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The person to my right, who unbeknownst to me was donald trump, put their hand up my skirt. He did touch my vagina through i push the hand away and i see these eyebrows very distinct eyebrows of donald trump. Reporter she said he touched her genitals through her underwear. Hours later, in los angeles, Attorney Gloria Allred introduced a onetime contestant on the apprentice. Summers zervos said trump assaulted her in a hotel room when she thought she was there to talk about a job. He grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me aggressively, placed his hand on my breast. I pulled back walked to another part of the room, and he grabbed my hand and took me to the bedroom. I walked out. Reporter the candidate himself fired back in greensboro, North Carolina they all are false. Theyre totally invented, fiction. All 100 totally and completely fabricated. Reporter Trumps Campaign said the timing points to a political smear. And he mocked andersons account of assault in a nightclub. I was sitting alone at club sitting alone by myself like this. Reporter this after running mate governor mike pence told the today shows matt lauer that trump will release evidence disproving the accusations. Well, matt, i think its coming and its coming in frankly probably, in a matter of hours. Reporter as of late afternoon, the Trump Campaign had not released any new information. In cleveland, president obama went after trump directly. All he had time for was celebrities. Now all of a sudden acting like populist out there. Man, im gonna fight for working people. Come on man. Wanna know what somebodys gonna do look what theyve been doing their whole lives. Reporter meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, in a taped interview, talked to Ellen Degeneres about trumps physical presence during sundays debate. He was really trying to dominate and literally stalk me around the stage. And i would just feel this presence behind me and i thought whoa, this is really weird. So i was just trying to stay focused. Reporter clinton was also in print she gave a series of written answers under penalty of perjury about her use of private email, as secretary of state, this as part of a private lawsuit. Her lawyers wrote that clinton did not recall any warning that her email account conflicted with or violated federal laws. 25 days left until election day and we clearly are not done with the twists and turns of this Campaign Season yet. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Is is released statement from mr. Trump denying that he ever act inappropriately with prepare tis contestant. In the days other news medicare is about to have one of the biggest overhauls in its 50 year history changing how it pays doctors and other clinicians. Starting in 2019, they can choose to be compensated for quality of service, rather than quantity. If they do, theyll be paid more. The new system rolled out in detail today is the product of Bipartisan Legislation that passed Congress Last year. The flood tide from Hurricane Matthew kept pushing toward the North Carolina coast today, and the death toll count kept rising to at least 24. Swollen rivers have put parts of some towns ten feet under water. Today, governor pat mccrory visited the hardhit city of tarboro, and promised aid. The people dont know how difficult a situation theyre about to enter when the water clears. Id say 80 of this town is under water at this point in time. Weve got to prepare them for that. Woodruff a judge also ordered 36 counties in North Carolina to extend Voter Registration due to flooding, after the States Election board was sued by the democratic party. The deadline was also extended in and around savannah, georgia. In syria fresh air strikes blasted the city of aleppo, as rebels warned food and medicine is running low. The citys rebelheld east is again under heavy bombardment, and president Bashar Alassad is insisting it be recaptured. He spoke to a russian newspaper. First of all, it has political gain, on the strategic level, political gain and national gain. Then, from the Strategic Point of view, Military Point of view, its going to be the springboard, as a big city, to move to another areas, to liberate another areas from the terrorists. You have to clean. You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to turkey to go back to where they come from, or to kill them. Theres no other option. Woodruff all of this, as secretary of state john kerry prepares to meet with his russian counterpart tomorrow, in a new effort to rekindle ceasefire talks. Buddhist Funeral Rites have begun in thailand, for the man who was the worlds longest reigning monarch. Thousands gathered in bangkok today for a royal procession and ceremonies to mourn the king, who died yesterday. He ruled for 70 years, enjoying enormous popularity and ties to the military regime. The body will be cremated in the months ahead. Back in this country, the Transportation Department has banned all passengers and crews from bringing Samsung Galaxy note 7 smartphones on board planes. They issued the emergency order after reports of the device catching fire. Samsung had already discontinued the phones earlier this week. United Airlines Says its resolved an overnight computer glitch that delayed thousands of passengers worldwide. Travelers from paris to new york reported waiting up to several hours. It comes just two months after Delta Airlines canceled thousands of flights after a power outage affected its computers. As of today, its a lot easier to bring cuban cigars and rum into the u. S. The Obama Administration says its relaxing limits on bringing those products back from cuba. Now, returning travelers will be allowed up to 100 cigars, and several bottles of rum. Its the latest loosening of the trade embargo on cuba. The u. S. Treasury Department Reports running a 587 billion budget deficit this past fiscal year. Thats up 34 over the previous fiscal year, due to a slowdown in revenues and higher government spending. And on wall street, stocks closed higher led by gains in the technology and banking sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial average climbed 39 points to close at 18,138. The nasdaq rose nearly a point, and the s p 500 added half a point. For the week, the dow lost a fraction of a percent, and both the nasdaq and the s p 500 fell around 1 . Still to come on the newshour how some women in the swing state of North Carolina see this election, an investors view of the president ial candidates, mark shields and david brooks weigh in on the trump allegations, and seth meyers on comedys role in this years election. Woodruff rarely has the female vote held as much sway in a president ial race as this year, even before the recent allegations of sexual aggression were leveled against donald trump. This week, i traveled to the crucial swing state of North Carolina a state that voted obama in 2008, but flipped to mitt romney and the republicans in 2012. Four years later, theres no slice of electorate being fought over more than College Educated white women and thats who we went looking for. I originally thought this cartoon of a man wasnt going to get very far, and how could he . And here we are. And i am disgusted. This is just basically saying, well, boys will be boys. Not acceptable. Not acceptable to me, and certainly not becoming of someone i would wish to be our president. I wouldnt want that man in my home, i wouldnt want him in my classroom, so i dont want him in my white house. Woodruff a few of the reactions from women voters we talked to in North Carolina. Even women looking for a republican to support, were repelled they said by the 11 yearold video of donald trump. And coming in the final month of the campaign, it and the accusations of the past few days have thrown the alreadycrucial womens vote here into sharper relief. Are you registered to vote . Woodruff if you needed proof of how much the tar heel states 15 electoral votes matter, look no further than the campus of the university of North Carolina in chapel hill. Clinton volunteers were in a lastminute push to meet todays Voter Registration deadline. Among the most coveted voters are College Educated white women, who in 2012 gave mitt romney a six point advantage nationally. This year, polls show donald trump is losing them by a staggering 30 points. Frankly, women, women are gonna make up their own minds, you know, unlike you know, kind of the old south, where everybody voted together. And women went to vote the way their husbands did. I i dont think that holds. Woodruff Ferrel Guillory a professor at u. N. C. s school of media and journalism says energizing Millennial Women is one part of clintons challenge. The millennial generation is now larger than the baby boom generation, but it doesnt vote with the same potency. So, she has the opportunity to bring new voters into the electorate, particularly women. Woodruff we sat down with two millennials 18yearold freshman kim donofrio and 25 year old p. H. D. Student kyla wagner. Donofrio had supported Bernie Sanders early in the primary process, but. When hillary won the nomination, i just sort of accepted it immediately. Its important to have somebody who understands how that world works. Do you really think that donald trump would be able to. You cant just shove your foot through the door when it comes to american politics. You have to take your time. Its difficult. Woodruff wagner is a registered republican who wanted to see the white house back in g. O. P. Hands. And when trump beat out the others, wagner says she did give him serious consideration at first. Id like to think i gave him an honest opportunity, but as a young woman, newly married, interested in not only the progress im going to have as a career woman, but as a mother, i just really did not feel and still do not feel like donald trump understands the needs of the holistic american woman. I do feel that Hillary Clinton will work tirelessly to get some of the issues im most concerned about addressed. Paid paternity leave, reassurance that roe v. Wade will stay, and the overall protection of womens health. Woodruff North Carolina is a top priority for both campaigns. President obama was here just this week, Michelle Obama last week. On tuesday, mike pence showed up in charlotte. And today, donald trump is in greensboro. The voters theyre looking for live in towns like apex, near which have exploded in population. Much of that growth has been fueled by an influx of College Educated workers who have come here to raise their families. The men tilt republican, but statewide, College Educated women who went for mitt romney four years ago this time are struggling to support donald trump. 51yearold Elizabeth Wakeford has lived in North Carolina for decades. Shes voted for both parties in past president ial elections, but not this year she plans to write in a candidate. I would love for a woman to be president , im certainly not adverse to that, just not this woman. The emails are concerning in terms of national security. I do worry what might have been in there that got carelessly shared with others. Woodruff so thats Hillary Clinton, what about donald trump. Whats your sense of him . Its kind of like a junior high student beating his chest going, oh, yeah, im going to getcha, and this is how. And you think, really . Youre an adult, youre running for office the highest office in the land. What are you doing . I cannot tell you how much i cannot stand that candidate. If i may make a comparison, donald trump is overtly distasteful. I find hillary more covertly distasteful. Woodruff just 11 miles away, 41yearold Kristen Wynns lives in cary with her husband kevin and two children, zoe and logan. A registered republican, she runs her own psychology practice, went to an all Womens College and is still struggling about what to do in november. Putting my blood, sweat, and tears into my own practice for the last nine years, clearly, some of trumps tax laws and his views on taxes and Small Businesses are quite appealing to me as a Small Business owner but then ive got the Womens College blood coursing through my veins. Love the idea of a women president. Im raising two daughters, and some of Hillary Clintons beliefs about closing the wage gap, affirmative action, girls and women not being the victims of abuse or assault. Woodruff are you still struggling with your decision . I am. Woodruff you think youre leaning one way or another at this point . Can i be struggling and leaning at the same time . Woodruff yes. Okay, then i think thats where i am. Woodruff that day, wynns told us she was leaning trump. But weve stayed in touch and today she told us in light of all the allegations made by women this week, shes now truly stumped. Trump, with his words and with his life story, has demeaned women, its the coarseness of the way he sees the world of men and women. And i think thats that is destabilized a segment of the electorate that would ordinarily vote for a republican like mitt romney or a republican like john mccain. Woodruff eight miles south of cary, in the raleigh suburb of apex, the evidence of exploding growth is plain to see new homes popping up everywhere. Michele hilmey a new york transplant and registered democrat says the tone of the campaign has been particularly difficult, especially for her 8 year old son nate. Donald trump was accepting the republican nomination. We were all gathered around, we were actually visiting some family out of town, and i happen to look over at him and he was crying. And he was confused, he thought that donald trump was the president at that point. We had to explain that he was just accepting the nomination. But when i pressed him as to why he was crying he said, mom, i hear on the tv all the time that donald trump hates women. That was shocking to me, i just couldnt believe that he absorbed that, that he gleaned that from conversations knowing that his mom, and his sister, and his grandma that he loved so dearly are women. Woodruff for now, hilmey is undecided, but leaning toward clinton. But she says she hopes for the sake of both her family and the country, the politicians who do get elected will work to find common ground. We cannot continue as a country to say, im a democrat, youre a republican, there is no space in the middle, we cannot continue to have these extreme onesided beliefs. There has to be ground in the middle or well never move forward. Top of the program, late today, North Carolina extended Voter Registration in 36 counties due to the flooding. Woodruff now, the second of two perspectives on the campaign from the world of business. Yesterday correspondent paul solman talked to linkedin co founder reid hoffman, a Hillary Clinton supporter. Tonight paul sits down with tom barrack, a friend of, Economic Advisor to, Economic Advisor to, and fundraiser for donald trump. Its the second take this week of our series, making sense. Im the first kid to ever go to college, first kid to ever go to law school. Reporter billionaire tom barrack, the son of lebanese immigrants, made his fortune as a real estate investor. Though his firm, colony capital, has taken stakes in more visible, if unconventional assets as well. Like Michael Jacksons neverland ranch, film company miramax, and the debt of photographer annie leibovitz. His showbiz investments often made with his friend actor rob lowe. But the Southern California educated poloplaying mogul spoke with us on behalf of his business associate of long standing donald trump. Is the reason youre one of the only two top executives who were willing to talk to us in support of mr. Trump because youre fearless . It starts with numbe