Russia trying to influence election for Donald Trump, claims Hillary Clinton
The second presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump is underway at at St. Louis.
Republican Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton today sparred over a number of issues including the former’s vulgar comments about women and the former State Department Secretary’s deleted emails.
In the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, the two presidential nominees accused each other with Clinton saying Trump was ‘not fit to be the President’, while the billionaire taking on her over the whole birther claim against President Barack Obama, saying: "You owe Obama an apology."
Highlights:
Russians trying to influence election: Clinton
Hillary Clinton said that attempts by the Kremlin to influence the US presidential election are designed to help Donald Trump, whom she accused of being close to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.
"We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power is working so hard to influence the outcome of the election and believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected," she said.
They're doing it to try to influence the election for Donald Trump: Clinton
Trump insists he opposed Iraq War before it started
There is no evidence Trump expressed public opposition to the war before the U.S. invaded. Rather, he offered lukewarm support. The billionaire businessman only began to voice doubts about the conflict well after it began in March 2003.
Trump's first known public comment on the topic came on Sept. 11, 2002, when he was asked whether he supported a potential Iraq invasion in an interview with radio host Howard Stern.
"Yeah, I guess so," he said. His first public comments strongly opposing the war came in 2004.
Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, voted in favor of the invasion in 2002 while she was a New York senator. It's a vote she has said was a mistake.
Trump talks about Captain Humayun Khan
Donald Trump says a U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004 would still be alive if he had been president at the time.
Trump is talking about Captain Humayun Khan, whose Pakistan-born father gave an impassioned speech at the Democratic National Convention in July. Trump then got into a feud with Khan's parents.
Trump now says Captain Khan is an "American hero" and "he would be alive today if I had been president."
Trump's feud with the Khan family led to harsh criticism from veterans across the country and families of those killed in action.
Will screen Syrian refugees: Hillary Clinton
The United States is allowing refugees from Syria and the Middle East to pour into America and "we have no idea who they are" or where exactly they are coming from: Trump
Asked about bans and strict limits on Muslim immigrants into the United States that he's supported in the past, Trump says it was a policy plan that would grow out of "extreme vetting" of people coming to the U.S. from global conflict areas.
Trump calls allowing immigrants into the country without more scrutiny the "Greatest Trojan Horse of all time" and says it has to stop because "we have enough problems in our country."
Hillary Clinton says she'll screen Syrian refugees but the country needs to take in more.
Clinton says a proposal like Donald Trump's to ban all Muslims from entering the country plays into the hands of terrorists. She also says Trump has alienated the country's Muslim allies.
How to stop Islamophobia in America?
Donald Trump isn't answering a question about how to stop Islamophobia? Instead, he's saying American Muslims must report other Muslims who are engaging in dangerous behavior.
He's repeating the false claim that neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters saw bombs all over the floor in the shooters' home but did not report it.
Clinton, meanwhile, is condemning "dark and divisive" things said about Muslims. She says the United States is not at war with Islam and says Muslims should feel welcome and included in society.
Trump accepts to avoiding paying federal taxes, says it was made possible because of Hillary's inaction as Senator.
I don't know Putin but I think it would be great if we got along with Russia so that we can fight ISIS together.
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump clash over 'Obamacare'
Clinton says she wants to "save what works," but the next administration will need to get costs down and provide more help to small businesses. She says if the system is repealed it will be "turned back" to the insurance industry. Trump says the system is a "disaster" and "will never work." He says it needs to be replaced with a less expensive system that's more flexible for patients regardless of what state they live in.
* 20 million more people have health coverage because of the law: Hillary Clinton
* Clinton vows to fix the Affordable Care Act and Trump promises to repeal and replace "Obamacare."
Clinton, Donald Trump spar over private email controversy
Trump vowed to put his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the White House next month because she operated a private email server while US secretary of state.
* 'Very sorry' for using the server. There's been no evidence that actions led to classified materials winding up in the wrong hands: Hillary Clinton
If I win, I will tell my attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to look at your (Hillary Clinton's) situation: Donald Trump on deleted Clinton emails
* She improperly destroyed more than 30,000 emails. Disappointed that Clinton had not been criminally charged. Again, you should be ashamed of yourself: Trump
How will you help Muslims deal with the consequences of being labeled a threat to the country?
* We are not at war with Islam and it is a mistake and it plays into the hands of terrorists to act as though we are: Hillary Clinton.
* To solve a problem you have to state what problem is or say the name, and name is radical Islamic terror: Trump
Donald Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of stealing the Democratic nomination
Trump says Clinton unfairly won her party's nod by cheating rival Bernie Sanders.
About Sanders, who eventually endorsed Clinton, Trump says, "I was so surprised to see him sign on with the devil.''
* Trump owes an apology to the many people and groups he has publicly quarreled with during his presidential campaign: Clinton
* Trump has claimed the tape doesn't represent who he is, 'it's clear to anyone who heard it, it represents exactly who he is': Hillary Clinton
* Trump has insulted not only women, but African-Americans, immigrants, people with disabilities, prisoners of war and others. Tape shows what Trump thinks about women, what he does to women: Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's defense of her husband is "disgraceful and I think she should be ashamed of herself: Trump
* Bill Clinton paid a monetary settlement to Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state worker who alleged in 1991 that Bill Clinton propositioned and exposed himself to her: Trump
* Bill Clinton was abusive to women, Hillary Clinton attacked those women. There has 'never been anybody in the history of politics that's been so abusive to women' as Bill Clinton: Trump
* Donald Trump says 'No, I have not' when asked if he has ever assaulted women in the ways described in 2005 recording.
* Donald Trump denies he was discussing sexual assault in a 2005 recording that reveals him saying he can "do anything" with women because he is famous.
* He (Trump) says he has never kissed or groped women without consent. And he's continuing to characterize the recording as "locker room talk."
* I began this campaign because I was so tired of seeing such foolish things happen to our country. This is a great country, this is a great land: Donald Trump
* Donald Trump reiterates him message to "Make America Great Again."
* Hillary Clinton promises to be the president of ''every American'', regardless of their race, religion, gender.
* The campaign needs to set an example to children that our country great 'because we're good': Hillary Clinton
* Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump refused to shake hands as they entered the debate hall in St. Louis. That's a break from traditional debate decorum.