to your note about questions being asked, brian stelter, let me ask you.at kellyanne conway, the campaign manager, said, yes, there will be questions. my question is, if there is no traveling press pool, who's asking the questions. >> that's an unanswered question right to you. hopefully folks like -- >> questions about questions. >> hopefully reporters like john vause as well as spanish speaking reporters who are there in mexico. earlier today there was an indication maybe trump will not take questions after all. so it is very much up in the air. it is very possible we won't hear from him until his speech tonight. obviously reporters would like to be able to talk to both trump and the mexican president about what transpiretranspires, becau wonder about the two men's events. we could hear two very different accounts of what happened during this meeting from the men in the room. so there is a lot of curiosity about that. >> excellent point. stand by. we'll take you back to mexico momentarily. more on our breaking news when we continue. but did you know your

i'll turn to brian stelter. the weekend was interesting. we saw donald trump go off the rails about the new york times article about his campaign in crisis. i want to look at the points made in the article. we have parts of the article saying the failing new york times is a newspaper of fiction. the stories about me nonexistent and unnamed sources. he is claiming a lot of the sourcing in the piece which was anonymous, he is claiming, was downright false. some of the claims made in the article pretty darn stunning. one of them basically saying trump is exhausted. they describe the nominee exhausted and frustrated and fine willed by the political process and his incendiary approach. these are not the things you want to see a few weeks before labor day. >> trump is denying he is sullen. he is saying he is in the fight and running for president. the fact he had to refute the story is significant. the times with 20 different sources. some on the record. the trump campaign has not asked for corrections. that tells me the meat of the story is true

with a firm and fair process for deportation. >> joining us to talk about the political action is brian stelterfrom washington, political reporter eugene scott. good morning. let's start with hillary clinton on jimmy kimmel, brian. a couple of days fund raising on the west coast. trying to sit down and seem comfortable and trying to seem healthy in light of the conspiracies. the pickle jar moment is the marquee moment. let's play the pickle jar moment. >> are you in good health? >> well, this has become one of their themes. you take my pulse while i'm talking to you. >> okay. >> make sure i'm alive. >> oh, my god. there's nothing there. >> back in october the national enquirer said i would be dead in six months. with every breath i take, i feel like -- >> you have a new lease on life. >> yeah. i don't know. i don't know why they are saying this. i think on the one hand it's part of the wacky strategy. just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. >> his doctor said he had the best medical examination he has ever seen in a human being. >> yeah. i saw that. >>

let's bring in cnn reporter eugene scott and here in new york, brian stelter. host of "reliable sources." >> i want to play you sound of khizr khan. he was on tv all day yesterday. appeared on other morning shows and again on cnn tonight with don lemon. this is what he said. continuing really to go after donald trump. >> this is political season. you are a candidate for an office. and i have same rights as you do. you can attack mitt romney. you can attack john mccain. you can attack ted cruz. you can attack jeb bush. you can attack women. you can attack minorities. you can attack muslims. you can attack judges and nobody can question your caliber? your lack of empathy and you want to be commander in chief? >> eugene, it is interesting. other people trump has been in fights with. judge curiel, have not been able to respond because of legal or professional reasons. in this case, khans are very public. a different type of opponent for donald trump. donald trump says what am i supposed to do? this guy is out there all day and going after me in harsh terms. it is a

she is reshaping, brian stelter, the image of the donald trump campaign.he said on abc this week. >> i don't like when people hurl personal insults. that will never change. i'm a mother of four small children. >> you think trump will change in. >> he doesn't hurl personal insults. >> what do you think? >> that was a jaw dropper. on sunday night, donald trump called donnie deutch. i'm not sure what kellyanne is getting at there. when she makes the tv appearances, she has an audience of one. she is trying to connect with donald trump. greg, you were saying we have seen some changes in the campaign in the last few days. i think which can be attributed to kellyanne conway. she seems a stabilizing force. >> greg, i wanted to ask you about finances. i want to bring up the graphic. the presidential campaign fund raising for july of this year. clinton with $51 million and spending $38 million. trump raising $36 million and spending $18 million. this report revealed he spent $1.8 million on merchandise and hats and only about $700,000 on expanding his ground game.

brian stelter, thank you for that.ontinuing to watch as well the live event in michigan where hillary clinton is going to be speaking live to a group of folks. we've got our live cameras trained. it's the economic statement from hillary clinton herself. family first. what does this mean for you. what kind of breaks do you think you might get on child care or on maternity leave or perhaps paid college or at least debt-free college? these are the messages we expect her to hit. we think she will probably say, also, something about being called an mvp co-founder of isis which is donald trump's latest attack on hillary clinton and barack obama. thanks for watching everybody. stay tuned. more coming up. >>> the latest episode of "declassified," this week you'll see as the agents try to stop an iranian businessman's plot to buy american military weapons. fascinating. take a look at this. >> when an undercover is doing his or her job properly, they're operating on different levels simultaneously. the first level is we're being

i want to bring in brian stelter. he is the host of "reliable sources."ashington. let's listen to what donald trump said yesterday about mrs. khan at the democratic national convention. this is something that happened last thursday. the electrifying moment where her husband held up the copy of the constitution. she did not speak. what is what donald trump had to say. >> his wife she was standing there. she had nothing say. maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. plenty of people have written that. she was extremely quiet. it looked like she had nothing to say. a lot of people have said that. >> brian, a lot of people have said that. a lot of people have written that. that's right out of the donald trump playbook for bringing the fringe into the mainstream. >> it is conspiratorial. what he is hinting at and some supporters understand is the notion that muslim women are obedient to their husbands and are silent in a situation like that. in some way, it is like trump was baited by the democrats to criticize this family. successfully baited by the d

cnn senior media correspondent, host of sunday morning's "media show, brian stelter. why the delay? you're knee deep in the story. >> it's no veto power but behind the scenes there are informal conversations happening and this year it's especially tricky because of the donald trump factor. obviously a moderator like meagmegyn kelly would be a nonstarter for donald trump. the commission is having a very hard time getting to the place where they can confirm the four moderators. i think after labor day we will hear the names. there are a number of journalists susceptible to both size but it's awfully tricky because of donald trump. >> what is the job description? >> this year the job description is to be both a journalist, a moderator and a circus navigator i think. the job -- the job involves doing many things which is why this is so different. you have to ask good questions. you have to listen fast and listen hard, know what you're talking about so you can refer to information. we hope there's actually going to be substance in these deba debates. a good moderator candidates the kbt c

brian stelter, host of "reliable sources." brian, we start with the health question of hillary clinton. it is not something new. it is something that trump surrogates brought up repeatedly. we heard rudy giuliani asking people to google her health. and she was on jimmy kimmel yesterday. listen. >> are you in good health? >> this is one of their themes. here, take my pulse while i'm talking to you. make sure i'm alive. >> there's nothing there. >> back in october, the national enquirer said i would be dead in six months. with every breath i take, i feel -- >> you have a new lease on life. >> i don't know why they are saying this. i think on the one hand it is part of the wacky strategy. just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. on the other hand, it absolutely makes no sense. i don't go around questioning trump's health. as far as i can tell, he's as healthy as a horse. >> his doctor said he had the best health examination he has ever seen in a human being. >> yeah. i saw that. >> can you

let's bring in the host of "sources" brian stelter. let's show you the video. >> you know, it was interesting because a tape was made. you saw that with the airplane coming in. nice plane. the airplane coming in and the money coming off, i guess. right? that was given to us, has to be, by the iranians. you know why the tape was given to us? because they want to embarrass our country. >> brian stelter, what is he talking about? >> i think the people in his campaign are unclear on that. there are people that say donald trump did not see the tape because the tape did not exist. there are other tapes in and out of iran that the time that the americans were released, but to the what he is describing. the democrats are now seizing on this as the latest example of trump playing loose with the facts. tim kaine said i have no idea what he is talking about. this tape doesn't exist. kaine and clinton will seize on this. >> he will get intelligence briefings that will be sensitive. i think they will portray this as he doesn't have a grasp of what is real and not real. >> a

optics where he will make that pitch is quite another. >> brian stelter is with me. so he makes these remarks in diamonddale, michigan. look at the census numbers, it's 93% white. our producers on the ground tell us almost the entire audience was white. he could have gone a few minutes down to lansing more diverse or more diverse gone to detroit. does it matter where he said this? his supporters said you all broadcast it, so it doesn't matter where he gave the speech. >> it does matter what backdrop you have, whether targeting african-american voters or anybody else. campaigns spend time who is in the backgrounds behind the candidate. that's why the recent appearances of the orlando attacker's father t. checkpoint campaign and a disgrace from a congressman in the trump campaign. these optics do matter because of what shows up in the backgrounds. in this case this trump rally wasn't different than most trump ramally, generally speaking, mostly a white audience behind him. >> brianna keeler was speaking and she asked her about this, why trump made the pitch to black vo

brian stelter, julien, seriously? >> absolutely. co-author and i were watching some of the shakeup that happened this week. it's not implausible that, a, he's thinking of what happens after this election, given the poll numbers that do exist, despite what some of his supporters say. and given this other person who has made much of his life not in real estate but in the media. we should remember there is a world of political media out there. we both believe this is a very plausible alternative for him. not that this is all thought through. >> right. >> god more forbid things, we think through things. you imagine how trump's pitch might read, quote the media rigs the election against us, that's why with need our own channel. >> he can point to the media's treatment why he needs his own channel or facebook like show or streaming. there's lots of ways for him to go about this. it opens up the broader question, people say how well, he mobilizes his support. >> he still has a huge company. >> he does, but you can't, i don't see a part of

our host of reliable sources brian stelter has the story. >> it became a very scary situation when she actually stood up for sarah palin. >> reporter: this violent scene sums up what steve bannon thinks about politics. the conservative media giant is not shy about his bare knuckles approach. make no mistake, he's hungry for a battle. >> we need to have a fight in the republican party for the soul of the conservative party. >> i agree with you. >> reporter: in announcing the new hire, the campaign made clear what they see in steve bannon. the prior ceo has been dubbed the most dangerous political operative in america. he may lack campaign experience, but he makes up for it with his media prowess. he's the chairman of the far right website bright bart and has attempted to sway the minds of voters. >> she was sitting at the desk as one of the most powerful, and she wasn't afraid to use those powers. >> reporter: one of those films boosted sarah palin. >> one of the reasons i want to make it the mean that's out there is that governor palin is caribou barbie, she's a complete and total bimb

cnn senior media correspondent brian stelter knows that all too well. he'll sort it out for you.look. >> reporter: while donald trump says he's seeking minority voters. >> i think we're going to do great with african-americans and hispanics. >> reporter: hillary clinton is trying to tie trump to the so-called alt right a movement often associated with white nationalism. >> propelling the term alt right into the national spotlight. >> explain to us what alt right is. >> reporter: the answer depends on who you ask? >> it's a dressed-up version of the american neo nazi movement. >> the mainstream media is portraying the alt right as racist, bigoted white males. >> reporter: steve bannon led the charge. last month he told mother jones we're the platform for the alt right. now bannon is the trump campaign ceo and clinton is seizing on the connection calling the alt right disturbing and extreme. what is it exactly? >> it's about us having a home, a place where we can be with people like ourselves. >> this video blogger says this movement which started online several years ago is about

best selling author ellis henican is here and we have brian stelter here with us.rces." earlier this week, he used a devil metaphor and now saying she is the founder of isis. >> this is the talking point he had for months. we should point out that others have said it is false. hillary clinton is not responsible for the creation of isis. the roots of isis go back more than a decade and you cannot pin it on clinton. it is a complicated story. read the story. obviously he believes this is an effective talking point on the trail. you hear how the crowd reacts. >> we heard at the top of the newscast talk how donald trump said the party is united. we are hearing from sources that may not be the case. let's listen to what donald trump is telling his supporters. >> i want to tell you the campaign is doing really well. it has never been so well united. we started on june 16th. i would say right now, it is the best in terms of being united that it's been since we began. we're doing incredibly well. >> we're hearing the drip, drip, drip of people not happy within the campaign

brian stelter, thank you for joining me. want to take a big picture look at two things that caused media blow back. first on monday the father of omar mateen, the shooter in the orlando nightclub was seated behind a hillary campaign. trump was quick to catch her campaign for not catching this. as he spoke, disgraced congressman mark foley who resigned in 2006 was at a trump campaign. let's talk about this brian with you and also with bill briggs, a campaign consultant, also a former advance coordinator for a number of campaigns. for our viewers, what that means is you are one step ahead of the campaign always and looking out for sfuf like this. bill thank you for being with me. let me get your take first on both of those issues that popped up literally hyped the candidates this week. your take? >> it's one of those things that you are just -- when it first happened with hillary, you couldn't believe it. as a former advance person you think a lot about what could go wrong. you think about folks that could disrupt the candidat

joining me, miguel marquez, brian stelter, jeff zeleny. we'll talk a little about this now.kground what is in the "new york post" today? >> a disturbing story in the "new york post." here we go again with anthony weiner. this is a guy who, this woman, from january 2015 to early this month. in one of the photos, weiner appears only in his underwear next to his sleeping child. he texts this woman saying someone climbed into my bed. weiner responds to the posts saying look, we've been friends for some time, the conversations were meant to be private and anything i ever said to her was appropriate. in 2011, he resigned his congressional seat after mistakingly tweeting to everybody an explicit photo of himself rather than sending it through a private individual direct message. in 2013, it looked like he was making a comeback. he was running for mare yor of new york. and then more sexually explicit tweets came out under an alias. abedin has stuck by him. she's been a longtime aide to the clintons. as secretary -- as chief of staff when she was secretary of state. and currently as

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. >> let's bring in greg, the chief strategist and brian stelter. greg, great to see you. we hear trump saying you have seen the picture of the video of the plane. nice plane. the campaign admits there is no such thing. is trump more disciplined and focused on the attack here? are they managing their candidate? >> one day does not make a trend, christine. he sounded a little more presidential in the last day or so. i don't want to get too premature this morning. i think people will start talking about the "l" word. landslide. the polls are shocking in the last 48 hours. one by you showing hillary clinton is way ahead. i'm not sure she is ahead by double digits, but it is starting to feel like she is pulling into a substantial lead. one other point. this has real implications for the house and especially the senate. if she wins overwhelmingly, i think the senate will flip back to the democrats. >> we have seen him focusing on hillary clinton and president obama. hillary clinton, she is the founder of isis. the president's approval rating is the highest of his presidency. >>

cnn senior media correspondent and "reliable sources" host brian stelter joins me now with the latestest news is reporting that 21st century fox wants roger ailes to pay some of the settlement with gretchen carlson. gretchen carlson the fox news anchor who brought up this lawsuit to begin with against roger ailes. they want roger ailes to pay some of it with his own money. >> this suit one month old. it's in court. hasn't really gone to a jury yet. it's still in the early stages. now we know there are settlement talks under way. "vanity fair" reporting that tonight and my source confirming those talks are under way. an eight-figure settlement, we're talking more than $10 million. some of it possibly to be paid by roger ailes who continues to deny all the allegations against him. but these allegations are piling up. just today a new accuser, andrea tanteros. she was a boldfaced name on fox, one of the co-hosts of the show at noon, earlier the show at 5:00 p.m. she says ailes harassed her and when she tried to report it he retaliated against her. >> what are some of the numbers being to

. >> joining us to break that down is the flip of the shift in direction is brian stelter. brian, good morning. to say that immigration is the foundation of trump's platform is an understatement. it is the backbone of his campaign. he used it to clobber his opponents in the primary. now to be determined. >> to be determined. may be the state of the campaign. let's read the tea leaves on breitbart.com. the web site where his new ceo came from. steve bannon the executive chairman of breitbart. published a story saying it is not clear. we are seeing a tug-of-war of where trump stands on the issue. this is supposed to be a week full of immigration conversation. he is heading south. he is going to texas. he is having a town hall with sean hannity. we don't know what he will say. >> the risk here is you have people saying what does donald trump believe about immigration and deportation. this is a backbone of his run for president. to be determined would be a huge flip. does he risk alienating the people who brought him here and not gaining any new general election voters? >> to th

and in just a brief moment i'm going to disagree with my good friend brian stelter on this. there is so much that you're dealing with out there. you've got cameras, you've got clocks, you've got people talking to you in your ears, two presidential candidate who is are loud and maybe angry and maybe engaging one another. juggling all of that is hard to do if this is the first time you're stepping in front of a camera or a crowd like this. i can g a great professor and talk to 250 people in a lecture hall and be a presidential historian. can i manage that kind of realtime juggling? maybe the answer is yes. brian, the one thing i would say about rachel maddow and the others, that would be a dream scenario in one way, but the other thing very important and the commission should be thinking about, and the public should, the moderators should not be such overarching characters themselves to overshadow the candidates. they should be there to ask the questions, get the candidates to engage and step back to let it happen. so maybe, god forbid, the public actually sees an engagement o

it's called the alternative right, our brian stelter is out front. >> reporter: while donald trump says he is seeking minority voters. >> and i think we will do great with african-americans and with the hispanics. >> reporter: hillary clinton is trying to tie trump to the so-called alt-right, a movement often associated with white nationalism. >> propelling the term alt-right into the national spotlight. >> explain to us what alt-right is. >> the answer depends on who you ask. >> it's a dressed-up version of the american neo-nazi movement, to be honest. >> the media has portrayed it as bigoted, sexist, uneducated white males. >> bannon has proudly led the job. we are the platform for the alt right. now bannon is the trump campaign ceo and clinton is seizing on the connection, calling the alt-right disturbing and extreme. so what is it, exactly? >> it's about us having a home, a place where we can be with people like ourselveses. >> this video blogger says the movement which started online several years ago is about ethnic nationalism, race, specifically the sense that white identity is

and brian stelter, cnn media correspondent and host of "reliable sources." guys, all great to have you, thank you so much. andre, the shake-up, is this the fix you've been looking for to get this campaign back on track? >> well, i hope so. you know, some people say that it's a change, but we know the campaign's been understaffed. they hadn't had what they should have had. now they're ramping it up. we're less than 90 days to go. eyes are starting to pay attention. holidays are ending. people are going back to school. now people are going to really start paying attention. they picked a great time to really get focused in, to bring some new blood into the campaign with a different approach. hope hopefully, this will get it back to a really tight race. >> brian stelter, is it staffing up or is this a shake-up? for some reason, still being debated. >> i feel like things are still shaking. when i heard this news overnight, it is clear, this is a no holds barred campaign. the head of brightbart becoming the head of the trump campaign. brightbart, a far right news

brian stelter is out front with more on just who steve bannon is. >> they were like boys on a playgrounde became a very scary situation and he actually stood up for sarah palin. >> this violent scene sums up what steve bannon thinks about pol iks it. the filmmaker and conservative media giant is not shy about his bare knuckles appoint. >> i come with a very strong point of view. >> reporter: make no mistake. he's hungry for a battle. >> we need to have a fight in the republican party for the soul of the conservative movement. >> i agree with you. >> in announcing the hire. the campaign made clear what trump sees in steve bannon touting that the new campaign ceo has been dubbed the most dangerous political operative in america. bannon, former navy officer and goldman sachs banker may lack campaign experience, but he makes up for it with his media prowess. he's the chairman of the far right website breitbart and has made political films intended to sway the minds of on the fence voters? of all of the 50 governors in the united states, sitting at the desk is the most powerful and she wasn't

so let's bring in host of "reliable sources" brian stelter and cnn legal analyst paul callan.reporters have suspected for a while. now we're hearing it was even worse, even more elaborate than we thought at the time. this was a secret room inside fox news where always conducted his private investigations. sometimes hiring private investigators to tail journalist. >> and their wives. >> that's right. and i've confirmed that yes there were five consultants to ailes who were dismissed that left the company. they were basically being paid by ailes through the fox news budget for various tasks. some of them were just friends of roger with no-show jobs. people in the building always wondered what are these people doing? what are their real jobs? it was unclear. according to sherman's report it was because they were doing this strange off-the-books operations for ailes. >> so then i'm wondering who would have been cutting the checks, who would have known about that? >> it's like that movie "citizen kane" where we're discovering rose bud in the basement and we're to find out what it i

and cnn media correspondent brian stelter. welcome to all of you. i have to clear my throat here. nald trump get a letter from the nfl complaining about the debate schedule? >> the nfl says there was no letter sent. the trump campaign walked that back on sunday, saying it was actually a source close to the league that told trump been this calendar conflict. the reality is, you look at the calendar, they could have known many months ago this was the case. these dates were set last year. the commissioner has a very hard job. they have to juggle sporting events and religious holidays and venues. they came up with the best dates they could. carol they're saying clearly they're not look at changing the debates even though trump would like different dates for them. >> but larry, isn't it reasonable to think that you don't want to schedule a debate, you know, alongside a football game because people are more likely to watch the football game? >> well, i hate to think they would be more inclined to watch a football game because there are so many of them as opposed to three presidential --

both candidates, brian stelter, our media guy. are allergic to questioning in a press conference. >> donald trump hasn't done an interview with anyone but fox. he sits down with sean hannity. hillary clinton doesn't do a full press conference for more than a year. obviously, we are the press. we want it all. these candidates should answer. >> now. now. >>> time for an early start on your money. data out shows parents are doing a better job saving for college. yeah. they are still falling short of banking the cost. fidelity college study reveals 72% of families saving for college. that is a huge jump from the 52% back in 2007. the first year of the study. the percentage of parents using 529 plans rising. >> big fan of those. >> we love those. now 42%. how much are families saving? the amount has doubled since 2007. now $3,000 a year. parents are terrified. they know they have to give their kid a leg up. >> $3,000 will pay for a week and a half of college. >> just 29% of the college funding goal by the time their child heads off to

. >> joining us now cnn senior media correspondent brian stelter. brian, a lot of mixed messages we played there from the trump family. is there any more that has since come out? >> there has been. yes, this is going on sort of for days based on trump's initial comment about his friend roger ailes and about the allegations of sexual harassment against ailes. of course he resigned from the head of fox news amid allegat n allegations he harassed former employ employees. trum said to "the washington post" trying to clean up the controversy, yesterday he said, i think it's got to be up to the individual. it also depends on what's available. there may be be a better alternati alternative. there may not. if there's not a better alternative then you stay. there could be a better alternative where you're taking care of better. donald trump trying to sound practical, pragmatic there. >> and to his credit, i mean, if you're a woman at a place where you are being self sexually harassed he's maybe saying, if you're in a woman do you want to stay, 0 bo i think th

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let's bring in cnn's senior media correspondent, and the host of "reliable sources," brian stelter. derstand this election you really have to understand breitbart. it's a far right website. sometimes loose with the truth but where trump is almost always winning. it will tell you a more confident story about polls. it will tell you about more confident story about america. and at least its depiction of america. at the top of breitbart is steve bannan. now at the top of the trump campaign, too. donald trump today with a big campaign shakeup bringing in a media executive to not only win the presidency but to win it his way. >> he's building out that leadership team. he wants to have people around him who want to win at all costs. >> we don't really believe there is a functional conservative party. >> reporter: in announcing the hire, the campaign made clear what trump sees in steve bannan touting the new campaign ceo has been dubbed the most dangerous political operative in america. bannan, former navy officer and goldman sachs banker, may lack campaign experience but makes up for it wi

brian stelter, host of "reliable sources."c on the unconventional campaign more than a year from donald trump. a new story line that he injects last night. he was in columbus, ohio. trump warning that maybe the election is already rigged against him. listen to his words. >> i'm afraid the election's going to be rigged. i have to be honest. i hear more and more that the election on november 8th, can you believe it? we're almost there. >> rigged. rigged against him. he said the economy is rigged. he said business is rigged. he is talking about the election rigged. >> yes. and went a step further and saying the election already is rigged. he used that as an opportunity to encourage his voters to work. that is typical. encouraging your side to get out to the polls in november. we don't warning in august that the election is secretly over and against him. he is setting the stage to deal with the results. >> talking to the trump campaign. they feel their campaign turned around. that's when donald trump started talking about things b

joining us to break all this down is brian stelter.the host of "reliable sources." >> he doesn't sleep either. >> never. >> you look how the weekend went for donald trump. busy at the rallies and on twitter. he may be running against hillary clinton, be he is making the media is his nemesis. he went off the rails this weekend. especially after the new york times had the scathing piece about the culture of crisis going on with the trump campaign. you know, first you had muslims, you have mexicans and now you have the media. that is who trump is setting his sights on now. >> some say he is using the press as a scapegoat. saying trump is erratic and not enjoying running for president. the story describing a sputtering campaign and advisers frustrated because they cannot help him stay on message. trump has denied the story. he suggested the sources were made up. there is no evidence of that. the trump campaign aide on my show over the weekend. when you hear rhetoric like that, that signals there is something real. the fact that donald trum

let's bring in brian stelter. i know you spoke to you knunivi anchor jorge ramos. donald trump, immigration and the alleged flip-flop? >> ramos says he's channelling the views of his audience, his spanish speaking and bilingual viewers who are very skeptical of donald trump. >> who knows what he's thinking about the deportation? he's backtracking on his flip-flop. i honestly think that donald trump is in panic mode with latinos. i think he realized too late he cannot win the white house without latinos. i've seen the latest polls. univision says he might get 19% of the latino vote. and mitt romney with 27% lost the election. i think he's realizing that he can't win nevada, colorado, florida without latinos. i think latinos will remember what he said. he said that mexico immigrants were bringing drugs and they were rapists. even if he's shifting his position right now, they'll remember that on november 8th. >> ramos there saying that donald trump is in panic mode among latinos. ramos is arguably the best known news anchor on spanish speaking tv. ramos is a very infl

breaking it down is brian stelter. host of "reliable sources." what a phenomenal show this weekend. let's start with the wheelhouse. let's show you what trump had to say to george stepanapolous. >> i tell you what i don't like. it is against two nfl games. i got a letter from the nfl saying this is ridiculous. the nfl doesn't want to go against the debates because the debates will be massive from what i understand. i don't think we should be against the nfl. i don't know how the dates were picked. i don't know why those particular dates. >> you don't like the dates? >> i don't like dates. hillary clinton wants to be against nfl. she wants them to be like she was with bernie sanders on saturday nights when nobody was home. >> the nfl said they did not send a letter to trump. it was a source close to the league that told him about the dates. he says the debates will be massive. that is true. everyone looking forward to the debates which start eight weeks from today. getting people talking about whether he will show up or not. it is classic trump. >> to be clear, there was no letter. t

. >>> hey, good morning, i'm brian stelter, and this is ""reliable sources.""e story behind the story, of how news and pop culture get made. at this hour, is this cause and effect. donald trump is slipping in crucial swing state polls and he's attacking the media like never before. is he rewriting the art of the deal with the art of the blame? >>> and at trump rallies, some of the hostilities towards journalists is really shocking. it covering trump and being at these rallies has her worried about her personal safety. >>> and a change at fox

. >>> good morning, i'm brian stelter, and this is "reliable sources," a look at the story behind the how news and pop culture get made. this hour, trump's toughest week yesterday, with tumbling poll numbers. >>> plus how news outlets are getting creative, fact checking statements right on the screen. is it fair? >>> plus new reporting on the future of fox news, with ousted ceo roger ailes still denying sexual harassment allegations against him, meanwhile the murdocks are speaking out. >>> but first, the united states of anxiety, does all this election coverage scare you? i mean reall

. >>> hey, good morning, i'm brian stelter and it's time for "reliable sources," our weekly look at theind the story. how news and pop culture get made. jorge ramos, with a popular -- he says neutrality is not an option. i'll ask him if his latest -- >>> a clinton foundation report, was the report misleading? was the tweet about it misleading? should the ap correct it. >>> plus new revelations once again in the roger ailes sex harassment scandal. and a research analyst tells us

we have brian stelter here with us. i want to play something here in florida. clearly hearing the criticism on the record and off the record. you heard newt gingrich on fox news. you have to stop talking about everybody else and focus on hillary clinton and barack obama. trump trying to say we are united. i am united. listen. >> so i just wanted to tell you the campaign is doing really well. it has never been so well united. we started on june 16th. i would say right now it's the best in terms of being united that it's been since we began. we are doing incredibly well. >> all signs point to not well. >> we can say that is not true. you can see why trump is saying it. the poll with clinton with a ten--point lead. the on the record from party leaders and supporters of trump. almost all of them saying this man that's reset and reshape his campaign. trump is hearing and seeing and watching that. he is having to reassure people he has it under control. i think he is trying to do that through that sound bite. although there are signs of fracturing. >> let's talk abou

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cnn senior media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" brian stelter. >> when the going gets toughdia. that's what we're seeing right now. an especially strong period of media bashing by donald trump. he knows he gets a lot of retweets and gets his crowds energized. i say, why is not talking about us and poll policy? why is he talking about us and not hillary clinton? he went on a tweet storm yesterday, posting almost a dozen messages against this network. one of them said cnn will soon be the least trusted name in news if they continue to be the press shop for hillary clinton. of course, cnn has tried to have a lot of balance. pro trump supporters, pro hillary commentators, and that will continue. he's also criticized the "new york times." here is what he said on sean hannity's show last night, saying the times doesn't cover him well. >> the new yo"the new york time unfair. no matter how good i write, they don't write good. people over there like maggie haber and others, they don't write good. >> kind of a funny grammatical error, getting mocked by journalists. >> that's kind of l

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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i think, dana, as even cnn's own erin burnett and brian stelter said, they said who wouldn't want roger ailes giving them advice and brian was remarking how kiennd and helpful mr. aile was to brian when he made the transition to cnn. >> is roger ailes actively advising donald trump at this point? >> he has no former or informer role with the campaign. but mr. trump speaks to many people. mr. ailes is a genius when it comes to television and communicating with people. so is donald trump. i think what you saw this week is donald trump, the communicator, the connective tissue between him and people taking his case right to the people, and it working. >> kellyanne conway, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me, dana. >>> coming up, trump's team says he's already preparing for the first debate. how was hillary clinton getting ready for their first showdown? wiback like it could used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogena th

. >>> hey, good morning, i'm brian stelter and it's time for "reliable sources," our weekly look at the story behind the story. how news and pop culture get made. jorge ramos, with a popular -- he says neutrality is not an option. i'll ask him if his latest -- >>> a clinton foundation report, was the report misleading? was the tweet about it misleading? should the ap correct it. >>> plus new revelations once again in the roger ailes sex harassment scandal. and a research analyst tells us how ailes ran fox. >>> a journalist tiptoeing around the uncomfortable realty about race and gender are really shaping this election. as you said this week, hillary clinton and donald trump went toe to toe over this. these are sites that sometimes express down right racist and sexist views. trump fired back before and after clinton's speech, calling her a bigot, claiming she exploits minorities solely for their votes. can i say something here? let's just be honest about this. it's already august, and we're already using words like bigot and racist and sometimes in the day to day, really minute by minute

. >>> i'm brian stelter, and this is "reliable sources," our weekly look at the stories behind the story of how news and pop culture get made. can you trust what you hear on every single newscast? the prince of polls nate silver is here to explain how it all really works. >>> plus, press shy hillary clinton? we're going to go on the campaign trail to find out why she hasn't held a full blown press conference since last year, and later, the flooding in louisiana, being called the worst natural disaster since superstorm sandy, did the national media under cover this story? but first, we could call it a political merger, trump-bart. it's steve ban nnen who may be e inner voice of this campaign. until tuesday he was the far right center of breitbart. he's a man who loves a fight, he's been building up breitbart to become a fox news competitor, now that he's aligned with trump, his support is likely to shape the rest of the election season. the hillary clinton campaign is already bracing for a scorched earth strategy. let's get some information from two people who know about breitbart. he res

brian stelter, host of reliable sources is here now along with our legal analyst joey jackson.t and foremost, let's get an idea of the numbers and reporting on where we stand because there are dribs and drabs every single day. how many women, how much evidence? >> at least two dozen women at this point have spoken with investigators. they were hired by the murdochs in order to look in to the allegations. we don't know how severe the allegations were. i believe some of them were more severe than others. but more than two dozen women have been approached. and by the way, we know of other women who have accounts who have not yet been interviewed by investigators. yesterday a form er host came ot and said she was harassed by ailes. >> they said she came out with a book that she didn't get cleared. for t no one is really allowed to do that. >> it was a mystery on the internet, her fans wondered where did andrea tantaros go. she's not been interviewed, so that is an indication to me that fox is continuing on probe just went on. >> and joey, as a lawyer, i know first thing you do is g

. >>> hey, good morning, i'm brian stelter, and this is ""reliable sources."" our look at the story behind the story, of how news and pop culture get made. at this hour, is this cause and effect. donald trump is slipping in crucial swing state polls and he's attacking the media like never before. is he rewriting the art of the deal with the art of the blame? >>> and at trump rallies, some of the hostilities towards journalists is really shocking. it covering trump and being at these rallies has her worried about her personal safety. >>> and a change at fox news, how will it look as a viewer, as a journalist? >>> first, with apologies to nbc, let's start donald trump's favorite show, no it's not the apprentice, it's beat the press. that's what he's doing right now, running an anti media campaign. the media is trying to cover a man who -- trump says the media is trying to take him down. he says they're trying -- we're trying to protect hillary clinton. >> i'm not running against crooked hillary. i'm running against the crooked media. that's what i'm running again

. >>> good morning, i'm brian stelter, and this is "reliable sources," a look at the story behind the story, how news and pop culture get made. this hour, trump's toughest week yesterday, with tumbling poll numbers. >>> plus how news outlets are getting creative, fact checking statements right on the screen. is it fair? >>> plus new reporting on the future of fox news, with ousted ceo roger ailes still denying sexual harassment allegations against him, meanwhile the murdocks are speaking out. >>> but first, the united states of anxiety, does all this election coverage scare you? i mean really scare you? you're not alone. check out these findings. hillary clinton with an eight point lead over donald trump. the poll asked, thinking about donald trump has president, are you comfortable with this or does it make you anxious, 50% of americans say very anxious, another 20% say somewhat anxious, that's a total of 70%. and 51% say thinking about clinton being president makes them anxious as well. the media needs to acknowledge not just what's going on in our brains, but what's going on in our

brian stelter, host of reliable sources, is with me.my immediate thought was my mom doesn't know what four square is. by that, i mean people who are older -- you are not old mom, older, right, if you look at the information here, urban areas. >> and younger, yes. >> and younger. so that sways the data, right. >> four square is mainly used by young people in urban areas. but the data was adjusted to prereflect for broader retail trends. the company did the best it could to check against other broader trends and it the found a significant drop off, more significant in blue states than in red states. maybe people who tend to be liberal are less likely to buy trump branded items. trump's brand was about power, permit, and wealth. now it is more of a clearly political brand, a conservative brand. that will have implications. >> he has said if he doesn't win the general election he will have considered it a complete waste of time. and if he doesn't mean it will be interesting to see what impact it has on his businesses. >> founder of weeki le