TODAY, EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER JARED
PLINER HAS BEEN OUT
GATHERING LOCAL
REACTION TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
(HE)
HE CONTINUES OUR IN-
DEPTH COVERAGE, LIVE
FROM THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(JP)
THREE DEBATES NOW IN
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.
OUR POLITICAL ANALYST
ON WHAT HE SAYS WAS
NOT A GOOD MOMENT TO
LEAVE ANY UNDECIDEDS
WITH.
HILLARY CLINTON MADE HER
VIEW KNOWN:
"IT'S HORRIFYING."
TONIGHT EWN POLITICAL
ANALYST JOE FLEMING -- ON
QUESTIONING THE LEGITIMACY
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION...
"DONALD TRUMP WAS VERY
STRONG AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE DEBATE. I THINK AS SOON
AS HE SAID THAT, THAT BECAME
THE SOUNDBITE FOR TODAY. IN
THIS COUNTRY PEOPLE EXPECT
WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU
CONCEDE THE ELECTION, AND
YOU MOVE ON."
RHODE ISLAND HISTORY BOOKS
HAVE EXAMPLES OF VOTING
IRREGULARITIES IN TIMES PAST.
FLEMING SAYS IT'S HARDER TO
DO TODAY.
"YOU NEED YOUR DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR SOME OTHER TYPE
OF PICTURE ID. SO IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT NOWADAYS IN
RHODE ISLAND. I THINK THINGS
ARE A LOT BETTER TODAY THAN
THEY WERE IN THE 30S AND
40S. YOU MIGHT GET AN
ISOLATED THING WHERE
SOMEONE TRIES THAT, BUT NOT
TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S
GOING TO TURN THE
ELECTION."
I ASKED ABOUT TRUMP'S 'WE'LL
SEE' APPROACH BEING
COMPARED TO AL GORE'S
REQUEST FOR A RECOUNT IN
2000.
"THAT NIGHT, AL GORE WAS
READY TO CONCEDE. HE KNEW
IT WAS CLOSE AND HE WAS
CONCEDING -- UNTIL HE FOUND
THE PROBLEM IN FLORIDA. SO I
THINK IF DONALD TRUMP SAID
LAST NIGHT, 'EVERYTHING
BEING EQUAL, YEAH, I WOULD
CONCEDE THE ELECTION ON
ELECTION NIGHT IF THE
NUMBERS GO THAT WAY...' BUT
HE DECIDED TO DO IT A
DIFFERENT WAY."
AS FOR WHETHER TRUMP'S
COMMENTS ON A RIGGED
ELECTION COULD IMPACT
TURNOUT...
"I WOULD THINK IF YOU'RE A
DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER,
THIS MAY MOTIVATE YOU MORE
TO GO OUT AND VOTE. AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S
TRYING TO DO -- MOTIVATE HIS
SUPPORTERS -- AT THIS TIME."
(JP)
THERE HAVE BEEN LOCAL
ALLEGATIONS IN THE PAST
ABOUT IRREGULARITIES
WITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
OF COURSE A
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
TAKES PLACE ON AN
ENORMOUS SCALE.
MILLIONS OF VOTES CAST.
COMING UP NEW AT 6 --
WE TALK TO A POLITICAL
SCIENTIST.
LIVE WITH THE
PROVIDENCE MOBILE
NEWSROOM, JARED
PLINER, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
(SN)
WE'RE WORKING IN-
DEPTH COVERAGE
TONIGHT OF CAMPAIGN
2016.
TONIGHT VOTERS ARE
STILL BUZZING OVER THE
BOMBSHELL DROPPED BY
REPUBLICAN DONALD
TRUMP DURING LAST
NIGHT'S THIRD AND FINAL
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE --
WHEN ASKED IF HE
WOULD ACCEPT THE
RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION, WIN OR LOSE.
"I will look at it at the time.
I'm not
looking at anything right now.
I'll
look at it at the time."
(SN)
AT A RALLY IN OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON -- TRUMP
FOLLOWED UP ON HIS
CONTROVERSIAL
RESPONSE.
"I will totally accept the
results of
this great and historic
Presidential
election .. if I win."
(SN)
TRUMP'S COMMENTS
FOLLOW HIS REPEATED
CLAIMS THAT THE RACE IS
RIGGED AGAINST HIM.
TODAY -- WE CAUGHT UP
WITH A LOCAL POLITICAL
SCIENCE PROFESSOR TO
BREAK DOWN THE
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE REPUBLICAN'S
STUNNING CLAIMS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH
THE PROVIDENCE MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(JP)
That political scientist notes
the massive size of a national
election, and the history of
them in America -- are key
considerations. He says the
system is sound.
DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY
CLINTON ON STAGE TOGETHER
FOR THE LAST TIME.
TRYING TO SWAY THE SWAY-
ABLE VOTER.
NOW GETTING A LOT OF PLAY, A
TRUMP SUGGESTION THE
ELECTION RESULTS WON'T BE
SOUND.
JOE CAMMARANO TEACHES
PRESIDENTIAL AND ELECTION
POLITICS AT PROVIDENCE
COLLEGE.
"EACH STATE IS DIVIDED INTO
THOUSANDS, OR HUNDREDS,
OF DISTRICTS. EACH DISTRICT
HAS ITS OWN SYSTEM. NONE
OF IT IS HOOKED UP TO THE
INTERNET. IT'S ALL DONE
THROUGH VERY SECURE
PROCESSES. AND SO FOR
SOMEBODY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO CHANGE THE RESULTS
IN THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF
PRECINCTS, IS NEXT TO
IMPOSSIBLE."
WE ASKED ABOUT FEARS OF
FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN A
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
"RUSSIA HAS HACKED INTO
TWO SYSTEMS, IT APPEARS,
AND THEY VERY WELL COULD
GET INTO OTHERS. BUT AGAIN
THAT'S THE REGISTRATION
SYSTEM. PEOPLE HAVE TO
ACTUALLY SHOW UP AT THE
PRECINCT. AND SO EVEN IF
THEY ARE MESSING WITH THE
SYSTEM, IT WOULD REQUIRE
THAT THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF
SPIES IN THE COUNTRY, WHO
ARE GOING TO PORTRAY
THEMSELVES AS AMERICAN
CITIZENS. AND THAT'S JUST
PREPOSTEROUS."
SOME TODAY ARGUED AL GORE
QUESTIONED THE INTEGRITY OF
THE 2000 RACE. AND TRUMP'S
COMMENTS WERE
REASONABLE, GIVEN THAT
CONTEST.
"USING THE LAW, AL GORE
ASKED FOR A RECOUNT. AND
THE PROCESS WAS
EVENTUALLY STOPPED BY THE
US SUPREME COURT, IN FAVOR
OF GEORGE BUSH. AL GORE
THEN RELENTED, ACCEPTED
THE RESULT, AND WE MOVED
ON."
(JP)
Cammarano acknowledges
irregularities can and do exist
in such a vast election. He
says the system is as good as
it's, historically, ever been.
Cammarano says he'll wake
up Nov 9th knowing the
president-elect -- whoever it is
-- is legitimate. Jared Pliner,
EWN.