ron estes. ron estes. check this out. look at this, yeah. so on the left is the incumbent ron is his challenger, ron estes. [ light laughter ] well, before voters headed to the polls today, ron estes released one last campaign ad. take a look. >> i'm ron estes. and i approve this message. >> ron estes says he cares about kansas voters. but can you really trust a guy like ron estes? >> hi, i'm ron estes. and unlike my opponent ron estes, i'll fight for kansas voters. that's the ron estes guarantee. >> ron estes, a name you can trust. unlike ron estes. >> so remember, on august 8th, vote for me, ron estes. not that bastard, ron estes. ron estes, this guy, ron estes. wait, no, this guy, estes, estes. no, this one. yeah, that's me, ron estes. ron estes. >> paid for by ron estes. >> jimmy: wow, interesting -- i don't know which -- [ applause ] i don't know which ron estes -- i don't know which ron estes paid for that. guys, last night was the big season finale of "the bachelorette." did you watch it? [ cheers and applause ] at one point garrett tried to tell becca how she makes him

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ron ron what does the left hope to achieve by this strategy i mean you know you don't have the leadership speaking out against that schumer said something and then he got attacked for it again identity politics comes into play it's a losing proposition i don't know what the democrats hope to achieve by going down this path go ahead ron but you know i don't want to split hairs on optics here but i think when you're in the in the topic of this conversation when you say the left . really referring to is the democratic establishment good in the corporate media and or i would argue just for optics sake that's not the left one could argue that something like m s n b c and the democratic establishment that is in fact the liberal establishment but when your say liberal you should be using it in the field loek sense percent to the left in the best of times and are sent to the right on it affects them a very severe the question that's actually wrong there's nothing actually progress i agree with that ok but in the end the questions that i set out to everyone here i said stablish mentor left so good kind of procreation and ok but let's but my question is what does the establishment left want to achieve by taking on this strategy all it does is increase but you know it just increases the volume in the temperature of political d

ron paul cohn he is a comedian frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate gina let me go to you because i know your political stripes pretty well and reflect upon what i had to say in the introduction to mean if you don't agree you face insults harassment and bile and ask representatives beliefs about what it means to be on the receiving end of violence it seems to me and i don't want to overdramatize things but over the last few weeks it seems to me that part of the political spectrum wants to normalize political violence in terms of speech at least go ahead gina in west palm beach it's discouraging because i think that my whole political life my thing has been that sometimes i'm wrong and i hold myself out to the fact that i may be wrong but i enjoyed the civil. course some of my favorite things to do have always been shows like yours where you can have a conversation and a civil dialogue without ridiculing the other person without calling them names without accusing them of some form of bigotry but the left has taken a tack you call it a civil war i'm calling it an uncivil war as a massive step away from the civility and then they tend to want to do this blame game and blame the whole thing on the fact that the president is somebody who hits back just because conservatives traditionally have never hit back and so i think that it puts conservatives like me in a in a really discouraging place and that we've always wanted somebody who would hit back the bully on the playground right i think that's a good thing because bullies in politics they shut down civil discourse but in this particular case i think the left has taken it far too far steve case one but there are a lot of other cases here that we're seeing almost every day now and the political environment you know. i used to remember is that ok i can understand you know the liberals used to be the ones that were taller and in want to dialogue and wanting to engage people and now we have a president which who can be quite vulgar at times so i think everybody on the panel and our viewers would agree many times he's a pretty he's a bit rough ok but why does the left now have to emulate that i mean aren't they supposed to be better they've always presented themselves as being the better part of the political spectrum it seems to me they want to get in the mud. and fight it out that way which is not really part of the left's tradition at least my reading of it go ahead. well there is an old expression that you don't get into a peeing match with a skunk and i think it's been a huge error on the part of democrats but i'm going to make it clear donald trump has set the stage for all of this and if there were sixty thousand people in yankee stadium and everybody cheered for him except one person he'd be tweeting about that one person that doesn't like him but i don't think that the democrats are doing the right thing my fellow democrats and in the attacks that they make against trump against his allies just in general i think maxine waters is is the biggest enemy to the democratic party is look like an idiot saying the things that she says and does and i i find it repugnant i've been attacked because. i'll speak and i'll say well as a democrat and then i get blasted on twitter from people saying you can't say that you're not a real democrat you're a phony you're you're you're a plant you're a bob and so it's like oh i can have any kind of dissenting opinion i have to just have an automaton o'clock response and you know all the drama will be oh i mean rob let's look at me and with all due respect what do you expect from identity politics ok if that's exactly where it goes you're not fitting the mold you know then you're an enemy that's what identity politics does let me go to ron ron what does the left hope to achieve by this strategy i mean you know you don't have the leadership speaking out against that schumer said something and then he got attacked for it again identity politics comes into play it's a losing proposition i don't know what the democrats hope to achieve by going down this path go ahead ron but you know i don't want to split hairs on optics here but i think when you're in the in the topic of this conversation when you say the left . really referring to is the democratic establishment good in the corporate media and i would argue just for optics sake that's not the left one could argue that something like m.s.m. b.c. and the democratic establishment that is in fact the liberal establishment but when your say liberal you should be using it in the field loek sense percent to the left in the best of times and are sent to the right on it affects them a very severe the question it's actually wrong there's nothing actually progressive i agree with th

ron ron what does the left hope to achieve by this strategy i mean you know you don't have the leadership speaking out against that schumer said something and then he got attacked for it again identity politics comes into play it's a losing proposition i don't know what the democrats hope to achieve by going down this path go ahead ron but you know i don't want to split hairs on optics here but i think when you're in the in the topic of this conversation when you say the left . really referring to is the democratic establishment good in the corporate media and i would argue just for optics sake that's not the left one could argue that something like m s n b c and the democratic establishment that is in fact the liberal establishment but when your say liberal you should be using it in the field loek sense were sent to the left in the best of times and are sent to the right on it affects them a dirty fair the question that's actually wrong there's nothing actually progressive i agree with that ok but in the end the questions that i set out to everyone here i said stablish mentor left so good kind of procreation and ok but let's but my question is what does the establishment left want to achieve by taking on this strategy all it does is increase you know it just increases the volume in the temperature of political disc

ron estes. we'll have that in 60 seconds. >>> republican congressman ron estes of kansas is facing a tough challenger in tomorrow's primary, ron estes. it's a different ron estes and these two don't like each. challenger estes filed right under the deadline in may and secured the website realronestes.com. there's been a lot of drama over how the two will be listed on the ballot. the congressman will be identified as rep ron estes which normally wouldn't be allowed, but it would cause voter confusion otherwise. congressman estes has a yard sign with the word rep on it. the other estes will go by ron m. estes on the ballot and he is >>> republican congressman ron estes of kansas is facing a tough challenger in tomorrow's primary, ron estes. it's a different ron estes and these two don't like each. challenger estes filed right under the deadline in may and secured the website realronestes.com. there's been a lot of drama over how the two will be listed on the ballot. the congressman will be identified as rep ron estes which normally wouldn't be allowed, but it would cause voter confusion otherwise. congressman estes has a yard si

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ron desantis. he said ron was trying monkey around with the economy in florida? president trump: i didn't hear that. i have been working on the deal with canada so i have not heard it. i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary -- harvard, yale, brilliant. ran an incredible campaign. really beat a lot of people he wasn't supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know him. he's an extreme talent and will make a fant stick -- fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary. reporter: do you still believe the federal government's response to the hurricane in puerto rico -- president trump: i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we're still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy and he's very happy with the job we've done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico and it was a very tough one. their electric plant was bad before the hurricane. if you look back in the records that plant was dead, it was shut, it was bankrupt, it was out of business. there owed tremendous amounts of money, it was closed up. when the hurricane came, people said, what are we going to do about electricity? we

ron vitiello. where is ron? thank you, ron. stand up, ron. great job. good. thank you, ron.se] >> president trump: and the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, kevin. where is kevin? thank you. the new chief of the u.s. border patrol, the first woman ever to hold the job, carla provost. carla, thank you. congratulations. congratulations, carla. [applause] >> president trump: and our new acting deputy director of ice, matt albents. where is matt? thank you, matt. thank you. [applause] >> president trump: we're grateful to be joined today by really wonderful friend of mine and a tremendous senator and that's david purdue. david. come on, david. [applause] >> president trump: you've done a great job, david, we really appreciate it. people in georgia really appreciate it, that i can tell you. thank you very much. many state and local partners are represented in the audience, including arizona governor douse doocy. thank you, doug. great job you're doing. [applause] >> president trump: a wonderful man, alabama attorney general steve marshall. steve, thank you very

ron de santis? take a look. everyone knows my husband ron de santis is endorsed by president trump. but he's also an amazing dad. ron playing with the kids. build the wall! he reads stories... then mr trump said, you're fired. i love that part. he is teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. big league, so good. i just thought you should know.

ron fetella. where's ron? stand up, ron. thank you, ron. and the commissioner of u.s.ms and border protection, kevin mceline. kevin, thank you. the new chief of the u.s. border control, the first woman ever to hold the job, carla provost. carla, congratulations. congratulations, carla. and our new acting deputy director of i.c.e., matt albence. thank you, matt. thank you. we're also grateful to be joined today by a really wonderful friend of mine and a tremendous senator, and that's david purdue. david, come on, david. you've done a great job, david, we really appreciate it. people of georgia appreciate it, i can tell you. thank you very much. many state and local partners are represented in the audience, including arizona governor doug doocy. thank you, doug, for being here. great job you're doing. a wonderful man, alabama attorney general, steve marshall. steve, thank you very much. thank you. a friend of mine, south carolina attorney general, alan wilson and sheriffs from all around the country. thank you, alan. thank you. sheriff's, thank you. say hello to your fat

i am very pleased to welcome ron manning, and ron, if you could please stand and perhaps come to the podium and introduce yourself. ron has -- ron played football at rice university, so he's going to make me a really good running back. he played offensive line, but he also previously served at the dallas-fort worth retirement system, and he's got a distinguished education, as well. >> i'll just tell you a little bit about myself. i'm raised in houston, texas. i went to rice university in houston, so -- and got my graduate degree at texas tech. my wife brought me out here. she's from the south bay area. she grew up down there. came out here, visiting her family a couple times, and really fell in love with the area. she found a good job. i followed her out here and found a great job myself, so i'm really happy here. city of san francisco's been really exciting. looking forward to -- obviously, the summer's been great. the nice winter weather you have here in the summer. it's good. you all think it's hot. i have to stop saying y'all. you think it's really hot, but it's not. let's see...working here, i'll be working with

was also a voice of gospel music and the gospel tribute was was phenomenal and then today howard ron isley ron isley is a is a person who's been in music for decades probably even longer going to read than he he was amazing you know so those are some of the tributes there stood out for me you've been out in the city of detroit state i believe watching the funeral on a big screen and the pock. and has this and this is this is clearly a big deal across the city. you know we did the buildings are lit up. for the peek out of life there were dozens of peek out a leg driving to the funeral so that was just a sight to see i was in the park as we call it campus marches in the middle of the troy that are people on the grass just going in and out listen until the funeral but also share a story so i have friends who share stories about their father be at this with the wreath and everything was a detroiter so people would see here in the city you know she was a worldwide superstar but she was also a detroiter would you see it almost felt like you know you know or so so so much so much i mean people are ha

she was also a voice of gospel music and the gospel tribute was was phenomenal and then today ron isley ron isley is a is a person who's been in music for decades probably even longer going to read than eat he was amazing you know so those are some of the tributes there stood out for me you've been out in the city of detroit state i believe watching the funeral on a big screen in the poc. and has this and this is this is clearly a big deal across the city. yeah you know we did because buildings are little pieces and for the peek out of life there were dozens of pete callaway driving to the funeral soledad was just a sight to see i was in the park we call the campus martius in the middle of the troy and there are people on the grass just waiting and i'll listen until the funeral but also share a story so i have friends who share stories about their father be it this with the re and everything was a detroit or so people would see here in the city you know she was a worldwide superstar but she was also a detroiter you see and almost felt like you know you knew or so so so much so much i mean p

ron est esteses on the ballot. i'm rep ron estes and the other is ron m. estes.ng. >> misleading? no. the "m" stands for merica. results should be in around this time tomorrow night and we'll find out which estes is bestest. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. and it works 24/7. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. don't use it as the first medicine to treat diabetes, or if you have type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, you're allergic to trulicity, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, or severe stomach pain. serious side effects may include pancreatitis

ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary, he's an extreme talent, and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. so i think rony in so many different ways. >> outfront now, former ohio state senator nina turner and former senior communications advisor for the trump campaign, jason miller. he was also a consultant on desantis' campaign for the senate in 2016. nina, the desantis campaign is saying it's absurd to believe that him saying monkey this up has anything to do with race. in your view is that credible? >> not at all, jim. of course they are because they have the luxury to do so. i have a message for my white sisters and brothers in america. don't ever use the word "monkey" or "ape" or anything like that. don't even go down that street when it comes to african-americans. there's a painful history in this country of using that stereotype. it is used to dehumanize african-americans and the representative knew exactly what he was doing when he said that. and it wasn't a dog whistle, it was a bullhorn to certain folks in this country who still see and believe that african-americans are less than. during jim c

know ron desantis and ron desantis is extraordinary. harvard, you know, -- ran an incredible campaign. a lot of people that he was not supposed to beat because he came into the race. he is an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i have not heard that at all, no. [indiscernible] pres. trump: i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico, we are still helping puerto rico. the governor is a job. -- the governor is an excellent guy. it was a very tough one. the electric plant was that before the hurricane. we arehard, straightening out those difficulties. thank you very much, everybody. i think we are doing well. trade disputes with china, china has taken out $500 billion a year from the united dates for many years. so we cannot let that happen. working a little bit against china. too much money is being lost by us. china is the route. -- various things go to china. i do not like to call it a trade war. china is having a very tough time. china makes it much more difficult in terms of our relationship with north k

ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary, harvard, yale, brilliant, ran an incredible campaign. >> okay. let's go around the table, but rick tyler, i'll start with you. as you work on campaigns, you work on messages, you work onner wording, you work on trying to help push the candidate forward any way he can. is there any way possible in your mind that the term monkeying around just came out of his mouth by mistake and it was just by mistake, ill used, poor form, or do you think this candidate monkeyed this up, took that statement and used it racially because he knew it would be a siren or a dog whistle or anything else that would have a racist tone to this campaign? >> well, mika, there's no question that the juxtapose articulate and monkeyed up, whatever that is supposed to mean, was monically stupid. and i don't know how ronould have sent him out the there to do or say that. but it did come out of his mouth. i think the democrats got a big boost yesterday. i think they have a leg up. and by the way, because he is -- and this is just politically speaking, because he is viewed as more far left, supported by bernie sanders, i think in this case because this is a base election and this election will be about donald trump, that this was a very smart move by democratic voters in florida to pick gillum and i can he's going to -- i think he's going to give ron desantis a run. there's no reason ron desantis should have teed this up in a way that's going to generate all this negative publicity and as you saw in the election with the ads he played, he closely tied himself to donald trump who has been linked to saying very inappropriate things after the colossal tragedy in charlottesville. >> all right. yamish and john meachum. yamish, just as a reporter covering this and following trump's impact on candidates as the

kansas' 4th district where republican representative ron estes won his race against a different ron estes. ( laughter ) yeah. it was a huge win for rona major upset for ron estes. ( laughter ) the estes families are thrilled and sad tonight. ron estes gave a moving concession speech saying, "i would like to congratulate my opponent, ron estes. his name is my name, too. whenever we go out, the people always shout, "there goes ron estes!" dah-dah-dah-dah. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) of course, trump is still on vacation at his country club in bedminster, new jersey, but he hasn't forgotten about the mueller investigation. because on sunday, the president played golf with republican senator and man who just can't get that piece of popcorn out, lindsey graham. according to lindsey, during the outing, trump brought up ending the russia probe about 20 times. you know what they say: trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of "a very stable genius." ( laughter ) and that's not even counting all the voicemails he left: ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) sounds good. he sounds handsome. of

impact the president is having in close races including the one with ron desantis. >> when he goes in and says he likes ron desantis rony pulling away. now, the test will be this fall transferring that into winning the general election seats. i think washington is so anti-trump and the liberal media is so anti-trump they don't understand what's happening out there. >> sandra: it was remarkable the turnaround in the state of florida. >> and in georgia as well. again, these are primaries. there is a difference between. if you've got a popular president who is popular inside his party that he is able to endorse somebody and carry them across the line. donald trump has that power in spades here. he is the power plant when he endorses somebody. in a general election he has to be careful about it. he is treading in the 12th district into territory where his popularity is great in the rural counties, not so good in the big suburban county and that's the weakness the democrats are trying to exploit with their candidate danny o'connor. >> sandra: the president trying to energy republicans to get out and vote this november. what

ron brown. ron, to you first, with the big picture here and the implications for the coming m midter midterms. every special election, we say focus on the final margin, not who won. what does this say? >> this put a big you sharpie underline on everything that's been happening since donald trump's victory in 2016. on the one hand, there was an unmistakable move toward the democrats in this district. o'connor won 65% of the vote there. an unprecedented showing for a democrat. he gained as well in delaware county, and not as much. that's what ultimately sank him, and republicans retaining very big margins with slightly disappointing turnout in the rural parts of the district. that's what we saw in virginia, alabama, and in pennsylvania, the distribution of the district was a little different, which allowed republicans to maintain this narrow lead. the incumbent had never won by less than 64%. but it points towards a november election in which the democrats are in a strong position against republicans where donald trump is much less popular than a republican president usually is. and democrats facing a tougher climb in rural areas. and the challenge is to find common ground between these two pieces of the country. and points to a 2020 battle of the bulge election. >> a battle of the bulge election in 2020. okay. but a win is a win, donald trump likes a win. he tweeted a short time ago. when i decided to go to ohio, he was down in early voting, 64 to 46. that was not good. after my speech, there was a big turnout for the better. troy will win big in november. so, how much is this a win for donald trump, keeping in mind he was up one point before the election, and looks like he will win by one point. >> he held steady against an opponent who was rising. how much of this is a win for donald trump? only in the sense that he did no harm. i do not think the president can point to this and say, look at this victory. this is a district won by mitt romney, by donald trump, should be a solidly republican district. and the president of the united states coming, throwing his political weight around, and about 1,700 votes dividing the candidates, and may have a forced automatic recount. i don't think anybody can put it into a win category. >> and frank lutz tweeted this, a one-point victory in that district is nothing to commend. the gop have to do something really significant to keep the house in november. >> this was a district which leaned 14 points more towards republicans than the whole of the country. >> well, it turns out despite what the democrats, mainstream media, elaine snyder, explaining why it will go democrat, and why it will be the nemesis for trump, the democrats lost big. they spent twice as much money. >> that's not true. >> planned parenthood alone matched the rnc. >> the candidate raised more money than the republican candidate. >> at the last minute, that's true. >> facts. facts, shawn. >> but still, the democrat had more money than the republican. outside groups came in, and we don't know the final amount. over 100 unions put money into that race. >> okay. >> this was a litmus test if you have a so-called moderate democrat, looked good, nice guy, divorce attorney. he had all the things going for him. yet, the democrats couldn't do it in that district. it's a failure. only a democrat could lose an election that has all this popularity behind it, and call it a victory. we need more victories than that. >> how can it be not be regarded as a victory for a democrat when it's a republican district? >> we're talking facts here. with all due respect to shawn, the fact is, i will say this. it was more symbolic than substantive for the democrats. yes, they had some gains, but ultimately, they did not win. >> that sounds good. say it again. >> but the question is, whether donald trump took a safe race and put it in jeopardy, or put the republican candidate over the top. i think it's the former more than the later. >> balderson campaigned on the gop tax cut, and the strength of the economy. then switched to negative campaigning against o'connor. >> that's troy balderson, he's running for congress. why do those people look so happy? because balderson supports a massive tax break. and what will that mean for us? balderson's plan could mean cuts to medicare and social security. >> so, what does it say when the republican tax cut doesn't actually work as a campaign message in the wealthiest district in the state of ohio? >> it is striking, they ended up emphas em fa sizing the cultural-type themes of the president. accusing him of being in favor of open borders and amnesty. and trump is strengthening their hand in rural areas, but driving away a lot of white-collar voters. not to mention, he's animating and alienating millennial and minority voters. this was an 86% white district, and you didn't have any kind of minority presence as part of the equati equation. i think you draw a straight line from virginia, alabama, and pennsylvania, and it points towards significant risk for republicans in suburban areas everywhere. on the other hand, it shows how much of a headwind democrats still face in rural areas, and points towards democrats still having the overall advantage of winning the house. and the likelihood of this extreme division after the elections. and the reasons mopublicans mos uncomfortable with trump's policies are the ones most likely to lose. >> the tax cut is becoming increasingly unpopular, down to 34% approval. by november, by the time the midterms come around, will the republicans even be talking about this tax plan? >> if they don't have other legislative wins to talk about, they will talk about the tax cuts. i think there will be a lot of the wedge issues. but the people talking most about the tax plan will be the people we saw in this election. and the democrats will say, do you like your social security, medicare, being able to eat and feed your kids? you may not like this tax cut that much. democrats can show charts of the national debt ballooning exponentially. and the other thing that's problematic, people aren't feeling it in their pocketbook. working people, even blue-collar, lower white-collar people are not saying, look at all the extra money i have in my bank account. maybe i will vote republican again. i think we'll see much more of the cultural wedge issues from republicans. >> and the flip side, the democrats in all the special elections, they seem to be fairly consistent in the elections, putting forward moderate candidates, distancing themselves from pelosi, and some have avoided going after donald trump. >> they're speaking to their would be constituencies. speaking directly to the issues of the congressional district or that state. i think you should do that in a midterm election, because there's no singular person people will coalesce around for the party. so, they need to speak to the specifics of that district. >> looking at the rallies that donald trump held during this campaign for ohio, a lot of people turned up there. and there are a lot of grievances. but the president never puts forward a lot of solutions. >> the grievances are real. >> but no solutions. >> that's not true. for the longest time, the blue-collar class has been ignored by both parties. flyover country, the working person, working with their hands. they were always in democrat control, they were loyal democrats. and donald trump introduced middle class republicans to this forgotten blue-collar class. you get the middle class with the working class, it's unbeatable. what are the solutions, how about the best economy since clinton and reagan. the lowest unemployment in the black community. >> why don't republicans campaign on this? >> the best economy in your life. >> why did republicans switch the message halfway, about a month or so, into the campaign, if the economy is great, why was the message changed to attack o'connor? >> they can't run on their record. that's why. >> quickly. >> both sides turned to a vicious attack against each other. our side wanted to win more than the democrats did, and the democrats lost. cnn viewers, despite the fact that it says not decided, it's decided. >> with that, we'll take a short break. when we come back, donald trump also had his choice for the kansas governor's race. we'll see if the president's endorsement paid off in that race. and a rough day of questioning for paul manafort's former right-hand man. we'll talk about the trial, and how it ties to the trump campaign. save 15% or more by... 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ron desantis and ron desantis is extraordinary. harvard, yale -- ran an incredible campaign. beat a lot of people that he was not supposed to beat because he came into the race. he is an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary. i have not heard that at all, no. the federalve government's response to the hurricane -- pres. trump: i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico, we are still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy. he is very happy with the job we have done. we have put billions of dollars into puerto rico. it was a very tough one. the electric plant was hit before the hurricane. if you look back on your records you would see that plan was dead , shut, bankrupt, out of business. they owe tremendous amounts of money. they had to close. when the hurricane came, they said what are we going to do about electricity? we put a lot of money and effort into puerto rico and i think most of the people really appreciate what we have done. texas healed quickly. the people were incredible. florida healed quickly, and everybody worked hard. puerto rico was more difficult because of the fact it is an island and it is hard to get things on the island. in texas you are land-based.

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, it -- lior ron, and cleared the way for ronack. emily: is he at peace? is there a risk of bringing back someone who has some baggage? lane: there are a lot of people who maybe are entertaining coming back now that there's new leadership in place. the reality is, there's not a lot of people with expertise in the space. uber does not have a deep bench to pick from. emily: we have seen the head of hr resign. in the midst of an internal investigation into whether she was ignoring complaints from employees, a very high-profile woman at the company. what really happened? lane: there is a lot we don't know. there was this investigation -- eric: there is a lot we don't know. there was this investigation. a whistleblower contained and lawyers told the whistleblower there are some things we can confirm, some things we can't, we will not tell you which. their chief legal officer trying thesed, issues in the court of public opinion is not a great idea and it can be unfair, but ultimately she resigned right after an all hands meeting. it wa

ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary. harvard, yale, ran an incredible campaign, really feeds a lot of people that he was not supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know. he was an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary in so many different ways. i haven't heard that at all. >> okay. so i just heard a question about -- we had the segment earlier about the republican nominee now in this florida race who won his primary, congressman ron desantis, making this comment about his opponent who would be the -- okay, thank you. just getting news from the control room, who made this comment about monkeying around in reference to the democratic candidate who won the primary, this upset in florida, who is african-american, who would be the first african-american governor in florida on a major party ticket. jeremy diamond is with us. it sounds like the president obviously hasn't heard the comments. he didn't want to say anything and embraced congressman desantis saying he's extraordinary. >> reporter: that seems to be the kachlts ron desantis, there are few candidates that seemed to be as close to the president as ron desantis made in his viral video made where he's reading to his infant trial. t

ron desantis. ron se san tis had to give up his seat in florida to become the republican candidate for governor. we know he will be rung against this guy andrew gillum. but in his district in the ron desantis district it will be bill clinton's nancy soderberg running as a democrat to flip that seat from red to blue. another national veteran, chris hunter a former doj prosecutor, he won a primary last night in florida as well to try to unseat republican congressman gus billa rackus. another district where democrats are seen as having a real shot of flipping that seat from red to blue with this candidate chris hunter. democrats have a whole lot of candidates all across the country, particularly and potentially in flipable districts, where the democratic candidate comes from a national security background. and that's interesting in terms of strategy and it's not a deliberate plan by the democratic party, what does that say about national security? professionals and their desire to get into electoral politics and trump. you can analyze it from a lot of different angles. but tonight, we have just learned from some interesting reporting from spencer ackerman of the daily beast, that the

ron claiborne. ron, you covered john mccain's presidential campaign in 2008. you had tremendous access in the beginning, spoke with him on multiple occasions. what do you remember most about him? >> i joined him in actually late 2007 when he was so far behind, he really had nothing to lose. it was just a fun, rollicking ride with him. a lot of access, sitting with him on the bus and talking to him, not just about politics. about anything. he was a big sports fan. he told wonderful stories and a great, great joke teller. you saw one of the jokes there, the one about scum-sucking fish and lawyers and one of the ones i remember him very well telling again and again, and more for his amusement than the audience which was often bewildered by this joke. he would say, in the words of the late chairman mao, it is always darkest right before it's totally black. the audience were like wonder what that was about. he would be laughing and laughing his head off, but, you know, he was alternately charming at times, prickly, defensive, guarded in the later part of that 2008 campaign, but he was, most of all, a man of honor. a man of his own code, and i remember that he was given a bracelet by the mother of a fallen iraq war veteran, matthew stanley. he put that on his wrist in 2007 and talked about ioften, that he would wear it the rest of his life. and i have a feeling that john mccain was wearing that bracelet in the honor of matthew stanley at the end of his life this weekend. >> you talked about his sense of humor. the first time i interviewed him on capitol hill is about eight or nine years ago, and the first thing he said to me, he said, are you the intern? no, i'm the correspondent. and he said, pardon me, pardon me. i think i'm getting so old everybody around me looks like a child. and we carried on and it was just -- >> he was a fun guy. >> absolutely. ronthank you for your perspective. >> thank you, ron. we want to remind everybody, this is a big week in terms of commemorating john mccain. over the course of the week, there will be many events to commemorate the life of senator john mccain starting in arizona where he will lie in state and then on to washington, d.c. where he will lie in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol. from there his motorcade will make a stop at the vietnam war memorial, and this is an extremely important personal landmark for the senator he visited once a week sometimes. then a service at the national cathedral before mccain travels to his final resting spot at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. our coverage of john mccain will continue this morning. >>> we do want to take a quick break though and cover one of the other big stories of the morning, and that's the weather situation in hawaii dealing with the remnants of tropical storm lane, and rob marciano is there in honolulu. rob, what's going on? >> we

ron mott has more from brooklyn, iowa where it all unfomoed. ron, gooing. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. the smallown ofrooklyn, iowa is coming together to remember the life of 20-year-old mollie tibbetts. this is a community still reeling at the news, but the accused killer in this case was one of their neighbo >> do you have anything to s for yourself? >> reporter: 24-year-old immigrant cristhian bahen rivera in court facing a first degree murder charge in the death of mollie tibbetts, bot living in the same rural community. >> mr. rivera, you have been charged with murder in the first degree. >> reporte authorities say rivera is from mexico and was in the country illegally. he worked at small-run dairy firm run by a prominent republican. they checked his documentation in a government verification system but learned he had given them a name. >> what we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said h was. >> reporter: lane said he noticed no changes in ba her a's behavior and said he continued to show up for work on time after mollie's disappearae. >> this gtayed around 35 days after he did this. nobody noticed anything different. >> reporter: rivera's attorney says his client was working in the country legally and criticized president trump for weighing in. >> you heard about today with the illegal alien coming in very sadly from mexico. and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautoung woman. shouldhaave never ened. >> reporter: in a facebook post, mollie's aunt wrote, please emember evil comes in every color. in mollie's homown people debated whether rivera's immigration status was important. >> he could be in his own country. >> i don't think him being an illegal immigrant had anything to do with what he did. >> reporter: along with this prayer ser held at the university of iowa where mollie was to begin her sophomore year at this time. sadly, shebviously is not here. her family again as we said thanking the world for membering her in their prayers. phillip? >> all right, ron mott for us.ha ron, you. >> hawaii is on alert bracing to get lashed by a major hurricane. lane now a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of45 miles a hour. hurricane hunters flying into the eye of the storm and forecasters now say the islands are set to get socked with torrenti rain as the storm skirts by up to 20 inches of areas.n some officials are preparing for a major flooding and rescue operations. all hawaii public schoolsill belosed today and tomorrow. the storm is not expected to make land fall as it slis by. >> all right. let's turn it over to nbc meteorologist bill karins who is now tracking that monster storm. goodd orning. >> gmorning. slow-moving hurricane, mountainous terrain, recipe fora strophe. the storm is still approaching, 200 miles from the southernmost tip of haii. that's 240 from kona. they still have a beast of ast m. it will slowly weaken from here on out but it is still going to have a huge rain shield with it. enhancement wit the topography, that'

ron? thank you, ron. stand up. great job. [applause] pres. trump: and the commissioner of u.s. customs and kevin, thanktion, you. [applause] pres. trump: the new chief of the u.s. border patrol, the first woman ever to hold the job , carla provost. ,hank you, congratulations carla. and our new acting deputy is matt?of ice, where thank you, matt. we are also grateful to be joined today by a really wonderful friend of mine and a tremendous senator, and that's david purdue. [applause] you've done a great job, david. we really appreciate it. many state and local partners are represented in the audience, including arizona governor doug ducey. thank you for being here, doug. great job you are doing. , alabamaul man attorney general steve marshall. steve, thank you very much. a friend of mine, south carolina attorney general alan wilson, and sheriffs, all around the country. thank you. importantly, let me extend my gratitude to every law enforcement professional representing ice and cbp enforcement and removal operations, homeland security investigations. prosecutors, the office of fi

ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary, harvard, yale, brilliant, ran an incredible campaign. really beat a lot of people he wasn't supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people don't know he's an extreme talent and will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ronxtraordinary in so many different ways. i haven't heard that at all. reporter: do you still believe the federal government's response to the hurricane -- >> i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we are still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy. he is very happy with the job we've done. we have put millions and millions of dollars into puerto rico. it was a very tough one. don't forget, their electric plant was dead before the hurricane. if you look back on your records, you will see that that plant was dead, it was shut, it was bankrupt, it was out of business. they owed tremendous amounts of money. they had it closed up and then when the hurricane came, people said what are we going to do about electricity. that wasn't really the hurricane. that was gone before the hurricane. but we have put a lot of money and a lot of effort into puerto rico. and i think most of the people in puerto rico really appreciate what we've done. texas healed quickly and the people

ron brownants. ron, starting with you and what the president did just before heading to the rally, insulting lebron james whose home state is ohio head tlg to rally voters in a very important race. do you think this new fight of sorts was a political calculation? >> oh, it's clearly a political calculation. not specific to this district. but look it's a political calculation in two senses. first, the president as we talked about before views as an essential part of the political strategy picking an endless succession of culturally continuinged racially continuinged fights on twitter with an assortment of opponents but the racial component can't be overlooked. and there is no question there is a pattern of not only criticizing but insuling prominent african-americans, often nlts but not exclusively. he describes maxine waters been in congress for decades as a low iq individual. by the way, the two stories are link. this district he is on his way to is not a place that would have been in the top 50 that anybody was talking about when the year began as a potential republican vulnerability district. but it is now on the knife's edge. larnlly because of the recoil from president trump among ordinarily republican leaning white collar suburban voters who view his values his morals the way he talks about race as essentially unfebl. the npr marris pole. two thirds of college educated whites said they were embarrassed by president trump. that sentiment is exactly why he has to go there. that's what made it competitive. >> and david, this reminds me of something are senator kamala harris said at the conference last night she said russia new america's weaknesses citing racism, anti-semitism and sexism as a way to divide americans. >> the russian know the truths. because check it out. they attacked demographically and geographically. and they're still trying to divide us and conquer. the russians know racism and other forms of hate have always been america's achilles heel. and we need to deal with that weakness. >> do you think russia is watching, david what happened in the last 24 hours of this feud between the president and lebron james, the first lady getting involved and smiling right now? >> absolutely. you see there is an old truism in intelligence that a covert action program can't create something. it has to build on the environmental conditions already there. and what we saw in 2016 is the russians exploiting these differences. but we do have a parallel to this, which is the nfl take a knee controversy. and the hashtags on twitter and all of the facebook posts. a lot of this was amplified and promoted by russian bots and trolls. there is no reason to suggestion that this has change. the russians haven't learned there is a penalty for this that it don't work. they have learned the opposite. i wouldn't be surprised to see the president make a remark about it. then you see a massive amount of traffic on the social media about in very thing because the russians are going to amplify whatever the president says to continue that division. >> the big news out of the last rally were these comments. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax. okay. i'll tell you what, russia's very unhappy that trump won. >> that was on thursday. that came hours after trump's top security officials warned of the ongoing threats from russia. laura, you testified this week on the russia threat. you say consistent messaging is important. why? >> it's absolutely essential, ana. when the president talks about the russia hoax just hours after the senior members of his national security cabinet lined up and sent a clear signal about how real the threat is and that it's ongoing he is directly undercutting them. when we are trying to deter an adversary one of the things that's important is that that adversary believe our word and believe when we say there will be consequences there will. and unfortunately vladimir putin is seeing mixed messages from the president and from his cabinet. and similarly, the american people for the reasons that you just talked about, the fact that they are -- the russians are exploiting these vulnerabilities in our society, what we need to do to make ourselves less vul they were abel is in part build resilience but we can't do that if the american people are getting a mixed message about whether the threat is real. the president has to get onboard board with the program. >> and we know the u.s. is really vulnerable to attacks, especially when it comes to cyber-attacks. yet we have politico reporting the that the fisher is struggling to retain top cybersecurity talent including the agent tasked with disrupting digital threats from russia and elsewhere, close to 20 have left in the last five years. is there reporting how concerning is that. >> one of the things we need to get on top of this threat is a coordinated whole of government strategy. and until the white house is really focused on this as a plm, can really unify what's being done in the different agencies we are not going to bring all of the talent across the u.s. government to bear number one. number two, the kind of talent leaving, you know, the fbi, the cybersecurity experts, it's similar to what we have seen in other parts of the government where we atrophy the expertise that we need most to counter the threats of today. and that is absolutely leaving us more and more vulnerable. >> ronearn this week -- or sometime make in the next week if the president sits down with robert mueller. his lawyers are cautions again the sit-down. but if trump wants to sit down with mueller will he get what he wants? because he is not known for listening to advisers. >> that's a good question. i'm not sure we no he that he really wants to. i think it's in his interest to put out the story that he is anxious to talk to the special counsel but it's only the kind of supercautious lawyers that are preventing him to from doing so. because to the public the fact that the president doesn't want to talk hirntly as it should be you know, eyebrow raising. the idea that the president does not feel comfortable discussing his actions both durng the campaign campaign in office with a special counsel. we have not had the issue litigated. ultimately if it is litigated there were potentially be five republican appointed supreme court justices. interesting to see how it plays out. but injury previous pre

i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary.vard, yale, brilliant, ran an incredible campaign. >> now tocr the fbi that's rebutting the president's unsubstantiated claim that china hacked hillary clinton's private e-mail server. the president made a claim in a tweet posted after midnight on wednesday. he warned the doj and fbi to do something or in his words their credibility will be gone forever. the fbi official tells nbc news they've found no evidence the clinton server was compromised. they pointed to a june report from the inspector general stating the same thing, that there's no evidence that the president repeated from the daily call. >> attorneys for paul manafort are looking to have his next trial moved out of the nation's capitol, n claiming media covere of his prior conviction has compromised the pool of new potential jurors. in court filings yesterday they askedin his trial on charges of money laundering, failing to register as a foreign agent and obstruction of justice be moved from washington, d.c. to roanoke, virg

ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary, harvard, yale, brilliant. ran an incredible campaign. really beat a lot of people he wasn't supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know him. he's an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary in so many different ways. i haven't heard that at all, no. >> didn't hear it. whether you believe that or not, that's really not the point. a true leader would condemn any racist comment, any unseemly comment full stop. but this is the man who launched his campaign with an attack on mexicans. >> when mexico sends it people, they're not sending their best. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> who responded to deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville by infamously claiming, his words, very fine people on both sides. >> you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me. excuse me. i saw the same pictures as you did. >> who has never stopped attacking nfl players protesting what they see as systematic bias against people of color. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get thatson of a [ bleep ] off the field right now,

ron mott is there. ron, we're close to start time. maybe running a little behind schedule. no surprise as everybody greets each other, shares memories of a a -- aretha franklin. >> reporter: all the big names you mentioned, certainly, people appreciate them being here, but the family of franklin, the people she'd really want to be here are the folks you see lined up back here. this is the everyday man and woman who loved this woman, in particular, aretha franklin. so synonymous with detroit. though born in memphis, she came here as a little girl, and one day, her father had the good sense to put a microphone in front of her. the rest, as they say, is history. 76 years. she packed a lot in the 76 years. we were just talking with some of the folks as they wait to get inside about why they waited so long. some were here as early as last night and spent the night out here. the family reversed what we thought the position was going to be. we thought it was just going to be a private, invitation only, but the turnout all week was so incredible, they decided, let's get the fans inside the church today. they'll let about 1,000 people in. some of the people waited all night. they said it was worth it to be here, to pay their final respects to their queen. that's how they view her here in detroit. it is their queen. hallie? >> ron mott, thank you for that. we watch the live images coming out of the church in detroit. >>> in washington, we're also watching live images, as vice president mike pence gets ready to arrive on capitol hill. we expect to see the body of senator john mccain also arrive on the hill shortly. his remains are being transferred from the funeral home in northwest washington. the motorcade will end up at the u.s. capitol. the joint chiefs of staff are inside. including joint chiefs of chair general joseph dunford, who said mccain exemplified what it meant to be a war rrior and dedicated public servant. we'll see senators walk in shortly. they're gathering on the senate floor now, led by majority leader mitch mcconnell, who served for years, for decades, with john mccain. vice president and mrs. pence will also be arriving shortly. take a look now. senator john mccain traveling to the capitol one last time. let me bring in kelly o'donnell, joining me here live. who are you seeing? who are you t

running against ron disantis -- >> ron loves playing with kids. >> build the wall. >> he loves stories. >> then mr. trump said, "you're fired." i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> okay. >> somebody call child protective services. >> the question, is what race is he running? you don't know what state if you don't know, florida governor. here's adam putnam. let me put the quote up. this guy's been running for governor. he'd be speaker of the house if he didn't leave. >> and he's a great guy, smart guy, terrific public serve apt. >> yes, he -- servant. >>> yes, he decided to do it the good old-fashioned way, work my way up. he said and how he's campaigning, "you need somebody who understands why jasper and jennings is before they're governor, varn rather than have ask a staffer." that's what this is all about. adam putnam, i don't think voters care where jasper and -- >> i think that the challenge that we're going to face is whether being the trumpiest candidate possible seems to be effective in gop primaries. how will these candidates fare

ron. ron, how do you feel about the national anthem kneeling controversy? >> well, between myself, my dad, and my brother we have over 100 years of service. steve: wow. >> i was with the army special force, 82nd airborne division, third infantry division. i spent four different years in vietnam. my family fought for this country. as far as i'm concerned that national anthem everybody should be standing. >> a round of applause for you, ronjets players ever knelt for the national anthem. important to note. steve: there is some delicious food from famous dave. i don't see any french fries but french fries are burning up the online world. >> frenzy over french fries. a big controversy in maine. the restaurant received death threats hostility, changed the shape of the fries from cringe kel cut to stretched cut. >> all that over cringe kel? >> my favorite kind of fries is the cringe kel cut french fries. >> interesting shape of a fry changes the taste. >> absolutely changes the taste. steve: that is good point. they were cringe kel cut and now they were what? >> straight cut. i don't condone violence but do a lot for waffle fries. steve: take a audience poll right now. the choice is, what do you like, krinkle cut, or straight cut. hands up. hands down. see the hands for straight cut. all right. hands down. >> i think we're really hungry. steve: can i see the hands for freedom fries? [cheering] i think we have a winner. ladie

ron and i and christie stopped at each site and said a prayer. a week later karen and ron united with survivors at the two thousand and fourteen boston marathon. they cheered their friend celeste in a symbolic run across the finish line. i am angry at what he did and when i see my friends and they struggle and i see other survivors. i don't want my decision to be based on how angry i get in those instances. that paul judge will tool announced the trial would be held in boston. and we have two choices we can either let him stay alive and have his interaction and have his joys. or put him to death and have that be the end of it. they don't get to see their little boy playing baseball anymore or reading him a story at night and in this young man is in jail and he's reading stories that he likes he's got books available to him that he enjoys or he meets with his sisters and gets to see pictures of their children growing up and i just don't think it's fair that they have had their their joys taken away from them and he still is able to experience that. care and decided to attend the trial. i want to be there to see. justice. in philadelphia nearly four years after vicki instils daughter shannon was murdered the police got a lead. in two thousand would there been a series of assaults started to your blois in fort collins colorado they put out a report to police agencies all across the new united states. so they sent from shannon's case to fort coord. the d.n.a. was a match. the suspect was married in. employed at an air force base. about eight o'clock that twenty third day of april. two thousand and two this fellow and his wife walked into the police station and by midnight that night they had a full confession for the dozen different cases. the man they arrested was twenty nine year old troy graves philadelphia's elusive center city rapist graves was accused of multiple counts of sexual assault and one count of murder in the death of shannon schieber. the prosecutor was district attorney lynn abraham. the prosecutor in the city of philadelphia who is known as a pretty deadly d.a. in other words she put more people on death row then any other prosecutor in pennsylvania and probably any a large number around the country. graves was found guilty and the district attorney wanted the death penalty but the she bers did not. it meant they would have to fight for the life of their daughter's killer we had said to each other and consulted with our very large families that what we do if they ever caught a ball we would stick to our present and off someone was going to what camp or to death we were going to argue for a life without the possibility of parole. the district attorney voiced her disagreement and outrage. the district attorney there became very very upset she became very public with her and with her opinion and she said i don't care what the schieber said the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for their daughter's murder. why would they not want. for vicki in sil the answer was clear. we just can't let this anger this natural human anger and pain overwhelm us and make us so then full and hateful because it would just over time destroy us and we know that. vicki and still received piles of hate mail the cues in them of not loving their daughter. you know if you can't stand by your principles when it's difficult they're not your principal. several years past before jerry learned that washington was not guilty. it had to be like fifteen to twenty abuses at that girl who was released from death row that i found out that he was he was innocent as it were out as that's as close calling you know he came of in days in how to execute it as a person. i'll criminal justice system supposed to be the best in the world. make those mistakes and yet when you see a person like earl washington. something happened there. in the aftermath of the oklahoma city bombing in one thousand nine hundred five congress passed legislation to escalate death sentences the result was a dramatic increase in executions by one thousand nine hundred nine jerry was putting to death more than one person per month. and the death certificate reads. death by almost i. you know i don't make sense i don't want to be consider as a person deaths committed almost but that's what it really. sixty two executions and the only kilobit akon seen was myself and i refuse to look into the mirror. she nearly took the life of her washington and couldn't help but wonder if there were others. research now shows that for every nine executions there is one inmate found innocent and exonerated. one out of ten who might have been mistakenly put to death. join me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of that. and what politicians do subtly to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to. have to try to be close to see what the forecast three of the four can't be good good. i'm interested always in the waters of the house last. question. back. in one. game. to. play with. the little that was like going to be. played. it. didn't get. nearly two years after the bombing the trial was about to begin. karen left her home in new hampshire early to arrive for the opening statements. it was the first time she had scenes are naiads since the arraignment. inside the court room karin and the other survivors were seated just twenty feet away he refused to look at them. the defense team would make the case that zacarias are najaf was unduly influenced by his older brother. the prosecutors would argue that he was fully responsible for his actions. many victims shared their experiences including the father of eight year old martin who described having to choose between comforting his dying son and saving his daughter. over the next four weeks karen and other survivors relive the horror of the bombing. they reached out to each other for support. coming to court it was amazing how quickly and how close we all got it with where like a family. but her husband ron stayed away. since the bombing ron has changed and it's a hard thing to watch the man that you. struggle so desperately and be so angry he's just not the same as he was before the federal jury convicted the hearts are naive and all thirty counts he was facing for the boston marathon bombing just eleven hours the jury found her native guilty of all charges now they would decide if he should be put to death. the survivors were divided. karen's friend celeste was for a death sentence. the richards not wanting to go through years of appeals but decided against it. it's a long tough process to really examine. why you feel what you feel. you really have to look at yourself. pretty hard to decide. as soon as vicki and sil learned the identity of the man who raped and murdered their daughter vicki wanted to know more. i want it i want to know why i want to stand what he did why was this going forward like that what was going on where was his background with that you have to talk to his mother

ron desantis and the people of the great state of florida. ron will be a fantastic governor. on to november! i think ronpporters will tell you that brought him into the lead. he's expected to speak in a little more than 5 minutes. when he does we'll bring it to you live. president trump slammed in the media for revoking the security clearance of former cia director john brennan. but if you ask most of voters he made the right move. take a look at the polls. 59% of voters think brennan should have lost his security clearance. and 64% said james comey and others fired or demoted should lose their clearance. here to discuss, mike baker. great to see you. what do you make of this. some people said this was the wrong thing for trump to do, using this as retribution would be a problem and bad precedent. but brennan was vociferous in an unprecedented way. do you side with the majority of voters? >> i hope we don't devolve the clearance process into a public opinion poll. that might not be where we want to go with this. i haven't seen the sampling for that survey you are referring to. but part of this was their