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this is over mr. trump saying he was going to abandon his shackled that tied him to the gop. the candidate in a single day attacking the very party that nominated him along with two prominent republicans who have turned their backs on his campaign. trump ripping senator john mccain, himself a former presidential nominee, and also ripping house speaker paul ryan. here was trump on fox. i don t want his support, i want to win for the people. i wouldn t want to be in a fox hole with a lot of people, that i can tell you. but mccain is a brave man. then today in the all-important state of florida he claimed something sinister is going on. here he was. wouldn t you think that paul ryan would call and say good going ? in front of the largest audience for a second night debate in the history of the country. so you d think they d say great going, don, let s go, let s beat this crook. she s a crook, let s beat her, we have to stop him. no, he doesn t do that. there s a ....
track. look at the clock there. it is now less than 25 days until americans head to the polls so both campaigns today blitzing the swing states. trump is in north carolina. pence hits florida. bill clinton hits ohio and chelsea clinton is in pennsylvania. hillary clinton is notably absent. we will discuss why in a moment. let s begin with trump s response to the allegations. cnn senior political reporter manu raju joins me live. trump s camp vehementley denies the accusations but his running mate, mike pence, is the one out doing network interviews saying we have hard evidence and you will see that in a matter of hours. that s what he said on the today show. reporter: yeah. we ll see what it has to say. it s clearly an effort by donald trump to paint himself as the victim of an un rrelenting political and media establishment, the campaign trying to show themselves as the outsiders battling the insiders, also completely attacking these allegations saying they are com ....
. 7:00 eastern here in new york. i m poppy harlow. so glad you re with us. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with another tumultuous day in the run for the white house. another woman has come forward accusing donald trump of making unwanted sexual advances. this brings the total number of accusers to nine. all claiming trump either kissed or groped them without their consent. we ll have more on that in a moment. donald trump doubling down on claims this election success rigged warning supporters at two separate rallies today that the media is out to sabotage his campaign. the election is being rigged by the media pushing false accusations and outright lies in an effort to elect kpin president. but we re going to stop it. we are not going to back down. house speaker paul ryan said he s still endorsing but no longer defending trump rejects that notion that the race is fixed. he said quote the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this electi ....
appears imminent in iraq. several are poised trying to take it back. the iraqi air force dropped leaflets on the city warning residents to stay in their homes and avoid isis positions. the leaflets also promise it s victory time. we re going to hear the latest on the plan to retake most you will. what a difference this time. they re going in some complex terrain, isis a hardened enemy, yet they seem much more confident. reporter: yes. you have to keep in mind what s happened over the last two years in iraq. back in june of 2014, when isil took over mosul, it was an absolute utter defeat for the iraqi armed force the and they lost one city after another. tikrit, fallujah. now the tide has turned. the iraqi armed forces joined by kurdish fighters, supported by the u.s.-led coalition, have retaken all of those cities. the iraqi army is much better prepared, experienced, they re battle hardened. this is in a sense the final battle for isis in iraq. still holds towns south ....
claims that trump grabbed her, went in for a kiss and grew angry with her as she twisted away. oh, come on, she alleges that he barked before holding her firmly in place and planting his lips on her. that is a quote the guardian. trump has not responded to this new allegation yet, but he is taking on other accusers publicly and directly. how about this crazy woman on the airplane? okay. i mean can anybody believe that one? how about this, after 15 minutes we don t know each other. after 15 minutes she said, well, that was too much. 15 minutes? with the ladies in this place, it would be one second and it would be smack. just last hour at his rally, his second rally of the day, trump also continued to push one of if not the boldest statement of his campaign. listen to that. the election is being rigged by corrupt media pushing false allegations and outright lies in an effort to elect hillary clinton president. but we are going to stop it. we are not going to bac ....