>> i am donnie deutsch. mark: taking the boy out of queens. >> go home to mama. go home to mama. and your mother is voting for trial. >> will now you brought my mother into it. ♪ mark: happy friday. the end of the we could not have come sooner for donald trump. it has been one of the worst in his presidential campaign, although maybe we are just

saying that because we are members of the mainstream media. don't take our word for it. listen to rush limbaugh. >> trump is finished. trump does not have a prayer. you hear stories. there are fundraising problems at the rnc. republicans down the ballot are not to spendc money on trial. it is a waste of money. we have 50 former national security aides, republicans, all writing a letter citing that donald trump is outrageously unqualified and unfit. he is so far down in the polls. there is no way to make any of it back. this seems to be the narrative. mark: across the fruited plain, that is what we call a rush limbaugh classic. you need to take the tone with a fine grain of salt worried our

suspicion and experience a just that mr. limbaugh is saying this because he recognizes there is more than a peppercorn of truth in all this. for example, these are the news reports you are seeing on tv. >> trump today doubling and tripling his claims that president obama and hillary clinton are the founder of isis. . mark: that may not be the right question to ask. tromp responded with this widely read tweet. like fall president obama and clinton the founder of isis. they don't get sarcasm? trump, the first presidential candidate's campaign is largely based on sarcasm. trumpight help explain 2016, could i be any lower in the polls? the polls are so bad that donald inmp himself even conceded

at least one state that he is concerned big league. >> i have a tremendous problem in utah. is anyone here from utah? i did not think so. we are having a problem. mark: a quick piece of advice, maybe don't refer to these united states as a different place. you think utah is bad for your candidate, you will not want to look at these new surveys of more a lector of he important states. electorally important states. by nine pown virginia, down by 13 good color, down by 14 points. twitter lit up more than a michael phelps after party. if he loses all four states, his chances are doomed.

if our researchers can figure this out, so can trump, and also leaders in congress. noweast one republican is saying that donald trump is a most certainly going to lose. on the record, mitch mcconnell of kentucky said that the chances of the republican party keeping control of the senate are "very dicey." while we are on the topic of congress, consider steve king of iowa, one of the few not hiding at the convention in cleveland. theelivered a speech at iowa state fair that gave the impression that he could work with the next president of the united states because he has worked with her before. >> i have set across the table with hillary clinton. she is somebody i could work with. loses susan collins, meg whitman, but steve king? steve king made comments last

month that were called literally white supremacy. yes, that steve king. that explains why republicans are holding a come to jesus meeting in florida with the trump camp lane. zika-free mosquito on the wall there. in politics, good gets better and bad gets worse. the other one says nothing is ever as good or bad as it seems. which barbarism is true for trump right now? full-fledged crisis for the republican nominee or is this just an august trump slump? a crisis.bvious a the numbers don't lie. the battleground states are going away. it is hard to imagine a path. into solve aalled lot of crisis sees throughout my

career. -- crises throughout my career. don't go at the media. give a checkered speech. i have to take you guys the way i communicate. i say outrageous things to open up the discussion. of course every clinton and barack obama are not the founders of isis, and i got the conversation going. of course i don't want anybody to take out a gun on hillary clinton, but we need to talk about the second amendment. while i am at it, i want to apologize to the kahns. it showed his core. have not been sleeping at night. i am wrong. take it all off the table. the bullets continued to fly. i believe he can reboot it. i believe it has to do be done

the right way. it cannot be done attacking the media. high for stakes are so a lot of voters. what i am hearing from republicans is that he's not giving people a sense that he understands it is important to stop hillary clinton from being president and that he gets he needs to fight back. there is too much business as usual for a lot of republicans who say if this is what he's going to keep doing, making mistakes, being sarcastic, fighting the media, not focusing day today on the news cycle, he is going to lose, and that could be- the numbers hurt by donald trump if he does not turn things around. he needs to do something dramatic to turn this around. he cannot wait until the debates. to his guys, iy am not doing this anymore. he needs to take a step backwards. those droppings on the floor are not going to go away.

you cannot leave it on the table and move on and not do it again. if it is the right tone, a tone we have not seen -- mark: if he has it inside of him. >> the media wants a raise, so they will go, here we go. trump finds himself in an unprecedented spot. just fact checks in -- time today's case studied his most recent comments on obama, clinton, and the founding of isis. >> donald trump tries to do miss his claim as sarcasm. >> he repeated a false claim about the president. >> why does he keep repeating it if it is not true? havingfact checkers are a field day with this one. president obama did not found isis.

>> for clarity, they are not the founders. >> a founder is a person who establishes an institution or settlement. ifounder would be like if founded the wolf blitzer fan club. this is suggesting that president obama and hillary clinton believe in the cause of isis, which is simply not true. day, trump was quoted and corrected trump at the same time. asent stories on the claim "patently false and exaggerated." we are not saying this is wrong. on morning joe, a washington post columnists made a convincing argument for why they think -- the media will have to decide and continued to decide how do you deal with this. >> when you have a guy that

makes a flat out false statement every day repeatedly, president obama founded isis, how do cover that? >> you have to write a news story. trump said, which is not true. >> pin him down in the news stories. >> you have to call it what it is. >> on top of all this, unlike any election we can remember, columnists are ganging up and advocating for his total defeat. the media coverage of hillary clinton's untruthful claims, but it pales in comparison to the certitude of the type of scrutiny that donald trump speeches are getting. how much of this being framed by

the media is dooming trump or can he make a move here? mark: it is death. i have always advocated not he said, she said, but if somebody is not telling the truth, call them out for it in a factual way and hold them accountable to the public interest. i think it is great people are doing it for trump, and they should do it for clinton as well. they are bringing it upon themselves when their candidate goes out every day and does something new. we should be doing it for both candidates. i have never seen straight news reporters basically calling people a liar in news accounts. saysntrasting what trump -- trump and spires such passion on both sides, even reporters, because they are human beings. some of the things he has said have been so offensive.

i think they are feeling a responsibility. this is the most passionate reportersd we can put under people, have ever been about any candidate, and that is what is driving this. one of his main arguments against every clinton that he is trying to make is that she is a liar. if the press day today is explicitly calling donald trump , and hillary clinton and the foundation says she says this and other people say this, that is a losing position for donald trump no matter what else he does. -- needs to take in a razor to the board and start over. mark: up next, the great 2016 tax work and we will show how much money the clintons made last year right after this. ♪

♪ one day after an economic speech in michigan, hillary clinton is trying to put pressure on donald trump and his campaign by releasing her tax returns. she is calling on the republican nominee to do the same. she and president clinton earned 30 4.2illion last year, percent federal income tax rate and donated 9.8% of gross income to charity. the clintons have released decades of tax returns. mate released 10 years of his tax history. donald trump has refused to release his returns citing an audit by the irs.

.turne is katie do you think this will cause him to relent? >> no. he will not release his taxes. it is not going to happen. >> zero chance. warren buffett was under order. i feel strong about this. we all have one job as a citizen , pay taxes and not break the law. taxes are a peek into the soul of how you live your life and conduct this is. .ossibly zero tax we could get a real estate tax attorney in here and explain the business, a lot of funny business. always been rumors that he is the least charitable

rich guy around. mark: i thought maybe this is it. instead, they are going on the attack and saying she is dishonest about her e-mails. >> he said the one thing she released his what nobody cares about. despite that, i think they will have some fun with it and say look at how much money she made in speeches, book deals. >> they paid 35% taxes. >> the trump campaign does not necessarily use -- >> logic. mark: you can bet they thought let's take the right the directions. are two people who basically run for office for a living and are making as much money as they are. is, you are running for president, you show your taxes.

>> donald trump supporters don't care. not do it byoes the first debate, it becomes a big issue. >> zero chance. unnamed federal official, the fbi was considering opening a public corruption case against the clinton foundation, but no investigation materialized after they got pushed back. if any of this is true, pretty big deal. commenting.s not the fbi is not commenting. the clinton foundation is not commenting on it. it does feed into the narrative shadyhere was something going on, that she was using the foundation and her role in the defense department to serve herself. , and is no official denial that lens the trump campaign the ability to attack her on this issue. mark: reporters are really

interested in this story. you think about the announcement on the e-mails. we are recommending no investigation. in this case, if the reports are right, they did want an investigation here it -- investigation. until there are more specifics, it's hard for the trump campaign to make that much out of it. inthe press covered mcclendon's e-mails nonstop before donald trump got on the scene and started saying -- covered hillary clinton's e-mails nonstop before donald trump got on the scene and started talking about it. ifsome ways it may be better he went dark for the entire month. could be entirely on a mcclendon of what donald trump said. mark: how could he spend his time more profitably? >> if i'm hillary clinton, just go away.

just let trump continue. when we come back, we will talk more about donald trump and life on the trail and birds. >> birds? mark: swans. right after this. ♪

♪ tur. back with katie her, youn't recognize may know her from the pages of marie claire magazine. the latest issue features her reflections on covering the in an article called "my crazy year with trout." that is not the only glossy magazine. she is also in an issue of town

and country on their list of 50 modern swans, the world's most stylish, talk about, and emulated young women. here is the picture of the magazine shows to illustrate her swan-ness. does that make me an honorary swan. >> congratulations. shouldn't it just be world's most influential women? >> you are right. >> you are one of the most brilliant reporters out there and to turn it into a beauty pageant. >> i am honored they included me in their list. i like they called me a swan because nobody has ever accused me of being graceful. i'll take it. mark: your article about covering trump. presidential candidate i covered was bill clinton. i thought presidential

candidates are interesting, great speakers, and work 20 hours a day. your candidate is equally unusual, trump. give us a sense of what it is like to cover him day today. >> it is a wild roller coaster said in thei article, a hurricane making landfall on a daily basis. story,ld be doing one and he will tweet something or say something that up ins the entire process. i never thought i would hear somebody running for president say that somebody else was --, but i did. why do they call you little katie on the campaign. i am five feet two inches, i don't know. we see some soundbites with angry people screaming, some of the comments, and the new york times did this three minute thing that was like a lynch rally.

there are some rooms that are much more tense than others. last night, you could feel it from the video. we have this in new orleans as well, columbus, ohio, maybe one in michigan, the room was angry and it feels like they are spoiling for a fight and out to tar and feather somebody. they feel like they have been under represented. you feel it. absolutely. they come to the press tent and glare at you. i had a grandmother look at me as i was writing on my notepad and she said, you better be telling the truth. said, wouldher and you talking about? you are a liar. mark: we were preparing to talk

about the week in review, and our folks put it together a list of all the things that happened this week. of all the stuff that happened this week, which one or two do you think will endure as factors going forward in the campaign? on the cover of time magazine, the founders of isis, susan collins, then national security experts, the rnc tensions. founder of isis. he said that for, 5, 6 times yesterday. i ask him if that meant there was a vacuum, but he said no he is the founder of isis. then he said he was being sarcastic. but he said it sarcastic. what does that mean? my way, peopleit talk about it. >> the party needs to find a way

to bolster him. cut the head off and expect the body to survive. they want to maintain a majority in the senate, but it is an internal struggle, how do you -- who youebody you disagree with on so many issues. how do support him going for it? you cannot just back off and say i will not have this any longer because you does the folks that you does support and you do believe in and you do think are good for the country. look at the senate race in new hampshire. there are races they will lose if they get rid of trump. mark: thank you for joining us. we will be right back to talk about the latest polls right after this. ♪

>> we are joined by a democratic pollster and super pac backing hillary clinton and also back in the wadr studio by

popular demand kelly conway. public pollster and senior adviser of trump's campaign. guys, thanks for coming on the show. i want to start with you. another day, another magical tour for donald trump. his latest he was being sarcastic about being sarcastic. i started the show talking about that he needs to completely somehow back off of some of those things and, look, i speak this way for a reason. i certainly don't believe there is any chance of that happening. >> what i saw today was the chairman of the republican national committee get on the plane with donald trump and go to erie, pennsylvania and introduce him as a sign of unity batting back these ridiculously, unfounded -- that's what i saw today. if you want to talk about what happened today that is what happened on the trail. that's not relevant at all. >> the head of the rnc and the president were on the same plane? >> the media were running stories yesterday people were trying to dump trum and freaking out. i took a look at the down ballot races where the united

states senators running for re-election as republicans were a year ago. they were pretty much where they are now. they were losing to their democratic opponents in many of the blue states for the re-election. if we're going to talk about what happened on the campaign trail let's talk about the facts. they had a terrific rally today. thousands of people. the chairman of the party. you have a new chairman of your party at the d.n.c. because the old one got booted out unceremoniously by the president of the united states. >> nice parry. >> because they were trying to -- >> i don't know -- kellyanne, pat toomey was winning a year ago. kelly ayotte was winning a year ago. i mean, seemingly it's absolutely happening. there is a problem with donald trump. yes the notion that it's a win that the head of the r.n.c. and the presidential nominee are on the same plane is ridiculous. of course that should happen. the fact is people are running away from this guy but aren't going to be able to run away. donnie: new battleground states' polls.

i want your take. 30 seconds. analyze the polls. >> they are all showing hillary with a tremendous bounce. she got a convention bounce. trump got a convention bounce. at this point it's more like a pole vault in terms of where hillary is. her numbers are -- in all the battleground states you're looking at hillary has a dominant lead, a double-digit lead in virginia, colorado, states that should be on the map in terms of real, real tight races. right now all the data shall not only the battleground polls you're talking about but private, everybody, we're all seeing the same thing. >> kelly, go. >> i'm glad it is august and not october. for some people we're listening to the same thing we heard a year ago which is donald trump can never win. excuse us if we would rather sally forth with a professional campaign. even though lots of people like to dismiss that because they don't know what's going on inside. this is what's happening in the battleground states. donald trump is doing fairly well among independents. hillary clinton has an awful gender gap among men. they don't like her. they mistrust her. they don't want her to be commander-in-chief of the

united states. we don't hear about her gender gap with men. the fact is hillary clinton benefits from scare city. i can't understand how somebody being shrouded and protected and propped up by most of america's main stream media is not at 55%. why, donnie, is she not at 60% among women? what is holding back so many women to not come forth and say i do want to see the first female president? could it be it is not a female it's that female? it is not a hypothetical it's hillary? >> this is a baseline here. do you have data that contradicts the notion trump is down currently in august, outside the margin of error in north carolina, virginia, and colorado >> yes. >> those states are closer from your point of view? >> we don't see colorado and virginia as double digit races. mark: where do you have them? >> i will never tell but i answered your question. look, the polls, before the two conventions, showed donald trump winning in some of these swing states. we know that we're a new cycle or two away from the polls going in a different direction. and, also, some of the attrition for donald trump over the last two weeks in the polling, gentlemen, has been

among republican voters. that doesn't mean they'll go over to hillary clinton. that means they're saying i prefer when you're talking about security, prosperity, ethics, the united states supreme court nominees, you're taking the case to two people -- hillary clinton and donald trump. >> that is not the case in those polls. in those polls donald trump's republican number has remained relatively stable. a little bit down. it is in fact the independent voters in those places that have moved away from him. not only that but hillary clinton, there was this whole discussion about mitt romney got a greater percentage of the white vote yet still lost. guess what? hillary clinton, nationally and in the swing states is doing better with white voters and that is very hard. so we always talk about young people. minorities. latinos, etcetera. well, better than four years ago in terms of -- >> but we're not judging -- not basing -- just so we're all clear, we are not basing our campaign on mitt romney's campaign just so we're clear. we're not trying to -- >> if you can't beat his numbers, then there is no way to win. >> it's august, right? where were you in july when she was losing? >> i believe there is no --

>> the very important question is why hillary clinton can't crack 60% among women anywhere. >> why would presidential nominee necessarily get 60%? >> the protection of the entire main stream media, where is she? you can't hide her forever. my goodness. do you not have a tv? >> i do. i have a tv. i watch a woman who's been under attack by the media for a long period of time and certainly the right wing media. >> why are we rejecting hillary clinton? >> did you watch her economics speech yesterday? >> i did, yes. >> what would you say -- >> a couple things, number one i'm not the policy guy. all i care about -- >> a bumper sticker. >> on her bumper sticker it's security, solid, leadership, somebody you can trust. >> why does america reject that? >> honestly i don't know bumper sticker from the speech. the speech, to me, was more about pointing out how donald trump has policies that favor the rich and she's got policies that favor the -- also says i'm not here to take a whack at michigan which is what donald

trump did when he came -- >> first time you've been our show so the question i ask all democrats. are you troubled -- >> are you going to ask about the e-mails again? it's boring. mark: are you troubled by -- >> hillary made a mistake. mark: she said she made a mistake but she has not addressed this. i'm asking you. are you troubled by her failure to live up to her responsibility from the freedom of information act by preserving records? >> hillary clinton said she should have done something differently. mark: are you troubled by that? >> mark, you are going to get the same answer from everybody. you know this. hillary clinton said she'd have done things differently. she should have done things differently. that's what she said. but the american public isn't talking about this. >> yes, they are. >> no they're not. i've been out there. mark: would you feel differently about what she did if it turned out her e-mails contained sensitive information and were obtained by foreign agents? >> they don't know the answer and i'm not going to address a hypothetical as you fully well know. >> you're calling the f.b.i. director a liar. >> i didn't call him a liar.

>> why do 64% of americans say she is not honest or trust worthy? mark: talk about donald trump's electoral college path. what are the states romney lost that you see him in a good position to win? >> iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, florida. it will be competitive -- let's look at the august polls, right? mark: we're in august now. do you accept the premise donnie and i talked about earlier that he needs to do something different or do you think he's on a trajectory to win now? >> there is something he will do differently that will be very unique for a republican nominee is really taking the case in these presidential debates to the democratic nominee. governor romney was criticized roundly for having a great first debate so he won, he clearly won one debate october 3, 2012. but then he never won the argument. you can't win a debate. you have to win the argument with the voters every day. i still think the x factor, the unpredictability of donald trump in these debates against a very scripted, very boring hillary clinton who we worked back to the sound bites isn't very nimble on the stump is a

risk for her. it truly is. so you know how that goes, mark. that can change lots of peoples opinions as they start to pay more attention after labor day as we get into these debates. you we never know what is the next chapter in the never ending hillary clinton scandal-abra will be. let's be fair. some democrats want to dismiss the e-mails. i call them the wrist flickers. who cares if it's security information? donnie: i want to get a question in. why would donald trump not release -- he is running for the highest office. >> i tell you what. why does he have to? maybe you just want to see what a billionaire's tax return is like. donnie: the theory is the only reason he wouldn't is one of three things. he's paying almost zero tax, he doesn't give any money to charity, and he is nowhere nearly as rich as he says. otherwise he would -- >> all three of those, donnie. donnie: give me the argument. answer my question. what is the argument to not release them if you have nothing to hide? >> what is the argument to

release them? >> every presidential candidate has. >> what presidential candidate have you of seen like him? mark: before you worked for a candidate who refused to release his taxes did you have the position it didn't matter? >> i actually don't know why they do. i'm more interested to know that they're both going to have a medical doctor examine them. i'm more interested to know whether they put national security risks -- here is the thing, donnie, also. he says he is under audit. i have no idea about his financial situation so he says he is under audit. i'll make you a deal. i'll look you in the eye and telling you i will look him in the eye and ask him to release his tax returns if hillary clinton releases the 32,000 e-mails. i want the 32,000 e-mails. i want some -- some smart kid out in silicon valley can get them for us. you're on.

mark: what chance that trump will win? >> looking at the obvious polls it's 20 or less. no question about it. >> 20%. major party candidate would win? >> no, no. he said what is the percentage when i look at the polls today if you took all the swing states hillary is winning by dominance. i'll say what you said to be fair t's august. i think there's plenty of time. mark: you're both numbers people. what is trump's floor in the popular vote? >> 40 some -- 42, 43%. >> what is the ceiling in the popular vote? >> with gary johnson and jill fien on the ballot? her ceiling is about 47%. >> then you'll win probably. >> he could win because nobody is talking enough about gary johnson. we see in the state wide polls he is rising and hurting both of them. hillary clinton gets 41, 42, 43% of the vote before she gets out of bed in the morning. the question is how does she get to 51 and 52 and stay there in the swing states. gary johnson helps and hurts in very unusual ways. the thing about gary johnson comes down to this. if he continues to get 11%, gets up to the 15% threshold

and gets on the debate stage it could help him because people say a third alternative or it could hurt him because people say i didn't want trump or clinton but i romanticized you when i didn't know anything about you. it's not -- they'd have to buy into his libertarian ideology. bill clinton got less than 50% in 1992 and won. >> take this outside right? thank you. phil rutger from "the washington post" joins us right after this quick break. ♪

mark: closing out our wild, wild week in review sorting it out with us phil ruck the national political correspondent for "the washington post."

in the paper's newsroom and he is covering all the candidates in a way that gets him great insight into what's happening. you watched the focus group in ohio this week. tell us about that. >> yeah. so these were walmart moms is what they're called but undecided voters, working women, and they don't like either of the candidates. it's what we keep seeing in the polls. it was just so visceral, the distaste that a lot of these women had not only for donald trump but also hillary clinton who they just see as corrupt and sort of not relateable and full of scandals. one woman actually said she's swept so many scandals under the rug they can't even lay the carpet flat anymore. there is just a real distaste out in the country with voters for both of these candidates. >> so having heard that, at the end of the day we always see suburban moms are always going to vote risk averse. the end of the day, so even there is such dislikeability on both sides, my theory is that

those women the end of the day when they -- nothing to back this up -- are going to go for the safer choice because trump is -- they'll take untrust worthy vs. scary. and i think that's what's going to push it. do you agree with that theory? >> yeah. i think you're absolutely right. that came up in the conversations with these women. as much as they don't like hillary clinton, they don't want her in their back yard at a barbecue, they don't trust her, they think she would be safe and keep their children safe. they think she is qualified for the job. they just have really grave doubts about donald trump at sort of a fundamental level about his qualifications, his temperament, about what kind of president he would make. >> i'm not trying to turn you into howie kirts but in general terms what is it like in the post newsroom now as both candidates complain about the coverage, both candidates think they're being treated unfairly? how is the paper at large handling that? >> well, for starters i'm glad they're both reading "the washington post." that's good. but, look.

we've been tough on both of these candidates. we have been the entire campaign. we'll continue to do so going forward. we continue to be banned from credentials at donald trump's events but it hasn't stopped us from covering his campaign fairly and accurately and aggressively. that's what we're going to keep doing. >> you know, it got buried alive because to the average person it wasn't that big a deal when "the washington post" was banned. that was very scary. i don't think it's reported enough because it looks like the media writing about the media. we have to step back and think about a presidential candidate didn't like his coverage while he is running for office and says you can't cover me. the second most, arguably the first most influential newspaper in our country. that's scary. am i missing something here? shouldn't that have more made of that? >> well, it's disturbing, certainly. we think it's wrong. we have been -- pushing back against it.

it is scary. there is nothing we can do about it except cover his campaign professionally and fairly and completely, which is what we're doing. mark: just a minute left to go here. what are you curious about for say the balance of august through labor day? what are sort of the things you're wondering about in terms of the two candidates and two campaigns? >> i mean, i think all the curiosity is on the trump side right now whether he can try to stabilize the ship here the campaign just seems incomplete -- in complete disarray at the moment and i think we want to see whether he can get a message that will resonate with voters, whether the polling problems that he has right now are recoverable. perhaps they might be in that first debate. but there are things he can be doing this month to try to shore up support among republicans but also show that he can be competitive in these swing states. right now he is simply not. >> wise, wise phil rucker. thanks very much for joining us. enjoy the weekend. we'll take a trip to colorado right after this. if you're watching us in washington, d.c., you can now listen to us on the radio at

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>> look at the mountains. as we head into the elections this fall bloomberg's reporter and photographer on a 3,000 mile greyhound bus trip from philadelphia to los angeles. they've been harvesting stories from regular americans across the country and their thoughts on the presidential elections. we sent our own videographer to ride with them for their journey through rocky mountain country.

>> a lot more work out here for me and i can't make the money back home i can make down here. self-employed carpenter. veteran. united states army. i care very much about politics. i love my country. i gave eight years of my life. i'm proud of it. i want to see this country go the right direction. the production jobs in this country are going south and have shut their doors and moved overseas where they can get cheap labor. the only one i would vote for this year would be hillary clinton. >> i'm headed to kansas city, missouri. i'm pretty excited. going to be making more money. i really enjoy life. life is good. new mexico. that's where i'm from.

i'll be there in november. i'll make a special trip, a home time for that. there is no way hillary is getting my vote. trump? he may have some things crazy to him but who doesn't and at least he loves america and he knows how to run a business. >> i took three months to travel to latin and south america. i went to mexico, guatemala, costa rica, peru, ecuador, and colombia. i found that when i told people i was from the united states one of the first questions i would get is about the election. so a lot of times when people ask me where i was from, i would lie sto them and say i was from canada because i didn't like the feeling of knowing that my name and me as a person was being immediately associated with donald trump and the things that he says.

>> has four kids, four grand ids. she also votes for hillary. [speaking in other language] >> she says to be able to vote and not for trump. >> i'm sorry. i've been out of the loop. yes. i've been in the wilderness for six months this summer, so, you know, i turned the news on when i get back and it's almost the same thing they were talking about six months ago. >> you know, we've got hillary clinton or donald trump, you know, it's really almost sad that it comes to that. i really believe that. and it's always the lesser of two evils. >> i've been a roofer for the past 24 years. i love it. i got my truck, got my tools. can't complain. a hundred percent mexican. but you know what?

i bleed american. this is home. >> a lot of hispanics that are antitrump because of his racial comments. they're just narrow minded and not looking at the whole picture. i think that he's one of the smartest guys that will probably keep this nation level. >> i voted for obama. the first time. voted for romney last time. you know, i think i'll probably vote for trump. if you don't, you know, you're not part of some kind of solution and decision making, you know, then no reason to complain. >> most of the ones complaining about the government don't vote. get out there and do something about it. >> you know what's interesting, in this business we look at numbers on a page or polls and there are people. you can follow the whole journey on bloomberg

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>> i'm mark crumpton you're watching "bloomberg west." let's begin with a check of your first-word news. the pentagon confirms the death of the islamic states leader in afghanistan and pakistan. officials say he was killed in an air strike last month.

st may a u.s. drone killed the afghan taliban leader. after repeatedly standing by claims president obama founded islamic state, donald trump appeared to change his tune tweeting he was being sarcastic. but at a rally this afternoon in erie, pennsylvania trump had a new take on his old claim. >> he let this happen. they had eight states. they had eight countries. they're now in 28 countries. they're expanding. o i said, the founder of -- ob vicely being sarcastic. then -- but not that sarcastic, to be honest with you. >> trump was introduced at that rally by reince priebus. it is the first time the rnc chairman has joined him on the campaign trail. hillary clinton's widening lead over donald trump in three battleground states. the survey gives secretary clinton a bigger lead in colorado, virginia, and