let's get next to -- let's get right to it with our next guest, boris epstein. welcome.is: base for having me. -- thanks for having me. strong.e is 85 days to go. the candidate is focused on national security, on the economy, on driving a message. sideshow stories out there, but fairly competent in the campaign. mark: people said it is trump's to lose. it is ours to win. a binarys looking at option. a lot of folks will say trump up there. trump haselieve that nine deadly sins. we don't have to go through all of the e-mails. i'm a firm believer. he gave a solid speech today. unless he somehow walks them back and says i was doing this want toason and i apologize, i think those deadly sins stick with him. i do not believe he can just go forward without taking two steps back. boris: this is my third campaign. unfortunately, the first two were losers. going back and relitigating old issues never works. they are not going to do it. we can disagree. going forward, driving the message home, national security and the economy. 30% of the people in the country feel the country is g

melissa: here to react to the latest controversy is boris epstein, senior advisor to the trump campaigniz, former homeland security department consultant. boris, start with you, charity navigator won't even rank or give a grade for the clinton foundation because they say its business model is not a charity. >> it is not. melissa: basically a for-profit institution where they go in and get cash and sell influence. how do you and the trump campaign make the most of this? >> well the clinton foundation is a slush fund for the clintons. it pays for their travel and their livelihood. the clintons were dead broke according to hillary clinton when they left the white house. now they're millionaires, maybe billionaires, who knows. how did that happen. they didn't create anything. melissa: how do the campaign make most of that? >> stick to the mess edge of national security, an economy from the trump campaign and point the american people to the fact that hillary clinton is live long liar. she is completely crooked. that is not just a moniker. that is what she sis. pay to play scandal harken bac

. >> trump campaign senior advisor boris epstein joins us to talk about what's happened in the last feworis, have you had conversations with kellyanne conway as well as bannon who's from breitbart news? >> yes, of course. we're all in close touch. >> so what was that conversation like in the leadup? because you were actually there before they officially got the title as senior advisor. what was the conversations like that you had? >> you know, the campaign is all about the candidate, right? we've talked about this throughout the campaign, it's all about the candidate and having the candidate be comfortable, having him be happy, having be absolutely focused on winning and that's what we have in donald trump. >> what were they saying? what was kellyanne saying to you about this move that was made in the last four days. >> it's finally about the discussion of us and staffers. what it's about is the message that's being delivered to the american people and that message is being delivered by donald trump. he is absolutely the face, head, whatever you call it of this campaign. he is the reaso

i was just talking with boris epstein from the trump campaign. he insists donald trump has been consistent despite video, despite the candidate's own words. why not simply say, it will all be cleared up on wednesday, with this major speech, rather than tell us do you believe me or your lying eyes and ears. >> because they haven't figured it out. what we have gotten to right here is the fundamental problem with the trump campaign, and my buddy tim miller is enjoying this immensely, i have no doubt. but -- >> indeed. >> we have a situation here where his position in the primary, which was enormously popular and really got his troops going, the fundamental reason why his candidacy succeeded is unpalatable to americans. upwards of two-thirds of americans who are in favor of some form of comprehensive immigration reform. this is the classic issue in which trump is on that fault line of his own candidacy where his strength in the primary and his willingness to keep using this very, very harsh rhetoric is screwing him with the larger electric accurate.

boris epstein, senior advisor to the trump campaign, welcome. the state of the trump campaign? how are things going? >> the state is strong. 85 days to go, the candidate obviously as you saw in the speech today is focused, focused on national security, on the economy, on driving the message. all the side show stories out there, but overall, we are very confident with the campaign. that's no spin. very confident. >> is trump, people i have heard people around mr. trump say for awhile it's his to lose. do you still think that's the case? >> i think it's ours to win. >> but is he the favorite or the underdog? the polls suggest he's an underdog. >> i would say at this point in time if america is looking at the two options it's a binary option, trump is the favorite. >> want to give you a theory. say hello to the folks. i believe trump has nine deadly sins listing all the things he's done and said. we don't have to go through all of them, the e maims a-mails an and whatnot. the speech today, unless he walks them back and said i was doing it for a rea

let's bring in john tanney and boris epstein. i remember trickle-down economics fondly.reagan they will know it worked out pretty good. >> when people are doing well, particularly people at the top, that money is reinvest into new idea, including companies that logically create jobs. so trump's tax proposal is encouraging. what is discurrenting is all this talk about ripping up trade agreements. trade is the reason we are a rich nation. the rest of the world produces to serve our needs. trump's trade ideas would ruin his tax ideas. charles: many argue we have these relationships but we have trade deficits. >> trade occurs among individuals, not among countries. i run trade surpluses with my employers, then i run trade deficits with the people month who make my clothe and design the car i drive. trade deficits are the reward for all our hard work. so trump gets that wrong. >> i disagree. we have a $500 billion trade deficit with mexico. $300 billion trade deficit with china. what that means is the united states suffers from trade versus the country trading with us. that's

. >>> coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye" boris epstein, joe devito, julie roginski and nick vataros. >>> we are gonna need a bigger bombproof boat. newly uncovered evidence revealed the navy tried to deliver sharks to deliver bombs on suicide mission. the secret training with the name "head gear" went until 1971. they were equipped with explosives that would deliver an electric shock if the shark was off course. sharks were preferred over dolphins because dolphins were too smart and they couldn't be trusted to follow orders. the project was abandoned after less than stellar results. eric, are you surprised there were less than stellar result? >> i don't know what we are talking about. it is cruelty to animals. >> when i heard this at first i thought is this in my book? no, it is not. i have to think of something else. honestly you think why sharks? that's a cockroach. a shark is known to be stupid. i don't mean this shark specifically, but sharks in general, they are cartilage and a pea brain and the idea you would try to get them -- a pour pus or a tuna -- a pourpose or a tuna, any

, and today, trumps national campaign spokesman comes to us from dallas, and trumps surrogate, boris epsteinyou for joining us. we have wanted you on the show for a long time. how do you feel about the totality of what donald trump has said? how do you feel about what he has said about the khans? >> i feel that this is something i have been expecting just being on the grassroots side of the republican party for a long time. this particular election was going to be rough and tough, and i fully, expected the democrats to do what they do best and that is to politicize everything. mark: i'm sorry. if i could ask you to focus on what i asked you, how do you feel about what mr. trump -- >> i told you how i feel. mark: you commented on the media, not what he said. >> every time i go on a tv show, it's to correct the record or to explain something that a journalist or democrats have taken out of context. if you're asking me how i feel, i feel donald trump is not your typical politician and does what he always does. he defends when attacked. i understand the media and democrats are not used to a repu

brad, a few mes ago, boris epstein an advisor said that there is no shift in immigration policy so, what is this all about? >> this is a shift. what people most like about donald trump is when he levels with people, and he is coming to realize after meeting with hispanic leaders and going around the country that he has so soften his approach in immigration. one thing for sure we know unobama the last seven plus years he promised immigration reform in the first year. and it in 2007 and 2008 he ran on it and talk about it at the inaugural address and days after that but he did nothing. donald trump will do something and what donald trump has come to realize, there has to be a pathway to citizenship, with veto secure the borders and that is the proper way to do things because the president cannot do things because he wants to but by consensus and trump will not have a pen and phone but work with congress to get a solution. >> some are saying there is a conditioningal bill that governor mike pence supported that would have people leave and then re-apply for a visa to come back. >> is that in

wendy davis, boris epstein, wanda summers. ration speech, why isn't it happening thursday? when will it happen? >> it will happen over the next few weeks and the campaign is working to put out specifics, put out details of the immigration plan. the key will be to make sure that all illegal immigrants that commit crimes in this country will be deported. of course, there is also consideration in to making sure we are focusing what americans care about right now which is the fact that the democrat nominee should be prosecuted by a special prosecutor because she cannot be prosecuted by the president or attorney general because the president has endorsed her. loretta lynch is obviously in the bag for the clintons. >> that's right what we hear from mr. trump. you're sorting answering my next question which is part of the strategy, had is being criticized because of the drip, drip, drip of the e-mails and with the foundation. you are telling me that's part of the reason why you are holding off on the speech? >> no. this isn't about pr

. >>> van jones is with me, cnn political commentator, boris epstein, senior advisor to the trump campaignelcome. i'm sure you were both listening to my conversation. boris, to be fair, i want to make sure you can respond. i was jotting notes as i talked to him, referring to tricking law enforcement, mr. trump being there tonight, not speaking to the community. that's a concern among many, that he is playing politics in milwaukee. your response. >> donald trump is going to milwaukee to talk about the issues that face a lot of cities in this country. mostly actually sheriff talked about it, it is the crippling poverty that's facing the inner cities of this country. donald trump's been talking about this for a long time. >> which is what the representative was just outlining. >> of course. donald trump has been at the front lines of wanting to combat that. you heard statements after dallas he talked about it after -- to the shootings in minnesota. >> but will he talk to the communities and not just speaking in supportive police? >> he will be talking to all the folks out there, the folks who

joining me is trump surrogate boris epstein and fox news contributor jonah goldberg. good to see you guys. >> good to be here. trish: boris, i'm struck by the fact all of sudden donald trump sticking to the teleprompter, sticking to the message, i add very policy focused. is this part of the turnaround? >> well, he has been doing teleprompter speeches for a while now, trish. is it turn around? trish: he has been doing what? >> teleprompter speeches for a while. trish: he did a few rallies landing him in trouble along the way. >> he will continue to do it. you will see a candidate does policy speeches like really strong one yesterday in milwaukee and like flight before on national security. rallies are most important. most relatable candidate we had probably since ronald reagan. you will see a candidate that does both, as far as changes go, expansion of team, that happens a lot in august and september in campaigns like this. trish: i'm not criticizing, berries, the expansion of the team. probably something that needs to the happen. you're in the final stretch right now.

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host of "reliable sources" brian stelter is here and eugene scott and boris epstein, a senior adviser for the trump campaign. did i just mispronounce your name again? it's like the second time in five minutes. >> that's all right. >> you've got a brilliant insight into the trump campaign and i'm going to ask what you make of this big shakeup. before i do that, more about one of the guys that's been brought in, steven bannon. you've done some research into his background in the media and breitbart news. kellyanne conway we know. she was just seated in this chair yesterday. steven bannon, maybe some people do not know him. >> breitbart news, a conservative news website, loaded with opinion, much of it anti-clinton and anti-obama and very much pro trump. by bringing in bannon on the team as ceo, tough populist approaches towards immigration and other topics. bannon is a master of the political dark arts. being called the most dangerous political operative in america. that would make you think we're going to see even more tough, fiery approaches from trump in the weeks and months to come.

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boris epstein, campaign advise for the trump team. good afternoon.amelle green just gave me an earful and i expect you will now, too. reince priebus, how significant is that he was there in person. >> it's expected. the rnc is fully behind the trump campaign. something i know from behind the scenes being at trump tower, from talking to people on the rnc team. there's no issue there. >> seemed to me like this was a suggestion of unity. >> symbolism when you think about how many republicans, prominent, have been out this week saying they can't support trump. >> of course it's important to have the chair of the rnc there, important to quell people who are screaming and crying, well, the republican party is not united. it is absolutely united. 40 million people voted for donald trump in the primaries. more than ever for any g.o.p. candidate. more than for reagan or eisenhower, of course somebody s going to write a letter. somebody always writes a letter. >> not j though. it's 70 yesterday. trying to keep the rnc money toward congress and not trump. you h

joining us from new york, boris epstein, the senior adviser to the trump campaign.gresswoman, did hillary clinton miss an opportunity by not accepting the invitation from president pena first? >> i don't think so. i mean hillary clinton is focused on what she needs to do to win the presidential election. that's talking to voters here in the united states. i think it's pretty fool hearty for donald trump to take a break and travel outside the country to somehow try to elevate his stature when we're less than 100 days from the election and he's doing so poorly in the polls. clearly he's not focused on what he needs to do here in order to win the presidential election. >> we're actually 69 days away from the election. boris, let me let you respond to that. why did he decide to accept the last-minute invitation? >> first of all donald trump is up in a lot of the polls, up in the l.a. times poll, tied in several others, she's either up with or tied in florida, ohio and very close no pennsylvania and michigan. we're doing absolutely fine in the polls and he's take a few h

i want to discuss with senior advisor to the trump campaign boris epstein and douglas smykles. t right off the bat with the numbers. before you came on the air, boris, the analysts sitting in the chair before you said somehow this will come out spun by donald trump as something negative, this -- this tax release that shows she paid a lot of taxes. upwards of almost 40% inincome taxes. people would say, wow, that's a really good thing. is it? >> that's up to her and her family how much they pay. i would like to see the information on the tax returns. i'd like to see the clinton global foundation tax returns. they're putting these tax returns out now. i would like to see the 33,000 e-mails that supposedly didn't have anything state related in them but we all know they did and the other e-mails that she's hiding. >> we're going from the tax return story to the clinton foundation and the e-mails and that will be the narrative? >> if she is being transparent she should be transparent about everything. >> before i go to you, i need to get some reaction, boris, from the trump camp on t

. >> i'm joined by boris epstein, former aide to the mccain-palin campaign. address yesterday and today he named two countries. how many countries are going to be on the list? >> he was specific the list will be put together by the department of state and the department of defense once he's president. syria and iraq are obvious, because they're exporters of terrorism. so he's making an obvious statement there. you wouldn't want to list all the countries because that list is not going to be exhaustive. but as he said, the department of state and the department of defense will put together the list and it will be ever-changing of course, because situations change. >> part of the problem is, he sometimes announces these so-called policies as if there is no policy framework. the state department currently keeps a list of state sponsors of terror. so is he asking them to remake that list or make it differently. if it is going to be the statement dertntnd department of defense making this list, then why is he listing off country names? if they're making the list, h

mark thiessen and boris epstein are next on whether that could be a dangerous idea. >> and then almost eight months after her last news conference, hillary clinton today agreed to take some reporter questions. what do you know? wait until you see how that one went, just ahead. >> are you mischaracterizing director comey's testimony, and director comey's testimony, and is this not undercutting youri'. but i have a story [music] and i don't know where to start. i feel alone in a crowd. i can't sleep. i feel overwhelmed. i don't even know who i am anymore. i still have nightmares. i can't live like this anymore. i'm really not so good. but are you ready to listen? [text] suicide prevention is everyone's responsibility. [text] listen to the service member or veteran in your life. [music] >>> all right. as howie kurtz was just mentioning a moment ago, before the big news broke tonight about donald trump endorsing speaker paul ryan, we were hearing reports this week suggesting some republicans were hoping to have what they called an intervention with their candidate. the list included rnc ch

. >> boris epstein is a trump surrogate and strategist, he was an aide mccain campaign. i want to start with that sound bite. mr. frump trump is a smart man stands in front of that crowd and says he doesn't understand why he's not leading. >> we have 97 days, it's a long haul. the trump campaign actually outraised the hillary campaign 64 million to 63 million, not counting the combined events of trump with the rnc and hillary with the dnc. donald trump has only been raising money for three months. hillary clinton who has been the presumptive nominee for over two years. >> the dnc e-mails that were leaked which appeared to show a clear bias against bernie sanders, why didn't the trump campaign talk more about that, isn't that a winner for him? >> absolutely. and he talked about why the bernie sanders voters were disenfranchised. and a lot of those bernie sanders voters are coming aboard, and you're seeing some of those dollars that went to bernie sanders now coming over to donald trump. there will be more of that. >> anecdotally, at the dnc i talked to people, bernie sand

joining me now is boris epstein, adviser for the trump campaign. year seeing things come to shape. how bill you know the changes are working? >> one measurement is the speech he haas just given this week, going from monday in youngstown on national security, tuesday, law and order, then putting it together yesterday. wonderful speech that was personal, talked about policies, talked about why hillary clinton cannot be president. so, really putting it together, a. >> one thing we're seeing is hi put people on who can help him do the task at hand, and sometimes that doesn't work out. it didn't with lewandoski, and it apparently with paul man na fort. do you know what wasn't working with paul manafort? he had a big job. he got hmm through the convention. >> and he got his job done. right? when mr. -- >> always baked in he would leave? >> that's not up to me to answer. the bottom line is he got mr. trump -- got donald trump the delegates needed. donald trump secured more votes than ever in the history of the g.o.p. primary and obviously the nominee and speeding toward victory in novembe

joining us with details, kristin sole last, "washington examiner," boris epstein and trump strategistnd capri cafaro, ohio state senator. they're all with me right now. first to you, president obama and hillary clinton have both tried to show trump a very dangerous guy. you don't want his finger on the trigger but on other hand doesn't seem like that rhetoric is working with these polls. >> there is another part of the poll which it shows a large number of voters prefer hillary clinton to donald trump on question of who to handle nuclear weapons but on terrorism, some people are making a distinction. certainly donald trump has said, look, things are not going on the right track. we need a dramatically different approach. voters are pretty split whether a dramatically different approach embodied by donald trump's tough talk and tough rhetoric is the direction they want to take. david: capri, there are a number of foreign policy advisors donald trump has. some of whom we have used here at fox news. one is walid phares, who spoke earlier today about whether he would trust donald trump wi

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boris epstein is a republican strategist and senior adviser to the trump campaign. let's start with the shakeup because you've been in this game a long time. you know campaigns don't typically shake things up when they're winning this close to the election. what's going on behind the scenes? >> it's not a shakeup. it's an expansion. >> no one believes that. no one believes that. >> it's true. can i explain? on the palin campaign, a lot of folks came in in august and september. >> with 83 days to go. he's down in every battleground state and all of a sudden he brings in a new campaign manager and new campaign chairman. >> first of all, there was not a campaign manager up to now. paul manafort was the campaign chairman. he remanes the campaign chaer man. kelly ann koun way who has been working with the campaign for a long time steps into the manager role which she's so well fit for it. it's an expansion of the team and it's great news today. >> this is what's in store for you. aeds telling costa, quote, bannon in phone calls and meetings has been urging trump to not m

clinton supporter bazell smickel, boris epstein, clinton supporter bacari sellers, trump supporter paris denard, and correspondent for "the new york times," as well. you heard sean spicer moments ago saying democrats have to denounce these comments. do they? >> no. i mean -- and sean's a good friend of mine. let me raise my hand as being one complicit in the charge and assertion. for many people, especially young african-american millennials who i talk to a regular pace is, our fathers, our mothers got an opportunity to beat back many of the project disses, xenophobia, bigotry, hatred of the '50s, '60s, '70s. there are many thanks donald trump espousing. the xenophobia, bigotry, racism. having white nationalist say he's speaking to us, i think it's more than troublesome. trump has to do more than say i don't think i want their vote. he has to do what john mccain did. he has to do what bob dole did. he has to say that this has no place in the republican party. >> boris, the difference here is -- they're not hinting that these are related to. tim kaine equating them with kkk values. >> fir

. >>> i'm joined by boris epstein, senior adviser to the trump campaign. thanks for joining me. really appreciate it. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i want to start with breaking news that we're getting. i want to get your response to something just tweeted out by pastor mark burns. you know who he is. an african-american adviser and surrogate for the trump campaign. and i want to warn our viewers that some people may find this image that we're about to put up offensive. we are going to put up the image, though. we're going to explain what you're looking at. this is hillary clinton essentially in black face and the words pastor burns tweeted along with this picture are black americans, thank you for your votes and letting me use you again. see you again in four years. boris, what's your reaction to that. is that appropriate? >> the image likely is not appropriate but the message is that pastor burns and a lot of other african-americans around this country are sick and tired of being talked to and pandered by hillary clinton and the democrats. and that frustration is unfor

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eric: boris epstein, senior visor to the trump campaign. boris, welcome.his stance? >> it is not a change. you notice everything he said would be donahue mainly. eric: he is backtracking. he is not talking about a deportation force now. where did that go. >> first he will deport all illegal immigrants core criminals. eric: how are they going to do that. is there a force to do that? >> we'll lay out specifics next several weeks. it will be a plan that is fully detailed that donald trump delivers out there. eric: he talked about, he used words rounding up people. talked about a force, a new immigration agency, going after taking these people out and kicking them out. he is backtracking from that. he is changing his tune. >> he is not absolutely backtracking. all he is saying he is clarifying the first step will be to take the people legal immigrants who are criminals get them out of the country. exact specifics on how will be detailed over next several weeks. the next step will be to make sure we deal with illegal immigrants here that is way humane and enfor

let's bring in boris epstein, senior advisor for the trump campaign. ter. good morning to you. >> good to be here. >> boris, let me start with you. is this an out reach to the lgbt community? does the campaign see this as a way to reach out to the community or to bring in or offer something to those supporters who are already with mr. trump? >> this campaign is reaching out to all communities. of course we're reaching out to the lgbt community. hillary clinton has such a terrible record on lgbt issues. if you look at her record, she said she was opposed to gay marriage. that's something she has flip-flopped on. this campaign is about reaching out to all communities, including the lgbt community. it's now 35 minutes in. we haven't once mentioned any of the issues pertaining to hillary clinton such as the foundation, such as her e-mails. but i leave it to you to talk about whatever you want. >> you just joined us in the 7:00 hour. the show goes two hours. donald trump has never run for office, never held office before. let's examine the record of mike pen

political commentator, boris epstein, senior advisor to the trump campaign. larry sabato, senator of politics at the university of virginia and sally cohen and hillary clinton supporter. welcome to all of you. boris, i want to start with you. the "wall street journal" says donald trump is not running a competent campaign. is that mr. trump's fault? if that's indeed true. >> that's incorrect. the campaign is absolutely competent. we just heard about this speech will be put out today. that's what americans care about. isis or its pred -- >> it is a murdock owned paper. get it together, or get out. >> every editorial board has the right to their opinion and that's an opinion piece. the campaign is absolutely come tent. fighting radical islam terrorism. that's what donald trump will talk about in ohio and that's what americans care about. >> tara, can mr. trump stay on message and -- >> well, he hasn't thus far. if he were running a competent campaign, he wouldn't be hemorrhaging support even from republicans. he wouldn't be competitive or losing in traditionally

with me now, republican strategist and trump surrogate, boris epstein, executive director at the new york state democratic party and hillary clinton supporter, and lonnie chen, also the former public policy director for mitt romney. welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> lonnie, let's start with you. how is it possible that 76% of democrats think the country is doing okay, and only 17% of republicans do? >> well, you know, this reflects a split that has been ongoing for some time. people -- >> that's more than a split. that's big. >> well, yeah, no, that's certainly true. but it reflects a very different perspective of the president and what the president has done. if you look at the president, what he would term his signature accomplishments, these are all matters that greatly divide republicans and democrats. it doesn't surprise me to see that. i think there is a geographic issue as well. things are going relatively well economically, it might different from those in the center of the country, where the economy is a little weaker. those explain some of the differences. >> so boris

. >>> let's talk about this, boris epstein, senior advisor and david madlen, american action fund, hallowed, why the economy doesn't work without a strong middle class. welcome to both of you. let's get the tax issue off the table right now. good morning, boris. boris, will it work, will trump bend and release his taxes since she may release hers as early as tomorrow. >> that's up to donald trump as an individual. he has released 104 pages of a financial disclosure form which is much more extensive than any tax return. hillary clinton is trying to obstruct from the real issue. she may be releasing her tax returns, but i would like to see the clinton global initiative that received $1 billion from a donor asking for favors from the state department and probably got the favors, no matter what people say. those are the issues american people want to know about, the pay to play. >> again, no hard-core evidence there was any pay to play involved, not yet at least. >> a request for a meeting, and that was improper. >> the e-mails raise questions, i'll give you that. >> doug band, who made the que

republican strategist and trump campaign senior adviser boris epste epstein. and political commentator and clinton supporter danielle mclaughlin, who we are welcoming to "justice" for the first time. okay. i'll start with you. not a good week for donald. he's down ten points. what is going on? >> "l.a. times" within one point. bloomberg voters within margin of error. no problem at all. listen, our bad week, quote unquote, was that he said there's political voter fraud. voter fraud happens. her bad week is you learn of more e-mails. you learn the fact that she perjured herself in front of congress when she said she turned over all her e-mails. and then you learn about sheryl mills's visits to new york. she's saying those were for charity. we all know just like you said we all know better. also did she meet with the heads of walmart and amazon for charity? that's a lie. >> what i'm saying is i made all those arguments. it's not helping him. it's hurting her. it's hurting him. >> no. >> why? >> we have 86 days left to go in this election. it's all about making a

. >>> with that, let me bring in my panel, anna marie cox, boris epstein, gloria borger, and susan pagegton bureau chief for usa "today." welcome to all of you. can we take a minute, talk about mr. vickers and what he made of all of that? beginning with you two on set with me. you've got the smile, you not so much. ladies first. >> i think the most important thing about that interview was his concession that he did believe it was a joke about assassinating -- >> he wanted to take him out to the shed. >> he thought that -- >> that's what was most important. >> yes, do i think that's what's most important about what he said. second most important is he agreed to support the guy even though he said that. i guess -- you tried to push him on also the factual claim that hillary clinton is going to somehow repeal the second amendment which is not a part of what she says. >> he agreed, that's never what she's said. >> that's a little bit getting lost right now. i think what's amazing about this whole controversy is he gets up there and says things that are not true, that are demon strabstrably

boris epstein, senior advisor for the trump campaign and former mccain/palin aide. patrick healy, political correspondent for the "times." let me begin down the middle with patrick healy. you have a new piece out in the "times" and you talk about a ceiling. you say mr. trump now faces the great possibility that his missteps have erected a ceiling over his support. is that exactly what we're seeing in this poll? >> that's what we're seeing. there is such anxiety right now among trump supporters that loyal republicans, anti-establishment independents, clinton-hating democrats who would normally be attracted to donald trump's scripted message are being turned off by these sort of unscripted shoot from the hip comments that either seem strange or offensive or alarming. the feeling like they want sort of the policy, they want the critique of hillary clinton, but instead they're getting these sort of -- a lot of mud that's being thrown around and questions being raised. >> patrick, this isn't just anecdotal. you quote specific trump supporters in your piece who say, i was

the tree into senior adviser, boris epstein, welcome to the show. little clip from an interview that donald trump did. he's trying to say it's a parallel. the establishment of a solid incense they got to stay in europe. he thinks there is a parallel here. >> there's also another parallel. the polling showed in britain it would not have been. they over performed like donald trump did in the primary. that's another parallel. stuart: which side of the fence are you on? the talking about donald trump's performance. a lot of people want the old trunk. they want him unleashed. they want to touch on. a lot of people also want to rein himself in. with that of the fence are you on? >> would've had this conversation for a long time. >> it's been a conversation for a while. the speech back in the spring you seem donald trump on the teleprompter with of course som. he will continue to see a whole mix. he's not going to change it. people don't believe him. he's going to be who he is. he got very he got various he got very a spicy enough essay. he's going to have

. >> let's bring in maria cardona, and boris epstein, a republican strategist and trump surrogate. n donald trump expressing his reluctance to endorse ryan and mccain and his coming out last night? nothing, from what i see changed, except from the outcry from the party. >> well, victor, it's all about party unity. donald trump knows what's best, not just for politicians, but for the party and for the country as a whole. that's -- >> he didn't know that last week? >> victor, let me finish now. >> okay. >> that's what's best for the country as a whole. he take a look at the situation and decided it is important to endorse paul ryan, senator mccain, and senator ayotte and that's what he did. and again, he knows what's best for the country and that's when the decision was made. >> okay, you've now finished. he didn't know that last week? >> he was evaluating the options. this is within the republican party. this is gop versus gop. the people in those primaries had already endorsed donald trump. they were also very supportive of donald trump and he was evaluating what to do and that is t

maria: democratic strategist, boris epstein, republican strategist and senior advisor to the trump campaign. the subject is national security after what we just learned about hillary clinton and her use of private emails. how do you see this? >> a complicated issue, great talking point for the trump campaign. there are only three emails mark classified and no information her server was hacked. maria: a lot of that was said by him comey. >> extremely careless camera they will jump on it. i am about to get you real good. i encourage everyone this morning, michael morel has an op-ed why he is backing hillary and talks about how confident she is, she was always making the right decisions and how vladimir putin is trained to prey upon people like donald trump and is gaining, trolling our election, talking how -- maria: it is not about russia, hillary clinton was incredibly careless with it. comey said nothing was classified but he said that is not true. there were a lot of classified -- >> i am not -- it is a problem. >> much more than that, she didn't turn over 33,000 emails supposedly about yo

lanny davis and senior adviser to the trump campaign, boris epstein. u gentlemen. let's do this old school lawyer-style. boris, you start with the allegation and let lanny respond. >> the clinton foundation was set up and is operated as a vehicle for international organization and domestic donors and international donors to carry favors and gain leverage with the clintons. examples, fernando, being named to a national security. he had no national security background. gilbert show gur i, international criminal who are has given millions to the foundation. attending bill clinton's birthday party and being asked on behalf of to have meetings with ex-ambassadors. another one who has an association with hezbollah that can't even come to this country. clinton foundation only spends 15% of the monty has on actual charities. not even rated by charity navigator. it's not a charity. it's a business. "the new york times" says it should be shut down. it should absolutely be shut down now and the money returned. >> lanny, you counter those. >> well, one at a time. y

so let's bring in trump campaign senior adviser and republican strategist boris epstein, and cnn politicalentator and democratic strategist paul begala. he's a senior adviser for a p - pro-clinton super pac. fwlags congratulations on becoming senior adviser to the trump campaign. it's great to have you here this morning because perhaps you can explain to us what exactly is donald trump's deportation plan? >> well, he explained it yesterday to anderson cooper. he was very clear. once he becomes president, the illegal immigrants who are criminals will be deported. >> only the criminals? >> that's exactly what he said. he's been consistent on that for months. once that's done, he'll work within the laws that are on the books now with additional laws and the constitution and do it humanely and make sure we deal with the rest of the illegal immigrants humanely. >> got it. so just a second. the criminals are already being deported. >> 300,000 have not been under barack obama. >> where are you getting that number? >> that's through our research. we have terrible crimes like the murder in san fran

let's bring in trump campaign senior advisor boris epstein. pastor burns is sorry he tweeted that.since these things are offensive and they cause a distraction for the campaign for a day, way doesn't mr. trump tell his surrogates knock it off? >> did hillary clinton call tim kaine and tell him not to compare trump voters to kkk voters? i don't think so. i was out within minutes of this tweet saying it was not appropriate. but the message therein shows the frustration of the african-american community with hillary clinton. >> but the message is obscured by the lightning rod symbol. >> let's talk about the 26% of african-americans in poverty. let's talk about the unemployment of african-americans, double that of white people. let's talk about hillary clinton calling african-americans super predators. >> she's apologized for that. the point is why is this incendiary symbolism still being used in tweets? the pastor told us i want to talk about the issues. i want to mend this country. i don't want the divisiveness. yet he tweets out a fake photo of hillary clinton and bill clinton at --

boris after app natasha. a senior advisor to the trump campaign,wboris epstein and her his team has been in the playoffs for the past year or he has given up on life. joe devito. let's start the show. >> when it comes to his campaign staff, donald trump is taking some advice from the cars, shake it up. how do you like that reference? they announced polster kelly anne conway was announced the campaign manager. assuming the title of campaign chief executive. although the moves are being reported as a diminishing role he keeps his sight tell and -- title and they describe the addition as an expansion of the team. what does this mean? well, since we have a senior advisor to the trump campaign and a hillary clinton supporter on the panel it means it is time for a new "red eye" success meant. segment. let's go to boris first. put 30 seconds on the clock please. boris, what does it all mean? go. >> it is an expansion of the team. this happened in late august and early september. you want all hands on deck to win in november. carrie anne conway has been in campaigns for a longtime and friendly with the establishment wh

epstein is a senior adviser to trump's campaign. michael d'antonio is an author of "the truth about trump." i want to start with you, boris. can you admit this is a pattern with donald trump that he says these things and then he doesn't own up to them? >> we could dissect each one but that's probably not a good use of anyone's time. politicians definitely have a way of conducting themselves. for a year now, donald trump was a politician. each one of those on its own was not a big of a deal. of course, it's a narrative being driven by the media. >> what's the big deal about john mccain as a war hero because he was captured, megyn kelly had blood coming out of her wherever. the second amendment thing, those weren't big deal, the khan family wasn't a big deal? >> the utmost respect to captain khan and for their sacrifice. they went to the dnc and attacked donald trump. he has a right to respond. no issue there. if you want to talk about what he said about megyn kelly, you have to take him at his word for what he actually meant. >> it seems to be a pattern, that he says these things and doesn't -- if he clarifies the second am