i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn breaking news, a rapidly moving investigation. lots of pieces sort of beginning to come together here in multiple bomb tax, or would-be attacks, planned bombings here in new york and in new jersey. first, let me show you some video. this is the suspect, ahmad khan rahami. as you can see, captured alive, after a shootout with police in linden, new jersey. now, this man being wheeled on this -- being wheeled into this ambulance, bloodied but conscious, saw his eyes open, hands cuffed behind his back. that arrest coming just hours after the fbi launched the manhunt to find him and issued a cell phone alert to millions of people across the state. you also have this surveillance picture believed to be rahami in new york moments before an explosion detonated. this is the one saturday night, chelsea neighborhood, downtown manhattan, 29 people were hurt in the blast. you see just glass, you know, windows, cars, businesses, shattered. just a couple blocks away there was ano

i'm brooke baldwin. happy friday. thanks for being with me this afternoon. two stories we are watching closely. first up -- millions in the path of tropical storm hermine as it is barreling up the east coast. a lot of you, labor day plans. you are keeping close eye on this, as are we. we'll get you to that in just a moment. >>> also any moment now, heads up -- donald trump is holding a roundtable with african-american leaders in philadelphia as is he getting criticism on his words about race, police. we are looking out for that. >>> but first, breaking news in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. cnn has obtained the report that the fbi had sent to the department of justice recommending no charges be brought against hillary clinton. from this report we expect to be able to learn why clinton wasn't charged in connection with use of her private e-mail server as secretary of state. and we can also talk about the fbi's notes on the answers that hillary clinton gave. you remember this meeting in july onl

i'm brooke baldwin. >>> we got some great voices to bring in here to talk about trump, clinton and everything else. mike pence, this interview that -- e cluesive interview that dana bash just scored there in the reagan library. a.b. stoddard is here, associate editor at real clear politics. gloria borger, cnn chief political analyst is still with us. ladies, let's just begin with a.b. since we haven't heard from you yet just on this speech, and most notably he didn't lead with education. he led with, to sort of quote him, why hillary clinton is a liar. >> right. well, i think he's looking -- and his team is looking at the fact that her numbers have deteriorated so rapidly in the last few weeks. while his haven't grown remarkably, this is really taking a toll on her when you have a bunch of editorial boards around the country like "the new york times" saying it is an ethical imperative that the foundation be neutralized and folded into another group. it stopped taking donations immediately, and perhaps ev

i'm brooke baldwin.is very moment, here he is, tim kaine behind the podium there in wilmington, north carolina, getting ready to go and talk national security, specifically this was preplanned. also happens to be the very same day as we heard donald trump taking questions on national security. we know tim kaine will take donald trump on. we also know hillary clinton has taken donald trump on today and trump taking hillary clinton on. see a theme here? this is hillary clinton specifically speaking to reporters who now travel with her on her new campaign plane. >> he said that the american people don't care about his tax returns. and in fact he's also said that it's none of our business. i just think he's dead wrong. i mean the reason that presidential candidates going back decades have released their tax returns is because the american people want to know. he clearly has something to hide. we don't know exactly what it is, but we're getting better guesses about what it probably is. and if he is going to p

it - because one day it might. >>> welcome back, i'm brooke baldwin. after four years of feeding the lies, donald trump admitted his birther believes were wrong and stated clearly president obama was born in the united states. moments ago, members of the congressional black caucus slammed trump as a fraud. >> by any definition donald trump a disgusting fraud. he started this silliness years ago by saying president obama is not an american citizen. he had no proof of it and so he started this disgusting behavior seven or eight years ago questioning the president's citizenship. he would not have done that to a mitt romney, he would not have done that to a john mccain or any other white who was running for president of the united states but he has leveled his criticism against president obama. >> with me now, veteran navy seal and trump supporter carl higbie, bruce lavell is with me, executive director of the national diversity coalition for trump, cnn commentator bakari sellers who supports hillary clinton and simone sanders, the former national press se

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being with me. this is cnn, 55 days until the presidential election and many of you have concerns. you will be casting ballots in the dark. both candidates here famous but not necessarily well known and both still keeping key details about themselves out of public eye. now donald trump is responding to the growing chorus of demands releasing more details today on his own personal health. the whole episode giving political observers a proverbial case of whiplash. first, this was hailed trump would make the big reveal on the dr. oz show which, by the way, taped this morning here in new york. then a couple hours ahead of when trump was said to appear the campaign actually said, no, no, there will be no disclosure of the physical that he underwent with his own personal doctor last week. but then trump reversed course, presenting, according to the campaign, a one-page summary of his physical exam results to dr. oz. so what do the results show? let's get to kelly plat who happened to be in today's audienc

i'm brooke baldwin.g news in the man suspected of planting the bombs in four different locations over new york and new jersey over the weekend. we now know 28-year-old ahmad rahami was once jailed for stabbing his own relative and that the fbi investigated him on accusations his own father had called him a terrorist. we're getting a window into the mind of this accused bomber, a source telling cnn the suspected attacker wrote about the boston bombers and an american born al qaeda mastermind. his terror ramblings found in a notebook on him after his shootout with

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. it is thursday. we're talking politics today. vice president joe biden just slammed donald trump after 24 hours of confusion and contradiction from the republican nominee. let me fill you in. first been donald trump backtracked from backing off his immigration plan. then he toughened his position on undocumented immigrants. now trump himself says there will be a "softening." you with me? let's actually just start with the photo-op the trump campaign was seeking. this is what we were talking about all day yesterday. the republican nominee standing next to the president of mexico there after his visit behind closed doors in mexico city. the tone at first cordial. optics, admirers say, absolutely presidential. spoiler alert -- it didn't last long. several hours later, trump reverted back to talk of an immigration crackdown that prompted several of hispanic supporters to say -- no, thank you. >> we did discuss the wall. we didn't discuss payment of the wall. t

. >> thank you so much for being with me on this wednesday, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. donald trump, who has a pattern of keeping secret, shed a little light on his health but not before giving political observers a proverbial cape of whiplash. first it was confirmed he would make this big reveal on the dr. oz show. then a couple hours before mr. trump was set to appear the campaign said actually there would be no disclosure of the physical he underwent, then suddenly reversal, trump presenting -- the campaign saying a one page summary of his resulting to dr. oz. so what did the paperwork show? let's begin with national political reporter mj lee in new york. you talked to folks in the audience. what did trump tell them today? >> brooke, remember, this is the candidate whose doctor claims would be the healthiest person ever elected president. it sounds like dr. oz's take away today was, indeed, that trump is in very good health. let's listen to things audience members told us after the taping. >> most of the time he didn't really answer the questions directly so it was p

to 29 -- gathered on the 10th floor of 7 world trade center recently to town hall with cnn's brooke baldwin. they spoke of their loss and of lessons learned. of what it has been like to come of age in the age of terror. ad-lib before we go tonight. some final -- personalthoughts some final -- personal thoughts i covered the aftermath -- of the terror attacks. it was surreal. the twin towers -- just massive of downtown manhattan's financial district. there were no cars on the streets. but --there was a steady stream of people -- looking for their loved ones. an older woman walked up to me -- holding a picture -- of her son. he worked in the twin towers. she asked me if knew anything about him. i did not. then there was a construction worker -- bear of a man. like so many brave new yorkers -- he worked -- digging through the wreckage. he broke down crying -- like so many americans did -- and still do -- as we remember -- one of that's it for 13 action news. --live at 11. tune in at 4:30-am -- for good morning las vegas. thank you for watching. and from all of us at channel (lightning crackles

. >> you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. here she is, he is is the plane officially touched down, greensbo greensboro, north carolina, hillary clinton hopping in the car and away she goes. this is significant, she has been recouping the last couple days off the trail from her pneumonia. no stumble getting on and off the plane as she is in the battleground state of north carolina, we did hear from secretary clinton talking to reporters saying she's doing well. no sign that the criticism about delayed -- the revolution she was ill was getting to her. in fact, she talked about her favorite television shows to the traveling press. >> "madam secretary" is coming back. >> that odd to watch that? >> no, i get a big kick out of it. >> it's interesting to see somebody play you. >> i watched it with skepticism at first but then i got so into it. >> all right, joining me now, the deputy communications of hillary for america kristina schake, it's nice to see you. >> hi, thank you for having me. >> i'm sure it's nice for you to see her o

>>> you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being with me. we begin with the shooting of another african-american man in this country at the hands of police. two very different stories here. we'll walk you through both. first his name -- keith lamont scott. he was 43. his death has fuelled violent protests in the streets of yet another american city, this one, charlotte, north carolina. some of these protesters turn on police. 16 officers injured in total. several vehicles damaged, fires were lit, looting breaking out. police releasing tear gas canisters to try to disperse some of these clouds. charlotte police say scott was armed. they say they have recovered a handgun from the scene. but scott's family says this father of seven was carrying only a book when he was shot by a police officer who in this case is also black. >> my gosh, y'all, look. the police just shot my daddy four times for being black. they tased him first then shot him. talk about he got a [ bleep ] gun. they just shot my daddy. my daddy is dead. they just shot my [ bleep ]

you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin.nd and hopefully some peace for this family here. this is a three decade old mystery. minnesota authorities confirming to cnn they have found the remains of an 11-year-old boy abducted 27 years ago. jacob wetterling was grabbed by a masked man with a gun back in october of 1989. the boy and his brother and a friend were just out riding their bikes near their rural minnesota home and sources have told cnn affiliate wcco that this child pornography suspect, a man who was questioned in the wetterling case, led authorities to this boy's remains. while no charges have yet to be filed, the sheriff's office says they're evaluating the evidence. over the years, jacob's parents young to the hope that their son would someday be found. >> there's no explanationful i don't feel the anger yet, i just want him home. >> i'm very optimistic. my son is pretty intelligent and if there's any way that he can help pull himself through this he's going to do so. >> when you live in a small town everybody wou

. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. moments ago president barack obama injected his famous "yes we can" to help hillary clinton's campaign speaking in philadelph philadelphia. this is his first solo campaign appearance stumping for the democratic candidate in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, a state he noted clinton won. he said clinton whooped him but he was able to win it in novembe november. >> when we see folks talking about transparency, you want to debate transparency? you've got one candidate in this race who's released decades worth of her tax returns. [ applause [ applause ] the other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all. [ boos ] you want to debate foundations and charities? one candidate's family foundation has saved countless lives around the world. [ applause ] the other candidate's foundation took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot more tall painting of himself. [ laughter ] heed that taste not to go for the ten-foot version. [ laught

get $30 off your first delivery blueapron.com/cook. . >>> i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being. this is cnn, 55 days until the presidential election and many of you have concerns. you will be casting ballots in the dark. both candidates here famous but not necessarily well known and both still keeping key details about themselves out of public eye. now donald trump is responding to the growing chorus of demands releasing more details today on his own personal health. the whole episode giving political observers a proverbial case of whiplash. first, this was hailed trump would make t

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. i'm watching cnn.oments ago donald trump detailed what he would do if and when he is elected commander in chief. this is a big run-up to his first official event with hillary clinton tonight. it is being billed as a commander in chief forum. they won't be on the same stage but they will be facing the very same crowd. no doubt, these presidential contenders know that absentee voting, folks, begins in one week. one week.

thanks for rolling on with me, i'm brooke baldwin here. hour two. politics. the vice president of the united states, joe biden, in front of this massive crowd there in warren, ohio, just questioned whether or not donald trump knows his own immigration policy after 24 hours of confusion and contradiction. let me take a couple steps back. this started with the republican nominee standing beside the president of mexico. his tone at first cordial. optics, according to admirers, absolutely presidential. that didn't totally last long. because then several hours later mr. trump reverted back to talk of an immigration crackdown. that has prompted several of his prominent hispanic supporters to say no, thanks, not supporting donald trump anymore. we're calling it a tale of two trumps here that he seemed to repeat today. diplomatic trump in the morning and that was before the american legion. and then later on, hard line trump. today at a campaign rally. >> i just came back from a wonderful meeting with the president of mexico where i expressed my deep respect for the

>>> i'm poppy harlow in for my friend brooke baldwin. we begin with breaking news about video that is just about to be released, video of donald trump testifying under oath about inflammatory remarks he made about mexicans. it stems from a lawsuit he filed against two celebrity chefs who backed out of plans to do business with him at his new d.c. hotel after making those statements when he announced his run for president. sunlen serfaty joins me in d.c. with more. look, we know what was said because the transcripts have been released but no one in the public has seen the video before. now they will. >> that's what this battle is about. it had been a lengthy battle over whether to release these videotapes or not and cnn along with several other media outlets, they filed a motion with a d.c. superior judge to have them released. it's important to note donald trump's lawyers argue the videos shouldn't be released, they second it could be used politically, thought it could come in the presidential campaign, appear in tv commercials by hillar

i'm brooke baldwin.ne of the loudest voices out and about campaigning for donald trump is making a surprise revelation. former new york mayor rudy giuliani says trump is not a birther and doesn't believe president obama was born outside the u.s. >> i want to know whether you believe that your candidate for president believes he would succeed a legitimate president or not. does he believe he would succeed a legitimate president? >> donald trump believes now that he was born in the united states. but that issue was raised -- >> when is he going to say that this president is legitimate? this is a fundamental question, mr. mayor. is the president of the united states legitimate or not? >> he -- >> do you believe it? if you believe it, why doesn't your candidate state it. >> i believe it, he believes it, we all believe it. >> so if trump does indeed believe president obama was born in the u.s., he really hasn't said it himself. here's a look back at how trump has propelled this conspearly over the last five y

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. count them, 57 days to go until the presidential election. donald trump today seizing on one hillary clinton controversy, but not the other. secretary clinton is at home recovering from pneumonia. we have more on her diagnosis here in just a moment, but just moments ago, trump not focusing on her health, but instead her comment that, quote, half of all of trump voters fall into a, quote, basket of deplorables. >> i was deeply shocked and alarmed this friday to hear my opponent attack, slander, smear, demean these wonderful, amazing people who are supporting our campaign. it was, perhaps, the most explicit attack on the american voter ever spoken by a major party presidential nominee. total disrespect for the people of our country. >> now, back to secretary clinton's comments from friday, she did tweet out her regrets, admitting it was wrong for her to say half. she did not back down, though, on linking racists to the trump campaign. but you will not be see

i'm brooke baldwin. >>> big news today on the presidential debate front.know now who will be referee be when donald trump and hillary clinton go at each other face to face. nbc's lester holt will moderate the very first debate. the second will be jointly hand by abc's martha raddatz and our own anderson cooper. fox's chris wallace will host the final contest. scott adams has a unique perspective on the perspective race, the debates. he is the cartoonist behind "dilbert." scott, nice to have you on. something of an expert on persuasion techniques. unlike many, many pundits early on, you did not write off donald trump. i am curious looking ahead to these debates, i have read that you said they could actually work in trump's favor. why? >> yeah. trump's got a few advantages. what i write about is not the politics so much as the persuasion talents of the two candidates. trump has great persuasion technique and no doubt clinton will have great persuasion advice going into it. but one of the differences that trump can simply take things further. he can take a bi

i just cannot support donald trump. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin.nk you for being with me. moments ago president barack obama injected his famous "yes we can" to help hillary clinton's campaign speaking in philadelph philadelphia. this is his first solo campaign appearance stumping for the democratic candidate in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, a state he noted clinton won. he said clinton whooped him but he was able to win it in novemb.

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. i'm watching cnn. moments ago donald trump detailed what he would do if and when he is elected commander in chief. this is a big run-up to his first official event with hillary clinton tonight. it is being billed as a commander in chief forum. they won't be on the same stage but they will be facing the very same crowd. no doubt, these presidential contenders know that absentee voting, folks, begins in one week. one week. and a lot of people are sending in ballots that early. a lot of them are active duty servicemen and women. and talk about the veterans here in a speech today, trump said he would boost defense spending, pumping up troop numbers, battalions, ships, cruisers, submarines, et cetera. and he laid out his plan for rebuilding the nation's military. and he ripped into the foreign policies of hillary clinton. >> i will ask my generals to present to me a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy isis. this will require a military warfare but also cyber warfare, financial warfare, and ideological

liberty mutual insurance. >>> i'm brooke baldwin, this is cnn.onald trump today released the result of his recent physical and a very donald trump kind of way, joining dr. mehmet oz for his hour-long syndicated tv show. it was taped yesterday, it's airing all across the country today. dr. -- listen to me. mr. trump discussed his health plan and health history. one thing he would like to change. >> your bmi is high, is probably close to 30 which is the barrier for most people. do your doctors or your family ever give you a hard time about your weight? >> i think i could lose a little weight. i've always been a little bit this way, you know? i've sort of always been there. i was probably a good swimmer but i've always been this way yeah if i had one thing, i would like to lose weight it's tough because of the way i live but the one thing i would like to do is drop 15, 20 pounds. it would be good. >> the trump campaign released a note from his doctor who says he is in quote/unquote excellent physical health. so i have dr. sanjay gupta with me who ha

eastern, i'm poppy harlow in for my friend brooke baldwin. north carolina where two very different stories are emerging about the death of keith lamont scott. his family will be speaking soon and we'll bring it live as soon as it begins. right now, a major mesh city is under a state of emergency, violence erupting in the state of north carolina, the city of charlotte, after the shooting death of a black man by a police office officer. >> for roughly seven hours into the

. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. authorities are bracing for more protests after violence broke out in charlotte, north carolina. all of this erupting in the wake of the shooting of another black man in the hands of police. some of the protesters turned on police. in total, 16 police were hurt, multiple vehicles damaged. fires lit and looting broke out. police releasing tear gas canisters to try to disperse those crowds. charlotte police say keith lamont scott, a 43-year-old father of seven was armed. this is what police say but scott's family say he didn't have a gun and that it was a book. the officer who shot scott was african-american, is african-american, but his daughter claims her dad's killing was about race. >> my gosh, y'all, look, the police just shot my daddy four times for being black. they tased him first and then shot him. talk about he got a [ bleep ] gun. they just shot my [ bleep ] daddy. my daddy is dead! they just shot my [ bleep ] daddy! they just shot my daddy, he's dead! my daddy is dead! [ scr

i'm brooke baldwin.s is cnn's special coverage of the arrest of ahmad khan rahami, the suspect in a number of bombings this weekend, both in new york and new jersey. rahami's family owns a restaurant in elizabeth, new jersey. customers there we're told were shocked at the news that this 28-year-old man had been arrested after a shootout with police. >> i come in here about once every week or two to get something to eat. he's always in there. he's a friendly guy. that's what's so scary. it hits hard when it's home. >> jason carroll is live in elizabeth. i know you've been talking to people who know this family. let's begin there. what have they said? >> reporter: well, yeah, i spoke to a young man who says he's known ahmad's younger brother, who says for many, many years. he says he remembers when they moved here from afghanistan. what is so surprising to him, brooke, is he says this was just, in his words, a family that was just trying to fit in. he said that when he spoke to ahmad, which wasn't that oft

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. them, 57 days to go until the presidential election. donald trump today seizing on one hillary clinton controversy, but not the other. secretary clinton is at home recovering from pneumonia. we have more on her diagnosis here in just a moment, but just moments ago, trump not focusing on her health, but instead her comment that, quote, half of all of trump voters fall into a, quote, basket of deplorables.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. in a bit of a waiting game right now as donald trump is set to take the podium in an ever important battleground state of ohio. yes, he is back in cleveland. if you are keeping score with us, 61 days until the presidential election. he is scheduled to start any moment so we're watching and waiting for him. he is hosting this roundtable with teachers and administrators right now. obviously the key theme here -- education. but the big question is this -- how will trump hit back after his rival hillary clinton came out swinging today. minutes ago she pulled no punches at a campaign event if another battleground state, that being north carolina. a new poll there now shows she is in a statistical dead heat. look at those numbers. with donald trump. now clinton today slammed trump's performance at that commander in chief forum last evening, especially his praise of russian president vladimir putin. >> it's hard to forget what trump did last night. it was a test

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news here, we have now some tape showing hillary clinton on board her plane slamming trump for saying no one cares that he's not releasing his tax returns. this happened on board her brand-new 737. the one that now also transported her own press pool. let's go straight to joe johns first up here, standing by in tampa, florida where secretary clinton is set to start her campaign moment there any minute from now. let's backtrack to this gaggle. that's what we call it. on board this plane. she had a lot to say beginning with those tax returns, those el elusive tax returns from trump. >> reporter: she just had a lot to say period. she talked about scams, frauds, questionable relationships. i think a lot of this is about the language. but, frankly, brooke, when you look at this, this is an attempt by hillary clinton and her campaign once again to start flipping the narrative on the issue of honesty and trustworthiness which has been a problem for her since before the campaign. now

i'm brook baldwin, "the lead" starts now. >>> thank you, it is after labor day, put away the white. it is a nearly even race. a major shift in the campaign, and why you can never, ever, count out donald trump. trump is crisscrossing the country yelling "crooked hillary." but now his own charity is looked at for pay to play controversy. >> and fox news paying a former anchor $20 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against roger ailes. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper, labor day marked a real shift in strategy. talking to reporters and launching attack after attack for donald trump for not releasing tax returns and much more. no secret as to why the shift, the race is getting tighter. take our new poll for the orc poll, for instance. you may feel like this poll is an outliar. if you're in trump tower, you're hoping that the cnn polls are right and that you're winning by the slightest of margins right after labor day. when is the head to head horse race numbers here, and what are the reasons for that underneath the top line. >> so a four-way ra

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. the lead starts now. >> thank you, brooke. >>> did donald trump hedge on giving legal status to undocumented immigrants? "the lead" starts now. breaking news, donald trump breaking with an immigration plo posal he laid out just last week and today he suggested we will have to wait until after the election to find out. >>> cyber invasion, u.s. investigating russian hackers in a plan to mess with the presidential elections. president obama talks about stopping a wild west cyber war. >>> plus, president obama met with a vulgar insult from a fellow head of state. an ally as he heads to southeast asia. that now changed the itinerary of his historic trip. >>> welcome to "the lead." spending the labor day holiday laboring, donald trump might have just created a lot more work for his campaign. the trump outfit struggling to explain what his position on illegal immigration is as recently as yesterday. and if you listen to the trump surrogate rudy giuliani and trump transition team chris christi

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on this friday afternoon.h for being with me. right now with 60 days to go until election day, swing state polls tightening to razor-thin margins. hillary clinton is trying to flex her commander in chief muscle. she is meeting as she has announced with a group of former and current national security leaders, including these high-profile individuals appointed, by the way, by

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. ooke. >>> did donald trump hedge on giving legal status to undocumented immigrants? "the lead" starts now. breaking news, donald trump breaking with an immigration plo posal he laid out just last week and today he suggested we will have to wait until after the election to find out. >>> cyber invasion, u.s. investigating russian hackers in a plan to mess with the presidential elections. president obama talks about stopping a wild west cyber war. >>> plus, president obama met with a vulgar insult from a fellow head of state. an ally as he heads to

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. it is thursday. we're talking

you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. let's get to it. >>> donald trump just detailed what he would do if he is elected commander in chief, a first run-up to his first commander in chief forum with hillary clinton tonight. unlike the upcoming debates, the first one in less than three weeks, the two won't be on the same stage but they will face the same crowd, no doubt, the presidential contenders know that absentee voting begins in one week. and many people will be sending in ballots early. many of those folks who are active duty military in his speech, speaking of, donald trump said he would boost defense spending, that he would pump up troop numbers, battalions, ships, jets, and he was there in philadelphia. he laid out his plan for rebuilding of the nation's military and in doing so, he ripped into hillary clinton, into her foreign policy. her e-mails and, oh, so much more. >> in a trump administration, our actions in the middle east will be tempered by realism. the current strategy of toppling regimes with no plan for

. >> i'm watching brooke baldwin. a day of unprecedented events in a day named unorthodox, historic. michelle obama will headline a campaign event for former first lady hillary clinton. we will take that live from george mason university in virginia. but first to the day that will go go down in campaign history. donald trump's concession speech, all 61 words of it. the republican nominee finally admitting after years of pushing this deceptive conspiracy theory that president obama indeed was born in the united states. but did trump apologize? no. did he explain why he changed his mind? nope. did he falsely blame hillary clinton for starting the rumor in the first place? yes, he did. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it, you know what i mean. president barack obama was born in the united states, period. now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> in admitting the truth, trump of

i'm brooke baldwin. happy friday. thanks for being with me this afternoon.ing closely. first up -- millions in the path of tropical storm hermine as it is barreling up the east coast. a lot of you, labor day plans. you are keeping close eye on this, as are we. we'll get you to that in just a moment. >>> also any moment now, heads up -- donald trump is holding a roundtable with african-american leaders in philadelphia as is he getting criticism on

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me on this tuesday. this is cnn.ails in the man accused of planting those bombs in and around new york city and new jersey. he was jailed for stabbing his own relative and the fbi had investigated him on accusations of terrorism, allegedly, by his own father. this as we get a window intohe

eastern, i'm poppy harlow in for my friend brooke baldwin. we're back with the latest out of north carolina where two very different stories are emerging about the death of keith lamont scott. his family will be speaking soon and we'll bring it live as soon as it begins. right now, a major mesh city is under a state of emergency, violence erupting in the state of north carolina, the city of charlotte, after the shooting death of a black man by a police office officer. >> for roughly seven hours into the morning police in riot gear fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters and vandals in the city's uptown district. they looted and 1345sh esmashed dos and cars. one person was shot amid the chaos, that person is in critical condition although the circumstances of the shooting are still murky, today surprising revelations from the charlotte police chief about the video of scott's death, a video the public may never get to see. let's bring in ryan young live in a protest zone in char slot. the police chief said they were going to work to sho

. >>> i am brooke baldwin here in new york, thank you so much for being with me. we'll send it to washington right now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> right now hillary clinton must be thinking thanks, obama. "the lead" starts right now. >>> donald trump's running mate, mike pence, facing bipartisan criticism today for refusing to use the word "deplorable." it's a word hillary clinton used to describe millions of trump voters, but he would not touch it. as hillary clinton takes a sick day today, president obama stepping up, rallying an enthusiastic crowd, but it's one in a traditionally very blue state. why start there? >>> plus, show of force. the u.s. bringing out the big guns in a warning to kim jong un after what could be north korea's most powerful nuke test yet. what is is the next move? ♪ >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. in eight weeks americans go to the polls to elect a new president of the united states. eight weeks! president obama today appearing in philadelphia, in battleground state pennsylvania

. >>> i'm poppy harlow in for my friend brooke baldwin.breaking news about video that is just about to be released, video of donald trump testifying under oath about inflammatory remarks he made about mexicans. it stems from a lawsuit he filed against two celebrity chefs who backed out of plans to do business with him at his new d.c. hotel after making those statements when he announced his run for president. sunlen serfaty joins me in d.c. with more. look, we knowha

i'm brooke baldwin.reaking news here, we have now some tape showing hillary clinton on board her plane slamming trump for saying no one cares that he's not releasing his tax returns. this happened on board her brand-new 737. the one that now also transported her own press pool. let's go straight to joe johns first up here, standing by in tampa, florida where secretary clinton is set to start her campaign moment there any minute from now. let's backtrack to this gaggle. that's what we call it. on board this plane. she had

. >>> top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in today for my friend brooke baldwin. 41 days.t's it, folks, 41 days until election day and soon you will see donald trump make his case to voters in the midwest. meantime, hillary clinton is making a move on millennials. she is courting those young voters with two political heavyweights today. the first lady michelle obama speaking in pennsylvania moments ago and moments from now clinton's former rival bernie sanders will appear by her side. let's go to jeff zeleny in durham, new hampshire, where at any moment we're expecting hillary clinton and bernie sanders to take the stage. before we get to that, let's talk about michelle obama, the first lady rallying for hillary clinton in philadelphia making a very strong pitch and really with an urgency to it for young voters to get behind hillary clint clinton. >> poppy, there was urgency to it and if you want any political figure in your corner across the spectr spectrum, both parties, michelle obama is one of the most popular figures out there. she's making her second campaign trip to

i'm brooke baldwin. this is cnn. just a short time ago donald trump blasted hillary clinton at the national conference in baltimore for saying half his supporters are, quote, basket of deplorables. trump is now pouncing on her comments calling her divisive. >> we have the support of cops and soldiers, carpenters, we would welders, young and oung, millions of working class family who just want a better future and a good job. these were the people hillary clinton so viciously demonized. these were among the countless americans that hillary clinton called deplorabldeplorable, irr and un-american. nobody's heard anything like this. she called these patriotic men and women every vile name in the book. >> secretary clinton says she regrets saying half of trump's supporters are deplorabldeplora. let me bring in gregory cheadle, you may recognize him as the man who trump referred to some time ago at a rally as, quote, my african-american. also with me, mark lamont hill, cnn commentator and professor at morehouse college. gre

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news in the man suspected of planting the bombs in four different locations over new york and new jersey over the weekend. we now know 28-year-old ahmad rahami was once jailed for stabbing his own relative and that the fbi investigated him on accusations his own father had called him a terrorist. we're getting a window into the mind of this accused bomber, a source telling cnn the suspected attacker wrote about the boston bombers and an american born al qaeda mastermind. his terror ramblings found in a notebook on him after his shootout with police. investigators now believe he was inspired by other terrorists. the questions remain about whether or not he was acting alone. so let's go to pamela brown, cnn justice correspondent. tell me more about what we're learning about his past and what his father was saying about him some years ago. >> brooke, we learned today the father of the suspect was interviewed by the fbi in 2014 about him after this domestic dispute where the susp

you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. in just a couple of minutes we will see major developments in the race for the presidency here. soon donald trump will be speaking to what's called the values voters summit. rnc chair reince priebus speaking there now in the wake of a major outcry over his appearance on russian tv. we will explain that in a moment. >>> hillary clinton is gathering top national bipartisan minds to tackle isis this afternoon. let's get straight to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta who is following trump at that event in washington. but first to our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny in new york at the historical society covering this national security meeting with secretary clinton, i understand we just got some video from inside. you want to tell me what's going on. >> we did indeed, brooke. we are seeing pictures here as you can see. secretary clinton taking her seat with a bipartisan group of national security experts. interestingly when you look at this roll call of people on

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. in a bit of a waiting game right now as donald trump is set to take the podium in an ever important battleground state of ohio. yes, he is back in cleveland. if you are keeping score with us, 61 days until the presidential election. he is scheduled to start any moment so we're watching and waiting for him. he is hosting this roundtable with teachers and administrators right now. obviously the key theme here -- education. but the big question is this -- how will trump hit back after his rival hillary clinton came out

and i want to show you an exchange that happened just a few weeks ago on brooke baldwin's show.aid it across this country that there are no white people. >> when it comes to the democratic party -- >> okay. okay. on that, on that -- >> all right, the first portion you saw was a mistake. but here in this exchange you heard pastor burns say she's a liar, she's a liar, speaking about hillary clinton. can he still effectively prosecute that case considering he lied for years about his experience and lied to me during that interview? >> you're asking me, victor? >> yes. >> victor, in all candor, i don't think that -- and no offense to pastor burns, but just in general, this election is between hillary clinton and donald trump. and you've got all sorts of people all over the place on both sides, but the candidates are always the focus. and you can go through, i mean, for instance, we're not talking this morning about al sharpton still not paying his taxes, which i read somewhere this summer, in "the daily caller," i think -- >> i don't know that al sharpton is an advocate for any camp

. >>> you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being with me.ing of another african-american man in this country at the hands of police. two very different stories here. we'll walk you through both. first his name -- keith lamont scott. he was 43. his death has fuelled violent protests in the streets of yet another american city, this one, charlotte, north carolina. some of these protesters turn on police. 16 officers injured in total. several vehicles damaged, fires were lit,