Inside the Moment of Crisis

by KATY TUR and BENJY SARLIN
OCT 9 2016, 3:41 PM ET

... Talking points distributed to supporters and shared with NBC News emphasized that Trump "has been counted out many times in this election" and that his Republican critics "are more concerned with their political future than the future of their country."

But Trump has largely been left alone to carry that banner. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, normally Trump's go-to spokeswoman and his most prominent female advocate, dropped out of planned appearances on Sunday shows. So did RNC Chairman Reince Priebus ...

RNC spokesman Sean Spicer denied Priebus had given staff permission to break with Trump, tweeting that such reports were "100% false" ...

Conway told NBC News that any suggestions she was considering leaving the campaign were "a crock." She also told the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza on Saturday she was not quitting the campaign and tweeted a photo on Sunday of her and Priebus flying with Trump to St. Louis for the debate ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/inside-trump-campaign-s-moment-crisis-n662776