| | | | Breaking tonight: Pence plane skids off runway | | A plane carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport tonight during landing. There were no reported injuries.
From inside: "We could feel the plane moving, and it was just not a natural landing that you experience," CNN's Elizabeth Landers, who was on the flight, told CNN's Erin Burnett.
Donald Trump called Pence right away: Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for Trump's campaign, said the businessman called Pence shortly after the incident, adding that Trump "is very glad everyone onboard the plane is safe." | | Clinton rides Obamas' popularity in North Carolina | | Many Democrats aren't ready to say goodbye to Barack and Michelle Obama -- and Hillary Clinton is attempting to tap into their popularity in the final homestretch of the election. The former first lady's first event with the current first lady drew one of Clinton's biggest crowds yet, and again confirmed Michelle Obama's emergence as one of Clinton's most powerful surrogates, write CNN's MJ Lee and Dan Merica from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The key FLOTUS line: "If Hillary doesn't win this election, that will be on us. It will be because we did not stand with her. It will be because we did not vote for her. And that is exactly what her opponent is hoping will happen."
What she was alluding to: This look inside the Donald Trump bunker -- where an aide uses the phrase "voter suppression operations" to describe efforts to dissuade reliable Democratic groups from voting -- by Bloomberg's Joshua Green and Sasha Issenberg.
No honeymoon period for Clinton: House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says he has two years' worth of material lined up for Clinton investigations. Sen. Ted Cruz says he's open to blocking a Clinton Supreme Court nominee ... for four years. There'll be no honeymoon for Clinton if she wins, Ted Barrett and I report.
Cruz's Supreme Court comments have sparked a GOP rift. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, told CNN he strongly disagrees with the prospect floated by Cruz of blocking Clinton's nominees and said he doesn't think there will be wide support for the concept among Senate Republicans. "I think there are enough people who do not see it as the Senate's proper role to hold somebody indefinitely," Flake said. | | "We should just cancel the election and give it to Trump." | | | Nevada and Florida shifted to battleground status today in CNN's updated Road to 270 map. Want to figure out the best paths for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? Try out CNN's interactive electoral map.
And if you're keeping score ... there are 272 blue or blue-leaning electoral votes on the map, 179 red or red-leaning, and 88 toss-ups, marked with yellow. That means the yellow states aren't enough: Trump is going to have to turn at least one of those light blue states red.
The latest round of swing-state polls comes from Quinnipiac University today. They have Clinton up 47% to 43% in North Carolina and 50% to 38% in Virginia; Clinton and Trump tied at 44% apiece in Iowa; and Trump up 44% to 43% to Georgia. "It's wheel to wheel all across the country, don't ever doubt it for one second," Mike Pence said today.
Were it not for that pesky 22nd Amendment ... Barack Obama '16 is now more popular than Ronald Reagan '88. | | Texas officials: Trump is wrong about 'vote flipping' | | | A social media post about ballot confusion in Texas has Donald Trump stoking claims of electoral corruption, CNN's Tom Kludt and Dakin Andone report. Here's what he tweeted this morning: | | What's behind this: Some voters in Texas, which began its early voting period this week, have experienced problems casting their ballots. A Randall County voter recalled her own mishap in a Facebook post on Monday, saying that she tried to cast a straight Republican ballot -- including a vote for Trump and Mike Pence -- but wound up inadvertently selecting the Democratic ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
But Shannon Lackey, the elections administrator in Randall County, said there's no reason for concern. "Absolutely not ... It is not happening in any way, shape or form," Lackey told CNN. Lackey said she is confronted with such confusion most election cycles, and this year has been no exception. "She didn't use 'flipping' or anything like that in her original post," Lackey said. "I believe that her intention in putting this on Facebook was to say, 'Hey everyone, pay attention.'"
Clinton isn't messing with Texas, reports CNN's Maeve Reston -- to the chagrin of some liberals there. "I think this is the year Texas could have gone blue," said Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project, a political action committee aligned with Democrats. "But you don't win a state like Texas unless there's a real, aggressive and engaged campaign to win it."
Still, some Republicans are worried about Texas, Politico's Kyle Cheney and Katie Glueck report. | | Bill Clinton, Inc.: Memo outlines lucrative speeches | | From CNN's David Kirkpatrick and Drew Griffin: A memo written by one of Bill Clinton's closest aides highlights the lucrative speaking deals the former president had with some of the biggest companies in the world. The 2011 memo, marked "Attorney-Client Privilege," was sent by Doug Band to two attorneys who were doing a review of the way the Clinton Foundation was being run; it was included in the cache of stolen emails released by WikiLeaks this week.
In the memo, Band details how he set up for-profit deals for the former president, both involving money and "as appropriate, in-kind services for the President and his family for personal travel, hospitality, vacation and the like." Band's memo covers 2001 to 2011, during which time "President Clinton's business arrangements have yielded more than $30 million for him personally with $66 million to be paid out over the next nine years, should he choose to continue with the current engagements." | | Jason Chaffetz switches gears, says he'll vote for Trump | | Here's House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, to CNN's Don Lemon on October 7: "We have a 15-year-old daughter. Do you think I can look her in the eye and tell her that I endorsed Donald Trump for president when he acts like this and his apology? ... So I'm not going to put my good name and reputation and my family behind Donald Trump when he acts like this, I just can't do it."
And then here's Chaffetz on Twitter last night: | | | The Democratic super PAC cavalry that left Patrick Murphy for dead in his bid to unseat Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is rushing back in at the last minute. ... Melania Trump is going to deliver "two or three speeches" before Election Day, Donald Trump says. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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