great things were when people aren't feeling things are necessarily great. >> and melania trump got an a before the plagiarism and michelle obama got a c plus. what counts nafor that? >> melania went in with low expect taations but that a quic became an f. i think a lot of people said when they go low she goes high. people feel the obama's really do judge the middle class and people who aren't int lek cheliy eli elite. they feelt some of the things weren't realist k realistic. >> and here is a broader question. do journalists watch and rate these in different ways than members of public? >> i think they are very in tune every movement, everything that's happening. they are much more informed about everything that's happening. the average american might be doing many things, trying to help their kids get dinner and multi-task. they are getting sound bites, smaller information. the way they react is very emotional. not everything is rational. i think a lot of us that are in the media looking at these things try to look at things intellectually. that's not the way people react at home. >> and with donald trump's

melania's speech was plagiarized in part, probably bad staff work.ed cruz does not like donald trump. the thing about ted cruz, as speaker for the rnc, joe biden and barack obama on wednesday for the dnc, so the problem trump's campaign came out in the convention, these were not new problems. people in the party don't like him. they kind of came out versus the dnc, hillary is unpopular in a lot of polls but you knew she had warren one night, michelle obama, president obama, joe biden. it shows you how the democratic party is working together. we knew that going in. but the conventions really showed that. i assume that's why the bounce happened was you had -- i'm not sure hillary gave the best speech, she had all the other great speeches, michelle, the president particularly. >> a guy who promises to keep terrorism out of the country can't even keep it out of his own convention. it is unbelievable how many -- he talks about the snake coming in and biting, and then he lets ted cruz come in and bite him like a snake. >> chris, he thought until the last

i don't know why melania trump is in trouble for plagiarizing.she feels comfortable stealing michelle obama's speech, mabel trump will steal obama's policies and the world you say we can't plagiarize obama, yes we can. we don't bring that mess around here, evan! whoo! don't do it. don't you dare. i don't think so! [ sighs ] it's okay, big fella. we're gonna get through this together. [ baseball bat cracks ] nice rip, robbie. ♪ raaah! when you bundle home and auto insurance through progressive, you get more than just a big discount. i'm gonna need you to leave. you get relentless protection. [ baseball bat cracks ] (lion♪it's peyton on sundaytion. mornings.♪ (peyton) you know with directv nfl sunday ticket you can watch your favorite team no matter where you live. like broncos or colts. (cashier) cool. (peyton) ah...18. the old number. ooh. i have got a coupon for that one. (vo) get nfl sunday ticket - only on directv. and watch live games anywhere. well this is my equation for success. i developed the 4 p's. politeness, patience, practice and...

in the past two weeks, five, six or seven, taking the past two days into account, the melania plagiarism, donald trump trying to link cruz's father to jfk, then the russian hacking stuff, calling for that, then we are getting into the latest headlines with trump fighting with the khan family and now not endorsing paul ryan. >> how about going after melania's immigration papers? i don't know if there's any truth at all to this but this seems to be the very thing to drive him off the handle. it drives him crazy. >> reporter: potentially. normally spouses are off limits but the reason she's getting a little more focus on her is because donald trump has been so fervent about his immigration stances, about building a wall, about being strong about the borders. so naturally, reporters will start looking into melania's status and past and now there are questions surrounding when exactly she came to the united states. the photos that came out over the weekend in "the new york post" were dated a year before she and donald trump say that she came here. we asked the campaign if they dispute that da

controversy after controversy, there was the khan controversy, there's the melania plagiarism controversy, there's donald trump taking the purple heart from a soldier, now donald trump says that he wouldn't necessarily support paul ryan or john mccain. these are problems for the gop, not just because donald trump is saying them, but because they have to try and find a way to mitigate the losses with donald trump. if he starts dropping in the polls even more, he's losing to hillary clinton by eight or nine points, they start to really worry about senate races. they want to maintain a majority in the senate. they have to find a way to support donald trump, support his policies, support him as a candidate, in order to support their down ballot races. they can't abandon donald trump as the nominee because then they will lose the senate. that poses a great problem for gop operatives and for the gop ability to influence politics come november. so there's ongoing conversations right now about how best to do that. they haven't quite figured it out. their best bet right now is to try an convince d

i think, melania, the plagiarism story really overshadowed the better parts of her spreech. not sure that she helped so much. but ivanka can really step into that role that a first lady traditionally plays and i think we're seeing that play out in a trump campaign. ivanka's really stepping up, more than alinskchelsea, even. it's incredible to watch >> it's interesting, too, that everyone talks about what great kids donald trump has, and ivanka seems to be a grade kid, i might add, but where are the mothers? why doesn't anyone give credit to all the mothers in this? he was divorced so some of these mothers were, essentially, single parents. yes, at different points, he was involved in their lives, but let's give credit to the mothers as well if these kids turned out to be great kids. >> thank you all. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. . . . >>> that's it for us tonight. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. >>> breaking overnight. donald trump calls hillary clinton the devil. and steps deeper into the war of words with the parents of the fallen american soldier. >>

i think melania, you know, the plagiarism story really overshadowed the better parts of her speech. sure that she helped so much. but ivanka can step into that role that a traditional first lady plays and we're seeing that play out. ivanka is really stepping up, more than chelsea even. it's incredible to watch. >> it's interesting, too, that everyone talks about what great kids donald trump has, and ivanka seems to be a great kid, i might add. but where are the mothers? why doesn't anyone give credit to the mothers? he was divorced. so some of these mothers were essentially single parts. yes, he was involved in their lives, but let's give credit to their mothers as well if they turned out to be great kids. >> thank you all. i appreciate it. we'll be right back. how do robots work? ♪ you need a team... ...working together... ♪ ...doing all kinds of jobs. and the best place to find the job that's right for you is on the world's number-one job site. indeed. how the world works. gain the freedom to fumble with the new water and shatter-resistant samsung galaxy s7 active. exclusively at

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think

laughter ] [ applause ] you probably know, dona'sife malaria trump -- melania trump -- [ laughter ] she's been accused of plagiarizing parts of michelle denied this. melania claimed she wrote most of it herself. then a staffer called marily nobody knohere she is,ook responsibility, she apologized and offered to re. her elanation is melia told her admired miss obama, and at got confused and miss obama's brdame a part of the speec- basally the man who wrote the things melania pretend to e, admied she pretended to write the thing melan etenprd to righ confusing. [ cheers and applause ] here's my defense of melania. where's she from? slovenia. if you had to give a speech in sloveniaish, you might have to lift a few paragraphs in esh too, okay? [ laughter ] [ applause ] that'sllermo and guillermo is out on hollywood boulevarh d, arm a barber c, barber pole. and the electric ror. it's hot out there. >> guillermoyeah, very hot, jimmy. >> jimmy: so tonight, to cool people off, lermo' going to give free summer haircuts. okay are you a licensed bar baologrber-tt or whatever they call it? >> guillermo: not at a >> j: lawsuits.

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at al i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late show" has secured the first

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is t all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizingons of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizingortions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late show" has secured the first

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends.

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late

laughter ] [ applause ] you probably know, donald's wife malaria trump -- melania trump -- [ laughter ] she's been accused of plagiarizing parts of michelle obama's speech for her speech. melania claimed she wrote most of it herself. then a staffer called marilyn, nobody knows where she is, took responsibility, she apologized and offered to resign. her explanation is melania told her she admired miss obama, and that got confused and miss obama's words became a part of the speech -- basically the woman who wrote the things melania pretended to write, admitted she the thing melania pretended to right. confusing. [ cheers and applause ] here's my defense of melania. where's she from? slovenia. if you had to give a speech in sloveniaish, you might have to lift a few paragraphs in english too, okay? [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: let's go outside for that's guillermo. and guillermo is out on hollywood boulevard, armed with a barber chair, barber pole. and the electric razor. it's hot out there. >> guillermo: yeah, very hot, jimmy. >> jimmy: so tonight, to cool people off, guillermo's going to give free summer haircuts. o

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizingtions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late show" has secured the first exclusive

last night's republican national convention keynote speaker melania trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of her speech from michelle obama's appearance at the 2008 democratic convention. now, personally, i don't think this is mrs. trump's to fault at all. i think her speechwriters are to blame, and yet no one has lost their jobs. if only there was someone in the trump campaign who enjoyed firing people. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, i don't talk about this a i don't talk about this a lot, but donald and melania and i are friends. which is why tonight, "the late show" has secured the first exclusive appearance by mrs. trump to address the controversy. so, please welcome melania trump. ( cheers and applause ) welcome, mrs. trump. i understand you have a statement. >> yes, that is true. >> stephen: and this statement was written by the same staffers who wrote last night's speech? >> yes, i wrote it. >> stephen: well, ma'am, the floor is yours. >> my fellow americans-- ( cheers and applause ) --this is truly the best of times, it is the worst of times. ( cheers and applause ) i did

, there was so much focus on the black vetting of the speeches, particularly melania trump's speech which committed plagiarism. the most devastating thing was to let trump say the thing he said. a political vet would have said this line does not need to be in this speech because it is crazily self-involved and ego maniacal. >> rose: and they made suggest hinting of fascism. >> and there is some material to work with there, but to hear that in his own word and throw it back and say this is not -- america is not about one person who can fix things, america is about we, not i. that became a very powerful line and was true in obama and hillary clinton's speech and -- >> rose: she challenged trump and looked in the camera and said, no, no, no, wrong, donald. i thought she had more presence she'd had than before. mrs. obama seemed to me to be having a conversation with the audience, everybody else was making a speech and she seemed to have a conversation. >> we talked about this out there. i think it was one of the great convention speeches i've ever personally witnessed. it was also one of the shortest. it was bea

there was the melania controversy over her speech, the plagiarism, excuse me.d trump fighting with ted cruz, again linking his father to the assassination of jfk and then donald trump in russia, donald trump fighting with the khans and those less controversies are not going away. what is going on now, donald trump is talking about maybe not endorsing paul ryan. he extinguishes one controversy after the next. it is how he has operated. when you talk to people about why he would do this, they say he does this because he does not want to talk about policy. he is in his comfort zone, which is being himself, not necessarily going in and talking about a fleshed out idea about how he would fix the economy or reform the tax plan or how he would beat isis. mark: did he seem distracted by an concerned with the kh controversy when you spoke with him? >> he did not. he basically repeated what he has been saying the last you days, that he was viciously attacked on the stage of the democratic national convention and he has every right to respond in the way that he did. i wil

. >> we all remember melania trump at the recent gop ridiculed all over the internet for plagiarizing michelle obama's 2008 speech. now that the pictures have come out, what's the reaction? what impact will it have on trump's campaign and run for president? here's trump's reaction to the pictures coming out. melania is one of the most successful models and do many cover shoots. this was a picture taken for european magazine prior to my knowing melania. in europe, pictures like this the nude pictures of melania trump will have on the conservative right on evangelical votes. >> they're looking for a moral compass, leaders that will be a good example for families, for their children, for future generations. i would say this would have a negative impact. >> she had a life before she ever thought she would be in a position to be a first lady so. you got to give her a break on she was a model. carabrunei was married to the french premiere. if trump has problems, it's not with the first lady. she's a class act. he doesn't know what's going on in foreign policy. he has no idea if the russians

particularly melania's speech, which contained a lot of plagiarism. , a more devastating failure realolitical writer would have said, this line should not be in the speech to -- the speech. it does come across as self-involved and egomaniacal. charlie: and they made the suggestion of fascism. john: right, but to hear that in his own words and be able to avoid back and say, america is not about one person who can fix things. america is about we, not about i. it was true in obama's speech, hillary clinton's speech. charlie: she was also challenging trump. she looked right in the camera and said, no, no, no. i thought she had more presence than i had seen before. i thought this was the best speech she had made. not necessarily as what mrs. obama did. she seemed to be having a conversation with the audience. everyone else was making a speech and she seemed to be making conversation. was one of the great convention speeches that i have ever witnessed. it was also one of the shortest. it was beautifully structured and did not attack trump by name , but it was a devastating takedown of donal

when melania trump had the thing about the plagiarism and everybody who watched it knew what was going on, but they continued to deny it for days. he can't admit that, but he can come out and say, i am sorry, i didn't mean to say this. and he's not capable constitutionally of doing this. >> in the last few weeks, it's been a bizarre period. what does it mean for the meaning of this campaign if the campaign ends up being a referendum on, is this person fit to be president? which i think it is going to be. and i don't think that's inappropriate. but what it means to me is, it seems, what are the american people voting for? if they're essentially voting that this man is unfit for the office? >> think there will be a portion of people who vote like that. and certainly the republicans who have come on board may think that. but democrats want to vote for something. we want to vote for what we saw at the democratic convention. we want to vote for the platform that we stand and whole heartedly believe in. >> you think that's present in the minds of voters? >> i do think it's present in the min

melania's controversy over her speech, the plagiarism, excuse me, there was donald trump fighting withs father to the assassination of jfk, then donald trump and russia, donald trump fighting with the khans and those controversies, those last two were not going away. so what is going on now, donald trump is talking about maybe not endorsing paul ryan. he has operated this way and when you talk to people about why he would do this, they say he does this so he doesn't have to talk about policy. he's talking about controversies, he's in his comfort zone which is being himself, not necessarily going in and talking about a fleshed-out idea about how to fix the education system in this country or how he would reform the tax plan further to what he's already said or how he would actually beat isis. >> did he seem at all distracted by or concerned with the khan controversy when you talked to him? >> he did not. we talked about the khans briefly in the interview and he basically repeated what he's been saying the last few days which is that in his view, he was viciously attacked on the stage at

melania trump has made herself a figure in the campaign. plagiarism, the better version of what immigration is supposed to be, this is something journalists are going to keep exploring. >> yes, of course. we have politico working on this, we have four or five reporters working on this. i know that's the case at many other journalistic outlets. she is a very -- she has been a cipher. i wreote about her in april. the only kind of interviews she had given before were these kind of fashion channels and she did a few interviews for people like "people." they were puff stories, what her favorite accessory is and how she raises her son, baron. there is very little known about her. people have been digging, and we're going to continue to dig, even though the trump organization doesn't really make her available. and not very transparent. even though trump supporters then try to intimidate and really hateful ways, reporters who do try to dig into it. >> yeah, well, ask michelle obama, the potential first ladies to get looked into. >> hillary clinton. >> well, y