| | | | Trump's behavior toward women under fire | | Big breaking news tonight from The New York Times' Megan Twohey and Michael Barbaro about Donald Trump's conduct with women that could once again shake up the campaign. CNN's Dylan Byers reports Trump is threatening to sue The New York Times over the story.
It's the second report of Trump's misconduct today...
BuzzFeed's Kendall Taggart, Jessica Garrison and Jessica Testa report: "Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants -- some as young as 15 -- were changing. 'I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my god, there's a man in here,'' said Mariah Billado, the former Miss Vermont Teen USA. Trump, she recalled, said something like, 'Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.'"
In an interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway would not respond directly to questions about Trump's behavior at beauty pageants. | | Trump: Clinton 'has to go to jail'; Ryan cut 'sinister deal' | | Donald Trump warned that he was "unshackled" from the Republican Party -- and in attacking Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Paul Ryan today in Florida, Trump held nothing back. CNN's Stephen Collinson has a wrap-up, but here are some of Trump's harshest lines:
Clinton's private email server: Trump declared Clinton "has to go to jail" because the scandal over her email server was one of the most "heinous" episodes in the history of US justice. "This is the most heinous, the most serious thing that I've ever seen involving justice in the United States -- in the history of the United States," he told a huge crowd of supporters in Ocala, Florida. "We have a person that has committed crimes that is now running for the presidency."
Clinton's health: "Let Hillary Clinton stand up here for an hour and talk the way I talk, and let's see how long she lasts, folks," Trump said. "What a joke."
Attacking GOP Speaker Paul Ryan by name for not congratulating him on his debate performance: "There's a whole deal going on. There's a whole dealing going on and we're going to figure it out. I always figure things out. But there's a whole sinister deal going on."
Trump vs. the NFL's concussion protocol: "Concussion? Oh, got a little ding on the head, no, no you can't play for the rest of the season. Our people are tough!"
Big battleground state news: Florida's voter registration deadline has been extended to next Tuesday following Hurricane Matthew. ... North Carolina's deadline hasn't been extended -- but check out my explanation of why it's not such a pressing matter there. ... Democrats are also growing more confident in Colorado. | | | This tweet from Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, underscores the backlash House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing over his decision to distance himself from Donald Trump. CNN's Manu Raju and Deirdre Walsh have more on how his handling of Trump could imperil Ryan's job. | | Drip-drip-drip of Podesta emails a headache for Clinton | | WikiLeaks rolled out more emails hacked from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's gmail account today -- though the Clinton campaign has not verified the authenticity of the hacked emails.
Town hall questions: The emails shed light on how a CNN-TV One town hall question about the death penalty wound up in the hands of Clinton's campaign ahead of time. New evidence suggests that TV One co-host Roland Martin may have been the link from the town hall prep process to the Democratic National Committee, writes CNN's Brian Stelter.
CNN is live-blogging the Podesta emails as we dig through them. So far, there are revelations that Podesta wants someone to "shoot me" if he ever ends up like Sidney Blumenthal, and Clinton adviser Philippe Reines strategized on how to spin the release of Clinton's emails as secretary of state, saying, "let's somehow take advantage of this" and suggesting releasing all the emails at once.
There's also some anxiety about Bill Clinton -- reflected in this January 4 exchange when the former president was in New Hampshire:
Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin wrote: "WJC just told an anecdote about somebody making $110k per year with student loans as an example of someone who would struggle. Could see that being used to say he's out of touch."
Tina Flournoy, on Bill Clinton's team, wrote back: "Or it's so bad that even if you make $110k you struggle. - imagine how it is for those making less"
Jennifer Palmieri, Hillary Clinton's communications director, wrote: "Thanks for flagging, Josh. Think it is fine."
Angel Urena, Bill Clinton's spokesman, later summed up the whole event and then: "We're headed to the airport. Fair to say we didn't break anything." | | | Hillary Clinton's chances of defeating Donald Trump -- climbing since last week -- are now up to an all-time high of 91%, according to Pivit, CNN's political prediction market. | | The deep-red, Mormon-heavy state of Utah and its six electoral votes are suddenly in play as a new poll from Y2 Analytics, published by the Mormon-owned Deseret News, show Donald Trump is no cinch there, and independent candidate Evan McMullin has real traction as an alternative for conservatives.
The poll's results: Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied at 26%, while McMullin has 22% and Libertarian Gary Johnson has 14%. CNN's Dan Merica and Jeff Simon have more.
What Utah GOPers are thinking: "It is entirely possible that Utah does not vote for Donald Trump," said Republican state Sen. Daniel Thatcher. When asked to put odds on that scenario, he quickly replied, "50-50." Thatcher is undecided between Trump and Clinton, because he finds the idea of voting for either of them "morally repugnant." "They're both awful," he said. "They're both quite possibly the two worst people in the universe."
Trump's Utah problem in one image: Check out the top of the front page of today's Salt Lake Tribune -- complete with a "She's fit to win" Clinton endorsement and a leading story about Trump's troubles: | | | President Barack Obama warns in Wired about the job-related downsides of artificial intelligence. ... Veteran GOP strategist Mac Stipanovich says Donald Trump is a "fascist." ... The pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA uses Trump's own words against him in a brutal ad airing on black radio in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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