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IImii critlcistt Republicans for iMi lliip - 'Doesn't mki seise11 NORTH CAROLINA, U.S. - U.S. President Baraek Obama addressed a crowd of more than 9,000, mostly African-Americans, on Tuesday night in a bid to drum up support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Speaking at a campaign rally in Greens- casino developer at the time. "I don't know boro, North Carolina, Obama slammed Don- how that happens." ald Trump over the 2005 taped footage which Obama repeatedly compared Clinton and recently surfaced in which Trump is heard Trump's stand on various issues, including entalking about how he groped women. vironment, economy and transparency. "Now, you find a situation in which the "You've got everything to lose," he told guy says stuff that nobody would find tolera- the crowd, "All the progress we've made these ble if they were applying for a job at 7- last eight years is on the ballot," pushing the Eleven," Obama told the crowd, referring to crowd to vote for Clinton. "If it makes you the convenience store chain. mad", the president said, "then you say In his first public remarks since the 'That's not somebody I want representing the recording, Obama said, "You don't have to be United States of America.' You can do somea husband or a father to hear what we heard thing about it. North Carolina," urging the just a few days ago and say that's not right," crowd to back the Democrat candidate on Noadding, "You just have to be a decent human vember 8. being to say that's not right." Obama also chose to openly slam those Clinton is leaving nothing to chance, es- Republicans who continued to support Trump pecially when it comes to black voters, who despite criticising him on various issues. are not as enthusiastic about her as they are "The fact that now you've got people about Obama. saying: 'We strongly disagree, we really disClinton needs black voters to turn out in approve... but we're still endorsing him.' They high numbers to replicate Obama's win, espe- still think he should be president, that doesn't cially in swing states like North Carolina, make sense to me." Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and has He also expressed disbelief at those from brought in Obama in an attempt to boost her Trump's party who believed he could change. numbers. "What did you think? He was going to transThe U.S. president, who was not in the form himself? I mean, I'm 55 and it's hard for mood to spare Trump, also brought up the Re- me to change. I know at 70 it's going to be publican candidate's tax returns, pointing to a harder." New York Times report that showed he There was some disturbance during the claimed a nearly billion dollar loss in one year rally, but the U.S. president remained calm on his taxes in the 1990s. when a group of anti-Hillary Clinton protest"They say the house always wins," ers threatened to disrupt the gathering. "Those Obama said mocking Trump, who was a folks are auditioning for a reality show,"
Obama said jokingly alter two protesters wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Bill Clinton Rapist" interrupted his speech. They were escorted out by Secret Service agents, but it did not end there. A few minutes later, a third protester rushed toward the stage while shouting "Bill Clinton is a rapist," who was also taken away. "You know what, here's the deal — try to get your own rally!" Obama President Obama responded to loud cheers and applause. "See, if you can't get your own rally, don't come mess up somebody else's, hit the Republicans, since he might drag the Republican-controlled Senate and House of right? We got work to do here." Donald Trump in the last presidential de- Representatives down along with him. The bate had attempted to deflect some of the at- Republicans have controlled both chambers tention from himself over the taped recording since the 2014 midterm elections. The Senate was always going to be hotly by repeatedly referring to Hillary Clinton's husband and former U.S. President Bill Clin- contested in this campaign. But the House has been considered safe for the Republicans. It ton's sexual indiscretions. After the last protester was escorted out, might now, however, be up for grabs. Earlier, House Speaker Paul Ryan chose Obama went back to chastising the Republito distance himself from Trump's campaign. cans, "Now I hear then some people saying, Donald Trump retorted saying he did not 'Well, I'm a Christian so I'm all about forgiveness because nobody's perfect,"' Obama said. care for his support. Arizona Senator John "Well, that is true. I am certainly not per- McCain — the 2008 presidential nominee — fect. .. and I, too, believe in forgiveness and re- also withdrew his endorsement over the demption, but that doesn't mean I'm going to weekend following the release of the controversial video. elect the person president." And after denouncing his Republican The tape could be the Republicans' undoing, with the Democrats, who are trying to mates on Twitter, Tramp turned his ire on retake the House and the Senate, releasing Clinton at a rally in Florida. Tramp seized on the hacked emails of two ads in at least two House races as well as the hard-fought New Hampshire Senate con- Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, test. Several GOP Senate candidates in top- that were made public by Wikileaks this tier races, including New Hampshire, already week, accusing the Obama administration of announced over the weekend that they were colluding with the democratic nominee over its investigation into her use of a private email pulling support from Trump. With latest polls revealing that Donald server. Caribbean News .Net Thursday 13th October, 2016 Trump's numbers are falling, the fallout could
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LONDON, U.K. - Amidst incFeasing fears of hacking - government officials across the globe are tightening the noose on possible leaks that could wreck political parties and damage economies. Case in point: U.S. Presidential Elections. Now, the fear of hackers penetrating safeguards and firewalls, has led the United Kingdom to ban digital devices in top secret governmental meetings. In a first. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May has banned ministers from wearing Apple Watches in cabinet meetings, believing that wearables can be used as listening devices - over fears of being hacked by Russians. In the past, other Apple products such as iPhones and iPads had been banned from such meetings. The fear, partly emerges from recent reports that highlighted the issue of remote hacking of audio on an Apple Watch. Apple, however, claimed that it had rectified the issue through improved memory handling. Denying concerns about the watch's security. Apple has also listed investigations and updates related to the watch software. It also sends regular software updates for wearables. Although there is no known incident of Apple watches being hacked since the fix. running on iOS makes it vulnerable. May believes. While China and North Korea are new kids on the block. Russia has always been suspected of breaking into foreign governments, companies and other organisations in the U.S. and its western allies. The most recent accusations came when after months of indirect claims. U.S. formally ac-
cused the Russian | government of hacking into U.S. presidential campaigns. The hacks were reported to be a brainchild of the Russian government and other separate groups within the country. Recently. World AntiDoping Agency also became prey to Russian hackers that led to mm leaks of thousands of medical documents of top athletes including Venus Williams and Simone Biles. The Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security in a joint statement had said. "The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organisations. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process." Although May, who has been known for her aggressive government surveillance policies, has hit the panic button in the case - disconnecting the devices from Wi-Fi would simply help in avoiding hacks. However, with mounting intelligent hack reports surfacing every day. Apple watch is the latest addition to the list of banned devices in a government meeting. For now. May wants her people to go analog! Caribbean News.Net Wednesday 12th October, 2016