absent widespread fraud thats not what he said. What you just said, you said something important. You said al gore if you would have asked him before the election in 2000 will you commit to supporting the winner he would have said yes just as every single candidate in American History has. Thats not what mr. Trump did last night. He was asked specifically are you willing to commit to the principle of theea loser concedes to the winner and he says ill tell you at the time. He wouldnt do something that every other candidate has done. Well, he loves the country and its why he ran for president and he respects the principl principles of democracy its just that he cant say whats going to happen if the election is very tight, if its just a few votes here and there, if as was the case in 2000, george, if one state like florida is less than 600 votes as was the case then we just dont know what will happen. Are many high notes last night. I think one very important point that was new is donald trump challenging Hillary Clinton to give back the money that her foundation has taken from countries that dont respect women whereas he said gays are thrown off buildings and women have no votes. She did not respond. I hope the Clinton Foundation will take that seriously and give back money to countries who dont respect women especially someone who said shes fighting for women. Well take those to the Clinton Campaign. Commit to accepting the results in advance of november 8th. That is rock hard . You heard what he said last night. Think if you take that in combination with his earlier statements, you find a candidate who is willing to respect the free and fair democratic process, but he just wants a fair shot. You know, if youre donald trump you dont get a fair shot most days. We saw just this week, 96 of de nations given by working we saw just this week you have specific journalists colluding with the Clinton Campaign asking them if hed like to edit a piece before its filed or asking if theyre upset with a particular package that was put on the air on the tv or radio. This is not how a full and fair democracy works. We would just like to have a fair shake most days. Is he saying that questions about press bias are reason enough to question the results of the election . No, what he is saying is when u system and somebody whos been there for 30 years as an insider you cant possibly look at that person and say there is a change maker, somebody who will adhere to democratic principles and improve the economy, defeat radical islamic terrorism, make our schools better. Hillary clinton last night was talking about all the problems we have in this country, people in poverty, millions without health insurance, those are very Serious Problems but if youve been there for 30 years you 19 days left. Donald trump still behind according to most polls right now. What more can you all do to shake up this race . You saw a strong debate performance last night. These polls will tighten. You see donald trump flew overnight to get to the battleground state of ohio. Hell be competing there, North Carolina, florida tomorrow. Well compete in eight to ten swing states where you see governor pence and mr. Trump in the next couple of weeks and thats where you see our investments on couple of different paths to 270 and fight until the last moment to get there. Kellyanne conway, thanks for joining us this morning. Thank you. Thank you, george. Lets bring in cecilia vega now and, cecilia, weve seen the pictures of Hillary Clinton looking really happy after the debate. Is her team as happy as she was with her debate performance . Oh, michael, definitely. They are calling this her best debate yet. Take a look at her at that watch party overnight after the debate right there with her husband bill clinton. Watch party she came to the back of her Campaign Plane to talk to reporters where she said that Donald Trumps refusal to say whether he will accept the results of this election was horrifying. Take a listen to that. You know, it was horrifying what he said on the debate stage tonight. What he said tonight is part of his whole effort to blame somebody else for his campaign and for where he stands in this election. Reporter so thats her reaction this morning her team is also let me just tell you a few of the words they are using to describe it. Erratic, bizarre. They say, quote, a chilling preview of what his administration would be like. For them this fits into the narrative that donald trump is not fit to be president. One other moment to talk about, trumps bad hombres line still raising a lot of eyebrows especially with latinos who found that completely offensive. Clintons camp now turning this into an attack, amy. They say this could cause him to they are already trying to make some inroads, amy. Cecilia vega, thanks for that. We spoke with Hillary Clintons running mate, senator tim kaine just moments ago. Heres what he had to say about last nights debate. Last night, donald trump would not commit to accepting the results of the election. With less than three weeks to go what kind of impact does that have . Well, amy, it was shocking. This is a basic and important part of who we are and the fact he could accept the results of a loss was just absolutely shocking. But it was in character as hillary pointed out. Hes a guy who wont take responsibility for anything and if he loses hes always going to figure out a way to blame somebody else. Senator kaine, russia and Vladimir Putin came up last night. Hillary clinton said Vladimir Putin would rather have a puppet as president of the United States. She was referring to donald trump. That is a very serious charge. Well, i think she was commenting upon Donald Trumps own words and one of the things i noticed last night again and again and again, even though the fbi and the director of National Intelligence has confirmed that russians are behind attacks on american electoral institutions, state boards of elections, the Democratic National committee, donald trump kept trying to defend Vladimir Putin. Lets stay on the topic of russia. We are learning from these leaked emails about what Hillary Clinton said behind speech, last night she was asked about her dream of open borders but instead of answering the question she pointed the finger at Russian Hackers. The question here is, should that information about what was in those emails, if true, still be information that we receive regardless of the source . Well, i think its very fair to ask questions about, you know, border policy, immigration policy, trade policy. Sure, it is and i know hillary Immigration Reform with a number of elements including a path to citizenship but also including dramatic increases in Border Security just like i voted for in the senate in june of 2013. Hillary clinton has had a substantial lead in the polls but trump pointed out and many others did as well she literally disappeared from the campaign trail in the days leading up to last nights debate. What will see in these final weeks, will we see more of her . Oh, yeah, absolutely. Look, preparation very seriously and as she said in the first debate, she doesnt apologize for preparing for a debate and doesnt apologize for preparing to be president of the United States but we are doing intense campaigning. Im in North Carolina today. Today is the first day for early voting here. All over the country, early voting or absentee voting is starting. Millions have voted already and hillary and i will be campaigning separately but also together to now make the case in the next 19 days for why much for joining us. All right, thanks, amy. Lets bring in the rest of our team. Matthew dowd and Martha Raddatz here with us, as well. Matt, we say this almost every day in the campaign, something we see something weve never seen before and that was that moment last night when donald trump refused to say he would accept the results. I think it was an astounding moment in the course of this as we talked about last night, 240 years of peaceful transition of power in our democracy, every Single Person thats lost the pres and concede. I think whats also troubling this is a time when people dont trust almost every Single Institution and when a major Party Candidate says he may refuse, it undermines our system. Martha, i want to ask you. I already have a sense of what your answer will be. Were you surprised at trumps answer to that question . I think i was surprised at trumps answer and im surprised that the campaign is essentially doubling down on that this in Donald Trumps answer about that election and that resonates with his base. Hes going after that base. That resonates with voters ive talked to out there who say, oh, its rigged. Donald trump says its rigged. Its rigged. There were so many nasty moments. One that stands out to a lot. Clinton calling trump a puppet for a foreign country and then trumps response, both of those exchanges pretty remarkable. Really, really remarkable and russia, hes talking about agencies of the United States believe there is no doubt that it is russia that did that cyberattack that hacked into those dnc emails. Thats whats really astonishing about that. He doesnt trust the intelligence agencies of the United States. Theyre not perfect and certainly have made mistakes before but right now they all agree it was russia. Youre a puppet. No, youre a puppet. I mean that was and martha just made the point that donald trump last night was speaking to his base, they are probably not shaken at all but the big question in the third debate is does he do anything to reach out to new voters . Well, if you watch the first second and third debate he was at 40 in the first, 40 in the second one and he spoke to the 40 in the third one and when somebody has a 6 or 7point lead in the race which Hillary Clinton does, he cant just get undecideds which i think most will not vote. He has to take voters away from her. There was nothing he did at the debate last nightha single voter away from Hillary Clinton. Thanks very much. More on the debate coming up. First to ginger, a lot of record heat out there. More than 30 High Tempe