jonathan capehart is an opinion writer for "the washington post." david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones. robert costa is national political reporter for "the washington post" and all are msnbc political analysts. robert, you have now had the direct tying of the alt-right and right nationalist sort of elements to donald trump by hillary clinton and the trump campaign, are they surprised, nonplussed? what is their reaction to the fact that republicans have not come forward to refute what hillary clinton is saying? >> what we have seen from the trump campaign in recent days is an effort to try to improve trump's numbers with minority voters, talk about upcoming outreach to black voters in particular as well as latino voters and those overtures have come in the way trump has been talking about softening possibly his immigration stance. what we're seeing is the trump campaign with a new leadership team trying to adjust to the barrage that's coming from brooklyn and from secretary clinton and it's going to continue to come. they know that

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. >> joining me now to assess all of they are, jonathan capehart, thanks for being here this afternoon >> jonathan, i want to the start with you. you look at this video of ivanka and it underscores, she is so in depth, she would be a powerful politician in her own right. and this all comes as her father's campaign seems to be in free fall, reince priebus about the fact that trump is indicating he's not going to support paul ryan and john mccain. describe this moment, put it into context, how bad is this moment for donald trump? >> well, i mean it's incredibly bad. just in your introduction, there's so much to unpack there. if donald trump had given the answer that his daughter gave, this wouldn't be one leg of the controversy that is surrounding himself right now. the other one concerning gop chair reince priebus, the idea that he is of a ro plek tick now because of what donald trump won't say about speaker ryan, that is what he would give him his endorsement raises the question, so the muslim ban, the comments on mexicans, his immigration plan, making fun of a disabled reporter, none

john fehery, molly ball, and jonathan capehart hosts a new podcast, cape up.s also an msnbc contributor. let's start with the fifth most offensive trump description. it's of the sacrifices he made for the country. the poll finds that trump's statement that working hard is a sacrifice bothered 73% of voters. let's take a look at what he said on abc two weeks ago. >> i think i made a lot of sacrifices. i work very very hard. i have created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures, i have done -- i have had -- i have had tremendous success. >> those are sacrifices? >> oh, sure. i think they're sacrifices. >> what did you make of that? he was comparing himself to captain khan, who was killed in action in iraq. >> to the parents, i believe, who have sacrificed. i think obviously, to denigrate the sacrifice of the parents of a fallen soldier is offensive on its face but beyond that, plenty of americans are willing to believe that donald trump has contributed something to this country, has worked hard. >> why is the word sacr

for more i'm joined by our round table, anne gearan, jonathan capehart and megan murphy, washington bureauhief for bloomberg. megan, start with you. it seems to me in terms of making people enthusiastic, especially bernie people, hey, this party, the democrats, has a real chance for the first time since lbj of actually being able to govern this country, running the congress, running the white house, passing bills or tax equity, reducing the polarization of wealth in this country, building things again, infrastructure, all kinds of good things, solidifying obamacare. win big. tell young people, you can be part of a mandate. don't say oh, don't get complacent. it just seems like a loser's way of talking to people. in football games, you don't go don't get complacent. you say roll it up. roll it up. that's what you do. >> that's not in her nature to run that kind of campaign. she's gone this entire campaign without creating that kind of enthusiasm behind her except in her core base. >> you're putting her down right now. >> i think the senate is well within reach. >> when will they ever get th

jonathan capehart is an opinion writer for "the washington post," nick con sorry, good morning to bothemen. let me start with you, jonathan. steve bannon from the conservative website breitbart news, the third person tapped to lead the trump team behind corey lewandowski and paul manafort. what do you make of the latest shift? >> sitting here, i'm about to file my next piece with the headline "so donald trump doesn't want to be tame so his company goes ferile." steve bannon will be the chairman but kellyanne conway will be the campaign manager. that will mark the third change in leadership in the campaign. the fact he's tapping the now former executive editor of breitbart news, a news organization that the southern poverty law center has written a piece about back in april talking about how over the past year the ones conservative news organization has now started pedaling in racist, nativist ideas that has made it a fan of white nationalists. if donald trump really wants to win the white house which traditionally you've done by expanding your base from the primary campaign, he's going

the roundtable tonight, jonathan capehart, laura basset, and zeke miller, one of the great american namesrter for "time" who broke this story. i got to go to you. is he trying to get out of this or trying to get -- obviously wants the right moderator. what else does he want besides a moderator who will not undercut or humiliate him or look down on him? >> there's always that little bit of negotiation that goes on with any debates. the height of the podiums, will somebody be taller than somebody else onstage. >> don't you love that trick? michael dukakis, they gave him a riser but had the camera angle from the side. all these games. >> he likes to think of himself as the great negotiator, he talks about -- >> what does he want? >> what he wants is the ability to show he's strong, to show he got a win more so than anything else. >> he's much taller than secretary clinton. so will there be a fight over the risers now? >> absolutely. i think for trump, the more critical factor will be the fight over the format which has already been announced. each has a different format as well as the modera

joining our conversation is jonathan capehart and nick kpensorry. not the subject most of us want to be talking about today. nick, your paper got reaction from trump talking about the fact that e he feels huma is making the right choice. but it went on to say mixing personal with political saying i only worry for the country that hillary clinton allowed weiner to have close proximity to classified information. it's another example of clinton's bad judgment. is it possible our security have been greatly compromised? >> is that fair game to make this into a political attack? >> i think the first half of that statement would be the first statement from trump to clinton might agree with. the second half she will dispute. the average person in a bar or kitchen table will be, a, yuck, and, b, about time on behalf of the separation. i don't think there's a wide audience for the idea this kind of made up idea that somehow the national security was endangered because of the proximity of this man. >> when we think about weiner, as we make the argument about t