Donald Trump apologises, refuses to quit — Hillary Clinton rises in polls
REPUBLICAN presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday defied party members’ calls for him to quit the presidential race over a 2005 video that surfaced of him talking crudely about women, as open rancor about the GOP’s White House choice thrust the party into its biggest crisis in decades."100%," said Trump, 70, about staying in the race during a brief appearance outside his namesake tower in Manhattan to greet supporters after one Republican lawmaker after another abandoned him in an extraordinary political reckoning just one month before Election Day.READ MORE: Trump’s charity ordered to stop fundraising in New York stateIn the video, which surfaced on Friday, Trump talks about groping women in the "p — -y," trying and failing to "f — k" a married woman, and being able to "do anything" to women because of his fame.Those withdrawing their support for Trump or calling for him to step aside included No. 3 Senate Republican John Thune; Senator Rob Portman, who is running for re-el...
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