The Note: Debate Day-After

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October 10, 2016

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Debate Day-After

11 Moments That Mattered at the Debate

The second presidential debate came at the end of a tumultuous and unprecedented week on the campaign trail, and the battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reflected every bit of that drama. The Republican and Democratic presidential nominees faced off in the town hall-style debate, which was co-moderated by ABC News' Martha Raddatz and CNN's Anderson Cooper at Washington University in St. Louis. The fireworks started early and carried through the debate's 90 minutes. Here are eleven moments that mattered at Sunday night's debate from ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY, VERONICA STRACQUALURSI, SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, MERIDITH MCGRAW and JULIA JACOBO: http://abcn.ws/2dESgRb

Debate Fact-Check

A closer look at some of the candidates' statements courtesy of the ABC News Fact Check desk: http://abcn.ws/2e2gSmk MOST MEMORABLE LINES OF THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, courtesy of ABC's ADAM KELSEY: http://abcn.ws/2dYyEuI

Trump -- 'Embarrassed' by Vulgar 2005 Tape

Donald Trump said he was "very embarrassed" by his vulgar comments that were recorded in 2005 when he talked about his ability to make advances on women because of his fame. "I hate it but it's locker room talk," he said in last night's presidential debate in St. Louis, ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY writes. "This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologized to my family. I apologized to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk," he said. Trump then pivoted to ISIS and how the group is "chopping off heads" and how "so many bad things [are] happening — this is like medieval times," saying such issues should be the focus of the debate. "We should get on to much more important things and much bigger things," the Republican presidential nominee said. http://abcn.ws/2dYAXOJ

The 'Accusers' in the Audience

Trump used old sex assault claims against Bill Clinton as a way to attack Hillary Clinton during last night's debate. "If you look at Bill Clinton, far worse, mine are words, and his was action. His was — what he's done to women, there's never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that's been so abusive to women....Hillary Clinton attacked those same women. And attacked them viciously, four of them here tonight," Trump said. The women in question are Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, and Kathleen Willey, all of whom have accused former president Bill Clinton of either having a sexual relationship with them or making unwanted sexual advances; the fourth is Kathy Shelton, who was raped at the age of 12 and whose alleged attacker was represented by Hillary Clinton.