Trump attacks Obamacare 'catastrophe' but is quiet on Clinton
The Republican presidential candidate focuses on policy in the Philadelphia suburbs, which are crucial to winning Pennsylvania.
Wednesday 2 November 2016 08:24, UK
Donald Trump concentrated on slamming Obamacare rather than his presidential rival Hillary Clinton as he addressed supporters in Pennsylvania.
The speech came as he tried to increase his support in the Philadelphia suburbs, which are crucial to his hopes of winning the Democratic-leaning eastern state.
The Republican candidate called the US President's Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, a "catastrophe" which had to be replaced "very, very quickly".
Mr Trump said if he won next week's election, he would immediately convene a special session of Congress to repeal and replace the Act.
He claimed that if it was not scrapped then American heath care would be destroyed "forever".
Mr Trump said: "I will ask Congress to convene a special session so we can repeal and replace.
"And it will be such an honour for me, for you and for everybody in this country because Obamacare has to be replaced. And we will do it, and we will do it very, very quickly. It is a catastrophe."
His running-mate Mike Pence gave more details about their criticisms, saying the cost of premiums has been rising.
The health care law had not figured prominently in this year's campaign - in contrast to other elections since it was enacted by Barack Obama in 2010.
But with premiums going up, Mr Trump has focused on the law's flaws as he renewed his promise to scrap it.
An ABC News poll has put Mr Trump ahead of his rival for the first time since May. He is on 46% with Mrs Clinton on 45%.
Share prices in New York were down and Mexico's currency fell in value after Mr Trump's boost.
But according to the poll of polls by RealClearPolitics, Mrs Clinton is still leading on 47.5%, with Mr Trump on 45.3%, and 7.1% of voters undecided or backing other candidates.
Her campaign has been hit in recent days by the FBI's decision to launch a new investigation into her emails.
Sky's Hannah Thomas-Peter said: "The dynamic has changed completely from a few days ago and the momentum is with Donald Trump. It's Hillary Clinton who is doing all the defensive work."
She said of Mr Trump's latest comments: "It was a classic Trump stump speech to white working-class and middle-class voters in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania.
"He talked about jobs, healthcare choice, school choice, controlling immigration.
"It went down very well but it was a small forum, an invited audience. They were a well-behaved crowd, it was not raucous.
"Perhaps he calculated it felt right to him to behave in a bit more of a presidential fashion, perhaps in an effort to win over those independents and undecides."