Trump, Clinton battle for military voters in 1st town hall together

Asked if he would be ready on day one in the White House to take on a world of complicated issues, Trump said, "One-hundred percent," then pivoted to Clinton, saying, "She made a mistake on Libya. She made a terrible mistake."

Asked by Lauer how much he's researching daily, Trump said, "a lot, a lot."

A retired military officer told Trump his daughter refused to join the military after seeing the sexual harrassment figures, and asked how he would handle it.

"The best thing we can do is set up a court system within the military," Trump said.

"It's almost impossible to conceive that this is happening in our country," Trump said when asked about how to prevent 20 to 22 veterans committing suicide daily.

Asked how his words would translate into action to help veterans, Trump answered, "One of the big problems is the wait days," adding, "Vets are waiting six days, seven days, eight days."

"Russia wants to defeat ISIS as badly as we do," Trump said, asking, "Wouldn't it be a beautiful thing," if the US and Russia worked together.

A military member asked about whether or not a Trump presidency would allow undocumented persons who join or plan to join the US military to stay in the US and not be deported.

"I think that when you serve in the armed forces, that's a very special situation, and i could see myself working that out. Absolutely," Trump said.

"We've had the worst, and you could even say the dumbest, foreign policy," Trump said, adding that the US would have been better off never "spending a dollar in that part of the world," referring to the Middle East.