Policy discussion gave way to personal attacks as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off in the second US Presidential debate.
The 'tape'
The moderators quickly dived into the controversy surrounding the recent publishing of an audio recording of Donald Trump from 2005, in which he made a number of disparaging comments towards women.
Mr Trump again dismissed the comments as "locker room talk" and said he had great respect for women, but added "I'm not proud of it" and that he was "very embarrassed".
In response, Hillary Clinton said Mr Trump's comments showed "what he thinks about women and does to women".
She said the tape represents "exactly who Trump is".
"He has insulted women, rated them, embarrassed them".
Mrs Clinton added she had never before questioned a Republican nominee's fitness to serve as president, but "Donald is different".
Mr Trump retorted with an attack on Mrs Clinton's husband, Bill, saying he had done worse to women.
"Mine are words and his are action," said Mr Trump, who appeared before the debate with women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct.
Mr Trump also accused Mrs Clinton of going on the attack against women who had alleged sexual misconduct by her husband.
Emails - 'You'd be in jail'
Mr Trump then moved the attack to Mrs Clinton's private email server, saying: "You ought to be ashamed of yourself."
Mrs Clinton said: "You know it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in this country."
Mr Trump shot back: "Because you'd be in jail."
Mrs Clinton insisted there was "no evidence" that her server had been hacked and that any classified information had ended up in the wrong hands.
Mr Trump said if he won he was "going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation".
Religious discrimination
When the discussion moved to religious extremism and discrimination, Mr Trump acknowledged "there is a problem".
He said "Orlando, San Bernardino, World Trade Center are examples of radical Islamic terror".
Mr Trump said his policy on Muslim immigration had "morphed" into "extreme vetting" and that he would force criminal immigrants "right back into their country".
In response, Mrs Clinton said Mr Trump's policy was short sighted and it was dangerous to engage in such rhetoric about Muslims.
The Democratic candidate added that Trump's language on Muslims was a gift to Islamic State.
Strategy on Syria
Mrs Clinton said she would investigate war crimes by the Syrians and Russians and hold them accountable if she became US President.
The Democrat added she would not use US ground forces in Syria and to do so would be a serious mistake.
When asked on his policy towards Syria, Mr Trump said: "I don't like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS".
Mr Trump also publicly broke with his running mate, Mike Pence, on how to deal with the civil war in Syria, saying: "He and I haven't spoken, and I disagree."
This was in response to a question about comments by Mr Pence that the US should be ready to use force against Syrian military targets under the command of President Bashar al-Assad.
A president for all the people
Mr Trump described himself as a president for all the people, saying the US was a divided nation.
In highlighting his rival's negative comments about his supporters, Mr Trump said Mrs Clinton "has tremendous hate in her heart".
In response, Mrs Clinton said her argument was not with Mr Trump's supporters, but with Mr Trump himself.
She said: "We ran a campaign on issues, not insults."
