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ANALYSIS By Mark Z. Barabak, Evan Halper and So much for Michael A. Memoli righting the ST.LOUIS —Facing a fierce backlash within his ownparty,Donald Trump GOP ship sought to rally Republicans to his side Sunday night with ascorching debateattack on By Cathleen Decker HillaryClinton, suggesting he would seek to criminally ST.LOUIS —Donald prosecutehis political foe if Trump had adeepholeto electedpresident. climbout of Sunday in the Clinton, standing just a second presidential debate, fewfeetaway, respondedby one he’ddug with asucces- saying that atawdryvideo- sion of self-generated con- tape of Trump boasting troversies that culminated about groping women Friday in the release of a showedhis true natureand 2005video in whichhe proved he wasresoundingly braggedabout groping unfit to serve as commander women. in chief. It wasperhaps an impos- The series of acrimoni- sibly deep hole,and Trump ous exchanges, whichbegan did not succeed in climbing moments into the 90-minute out. sessionand rarely let up, re- Trump ended the debate sulted in the nastiest and in the same wounded condi- most personally vicious tion in whichhe’dbegun it: presidentialdebateofmod- with fearful Republicans ern times. worried about the trajectory Clinton accused the GOP of his campaign, and in some nomineeofwaging an un- cases asking him to aban- remitting series of attacksin don his candidacy. his campaign—against During the Republican Latinos, African Americans, primaries,Trump had an women and veterans, unerringsense of his elector- among others—and said he ate. Leveraging his celebrity WinMcNamee Getty Images should be ashamed of his status, he defied allpre- THE ACRIMONIOUS exchanges between DemocratHillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump started effortstodelegitimize dictions to seize the GOP early andcontinued throughout their 90-minute town-hall debate at Wa shington UniversityinSt. Louis. President Obama by nominationwith apopulist suggesting he wasnot aU.S. pitch. citizen. But he seemed to have “He owes the president lost any feel for the wider an apology, he owes our electoratethatheneeds countryanapology, andhe now. The biggest example: needs to takeresponsibility The voters he needs aresub- for his actionsand his urban voters, primarily words,” Clinton said. women, who have been “The thing youshould be turnedoff by his raggedtone apologizing for arethe throughout the generalelec- 33,000emailsyou deleted,” [See Analysis, A11] Trump shot back, referring to correspondenceonClin- ton’spersonal email server It was 90 minutes that waserased beforefed- of political combat eral investigators couldre- viewit. Threats,name-calling “If Iwin, Iamgoing to in- and, yes, policydisputes struct my attorney general are among the debate to getaspecial prosecutor to takeaways. NATION, A10 look intoyour situation, be- causethere has neverbeen Whowon debate? so many lies,somuchdecep- Our judges decide tion,” Trump said. “You should be ashamed Times political writers of yourself,” he continued, and columnists score stabbing afingertowardthe each round and declare Democratic nominee. awinner. NATION, A10 “It’s just awfully good that someone with the tem- More online perament of Donald Trump Analysis, video high- is not in charge of the lawin lights, fact-checking and our country,”Clinton additional coverageof replied. the presidential debate. Evan Vucci Associated Press “Because you’dbeinjail,” TRUMP APPEARS shortlybeforethe debate with four women who have decades-old grievances against he shot back. latimes.com/politics Bill and Hillary Clinton: from left, Kathleen Willey,Juanita Broaddrick, KathyShelton and Paula Jones. [See Debate, A9]

Dodgers lose; Palm Springs ‘awake in anightmare’ series is tied Afghans Los Angeles falls to Wa shington, 5-2. born into By Ruben Vives, Game 3ofthe playoffs Brittny Mejia, is todayatDodger Richard Winton and Stadium. SPORTS, D1 lifeofwar SoumyaKarlamangla Their appeal PALM SPRINGS —Les- is ageless By Shashank Bengali ley Zerebny returned to Classic rock acts work earlytohelp out after at Desert Trip bring KABUL, Afghanistan — giving birth to her daughter, out the generations. The young fruit-seller, buff- now4months old. She’d CALENDAR, E1 ing pale redpomegranates been an officer with the city’s to ashine at aroadside stall, Police Department for just National Park cannot remember atime be- 1½ years. Service scandals forethe war. Officer Jose “Gil” Vega Mohammad Tayyeb was had submittedhis paper- Harassment charges born the year the U.S. mili- work to retireinDecember roil administrators tary stormed intohis coun- aftera35-year careerwith in 100th anniversary try. He does not knowex- the department. Vega,the year. NATION, A6 actly why the foreignsol- father of eight children, Weather diers arrived in 2001, but wasn’t scheduled to work Some sun. when the warcame to his Saturday but had picked up L.A. Basin: 82/59. B6 family’sdoorstep in the an overtime shift. southern province of Hel- Zerebny,27, and Vega,63, Printed with soy inkson mand afew years later,they were killed Saturday in a partially recycled paper. had to leave everything be- shooting that has drawn an hind. outpouringofsupportfrom In the encampmentfor this desertcommunityand Marcus Yam Los Angeles Times displacedpeople wherethey shaken asmall Police De- PALM SPRINGS Police Chief Bryan Reyes’ voice quavered at anewsconference. nowlive, on thefringes of the 7585944 00200 [See Officers, A8] “If there’s ever atimetoprayfor Palm Springs PD, it’s now,”hesaid. [See Afghanistan, A4]