IT'S MIDDAY, MONDAY OCTOBER 10TH. THE US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE TO GO HEAD TO HEAD, BUT DOES DONALD TRUMP STILL HAVE HIS PARTY'S SUPPORT AHEAD OF TODAY'S DEBATE? AN INQUIRY INTO HOMELESSNESS SHOWS THE PROBLEM'S COSTING US UP TO $250M A YEAR. PLUS, DEMANDS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE YEMEN FUNERAL AIR STRIKE, AS NEW FOOTAGE REVEALS THE SCALE OF THE ATTACK.. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE SECOND U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND DONALD TRUMP IS FIGHTING FOR HIS CAMPAIGN'S SURVIVAL. THE FALLOUT OVER HIS LEWD COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN CONTINUES, HILLARY CLINTON PROMISING TO RESPONSE DURING THEIR HEAD-TO-HEAD, WHILE TRUMP VOWS TO NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS HAS MORE. AND DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ON THE ATTACK HIMSELF, LOOKING INTO THE POLITICAL ABYSS FROM HIS TRUMP TOWER PENTHOUSE, DONALD TRUMP FOUND A PERSONAL LIFELINE JUST OUTSIDE THE LOBBY ` A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS. ARE YOU STAYING IN THE RACE? 100% THOSE CHEERS ` THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT IN THE DARKEST 48 HOURS OF HIS CAMPAIGN. THAT EXPLOSIVE VIDEO ` TRUMP CAUGHT ON A HOT MIC TALKING WITH TV HOST BILLY BUSH. BUSH CHUCKLES BUSH LAUGHS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TRIED TO BRUSH IT OFF 'LOCKER-ROOM BANTER', ADDING 'I APOLOGISE IF ANYONE WAS OFFENDED,' BUT THE VIDEO WAS A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE, AND LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THIS SCRIPTED STATEMENT ` I SAID IT. I WAS WRONG, AND I APOLOGISE. BUT ACROSS THE SPECTRUM REPUBLICANS ARE IN REVOLT, BLASTING THEIR NOMINEE ` THE FEAR? THERE'S MORE OUT THERE ` MORE DAMAGING EXAMPLES OF TRUMP OBJECTIFYING WOMEN. CNN UNEARTHED COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT HIS OWN DAUGHTER IVANKA. AND THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES. AND DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ON THE ATTACK HIMSELF, BRINGING UP THE INDISCRETIONS OF HILLARY CLINTON'S HUSBAND IN THE WAKE OF HIS SCANDAL. HE'S EXPECTED TO MAKE IT A FOCUS OF THE DEBATE, BUT HOW WILL HIS RIVAL RESPOND? HERE'S THE ABC'S JONATHAN KARL. A MINUTE INTO HIS APOLOGY, TRUMP MADE HIS THREAT. I'VE SAID FOOLISH THINGS, BUT BILL CLINTON HAS ABUSED WOMEN AND HILLARY HAS ATTACKED HIS VICTIMS. HE HAS RETWEETED COMMENTS FROM A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS BILL CLINTON RAPED HER. TRUMP HAS IN THE PAST ATTACKED CLINTON'S VICTIMS. IT'S A REALLY UNATTRACTIVE GROUP ` NOT JUST PHYSICALLY. WOULD IT BE MORE PLEASANT IF THEY WERE SUPERMODELS? IT WOULD BE MORE PLEASANT TO WATCH. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY ROUGH TO HILLARY BUT I COULDN'T DO IT. THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING NZ WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT GOES ON TRIAL IN BRISBANE TODAY. THE 26-YEAR-OLD DIED IN AUGUST 2014 AFTER FALLING FROM THE BALCONY OF GABLE TOSTEE'S 14TH-FLOOR APARTMENT IN SURFERS PARADISE. TOSTEE CLAIMS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENCE WHEN HE LOCKED HIS TINDER DATE OUTSIDE. HOURS OF RECORDED AUDIO FROM THE NIGHT WILL BE HEARD AT THE TRIAL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO WEEKS. AN AIR NZ FLIGHT FROM VIETNAM TO AUCKLAND HAS BEEN FORCED TO TURN AROUND AFTER SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURED STAFF AND PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT LEAVING HO CHI MINH YESTERDAY MORNING HIT BAD TURBULENCE 40 MINUTES IN TO THE 13-HOUR FLIGHT. THREE CABIN CREW AND ONE PASSENGER WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. A REPLACEMENT FLIGHT HAS LEFT VIETNAM THIS MORNING. RETAILERS ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR STORES AND THEIR STAFF AS ROBBERIES TARGETING TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THE THEFT OF TOBACCO IS FUELLING A BLACK MARKET, WITH SOME ITEMS BEING SOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DAIRY OWNERS ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE'S KILLED, WITH MORE VIOLENT METHODS BEING USED, BUT POLICE ARE CAUTIONING DAIRY OWNERS ABOUT TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. IF YOU TAKE A SWING AT SOMEBODY WITH A HOCKEY STICK THAT YOU'VE STASHED UNDER YOUR COUNTER AND YOU MISS AND THEY HAVE A GUN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. Z ENERGY HAS INVESTED $8M INTO CCTV SYSTEMS DUE TO THE INCREASE AND ARE EVEN LOOKING AT GPS-MONITORING CHIPS FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS. HOMELESSNESS IS COSTING THE GOVERNMENT UP TO $250M A YEAR, THAT'S ONE OF THE FINDINGS OF A JOINT INQUIRY BY THE LABOUR, GREENS AND MAORI PARTIES INTO HOMELESSNESS. 20 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW. SO, KATIE, WHAT DOES THE REPORT FIND? WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW IS THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM. IT COSTS $250M FOR PEOPLE TO BE HOMELESS. THERE ARE 20 RECOMMENDATIONS. THE KEY IS THE 'HOUSING FIRST' POLICY ` FIRST MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, THEN ADDRESS PROBLEMS LIKE DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND MENTAL HEALTH. TE PUIA MARAE HELPED OVER 100 PEOPLE AND THE HEAD OF THE MARAE INSISTS THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE IGNORED. THIS PROBLEM HAS MANY NAMES ` FAMILY VIOLENCE, SUICIDE, JAIL, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILLITERACY, HEALTH PROBLEMS. IT GOES ON AND ON. THIS IS AN OPPOSITION INQUIRY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL SAY THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING A LOT. ONCE THE AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN IS SIGNED 30,000 MORE HOMES WILL BE BUILT IN AUCKLAND. THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING ENOUGH. THE DEATH TOLL FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS RISEN IN THE US, WITH AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE DEAD IN FOUR STATES. IT'S NOW BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A STORM AFTER CARVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND KILLING AT LEAST 900 IN HAITI. AS THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS, AMERICA'S STILL FACING DANGER FROM THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE MATTHEW IS NOW GONE, BUT THE STORM LEAVES MORE DEVASTATION AND LINGERING DANGERS IN ITS WAKE. WATER CAN KILL, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED, SADLY, IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND WE STILL HAVE THOSE DANGERS AHEAD OF US. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE ROADS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE LEFT UNDER FEET OF WATER, AND ACROSS THE STATE... (CRIES) OH, COME ON, SWEETIE. (CRIES) ...MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THOSE DEADLY FLASH FLOODS. WE'RE GONNA ATTEMPT TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE UNABLE TO SAVE OTHERS, THE DEATH TOLL CLIMBING HERE AND IN HARDEST-HIT HAITI, WHERE THE ESTIMATE IS NOW AT AT LEAST 900, WHILE IN FLORIDA TODAY GRATITUDE FOR THE LIVES SPARED... WE DODGED A BULLET. ...AND, FOR SOME RESIDENTS, RETURNING HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME... HERE IS THE BATHROOM. (CHUCKLES) STEPPING RIGHT OUTSIDE. ...FOR WHAT LITTLE WAS LEFT BEHIND. IN EVERY LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL ` IN THIS CASE, LITERALLY. (CHUCKLES) NEW MAYORS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THEIR NEW ROLES TODAY, INCLUDING AUCKLAND'S MAYOR ELECT PHIL GOFF, WHO HEADED INTO COUNCIL HQ AS IT OPENED THIS MORNING. ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS IS PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET, AND IT HAS TO CAP RATE INCREASES AND FIND EFFICIENCIES. IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE EXECUTIVE MANAGERS, MR GOFF WILL CONTACT ALL 20 COUNCILLORS TODAY. SCHOOL'S BACK FOR TERM FOUR, AND WITH IT COMES THE START OF A CAMPAIGN FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED GLOBAL FUNDING MODEL FOR EDUCATION. TEACHERS' UNIONS HAVE KICKED OFF A BUS TOUR IN AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, ASKING PARENTS TO HELP IN THEIR FIGHT. BULK FUNDING JUST DOESN'T WORK. THERE ISN'T ANY WAY THAT IT IS EQUITABLE, AND ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING IN NZ STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THE FACT THAT IT IS SO INEQUITABLE AT THE MOMENT. THE FUNDING PROPOSALS ARE DUE TO GO BEFORE CABINET IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. THE RSA'S MARKING ITS 100TH YEAR OF SERVICE AT ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE TODAY, BUT THE ORGANISATION HAS A CHALLENGE ON ITS HANDS ` PRESERVING ITS PLACE IN MODERN-DAY NZ. KAITLIN RUDDOCK REPORTS. BRASS BAND PLAYS PROCESSIONAL MUSIC REMEMBERANCE DOESN'T LOOK TOO DIFFERENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY, EVERY YEAR AS IMPORTANT AS THE LAST FOR THESE MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR MANY OF THEM. I JOINED THE RSA AS A VETERAN ` MY DAD CONVINCED ME ` IN 1967, FEBRUARY OF 1967. THE RSA'S BEEN THE HEART OF MANY COMMUNITIES, BUT THE PULSE OF SOME LOCAL CLUBS HAS FADED, SOME SHUTTING UP FOR GOOD. REALLY, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED` YES, WE LOST A FEW RSAs, BUT IT'S STABILISED NOW AND THE ONES OUT THERE ARE DOING WELL. WHEN CLUBS STARTED IT WAS OVER THE BAR, BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO BE FAMILY-FRIENDLY. THEY ARE TRYING TO CATER TO YOUNGER VETERANS NOW. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO ARE INDIFFERENT AND APATHETIC AND WITH MORE VETERANS TODAY THAN ANY TIME SINCE WWII, NEW STRATEGY AND TACTICS FROM THIS GROUP COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. KAITLIN RUDDOCK, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE MOMENT A DOUBLE TAP AIRSTRIKE HITS A FUNERAL HALL IN YEMEN. THE DEATH TOLL RISES TO MORE THAN 140 WITH CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION. PLUS ` WHAT A RACE. ALL THE ACTION AND CONTROVERSY AT MOUNT PANORAMA. 1 Are you sure it's OK if I get a ride? Yeah, yeah. Dad said it's fine. I'm putting on some music. OK. BOTH CHUCKLE, CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS Dad! OK, I'm gonna change it. Sorry, but... Yeah. OK. Ooh yeah. Yeah. Turn it up. DUB MUSIC PLAYS, PHONE PINGS Hey, the others wanna hang out. Um... Hey! BOTH LAUGH ALL: # It's time to cut and run. It's time to... TYRES SCREECH # It's time to cut and run. It's time to cut and run. # Oh my God. Get off! Yeah! It's so obvious. So wasted. TRUCK HORN BLARES, GIRLS SCREAM, LAUGH (LAUGHS) TV BEEPS I'll probably drop Libby home after dance so she doesn't have to walk home in the dark. Thanks, Dad. I'll be home a little bit after 10, not too late. I love you guys. Yeah, all good, love. AMERICA SAYS IT'S URGENTLY REVIEWING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI-LED COALITION THAT'S FIGHTING HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN. IT COMES AFTER MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE ON A FUNERAL CEREMONY. SAUDI ARABIA HAS PLEDGED TO INVESTIGATE THE ATTACK. A WARNING ` THERE ARE SOME DISTRESSING SCENES IN THIS REPORT FROM THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN. DENSE BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS FROM WHAT WAS A FUNERAL HALL PACKED WITH CIVILIANS. SOME SURVIVORS CAN BE GLIMPSED TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE WRECKAGE. THEN THIS ` EXPLOSION A SECOND STRIKE ON THE WOUNDED. THIS AMATEUR VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW HOW THE FUNERAL OF ONE MAN BECAME THE SLAUGHTER OF MANY. HERE, THE AFTERMATH OF THE CARNAGE AND THE RUSH TO FIND THE WOUNDED AND THE DEAD, WHO MINUTES EARLIER HAD BEEN MOURNING THE FATHER OF A HOUTHI REBEL OFFICIAL. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: WE CAME HERE AFTER THE FIRST HIT HAPPENED. WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO HELP THE SURVIVORS AND GET THE PEOPLE OUT, THE SECOND HIT HAPPENED. IT CREATED A MASSACRE. SIRENS WAIL THE FOREIGN OFFICE SAID THE IMAGES FROM THE SCENE WERE SHOCKING AND DEFENCE SECRETARY MICHAEL FALLON SAID IF CIVILIANS WERE DELIBERATELY TARGETED, BRITAIN WOULD REVIEW ITS CRITERIA FOR SELLING ARMS TO SAUDI ARABIA. THE CONFLICT IN YEMEN ESCALATED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 WHEN THE HOUTHI REBELS ` WHO ARE ALLIED WITH IRAN ` SEIZED CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL, SANAA. IN MARCH LAST YEAR, THE SAUDIS AND THEIR ALLIES BEGAN A CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST THE HOUTHIS. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS MORE THAN 4000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THEN, MOST IN AIR STRIKES BY THE SAUDI-LED COALITION. SAUDI ARABIA HAS PROMISED TO INVESTIGATE THE LATEST STRIKE, HAVING INITIALLY DENIED INVOLVEMENT. IT SAYS ITS TROOPS HAVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO BOMB POPULATED AREAS. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEGUN AN IMMEDIATE REVIEW OF ITS SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI COALITION, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN CUT BACK. TO MIDDAY SPORT, AND THE BATHURST 1000 HAS ONCE AGAIN DELIVERED, AUSTRALIAN WILL DAVISON CLAIMING A DRAMATIC WIN IN THE GREAT RACE, AFTER AN INCIDENT 10 LAPS FROM THE FINISH LINE ULTIMATLY DECIDED THE OUTCOME, BUT WILL THE RESULT STAND? JOHN MCKENZIE EXPLAINS. THERE'S A REASON BATHURST'S CALLED 'THE GREAT RACE',... SNEAKS DOWN THE INSIDE. HE GOES! HE INTO THE SIDE OF HIM! BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT THE FIRST 150 LAPS BRING,... HE'S GONNA REDRESS. ...YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA GET DRAMA INSIDE THE FINAL 10. LOOK AT THIS. OHHH! NO, THEY'RE ALL GONE! OH! UNFORTUNATELY FOR KIWI DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,... KIDDING ME. NO WAY! YOU'RE KIDDING ME. ...THIS DRAMA MEANT HIS BATHURST DREAM WAS OVER. I'M SO GUTTED, BECAUSE MY LAST YEAR OF GRM, AND I REALLY WANTED TO WIN IT FOR GAZ; HE WAS THE GUY WHO GAVE ME MY SHOT, AND I THOUGHT (CHUCKLES DRILY) TODAY WAS THE DAY. HE AND HOLDEN DRIVER GARTH TANDER WERE FORCED TO WITHDRAW, WHILE THE THIRD MAN IN THE MIX, JAMIE WHINCUP, DROVE ON. HE SAYS THAT THE MOVE WAS ON, BUT YOU'VE GOTTA PULL IT UP TO MAKE THE MOVE ON, AND HE DIDN'T. RACE ORGANISERS, THOUGH, LATER DECIDED TO APPLY A 15-SECOND PENALTY FOR THE INCIDENT, MEANING DESPITE CROSSING THE LINE IN FIRST PLACE, HE'D FINISH WAY BACK IN 11TH. I'VE JUST GOTTA APOLOGISE FOR THE RESULT, BUT I FEEL THE MOVE WAS ON. I WAS IN THERE. HE SQUEEZED ME WIDE; HE SQUEEZED ME NARROW. WE HAD CONTACT, AND, YEAH, I WAS... I WAS HAPPY TO REDRESS, BUT TWO CARS WEREN'T THERE TO REDRESS. THAT MEANS WILL DAVISON ` A MAN WHO HAD STARTED THE RACE IN 17TH, A MAN WHO HAD NEVER LED A SINGLE LAP OF THE GREAT RACE ` WOULD HOLD OFF A FAST-FINISHING SHANE VAN GISBERGEN... HE'S DONE IT. ...TO CLAIM THE SECOND TITLE ON THE MOUNTAIN. I'M HONESTLY SPEECHLESS. I'M NOT GONNA GIVE MUCH HERE, BECAUSE THAT WAS SO STRESSFUL. STRESSFUL BECAUSE HIS CAR WAS LITERALLY ON ITS LAST LEGS. I KNEW IF I LIFTED TO SAVE ANY MORE FUEL, I KNEW SHANE WAS GONNA BE IN THERE, AND IT COUGHED INTO THE LAST CORNER. I RAN OUTTA FUEL AS I CROSSED THE LINE. HE AND CO-DRIVER JONATHAN WEBB CELBRATED A FAMOUS WIN BUT ONCE THAT WILL BE CHALLENGED, WHINCUP'S TEAM LODGING AN APPEAL AGAINST THE 15-SECOND PENALTY, MEANING WE COULD STILL HAVE ONE LAST PIECEO OF DRAMA. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SMALL BUT HELPING HAND AS THEY TRY TO CHASE DOWN INDIA'S MAMMOTH FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 557 IN INDORE. THE HOME SIDE WERE DOCKED FIVE RUNS FOR RAVINDRA JADEJA CONTINUALLY RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE WICKET. LOOK AT THAT ` STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY AGAIN. TRIED TO PLEAD THAT THE BOWLER IS IN THE WAY, BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THAT. LITTLE RESPITE THOUGH AFTER A DEMORALISING DAY IN THE FIELD FOR THE NZERS. OPENERS MARTIN GUPTILL AND TOM LATHAM NEGOTIATING NINE OVERS LATE YESTERDAY TO GET TO 28 WITHOUT LOSS. THE SILVER FERNS OPENED THEIR CONSTELLATION CUP CAMPAIGN WITH A CRUSHING 12-GOAL LOSS TO AUSTRALIA IN SYDNEY. NZ SCORED THE FIRST GOAL, BUT IT WAS THEIR ONLY LEAD OF THE MATCH AS THE DIAMONDS PILED ON THE NEXT NINE GOALS TO TAKE CONTROL AND CAPITALISED AFTER PRESSURING THE VISITORS INTO SOME EARLY TURNOVERS. THE DIAMONDS OUTSCORED THE SILVER FERNS WITH A CONVINCING 68-56 WIN. BOTH TEAMS MEET AGAIN IN TASMANIA ON WEDNESDAY. LEWIS HAMILTON LOOKS ALL BUT SURE TO GIVE UP HIS FORMULA ONE WORLD TITLE AFTER HE FINISHED THIRD AT THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX. HAMILTON'S TEAMMATE NICO ROSBERG NABBED THE WIN, STRETCHING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO 33 POINTS, WITH JUST FOUR RACES TO GO. THE BBC'S NICK PARFITT REPORTS. LEWIS HAMILTON COULD BARELY HIDE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT THAT HIS TITLE APPEARS TO HAVE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. AFTER VICTORY IN JAPAN, NICO ROSBERG ONLY NEEDS TO FINISH SECOND IN THE FOUR REMAINING RACES TO TAKE THE BRITON'S CROWN. HAMILTON'S HOPES SLIPPED AWAY AT THE START. HE'S STRUGGLED TO MAKE GOOD GETAWAYS ALL SEASON BUT WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED HE'D HAVE ONE AS BAD AS THIS AS HE DROPPED FROM SECOND TO EIGHTH. ENGINE ROARS RT: SORRY, GUYS. RT: THAT'S ALL RIGHT, LEWIS. THE SOOTHING WORDS APPEARED TO HELP. HE JUMPED TWO PLACES DURING THE OPENING ROUND OF PIT STOPS, THEN IN ONE BREATHTAKING LAP PAST ANOTHER THREE CARS. HE GOT THE BETTER OF SEBASTIAN VETTEL AFTER HIS FINAL PIT STOP AND PUSHED TO THE LIMIT TO CATCH MAX VERSTAPPEN, BUT SECOND PLACE WAS BEYOND HIM, AND BY THE LOOK OF THINGS, SO IS THE TITLE. ROSBERG'S NINTH WIN OF THE SEASON SECURED MERCEDES THE CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP, AND A 33-POINT LEAD OVER HAMILTON IS SURELY A KNOCKOUT BLOW. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND HE'S ON TOP OF THE WORLD ` JUST HOW FAST DID THIS KIWI OLYMPIAN RUN THE 10 K'S? YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE SECOND US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS JUST 90 MINUTES AWAY, BUT A NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS ARE DITCHING DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF MORE AUDIO TAPES OF HIM MAKING DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT WOMEN. HOMELESSNESS COSTS THE GOVERNMENT UP TO $250M A YEAR ACCORDING TO A JOINT INQUIRY BY OPPOSITION PARTIES. AND GABLE TOSTEE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING NZ WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT, GOES ON TRIAL IN BRISBANE TODAY. IT'S WEATHER TIME NOW, AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT A WEAKENING FRONT STILL LINGERS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. BEFORE WE GO, KIWI RUNNER ZANE ROBERTSON HAS BROKEN THE NZ AND OCEANIA 10KM RUN RECORD. ROBERTSON FINISHED A BERLIN RACE IN 27 MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS, THE FASTEST 10 K ROAD TIME IN THE WORLD THIS YEAR AND FOURTH-FASTEST EVER BY A NON-AFRICAN. THE 26-YEAR-OLD FINISHED 12TH AT THE RIO OLYMPICS, BEATING DICK QUAX'S LONG-STANDING RECORD BY EIGHT SECONDS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016