memeorandum: Hillary Clinton's Final Exam (David Axelrod/New York Times)

11:25 AM ET, September 25, 2016

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‘This Week’ Transcript: Kellyanne Conway, Robby Mook, and Gary Johnson — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on September 25, 2016 and it will be updated. — STEPHANOPOULOSTEPHANOPOULOS: And we are joined now by Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Robby Mook. Robby, thanks for coming in —

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Associated Press, Instapundit and The Week

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Gennifer Flowers Agrees To Join Trump At Presidential Debate — Gennifer Flowers, the former model who had an extramarital affair with Bill Clinton in the 1980s, says she'll accept an invitation from Donald Trump to sit in the front row of Monday's presidential debate, according to an assistant.

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Conway calls Trump ‘the Babe Ruth of debating’ — On the eve of the first presidential debate, Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, described her candidate Sunday as “the Babe Ruth of debating,” a glowing assessment that's unusual at a time when both camps typically work to rein in expectations.

Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News: Trump Campaign in Change of Tone Calls Debate Moderator ‘Brilliant’

Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
Juanita Broaddrick would confront Hillary if Trump invited her to debate

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com and LifeZette

New York Times:
Donald Trump's Potential Guest at Debate: Gennifer Flowers

Discussion: CNN, Business Insider, Guardian, Washington Post, Independent Journal Review, Politico, Mediaite, RedState, Fox News Insider, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Politicus USA

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Gennifer Flowers said she would attend debate for Trump, but Trump camp says no

Discussion: Mediaite, The Week, AOL, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNBC, The Daily Caller, New Century Times, Raw Story and twitchy.com

Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Delusional Donald Trolls Hillary By Inviting Gennifer Flowers To The Debate

Discussion: Hullabaloo, CBS New York, Power Line, New Century Times and Business Insider

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Poll: Clinton, Trump in virtual dead heat on eve of first debate — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday night for their first debate in a virtual dead heat in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Democratic nominee's August advantage erased …

Discussion: ABC News, Althouse, Political Wire and twitchy.com

Fawn Johnson / Morning Consult:

Trump Edges Above Clinton Ahead of First Debate — Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 1 percentage point among likely voters who were polled a few days ahead of the much-anticipated debate between the two presidential candidates. The debate will take place Monday evening.

Discussion: Hot Air

William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News: Race tightens in Virginia; Trump down by 1 in Colorado, up by 9 in Missouri

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Presidential Debates Will Be a Major Influence for a Third of Voters, Poll Says

Discussion: The Week

Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump in virtual dead heat before first debate

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Instapundit

The Seattle Times:

Suspect in mall shooting arrested; community mourns victims — Families of five people killed during a shooting rampage at a Burlington mall Friday night were mourning Saturday, as police arrested a suspect in Oak Harbor. — BURLINGTON, Skagit County — Tips and surveillance video led …

Discussion: Heavy.com, CANNONFIRE, Detroit News, Breitbart, 6, Guardian, Jihad Watch, Washington Post, The American Spectator, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press and KOMO

Nickarama / Weasel Zippers: BREAKING: Caught: Cascade Mall Suspect Taken Into Custody, Arcan Cetin...UPDATE: Women Who Knew Him Give Him Thumbs Down

New York Times:
Man, 20, in Custody After Fatal Shooting of 5 People at Mall Outside Seattle

Discussion: CNN and Clayton Cramer

USA Today:
Gunman at large after killing 5 at mall north of Seattle

Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart, Fox News, Business Insider, Front Page Magazine, The Times of Israel, NPR, The Atlantic, abc11.com, KTLA, Mediaite, Bearing Arms and ThinkProgress

Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:

BREAKING: Ankle Holster Clearly Visible As Police Release Keith Scott Shooting Video — Charlotte police are releasing body camera and dash camera video of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a convicted felon who was shot and killed by Officer Brentley Vinson after Scott was told by police to drop his handgun 11 times in 45 seconds.

Discussion: Hot Air and Townhall.com

The Charlotte Observer:

Charlotte police release videos of shooting of Keith Lamont Scott — Video footage released Saturday shows Keith Lamont Scott taking four steps slowly backward with his arms at his sides when he is hit in a burst of four gunshots from police, then crumples to the pavement.

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, The Week, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Hit & Run, USA Today and Washington Post

CNN:
Charlotte shooting: City considers releasing police videos Saturday

Discussion: The Root, The Charlotte Observer, Liberty Unyielding and Daily Kos

Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Yielding to Pressure, Charlotte Will Release Videos of Keith Scott Shooting

Discussion: The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Daily Kos

John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:

The FBI Investigation of EmailGate Was a Sham — NSA Analyst: We now have incontrovertible proof the Bureau never had any intention of prosecuting Hillary Clinton — From the moment the EmailGate scandal went public more than a year ago, it was obvious that the Federal Bureau …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, National Review, Infowars, The Daily Caller, Liberty Unyielding, Politico, The American Spectator, Power Line and New York Post

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

How to Cover a Charlatan Like Trump — WITH presidential debates approaching, we in journalism are locked in a fierce dispute: How should we report on a duplicitous demagogue? — Traditionally, American reporters respond to a controversy by quoting people on each side and letting the public decide.

Roger Angell / New Yorker:

My Vote — I am late weighing in on this election—late in more ways than one. Monday brought my ninety-sixth birthday, and, come November, I will be casting my nineteenth ballot in a Presidential election. My first came in 1944, when I voted for a fourth term for Franklin Delano Roosevelt …

CBS News:

Poll: Clinton, Trump in tossup Colorado race; Clinton holds lead in Virginia — In Virginia, Hillary Clinton has an eight-point lead, though that's down from the sizable twelve points it was last month amid her post-convention bounce. Colorado is a tossup — Clinton holds a mere one-point lead over Trump.

Discussion: The Hill

Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:

Scope of Trump's falsehoods unprecedented for a modern presidential candidate — Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Jackson, Miss. (Jonathan Bachman / Getty Images) — Donald Trump says that taxes in the United States are higher than almost anywhere else on earth. They're not.