you can put half of trump supporters into the basket of what i call deplorables. >> her tenure has brought us only war and destruction and death. >> the equivalent of at least 10,000 tons of tnt. that's the explosive power of kim onjong un's latest test. we believe that they have the ability to provide a turning point. so good to see you. i'm christi paul. >> i'm having or the blackwell. victor blackwell. less than 60 days before hillary clinton and donald trump are leveling statements against each other on the campaign trail. >> last week democratic

candidate hillary clinton spoke before donors and offered this blunt assessment, not of donald trump himself but of his supporters. listen. >> to just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of trump supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. right? the racist, sexist, homophobic, islamaphobic, you name it. unfortunately, there are people like that. and he has lifted them up. >> in the meantime, donald trump also went off script at a rally in florida. here's what he said. >> she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she

wouldn't be prosecuted. >> cnn's scott mcclain is joining us from washington. we'll start with hillary clinton, the reaction you're hearing this morning to the deplorables comment. >> yeah, the deplorables comment, christi, is going over like a lead balloon with donald trump supporters, as you might expected. it is a trending subject on twitter and it is causing genuine offense. in fact, breitbart, the conservative news site of trump's campaign ceo steve bannon is saying this could be clinton's 40% moment, referring to the comment mitt romney made in the 2012 campaign caught on camera during a campaign fund-raiser. now the clinton campaign spokesperson kellyanne conway responded on twitter saying hillary placing people in baskets, slandering, but at mitting after eight years they are desperate for change. hillary clinton herself does not have any campaign events planned for today, but her campaign

spokesperson on twitter tried to clarify a little bit perhaps of what secretary clinton may have meant saying that, nick merrill saying this, not everybody is alt-right supporting donald trump, but if you look at the alt-right, about half of them seem to come from that faction of the party. >> let's talk about donald trump. why does it keep going back to somebody shooting someone? >> yeah. so donald trump has been pretty disciplined as of late of really sticking on message. and really forcing hillary clinton to up her game. not really giving her very much in the waytrovercontroversy. last night donald trump took a different approach. he had the teleprompter and went off script a little bit as well. really a sign that donald trump is trying to brand hillary

clinton using his primary style as really a corrupt insider who believes that she's above the law. >> all right. scott mclean, appreciate it. thank you. this morning two major international headlines both playing out. both with huge implications for the race for the white house. the groundbreaking deal between the u.s. and russia on cooperation in syria. and then the new outrage after north korea claims it successfully tested its most powerful nuclear device yet. let's go first to geneva where u.s. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov announced for the first time both sides will be working together to end the conflict in syria which could, if this deal is successful, could help them both battle isis in the country. this agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u.s./russia relations had been frosty at best. >> today the united states and russia are announcing a plan

which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering and resume movement towards a negotiated peace and the political transition in syria. >> cnn has live team coverage of all this developing, all this developing information we're getting in this morning. we'll start with cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson live in geneva. nick, what are the rumblings there now this morning now that the cease-fire deal, specifically about the cease-fire deal and the seven days that it's going to take to make it official? >> reporter: sure. well, the u.n. is saying this is a real opportunity because the u.n. behind me here, they are the ones that will have to take this and run with it, if you will. a given that if the seven days, the cease-fire, the humanitarian aid to get to aleppo, if all that worked so the united states can break the new ground by

working closely with russia to target isis and al-nusra, the former al qaeda affiliate in syria. that would make them bring the opposition side and the government together. and the u.n. themselves say this is the best opportunity, what they have been waiting for. the opposition say they have concerns about it and are totally happy for the cease-fire. they believe this is a good deal and want to get underneath from the bombing. but they have a real worry that russia is expected to put pressure on president bashar al assad to a degree and put into effect all the new things on the ground. and beyond that as well, he's going to need pressure on him to force from power. and russia in the past hasn't done any of this. so hope, concern, that's the picture from here. >> nic robertson, we appreciate it. now to the rising global fury after north korea's stunning claim that its successfully dead nighted the most powerful nuclear device

yet. cnn's will ripley is live from tokyo. you reported from pyongyang in north korea several times, more than any tv journalist in recent years, what do you think that kim jong un is trying to accomplish with the latest test? >> reporter: hey, victor. most analysts will tell you that the chance of a nuclear strike from north korea is very low. this is more about self-preservation for kim jong un. he wants to project power to those at home, which is very important, and abroad. he can also advertise the weapons regime. so this nuclear technology could end up in the hands of a terrorist organization or another rogue state. and the key here is that kim jong un hopes this gives him the chance to force the united nations to acknowledge north

korea as a nuclear state, somebody president obama said on friday won't happen. but what is concerning is the rapid progress and the development of the weapons despite all the international sanctions, the size of this explosion compared to the one in january, was 10 kilaotons, just smaller than the one that erupted in russia. thank you. we have foreign experts there we'll talk to as well. and wells fargo, boy, a lot of talk, a lot of backlash after being accused of creating millions of fake bank accounts for unknowing customers. and samsung has a new warning for galaxy note 7 phone owners after reports that the phone can catch fire. policewoman

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welcome back. hillary clinton has slammed donald trump for saying vladimir putin is a stronger leader than president obama. >> honestly, i don't know the gentleman, but he's been nice to me. if he's nice to me -- if we got along with russia, that wouldn't be so bad. >> well, earlier this week tim kaine who is on the ticket with clinton attacked for what he calls his, quote, bizarre fascination, unquote, with vladimir putin and bashar al assad and kim jong un. we have our panel here with us

this morning, and we'll get to the headlines overnight of baskets of deplorables and shooting people in the heart in a moment. but i want to start with you, boris, and a response from the campaign on this announcement of the deal between the u.s. and russia as it relates to syria. >> obviously, hillary clinton is a hypocrite. she tried to reset with russia and tried working with them, just like barack obama and kerry are trying to do now. but all of a sudden now she's become an unhinged warmonger to try to start a war with donald trump. >> you say she's trying to start a war and that is supported by what on her platform. >> look at everything she's saying about russia and the leader, vladimir putin. all she says is negative, negative, negative. meanwhile, barack obama and secretary kerry are trying to work with russia to fight ishs cyst together. so that is not productive and it

is warmongering. >> he didn't answer your question, victor. >> look at the comments with russia. she's deplorable at some tomatotomatopoint. the united states government today is working with putin and working with russia to fight isis in syria. >> that's the campaign's response to the deal in syria. >> i haven't spoken to mr. trump this morning, i'm sure he'll make a comment on it. but here is the position and here's the bottom line here. hillary clinton is completely unhinged out there warmongering and is way too trigger happy in order to win votes while donald trump is saying to work with russia to fight isis. and it seems like barack obama and john kerry are taking his leadership. >> maria, here is your response to that. >> those comments underscore what most americans believe, that donald trump and his campaign and his frankly

leadership or lack thereof would be a complete danger to the country. this is absolutely ridiculous what boris is saying. hillary clinton has said what many american leaders have said in terms of criticizing what donald trump's bizarre bromance is with vladimir putin. and that is this is a man who vladimir putin is a man who suppresses his opposition, who has killed journalists, who doesn't believe in equality, who is a strong man dictator. now that doesn't mean that we can't work with him. boris, i'm talking and you're interrupting me. >> boris, please, hold on. >> that doesn't mean we should not be working with him, and clearly, secretary clinton is the one proven and has the experience that she can work, not just with him, but with other leaders around the globe. and specifically to focus on the greatest threats to our global

-- >> what is the example of that? iran? >> clearly donald trump is completely clearless. >> let me bring larry into this. you heard the response from the trump campaign to this deal. do you see that hillary clinton wants to start a war with russia? from your view, straight down the middle, not speaking for either candidate or campaign? >> of course not. victor, by the way, listening to them, it's okay if you leave now. i'll stay on the sidelines. but hillary clinton is looking to start a war. it boils down to this, thing that is go well during the international campaign, it's going to benefit the party in power. that's the democrats, barack obama, hillary clinton. things that go wrong internationally or domestically during the campaign will benefit the party out of power, that's donald trump. that's how most of us who analyze elections interpret events during the election campaign. >> all right.

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back now with larry, maria and boris. we have a few minutes together. i'll ask that we not interrupt each other. i'll have to join in occasionally to move us along, but let's not interrupt each other. if we can do that, or we can't, i'll end the segment and move on with the show. let's start with what hillary clinton said to a group of donors in new york. >> to just be grossly generalistic, you can put half

of trump's supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. right? the racist, sexist, homophobic, islamophobic, you name it. unfortunately, there are people like that. and he has lifted them up. >> racist, sexist, hope phobic, xenophobic, islamophobic. i gather you disagree with that. why is this. >> hillary clinton said this is a gross generalization that many of trump supporters that he has brought into his campaign are people who support the views of

the alt-right. people who are white supremacist, people who are racist, sexist. she did not say anything that's untrue. the reason why it's important to point this out is because donald trump has normalized this kind of hatred. the kind of feelings that are focused on intolerance and on divisiveness that is completely the opposite of what we as a country of american values, of inclusion, inequality and diversity should be empowering. i applaud her for doing that. it's nothing different than when she focused on the alt-right. when you have steve bannon, sheriff joe arpaio who demonstrate that, it's not a wrong assessment. >> boris, let me talk to you about the alt-right.

you bring steve bannon on as the campaign ceo, are some of the criticisms fair? >> absolutely not. here's what hillary clinton did. she went to a high ticket, high-dollar fund-raiser on wall street where she's most comfortable. she was sipping cocktails with barbara streisand and told us how she really feels about the american people. she's disgusted by americans and does not deserve to feel that way. so now we know where hillary clinton stands with the american people. she feels that voters are in a basket of deplorables. that's old school washington thinking at its absolute worse. that's why hillary clinton is plummeting in the polls and losing in this campaign. donald trump is able to relate to voter. he's able to relate to everybody from a cab driver to a businessman in the boardroom. hillary clinton cannot. and it's because of her views on the american people, which are deple completely condescending. >> this phrase of basket of

deplorables, with this stay with the campaign? >> well, i would expect the donald trump people to use it and donald trump himself probably will. i think her mistake was in using the word half. there are deplorable people in this campaign, i have seen them on twitter and other places. you can't hide the white nationalist that is a part of this. however, it's wrong to generalize and characterize what will be at least the low 40s, maybe higher than that, of the american public. we don't want to do that. so i think it was an exaggeration she'll probably want to avoid in the future. >> but let me read -- >> victor, kellyanne conway, now the campaign manager said earlier this year that trump supporters were downright sleazy. that's his campaign manager. >> hold on a second, let me read the full statement from the trump campaign on hillary clinton's remarks. and i just want to make sure we

get into this conversation. just when hillary clinton said she was going to run a positive campaign, she ripped off her mask. tonight's comments were more than an example of clinton lying to the country about her e-mails, jeopardizing national security or calling citizens super predators. this was clinton as a defender of washington's rigged system telling the american public she care less than them. and what is truly deplorable is that hillary clinton made a mistake about the huge supporters that were around to catch it. this is how she thinks of hard working men and women, that's from jason miller, a communications advisor. here's what donald trump said yesterday getting a lot of attention. going back to this analogy of shooting someone. watch. >> she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart. and she wouldn't be prosecuted.

>> so we get the point. before you go there, boris, i understand where he's going, the trump campaign believes she gets off scott-free. but why does he return to the analogy of shooting someone, this time in the heart? >> look at the history of the clintons. everything from white water, the loan scandal, everybody around them went to prison, they didn't. look at the down klincoln bedrom and the fact that she lied to congress, she perjuried herself. and there's obstruction of justice because she had her team bleach her e-mails after the preservation letter and after there was a subpoena from congress. so she's obviously committed crimes before but never been fully prosecuted for them. >> she's not been convicted of any crime, let's just make that clear. >> but she should have been prosecuted for the crimes. >> that is a view that you have and many have, that she should have been prosecuted for the crimes, but my question was, why

does donald trump return to keep shooting somebody and keep getting away with it this. >> he's saying she's done everything in this country illegal. she's committed perjury, she's committed obstruction of justice. you look at her history, she's really done a lot for what a regular person, like that naval officer reported. >> boris, you're just lying. >> don't interrupt me, please. she said that i would be in prison if i did what you did. and that's what happened to her. she keeps getting off scott-free. and that is what the american people are hearing. >> maria, quickly two. quick things, donald trump clearly loves his shooting analogies and that should make every american afraid, number one. number two, it's rich coming from the trump campaign about hillary clinton's comments when this is a man who started his campaign day one insulting mexican immigrants, latinos and continued insulting women, veterans, insulting a whole religion of muslims.

americans are sick and tired of a candidate who does nothing but insult them. hillary clinton is the one to bring them together and believes that we are stronger together. >> i wonder if his comment of calling half his supporters jeopardizes that message. we'll have that conversation throughout the day. maria, boris, thank you, all. quick break, we'll be back. hmmmmmm..... hmmmmm... [ "dreams" by beck ] hmmmmm... the turbocharged dream machine. the volkswagen golf gti. named one of car and driver's 10best, 10 years in a row.

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>> i'm victor blackwell. hillary clinton offered this blunt assessment of trump supporters. >> to just be grossly generalist generalistic, you can put half of trump supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. right? the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, you name it. unfortunately, there are people like that. and he has lifted them up. >> in the meantime, donald trump went off script at a rally in florida to attack hillary clinton. >> she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart. and she wouldn't be prosecuted.

>> well, that's just part of what we're talking about today in terms of the words that are being used here. both candidates we should point out have also talked about the military endorsements for candidates that are coming out for them. 88 military leaders signed to back trump. hillary clinton has 110 and that her officers are more highly ranked. we also heard the two candidates talk policy this week. here's what hillary clinton and donald trump said about their plans to defeat isis. >> we have to defeat isis. that is my highest counter terrorism goal. and we've got to do it with air power, we've got to do it with much more support for the arabs and kurds who will fight on the ground against isis. >> look, i have a very substantial chance of winning. make america great again. we are going to make america great again. i have a substantial chance of winning. if i win, i don't want to broadcast to the enemy exactly

what my plan is. >> let's talk about the important issues. will fisher and amber smith, both with us now. before we start, i do want to thank both of you so much for your service. >> thank you so much for having me on today. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. all right, i want to get your reaction to that, first of all, will, why -- first of all, she says air power and more support for arabs and the kurds. you served in iraq, do you think that is a possibility, to bring arabs, kurds and the u.s. forces, to bring everybody together to fight isis? >> absolutely. absolute lit. look, i think this week in talking about this issue, what we had on one side was secretary hillary clinton, someone who knows how to maintain that bearing, someone with pose and a plan to keep america safe by bringing people together. and someone who is aptly prepared to be president of the united states and commander in chief.

on the other side, we have donald trump. a capricious charlitan who is vandancing for vladimir putin. i don't believe that will get the job done. >> amber, i would like your assessment of what you just heard. >> first of all, i'm just speaking on behalf of myself. but i think that in reaction to what your other guest just said, in terms of being level-headed, hillary clinton just called americans a basket full of deplorables. how is that presidential to attack americans who are going to be voting in this election? and i think on the other hand, in terms of donald trump and his foreign policy, i think it's very clear that it is one that is led by america's national interest. he's interested in putting america first. one that puts security and

regional stability, you know, at the forefront of those issues. so i think that we have seen a very clear foreign policy stance from donald trump. and what we have seen from hillary clinton is that she wants to continue the failed foreign policy stances that have come out of the obama/clinton administration. >> well, i want to listen to some of what donald trump said as we get away a little bit from that part of the military policy and to what our veterans are dealing with when they come home. here's what he talked about when referring to veteran suicide. >> it's almost impossible to conceive that this is happening in our country. 20 to 22 people a day are killing themselves. a lot of it is they are killing themselves over the fact they are under tremendous pain and can't see a doctor. we are going to speed up the process and create a great

mental health division. they need help. >> speed up the process, create a great mental health division. will, what does that menial health division look like for. >> you what do they need? >> donald trump wants to privatetize the v.a. he's made that very clear. and again, that just goes back to the way he's been throughout this entire campaign, talking out both sides of his mouth. he wants to help americans and d destroy the v.a. look, the reality is that many doctors are not ready to face what the veterans are facing. what we need is a fully-equipped and strong v.a. ready to provide care to all veterans and secretary clinton is going to work to make sure that happens. >> i have a whole section devoted to veterans mental health. and we've got to remove the stigma. we've got to help people

currently serving, not to feel that if they report, their sense of unease, their depression, that somehow it's going to be a mark against them. we have to do more about addiction, not only drugs but also alcohol. >> amber, is there anything she said there that doesn't sit well with. >> you >> look, i've been working on v.a. reform for three-plus years. and let me just tell what you the other guest just said was completely false. and it was a talking point straight from the clinton campaign. donald trump does not want to privatize the v.a. what he wants is he wants to reform the v.a. and get rid of that bureaucratic red tape that really hinders veterans from getting the care they need and they deserve and that they have earned. there is a difference between choice and privatization. we cakeep hearing that false

rhetoric. we are trying to make it easier for veterans so they have basically a lifeline to the v.a. and something the v.a. pay for their health care. if they live too far away from a facility or don't like the doctors at the v.a. why shouldn't they have the chance to pick who they choose? the employees who work in the federal system get to pick their own doctor, why shouldn't veterans be able to? if they are happy and want their doctor at the v.a., guess what? they get to go to the v.a. but nobody, including donald trump, is talking about privatizing the v.a. that's a false rhetoric. and in terms of what hillary clinton said, she's talking about a system that's already in place. and it is a failure. when we're talking about mental health care, there's a hotline already set up, a suicide hotline, that veterans can call into. and guess what? when they do, when that is their last hope because they are suicidal and see no hope, they

are calling in and doing the right thing. guess what? sometimes nobody answers the phone and sometimes it goes to voice mail. so who is failing america's veterans? the v.a. and the v.a. hillary clinton wants to continue. >> what i find very interesting -- >> i only have ten seconds so go ahead. >> no, go ahead. >> i want to give you the last word. >> it's very interesting she would say that despite the fact that the rain corporation said the v.a. came out to provide good benefits across the board. >> there are a lot of different reports out there about what the v.a. is doing. >> amber, you keep using the word choice. >> i'm sorry, i've run out of time. but i want to thank both of you for being here. will fisher, amber smith, thank you both for your service. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. we'll turn to one of the biggest banks now caught in a scandal involving millions of fake bank accounts.

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more than that, 565,000 credit card applications. same thing there. this has got people outraged on twitter, social media. and it's raising real questions about the bank's reputation, operations going forward. in some cases, people didn't find out about the fake accounts until a collection agency called them to tell them that their account had been overdrawn. so this is how far it got. and it's got people questioning the culture of the bank. we have heard now from employees who said that they were under extreme pressure to deliver on those sales goals. well, who is telling these people to get so aggressive? how high did this go? who knew what when are the questions that will be asked. and people are going to be calling into wells fargo asking, am i affected? what can i do? and it could also impact wells fargo's business.

at this point, what has people really upset is the structure of the settlement. it's confusing. on one hand you have allegations from the government, and on the other hand, you have banks paying a huge fine, about $160 million. there are reasons for them to be critical of the scrutiny. >> cristina, thank you so much. people didn't know what to do with themselves this week. >> more than 2 million accounts out there. wow. there's also a strong warning we want to talk about this morning. apparently we'll get back to that in a moment. we are going to small in big business right now. engineers turning men's businesswear -- >> i'll sit back. >> turning men's business wear into high performing suits that

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in the meantime, more players are joining his cause. >> we know three have joined him so far. he started the protest three weeks ago by himself. since then, more people have joined including soccer star megan rapino. starting tomorrow we'll see more players join the cause. as the nfl returns to the spotlight, colin kaepernick's peaceful protest has sparked controversy about shedding light on the minorities in this country. >> players are not comfortable speaking what is on their mind and what is right because they are afraid of consequences that come along with it. and that is not an ideal environment for anybody. and i think that also speaks to the oppression and culture that we have here where if you don't fall in line, then we're going to get you out. >> reporter: other nfl players are joining in on the protest. kaepernick's teammate eric reid, brandon marshall and seahawks jeremy lane have refrained from standing during the anthem.

this sunday before the game with the miami dolphins, the seahawks team is planning to honor the flag but also to express solidarity with kaepernick. >> even if it wasn't september 11th, the point of the protest is to get people to think. you know, i think it's very ironic to me that 15 years ago september 11th is one of the most devastating times in u.s. history. after that day we were probably the most unified we have ever been. and today we struggle to see the unity. and it is very ironic to me that this date is coming up. so it's going to be a special day, a very significant day. >> not everyone agrees with kaepernick's movement. he was booed during the last preseason game. but president obama stood up for him. agree or disagree with

kaepernick's method, good is coming out of the protest. he's pledged the first million of his salary to community inequality. and coach mccarthy will donate $100,000 to the green bay police foundation to improve partnerships between the police and the community. kaepernick is giving his portion of sales to his no. 7 jersey that has climbed to the top of the best seller list. >> the jersey sales jump because people's belief that there can be change. and we can make this country better. and that they believe that i was someone that could help that change. >> so tomorrow every nfl team will have a special tribute before the game to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. i tell you what, all eyes will be on the seattle seahawks team to see what they do as a team on the field in terms of the peaceful protest. >> andy scholes, we appreciate it. that's it for us this hour. we'll see you back at 10:00 for an hour of newsroom.

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i'm michael smerconish live from philly. labor day is behind us. there are now just 58 days until november 8. but yesterday early ballots were mailed in north carolina. so we're in the homestretch. where do things stand? drowning in a sea of negativity with both candidates saying new, shocking things just

last night. >> you can put half of trump's supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. >> she could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart. and she wouldn't be prosecuted. meanwhile, the pundits keep critiquing donald trump. but he is gaining ground. both nationally and in swing states, leading democrats to wonder, why isn't she doing better? also, in the closest thing to a debate that we've had so far, the big loser was the moderator, matt lauer. will the media's rough treatment of lauer impact moderators of the real debates? and as we mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, congress has just approved letting victims sue saudi arabia. but will the president stop that with a veto? i will ask the nation's first secretary of