SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 10:25 P.M. ET:   

ANOTHER ONE – FROM ABC NEWS:   Two Palm Springs police officers trying to resolve a family dispute were shot to death Saturday when a man they had been speaking calmly with suddenly pulled out a gun and opened fire on them, the city's police chief told reporters.  A third officer was wounded. The shooter was not immediately apprehended.  "It was a simple family disturbance and he elected to open fire on a few of the guardians of the city," police Chief Bryan Reyes, his voice breaking, told reporters.  The chief, near tears, identified the slain officers as Jose "Gil" Gilbert Vega and Lesley Zerebny.  Police said Zerebny recently returned to the force from maternity leave after giving birth to a now-4-month-old daughter. Vega, the father of eight, was a 35-year veteran who planned to retire in December. The wounded officer's name was not released.  Another in a string of multiple-murders of officers.  I wonder if Obama or Hillary will take notice.  Maybe these lives don't matter.

BERNIE'S PEOPLE UPSET, MAY NEED ZOLOFT – FROM REUTERS:   NEW YORK (Reuters) - Supporters of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday expressed anger and vindication over leaked comments made by Hillary Clinton to banks and big business that appeared to confirm their fears about her support for global trade and tendency to cozy up to Wall Street.  Clinton, who needs Sanders's coalition of young and left-leaning voters to propel her to the presidency, pushes for open trade and open borders in one of the speeches, and takes a conciliatory approach to Wall Street, both positions she later backed away from in an effort to capture the popular appeal of Sanders's attacks on trade deals and powerful banks.  The excerpts of remarks by the former secretary of state, made in 2013 and 2014 in closed-door meetings where audiences paid to attend, were published online on Friday by WikiLeaks, which sourced them to the email account of John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman.  Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the speech transcripts. Clinton has previously declined to release any such transcripts.  If Bernie's crowd is angry with Hillary, I consider that a plus for Hillary.  The problem is, Hillary is so dishonest, we don't know what she actually believes.

THIS WAS EXPECTED – FROM THE HILL:    A producer from the reality series “The Apprentice” used Twitter on Saturday night to warn that the now infamous leaked audio of Trump is just the beginning.  “As a producer on seasons 1&2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to #trump tapes there are far worse,” tweeted Bill Pruitt.  Pruitt is not the first to suggest there will be more revelations about the GOP presidential nominee's past behavior. According to reports by Fox News’ Ed Henry, top Trump adviser Ben Carson suggested there would be more “bombshells” to come.  Rumblings are increasing that top Republicans either want Trump to step down, or have the party formally distance itself from him.  But with election only a month away, Republican options are limited. 

October 8,  2016