As it happened: Trump v Clinton in second presidential debate

Summary

Trump launched a blistering assault on Clinton, pummelling her on her husband's sex scandals and saying she ought to be in jail for her private email server
Clinton hit back, saying Trump's remarks about groping women show he isn't fit to be president
Shortly before the debate in St Louis, Missouri, Trump stunned media by hosting a panel with women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault

Live Reporting

Courtney Subramanian, Max Matza and Vanessa Barford

Campaign to encourage more Trump leakspublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
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A crowdfunding campaign, external has sprouted to pay the legal fees of anyone who may have video footage of Trump making inappropriate comments on his reality show The Apprentice.
In a series of tweets over the weekend, TV producers hinted that footage existed of Trump allegedly using the N-word on the show.
Some producers have indicated that leaking any such footage could result in a $5m lawsuit.
The crowdfunded campaign aims to raise the $5m in the hope of encouraging someone to step forward with the alleged footage.
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Terrifying questionspublished at 00:15 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
The BBC's US political maven Anthony Zurcher, external has compiled the four questions that may leave Trump and Clinton squirming tonight, even if they see 'em coming.
The format in St Louis rewards empathy and punishes politicians who go negative or dodge questions, Anthony writes.
Will Trump portray himself as sinner who has seen the light?
Will Clinton stand by leaked remarks of her "dream" for open borders?
Read Anthony's piece for more
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What to look for - in one A-Zpublished at 00:13 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
- A is for apology by Trump, about that video
- B is for bingo - listen out for these terms (below)
- C is for crackly microphone - Trump's gripe from debate one
- etc...
The A-Z in full
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Bingo card
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Report: Melania balked at joint appearancepublished at 00:10 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
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Melania Trump refused to participate in a joint video statement with her husband immediately following the release of the sex-boast audio, the New York Times reported, external, citing anonymous sources within the campaign.
The concept of a joint statement was reportedly dropped after top Republican lawmakers condemned Trump, and Nancy O'Dell, who was the subject of his lewd remarks in the audio, released a statement.
Trump later made a public video apology over the comments.
Poll: Trump fans unmovedpublished at 00:10 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
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Despite the abundance of wishful Beltway analysis insisting that Trump really is sunk this time, a Politico/Morning Consult poll, external released on Sunday indicates a majority of Republican voters still support him, despite Friday's release of the 2005 sex-boast tape heard around the world.
The poll found 74% of Republican voters surveyed on Saturday said the party should still back Trump.
Only 13% reckoned their party should abandon the candidate.
The poll also put Clinton ahead by four points, 42 to 38, over Trump.
Gary Johnson was on 8%.
'Sexist and abusive'published at 00:10 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
katty kay
World News America presenter
"I suggest Trump lay off our vaginas. He is in a whole ocean of hot political water. Enough, quite possibly, to sink any chance he had of winning the White House.
Why this tape - and not the myriad other controversies that have dogged him in recent weeks? First, analyse what he actually says. There is something particularly sexist, I'd say abusive, about this recording.
It's the way Trump reveals that he sees women as a piece of sexual meat, something he wants, grabs, discards that is so damning."
Read Katty's full thoughts
BBC's ringside seatspublished at 00:09 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Our team at the debate in St Louis are poised to bring you every moment of this titanic rumble. It's going to be hotter than a hot mic.
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TV funnymen skewer Trumppublished at 00:08 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Has there ever been a better election for late-night comedians than this? Here's Alec Baldwin as Trump on Saturday Night Live, and a wry tweet from CBS host Stephen Colbert.
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'Demeaning, degrading women'published at 00:08 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
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'He pumps himself up by putting other people down,' says Obama
Moments ago, President Obama was the latest to upbraid Trump over the decade-old recording in which the businessman is heard making extremely lewd comments about women. Speaking in his political heartland of Illinois, Mr Obama said: "I don't need to repeat it. There are children in the room... Demeaning, degrading women... He puffs himself up by putting other people down."
Are you sitting comfortably?published at 00:07 British Summer Time 10 October 2016
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of what must surely be the most anticipated US presidential debates in the history of the format. With 29 days left until Americans go to the polls, the stakes are much higher tonight than in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s first battle of wits nearly two weeks ago. Friday’s revelations about the Republican nominee’s 2005 "hot mic" sex boasts have left his candidacy as toxic to many in his own party as a ruptured nuclear reactor. The Democratic nominee, meanwhile, has her own problems to worry about. A newly leaked transcript of her speeches to Wall Street banks shows how she dreamed of "open trade and open borders", verboten phrases in this heady election cycle of anti-globalist populism. This promises to be utterly unmissable television!
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Scene of the debate Washington University in St Louis, Missouri