in 2012, mitt romney won cambria county with 58% of the vote. cambria county is 98% white. secretary clinton also defended general john allen who was attacked by donald trump earlier today. >> he lashes out. he loses his cool at the slightest provocation. just yesterday, he went after retired general john allen who commanded our troops in afghanistan. general allen is a distinguished marine, a hero and a patriot. donald trump called him a failed general. why? because he does not believe donald trump should be commander in chief. >> pennsylvania hasn't voted republican since 1988, but there are concerned donald trump's message could be resonating here. pennsylvania has lost 271,000 mostly manufacturing jobs in the last 20 years. hillary clinton wants to charge an exit tax for those companies who leave america to lower their tax bill. she's been quoting john mccain's economic adviser who has said trump's economic plans will lose 3 million jobs. her running mate had this to say about trump. >> once i was on the ticket, donald trump had to decide how he was going to make fun of

here in almost all white cambria county, there is only one issue. jobs. >> we're going to create jobs in pennsylvania and across america. >> reporter: in the rustbelt, donald trump is targeting working class voters angry and frustrated that the recovery has not caught up with them. >> we need help this in community. in this area, we need help. >> reporter: clinton has detailed plans on every aspect of the economy on her website and in her speeches. >> we'll make companies pay for what are called inversions under the tax code. >> reporter: but everyone with those details, she is trailing donald trump in pennsylvania and ohio among white non-college educated voters, struggling to compete with trump's much simpler message. >> we're going to bring back our jobs and people are going to have great jobs again. >> i actually have plans. some people make fun of me for having plans. >> voters need to look beneath the surface and see what it is the candidates would like to deliver and is there anything in their history that suggests they can make good on those

for residents in rural cambria county, it's all about jobs. clinton said she is listening. >> we're going to create jobs in pennsylvania and across america, especially in places that have been left out and left behind. >> clinton picked up an endorsement from dallas mavericks owner mark cuban. again for something he said on the campaign trail. his target this time the parents of a fallen american soldier who spoke at the democratic national convention. trump taking issue with the father telling a national audience that trump sacrificed nothing and nothing in a speech. trump said he sacrificed a lot in his business career. >> she was standing there. she had nothing to say. maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> i'm cannot see my son's picture. >> trump's latest controversy wasn't the only obstacle he had to overcome. his campaign confirms he was among ten people who had to be rescued from an elevator that got stuck in a colorado springs resort. >>> a pocket version of the u.s. constitution became a best seller. $1 on amazon. >>> h

if you look at the stop today in johnstown, pennsylvania, this is cambria county where manufacturing is big. and it actually is a base that went democratic in 2012 when president obama lost despite the fact there were more registered democrats. mitt romney actually won 58% of the vote. when you look back at the primary season, bernie sanders in this county, not pennsylvania overall, but in this county by 3%, it is a largely white community and it's the place where unemployment is at 6.7%. that's almost two points above the national average. so this is an area that has been certainly hurting economically more than other areas in the country. and many people see this area and keep the donald trump success about the presidency. he may have a narrow path they say, but this is an essential path to the white house. >> briana kieler on the bus with the clinton/kaine bus tour going through pennsylvania and then off to ohio. be sure to watch cnn "state of the union" tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. tim kaine sits down with jake tapper. >>> coming up, aggressive screenings of new blood d

now, the county we're heading to in cambria county is more than 94% white. these are workers who are very much open to an appeal from trump. and what clinton has been talking about as she did in harrisburg last night how she's got a jobs plan, a detailed plan to come up in the first 100 tas. >> have to tell you, that we're starting to get information. you know, some people don't want to know what the facts are. that's okay. but i think most people do and here's what i want you to know. today, today an economist, a republican economist, actually an economist who work ed for jon mccain, said that after analysis, my plan will create millions, millions more jobs than trump's. >> and one of the challenges for clinton is that she's got a lot of details. they've been explained and explained over and over again for months. she's made some changes of course along the way. in response to bernie sanders' success on the road, so we know she's changed her position on trade and on other key economic issues. moving far to the left on the platform indeed, but the problem is

if you think about you mentioned the county, cambria county. it did go for mitt romney in 2012. it historically has been a swing district. it was presented by jack murtha for many years. it was a heavily union area. the staple of this section of industrial pennsylvania. but that district flipped after murtha's death. there was a special election that the democrats won. the republicans took it back in 2012. i think that back and forth encapsulates the change than going on in this region of the country. it also underscores the challenge hillary clinton is going to have here against donald trump. a lot of these voters, of course, feeling left behind by just the fundamental structure changes to the economy in this region. in fact, if you look over my shoulder here in a second, you may be able to see some of the industrial train going by. i mean, the scenery you can really see what the challenges are just by, you know, driving along these roads through this section of pennsylvania. of course, this is going to continue our tour into ohio. she's planning to overnight tonight in clevela

cambria county, the heart of this state's rust belt. it's 94% white and these are people who have lost their jobs as the economy has changed. overall, the state is not in bad shape because they've had resurgence of high-tech in pittsburgh for instance to off set what's happened to the steel worker, but this will be a steel workers union plant we're going to and these are the very people she has to persuade is not, could not be better advantaged by donald trump's. some with a simple message. his messages fit on a bumper sticker. in harrisburg last night, she talked about the contrast between what she says the dark message of cleveland, the republican national convention, and what she is trying to project is a more realistic examination of the overall economic picture, but also more optimism. >> i have much confidence and optimism about our country. i don't recognize the country that donald trump describes. i don't recognize the mean spiritedness, the bigotry and the blustering and bullying. i don't recognize that because that is not who

republicans have gained nearly 1500 registered voters in cambria county.hat trend is playing out statewide in pennsylvania. the question that is posed in that article is -- are there and enough cambria counties out there for donald trump to win that state and other key states in the rust belt. let us go to rich in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. a democrat. -- readi am part of the ricting.ecting -- redist not understand that donald trump is a fraud. every project he is -- every isduct he is involved with made overseas. he talks about his suits and how he cannot find anyone to make them. he did not want to pay the workers enough to make his suits here. rubio saidty, marco he did not look very hard for a company there. him asaid he could show company in florida to make his hats though he will have to pay more for them than he can get them for in bangladesh or china. host: voters are talking about their support for donald trump. we had callers earlier today saying that bill clinton and nafta were part of the reason why they lost jobs in the region and they do not t

they are scheduled to visit areas the republican nominee mitt romney won in 2012, places like cambria countym a pennsylvania, which is 94% white and has a medium income -- a median household income of about $42,000." indiana governor mike pence will ,oin the nominee at stops today florida on tuesday, pennsylvania on wednesday. other gop allies will hover around pennsylvania for counterprogramming during the democratic convention. the two men will split up on the campaign trail. as mrs. clinton takes the stage thursday, mr. pence will campaign with his wife, karen. and there is a piece in "the wall street journal" about the homeless. given day, philadelphia has more than 7000 homeless people, nearly twice the number of delegates who will fill seats at the wells fargo center on monday. philadelphia is known for its cradle of liberty tourist attractions, top-tier universities, and teaching hospitals, but the democratic-controlled city also has a staggering poverty rate of 26%, ranking it worst among the 10 largest cities in the u.s. in two thousand seven, philadelphia's poverty rate was 23.8%.