Donald Trump apologizes for controversial video remarks (video)

Donald Trump apologized for boasting that, as a "star," women let him do anything he wants. Those remarks came to light in a 2005 video obtained by The Washington Post  that features the real estate mogul bragging of kissing and groping women he's attracted to.

In the video posted Friday, Trump and Billy Bush, the former Access Hollywood host now with NBC's Today show, engage in graphic discussions.

"I did try and f--- her," Trump tells Bush in reference to a married woman, while acknowledging he was unsuccessful. "I moved on her like a b---- but I couldn't get there," Trump says.

Later in the video, as Trump and Bush spot Arianne Zucker — who was there to escort them to the set for the interview — the real estate mogul says: "I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her," adding that he immediately starts kissing "beautiful" women when he encounters them.

"I don't even wait." Trump says. "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything — grab them by the p----."

Here is the apology Trump released early Saturday morning.

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Colombian Voters Reject Peace Deal

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War or peace?

Colombians faced those options on Sunday — and, by a margin of less than 1 percentage point, they voted to remain at war. In a referendum that aimed to end Latin America's longest guerrilla conflict, voters rejected a peace agreement to disarm the Marxist rebel group known as the FARC.

The question on the ballot was: "Do you support the final accord to end the conflict and to construct a stable and lasting peace?"

But now, it's not entirely clear where the negotiations will go from here — or if they even have a future.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spent nearly four years negotiating the peace deal with the FARC. The rejected referendum follows three failed efforts at peace talks with the FARC, dating back to the 1980s.

Many Colombians despise the FARC due to the rebel group's involvement in massacres, kidnappings and other human rights abuses. They are also angry over provisions in the accords that allow rebels accused of war crimes to escape prison if they confess before a special tribunal. In addition, some fear the government will raise taxes to pay for its expensive post-conflict development plans.

Before the referendum, both government and FARC leaders expressed confidence that the "yes" vote would triumph and were already moving forward with some of the provisions in the peace accords aimed at fomenting national reconciliation.

On Friday, FARC commanders traveled to the northern Colombian town of Apartadó where they apologized for a 1994 massacre in which the guerrillas killed 22 people accused of belonging to a rival rebel faction.

"Everyone makes mistakes," FARC commander Iván Márquez told relatives of the victims. "But speaking the truth, pure and simple, can cure wounds of the soul, no matter how deep they are."

It is now unclear what will happen to the FARC rebels who were preparing to turn over their weapons to U.N. inspectors.

edited from NPR