awkward charity dinner. back on the trail telling you everything that's happening for the race of the president. two and a half weeks if you can believe it. major development from the story that could affect -- >> i am joining now is katy tur. >> what are you going to say when it comes election day. katy tur is her name. we were joking about pence and tim kaine being all over the map. i am wondering why he picks pennsylvania over north carolina. what is he thinking? north carolina, he's statistically tied with hillary clinton. he needs pennsylvania to win in november. without it, it is very hard to

see how he will get the electoral college vote that he actually needs. but, so what you are seeing right now is he's going to two spots in pennsylvania outside of pittsburgh, there are spots where it is rural and less urban where his voting block is situated. he's not necessarily expanding the map there. he's trying to energyize his base enough to sort to counter act the cities in pennsylvania. and the same thing with with north carolina. that's why you see him when he gets ons sta stage out there. we need to watch these communities. and this sort of various actions and voter fraud in philadelphia. >> romney got zero votes in a couple of precincts in

philadelphia in 2012, there must be something negative gouing on. >> african-american votes out there leans heavily to democratic. >> he seems like he was talking about, well, hope this is all worth it which he said before, he has said that before. >> i mean, analyzing trump's mood and tone from rally to rally. >> what do you think of the last two and a half weeks. what is the campaign telling you of their strategies? >> the campaign does not say there is anything wrong, well, at least what they are telling reporters. they believe that the polling is incorrect and under representing trump's support because people don't want to say to a live person that they'll be voting for donald trump. i don't know what they're saying about the campaign.

it is kind of counter inintuiti. >> in colorado, you are down eight points in colorado. why are you campaigning here, why not focus on a place in arizona and it could turn blue or even texas which is coming up close. we are going to win colorado. so it is a bit maddening when you speak to them and try to show them the facts that are in front of them and they try to deny it. that's what donald trump does on campaign stage as well as rallies and saying he does not believe any of these polls about women and look at all the women that come to my rally. reality, there are a lot of women out there than just the one. >> we'll see, election night and the voters get to decide. we'll see what happens if those polls -- >> you never know of that campaign and i would never make a prediction because he has define political gravity over and over again. >> katy tur, great to see you.

thank you very much, have a great weekend. the clinton campaign in ohio today. kasie hunt is also here on me on the set. kasie we ke kasie, we keep on saying it is two weeks. what do you hear from top clinton people? >> we are not counting down to the end of this thing, are we? >> we are not. think think this is the final phase for the clinton campaign. she talked a lot about the fact they are ripping up campaign str schedule and she will be holding many more events previously and he will be out in pennsylvania and north carolina. i think for them, the focus is really trying to close as strong as possible especially of this conversation about a rigged election. they feel like it is really important to make sure that, you know, presume thing that the po hold and it is looking like a durable lead in a lot of these

polls. they are trying to make sure that there is no way the number on the boards are all unclear. >> to put whatever questions there maybe to rest. >> let me ask you about wikileaks, we got more e-mails out from today. again, today, as has happened many times over the previous few days. more messages between clinton's associate that could make the liberal wing of the party and not very happy. there is o and then he says, but we live in a lefty alternative universe. are we seeing wikileaks e-mails starting to divide the democrats a little bit? >> i think that the last impact of these wikileaks maybe exactly what you are talking about. a serious drift in the democratic party between the progressive wings. but, the more center left and

more pragmatic and wing of the party after the '90s. we are getting this pointing of just how the clinton's campaign where he wrestled with. i was surprised of the movement of bernie sanders and hillary clinton called herself a moderate. and john podesta saying does she does not understand what planet we are living on. the way they took it initially was to as you say point out how they did not seem to understand what was going on on the left. there is one e-mail referred to on the left as freaks and collectively gotten under beneath the skin of a lot of people. we are where the juice and the passion is on the left. so, i think that this actually may last longer in this election. >> we should point out that we have not authenticated those e-mails nor the clinton's

campaign have authenticated. >> and intelligence agencies are arguing that the russians are booi behind this hack and it is a direct attempt to stop it. >> thank you, you also have a great weekend. >> lets bring in john stanza. we should know msnbc's company universal has made a lead there. john, great to see you there. >> lets start with the buzz feed of rnc chair, michael steel, saying that he will not vote for donald trump. you guys put it out there, he won't vote for hillary clinton either. maybe not so shocking, how much does it hurt trump to have three rnc former chairs not backing him? >> i think it hurts him a lot. michael steel for a long time tried to thread this needle

where he was -- it was critical giving him some kind of c constru constructive advise and for people that supported him and undecided voters. for him to say i had enough and i cannot do this anymore is bad for them frankly, it shows the establishment is worried about what's going to happen come november 8th. john, donald trump has been talking about a rigged election, and we were looking at our results from our nbc news survey mo monk monkey, 45% of americans won't except the results of the election if their candidate loses verses 16% if we can flip the screen of the democrats who say they won't. so in other words, republicans

seem unlikely to accept the results. what do you think is in store if trump loses this election. >> representative steve king, that's literally what she's going to have to do. it is herbally the birther movement but now in terms of really questioning the legitimacy of her government, assuming that she's elected. it is going to make things almost impossible for her and for moderate republicans or conservative republicans trying to get things done in washington. the house republican party is going to be conservative and a lot of their moderates are looking at lose elections and it is going to be hard for speaker paul ryan. we don't believe and we think it is stolen from us. it is going to make us of this poison culture for eight years or worse. >> clinton's campaign has a new ad today of the father of

capta captain khan, i want to play a little bit about it. >> he saved everyone in his unit. >> the one soldier that died. my son was kept. he was 27-year-old. and he was a muslim american. i want to ask mr. trump, would my son have a place in your america? >> as political ads go, all politics aside, it is impact full and it is an emotional ad. is this part of clinton's closing argument? certainly, like a closing punch i would say. if you go back to the convention when donald trump attacked the kh khan's. it was the first time we saw across the board.

people were looking at it negatively and they still represent that. it is an emotional ad and speaks to people. i think it will have a good and presignificant impact on voters. >> john stanza, thanks so much clinton, appreciate it. >> good to be here. >> coming up, bridge gate bomb shell, a former aid of chris christie testified, not only he knew about the george washington bridge lane closures back in august of 2013, lane closures lasted for days. the governor gave the go ahead as the testimony. we are going live at the courthouse after the break. >> we are going to iraq, where they are gaining momentum from freeing mosul. >>

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. those incidents where she was crying on the stand, how difficult was that for her? >> they are difficult and they were difficult and i think the rest of her life, it will be difficult. that was the attorney for bridge gate. he just testified and gaining emotional testimony this afternoon of what's known as grinch gate whether chris christie purposely shut down on a george washington bridge to punish the loco motive.

>> did krchris christie knows about that lane closures. yes, the governor did know. governor christie denied that he did. joining me now by phone of someone who's in the courtroom secretary of defense, adam reese, is with us. explain to us what it means. >> certainly, it was as bomb shell, briget kelly breaking her silence today saying she was the one that told the governor about the lane closures a month before it was implemented and he said it was okay. he did not react. she's putting the blame for the closure of david winestein. he said it was his idea that she was in charge. >> he she trusted him -- in

august 12th of that year, he sent kellyanne e-mail and said he said -- governor christie could get up after the traffic and saying he was the one that ended the horrible traffic we had for years at the george washington bridge. he told the governor again and he said it was fine. that's typical winestein. the next day she sent that infamous e-mail. she told the governor that she did not want the governor to come back and say are we doing the traffic study and that she did not told winestein.

she says that she says, "no one is entitled to a meeting." she says that she asked him to take a hand mic to pass it around. and he said, what do you think, i am an effin's talk show host. >> the government will get their chance after next weekend. you can bet it will be a withering cross-examination. >> adam reiss sprout of the courthouse, thank you very much. steve kha steve cornacki has been following this story. everyone knows who stechris

christie is. what does it mean for him? >> we have seen him stepping back publicly in the last two weeks. this is hanging over him right now and remember donald trump has a lot of reporting wanting to make chris christie his running mearu running mate. can you imagine he made that and over this. chris christie was the front runner for the nomination and the way he handled hurricane sandy and the big rigged election in march. and the bridge gate scandal that grows out of the desire to have a huge reelection of 2013. the idea where people around chris christie felt pressured.

after the 2013 election, people, wow, republican governor, blue state and huge mandate and the future of the republican party. when this thing came to light at the end of '13 and '14. it took the headline completely. >> he knew ahead and she did not want to testify. >> this is the thing, this has looked like the smoking gun piece of evidence for two and a half years. an e-mail with her name and title on it. deputy chief of staff saying time for some traffic problems. it looked like they had her dead to write this e-mail. she has not spoken to her in two and a half years. when the full context comes out, that e-mail will look different. they went to her and her lawyer went to prosecutors, yes, she will tell you everything. they would not do it. everybody is hearing for the first time her version of what the fuller context of that

e-mail is and what she's saying is look as what adam were saying. that e-mail is her kerrserving between winestein and chris christie. >> there is a lot of people who have that title. the title did not mean much. it was hard for people to believe that briget kelly would be ghiciven in the order of tha magnitude. >> that's more plausible. >> we'll hear christie's side of the story at some point >> yes, he's been called en. there is a separate thing that's that emerged of a local activist took the testimony that emerged in the trial. he used the provision of new jersey law to file a complaint of chris christie. he's going to come up and testify.

chris christie is going to have to respond to this and what she has said today. we know he adamantly denying this. i presented this christy and the other thing is the lane closure. she said chris christie talked to winestein and came back to her and during the lane closures, i just talked to wine wine winestein and traffic is going in process. >> we have a call from chris christie's office. thank you very much. >> we are now on day five of the battle to push isis out of mosul. today, isis fighters launched a series of attacks in the northern iraqis city of kikkuk.

>> matt is joining me now, what's the progress? >> thanks, kate, what we understand is the situation has been contained and by various security forces. we understand there is still some liepgt fire going on and some were caught up in downtown and really holding up for a last and final stand. what we understand that this morning, shortly before dawn, some 20 isis milita militants r the city and they basically shot up the place. they were armed with small weapons and grenades and suicide vests. at one point, they raided a construction site. now, why would isis attack a

power plant construction site? >> there y tend to actually kil them where ever they find them here in northern iraq. >> this one all day closing on the isis site and around about nighttime, the situation was all but contained and we got word that is all 20 of these isis fighters or almost all 20 of them have been kill or ed or detained or arrested. >> this is classic isis. they managed to take the counter terrorism services growing the tip of the spear of the fight for mosul and district them and bringing them down to kerkuk where they engaged them there. >> the mosul attack started just last week. they were able to bring in

suicide car bomber. >> it is not an unknown tactic. >> drawing them away from the heart of the battle. >> the fact that the fight for meow s mosul continuing to pay. >> along with americans and british backing from the u.s. led air coalition managed to basically in circle to in north and northwest, east and to the southeast. they managed yesterday to take the town of bartolo. the problem is moving into mosul, they'll encounter more resistance. they'll find people who are still remaining in mosul who isis could be using as human she shields. coming up, behind every good president, a good speech writer, i will joined by the the

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this is such a special event that i took a break from my rigorous nap schedule to be here. [ laughs ] >> and as you already heard, it is a treat for all of you, too. >> usually, i charge a lot for speeches like this. >>. [ laughs ] >> michelle obama gives a speech and every one loves it, it is fantastic. >> they think she's absolutely great. >> my wife milania, gives the exact same speech. [ laughs ] >> and people get on her case. >> those were some of the less awkward jokes last night at al smith's dinner in new york city.

a few times people gasped and buedb booed at the punch line. joining me now, the man who worked on al smith's speech dinner. he's now head writer for funny or die. i think i just messed it up. work on the 2012 speech. good to see you. talk about some of the automatic bard moments. i want to play it and talk ant how awkward it is. >> hillary believes that it is vital to deceive the people by having one public policy. >>. [ crowd boos kw] . >> i don't know, i don't know who they are angry about, you or

me. >> here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate tactics. >> you have been thu these and you had to write those jokes. is that just the state of this campaign or is that bad writing? >> well, i think that's really what donald trump has done to traditions like the oz smith denner. the oz smith dinner is a vest value of politeness. >> to my knowledge, this has happened before and this the 71st al smith's dinner. >> the fact that he crossed the line so blatantly, this is a candidate that does not respect background boundries that's been around for a long time. >> you worked on braum's's 2012.

i want to play a kip of it, okay? >> earlier today, i went shopping and i understand governor romney rent shopping for some stores in mid dpround. >> some people say, you are not as young as you used to be >> what is that golden smile and the pep in your step. setting down, joe, i am going to try a ram cocaine. >> on monday's deby the way is a little different because the pop i can is foreign policy. spoiler alert, we got osama bin laden. . >> those are good. he's got good timing, right? >> that's the biggest challenge trying to write a come die for a candidate. >> well, you want to be amendmently tun any, you don't want to ask one trying to be someone they are not. they are a full-time job and it is not to track jokes, they're

trying to find what's the funniest way rather than what you wul not expect a spesh to do. >> two and a half weeks left. that's your strategy. >> we are getting in the point of campaign where speeches matter for less. >> for clun lynn to. >> it seems to be working for her, for one candidate, it is sucre and the other candidate seriously interested in writing. former obama's speech >> thanks so much, we are going to be shift away from politics and bringing you important story that he with lfollowing in chuding tchu

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as the second day of early voting gets under way, in north carolina, lgbt supporters there are using the state law to motivate voters to get out and vote. steve patterson is joining me now from the battleground in north carolina with the latest installment in the red, why and you. >> reporter: this is a big battleground state. 15 electoral votes up for grabs and it is really been a

contingence state. now, there are con ten -- up and down the passing. >> hb 2 is the most hateful piece of legislation that we have seen attacking our community and many minority communities. >> across north carolina, the country's largest lgbt, civil rights group, the human rights campaign is mobilizing voters. >> people must use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender on their birth certificate. it is discrimination that strip t ed the community of their protection. >> what the governor has did has badly tan issued the state's legislation and causing state millions of dollars. >> i will expect to see what it is turning out.

>> it is the reason why i am here early in the morning, toi t want to repeal hb 2. >> thathb-2. >> many say it is not only controversial but bad for their bottom line. >> that hurts everybody bottom line. it isn't just a liberal business that got hurt by it. nobody is succeeding because of this law. >> in an august poll, 70% of voters call it, quote, bad for north carolina's reputation. the state gop calls it logical. >> a part of reason we're here is hb-2. >> nothing better to do than come from los angeles to talk about it. >> sure. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> why is that ridiculous to you? >> we've retained the law on bathrooms exactly how it has been since we invented indoor plumbing. we are going to stand with the 11-year-old girls and not let some stranger, grown man, walk into our locker room. we're not going to do it. it is important that we foster a climate of inclusion, of

diversity, but also of respect for people's safety and privacy. >> reporter: equal rights is one of the most important issues for millenials. at nc state, this woman is working hard to get her peers to the polls. >> what is it like to try to get students to get the information to get out and vote? >> it is challenging. there are 34,000 students here. i think with the stigma of millennial voters, i think it really hit home with hb-2. no, we do care about these issues. we care about how he want to see our government run. >> as we have been saying early in person voting is well underway in the tar heel state. early numbers have democrats and republicans voting by the thousands. we expect to see a big turnout come november. a lot of key issues facing north carolina. back to you. >> steve patterson, thanks so much. we'll be right back. you're looking live at donald trump holding a rally in jon

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as we mentioned, donald trump in johnstown, pennsylvania . i'm joined by carrie. tell us about the broader map. where does it fit in? >> for donald trump, pennsylvania is as close to a must-win state as you can get. this is a state that should have been pretty available territory for donald trump. he's definitely tried to make it competitive. there has been a combined $30 million in spending between both sides in pennsylvania. it should have been a place that was open to trump. it's a place that has been affected by the trade deals he likes to talk about on the campaign trail. here's the problem for donald trump. in the recent polling, he is decimated in philadelphia and the suburbs that surround it. that's historically been an area

that's been competitive. these are affluent suburbs. some can certainly tilt conservative. donald trump is losing these college educated whites skmt suburbs by a big margin. they make up 30% of the overall electorate in the state. as much as he's campaigning in central and western pennsylvania, it's going to be tricky for him to make up ground when he has lost the suburban voters in the collar counties, like bucks and chester, who have been previously competitive. they are whiiped off the map fo him. that's why the state is slipping away. >> thanks so much. speaking of pennsylvania, moments ago, vice president joe biden campaigning for hillary clinton. here's what he said about donald trump. >> press always asks me, don't i wish i were debating him? no. i wish i was in high school and i could take him behind the gym. that's what i wish. it's time for the your business entrepreneurs of the week. it may look like a scene from a reality tv show, but this group

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eastern, for "nbc nightly news." back here monday afternoon, 3:00 eastern time. up next, steve kornacki. >> thanks for that. good afternoon, everybody. i'm steve kornacki, live in new york. the countdown continues. 18 days now away from election day. topping our agenda right now, two candidates and two very different missions. hillary clinton trying to protect what has become a sizable lead. donald trump playing catchup. >> we have to work. you have to get everyone you know out there. >> trump speaking right now in pennsylvania. hillary clinton, meanwhile, she will be in ohio. later this hour, we're keeping a close eye on both of the events. also on the agenda, backstage with the candidates. what happened when trump and clinton were forced to talk with each other in private last night? >> mr. trump turned to secretary clinton and said, you know, you