The chair of the Republican National Committee is trying to reassure donors and party members that support remains strong for Donald Trump.
And yet snap polls show that support for Hillary Clinton is growing quickly after Donald Trump was seen making vulgar comments about women on a video tape.
Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:
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Reince Preibus, the chair of the Republican national committee told supporters during a conference call
everything is on course
And yet that's a pretty bold statement when the Republican Vice Presidential candidate was forced to put aside rumors he was leaving the ticket
Mike Pence
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While the Republican chair says Donald Trump has issued a heartfelt apology for his earlier comments about women
listening to the presidential candidate at a rally would give you a different impression
that Donald Trump is unapologetic.
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It is incredible
and hard to accept for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
He told a separate conference call of Republican lawmakers,
he would no longer campaign with Donald Trump.
It's all about a video tape from 11 years ago
where Donald Trump - and President Bush cousin - television presenter Billy Bush are caught saying vulgar and sexually agressive things about women
Billy Bush has been suspended from his new role anchoring the morning breakfast programme
NBC's Today programme
Donald Trump is on the campaign trail - promising to attack Bill Clinton again
if more tapes of ill-considered comments are released
Hillary Clinton was in Detroit
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The snap polls put Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by as many as 14 points.
But the real question for the Republicans with four weeks to go before the National Election day
is about leadership
as one local party chair put it
leadership is not stopping the printing of mailers
or condemning comments made over a decade ago.
Leadership is making the tough decisions, digging in and sacrificing for beliefs and ideas greater than one person."
Priscilla Huff, Washington
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