Return to Transcripts main page
CNN Newsroom
Donald Trump Speaks in Ohio; Eleventh Woman Accuses Trump; Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine Lay Out First 100 Days Plan; AT&T and Time Warner Merge; Exclusive Interview with Chelsea Handler. Aired 7- 8p ET
Aired October 22, 2016 - 19:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[19:00:10] POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everyone, I'm Poppy Harlow. Top of the hour here in CNN NEWSROOM, I'm so glad you're with us, we want to take you right for the critical battleground state of Ohio, where Donald Trump is set to take the stage at any moment. This is his third campaign rally of the day as we enter the final stretch of this presidential campaign.
Earlier today Trump gave a major speech in Gettysburg and his sort Gettysburg and using the place where Abraham Lincoln once spoke of unity to declare that the election is rigged against him, that the media can't be trusted and he addressed his accusers listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. Total fabrication. The events never happened. Never. All of these liars will be sued after the election.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HARLOW: The Clinton campaign responded to that today writing today in what was billed as a major closing argument speech Trumps major new policy was to promise political and legal retribution against the women who have accused him of groping them. Like Trump's campaign, this speech gave us a troubling view as to what to Trumps State of Union would look like.
Let's go straight to CNN Kyung Lah in Los Angeles from an 11th woman has come forward today with accusations against Donald Trump. Kyung, what do we know about this woman, what is her name and what is she saying?
KYUNG LAH, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: What we have learned about her this afternoon here in Los Angeles was with her attorney Gloria Allred, Poppy, she is the 11th accuser at that CNN is reporting and she is known by her stage name Jessica Drake.
She introduced herself as an adult film star and the accusation that she brought forward is that ten years ago at a golf tournament where she met Donald Trump for the very first time and she also displayed a picture with her attorney showing the two of them together just a standard meet and greet photo that at that golf tournament in 2006, that Mr. Trump invited her to his penthouse and then without asking grabbed her and tried to kiss her on the lips.
Her attorney Gloria Allred also did respond to what Trump said at Gettysburg. His Gettysburg address that statement there, what Gloria Allred said is if you intend to sue these women, we welcome it here is what Allred said.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GLORIA ALLRED, AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS: As she indicated Jessica is very clear that consent is required. The consent of the woman, as in her occupation, she consents to do what she does. Mr. Trump in his statements on "Access Hollywood" appeared to indicate that he could grab a woman's genitals or kiss her essentially consent seemed to be missing, asking her if that would be OK, the person whom he chooses to target. So it is a big difference between touching a woman, kissing a woman, with her consent and without her consent, their legal defense.
JESSICA DRAKE, ADULT FILM ACTRESS, DONALD TRUMP ACCUSER: Thank you for coming. My name is Jessica Drake. I am currently contracted to Wicked Pictures as an adult performer and director in adult films. Ten years ago, I was working for Wicked Pictures, an adult film company, at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. I was at Wicked's booth when I met Donald Trump in the celebrity gift room early in the morning before he teed off.
He flirted with me and invited me to walk along the golf course with him, which I did. During that time, he asked me for my phone number which I gave to him. Later that evening, he invited me to his room. I said I didn't feel right going alone, so two other women came with me.
In the penthouse suite, I met Donald again. When we entered the room, he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug and kissed each one of us without asking permission.
[19:05:00] He was wearing pajamas. A bodyguard was also present. He asked me about my job as an adult film star, about details on shooting porn. And he also asked us about our personal relationships and whether we were married or single. We answered his questions. It felt like an interview. About 30 or 45 minutes later, we left his room.
After I returned to my room, I received a call from a man calling on Donald's behalf. He said Donald wanted me to come back upstairs to Donald's suite. I indicated I did not wish to return. And then Donald called. He asked me to return to his suite and have dinner with him. He also invited me to a party. I declined.
Donald then asked me what do you want, how much? I told him that I couldn't because I had to return to L.A. for work. I said that as an excuse because I didn't want him to continue asking me and I didn't want to be with him. After that, I received another call from either Donald or a male calling on his behalf offering me $10,000. I declined again and once more gave as an excuse that I had to return to Los Angeles for work. I was then told Mr. Trump would allow me to use of his private jet if only I accepted his invitation. I did relate my experiences immediately afterwards to some friends.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KYUNG: Now the statement does go on for some few more sentences as she ends it by saying that she understands that people are going to criticize her, that she is not doing this for anything, that she understands that she will be called a liar or opportunist, but that the reason why she is coming forward now Poppy even know this "Access Hollywood" tape has been out for some time.
The reason now is she wants to add to the chorus of voices regarding Mr. Trump's behavior, his past behavior, Poppy.
HARLOW: Kyung, thank you very much for the reporting we appreciate it. Jeremy Diamond is also with us tonight. He is standing by the Trump rally in Cleveland, Ohio. Jeremy has Trump respond and get to this 11th accuser?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN POLITICS REPORTER: Yes Poppy, the Trump campaign just put out a statement a few minutes ago talking about this accusation. They're calling it, quote, false and ridiculous. They're saying, for the picture is one of the thousands taking out of respect for people asking to have their picture taken with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump does not know this person, does not remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her.
The statement goes on to say that the Clinton campaign is behind this that the allegation at the Trump campaign is making. And this statement is really very similar to the one that we've seen in the past from the Trump campaign as these accusers have come out alleging that Donald Trump inappropriately touched them.
This is now the 11th accuser in about a week who has come out in that 2005 tape about Donald Trump bragging about exactly these things, bragging about being able to grope and kiss women without their consent. And so all of this is continuing to bogged down Donald Trump campaign. Even this morning as he was set to deliver a speech focusing on the first 100 days of his campaign.
Mr. Trump apparently felt compelled to continue to address these sexual assaults and sexual misconduct allegations saying this morning that he was prepared to sue these women after the election. Of course Donald Trump has leveled a number of threats of lawsuits over the past months of his campaign. Is he's continued to allege that he is going to sue people and then ultimately does not. So we don't exactly know if he is going to that but certainly he said once this election is over, I'm going to sue these women saying that they are liars.
HARLOW: And denying, vehemently denying this 11th accuser's accusers on accusation. Jeremy, we appreciate it live from Cleveland tonight. Thank you.
Let's talk more about Donald Trump's pledge to sue each of these women who have come forward and made these accusations against him. Joining me now is Seema Iyer Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor. Thank you for being here and let's just begin with these. Can Trump sue these accusers and on what ground?
SEEMA IYER, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: He can sue them, but the question is it viable so he will sue them for defamation.
HARLOW: But he's a public figure.
IYER: Right but you know Poppy it's different civil a different than criminal. You can bog these women down in court and he can file a lawsuit, but does it -- is it viable? That's the question. So he will say that these women had such a reckless disregard for the truth. But on the other hand, he is a public figure. So it is so much higher of a burden, right?
HARLOW: Yeah.
[19:10:07] IYER: And for them truth is to defend that's one of the defense.
HARLOW: Right. And also you talk about outcry witnesses and how they can testify, there's a very fine line there between hearsay and outcry.
IYER: I'm so glad you bought up, especially on the hill of seeing Ms. Jessica Drake, right. So number one she has fact witnesses because she's saying there were three of us in the room. But she also has outcry because in that statement Poppy she just said she calls her friends right away.
So usually if you try to get on the stands that I said this, I know objection, hearsay except in the outcry, because there -- the court wants recognize that when a women outcries as a victim right away or soon after a crime, and sometimes it's excused a bit later.
HARLOW: Right.
IYER: But that person gets to come in to court and say yes, she told me.
HARLOW: At the same time you heard Jeremy say, you know, Trump is litigious and in his private life and he has threatened a lot of lawsuits as he's been running. He hasn't executed on any of them that we know of except for suing Univision around the, you know, beauty pageant contest ...
IYER: Yeah.
HARLOW: And then he ended up -- they ended up settling that. Do you see a pattern here in terms threatened litigation but not following through or I mean, do you believe he'll follow through on these post- election?
IYER: Do you know what I think? I think if he losses the election, he could go to court and say but for these accusers, I would have won the election. Because -- let's think about this, OK?
The Access Hollywood tape was out, that was his statement, but these accusers, they made this hatred of him to the community, to the voting pool. That much higher, that perhaps he would have won if these women didn't come forward.
HARLOW: It's a hard thing to prove ...
IYER: It would be a great ...
HARLOW: Yeah, and we'll see if he does win, if he will sue them as a seating president something that certainly that would be unprecedented, Semma, thank you.
IYER: Thank you.
HARLOW: We appreciate it.
Coming up, Donald Trump set to speak live at that really in Cleveland will he talk about this 11th accuser Jessica Drake that you've just heard of from. Will he address her? You hear his running mate Mike Pence speaking right now.
Also we go one on one with comedian Chelsea Handler. Why she say she would never have Donald Trump on her show and what she want people to know about Hillary Clinton?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hillary Clinton?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why she's struggling with young women?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Because she's not a warm and fuzzy (inaudible) she's -- but you know what she is like that in person, she just not like that in public
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[19:15:54] HARLOW: You're looking at the live pictures of Mike Pence Donald Trump running mate speaking in Cleveland before he introduces the Republican candidate. We'll monitor that and bring you some live.
Meantime we know what Donald Trump would do during his first 100 days in office if he elected president. The Republican outlined his plan today in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Here are just a few of the proposals.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: First, a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. I will announce my intention to totally renegotiate NAFTA one of the worst deals our country has ever made. We will cancel all federal funding of sanctuary cities. (END VIDEO CLIP)
HARLOW: Trump's plan comes as he is lagging in a number of polls. The latest national survey has him seven points behind Hillary Clinton. And new state polls show that he's at risk of losing at least four states that usually go Republican.
Let's bring in my panel to discuss, Farai Chideya a Senior Writer at 538.com a website dedicated into digging all of these up I numbers, and making us smarter about them. Also A. Scott Bolden a former chairman of the Washington D.C. Democratic Party and a Hillary Clinton supporter and Amy Kremer is with us, the co-chair of the group Women Vote Trump and a Donald Trump supporter.
Thank you for being here. It is stunning Faria.
A. SCOTT BOLDEN, HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER: Thank you.
HARLOW: Let me begin with you. When you look at this map and you look at Clinton up five points in Arizona. And you look at Utah in play for the first time since, you know, 1960, 1964. You look at the death heat in Georgia. Is there any precedent for someone this far behind on the electoral sort of map look at things to come back and win?
FARAI CHIDEYA, SENIOR WRITER 538.COM: Well, what I would say is that there is no precedent, but has been the case throughout this race. There are unexpected things. I mean, people are looking to whether they'll be more revelations about Donald Trump or WikiLeaks. I don't think there's going to be a game changer. And I point out a piece by 538 Harry Enten that compared this to the 1948 Dewey, Truman race.
And one of the things that happened in the Dewey, Truman race is that didn't have modern day polling. Most of the major pollsters stopped before October. And so there was first of all a margin of 5 percentage points of victory in that race which is very significant, but most pollsters hadn't even looked at what was going on in a month and a quarter. So that explains that sort of historic gap. And we just don't have that these days.
HARLOW: Right. No, we have such recent polling and so much of it. Scott, let me ask you this. is a Hillary Clinton supporter, when I've been traveling throughout the swing states, and I know my colleague is certainly heard it as well. There are folks, not just one, you know, where there a number of folks who come up to us that are Trump supporter and say there is a hidden Trump vote. That's what the Trump camp says.
Believe or not but this is what these supporter say and they say, you know, these are people that are nervous, unwilling, don't think it will be acceptable for them to come out and say they're voting for Trump, but they will do just that in the voting booth. Are you concerned at all?
BOLDEN: Well, I think we're concerned about winning, period. Which is why you see the Clinton campaign driving hard even in ruby-red states whereby she's being very competitive like in Utah and Texas and Georgia. That's unprecedented.
I don't think the campaign is taking anything for granted quite frankly and this as we can drive to get every electoral vote possible and with our superior ground game. I think it will manifest itself in his winning as many electoral votes as possible. So, are concerned, yes. But we're not over the concern about it because now with two weeks left. It's time to do our job on the ground.
HARLOW: Amy, Trump propose today in that address at Gettysburg a new immigration policy, a new sort of tweak to what he's already put out there, in addition a deportation forces. He talked about mandatory minimum prison sentences for undocumented immigrants. Take a listen to what he says would end illegal immigration acted, and the legal immigration act, what he would do specifically.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
[19:20:02] TRUMP: Would establishes a two-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentences as people coming in illegally for illegally re-entering the United States after a previous deportation.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HARLOW: What is his strategy there Amy? In terms of we know he needs to bring in undecided voters, more moderates to win. What's the strategy they're doubling down on this, on his immigration plan and saying there would be mandatory minimum sentences? Arguably, I mean we know that the U.S. taxpayer would have to put the bill for that.
AMY KREMER, DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER: Right, Poppy. I mean, his whole campaign began on the, immigration issue and it's a huge issue that people are concerned about across this country. And I think it is a way to deter people from coming back across the border once they're deported. And I mean it happens all the time.
I mean, you get some illegal immigrants that have come in and they've been deported nine, ten times and they continue to come back. So I think that that is what he is talking about. And I don't -- I'm surprised by this because illegal immigration is something that touches every American.
HARLOW: But does it help him bring in the new voters that he needs? That's I'm getting.
KREMER: Well, this is what I think. I mean the bottom line is you -- I mean I think we need to take the emotion out of it and he is the change agent. Hillary Clinton has been there for 30 or 40 years and it's a system that's been good to her. Why would she change it? It's been very good to her and her family. Donald Trump wants to enact change.
HARLOW: Amy, the system has been great to Donald Trump. The system is what made Donald Trump a billionaire. The system is what allowed Donald Trump to arguably not pay ...
KREMER: In the private sector. HARLOW: ... federal income taxes for up 20 years according to New York Times report.
KREMER: Poppy, tell me this. Tell me this. Hillary Clinton said that they left the White House dead broke and now they're multimillionaires? What if they sold? What have they dodged? She's been working in the public sector. She's been on the taxpayer dollar. What have they done?
HARLOW: Is public service a bad I'm confuse at line.
(CROSSTALK)
KREMER: No, but my point is there is corruption there. And the American people are not stupid and they understand that and they know it.
HARLOW: Amy, if you're going to through corruption allegations, let's be specific.
KREMER: How about pay to play with the state department and the money that was taken there in the Clinton Foundation.
BOLDEN: Wrong.
HARLOW: Amy that is your belief. But it is unsubstantiated.
KREMER: It is not unsubstantiated.
BOLDEN: The Clinton's do not get any money from the Clinton Foundation. And the great work they do worldwide. It's a fact. They don't get one nickel.
KREMER: They spent 6 percent of the money that comes in actually on charitable causes. The rest goes for complete overhead.
(CROSSTALK)
HARLOW: Amy, that is factually incorrect.
BOLDEN: This is not true.
HARLOW: That is factually incorrect.
CRAME: It's not factually incorrect.
HARLOW: It is in factually incorrect that they only spend 6 percent on charity.
CHIDEYA: It is factually incorrect. What you're talking about is basically regifting by the Clinton Foundation to other foundations. But the Clinton Foundation's work is primarily done in-house. So they pay to do work the same way that the Red Cross which is a nonprofit pays do its work. And when you add that up, 87 percent of the money actually goes for programattic. And I'm not saying it to take sides. This is a fact. Facts don't take price (ph). HARLOW: You can't argue with the facts. I want Scott to respond to that on the other side because there are gray lines and concerns, legitimate concerns about the Clinton Foundation and lines that may have been crossed there. Scott, respond to that in a moment. But let's listen in to Donald Trump speaking tonight in Cleveland.
TRUMP: ... it's an honor. They kept moving the walls out. They said could we make it bigger, bigger, bigger. But we have some great crowds. And I just want to thank everybody. Ohio is a special place and Cleveland is a special place and always will be to me.
And I want to thank our future vice president Mike Pence and Karen. What a job they've done. It's a great team. It's really a team. But they have been spectacular. And it's an honor to be working with them. And I have to tell you, I love those pink -- let me see that Women for Trump. Those are my favorite. Those are my favorite. Oh, we're going to do so well with the women, it's crazy. Wait until those numbers come out in November, on November 8th.
Wait until those numbers come out. In 17 days, we are going to win the great state of Ohio and we are going to win the White House. Early voting is under way, so make sure you get that ballot out, otherwise this whole movement.
[19:25:05] Honestly, we will have pretty much wasted a lot of time and energy. Now, me, it would have been time, energy and I guess by the time I'm finished, over $100 million. That's a lot of money. But we have something that's so special that I don't think there is a chance they can take it away from us. We're going to win. We're going to win. November 8th.
And together we're going to deliver real change that once again puts America first. As an example this used to be a great a plant. Thousands and thousand of people worked here. And they left. So many people are leaving. So many people are closing their businesses and moving to Mexico and other countries. Not going to happen anymore. We're going to tell you why, but not going to happen anymore.
Early today I outlined my contract with the American voter, a detailed list of solutions to make your life richer and better. One of the issues I addressed at length is the issue of government corruption. I talked about the inside dealing, the powerful protecting the powerful and about special interests and donors who've rigged the system. The system is rigged. You know it, I know it, the politicians know it, the media people know. They all know it.
I've talked about the corrupt career lifetime politicians like Hillary Clinton selling her office for personal enrichment. And you've seen how that is going. I've got new for all of the people taking advantage of our rigged system. In 17 days, everything is going to change.
In 17 days, we are going to drain the swamp of corruption in Washington, D.C. we are going to renegotiate our terrible trade deals, end illegal immigration, stop the massive inflow of refugees coming from the Middle East. Reduce surging crime. HARLOW: All right, let's hop over to Pittsburgh and let's listen to Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine taking questions from reporters on their plane after their rally in Pittsburgh.
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: As, you know, Tim has been doing the most amazing job around the country hitting every state multiple times along with Ann, his extraordinary wife, who has been campaigning tirelessly on her own, as well. So we don't get a lot of chance to actually campaign together because we want to cover more ground together. But today was a real opportunity for us.
And I just want to make two quick points. First, as we're traveling in these last 17 days, we're going to be emphasizing the importance of electing Democrats down the ballot. And in particular as I said today, we are strongly supportive of Katie McGinty in her race for the Senate. I think meeting up with her in Philadelphia tonight. So we'll have a chance to do that with her. I will be doing the same as we go from state to state as will Tim.
The other point is today we're making our closing argument. We're talking about what is at stake in the election, drawing contrasts, but giving people something to vote for, not just against. And I saw where our opponent, Donald Trump, went to Donald Trump went to Gettysburg, one of the most extraordinary places in American history. And basically said if he's president he will spend his time suing women who have made charges against him based on his behavior.
Tim and I we're going to keep talking about what we want do if given the great honor of serving as president and vice president.
[19:29:59] we said in the book we put out together, stronger together. We have very specific plan. And we are going to get to work the day after the election and do everything possible to be prepared on January 20th to start doing the business of the American people. So with that, do you want to add anything?
SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA), VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: On the last point, it really is fascinating that not only was the Trump speech in Gettysburg, but it was a speech that was billed as here is my first 100 days, you know. Hillary as laid out the first 100 day, we want to put an investment in jobs. We want to really put on the table the confidence of immigration reform proposal. We assess where we are in the battle against non-state terrorism and start to address issues of campaign finance.
So first 100 days, here are the things that we will hit the ground running. Donald Trump today with his first 100 day speech, that the parts that grab everybody's attention and then he is in most personally invested where all the score that's needs to settle (INAUDIBLE). The women who came out and complain about activities with respect to them and continuing this thing about going after them. You know, at the end of the campaign, all along he has been running in a self-interest, mini-first campaign not in America first campaign. And here he is saying that in the first 100 days, I'm not changing. I may be president of the United States, but I'm really going to focus on settling scores. And by the way, now that I'm president, I can really settle some scores. It's just a stark difference in the vision of the country and, frankly, the vision of what it is that the voters expecting us to do. So that contrast between Hillary today and what we just heard from Hillary in Pittsburgh is stark.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Trump today also suggested that Democrats railroad. (INAUDIBLE)
CLINTON: That is not accurate.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Some and I say if you win it won't be because American voters have endorsed (INAUDIBLE) but rather that they rejected Trump. How would you respond to that and does that get in the way of the effort to put the country back together (INAUDIBLE)?
CLINTON: Well, clearly we are going to spend the next 17 days making the case to persuade as many Americans as possible across our country to vote for Tim and me. We have close elections in America. You can go back and check that out for the last four, six, eight of them. So it's not unusual that the election would be close. So we are not taking anything for granted. We are going to work our hearts out and cover as much ground. We have great events planned, we have great surrogates coming out to support us that are both campaigning with us and campaigning on their own to try to convince as many people as possible to go vote.
And as I said today in Pittsburgh, we are seeing some really encouraging signs about the turnout. The 200 million voter registration mark is huge. It is never been reached before. Fifty million the best estimate being young people is so encouraging. And then what we are seeing from early voter returns, I think over four million.
So I'm not going to speculate about the outcome of the election. You know what Tim and I want do. We have been very clear about that. We have laid it out in every way that we could and every different kind of forum. And I'm going to be reaching out to people on the other side of the aisle to everybody that will possibly come together with us.
(CROSSTALK)
KAINE: Can I say one more thing? Hillary did not get a chance to come with me when John Warner did the endorsement of Hillary in Virginia. This is the iconic Virginia political figure and (INAUDIBLE). And he gave a magnificent without discussion and then didn't mention Donald Trump's name until the last sentence (INAUDIBLE). Hillary is going to be a great president and great commander in-chief. So this is all positive energy for the next president. The energy tonight, that was not the energy (INAUDIBLE) about Donald Trump. It was positive about Hillary Clinton.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you see any of the outreach Republicans who have compare to Donald Trump as carry over into your potential administration and how (INAUDIBLE) party do you think does it impact some of the big items on your agenda particularly immigration. CLINTON: Amy, I'm very encouraged by what I think we can get
accomplished. I came into the Senate in 2000 as you know, and I made it very clear from the beginning that I wanted to work with people. I didn't have any expectations about being treated any differently than anybody else. And I think you can go back and look at the record that I compiled by working with every Republican I served with. I think last we had it counted 400 bills have my name on them either as sponsor, co-sponsor. You don't get that done unless you work with both from the other side.
So I have a record of doing that, not just in the Senate, but as first lady, as secretary of state. And people know that. And we will begin to get to work right away and reach out to everybody that we can possibly touch to start talking about what we can do together. And I think there is a big agenda on how really we can find common ground.
[19:35:39] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Have you thought at all about (INAUDIBLE).
CLINTON: No, I really haven't. You know, I'm a little superstitious about that. We have a transition operation going. And I haven't really paid much attention to it yet because I want to focus on what our first tasks and that is convincing as many Americans as possible to give us a chance to --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's go to Amanda right here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was hoping, you touched on it earlier at the event, but what would your response be to Trump's assertion that there is a conspiracy against (INAUDIBLE)?
CLINTON: You know, I debated him for four-and-a-half hours. I don't even think about responding to him. I'm going to let the American people decide between what he offers and what we offer. So he can say whatever he wants to. He can run his campaign however he wants to. He can go off on tangents. He can go to Gettysburg and he is going to sue women who made accusations against him. We are going to keep talking about what we want do, what we think the country deserves from the next president and vice president. And actually, when it comes right down to it, I think that's what people end up voting on.
Thank you all.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Secretary Clinton, (INAUDIBLE)
CLINTON: No. I have nothing to say about Wikileaks other than that I think we should all be concerned about what the Russians are trying to do to our election and using Wikileaks (INAUDIBLE) to try to influence the outcome of the election. And I have no concerns about the first question whatsoever.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks very much. Appreciate it.
(CROSSTALK)
HARLOW: Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine taking reporter questions there after brief remarks on the plane from Pittsburg headed to Philadelphia tonight.
I want to bring back my panel. Farai Chideya, senior writer of FiveThirtyEight.com is with us. A. Scott Bolden, a Clinton supporter and Amy Kremer, a Trump supporter.
So Farai, let me begin with you. Just two big headlines out of this. First of all, she said like we are really going to focus down ballot that show those states that could flip. And then she said basically Trump used get Gettysburg's historic place to address his accusers as outset and say that, you know, he is going to sue them. What was your takeaway?
CHIDEYA: Well, my takeaway, I will leave the sexual assault allegations alone since, you know, they have been making so many headlines. But my takeaway is that from 538's research, first of all, her comments about down ballot show that she's confident. So 538 right now is showing Clinton with an 87 percent chance of winning. And talking about down ballot races means that you are not having to run fast enough, that you can't stop to help some other people out. And what we are seeing is that in the Senate races, if Clinton wins, they will need four seats to retake the Senate because the vice president can be a tie breaker. And we're seeing a lot of movement in three races including Nevada and Missouri and New Hampshire. A lot of movement towards the Democratic candidates.
In the House, what it looks like although we don't have the same granularity of tracking, there is 30 seats for the Democrats to retake the house. It looks like maybe 17 or so will flip over. So if things are as they are today, it looks like Clinton would be the president, there would be a Democratic Senate and Republican-led house.
HARLOW: We have still 17 days to go, though. Very quickly, guys.
A. Scott Bolden to you. Do you worry about Clinton - I mean, do you worry about her getting complacent?
BOLDEN: Not at all. In fact those rallies today, she has her team in place. She sounds like a winning candidate. She is bringing others along as she goes along. And so, there is not going to be any complacency. Four million people or three million people have voted already. The ground operation now is about knocking on doors and dragging people to the polls. And the outlier or the polls that we are seeing from it early show that Democrats along with some red states with swing states are outpolling the Republicans right now. And that is a good thing.
[19:40:02] HARLOW: And Amy, Clinton addressed the remarks that Trump made saying that he is going to sue his accusers today in Gettysburg. She said he can go the Gettysburg and say he is going to sue women, we are going to talk about what we are going to do. What do you make of Donald Trump saying that he is going to sue women in Gettysburg as a Trump supporter?
KREMER: You know what, Poppy, it is not - I mean, honestly, I don't even care. And I think most Americans don't care because they are going to parade somebody else out. It is simply to the plot. The Wikileaks and the Project Veritas (p) videos that have come out. At the end of the day, she is not above 50 percent and the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent attacking Donald Trump you would think she would be. There is a clear divide in this country and people want change the Donald Trump is the change agent.
(CROSSTALK)
HARLOW: Scott, I have to wrap up, but she is pretty far ahead in those polls, Amy. But you know what. We got 17 days to go. You will all be back with me.
Thank you very much.
Coming up live in the CNN NEWSROOM, a historic huge media deal just crossing the wires. What does the massive multibillion dollar proposed merger between CNN's parent company Time Warner and AT&T mean for you? Will it pass muster with regulators, next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[19:48:25] HARLOW: All right. We have breaking news. One of the biggest media mergers ever, AT&T moments ago announcing reaching an agreement to merge with Time Warner. That is of course the parent company of CNN. This is a multi, multibillion-dollar proposed merger. $85 billion to be exact.
Let's discuss with CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter and CNN Money Cristina Alesci.
And as news happens, that's why my earpiece was out because we literally were just digging into the news.
Guys, thank you for being here.
Brian, literally, on the phone with your sources, what does this mean, Brian?
BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: This is one of the biggest media mergers in history. Certainly the biggest deal for CNN in many years. CNN, HBO, Warner Brothers, a number of other cable channel and now being acquired by AT&T in a deal worth $85 billion. This will require government review. It will take over a year, but presuming it gets approved by government regulators, it creates a giant media company way AT&T's wireless service, Internet service coming together with CNN, HBO and other big programs (ph).
HARLOW: And is that what you are hearing from the experts you've talked to, that this will pass muster with regulators?
STELTER: Yes, because it's similar to the Comcast/NBC universal. They were about five years Comcast and NBC came together. Took a long time to get government approval in D.C., but the Obama administration did eventually approve it. And experts that I talked to today as this deal was rumored say they believe a similar outcome will take place here.
HARLOW: And Cristina, this is what so nice, you know, vertical merger, not a (INAUDIBLE). You are talking about --
(CROSSTALK)
HARLOW: Two sort of separate from a content. This is an AT&T. Is it more of a distribution business? This is interesting that comes two years after obviously 20th Century/FOX with Murdoch made, an $85 share bid for Time Warner. And now this one is what they like more.
[19:45:12] CRISTINA ALESCI, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT: It is -- well, it's a lot higher, right. So makes Time Warner look really smart for waiting those two years. As you can remember, (INAUDIBLE), the CEO took a lot of heat turning down FOX when he did. And now this is a vindication for him because it's a lot higher as far as a price tag goes and looking for AT&T. This is a big win for AT&T too, right. You know, it can only increase its wireless base so much. So now it has an entirely new base of consumers, of people consuming its content. And it has actual content to offer, right.
But the synergies here are very strong and positive for it going forward. And by the way, there aren't too many other media content companies out there to buy, right. Disney is big, $150 billion. And CBS is family controlled. So there aren't too many other targets out there.
HARLOW: Brian, what do you think this tells us about the future of media and how we consume it? I mean, how much of this is a mobile play? How much of this is about our smartphones? And you know, what does it mean for shaping, you know, consumption habits and what content gets to the most people? I mean, ultimately, right, this is a play for what it means for the average consumer at home.
STELTER: That's right. And people might worry about their AT&T bills going up. But those sorts of trends are not likely to be impacted by a deal like this. So what we are seeing with AT&T is that they want more leverage. They want more power. They want more influence over the future of media. And we know the future of media is mobile centric. Now, we had to hang up on our boss, (INAUDIBLE), the CEO of Time Warner as we were coming --
ALESCI: Sorry.
STELTER: So we were on a call with him for about a minute, trying to get some interview questions. But the point he was making during the commercial was that he believes it's great for customers, great for consumers. Both AT&T customers as well as viewers of CNN and other channels specifically because what we are seeing from this media future is mobile centric so people have more choices. They have more options. They may have - they may be getting their content from a small number the companies, but they can consume it in a wide-wide variety of ways.
HARLOW: I got 30 second. Cristina, finals thoughts.
ALESCI: Final thought is I just hope that every AT&T phone comes with the CNN app on it. STELTER: And by the way, that is actually an important point. AT&T
now own a major worldwide news organization. AT&T has never owned a news brand before. And so, they are going to have to quickly realize what it means to own a news division. That's one of the challenges for the company going forward. I think that we will hear from CEO Randall Stevens in about that in the days to come.
HARLOW: All right, guys, thanks very much. Again, it has to get to regulators, but a big headline, an $85 billion tie-up in the media space. Thank you both very much. They are reporting on CNNMoney.com now.
Coming up, we are going to have some fun. It is Saturday night. We are going to have fun with Chelsea Handler, the comedian who lets loose on this year's presidential race and why some criticism of Hillary Clinton she believes is not fair. Listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHELSEA HANDLER, COMEDIAN: There is nothing more sexist than telling a woman to smile. You smile. Like don't tell us to smile. That is so disgusting for a man to say that to a woman. Can you ever imagine a woman saying to Barack Obama, hey, wipe that brown upside down.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[19:51:57] HARLOW: Comedian Chelsea Handler gets real about politics like really real. Not holding anything back in this one. And even though she makes people laugh for a living, this race is not fun and games to her. She is speaking loud and clear this election season.
I sat down with her this week at the Fortune most powerful summit in California.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
HARLOW: You are a huge Hillary Clinton supporter, no question.
HANDLER: Yes. I support Hillary.
HARLOW: You have also said Hillary may not be the best option but she is a better option than him. Are you more passionately in opposition of Trump or in favor of Clinton.
HANDLER: I believe that Hillary Clinton is more qualified to do this job than maybe anybody ever in history. I understand that she is also divisive. I like divisive. I'm divisive. I don't like pleasing everybody.
HARLOW: But there is - when all this talk about enthusiasm gap, right, and are people enthusiastic enough about the candidates to get out there. I mean, are you enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton? Are you voting against Donald Trump? HANDLER: No, I'm voting for Hillary Clinton. But everyone, you know,
everyone -- there's not enough enthusiasm. We are adults like not everything is like - this isn't (INAUDIBLE) party. This is I got to get my - my favorite color is a color red. We got two options here. Gary Johnson is not going to win the presidency. So if you vote for him, you are not - you are voting for Donald Trump. And that's just the way it is.
HARLOW: You have said about Hillary Clinton, so what if she's not the most charming person on the planet. I don't want to hang out with her. Do you want too many people want a president they want to hang out with?
HANDLER: Yes. I think they think that they need to know her personal like they want her -- Hillary Clinton is vilified. And Hillary, no matter what she does, like if she doesn't smile then she get - I mean, there is nothing more sexes than telling a woman to smile. You smile like don't tell us to smile. That is so disgusting for a man to say that to a woman. Can you imagine a woman ever saying to Barack Obama, hey, wipe that frown upside down.
HARLOW: Have you ever met Donald Trump?
HANDLER: Yes, I have. He introduced himself to me one night at a restaurant in L.A.
HARLOW: And?
HANDLER: You know, not much. I mean, it is like hi, Chelsea. I just want to let you know I'm Donald Trump. I was like OK. Hello. And then he walked away.
HARLOW: This was pre-presidential run?
HANDLER: Yes. It was like eight or ten years ago. But I love the idea of like a celebrity coming over and introducing themselves to another celebrity. Like also a disgusting like thing to do.
HARLOW: But you have also said, Chelsea, that you wouldn't have Donald Trump on your show. Why not?
HANDLER: It is just so irresponsible.
HARLOW: No. But you can ask him whatever you want.
HANDLER: I don't - I write the answers. He has no answers to anything. He has proven that time and time again.
HARLOW: Come on. Fourteen million people voted from the primary.
HANDLER: Yes, who have not graduated from high school.
HARLOW: That's not fair. That's not true.
HANDLER: Well, it is not true. But the majority of them know. There are 40 million did not graduate from high school. What is funny is that people that are supporting him did not graduate from High school.
HARLOW: Does that mean their vote counts less? Come on.
HANDLER: No. It doesn't mean that their vote count less. That means they are uneducated and they don't know what they are voting for.
HARLOW: Why wouldn't you have him on your show just to ask him whatever you want?
HANDLER: Because it is -- that's a ratings ploy and I am not interested. I don't want to do something for to get people to watch because Trump is on. I can get people to come on my show that are much more I think responsible.
[19:55:07] HARLOW: Let's talk about "Late Night." You know, in the past "Late Night" like Leno and Letterman, you know, would sort of hit both sides, right. And it seems to me like this year is different whether it's Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, (INAUDIBLE), you, really targeting Trump. Is this the year that "Late Night" pick the side?
HANDLER: Yes, and I think that is unavoidable. I think with somebody who is this irresponsible and saying things like calling Mexicans rapists and inciting violence and the people at his rallies who were talking about hanging Hillary Clinton. I mean, that's not acceptable language. That's really scary.
HARLOW: What's the role and responsibility of "Late Night" hosts? Was it fair and right that Jimmy Fallon| got skewered for playing with Donald Trump's hair?
HANDLER: Well, I mean, you know, I don't know. Jimmy Fallon can do whatever he want. For me, personally, all I can say is I don't - I find that to be irresponsible. I'm not going to have Donald Trump on my show. I want to send - I mean, this part of my career on being on Netflix is something that I'm proud of and that I wanted like -- you can still have fun and send a great message. I want empower people. I want everybody to come on and have a great story and be inspiring.
HARLOW: Obviously, you are an entertainer, but it sounds like you feel like you have very much a responsibility while you entertain?
HANDLER: Yes, now I do. I mean, I already had silly (ph) for seven years on another network where I acted like a complete (bleep). I'm done with that. And then, you know, I mean, I might -- my show came on the air right as this election was kind of heating up. Whoever gets elected, this is going to start again in two years. And so, it is going to be another nightmare.
You know, the system isn't perfect and the system isn't great. And I understand that Hillary Clinton isn't everybody's favorite candidate. But for me she is qualified for the job, more qualified than anybody else and I'm willing to forgive all the other shortcomings.
HARLOW: Why she is struggling with young women?
HANDLER: She is not a warm pussy (INAUDIBLE). But you know what, she is like that in person. She is just not like that in public. She is guarded. And after everything that she has been through publicly, I would be guarded too.
HARLOW: What's the funniest thing about Hillary Clinton? Just a little bit.
HANDLER: Like the last -- the second debate. I liked the second debate where she just kind of like he was just going on and on in making no sense and do being really accusatory. And she was just like she was listening to him getting mad. She was just like when is this going to be over. When is he going to stop talking so I can make my actual ballot point? The kind of like the water rolling off a duck's back because in the first debate, she didn't have that kind of demeanor. And I thought was very amusing.
HARLOW: Funniest thing about Donald Trump?
HANDLER: His career. The Trump plaza, that's the funniest thing about Donald Trump. Aleck Baldwin as Donald Trump.
HARLOW: McKinnon as Hillary Clinton?
HANDLER: That's good stuff. Really good stuff. That's a good impersonation on both there.
HARLOW: Your Election Day prediction. What will you wake up and see on front of the "New York Times" November 9th?
HANDLER: Hillary. Hillary is going to win.
HARLOW: Word association Rapid Fire. (INAUDIBLE). "Saturday night live."
HANDLER: Donald Trump.
HARLOW: President Obama.
HANDLER: Michelle.
HARLOW: Michelle Obama.
HANDLER: Lunches.
HARLOW: What? Like the healthy food thing?
HANDLER: Yes.
HARLOW: OK. Do you want to try that again? There can be a better ways.
HANDLER: Harms.
HARLOW: Yes. Donald Trump.
HARLOW: Icky.
HANDLER: Hillary Clinton.
HANDLER: Bad (bleep).
HARLOW: Bernie Sanders?
HANDLER: Hairy.
HARLOW: Like as his hair.
HANDLER: Yes. That's what hairy is. Hairy, hair. Use your reference. Hair like on his head or arm hair?
HARLOW: Everywhere. It's coming out.
HARLOW: The pay gap.
HANDLER: Unjust.
HARLOW: Tim Kaine.
HANDLER: He is boring. I don't have to be in love with Tim Kaine.
HARLOW: Mike Pence.
HANDLER: Loser. He should be sent to Utah and locked up in a little barn there.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HARLOW: I like Utah.
My thanks to Chelsea Handler for that. You will see more of her online on CNNMoney.com in a little bit more tomorrow night as well. Her show "Chelsea" is airing on Netflix right now in its second season.
Coming up here for us on CNN, next, two back-to-back documentaries on the presidential candidates, right after this at 8:00 p.m. eastern. Tune in for "UNFINISHED BUSINESS, THE ESSENTIAL HILLARY" CLINTON. That is followed by "ALL BUSINESS, THE ESSENTIAL DONALD TRUMP".
So glad you are with us tonight. I'm Poppy Harlow in New York. I will see you back here tomorrow night at 5:00 eastern.
Have a great one.
