Russians are trying to ramp up even more by possibly trying to restart Nuclear Arms Race or by no longer keeping Companies Like north korea in check. Very worrying develops. Brian todd. Thanks for that report. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Next the breaking news. Donald trump speaking live this hour in the crucial state of nevada as new details emerge about trumps debate strategy. Is he running out of time. And donald trump claimed nearly a billion dollars of losses in a year . Did it stop him from living a lavish lifestyle . And bill clinton in damage control mode after calling obamacare the crazy system. Is he doing his wife more harm than good . Lets go outfront. And good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight the breaking news. Down to the wire. Donald trump rallying supporters in the crucial swing state of nevada. Less than five weeks till voting and a slew of polls showing trump trailing Hillary Clinton. Can he turn it around . Trump today celebrating running mate mike pences performance at the vp debate and basking in some deflected glory. Id argue that mike had the single most decisive victory in the history of Vice President ial debates. And last night america also got to look firsthand at my judgment. Now, the next all important president ial debate is just four days away. A town hall debate. Half the questions coming from the citizens of the audience. Will trump take a lesson from the last debate and study more . Tomorrow trump induces a town hall meeting in New Hampshirewhich is being build as the dry run for sunday. A format that the new Jersey Governor Chris Christie did again and again and again in the state of New Hampshire. Hillary clinton is off the campaign trail huddling with advisors prepping for the debate. Jim acosta . S in reno. And now the pressure is on donald trump. He got the assist from pence. The pressure is all on donald trump sunday night. Mike pence did so well last night at the Vice President ial debate he was generating talk of mike pence in 2020. That is not the effect that the Trump Campaign intended. And mike pence spent part of the day trying to tamp that down. But certainly puts pressure on trump to outdo his number two. Donald trump is taking a victory lap. Declaring the bottom of his ticket came out on top in the Vice President ial debate. Mike pence did an incredible job. And im getting a lot of credit. Because that is really my first so called choice. Id argue that mike had the single most decisive victor in the history of Vice President ial debates. The people at home cannot understand either one of you. But in the rumble mike pence was at times sprinting as fast as he could away from trump as tim kaine was in hot pursuit. Im happy to defend him. Most of what you said is completely false and the American People know that. Democrats though are seizing on pences defense of trumps past comment that some undocumented mexican immigrants are rapists and criminals. He whipped out that mexican thing again. He look can you defend criminal ali. And he also said many of them are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote. In syria yarks despite
reservations voiced by trump himself. If russia continues to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in aleppo, the United States of america should be prepared to use military force. Still. Post debate polls show the reganesque performance carried the night. And. He stood on the stage last week. And when hillary said you havent been paying tax, he said that makes me smart. So it is smart not to pay for our military. Smart not pay for veteran. Have you taken all the duckss you are entitled . But when asked whether his father had in fact played federal income taxes his hans hardly put the matter to press. Yes absolutely. My father plays a tremendous amount of tax. We as a company pay a tremendous amount of tax. Unlike the last debate. Donald trumps advisors are
talking up his chances for i this upcoming faceoff with Hillary Clinton. Kellyanne conway is saying that the town hall format is tailor made for donald trump and shes pushing back on any notion that trump is taking on a lighter schedule. Heading into the sunday erin as Kellyanne Conway told me earlier today that is what clinton is doing. Tripling down on this must win state. And jason, now were 24 hours from a town hall. Trumps practice run for sunday night. Reporter right. In New Hampshire. The same place where Chris Christie held his town hall during the primary season last year. As you say, this is going to be a dry run for donald trump. There was a lot of criticism that he did not prepare as well as he should have for the last debate. Clearly the camp does not want to see this happen this go
round. Part of the reason they are holding this town hall, where he can sharpen his skill, get more familiar with the format. And also, will donald trump learn from some of the things that pence arguably did well during his debate . He did not take the bait when he was challenged on some of those controversial things that donald trump has said about mexican americans or women or muslims. He didnt interrupt as much as well as as we saw donald trump do in his debate with clinton. So Going Forward yes hes getting his practice run but will he learn from pences debate . Is a question that remains to be seen. Thanks very much. Outfront now. Manu raju. Dana, pence won. That is what our poll says. He prepared. He was substantive. He didnt take the debate. Is trump now going to follow mike pences lead and do serious debate prep . He has days left and hes got to turn it around. No. That is the simple, honest answer that im getting from sources who are familiar with trumps preparation. His style and how he likes to prepare. Which is not a whole lot. The very fact that he is going to New Hampshire tomorrow. He wants to stay on the campaign trail. But, here is the but. They did convince donald trump that he does have to get familiar in o some way, shape or form with the classic town hall format. Again it is not just about taking questions from voters, undecided voters. He hasnt actually done as much of that as a Chris Christie or Johnny Mccain back in the day, people who spend a lot of time in state likes New Hampshire where that is expected of them. But he still needs to have some basic skills about what do when
a voter asks a question, do you stand up . Do you walk towards them . Address them by name . How do you show that empathy factor that bill clinton first did so well during the town hall debate . That is the kind of thing that they have convinced donald trump to do. Which the reason hes doing that tomorrow night. The preparation mike pence did . Not even close. So were talking about the town hall . Thats it until. I think the point is well taken. That this is a format where donald trump zhould better. It is more casual. I think it is interesting to think of this like 2012. Mitt romney beat barack obama soundly in the first debate. And the second was a town hall and obama was more casual and more comfortable. Played to his strengths. Donald trump is not a barack obama type politician for a lot of reasons. And i think that hell be challenged in a way to followup on policy and so so forth but it is going to be harder forHillary Clinton to goad him there as well. I had hosted some town halls on donald trump on the business side and he did like to interact. He let people in and touch his hair at times. And i dont think were going to see anything like that. But im simply saying i know he hasnt done a lot on the campaign trail but ive been with him if that format and he did like to be with people. This lends itself to that. But it also lends itself to him answering very difficult questions. I wouldnt be surprised if he does not take some serious lessons from not just how mike pence did but just the fact ha he lost that first debate and he was criticized relentlessly about his tone and the way he interrupted Hillary Clinton. I look at the way donald trump handled the primary debates as struck outive in thiinstructive. Donald trump was a loose cannon
in that debate. Attacking all his opponents. George w. Bush was responsible for 9 11. Then after that. The next debate. The florida debate. He was very reverved. Mute. Completely different. I wouldnt be surprised if he doesnt learn from mike pences performance but also his own performance. E pence did seem to try to reinvent trump on some level. Here is what pence said last night versus what trump has actually said. Lets start with not praising Vladimir Putin as a great leader. Donald trump and mike pence have said hes a great leader. And no we havent. Hes running this country. And at least hes a leader. Unlike what we have in this country. I think it is honorable that relationship Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than barack obama as been in this country. You are going to have to Deportation Force and you are going to do it humanely. No nation should get nuclear weapons. Well he never said that senator. At some point we have to say you know what . Were better off if japan protects itself against this maniac in north korea. Does that juxtaposition matter, mark . Facts are certainly stubborn erin. The reason mike pence was able to get away with that in real time last night is because his opponent tim kaine was so aggressive that he really sucked up a lot of oxygen in the air. When i say a lot of oxygen. Kind of the bad oxygen. Mike pence came across in a very calm, collected manner. Even though he wasnt necessarily answering that in the, you know, truthfulest way that he possibly could. Heading into this town hall donald trump cannot come in red hot. An audience of 50 or so people in there. They will not be interacting with him other than asking these big questions. These are not the big rallies. But something where donald trump has to actually answer the question. And they can go right back and ask him to fulfill their answer if they dont think they got it. Very interesting. All of you staying with me next, bill clinton is trying to damage control. Came out in great detail, called obamacare the craziest thing and laid out why. Is he a light or an asset . And this is Hurricane Matthew seen from space. Deadly picture. Headed right to florida. And what was Donald Trumps life like . When he lost a billion, what was he living like . Well were going to show you and it is pretty stupendous. If youre approaching 65. Nows the time to get your ducks in a row. [quack ] medicare only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like any standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide and learn more. At bp, we empower anyone to stop a job if something doesnt seem right, so everyone comes home safely. Because safety is never being satisfied. And always working to be better. Because safety is never being satisfied. Hey, its been crazy with school being back so were constantly going over our data limit. Oh, well, now all of our new plans come with no data overages. Wow, no more overages . So that means. Go on. Say it. Well finally be in control. And were back. Introducing new at t plans with no data overage charges. Sureor put themhave ston a rack. E tires. But the specialists at ford like to show off their strengths 13 name brands. All backed by our low price tire guarantee. Yeah, were strong when it comes to tires. Right now during the big tire event, get a 140 rebate by mail on four select tires. Amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. With sleep number, you choose the exact firmness and comfort you want and so does your partner for the best sleep ever. The columbus day sale is on now with the queen c4 mattress set only 1399. 98. Plus 24month financing. Learn more at sleepnumber. Com
breaking news. Live pictures, as you can see. Donald trump going to be taking the stage there at that rally in nevada. We know hes going to be talking specifically about bill clinton who called obamacare the craziest thing in the world yesterday. Trump tweeted moments ago bill clinton is right. Obamacare is crazy, it doesnt work and doesnt make sense. Thanks bill for telling the truth. The former president tried earlier today to walk his comments back. But can you, when you were in such detail . Brianna keilar is outfront. Hillary clinton off the trail fundraising and prepping for her second debate showdown with trump on sunday but her big name surrogates are out in force. One time rival Bernie Sanders employem imploring voters to look past clintons unfavorable ratings on election day. Politics is not about personality. If you watch tv and national
media, they think politics is like dancing with te g ing with. The super bowl. The world series. It is not. It is not entertainment. What politics is about society, must be about. Is which candidate will have a positive impact on your lives. Sanders is trying to rally young voters to support clinton in iowa where early voting is already under way and clinton had been trailing trump in the polls. We dont want anyone to sit out and stay home. Chelsea clinton also in the hawk eye state but her dad in s in hot water after saying this about obamacare. All of a sudden 25 million more people out there have healthcare and the people out there busting it sometimes 60 hours a week wind one their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It is the craziest thing in the world. Today in ohio, bill clinton tried to walk it back. There are problems with it. And Everybody Knows it. The republicans want to repeal the law. Their idea of solving the problem is to take 20 Million People who got insurance and take it away from them. Give it all back to Insurance Companies again. Hillarys idea is recognize what the problem is. Donald trump is seizing on the assessment of president obamas signature domestic achievement. Bill clinton torched president obamas signature legislation. Remember Hillary Clinton called obamacare one of the greatest accomplishments. But bill had a different view. He said it is just a crazy system. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway making it clear obamacare will come up at the next debate. I think it is a huge issue thats been left on the table in these debates. Weve got new president bill clinton is our best surrogate. And thinking of having him on in the spin room with us in st. Louis. In the final five weeks before election day the equilibrate campaign has all of her big name surrogates out on the trail. You have president obama who is supposed to be in miami today for secretary clinton but that is an event postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. Hes now scheduled to hit the trail next week in North Carolina and ohio. And al gore is also going to be on the campaign trail very soon erin. Thank you. And now Hillary Clinton supporter and donald trump supporter. This was not just a casual comment in as you could see from the count bite. He went into detail. Premiums double. Benefits cut in half. Does he really think he can unsay what he said . Hes calling this a clarification. But that was clearly what e he thought yesterday. I honestly dont think there
was a damage here that was done. What bill clinton said is that there are some people out there who are paying high Insurance Premium and that is a problem. Obama believes that. The president believes that. Hillary clinton believes that. What this is turning into is the republicans are seizing this moment, this narrative to try to turn this into a discord between obama and the clintons which just doesnt exist. Bill clinton has always been on the same message as Hillary Clinton. He has said. They have both said obamacare is good but it could be better and now his words are being parsed out to be much worse than it actually is. She has of course said this is a great achievement for democrats going back to the days of harry truman. Staunch smotherer of obama cake. No. And and political point of thisthink is a serious one. I get stopped because of cnn in the grocery store. And some guy stopped me whom ie
dont know. And what was he upset about. He was upset about obamacare. Chapter and verse. He had a stroke and recovered from a stroke and had to deal with obamacare. He was really angry. And concluded by saying that is why im voting for donald trump. So when you hear bill clinton say this, i can only tell you that there are people out there, regular folks, saying yes, exactly and ive had to deal with it. And and here is the question. It is something that president obama has said. This is going to be his legacy. Maybe his biggest legacy. Sure it needs tweaks but he thinks it is his legacy. And how do you think it helps the opposition. Not happy about. This yesterday at the White House BriefingMichelle Kosinski asked josh earnest do you wish he used different words and he
said of course. That was josh ernest on ordinarily they would not directly admit that. Absolutely. And there is a the double edged sword of bill clinton. Hes one of the the most naturally gifted politicians there is out there but he also can say things that put his wife in a difficult spot. Raises