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>> that's awesome. that is so cool. >> from the glare to the smile, they couldn't be more opposite. opposites attract. eyeballs on the internet take it away, frank. ♪ when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you ♪ >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. thanks for joining us. donald trump on prompter and message for a second straight monday laying out the plan for defeating isis. republicans holding their breath hoping tomorrow won't be another tuesday like last tuesday when trump got off message and stayed that way all week. trailing in a batch of polling in key battleground states, trump looked into the tell prompter and started reading. >> reporter: battling to take
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control of his cam paper message, laying out his position to defeat isis. >> we cannot let this evil continue. >> reporter: trump, looking to rebound from a rocky stretch and doubts about hillary clinton's foreign policy. >> with one episode of bad judgment after another, hillary clinton's policies launched isis on to the world stage. things turned out really to be not so hot for our world and our country. >> reporter: even questioning whether she's physically fit to be commander in chief. >> she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis and all of the many adversaries we face. >> reporter: the billionaire businessman calling on the u.s. to abandon the attempts at nation building, saying it's time to focus on fighting isis on all fronts. the gop nominee framing it as an
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id logical war going back to the day of george w. bush as he called on the u.s. to team up with any ally to battle isis. >> we cannot choose our friends, but we can never fail to recognize our enemies. >> reporter: flushing out the plan to block immigrants from countries he claims breed terrorism, proposing a test to whether immigrants hold extremist views that don't mesh with american ideals. >> i call it extreme, extreme vetting. our country has enough problems. we don't need more. and these are problems like we have never had before. >> reporter: such a screening comes with lodgist cal hurdles and trump offered few details on the test he laid out today. >> in addition to screening out all members of the sympathizers of terrorist groups, we must also screen out any of hostile attitudes toward our country or
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principles or who believe sharia law should support american law. those who do not believe in our constitution or support bigotry and hatred will not be admitted for immigration into our country. only those who we expect to flourish in our country and to embrace a tolerant american society should be issued visas. >> donald trump clearly on message. how much concern is there that he can stay on message? >> reporter: anderson, that's always a concern when it comes to donald trump. he has the pattern of one day showing up, read from the tell prompter, then 24 hours later, the traditional donald trump off the cuff message. in a sign of that frustration, the wall street journal
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editorial page has been friendly to republicans came out and went after donald trump saying he needs to stop blaming everybody else and turn the campaign around by labor day and suggesting if he can't, he should turn the nomination over to mike pence. >> closer look now, the meat of the speech. joining us is former trump campaign manager, and cnn manager clarissa ward and seth who served in iraq. two with david petraeus. in terms of this idea of extreme vetting, a tolerant, you know, a test of tolerance, how would that actually work? i mean, asking somebody when they are coming over the border, do you support women's rights, gay rights, they are all things trump mentioned. is that for real? >> what you have and what trump was alluding to, when you look at the san bernardino killer, she came in on a visa because
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she married a u.s. citizen. they didn't check her social media accounts. what he's talking about is extreme vetting, looking at social media vetting. they have accepted 8,000 syrian refugees which is more than all the eu combined. we need to make sure the people coming in don't perpetuate or have the same type of mind set the san bernardino killer had, which was come here and commit jihad against our country. >> they allowed migrants in as many as a million. i get your point. congressman, the idea of a tolerance test for people that come to the united states, does that make sense to you? >> first of all, there's already extensive screening. its's the toughest route possible to get to the united states as a refugee. literally the most strict
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screening process possible. we are already doing things to improve it. this doesn't change anything. it might be unconstitutional, but it's not going to make us safer. it doesn't address the fact of what isis is trying to do is radicalize people that are at home. they are using, as tools to do that, the rhetoric of people like donald trump who want to discriminate against people based on their religion. >> you know the concern with the syrian refugees t migrants going to germany. i was in greece on the shores with hundreds coming ashore and passports ripped up. how ease zy is it to vet them w you can't look at police records and who they are? >> it's hard to do it. that's why it takes two years for someone to go through the refugee process to come to america. it's not comparable to these refugees swimming ashore in europe. it's silly to compare the two. migrants are flowing across
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borders freely into europe. you mentioned 800,000 into germany alone. totally different when a refugee comes to the united states. they go through the strictist screening. it takes upwards of 18 months to get through the process. often almost two years. that is because we are so strict and scrutinizing. if an isis terrorist wants to get to the united states, coming as a refugee is the worst route possible. >> you have worked in iraq and the middle east. using nato to fight terror. how many are new ideas and things the u.s. is already doing? >> what is strikinging listening to the speech is a lot of it sounded like policies that are already being implemented by the obama administration. trump talked a lot about working closely with allies, supporting allies who will fight isis, cutting the source of isis
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funding. trying to put a stop to recruitment. his suggest was to shut down the internet, which i think is probably not only not feezasibf but challenging for security services who get a lot of intelligence from that. then he went one step further and almost seemed to put the entire arab spring at the feet of the obama administration as opposed to the feet of the brutal dictators who have been in charge in that region, those countries for many decades. it seemed he almost had a that stall ja. he talked about the president of egypt who does not aspire to american values and came to power in a coup. there were a lot of mixed messages. even in his power he was drawing, putting together syria and libya calling them
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disastrous and the obama administration was responsible. in libya, you had an intervention that had certain fairly disastrous consequences. in syria, no intervention and the consequences hugely disastrous. in fact, syria is the giant, festering wound that isis started to thrive in. >> in terms of what trump said about his record, a lot of people are pointing to inaccuracies and things he said. he talked about the catastrophic mistake of pulling troops out of iraq, it happened too quickly. that was something he called for in multiple interviews in 2006, 2007 and 2008 on larry king. get out, declare victory and get out like we did in vietnam. is it hypercritical and clarissa mentioned, libya, he attacked president obama for not going faster against gadhafi. there were multiple instances where he was critical of the
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obama administration and things he was supporting years ago. >> donald trump is a businessman and doesn't have access to the same type of information that this administration has access to or the previous administration. when you look at the things he was calling for like the congressman, you know, mr. trump said he was against the iraq war. the congressman was against it. he went to war to fight. >> on howard stern he said -- >> howard stern was, well, okay, maybe. that's not a ringing endorsement. that's not fair to say he's in favor of the war. the congressman wasn't in favor, but he served duty. we respect him for that. the best information he had availab available, get out. the problem became when the u.s. extracted itself. that created a power vacuum that allowed isis to grow to what it is today, the single biggest
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source of terror in our world. >> what trump said on larry king, there's going to be civil war no matter what, get out, declare victory. is it hypercritical to attack the obama administration? it's a valid issue, but counter to what he used to have. is that hypercritical? >> it is. donald trump is not running to be a businessman. he is running to be our commander in chief. we have to trust him to make the right judgment calls. they are tough calls. i have been a democrat that is critical of the obama add m administrati administration. trump is hypercritical when he criticizes others. he's not fit to be our commander in chief. he might be a great businessman. the record is shotty on that as well. but, he clearly does not have a temperment or judgment to make the tough calls about the national security.
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just by running for president and talking about things like banning muslims which inflames isis recruitment. he's putting national security at risk for the course of his campaign. >> congressman, stay with us. we are going have more in a second. next, what people thought of what he said and the way he said it. the panel joins us. later, we go to the louisiana flood zone where the danger remains of the pictures. the death toll, the water keeps rising. rescuers rising to the occasion to help. we'll show you incredible rescues. ♪ ♪ it's easy to love your laxative when that lax loves your body back. only miralax hydrates, eases and softens to unblock naturally, so you have peace of mind from start to finish. love your laxative. miralax.
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we are talking donald trump's second campaign the last two weeks and the pressure he is under. today in ohio, he stuck to a script of those who wanted him to appear more presidential. last april, he told a crowd in pennsylvania he will be so presidential he will bore people and they will stop coming to his rallies. what did the crowd in ohio think of that? >> reporter: an invitation only crowd of donald trump supporters waiting in the rain, waiting to find out how he plans to keep them safe. >> this has to stop. we have to stop being victims.
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we have to stop being gentle. >> reporter: the says america has to do what america has to do. does that include water boarding and interrogation techniques? >> i'm not opposed to it. >> reporter: then this quote from december. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: tell me specifically what you want to see. >> just the muslims, people, yeah, it has to stop. just until we get it ironed out. >> reporter: you want to hear donald trump say muslims should be banned? >> for the time being. >> only this way will we make america great again and safe again for everyone. thank you very much. god bless you. thank you. thank you chlgt. >> reporter: the reviews from
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the crowd were kind. he did not mention banning muslims but the plan of so-called extreme vetting. >> i thought it was inspiring. it's what the country needs. >> reporter: what about the declaration that a country that shares the goal of radical islam will be an ally of the u.s. would it trouble you if russia was fighting terrorism and then lithuania how could russia be a u.s. ally? >> that's a good point. there's room for negotiation. we have somebody willing to talk to all parties and do something in our interest. >> reporter: criticism of hillary clinton and president obama. >> i thought he was forceful in what he has to say to america because we are in terrible shape. our president is a muslim who hates america. >> what did you say? >> i said our president is a muslim who hates america.
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>> reporter: you think barack obama is a muslim? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: he's a christian. he's a christian. that wasn't a typical response to the speech. this was. >> i thought it was awesome. i loved his speech entirely. >> gary tuckman joins us. did anything else stand out about the speech? >> reporter: i spoke to a lot of people today, anderson. one of the more interesting conversations was a woman born in puerto rico, but lived in ohio many years. donald trump did not talk about his proposal to have a border wall on the border of the united states and mexico. she doesn't want to see a border wall. i told her, well, there's no indication donald trump abandoned the position to build a border wall. that's what he's best known for. she said it's very significant that on the speech, he did not mention that border wall. >> thank you very much.
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cnn political analyst, jackie. clinton supporter, christine quinn and cora is back with us. democratic strategist and former congressional black hawk director, angela. and last but not lease, trump supporter, joseph. let's start off with you, jackie. for the folks in that room, all trump supporters, it was very well received. donald trump needs to reach out to other people who haven't been receptive to him, yet. do you think he did that with his speech? >> it's starting to sound like it. yes, trump supporters would be very please zed by the speech. this isn't a speech that was meant to expand to other people or didn't sound that way. when talking about extreme immigration, talking about -- it already takes 18-24 months to allow refugees into this country, a lot of things didn't
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seem targeted to a broader audience. >> congressman, you have never been on the trump train. did this speech reach out to you? >> donald trump's problem is, does he appear presidential? that is an issue that's been exasperated from the prohibition and allowing people based on religious orientation to come into the country, which is completely antirepublican and anti-american. not what makes america great to the controversy with the cons through the convention. his struggle is to appear to be the commander and chief, confident enough to be knowledgeable enough and the ability to project american power appropriately. >> do you think he came out like that? >> i think he struggles with that. most americans would say, do you want to do enhanced background checks for immigrants? there's no right for immigration. it's a privilege to come into the country. every immigrant that comes in has a commitment to america and america's values.
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i'm comfortable with that and most americans are. he's right about that. where he veers into the religious litmus test is where he loses people. he has fantastic critique against hillary clinton and barack obama in libya and egypt and allies in israel. former allies or so-so allies of ter cue and what's going on in syria where a half mill people have been slaughtered. that's a fantastic critique. get on message and talk about america's power. the other thing is the issue to criticize nation building. two of the most successful foreign policy interventions in the post world war ii period were nation building in germany and japan. if done correctly, if you can understand the capacity of the country and the ability to have leadership and where the values lend themselveses to knock si, there may be times to do that. >> what's wrong with vetting?
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why not know all you can about the people? >> a couple things. one is, i find it really challenges that he used the term extreme when talking combatting terrorism. i don't know if i'm the only one that struggled with that wording. talking extreme vetting, the process that already exists not only under this current administration, but preceding administrations. what does extreme vetting look like? he supports water boarding and to tourture. i want to know what that means when you are talking states with the same sponsored policies and laws. the anti-lgbq. you said things that were hypercritical about muslim countries in your speech and they blind what's happening. >> to argue the flip side, if president obama said that they were going to have a litmus test for people coming into the country, they had to support gay
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rights or equal rights for women, there might be a lot of folks on the other side of the aisle saying that sounds like political correctness gone haywire. >> supporting gay rights and being out of the post in a sense where you are killing people and jailing them for participating. as far as what angela was saying about extreme vetting, i think a lot of times the democratic party loses the regular voters when they have a problem with someone saying we want to vet people extremely to make sure those coming into the country are not terrorists. we look across the ocean to europe. they have the gun control measures we like to talk about. now they are moving toward being stricter on who comes through border. they have realized the problems. >> what about that? for years, it may be on the immigration questionnaire. people asked to come into the country. have you been a member of the communist party?
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>> you want anyone coming into the country to be vetted appropriately, appropriately. that needs to be a standard that is the same for everyone. let's not forget president truman vetoed the rule. congress did override him. the provision that you have to fill that out. it's a mccarthyism. a terrible period of american history. when i was hearing the introduction, so to speak of trump's speech before he gave it, people were saying we are going to find out if the folk who is want to come in ascribe to american values. is that my american values? is that donald trump's america values? what does that mean? let me say one other thing, i find it hypercritical on a level -- i find it hard to describe they are going to keep anti-lgbtq people out of the country when last week donald trump went with marco rubio to an anti-lgbt event a stone's
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throw from the pulse nightclub and mike trump is one of the most anti-lgbt in the country. >> here is what it comes down to. donald trump's message has been and continues to be putting america first. what that means is making sure we have a full appreciation and an understanding of who is coming into our country. rick said it, coming to this country is a privilege. you have many, many more. >> there's a lot of people with a lot of different ideas. >> i have the privilege of going to ellis island and taking a tour. the ranger told us the questions asked. will you be a productive member of the country? what will you do to contribute to america? we have always been that. what we want to make sure we have the best people, not just
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anybody gets to come. it is a privilege to be a member of the united states. >> all four of my grandparents came through ellis island. one, a 16-year-old girl after surviving the titanic. let's not forget, more first class men got off than third class girls. they came from ireland. nobody asked them if they were republicans. were they supporters. no one asked them if they had family involved in supporting the republican cause. nobody asked them what their perspective was on the declaration from the post office in 1916. no one asked them that. sack lot of folks didn't want irish immigrants in the united states at that time. >> nonetheless, no one asked them that at ellis island. that's my point. no one said some irish, not others. >> the difference is they weren't at war with the united
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states. that was an internal domestic issue. it was horrible but you weren't having people threatening to come to the u.s. and attack. >> muslims are not -- muslims are not at war with this country, either. >> right. >> we start getting very treasure rouse when we talk about banning a religion. i know he's dialed that back. you heard supporters say that a muslim ban is what he wanted to hear. another supporter said the president is a muslim is what she called him. i can't -- >> you can't hold him accountable for his supporters. if that's the case, all hillary clinton supporters said -- >> i'm not taking a random person. >> the father of the killer at the nightclub. >> tom foley was behind your candidate. he's a child molester. child molester. >> one of the other problematic parts of the plan is it was not
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only immigrants, it was their children, who could be american citizens. unconstitutional. i don't know how that could be even put into effect. that's a part i would love to ask a question about that. >> we have to take a quick break. when we come back, new polling. donald trump facing a challenge in battleground states. it boils down to battleground states. how do the numbers shape the map? hey, you're clarence! yes, sir. you know, at the model year end clarence event, you can get a great deal on this 2016 passat. steve. yeah? clarence is on a roll. yeah. i wish they'd name an event after me. same here. but the model year end becky event? that's no good... stevent! that's just vandalism. whatever you want to call it, don't miss the volkswagen model year end event. hurry in for a one-thousand dollar volkswagen reward card and 0% apr on a new 2016 passat. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates.
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welcome back. hillary clinton had some company on the campaign trail in pennsylvania today. for the first time, vice president joe biden hit the trail with hillary clinton. they spoke at a rally in pennsylvania. he said trump is unqualified to be president. clinton said the trump loophole would only benefit people like him. >> he would end up paying a rate lower than millions of middle class families. that is assuming he pays any taxes at all. we really don't know since we haven't seen his tax return.
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>> clinton is leading trump by double digits. in four battleground states an up hill run for trump. the new battleground states, is it all bad news for trump? >> yes. in a word, it's all bad news. ten or 12 in the last week or so. these are six state that is are almost always traditional battleground states. florida, ohio, north carolina, new hampshire, virginia, colorado. why are they blou? hillary clinton leads in all six. these numbers are generous to donald trump. when i say clinton leading by three or four, that's an average in the last month. same with ohio. the average is plus two. recent polls show a bigger lead. look here, one, two, three, four, five, six. these are bigger leads in virginia, colorado, new hampshire. six states in a close election fought to the end.
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anderson, donald trump said okay, maybe i'm not going to win the traditional battlegrounds, but turn traditionally blue states red. not at the moment. michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin and new york who ch he says he can flip. the average is 17 in new york, nine in new york, six in michigan. other polls have bigger clinton leads. trump cannot win unless he turns it blue red. not one of them that i can circle and say donald trump is turning this state, that state or that state. right nouw, he's in a ditch. >> the race for 270 electoral votes. >> if you go by -- remember, 85 days to go. a lot can change in 85 days. he's defied gravity many times. hillary clinton leading in ohio. michigan and wisconsin leaning her way.
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leading in ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, north carolina, florida and new hampshire. iowa and nevada are off the table for now. that gets her to 335. you only need 270 to win. if those states voted on election day where they are right now, she would win by a bigger margin than barack obama beat romney. i'm not including iowa and nevada. if she's winning others she is winning those. 85 days, a lot can change. donald trump is in a ditch. >> what does trump need to do? is there a dynamic driving to clinton? >> there's no question, the democrats had a successful convention. that changed dynamics. you have been taking about it since the beginning of the program. questions about trump's discipline and whether or not he can stay on message. it's complicated. which candidate is best able to handle the economy? that's issue one. donald trump, for months in the polling had an advantage, a big
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advantage around the time of his convention. the most recent poll, hillary clinton. roughly even. it's not a great advantage for hillary clinton. trump's lead over the past several months, this is a big change. hillary clinton running even with trump on the economy. if that number doesn't change, given the advantage they have, another warning sign for trump. >> thanks. breaking it down by the numbers. trump's campaign chairman get million ofs dollars. we'll get the latest on what drew griffin found. that's next.
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it's an ominous report that paul manafort could have gotten funds from a ukrainian party. hillary clinton's campaign manager is calling on trump to disclose money from russia. ny nye times broke the story. we'll hear in a moment. drew griffin has been digging and joins us with what he has
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found. a lot of unknowns. fill us in. what do we know at this stage? >> this is what we know. paul manafort worked for the past government of ukraine. they are under investigation for what they did with money and corruption. there's an anti-corruption bureau. look at this. they began looking and dug up a black ledger they call it. it's 841 pages, handwritten, anderson, detailing what appears to be under the table pay offs to various people in and around the former ukraine government. now, on those documents, we are told, 22 times between the years 2007 and 2012, paul manafort's name comes up. he was doing consulting work over there. correspondent to that name are $12.7 million in what they say
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designated payments. were the payments made? what do they represent? we don't have an answer to that. the cautionary note from the an anti-corruption bureau is there's no signature by paul manafort next to the payments so they believe there's a chance he didn't sign for the cash. it's part of a much, much bigger government corruption investigation going on in the ukraine. there he is. paul manafort in the middle of it. >> there's no secret he did work in ukraine. that's been known. is there anything that says what he did was illegal in any way? there were shell companies involved and cayman islands and places like that. >> well, paul manafort trashed "the new york times" and the reporter is going to talk about that. there are two separate issues.
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the issue of the payments. were the payments illegal? we don't know. were the payments made? we don't know. we don't know what the payments were about. if paul manafort is getting $12.7 million in ukrainian government funds under the table, ha is possibly illegal. we just don't know that yet. he had legitimate business there. it's wide open. everybody knew it. he had the right to work for the party of regions which he worked for many, many years. >> the person he was working for fled the country and is living in russia. what has manafort said about it? >> he responded harshly calling it silly. let me read you a part of his statement. he said the simplest answer is the truth, i am a campaign professional. it is well known i do work in the united states and have done work on overseas campaigns as well. i have never received a single off the books cash payment as
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falsely reported by "the new york times" nor have i done work for the governments of ukraine or russia. he goes on to say, the suggestion that i accepted cash payment is unfounded, silly and nonsensical. >> thank you very much. a reporter that broke the story and author of "missing man." he joins me now. thanks for being with us. what do you make of what paul manafort said? >> the statement, the facts in the story are what they are. as drew mentioned, the ledger shows 22 payments over five-year period that are related to mr. manafort's name. who the money went to is not clear. it's the analogy of a bookmaker. >> they were calling a black ledger. it was found in one of the presidential offices, right?
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>> correct. basically, you know, they probably had two sets of books, one showed to the tax people and another with cash payments in it. so, the question is, did this money go to mr. manafort, to his firm, to his associates. >> he was helping the guy who became president get re-elected, organize the campaign election, stuff like that, which is why he said he never worked for the government itself. he was working for the campaign. is it possible, if the campaigns were made, they were legitimate payments for work done on a campaign? >> anything is possible. but, i mean, the question is, why were they cash payments? and how do those payments or that sum of money relate to the actual money that mr. manafort or his firm received for the services they provided to the
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party? we don't know what that sum is. >> right. >> it's only when you know the sum you can put these sums into context. >> manafort seems to take issue with the term off the books cash payment. what do you make of that? >> he says i never personally received it. he, mr. manafort. the question was, did his firm receive them? did associates resteve payments? he doesn't address that in the statement. we don't know the answer to that. >> the other question, is there linkage between his work for the guy, the president of ukraine and donald trump's positions toward russia? as i said, he's fled and living in russia. >> right. >> that makes this another aspect of the story. >> i have no idea. i have no idea what informed mr. trump on that subject nor do i know the imput mr. manafort has.
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>> what surprised you most? >> these books showing payment and there was money. either the money exists or doesn't exist and somebody got the money. hopefully in days and weeks to come, we'll know where the money went. >> the investigation continues. thank you very much. appreciate it. up next, historic flooding in louisiana. 20,000 people rescued, including woman and her dog trapped in a car. it was caught on video. a look at how they got out when 360 continues. you don't know this yet but in fifteen hundred miles, you'll see what you're really made of. after five hours of spinning and one unfortunate ride on the gravitron, your grandkids spot a 6 foot banana that you need to win. in that moment, you'll be happy you partnered with a humana care manager and got your health back on track. because that banana isn't coming home with you until that bell sings. great things are ahead of you when your health is ready for them. at humana, we can help you with a personalized plan for your health for years to come.
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devastating flooding has killed at least five people in louisiana. the governor expects 30 parishes will be declared a major disaster. that's about half the number in the entire state. streets are rivers in some places, homes are now islands. more than 20,000 people have been rescued. the coast guard first responders, volunteers are helping those trapped in flood waters trying to get to dry land. take a look. >> reporter: rescues by boat, from the air, even from underneath the flood waters. >> get out! >> i'm trying! >> give me a knife. >> reporter: this rescue crew in baton rouge found a car which was quickly sinking.
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the i hadriver was trapped insi. you hear her calling for help. >> we're coming. we're breaking the window. >> reporter: but with the car now almost completely under water, one of the rescuers jumps in the water. grabbing the driver's arm and pulling her out of the car up to safety. >> get my dog! get my dog! >> reporter: as soon as she's able to take a breath she pleads with him to save her dog, still trapped inside the car. >> i will get the dog. here, here. i can't get the dog. >> reporter: so he dives back down under the water. >> i got your dog!
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>> reporter: in the end, saving them both. officials and volunteers in louisiana are working around the clock to help those stranded by the devastating floods. those able to walk through the rushing water are given a helping hand to higher ground. those unable to make it on their own are carried to safety. >> as of right now, there have been more than 20,000 people rescued from their homes in and around southern louisiana. >> reporter: pets weren't left behind in these rescues. this military convoy made room for dogs as well as people. they fled the baton rouge area. the flood waters are not expected to recede for days, with many still trapped inside their homes rescue operations continue. images like these evoking memories of hurricane katrina which hit this region 11 years ago this month. over the weekend, more than 20 inches of rain fell in and
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around baton rouge and more is on the way. the water is not done rising in louisiana. our meteorologist jennifer gray joins us from baton rouge with more. almost two feet of rain in just a few days. how is the community coping? >> reporter: well, this is a one in 1,000 year flood. this comes just on the heels, six months ago, we had a historic flood across south louisiana and so now, we are seeing another one. you know the front cover of the newspaper said like katrina all over again. i think the images of people climbing out of their roofs to get to safety, to get on people's boats, to get out of their neighborhoods sha, was haunting for people across louisiana. you can see the scope of what we are talking about. water chest-high inside people's homes. it's going to be a long time before they are able to get back in. >> that's drone footage from the area you are in. is more rain expected? what's the forecast? >> reporter: well, we are looking at a little bit more
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rain each day. we are not going to see widespread all day rain but we will see popup showers. it shouldn't do too much as far as worsen the flood but a lot of the rivers have already crested. keep in mind this will be a very slow climb downward. we are talking about days, not hours. so some of these rivers could sit at where they crested for several days. we are talking about these houses behind me with water inside. it could be the end of the week before they are able to get in their front door. >> terrible. appreciate you being there. thank you. the next hour of "360" donald trump proposes what he calls extreme vetting of immigrants and other steps as he unveils his plan to defeat isis. s creeping up on you. fight back with relief so smooth and fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. tum-tum-tum-tum-tums smoothies, only from tums. the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon... then quickly fell back to earth
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good evening. at the end of a big day in presidential politics, especially for donald trump, he's been having a hard time in the polls and with many republicans, some of whom are losing patience with the way he's running his campaign. they want him to stay on message unlike the way things happened last week after he laid out his economic plan. this afternoon he unveiled his plan for fighting isis including tougher scrutiny for immigrants with an eye towards stopping islamic extremism at the border. >> the time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. i call it extreme vetting. i call it extreme, extreme