the fact the process is so wide open, against everybody, a voice and a roll. >> the abc poll he's at es higher than he was just in may. again, he is almost twice what scott walker is. he is twice what jeb bush is. what's interesting about the poll it was a four-day poll. three of the days were before the mccain/p.o.w. comments. one day, we are told that the numbers went down after the mccain/p.o.w. comments. what do you think that means? will what he said about p.o.w.s and john mccain, even though he's tried walking it back a little bit, will it hurt him? >> he picked a fight. he's saying real things just as he's always done in his career. he understands the media well. the polls, he's popped in the polls because he's gotten so much media coverage on the fact he's saying thing that is get coverage and are controversial. the polls are going to change. you are right. they are going to ebb and flow. donald trump has been on an upward trajectory. a rougher couple days in the media. it's one thing to pick a fight with john mccain. he's strayed from his conservative political beliefs. it's

but it's highly unlikely that trump will heed that call especially given his surge in the newest abc poll. abc's bazi kanani joins us from washington with more. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, t.j. that call comes from "the des moines register." the editorial board calling him unfit to be president and says he should quit his campaign but trump is emboldened by his poll numbers and remains defiant. did donald trump go too far with these remarks about senator john mccain?. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> reporter: the blowback coming from top republicans, even democrats, but mccain says he doesn't want an apology for himself. >> what i think he should do is apologize to the families and those who have served. >> reporter: trump dismisses the criticism saying john mccain let veterans down as an elected official and that he should be the one to apologize for calling the crowds at trump campaign rallies praisees. donald trump has weathered the storm over controver

just for one example, the washington post/abc poll showed that 57% of republican voters say that they have a favorable view of him. that is a big jump. almost double from what it was in may. those are the things you are hearing from donald trump and you will hear more. one other interesting note is that he had a meeting with one of his competitors late yesterday. ted cruz you think they would be competing for the conservative vote. ted cruz understands as much as anybody else he has been complimentary. >> thank you, dana bash. just in the last week a trump license property in puerto rico went belly up. trump quick to point out he he licenses his name. his ability to grow that wealth is the reason he is good for america. >>> hillary clinton burning through a big chunk of her campaign cash. the team filed the report with the federal election commission. they raised $47 million, but only have $29 million in cash. the rest is spent. that's a 40% burn rate. the clinton campaign has received over 250,000 donations with 94% of them $250 or less. >>> president obama is the first to visit a fe

just for one example, the washington post/abc poll showed 57% of republican voters say that they have a favorable view of him. that is a big jump. almost double from what it was in may. those are the things you are hearing from donald trump and you will hear more. one other interesting note is that he had a meeting with one of his competitors late yesterday. ted cruz. you think they would compete for the conservative vote particularly on immigration. ted cruz understands the trump mania. we will see how long that lasts. christine. >> dana you showed some of his stock picks in that report. >>> time for an early start on your money. stocks up around the world this morning. stocks on a six-week high after the tough bailout for greece. that means greece will overhaul the pension and tax systems to cut spending and bring in revenue. it is causing anger on the streets of athens. protests turned violent overnight. police responded with tear gas. greece has to approve some reforms. >>> here in the u.s. stock futures are higher. stocks dipped slightly after janet yellen says the fed is on trac

perot was not a hard right candidate, whereas when you compare the before and afters in the post abc polls polling overwhelmingly from jeb bush. so his profile is more a conservative or right-wing profile, which means he'd be an even bigger problem for republicans than ross perot would be. and you wonder if the republican race, if his refusal to say no i won't go third party, begins to have an effect because despite what i just said, most republicans believe that perot cost h.w. bush the election, and they're not going to like his refusing to rule that out. >> exactly, patrick. trump was asked the question. will you guarantee us that you will spare us a perot scenario? >> and it's all about him. it's all about the donald. and he just can't help himself. and that's what the rnc, the republican party is so afraid of. they know demographics are destiny. and if donald trump goes in with independent, bankrolling his own campaign, the fact is they will lose the general election. >> let's listen to how much he will be willing to spend on his campaign. >> how much of your own money will you spend

now that poll, that abc/"the washington post" poll comes with fine print. it was taken over the weekend but in this poll there was a drop-off in donald trump support on sunday, the day after he tore into john mccain. this is what we're trying to figure out right now. is donald trump going to pay a price for what he said? is he already paying a price for what he said about john mccain? for what he keeps saying about john mccain? or is he going to defy the laws of political gravity. is he going to survive this? could he get somehow stronger from this? this is a situation that in many ways is unprecedented. obviously we know that trump has been surging over to last month but these sortt of surges have happened plenty of times before. we have seen it plenty of times over in the leadup to republican primaries and caucuses when herman cain stormed to the top of the pack and then he melted down and didn't make it to the starting line in iowa. we saw something very similar with newt gingrich. we saw it several times in fact with newt gingrich back in 2011 and 2012.

a new "the washington post" and abc news poll showing that 57% of republicans have a favorable view of the real estate mogul. that number is a huge increase, 34 points from just 23% a month and a half ago. so is a huge increase in popularity thanks to his message on the campaign trail? >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. i will tell you that you will see how much money i made with the adiscome wednesday or thursday when i do my filing. seriously. it's great whether you have a big television show. you are a movie star and get a lot of money right? we need a leader that wrote the art of the deal. obama is going to be out playing golf. he might even be on one of my courses. i would invite him. i have the best courses in the world so i would say you know what, i have one right next to the white house. >> there is nobody bigger or better at the military than i am. >> we just went to number one in the polls. [cheers] >>> the "on the record" political panel joins us the daily beast and john -- betsy, first to you and while he is rising high in the "the washington p

the poll is the abc news poll showing him on top at 24%. it's a big number. of the voters aren't for you. in a crowded race it's a big number. what abc news says is he was at 28% in the first couple days of the poll. in the last day, he fell into single digits. is that telling you something was changing or not? we have to wait to see that. donald trump may think something may be changing. listen to him on bigll o riley last night. he doubled down tripled down on john mccain. here he backs off a little. >> i have respect for senator mccain. i used to like him a lot. i supported him and raised a lot of money for his campaign against president obama. certainly, if there was a misunderstanding i would totally take that back. hopefully i said it correctly and certainly, shortly there after that i said it correctly. >> for donald trump, that's i'm sorry. >> yeah. >> that's as close as you get. but, then he got there, after refusing and saying the media was taking it out of context. is that a sign that certainly, if there was a misunderstanding i would take it back?

let's put up the latest abc news poll that shows donald trump with a big lead. he has 24%, almost twice that of scott walker at 13% and jeb bush at 12%. i want you to also see this next part of the poll which is in a head to head match-up how hillary clinton and jeb bush do against one another as well as once trump is added to that. so here's the equation clinton in a head to head match-up with jeb bush gets 50%. >> just read the numbers. >> 50% versus 44% for jeb bush. when you add trump to that mix, trump gets 20% and takes 14% away from jeb bush. so is he hurting jeb bush ana, in this race? >> i don't think he's hurting him short-term certainly. if anything i think he's been an opportunity for jeb to stand in sharp contrast with donald trump and what he stand for. jeb is a person that's not out there spewing venom going after folks. he's a guy that's talking policy issues and offering a vision and optimistic agenda for america. he really does stand as somebody that's head and shoulders, literally and figuratively above donald trump. he is hurting i think the

poll. he's at 24% in the latest "washington post"/abc news poll. but a big caveat here.poll was taken over the weekend. once trump's comments about mccain picked up steam, there was a significant drop in support. last night, trump went on fox news to clarify again his comments. he said he respects john mccain and called the comments a misunderstanding. he did not apologize though. >>> a boy pointed what looked like a rifle at fbi agents investigating last week's shooting in chattanooga. investigators say they found a possible connection to be the shooter in the apartment complex in tennessee. when agencies got there, they say is a 15-year-old boy pointed an apparent rifle at them. it turned out to be an air gun. a sailor and four marines died in those shootings. now, the military is making changes to step up security in response. they are posting armed volunteers outside the centers. you can see the volunteers guarding centers. this is in georgia and alabama. several states are moving to equip national guard troops with guns. the department of defense says it is not plan

and those poll numbers you were talking about, the latest is "the washington post"/abc poll that shows trump with 24% support, almost twice as much as governor walker of wisconsin. the next republican behind him. however, this is telling. most of that poll was conducted before the mccain comments. if you take a look at the small portion that was conducted afterwards, donald trump loses quite a bit of support. so we'll have to wait for the next big poll to come out to see just w standing right now as a front-runner in many national polls in the republican race. >> all right, we'll be watching. tracie potts, thank you. >>> 4:48 your time right now. we learned about a second piece of evidence linking a man to the quadruple murder in washington, d.c. daron wint had a preliminary hearing yesterday. his dna was found on a pizza crust and at the hearing wint's dna was on a construction vest in one of the victim's cars. the detectives said that police recovered three-quarters of a $40,000 ransom in this case. >>> a boy pointed what looked like a rifle at fbi investigating the shooting in chatt

the "washington post"/abc poll from monday had him a major lead out ahead of any of the other candidatesrly donald trump wants to focus on those polls. i talked to him just a short time ago about the quinnipiac poll. let's take a look. >> let's talk polls. first of all, "washington post" poll on monday great news for you. >> yeah. >> huge lead in the republican field. quinnipiac poll came out today though, not so good news for you. in the general election voters colorado, iowa, virginia you have the worst favorability rating of anyone republican or democrat, negative favorability ratings, and hillary clinton did better. >> i haven't seen it. i haven't seen it. >> do negative favorability ratings worry you? >> i don't think so. i've turned a lot of them around as you know north carolina was negative and now it's like tremendously positive and when people hear what i say about the vets and how strong my commitment is to the vets they have been treated so badly and to the border which is just horrible, i mean every time people listen to me, all of a sudden it becomes very favorable. a good

. >> reporter: trump is still on top at 24% report in a washington abc poll almost twice as much as squotcott walker. most of the survey was done before the comments. a little bit was done after it. if you look at that part, it looks like his support began to slip. tracie potts, washington. >>> a few scattered light showers now on the radar. they are moving from west to east ahead of a cool front. right now a few sprinkles in fairfax county. it's breaking up heading east. maybe another ten or 15 minutes. a few skratscattered sprinkles. mainly just south of the metro area, between around 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. after that the lower humidity comes in after 90 in a few hours. it will be in the 80s tomorrow thursday and friday, with lower humidity. much more comfortable weather moving in. that will last to saturday. maybe a little more humid sunday and monday. might get storms on sunday afternoon. >> right. thank you. a brand new website for deals is now up and running. take a look. this is jet.com. and the founder says that he wants to take on amazon by offering discounts on almost everything on

and a brand-new "washington post" abc poll shows donald trump with a double-digit lead nabbing the support of 24 republicans scott walker in second with 13% jeb bush right behind him with 12 and so joining me now we welcome back the senior staff member brad blakeman and with us now jessica. so what do you make of these crazy republican fields? is huge. and donald trump is making all this noise and still doing fine. >> more than fine. i would add that that poll started on thursday and finished on sunday only one day after the john mccain comments and we could see that hurt him a little bit more as we move forward. brad and i were talking about this. he's riding high on celebrities trash talking approach, never saying i'm sorry which has always been a donald trump policy and mccain has handled it quite well saying that he owes an apology. tom: there is no question that senator mccain is taking the high road. but i have to tell you that it was nine to one. it's a tough audience supporting donald trump because they are tired of politicians of any kind. >> there's something to say about that an

a new washington post abc poll shows donald trump leading the pack of the republican contenders.orry. my lungs are -- [cheers and applause] he's now ahead of former florida governor jeb bush. they must be polling the same people who voted for san jie yeah on american idol. the poll was conducted before his comments about arizona senator john mccain, the comments that have made just about everyone angry at him. on cnn last night, they asked senator lindsey graham who's a good friend of john mccain's, what he thought. this is what he said. >> earlier i spoke to lindsey, senator lindsey graham. i asked him what his first thought was when he heard trump's comments about his good friend. >> that he's a jackass. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so trump, he went on the o'reilly factor last night and gave the donald trump version of an apology which made it very easy to see why he's been divorced a couple times. and then at a campaign event in south carolina he gave out lindsey graham's personal cell phone number. >> i wrote the number down. i don't know if it's the right number. let's try it. 20

. >> in many polls, it is important to mention voters who were surveyed before trump made those controversial remarks about john mccain, according to a "the washington post"/abc news poll support for the billionaire did decline sharply that night he made those comments. >> hena daniels in new york thank you. >>> trump will have another rival for the gop nomination today when kasich will join a crowded republican race. he served play and deny families access to affordable child care or family leave or refuse to let women make their choice to have access to free contraception. >>> mohammad abdulazeez wrote about his drug use. no direct link between abdulazeez and any terror organization has been found. he searched the writings of a leading member of al qaeda. his writings did contain suicidal thoughts and his family says he was being treated for depression. >>> the chattanooga attack prompted governors in at least a half dozen states to authorize the national guard to take up arms to protect recruiting offices and military installations. north korea says it has no interest in engaging in iran-like nuclear talks with the united states. north korea says it's cond

he leads in this "washington post"/abc news poll. it's a national poll looking at republicans.ut here's the thing that's raising eyebrows, keep this in mind. this is a poll that was conducted before and after trump made the comments and there was a sharp dip on the one night that voters were questioned following his remarks. donald trump touching off a political firestorm by insulting former presidential nominee, john mccain. >> i supported him, he lost, he let us down. he lost. i never liked him much after that because i don't like losers. let me -- he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured. i hate to tell you. he was a war hero because he was captured. okay? you could have -- i believe -- perhaps he's a war hero but he said bad things about a lot of bad people. >> reporter: almost immediately, it drew scrutiny. >> i respect the people who don't get captured and those who get captured. >> reporter: mccain was shot down held prisoner and beaten for more than five years in hanoi. even refusing early re

that poll you cited, that abc news/"washington post" poll he's not just a little ahead. he's got twice as much support. >> 24%. hold on i want to play this clip. here he is going after senator lindsey graham who is also a republican presidential candidate. >> this guy lindsey graham gets out and he's out there and he calls me a jackass. i'm trying to be nice. i'm working hard to be nice but every time i turn on i have -- i have some guy that is hitting me hard. the reason they're hitting me, in all fairness, is when you register zero in the poll, what the hell they have nothing to lose right? then i thought to myself about lindsey graham i thought it was a bad statement. you build a fortune, you're a smart guy, i'm giving up millions of dollars. i had macy's terminate a deal because, oh don, you're controversial, talking about illegal immigration. i said it's illegal! >> he also said lindsey graham couldn't get a job in the private sector if he tried. >> so the background to all of this is that lindsey graham is. john mccain's closest friend in the senate has been a huge

if you look at the abc poll what they showed was 8% of the entire poll was done on sunday. which means 92% was done on the -- >> and they acknowledge that. it was say it was -- >> youyou think it's an error. they say it did show a statistical significance. bottom line let's not argue about polls. does it worry you they did see a dip in his polls following the comments? sglt purpose . >> the purpose is to get sampling. 8% of the roll is not a significant sample. if you look at the -- >> you are not going to see a dip? >> i don't guarantee. what i snow is that mr.know is mr. trump is at 24%. i want to be mr. trump at 24% leading the polls and not being apology apology aa apologetic. >> will you be with veterans tomorrow? >> absolutely. >>> the shooter who killed five military men. was he inspired by isis? >>> convicted killer david sweat shocking new details on how he and a fellow prisoner broke out from the max muchlimum security prison. a live report is coming up. >>> a great white shark pulls a surfer under, all of it caught on camera. how did he survive? a very close brus

poll and look at that. i mean some pretty amazing numbers isn't it. >> yeah abc news poll washington post finds trump with 24% points ahead of newly announced candidate scott walker. 12 points ahead of jeb bush. so there is concern at a there's a significant drop off in support after these comments about mccain's war service so we'll see as we go down the road. trump's support had been 28% in the first three nights of polling and dropped to the single digits the day after his mccain remark. it's the constant media coverage as well and we have to look at what happened. gene writes about that. >> gene robinson writes what we've been saying this morning. attacking donald trump only seems to make him stronger. my guess is those that speak of trump in the past tense are guilty of wishful thinking. there's two things about trump that politicians find nearly impossible to understand. he has nothing to lose and as long as people talk about him he doesn't care what they say. for yet another week the republican campaign is about him, not about anyone else. in trump's world that's called winning. even if the mccain flap

. >>> new numbers from "the washington post"/abc poll out today. in may, before his talk about illegal immigrants in crime, he was viewed favorably by 23%. unfavorably by 65%. now the numbers have flipped. why do you think republicans like the sound of this guy now? >> i think he's offering simplistic responses in view of a violent act in san francisco. he's taken full advantage of that opportunity and he is, in fact, ignoring, and so are they, all of the other things that need to be considered when you react to such a violent act. >> late today, cnbc's john harwood asked ted cruz about his motives for supporting trump all of a sudden. let's watch. >> do you see him as a plausible occupant of the oval office, plausible president of the united states, or are you simply defending him because you expect him to collapse and you want to inherit his votes? [ laughter ] >> well, let's be clear, i'm running to win, so i expect everyone to collapse, i'd like to inherit all their votes. so at the end of the day, i will readily plead guilty to that, but also

look at the "washington post" abc poll. donald trump is up there and many others are down. he is up 20 points since may, while rand paul is down five you are down four rubio and santorum down three. remember the law from economics, bad money drives good money out of circulation. what's it feel like to be driven out of circulation? everyone else is pushed down while trump goes up is that god for the republican party? >> what we are seeing on the ground is enormous support and enthusiasm from the grassroots. everyone filed fund-raising records out of 16 republican candidates, you know who raised the most of the entire field, we did. we raised 14.3 million. we beat jeb bush in second place with 11.3 million. what's amazing, chris, that came from 175,000 contributions in all 50 states all five territories. the average crickontribution was $81. i will tell you why. people are looking for someone who will stand up to the washington cartel. the reason is we're fighting over the export-import bank an example of corporate welfare. chris, your party, the democrats who uses a lot of r

and certainly in the abc poll he is doing well. very well. >> i think donald trump adheres to the henry ford maxim of it doesn't say what they say about me as long as they are talking about me. i think he feeds off the attention. i think he is becoming enamored of the process and if possible even more enamored of himself as he runs for this. i'm getting really saddened to tell you the truth by the spectacle. i think it has become the theater of the absurd. and it is just not seemly. we have to remember at some point that this is running for the presidency of the united states of america. it is the most, the highest office in the land. it is to be commander in chief and i think it has turned into a spectacle, a reality showing, look, i get it. i love reality shows. everything your friend andy produces i watch. but when this is the presidency of the united states. >> kevin, let me ask but that. do you believe trump will continue to do well because voters clearly, at least the voters who come out to see them many want a candidate to s

a new abc poll shows the number of americans with a positive opinion of trump has doubled, has doubledhe made those very controversial comments about mexican immigrants. >> but trump is also leading in the unpopularity department. nearly two-thirds of americans have an unfavorable view of him. that is an improvement, though, from before that unfavorable number. and look at the number when you look at the hispanic vote. they don't like him very much at all. a whopping 81% see him as unfavorable. donald trump talked to dana bash about the topic, the idea, the concept of softening his rhetoric. listen to what he said. >> we're too worried about tone in this country. that's why we're getting beat by everybody. it's about results. you have to get results. they're worried about the tone, is their voice raised a little bit. >> donald trump is also meeting today with one of his gop rivals, senator ted cruz. wonder what's going to happen in that meeting. let's discuss with our political director david challian. trump is leading. what is he tapping into? clearly the idea of "tone it down" is not

support the idea of a deal very much like the one we just got and there was a "the washington post"/abc poll today that showed that. just over 50% of americans continue to be suspicious of iran but they support this deal as they understand it. >> all right. >> it's for reasons you said. they don't want another war. >> and that is going to be the very legitimacy of diplomacy will be on the chopping block in that first debate where they will all try to outdo each other on this issue. thanks a lot. >>> the democratic presidential candidates caught flat footed by black live its matter protesters and a nasty battle with uber. first, donald trump hit the tipping point by attacking john mccain? >> to anybody that suggests that john and his fellow p.o.w.s are somehow lacking in the title of being called american hero, you shouldn't be our commander in chief because you don't know our military. >> do you owe john mccain an apology? >> not at all. when i left the room it was a total standing ovation. it was wonderful to see. nobody was insulted. it's back to school time you think your car smells fine

. >> ryan, what do you make of the abc poll? irst thing to say he is at 24%, 11 points over his closest rival. i looked earlier today, that is the largest lead that any republican has had in a national poll this cycle. that's something. right? oern, if you go back and look at the history of wide open field on the republican side -- look at 2012. there were about five or six different candidates who led during the course of the sort of two-year period, you know, 2011, 2012. so i agree with most analysts who look at this race and say, it is, you know, there is no chance that donald trump is going to be nominated by the republican party as their presidential nominee. on the other hand, i don't think he's very easy to predict how long this surge will last. criticism just seems to make him stronger, and seems to push him up in the polls. but we are at this point in the process where there is really no cost to a voter who gets called by a pollster saying, yeah, you know, i like donald trump, i would support him. we know from history th

he is at 24% support in the new "washington post" abc poll, almost twice as much as wisconsin governor, about that poll. most of it was conducted before he made those comments about john mccain, but for the portion that was not, there was some significant slippage in if donald trump's support. so we will really have to wait and see what the next poll shows that was completely done after he made those comments. >> i'm interested also to see, tracie, whether or not there's fallout for the republicans not going after donald trump for his comments. >> reporter: it's a really good point because we have heard some talk about that here in washington, why some have been slow to criticize donald trump or weaker than others in their criticism, although this situation with john mccain brought people out much faster than we saw when he talked about immigration. >> thank you, tracie. >>> a new twist on the investigation into last week's deadly shootings at two military facilities in chattanooga. investigators say there could be a new connection to the gunman. as the agents approached mohammad abdul

the most recent abc poll showed a huge dropoff from that comment. trump got things turned around. he made that comment. he took a lot of hits for it in the news. the border doesn't make much news but everybody talking about him on the border and talking about immigration again. that's a good issue for him. >> a.b.? >> look. is he a serious contender at this point. and unless and until his poll numbers drop. he is is the favorite. in some places by far. he is not going to go away. he is going to be in the deeight bait. isneeds to stay in the republican tent. the republicans have stopped criticizing him because they realize they need to keep in the tent. they don't want him to run as a third party spoiler and elect hillary clinton. and he is going to continue, obviously, to dominate the headlines. he intends to do that every day and it's up to the party whether or not they react a certain way. and right now they have gone quiet. >> it's interesting. nothing seems to stick. no matter what anybody says about him. it's like nothing sticks. it doesn't change the poll numbers. and more p

, what you have is the quinnipiac university poll there, and you also have "the washington post" abc pollump was coming in number one. those don't fully include his comments about mccain last weekend and his military service. but what do we think we should be expecting tomorrow? >> it's interesting, he actually talked about the poll numbers in his speech earlier. he loves to talk about the fact that he has been a leading and has been number one in the national polls, but a recent quinnipiac poll had him trailing scott walker in this state of iowa in second place, so he used that as an opportunity to ask the audience in a playful way, please help me be number one so i don't feel bad. he took this opportunity to go after scott walker. obviously, there was the news earlier this week of a scott walker fundraiser referring to donald trump as a dumb-dumb. trump careerly was not happy about that and he said to the audience and it drew some laughter, he said thank god, now i have an excuse to go after scott walker. >> he also talked about hillary clinton, right out of the gate there. he mentioned

a "washington post"/abc poll last month showed 55% of democratic-leaning respondents think that other is that's what's behind the joe talk and the warren talk, democrats don't want a coronation here? >> i don't think they do want a coronation. i know for me, a democrat, i don't want a coronation. what could be done for the potential candidate who will be a nominee is they've been properly vetted tested and tried in debates. joe biden, as we know is an excellent debater. >> have you or any of your group had any direct conversations with the vice president or his senior advisers? >> we haven't had any direct conversations with the vice president. we've been doing this by march. by now the vice president and his inner circle they could have come out and said hey, let's stop doing this. we've seen nothing but great response. talking about numbers, a recent poll came out this week over 30% of polled americans say they would support the vice president if he gets in. the most important thing, the primary kind of like the playoffs before the super bowl. we want to make sure whoever is the nom

to me what does it really mean that donald trump is at 24 or 25% in the latest "washington post" abc poll back at it is look at the 2012 race when there was always a differential alternative to mitt romney. you had a michelle bachmann surge at one point, then rick perry, then herman cain then newt gingrich and finally rick santorum and it was rick santorum who was the final person that matched up against mitt romney but it was always about who those voters were their support, what mitt romney had to do to finally win them over. that was the bigger story rather than herman cain and michelle bachmann actually rising in the polls. >> you said rick santorum. these are the candidates on the fence who may be out of this upcoming debate rick santorum carly fiorina, lindsey graham bobby jindal george patano. it's an interesting list in the people on the bubble. >> it is tamron and the people who are actually falling out of that top ten will be at a kids' table type of debate hours earlier for fox news. and there is the legitimate question of whether it's actually better to be on that debate stage

. >> reporter: trump still on top at 24% support in the new "washington post" abc poll, almost twice as much as wisconsin governor scott walker. now, here is the thing about that poll, though, it was mostly conducted before this comment about john mccain. part of it was conducted after and if you just look at those results it looks like donald trump's support started to wane a bit. we will have to see if there is any lasting impact when the next big poll comes out. >>> storms on the campaign trail there, nothing of its sort back here in the bay area. live look outside downtown san jose. we are seeing a little bit of clouds this morning. >> things are going to be nice and comfortable. not too humid today. >> temperatures coming way town, we are in the lower 60s as we start out of the day. east bay 62 degrees and san francisco it is now 60 degrees. highs later on today will be topping out in the 70s and 80s. it won't be as humid. so it will feel much more comfortable. 71 degrees in san francisco, which is still slightly above average. north bay 86 degrees and the east bay reaching 74 d

dangerous potentially to the republican party, tamron is that there's a recent "washington post"/abc poll race featuring hillary clinton, jeb bush and donald trump hillary clinton would get 46%, jeb bush would get 30% and donald trump would get 20%. and that would be a huge defeat for the republican party. >> you talk about in first read why this is a credible threat and it goes back to what we discussed yesterday in that he has millions of dollars, maybe billions to finance his own campaign. >> that's right. one of the biggest hurdles for any type of person launching a third-party bid or an independent bid is being able to get on the ballot in all 50 states across the country. this takes a lot of time, a lot of effort. but if you're worth $10 billion, it is easy to pay for folks to get your signature -- to be on the ballot in states. so being very, very rich, a la ross perot, makes it much easier. >> and john kasich visiting mitt romney, the third candidate to meet privately with him this month. what is the romney factor here? i know he took a jab at donald trump regarding the john mccai

in a new washington post/abc news poll he holds the biggest lead of any republican yet. donald trump is finance his own campaign so he does not have to answer the donors which is a reason they expect he will continue in the race for some time. >>> the san jose earthquakes will hose the fop soccer teams today. >> they will play manchester united at the international champions cup, manchester united manager and star defender greeted the press. >> the earthquakes are 0-5 in matches and tonight is the biggest challenges. there are flee new players that just joined. the match starts at 8:00. can you imagine, a cliche someone coming from england finding out they have an earthquake here in the san francisco bay area? they are the san jose earthquakes...what do you expect? >> calling card. intimidation factor. >> you are playing theres and there they go. >> then they will play "rock you like a hurricane." >> it will be downhill for manchester. >> our version of "welcome wagon." >> no welcome basket but a welcome earthquake. >> good morning, everyone, a look north of 238, vallejo

an abc news poll out today showing trump leading his fellow republicans with 24% of the votes and thesconsin governor scott walker is just 13%. that poll was conducted mostly before trump's comments about mccain. support for trump fell sharply after those comments. political observers say it won't be hard for anyone to force trump out of the race since the billionaire is not dependent on donors. >> new at 11:00, the military stepping up security at recruiting and reserve centers after last week's shooting ram path in chattanooga. these are guards in tennessee. several states have ordered national guard troops to be armed since that shooting. >>> the steps come as we learn more about the shooter. family spokesman said he fought substance abuse and battled depression. he also kept a journal and wrote about suicide. his family believes personal struggles including a dui charge and losing his job this year are at the heart of the attack. >> a mix of celebrations and protests tonight outside the newly reopened cuban embassy in northwest. nine presidents have come and gone since the last ti

the washington post abc news poll finds trump with 24% of the vote, 11 points ahead of scott walker and2 points ahead of jeb bush. this is the biggest league anyone posted since mitt romney flirted with a comeback early they are year. the poll said trump saw a dropoff in support in the day after the comments about john mccain's war service. trump's support had been about 28% in first three nights of polling and dropped to single digits the day after his mccain remark. trump addressed the fallout in an interview last night. >> i want you to be honest. you do think john mccain is a hero. i know you do. >> i do. i -- by the way, i said it four times. i said it immediately after i went off stage. >> his work remarks have led many candidates to say trump has disqualified himself as commander in chief. iowa's top newspaper joined them. the des moines register said it's time for donald trump to drop out of the race. he's been more focused on promoting his brand than the situations in the country. scott walker held a consistent lead in the early voting state. joining the race today, john kasich

politician but him in his service and his 20s would be the turning point you would see the polls go south and there's an abc news "washington post" poll and say it dipped a bit on sunday after the comments about mccain sank in but there's no downward right-hand side, and so for now, a lot of folks are saying never mind what he said about mccain and the military. mccain has been ineffective. what we like about trump eggs he says it like he says it and is not a slick live produced politician. so now his connecting. >> he was saying that we needed a wall all along the border and mexico would pay for it. then jesus the city manager who is doing a fantastic job said they didn't need a wall there then we got a policy change -- new policy, wall in certain sections. so what do you make of this policy change and how do you think that will fact the race? >> a lot of folks here in washington are saying where are the details of the things you want to do to change the world to change the country, and so there you have it. he brought them up. said hey say a few words you're doing a fantastic job and his ideas were differ

poll. i'm leading in the abc "washington post" poll. >> leading across the board. >> i am leading across the board. then you hit me with the poll i didn't see before. oh, gee not even that kind of a poll. all i know is i have a very big -- group of support. i think one of the reasons. >> among republicans you are way out in the front. >> the people don't trust you and the people don't trust the media. >> and politicians. >> i have been covered, fairly, accurately. a financial press. numbers are numbers. my numbers happen to be great. i was all way sort of treated fair. with the media it's, not all cases, some, some of the political media is great. and really honest. even if they've don't want to be. i find, 60% of the 70% of the political media is really, really dishonest. you know i tell the story, the american dream -- i talk about the american dream in speeches. the american dream is dead. but i will make it bigger, belter, than before. the american dream is dead. i will make it bigger, stronger. right. i do it with great bravado, audience goes crazy. i go home, my wife would say, darling

a new abc news poll puts donald trump on top nationally at 24% scott walker with 13%, jeb bush with 12%we will be back with martin o'malley. ♪ mark: now my conversation in cedar rapids on friday night with maryland former governor martin o'malley. we started off talking about his parents and grandparents. governor o'malley: my mom's dad was a poor leader on the north side in pittsburgh in a neighborhood called manchester during the years of davey lawrence as governor. they met in washington, splicing together a young democrats newsletter. mark: were they very liberal democrats, more moderate, or what were their politics? governor o'malley: my dad and mom were both catholic, both very progressive in terms of social justice, what we would today call social justice. in their day, they called it common sense economics. my dad went to college only because of the g.i. bill. those were my parents. i guess it was in college, with ronald reagan -- i worked for gary hart from colorado. i traveled across the state, all through southeast iowa, and i saw voters really do care about issues. they real

the abc news poll shows trump surging in the polls. but it's unclear if it will help trumplt or hurt him. >> unclear because most of the people were before the comments on mccain. and smaller group surveyed after what he said, the report was lower. >> jon karl thank you. >>> we have breaking news in the case that made national headlines. sandra bland found dead in our texas jail cell. these images seeming to show an altercation there. the debate continues, was it suicide or murder? tonight we have new video from inside the jail. the moment they discovered her from the jail and what they are saying. here is ryan owens. >> reporter: tonight, just-released dashcam video shows 28 year old sandra bland pulled over for changing lanes without using a turn signal. is heing about the traffic stop. >> for a traffic signal, you slam me into the ground and everything. >> reporter: in this arrest affidavit, the trooper says bland continues to be --. combative and uncooperative. even in handcuffs, the officer says. bland began swinging her elbows at