as we ve said over the past seven days, at least eight women have accused donald trump of sexually assaulting them. among them, former people magazine writer, natasha stoynoff, who says trump forcibly kissed her while she was on assignment at trump s resort, mar-a-lago, in 2005. people published her account of the alleged assault earlier this week, and now melania trump is threatening to sue the magazine. she s also demanding an apology and a retraction. beyond that, mrs. trump has not responded publicly to any of the accusations. with more tonight, brian todd. right now i am being viciously attacked with lies and smears. it s a phony deal. i have no idea who these women are. reporter: as the accusations pile up, the most important woman in donald trump s inner circle has stayed silent and has been largely absent from the campaign trail since her ill-fated speech at the republican convention.
numbers. there may not be enough voters out there that s sheympathic to get him across finish line. his campaign has bet on that demographic. let s listen to some sounds. he said in thursday in his speech refuting an account of a magazine writer who did a story about trump and melania on their first wedding anniversary. that writer came forward and said trump made inappropriate advances towards her, shoved her against the wall. the trump campaign refuts this. here s how trump addressed it specifically. think of it. she s doing this story on melania who is pregnant at the time. and donald trump our one year anniversary. and she said i made inappropriate advances. and by the way, the area was a public area. people all over the place.
he seemed very rooted in his personal beliefs and consistent over the course of his career in that respect, and many millennials still feel that hillary clinton lacks that same authenticity and that same consistency ideologically. but you wonder if the developments of this week with the accusers coming out against trump, with the 2005 access hollywood tape may push some of them grudgingly into her camp. that s the challenge. she really needs to keep making a positive case for herself and not just an anti-donald trump case. no question. jay, to you. i want you to listen to some sound. this is from donald trump s speech on thursday, and he was talking about the people magazine writer who did a 2005 story about him and his wife, melania s, first wedding anniversary. the people writer said trump made inappropriate vansadvances toward her, shoved her against a wall, tried to kiss her. think of it. she s doing a story on melania
i think this was one of the most effective, most powerful, compelling this speech will have legs. we ll be showing this for a while. she gave a great speech at the convention. this was better. it was not a partisan speech. no, it wasn t. there was a bit of policy ideology in it. i mean, i think she felt it personally because there s no woman who hasn t had some kind of experience like this. you know, we don t all know that. i m hearing stories from producers today that i had never heard before where people have been through stuff. women know what she s towing. they can understand why 12 years ago a magazine writer wouldn t have put that in her of course not, because that would shatter the whole deal. katy has been up front. i was listening to the first lady today, she said i can t believe this guy who talks like this is a candidate for president, meaning she knows what an elevation that is. her husband has had that elevation. to be a major party candidate for presid
before an election to raise an issue which is a very serious issue. there is no question about it. but why wasn t this issue raised from this woman a year ago or two years ago or twenty years ago or we didn t wait for anything. it is not our story. she waited, and she hoped you could hear it in her voice that she would be able to put this in the background of her life and never look at it again. and then she heard the tape on friday. she heard anderson s question. she heard mr. trump s response and that caused something in her. it is interesting that a number of the people who come forward all cite what donald trump said night as being the moment they cite as wanting to come forward. the people magazine writer has said that. i believe the woman down in palm beach has said that as well, and i think the other woman who the new york times profiled. and a lot of other survivors.