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with chris matthews. >> has my way hit the highway, let's play "hardball." good evening i'm chris matthews, just days after kelly and steve bennett took it with the trump campaign, the republican nominee has cleaned house and rolled out his first tv ad of the general election. it's the clearest sign yet that trump who has been hoping for a game change is trying to win back the voters he needs to have for victory in november. and staff shakeup this week, amid that, paul manafort today resigned his post as campaign chairman. sources tell nbc news that manafort's relationship with trump had turned adversary yal to the campaign. numerous questioning the connections with russian and the

former prorussian government of ukraine. sticking to the teleprompter this rally last night, trump showed a rare moment of contrition, expressed in regrets for some of the things he said that may have caused, he used the word "pain." here he is. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. and i do regret it. particularly, where it may have caused personal pain. >> also out tonight with his new tv ad, first one tv ad of the election, an attack on hillary clinton no surprise of immigration, comes after trump, the last couple of months, two months, in fact, seeded the airways secretary clinton who

spent $60 million already on general election advertising she's owned the airways. these trump campaign changes aren't coming soon enough for campaign for weeks now. and we all agree on that. this is the transparent fact we've watched the campaign crumble. late today, trump also made a hard pitch to african-american voters at least seeming to be doing it. let's watch what he said. >> look how much african-american communities are suffering under democratic control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose? by trying something new like trump. you're living in poverty, your schools are no good. you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed.

what do you have to lose? now, at the end of four years i guarantee you that i will get over 95% of the african-american vote, i promise you. >> well, joined right now by political analyst robin cost of the washington post, national political reporter for that newspaper. former chairman of the msnbc. stephanie you're a lead off batter tonight. first of all, what do you make of trump's changes, what do you make of the regrets, like i did my way, regrets i made a few, too few to mention. he is trying to be nicer so that he'll get women republicans to vote for him, i think that's what he's up to. i don't think that's saying that black people, african-americans they're saying white women in the burbs so he won't be seen as racist.

>> it seems like the only thing that he regrets he's losing. >> yeah, this isn't so much fun any more. i like this better when other things are happening. i mean, here is the thing, he has spent his entire campaign inarguably most of his adult life offending particularly women in this country. 7 out of 10 women voters do not like him, they did not like him yesterday or today and i'm quite confident they're not going to like him on election day, his offensive comments have gone too far and he's clearly proven he's unfit for the presidency. >> let me go to robert, what do you think. it's certainly, he obviously saw the abis this week. we also have our takes on what going on. and i better make some changes.

>> it started over the weekend. he was furious about leaks he saw from within the campaign. he saw manafort becoming a d distraction. they start today see it as another political distraction. this whole time he's talking to kelly ann con way, behind the scenes, he's talking toll former advisers, he's saying we've got to kick start this thing. >> do you think that he's committed to this new approach of kinder, gentler to women, kinder gentler to african-americans, kinder gentler to flood victims. it does see the piece, i'm not the sob some people think i am. he seems to be trying. is this real or is it pr? >> that's a stupid question. i take that back. just whatever you think. we can never do that on

television. but, go ahead. >> it's not apples and oranges, chris, based on my reporting, what we're going to see is a hybrid approach, a little bit of this con way influence, the trip down into louisiana, the regret expression last night in charlotte. then you've got the approach at the same time, which is the p ppopulism. >> whom trump was addressing when he said he regretted some of the things he's been saying. let's watch this moment? >> who was he talking about? >> he was talking about anyone who feels offended by anything he said. that's all him. i hope that everybody who has criticized for being insensitive or for mocking someone, at least show some recognition and some forgiveness. >> will he reach out to the khan family personally? >> he may. i certainly hope they heard him

last night. >> well, i think she's saying accept it if you feel it. >> i think the important thing, you're talking about a man who's made it very clear he doesn't apologize. he doesn't see a need to express what he did, express regret. so that for him, again, i give that credit to kelly, i think she's had an immediate impact on the campaign. i think trump is probably now for the first time in a while, in a more comfortable space. he along with they are figuring out how to do what robert just touched on, go into a battle head to head against hillary, but also have in place the message, the structure. >> yeah. >> and the conversation beyond just going on a tap. >> i think it's interesting. anyone donald trump released his first tv ad of the general election, 4 million ad comes two months after secretary clinton launched her first ad back in june. let's watch this. >> in hillary clinton's american the system stays rigged.

syrian refugees flood in. illegal immigrants get to stay. donald trump's america is secure. terrorist and dangerous criminals kept out, the border secured, our families safe. >> well, stephanie back to where he started with the battle against immigration, added to the battle what he considers dangerous refugees coming to this country. >> right, it's one shade away from his statement of mexicans being rapist. i mean, i don't see this as a change, i see it as a continuation of the campaign. the -- of the entire campaign he's run. and as -- >> you think it's in this country, do you think illegal immigration is popular. do you think there are refugees coming to this popular. >> it's why do we need -- that's why we need immigration reform and we have to debate about immigration reform. but i think it's important to note with these changes, you know, bringing on steve bannon

is not exactly a warming feeling for particularly women in this country. >> how about kelly ann. >> you know, i think it's going to be really interesting to see what she does here. i want to remind folks on the anniversary of aiken's statement about if you remember it. she was the one who defended todd aiken. >> it's working for him. >> it's working for him. >> and she's working for donald trump. >> what do you think, i'm going to get to you in a minute. i want you to say something you think might be a smart political move whether you like it or not, what do you make of that. i think it's got the kelly ann fingerprints on it, what do you think of that, last night trump doing it. >> it may have her fingerprints, i just don't, you know, he also said believe me or not, i don't believe him. and i think i am with the vast majority of in this country that just don't believe it now, it's too late. >> let me get back to robert on

the vote he needs. my hunch before you win general election, you have to win back the mitt romney vote from last time. he's in trouble in north carolina, he has to fight for florida at this point. he has to get back to avoid humiliation, winning women republicans seems to be the goal, kelly ann seems to be the perfect professional to help him, am i right. >> based on the report that i have today, they're severing the arm they have to the republican establishment, he's gone. he's the one with the links they're bringing in steve bannon he's been much opposed to ryan, the house speaker and mcconnell the senate majority leader in their primary contest and you have bannon advocating that's detached from the republican party, this is an attempt to make wholesale change of what the gop is. >> montgomery, suburban women who vote.

republican, basically, i don't want to cut them short, they're a little better off, they think the republican party is better for them, are they in trouble. is trump in trouble with them still, those women. >> when we look. >> they read the papers, know the issues, they tend to be the republicans, can he win enough to rin pennsylvania. can he win them back, in fact. >> the way i've had it described to me, chris, is the trump people have to get economic unrest for suburban voters to out weigh these temperamental concerns that have been lingering there for many months. >> okay. trump today also took on hillary clinton when it comes to the african-american vote. he's going to a vote he's not going to look but i think he has to look like he's trying. that's my thing -- that's my thinking, let's watch. >> hillary clinton would rather provide a job to a refugee from overseas than to give that job to unemployed african-american youth in cities like detroit who have become refugees in their

own country. >> how does that ring, michael? >> is that for somebody else. >> who is that for. >> i don't think that resinates effectively in the black community at this point. >> the guys don't -- >> they're largely detached. there are those who like the idea, i've heard that expressed to me by a number of entrepreneurs and folks like that say, look, i like that message originally, but everything else is clouded that in such a way they're not buying it. he may be able to open up a little bit of a conversation there, but not much. this was for broader audience. this was for arizona. >> absolutely. >> this was for the rest. this was for parts of pennsylvania, for example, rl where you, you know, he's trying to say, look, i do care about the people you care about and i am concerned about, you know, their station in life and so that should be enough -- >> it seems to be the theme of the last 24 hour we'll see if it

lasts he took a surprise trip. trump today toured the flood zone in louisiana where thousands had been forced out of their homes. it comes after losing a newspaper call on president obama to cut short his vacation at martha's vine yard. what an exchange today, he took a jab at the president for -- as he put it, deciding to play golf. let's watch. >> you're playing golf in martha's vine yard. we're glad you're not playing golf. >> he's coming up here, buddy. >> somebody is that shouldn't be. >> make america great again. >> build it back. >> robert, you've got to like somebody else yells out what they're thinking. she's got it. she was saying you've -- what he's playing golf for, talk about partisan shot while the cameras are running. >> trump loves golf. but i think you see trump, this meeting, this trip to louisiana,

i hear chris was recommended by bannon he has these ideas of going to democratic towns, places where president obama may not be to try to change the perception of trump, not just in these interviews and in these speeches but in his trips and ie ten ra i -- i tin rare. >> and the conversation is about being trump in a space where the president is not. >> you never look good when -- he's going to tag base tuesday going down to baton rouge. you know, on his schedule it's not good going now. you can argue this is all showmanship, it's all pr, we can argue that, that's what we cover. it's called a campaign. go ahead, what did you say? >> i was saying this whole campaign, this is not a campaign that's going to be as competitive as clinton, it's all about public perception. >> you know, i think his pictures, you're -- ronald

reagan did quite well, those guys, they know how to put them in the right place at the right time whether it's normandy on the 40th anniversary or out on the liberty park in new jersey rediscovering the statute of liberty. there are some scar tissue right on that. >> donald trump has no -- >> did you like ronald reagan, stephanie? >> i disagreed with him -- >> did you like him? >> well, i'm going to be honest with you, i was in elementary school. >> did you like him, i could -- >> you can't get away with this. you can't say whether you like him or not? >> he was a -- he really truly was a great communicator. >> that's -- >> we'll make it through republican primary today. >> okay. great. you are discernible in your politics. thank you on for that. stephanie thank you, robert, thank you. have a nice weekend everybody with all your divergent and

diversive opinions. quid pro quo, to get the american prisoners back as people being held over there. they're calling it ran some because money for people sounds like ran some. the white house is our defense, let's watch that next. is vladimir putin, you hear a name vladimir, is he all in for trump? the former ambassador to tell us why that country and its president, putin, appear to be meddling, i think i wrote getting into our presidential election. and game change, trump's reset this week, shake you up as campaign people and having to louisiana for damage, will that work. can he win back weery republicans -- he went back to republican base. hit a single before you hit a home run. let me finish tonight with a

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first of all this was iran's money. it was money they were going to get back any way. when negotiated this interest payment that was much more advantageous. to degree it was quid pro quo, they got their principle back

and we got much more advantageous interest payment scheduled. >> the state department spokesman, john kirby today defending the administration's decision to reimburse iran $400 million at the same time they released american prisoners. kirby acknowledged just yesterday that the administration, barack obama administration withheld the release of cash until they knew the prisoners had left iran. listen to that. >> in basic english, you're saying that you wouldn't give them the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct? >> that's correct. because we already had concerns about the end games in terms of getting our people out. we didn't want to take any chances and so we believe that, as much leverages as could be had, we wanted to have. >> the administration has had to defend that deal since they reported on august 3rd, that's

this month. the obama administration secretly organized an air lift that coincided with the four americans released. republicans, of course, jumped on that report describing the deal as ran some, president obama pushed back the next day. here he is. >> the timing of this was, in fact, dictated by the fact that as a consequence of us negotiating around the nuclear deal, we actually had diplomatic negotiations and conversations with iran for the first time in several decades. >> for more on this. my question, i minus well start with the tough one, the cutting question, who told z -- who told iran that if they gave us our people back, they would get the money? because that statement, they would get the money if they

released our people, who told them that and once telling them that, isn't that a trade? isn't that a linkage. >> you think we'll find out in the congressional hearings. >> who told them you'll get the money if you release our people. >> yeah. >> that sounds like quid pro quo. it sound like a deal. >> the u.s. has -- >> part of a bigger deal but part of a deal. >> the u.s. has apparently owed this money which use to be iran. >> 37 years later were paying a bill on exactly the deal. >> we're replaying because the u.s. agreed to it several months after jason was already taken captive. >> let me ask you, sir, why do you think the administration was a linkage of anything and all part of a deal. >> as we discussed before last week, these were clearly connected because we had made the deal with iran, new diplomatic channels opened up. we were able to solve this debt that we owed them for 37 years and we were able to make prisoner exchange.

was there a connection, yes, but was there a quid pro quo, was this common sense, no. >> we're saying that -- they wouldn't get the money if they didn't release the prisoners, that's not the same as saying, you'll get the money if you release the prisoners, these are interesting questions and how things work, if i say, if you do that, i'll give you the money. >> you didn't say that. in what fantasy world does the criminal gang release the hostages and then wait for the money to be paid. >> we made the commitment. we got nervous at the end. this was all suppose to be synchronized, the plane with the prisoners was suppose to be taken off. two separate negotiated deals happening at the same time. they were delaying the prisoners. >> listen to me, you've got a child kidnapping case and they said give me 50 million bucks, and the bay is there, and the baby is not there, you say, you're not getting the money. that sound like a ran soming. >> this was smart diplomacy.

>> they -- he would be taking victory lap. >> why did the administration deny linkage. >> it wasn't a quid pro quo. >> this is smart diplomacy. >> your argument no relationship between getting the money and prisoners getting released. >> there is a relationship but it's not the relationship. >> let's watch this. early this month, this was some sort of ran some payment. let's watch. >> we do not pay ran some we didn't here and we won't in the future. precisely because if we did, then we would start encouraging americans to be targeted, much in the same way that some country that is do pay ran some end up having a lot more of their citizens being taken by various groups. >> i don't understand why he didn't say ran some, just say

you know what, there wasn't -- everythi was decided. we all did it at the same time, it was the opening of -- the deal about -- everything was on the table, the arms deal. the end of sanctions, the money coming back, they're all 37 years of us freezing the assets and getting our people back. it was all in this package and contains all of the other pieces of it. nothing gets agreed upon unless everything is agreed upon. why didn't you say that. >> i think they were too clever to disclose the $1.7 billion as part of the agreement but not the nature of exactly how it happened. but the president obama was already under so much heat and fire because of the nature of the negotiations. >> okay. >> here is the problem. here is the problem, joe, they're already sneaky aspects that he had to explain. when you send overcash and when -- euro, some in sterling, we're sending it over in some unmarked airplane, the whole

thing had the aspect of subterfu subterfuge. i know this is going to look weird, the only way to get paid is i'm going to send over unmarked plane and send it in european currency, this was all part of a deal, by not doing it that way up front, he's allowed trump, now, he's going to pound this baby for weeks. this is a gimme for him. >> the worst you can say about the administration, they were clumsy in the way they handled it. >> there was nothing secret about it. >> it was reported by the "wall street journal" at the time. >> we got it last night at 6:37 on the ap wire. so it wasn't exactly. >> a year ago -- >> in broad daylight. >> krcrucifying today. and then he gets them out and they cry ran some, there's no pleasing some people. >> i'm not sure how successful trump will be about this, because the people who already hate the iran deal, already hate

the iran deal. it does allow him to take some of the focus of russia, the ukraine, you know, all of the above. >> credibility is everything and i'm proobama, but this kind of thing has got to be carefully handled. because ronald reagan lost 20 points because i studied it back then. he stood up and beat jimmy carter, what's he do, he pays ran som, he was guilty on that and it took him months to admit. why not learn from the mistakes of earlier president, so i'm saying, i study this stuff. thank you. i don't mean to brag. up next, what is putin gain from helping trump. what does like trump about possiblily winning? let's talk to the formerly bachelor, this is "hardball" the place for politics. sfrz clean food.

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security experts say that with near certitude it was the hacking -- the hacking was done, it was perpetrated by the russian intelligence agency, directly controlled by him. the former u.s. ambassador micah mcfall explained putin has rational motives for trump to win. the proposal is to look into recognition of crimea as part of russian. trump also has made clear his disdain for the united states alliances around the world, a u.s. retreat from global affairs fits precisely with putin's international interest. after the dnc went so far to call upon russia to help find hillary clinton's e-mail. he's praised putin on the campaign trail. here is trump earlier this month. >> they say putin likes trump and he said nice things about me, he called me a genius, he said we're going to win, that's

good. that's not bad, that's good. >> is it. we're joined by micah, i guess we'll start with the facts that we know. do we know that the russians and their security agencies or intelligence forces hacked into the dnc e-mails and dumped them on us? >> yes, you know, government officials have said as much on background, a public -- a private firm has investigated it. i've talked to very senior people at the white house about it. i don't think there's any doubt they have done that. chris, let's remember that is their job. it's called spying. it's called intelligence. we do it, too, by the way. >> but -- it's not the job to get cut. >> why did they dump it. >> let's be very precise what we know and we don't. wiki leaks dumped the data. they made clear they don't like secretary clinton and they want to do damage to her. the part we don't know, precisely, is did the russians

give it to wiki leaks and i don't think we're ever going to know that because wiki leaks isn't going to tell us and the russians aren't going to tell us us either. >> you've got to figure out russian interest to figure out what they're up to. what is in their interest regarding the election that you can discern? >> you know, i think it's simple as that, it's crystal clear, there's one candidate that says we should look into recognizing crimea is part of candidate, there's another candidate that says absolutely not. there's one candidate, trump, that says we should renegotiate our relationship with nato allies. there's another candidate that says absolutely we should do that. i don't think you need to have a phd in political science, like i do, to think that mr. trump is the preferable candidate. >> so he comes off as soft, the restoration of the old spirit of influence by moscow?

he just supports their views. he said what they've trying to say, trying to get other people to say. on crimea, i want to point out, i don't know any -- maybe you know -- senators or member of congress that supports that. there are only six countries in the world that have supported the recognition. >> they're -- >> no, they're syria, north korea. >> venezuela. >> yeah, let me ask you about russian's ambitions i'm fascinated the way in which it seems to be relentless. they want access to oil. they want access to the south. they don't like being stuck up in the north. they always seem to like hitler wanted to move east, russia wants to move south and also wants to recreate the -- what's it called the nearer broad. they want -- they want bring back into their spirit of influence, enough of the countries around them. former members that will make

them feel strong again, isn't that it? >> yeah, that's right. i mean, i don't think putin wants to recreate the soviet union any more. i think it's he's too rational for that. to have the sphere of influence, to have the countries on the border, countries like ukraine and georgia, of course that's in his national interest today. >> why can't we rebuild. >> we spent most of the my growing up and i remember it was always east west, us against the east, there was always west against east. the hope was, when the cold war ended there would be a north south thing, where we and the russians would agree to fight, you know, we know it's going to be called isis, we thought it was going to be some aspect of the third world. why isn't there a much kwal interest between us and the russians taking on the trouble from the world of the middle east. >> well, you know, chris -- >> they're more vulnerable than us? >> right.

it's 25 years ago to the day that there was that coup attempt in 1991, when it failed that's the moment we thought we were going to work together. by the way, through those 25 years, we have worked together. i was at the white house in 2009 with president obama, we did cooperative things with them, including working against terrorism. but putin came back in 2011 and 2012 when he was elected president and he decided that we were meddling in his election, remember that, and -- >> were we? >> and he blamed secretary clinton of that, no, not in my opinion. but in his opinion the statement she made about that particle men t -- parliamentary signal. >> are you little worry thadd she's cold war sense, that she seems to be -- i've talked to her and i get a sense she's not shaken by the vietnam experience or iraqi experience, she's

hawkish in terms of east-west relationship. >> i never know what to do with that word "hawkish" i'm not a child of the cold war. that was before my time. i would say she's tough -- she's going to be tough in defending our national interest. she invoked ronald reagan three or four times on the show. ronald reagan did a lot of business, but he did it not by being weak but by being strong. >> he was going to war over nicholson was killed between east and west germany. he didn't go to war over little things. he was careful to not get pulled in. i thought he was very discerning. thank you mcfaul for coming on. is trump gearing up for the fall? step one is winning back the states that mitt romney carried. can he do that? can he win back weery

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look how much african-american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose by trying something new like trump. what do you have to lose? what do you have to lose? you live in your poverty, the schools are no good. you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. i will get over 95% of the african-american vote. i promise you. >> i don't think he was credible

but he was trying to make an appeal. i think he was working moderate whites to be blunt about it with a change in tone and over all of his campaign management. he's trying to get back in the game between now and november. step one is getting nervous republicans back aboard and ones who went for mitt romney four years ago, got to get back the republican vote for 2012 before you get the republican vote in 2016. he's got grounds to make up in key states. democrats with 288 electoral votes this week. that's about 100 shy. so can and will trump pull off his turn around. joining us now, so am i right, when you're a republican -- i hate talking like this, it is pretty much white. he's selling the suburban person, who doesn't want to think of themselves as a racist

that he isn't one. >> it's more his tone on tenor in terms of him being open and trying to campaign to a white audience of people. the democrats doing the same thing. it has been interesting. >> is he trying to recruit the next couple of weeks? who is he going for? >> you have to go through his original numbers i keep going back to hillary and he had 55% unfavorable rating. this is an effort to show a different part of him, much like his children exposed a different part of him and his tone and tenor and style that, you know, we keep hearing from the campaign, you know, he needs -- that's only half of it. the other half is the tone and tenor that he shows of others. >> it seems hard for him. i think of him as sanatra. the great line from "my way" was

"regrets who have a few, but too few to mention." he's not saying what regret, if i hurt anybody out there, which is the old cover up. okay. >> it does seem difficult for him to stay disciplined. even today as he went to louisiana, which was suppose to be this visit, he took this swing at president obama. >> that woman gave him the swing, he punched it. he's up there playing golf. >> you know, he didn't have to do that. he could have just moved on from it. but he has to make fun of president obama's golf game, everybody knew he was in louisiana, that was very clear. he didn't have to do that. he's got to stay on message. you asked who he needs to be winning. he needs to be winning white working class voters there are states like iowa which he could be, should be, winning and he's not doing well there. i'm not sure why he's going up with ads in that state. >> are you sure he's not winning in iowa? >> he's closer there.

>> it's hard for him. we've seen these shifts before, we've seen him pivot and be a little more diplomatic and read off a teleprompter before, how long does it typically last, a day, two days, he swings right back. >> yeah. >> you can't help it -- he can help himself, some credit to the new -- it's hard to rite for him. >> it's impossible to rite for him. >> that's my point, only half is staying on message, the other half is personality. that's the thing that the voters who are not supporting them, the republicans and some of the independent voters, they just, they had a negative reaction to the personality in the beginning and they're still reacting that way because he keeps going back to that. >> is he too brash? >> he has an impassenger of too much being a bully. he's too much off the cuff. it doesn't mean you can't be strong. >> i know. >> you don't have to -- >> my grandmother, never liked jackie gleeson because she knew

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>> have you noticed he seems to thrive on getting rid of people. he genesises people like a train conductor, i can hear the whistle, firing, firing, firing, you're fired. this is rough. but i guess he's doing what other presidential candidates have done trying to get to the right leader, the right general.

like lincoln relieving all the men who refused to commit the troops who couldn't bring himself to get to the offensive. we saw this with ronald reagan. we saw with mike dakacus and bringing him back when it was too late to get aggressive. i know kelly ann conway knows her stuff, the fact that he's recruited her. the big question is whether she can steer and sharpen the campaign where it needs to go. can trump win back the waivering republicans who were with them before. can he convince republican women, he has a heart to be president. he possesses that minimal level of compassion he like all presidents worthy. we're seeing signs that he does. his comment about having regrets about things he said that have hurt people. we're talking about positive today about race relations. no matter how successful this turned to campaign.

it's when the newly expressed sentiments are genuine or not, why because the minimal standard of getting elected president of the united states is not standing and looking like an sob. the that's "hardball." for now. tonight on "all in." >> i'm always careful with clients. >> donald trump's campaign chairman quits. >> my father didn't want to have the distraction. >> tonight all the palace intrigue on the third reboot in five months. plus, the new softer trump returns to divide and conquer. >> what do you have to lose? >> and just what does donald trump mean when he expresses regret? >> i regret it. >> i'll ask a trump senior advisor tonight. >> particularly where it may have caused personal pain. plus, disaster politics on the bayou. frightening new zika warnings in