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The Curse Is Over: Cubs Win World Series For First Time Since 1908; New Polls Suggest Tightening Race In Key States; Obama Speaks Out On FBI Email Probe; ISIS Releases New Al-Baghadi Tape; Iraqi Forces Face Snipers, Shelling, IEDS; A Brief History of Insults. Aired 1-2a ET
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[01:00:08] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. Ahead this hour.
ISHA SESAY, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking news. After 108 years, the curse is over. Chicago Cubs are lonesome losers no more.
VAUSE: The home stretch for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. New polls show the race for the White House is getting even tighter.
SESAY: And a defiant message from a leader in hiding, Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi urges its militants to fight to the death predicting an ISIS victory in Mosul.
VAUSE: Hello, everybody. Thank you for being with us. I'm John Vause.
SESAY: And I'm Isha Sesay. This is NEWSROOM L.A.
VAUSE: It has been an incredible night for baseball. There it is in Chicago, outside Wrigley Field, fans celebrating a historic win for the Cubs, their first World Series win since 1908. They have just beaten the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in the 10th innings of an epic game.
SESAY: It was indeed. Chicago started the game with a leadoff homerun, the first one ever in game seven of the World Series. Cleveland tied the game at 6-6 in the eighth, sending the game to extra innings.
The game was briefly stopped in the 10th inning for a rain delay, I think, giving everyone a little bit of a high blood pressure. And now, the city of Chicago, take a look at this. They are celebrating like no other but there's no joy in Cleveland right now.
VAUSE: Not a lot of joy in Cleveland.
Ryan Young is in Chicago. Dan Simon is in Cleveland. Let's start with the winners. OK. So, Ryan, what is -- what's the mood like there right now? Can you describe it for us?
RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Really - I mean, got to hold on for dear life here, man. They are having a great time behind us. It's pandemonium. We might as well put it out there. I'm going the step out of the way just for a little bit to show you behind us, the atmosphere, of course, is raucous. They're having a good time. For the first time in a very look time, the sign behind us that says Wrigley Field has a championship sign behind it.
And when they said Cubs win, this crowd exploded. They had, of course, been on the streets for hours, and we've seen the crowd grow and grow and grow. Look, we've all worked in the business for a while, so there are lots of trucks there in the distance. If you look at the fans over there, they're actually standing on top of some of the TV transmission trucks.
So many people say this is what they've been waiting for quite some time. They talked about how important this was, for finally the Cubs to be able to snap the curse, to push it away, and then take this championship.
And of course, this is one of the greatest game sevens anyone has seen. If you love sports, this is one of those nail biters that you can understand on both sides, which is an unbelievable sporting event. And I can tell you for quite some time, people were super excited about the idea that Cubs are finally going to win a championship.
VAUSE: It was one of those games that you really didn't even need to know a lot about baseball to enjoy. It was absolutely fantastic.
You know, Ryan, there are fans out there, Chicago fans out there who have lived and died and never saw a night like this.
YOUNG: Right. And so, we talked about that before, that people who are telling us that they had their family members who were actually buried with their Cubs hat and the last game tickets they had in their funeral caskets. You can understand how important that was.
So you can see as the fans have turned out to show their support for this team. There is so much passion here. All day long, we've seen people lining up, really kind of nervous about this game seven, because obviously, it's been quite some time since they've experienced something like this.
And I'm being very careful about who I might interview or who I might not interview, because there are people who have been getting liquored up all day long, and I understand that, and I do not feel like having a YouTube moment, not today.
I mean, let them have their victory.
SESAY: Not today.
YOUNG: But let's make sure that we keep this clean, you know what I mean? But the passion is all over the place. And as someone who lives in this city, you can just feel it and how excited - go ahead, give it to them.
CROWD: Let's go Cubbies! Let's go cubbies! Let's go cubbies!
YOUNG: How does it feel that the Cubs win tonight?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dude, it was fucking amazing!
YOUNG: Knew somebody was going to say something crazy, right. So --
SESAY: Yes, yes.
YOUNG: You want the Cubs to win? That's good.
SESAY: You -- we're going to leave you there, Ryan. We're going to leave you there with the celebrations just for a moment and join our Dan Simon who's in Cleveland. And, Dan -
VAUSE: Or Debby Downer as they call him here.
SESAY: It seems a little quiet at where you are, Dan.
DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a bit somber. You know, this is a city that knows the highs and lows of sports. It was just a few months ago, when the Cavaliers and Lebron James took home an NBA championship. And so, they relished in that victory. And just a few months later, they have their team in the World Series.
But I have to tell you that the fans we encountered streaming out of Progressive Field really showed great sportsmanship. They congratulated the Cubs. Many of the fans I spoke to and they felt really privileged to be inside, witnessing a game for the ages.
Of course, we saw a lot of sullen faces and people expressing their disappointment to say the very least. But they know they saw something special and they're just glad that their team came this far.
But talk about a game filled with emotion. The Indians came roaring back there in the bottom of the ninth inning. They had a real good shot. And then, of course, the rain -- the rain had a bit of a delay with the weather and then, boy, it just wasn't to be.
And, now the fans are leaving, getting in their cars and they're going to be thinking about this one for a long time.
VAUSE: Dan, this is one of those games, though, that regardless of who won - obviously, Cleveland fans are disappointed. But regardless of which team won, the entire country was going to celebrate the result.
SIMON: That's exactly right. You know, the country has really been on edge with this World Series. You know, it's safe to say that maybe this is the greatest game seven of all time. We'll have to see what the sports historians say. But, man it just had everything. It had emotion. It had the weather. And it had you know, just great fire on both sides.
SESAY: Yes. It certainly did.
VAUSE: Yes. This was a final that made a 162-regular-game season all worthwhile. Dan, thank you. Go have a drink. SESAY: Yes. We'll talk about it for a long time to come. Only --
thank you, Dan. Appreciate it. Only the 37th ever game seven.
VAUSE: Oh, Wow.
SESAY: Yes. So there you have it -
VAUSE: I had no idea.
SESAY: There you go, running stat.
VAUSE: Appreciate it.
SESAY: You're going to remember it. Don't be like that.
VAUSE: Break it down.
Now, to the boring news, just six days until the U.S. presidential election and the candidates are trying to motivate their base and they're fighting for every vote. CNN's latest polls show Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump closing in on each other in key Battleground States.
SESAY: Well, Trump is leading Clinton by five points in Arizona. And Clinton has a slight edge, as you see there, on Trump, in Florida. Take a look at Nevada, Clinton lags six points behind Trump. But in Pennsylvania, she is up by four points.
Well, the FBI is supposed to be above politics. But the department is caught up in a growing controversy, tight investigations of Hillary Clinton.
VAUSE: As justice correspondent, Pamela Brown explains, it's an unprecedented position.
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PAMELA BROWN, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Tonight, President Obama breaking his silence on FBI Director James Comey's explosive letter to congress. Suggesting Comey spoke prematurely.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I do think that there is a norm that, you know, when there are investigations, we don't operate on innuendo, we don't operate on incomplete information, we don't operate on leaks.
BROWN: Obama's comments come as the department finds itself mired further in controversy.
A stolen Clinton campaign e-mail released today by WikiLeaks appears to show a top DOJ official in a possible conflict of interest. The department's Chief Lobbyist from Capitol Hill, Peter Kadzik, apparently using his personal account to tell Clinton campaign chair John Podesta about a congressional hearing. Writing in part, that the department was, quote, "Likely to get questions on state department e- mails." Kadzik also appears to tip Podesta off about a freedom of information court filing related to Clinton's e-mails.
Donald Trump pounced on the release today, accusing the Clinton campaign and the Department of Justice of collusion.
DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Now today, in a newly released e-mail, through WikiLeaks again, we learned that Kadzik was feeding information about the investigation into the Clinton campaign.
BROWN: Today's WikiLeaks release is another black eye for the department in the lead up to the election.
CNN has learned over the past 15 months, the FBI and DOJ have been fighting over matters relating to Hillary Clinton. Not just the handling of the e-mail probe, but also the investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
RON HOSKO, FORMER FBI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: That bureaucracy cannot uncommonly lead to friction, and that friction is sometimes it feels like you're slowing me down for a purpose and maybe that purpose is your politics.
BROWN: Sources say that Clinton Foundation probe has been on a slow boil because top DOJ officials don't believe the allegations of criminal activity among donors are substantive enough to issue warrants or subpoenas.
But the FBI agents working the case see the road block as political. Raising tensions among officials from DOJ, FBI Headquarters, and FBI field offices.
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BROWN: CNN reached out to the Clinton campaign as well as the Department of Justice to get response to the e-mail that came out today showing the exchange between Podesta and the top DOJ Official. Both declined to comment.
Pamela Brown, CNN, Washington.
VAUSE: Joining us now, Democratic Strategist Matthew Litman and Republican Consultant John Thomas.
OK. We dealt with the whole WikiLeaks last hour. Pamela Brown reported on it. Let's move on to the poll numbers which are looking good for Donald Trump and we've said, in certain places. Matt, stop shaking your head. We haven't got there yet, OK.
Yeah. We'll have to get right with Donald Trump and what is going right for Donald Trump. The polls, at least, are heading in the right direction for Donald trump. This is what Donald Trump had to say.
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TRUMP: The polls have just come up. We're way up in Florida. I shouldn't say that because I want you to go vote. OK, ready? We're going to pretend we're down. We're down. Pretend, right?
We'll pretend we're down. No, we got to win, we got to win big. We got to beat her.
VAUSE: OK, Matt.
MATT LITMAN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: I need Donald Trump to say something really stupid in the next five days.
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JOHN THOMAS, REPUBLICAN CCONSULTANT: That would be great.
LITMAN: Now listen, Hillary is still winning in all the states she needs to win in. She's ahead in Pennsylvania; she's ahead in Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, she's still ahead.
At this current rate, she'd have over 300 electoral votes. That's more than you need to win. In the states, where she's ahead, it is getting a little bit tighter. It's really a turnout question at this point.
SESAY: John?
THOMAS: I mean, that's right. Today, if the election were held today, she would win. The thing is, it's not held today, it's held next week.
And look, polling today is reflective, not predictive. And so, we have to look at these trend lines. The fact is Hillary Clinton is eroding from where she was a week ago and Donald Trump is surging. The question I can't answer is, how much of win does he have at his back and is it enough to get him over the hump? I think it might be.
SESAY: And whether you can steal a message of course and the others -
THOMAS: Well, and even if he can't, the FBI is helping him with that message.
LITMAN: Well, the other - well, the thing is, Donald Trump only reaches a certain point, usually around 42 points then Hillary goes up or down from 42 to about 48. And Hillary is still staying in that range and Trump really isn't going above it. And the average polls have Hillary up by about five points at this point, which is a comfortable lead.
VAUSE: OK, just a short time ago, Hillary Clinton was campaigning in Arizona. This is a state which has been reliable republican for, I don't know, a long time. And she was out there hitting Donald Trump hard.
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HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He has shown us who he is. Now, we have to decide who we are. And right now, across the country, people are doing just that. They are rejecting his dark and divisive vision. We know that America is big-hearted, not small- minded. We want to lift people up, not tear each other down.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: This is an indication how this race has changed. Arizona was in play, what - just a few days ago. The Clinton campaign doubled their ad spend. Hillary Clinton is there. But the race is slipping away. Donald Trump has sort of stopped the hemorrhaging and stopped the slide.
LITMAN: Well, Arizona was always or has been a Republican state, I believe, since 1988, they've been voting Republican in Arizona. It's forced Trump to spend a little bit of time there.
Trump is now - Trump can't figure out where he needs to go to get the votes that he needs to win. He has gone to Michigan, where his dumped behind by about 10 points. He tried to go to Pennsylvania where he's behind by about seven points.
Right now, there's no lane for Trump to go in. So he's forced to go to some states, where Hillary is way ahead in order to get that one or two extra seats that he needs to win. It's not there for him right now.
So, Hillary is in Arizona. They're spending money in Arizona and North Carolina. Hillary doesn't need to win those states. Trump does need to win those states.
SESAY: And so, can he breach her blue wall, so to speak, which is --
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THOMAS: Yes. I mean - I think the (INAUDIBLE) I'm looking at is Pennsylvania, a state where we can have a go, she was up by 10 to 12. And now, depending on the poll, it's one to four. She's up. So, I think she has to take states like Pennsylvania.
Here's the problem, now we're in the closing arguments phase of the campaign. The closing argument she wants to make is about temperament and fitness to serve. Well, really what the nation right now is looking at whether she's going to serve her first term in the White House or the big house. I mean, that's the question that we're talking about now.
LITMNAN: That's the question that you're talking.
THOMAS: I think that's what the nation is thinking, too.
LITMAN: The rest of the country - well, remember, the rest of the country is still favoring Hillary Clinton in the polls. So, I don't think that that's the conversation the rest of the country is having.
VAUSE: One of the Battleground States is North Carolina and no coincidence, President Obama was there today.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Keep in mind, North Carolina, all the progress that we've made over the last eight years, all the progress we hope to make over the next eight years, all that goes out the window if we don't win this election.
And we don't win this election, potentially, if we don't win North Carolina. So, I hate to put a little pressure on you, but the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders.
The fate of the world is teetering, and you, North Carolina, are going to have to make sure that we push it in the right direction.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: And John, to Matt's point, you know, Trump needs to win North Carolina and clearly that is going to be difficult issue for - well, a steep hill for Donald Trump right now.
THOMAS: I mean, he needs to sweep. Look, Donald -- Hillary Clinton is sending out all her surrogates, and she has good surrogates.
LITMAN: Thank you.
THOMAS: The problem - yeah, present company included. The trouble she has right now is ABC polling on Monday shows that there's a big enthusiasm gap. The FBI is not helping with that. Trump supporters are turning out in droves and they run the risk on
the democratic side that their coalition they need, the Obama coalition, African-American voters, Hispanics and Millennials might just sit this one out.
LITMAN: When you talk about the Trump's coalition, the Ku Klux Klan did just endorse Donald Trump.
VAUSE: Which they just endorsed very quickly. And they're refusing and rejected.
SESAY: In that, President Obama's line today, we heard among the Tom Joyner radio show also saying the same thing that, basically, my legacy is in the balance.
I mean, that's the probably the most forceful argument he can make at this stage. Correct?
LITMAN: Well, one thing that Hillary does have going for her is Barack Obama's overwhelming popularity. He's as popular as Ronald Reagan was at the end of his term. Popularity is in the mid to high 50s, which is very, very strong.
And on the republican side, they always say do you want one more term of Barack Obama? Most of the country would say yes to that, actually.
THOMAS: Well, the question we're - you're right. So the question we have to phrase is do you want Barack Obama's policies? As Obama care starts to unravel. It's very unpopular and so we're trying to thread that needle. I'm saying do you want more policies, because you're right, the
President is popular today.
VAUSE: Sorry, the turnout -- the early vote turnout, because there is this question of the African-American vote which is below what it was in 2008 as well as 2012. But the president of the NAACP talked to CNN about some of the problems in states, like North Carolina.
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CORNELL WILLIAM BROOKS, NAACP PRESIDENT: In North Carolina, when we talk about early voting being down in the African-American community, let us also know that polling places have been reduced in the African- American community, making it more difficult for people to vote early or to vote at all. This is an ongoing unrelenting assault against the African-American community.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: And how worried are democrats by not just what's happening in North Carolina, but a lot of other southern states?
LITMAN: I actually believe that to be true. Nevertheless, this election is so important, you have to find a way to go out and vote. And, if you have two polling places in your state, you better find one of them because we're talking about Hillary Clinton versus a candidate that is running on racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, people having - countries having more nuclear weapons. This isn't a close call. So, you have to get out and vote.
SESAY: But mostly it's not conversion, it's persuasion. Get your people out.
THOMAS: Yes, that right. And the Clinton campaign has better operations with that, no doubt about it. They've got a good field program, Trump doesn't. Trump has to run on a wave, a surge of unprecedented turnout just by frustration, anger, whatever it is, whereas the Clinton people do have a good organization in hand.
VAUSE: OK. Six days.
SESAY: Counting down.
VAUSE: Six days, you know, barring any Supreme Court challenge --
THOMAS: Which is an eternity.
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SESAY: Yes. It does feel an eternity as well. Gentlemen, thank you.
LITMAN: Thank you.
SESAY: Alright. Away from U.S. politics for a moment now and as Iraqi forces inch with inside of Mosul, The leader of ISIS is sending a message to its fighters and a threat to other cities. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
SESAY: For the first time in nearly a year, ISIS is releasing an audio message it claims to be from Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the group's leader.
Earlier, he calls on suicide fighter to destroy the cities of the unbelievers and says he's confident of an ISIS victory in Mosul. He tells fighters there to hold their ground.
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ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI, ISIS LEADER (through translator): God's enemies, from the Jews, Christians, atheists, Shiites, Apostates and all the world's infidels have dedicated their media, money, army, and munitions to fight Muslims and Jihadists and the state of Nineveh, after they witnessed it become one of the bases of Islam and one of the minarets under the caliphate.
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VAUSE: Meantime, ISIS snipers in constant gunfire have slowed Iraqi forces as they come within a just a few hundred meters of the city limits of Mosul.
SESAY: Well, the troops are trying to clear the road and firing on anyone considered a suspect. There are feared thousands of civilians trapped in the city, could be used as human shields.
VAUSE: Senior international correspondent, Arwa Damon traveled with Iraqi forces to the newly liberated areas near Mosul and spoke with survivors.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Tires set ablaze by ISIS fighters still smolder in the morning chill as Iraqi counterterrorism forces push forward, clearing the last few militants remaining and explosives.
The chatter on the radio is just about how some residents warned the forces that are further forward about a roadside bomb that ISIS have left behind.
The road to Mosul is pain staking, etched with violence and agony. White flags flutter. Some people hesitantly peer out from behind closed doors, while those closer to the troops flash victory signs and smiles.
Inside the Mosques, the soldier rips ISIS rules off the wall, where women and children shelter. They are relieved but wary, haunted by the uncertainty that lingers.
In her home, 6-year-old (INAUDIBLE) takes labored breaths. Her father says she was wounded by a mortar, presumably fired by ISIS that landed near them as they were fleeing towards the Iraqi troops. She's cold.
Her mother cradles her other children and hides her face. She's still afraid ISIS may return. Down the main road that leads to Mosul past a sign for city center is the current front line, the Mosul TV station satellite antenna.
There's been quite a bit of rocket propelled grenade, mortar, and sniper fire. So, the troopers told us to make sure we stay close to the wall. But just on the other side of that berm, those buildings you see, they're in the Karama neighborhood of Mosul.
It's a mere 200 meters away. We come across hundreds from the area closest to the front trying to flee on foot. Two brothers push their grandmother; parents carry their youngest. Some smile despite the track, but they don't know where to go. Soldiers try to convince them to stay in empty homes further back from the fighting. There is no transportation to the camps. The walk would take hours and they need to be screened.
One woman in tears says a mortar round landed on her house. She doesn't know if her husband and sons are injured or dead. It's but a picture of human misery unfolding on an even greater scale. The only comfort, ISIS is gone.
Arwa Damon, CNN, Gogjali, Iraq.
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SESAY: Time for a quick break now. Next on NEWROOM L.A., Donald Trump has threatened to sue over a new documentary. The creator of "You've Been Trumped, Too," says he's still releasing it for free. He'll explain, coming up.
VAUSE: Also ahead, the dozens of countries Trump has managed to offend during his campaign.
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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm John Vause.
SESAY: And I'm Isha Sesay. The headlines this hour:
The Chicago Cubs have finally shaken the curse. They won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. It took an epic victory over the Cleveland Indians in game seven. The final score was eight to seven in 10 innings.
Cubs star, Ben Zobrist was named the most valuable player of the series.
VAUSE: ISIS has released a new audio tape apparently with a message from leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. He says he's confident of an ISIS victory in Mosul, and calls on fighters there to stand firm, saying hold your ground in honor is a thousand times better than retreating in disgrace.
SESAY: Meantime, Iraqi forces are now about 200 meters from Mosul city limits, but -
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JOHN VAUSE, CNN HOST: Donald Trump and litigation seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. His latest target is a new documentary called, "You've Been Trumped Too."
ISHA SESAY, CNN HOST: The film is a sequel to "You've Been Trumped," which focused on the plight of a 92-year-old, Molly Forbes, and her son, Michael. Neighbors have been to Poland on Trump's luxury golf course in Aberdeen, England -- Aberdeen, Scotland, rather.
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DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And I look at his place and it's a pigsty.
Do I regret that?
No, I don't regret it. (INAUDIBLE). And I think the people of Aberdeen should be embarrassed and I think, frankly, the people of Scotland would be embarrassed.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
SESAY: Well, in the sequel, the former family allege they've been bullied and harassed by the Trump corporation who've left without regular running water for years after it was shut off during construction of Trump's golf course.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE). That's (INAUDIBLE). Well, I have my grandson just now.
This is to flush the toilet.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Three years after Trump's workers cut off Molly's water supply, she was still collecting water from a nearby stream.
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VAUSE: Officials with Trump International -- excuse me -- denied those allegations. One of the most memorable moments in this film, though, is when Michael Forbes and his wife travel to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention this past July.
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TRUMP: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. We will be a country of generosity and warmth.
And millions of new jobs and trillions --
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that's the truth, yes. God. I've never heard so much bull (INAUDIBLE) in all my life.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: The director of "You've Been Trumped Too" is Anthony Baxter and earlier he spoke with me from New York.
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VAUSE: Anthony, thank you for being with us. The reaction from Trump International to this sequel I guess has been much like it was to the original documentary, which is a threat of legal action.
ANTHONY BAXTER, FILM DIRECTOR: Yes, no surprise there. I mean, it just seems to be what Donald Trump does when somebody releases a film that he doesn't like and that's bring out the lawyers.
And of course that's an important point about all of this. The people that I follow in the documentary, ordinary folk in Scotland, in Aberdeenshire, who have, for years, faced up to this kind of bullying and harassment from Donald Trump and they don't have access to lawyers.
They don't have access to the airwaves in the way that Mr. Trump has. And so that's the whole point of the film, to give them a chance to have a crack at the airwaves, if you will, and follow their story and allow their voices to be heard.
VAUSE: And part of your sort of legal strategy here is now to release this documentary on Facebook.
BAXTER: That's right. We think it's a world first for a feature- length documentary film. We're playing it on Thursday night at trumpedfilm.com and releasing it to as many American voters as we possibly can because I think it's very important. The point in the film really is that we've heard an awful lot about what Donald Trump says. Well, let's just see in what he actually does.
And specifically, in this film, we follow the story of a 92-year-old woman, who I discover is without a proper working water supply, all because of Trump, as she puts it in the film. And the film reveals the shocking scenario that the Forbes are still
in this situation, five years on, as Donald Trump is racing to the White House and trying to get the keys to the most powerful position in the world.
And I think it's important point in history, really, to follow this story and to bring that story to a wider audience, which is why we're releasing it to as many American voters as we possibly can ahead of the election on the 8th of November.
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VAUSE: OK, well, in the followup documentary, Donald Trump Jr. acknowledges the water problems for the Forbes family were actually caused by the construction of their golf course. This is that moment. Listen to this.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a very serious thing if somebody's water is not working.
We take that seriously.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We told them this is what we intend on doing. This is what we intend on building. It's not going to be easy to live here.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They knew this was going to happen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And we also offered them lifetime use of the facilities.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you discovered they had been without water, (INAUDIBLE), that is down to basic human rights.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We did what we could to get that restored as quickly as possible.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: And so I just want to pop very quickly with a statement that Trump International has put out.
It reads, in part, "The well is shared with another neighboring property owner who will confirm that their water system has historically been unreliable and fraught with problems long before Trump owned the land. Five years ago, an unknown underground clay pipe was unintentionally disrupted by our lead contractor and was repaired immediately.
"The neighbor who shares the 'well' with Forbes can attest that his water supply was only temporary (sic) affected and rectified fully within a few days."
That said, it goes on to say Forbes actually rejected an offer from Trump to be connected to the main water supply.
So what is your reaction to all that?
BAXTER: Well, essentially, when I went to visit the Forbes as back in 2010, it was a week after their water supply had been cut off accidentally. And they were still without a working water supply then.
Then year after year followed and the same was the situation.
And the Forbeses say that ever since the Trump organization came to Scotland and ever since Donald Trump started construction work on his golf course, their water hasn't worked properly.
And we see a scene in the film also, where Molly talks about the sludge and contaminated water that was coming out of the taps. And so I just don't see the evidence.
VAUSE: OK, well, a key part to your sequel here is when Mr. Forbes is in Cleveland and he's talking to delegates at the Republican National Convention about his ongoing legal battle with Donald Trump. Here's some of that interaction.
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MICHAEL FORBES: He cut our pipe coming from a spring to our well. That's the man you're voting for. And he didn't care.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's difficult to have neighbors sometimes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Eight years under an administration that is just oppressive. So you have your problems. We have ours.
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VAUSE: Is that typical of how most Trump supporters saw this dispute?
BAXTER: I think people were really shocked to hear their story. I mean, think that the way that they have been dealt with by Donald Trump, the Forbeses have been treated, you know, Michael was called a pig; his farm, a slum, on national television repeatedly, not just the once.
And throughout all that time, they have shown incredible dignity and they are an absolute inspiration to people around the world.
One of the important things about this film, I think, is that we see Donald Trump in a way that we haven't really seen him before. We see how his actions actually impact on people's lives.
This isn't Donald Trump being caught on a hot mike, saying things about women. This is what actually he does, specifically to a 92- year-old woman, who he says reminds him of his own mother.
So I think it's really important that people have an opportunity to see it, which is why we are getting it out to as many people as we can ahead of the election and then allow people to make up their own minds.
VAUSE: OK. And I'm sure a lot of people will get to see it. It is compelling to watch.
Anthony, thank you so much for being with us.
BAXTER: Thanks for having me.
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SESAY: The people of Scotland aren't alone in taking umbrage with Donald Trump. According to the U.K.'s "Independent" newspaper, Trump has offended at least 58 countries.
VAUSE: And the paper produced a map and says, over the course of the campaign, Trump has insulted all the countries you see here in red.
SESAY: You'll notice that most of the Middle East and North Africa make the grade. That's a result of Trump's vow to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. if he's elected.
VAUSE: (INAUDIBLE).
His campaign began with the unforgettable lines, "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," which explains the inclusion of Mexico.
SESAY: Other countries include Trump calling Greece "unsalvageable" and adopting an Indian accent to (INAUDIBLE) the quality of American call centers there.
VAUSE: The U.S. did not escape Trump's insults, summed up as a dumping ground for the rest of the world by Mr. Trump.
We'll take a short break. When we come back, North Korea may be planning a November surprise to provoke the U.S. What experts say leader Kim Jong-un could do around the U.S. election next Tuesday.
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VAUSE: Washington has been keeping a close eye on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lately as the U.S. prepares to elect a new president.
SESAY: Some experts say Pyongyang may be preparing to do something provocative, possibly around Tuesday, Election Day. Brian Todd has more from Washington.
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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The specter of a November surprise from Kim Jong-un raises serious concerns from Seoul to Washington.
U.S. military officials CNN spoke to say they see no signs that North Korea is preparing for a medium-range ballistic missile test in a few days, as some reports suggest.
But they stress those medium-range missiles called Musudans are fired from road mobile launchers and a launch could happen at any time. And there is a separate warning that the upcoming U.S. election could motivate Kim's regime to do something dangerous to provoke the United States.
That warning comes from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, and is published on its website, beyondparallel.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it could be a sixth nuclear test. It could be a launching of their rocket to put a satellite in orbit, which demonstrates ballistic missile capability. Doing a major test would be a way of trying to intimidate the incoming president.
TODD (voice-over): Just this year alone, Kim Jong-un has fired off at least 15 missile tests and two nuclear bomb tests, making five overall.
Just last month, North Korea tested two Musudan missiles. They failed, leaving large burn marks on roads.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The burn marks here and here tell us that the missiles probably exploded upon launch or shortly thereafter.
TODD (voice-over): But Kim's regime did successfully tested a Musudan this past summer. Experts say it's a major threat.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Musudan, as you can see, is launched off of this truck. It is a mobile missile. That means that it's very difficult to track it and to detect its presence before launch, unlike a silo-based missile.
TODD (voice-over): It's a missile which could carry a nuclear warhead as far as Guam, where American has military bases. North Korea is also improving its longer range intercontinental ballistic missiles. America's top intelligence official warns of its capabilities --
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TODD (voice-over): -- once it's flight tested.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Potentially could reach parts of the United States, certainly including Alaska and Hawaii.
TODD (voice-over): A key question: why would Kim want to provoke the U.S. around the time America elects its next president?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These are just not random. North Korea chooses particular windows that they know will gain maximum attention from the world and the United States in particular. TODD: Victor Cha (ph) says the number one security issue for the next American president will be the threat from Kim's regime, if and when Kim demonstrates he has the capability to reach the mainland of the United States with a nuclear warhead. Weapons experts say Kim could have that operational capability within 5-10 years -- Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
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VAUSE: Still to come here on CNN, U.S. voters in the happiest place on Earth share their thoughts on the nastiest U.S. election on Earth.
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SESAY: The U.S. presidential race has been long and it has been nasty. So journalists from the "Los Angeles Times" talked to voters in the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland.
VAUSE: It's my favorite place.
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VAUSE: Just like there it is across the United States, most of the people they interviewed were dissatisfied with the election, not excited about either candidate and they were asked to describe this election in just one word.
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VAUSE: So you get the idea.
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VAUSE: Christina (ph) (INAUDIBLE) is part of the team behind the project. She's the assistant managing editor for politics at the "L.A. Times."
Christina, (ph), thank you so much for being with us.
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CHRISTINA (PH): My pleasure.
VAUSE: When I looked at this project you put together, what struck me not so much that people were unhappy; we know that -- but the despair that they felt with the tone of the election. (INAUDIBLE) from San Diego, who said, they're just kind of barking at each other the whole time.
And then there was Todd Reinking (ph) from Seattle.
"All people do is get in fights every five minutes about their candidate. And it's not worth it."
CHRISTINA (PH): It wasn't what we were expecting. We wanted to go in and not just ask people who you are voting for because that's kind of boring and you might -- you know, you're in California; you might expect a certain result.
So we just tried to have an open-ended question. Describe your feelings about this election in one word.
And overwhelmingly they were all negative. There was one person who said they were hopeful but everyone else, it was these feelings of like real darkness and you are seeing that reflected across the country. And that's something that we really felt like, well, we did. We got a representative sample of voters here at Disneyland.
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VAUSE: -- tourist place, too. So it's not just California, which is more liberal, but people from all over the country.
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CHRISTINA (PH): Yes, and that's what actually -- we had thought we would get like everybody but it was mostly West Coast people. It was raining that day.
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CHRISTINA (PH): -- kept a lot of the tourists away.
SESAY: But let me ask you this, as I look through the different responses, I was struck by 23-year-old Daniela Macitanton (ph), who was pictured with her friend, Matthew, Matthew Oslin (ph), and she just had the word "pointless."
And it makes you wonder how many young people have been forever turned off by politics' electoral process, by all of this.
CHRISTINA (PH): Yes, and it's hard to know. We talked to all of these voters and have asked them, are you going to be voting?
And only one person said you know what, it's so pointless I'm staying home effectively because it's so worrisome, was that man's word. But the idea is that people are just -- don't feel like they are motivated to do something.
We're seeing that reflected in all kinds of polls, the "Los Angeles Times" has a poll coming out of California voters, very similar. Like people just aren't as motivated or excited about their candidates and particularly because it has been so nasty, the motivation is more to vote against someone.
And that's not really the place you want the country to be in. And it begs us to ask the question, what happens after the election?
You know, this will be over next Tuesday.
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VAUSE: -- Supreme Court challenges.
CHRISTINA (PH): Fortunately.
But and so then what happens?
You know, what happens to everybody who was for a candidate or everybody who's against a candidate?
How do we come together as a country?
Because we know people are tired of gridlock. That was another theme that we heard. People are just frustrated with Washington in general.
VAUSE: One person who stood out to me was Emily Vasquez (ph), who is a 21-year-old student. This is her first presidential election. This is what she told you.
"They act so childish. It's like high school. I feel like they should act their age."
And it hadn't occurred to me up until this point, how depressing is this election, if this is your first time to go out and vote?
I mean, these are your choices. This is an awful first-time election.
CHRISTINA (PH): It reminds me a little bit of how Millennial voters view this election because their first experience with politics -- they weren't voting in it. But when they were sort of starting to pay attention was watching the Supreme Court decide the presidential race. That's how they came into this.
And now they're getting to vote for the first time, in some cases the second time and, yes, it's especially compared to how the feelings the country had about Barack Obama, whether you supported him or not. There was a sort of sense of uplifting. And particularly with events over the last few days, this has been a challenge for both parties.
SESAY: So, Christina (ph), let me ask you about 27-year-old (INAUDIBLE) Rojas, who describes this -- she uses the word "confusing" and she really painted this election in very stark terms. She refers to Donald Trump as she says, "With him, we'd go back to segregation. We'd go to war for the wrong reasons. Coworkers could lose their visas."
And that's another thing, there are people in this election who are genuinely afraid.
CHRISTINA (PH): There was a lot of that and we hear that all the time, particularly in California from people that know immigrants that might be in the country without documentation, people that are afraid of how Muslims could be treated in this country. So her big concern was look, like this is someone that could bring us into war because of his policies. And that's why I'm coming out and she's voting for Hillary Clinton.
And you heard a lot of that. Again, it's that motivation to vote against something, to prevent something.
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CHRISTINA (PH): And Hillary Clinton, even herself, she was campaigning in Nevada today, that's what she says. She's like Donald Trump has this picture of minority voters of Americans that I think is disturbing and I don't view America that way.
So it's trying to get people to show up to vote against him.
VAUSE: OK. It is a unique election for a lot of reasons.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: May we all get to Disneyland at some point.
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VAUSE: (INAUDIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Indeed.
VAUSE: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.
VAUSE: OK, back to our breaking news, the Chicago Cubs have finally won the World Series after 108 years. They did it with a 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians.
Final score, 8-7.
SESAY: Cleveland tied the game with this two-run homer in the eighth. The score was still 6-6 after nine innings. Ben Zobrist of the Cubs was named Most Valuable Player of the Series, winning a pretty nice trophy. Let's not forget the sports car.
Chicago was facing elimination after Saturday's game four. They had to win the last three games of the Series and that is exactly what they did.
VAUSE: Those incredible fans obviously are celebrating. So let's show you a cat video.
OK. (LAUGHTER)
VAUSE (voice-over): This was one man's cat, wanting in on the action, trying to catch -- oh -- the baseball on the television screen.
SESAY: Oh, do it again, do it again.
VAUSE: OK.
SESAY: And how is this for a prediction?
In 1993, someone named Michael Lee put this caption with his yearbook photo, "Chicago Cubs 2016 world champion, you heard it here first."
VAUSE: Lucky guess.
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SESAY: -- undercutting the moment.
VAUSE: That's what I do.
ISSA: That is what he does.
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SESAY: Go sit in the corner.
You're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.
VAUSE: I'm John Vause. I may be back with another hour of news after this, maybe.
