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ISHA SESAY, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): This is CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Ahead this hour, a defiant new message from the leader of ISIS.

SESAY (voice-over): Key polls from the swing states show the race for the White House is closer than ever.

VAUSE (voice-over): A century-long drought is over. The Chicago Cubs finally win the World Series.

SESAY (voice-over): They are partying in Chicago tonight.

Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm Isha Sesay.

VAUSE (voice-over): I'm John Vause. We're now into the third hour of NEWSROOM L.A.

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SESAY: It's been nearly a year since we've heard from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but the terror group has now released what it claims is a message from him.

VAUSE: CNN cannot independently verify the audio recording in which he calls on suicide fighters to destroy the cities of the unbelievers. And even as Iraqi forces come within 200 meters of Mosul in Iraq, he says he is confident of an ISIS victory.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): God's enemies, from the Jews, Christians, atheists, Shiites, apostates and all of the world's infidels, have dedicated their media, money, army and munitions to fight Muslims and jihadists in the state of Nineveh after they witnessed to become one of the bases of Islam and one of its minarets under the caliphate. (END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: Michael Holmes joins us now live from Irbil, south of Mosul.

So, Michael, Al-Baghdadi spoke on this tape for more than half an hour.

What else did he have to say and has there been a reaction there from coalition forces to the message?

MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Of course, everybody is still officially verifying, as you pointed out, the authenticity of the recording. But U.S. officials are saying their initial but not final analysis -- that's how they are wording it -- is that this recording is legitimate. Now you heard al-Baghdadi there mention there the caliphate.

And that is interesting because a caliphate by definition requires territory and it is territory that ISIS is losing during this campaign, lots of it. And without territory there is no caliphate.

Now this new message, it is the first recording reportedly of al- Baghdadi released since late 2015; it's a direct call on his adherents to fight on in Mosul to maintain that territory.

No win part of the tape he says this, quote, "holding your ground is an honor a thousand times better than retreating in disgrace."

And you heard there, too, that highly sectarian tone, speaking of God's enemies from Jews, atheists, Christians, Shiites and all of the world's infidels. He does also call for unity among jihadi ranks, not specifically ISIS but perhaps you could interpret it as all jihadi ranks and also for strikes against outside of Iraq, Turkey specifically.

Now Turkey of course is involved in the fight against ISIS now as it also fights Kurds it considers to be terrorists on this complex battlefield. And it's interesting because that reference does suggest the tape is recent, given Turkey's recent statements and movements of its forces -- John.

VAUSE: Yes, al-Baghdadi also confident of victor in the fight in Mosul. Doesn't really say why he is confident but the U.S. senior commander in Iraq is also confident and he explains why.

HOLMES: Yes. We were out with the top U.S. general in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, flying in Black Hawks to visit U.S. advisers and also consult with Iraqi and Kurdish commanders in the field as part of that advise and assist role.

Now during our day with him we covered a range of topics, including the pursuit of ISIS leaders and the battle for Mosul. Have a listen.

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HOLMES (voice-over): High above the battlefield, the senior U.S. commander in Iraq is briefed on progress made so far by Iraqi and Kurdish forces. He's on one of his regular tours to visit U.S. troops advising and assisting Iraqi commanders.

And on the ground, Lt. Gen. --

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HOLMES (voice-over): -- Stephen Townsend tells us they are doing so far exactly what they said they'd do.

LT. GEN. STEPHEN TOWNSEND, SR. U.S. COMMANDER IN IRAQ: Their plan, the way they designed it is unfolding pretty much as they planned -- predicted it would.

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DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: They're not stupid.

HOLMES (voice-over): Back in the U.S. the offensive has become part of the presidential campaign, Donald Trump saying the operation is poorly planned and bogged down, "a disaster," in his words.

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HOLMES (voice-over): The general, not addressing Trump specifically, disagrees with the assertion.

TOWNSEND: I don't see any evidence that it is bogged down at all. I don't know -- whoever is saying that I just don't know where they are getting it. I don't see that.

HOLMES (voice-over): Also rejection that the assault plans were too widely telegraphed.

TOWNSEND: It is just really hard to move 40,000 troops into position from middle Iraq to Northern Iraq and maintain complete secrecy. It is almost next to impossible.

HOLMES: Now this is one of three so-called staging areas where Iraqi troops would preposition and these Americans would advise them on tactics going forward. Then the Iraqis would head to the front.

HOLMES (voice-over): For Lt. Gen. Townsend, these forays are part boosting troop morale, part tactical planning and conferring with Iraqi commanders. He says the next phase inside Mosul will be tough.

TOWNSEND: For any army, fighting in a city is more challenging, especially in a major city like Mosul. It would be hard for our army. So it's going to be tough. I think it's going to get tougher before it gets easier.

HOLMES (voice-over): Whether the ISIS leadership is still inside Mosul or not, he says they will never be safe.

TOWNSEND: I don't know where they are at. Every time we find one, we kill them. So if I knew where they were, the senior leaders were, they would be dead.

HOLMES (voice-over): Next stop: Mosul Dam, visiting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working with Italian and Iraqi engineers to stabilize a dam once held by ISIS and which has major structural issues, ISIS still just 15 kilometers away.

This battle is far from over and another in Syria yet to come and when it does, the general says, the U.S. role will continue.

TOWNSEND: I think we will do whatever we need to do to defeat ISIL in Syria.

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HOLMES: And when we talked about that more specifically, John, and because that advise and assist role is on the ground in Syria in a small way, but here in Iraq, U.S. also taking part with artillery and mortar support as well as the aerial support.

So I did ask him about whether the artillery and mortar support would be on the ground in Syria.

And his answer was, "We are going to do what it takes." -- John.

VAUSE: OK, Michael, thank you, Michael Holmes, for that exclusive report. Live from Irbil, appreciate it.

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SESAY: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are hitting the key battleground states in the final days of the U.S. presidential race.

VAUSE: Hillary Clinton was in Arizona just a few hours ago, telling supporters Trump does not have what it takes to be commander in chief.

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HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Everything he has said and done, both in his career and in this campaign, is a pretty good preview of what's to come.

If Donald Trump were to win this election, we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous, someone who wants more countries to have nuclear weapons and who could easily insult a foreign leader or, maybe, heaven forbid, start a real war instead of just a Twitter war.

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SESAY: Trump joked about staying on script before taking a swipe at Clinton.

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DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We have to be nice and cool. Stay on point, Donald, stay on point. No side tracks, Donald. Nice and easy. Nice. Because I have been watching Hillary the last few days. She's totally unhinged. We don't want to do that.

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VAUSE: Trump got an assist from his family and other surrogates who stumped for him across the country in states like Iowa and Ohio.

SESAY: Hillary's (INAUDIBLE) army of surrogates included U.S. President Barack Obama in North Carolina and Vice President Joe Biden in Florida.

Meanwhile, the FBI has come under fierce criticism over its handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's e-mail server.

VAUSE: Just a few days ago, President Barack Obama declined to comment on FBI director James Comey but not now. Details from Jim Sciutto.

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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF U.S. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Wading into what could be the defining issue of the 2016 election, today, President Obama sharply criticized FBI Director Comey's decision to alert Congress of new e-mails potentially relevant to the Clinton e-mail investigation.

Speaking to "Now This News," Mr. Obama implied Director Comey violated standing FBI norms.

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.

SCIUTTO: Today, Donald Trump, however, taking aim at the Department of Justice, alleging a conflict of interests in an e-mail between Clinton campaign chair John Podesta and Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik regarding the Clinton e-mail investigation.

DONALD TRUMP (R), 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 and that -- right -- and that Kadzik said, quote, "It will be a while before the State Department posts the e-mails. Additional chances for mischief."

These are the people that want to run our country, folks.

SCIUTTO: He's referring to this e-mail stolen by Russia and released by WikiLeaks today which shows Kadzik, DOJ's chief lobbyist on the Hill, using a private e-mail address to communicate with Podesta.

Kadzik wrote, quote, "There is an HJC oversight hearing today where the head of our civil division will testify. Likely to get questions on State Department e-mails. Another filing in the FOIA case went in last night or will go in this AM indicates it will be a while, 2016, before the State Department posts the e-mails."

The question, was this a conflict of interests?

Meanwhile, Comey continues to come under fire from Democrats and some Republicans for releasing investigation details so close to Election Day, growing on Tuesday, as the FBI released documents related to a 15-year-old investigation of Marc Rich, a friend of Bill Clinton, who was pardoned by the former president when he left office.

The FBI insists the documents were released automatically to comply with the FOIA request.

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VAUSE: Our thanks to chief U.S. security correspondent Jim Sciutto for that report.

SESAY: Indeed. The race for the White House is closer than ever. CNN's latest polls show just how tight the contest is in the battleground states. CNN's chief U.S. correspondent John King explains.

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JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF U.S. CORRESPONDENT: Six days out from the election and seven new polls in battleground states today that tell us Donald Trump is in better shape but still faces a steep hill to catch up to Hillary Clinton.

Let's walk through these polls and let's start with the ones conducted for us here at CNN. Number one in one of the biggest battleground states of all, Florida, always very close in American politics, 49 percent for Hillary Clinton, 47 percent for Donald Trump, a 2-point race but statistically that's a dead heat and a tie in a state that's always close to the end.

Let's move up north here to the state of Pennsylvania. This is a blue state. A traditional Democratic state for some time. Hillary Clinton still leads but this is somewhat encouraging for Donald Trump, only a 4-point lead, 48 percent to 44 percent for Hillary Clinton in battleground Pennsylvania, a state she needs to hold.

If Trump can get that and its electoral votes, that would be a big deal. Let's move west as we go through the rest of our CNN polling. In the state of Arizona, where Hillary Clinton campaigns on Wednesday, a week or so ago there was some public polling showing her ahead.

Republicans now, though, coming home. This is a traditional Republican state. Donald Trump leads 49 percent to 44 percent as Hillary Clinton campaigns out there and runs TV ads as well, trying to change it.

There's a bit of a surprise, Nevada, a big Latino population, critical to both of President Obama's victories. Look at this. In the west, Donald Trump pulling ahead in the state of Nevada, 49 percent to 43 percent. That's a pretty big deal as Donald Trump tries to get the math necessary to win the presidency.

Now let's move to some other polls as come back toward the east, this one is the state of Wisconsin. Traditionally a Democratic state. Still a Democratic state if you look at this poll. Not out of reach at a 6-point lead but a 6-point lead for Hillary Clinton in the state of Wisconsin. Donald Trump has been there this week. He wants to keep that one on the map.

Let's go quickly through a couple others, Ohio, one of the biggest battleground states, always closely contested. This one very good news for Donald Trump. Ohio, which has been so critical in our past recent presidential elections, moving Donald Trump's way, a 5-point lead for Donald Trump in a state again that he must win if he's going to have a shot for the presidency.

And one more, a state where President Obama campaigned today. Obama won this in 2008 and lost it in 2012, the hotly contested state of North Carolina. A very small Clinton lead, 47 percent to 44 percent.

So that's a lot of polling to digest. Seven battleground states. Let's go to the map that matters most and run it through the process. This is where we have the race today. If Hillary Clinton --

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KING: -- protects the blue on this map, she is the next President of the United States. But let's walk through what we just went through. Donald Trump leading in Nevada, leading in Arizona. We don't have any new Utah polling but it's a pretty safe assumption if he is gaining ground among Republicans in the west, let's, for the sense of this hypothetical, give him Utah as well.

Donald Trump is starting to move up. Again, we just showed you Donald Trump leading in Ohio. That moves him into a more competitive position but still behind Hillary Clinton. If she can stop Donald Trump there, win either Florida or North Carolina and hold the blues, she will be the next President of the United States.

But it's not unreasonable, looking at those close races, even some Democrats could see Trump could well win Florida. Trump could well win North Carolina -- look at what that would do.

If Donald Trump continues his momentum in those states, that would get ut to 272 to 264, meaning, to win, Hillary Clinton must defend Pennsylvania, must defend Michigan, must defend Wisconsin, must keep Donald Trump from turning anything that's blue on this map red.

If he can get that close, he's in the hunt. But he still has some significant challenges, most of all in Florida and North Carolina. These two states, North Carolina and Florida right now, the biggest of the big battlegrounds in this presidential race.

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SESAY: Our thanks to John King for that. If you think those polls are close, just wait until you see what's

going on in Colorado. Take a look at this new poll.

VAUSE: It finds Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied at 39 percent in a 4-way matchup with third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.

SESAY: Colorado is key to the Clinton campaign's road to 270 electoral votes but Trump is fighting hard there, too.

Time for a quick break now. And later on CNN NEWSROOM L.A., we will take you to another key state in the U.S. election: Arizona. Hear some of the surprising things early voters have to say about the candidates.

VAUSE: Also ahead, the curse has been lifted. The Chicago Cubs and their fans finally celebrating after a really, really, really long time.

SESAY: 108 years to be precise.

VAUSE: That's a long time.

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SESAY: Hello, everyone.

The Chicago Cubs are finally, finally the champions of Major League Baseball after 108 years.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): And the next pitch to Martinez, a swing and a slow chopper toward third. Here comes Brian (INAUDIBLE) to first and the Cubs have won the World Series!

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SESAY: Yes, they have. They did it with a 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians. The final score was 8-7.

VAUSE: Cleveland tied the game with this two-run homer in the eighth. The score was still 6-6 after nine innings. Chicago was facing elimination after Saturday's game four. They had to win the last of three games of the series.

Exactly what they did.

SESAY: They certainly did.

Let's go to Ryan Young, CNN's Ryan Young, who joins us now from Chicago, where the partying is in a full throttle.

So, Ryan, what stage of the partying are we at right now?

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're at the stage where it is getting kind of hairy sometimes to be able to do a live shot. So you have so many people out here, going, you know, they're happy, they're excited at the fact that the Cubs have won.

They have taken so long for the idea --

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YOUNG: You hear people screaming --

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YOUNG: -- the Cubs finally won the championship. You knew this was going to happen. So far --

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YOUNG: -- we talked to somebody a little earlier about how long it has taken the Cubs to win a championship.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: 51 years I have been here waiting, diehard Cub fan from the South Side. It hasn't been easy but the Cubs are awesome and the supporters, the fans, didn't give up on us.

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YOUNG: So look, everybody is having a good time. You can see the crowd behind us. Look, they want to say go, Cubs, go. They want to be on TV. They get it. You understand it.

The crowds have been in the streets so far, the crowds getting smaller and smaller. We have had people firing off fireworks but we haven't seen any property damage. And that is a good thing now.

They are just enjoying one of the greatest games. The idea that the World Series was able to take place. And this was one of those games that had everyone biting their nails. What an experience for these people, especially the ones who have been waiting so long for this to happen.

VAUSE: Yes, it's just want to know the time, it is 22 past 1:00 in the morning there in Chicago. And this will be a crowd which sticks around for a while, I suspect.

YOUNG: Absolutely.

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VAUSE: This is a roller coaster of a game and a roller coaster of a series. The Chicago Cubs did not make it easy for their fans all the way until the very end.

YOUNG: No. Look, after taking this long, you have to have a little drama. Right? There's no better drama than --

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YOUNG: -- of sports, right?

So you can understand this. Especially after getting almost swept at home and being here for those games and watching the fans go through this step by step. The idea they were able to pull this out and then they have to go to extra innings and then there's a delay.

So you can understand how long people were waiting for this victory. What an explosion of emotion that happened right out here. People crying and hugging, popping champagne bottles. You understood the ecstasy of finally winning the World Series after so many years of not winning.

SESAY: So, Ryan, no more talk of the goat?

YOUNG: (INAUDIBLE). If anyone brings a goat out here they are going to be in trouble. You know what I mean?

At this point you have people behind us who are well liquored up and I would hate to see what happened to that animal.

SESAY: We should explain the curse on the goat.

YOUNG: (INAUDIBLE).

VAUSE: 1945, the guy turned up with a goat, he was a bar owner and they wouldn't let him into the ground because he smelled and he cursed and said the Cubs would never win a game.

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YOUNG: Yes. And absolutely, look. That's what people have been talking about but people show up with goats to the games. And I'll tell you, the fans do not like it. So when you bring it up they get a little testy with you. So you can understand that after quite some time.

SESAY: OK.

YOUNG: That's great, man. Appreciate it.

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YOUNG: I'll see you.

SESAY: Thank you, Ryan. Take it easy out there.

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YOUNG: No doubt.

VAUSE: OK. The Cubs' win has been lighting up social media. Hillary Clinton hails from the Windy City. She congratulated the team on ending their century-long drought. Others captured her excitement right there over the win.

SESAY: Another famous Cubs fan, Bill Murray, shed a few tears watching his beloved team lift the World Series trophy.

VAUSE: OK, let's move on now to Russia. Amnesty International has been evicted from its office in Moscow. The state news agency cites Russian officials who say the rent hadn't been paid but Amnesty said it is not true.

SESAY: It is unclear if they were evicted because they've accused the government of human rights abuses but Moscow has been cracking down on those that are critical of the government.

VAUSE: (INAUDIBLE) for South African president Jacob Zuma to resign. On Wednesday, officials released a damming corruption report.

SESAY: Protesters in downtown Pretoria blocked streets and destroyed property. Police then used water cannons and stun grenades to break up the crowd. But a report says Mr. Zuma should appoint a commission to investigate the allegations. He has always denied any wrongdoing.

A spokesman says the president is considering legal action over the report.

VAUSE: Well, here is something for fans of "Game of Thrones."

Soldiers in Eastern Ukraine have built their own 600 kg version of the Iron Throne from the hit show.

SESAY: (INAUDIBLE) say they used spent artillery casings, ammunition and defused rounds fired across the front lines by Russian-backed separatists. The Ukrainians plan to sell the throne to raise money for desperately needed equipment and supplies.

"STATE OF THE RACE" with Kate Bolduan is coming up next for our viewers in Asia.

VAUSE: She says she's been bullied over her support for Donald Trump. But everyone else staying with us, we will have the former soap star, who tells us why she is backing the Republican candidate.

SESAY: Plus a filmmaker says he's standing up to bullying and legal threats from Trump International by airing a new documentary.

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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm John Vause.

SESAY: And I'm Isha Sesay. The headlines this hour:

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SESAY: The U.S. presidential race is tightening in some key states as the election gets closer. A new CNN/ORC poll showed Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in Arizona and Nevada. Clinton is ahead in Florida and Pennsylvania.

VAUSE: Both candidates are hitting the ground hard in Arizona, a state that is usually solid Republican.

SESAY: The margins in the state are tighter than the last election, making it a true battleground. Kyung Lah has more.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Early votes in Arizona now being counted in this glassed-off secured room in Maricopa County, every move webcast on multiple cameras to the public. The votes boxed, then sealed. Unofficial early vote totals from Arizona's secretary of state shows, as of today, registered Republicans are outpacing Democrats by 6 percentage points.

But in 2012 with one week to go, Republicans had a bigger lead, outpacing Democrats by 10 percent. Mitt Romney won the state by 9 points. This reliably red state now a battleground because of voters like Luz Gomez, a new U.S. citizen, a new Democrat in Arizona.

LUZ GOMEZ, EARLY VOTER: With Trump, I don't trust him. I think he's more doing this for fun or for just to be on TV.

LAH: Millennials like Nicole Crook also voting blue.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you feel the state changing?

NICOLE CROOK, EARLY VOTER: I do. I feel a lot of the older people are being a little more liberal and the younger people are having more of a presence.

LAH: Across Arizona, early voting isn't just up its way up. More than half of all projected ballots have already been cast.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Julie Norwood, Chris, Sam Toeber.

LAH: In primarily Republican Scottsdale, Arizona, early voters are waiting more than an hour.

CAROLYN JAGGER, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA CLERK: This is the busiest. We've never seen early voting like we've seen this time.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Never. JAGGER: Never.

LAH: Waiting to vote, Laura White, a life long Republican, the face of a changing Arizona.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: May I ask who did you vote for president?

LAURA WHITE, EARLY VOTER: I'm a pretty registered Republican and I pretty much voted Democratic all the way across. I did. I think Donald Trump is corrupt. And I don't know any other word to say. He's part of the problem.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We've heard that about Hillary Clinton as well.

WHITE: Yes, we have.

LAH: Even with the latest Clinton e-mail controversy, it's not enough to flip her back to the GOP. The e-mails did affect Republican Karl Owens, who wrote in independent Evan McMullin for president. He is frankly disgusted with 2016.

KARL OWENS, EARLY VOTER: Trust factor with Hillary and Trump, where do I begin?

LAH: When you hear that Arizona is in play, that Arizona could go blue, what is your reaction?

ROBERT GRAHAM, ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN: My first reaction is makes you nervous.

LAH: It should. Robert Graham is Arizona's Republican Party chairman. He is watching the early vote numbers and the smaller GOP spread.

Are you concerned about that spread?

GRAHAM: I was a week and a half ago. Now, I'm not. We had to turn up the volume a little bit to make sure that we really execute on this great operational structure that we have statewide.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Please vote for Donald J. Trump.

LAH: The state GOP now pulling out all the stops to get out their vote and seeing day by day growths in the numbers of registered Republicans early voting like Blaine Erskine.

BLAINE ERSKINE, EARLY VOTER: I think it's going to be close but I do think that it will stay red.

LAH: As far as Hillary Clinton being in Arizona...

GRAHAM: When they are not spending in other states, it gives us an opportunity to pick up those other states.

LAH: Are you saying she is wasting time and money? GRAHAM: Absolutely. I would be happy to take her out to lunch and share with her all the reasons why she should probably go somewhere else.

LAH: Here's what Arizona's GOP chairman can't say. He does not know if those registered republicans in early voting are indeed voting for Donald Trump. He just knows that they are voting. Just like Democrats don't know if those registered Democrats are voting for Hillary Clinton.

What we --

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LAH: -- can tell you is that everyone we spoke with across both parties and independents believe for the first time ever Arizona Democrats are in the game -- Kyung Lah, CNN, Tempe, Arizona.

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SESAY: Many Trump supporters think he has what it takes to be president because of his business experience. It was a major part of the Republican convention last July.

VAUSE: Hollywood is famously a Democratic town but a former soap opera star snagged a primetime spot stumping for Donald Trump at the convention. Kimberlin Brown is now a small business owner and an avocado farmer. She joined us a little earlier.

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VAUSE: The convention seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since then. I'm just wondering, especially on Donald Trump's side, especially the stuff that has come out about women, the women who allege sexual assault, the "Access Hollywood" tape with the lewd comments, has that changed your mind or did you have a moment of doubt when all that stuff started to come out that maybe he's not the right guy?

KIMBERLIN BROWN, ACTRESS: No.

VAUSE: Why not?

BROWN: No, it really didn't. What you just said, you know, the alleged incidents that have come forward. I think once they are proven, maybe I'll say something different, but for right now, no. And as far as the videotape, or the audiotape, I should say, I've worked in Hollywood for a very long time. And, basically, you just have to do one movie with Tom Sizemore and you're going to hear far worse than any of that. I have a thick skin. A very thick skin.

And I truly believe that what's important are the issues, which the public really haven't heard a lot. It's been a very tabloidesque election season across the board with the media.

And me, as a small business owner, I speak on behalf of small business. We're being killed. We're being crashed.

SESAY: So let me pick up on that.

BROWN: OK.

SESAY: Because you are a businesswoman.

BROWN: Yes.

SESAY: How have you reconciled with the stories out there, the people coming forward who've said Donald Trump has stiffed them, when it's come to working with him?

They haven't been paid. That there has been lots of back and forth about them being fairly compensated for their work and it is a passing with him. How do you as a small businesswoman reconcile that with your support?

BROWN: You know what, as far as that goes, that's all been brought up by people who once again haven't been able to 100 percent substantiate the comments that they're making.

Myself, being in small business, there are issues that do come up. You pay for work that is done the way that you want it done. The issues that have been brought up with Donald, I know that that has been a part of it. But what's most important to me is where we go from here.

We have so many people in Washington who are making regulations and making laws to governor small business that have never, ever even had to make a payroll.

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VAUSE: Yes, we hear that a lot in Trump supporters.

BROWN: You know, it's so scary for me and I live it every day. I can tell you that I employ over 170 young people with our businesses in San Diego. And ObamaCare is killing them.

Before ObamaCare, we paid for insurance for all of our kids and we've always paid more than minimum wage. And with ObamaCare, not only can they not afford the health care even though I still pay for half of it, they cannot afford the deductible.

SESAY: But you know there are lots of people who also say ObamaCare has changed lives for the better for them. Kids can be on their insurance and there are 26 insurance companies that can't discriminate against pre-existing conditions. So, you know, there are very split opinions on ObamaCare.

BROWN: They are very split opinions, but as a small business owner I see first hand what's actually happening to my young employees and it's heart breaking.

VAUSE: I want to get focus in to what you said at the convention. You talked about being bullied and harassed by the left. And Peter Thiel, who is this billionaire, tech investor, who was also gay, who's given his support to Donald Trump, he said a similar experience. This is how he talked about it just a few days ago.

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PETER THIEL, ENTREPRENEUR: This is the first time I've done something that's actually conventional. It didn't feel contrarian. This is the first -- it was like it's the first time I've done something big in my life that was just what half the country believed in and it's been the most controversial thing ever so that really surprised me.

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VAUSE: There's even pressure having thrown him off on boards like Facebook and other companies. They've resist that. But why this so much anger. You know, it comes from both sides, for someone just, you know, exercising his rights as you have as well.

BROWN: Well, you know, what was really surprising for me, the minute that they announced I would be speaking at the convention, the hate started.

SESAY: Immediately.

BROWN: No one even knew what I was talking about. I was specifically asked to speak on behalf of small business and women in business. And that was my goal. And all of a sudden, I'm a racist. I am a homophobe. I'm going to KKK meetings.

It was heartbreaking for me because anyone who knows me and knows my circle of friends never would say anything like that about me and that was my only response. And then my husband said you can't look at any of this any longer. You just can't.

VAUSE: Yes, the heat has got to come out of this and the tone has got to improve and hopefully it will.

SESAY: And hopefully it won't leave the country divided going forward on November 9th.

BROWN: We can't be divided. We really can't be divided. We need to move forward in a positive way across the board.

SESAY: Yes.

VAUSE: Kimberly, thanks so much for coming in.

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SESAY: Thank you. Thank you for coming in.

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VAUSE: Great to speak to you.

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BROWN: No, thank you.

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SESAY: Republican in Hollywood.

VAUSE: Yes, rare breed indeed.

SESAY: Indeed. Time for a quick break. It's a buyer's market in London. If you have got big bucks and you want to snap up a luxury property, just blame it on Brexit.

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SESAY: Hello, everyone.

Remember all of that talk about how Brexit would be the end of the world?

VAUSE: A little bit.

SESAY: In luxury housing market in London, not so much.

VAUSE: (INAUDIBLE), they're in luck. CNNMoney's Europe editor, Nina dos Santos has the details.

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NINA DOS SANTOS, CNNMONEY EUROPE EDITOR (voice-over): This is what $30 million gets you in London these days.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here, we walk into this very large family room.

DOS SANTOS (voice-over): A $6,000-square-foot penthouse, five bedrooms, private bathrooms, silk wallpaper and a huge wrap-around terrace used inside and out.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So as we come down the stairs from that lovely terrace upstairs, you have got your living room with the curved walls overlooking the city and Westminster.

DOS SANTOS (voice-over): Perhaps the biggest selling point, though, the falling value of the pound.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Even in the last couple of weeks there's been really good demand still coming through from all over the world naturally. DOS SANTOS: Are foreign investors particularly much --

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- very much foreign investors today. They are looking with a 25 percent discount really on the back of their currency. And we have become far more of a favorable place on top of it actually, you know, we are London and this is right on the river on the North Bank.

DOS SANTOS (voice-over): In the run-up to the referendum, many thought Brexit would take a wrecking ball to the economy and the housing market. But now, thanks to sterling's slump and lower asking prices, apartments like these are regaining their appeal, giving foreign investors the biggest buying opportunity in 20 years.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The net effect of all of those changes is that for a buyer in dollar terms, that 10 million pound property will now be 17 percent cheaper than it was at the peak of the market in September 2014.

DOS SANTOS (voice-over): In the case of this development, buyers, don't push your luck.

DOS SANTOS: Some properties of this kind of price bracket have come down in value but you are not offering any extra discounts, are you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, no.

DOS SANTOS: Why not?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We feel we have got a stunning product here. We are confident we will find a buyer.

DOS SANTOS (voice-over): Nina dos Santos, CNNMoney, London.

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SESAY: A lot of confidence you are going to need.

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VAUSE: -- a lot of bang for your buck in London, do you. Too expensive.

SESAY: It is, it is.

VAUSE: Seems like a lot.

SESAY: It's a nice apartment but really?

VAUSE: Yes.

SESAY: Someone will buy it.

VAUSE: Maybe Nina will. She could move in tomorrow. We're going to have a short break. When we come back, Trump International is threatening to sue over a new documentary. But the filmmaker says he is still releasing it for free. Details in a moment.

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VAUSE: 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."

SESAY: The film is a sequel to "You've Been Trumped," which focused on the plight of 92-year-old Molly Forbes, and her son, Michael. Neighbors are moving to Poland so Trump's luxury golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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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.

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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.

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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 --

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TRUMP: -- 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.

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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.

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.

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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 --

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- 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: Very interesting conversation.

You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.

VAUSE: I'm John Vause. Rosemary Church will pick it up from here after a short break.