chuck deserved an upgrade. bill is a retired social worker who went to chuck's house to interview him for a veterans history project sponsored by the local rotary club. ann overheard the interview from the other room and reminded chuckll the story i just told all of you. this is something chuck and i have in common. we do what our wives tell us to do. chuck told the story, and with his trademark humility, finished it by saying it was a piece of cake. bill, hearing the story, knew it was something more. he started a five-year mission along with chuck's son mike, a retired navy pilot, to award chuck the medal of honor. bill and mike are here, as is congresswoman debbie dingell, who along with her legendary husband don dingell went above and beyond to pass a law to make sure even all these years later we could still fully recognize chuck kettles' heroism today. so we thank them for their outstanding efforts. that's one more reason this story is quintessentially american. looking out for one another. the belief nobody should be left behind. this shouldn't just be a creed for our soldiers. this should be a creed for all of us. this is a country that's never finished in its mission to improve, to do better, to learn from

. >> and according to sandy they get snakes around there a lot bus chuck chuck did not have them in the hen house this can happen. >> australia get chickens to guard the place. >> get it. get it. >> i don't want to drive anymore. even when you're doing everything right there are things you cannot prevent like this driver in belgium. driving quite carefully, respectfully, that traffic moves over to the right-hand lane. this guy's opportunity to pass. >> oh! >> oh. >> the whole truck just tears itself apart. >> the side wall just came loose. it peeled off! hitting this driver. there's smoke coming from the hood. that driver pulls over. but now there's debris falling from inside the truck. everywhere. the driver gets out. he's like, what was that? that is what you expect to happen from here you put together the wrong way. >> i've never seen anything like that happen on the road, in vehicles. that's just not how it's supposed to work. >> i know. this is just a day you got bad luck. there's a type of luck that you do and it's proven in this next video from mexico, you see these guys on motor

chuck's door gunner roland shank. chuck's huey was hit. fuel was pouring out as he flew away. but chuckad wounded men aboard and decided to take his chances. he landed, found another helicopter and flu roland to the field hospital. by now, it was near evening. back in the riverbed, 44 american soldiers were still pinned down. the air was thick with gun powder. the smell of burning metal. then they heard a faint sound. as the sun started to set, they saw something rise over the horizon. six american helicopters. as one of them said, as beautiful as could be. for a third time, chuck and his unit headed into that hell on earth. death or injury was all but certain. the fellow pilot said later. and a lesser person would not return. once again, the enemy unloaded everything they had on chuck as he landed. small arms, automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades. soldiers ran to the helicopters. when chuck was told all were accounted for, he took off. and then, midair, his radio told him something else. eight men had not made it aboard. they'd been providing cover for the others. those eight s

it will be with us for the rest of the week, chuck. chuck thank you so much. >> don't miss bernie sanders and donald trump this morning on "meet the press." it comes your way at 10:30 here on nbc 10. we'll be right back. i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!" whenthe state made aers, commitment to us. i knew that i wasn't going to make a fortune. but i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. they've been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. they have made a promise, they've made a commitment, and they need to stick to it. >

chuck, we're here with senator chuck that said that he spoke to sanders two or three times today. characterize it and what's the back and forth like? >> well, bernie is the leader of the movement. he understands that he has improved things dramatically for our party and for our country by focussing on the middle class and then he knows now that he has a job to do to lead us all together in a unified way and he is going to do a great job. >> has he lost control of the movement? >> no. you will find a few outline ers and the overwhelming majority of people and 95 percent i believe will vote for hillary and 75 percent will work for hillary and they know the difference in the candidates and bernie laid it out last night. he did his speech from his heart. he knew that he created some real plovmmovement. he knows that we have to work together and we're going to see a lot more of it in the days to come. >> would you like to see sanders on the floor? >> well, i think that he has a lot of people that are loyal to him and what he stands for. it's a constructive force and continuing to lead the movement and leading us to unity as well. >> your fellow new yorker is a small plat and saying that he may be able to come out of retirement if junior ran for the major of new york. what do you say? >> let's win the presidency first. back to you chuck. >> i love it. it's interesting to hear chuck talk so confidently about sanders. by the way they went to the same high school and they have that in common. chuck is going to be the next leader in the democrats and what leader sanders can be leader of. >> there's dependent -- and there's a movement and exactly how that works. >> if that's the president clinton and then sand ers and elizabeth warren. >> that's going on and to announce the final role call and that's running for the role call and here is arkansas and this is going to clinton and then the home state. >> secretary i am from arkansas where we first learned to believe in a place called hope. where we are equally as proud to be the home of american poe wit and civil rights leader and baits and arkansas where the mother and the lady clinton lead the fight for the access of preeducation long before it was poplar and where she lead the fight for the legal aid services before it was poplar and lead the effort to establish a childr

chuck deserved an upgrade. bill is a retired social worker who went to chuck's house to interview him for a veterans history project sponsored by the local rotary club. ann overheard the interview from the other room and reminded chuck to tell the story i just told all of you. this is something chuck and i have in common. we do what our wives tell us to do. chuck told the story, and with his trademark humility, finished it by saying it was a piece of cake. bill, hearing the story, knew it was something more. he started a five-year mission along with chuck's son mike, a retired navy pilot, to award chuck the medal of honor. bill and mike are here, as is congresswoman debbie dingell, who along with her legendary his, don dingell, went above and beyond to pass a law to make sure we could still fully recognize chuck kettles' heroism today. we thank them for their outstanding efforts. that's one more reason this story is quintessentially american. looking out for one another. the belief nobody should be left behind. this shouldn't just be a creed for our soldiers. this should be a creed for all of us. this is a country that's never finished in its mission to improve, to do better, to learn from our history. to work to fo

chuck schumer -- congressman chuck schumer and other person. it was a strong lineup. thats only me who realized al d'amato was honorable. -- honorable. lnerable. i love to chuckumer. -- lost to chuck schumer. i ended up working against and with so many freaks of nature like chuck schumer. look, he has merited himself to the brink of being the senate minority majority leader. >> why do you say he is a better politician and what does that mean? >> that is a very good question. like, not only knows the gene that, but we know it when we see it. chuck was that and i was that. nader andwith ralph advocacy. talent that is relevant. chuck had a legislative talent that he fought legislatively, had a lot of laws he enacted on consumers, guns, banks. he was tough. he did what it takes. that is not criticism of him. it in my stupid coverage or poor shot selection, i ended up running against chuck schumer, mike boomer, andrew,, the deblasio and they did what it takes to win. do whatever you have to win so long as you don't get caught. are toughle generally as nails and they do what it and there are moments in my public life where i had to either do something and whenedgy

chuck's house to interview him for the veterans history project sponsored by the local rotary club. and overheard the interview in the other room and reminded chuck to tell the story that i just told all of you. , this is something chuck common, we do it our wives tell us to do. [laughter] chuck told the story and with his trademark humility finished it by saying it was a piece of cake. [laughter] bill, hearing the story was something more. he started a started five year mission along with chuck's son mike, retired navy pilot to award chuck the metal of honor. bill and mike are here, as is congressman woman debbie dingell who along with her husband don, went above and beyond to pass a law to make sure that even all of these years later we could still fully recognize his heroism as we do today. so we think them for their outstanding efforts. that is one more reason this story is quintessentially american. looking out for one another. the belief that nobody should be left behind. this should not be just a creed for soldiers. it should be a creed for all of us. this is a country that is never finished and its mission to improve, to do better, to learn from our history, to work to form a more perfect union. and at a time

chuck todd and saddam hussein. and donald trump actually spent more time talking about chuck todd than he spoke about the fbi director or hillary clinton. >> there's a guy on "meet the press" called sleepy eyes chuck todd. does anybody ever -- the guy was dying on "meet the press" a year ago, a while ago. he was dying. nobody watching "meet the press." i wake up, i turn the television. donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein. and actually put a press release out. now the people that saw it say it was great, but they are liars. these are bad people. these are bad peel. and what i did say -- and what i did say is that he was good at one thing. he was really good at killing terrorists. he didn't wait around. do you think they gave the terrorists trials that lasted 18 years? and then after 18 years if they had the right lawyer, they erect a statue in honor of the terrorists, right? not with trump. >> joining us now, malcom nance, former counterterrorism intelligent officer. malcolm, there are so many things in had that speech i want to get to. but the first thing i want to do is talk to you about what donald trump said about saddam hussein and terrorists. your reaction to that? >> y

chuck todd and saddam hussein. and donald trump actually spent more time talking about chuck todd than he spoke about the fbi director or hillary clinton. >> there's a guy on "meet the press" called sleepy eyes chuck todd. does anybody ever -- the guy was dying on "meet the press" a year ago, a while ago. he was dying. nobody watching "meet the press." i wake up, i turn the television. donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein. and actually put a press release out. now the people that saw it say it was great, but they are liars. these are bad people. these are bad peel. and what i did say -- and what i did say is that he was good at one thing. he was really good at killing terrorists. he didn't wait around. do you think they gave the terrorists trials that lasted 18 years? and then after 18 years if they had the right lawyer, they erect a statue in honor of the terrorists, right? not with trump. >> joining us now, mall conmantz, former counterterrorism intelligent officer. malco malcolm, there are so many things in had that speech i want to get to. but the first thing i want to do is talk to you about what donald trump said about saddam hussein and terrorists. your reaction to tha

chuck's heroism was recognized at the time by the armies second highest award for gallantry, the distinguished service cross but bill milano decided chuck deserved another. bill is a retired social worker who went to chuck's house to interview him for a veterans history project sponsored by the local rotary club and overheard the interview, a woman reminded chuck to tell bill the story i just told all of you. this is something chuck and i have in common, we do what our wives tell us to do. chuck told the story and with his trademark humility, finished it by saying it was a piece of cake area. [laughter] bill, here in the story, new it was something more and he started a five-year mission along with trucks son mike, retired navy pilot to award chuck the medal of honor. bill and mike are here as his commerce woman betty dingle who along with her legendary husband john bigelow went above and beyond to pass along to make sure that even all these years later, we could still only recognize chuck kettles's heroism as we do today so we thank them for their outstanding efforts. and that's one more reason this story is quintessentially american area looking out for one another. the belief that nobody should be left

chuck deserved an upgrade. he's a retired social worker to which a chuck's house to interview him for projects sponsored by the local rotary club and overheard the interview from the other room and told the story that i told olivia. this. this is something that chuck common, we do what our wives tell us to do. chuck told the story and with his trademark humility he finished it by saying it was a piece of cake. [laughter] bill, hearing the story started a five year mission along with chuck's son bike a retired navy pilot to award chuck the medal of honor. bill and mike are here as his congresswoman debbie dingell who along with her legendary husband john dingell went above and beyond to pass a law to make sure that even all these years later we can fully recognize chuck kettles's heroism as we do today so we thank them for their efforts. that's one more reason the story is quintessentially american. looking out for one another and the belief that nobody should be left behind. this shouldn't just be agreed for our soldiers, it should be agreed for all of us. this is a country that is never finished in its mission to improve, to do better, to learn from our history, to work to form a more perfect union. and at a time when that space it you have had a

chuck, who's been watching and listening along with us. chuck, something tells me we've just seen the template for what we'll hear at the democratic convention. >> i think that's right. and you're going to -- look, barack obama's going to be a big player at that democratic convention. he may be -- the way bill clinton, as important as bill clinton was to barack obama in 2012, in many ways, he gave the most important speech of that convention, bill clinton did, in defending obama's stewardship of the economy. well, i think what you saw there is what the clinton campaign wants from barack obama, is to have him be her character witness, character. personal character is her issue, particularly with swing voters. that's something that obama scores better than she does, always has, on personal ethics, personal character, and that's what they hope to use him for. i was thinking, brian, john mccain i think basically did a photo op at the white house, sort of perfunctory, when he was the presumptive nominee and met with president bush. al gore kept bill clinton away. george h.w. bush didn't get as much as reagan as i think he wished he could have had. we'll have an outgoing president enthusiastic about the campaign trail and a nominee that will want him a lot on the campaign trail, something we haven't seen in multiple generations. >> people can feel the way they do about this president, love him or hate him. from a delivery standpoint, he has a unique set of skills from the podium. and as a communicator, he's not quite like anyone we've ever seen. >> he's the best campaigner ever in the democratic party, period. this is one of those cases where i don't think you want a lot of joint events between hillary clinton and barack obama because there's that sense of as a campaigner he's just more comfortable than she is, but you do see why you may see a lot more barack obama than you will see bill clinton on this campaign trail. >> our friend, chuck political director, moderator of "meet the press" and host of "meet the press daily." you may note he is in his studio where a scant half hour from now, the most-watchable political show on television will begin on this important night of the political calendar. chuck, thanks. let's talk to hugh hewitt. hugh is, of course, a radio show host and a veteran of the reagan administration. fair warning, he's not only a lawyer, but he's been a law professor, so often uses skilled reasoning, shall we say, hugh? we can agree on that. >> thank you. >> i'm so curious to hear your take on this, what we've just witnessed, yes, but this day in politics where you could argue, the director of the fbi had the kinetic power in his hands to end hillary clinton's campaign today. >> you could. he did. i thought rudy giuliani's conversation with you earlier, brian, is going to make news for days and days, because he took the bark off of director comey. i'll say about the president's speech just now that th

chuck cruz. there was just something that was bothering you about chuck cruz. >> there was a lot bothering me about chuckazos county sheriff's office kept investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck's behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. >> did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he's lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? >> i don't know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn't walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn't do it. >> but chuck says he should have been cleared right away. so even though the dna didn't match -- >> they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn't there. >> while chuck's life had been on hold for a year, kristen was starting to feel like her old self again. in the six months since her attack,

chuck's door gunner, who was hit, roland schenck. the last soldier chuck day, the one who figured he was done for. dewy smith. and a number of soldiers who are vietnam veterans who fought in that battle. gentlemen, i would ask you to either stand if you can, or wave, so we can thank you for your service. [ applause ] >> president obama honoring one of our nation's heroes, 86-year-old retired lieutenant colonel charles kettles of michigan, receiving the medal of honor. for his bravery in 1967 , during the vietnam war. these are always very special occasions to witness. and always a pleasure to cover one of our nation's heroes. we are in the heart of cleveland, ohio, where war will certainly be among the topics discussed today as the headline or the focus for today's speeches at the rnc will focus on make america safe again. anticipation certainly building now, two hours away from the start of the republican national convention. at this hour, despite the talk of party unity, there is still quite a bit of uncertainty as to exactly how this will play out once

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chuck, doris, come on over." and it's like, "oh, hey, chuck!" [ laughter ] "chuck, hey, doris. hey, oh!"ey, doris!" >> seth: you're a very nice nephew. [ laughter ] >> that was doris. >> seth: that's doris? >> that's an impersonation of doris. >> seth: oh, my goodness. [ laughter ] that's -- >> yeah. >> seth: i thought you embodied l.b.j., but that -- you're doris. [ laughter ] i felt like doris was here. now, you actually -- you got your acting start in florida, yeah? >> i did. i was traveling around the country when i was 20, 21, 22 for a couple years on a motorcycle. and i was broke, so i stopped in daytona beach, florida, and got a job on a hotel grounds as their life guard. well, actually, it's a fancy name. i didn't save anybody's life, nor could i. >> seth: okay. >> i was selling suntan lotion on the deck. >> seth: okay. >> they call him a "life guard." >> seth: yeah. >> it's like, "mmm, okay." >> seth: i guess that's better than "lotion boy." [ laughter ] life guard has some class to it, yeah. >> yeah. some big hairy guy, "lotion boy, get the back! get the back!" >> seth: "i know

chuck todd. chuck, i want to start with trade. take out, you cannot control for the variables, but take out the identities of the republican nominee and the democratic nominee -- just the notion of a presidential candidate, major party nominee, running as a protectionist. is that on balance better or worse if you're trying to win 270 electoral votes? chuck, i would have said it would have been worse. this feels like a throwback of the 1970's, the politics of the 1970's and 1980's that frankly didn't work back then. protectionist -- the democrats at that time were the party of protectionism. think back to walter mondale. the reason the democratic party eventually turned to a bill clinton, they were looking for a free trading, pro-business democrat because they thought they couldn't win. it is kind of -- we are in a new period of how americans view trade deals. obviously what is going on, the way that americans feel about the way the economy, the way that globalization works for them, or frankly, hasn't worked for them. it is more stunning to me to see the republican nominee be so anti-free trade. and, to have groups like the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national association of manufacturers, 2 big pro-business, pro-free trade republican leaning organizations, having to trash the republican nominee. john: chuck, what struck you most abou

chuck. chuck thought that my experience in serving in office as a conservative speaker of the house but also as somebody who liveded in addition for 29 years before entering recovery, that i would be able to speak into the prison fellowship often hires people and uses the voice of people who not only have an opinion but have criminal convictions, addictions and other things like we went through. so we are not talking about those people, talking about ourselves. for us it is values and principles debate. so it is a privilege and honor to be here. it is a privilege and honor to serve with so many and right on crime is a signer than i get the privilege of being as well as chuck colson before he passed away. i've been invited to interject here and there. i will be moderating questions and my first is to go through introductions and the standard question for why their organization is here, not just them individually but why do the organizations care about this debate that is going on federally on criminal justice reform today. derek, right on crime. i know that we assume people in the room know what you are here for. you are the host of the event. tell us about what right on crime's interest is. >> thank you. well, i can't really add much to the texas specific reason beyond what mark so eloquently said. the reason, however, that we have made the segue into covering federal policy, as well, is think of it bit of trickle up policy reform. the success that we have experienced not only in texas but so many other states in the union, it just simply wasn't taken at the federal level so we made a concerted effort to get involved in the research and topic items that y

chuck todd. chuck, let's talk about this rollout because there was clearly a division in the ranks for the heart and mind of the candidate, donald trump, and also an awkwardness because he felt some loyalty to his surrogates, newt gingrich and chris christie, and he had not yet called them to say they didn't get it when this was all being leaked. >> i find who's fascinating about this, and this is why so many republicans are relieved or happy about the pence pick is that this is the first time that political strategists, in trump's orbit have convinced him to do something that he initially wasn't instinctive. not just manafort, off lot of professional people, reince priebus who looked around, here's how mike pence can help you. looking for somebody that's been in washington, social conservatives like. he fit the profile of what republicans believed are trump needed to unite the republican party, but his own kids knew, i think know that there was, there is this friction between head and heart. and trump knows what worked for him was running against people like mike pence. that's the irony here. mike pence is the epitome of who trump is, former leader in congress, governor who's gone along with bad trade deals, tdp, gone along with bad military advice -- >> criticized him on the muslim ban. >> this is in some ways pence represents every republican he ran against. you can bring on an uncomfortable and find successful. that friction can show itself on the trail, and that's obviously what they want to show. spence the only member of this ticket that you'll see campaigning with senate candidates in florida, colorado, so i do believe that's why republican officials are so relieved. >> he can also go to wall street in the donor place. >> very close with the koch brothers, i don't know if they're going to change their tune. >> and the clinton reaction is he's doubling down on planned parenthood and other liberal progressive groups already bouncing. they have shown the whole record of mike pence on lgbt issues, they're trying to gin up their base. let's talk quickly, she's been having vice presidential vetting meetings at her house in washington today, we know others are there, the cars going in and out last night, the tryout with tim kaine. you've got tim kaine, the possibility of tom vilsak. looking for someone who would not cost them a senate seat. >> right. >> we're told it's dynamic because there's no perfect candidate. there never is. >> i think it's fair to say there's kaine and vilsak and everybody else. i think the campaign says okay, yes, i get the case for kaine and vilask, but i'd like to expand the horizon. you get the sense that she is pushing, get me more ideas. that's why ken salazar -- >> and tom paris. >> and i think, as i was told, look, she doesn't -- you guys all think boring and steady is what she's going to do. she doesn't necessarily want to come down to boring and steady, she might want to be provocative. who knows? we'll see. can you imagine if trump goes conventional, and she goes unconventional. >> i'm out of the prediction game. >> yeah, there you go. you and me both. >> chuck todd, see you in cleveland. we'll be there. >>> and up next and on all of that, and up next, of course a shell shocked france reeling from it's third major terror attack in 19 months. this time targeted at families, families with children, celebrating one of the country's biggest holidays. we'll have more next coming up, you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ take on the unexpected with a car that could stop for you. nissan safety shield technologies, available in the altima, sentra and maxima. now get 0% apr for up to 72 months, plus $500 bonus cash. ♪ seconds can mean the difference between life and death. for partners in health, time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it. the ability to collaborate changes how we work. what we do together changes how we live. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire...

chuck todd. chuck, your opinion on the job as delivered. >> well, what i said earlier was the word stemwinder and hillary clinton and speech are probably never going to be in the same sentence. to borrow a phrase from mario cuomo, you supposedly campaign in poetry, govern in prose. to me, the speech was a lot of prose, which in many ways is hillary clinton, right? she didn't try to be something she wasn't. but it wasn't -- look, it wasn't a speech that built on the momentum of wednesday night. wednesday night was speech night in many ways. there was a lot of great poetry from president obama to joe biden and things like that. i think the two things that struck me about it, though, substantively -- first of all, this is a very progressive agenda that she outlined. and if you think about this, i don't think anybody, i don't believe anybody on the set there, and i challenge you, rachel, anybody else on that set, a year ago would have thought that she would give as progressive of a speech as she gave tonight. i think it's a speech that bernie sanders could have given if he were the nominee tonight. and it does seem as if, that when they wrote this speech, they seemed to be almost more worried about sanders and making sure they did everything to keep the party together, because it was on that front, it was very progressive. the other part of it is -- and she said this in an interview two weeks ago, and this speech makes it clear. she said two weeks ago, somebody asked her, is this going to be a referendum on you? and she goes, no, this is going to be a referendum on donald trump. well, she made her speech about donald trump, the other half of her speech about donald trump. she made more references to trump in her acceptance speech, 20, than donald trump made of her, just 9. so, i think that tells you where their focus is. they believe they're going to win this election by making this because it's anti-trump, and that gives her the luxury of i think campaigning on a more progressive agenda because of trump. that appears to be the calculation they made. i just -- it's not going to win over a lot of extra republicans, put it that way. but i don't know if that was the goal of the speech. >> chuckfrom the larger balloons. andrea mitchell is on a spot of high ground on the floor. andrea, two questions. one, answer the politics of tonight. second is the cultural meaning of tonight. >> reporter: well, the first part is absolutely as chuck described it. this is a speech that bernie sanders could have given, saying, you know, your cause is our cause, saying, you know, just a litany of his economic policies. so, she went through what did sound, as nicolle said, like a state of the union speech. and it was extremely progressive and certainly is not going to win over a whole lot of republicans nor independents. that said, i think the going after trump so hard on national security issues -- you had the setup with john allen, the four-star marine general, retired general, thunderous speech today, setting this up tonight. and that is partly what she was trying to accomplish here today. they want to show that he is simply not able to be a commander in chief. as the lights come up here and

chuck todd. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, katy. hey, "meet the press" is for all of us. >> moving tore a more serious note, we know more americans are fractures giving our pol particulars and racially charged violence. how could this impact the two conventions this month? >> well, look, on one hand, the conventions, i wouldn't be surprised if both cleveland and philadelphia receive a level of protester activism. what i mean is there is always a group of people that protest these conventions, but we might see larger groups than in sometime. both are fairly large cities. so on one hand, and then i think you are likely to see this given the tension of this week, but as for the impact on the presidential race, you know, i think one of the reasons why this week felt even more pessimistic to the public is that it is not just we're divided. we know we've been divided for some time. it feels hopeless. i think part of is because we have two presidential candidates who see uniquely unsuited to make this moment. we are a country that is so divided, who can heal us. i think the country will be looking to both clinton and trump to meet this moment and they're so unpopular and so p l polarizing. >> close the case against hillary clinton, and the republicans aren't letting this go. what is next on that front? we don't have too much time but how close are they to choosing a running mate. >> i think you have now, the fbi will investigate whether her testimony was truthful. so there is now a new fbi investigation that republicans get to tout. but look, i think this damage is still deep, and it is going to be a lot for her to overcome. trump didn't take advantage very well, but it doesn't mean damage wasn't done. you're going to see trump's running made in the next 24 to 72 hours. i think it is down to mike pence or newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house. >> chucklot more on these issues on "meet the press" this morning. we'll see you then. >> you got it. >>> homeland security jeh johnson will sit down with chuck to discuss the deadly violence on this morning's "meet the press." it comes here at 10:30, right here on nbc 10. >>> pollen count is low. sunshine and it is not going to be muggy. perfect sunday i would say. >> perfect sundayme. better of the two weekend days. great excuse to get outside. >>> meteorologist erika martin, thank you so much. on behalf of all of us here, thanks for joining us. we'll be back with more. . >> we're hurting, our profession is hurting. >> this is not just a black issue. >> our system is totally rigged. >> i'm gretchen carlson, this is the real story. >>> good morning and welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. i hope you're enjoying your summer weekend. we got a lot to talk about after a difficult week in this country. we'll do that in just a moment and we'll spend an hour with misty copeland with her beii

chuck todd will have more of his exclusive phone interview with hillary clinton on "meet the press." before that, we'll check in with chuck today a little later in this hour. >>announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. >>> good morning, i'm erika martin and our weather stories for today includes a.m. sunshine, if you're out there nice and early, enjoy it. we do have clouds developing quickly, from south to north. and the threat of isolated showers, spotty at best, for parts of cumberland county, cape may county as well, including kent and suffolk county. satellite and radar image picking up on the showers, hugging the area. notice, we're not seeing much make it to the ground right now, but we are seeing the thick, soupy clouds, denoting we have some isolated showers on the way. a live look outside, you can see how thick the clouds are getting already. a little darker, notice here, that's more moisture in the atmosphere. a soupier day in the forecast. increasi increasing dew points. tem tours are mainly in the 60s. delaware, mid 60s. already, building throughout the day, and we're going to see lots of low to mid 80s, a few upper 70s along the shoreline, not the warmest day in the forecast, but no the as brees zy as it was yesterday. futurecast important. i'm going start this at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. notice how they continue to work their way from west to east and then by tomorrow afternoon, we see the threat of more showers working their way in, right now, models are not in agreement. so of course, we have to keep tracking that for you. if you follow us on social media, including twitter and facebook, you'll find that information. and if you look at the bottom of your screen, you do have your neighborhood forecast. so what to expect for tomorrow. fourth of july, keep the umbrella handy. you may need it. 82 degrees about 5:00 p.m., we'll keep the high in the low to mid 80s. comfortable in the evening, but we may see showers. again, follow us on social media, and coming up in the ten-day forecast, i will show you when we can expect those 90s to make a come back. rosemary back to you. >> thanks for that erika. >>> well, it is a breakfast staple, fueling a come back. the egg mcmuffin of course. how the sandwich got its start 45 years ago and it is a best seller. >>> septa's rail, you will see changes on tuesday. they're taking one-third of the trains out of service immediately. >>> all daybreak fast has seemed to serve as a lifesaverer for mcdonald's, and the driving force, the egg sandwich created more than four decades ago. susan lee reports. >> reporter: times change, but tastes don't seem to. the egg mcmuffin, a simple egg sandwich, feeds america's appetite. it was created by herb peterson, the inspiration. >> he started to tool around in the kitchen, and he had a local black smith make this black ring, and it kept it in a round circumference. >> it's working. it is a total of one quarter of the u.s. sales. when mcdonald's rolled out their all daybreak fast. >> it is doing business for the morning day part as well, so their whole breakfast business has gotten a real kick. >> while the recipe hasn't changed in the last 45 years, the ingredients are getting upgrades. real butter, extra lean canadian bacon and by the year 2025, they say they'll only use cage free eggs in nearly all of the 16,000 restaurants in the u.s. and canada. >> cage free eggs is really an animal rights issue. it is not so important for public health or health of individuals, but for some people, it is pretty important. >> reporter: fast food giant also wants to move to chickens raised without antibiotics, and testing fresh beef instead of frozen. but can they afford to make the ingredient changes and still keep profits up for shareholders? analysts say yes. >> a lot of the protein prices right now are heading the right way for them so they can afford it. the most important thing, they look progressive. >> that was susan lee reporting. >>> 7:25, let's head back out to independence mall we're getting ready for another day of free events, all part of the wawa welcome america celebration. matt delucia has us covered with the details. hi, matt. >> reporter: hi, rosemary. lots going on here. we also have the workers here who are getting everything set up. the crews, the stage, the tent. the philly pops will be performing later tonight. >> the winds shifting everything southerly, to the north and increasing clouds. coming up, i have my ten-day forecast. look at this outside, the art museum looking gorgeous right now. more details to come. hey, they'd be lucky to have you. don't be nervous mommy. you're so smart. good job. just like bunny ears. you got this. do i? really? come on! nature valley. with you every day. everywhere. with the energy you need. >>> celebrating america's birthday in the freedom of liberty. a live look, where the wawa welcome america historic philadelphia block party kicks off in a few hours. the crews getting everything set. we'll tell you what you need to know about the free family fun on tap today. >>> tuesday, when you may be heading back to work, you could head into trouble if you ride the regional rails. what septa is doing to fix the problems, next. >>> all right, staying on the holiday weekend. let's look outside, down the shore in cape may. you can see the clouds starting to roll in. you know what that means. we may have rain on the way. we'll detail it for you in the first alert neighborhood forecast. >>> good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. okay, let's check in with meteorologist erika martin. she has everything we need to know. i hate to say it, erika. >> i know. we do have the showers on approach. this has been packed up by satellite and radar. notice the greens moving into cape may county, so unfortunately, the beach is getting cloudy quickly. the southerly flow is pushing in everything in a lot faster. saw sunshine earlier. unfortunately, that's going to be as good as it gets. we'll see a little break in the clouds. mainly northerly winds, but then they're going to shift sortly, so the clouds will increase, dew points increasing, and i muggier night in the forecast with overnight lows in the 60s and 70s. wilmington, look at the clouds developing. as i mentioned, a break in the clouds by this afternoon. otherwise, the big story is spotty showers for today and really what to expect by tomorrow, july 4th, it looks like lots of clouds in the forecast and threat of widespread rain showers. i do have my ten-day forecast coming up in just a bit. don't forget to follow us on facebook and twitter. >> thanks, erika. >>> rain or shine, nothing is going to stop the seven hour long block party planned for this afternoon on independence mall. nbc's matt delucia is there this this morning with a preview for us. fill us in. >> reporter: the workers here are getting everything ready over the past couple of hours. i'll step out of the way. you can see the crews setting up the stages, tent, everything they need for a seven hour long block party that starts at 1:00 today. you see some of the workers setting up some of the barriers, because the entire area, 5th and 6th, market to chest net, will be cordoned off for the block party. they have food trucks, and everything that will be fun for the entire family. of course, later on tonight, can't forget this, 8:00, per forp man -- performance by the philly pops. a traditional performance, the pops tell us. they're going to be very busy. they have a performance tonight and twice tomorrow. one in the morning and again, they'll be leading into the fireworks. 65 piece orchestra, and tonight, it will feature two local musicians. >> our two guest artists, justin hopkins and allison blackwell, hometown philadelphiaians, the theme is sound of philadelphia and philly pop is all about phil del yeah. >> the sounds of philadelphia. here is the run down of events day for wawa welcome america on this july 4th eve. the historic philadelphia block party, that will happen from 1 to 8:00 p.m., and also, it is important to mention, it is free museum day over at the barnes foundation and pay what you wish at the philadelphia museum of art. that's just today. so you can image what's going on tomorrow. a lot going on tomorrow. but of course, we have a nice sunday morning here so far. as we take another live here at independence mall. some of the folks getting out here early, taking pictures, very picturesque theme here, getting their morning run, as the workers are busy trying to get everything set up. we only have a few hours before it begins, and thousands also be down here. for now, live, matt delucia. >>> the army band concert and water fireworks show that thrilled the crowd at penn's landing. the delaware river was the backdrop and they struck up so the pate yriotic tunes. the holiday concert honored our troops, giving special meaning to the evening. >> eight years, i've never been down here for a concert. >> it's cool. i like the weekend, a lot more to see to kind of feel out in the city. >> stay here and listen to music and just have a good time. >> the 76ers mascot delighted the crowd by taking over as guest conductor. of course, the evening was the fireworks set off from a barge in the delaware. >>> the fireworks show is just a taste of the fun to come. the big wawa welcome america july 4th fireworks show tomorrow casts off the festivals. you can watch the show live on the air tomorrow night at 10:00, right here on nbc 10. that show will follow the wawa welcome america concert on the parkway. it features five hours of live music. the performances start tomorrow afternoon at 5:00. that's earlier than in years past, so here is what you need to remember. five hours of live music, starting at 5:00 in the afternoon. if you can't make it down to the ben franklin park way, you can watch the festivities and the fireworks right here on nbc 10 and our sister station, telemundo 62. let's look at a live picture, where the stage is set. we're the official sponsor of the wawa welcome america festival. >>> the go forth and learn celebration, police athletic league. the national constitution center for the ceremony. mayor jim kenney paid tribute, and saluting the volunteers. they donated $10,000 for powell's newly extended summer program. >>> remember, nbc 10 and telemundo 62, you can get a full list of the events happening today and tomorrow. right now on the nbc 10 app. >>> in other news this morning, we're expecting an update later on today from septa about the plans to take a third of its trains off the rails. there is a structural problem making them dangerous and it needs to be repaired. come tuesday morning when you are heading back to work, there will be changes to the septa schedule. official also outline the change this is afternoon. the transit agency needs to repair about 120 new silverliner train cars. representative from the delaware association of rail passengers spoke to us via skype yesterday. he told us septa briefed him on the specific problem with the train cars. take a listen. >> the problem with the cars is in the trucks, which are the a assemblies that hold the ex als. an inspection on some of the cars found some structural defects. >> septa tells us that this issue should not effect monday's fourth of july train schedule. we do have more information on the train model involved in this problem, right now, on the nbc 10 app. definitely have the nbc 10 app handy this afternoon, because we'll be bringing you the latest after the news conference later on today. >>> happening right now, most road projects fund bid new jersey transportation fund are being stopped. that's because a proposed hike in the gas tax was not passed by the state senate, so ghoovernor chris christie ordered to stop road. the state assembly approved the bill that would increase the gas tax by 23 cents a gallon. in return, the sales tax would gradually have dropped 1% and the tax on retirement income would be eliminated. >>> 7:38 right now on this sunday, 70 degrees outside the nbc 10 studios. next on news today, while you're enjoys the fourth, armed guards will be watching the skies and roads. we'll have details on the travel alert, next. there's one place where america's pastime is preserved for all time. ♪ and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ discover something one of a kind in new york. ♪ new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com >>> today in delaware county, you can find fun holiday weekend activities at the wrigley park lake. the patriots and the car show will run from 11:00 this morning until 4:00. there will be food available at 5:00 and the fireworks go off at dusk. >>> the recent terror attacks in istanbul and orlando have authorities on high alert, as millions are planning to travel. america's largest cities and busiest airports will be heavily guarded. some authority also be undercover working with local law enforce. police are worried about busy highways, one of the deadliest of the years for drivers. they're urging everyone to be careful, no matter how you plan to travel. >>> we got trouble behind him, rick. around they go. >> oh, man, daytona does it again. another massive crass lah, an ht happened. >>> some isolated showers for cape may and cumberland counties, otherwise clouds getting thick and soupy. you can see it developing quickly. i'll see you with my ten-day in just a bit. when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about how people cook. i wish i had like four different mexican cheeses but in one super melty cheese. it does exist! you still have two cheese wishes left. >>> we got trouble behind, rick. around they go. >> it was nascar under the lights at daytona on nbc 10 last night. 22 car pile up slowed things down a bit. halfway through the race. but even a final spin out in front of him couldn't stop brad keselowski from winning his first sprint cup race at daytona. here is the rest of your sunday morning sports. >>> good morning to you i'm danny from comcast. win last night, facing the royals, aaron nola, the bat helping him out early on. mike el franco, chopper up the middle, danny duffy has problems on the mound. peter borges comes in, 1-0, phils. look at this. morales, takes nola deep and i mean deep three run shot almost bangs off his face on the scoreboard, five run-inning, two homers in this one. did settle in thereafter, gets morales in the fifth. retired with the last nine guys he faced. allows just two run, phillys loss 6-2, but reasons for open tow mitchell f -- optimism for nola. >> that's what i'm used to do, that's what i usually do, come in with the fastball and breaking ball and change up. it was the last three innings are a definitely a help for me. >> he wasn't happy i took him out, but he had 94 pitches, especially after three solid innings like that, i was encouraged by it. >> we turn to hoop, 76ers summer league practicing in ut tachlt the top two draft picks weren't there. simmons didn't sign as of yet, but did so late last night. meanwhile, simmons plays, and when he does, you can see it on the comcast network, all three games monday against the celtics, tuesday against the spurs and thursday against the jazz, nbc live on ccs. >>> union team houston, this one scoreless in stoppage time, 0-0, free kick, yes, former union player, beating his old team as the union let one slip away. >>> michael phelps has qualified for the 200 medley and butter ply, last night, he tried to add the 100 meter butterfly. he holds the world record, and it wasn't easy for him, just enough to reach the finals, after swimming the 200 im on fridays. he was fourth at the turn but finishes strong with 51 seconds flat. that's your look at spot. i'm danny pomle, csn. >>announcer: your first alert neighborho neighborhood weather. >>> a live look outside philadelphia the thick, soupy clouds moving in from south to north. that's going to be the story for today. it was brez eezy. it will get cloudier as the day continues, so getting muggy out there later today. currently, northwesterly calm, 69 degrees, otherwise, today's stories including a.m. sunshine, but clouds developing very quickly. isolated showers for the southern portion of the area, so keep that in mind especially for you in cumberland county, as well as cape may county. current temperatures are very mild. i don't expect to warm up at least until tuesday, wednesday time frame. allen town, 63, bilon, 64, and trenton, mid 60s. so again, not the warmest start and wind speeds, notice how messy they are. 0 at philly. not much with winds. this afternoon, this is the key right here, this is going to be the weathermaker. we have a low pressure system, all of this low southerly air, and the clouds will continue to increase and as the clouds develop, i want you to take a look up there, you see them developing very low and getting dark quickly. so your forecast for today, by 2:00 p.m., lots of clouds in the forecast, temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s in philadelphia. in the suburbs, same for today. in fact, tomorrow, and then warming up by tuesday, jersey shore, i have this icon with the threat of isolated showers, not going to be a wash-out. but not going to be a completely dry day. and satellite and radar image picking up on the greens here, tell us we do have the showers moving in. notice, they're not that dark. no heavy downpours. the lighter green, just scattered showers at best. but certainly a cloudy day, nonetheless. lows for tonight, warm out there, 71 for philadelphia, trenton, 67, and keeping it in the upper 60s to low 70s. all of the clouds will be keeping us warm throughout the overnight hours. rosemary. >>> thank you, appreciate it. >>> hillary clinton's sit down with the fbi, donald trump's search for a running mate and how isis is impacting the race for the white house. nbc's "meet the", and moderator chuckgood morning, chuck. >>> good morning, rosemary. >> anybody who thought this would be an uneventful holiday weekend for the candidates, definitely mistaken. yesterday, the fbi interviewed hillary clinton about her use of an e-mail server, we've been following this throughout the campaign. you spoke with her exclusively right afterward. how is she portraying the interview and is her campaign in real trouble here? >> well, she a said it was pretty business like. i think they seem fairly confident about how it went or we wouldn't have heard from her to be honest. but obviously they're hoping that the interview means they're nearing the end of the investigation, and you know, that's probably the case. but the question is going to be, what does exoneration do if she is. if she is not, she has problems. but she still has problems even if she is. the bill clinton meeting with attorney general loretta lynch on the tarmac, that reenforced the notion that perhaps even exx exoneration from the fb

chuck give a remarkable. i heard chuck give a remarkable statistic. if it wasn't you, chucking the democratic nominating process, bernie sanders never won a state that was more demgraphically diverse than the national average of america's population. and hillary clinton never won a state that was more white than the national average. is that right, chuck? >> i don't think that is right on the one side. you are right on the bernie sat. >> on the bernie stat. >> i think she did win a couple states that were whiter than that. >> she wanted to brick, though, where the money was going to win. the whiter the state, the more likely bernie was going to win. yeah, so, it sort of preordained it in both the democratic race and now national. >> joe, you were talking earlier and eddie was just referring to it. one of the great absences in the national conversation, if you can call it that we're having ongoing because of the murders and because of our inability to deal with race in this country is that volatile combination. the mix of race and class, you cannot separate them. you cannot s

with us here now and throughout the convention chuck todd and savannah guthrie here. chuck let me start with you, we saw that never trump movement flare up. >> it could linger because of how they started their day, and i go back to this kasich situation, here they are trying to get the party united, but the campaign chairman for the presumptive nominee sill, takes a shot at the home state governor. he's not here. ohio being punished for not being here but that doesn't send a untieing message and then the incident here that there's a lot of delegates here who feel like their votes were squashed. it's one thing to lose a vote and another to feel like you didn't have an opportunity. so they got to be careful here that it doesn't build. this unity is sitting on a nice edge. on a nice edge. they've got to hope that's not adding fuel to the fire. >> this is a big opportunity in a big vp campaign, the conventions are another. i think donald trump has an opportunity and a need to state an affirmative message for himself. we have seen in opinion poll after opinion poll that hillary

chuck todd on "meet the press." chuck is also going to have an exclusive interview with labor secretary thomas perez who is rumored to be on clinton's short list for vice president. >>> grab your umbrella, your raincoat, maybe some fuzzy socks, -- lauryn is updating your forecast. >>> a wild chase and it went on and on as the people on this atv actually taunted the police. see what happened as this chase came to a close. he'stoning officers. he's taunting the officers, waving at the officer, going come on, stop us and they can't. >> wild scene in los angeles as police chase two men on an atv, at one point during the chase, they tease the officers there, blowing through red lights. ultimately it ends as most do. they eventually did surrender and were taken into custody. >>> right now, five homes are burned and three fires are injured after a fast-moving brush fire broke out on a san bernardino hillside. it burned ten acres before firefighters were able to get it under control. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. the cause is still under investigation. >>> about 6,000 acres of land in hawaii burned saturday that's because of a brush fire that broke out. the fire forced roads to close and wipe widespread outages and it also came with high several people had to be airlifted out of the path of a fire. they were hiking on trails when it was all going on. >>> the rains here in our area dampening a lot of our fourth of july plans. lauryn is tracking the limited time we'll be able to grill and eat outside, adam. >> she's a pretty important person in this whole holiday weekend forecast. and a grandmother is trying to break a world record. stick around for that one. >>> well, it might not be the best pool day out there, but if you are grilling out on this sunday before fourth of july, not looking too bad. i mean, we have the cloud cover. we're going to break for a few break of sunshine. mostly dry. chance of isolated showers, small chance of isolated showers rolling through this afternoon. better chance of showers tomorrow as we've been talking about. of course, we'll time it out for you and let you know how to plan your fourth of july coming up. >>> hillary clinton on the defense after meeting with the fbi yesterday about her ongoing email investigation. >> moderator of meet the press chuck todd talked exclusively with clinton on the phone yesterday. what did they have to say? >> assignment she wanted to answer a response with a chance meeting, i put chance in quotes because most people think there is no chance. i'm surprised she's more defensive of him. there were members of her campaign who were very upset and believe he should have known better or somebody traveling with him should have known better. >> serious damage control here. we're just a few weeks from the convention, i mean, she's trying to wrap this thing up and -- >> nobody is going to believe exoneration. there are going to be people -- if they -- she gets exonerated. you talk to experts here, it's more likely that she does than she doesn't, ifu history of these cases, they end up no charges are filed. she wouldn't be some sort of special category. >> the damage is done. the cloud doesn't go away. the trust issue isn't going away for her. yes, she running against trump and trump is viewed more trustworthy t

chuck todd a couple hours ago on our air and the way, when chuck was really pushing him on this, the way he put it, paul manafort, with an ounce of pride was we ended the first session of this convention on time. i thought whoa, i'm not sure america is clamoring for on time at this point. but he was proud that they were able to nail it shut. >> the republican party's divided. you saw that play out today. part of the subtext of this floor fight was a rules change to close the primaries in 2020 so that independent voters couldn't vote, which is a move by the ted cruz people and the subtext is hey, donald trump's going to lose this election, let's look ahead to 2020 when we can have a real conservative run. as we get ready for the first night here, i think there's one core fact for republicans to understand. this is a party that has lost the popular vote in five out of the last six elections. if you look at just the states that democrats have won, six out of the last six elections, they start out with a solid blue wall of 242 electoral votes. if you look at the states where they have won five out of the last six elections, they are at 282 electoral votes, 12 more than is needed to win election to the office of president of the united states. so republicans face great demographic challenges and so we begin this convention where donald trump will be the 29th man to be nominated for the presidency of the united states by the republican party, deeply divided, facing great demographic challenges in a race already where the democrats will have enormous spending advantages over the republicans. >> hallie jackson is on the convention floor and hallie, no matter how people try to paint this or spin this, team trump did not expect a walkout by anyone during the first afternoon. >> so here's the spin. first let me give you a sense of where we are. you referenced senator joel. he has been taking selfies and pictures. you can see notable names from washington. you have jeff miller, chairman of the house veterans affairs committee who came over and said hello. up in the third row, that's former arizona governor jan brewer. interesting that she's here given that the theme is make america safe again. she's been part of the immigration debate obviously, key part of that. that is something we do expect to hear tonight. so you talk about the spin from the trump campaign. what was interesting to me as i was on the floor while this was happening, were the supportive cheers for donald trump coming from the new york delegation. we will see if we can walk down to where that delegation is sitting front and center. i have been speaking with republican party insiders, with members of the trump campaign, and their spin is this. this is not a big deal, this was a minor, if you can even call it uprising that was crushed as they put it fairly quickly, as the disgruntled minority kind of kicked in. that said, objectively it is a sign, remember, they had a whip team of more than 100 people that were out here to try to prevent just such a scene, particularly such a scene airing live on television as we get ovr here, as i get my bearings to the new york section right here, right in front of the stage where melania trump will be speaking and donald trump will introduce her in just a little bit. you can talk about the idea that they believe it's not a big deal, the idea that they believe that this was something that we have seen before, this was not necessarily unprecedented but it was raucous. it was dramatic. for people who aren't tuned in to politics who are just this week turning on the tv to watch the convention, they are seeing headlines, chaos, drama, republican revolt, grassroots uprising, and that is something now the trump team will have to push back on. they will have to present four nights up on the stage of speeches that will show the party is able to get unified and donald trump is able to be that person, not just presidential but also a little more personalized. that's another theme of the speeches we expect to hear over the next week trying to show the softer side of donald trump. >> hallie, we decided the new york delegation is out having new york strip and manhattan clam chowder. they will be with you in just a little while. thank you for taking us down front. >> so glad she just did that walk-around. to steve's earlier point, it matters that they have got new york and california up front. you might expect that from new york with donald trump being a new yorker, born and bred, but putting california up front? he don't have any connection to california. california is a very, very, very blue state. the field poll in california has hillary clinton not just up by double digits but by double double digits. and to the idea that the traditional republican map is so stacked against donald trump that he's got to completely remake the red versus blue order, throw ohio back to the end of the room, put them in exile, they are insufficiently loyal, bring california up, it's either going to shoot the moon or it's going to win by a lot. >> it's going to sthohoot the m or it's going to win by a lot. when we come back, we are so happy to have of counsel to us, the man the party has turned on after afternoons like this one. we will talk to ginsberg among others. >>> trump 1, the specially fitted boeing 757, has arrived as you see the air stairs have come up to the aircraft. secret service motorcade awaiting. >> there's the guy in charge of the handbag. >> donald trump has arrived in cleveland, ohio. hallie jackson is on the convention floor with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. >> yeah. i'm backstage with obviously former house speaker newt gingrich. we were talking, you said isn't it fun to see the chaos, the drama. doesn't it show in your view some of the disorganization or lack of unity that's happening now in the party? >> look, you have the most dramatic takeover of a party since william jennings bryant in 1896. extraordinary moment in american his t history. here's a guy who came from totally outside. he got more votes than any republican in history. some republicans kind of have their feelings hurt because he's a new guy. that's not what they were ready for. >> it's sour grapes? >> a lot of it, yeah. some of it's just crazy. >> are you okay to watch governor pence speaking wednesday night? will you be upset at all? >> i'm fine. >> wish it was you in the vp spot? >> no. mike is a great friend. my wife and he worked together on the agriculture committee. we have a long affection for mike. he was exactly the right choice. they need a balanced ticket and i think trump's aggressiveness and his willingness to be an outsider is balanced off by pence's calm, methodical deliberateness and the fact that pence is very very well respected among traditional republicans. >> lot of the colleagues you worked with, republicans, many of them not here tonight. many people staying away. what does donald trump need to do to bring those republican leaders into the fold? people who have been hesitant to support him so far? >> donald trump needs to focus on the american people and if the republican leaders decide to come along, let them. i don't think he should spend a lot of energy courting people who have hurt feelings. >> fast forward if trump wins the white house. what's your position in the administration? >> friend, adviser. >> chief of staff? >> no. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. appreciate it. >> i would like to be the senior planner. >> he's getting pulled away by his folks. you know, you never know who you run into backstage at the convention. >> hallie jackson, thank you. just to our viewers, when we get interviews in the hallways, we will get a little bit of digital breakup there. looked like the former speaker hadn't shaved in a couple weeks but then it cleared up. >> also his inner tron. >> it's great fun. ben ginsberg remains with us. it's been such a pleasure having him on loan from his day job as a partner of jones day, the law firm. of counsel to us because ben, after all, long time general counsel to the rnc and campaign counsel to things like the george w. bush presidential campaign. so ben, all this election season, we have been focused on what's going to happen in cleveland, what's going to happen when it's gavelled into order in cleveland. despite all the talk of the stop trump group, i think it surprised everybody to see what we witnessed this afternoon, having, if that movement has failed, what of it and do they have another chance before the end of this thing? >> oh, they have some chances but they are remote. what was really interesting about today is the fact they did manage to get it together enough to submit petitions from nine or ten states. that caused a furious panic to peel the delegates off those petitions. that's kind of why there were the awkward time delays. it's why when the first voice vote came, they had to delay for awhile, there was the ten-minute recess. reince priebus was not in the chair. instead it was congressman steve womack from alabama. all in all, a lot of drama if you're into rules drama. and there are a couple of things going forward on the presidential vote or vice presidential vote that they could do. >> is it wise of the convention planners to allow these forces who really aren't going to go away, you can't change how people feel when they arrive at the convention, is there a kind of release of steam they can build into the gathering? >> well, that would have been the vote today. but i think what's true is that the trump people feared that there were 300 to 400 delegates who were pledged to vote for donald trump on a presidential ballot but are not really supporters of his. so if they had allowed a roll call vote, that would have allowed that expression to carry out, they still probably would have won the rules vote but it would have been sort of a real, even more of a jab in terms of party unity so they took the lesser of two evils which was the somewhat heavy-handed tactics on roll call vote. >> so dual question here. what happens to all that sentiment that's been rebottled and if you are paul manafort, what do you then worry about? do you worry about a dm administrati demonstration? >> two things you need to worry about. one is on the presidential roll call. it is an open question whether or not delegates can abstain. donald trump still has to get over 1237. enough delegates abstain, then that could throw the number into doubt. that's a difficult thing they need to be concerned with. the second is that a delegate from a state can ask for his or her state to be polled. in other words, to see what each individual member voted. that could be an embarrassment. lastly, there's the vice presidential vote. again, delegates are not bound to support donald trump on the vice presidential vote. so you could, if you really wanted to do a form of protest, put another candidate in. but that's really why mike pence was a solid pick in terms of at least convention management. >> ben ginsberg, a pleasure to have the lawyer the party has turned to for so many years as our guy to turn to in situations like this. >> i believe jacob just wrangled former arizona governor jan brewer. >> i'm here with the former governor of the great state of arizona, governor brewer. you were on the floor today. you saw what can only be described as a melee with the delegates opposing donald trump, some of them, and that wanted to throw out the rules. what did you make of that? >> i think it's outrageous that we have delegates that have been elected to come represent the people of the great states in the united states and that 14 million people have voted and nominated mr. trump and then to come and be disruptive -- >> not to get too wonky or procedural with you but they had collected enough signatures to force a roll call vote or at least that's what they are saying. and people like gordon humphrey, the former senator from new hampshire and mike lee have been harshly critical of this. do you feel like it was fair to not allow that roll call? what do you make of the fact they just kept on going? >> i never saw the signatures. >> i did. i did see them. >> i don't know if they were val d i dated. 14 million votes ought to be represented at the national convention to nominate our candidate. that candidate is donald trump. >> you are sitting here in the box and i want to show quickly, up here by senator dole in the donald trump family box. do you think what happened today is a stain on the campaign of donald trump? >> no. i think it's a stain on america and the republican party as a whole, because we ought to behave better than that. i have been coming to conventions for a long time, for the last seven conventions. i have never seen anything the like of it. get over it. if somebody else would have won i would have gotten behind that person. i don't always agree 100% with everybody. i don't agree with donald trump 100%. but darn it, he was elected, i'm here to support him. i got on the trump train early and i think he will make america great again. >> get over it, she says. as plain-spoken as always. back to you. >> trump train arrives in cleveland starting tonight. >> you know, governor jan brewer has always been plain-spoken but get over it, this resistance to donald trump at the convention is a stain on the republican party, sometimes you can't tell just from watching from the outside how big a deal something really is and then you get a former governor sitting in the trump family box who reacts like this and you say i guess this really did bother them. >> ask jimmy carter about how it felt when he couldn't find ted kennedy onstage at the end. >> perspective. >> everything is relative. a break for us. >>> we are back. donald trump has indeed arrived in cleveland, ohio, and search as we might, we cannot find another instance where the presumptive nominee has arrived and has spoken to the convention this early, night one, in this case to introduce melania trump. >> that's right. melania trump is a high profile member of the trump campaign in the sense that she's always there at his events. she very rarely speaks. she doesn't do a lot of public speaking but she's got i think probably the highest profile speaking slot tonight, made all the more so by the fact that donald trump is going to make a not so surprise appearance, we are told, to introduce her and set up her remarks this evening. but again, one of the things that's happened over the course of today is the showcasing of however much there is quantitatively, today we got a showcase of dissent within the republican party, both on mundane issues like the rules and how the primary system's going to run in 2020 but also on whether or not donald trump should be the nominee. the showcasing of that disunity is interesting in terms of its optics, in terms of the skill of the trump campaign trying to put that down and not keep that on display this whole week, but it also may be important heading to november, looking at the trump campaign's prospects against hillary clinton and for more on that, we go to steve kornacki. >> the question here is, how big is the dissent, how much dissent is there. what you saw on display on the floor today, how big is it. take a look at this. one way of measuring it is if you go back to the primaries, add up all the votes that were cast, you heard newt gingrich a minute ago say hey, donald trump got more votes than any republican candidate in history. now, that's true, but what that leaves out is that more votes were cast overall in the primaries this year than we have ever seen any time in history. if you add them all up, trump got 44.9%. he got 45% of all the votes cast. how does that compare historically? you see romney was better. he was over 50%. mccain was actually the closest to what trump did this year. he got just about 46%, 47%. bush in 2000 was over 60%. bush senior when he was challenged by buchanan got about three quarters. when he ran against bob dole in '88 he got about 68%. that 44.9% that trump got, that is the lowest in the modern era for a republican nominee coming out of the primaries, look, the trump people will make the point this was also the most crowded field ever. you had 17 candidates at one point so it figures the number would be a little less but keep this in mind. we look at the number here from 2000, george w. bush, this was the second most crowded field ever. there were 12 candidates at the start of this race. bush cleared it out early, got 62%. so yes, the size of the field is a factor here but the fact that donald trump comes in with 45% does tell you there is an unusual level of dissent in the republican party this year when it comes to nominating him. >> nicole wallace is standing by. thank you, steve. at the venue for us, nicole, i have been looking forward to talking to you since the floor exercise program of the convention this afternoon. were you surprised? >> i wasn't surprised but you know, i feel like we are in the trees already. i just have to spend a minute in the forest. we come into this convention and i brought a couple of candidates into their conventions with months and months of painstakingly detailed planning going into what they do coming into the convention, the program plan, the vp pick kept secret with decoy planes flown from alaska, whatnot. donald trump comes into this convention having stepped on the single best attack against hillary clinton that we are likely to hear between now and november from the nonpolitical director of the fbi. donald trump bungled and publicly wrung his hands in the process of selecting a running mate. he then interrupted said running mate more times than was comfortable for anyone i know to watch on the "60 minutes" interview. they came in today, the campaign manager trashed john kasich, the ohio governor who is beloved, and donald trump is still close to tied with hillary clinton in the battleground states. so i know all of this matters but the bigger picture is that despite all of his many, many, many weaknesses as a candidate, he is still in this thing. >> i was just going to say, on the upside, nicole has come so far in her therapy. >> worth every penny. i highly recommend it. i have been giving out numbers to my republican friends. they all want to know how i come to terms with this so easily. >> oh, nicole, we have had enough noontime glasses of wine with you to know exactly how your therapy is going. let me ask you, though. with that analysis that you just gave about all the things that donald trump and his campaign are doing wrong, all the opportunities they are squandering, all the good stuff they have going on that they're throwing away through their own acts, does that make you despair as a political professional that maybe political professionalism, the nuts and bolts of campaigning, this whole industry you were part of for so long, that it doesn't matter anymore? >> oh, i have been saying this for weeks. donald trump has won the nomination without someone who had my title, without someone who had ken melman, very respected former rnc chair, before that the bush/cheney campaign manager. donald trump has achieved incredible success without any of the people that do the normal jobs in politics simply with one of these and his twitter account. it raises a lot of questions about what is needed and if he beats hillary clinton doing it his way, it will forever change politics in this country. >> because feel is important and all of these feel different and you have been to your share of conventions, how does it feel so far to be there? >> i mean, it's surreal. everyone i know is part of the kind of unemployment act rachel maddow just described, we are dismayed that paul manafort went out on the morning shows this morning, he did a full round of shows in which he called john kasich an embarrassment. i cannot tell you how catastrophic that would be for anybody not working for the trump campaign. the kasich campaign fired back, they said they're proud, john kasich was an naacp convention doing something honorable. manafort came right back at him. it's like watching something out of a movie but if you tried to make a movie out of it they would send you out laughing and say that would never happen. >> nicole wallace as the music plays you offstage, we will be going back to you throughout the night, throughout the days to come. when we come back, for sentimental slobs like yours truly, the man that's good to see in the box there tonight, we will hear from former kansas senator bob dole. ♪ >>> you may remember him from the "saturday night live" band. he has played with bob dylan, there on the far left, guitarist g.e. smith. for his second go-round leading the republican national committee band for the next few days. let's go to kelly o'donnell with a man who may be the highest ranking republican at this entire gathering. kelly? >> reporter: well, i am very pleased to be able to see senator bob dole, who was the 1996 nominee of his party. i covered that campaign and traveled with senator dole during those years. he's the only former nominee who will be attending this convention. because this is a secure box, we are going to have a little help here. i'm going to ask senator dole what does party unity mean given all that has happened with donald trump? >> well, it means to me to get all these people together and i believe they're coming together. the vice presidential pick was a good one. that will bring along a lot of conservatives who were concerned about trump. i think the republicans understand the alternative is hillary. >> reporter: just bearing with us here with the time delay, senator dole will be honored tonight as a veteran. obviously we know his very storied history from world war ii, the very grave injuries he suffered. what does it mean to you, senator dole, to be honored tonight and what do you remember of your own night as the nominee? >> well, i remember i was very excited. i tried to give a good speech. i'm an inclusive republican and tried to make that point. the only problem is we didn't have enough money to run a good campaign. and bill clinton was a good campaigner. and we lost. >> reporter: brian, as you know, senator dole has always had a dry and very prolific sense of humor. so thanks for letting us do that. i know the noise was an issue in the distance but he's really an extraordinary person and was very important in my early political coverage career. i'm glad we had a chance to check in with him tonight and we do expect there will be special recognition for him later this evening. >> let's hope so. kelly, thank you. and thank him for us, please. >> yeah. that was actually great. having to go through the interlocutor, no problem at all. great to hear from him. bob dole in his 90s now, obviously still very sharp, still paying a lot of attention. also, there is something about bob dole that's very important. part of it is that he's a living legend in republican politics. part of it is he's the only previous republican nominee that's going to be at the convention. none of the presidents bush will be there, mitt romney won't be there, john mccain won't be there. it's one year ago today that donald trump said that john mccain was not a war hero and he liked people who were not captured in war. so john mccain will not be there today. bob dole stands out for that reason. but bob dole is also an important through line in republican politics, connecting donald trump to real professional republican politics because the professional core of his campaign operation, including paul manafort, where those guys cut their teeth was the bob dole campaign in 1996. those guys, paul manafort included, did not win in 1996. this time they are hoping for a second bite at the apple against a different candidate clinton. but bob dole not only means a lot but also symbolizes a lot. let's bring into the conversation chuckodd in cleveland. chuck? >> hey, rachel. it's interesting with the fact we only have bob dole being the only one but one thing you got to remember about bob dole, he's always a party guy. one thing, he will be critical in the moment but at the end of the day, that was sort of sometimes, some republicans got frustrated with him that he was a party first kind of guy. but that is who bob dole was and who bob dole remains. so it doesn't surprise me that he's going to sit here and say hey, this is who the party nominated, the republican party has been good to him and he's going to support the republican nominee. i'm not surprised by that at all. >> chris matthews, i'm told, is with you, chuck. >> he is. >> chris, i wanted to get you on the record on bob dole. >> well, i have always been a fan of bob dole's because of the reasons mentioned. he's a regular. he's an unhyphenated republican. by today's standards, a moderate. i think it's fair to say. >> he was the conservative in '88. >> i know

chuck's talking about. >> nicolle wallace, chuck todd, thank you. >> thank you. >> just saying thank you, chuck. wow, audio difficulties. >> we'll get cue cards. >> high above the gathering in cleveland. >> we're saying bye. >> let's talk about the veterans subtheme tonight with another genuine veteran, paul reikof. in addition to being a platoon leader in iraq, he heads up the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. 150,000 strong in all 50 states. he has been a friend of ours for some time. paul, i need not tell you that at political conventions, if every speaker could do what stephen colbert could do and have a suit made of digicami fabric, they would. this was certainly a heavy theme tonight. if you combine this with the democratic convention, do veterans come out better for all this talk, do you think? >> we'll see. i mean, it's definitely a lot of talk. i think what really comes out of this is that the political strategists, and i think especially donald trump, recognize the pop lizm that's associated with our military and with our veterans. so, tonight was loaded up from marcus luttrell

chuck coppola is live in san jose with the latest snapshot on drivers from aaa. chuck? >> that's right, good afternoon. we haven't seen any altercations yet on 280 southbound on san jose city college. that's the direction you're seeing there and there were 8 million fights and worse rammings on roadways nationwide last year but bay area drivers we spoke with somehow believe extreme road rage happened somewhere else like somewhere california or so we would like to believe. bumper to bumper in the bay area where new yorkers say road rage here is passive aggressive compared to the east coast. >> they probably act out more but then they kind of let it g.people here will like follow you for a little while. >> i'm a transplant from the boston area, and you get out of your car in boston, people are going to -- they are going to fight you. here they just kind of like to yell and it diffuses. >> reporter: nationwide tailgating is the most common form of road rage often causing accidents, but while more than half of those surveyed say they tailgate, 47% yell. 45% honk and 33% make gestures and 4% get out of their vehicles to confront another driver. scenes like these support aaa's findings. we had no trouble ourselves finding bay area drivers who agreed. >> i've had people make gestures at you and tailgate you or try to maneuver with you an best thing to do is try to back off and let them do what they are going to do because you don't know what other people are capable of doing. >> reporter: the nationwide study did not differentiate between northern and southern california, but bay area drivers drew a line. >> they say drivers in the west are the nicest. >> northern california. >> reporter: long pause there. >> well, i just -- the west -- i'm familiar with -- with northern california and southern california, and would i say northern california is probably less aggressive than southern california, l.a. area. >> reporter: aaa found that it doesn't matter where you live. males age 19 to 39 seem to be the aggressor in most cases. coming up at 6:00, more on how to diffuse road rage situations. live in san jose, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much, chuck. from the south bay to a live picture in the east bay where a plan to ease traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge is moving forward. the plan which has been formally submitted to kranz calls for a third lane to be opened on the bridge during heavy commute time. construction could start as soon as october with an estimated opening of december 2017. projects leaders are also planning on adding a bicycle and pedestrian lane to the upper deck of the bridge. the two projects are estimated to cost $74 million. >> decision 2016 now and back to the campaign trail. today hillary clinton headed to the nation's capital to woo latino voters. the presumptive democratic presidential nominee gave a speech before the nation's oldest spanish organization and mrs. clinton called on latinos to help defeat republican rival donald trump, and she isn't pulling any punches in the ask. >> now next week in cleveland, they will nominate someone who thin

but first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your out-the-door forecast. good morning, chuck>> good morning, kristin. a soggy start to the day today. showers will be a part of our forecast for the next little bit. eventually these first rounds of raindrops will be pulling out. we have one or two showers possible later this afternoon. this means grab the umbrella. outside we go. mostly cloudy skies as you look at your weather headlines. clearing skies and then eventually we'll get a little sunshine will get into the upper 80s to near 90 today. there's storm team 4 radar, raindrops pulling out of western montgomery county. all the rain just about done in loudoun county as well. you can see the bigger view there, no more than a few strangling showers in the mountains of west virginia. temperatures low to mid 70s now. mid to upper 80s for highs today. there is a 30% chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm after about 5:00 or 6:00. best chances will be south of the city. i'll have a chance of your outdoor activity planner in ten minutes. let's head over to jack taylor to see how

chuck todd. we have chuck todd with us. obviously coming into this convention, the question here was how unified would the republican party emerge fromming this. we just went through the stats in the primary season. donald trump not getting 50% of the popular vote. we've seen polls that have him getting about 80% or so of republican support in the general election. you want to get that over 90%. what we've just watched in the last hour, how is that going to affect the question of unity going forward? >> let's not just talk about the last hour. how about the way the morning started. if this is the day and you want this convention to be about unifying the party, probably wasn't the best way to start the day to have the campaign chairman paul manafort go right at john kasich calling it embarrassing. there's this initial all day before the fight on the floor that we just saw. there was this under -- certainly the story of cleveland. at least here was this fight between the trump campaign and the governor of the home state in the convention. and then all of a sudden, this. so this has gotten off to a horrible start for the gop, if it was about unifying things today. between what we just saw, and they may regret. they have to figure out and this is what priebus has been struggling with. how do you open a steam valve here? they know they need to let this -- they didn't let these folks vent at all. there was such a shut down effort. it happened last week. and i think because of how quickly things got shut down last week, i think it may have added to the intensity of what we just saw. now the question is, do they go back n say, maybe we ought to let a little steam out of the valve? let's let this roll call happen. that's why they started today in the afternoon knowing that, worst case scenario, they might have to do it. keep it off of primetime. but sort of let the mess play out and then bring everybody back together. but when you don't let a dissent show their dissent, then it can actually make things boil over even more say tomorrow or wednesday. n that's not something they want. they'd like to keep everything about the disunity to this afternoon. >> we've been talking about where the push for this is coming from on the convention floor. the colorado delegation, colorado probably the single most anti-trump delegation of any state at this convention. the colorado delegation has walked out. you look at the list of the other states to join this fight on the rules. these are almost exclusively states that did not vote for donald trump in the republican primaries and caucuses. let's look now at a different state. the state of indiana. indiana is the state that donald trump won basically clearing the republican field back in may. one of his biggest vuct victori the primary. it is the home of mike pence, his choice to be his running mate. what's the temperature there, kelly? >> first of all, in case you aren't aware of this, there's a photo being taken of all the delegates. they are all looking toward a camera doing a sweep to get a picture that everyone can order later. that's why we're all standing here. i'm here with the deans of the indiana delegation. we have jeff cardwell who is the party chairman. gentlemen, mike pence is a new addition to the ticket. this happened after some of this anti-trump movement talked about a change in a vice presidential nominee in order to mix things up. what is your sense of what impact this has on governor pence and the ticket? >> he will balance the ticket. he'll bring something different to the ticket. he brings a lot of government leadership. donald trump has had exceptional success in the private sector creating tens of thousands of jobs. pence has had the same success in the government sector by creating 150,000 jobs in indiana alone. >> this move to try to mess with the process that we've been watching unfold today, and part of it includes trying to offer up a separate vp nominee. what is your reaction to that? >> once they get to know governor pence, that -- the healing process will begin. we need to introduce america to governor pence, karen pence and the family. n once the america knows the governor and his family, they'll fall in love with his leadership. >> you have seen a lot of things over the years. it's not unusual for a convention to sometimes get a little rowdy. what is your sense of how serious a threat this is? >> i've known mike pence for 25 years. he is the real deal. he's honest. he's a great -- a great leader. he was a great person in congress. i think he had 12 years in congress. he is totally qualified to be -- >> are you worried this could reflect poorly on him, this group? >> no, that's part of the deal. you know, you have to go out and give it -- the problem is we've got it. >> do you think this is putting a wrench in the idea of unity? donald trump said he picked governor pence for party unity. doesn't feel that united today. >> we're in the process. primaries are very difficult but you'll see us come out of this convention very united. we'll be behind donald trump. we'll be behind governor mike pence. governor mike pence is a natural leader. he's had a great successful record serving in congress and as our governor. i think you'll find that. i think america will fall in love with him. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> also, he voted for cruz. i think that he will appeal to all the cruz people. >> that could bring them along? >> indiana is proud they have a place on the gop ticket. they've been watching a lot of this unfold. as you heard from rex, many in the delegation have known governor pence for a long, long time. it's personal for them. steve? >> kelly o'donnell in the indiana delegation. we've been talking about how unprecedented this is in modern times. the only even reasonably close modern thing you have to go back 20 years. pat buchanan was denied a speaking spot in 1996. his delegates threatened to walk out. buchanan held a rival speech across town in san diego while that convention was going on. they didn't actually walk out. that may be the closest thing to what we've seen over the last moui think chris matthews is still joining us. let's talk about the strategy for the organizers of this convention. they chose the very heavy-handed route here. they wanted to shut this down as fast as they could, as absolutely as they could. what else could they have done? what else should they are done? >> somebody said you have to have a steam valve. we're going to see some of that. i'm going to tell you. compared to where they would have been had donald trump. >> selected one of the other two, chris christie or newt gingrich, i think you would see chaos at this point. bringing in pence is bringing in a regular republican, a life-long, well, a republican as long as he's been elected to public office, the governor of indiana. it's a very stabilizing move on the part of trump. i don't think he really wanted to do it, but he did it in order to bring party unity together. as he said the other night. it's a period of adjustment right now. think about it. republican parties are bound to nominate somebody who has not at all been, at all, active in politics. in any real sense. certainly not as a candidate ever before. he's just come in. and the only equivalent, i think, would be perhaps 1952 with eisenhower. before that the allied leader in western europe in the second world war. and before that probably wendall wilke, a democratic business guy. utilities executive who managed to win the nomination in 1940. these are cases where people came from outside the system. trump san outsider. he's trying to avoid tissue rejection to use an organic reference. he's coming into a foreign body. the republican party. we're seeing how that's going to work out. it's not going to work out simply. it's going to go on for a while. we're going to see a lot of this stuff. the fact they're able to squash this thing by having three of the state delegations withdraw, taking the toublmakers down to six which was one below the necessary number means they're winning. we'll see. it's not going to be neat. but it will be effective. chris matthews in cleveland. we've heard from some of the proponents of the stop trump movement here. let's bring in donald trump's first supporter in congress. congressman chris collins from western new york. he endorsed trump before anyone else. you've heard the reaction right now. ken cuccinelli says you guys cheated. one said this is fascism invoking the term brown shirts. what's your reaction? >> i'll go back and say these are some desperate, disgruntled romneyites doing what they can to throw a wrench in the works. it's not going to work because actually, what they've done is they're going to probably bring more exposurexposure, which is . people are going to tune in tonight and tomorrow night to see what else might happen. we want more americans hearing donald trump's story. hearing melania's story tonight. as we nominate and confirm donald trump tomorrow night. at this point, now they're talking about the vp candidate. it's desperation. it's not going to work. the party is uniting. so that's how i dismiss this. and say, you know, i'm a glass is half full guy. this could bring more attention to the speeches tonight. the nomination tomorrow. people thinking there might be something else going on. the more people that hear donald's message see his great family on television. the better for the trump candidacy as he moves in to november. >> you watched the same scene we just watched. the colorado delegation has walked out of the convention. former senator humphrey has said this is fascism. ken cuccinelli from the virginia delegation says this is cheating. you heard how loud and sustained those boos were. does that look like a party uniting? >> we're absolutely united but a few disgruntled romneyites can certainly be loud and boisterous. but donald trump's going to be our nominee. the party is going to become home. it's donald trump to make america great again and put america first or it's hillary clinton, the liar, the perjurer who would represent a third term of barack obama. so that binary choice has united our party. there's no question about it. this is a convention. it's noisy. donald trump is going to be our nominee. mike pence, governor mike pence will be our vice presidential candidate. we're going to roll out of this convention as united as ever. and we're going to beat and trounce hillary clinton in november. >> that's chris collins, congressman from new york. >>> jacob soboroff with about a minute left. jacob rascon, excuse me. he's outside the convention. what do you have? >> what we're looking at is about 500 protesters who have marched about a mile and a half now. within a half mile or so of the convention center. we're talking about a dozen groups. i want you to notice the police presence that is around. mostly officers on bike here. a dozen groups including black lives matter. abortion rights groups. code pink. immigrants rights groups. the official name of the protest is end poverty now but they're marching toward the rnc to stop the hate of the gop and donald trump. this is about the biggest we've seen so far. they do not have a permit. this is not a sanctioned protest. they are not going along the parade route. but here they are. about 500 people marching now for almost an hour. and within a half mile of the convention center, steve. >> so we've got obviously the commotion we just watched inside the convention sister in cleveland and obviously some activity outside as well. a very, very busy hour we just had. quite an exciting start for lack of a better term there at this republican convention. a special edition of "mtp daily" with chuck todd live from cleveland starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd in cleveland. and cleveland is rocking. but for a reason that donald trump isn't happy about. the drama is on the convention floor. welcome to "mtp daily." first day of the republican convention. the rnc are frantically trying to quell a delicate uprising on the convention floor. moments ago, a group of anti-trump delegates appeared to have enough signatures to force a roll call vote

chuck todd as sleepy eyes. repeatedly making more swipes at chuck todd. he made more the swipes at chuck todd than hillary clinton. the republicans were very much expecting him to take that ball and hit it out of the park. we saw a lot during primary campaign. this was a rambling variety show. the impromptu, calling his son up on the stage. i have to imagine and would love to be a 90 on the wall in reince priebus' office or any other republicans who were expecting a very different performance than he just did. >> chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," can speak for himself if and when he wants to. i would say on the substance, the remark that seemed to bother donald trump was the ability to deal with the political openings he's been presented with. that is to say, not even the media criticism of, you covered trump university and you didn't tell the good side of the story. it really rankled him that something that many republicaned have been agonizing over. he doesn't have a general election focus ask this is a race between two people. >> he just proved chuck's point with this nearly

chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." chuck, did trump go with his heart with this pick or with political practicality? >> definitely not his heart. that's what makes the pick untrump like. it is a very normal political pick. a fairly safe, conventional pick. mid western governor, the midwest is an important part of the swing states. in a way this is donald trump accepting professional political advice. advisers are telling him you need a mid western governor to win iowa, ohio, michigan, pennsylvania. then getting a governor from indiana will help you do that. that's what makes this a fairly risky pick if you're donald trump. you ran against conventional, against guys like mike pence. is this a way to keep the party together for the convention and a do no harm pick or does trump at the last minute go, you know what? i have to go with my gut. that got me this far. if that's where he goes maybe it's newt gingrich or chris christie. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. tonight supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is add missing public criticism of donald trump was a bad idea. she's been criticized from the right or left for steering out of her lane for making negative quips in interviews. it may be hard to put the controversy behind her. pete? >> reporter: a surprising end to an unprecedented back and forth between a supreme court justice and the presidential candidate. in a written statement, justice ruth bader ginsburg called her recent remarked ill advised and says she regrets making them. judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. and she promises to be more circumspect. in recent print interviews she called donald trump a faker with a big ego and joked that she might move to new zealand if he's elected. he responded by saying she should resign and she might be losing her mental fitness. tonight trump says that while justice ginsburg's statement is not an apology, she admits making a mistake

chuck todd in cleveland. chuck? >> you know, your phrase there, meaningless side show, i think that is probably the most apt description for a lot of things that are related to the trump campaign. they get caught up in more of these meaningless side shows. sometimes they create it. in this entire last seven days, you know, you go to here and what they're going to do tonight. they delayed the speakers. they had a bad primetime night last night. the speakers went too long. they overscheduled their 10:00 hour. now they're delayed which will create a traffic jam and they may end up having somebody of significance again, address a half empty arena, like what happened to joni ernst. again, it goes to -- none of this was unknown. we knew for the last two months there was going to be potential issues here, and it feels like a lack of preparation. everything about this feels like a lack of preparation, or chewing gum and shoe strings. it just feels as if they're getting caught off guard when they had no business being off guard. they should have been on guard for all of these things, including a small thing like alaska. >> devil's advocate here for a second. is it possible that what we're seeing is the ungovernability of the republican caucus, right, in the house, looking at paul ryan up there, thinking about what a hard time john boehner had with his unruly republicans in congress, paul ryan's having some of that same problem with his republicans in congress. are republicans just in a moment whether they are uncontrollable, unpredictable, when you can't do neat and tidy things with any republican audience, let alone, group of republican officials? is this foreseeable, but still uncontrollable? >> no, the way i look at it is, okay, it looks uncontrollable. let me take your view there. if you say, okay, it's uncontrollable. but there wasn't -- what appears to be missing is like a bed side manner, it's finesse. they never figured out a way to basically let out the steam. right? open up the steam valve a little bit, let some of this out. they knew this was a contentious. they knew he was a controversial nominee. they knew the republican party was struggling with unity. why they didn't figure out some way to appease, and instead they made the decision to just ram it through, whether it was the rules committee, platform, and even yesterday, ram everything through. now maybe that's the right call, maybe it wasn't worth risking a totally opening up the convention. maybe there was their fear. but i think they -- to never find a way to just open up the steam valve a little bit and let some of the frustration get aired out earlier, i think -- i think what many of these -- i've talked to them, and they basically say, the party's given us no choice but to be disruptive, because they didn't respect us at a time when we could have done this with fewer tv cameras. >> chuck todd, thank you. hugh hewitt is also listening and part of our coverage on this. hugh, i can't help but hear the ghosts of two of the guys for whom senate office buildings were named. russell and dirkson. asking where the floor whips are, asking where time allotted with the candidate has been. this is in the realm of preventable stuff, is it not? >> well, it is. it's not 1964 at the cow palace with rocky giving his memorable salute to the delegates, but it's kind of one of the snafus that you don't want. one of the unintended consequences of this, speaker ryan, who gave a key speech four years ago in 2012, is going to give a key speech tonight, probably in prime television time, as a result of the delay, he'll be giving key speeches at republican conventions for the next 20 years. so there's an up side to this. more people will see speaker ryan speaker. but it could have kind of a car crash effect towards the end of the night. and like chuck todd said, it was preventable. there was mi

chuck selected over the years. obsessive collectist meets the kentucky derby. some classic ones. >> this pin has been there since the dawn of time. >> reporter: much to his daughter's distress, they make it onto chuck's olympic hat. >> dad, you look so old. >> reporter: thanks a lot. and chuck plans on passing on the torch to his daughter. >> now i appreciate it. >> reporter: even if it comes in the form of a hat. jessica aguirre, nbc bay area news. >> chuck says he's going to continue to wear his hat and go to the olympics until he physically can't go anymore. >> that's really cool. >> he's only doing the summer games. as a native californian, he says he doesn't do winter. >> and it's the dad's duty to embarrass the daughter. >> she was prevenappreciative. >> maybe not for the hat. jessica aguirre will have live reports from brazil on all our olympians. >> it's less than a week away, the countdown has been going on for so long, it's single digits. >> did you know you can only see it here on nbc? did we mention that? >>> well, the weather today, maybe olympic caliber for parts of the bay area. temperatures starting to cool off finally as we saw numbers dropping out of the hundred-degree range for a change. in livermore it took you over a week to cool off. east bay, right no

chuck coppola is in east san jose. chuck what, took so long regarding this house? >> reporter: well, as you know, raj, these cases can take many years. it did so in this case. the house behind me in east san jose mainly because the owners have rights, and in this case a frail elderly woman, but even those rights have a limit. we just learned this afternoon that the city will take care of this, clean all of this scene behind me up by the end of august, but it took years and the threat of fines. overgrown oleanders and weeds and smashed window of a van filled to the roof line and that doesn't belong to describe this home on kraft drive. >> there's a lot of cats running over and get run over or they die in the house and the stench from them is very bad. >> i probably couldn't sell my house because nobody would want to buy it because of what's next door to me. >> we tried contacting the owner. according to state dmv records, 7-year-old lillian ferries but her phone has been disconnected. >> the property skral of our homes, you can see our block, we all take care of our home and this one has traj delay been in disrepair for years. >> reporter: for six years neighbor complaints to city council reps led nowhere. four years ago the city agency that deals with blight began writing letters, trying to get the owner to do something, anything. the city says ferries' health problems and a death of a family member trying to help her delayed the process. only now is the city about to act. >> now we're in the process of obtaining a warrant for the city contractor to go in and clean up the property ourselves. >> reporter: how long will that take from now? >> we anticipate the property should be cloned up by the end of august. taken years of letters and let's of fine to get this for. the city doesn't wan want to do the cleanup. they want the owner to do is it. >> so who pays for all of this. the bill will be sent to the owner and if she cannot pay it, the city says, they will issue a lean against the house. chuck coppola. nbc bay area news. a dramatic rescue today. it happen around 8:00. crews reached the man about an hour later and he was conscious the entire time but is still in the hospital. the arrival of kevin durant. wearing your yellow colors. >> the biggest flow agent signing in the bay area since barry bonds came home in 1992. kevin durant came in on a private jet and a quick shoot-around at warriors headquarters. this is his new basketball home. >> nbc bay area has more from the oracle. lots of excitement for everyone. >> reporter: yeah, we're actually right outside his new home, oracle arena for 41 home games, at least, before the playoffs. what a whirlwind it's been for kevin durant this past week and at his introductory press conference this afternoon, he admitted that this was the toughest decision of his life to come to golden state. he's leaving behind the only nab but is doing so with -- a fun moment with assistant coach and that will be his new looks. the pros simply outweigh

hillary and chuck tirelessly worked their way across washington, not stopping until and he said, what do you need? and i said we need $20 billion. chuck schumer said we need $20 billion. and he said you got it. >> her mind just quickly grasped this is a much bigger issue than replacing these buildings. this is replacing the american spirit. >> i remember just taking a few pictures. when i got them developed, this flash from this camera against the dark sky particles that are in the air. it looks like snow. >> when our first responders began to get sick and questioned the quality of the air at ground zero, hillary loudly took on the epa and won them health benefits. >> they said the air was safe, it wasn't safe. >> not only did she say she was going to fight for us, it wasn't idle chatter. >> at the same time, she very quietly helped some survivors rebuild their lives. hillary, saying i can't. i can't have this wedding unless i can dance. i need to be able to dance at my wedding for it to happen. and she said you're going to do it. i know you are. hearing her say that helped me believe it. >> the bin laden situation is a perfect exampl

chuck todd, savannah guthrie, tom brokaw with me watching this. chuck, the bar was high tonight. >> yeah. >> how did she measure >> stem winder and hillary clinton will never be in the same sentence. for hillary clinton this was all prose tonight. it sounded like part state of the union, part rebuttal to trump. probably the biggest impression i got, i was amazed how comfortable she is pushing a very progressive agenda. this was a speech that bernie sanders could have given policywise. and i'm sure it's not the speech many people would have thought a hillary clinton nominee -- as ago at this time. that part was striking. by the way, more references by her about trump than trump did in his speech last week about her. that was interesting too. >> she really -- >> it was a referendum on him. >> she owned in on the whole notion that trump saying i alone can fix the country. savannah. >> i thought it was interesting too that she led more or less with an attack on trump before she got into her own biography. when i personally felt that the the fireworks go off. >> fireworks are going off behind us. >> what she had to do was present a different side of her. i'm not sure if she did that. i don't know if she remade her image tonight, and maybe that was too high a bar for anybody. >> to me it was emblematic of hillary clinton. >> but it was very hillary clinton. so if you like her, if you love her, you love this speech. if you do not, i don't think there was anything in there to change your mind. but it was a do no harm speech. >> it was a grinder. >> the balloons dropping, the kaines and the clintons. tom. >> the important part of the evening for the democrats and for hillary clinton is this is a very unified party and a very unified hall as opposed to what we saw a week ago. frankly, i was surprised that she went after trump as directly as she did. case by case, line by line, because they know that their best hope lie him. and he plays into that very often. so what happens to the progressive agenda as we move through the next months, september, october and november, we'll see about that. i think we'll hear more about trump than we are a lot of the other things. there's hope here we can unify the country, we are great, and we're never going to let you forget that donald trump is in this race and saying what he has been saying about this country. >> tom, i want to go right now you recall nicolle worked with the mccain and palin campaign was with us. after donald trump spoke you said something to the effect that the republican party that you knew was dead. i'm wondering if you think hillary clinton made an effective appeal to republicans who may feel the same. >> for me, she squandered the opening that president obama gave her last night. republicans have been swooning since the moment that president and defined conservatism as something separate from trumpism. he made a case against trumpism, which she did not echo tonight. she went back to a standard progressive liberal stump speech. so where republicans may have felt last night like there might be a safe harbor somewhere within the tent of the democratic party for us, i think once again republicans are if they're not enthused with a donald trump candidacy. >> chuck, does that surprise you? >> no. i had that same impression through the speech. i thought it was -- i tried to remember the last time -- tom, maybe you remember. maybe it goes back to walter mondale in '84 where she so comfortably talked about we're going to follow the money and we're going to tax it. you know, bill clinton spent 20 years moving the democratic party the other way. now, again, this is about sanders and like this speech was a reflection of the primary, not necessarily a reflection of the general. >> i couldn't agree more. frankly for the disenchanted republicans who are out there, their sanctuary at this point is, well, if we elect her, we just get a third term of obama. at least if we get somebody else in there, they're going to change the status quo. and she didn't give them a lot of hope that she was going to change the status quo quite i thought it would have been something about how to rearrange the economy, how to get jobs created by, for example, financing somethi