Lscivious. Donald trump on tape talking about groping women, saying quote when youre a star they let you do it. Can they tenyearold tape tank his campaign. We want to welcome in voters around the world im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Tonight two breaking stories, Hurricane Matthew is heading north punishing the florida coast with powerful winds and heavy rains as it crawls up the coast. Storm surge is dangerous. Right now Jacksonville Florida water is running through the streets. President obama has signed a Emergency Declaration for north carolina. Storms packing winds 116 miles an hour. Those powerful surges that may top nine feet. We start with donald trump grabbing about his efforts to kiss, grope and have sex with women. That hot mike moment is ten years old but trump is already rushing to head off damage. We have correspondents in the storm zone but lets begin with the bomb shell political news. A newly leaked conversation involving donald trump thats so explosive, trump already is apologizing. Jim, tell us about this tape. All right wolf we should point out to our viewers from the get go this video is very offensive. It was released by the Washington Post in the last hour. It shows donald trump on a hot microphone in 2005 being interviewed by the tv show access hollywood with billy bush and during this interview during out take moments donald trump is caught on tape talking about what its like trying to seduce women as a celebrity. We want to remind viewers the material is highly offensive. I moved on her actually and i failed. Ill admit it. Whoa. And i did try to [ bleep ] her. I moved on her very heavily. In fact i took her out furniture shopping. I said ill show you where they have nice furniture. I moved on her like a bitch. But i couldnt get there. And she was married and all of a sudden i see her with the big phony tits and everything she totally changed her looks. Shes hot at hit in the purple. Whoa. Yes whoa, my man. Wait, wait, you got to look to set this up. Oh, you are a piece of work. You got to get this up. You and i will walk in. Maybe its a different woman. Better not be. No its her. Yeah its her. I got to eat some tictacs in case i start kissing her. Im automatic attracted to beautiful. I start kissing them like a magnet. And when youre a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Looks good. Come on shorty. Oh, nice legs. Get out of the way honey. Thats good legs. Go ahead. Dont fall out of the bus. Like ford, gerald ford, remember. Down below. Pull the handle. Hello. How are you. Hi. How are you. Nice seeing you. Terrific. Terrific. You know billy bush. Nice so see you. How you doing. Doing very well you ready to be a soap star. Im a little hug daddy just got off the bus. Absolutely. Just to under line how serious this video is the Trump Campaign released the statement from donald trump moments after this video was released saying this was locker room banter according to donald trump a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill clinton said far worse to me on the golf course. Not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended. Hillary clinton putting out this tweet. This is horrific. We cant allow this man to become president. Just to stress how serious this is being taken in the Trump Campaign. This is the first time any of us can recall donald trump using the words i apologize although he did add the couching phrase, if anyone was offended. I think we will all hear shortly from our republican sources about this. I heard from one gop donor saying quote this is brutal, he is toast. I imagine that will be shared by other voters as the hours go on. David youre a political director give us some perspective on this bomb shell. Well, i want to under line something jim just said there, wolf, which is that you understood how big this was on the ricter scale because donald trump in his statement said the words, i apologize, even with the caveat, he doesnt do that. You know thats been seen inside the Trump Campaign as a serious problem. I think the question that lingers over the campaign is how do you recover from this if at all. Can you recover from this. Now they will have to put together a plan for what to do in the final 31, 32 days to get back from this. Because you have to remember where we are in the context of donald trump in this race. The question about the trump candidatecy that didnt get resolved is majority of Americans Still think he doesnt have the right temperament or fit in the oval office. He is trying to express to the voters that he is. This obviously completely under cuts any effort of that. Thats what is so damaging. I think its safe to say of all the controversial things donald trump has said throughout this campaign these words on a hot mike are the leastpresident ial things hes said. I think that makes trying to sell yourself to voters who are still questioning your fitness for the office very, very difficult. Does it make any difference these words were caught on a tape ten, eleven years ago in 2005 when he was a private citizen, a show biz kind of guy. If these were words he said in the past year plus forget it it would be completely game over. I thought you were going with that is that weve heard of things he has said but not actually heard him say the words like we do on this audio tape and it is quite different to hear it come out of his mouth, vulgar words that we hear over and over again in that audio tape. To duck tail on what david was saying whether he could expand beyond his base, remember this is about women. This is about whether or not he can be pal atable to wealth and frankly wonderful women, men who also find this kind of discussion vulgar and way over the line. Forget about president ial. Not something you would want your friend to say. Or your uncle. Your father. Anybody who you are in close proximity with. Its just not the way most people think and certainly dont dont speak that way unless they are as you said in the locker room and maybe 13 and 14 years old and just learning about things like this. It transcends politics. Exactly right. And then you add in the layer it is women, suburban women in the key states like ohio, like pennsylvania, and so forth, that hes needed to bring on, you know, its very damaging i think. Having said all that, this is donald trump, he was the guy who did Miss Universe, who appeared in playboy videos, who this was his persona to be the man about town and it is possible, i dont think its probable but it is possible for some of those pursuedable voters to say tell us something we dont know about donald trump. This comes two days before the second president ial debate with Hillary Clinton. It certainly is raising the stakes enormously right now. Its hard to imagine how this doesnt come up. Part of the problem with donald trump with this, this does go farther than anything weve heard donald trump say in terms of what is considered socially acceptable behavior speech. He has dismissed some of his past comments about women saying that was entertainment. No one respects women more than i do. He sort of tried to reassure people that in private moments hes very respectful. Well this is a private moment and you hear how he speaks. The other issue with it, especially something i think could motivate young people. Especially young people maybe nor Hillary Clinton because theyre motivated against donald trump is that hes condoning forcible advances on women whether they are wanted or unwanted. So this isnt just a matter of using slang term for a womans private parts or using words that are derogatory toward women, its been him saying, you know, im attracted to beautiful women and he says when youre a star they let you do it, you can do anything. Thats keith. Grab them by the fill in the blank. By their private parts. I mean thats a big issue for donald trump. This goes beyond. Because it totally under mines what he has said so many times you heard him say over and over on the campaign trail, i have nothing but the greatest respect for women, i put them in the highest position of my company. Look at my daughter and its all true. And fine. But the idea of him saying privately that he forces himself on a woman under mines that. Yeah gist the other day was saying in nevada, i was in theethe e thee theenter tanment business so i was saying things i wonderful normally say. By goes he will use that defense when explaining in. We heard from both Political Parties who do you want as your president. The president is kind of a star as well. And this is not how a president of the United States behaves at all. One quick thing, you talked about the debate. This is only friday. The next 48 hours is an etern y eternitiy especially when you have something as explosive as this. Its really hard to imagine. Hes supposed to be on stage with paul ryan. Theres that but in some way shape or form trying to lower the temperature on this. Im sure they have to think of something. Over the l. A. Past year, plus weve often heard media pundits suggest that something trump will say will disqualify him so far nothing has, how does he get over this . Its a good point to bring up. I would suggest were in a different moment in trumps candidatecy, hes right now on a downward trajectory that he needs to halt. Its not as if hes wrapping up victories the way he was during the primaries and able to ride some momentum. Hes actually searching for how to find a floor to stop a slide thats been clear in the polls both nationally and in many Battle Ground states. Hes in a different moment where controversiry may not play exactly as it did during the republican an primaries. Its a good precautionary vote. Im not sure he losing a ton of votes any more. I think a lot of this is expected behavior from donald trump for a lot of voters. But theres still voter whos are looking to make an assessment. Theres no way this could play favorably for donald trump as they make an assessment about fitness for offense. Fitness for off. Fitness for office. We know hes time and again used the line as Hillary Clinton as an enabler during the clinton years about the women and bill clintons infidelities and that might be a line of attack. I think he now loses the ability to try and make that line of attack which clearly his campaign has done several times throughout this campaign. All right everyone stay with us. Theres a lot of viewers just tuning in. Im going to play the audio tape one more time. Remember theres vulgar words. Listen to this and well continue our analysis. I moved on her actually. She was down in palm beach. I moved on her and i famed ill admit it. Whoa. And i did try to [ bleep ] her. I moved on her very heavily. In fact i took her out furniture shopping i said ill she you where they have night furniture. I moved on her like a bitch. I couldnt get there. And she was married. All of a sudden i see her shes not got the big pony tits shes totally changed her look. Shes hot as hit. Yes in so jim, youve been covering him from the very beginning. Will this kill his campaign . You know, i think this could be it. I mean, i think this is one of those moments that come in a campaign. I think this far exceeds what happened with mitt romneys 47 moment. This is one of those moment thats can absolutely sink a campaign. And as dana was saying earlier donald trump has had a trproble with women voters throughout this process. If youre a female voter on the fence and undecided and thinking maybe you dont like Hillary Clinton so maybe you will vote for donald trump this is one of those moment thats will give somebody a tremendous amount of pause. For this to happen two days before the rematch with Hillary Clinton. This was supposed to be Donald Trumps moment to redeem hims f himself. She has used the term basket of deplorable deplorables. There isnt much more deflowpl e deplorable. This is the exact definition of deplorabl deplorable. Hes in his own basket of deplorables right now. You did hear him say about bill clinton talking on the golf course in comparison this is modest. That doesnt matter bill clinton is not running for president. And we dont have a tape. And were not hearing it and voters arent hearing it and its not Hillary Clinton. Hes running against Hillary Clinton not bill clinton. Thats a big difference that Everybody Needs to keep in mind right now. And looking at, sorry david i was going to say to that point, as our colleague said to donald trump quite frankly that sounds like the excuse of a fiveyearold as well. You look at the apology. You said sort of apologized thats accurate because he attributes it to locker room banter. He said this quote, this was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course, not even close, i apologize if anyones offended. He tries to dismiss it as locker room banter, which is not a effective way of apologizing. Then he pushes it away to someone else, typical donald trump. In a normal apology thats not appropriate. And then ends it if anyones offended. Lack of awareness. I mean certainly people are offended by this. Im sure i hope all of us have apologized to someone in our lives when you say im sorry if i offended you, it diminishes the effectiveness of your apologize. The strategy when it comes to Holding Trump where he is which is about 40 . In Battle Ground states its important. Hold him where he is. Because once they go to trump theyre not going back. So hold him. Hes basically holding himself by doing Something Like this. Its something he is on the ropes. He needs to be able to get every last votes that he can in these Battle Ground states and this gets in his way of doing that. Just talking strategy not about how offensive what he said was. And the question i think b becomes does the cumulative effect finally crush donald trump. In the last few weeks weve been talking about roger ales and his problems at fox news and how hes formally advising his kacae talking about immigrants as rapist and talking about donald trump is not a war hero. The Miss UniverseAlicia Machado that whole episode. It just becomes a snowball effect. Hes defying gravity throughout the cycle but at some point gravity is going to pull him down. You know as we sit here talking, mike pence who is genuinely a very religious Christian Conservative. He always says hes christian before conservative and republican and i dont know anybody who ever heard him say anything more than gosh. He said the sh word the other day. Thats debatable. All right. But regardless thats why it was potentially such big news. Yes did he really say it. And hes not alone. Trump did okay in the primaries because who he was is baked in and they were much more about going against washington than what they were traditionally mobilized for. Which is someone a lot like them. Again hearing donald trump say this, if youre a voter, again i want to know what mike pence is think. Someone who is a true Christian Conservative republican. Hes supposed to be in wisconsin with the chairman of the Republican Party, the speaker of the house, both are from wisconsin, the Republican Center from wisconsin, the governor from wisconsin. It make thats event a little awkward wouldnt you say . To say the least. And of course just a string of some awkward dances between the Republican Party establishment and donald trump throughout this campaign. Now i think this question hangs over paul ryan and scott walker which is are you comfortable appearing with donald trump on stage after this . Do you fortify yourself and bolster his candidatecy and link arms together or do we see some of the establishment, nervous republicans, making them sort of try to step away from him best they can to save their republican majority in the senate. This is going to be new fodder for that. If you thought you saw hang ringing before you will see a whole new level now these comments are out. All right everyone stay with us as we follow this major breaking political news. Also the breaking news on Hurricane Matthew where it is right now, where its heading. Stay with us. Well be right back. What are we gonna do . How about we pump more into promotions . Nah. What else . What if we hire more sales reps . Nah. What else . What if we digitize the whole supply chain . So people can customize their bike before they buy it. That worked better than expected. Ill dial it back. Yeah, dial it back. Just a little. Live business, powered by sap. When you run live, you run simple. And now. 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So explosive donald trump has already issued an apology of sorts. Once again this audio tape is very graphic, disturbing and contained vulgar language. Aisle move it one more time. I moved on her she was in palm beach, i moved on her i wi