i know which system i want. that's our show. thanks for watching. at home, we appreciate you watching every single night. lou dobbs is next. keep it right here on fox business. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. donald trump today bashing hillary clinton as the most anti-gun, anti-second amendment candidate to ever rub for the president city -- run for the presidency. the presumptive republican nominee speaking to the national rifle association moments after the gun group enforced trump for president. >> hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment, just remember that. we're not talking about change here. she wants to abolish the second amendment. so we're not going to let that happen, i can tell you that right now. we're going to preserve it, we're going to cherish it, we're going to take care of it, okay?

lou: and we'll be discussing all of that with the weekly standard's fred barnes and town hall's guy benson. former u.n. ambassador john bolton also among our guests here tonight. we have a lot to discuss including republican senator bob corker of tennessee sparking some speculation that he just may be trump's choice for vice president. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee will meet with trump in new york monday. no word on the topics of discussion. corker has been, however, soft on border security and illegal immigration. he's one of the few establishment republicans, however, who voiced early support for trump. and trump has said he's likely to choose a political insider as his running mate. scary moments in the nation's capital today, the white house put on lockdown for about 45 minutes this afternoon. a man shot on a street outside the president's residence. officials say the individual approached a checkpoint with a gun and refused commands by the secret service to drop the

weapon. he was shot by the secret service and is now receiving medical attention in critical condition. president obama was at the time out golfing. we'll have the latest details for you here tonight. our top story, donald trump rolling out a new nickname for hillary clinton, calling her heartless hillary. trump telling the nra that clinton is heartless because she backs restrictions on gun ownerships that he says would leave some americans in high crime areas simply unable to protect themselves. and trump announcing he will rid the country of so-called gun-free zones that he says endanger millions of lives. john roberts traveling with trump in louisville, and he has this report for us. >> i'm officially announcing the nra's endorsement of donald trump for president. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: the full-throapted enforcement of the nra five months before any other candidate in recent

history is a clear indication of what the nra and donald trump believe is at stake in this election. >> the second amendment is on the ballot in november. the only way to save our second amendment is to vote for a person that you all know named donald trump, okay? >> reporter: trump and the nra are making the case to its five million members that if hillary clinton is elected president, she will not only push for new gun laws, but nominate supreme court justices who will uphold those laws. >> if she gets to appoint her judges, she will, as part of it, abolish the second amendment. and i have to say that would be, in my opinion, that's what she's going to go for. >> reporter: the 8,000-strong crowd greeted trump with a standing ovation, a remarkable show of solidarity considering trump's past support for the assault weapons ban and a longer waiting period for firearms purchasings. but to a person, nra members fox news talked to are voting for trump.

>> i think he's right on to protect us and save our second amendment. >> i'm not going to vote for hillary, period. >> he'll come around, if not, i think he will. he knows what we need to do to protect ourselves, so we'll come after him, right, if he doesn't. [laughter] >> reporter: regardless of how they feel about trump, one thing the tens of thousands of people in attendance at the nra meeting appear united on, their opposition to clinton. and it's spreading across the party. a new new york times poll found 80% of republicans think party leaders should support trump even if they don't agree with him. at the nra today, trump took a new turn, insisting clinton's push for new gun control laws is bad for the very women she proclaims to defend. >> so you have a woman living in a community, rough community, bad community. sorry, you can't defend yourself. that is so unfair and that is so egregious. >> reporter: trump keeps trying to flip the narrative that hillary clinton is attempting to write about him on women after hillary clinton said yesterday that she would appoint

her husband, the former president, bill clinton, to oversee the economy. trump joked this morning that she just wants to get bill back in the white house so she can keep an eye on him. lou? lou: john, thank you. john roberts reporting. on the democratic side, clinton continues to claim the nomination is a done deal. plenty of sanders supporters, however, well, they're still feeling the bern. and now even the establishment democrats are beginning to worry about clinton's ability to clinch the nomination, to seal the deal and avoid convention contention and chaos this july. fox news senior political correspondent mike emanuel with our report. >> reporter: prominent democrats are actively trying to figure out what will appease bernie sanders and his supporters. it's an effort to avoid chaos at the party's convention in philadelphia. democratic sources say possible ideas include positions for sanders' backers on the influential party platform committee and a prominent prime time speaking slot for him.

in south dakota former president bill clinton talked about finding unity. >> as democrats, our job is to come together and say we're about the future, not the past, but we want a future we can all share. >> reporter: yesterday in a televised interview, hillary clinton put a lot of respondent on sanders. >> he has to do his part to unify. he said the other day that he will do everything possible to defeat donald trump. he said he'd work seven days a week. i take him at his word. >> reporter: but sanders is on the trail in new mexico today after spending most of the week in california. and his supporters say they expect to be treated with respect and fairness. >> why should i be, you know, as a proud, you know, progressive, principled progressive, why should i be the one to back off? >> i don't think it would necessarily be violence, but it would be anger if it's not fairly taken care of and fairly carried out, the process. >> reporter: today the former president addressed the suspicion of many sanders southerners that the system is rigged. >> more than 90% of the people who served with both of them

have endorsed hillary. if you believe that they did it just because they're all part of some corrupt political establishment, there's no difference in republicans and democrats, you shouldn't vote for her. >> reporter: so far the democratic establishment is being very careful to turn off millions of passionate voters. >> i want to be respectful of the amazing job bernie sanders and his followers have done, bringing our candidates to the right values, dramatically bringing out crowds and votes that are going to help us win in november. >> reporter: yet sanders is still trying to win in june. he's accepted ap invitation to debate clinton on fox news in california ahead of the primary. the clinton campaign has yet to accept or decline the ini havation. lou? lou: mike emanuel reporting. federal officials trying and failing to calm upset passengers and travelers angry about tsa screening delays that are becoming far more than just simply an obstruction to travel. now a new concern as to whether

the transportation security administration is equipped to prevent a terrorist attack. fox news correspondent matt finn in chicago with our report. >> reporter: at today's emergency meeting in chicago, the transportation security administration took the blame for the meltdown in america's airports. >> earlier this week we had a breakdown here in chicago. >> reporter: the tsa administrator, peter neffenger, and other officials at the meeting at the request of illinois senator dick during by. the tsa is under fire for what critics say is gross inefficiency. thousands of outraged passengers have missed their flights, waiting in lines for up to two hours. >> i'm glad they're doing their job. it's important. it would be nice if they could be more efficient. >> the tsa is rushing in emergency resources to chicago including an additional 58 screeners and more k-9 units. neffenger says congress has also freed up $34 million for overtime pay and to hire an

extra 768 screeners. >> the $34 million reprogramming i just got gives me a good down payment on where i need to be, but i think i still need to grow to a larger staff level. >> reporter: now the air egypt crash also raises new safety concerns about whether the tsa is properly e p quipped to -- equipped to prevent an attack especially as terrorists are using new techniques and explosives. >> we focus specifically on the types of devices that have both been talked about in the news as well as those things that we see coming. >> reporter: a growing terror threat and staffing issues combined, the summer travel season could get rough. chicago mayor rahm emanuel says at best the tsa is 60% efficient. >> management of it has not been up to what the flying public expects as they pay the taxes for it. >> reporter: the tsa is looking to reduce that $85 precheck fee and is still encouraging you to get to major airports like o'hare three hours before your flight. lou?

lou: matt, thank you. matt finn from chicago. now to the latest on egyptair flight 804. a potential breakthrough in the effort to find out what brought it down over the mediterranean. an aviation expert telling fox that some of the telemetry from the tricken aircraft indicates -- stricken aircraft that an electrical failure could have been the cause of the crash. authorities have not weighed in, and fbi director james comey says officials are still searching for evidence, pointing to terrorism as the likely cause. >> with respect to the egyptair incident, so far at least we have no claim of responsibility or evidence that this was an intentional act, but the fbi, as you would expect, is working with our partners around the world to try and gape a better understanding -- gain a better understanding of what happened. given we don't see any indication yet of cause, it's hard to say what the implications might be at this point.

lou: wreckage of the aircraft has been found scattered over the mediterranean including human remains, belongings, aircraft seats. a french patrol boat is now on its way to the area trying to help find the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders. it may take some time to find those black boxes as they're known. the water in that region is about 10,000 feet deep where the plane is thought to have gone down as it was traveling from paris to cairo. we are coming right back with much more on what has been another fascinating day in presidential politics. stay with us, we'll be right back. ♪ lou: americans say the gop presumptive presidential nominee, donald trump, will be best on the economy. and trump is taking on both hillary and the former president, sometimes in the same sentence. >> maybe she's saying that or maybe she just wants him around the white house so she can keep her eye on him. lou: executive editor of "the

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picking up a key endorsement, a key one, certainly, a huge one from the nra. trump using the occasion to target hillary, of course, saying the november election would be a referendum on the second amendment. >> crooked hillary clinton is the most anti-gun, anti-second amendment candidate ever to run for office, and as i said before, she wants to abolish the second amendment. she wants to take your guns away. she wants to abolish. just remember. lou: joining us now, executive editor of "the weekly standard," fred barnes. fred, great to have you with us. >> thank you. lou: how could anyone endorse amongst conservatives a third party candidate of any kind if that is effectively conceding the second amendment to hillary clinton and those who would destroy the right to bear arms? >> well, i'm certainly not in that camp. and i think the whole gun issue is one that harms hillary clinton. you know, democrats dropped that issue a few years ago because they realized it was hurting

their candidates. and hillary's raising it again. and, look, you get the same proposals from hillary as you do from the other gun control people, and they're ones that would never have stopped the kind of mass shootings that have prompted this concern, this call for gun control in the first place. so they're not offering solutions. but you're right about one thing, and i think trump's right. if liberals had their way, they would confiscate the guns. hugh lou there's no doubt about it, and certainly hillary at the forefront of that group. heartless hillary, as trump called her today, fred, because she would disarm women who have no other equalizer that is as effective as a handgun when they are confronted with violence in what he described as tough communities. bad communities. is that an effective retort, if you will, to her war on women theme? >> well, i think it is, particularly if you are aware of

these new facts about the really dramatic increase in homicides in so many big cities, in so many urban areas. and it's where a lot of what, as he calls them, bad neighborhoods are where a gun can be very important to your self-defense. lou: none or at least few communities worse than the south side of chicago where homicides have been rising relentlessly. an extraordinary picture as the mayor of chicago is standing there next to the head of tsa criticizing him more the long delays -- for the long delays at chicago's airports while he is watching a murder and violence rate in his city that is, it is, it is third world, for crying out loud. and the man stands there as mayor as if he had no connection to the problem. >> it's not only chicago. washington d.c. i mean, i happen to read the local news here since i grew up

here, and i'm interested in it, and the number of murders seemingly every day or bodies found in a creek or something or other, it's increased dramatically. and it frightens people. and -- lou: well, it should frighten people. >> well, of course it should. lou: this has been going on in chicago and the nation's cities over the last two years, but chicago throughout mayor emanuel's term in office. yet he never takes accountability nor is accountability sought from him by the democratic machine, of course, that runs all of these cities in which we are watching. and i mean, every single one of these cities where we are watching this tragic rise in homicides and violation. >> i'm -- and violence. >> i'm trying to think of an exception, a city that might be an exception, but i can't think of one. lou: right. well, i wasn't asking you to find an exception, i was looking for your reaction of the fact that they're led by democrats

and have been for decades in most cases. >> indeed. lou: eight in ten republican voters say it's now time for all the nonsense to end and for the party establishment to get behind donald j. trump as the presumptive nominee. 80%. >> yeah. lou: your thoughts. >> i think it's happening. you see the party getting behind donald trump. i've talked to a number of them. i talked to mitch mcconnell just yesterday, was interviewing him on the subject of the supreme court. and he mentioned that, you know, he has talked to donald trump, he has endorsed donald trump, and, you know, i'll have to say the republican party is uniting more quickly and more completely behind donald trump than i had thought possible. lou: well, that may be because you may be unduly influenced by bill kristol who you, by the way, would grab along by the

nape of the neck and let him follow the herd. [laughter] >> lou, i think you ought to invite bill to be on your show -- lou: he is more than welcome anytime. i would be delighted for him to sit with us. >> well, i think -- well, that said, send an invitation. lou: i think we -- you know what? hereby extended, and i will make it official. i will call bill, and we will -- >> very good. lou: what do you think, the three of us? or would you like me to simply talk to you guys one at a time? >> no, i think it's got to -- [laughter] i think it's like megyn kelly and trump. it's you and bill. lou: oh, megyn kelly and trump. you know, let's create our own, if you will, binary and polemical arguments of a very, very high caliber. >> just think of the ratings. lou: you know, i'm thinking about them, and we've done quite well without bill. i can't wait to see if we get damaged a bit, but where'll run

the risk -- we'll run the risk. fred, we'll talk to bill kristol at your suggestion. always good to the talk to you. >> thank you. lou: be sure to vote in our poll tonight. who do you believe benefits most from bill clinton's presence on the campaign trail? hillary clinton, a, b, bernie sanders? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs, and follow me on instagram at lou dobbs tonight. links to everything found at loudobbs.com. surveillance cameras capturing some of the dangers of falling asleep at the wheel. a driver reckless to even run the risk, seen hitting a round about. look at this, in romania. he was -- his car launched several feet in the air. we're told he was unharmed but he was arrested for destruction of public property. his license has been suspended for night. well, i guess it would be sleep

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lou: a few thoughts now on donald trump and his early, strenuous efforts to make the republican tent even larger and to fill it with new republicans, unite the party at the same time, even those most opposed to him in the primary season. the presumptive nominee bringing record turnout, millions of new voters to those primaries and earning growing support and respect from capitol hill lawmakers. and trump is working hard to bring in a large number of even his most vocal detractors. the donald reaching out to conservative critics including wisconsin radio host charlie sykes. sykes making something of a name

for himself on, well, on trump's back. sykes and trump clashed in an interview back in march, but the radio host today revealed he had received a handwritten note from trump which read in part, quote: i hope you can change your mind. sykes says he's still never trump, but he also added this, i thought generously. saying quite frankly: i do think that it puts him, trump, in a reasonably good light that he would take the time to reach out to somebody who has been as sharply critical of him as i have. anti-trump conservative erick erickson says he's also received notes from the presumptive nominee. the national review revealing trump recently reached out to their publication. the same magazine that back in january deemed him, quote: a menace to american conservativism and devoted an entire edition -- i believe it was 22 or 23 articles all in one edition -- hacking away at the donald and what they saw as the great threat to the national

security interests of the entire nation. i believe trump's outreach to his most fanatical, committed critics shows he means to do whatever is necessary to win in november. trump has outworked all of the candidates who tried to run against him, and he's trying hard to bring the party together which produces an aadditional benefit. it makes trump look even better even to his detractors. and a new cbs/new york times poll shows eight in ten gop voters now want republican leaders to support trump even if they disagree with him. trump is winning. that appears to be what he does customarily. and the way it looks right now, trump seems destined to win it all in november and win it in a big way. that can be persuasive. now our quotation of the evening on the unfolding of destiny. this one from american author nicholas sparks who wrote,

quote: there are winds of destiny that blow went we least expect them. sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one's cheek. but the winds cannot be denned, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore. we're coming right back. >> donald trump is winning, and republican elites are joining his movement to win the white house. will the republican party be at full strength for a november general election? >> we are uniting, our message is solid. we've come together, and here you see hillary can't defeat a 74-year-old self-avowed socialist. >> charlie hurt and tammy bruce join me next. and pro-golfer jordan spieth has his eyes on accomplishing much more than just a hole in one. we'll show you the amazing video right after these important right after these important

chris capuano: you might feel like there's too many problems in the world or that, you know, you, as a 15-year-old, 16-year-old,

can't really make a difference. giancarlo stanton: it's not always about you. it's not just one person, it's a group, it's a team. chris capuano: just that simple act is transforming someone else's life. giancarlo stanton: it's one of the best feelings in the world. margaret: it'll just make you feel so good about yourself. mauricio: i'd do anything to convince you just to be a part of this. lou: bernie sanders is really, really running against hillary now, slamming her after she anointed herself the democratic nominee. >> so you get into the general election if you're the nominee for your party -- >> i will be the nominee for my party, chris. that is already or done, in effect. there is no way that i won't be. >> and a spokesman for sanders issued this statement. quote: with almost every national and state poll showing senator sanders doing much, much

better than secretary clinton against donald trump, it is clear millions of americans have growing doubts about the clinton campaign. end quote. joining us now, washington times columnist charlie hurt, also with the washington times, tammy bruce, both fox news contributors. great to have you both here. let's start with, my gosh. tammy, that note be, that statement, they are aware they can't make up the difference, right? >> yeah. but it's an interesting spin of his. obviously, he's leading because -- >> it's the latest spin. >> but it's really smart was he's only leading because nobody's been talking about him because he's not going to be relevant. but to say -- [laughter] look, i'm just, maybe it's my inner trump, i don't know. but this is an important dynamic because he clearly is indicating also he's not going to stop, he's not going to be nice. lou: right. >> and now there's some rumblings that hillary's suggesting he gets more seats and more representation when it does come to the accidental

contact convention -- democratic convention. he's not going to want to go back into obscurity once this is over. lou: charlie, what do you make of it? >> and more than that, his supporters are going to demand more, and they're going to demand huge chunks of the platform. and if they don't get their way from my experience in talking to the really, really rabid bernie sanders supporters, they're not going to go away quietly if they don't get everything that they want. the other thing that i thought was so interest about that, hillary was exactly right, what she said in that. she will be the nominee. but what's interesting is how caustic and how toxic she sounds, how arrogant she sounds when she says it. and it's a reminder, and, you know, your question of the night is great great about who does bill clinton hurt worse. i think that bill clinton absolutely helps bernie sanders because, you know, the juxtaposition of bill clinton as master politician and hillary

clinton, it does not bode favorably for hillary. lou: well, from another quarter donald trump, tammy, saying, you know, she wants him in the white house managing the economy as if -- [laughter] he's going to be the economy czar. because she wants to keep an eye on him. i mean, he's taking shots at both of them simultaneously within ten words. >> yeah, look, this is perfect because trump could either approach this as an angry man and say the campaign's going to get so ugly. this is ridicule, it's humor, there's some mockery in that. but hillary's admission is she just can't do math. this would be a problem when you're talking about the first woman president, handing it it off to a man to do the heavy lifting. as a feminist, that's outrageous to suggest that this is a big job and she can't do it. but as long as trump continues this approach with the clintons, because people -- if they. [laughter] you've made a very important point and still the narrative is

about the problems with the clintons reminds them of their problematic past -- lou: problematic past, i want to underline that. [laughter] >> i love, tammy, i love the idea of the economy needed to be man -- lou: there's a lot of man jsplaining going on here. i mean, she is up against trump who has already demonstrated his powers of elimination when it comes to ideological and political opposition. so now she has bubba as the czar of the economy and whatever needs fixing when she gets to the white house. but now she's got bernie sanders biting at more than her ankles. i mean, he is, he has really now turned it on. she can't even turn to him to neutralize him, because it's going to look like more, you know, give me another man to do the tough lifting. and set the direction.

tammy, i'm -- she looks to be in an impossible position. >> well, she is. and this is her lifelong problem. her entire political career, frankly, her marriage has been impossible. and i almost feel sorry for her as a feminist. you see this woman who really late in life is going through another process that will only get worse, and donald trump is someone, is the black swan. they could not have imagined handling it with a certain kind of humor that is almost evocative of reagan. and i don't think anyone expected that. and hillary clinton and her family are going to have to deal with the demons that confront them after this. lou: you get to wrap it up, charlie, tonight with the final word on the exorcism required for the democratic party and their presumptuous candidates and presumptive nominee. >> well, you know, i mean, bernie sanders has already pushed hillary so far to the left that whatever, you know, whenever she does finally wrap

this thing up, she is going to be so far boxed in, and then, you know, the idea she has to hand the economy off to her husband, and all the polling shows that donald trump, one of his greatest strengths is people trust him on the economy. man, that's a rough match up for her. and i -- if i had to bet one way or the other, i would put my money on trump. lou: and by the same margin, charlie, on national security. >> yeah. lou: for him to have a double-digit lead on the economy and national security against the presumptive nominee of the democratic party is stunning particularly if you think back 90 days to where the trump campaign was at that point. charlie, great to have you with us. tammy, great to have you with us. look forward to seeing you both soon here. thanks so much. >> great, thanks. lou: be sure to vote in our poll tonight. who do you believe benefits most from bill clinton's presence on the campaign trail?

a, hillary clinton or, b, bernie sanders. cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. we've seen golf trick shots and no one better than tiger woods, but there's a new sheriff in town, i think. watch as jordan spieth chips a golf ball. watch this. [cheers and applause] lou: he chips a golf ball with a marshmallow on it, runs to catch the marshmallow. look at this. [cheers and applause] the marshmallow flying through the air as spieth lines himself up for the perfect catch. you know, there's been some talk on the tour. i think pete is back. what do you think? -- i think spieth is back, what do you think? up next, china claims it has international support for its egregious expansionary ambitions in the disputed territories of the south china sea. former u.n. ambassador john bolton will clear it up for the chinese and the rest of

lou: look out, china has help. qhoi that -- china claiming more than 40 nations support its expansion in the south china sea.

the comments come as china's increasingly militarizing the region, claiming more than 3,000 acres in the contested waters that are also claimed by five other nations, by the way. earlier this week two chinese fighter jets buzzed a u.s. spy plane over the south china sea, and they made all sorts of nasty comments at the same time. joining us to sort it out and to do some, i guess the word of the evening is splaining to the chinese, we are joined by former u.s. body to the united nations, john bolton, also fox news contributor. so, ambassador, 40 countries are with the chinese. does that settle it, these disputed claims in the south china sea? >> no, not at all. a lot of these countries don't even have a border or any part of their territory on an ocean or a sea that has any experience with maritime claims. this is just china -- lou: i would guess -- >> in the third world and where it delivers a lot of foreign aid.

the fact is these are very real territorial disputes, and china's not waiting around for negotiation or adjudication. they're creating not just facts on the ground, they're creating the ground. they are making it a chinese lake. lou: most people do not realize the dimensions of this thing. we're talking about some substantial, a quarter to a third of crude oil transiting the south china seas, finished products that are used all over the world as well as raw materials. i mean, this is an essential, essential navigational dispute, a critical dispute involving essential materials and products and commodities necessary to global commerce. and the chinese, obviously, mean for the united states to have to back it up, its intervention in the dispute. >> no, absolutely. all the oil and natural that

comes from the middle east, taiwan goes through the south china sea -- which, by the way, is nearly as big as the mediterranean. we don't really have a concept on the map. you'd call it a land grab, except it's a sea grab. the chinese know none of the other territories have a prayer of stopping them. the only power that can do that is the united states by insisting that what china does, it's doing unilaterally. what we really need to do is have enough force there that they stop building these islands and filling them with air and naval assets. and the obama administration is not going to do that. lou: you know, let's talk about what we are going to do whether it is president obama or, of course, a new president trump in january who has been very straightforward in what he will do in new international agreements. the reality is we don't have a military right now prepared to

carry out the interests of the nation in eastern europe, in the mediterranean, in, specifically, the middle east as well as southeast asia. this is getting to be very complicated. our air force is, our pilots are fatigued, our maintenance crews are fatigued, the aircraft themselves are old and not many of them are, frankly, functioning in most instances. we're looking at half of those aircraft ready for, in operational readiness. what are we to do and how soon can we do it in order to protect the interests of the nation? >> well, we are strained around the world. the navy has the fewest ships at sea since world war i. the army's effective force is at the size it was before world war ii. the president's budget cuts over an eight-year period have been devastating. and even if a president trump began a substantial mill gaer

build -- military build-up, it takes a while to get back up to where we need to be. the navy, for example, will continue to decline as the ships age out even as the new construction program begins. so there's a hot that needs -- a lot that needs to begin on day one on the political level to help make up for our lack of military capability. lou: a lot of work ahead and a lot of, a great deal of responsibility on the part of this administration for the fact that our military has been just, i mean, exhausted. >> and i think they did it deliberately. i think they knew exactly what they were doing in taking this down, because they know it reduces america's capacity to protect america's interests around the world. and if you belief we're the trouble job maker, there's an explanation there. lou: there may be an explanation, but at the same time, it is now our problem to contend with and to resolve and protect the nation's interests while we do so.

that seems to be the number one priority for whoever steps into that office in january. ambassador john bolton, we thank you very much as always. >> thank you, lou. lou: up nextness donald trump with some advice for bernie sanders. >> i think bernie should run as an independent, okay? [cheers and applause] let him run. lou: republican strategist sarah lenity and town hall's guy benson join me next. we'll take all of that up, and we'll have some more advice for bernie sanders. bernie sanders. stay with us.

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lou: joining us, republican strategist and former aide to condoleezza rice and guy benson. it's great to have you. let me start with you, sarah. the nra endorsement. this was a major production it's a big deal, is it not? and extraordinarily helpful to donald trump. >> extraordinarily helpful in an already great week for donald trump that started with the megyn kelly interview. he moved on to meet with henry kissinger. and he finishes it off with the nra endorsement, and there you go.

lou: "the washington post" is starting to look like the house organ of the dnc. there were half a dozen anti-trump stories on the front page of the website just day after day after day. it seems to be an editorial mission of the "washington post." >> we'll see a lot of that from a lot of publications for the next 5 1/2 to 6 months. i think the "new york times" did him a favor. talk about a good week. that hit piece was about the women. the main women came out and said they misquoted me, it was out of context and they exclude exculpatory stuff i said. lou: as you correctly state. even liberals turning on the new york times, sarah, because of

their attempt at assassination of candidates. >> i agree. i thought this daughter was extremely strong this week. the entire family coming out and saying it's not who he is. it was a good week. lou: as you look at china, this is a major issue for both candidates. neither has weighed into specifically the south china sea. do you think they will have to or are they going to try to avoid it for as long as possible. >> hillary clinton will see this as an opportunity to drop a lot of names and knowledge and telegraph to voters, i know what i'm talking about. i know the players and the stakeholders where donald trump knows nothing and this matters. that being said, if hillary clinton in our new fox news poll that has trump narrowly ahead of hillary. he's beating her on the economy and terrorism.

she is wing on foreign policy. but he can point to libya and some of the misadventures of the obama administration, her fingerprints are all over those. lou: trump has a double digit lead over the former secretary of state in two important areas. the economy which is the foundation of all policy for any nation state. but especially super power. and secondly in national security. foreign policy is a little vague. national security is concrete and specific in the mind and hearts of most people who are responding in those polls. >> it's very snowflake. led when we saw the tragic events happen and he immediately called out terrorism, he said the right thing. he sounds strong when he speaks about national security. he's saying some things about i can't agree with. but he sounds like a leader and

i think that's why americans are rallying behind him. and he's starting to talk with the right people. lou: talking to people like charlie sykes, he's really reaching out. this is a campaign he has taken to a new level. 8 in 10 republicans wanted. >> the party apparatus have to get behind him. the voters have spoken and he won on the primary side. the party, they have a nominee, you have got to support that nominee. lou: guy benson, thank you very much. we look forward to talking with you soon. lou: in our online poll, 89% of you say online ownership of the

"washington post" makes you trust little of what they say. john: our screens are filled with political ad. some of them are supposed to make us feel good. other ad per port to tell us who the candidate really is. which presidential support higher taxes, national healthcare, and the wall street bailout? >> i don't know what i said. john: this year more attack ads attack by quoting the candidate. every year pundits say this is the nastiest election ever. >> candidate have taken dirty to a whole new level.