Hillary Clinton Caught Up in WikiLeaks Controversy

WikiLeaks has posted what it says were thousands of emails from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta, including some with excerpts from speeches she gave to Wall Street executives and others.

The excerpts are from speeches she has declined to release, despite demands from her rival Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

They include Clinton suggesting that Wall Street insiders are best equipped to help reform the financial sector. She also says that presidential candidates for both parties must have tens of millions in contributions from New York to mount competitive national campaigns.

Trump has insisted that she is too cozy with Wall Street to reform it.

The revelations came two days before Trump and Clinton met for Sunday's second presidential debate, with the Republican urgently in need of a strong performance.

After his uneven showing in the first contest, public opinion polls show Clinton pulling ahead in nearly all battleground states, some of which are already in the midst of early voting.