Shake, rattle and roil

Thursday, October 20, 2016 View this email in your browser Where to start, where to start. There's so much to talk about from the Clinton-Trump showdown to get you Up to Speed and Out the Door. By Doug Criss. 'I will keep you in suspense'  Donald Trump has thumbed his nose at pretty much every known political tradition during this wacky campaign, so should we really be surprised that he refused to say whether he'll accept the election results if he loses? Republicans were horrified. CNN analyst Van Jones said, "You can't polish this turd." And Trump's campaign manager, pressed for an answer, ran away.  And the winner is ... Debate watchers in a CNN/ORC poll handed the victory to Clinton: 52% to Trump's 39%. (Note: This is a real poll, not a bogus online one.) More bad news for Team Trump: The latest electoral map shows him in his weakest political position of the entire campaign. The man of the hour Fox News' Chris Wallace earned major props as moderator. He focused on substantive issues and kept the candidates in line "like a veteran teacher monitoring detention hall," Stephen King tweeted. (Yeah, that Stephen King.) Trump and Clinton seemed to like his work too. At least they shook his hand. Lies, damned lies and half truths Sexual assault accusations against Trump debunked? False. Clinton's tax plan not adding a penny to the federal debt? False. Trump encouraging the Russians to hack the US? True. Clinton's stat about 33,000 gun deaths annually? Misleading. Here's a full list of last night's whoppers. Warning: It'll take you a good 20 minutes to get through them all.  Quick hits:  Here are the 5 takeaways from the Trump-Clinton tangle. Here are the one-liners they dropped. And how #badhombres became a thing. Here's the debate in 90 seconds ... and in gifs. And here's Trump Jr. saying the presidency is a "step down" for dad. Share Tweet Forward (Non-debate) Breakfast Browse Here's what else happened besides Clinton vs Trump III. Air raid Turkey killed 200 Kurdish militants during airstrikes near Aleppo. Shouldn't Turkey be fighting ISIS? It is. But it's also going after Kurds. Here's why.  Judging the judge A Montana judge is catching heat after he sentenced a man who repeatedly raped his 12-year-old daughter to just 60 days in jail.  Lost in space The European Space Agency wishes Schiaparelli would phone home. The spacecraft hasn't been heard from since it tried to land on Mars. Failure to launch North Korea appears to have failed again while trying to launch a missile this morning. That's two failures in a week. Top of the world For the first time in almost 20 years, the Cleveland Indians are headed to the World Series. They beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 to win the ALCS. And finally ... Birds in the sky, you know how I feel Daniel the duck is an emotional therapy animal and often flies with his owner. Of course, he gets the window seat.  (Click to view) Thanks for reading Five Things! We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Follow this link for daily coverage of the dramatic election season, savvy market insights, an insider's look into the media, and more. Read more stories on CNN.com » Paid Content CNN Five Things shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Copyright © 2016 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN newsletters. Our mailing address is: Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences