, a boast later corroborated by nine victims , Trump issued a blanket denial . Clinton effectively picked it apart . She mentioned that he insulted the accusers for being too ugly for him to bother assaulting .
We have endorsed Ms. Clinton for president , contending that she is well qualified , well prepared and likely to do a good job . But to voters who disagree — who have never voted for a Democrat , say , or who question our assessment of her qualifications — we would argue that Mr. Trump ’s challenge to the very core of our democracy nonetheless provides strong reason to vote for her . At a campaign rally in Portsmouth , N.H. , on Oct 15 , Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the election was being rigged by " corrupt media " and added that the media is pushing " false allegations " and " lies " regarding sex assaultconflict.attack.naclaims against him . ( The Washington Post ) You may disagree with Ms. Clinton about Obamacare , Russia policy or Planned Parenthood .
Hide Caption 75 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Spent bullet cartridges litter the street around the Jihad Hotel , where ISIS militants battled Iraqi security forces in Kirkuk on Friday , October 21 . Hide Caption 76 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Gen. Abdel Ghani al - Asadi , who leads Iraq 's counterterrorism forces , sits in Bartella on October 21 after the town was reclaimed . Hide Caption 77 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Peshmerga fighters look over a village during an assaultconflict.attack.nanear Bashiqa on Thursday , October 20 . Hide Caption 78 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city A Peshmerga fighter takes aim near Naveran on October 20 . Hide Caption 79 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Iraqi soldiers travel along a road near Qayyara as clouds of black smoke rise in the sky on Wednesday , October 19 .
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton addressed questions Wednesday on issues from the Iraq War and veterans ’ health to Clinton ’s email use and Trump ’s statements about Vladimir Putin and sexual assault in the military , during an NBC forum . One audience member asked Trump : “ As president , what specifically would you do to support all victims of sexual assaultconflict.attack.nain the military ? ” Trump agreed it ’s “ a massive problem , ” and something should be done . “ And the best thing we can do is set up a court system in the military .
Trump has operated Miss Universe for years , surely some of these young ladies would have come forward with allegations against the man by now if he acted inappropriately . Out of the hundreds of Epstein ’s victims that came forward , none of the girls ever named Trump or even spoke of him . Why suddenly , weeks before the election and years after the alleged assaultconflict.attack.na, is this “ Jane Doe ” magically appearing ? According to The Guardian , “ Lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of sexually assaulting a child in the 1990 ’s appear to have been orchestrated by an eccentric anti - Trump campaigner with a record of making outlandish claims about celebrities . ” Advertisement
Trump also lit into the media outlets that published the stories of his accusers . But Trump ’s attacking several of the women who say he groped or kissed them against their will could prove a tough sell with voters . It risked amplifying Michelle Obama ’s central point : that Trump is a candidate who belittles real concerns women have about sexual assaultconflict.attack.na. White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz argued that Trump faces a conundrum as the GOP nominee tries to dispute the portrait of him Michelle Obama is presenting on the campaign trail . Lashing out at her , Schultz predicted , would only hurt Trump more .
Strike by Assad regime ’s helicopters leaves residents in east of the war - torn city with next to no access to essential healthcare An unrelenting Russian and Syrian blitz of eastern Aleppo heavily damaged one of the city ’s three remaining hospitals on Saturday , as Moscow warned that any American attempts to stop its assault would lead to “ frightening tectonic shifts in the Middle East ” . The Russian raids struck at least five areas of the opposition - held half of the city , which is bracing for a ground assaultconflict.attack.naby Shia forces allied to the Syrian regime . Syrian helicopters are believed to be responsible for the strike on the M10 hospital , which has left those who remain in the east with next to no access to essential healthcare . Is despair and disbelief all we can offer to the savagery being visited on Aleppo ?
This is a disgraceful yet fitting end to a sleazy , deeply polarizing campaign during which the sexual predilections , self - deceptions and lunacies of Trump and two other men who are not candidates have attracted opprobrium and ridicule and could decide the fate of the presidency . The tomcatting of Hillary Clinton ’s husband , Bill , and the husband of an aide that Clinton has described as a “ surrogate daughter ” have been righteously mined by the Republicans to besmirch her reputation . And the Democrats have sanctimoniously harpooned Trump for his many outrageously vulgar comments about women and over multiple allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assaultconflict.attack.naby women over the past few decades . The first woman to reach the Oval office may start her term under criminal investigation by the FBI . Either way , Republicans will be braying for her impeachment the moment that Congress convenes early next year .
Stein went beyond merely praising Assange by inviting him to speak via teleconference to the Green Party ’s national convention earlier this month . His views not only mesh with the party ’s belief in transparency and civil liberties , they apparently speak to many Bernie Sanders supporters who believed they were part of a movement , not merely a campaign . Assange addressed the audience from the Embassy of Ecuador in London where he 's been living for the past four years as he fights extradition to Sweden over sexual assaultconflict.attack.naallegations . “ The Green Party bringing in Julian Assange is an attempt to further brand themselves as an alternative to Hillary Clinton in the wake of Bernie Sanders ’ loss and the leaked DNC emails , ” Jared Yates Sexton , a professor at Georgia Southern University and political contributor to The New Republic and New York Times , told Foxnews.com “ What I 've found from time with the Greens , both at the convention and the Democratic National Convention , is that the ‘ Bernie Or Bust ’ people are primarily voters who would n't have normally voted Democrat in the first place and were probably either not going to vote or go for the Greens in the first place , ” he added .
During the bombing in that area , 20,000 refugees lived in the quarries . Hide Caption 18 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures U.S. troops assaultconflict.attack.naOmaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on June 6 , 1944 . On D - Day , Allied forces landed on five beaches -- Utah , Omaha , Juno , Gold and Sword -- taking the first step in establishing the Western Front in Europe . The landing included more than 5,000 ships , 11,000 airplanes and 150,000 soldiers .
Two groups of security forces , reportedly local law enforcement and French special service personnel , were taking part in the assault to neutralize the terrorists inside the hotel . Both groups entered the hotel through lobby partly set on fire . American and French soldiers were seen gathering on the scene before the counter - assaultconflict.attack.nabegan , according to local reporters who tweeted out pictures of special forces by the hotel . " Sabre Room Service ... " ... French SpecOps taking order before retaking Splendid Hotel - Ouagadougou pic.twitter.com/ml0lVM0I1Z — Harry Boone ( @towersight ) January 16 , 2016 There are some 75 American troops in Burkina Faso , of them 15 are assigned to the US embassy and about 60 have been assisting the French military to handle the hostage crisis , a source told AP .