information on her server. she lied. >> and moments from now, hillary clinton right here behind me in atlantic city on the board walk trying to get back to her game. focus today on donald trump's business failings. plus the longest war. president obama announcing he will keep 8,400 u.s. troops in afghanistan for the rest of his term, instead of going down to 5,500 as he had planned. >> and i strongly believe that it is in our national security interest, especially after all the blood and treasure we've invested in afghanistan over the years, that we give our afghan partners the very best opportunity to succeed. and deeply troubling, the deadly police shooting of a louisiana father, forcing more questions, outrage, and independent investigation. >> this event will not go unjusticed. it will not go unnoticed.

especially for the future. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in atlantic city where hillary clinton subpoena going to be holding a campaign rally this hour. right now we are also following breaking news in baton rouge, louisiana, the city's mayor is about to address the fatal police shooting sparking outrage today. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. first breaking news from the white house. president obama making a major announcement today about u.s. troops in afghanistan. after 15 years of fighting america's longest war. >> i am announcing an additional judgment to our posture. instead of going down to 5,500 troops by the end of this year, the united states will maintain approximately 8,400 troops in afghanistan into next year through the end of my administration. the narrow missions assigned to

forces will not change. >> and joining me now is nbc's richard engel. richard, it seems to me that the president was sort of splitting the difference between what some in the military and certainly some retired military wanted, and what his own instincts are which is to draw down to 5,500. the taliban, al qaeda, growing isis presence in afghanistan not letting him do what he wanted. >> reporter: well, it was you who mentioned earlier on special report that the president has done this several times in the past, when there have been military recommendations for troop surge in afghanistan or in this case sustaining high level of forces in afghanistan, he's tended to go back, confer with advisors and generally take the recommendations, but with a smaller number. so it's not exactly what the military wants or some of the more hawkish foreign policy advocates want, but it's more or

less with a couple of notches dialled back. and i think that's what we saw right now. there've been people who have been pushing for a larger contingency in afghanistan and instead of continuing with the current plan which is to cut troop levels in half, he went and said we'll keep them at 8,400, it'll be for the next administration to decide. but in that internal calculation as the advocate is adjusted, i think it's important not to lose sight of what is actually happening in that america's longest war has just been given an extension. it will go on and it'll be up to the next administration to decide if america will try to dial back it's presences in that country or not. and i think it reflects the continuing fragility of the continuing situation in afghanistan where you have three competing terrorist groups, al qaeda, which still has a presence there, the taliban, and

now isis, hoping for state collapse and hoping that the u.s. will leave, that the u.s. will abandon the afghan security forces, stop paying their salaries, and it would allow the terrorist organizations to thrive once again. >> and very briefly, you described it as a training and advising role, but is there any way to distinguish that from a combat role when bad things happen? >> reporter: yes and no. the role that u.s. troops have been playing in afghanistan has been getting more involved. and the authorities that they have were just extended in order to fight isis. they used to have a much more limited role, but the bar has been getting steadily higher. it's not what he's trying to distinguish. it's not like the old fashioned role like the role it was in

2006 or 2007 where american troops were the first through the door dropping out of helicopters, kicking in doors, arresting people, now they're generally advanced staging areas trying to guide the battles by remote control, but they are deaf niltly at advanced ageing areas. and if necessary they will go and kick down doors as well, that is not their primary mission. >> richard engel in istanbul today, thank you very much. and turning to politics, as hillary clinton tries to turn the page and get the conversation back to donald trump's business practices right here in atlantic city, trying to take the focus off of that scathing statement about her e-mail practices from fbi director james comey, director comey in fact will be back in the spotlight tomorrow. appearing before a house oversight committee, demanding an explanation for his recommendation that clinton should not face charges.

>> well, i'll let everybody be the judge of that. it looks like it to me. there are a lot of questions to be answered. we're going to be asking those questions. i think the dni, clapper, should deny hillary clinton access to classified information during this campaign, given how she so recklessly handled classified information. we have seen nothing but stone walling and dishonesty on this issue and that means there are a lot more questions that need to be answered. >> luke, first to you about the speaker, the speaker called for hearings and we quickly heard from the oversight committee they are going to be held as early as tomorrow and loretta lynch is going to be testifying next tuesday on july 12th. republicans are really seizing on this and demanding answers. >> reporter: it's breakneck

speed for capitol hill for an event like this to happen on tuesday and a hearing already happening on thursday the degree to which republicans have concerns regarding the fbi's report. and there you had speaker paul ryan saying that he had such concerns about what director comey has said he does not believe she is fit to receive intelligence briefings, even though she was once the secretary of state because how she has handled classified information in the past. republicans smell blood in the water on this report. they admit they were upset, there was no indictment, but they believe that comey's press conference on tuesday brings up a the love questions and they want to get into the report of the fbi, was going to issue an investigation and know why exactly there is no recommendation to doj to move on charges because they feel a lot less important people have gone down for less, less forms of examples of abuse. so it's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. democrats are already saying, look, this is the republicans

getting happy with their tax payer money, going after hillary clinton, trying to bring down her poll numbers, this is nothing but another use of that money. it'll be waste for political purposes, all that being said, comey will have to answer difficult questions tomorrow before that committee and explain why it is that hillary clinton is not being charged with so many others have been charged for violations it appear to be less harmful than what occurred in this case. that's going to be an uncomfortable thing for hillary clinton to deal with, and i'm sure you guys know she's going to have to come up with something tomorrow after comey goes down the rabbit hole, the house gop is going to bring him into in this hearing. >> and some of the questions that have been raised, casey hunt, raised by the answers that she's given about all of these issues and coe my rebutting those things. let's play that tape of the contrast between what comey said and what hillary clinton's been saying now for more than a year. >> i did not e-mail any class y

classified material to anyone on my e-mail. >> 110 e-mails, in 52 e-mail chains, have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information, at the time they were sent or received. >> i did not send or receive any material marked classified. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> let me just repeat what i have repeated for many months now, i never received nor sent any material that was marked classified. >> very small number of the e-mails here containing classified information bore markings that indicated the presence of classified information. >> and casey, that's what she's up against, that's the history. >> reporter: right, and the reality is while that top line headline is good for her, this

is really just undermines all of -- and underscores all of her biggest issues with voters, right? the polls that show that people just don't trust her. i think the question is going to be to what degree is this already baked in? is this the story people have digested and this is not going to change anything dramatically? it strikes me that comey's going so quickly means he wants to make sure that he ensures that the investigation is not viewed as partisan or political, he's willing to explain himself in this forum, as fast as he is, but i think for her, this was supposed to be a triumphant week, she was going to go campaign with obama, you were there yesterday in charlotte, she was going to come here. there is so much for her to work with here in atlantic city. we stayed at the trump taj mahal, now owned by someone else, just a symbol of how things by carl eicon. so much symbolism for things that have gone wrong in trump's business career, and yet, she

can't drag the focus away from the e-mails. >> and we're going to go to baton rouge now where the mayor is having a conference about that brutal shooting. >> sitting on our communities and on our officials. god we pray that thou would now lend us your wisdom, your knowledge, and your understanding that we would do and say all of the things that will be pleasing in god's sight. for you have said that it is you, o god, that called for peace and we would be just toward all of our brothers and sister. and god we put it in your hand knowing that you would do all things well, and we thank you in advance for what you're going to do, even in this situation. amen. i'm pastor gerrard a. robinson, senior of the baptist church and i've come on behalf of the

faith-based community and our community at large to talk to these, our city officials, and we have come to request and ask and say to them and say to all that we are concerned about the senseless killings of african americans in our communities and people of color. we've come as a community leader to request and ask that there be complete transparency in the investigation of this incident. we've also come to suggest and request that there be an independent and separate investigation by the u.s. attorney general's office and federal bureau of investigations to ensure that there is no bias or not leniency in regards to how this investigation is carried out. we look forward to them doing

what is right, we look forward to them doing what is just. i'm also here to submit to our community that when injustice is done anywhere in our country, anywhere in our cities that we have a right to protest. and that we should protest for those things which are right and in the best interest of our community, however we do want top suggest that all of our process, all of the people who would be protesting that you do it in order and that you do it as peacefully as possible. that it would serve our communities no good to have anybody else harmed or anybody else hurt in this situation. and to allow the arms of justice to do what it is supposed to do and trust that it would work in the best interest of our people in our community. >> thank you, pastor. i'm chief carl with the police

department. i want to thank all of you for coming this morning. those of you that's here, also thank those watching live and those that will watch and read about this later. as a community, when difficult things happen, it's important to have an honest conversation about it. what we want, what we know to be true and how to ensure that justice and accountability are held to the highest levels, to begin, i'd like to share with you what i know, early yesterday morning, we experienced a horrible tragedy, a life was lost. that life belonged to 37-year-old alton sterling. yesterday's events began around 12:35 a.m. when two of baton rouge's police uniformed officers responded to a disturbance call at 2112 north foster drive where the sss food market was located. the call came from someone who stated that a black male selling cds and wearing a red sweatshirt

threatened them with a gun. when officers arrived, sterling was armed and the altercation ensued that resulted in the loss of his life. exactly what happened at this time is the reason we are here today. like you, there are a lot that -- there is a lot that we do not understand. and at this point, like you, i am demanding answers. like you, all my prayers are with this community and especially with the family and loved ones of mr. sterling. and all the members of the baton rouge police department who are working hard every single day. the officers involved in yesterday's events blaine salamony and howie lake. both have been placed on administrative leave, pending the investigation. the investigation is now

ongoing. with that being said, and going with what pastor robinson said, it is our goal and our mission to make sure that a thorough, just, transparent, and independent investigation be conducted into this incident. therefore, i have spoke with walt green, our u.s. attorney, i have spoke with the fbi, i have spoke with colonel edmondson and we have found that we are going to turn the entire case over to the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi to conduct the investigation from this point. we feel that it is in the best interest of the baton rouge police department, the city of baton rouge, and this community for this to happen. so that is happened immediately, actually, it's already happened, and it is now in the hands of the u.s. attorney. that investigation is being -- will be -- the u.s. attorney will lead a fair, objective

review of the tragic circumstances that have led to this event. throughout the past 24 hours and we'll continue to be in contact with them and work with them in any way that we need to, to make sure and ensure this community that it is transparent, neutral investigation will be done. in preparing to speak with you today, it is important for us to understand that we had, that we had as many facts as possible and had communicated with all the other necessary authorities prior, throughout this entire investigation. as the governor, as governor abe ram stated this morning, we know the investigation will be thorough and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to get the answers that we all want. through the investigation conducted by the u.s. attorney and assisted by louisiana state police and the fbi, we will take -- we will be comprehensive

taking into account any and all evidence including all audio and video from both officer's body camera, dash board camera and any other video that we have obtained. such of those that have circulated online, as well as statements from numerous witnesses who were present and on the scene. with that being said, if you have any information, including any photos, video footage or if you witnessed the altercation, we urge you to come forward. all evidence and information is helpful in the investigation process and no stone will be left unturned. if you have any such information, please contact the u.s. attorney's office to get that information from you. today, i speak to you as chief of police, but more important as a fell le member of our baton rouge community. we ask for your voluntary compliance to our laws and peacefully assembly. with any gathering that may be planned. we encourage you to plan and protest as pastor robinson said,

we don't have issues with that, we just ask that you do it peacefully and that no one gets hurt or injured. despite the events that we are here for this morning, i want to remind everyone that we have hundreds of officers that risk their lives every single day and have a very difficult job, and we will continue to work in this community and for this community throughout this event. thank you. mayor. >> good morning, i'm melvin holden, mayor president of the city of baton rouge. of course we all feel the pain of what's happening in our community. it's a sad day and a tough day when you're confronted with the situation and the challenges that face you, and these positions in which you were elected to or appointed to. i can say this, let me personally thank the president of the united states and his state of from early this morning, we received nothing but

calls from the president's office, asking what ways they could help and volunteering to do whatever they need to do to make sure justice is served. let me also thank or governor who also has stepped out again with phone calls and talk to us about the role that he would be playing. let me thank the state police for what they are doing and you'll hear more about the roles that will be played there, but in particular, the justice department, when we talked about that and we can always said we must have transparency. as also the chief has said. we started talking about this yesterday in terms of yesterday, this just wasn't an idea that hit us for a press conference today. when the citizens out there, they are tax payers. with tax payers comes the words accountability, with accountability comes the burden of making sure and maybe it's not really a burden, but the

responsibility that's delegated to you must be carried out in a very thoughtful manner. and a manner that satisfies those who pay our wages and our salaries, but the same time, a manner that assures them and we are not here to hide anything at all and that we believe justice will be served. but the other part is simply this, you find people who now want to the jump and everybody wants to make a political statement. including the justice department, we got congressmen from new orleans said well i'm calling for a full investigation. well, we've already been working on that. it's not like we need to be hand held and spoon fed when it comes down to doing what's right. and so when we tell you these things it, and what's going on is very, very important that you understand we are doing our best to make sure we get all the answers. but one call that came in today was really one of a mayor.

mayor stephanie rollins blake, out of baltimore. and that call meant a lot from the standpoint that baltimore has been through the same thing that we're witnessing here in baton rouge. and she said, we want you to know that we are willing to reach out to your city any way possible. which not only stands up as a mayor of baltimore, but the past president of the u.s. conference of mayors. therefore we've had calls from all across the united states with mayor's officering their help and prayers for the citizens of baton rouge but also those welcoming the case. i would tell you this, we are an inclusive community. when you look at what has happened in baton rouge over the past 12 years, there are not many cities that can say it has

a number one rated police department, fire department, and ems. we can say that. and that rating has been ours for a number of years. we are an inclusive city, when you look at the other ratings, we strive on excellence, and i tell you that manner of excellent will not be lost in this investigation. but we want to make sure that we -- >> that's the mayor of baton rouge, louisiana, kip holden. officials there, the police chief addressing the fatal police shooting of alton sterling. a black man killed by police outside a convenience store early tuesday morning. outrange growing today after cell phone video appearing to show that the incident, appeared to show the incident circulated online. joining me is ari, walk us through the video. we know that the justice department is now engaged with a federal investigation as well.

>> that's right, andrea. that is the news breaking just over the past few hours, and that is much faster than we usually see the justice department enter in. when you have the government and local officials calling for it, there isn't much left to say. as for the video which we can put up on the screen, this is an independently filmed video of the kind we've seen on cell phones and other areas. we haven't independently confirmed it. you see the officers basically are restraining the individual there and he seems to be held down, then you have the shots fired, there's a lot we don't kn, surveillance as well as potentially the body camera if it still exists that could give a lot more information about what happened beforehand. >> reporter: thanks so very much. tragic situation, obviously everyone there calling for restraint and for understanding as they investigate. meanwhile hillary clinton is about to take aim at donald trump's business dealings here in atlantic city. joining me now is kelly ann khan

roy, who is a new member of the donald trump senior team, communication team as well as the senior officials from trump, kelly ann, first of all, your response to what's happened in the last 24 hours. we know that it the fbi director's going to be testifying on the hill tomorrow. obviously donald trump is already found hillary clinton guilty as far as what he said publicly, as far as what he has said on twitter. is this the time to let the fbi director have his say and have the hearing progress before jumping to any conclusions? >> it just seems that director comey jumped to some conclusions but decided not to indict hillary clinton, he impugned her credibility. it plays into two things, everybody's polling, showing that upwards that two-thirds of americans say that hillary clinton is not trust worthy or honest. and number two, donald trump's entire movement built around the rigged corrupt system that benefits the insiders who always

have special privileges. now that is a part from any indictment or nonindictment. and i think the legitimate questions, the legitimate questions that exist for director comey are why in the world would you have such a tough 15-minute press conference and then conclude that it wasn't violated, somehow gross negligence in the statute different than your own words, quote, careless and reckless, extremely carelessness and the clip you showed earlier, andrea, showing the number of times hillary clinton claims publicly something that director comey said is simply not true. including the classified information. i would just end by saying this, i think director comey yesterday and the clips of hillary clinton that you shows andrea, really demonstrate how easy it's going to be to put this in ads all throughout the fall. what is hillary clinton's casual relationship with the truth? why does she have a difficult time answering basic questions about her own actions?

>> i also wanted to ask you though about donald trump's reactions because some republican strategists are saying that why didn't he jump on this in a more prosecutorial way? he was ripping last night about saddam hussein, let me play that for you. >> saddam hussein was a bad guy, right? he was a bad guy. really bad guy, but you know what he did well, he killed terrorists. he did that so good. they didn't read them the rights. they didn't talk. they were a terrorist, it was over. today, iraq is harbor for terrorism. you want to be a terrorist, go through iraq, it's like harvard. >> how do you explain him defending saddam hussein who gassed his own people. isn't that completely offmessage? >> first thing, he did not defend saddam hussein, he's a bad guy, bad guy, donald trump has said many times, many times

and nbc has covered it that with saddam hussein in power, terrorism had a formidable opponent, but he said that many times, it was different yesterday, he said hillary clinton seized on it and made it a political campaign issue largely because she would like to distract attention from the e-mail and the fbi director said she had not told the truth many times. donald trump said many things yesterday, it was a very busy news day, and he tweeted and spoke and spoke there on the rally in raleigh about what happened in the fbi's investigation. he's made very clear that crooked hillary as he refers to her does have special privileges and favors and allows her to escape the type of scrutiny and legal ramifications that would affect any of us and even under director comey's watch has affected other people. i saw credible news reports last night claiming that some of hillary clinton's aids who were part of this investigation may not be able to have top clearances within a clinton administration, that's a rich

irony. >> kelly ann conway, thank you very much. hillary clinton has taken the stage right now here in atlantic city. we listen to her speech. >> i'm so thankful to marty rosenburg, a native of atlantic city. being here today to share his story. i'm also grateful to the thousands of workers who worked here to make this city what it is. [ applause ] it's your livelihoods, it's how you support yr families. now this city has it's share of big names on big buildings. but you and i know it was built by small businesses and the

people who work to make it happen here. [ applause ] as the daughter of a small businessman whose hard work sent know college, i have a special place in my heart for the contractors, the craftsmen, and the shopkeepers who built this city and keep it going. [ applause ] now it is no secret that atlantic city has gone through some tough times. but the people of ac are determined to turn things around. yoif got a city council and a mayor working hand in hand. and if your governor would start doing his job, instead of -- instead of following donald trump around, holding his coat,

maybe we could really get new jersey's economy moving again. [ applause ] now here in atlantic city and across america, we've got to create more good-paying jobs with good wages. we've got to make the economy work for everyone, everywhere, not just those at the top in some places. and that is just one reason why this election is so important. and as the people of atlantic city know better than anyone, donald trump cannot do the job for american workers and businesses. now let's just look at this for a minute. donald trump says he's qualified to be president because of his business record. [ crowd booing ] now three weeks ago, he said, and i quote, i'm going to do for

the country what i did for my business. now, you know, when he says things like that, he's probably hoping nobody will check up on what he has said. because what he did for his businesses, and his workers, is nothing to brag about. in fact, it's shameful. and every single voter in america needs to know about it, so we don't let him do to our country what he did to his businesses. [ applause ] now -- now that is why i'm here today. we're standing in front of the old trump plaza casino and hotel

donald trump once predicted it'll be the biggest hit yet. now it's abandoned, you can just make out the word trump, where it used to be written in flashy lights. he had the letters taken down a few years ago. but his presence remains. and not far from here is the old trump marina hotel casino, a few years ago it was sold at a huge loss. just down the board walk is the trump taj mahal. donald once called it the eighth wonder of the world. it filed for bankruptcy in 2009, things got so bad the new management cancelled workers

health insurance and pensions -- [ crowd booing ] and now the those workers are on strike and we should all support them in getting a fair deal. [ applause ] now ask yourself, according to the donald, isn't he supposed to be some kind of amazing businessman? so it's fair to ask, since he is applying for a job, what in the world happened here? now his excuse for all this failure is that atlantic city just went downhill, that it's not his fault. but don't believe it. his businesses were failing long before the rest of the town was struggling. in fact, other than businesses here did worse because donald

trump acted so irresponsibly. he calls himself the king of debt, and he earned that title right here in ac. his bad decisions hurt the whole city. and here's what he did. he intentionally ran up huge amounts of debt on his companies, hundreds of millions of dollars. he borrowed at high interest rates, even after promising regulators that he wouldn't. what came next? he defaulted on those loans, didn't pay them back, and in the end, he bankrupted his companies, not once, not twice, but four times. and here's what he said about one of those bankruptcies. i figured he said it was the bank's rob, not mine, what the hell did i care?

i'm guessing many of you have had debt at some point, student loans, mortgages, credit cards, you couldn't just tell the bank that you didn't feel like paying, could you? and here's an important thing about how donald trump operates, he doesn't default and go bankrupt as a last resort, he does it over and over again on purpose. even though he knows he will leave others empty-handed while he keeps the plane, the helicopter, the penthouse. he convinced other people that his atlantic city properties were a great investment. so they would put in their own hard-earned money, but he always rigged it so he got paid no matter how his companies perform. when this casino collapsed because of how badly he managed

it, hundreds of people lost their jobs, shareholders were wiped out, lenders lost money, contractors, many of them small businesses, took heavy losses and many of themselves went bust. but druch, he walked away with millions. here's what he says about the whole experience. he actually brags about 12. atlantic city was a very good cash cow for me for a long time. the money i took out of there was incredible. think about it, the money he took out of here. that says everything you need to know about donald trump. it's not about what he can build, it's about how much he can take. you know, he did it again this morning, he went on twitter and

said, i made a lot of money in atlantic city, and left. well, he got rich and got out. and he thinks that's something to be proud of. he didn't just take advantage of investors, he took advantage of working people as well. donald trump has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits over the past 30 years. that's one every three days. give or take. and today's wednesday, so he's due for another one. here in atlantic city, you may know about vera poking, the widows whose house on columbia place, right over there, donald tried to cease it through eminent domain and turn it into a parking lot for limousines. thankfully he lost that fight,

but there were thousands more. and many of those lawsuits were filed by ordinary americans who worked for donald trump and never got paid. painters, waiters, plumbers, people who needed the money they earned and didn't get it. not because donald trump couldn't pay, but because he wouldn't pay. hundreds of liens have been filed against him by contractors, going back decades and they all tell the same story. i work for him. i did my job. he wouldn't pay me what he owed me. one person after another after anoth another. we just heard from marty rosenburg, he company was called atlantic plate glass. they were hired to do a big job for the trump taj mahal. they worked really hard on it.

but at some point, donald trump just stopped paying. in the end, he owed marty's company nearly half a million dollars for the work they did, under the agreement they made. marty's business barely survived. he did the same thing to a kitchen equipment company, a cabinet-maker, a music store owner. he owed $3.9 million to a company that supplied marble for his property. that business had to shut down. and eventually the owner to file for personal bankruptcy, the cost of doing business with donald trump. now donald trump doesn't think going bankrupt is a big deal. but it's devastating if your someone who plays by the rules.

i thought a lot about my dad in the last weeks as i've learned more about donald trump's business behavior. my dad was a small businessman. if his customers had done to him what trump did to these companies, he wouldn't have made it either. so this is personal for me. and it's personal for a lot of people, it's not ancient history. if he's elected president, it's our future, and the future of hard working people across america. [ applause ] because i want you to understand what he did here in atlantic city is exactly what he will do sf he wins in november. step one, give a huge tax cut to millionaires like himself. step two, add trillions to our

national debt. step three, he's suggesting we can just default on our national debt like he defaulted on his business debt. it is the same scam over and over and over again, and make no mistake, he's not asking for forgiveness, he's just hoping we forget. the people he's trying to convince to vote for him now are the same people he's been exploiting for years. working people, small business people, trying to support their families. and you know, this seems to be, this seems to be his one move he makes over the top promises, and says if people trust him, put their faith in him, he'll deliver for them. he'll make them wildly

successful. then everything falls apart, people get hurt, and donald gets paid. remember that the next time you see him on tv, talking about how america will win big if we elect him president. those promises he's making at his rallies, they're the same promises he made to his customers at trump university, now they're suing him for fraud. they're the same promises he made about another scheme called trump institute. the "new york times" reports that the lessons it sold for thousands of dollars apiece were plagiarized from somebody else. they're the same promises he made to his customers at trump condos in baja, california, you should hear these people's stories. they handed over their savings,

then their calls stopped getting answered. the condos were never built, and they never got their money back. the newark star ledger says he, and i quote, "excels at ripping people off." they wrote, again i quote, "as a result of his narcissistic, destructive risk-taking with other people's money, his casinos posted huge losses while others thrived." and remember, remember what he promised, i'm going to do for the country what i did for my business. [ crowd booing ] well, we should believe him, and make sure he never has the

chance to bankrupt america the way he bankrupted his businesses. i just want you to take all this information and tell everybody you can because people need to make an informed choice. so when trump says he's for working men and women of america, but trump furniture is made in turkey, instead of lakewood, new jersey, that matters. trump suits were made in mexico, instead of ashlin, pennsylvania. trump ramps are made in china, not al tuna, pennsylvania. if he wants to make america great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in america again.

and that's not all, donald trump actually stood on a debate stage and said americans wages are too high. he wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage, his campaign said, let's sell off america's assets. where do we start, the statue of liberty, these bad ideas just keep coming. and he wants to wipe out the tough rules that we put on big banks after the financial crisis. he rigged the economy for wall street all over again. we shouldn't be surprised. of course he'd be for protecting a system where the rich and the powerful stick it to everybody else. he got rich playing by those rules and he wants to keep it

that way. he says he's a businessman and this is what businessmen do, well, as cnn has pointed out, no major company in america has filed chapter 11 more often in the last 30 years than trump's casinos. so no, this is not normal behavior. [ applause ] now look, there are great companies in america. men and women who care about their worksers and the people they do business with and want to build something that last, they're decent, they're honest, some might even make fine presidents, they would never dream of acting like donald trump. in america, we don't begrudge people being successful, that's part of the american dream, but we do if they get rich by destroying other people until the process. [ applause ]

some let's just make sure we don't put a person like this with his empty promises and his lifetime of selfishness in a position to destroy our lives. and this isn't about democrats versus republicans, this goes far beyond that. donald trump is temper mentally unfit to be president of the united states.amentally unfit to be president of the united states. so we can't let him roll the dice with our children's futures, and it sure cannot be chapter 11. so let's prove that this fall. we believe in america, the values hard work, treats people with dignity, works to raise wages, not lower them. we believe in an america where small businesses are respected, not scammed. and i have a plan to make sure

big businesses can't stiff suppliers and contractors like donald's been doing for years. on this beautiful day, in this historic city, we believe in an america where people of all religions and races get an equal shot. and our economy works for everyone, not just those at the top. so let's carry that message all across america. let's fight hard and win in november, and then let's get to work, delivering results for the american people. we are stronger together, thank you all so much. ♪ ♪ >> well hillary clinton stem-winding speech here in atlantic city attacking donald trump for his business practices. i'm joined by the mayor, you agree with some of what she had

to say, a couple of instances, you thought they were kpraj rations in her economic indictment of donald trump. >> no, agree with 95% of what she said. was living in this house, she wasn't, the house was a dump -- >> but overall, that's a fair assessment. you are a democrat. >> but donald trump's record here, small business people got hurt. no question. and you know, he brags about one of his tricks was when you order something, have your logo stamped on it, and then when they deliver, the guy who delivers it can't take it back, if you order table cloths and it has a trump stamp all over it, then you can pay less than full prize. maybe a legal business practice, but not exactly the ethics i want in the oval office. >> were there other economic factors at play here which led to the obvious downturn in atlantic city enan historic

place that had nothing to do with donald trump? >> absolutely. the biggest economic factor is the ganging up and down the east coast. when, you know, connecticut opened up and delaware opened up, okay, then pennsylvania was really hurt us quite a bit, particularly southeast pennsylvania. we're in a way a suburb of philadelphia. so as you went from maryland to delaware to pennsylvania, new york, to connecticut, the proliferation were impacted only in atlantic city, not donald trump in terms of the negative spiral that we're in now. >> what is the situation now? is there any turn around here? >> i think on the casino front, we have levelled off, several years ago, now we have eight. he no longer is associated with that, but i think if they get past their strike, they would do well. right size in terms of the streak, and the next issue for

us is really need to diversify ourselves and there are some investments that are taking place major college campus coming to atlantic city, some other industry moving back into atlantic city. atlantic city is a small city, but is you evered the same fate as other cities. no doubt the suburbs so on and so forth. we have to bring those back. >> do you think it's fair to take a look at donald trump's business experiences here and extrapolate from that what kind of president, what kind of ceo he would be for america? >> i think it speaks to his character. i think it does speak to his character. and again, if your model is i got mine and i don't care, you know, and in the it was the banks that took the hit. no, it was the small contractors that took the hit. we heard from one today. you know, that's the ethics that donald brings, and again, i'm not sure that the ethics the american people want in the white house. >> as a democrat, does it concern you that this fbi

criticism by the fbi director of hillary clinton has certainly overshadowed what she was hoping today, do you have questions about her ethics after what you heard from the fbi director yesterday? >> well, i think first off, clearly hillary made a mistake, flo question. and then president clinton made a mistake meeting with attorney general, talk about a brain freeze, should never have happened. but the fact is, apparently from what we're hearing now, from the media, is that hillary clinton is not the first secretary of state to make this mistake, that other secretary of states have private servers -- >> she's the first to have a private server at her home. >> but others did similar type of things. i mean, maybe a nuance, so -- but i think the other thing is, really there's a repeated pattern with donald trump, that he did in atlantic city and done elsewhere.

it wasn't just atlantic city. again, as we heard from hillary clinton's speech today, secretary talked about trump university where he's being sued. about the project in california that never got off the ground and various other grounds. we're still waiting in atlantic city. donald is very good at big announcements as we've seen on the campaign trail. we experienced in atlantic city where he was going to take that for a while. one of the world's greatest roller coaster, we're still waiting. the world's greatest yacht at trump marina, we're still waiting. you know, that repeated pattern that he has of frankly being fast and loose with the truth, not caring about the impact on small businesses, and it's obviously a great concern to me and to other people about atlantic city. >> thank you so much for being with us here today. and joining us now, chris alyssa, msnbc contributor and founder of the washington post and wall street journal, political editor jean cummings,

she's trying to rebalance her campaign. she got through this speech and the focus on atlantic city, but there's a lot of attention obviously on jim comey going to the hill tomorrow. >> absolutely. look, andrea, i think what you saw was a very good and effective speech in which hillary clinton laid out a blueprint for how she's going to atrack donald trump. he says he's a successful businessman. let's look at his businesses and let's look at how he made his money which she argues is on the backs of middle class voters. she's always better on the attack than she is on the defensive. i think that's true of most candidates, but she is much better as a candidate in. back and forth trading jabs, than she is on any other format. this is an attempt to get her leaning forward again. obviously they're not going to do it wholeheartedly because you have james comey and loretta lynch, there's a lot going on around the fbi investigation, but i think this is an attempt to do just that. >> and jean cummings, if you

could chime in and also abby phillips is here with us, jean first to you, this is a rocky week, she's trying to rebalance, she had the president at her side. she's going to have the vice president with her on friday, but in between, she's got jim coe my on the hill. >> it has been up and down for her, but in the comey remarks do undercut her core argument and that is she's competent. she has to deal with this, but the e-mail investigation is coming to an end, today marks the beginning of this assault on donald trump that's going to last through the campaign, biden in scranton tomorrow, perfect place for similar messages. this is the playbook they used against mitt romney, four years ago, at this time, defined him, laid the foundation for the fall. it's a powerful argument that goes right at his key credential. i'm a successful businessman, that's why you should elect me. and she's talking to exactly the right voters.

she's weak with working class voters. moum times did she say middle class? it is aimed directly at his core of support. >> and it's going to be working class voters that she's going to be talking to in scranton on friday with joe biden who we all know wanted for his family tragedy to be running this year, and has to be looking at this week and what jim comey had to say about hillary clinton and just thinking what if i could have done that? >> there's really no better surrogate for her with working class voters than joe biden. i mean, skranton is basically his home turf. his credibility with unionized workers. if you talk to union leaders at the higher level, they say it's joe biden that their membership wanted at the beginning. and they're with secretary clinton now, but joe biden is going to go a long way into helping her finally get the rank and file members. some of whom might be looking at donald trump. >> and chris alyssa, there's a

report in the washington post i should ask you as well, abby, that corker is withdrawing from any consideration for vice president. abby, do you want to chime in on that? >> well, this is just another flow donald trump. they almost publicly trotted him out potentially as a vice presidential -- >> yes, in fact. >> and i think for donald trump doing these very public vice presidential tryouts has its pitfalls, and this is clearly one of them. >> it'll be newt gingrich tonight, chris christie took a shot from hillary clinton today here in new jersey, but it has been a very public blowout, we expect that something will happen by next week that he really is looking for a running mate before the convention the following week. >> yeah, and honestly, andrea, corker, i always thought, and i think was always on the outskirts of any kind of short list. you saw yesterday in north carolina if you watched or read the coverage, very awkward, sort of combo of donald trump and bob

corker. they are stylistically, radically different and on policy radically different. i was amazed that corker was in the mix. and christie, gingrich, pence, you know, all of those folks are similar in terms of their approach, and corker is not that. he seems to be, if i had to say, this is what donald trump ran against, it would be bob corker, sort of deal-making moderate. never really mad a huge amount of sense to me. >> and joni ernst, jeff sessions should be in that mix as well. jean cummings and chris alyssa and special edition of andrea mitchell, live from the board walk in atlantic city. follow the show online, on facebook and twitter. craig melvin picks it up right next here on msnbc. hi everyone, i'm craig melvin. very busy breaking news day here at msnbc headquarters in new

york, protests and outrage in baton rouge after chilling video emerges showing a deadly police-involved shooting of a black man named alton sterling. >> something really need to be done, and something need to be done quick about this. and not just for my brother, but for everybody. >> emotional news conference today, sterling's family pleading for justice, calling for the mayor's resignation, also calling for an independent investigation. we now know the officer's identities. straight ahead, the mayor's response. meanwhile on the campaign trail, board walk takedown, hillary clinton delivering a scathing rebuke of donald trump's business practices in the shadow of what she called one of the trump empire's greatest failures. meanwhile in the nation's capital, house republicans