Kissing her. Im automatically attracted to people. It is like a magnet. Today in a democracy now special, we expand the debate by giving the green partys jill stein a chchance to respond to e same questions posed to donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Dr. Stein a horrific statement on the part of donald trump. It describes horrific abuse. This is not a trivial matter. I think this one out of four women in this country is subject to sexual violence. This is a real crisis. And for someone who is aspiring to be president of this country to be modeling this despicable and abusive he had your is absolutely behavior is absolutely inexcusable. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In haiti, the death toll from Hurricane Matthew has topped 1000 as the country battles a growing cholera epidemic and authorities dig mass graves for those killed by the category 44 storm. U. N. Officials s said nearly one millllion people are in urgegent need of humamanitarian a assist, with up to 80 of haitis food crops destroyed in some areas. Aiaid agencies say at least 60,0 people are staying in tetemporay shelters. Survrvivors reported drinking wl water contaminated by dead livestock. At least 13 peopop have died of cholera after flood waters mixed with sewage. Haitis ambassador to the u. S. , paul altidor, said there are fears of a growing epidemic. The cholera is an issue that haiti has been dealing with in the past two years, so in light of what just took place the past few days, yes, cholera and other Health Issues might be on the rise. Natational elecections in haiti weree postponed indefinitely in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. In the u. S. , the death toll from Hurricane Matthew has reached 17 after the storm lashed the Atlantic Coast from florida to virginiaia. At least eight people died in North Carolina where heavy rains caused recordbreaking flooding. Parts of georgia saw record storm surge as high as 12. 5 feet. Floridida governor r rick scotod his state was spared a direct hihit, but said the storm cacaud an unbelievable amount of beach erosioion. In news from the campaign trail, a defiant donald trump squared off against Hillary Clinton in a bitter president ial debate on sunday, capping an extraordinary weekend that saw Top Republicans call on trump to end his president ial run following the release of a video tape showing trump boasting about sexually assaulting women. The threeminute video recorded by nbcs access hollywood in 2005 was released friday by the Washington Post. It opens with audio of trump and tv host billy bush speaking on a bus as trump prepares to meet arianne zucker, star of the soap opera days of our lives. A warning to our audience, this video contains vulgar, disturbing language. Trump i just are kissing them. It is like a magnet. When youre a star, they let you do it. Whatevever youanant. Amy the release of the video dominated Campaign Coverage througughout the weekend and s t the tone for sunday nights debate at Washington University in st. L louis, where trump was confronted by comoderator Anderson Cooper of cnn. You called what you said locker room banter. You talked about kissing women without their assent and grabbing their genitals. That is sexual assault. You bragged your sexually assaulted women. Mr. Trump i dont think you understood this was locker room talk. Im not proud of it. To my famamily and the American People. Certainly, i am not proud of it, but this is locker room talk. Amy Trumps Campaign brought three women to the debate who have accused bill clinton of sexual crimes, including juanita broaddrick, who alleges she was raped by bill clinton nearly 40 years ago and that Hillary Clinton worked to cover it up. Clinton did not didirectly addrs those charges. She said the video released friday showed the real donald trump. Mrs. Clinton what we all saw and heard on friday was donald talking about women what he thinks about women, what he does to women, and he has said that the video doesnt represent who he is. But i think it is clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is. Amy meanwhile, donald trump confronted Hillary Clinton over tens of thousands of emails deleted from her private email servers during her time as secretary of state, saying clinton would be in jail if he wins the presidency. Mr. Trump if i win, im going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many lies, so much deception. There has never b been anything like it. And we are going to have a special prosecutor. Amy during the 90minute debate, clinton and trump fielded questions about the Affordable Care act potential , Supreme Court nominees, islamophobia and trumps call to ban all muslims from enterining the coununtry, income e taxes, syriaas cicivil war, and enery policies. Globobal warming was mentioned only once, in passing, by Hillary Clinton. There was no discussion of Police Killings of people of color or the black lives matter movement. ThirdParty Candidates, including libertarian gary johnson and the green partys jill stein, were excluded from the debate under stringent rules set by the commission on president ial debates, which is controlled by the democratic and republican parties. After headlines, democracy now will expand the debate. Well pause the tape after questions answered by donald trump and Hillary Clinton to get response from green party s jill stein. The debate came as a growing number of republican officials called on trump to stetep down s their partys nominee following fridays release of the video it showed trump boasting sexual assault. 15 republican senators including former gop president ial nominee john mccain are now openly opposing trumps presidency. The highestranking republican woman in congress condemned trumps comments. Congresswoman Cathy Mcmorris rodgers of Washington State said it is never appropriate to condone unwanted sexual advances or violence against women. Me. Trump must realize that it has no place in public or private convnversations. Donald trurump has rejecteted cs to step down. In the wake of the tapes release, theres a renewed focus on other mistreatment of women by trump. A a Florida Business associate sued him for Sexual Harassment after he groped her at a business dinner and later attempted to sexually assault her in the empty bedroom of his daughter ivanka. She descriribed the indent to the e guardian. He pulled me asidede in the chchildrens room a a made anotr sexually aggressivee advancece n me where hee tried to make his move. He pushed me up against the wall and had hihis hands all over me and tried to getet up my dress again. I had toto physically say, whaht are you u doing. Stop it. It w was a shocking thing to hae him dodo this. He knew i was with george. He knew they were in the next room. How could he be doing this when i am there for business . News has isle, nbc been a billy bush over his comets in the 2005 video. He is heard cheering on donald trump description of groping exactly assaulting women and objectifying arianne zucker. Billy bush is the cousin of former florida governorr jeb buh and president george w. Bush. In other campaign news, wikileaks has releleased hillaryclintons remarks on the democratic nominees closeddoor remarks were starkly at odds with many of her public positions. These teachers become the major flash point in the democratic primaries after clintons opponent, Bernie Sanders, challenged clinton revealed transcript suffer speeches for which she was paid more than 22 million. The excerpts came in hacked emails of Campaign Chair john podesta. In one speech to a housing trade group in 2013, clinton spoke of unsavory political maneuvering and needing both a public and a private position when crafting laws. In an exchange with Goldman SachsCeo Lloyd Blankfein in 2013, clinton complained about ethics rules requiring politicians to sell off certain assets when taking office, and in other speeches, she largely absolved wall street firms for the crash of 2008 and said financial reform really has to come from the industry itself. The Wikileaks Revelations came just hours after the Clinton Campaigngn accused russia of siding with donald trump in the president ial race. Campaign spokesperson blamed Russian Hackers for stealing Clinton Campaign emails and said the kremlin had weaponized wikileaks to meddle in the u. S. Election. In yemen, hospitals struggled to care for the wounded after a u. S. Backed Saudi Coalition bombed a funeral hall in the capital, sanaa, killing at least 140 mourners and wounding more than 500 others. Survivors spoke of backtoback bombings during a Funeral Service for the father of an ofofficial with the rebel hohoui gogovernment, which controls sanaa. There were over 80800 peoplen the hall, including the elderly and children. Suddenly, we have the sounds of airplanes and t the bombing took place. The first bomb ripped through the ceiling and exploded with the basement destroyed as welll. I was ininjured and atat a loss. Thee heat may me feel i i was burning. I got up and ran for the building for the door were people came to rescue us. The second bomb came and hit those coming to rescue us. Amy thousands of yemenis gathered at the United Nations building in sanaa on sunday calling for an International Investigation into the assault. This is protester amer hussein alsalimi. We came out to the United Nations today called for our human rights and to denounce this unprecedented massacre that took place yesterday at the morning hall. Where are the human rights . Whwhere are the u. U. N. . Where is the world . Amy y he obama a administrtratin saturday condemned the saying in a statement u. S. Security cooperation with saudi arabia is not a blank check. The attack was carriried out wih warplanes and munitions sold to the Saudiled Coalition by the United States. The u. U. S. Air force continues o supply s saudi planes s with ael refueling sorties. The latest attack came as the un warned the civil war is leading to faminine in yemen, where some 1. 5 million children are currently malnourished and 28 Million People are short of food. In syria, a militia loyal to president Bashar Alassad advanced on eastern aleppo, where more than a quarter Million People have been living under siege and daily bombardment. Members of the quds brigade said they had taken control of a crossroads northeast of the city. The fighting came as russia on saturday vetoed a resolution at the u. N. Security council calling for a ceasefire and demanding the grounding of syrian and russian warplanes over aleppo. A russian counterresolution that allowed for continued bombing was rejected on a ninetofour vote. Here in the United States federal Appeals Court on sunday , a rejected a bid by the Standing Rock sioux tribe to permanently halt construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline. The ruling by the d. C. Circuit court of appeals paves the way for the Dakota Access company to resume construction on private lands adjacent to lake oahe on the missouri river. A decision on whether the pipeline can proceed under the missouri rests with the army corps of engineers. The Standing Rock tribe argued unsuccessfully that construction of the 3. 8 billion pipeline is destroying cultural artifacts and sacred sites. Members of hundreds of indigenous nations whove gathered at the Standing Rock reservation say theyll continue to fight the Dakota Access pipeline. Meanwhile, activists in southeastern iowa continued a campaign of civil disobedience aimed at stopping the Dakota AccessPipeline Company from boring under the mississippi river. On saturday, members of the mississippi stand encampment locked their arms together at the site and halted work for about an hour while e police cut worked to separate them. Later on saturday, an activist locked herself to the underside of a truck, delaying construction while crews dismantled the vehicles axle. Among those arrested over the weekend was lorenzo serna, who was filming video for the online news site, unicorn riot. And phoenix, arizona has become the largest u. S. City to replace columbus day with Indigenous Peoples day. Phoenix joins a a growing list f cities includiding denver, seattle, minneapolis and , albuquerque. In vermont, governor Peter Shumlin issued a statewide proclamation making the second monday of october Indigenous Peoples day. Columbus day has long evoked sadness and anger among native americans, who object to honoring a man who opened the door to european colonization, the exploitation of native peoples, and the slave trade. And ththose are some o of the headlines. This is democracy y now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. With the president ial election just over what tro four weeks away donald trump and Hillary Clinton faced off last night at Washington University in st. Louis in what politico described as the ugliest debate in u. S. History. We will play excerpts from the debate in a moment and expand the debate by giving Green Party Nominee jill stein a chance to respond to the same questions posed to trump and clinton. But first we turn to the trump videotape that has shaken up the race. On friday, Washington Post posted a shocking video from 2005 of trump talking on an open microphone, bragging about sexually assaulting women. This video is unaired footage from nbcs access hollywood. You can hear trump and tv host billy bush speaking on a bus before trump appeared on the soap opera days of our lives. A warning to our audience, this video contains vulgar, disturbing language. Amy video footage of donald trump from 2005. Trump is now facing a growing number of calls to step down as the republican partys nominee. At least 15 republican senators including former republican , president ial nominee dominic a and are now openly opposing , john mccain are now openly , opposing trumps candidacy. The highestranking republican woman in congress condemned trumps comments. Congresswoman Cathy Mcmorris rodgers of Washington State said it is never appropriate to condone unwanted sexual advances or violence against women. Mr. Trump must realize that it has no place in public or privatate conversations. Donald trump has rejected calls to step down. Trumps running mate mike pence said saturday we pray for his family and look forward to the opportunity he has to show what is in his heart when he goes before the nation tomorrow night. After a short break, we will spend the rest of the show eric excerpts of the president ial debate in st. Louis and give green Party President ial candidate gels time it was in st. Louis a chance to respond to the same questions posed to hillary and trump clinton d trump. Stein and libertarian president ial candidate gary johnson were excluded from the debate under stringent rules set by the Commission President ial debates which is controlled by the democratic and republican parties. We invited both stein and johnson to join us on the program. Only stein took us up on the offer. We will be back in a minute. [music break] amy this is democracy now , democracacow. Org, ththe war and peace report. Im amy goodman. War peace and the presidency. Wes and the rest of today show eric excerpts of the donald trump and Hiller Clinton debate and give green Party President ial candidate jill stein a chance to respond to the same questions posed to the major Party Candidates. Again, dr. Stein and libertarian president ial candidate gary johnson were excluded from the debate under stringent rules set by the commission on president ial debates, which is controlled by the democratic and republican parties. We invited both stein and johnson to join us on the program. Only stein took us up on the offer. So we go now to Washington University. The debate, modera