president obama meets with victims of the orlando nightclub massacre. as the fight over gun control takes a turn on capitol hill. this is "special report." good evening, welcome to washington, i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. it was a day to remember and honor the lives lost, the heroes, and those who survived the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. president obama and vice president biden flew to orlando, to meet privately with families of victims and first responders, in sunday's attack at the pulse nightclub. this as we learn more about what the killer did before and during

sunday's attack. correspondent steve harrigan reports from orlando. >> the president and vice president arrived in orlando to offer comfort at the scene of this past weekend's terror attack. it was president obama's eighth visit in seven years to grieve with survivors of an american mass shooting. this one the worst in u.s. history. >> today the vice president and i told them, on behalf of the american people, that our hearts are broken, too. and that we stand with you. we will continue to be relentless against terrorist groups like isil and al qaeda. we are going to destroy them. >> both men spent several hours meeting with first responders, and family members of those who were killed, as well as those who survived the attack. >> for some the emotions have become too tough to bear. investigators are learning more about the killer's actions sunday morning. in the midst of a three-hour

slaughter, the killer took time out to make at least 16 phone calls, including one to a local cable news channel to make sure they were covering the shooting. he searched other news sites online to follow coverage and made several postings on facebook, pledging allegiance to isis and denouncing what he called the filthy ways of the west. the videos surfaced from a 2012 documentary on the bp oil spill. he makes cynical remarks to a crew filming with a hidden camera. >> they want more disaster to happen because that where the money making is. >> school records show a long string of discipline problems, beginning in third grade. including violent outbursts and striking other students. so far the u.s. attorney is refusing to say whether charges will be brought against the killer's widow, noor salman, who admits she knew her husband was planning a jihadist attack and failed to alert authorities, she also went with the killer to

purchase ammunition. autopsies of the 49 victims have been completed. the medical examiner said he kept the killer's body in a separate building out of respect for the victims. >> never co-mingle. never transported with the victims. never stored with the victims. never autopsied with the victims. >> funerals for the victims, many just in their 20s or 30s, begin this week. chris, back to you. >> steve harrigan reporting from orlando, thank you. arizona senator john mccain stopped just short of issuing an apology after he told reporters today president obama was quote directly responsible for the attack at orlando. the republican senator says he misspoke, tweeting to clarify, i was referring to president obama's national security decisions that have led to the rise of isil. not to the president himself. the mass shooting in orlando has also reignited the debate over gun control.

both democrats and republicans agree something needs to be done, just what is up for debate. and now donald trump is suggesting he may be leaning towards the democrats on this one. correspondent doug mckelway reports on a familiar fight that is taking some new twists. >> those who were killed and injured here were gunned down by a single kill wer a powerful assault weapon. >> as president obama spoke in orlando, gun sales were predictably spiking. it's a trend after mass shootings, millions of americans see the threat through a different lens than the president, wanting to protect themselves when the government has so often failed to do so. >> you don't defeat terrorism by taking away our guns. you defeat terrorism by using our guns. >> amidst the political divide there are signs that left and right may find common ground in a tuesday tweet, donald trump said i will be meeting with the nra who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terror watchlist or no fly list

to buy guns. that, a reference to a democratic bill that would block people on the terror watch list and its subset, the no fly list, from purchasing guns. >> 87%. american people say no fly, no buy. except for the republican members of the congress. >> at the end of a 15-hour filibuster, democratic senator chris murphy hinted at a mini breakthrough on no fly, no buy. >> it is our understanding that the republican leader and the democratic leader have spoken. ass that we have been given a commitment on a path forward, to get votes on the floor of the senate. >> murphy may have been too optimistic. many republicans are skeptical, noting the terror watch list is secret. that people on it have no due process and it includes thousands of nonterrorists, it once included the "weekly standard" steve hayes, who found himself on it after a one way flight to turkey to board a

cruise ship. >> we want to make sure we not infringing on people's constitutional rights. >> republicans are lining up behind their own bill, which would delay gun sales to anyone on the terrorist watch list for 72 hours. if the government could not show probable cause to a judge that that gun would be used in connection with terrorism, the deal would go through. >> doug, thank you. meanwhile the obama administration strategy against isis seems to be a losing battle. that's the assessment from c.i.a. director john brennan, who painted a bleak picture at a congressional hearing. saying efforts to destroy the terror group have not limited the ability to launch terror attacks. catherine herridge reports on the isis threat. >> isis global battlefield now includes the united states and we cannot stand idly by. >> the isis-inspired massacres in san bernardino and orlando, shows that the group has brought

the fight to american shores. the c.i.a. director said to expect more. >> we judge the pressure on isil will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda. >> despite gains by the u.s.-led coalition, the c.i.a. director said isis is lashing out. >> the to compensate for territorial losses isil will rely more on guerilla tactics, including high-profile attacks outside the territory in syria and iraq. >> combatting isis goes beyond the battlefield. the group uses social media as weapons of war. encrypted communication hamstring the fbi's search. >> they proselytize by using twitter, telegram and tumblr. those are the most used. >> they gravitate towards them. but they also are very aware of

what mediums provide them the greatest security. >> this feud between the intelligence -- between the tech companies and the intelligence communities and law enforcement has to stop. >> despite a drop in the number of foreign fighters from 25 to 22,000, the c.i.a. director said going after their territory is the most effective strategy. >> we need to take away their safe haven. it gives them the opportunity to use these lands to train and to fight. but also to gain revenue. >> beyond iraq and syria, brennan said the isis affiliate in egypt sinai, which claimed a primitive bomb which brought down a russian passenger jet last year is the most active while the isis affiliate in labia is the most dangerous with 5,000 fighters. >> they're able to train, develop and consolidate their position inside of libya, as well as to use libya as a potential springboard for carrying out operations abroad. >> the committee chairman seemed to speak for all americans. >> i'm not willing to accept the

events of san bernardino and orlando as the new normal. >> brennan said isis is adapting to the pressure and seeking to exploit refugee streams. >> more on this with the panel. thank you. since the fight against isis began, the u.s. and allies have launched 12,000 strikes against the enemy. 1500 have come from jets taking off the "uss harry truman." greg palkot toured the aircraft carrier stationed in the mediterranean. he joins us live with more. good evening, greg. >> chris in the wake of a deadly attacks in orlando, we found the resolve of the sailors on board the uss harry truman in their fight against isis here in the eastern mediterranean. only strengthened, take a look. >> it's a massive fighting sheer

"uss harry truman" is 20 stories tall, five acres wide, carrying 75 aircraft and 5,000 sailors, all zeroing in on isis. >> we've been successful in the missions, that we've been tasked to execute throughout the operation inherent resolve theater. >> the ship has been out some seven months, first notice persian gulf, and now in the eastern mediterranean. close anywhere to the isis terror group's syrian headquarters. >> this is 1,000-pound weight class. >> 1,000 pounds? >> yes, sir. >> the pilots have dropped over 1500 bombs, more than a million and a half pounds worth. all the while it's claimed isis-held territory has shrunk. >> the mass shooting in orlando, florida, remembered here in the eastern mediterranean. american flag flying at half mast on board the "uss harry truman" aircraft carrier, the pilots here are hitting isis targets in syria and iraq. one told me it brings it all

home. >> one pilot with the orlando terror attack on his mind is 35-year-old filipino immigrant and california resident paolo singh, he's flown 150 missions day and night, sometimes staying aloft for eight hours before hitting his mark. >> what we're doing here is about stopping the ideology from spreading around the world. the more we can do to keep that from happening, the more i'm willing to keep on doing it. >> echoing that feeling, the sailor men and women mostly young, who keep the planes flying. the ship cruising, and the brass shining. >> we work hard every day, we stay dedicated, we stay strong. the bigger picture is what we're doing for the people back home. >> the ship's brass rejects charges the war against isis has been too slow and too much from the air. they also point to terror communication and funding lines disrupted. they do admit in part they're buying time for fighting forces

on the ground to get their act together. >> there are other benefits to being in the eastern mediterranean. like poking a finger in the eye of russia. also active in the region. >> we know that the russians know that we're here, we operate in country. they know that we're there. >> after a long time at sea, all are looking forward to heading to their virginia home port in mid july. >> i bet you're eager to get home. >> absolutely. i'm ready. i'm ready. it's about time. >> everybody? >> everyone. >> it's not time, however, to call time on the war on isis. >> in fact the truman now has company. also in the mediterranean, on its way to its own anti-isis mission, the aircraft carrier, the "uss dwight eisenhower" and over in the persian gulf, "uss boxer" is also sending jets against isis. game on.

chris? >> greg palkot reporting from the island of crete, thanks. britain is mourning the loss of a member of parliament shot and killed north of london today. eye witnesses report seeing british labor lawmaker jo cox getting involved in a fight between two men when a gun went off. the attacker shouted -- britain first, several times according to local reports. police arrested one of the men after the struggle. cox, who was elected to parliament last year was 41 years old. up next with a trump campaign stands one year after he entered the race. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 11 in los angeles. where a judge under fire for his handling of the stanford rape case was removed from another case of alleged sexual abuse by the district attorney. the prosecutor's move is the latest problem for judge aaron persky since he sentenced a former stanford university swimmer to six months in jail for sexual assault.

fox 7 in austin, texas, a federal judge has dismissed that state's efforts to block the arrival of syrian refugees into the u.s. nearly 30 states vowed to ban syrian refugees, following last year's terror attacks in paris. it's not clear whether the state of texas will appeal the ruling. this is a live look at philadelphia, from fox 29, the big story there tonight, it becomes the first major american city where a soda tax despite efforts by the beverage industry to stop it the city council voted to approve a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks, the soda industry is expected to sue. that's a live look we'll be right back.

another disgraced liter of the veterans benefits administration is out. danny pummel told employees he will retire next week. pummel was suspended for 15 days in march. for allowing two officials to manipulate the agency's hiring system for their own gain. pummel took over as acting chief last october after the previous had resigned. amid criticism of serious problems in the disability

benefits program. stocks finished higher, breaking a five-day losing streak. the dow rose 93. the s&p 500 grew 6. nasdaq was up 10. the gop's presumptive nominee is fighting on two fronts today. business and politics. donald trump began the day giving a deposition in a lawsuit. and there's growing concern inside the gop about trump's hostile attitude towards his own party. chief political correspondent carl cameron has that story from dallas. >> they're bringing crime, they're rapists. >> a year to the day since launching his campaign with that controversial remark, donald trump arrived in washington, d.c. to give his deposition in a lawsuit against a celebrity chef who backed out of running a restaurant for trump because of his racially-charged rhetoric. trump did not speak publicly. protesters outside said businesses should boycott the billionaire. >> anyone that chooses to stand

against hate, to stand against donald trump's rhetoric, his actions and what he asks people to do. we congratulate and we stand in solidarity with them. >> with republican leaders increasingly critical of trump's message as misinformed and divisive, trump told them off publicly yesterday. >> the republicans honestly, folks, are leaders, our leaders have to get tougher. this is too tough to do it alone. but you know what? i think i'm going to be forced to i think i'm going to be forced to. and be quiet, just please be quiet, don't talk, please be quiet. >> house speaker paul ryan scoffed at trump's rebuke. >> you can't make this up sometimes. i'll just say we represent a separate, but equal branch of government. he's a different kind of candidate. this is a different kind of year. i'm going to be myself and speak up and in defense of our principles and in defense of not just our party's principles, but our country's principles. >> one of the george w. bush

administration's top advisers, richard armitage said he can't support trump and will vote for clinton. she was endorsed by the afl-cio, prompting trump to trash labor unions in general and saying the leadership of the afl-cio has made it clear that it no longer represents american workers. trump holds a rally in dallas tonight in a venue that holds 3800 people. one anti-trump organizer said there could be as many as 5,000 protesters outside. dallas has beefed up security in advance of trump's appearance. >> democrats are increasingly optimistic that this year in red, texas, a conservative state, they have real chances of making serious political gains. 30% of the population in texas is hispanic. investigators have a critical piece of evidence from the crash of egyptair flight 804. searchers were able to pull the

cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of the plane that was discovered in the mediterranean sea wednesday. the voice reporter should contain a record of the last 30 minutes in the cockpit, that raises hope it will lead investigators to the cause of the may 19th crash, which many believe was a terrorist attack. but no group has claimed responsibility. the white house confirms president obama will meet with saudi arabia's deputy crown prince on friday. speculation over whether the prince would meet with obama grew as the relationship between the allies has cooled during mr. obama's presidency. prince mohammed met earlier today with defense secretary ash carter. carter says the two discussed coordination to defeat isis. the the prince's visit comes after the senate passed legislation that would allow families of september 11th victims to sue the saudi government. bernie sanders gives his wish list for the democratic party, but makes no move to get out of the race. what bernie wants, next.

we think we know who the democratic nominee for president will be. but bernie sanders still refuses to drop out of the race. until his demands are met. so what's on the democratic socialist's wish list? senior political correspondent mike emanuel reports from sanders' home state of vermont tonight. >> after a bruising primary fight, senator bernie sanders is negotiating with hillary clinton for some top policy issues to be included in the democratic party platform. sanders campaign manager told fox unifying the party will require clinton to meet the bold expectations of those backing sanders. ? they expect the next president, whoever that is, to act boldly to address the issues that the center laid out. corrupt campaign finance. >> sanders talked about his more

than 2.7 million individual contributors. >> anyone know the average contribution? >> $27. >> the valuable information what not been part of the negotiations. >> there's been no request for the lists, so that has not been a topic of discussion. >> sanders has been open about wanting dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz to be dumped. >> i believe we have to replace the current democratic national committee leadership. >> i am focused 100% and expect to continue to be focused 100% through the election to the end of my term on electing democrats. >> the house democratic leader of clinton supporter called for putting differences aside soon. bernie sanders is one of the people who knows better than anyone what's on the line in this election. and that unity is important. >> the clinton campaign is investing heavily on ads airing in eight battleground states.

the ads show the softer side of clinton, trying to drive up her favorability. >> it's in the quiet moments when you see why she does this. for hillary, it's always been about kids. >> with primary season over, sanders is due to address his millions of supporters this evening via live stream. his top advisers say his focus will be on continuing his political revolution. >> chris? >> mike emmanuel in vermont. with the fbi still investigating hillary clinton's handling of classified information, another case from her time as america's top diplomat is receiving new attention. it involves a clinton foundation donor with deep pockets who was given an important post in a top-secret security clearance until reporters started asking questions. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the key documents. >> in may 2011, rajiv fernando,

a securities trader from chicago, emailed houma abedin who said he was in washington and wanted to see the secretary. i know the chinese delegation is in town and she has a hundred other things going on. but please let me know. >> would love to work something out. let me see what i can figure out for tomorrow. the exchange appears in emails obtained by the conservative group citizens united in its freedom of information act lawsuit against the state department. why was houma abedin so eager to accommodate raj fernando? probably because he had been a major contributor to hillary clinton's 2008 campaign and had given $100,000 to the clinton foundation. the same spring dozens of state department officials worked overtime to get fernando a security clearance so he could attend the first meeting of the international securities board. high-level arms control panel whose other members included former defense secretary william

perry and brent scowcroft. >> it's not again unimaginable that a businessman, international businessman might bring a certain level of expertise or knowledge or experience to such a job. >> fernando's membership on the isab was first uncovered in 2011 and the young ceo resigned days later. last week it was reported that clinton's chief of staff sheryl mills who ordered fernando put on the board. the emails show that fernando was made a special government employee and given an interim top security clearance. >> there are quite a few emails that suggest that the state department rushed the security clearance process so he could attend a meeting of this veryiv. this appears to be an effort where a clinton foundation donor bought himself a seat on a very sensitive board that supposed to be composed of senior experts to advise the undersecretary of state for arms control on matters of proliferation such as

iran's nuclear program. >> when fernando resigned, houma abedin sent a heads up email, in case this comes your way, to heather samuelsson. clinton's liaison to the white house and the individual entrusted to go through mrs. clinton's emails and decide which were work-related and which could be deleted. a spokesman for fernando said told fox news he was a recognized cybersecurity expert. who only resigned when he needed to devote more attention to the european financial crisis. next up, what's going on wrong on the war on terror after the director of the c.i.a. admits the threat from isis is growing. our panel weighs in next.

today once again, as has been true too many times before, i held and hugged grieving family members and parents and

they asked why does this keep happening? and they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. >> president obama in orlando after meeting with people who survived the mass shooting at the pulse nightclub there and relatives of those who did not. let's bring in our panel, steve hayes of the "weekly standard," karen tumt tum ielty, this is t eighth time that president obama has gone to the site of a mass shooting. steve, your reaction to his trip, this as i say the eighth time he's made this kind of trip and his remarks afterwards. >> well it's interesting. we seem to be having two different conversations in this country. a conversation led by the president in part and democrats in washington.

on gun control. on shooting the fact that this was a mass shooting. and a separate conversation, i would say led by largely by republicans, but also by leaders of the intelligence community. we saw john brennan testify about the threat from isil about radical islam. this i think explains in a nutshell why the country is so divided about this. in my own view, i think that the real threat is radical islam. that the president isn't doing enough to talk about it. that you have media outlets like "the new york times" and others writing editorials focusing strictly on guns or on lgbt issues and literally writing out of these attacks in particular. the role that radical islam we know played, i ink it's irresponsible on behalf of the media misleading on behalf of the president. >> we'll get to the discussion about gun control in the next segment. before we get to the discussion about isis and what c.i.a. director brennan said, i want to bring you in, howard on the fact that we keep learning new

details about the shooter and they are is one more horrifying than the rest. now we're finding out that he made 16 phone calls during the time that he was slaughtering these people and was checking on facebook to try to see what kind of coverage he was getting. >> it's infuriating and horrifying and heartbreaking to learn these details during this mass slaughter. and i think president obama today gave a very emotional speech, unfortunately as you say, he's had a lot of practice at it, paying tribute to the victims and pivoting to gun control. he does that with an intensity that he lacks when he talks about the war on terror, i think everybody can see that it doesn't seem like it is as close to his heart. i think the country is fearful, people can imagine be in a nightclub like that and angry,

despite two fbi investigations. >> there was another development. which steve alluded to, the fact that c.i.a. director brennan testified before congress and while he said we are making some progress against isis, rolling back the amount of territory that they occupy in iraq and syria, he said that we have not reduced their terror capability or their global reach. take a look at this part. >> we judge that isil is training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks. isil has a large cadre of western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the west. and the group is probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the west, including in refugee flows, smuggling routes and legitimate methods of travel. >> karen a lot of that atlantics with what donald trump has been saying about the threat of refugees coming from the war zone into this country.

you did see a lot of people going there from europe, from other countries to join the fight. it's an entirely different kind of threat. i mean i -- >> in terms of the u.s. homeland, it's a greater threat. >> much worse and much more urgent. they first came in our consciousness when they were doing beheading videos in the middle east. as horrifying as it was, that was a threat that was at some remove. what brennan is saying today is it's coming here. >> charles, for all the talk about guns and immigration, i know that you think the real key to all of this and to protecting the homeland is to defeating isis over there. do you get the sense that there is a credible plan being offered by either hillary clinton or donald trump? >> no. and it's remarkable to me that we seem to completely ignore the

one example historical example from history, which would show us what works. al qaeda had four major attacks against u.s. interests. the attack on the embassies, the failed attack, the first one on the world trade center, the attack on the "cole" and then 9/11 and it thrived. crescendos at 9/11. after which we decided to go after them. were driven out of their sanctuary. physically. we have not had a major attack on that scale forfrom al qaeda since. in the end, can you do everything you want. you can put, you can have the most wonderful social media experts to counter the message of isil. you can do anything you want. in the end, what gets recruits, what inspires, what inspires? a winner, a strong horse, somebody who is succeeding. who holds out the idea that we have a caliphate and we are now going to expand into the world. if they are in retreat, if they are driven out of their

headquarters in raqqah, that's the beginning of the end of that movement. in the end you can harden all the soft targets you want in america, turn this into an armed camp. you can keep all the muslim immigrants you want away from our shores, it will make no difference. in the end the only thing that will work as it worked to a large extent with al qaeda, is you have to go after them where they live. and drive them out. >> do you agree with that, that if we were able to degrade and destroy, use the president's term, isis in its headquarters in iraq, syria, that that would shrink its appeal or eliminate its appeal, to the omar mat tooens of the world and the country? >> i think it would help. i would also say we can't lose sight of the growth of the global jihadist movement beyond isis. isis is a considerable threat, probably the greatest threat right now with respect to jihadist movements, but al qaeda hasn't just gone away, al qaeda

has disbursed power. if you talk to some of the intelligence officials i've been speaking to, there's a great sense of alarm about the possibility of an attack on the u.s. homeland emanating out of afghanistan, pakistan and elsewhere. new intelligence reporting suggests that that's precisely what al qaeda is trying to do. and we've been chasing that reporting and at least in certain segments of the u.s. intelligence community, it's caused considerable alarm that that kind of planning from al qaeda could be coming here. >> briefly, howie, i think it's fair to say that mateen, while he clearly had radical islamic tendencies, he wasn't a devout follower of isis or al qaeda. he seems to have used them all interchangeably. >> that's how the threat is metastasizing, while the administration makes sounds about isis' territory in iraq shrinking, the fact that you can have people who had no formal contact with isis, but are inspired by its message and who already are here.

shows you why this is a country that's very afraid right now. and john brennan's words, providing a stark reality check on the hill to the more soothing reports from the obama administration. take a break, but next up, the senate will vote on a range of plans to prevent potential terrorists from buying guns. and donald trump threatens to run away from the gop. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief

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i used to like that song. you have to spend 15 hours straight on the tloor of the senate, there's no better cause to champion than stopping gun violence. >> the democrats go on high dungeon that we have got to restrict the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. this is not a gun control issue. this is a terrorism issue. >> the debate over gun control continued on capitol hill today. but there was a agreement on at least one point and we're back now with the panel. the senate has agreed to hold votes, perhaps as early as monday on various measures, some proposed by republican, some by democrats, that would block people on terror watch lists, from being able to buy guns. karen, how significant, what are the c to be able to work out the differences? >> the senate has in fact voted

on these measures before and it's failed in the senate. even if it were to get through the senate, it face as much, much tougher slog in the house. although paul ryan today did signal he is at least open to some kind of talk of compromise. murphy did sort of coalesce the democrats, did bring a lot of attention to it. so i think there are going to be negotiations, but the chance of something actually pass something still pretty slim. >> meanwhile, donald trump upset a lot of conservatives when he tweeted that he wants to meet with the nra to discuss some plan that would block people on terror watch list, potential terrorists from being able to buy guns. howie, how much could this hurt trump with his base and could it, conceivably help him with more moderate voters. >> i think more the latter. this is an example, if trump

wasn't so at war with republican leaders and so under fire for various hot rhetoric in the way of orlando, what shows him to be appealing because he breaks with the orthodoxy of g.o.p. other social security, medicare, hedge fund taxes and seems willing to catch a wave here because i think there is a lot of outrage and confusion in the country on this narrow issue. how you can be on a no fly list and fbi terror watch list although the killer was later taken off by the fbi and still buy assault rifle? this is the kind of thing that people find appealing about donald trump but it's been overshadowed by all the other ways in which he seems to be getting a slow motion divorce from his party. >> well, let's get to the slow motion divorce because there was trump's warning to the g.o.p. leaders that he may run on his own, setting himself apart from the republican party. take a look. >> we have to have our republicans, either stick together or let me just do

it by myself. i will do very well. i'm going to do very well. okay? i'm going to do very well. a lot of people thought i should do that anyway. but i will just do it very nicely by myself. >> steve, can donald trump win by himself basically at odds with the republican party? >> no. he can't. this should come as a surprise to no one. and i think his arguments on gun control should come as a surprise to no one. it's not that he is adhering to the g.o.p. orthodoxy and others. it's still that he is adhering to the orthodoxy of the party he once funded in greater numbers than the one he now belongs to. look, at a time when donald trump should be reaching out to all manner, every kind of republican and trying to bring them on board, he continues to make statements like this, saying i can do it. i don't need you. alienating republican leaders on the hill. you now have two -- the two

most popular republican governors in the country charlie baker in massachusetts and larry hogan in maryland saying they won't vote for trump. if several representatives in michigan which was a state that trump was targeting saying they won't vote for trump. bill haslam in tennessee isn't sure he will vote for trump. john kasich hosting the convention he can't get behind trump. this is all at a time when trump after winning the nomination should have been reaching out to everybody and saying come aboard. we might have our differences but he is not doing it. >> charles, what's going on here? >> well, you call it a slow motion divorce. remember, it was a shotgun wedding under -- with sort of forced circumstances. and they have been in counseling ever since. so this has not looked good from the beginning. what's happened is people had this aspiration, this hope, this wish that somehow trump would turn. in terms of his temperament, statements become, as he says, presidential and

boring. and, of course, that was never going to happen. and the last couple of weeks he has been unpresidential squared. i think that's why you get the governors running away from him and a few others. they are all at their distance now. but if trump thinks he can run without them, the question is where is he going to get the money unless is he going to sell all of his properties. i assume he is not going to do that he doesn't want to. and where is he going to get the infrastructure. he does not have the infrastructure for a general election campaign. the rnc does. in the end he is going to have to work with them. if the leadership is against him, that's going to be a really rocky marriage. in the end they usually end very badly. >> it's worth looking at what's going on on the other side at this very moment in that the democrats had started the clinton campaign has started a multi-million-dollar ad campaign today in swing states. they do have the infrastructure. they do have the organization. and that is -- he is about to run in to a

billion-dollar buzz saw. >> real quickly, one of the things that interested me because they are running three ads. one attacks trump but two of them saying what a great person hillary clinton is. clearly she is trying to deal yes he has 70% unfavorable% rating she has 55% unfavorable rating. >> again, they are organized. they are unified and they are working on this. >> that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a dog and a cat and something you have never seen before.

. finally tonight, enough politics. how about the story of a pit bull who was so scared of the kitten he lives with, he has learned to tip tip toe. don't believe me? take a look.

>> come on, come on. come on. it's okay. >> i have lost all respect for pit bulls or i would like to see that kitten. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report." greta goes "on the record" in a couple of seconds. ♪ ♪ >> it is friday, june 17th.

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♪ >> good morning. we are almost there. it is friday morning. good to say that. >> thank you for starting your day with us. panic around the world this morning. >> rock legend meat loaf rushed to the hospital after collapsing on stage in front of a packed concert hall in canada. >> those scary moments captured fans as the grammy winner fell to the floor. he was performing his