Trump’s path to presidency narrows – upping pressure to tilt race at debate

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Fox News:

Donald Trump’s path to the presidency has narrowed considerably in recent weeks amid campaign trail controversies, with the latest Fox News electoral ratings showing reliably red states coming into play – a trend that only ups the pressure on the Republican nominee to tilt the race at the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night.

 

The debate in Las Vegas, moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, will mark the last face-off between Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the home-stretch of the presidential campaign.

 

Both candidates are dealing with their share of controversies – Trump, facing multiple allegations of groping dating back decades; and Clinton, grappling with embarrassing revelations from leaked emails and now the allegation in an FBI file that a top State Department official offered a “quid pro quo” with the bureau to alter a Clinton server email’s classification.

 

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Obama's Trump-supporting half-brother to attend debate

 

President Barack Obama's half-brother will attend tomorrow's third and final presidential debate as a guest of Republican nominee Donald Trump.

 

Malik Obama, 58, who divides his time between Kenya and Washington D.C., told the New York Post that he was "excited" to be at Wednesday's Las Vegas show. Malik Obama endorsed Trump over the summer, saying that the real estate mogul "speaks from the heart."

 

The Trump campaign confirmed to the Associated Press that it had invited Obama to the debate at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/events/elections-2016-live-blog

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Chris Wallace faces challenges as debate moderator

 

Chris Wallace of Fox News will take on arguably his toughest role yet in his 50-plus years in broadcasting when he moderates the third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday.

 

For the network, it marks the first time one of its anchors has been chosen to moderate a presidential debate in the general election.

 

The selection of Wallace is a source of pride for the network in a year of big changes after its former chairman and CEO in Roger Ailes dominated headlines this summer. Ailes resigned just 15 days after former host Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him.

 

But Fox not only has survived the departure of Ailes but has actually thrived. Through the first nine months of 2016, the network is enjoying its highest-rated year ever.

 

For Wallace, moderating a debate between two highly polarizing candidates will have its challenges. And in looking back at the first two presidential debates, the criticism has centered on moderators interacting too often with the candidates.

 

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/301754-chris-wallace-faces-challenges-as-debate-moderator

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Everything you need to know about final presidential debate

 

Wednesday night marks the final clash between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump

 

It’s the last chance for the two candidates to make their closing arguments to a national stage before Election Day.

Here’s everything you need to know about the showdown.

 

What time does it start?

 

Just like the previous two presidential and one vice presidential debates, this debate begins at 9 p.m. It’s scheduled for 90 minutes with no commercial breaks.

 

Where is it?

 

The debate will be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It’ll be the university’s first presidential debate but it has hosted presidential guests in the past. Most recently, President Barack Obama gave a speech at the school in 2012 to talk about student loans.

 

Who is moderating?

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/301662-everything-you-need-to-know-about-final-presidential

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How Trump can use WikiLeaks in debate

 

Donald Trump has plenty of new material to use against Hillary Clinton in Wednesday night’s debate.

 

The question is, will he use it?

 

For almost two weeks, the controversial anti-secrecy platform WikiLeaks has been releasing daily batches of emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s personal email account.

There has been nothing to amount to a true “October surprise” for Clinton, though many of the individual emails are embarrassing for the Democratic candidate.

 

Trump has made scattered allusions to the emails, but has yet to drill down on any of the messages during appearances on the stump. Some strategists say he’s missing a key opportunity.

 

The Clinton campaign, meanwhile, has refused to respond to the content of the emails, saying that they will not comment on the authenticity of stolen materials. The emails are widely believed to have been taken by Russian government hackers and then given to WikiLeaks.

 

Here are the four emails most likely to come up on Wednesday night.

 

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/301658-how-trump-can-use-wikileaks-in-debate

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Donald Trump invites Benghazi victim’s mom and Obama’s half-brother to the final debate

 

Donald Trump has invited President Obama’s Kenyan-born half-brother, Malik, and Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, to the final presidential debate on Wednesday.

“I’m excited to be at the debate. Trump can make America great again,” Malik Obama told the New York Post in a story published Tuesday.

“I look very much forward to meeting and being with Malik,” Mr. Trump told the Post. “He gets it far better than his brother.”

Mr. Trump has also invited Ms. Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, to be a guest.

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/19/donald-trump-invites-malik-obama-and-patricia-smit/

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Trump's rocky past with Fox News' Chris Wallace

 

Donald Trump faces a critical last debate against Hillary Clinton Wednesday night, but will once again face a moderator with whom he's had a rocky relationship in the very recent past.

 

The choice of Wallace to be the middle man is one that might seem designed to favor Trump and hurt Clinton, given Fox's reputation for being friendlier toward Republicans and conservatives. In September, Clinton ally David Brock wrote a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates to protest that choice.

 

Brock argued that former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, reportedly an unofficial but close adviser to Trump, presented Wallace with a conflict of interest. But the commission maintained that it was "pleased" with its selection of Wallace for the final debate's moderator.

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-rocky-past-with-chris-wallace/article/2604858