Transcripts For KGO This Week With George Stephanopoulos 201

Transcripts For KGO This Week With George Stephanopoulos 20161023

Were oneonone with eric trump and clintons chief strategist only on this week. Plus, how would a trump loss affect the gop . We talk to the independent candidate threatening to edge trump out in a key red state. From abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos. Good morning chlt. With two weeks and two days to go, what is the end game for donald trump . Can he pull off the most spectacular upset in election history, or has his Unprecedented Campaign hit an impregnable wall . Our new abc News Washington post tracking poll taken after the final debate has Hillary Clinton now ahead by 12 points. That 5038 advantage the largest of the campaign, and it shows voters firmly rejecting trumps Closing Arguments. 59 dont think the vote is rigged. Only 29 support his reluctance to accept an election loss. 69 dont like the way hes handling charges of sexual assault. The clock is ticking. Trumps map is shrinking. No candidate has ever come back from this far behind. I just got caught in the rain. Im soaking wet. How does my hair look . Is it okay . The rallies can still be fun but there were moments this week when donald trump just seemed done. Tearing his notes at the end of the debate. Getting booed at that charity dinner. Here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate catholics. [ audience booing ] stalking off from a local interview in ohio. Youve been labeled a racist. Youve been called a sexist. Thank you very much. How do you respond to that . I am the least racist person youve ever met. And contemplating defeat. We got to win. What a waste of time if we dont pull this off. His saturday morning speech in gettysburg was supposed to focus on his first 100 days as president , but it kicked off with familiar complaints about voter fraud, the media and his accusers. Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. Total fabrication. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over. He goes to gettysburg and says hes going to sue women who have made accusations against him. Im going to keep talking about what we want to do. Trump is still promising an upset. We will shock the world. This is going to be brexit plus. But up against a Clinton Campaign with more money and ground troops, and shes closing with a direct pitch to trump supporters. I understand that they need a president who cares about them, will listen to them, and i want to be their president too. And we are joined by Donald Trumps son, eric trump. Thank you for coming in. Your first appearance i think on this week. Thanks for coming. Thank you, george. You saw that poll down double digits, 12 points in our tracking point and show the arguments your father is making are not working. How do you turn this around . I dont give much credence to the Washington Post polls. Before the florida primary they said we were only winning the state by six. We ended up by winning over 20 points so again the Washington Post polls i dont give a lot of credence. Your polling average shows about a look at the l. A. Times poll. Were up by two points. The ibd point were up by two points. Rasmussen, were up by a few. Polls were all over the place. In fact, there was a reuters poll that came out this morning, two states, minnesota and michigan within the margin of error. These havent been won by a republican in 30 years. You dont think youre fighting from behind right now . Listen, maybe but i can tell you when im on the ground the amount of love out there is incredible. The amount of democrats that i have coming up to me every single day and saying ive been a democrat my entire life and my entire family is made up of democrats. Were coming out and voting for you and look at the backup of some of these polls including the one you just showed two seconds ago and its showing were only getting 4 , 4 democratic support. I mean, were getting the union votes, were getting the Law Enforcement votes. So many of these votes have always traditionally gone to the Democratic Party and i can tell you were getting 90 of this vote. Most polls do show most democrats going for Hillary Clinton right now. Do you think you might be living in a bubble of your own support . No, i dont think so at all. Honestly, look at last night. Ill give you a perfect example and look at last night. He was in cleveland. He had 10,000 people in cleveland. Hillary and tim kaine, they were in pennsylvania. They had 600 people in a gym. I mean the enthusiasm levels are just totally, totally off the charts, and, george, the amount of people i have come up to me every single day saying i havent voted in 50 years. Im embarrassed to say that. They always start with im embarrassed to say this to you, mr. Trump, but i havent voted in 50 years and im coming out and im voting for your father because i believe hes going to change the country and i believe we dont need another career politician in the oval office. I hear that all day every day and those people arent on the voter rolls, so, listen, i think were going to do very well, and i really believe were going to win this. There were times when father appeared irritated and got the boos at the Al Smith Dinner. How are his spirits . Amazing. He is an amazing fighter and what hes already accomplished is nothing short of remarkable. Hes fought maybe the greatest political machine in the history of the world, which, you know, one that you know better than anyone. Hes fought, quite frankly, the entire Mainstream Media who has always counted him out, never thought he could do it. Always put him down whether it be the primaries or now. Hes fought super pac money the likes of which has never been seen before. He wins no matter what happens on election day . To me as his son he wins no matter what. I mean, im so incredibly proud. Hes carried the weight of this country for the last 18 months. I happen to think were going to win. I mean, when im in these states and i just came back from North Carolina and i just came back from ohio, i mean, you cant drive 500 yards without seeing another trump sign. You dont see a single hillary sign. The enthusiasm differential between the two candidates is just its not even its not even close, and i think youre going to see that on election day. 11 women have come forward and accused your father of sexual assault. He said yesterday all of them are lying. Hes going to sue. All these people are lying even though they describe behavior that your father bragged about on that tape . George, where were these women before . Where were its not like my father is a hidden individual. Right . I mean, hes one of the most knowing people in the world. Whether he was several have made accusations in past Court Filings going back many years. Whether he was building hotels, 15 seasons of apprentice and then the day the Hillary Wikileaks come out the day that the Hillary Wikileaks come out all of a sudden people start coming forward. I think you have to be naive to think that one and the other werent coordinated together. I mean i think somebody would really need to be naive but the thing the depressing thing for me is how much time the press spends on that topic yet the dnc has an operative on a hidden camera that comes out bragging about how they incited violence, incited violence at the chicago rally, a rally that got Police Officers punched, a rally that got people hurt and no one even talks about it. I mean, you see these disgusting tactics used by the dnc. As a civilian im totally shocked by them. You cease these disgusting tactics by the dnc where their operatives are out bragging about we are going to ask Joel Benenson about that. Hes coming up right after. Let me finish. No one talks about it. Its very, very sad. Let me finish on this. Your father said he will sue. If hes president does he really want to be involved in a legal suit like this . I dont know. My father is a guy who will fight and hell fight for this country and hes always fought for himself. Quite frankly, throughout this whole process hes needed to fight for himself and he believes in a right and a wrong and when he feels that theres an injustice, i think you should stand up to ourselves and, quite frankly, we wouldnt have the problems we have in this nation if someone did a better job, if our politicians did a better job of standing up for our country and end stands up for himself. He is a fighter. Thats who he is and, quite frankly, he is a great fighter and he believes in calling out right and wrong. But you know several he says these stories have debunked but at least in one case, the People Magazine reporter, she told six different friends and colleagues at the time. George, i just dont believe it. I just dont believe it. Then you come out now with three weeks left in an election, three weeks left in an election. You know somebody told me, they go, eric, get ready for october. They told me this months and months ago. Get ready for october. Your family will live through the worst, most unthinkable, hardest month of your lives. Get ready for october. What theyll throw at you, what the clinton machine will throw at you, you know, the dirty tricks, the things that will come out and the things theyll orchestrate. Do you any evidence the clintons are behind it . Look, you see the hidden videos. Thats pretty bad stuff. When theyre talking about going out talking about these other allegations. Paying people to commit voter fraud. Paying people to go incite fights at rallies which get people hurt, i think you see their true colors. I think you see their true colors in these wikileaks emails where theyre going out making fun of christians, making fun of evangelicals and latinos. When Donna Brazile is giving debate questions to hillary ahead of time. I mean, george, you know us for a long time. Can you imagine what would happen if my father got the debate questions . Youd get pilloried. Theres no question about that. Talking about the debate, you know, your father did not on wednesday night say that he would accept the election results. Is he now prepared to say that he will accept a clear result . Unequivocally . He didnt say he wouldnt accept it either. My father will accept it 100 if its fair. If its fair. Youve got 24 what does that mean exactly . You have 24 million voters, in this country, one in eight that are misregistered to vote. Meaning information is inaccurate. You have 2 Million People on the voter rolls right now that are dead. This is pew research that came out last week. You have 3 million in this country right now that are registered in multiple states. 14 of all noncitizens in this country are registered to vote. But theres scant evidence that that is actually affecting any elections. Im just saying are you setting the groundwork there 2 million, 3 Million People. Especially when swing states. Seems like youre suggesting the outcome is unfair no matter what happens. I think what my father is saying, i want a fair election. I want a fair election. You see the media pile on. 94 of all contributions that have gone to the campaigns have gone to the Hillary Campaign from the media, meaning when the media donates their money, 94 of that has gone to the Clinton Campaign. Weve gotten less than 6 of it. I mean, you see you see this bias, right, and you see these numbers. You see, again 2 Million People that are dead that are on the voter rolls in the various states. Some of these states are being won by if its a five or sixpoint win by Hillary Clinton, hell accept it . If its a fair outcome, he will absolutely accept it. No question about it. Eric trump, thanks for coming in. Thank you, george. We bring in Joel Benenson now chief strategist for the Clinton Campaign, also the top pollster, as well and, joel, thank you for coming in this morning. You just heard what eric trump had to say. And i want to show a video that gets into what he was talking about. These charges of inciting violence. If youre there and youre protesting and you do these actions, you will be attacked at trump rallies. Thats what we want. Oh, so thats part of the process of getting of eliciting the reaction. The point is we know that trumps people will freak the [ bleep ] out. His Security Team will freak out and his supporters will lose their [ bleep ]. This is pretty shocking stuff now. I know there have been questions about the okeefe videos in the past about the editing questions about ee keefe. Yet both those operatives who were in these videos have now resigned and they did receive money from the dnc. They were subcontractors. Isnt this exactly the kind of behavior you all have been complaining about . Well, its a video of someone who has a track record of doctoring videos. These people have resigned, whether they were talking to him on camera or some snippet there thats been manipulated and taken out of context, i dont know. Its the first time ive seen the video, george. Whats been going on throughout this campaign in Donald Trumps own words we have video of donald trump saying, punch him in the mouth. I want him carried out on a stretcher. I mean this is a candidate running for president of the United States, so if the republicans and donald trump or eric trump want to talk about james okeefe instead of the words of the nominee of the Republican Party, i think its showing a sign of desperation in the last weeks. Are you confident you dont have any other operatives out there doing exactly the same thing . Im pretty confident. I mean, i think, as i said, were talking about a guy who has a track record of doctoring videos. These people resigned. As you said, and if this was happening day in and day out, we would know about it, number one, and number two, donald trump day after day on the stump was inciting people at his he said hed like to punch him in the mouth. I could shoot somebody on fifth avenue and i wouldnt lose a single vote. Lets be honest about who here has been inciting violence day in and day out at trump rallies. Its been donald trump and i think its part of the reason why hes been lagging in the polls, why hes been unable to reach beyond his base. You saw our poll out this morning. 5038, the biggest margin weve shown. Number one, is that what you think is happening with the race right now . Is it over . Look, i dont think its ive been this for awhile. I dont think its over until people vote, but i think whats been happening consistently from the conventions on and through the debates is that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate in this race whos been talking to people beyond their base. Yes, we have a strong democratic base. Its stronger than the Republican Base but shes been reaching out to republicans, independents, moderate voters, i think your poll shows that. And the reason why is because these people believe in america. Theyre optimistic about america and they want a president who will lift each other up, not tear each other down. The poll also shows that almost 60 , 59 of voters still are having a hard time with how Hillary Clinton is handling this whole email question. Can you put that behind you . Well, i think when you look at your poll numbers, it is one factor people are putting into their whole decision and what your poll shows is voters have put it behind them. Theyre making a decision now between donald trump and Hillary Clinton and theyre factoring in everything they know about the people. Theres a lot of things in there about donald trump that people are very unsatisfied with including the fact that hes calling the election rigged and says he wont accept the results. Weve also had a lot of focus on these wikileaks emails in recent days. Donald trump yesterday in gettysburg talked about banning contributions from lobbyists who register for foreign either foreign governments or corporations, and there was an exchange in the emails between Jennifer Palmieri and robby mook debating whether to take money from foreign lobbyists. Robby mook, im okay taking the money and dealing with any attacks. Are you guys okay with that . Jennifer palmieri, take the money. Does donald trump have a point . Should these kind of contributions be allowed . Well, first of all, i havent spent a lot of time reading through wikileaks emails but i will tell you this, what we know is that many are not authentic. We know that this is a hack, 17 of no, because these emails, we have no idea whether they are authentic or not or whether theyve been tampered with once the russians, which 17 american intelligence agencies say are responsible for these hackings have been manipulated. I have seen things i wont go into details but youre not suggesting that those are they may well be. I dont know. I know ive seen things that arent authentic that we know arent authentic, and its not surprising. Whats ridiculous about this whole conversation is that 17 intelligence agencies have said the russians are responsible for this. Donald trump refuses to accept it, refuses to condemn them. They are meddling in an American Election for the first time in history as far as we know, and we have a republican nominee for president who refuses to acknowledge what the american intelligence agencies have confirmed or condemn the bad actors here who happen to be the russians. Lets take a look at the strategy for the last two weeks. How explicit is Hillary Clinton going to be in saying give me a congress i can work with, number one, and as you allocate resources, we saw you go into arizona this week. How are you going to divide time between running up the electoral map and trying to get a senate and ho

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