trump attacks left and right. let's play hardball. good day. i'm chris in washington. our story today is political and here at home. donald trump, whether your terrified against him or gaga for him. he is taking on the big business types and love getting cheap labor here or cheap labor abroad. taking on the hawks, bushes and others who look for every chance

to jam us into a foreign war. this week his focus was economic nationalism. >> we are being destroyed by trade, which we'll talk about. we are being destroyed at our borders. it will take anything we still have left in our country, it will destroy you. people are sick and tired with our jobs leaving our country. they get the money. they get the jobs. we get nothing. we are going to put america first. i have to say it, we don't put america first. we don't put america first. we don't put america first and we have to. it has made the financial elite very, very wealthy. it has left millions of our workers with nothing but poverty and heart ache. the u.s. chamber of commerce is totally controlled by the

special interest groups, just so you understand it. >> looking for work that's nowhere to be found. sick of their sons and daughters to screw with another regime change. sick of nothing being done of legal immigration. this, what he is saying is why despite all of his comments about mexican judges and cracks about attacks from mexican airplanes and his nasty call for an eye for an eye like pennsylvania. it is today's switch from leading democrat to toss up and why in a dangerous world this time in bangladesh trump may be on the way back from a slump. robert costas is here for us. gene, it seems to me he had a terrible two or three weeks.

he went into the seineness. it is his bread and butter. it is about jobs, fear of immigration. fear of bad trade deals, fear of losing your children. your up in pennsylvania and living on social security. i'm describing most people up there. they want people living close to them so they can visit and not running off to the southwest or some place else far job or a life. >> yeah, what got trump to this point is two issues, this economic nationalism and immigration. in some ways i think immigration may be the more visceral of the two issues. there is certainly an appeal in communities that have been left behind, that are not participants in globalization in a meaningful way. not anything out of it.

people there are desperate. you know, we should all get outside of the beltway more. >> and brooks in here, you know, it seems to me he is not running as mr. chamber of commerce type. he is not running for the rotary. he is against the big shots. i won't say i'm cheering for the guy but there's something different going on. anybody with clout he seems to be against even though he is mr. big time himself. >> we are watching this that has been in place for an interventionism, tax cuts. trump is taking an action to this. >> he was good on immigration. he was positive on it. he was a free trader. he is running against w. >> that's right. he is running against w. and

what frankly has been the consensus of both parties. not the tax stuff but certainly interventionism and certainly free trade. >> and the republican party is right. i mean look at the polling on republican congress. >> you're right. you saw the rise of pat buchanan and you saw after george w. bush the rise of the tea party and the anger about the banks being bailed out. you had the celebrity candidate step in. >> there is a new map showing the upcoming battleground states. it includes states like new hampshire, pennsylvania, which is pipivotal, michigan and wisconsin. what do you make of that? pennsylvania has always been a state that republicans are for.

>> it is like fool's gold. >> you don't think they will get it this time? >> there is something about pennsylvania. you look at it. >> i can do this. >> no. they always think that. they don't get it. >> because they feel it. when they go up 50 or 60 something counties, 60 are conservative. philadelphia county, i mean here is what happens. president obama will go to north philly, germantown. in every area he will zoom up the vote. he will do it. he will pull in a half million. he is coming southeast earn pennsylvansoutheastern pennsylvania. >> the test this month with the vice presidential pick, outside

of pittsburgh that it is socially acceptable, that it is okay to be publicly for trump. oba obama people know this. they can say trump is not like you politically. >> a lot of the irish guys in northeastern area, he has to get that too. if he is going to stop that he has to overcome snominorities a liberals. he feels like he is running against two political parties, as he said. let's watch this. it makes him interesting. let's watch. >> you know, when you have guys like bill kristol and you have all of these guys and it was a rough primary and they got beat up. they went after me too and now they don't want to endorse. it's almost like i'm running against two parties.

>> the smart guy is an influence. the anti trump crowd. here she goes. >> they call themsves the never -- [ booing ] >> i call them republicans against trump or r.a.t. for short. we are talking about our childrens future, the direction of the supreme court, all of this hinging on the next election and at such a time as this you cannot be lukewarm. we are going to take our country back and you're either with us or you're against us. >> what do you think that stands for? is that yesterday or is that tina fay getting ready for saturday night life? there is something about it i don't ignore her.

>> i think she is beyond th that phase of her political career. there are a set of people to whom she is tina fay, she is a joke. you know, look, i don't see donald trump going out of his way to get that much closer to sarah palin. there is one that is pure sarcasm. she has a lot of talent that way. i'm sure you're all laughing at her. >> you remember the last scene of the movie game change where they say she will be forgotten in a few weeks and they start hearing the chants. that is what we are seeing. a few years later she is still around. all of these economic nationalists. >> i like harelson.

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i understand how people view it. i think because of the fact that it has now cast shadow over house this case may be perceived it is important to talk about how it will be resolved. it is important to make it clear that that meeting does not have a bearing on how that matter will be reviewed. >> that is attorney general loretta lynch. defending her decision to me on the tarmac, let's set this straight, on the tarmac, the 30 minute social chat creating uproar among republicans. >> when i first heard that

yesterday afternoon i thought they were joking. i said no way. no way that's going to happen, and it happened. >> i'm flabbergasted by it. >> i think she should have steered clear even of a brief meeting with the former president. >> the meeting brings unwanted attention and gives the question whether voters can trust the clintons. sheer here is what trump said today. >> she is so guilty. you can read it right off here. how it is not being pursued properly, and i think that he really opened it up. he opened up a pandora's box. it shows what's happening with

our laws and with our government. >> it has slowed the momentum for a couple of days. while bill clinton can be one of her largest he can be one of her largest headaches. i should point out we just got to news that the fbi is going to interview hillary clinton as early as tomorrow and perhaps here in washington at her home. >> but knwe knew it was coming. >> we knew there was the possibility that it was coming. they always said this might happen. i think they almost have to do it at this point to show there isn't any bias. >> really? >> yeah. if there's any question that there is favoritism here

obviously donald trump is going to jump all over this. >> donald trump will jump all over this no matter what. i don't think anybody is being indicted. he already said if there's no inindictment it shows the system is crooked. there are people wearing t-shirts without knowing any of the facts. as a political football it's not going to lose any air. it will be kicked around even more so. >> let's go to some of these we know. she is a very likable person and very dignified in her job. she said the other day hillary clinton made all of the big calls. is it possible somebody below her might get in trouble about steps of reckless handling? how did you handle this government information? were you reckless or not by

objective standards? there is a objective standard of judgment here. >> she was saying that the ages, the career people will make this decision, not me. >> she basically all but admitted i would not do it again. it is rare. >> and i will not exercise discretion here. i will do what the fbi agents lean towards. >> not everything that's wrong is illegal. >> i'm just talk about will there be an indictment there? the fact is just to cover this. >> you can't investigate her e-mails or have her staff saying that and never talk to her for the investigation. i think everybody would have said yave to interview her. the separate is there l there be indictmented --

indictments. >> let's talk about this. >> dumb. dumb. they should put pill clinton on an aloond. for all the good he can do as a campaigner. he has this ability -- i don't know. he hasn't lost his touch as a candida candidate. >> he will speak at the convention. they are not hiding this guy. >> no. >> let him speak at the convention and put him back in a box. >> and he will blow out the c convention. >> and i bumped into him. i had scuffled with him but he is always gushing and friendly. he is like big dog. >> you know what they talked about? they talked about what? >> apparently they talked about grandchildren.

i can imagine she walked on the plane. i'm not surprised she didn't say move, get off the plane. it was a mistake by her. she couldn't say be gone! i can't see you. i can't see you. >> because of the intense scrutiny she did publicly confirmed she would accept the fbi recommendations, in ordther words, as they come. >> people have a whole host of reasons for how we handle business and how we handle matters. and i think that, again, i understand that my meeting on the plane could give them another reason to have questions and concerns also. that's why i said it's painful to me because the integrity of the department of justice is important. >> what do you think about the discretion here? do you think there's a natural

discretion she is holding up? >> usually not. usually most cases from the justice department do not go up to the attorney general for decisions, particularly when it comes to the handling of the classified investigation. these are rarely brought forward because they are hard to prove and a mistake is not necessarily a crime. so in normal circumstances it probably wouldn't get up to here. >> and somebody told me in the petraeus case a very tough sanction. they said no, a little lesser charge. >> if they cannot talk to anybody in washington or anybody under investigation by the fbi she would not have a large circle to talk to ever. >> when i heard it i was like what is she thinking? >> yeah. >> the round table is staying with us.

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one of the things that he didn't make into the story is he is a hard core conspiracy theorist. they already finished tapes so they got him props and they are amo amongst his most treasured. he wants to free the information. >> he is also a big fan of rollers coasters. mine is there are some trump delegates who are so worried about possible isis attacks at cleveland -- >> are you? >> they are so worried -- >> i am. >> they announced they are bringing their guns to the convention. they can't bring them there but they will say we will be at restaurants and hotel rooms and they are advising other delegates come armed as well. >> i'm packed. that's great.

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