Defiant Trump seizes on Clinton sex scandal before debate

Josh Schimek, of Burlington, Wis., wears a combination of shirt, hat and buttons all in support of Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congre... . The crowd in attendance at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.

The overdue demise of Donald J. Trump

No candidate has entered a presidential debate so cloaked in disgrace or deeper in a hole than Donald Trump - and no candidate has ever been less prepared to face the most searing trial of his public life than the shaken Republican nominee. The walls were already closing around Trump before the Friday release of a video showing him blithely describing, in lurid and demeaning language, his efforts to seduce a married woman and how he would kiss and grope women even if they didn't want him to.

Trump’s vulgar remarks put Pence in awkward position

Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a campaign stop at the the Rossford Recreation Center in Rossford, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a campaign stop at the the Rossford Recreation Center in Rossford, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.

Damaged but defiant, Trump limps toward debate with Clinton

Dave Wyatt, of Caledonia, Wis., takes a bite of food while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. less Dave Wyatt, of Caledonia, Wis., takes a bite of food while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn on ... more Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.

Republican VP candidate announces Monday visit to Charlotte and flood-damaged Fayetteville

Fleeing a disastrous weekend of raunchy rhetoric about women from his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will arrive in North Carolina Monday as tar heels cope with still-rising flood waters and wind damage from Hurricane Matthew. According to schedules sent to supporters and news organizations Saturday night, Pence will visit Charlotte in the early afternoon and then move onto K3 Enterprises, Inc. on Cumberland St. in Fayetteville that evening.

Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis withdraws support for Trump

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis is joining the ranks of Republican officials who have withdrawn their support for Donald Trump after the release of a recording in which Trump makes vulgar comments about women. The Herald and Review reported Saturday that Davis has asked to be removed from the Trump's agriculture advisory committee.

Lewd language on Trump tape creates a challenge for parents

The 6-year-old girl turned to her mother and asked, "What does it mean to grab somebody by the p---y?" Then she saw the television screen. "You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful - I just start kissing them," Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was saying in a 2005 recording.

Klarides

Connecticut's top Republican female office holder says she's re-evaluating her support of Donald Trump after hearing Trump's lewd banter about a television host in a bombshell video that has many in the GOP ducking for cover. House Minority Leader Themis Klarides , R-Derby, told Hearst Connecticut Media Saturday that she was repulsed by Trump's crude remarks about entertainment newscaster Nancy O'Dell in 2005.

With campaign in crisis, Melania Trump asks country to forgive her husband

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Melania Trump came to her husband's defense Saturday, saying the vulgar comments the Republican nominee made in an uncovered video do "not represent the man that I know."

The Latest: Ryan greeted with some boos from Trump backers

The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump : House Speaker Paul Ryan is greeted with a mixture of boos and cheers at a Republican rally in his Wisconsin congressional district. Ryan began his comments Saturday by saying "there is a bit of an elephant in the room," referring to the profane comments made by GOP nominee Donald Trump that came to light Friday.

Trump vows to press on as GOP calls grow for him to quit

A defiant Donald Trump insisted Saturday he would "never" abandon his White House bid, rejecting a growing backlash from Republican leaders across the nation who disavowed the GOP's presidential nominee after he was caught on tape bragging about predatory advances on women. Trump's own running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, declared he could neither condone nor defend Trump's remarks, which sparked widespread panic inside Trump Tower and throughout the Republican Party with early voting already underway exactly one month before Election Day.

Mike Pence must dump sexist Trump, anti-Donald group says

If Mike Pence is truly offended by Donald Trump's past comments about women that surfaced Friday, he should withdraw as his vice presidential candidate, an anti-Trump group said Saturday. Pence, the Republican Indiana governor, said in a statement Saturday that as a husband and father he was offended by Trump's comments in the 11-year-old video that surfaced Friday, but wanted to give his running mate a chance "to show what is in his heart" during Sunday's presidential debate.

Is it too late to dump Trump? Pressure mounts for the Republicans…

Is it too late to dump Trump? Pressure mounts for the Republicans to abandon the Donald after latest deplorable remarks five weeks before the election As a rift breaks out in the Republican party over Donald Trump's latest controversy, many in the GOP are wondering if it's too late to change the party's nominee. Because more than 34,000 Republican voters have already cast their ballots, the right has run out of time to dump Trump.