Clinton expanded her lead nationally and in battleground states. Now trump wants to turn the tables with a new line of attack on the clintons marriage. Just overnight, trump blasted Hillary Clinton as an enabler of her husbands infidelities in a latenight phone interview with the New York Times. Trump accused clinton of attacking the woman her husband mistreated. When the New York Times asked about his own marital infidelities with marla maples, trump said he did not want to talk about this. This is after attacking Miss UniverseAlicia Machados weight. He called her disguting. And said she had a sex tape. I mean really, who gets up at 3 00 in the morning to engage in a twitter attack against a former Miss Universe . I mean, he hurled as many insults as he could. Really, why does he do things like that . His latest twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him. Jack is in manheim, pennsylvania, where trump will speak tonight. It is october 1st. The Trump Campaign not wanting to deal with gender. That is playing a big role this week. What might we expect today in some of his messaging . Richard, its been interesting to watch how the campaign is playing with this because he has yet to bring this up in a rally. He hasnt talked about bill clinton and Hillary Clinton in the 90s beyond mention of impeachment. He hasnt talked about Alicia Machado either during a rally. Its always in interviews or surrogates going after machado. In the New York Times article he went further than hed gone calling Hillary Clinton an abuser of women, but still saying its something im still considering. Whether i want to really go into that. In other words, theres been no campaign statements no mention of this at rallies. In talking about thinking about talking about it, hes talking about it. When we talk to voters about this issue, whether its talking about Alicia Machado is a distraction or not, or whether going into Hillary Clintons past is a distraction or not, most voters agree they would rather talk about immigration. National security. They would rather talk about issues that are of utmost importance. His Campaign Manager this week said, i would not advise him to go there with bill clinton and Hillary Clinton. There is not a consistent message and theyve still yet to bring it up in campaign statements and in rallies. That advice not often heard as we have just seen throughout the last couple of weeks. Drill down on those sex tapes, if you can. Donald trump saying that hes evidently found some on the former Miss Universe . Theres adding this to the discussion here. Buzzfeed finding that donald trump himself making an appearance in a playboy softcore porn video back in 2000. Any reaction along the lines to that line of issue, if 2 you will . The only reaction has been from the Clinton Campaign which said in a funny or interesting turn, the only video where anybody appears is donald trump. In this video youre talking about, hes breaking a champagne bottle against a limo. I think it is. Thats his only appearance. It might have been the most startling thing about that tweet storm is that he invited his followers and americans to check out this sex tape, he said, with Alicia Machado. It doesnt appear any actual tape like that exists. Only that she was part of a Reality Tv Show in venezuela that had something that didnt rise to that level. There doesnt appear to be a reasonable strategy here except that trump wants everybody to think that Hillary Clinton was conned in bringing up this Miss Universe person, that she is really a person with a bad past. The very latest for us. Jacob rascon with the Trump Campaign in manheim, pennsylvania, ahead of a rally there. Thank you for that. Lets get over to Kristin Welker covering the Clinton Campaign. Most of the response so far on all of this has been on the clinton side. At least out on the rallies, right . It certainly has been. The Clinton Campaign thinks that they threw out the bait. Donald trump took it and hes really kept it going. Much to everyones surprise, even they didnt expect this to be a story five days later, but it is. Secretary clinton out on the campaign trail, as you played at the top, slamming donald trump for that 3 00 a. M. Tweet storm. We woke up today to a clinton tweet storm, slightly different in terms of the content. This is from one of secretary clintons east coast staffers who wrote, its 3 20 a. M. , as good a time as any to tweet about national service. There are hundreds of thousands of americorps applications than spots. Horrible. Lets expand it from 75,000 annual members to 250,000. Thats what secretary clinton was talking about yesterday on the campaign trail. Clearly, her campaign poking fun at donald trump for that middle of the night tweet storm. This all comes as it appears secretary clinton is getting a boost from that first debate. We have critical battleground polls which she opened up a lead, including florida, michigan, nevada and new hampshire. Up seven points in michigan and new hampshire. From the Clinton Campaigns perspective, their strategy is working. She will be back on the trail in key battleground states, ohio and pennsylvania this week where i anticipate she will continue to talk about themes including college affordability, education and jobs. Thank you so much. Kristin welker following the Clinton Campaign for us. Thank you. In an exclusive interview with telemundos morning show, Alicia Machado reacted to trumps latest attacks. The point here is hes a mysogenic guy. Joining me is dr. Devi bell, crowned miss america who is now a veterinarian. Donald trump was a judge when you were competing. Yes. What interaction did you have with him . Of urse, there was no interactions with any of the judges as i was competing. There is a tradition at that time, whatever hotel the contestant who won was staying in, she would get upgraded to a high roller suite. I was staying in a trump hotel. He volunteered to escort me and my family and the friends with me to my high roller suite. He was very lovely. He was very gracious. He asked if there was anything i wanted in my youthful ignorance what i asked for was pizza because what is starving at the time. He called a friend and got him out of bed and asked him to make a pizza. That was my interaction with him. His commentary about weight and repeatedly doing so, and its part of the campaign as we start a new month here. What is your perspective on the way he is reacting to, well, her body . Theres a long list of emotions i feel. Let me just say, its frustrating. Im exasperated in 2016 this is what we are talking about as it relates to women and their value in society. It seemed as if we moved forward. We saw women of all sizes, all colors, in all spectrums of our industry. Broadcast news, in hollywood. We saw round women. That was great. It seems like this has drug us back 20 years in the conversation about our standards for women and our narrow view of beauty. I just want to mak this point, richard. It is a dichotomy and paradox that in this historic election, where for the first time a woman is the candidate for a Major Political party and could possibly become president , that this is the conversation weve had all year long about a womens size that was in a pageant. Its ridiculous. What do you want to say to donald trump . Well, i dont know i have anything to say to donald trump. This is what i have to say to women, young girls specifically. We are not a number on the scale. We are not a number of fat cells in our hips, thighs or anywhere else. Nor should we be reduced to that. Our leader should reflect who we are in our value in this society. It mice hope as young girls, and i have a 6yearold daughter im raising, as they begin to form their identity, they will understand that. And theyll make civic choices based on people that value them, their intellect, their value to society, what they bring and their talent, and not the number on the scale and size of the dress they wear. Could secretary clinton respond way she hasnt already . Im not here to give political advice. She is trying to win a president ial election. She is getting out information i frankly think is valuable information. As a woman, i want to know how the candidates look at me. As an africanamerican, i want to know how they see me. I never grew up in a neighborhood where there were killings and gangs going on. Most of my friends didnt either. I need a candidate that knows there are many nuances in the different demographic groups in our society. Th is gd information for vote to use in making their decision. So great to have you. I appreciate you coming in on saturday to give us your perspective. Thanks for having me. Debbye turner bell. Could ivanka trump be the key . Donald trump understands the needs of a modern work force. As a supervisor at pg e, its my job to protect public safety, keeping the power lines clear, while also protecting the environment. The Natural World is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. Public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the power lines. We want to keep the power on for our customers. We want to keep our community safe. This is our community, this is where we live. We need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. Together, were building a better california. No. He needs to not play into that. Dont play into her stuff. I like when he goes after these people sometimes. Hes not a rehearsed politician like hillary. Hes just defending himself. I dont care. Its not going to sway my vote. There you have it. Three Trump Supporters in michigan. That happened yesterday. Reacting to Donald Trumps continued attacks on former Miss UniverseAlicia Machado. Women voters are fast growing in number, fast growing in influence and now fast growing in the headlines as the Voter Participation project called them the key majority of the rising american electorate. Unmarried women, for instance, they total 59 million voters in 2016. Thats up nearly 7 Percentage Points from the last election. Married women, 58 million this year. Up nearly 3 from the last election. When one nominee points to a Miss Universe cant dates weight, many women listen. Women who are single, young or mothers of daughters. One of the realities here, the majority of women feel Society Judges them by how they look. 71 says a recent New York Times poll. Donald trumps comments might push women away. Our nbc news post debate poll of independent women voters show 80 do not believe trump has the personality or temperament to be president. Joining us now Jason Johnson, politics editor at the root and professor at morgan state university. And emily tisch susman. Great to have all three of you here. Michael, you saw the numbers. Its now just six weeks until election day. We are right in the heart of october. What do you think is the strategic benefit when you look at trump and what hes doing right now, sounding these alarm bells inside the campaign . I dont think there is any strategic benefit at all whatsoever to what hes doing right now. Any day he spends commenting on Miss Universe 1996 is a day hes not talking about jobs and trade and the other issues the American People actually care about. He is driving away the very people he needs to try and win this election. Lets faceit. There are not enough white men left in america to win an election. You have to get support from women, from minorities, from the people that hes pushing away from his cause right now. Emily, i want to move to perhaps what they are trying to do to mitigate some of the issues michael is pointing to. Thats a new ad. It features ivanka speaking directly to working women. The most important job any woman can have is being a mother. It shouldnt mean taking a pay cut. Im ivanka trump, a mother, wife and entrepreneur. Donald trump understands the needs of aed mo earn work force. My father will change outdated labor laws so they support women and american families. The Washington Post saying the ad was one of the top performers so far in their focus groups. Thats according to the Trump Campaign. Is this enough to balance out whats happening on the other side . Her father out there making other comments . Other comments is a nice way to put it. Very generous way to put it. Its almost like the campaign is running independently of their candidate. The campaign is trying to reach out to women, as michael was just saying. You cant win an election based on angry white men. They know they need to bring women to the fold. Trump is going to make any ground at all, the group he needs to make the most ground with is independent and republican women, suburban women, they find him revolting and distasteful. They are trying to put these ads out there and trying to promote ivanka as much as they can. She is an appealing figure. Childcare is rising as an incredibly important cause in the United States. Childca childcare, paid leave. Thats one of the only policies they put out was on childcare. It doesnt really cover most of the people they are trying to reach out to. Theres debate whether it only covers married women, it doesnt cover fathers, adoptive parents, samesex couples. It doesnt reach out to the group they are trying to reach out to. It pays lip service. She is a surrogate, not the candidate. Not the candidate. You cant stop when the candidate keeps feeling threatened when women come after him. Or has been said anyone coming after him. Jason, reflect on whats been said. Trump spoke by phoneesteay to the New York Times. Ill quote a little bit. Hillary clinton was married to the single greatest abuser of women in the history of politics. Hillary was an naubler and shn enabler and attacked the women. The Washington Post said they found no instances of that to be true. There is more to both of these articles and the reporting behind this. You get the gist here. It seems like they are definitely going to go straight on on this very topic to try to combat this issue of him not being able, at least to date, attract white women. Honestly, this is a failure from the start. This is about as effective as Donald Trumps outreach to the africanamerican community. I havent been touched by that one either. The issue is this, its not just that you cant win by only attracting white men. The problem is donald trump doesnt have any credibility to attack bill clinton. When you make an attack in a campaign, its got to be your record is clean. Hillary clinton doesnt attack donald trump for being corrupt because shes got the same problem. Donald trump was accused of spousal rape by a former wife, accused of sexual harassment, made horrible sexual comments. Bills behavior is problematic and worthy of criticism, he is wasting valuable time he needs to be talking, shoring up his voters, getting people registered. If he says anything about bill clintons behavior at the town hall, its going to blow up in his face. Regular voters want to hear about jobs. It appears secretary clinton and her camp are ready for those sorts of problems should they come up in the coming debates. Michael, weve seen some of the surrogates out there supporting donald trump so far. One has to ask the question, we look at the Republican Party and those that are, if you close in ranks behind him, weve got rudy giuliani, newt gingrich, both of which is as well known by this panel today have their own headlines related to women that arent necessarily positive. You put all three of them together and your hands go up in the air. Leaving aside any personal morality or mirtal failings in the past, this issue isnt winning a political issue. House republicans tried it in 1998 following the Impeachment Vote on then president clinton. It is not appealing. They lost seats. That was when it was arguably more relevant than it is today. This next president ial debate is going to be a town hall debate. Its going to be very difficult to try to do this successfully. I dont think its a good thing or a winner for the campaign. They are forgetting this is a president ial campaign. Hes trying to win. Win the point of the day, win the tweet of the day. Get someone else on something. Its a president ial campaign. The only person who is being judged right now is donald trump. The people he needed to win over, going into that debate, are republicans and independents who do not think he is temperamentally fit to be president. Has donald trump forgotten this is a president ial campaign . This is the problem. He has fallen for every trap Hillary Clinton laid for him. Hes like a character from home alone or bugs bunny. He fell down the stairs, slipped on the banana feel, fell out the door and caught on fire. He is so thinskinned, i think he hired ben carson to be his dermatologist. Every time a women criticizes him, he acts like an angry 15yearold boy. Its a waste of time. There is not enough time for these personal attacks. His campaign, leaders proba