here is a sneak peak of what the tweets are going to look like, well, check that out, i guess we beat china there. there is some good news. keep hearing we never win any more. so apparently the future is now, at least for reporters. i'm not sure if i want this thing to succeed or not. maybe it will save the industry, i can't tell. hopefully the "washington post" is working on a robot that can update my resume. now it's time for "hard ball" with chris matthews. have a great weekend. ♪ good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. hillary clinton was endorsed by a veteran national security official. it's the language she used describing her opponent. michael moral the former acting

director praised clinton as highly qualified for the presidency. his other reason for backing her is what he called his alarm over the prospect of the donald trump presidency. he said, trump is not only unqualified for the job he may well pose a threat to our national security. he went on to suggest that slads mere putin sees trump as exploitable. we will say that mr. putin recruited him as an whiting agent of the russian federation. pointing to trump's temperament has been a major theme of the democrats this year. >> imagine him in the oval office facing a real crisis, a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. >> yes, i think the republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week and, he keeps on proving it.

i think i was right and mitt romney and john mccain were wrong on certain policy issues. i never thought that they couldn't do the job. >> well, tonight the clinton campaign debuted a new ad quoting conservative skritices of trump. he's too dangerous to be president. ♪ >> if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i will be very frightened. >> he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. >> this is not somebody that should be handed the nuclear codes. >> you have to ask yourself of that temperament in control of nuclear codes, and as of now i have to say. >> how wee jackson is in green bay wisconsin where johnson is expected to endorse paul ryan tonight. i'm joined by mike murphy and valerie, a former covert cia officer who is a surrogate for hillary clinton.

thank you for coming on tonight. i want you to take the time -- >> thanks for having me, chris. >> the nuclear weapons and how the president of the united states has the nuclear football, the codes for using to deciding on whether to launch those missiles which hasn't been done since the days of harry truman when we had the two bombs over japan. what do you think about trump as the commander in chief as nuclear age. >> the notion is absolutely terrifying. it's august now. people are at the beach, but i think they are sort of seeing this through the clouds of their vacation. his temperament simply is not up to it as has been said. he's a man who provoked by 140 characters. that's not the sort of temperament you need. you have about 12 minutes when you, as the president, when you were born that there's a possibility of incoming nuclear attack. within that time, you have to

determine if it's accurate and how to respond, do you absorb the first attack or launch on warning, is what it's call, you immediately give the signal and our nuclear weapons arsenal is launched. and trump time and again on this issue and so many others has shown not only his ignorance but his rashness. >> do you think he has an itchy trigger finger? >> i think he hasn't really thought much about it, chris. he sort of answers on the fly. in an old interview he said -- he could learn everything he needs to know about the -- our whole nuclear posture in an hour. he's such a good negotiator. and i -- he has said so many things, you never know what his statement is accept that maybe it's kind of true in his head at that moment. they include, as i think in your interview, that he said first of all, well, you know, sort of so

what if other nations get nuclear weapons, i think he was referring to japan. he didn't take off the table the idea of using nuclear weapons in europe. it is very important for the president to be very careful of how they speak about either the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons. he clearly thinks he's smarter than anybody else, including vladimir putin and i agree with merrell's assessment, he is, in fact -- putin is manipulating trump for his own purposes. >> let me ask you about something we all wonder about occasionally, we know the president carries the codes with him, it's called the nuclear football. can he declare a launch by his own say so in. >> yeah. >> he can. if the secretary of defense says no, what happens then? >> yes. >> what happens?

>> well, this, you know, the constitution says, as you know, that only congress has the power to declare war. but there's no question that the president and the president alone has this incredible responsibility of declaring nuclear war. there have been cases notably when nixon in the waiting days of water gate when he was drinking too heavily, the secretary of defense and secretary of state sort of quietly put out the word to the nuclear command control, that, you know, the orders needed to go through them first. it's not very clear. it's not made public exactly how that goes, but it -- the possibility of an accident is already so high, do you want to put it in the hands of someone like donald trump. >> well, this afternoon donald trump tried to flip the scrip, you might say he called hillary clinton unhinged and unfit to be president.

let's watch. unstable, hillary clinton, lacks the judgment, temperament and moral character to lead this country. she's a dangerous liar. she's really pretty close to unhinged. and you've seen it. you've seen it a couple of times. but people in the background know it. the people that know her know it. and she's like an unbalanced person. hillary central role around the dominant islamic power that they are today in the middle east, proves that she is totally unfit to lead. >> well, let me go to howy jackson, it looks to me he's translating from some other language, who is reading them those words. he has words like unhinged, unfit, and he's looking trying to get -- somebody has decided to script him with this, eyou

know, it for at the. why is he doing this and who is telling him to read that script? >> look, first of all look at the language, you talk about the language he's using. it's language that the democrats use against donald trump, it's a bit of the i'm rubber you're u glue. he believes this is going to be efl effective line of attack. he comes out in on teenage, he is hitting hillary clinton and he is hitting president obama. he also called, by the way, the queen of corruption, you know whose words those were, donald trump liked it and caught his imagination, he's unvailing this time. lapage said, this week, that she had a talk with donald trump about being more disciplined. coming from paula page that's kind of interesting, i do think it shows that trump knows he needs to be more on message and i will tell you, he is telling his top advisers, not only, a

that he knows what he's doing, but he knows what he has to do and that's continue to go after clinton and make sure the spotlight stays on her. i think that's what you're going to see tonight in green bay after this we expect an endorsement of paul ryan which is significant. it is a backtrack for him. that is something that we rarely see from this cabinet. >> mike murphy, i can't wait to see for you, i want to presage what you see, when you bring wild ideas to lapage to trump, you're -- it's funny wild ideas already, he's stocking up on them from lapage, this is really a wild week. what do you make of this? you once said to me, i asked you what was the heart of darkness, what is the real reason you won't back him, his ignorance of foreign policy. >> i'm no trump defender and i can't vote for him. i don't think he has the judgment or training to be commander in chief, out shopping for crazy things to say like

it's open mic night is a trumbulling sign. i think we're going too far on the nuclear button. i don't think he would be jabbing at the desk trying to launch our deter rent. i think it's a more every day problem that he does not understand foreign policy and his impulsive fly by the seat of his pants style can get him into trouble. he's been the first president in decades to try to stabilize the nato alliance which is one of the foundations of our whole strategy. i don't think he understands nuclear deter rens which is threat. >> they're not center blocks or building materials you don't have to use them to have an effect. i asked him about using them, let's what he actually said. >> look, nuclear should be off the toubl, but will there be a time it could be used. >> the trouble when you say that, the japanese, they're hearing a guy running talk maybe using nuclear weapons, nobody wants to use that.

>> why do we make them? i will be the last one to use them. >> it's like the end of the world. >> can you tell the middle east we're not using them. >> i'm not going to take it off the table. >> no, i don't think so. >> i'll never use them in europe. >> i am not taking cards off the table. >> valerie, here is the question, you know what weapons we have, you know what we think and what it's all about, what would be the advantage in terms of telling the europeans, who are all our allies, that we might use the weapon over there, the nuclear weapon in europe, what would be the need to keep that on the table. >> well, you know, sometimes even a blind pig finds the acorn and trump actually hit it right on, what's -- why do we have nuclear weapons if we're not going to use them, which is the broader question of our whole

nuclear program. i am a firm believer that now nuclear weapons in the 21st century do not make us safer. he's just saying whatever comes into his mind in the moment and you know it. he can change at a whim. he hasn't -- he's simply, just like your other guest said, he simply does not have the knowledge, the background, nor the discipline to even learn about this, to understand what's the difference between nuclear use, nuclear dete rens policy and you speak about these things without the other world leaders having their hair on fire on this. >> go ahead michael, and then howie. >> everything is negotiating a parking lot deal so he's confusing nuclear weapons with tactics rather tennessee strategic person which is the freeze you don't use nuclear weapon because of the derer rent of t -- deter rent. it's a big thing. he's totally ignorant of any of

it so it scares the mel of out people when he throws terms like this around. >> back to you, a lot of people, including me, are always hopeful. we've watched people who behaved much more moderately than a lot of his critics did believe. people on the left and center left, reagan turned out to be one of our great presidents, people don't like hearing that, look at the list. and then, what shatters that with regard to trump is, he got the nomination of the republican party and hasn't changed a whip from the guy out there duking it out with 16 other opponents. he hasn't adjusted to the fact he's the party nominee. one of the two people that's probably our next president. that shatters the idea he will change if he gets innaug rated, doesn't it. >> here is the thing i will say to potentially rebut that, and that is this, for months after

he became the presumptive nominee, i believe it was may 5, he continued to relitigate the primaries talk about his primary opponents why aren't you focusing on hillary clinton when she was still locked in that battle with bernie sanders, what did he say at the time, it was my campaign doesn't real le begin until after the convention. whether you buy into that line or not, that's some insight into donald trump's psyche and why there are still some who are hopeful who continue to have to ternl optimism and turned into the general election, could, maybe change. i will tell you this, toorks i think one thing you hear from folks who come to these rallies, these are people out, you know, talking to people, one thing you hear, he's not going to do that, necessarily. that is something i've heard, they know when they hear this talk about nuclear weapons -- >> no wall. >> you know, they say -- well, you know -- here is the thing,

they like what he portrays, what he symbolizes, even if they don't agree with the policies he's talking about. for them it's a gamble, they believe it's a gamble that will pay offer. >> you cover him so well. hal hally, jackson. coming up is donald trump stumbles some are taking good hard look at the libertarian ticket this year, former massachusetts governor bill well could have real impact on the ball ballot. plus, inside the newest poll numbers and it's a dire picture, he's losing ground with virtually democratic group in our new nbc poll. 1%, you've got all the numbers coming up. rare back and forth hillary clinton was asked questions about her trump, e-mail and why many voters don't trust her. some cases the answers were

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we make the "hardball" with republicans losing confidence. one place they might look is the libertarian party. this year's ticket features two former republican governors, new mexico's gary john and bill welt of massachusetts according to latest nbc, paul, hillary clinton leads by nine points and

green party president qualifying at 5. a candidate must have a level of support of at least 15% of the national electorate opinion poll organization selected by the commission of governor debates. any way, gary johnson has an average of 8% supporting him, according to real clear politics polling averages join me right now is the former governor gary johnson and his running mate, the well-known popular governor of massachusetts bill welt. a couple of things, are you going to make 15 and is 15 a fair measure whether you should get into national debates? we know if you get in, anything can happen, if you don't it won't, your thoughts, governor? >> well, you hit it on the head and, yeah we've got some serious momentum we're believing we will be in the national debates. by all of our analytics things

are picking up dramatically, double in the amount of people looking what we're saying and doing, that's over the last few weeks. really -- >> i your -- your numbers have stayed about high single digits for weeks now, why do you say it's changing. i've been looking at 8s and 9s for a long time now. >> chris, i believe that you think that's the case, but from our vantage point, really, it's racheting up and, you know, fox poll here just a couple of days ago at 12%. you know bottom numbers if you go back six weeks ago were 6%, top numbers now are 13. so, you know, different viewpoint here. >> let me go to governor -- >> not making it up. >> we can argue. doesn't bother me. let me ask the governor, what happens to 14.9 and you don't quite make it to 15, is that fair? would you walk away and say that's the way it works? >> you know, chris, i'm pretty

sure i can feel it in my bone we're going to get there. it feels different out there, we're getting incoming calls from republican office holders, i'm thinking of endorsing you guys. i'm thinking of announcing. the ice is really cracking and i think people are coming to realize that the problem in this country right now is not so much an economic problem as a political problem and the monopoly of power in washington between the two parties is starting to behave the way monopoly always does, choking off creativity, absolute power corrupts, and it corrupts in a strong way. and the parties almost seem to exist for the purpose of killing each other. we think if we drive the car right up the middle of the road, we're physically responsible and that describes about 6 # 0% of the american people, most of whom don't know who we are. and when they learn more and more about who we are, i think

you're going to see those figures escalate dramatically, if we're able to pick up some prominent endorsements from republicans or middle of the road or even democrats that will accelerate the figures more. if we golf into mid september with 20, 25%, i firmly believe anything can happen. >> well, that's possible. let me ask you about the possibility of being a spoiler. we all know -- what happened ralph nader back in 2004, threw it to florida many would argue, it's a "w," are you afraid on the left you might take votes away from the left and take votes from the right and throw it to the other side as well, governor johnson. >> well, this is a party that needs spoiling, chris, really -- >> which one? >> clinton gets elected, trump gets elected, the polarization in congress is going to be greater than it's ever been before. our line is, elect are going to be bipartisan, we're doing to hire democrats and republicans,

all of them libertarian leaning, but being able to call out both sides to come to the middle and let's deal with issues that we can come together on. i mean, it is -- it's a broad six lane highway down the middle that neither republicans or democrats right now are occupying. >> who is the last independent to win at state? >> presidential history. >> george wallace. >> yeah. >> can you do that. can you match his success, any region of the country? >> sure, gary has already polling within a couple of points from the lead in the state of utah and other states in that pillar from the dakotas right on down to the rio. he's popular out west, even without this tsunami that i'm talking about some states in the northeast, what we're aiming at is winning the whole thing, nothing less, it's a gradual progression as people get to know us better, we think we not only have winning argument that we represent a mix of policy points of view that represents

the majority of people in the country. and the reason they're casting around and befuddled and uncertain is because they're fighting against that thought, oh,vy to vote d, i have to vote r, mommy, daddy always did. that's not true they can vote whoever they want. we think they ire going to come our way. >> let me ask you about foreign policy, let's try to nail one thing down, it won't surprise -- i think hillary is hawkish by my standards. she's not this president, i think she'll be much more hawkish in terms of middle east. i worry about that. i don't think we need to be more hawkish. on the other hand, trump is a mixed bag, certainly, he came off -- has come off against these words in the middle east, he said there are stupid words, what where would you guy -- let's assume trump is not hillary is. are you as hawkish as hillary? >> no. no. and when it comes to supporting regime change, i think that's

how the unintended consequence of making things worse not better. we are at war with isis. it's a war that we will see through to its conclusion, but involve congress in a declaration of war. how is it that we move forward and just skeptical from the very beginning if we're going to put boots on the ground, if we're going to drop bombs or fly drones that it have a strategic objective currently by doing all those things we made things worse not better. >> do you agree with with it that hillary is hawkish and you would be less hawkish, i'm asking you? >> i agree with that, having said that we do believe in maintaining and demonstrating milita military milita military supreme si. we do leave in cultural diplomacy use of soft power. we're the only free trader still left in this race, the other two

have abandoned free trade which is the cornerstone of the world order these days. i think, in a way, we're the only nonisolationness ticket still out there. >> interesting. >> i think we've got a couple of points about a more moderate foreign policy than we've seen from hillary, hillary has buckled to the antitrade crowd. i think she's a free trader but she's buckled. thanks, it will be interesting if you do make the 15% cut that will be one heck of a debate. i'm not sure based on the polling today who is going to win. your thought, i hear from governor well. >> just having us here on your show, chris, this will push us over 17, so thank you very much. >> we have delivered bumps for lesser causes, thank you so much governor gary johnson and bill well who i know very well. up next inside the numbers the new polls are dire and if things continue the republican can suffer badly.

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re-electi re-election. >> back to "hardball." >> is it that concerning at this point in the campaign? >> no it's very early and i think we're going to do very well. >> donald trump says that in spite of what the new polls are saying, it's still too early. hillary clinton is cutting into his base of supporters and trump needs to rebound fast if he has any chance to close the gap. according to our latest poll, hillary clinton has a strong lead among women, of course, growing advantage with african-americans and white voters with college degrees. trump's lead among men has been a race. he led clinton by 7 points now she leads him by one point. clinton is closing in on trump with white voters. today only five points ahead. white voters without college degrees has slipped. last month he led the former secretary of state by 22 points now clinton has trump's lead down to 13.

he's still ahead among white men who have not gone to college. joining me now are two people who know the numbers what do you think of these for now? >> i think -- >> you're losing your last three, white men who didn't go to college, isn't that a problem? >> it is a problem. i don't want democrats to celebrate too soon. when you look at the numbers she's moving in at 41, 42% among whites i would call it with the ceiling where obama got and you look at what kerry got. what's problematic for him, he's not running up white voter there is's nowhere a woman if he's not running up the score mitt romney. mitt romney got 51% of whites. he's got no way if he's not running tup score with whites. >> he's not running against barack obama. >> it's not a racial divide. you're always good. it's very hard to find you. >> it's getting harder. >> not trying to make a prediction, i can't find you anywhere.

go ahead. >> i think you can't predict, we're all in all new territory. we've never had two nominees for the party over 50% in terms of their negatives and unfavor blt. what was interesting both of them started off at 55%, if you look at the average, she's at 52 and he's at 58. these numbers are fairly baked in. i think with a lot of the people that are looking at movement every day on the polls are underestimating that they both have a ceiling, they both have a foreign. her ceiling is maybe a little bit higher than trumps. his floor is a little by lower, but there is a point -- >> can't we elect somebody we like? is that allowed any more. >> pennsylvania is where i'm from and i check in, i know up there. and when you say to them they're down on trump, which i think my family are, i go what about hillary, they go, no, where are

those people. >> that's the fluidity of it. that why she hasn't put this race away. again, if you look at where he's under performing, those are people who have been voting democrat, right, chris, you look at those ri gan, so do they vote hillary or sit home. >> what about the guy we just had on, will they go to gary johnson? >> we're in unchartered waters. i don't believe -- ross perot was phenomenal. >> if he get 15%, all bets are off. i don't think he'll get there. >> i would bill well at presidential debate and figure he would be the favorite because he's smart. >> we talk so much about the negatives, only 3% of the country liked both. usually it's about 30%. 30% dislike both these candidates, usually it's only 10%. that puts it into perspective

what type of race it's going to be and why it's such unchartered waters. >> this will be the lowest watch innaug ration in history. >> what people are flnot talkin about independent voters unfavorable on both of these candidates they may decide, i don't like either one of you, i'm not going to vote. >> and that usually hurts democrats. >> barack obama didn't win independents in 2008 or 2012, take a state like new hampshire where a large group of independent voters and you see the polling numbers where he's down 15 votes or so, they -- he's got to win back some of those voters having a total down ballot when you look at ayotte's numbers as well. >> clinton's advantage over trump is growing, there's still room for growth, in july she led by 77 percentage points, look at these numbers, national 91.

i have grown up. the african-american voter was two to one democrat. then it became 90 to 10 democratic. now it's just unbelievable. i don't know who the 10%. >> they'll have to start hg listening the to smart guys like this, you can't win a national election if you're getting 1%. you can't win ohio. look what george bush, he competed, got double digits in ohio. if a republican can get 15, 16% support in ohio they can win ohio, you can't win ohio with 1%. >> georgia shows four point lead. the last democratic lead to win georgia bill clinton '92. >> utah is not a crazy situation. >> you're seeing blue states that are looking much closer and some red states that are looking much closer. >> which blue state is closer? >> right now. >> well, not this week's poll, but if you look up until this

week, you look at michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, certainly within the margin. but, you also have missouri, utah -- not texas, you have georgia, you have utah. utah is a whole different thing. i mean, we did a poll of utah and trump's negatives in utah was at 67%, but hillary's was at 73%. no one was getting on the ballot over 35%, that's where gary jons son ought to be spending his time right now. >> he did that. plain states mountain states. >> what's important about georgia is in 2008 we actually did -- obama came and poll in georgia it was close but it was so expensive we would have to pull out of another state to go there. the clinton campaign is talking about going down somewhat in virginia and colorado where they can spend that money in a state like georgia, she has the ability to expand the map. >> let's talk about how this can change, we've seen horrendous

tourism. this catholic priest serving mass, saying mass and having his head cut off. that's a religious war. this guy was targeted because he was religious because he's practicing his religion, he's serving, saying mass, what happens if that kind of thing continues? will the whole thing change between now and november? >> perhaps. they were even where he had a 12, 10 point advantage. it's certainly her thing. >> that's because -- >> it goes back to at the end of the day this campaign is going to be about the middle class and whoever can go to the middle class and say i'm going to make you safer, i'm going to bring pros spa prosperity dream back within your reach and this is how we're going to get there. >> why does he do that? why does trump come out with a three point program. i'm going to build like you've ever seen. i'm going to build rapid rail. i'm going to put so many

construction guys to work you won't believe it. these are going to be amazing jobs so many of them this country will turn around. i'm going to build like huey long -- and keep the focus on jobs. >> i'm glad he's not. as a matter of fact, that will be message discipline what we've seen from this candidate is no displan at all. he's throwing it out of rallies, right. and movement right now. >> get the baby out of here. >> more of the numbers moving away from him than going toward them and that's why democrats be careful here. let's not start celebrate. we're not going to have a ten point election, right. >> it's not as simple as this message, i mean, you have to go back to the 55% that were unfavorable towards him before he got into this race. it was based on personality. it was based on the persona. he has to do it in such a way that's giving specifics and not just talking in broad strikes. >> thank you so much. we'll do this again, i hope. >> up next many times. up next in the big league with the polls right now. he did a rare back and forth

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welcome back to "hardball" hillary clinton addressed the audience tonight. she filtered questions from panelists. she was asked about recent interview in which she asserted director declared her public comments as "truthful." >> what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said pubically. so i may have short circuited and, for that, i -- you know, will try to clarify because i think, you know, chris wallace and i were probably talking past

each other because, of course, he could only talk to what i had told the fbi and i appreciated that. >> well, joining me right now for tonight's round table, she's a white house correspondencorre. white house correspondence, thank you all for joining us. let's see if hillary clinton walked into more trouble, did she clarify what she said and what the truth is, did she put it altogether or or not? >> she did not clarify, what he said is not that she was truthful. he had no basis to believe that she's lying in her interview with investigators. and so she said, well she kind -- her word was, short circuited that, i was truthful to investigators and i've been truthful to the public and i've been saying the same thing all along. if you look at the broader comments. he said that he had no basis to judge, whether she cease been truthful with the american public. he said that when he was

confronted with her statements about not sending classified material, he said classified material had been sent. so she, again, offered -- >> why should sh -- why would she keep saying that he had said something he hadn't and the transcripts are available. why would she say something that's not true, just let it go. >> he's not going to weigh in on this and go, you know, it for at the with her on this. >> we have tape. >> he said what he's going to say. this seems easy enough to clear up. she knows this question is still out there. she knows she's going to get asked this question again and again and it would be sampl to say i made a mistake. >> that's what's confuse about her answer today, she knew this question was probably coming and she did not provide a clear answer on it at all and over the entirety of this campaign, she hasn't seemed prepare to answer questions about her e-mails, even though she's had sl months to come up with answers. it was a very convoluted answer to the question today.

>> sam, we all remember, i remember it because i read about it, the 68 nixon campaign, the whole strategy was we got the lead, hold on to it, it's going to get bad headlines you know how that formal thing, it's like a pretend debate you never debate he avoided the press the whole time. is she tra stestrategically aru that kind of campaign. >> if she is she's been doing that for 240 days now. she's been that long since she's held a press conference, kwoni t know what you want to call this. >> what's the big question she's afraid of? >> i don't know if there's any particular thing she's afraid of. i think she is, basically, doing what you said, nixon which would do, to say i have a comfortable lead, i'm doing good work on the ground i'm making all the right, why would i want to trip myself up when i allowed donald trump

to trip himself. >> when secretary clinton was asked about the issue of her trustworthiness, let's listen to that. >> how would you lead a nation where majority of americans mistrust you and what extra responsibility might you have to show that you're up to the task? >> let me start by saying, every time i have done a job, people have counted on me and trusted me. >> maybe, just maybe when i'm actually running for a job, there is a real benefit to those on the other side in trying to stir up as much concern as possible. >> well, that's not a bad defense, it only will work with your people, though, your side will agree and the other side won't. >> that's right. it's interesting. by and large had a very good week. she's let donald trump -- >> she's the luckiest person in the universe. >> so she's up in the polls, but this -- and not a press

conference, but this inner play with press today. >> at this point she's actually bright in respects her polling numbers have gone much better when she is's not running for office but holding office. she's well regarded. >> joe biden keeps going up all the time, by the way. he's not running. >> round table staying with us, next, tleez thrhese three will something, i don't know. but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene, available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel. biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy too. remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isn't. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. but the best place to start is in the forest. kubo: i spy something beginning with..."s" beetle: snow. kubo: no. beetle: snow covered trees. monkey: nothing to do with snow.

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let me finish tonight with a place where this presidential campaign has landed. it's the question of, in whose hands we place control of our nuclear weapons? why? because it's one issue we can all agree is vitally relevant to our vote, it's relevant to the people of this country but to all of those of the planet, president and future, why because the decision made this next president when the vital point cannot be undone, once it's launched there's no taking it back. once one weapon goes to war, the planet becomes a killing field. i don't know why he refuses to take europe off the table in regards, who is he seeking to deter, what action is he seeking to discourage by saying he ke not right now imagine launching a missile into the heart of europe. but the real concern over trump's access to nuclear weapons arises from the

temperament issue, anyone who takes a shot at him will lead to him retaliating, refusing to take a slight, to hurl back whatever at his disposal, wlit's a nasty new nickname or act of wrongdoing. one thing he never does is let something goes when it comes from a national leader or anyone along the campaign trail. it is this trait that aroused many once in office; once in power, donald trump he will be the same man he is today. well, here is the reasonable suspicion that's hanging in the air right now. there was one owned hope that once elected he will begin the accept the constraints the presidency, he cannot engage in street fighting any more. what's dashed that hope failure to adjust these past few days to his new elevated status as republican presidential nominee. the trump up there on the stage today is no different in behavior than the guy who went to war politically in all those primaries, he hasn't changed why would he believe he would change if he was managed to be elected.

and that's "hardball" for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. she's like an unbalanced person. >> trump targets clinton as the former head of the cia calls him a threat to national security. >> all of my life i've been told, you have the greatest temperament. >> then, the republican nominee names his all male economic team. >> donald trump's problems go far beyond economics. >> plus, trump on the women he would appoint to his cabinet. >> there really are so many that are really talented people, like you. i mean, you're so talented. >> and his explanation for turfing a baby from his rally. >> a beautiful baby was crying. and i mean crying like you wouldn't believe. this baby could have been pavarotti. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> i love babies.