never now the he would not sunduort the republican presidential nominee. 15th district congresoran charlie dentoesn't get it. >> he is hell bent on losing a very winnable election against a flawed candidate, hillary clinton. >> that is only part of the reason why dent stated he will not vote for trump in november. >> the comments have given me concern and lack of policy sp at knowledge generally that have given me a lot of pause. >> dent joins a growing number of gop lawmakers that will either not support the nominee or are on the brisk of doing a . the high ranking republicans that fall into that category is pat toombli. he wrote about conservative ideals and says the rhetoric coed tod be irreconcilable. for dyed in the wool rly aublics not supporting trump, who will you vote for? we asked congresoran dentfour3 >> i will not vote for hillary clinton, she disqualified herseote, the way she handled information, that should disqualify her for being commander and chief. pat toombli's office referredhi to the op-ed piece and his opinion has not changed at this tim at >> when we pressed congresoran

i asked charlie dent, he said he might write in bob gates.f it's a close election, close electoral vote as we approach election day, what will you do? in that case, a vote -- if you don't vote for hillary clinton it is a vote for donald trump so you can talk about. >> if you're a republican who votes for someone else, you're taking a vote away from donald trump. if i were in the clinton campaign i would want there to be -- speaking hard headedly -- an independent conservative candidate for republicans to feel they can in good conscience vote for. it may be a bridge too far to ask -- some republicans will vote for hillary clinton and they're friends of mine and that's fine. others feel they can't and you would want to give them another place to go. so i hope either the libertarian ticket gets its act together or another independent candidate on the ballot in at least some states and it could be a write in in other states, a conservative whom a republican could in good conscience vote for. >> bill kristol, thanks for being here. >>> coming up,

but charlie dent was an advocate for john kasich throughout the primaries. so the clues were there and now as we get into this general election season, they are in their home districts now, congress is not in session. they are talking to their own e voters. they are in their communities and it's easier for them to take this stand. that doesn't mean it's not principled. i take them at their word, but it's also set in a context of their home environment. >> kelly o'donnell in washington, thank you so much. back to our colleague katy tur, who is there at the portland, maine, event where donald trump is going to be speaking shortly. let's go back to the new polling numbers coming out. florida, pennsylvania, michigan, new hampshire, have you heard from your sources any concerns inside the trump camp about what they reflect? >> the campaign is not saying whether there's any concerns about these new polls. paul manafort saying they expected this to happen. hillary clinton was going to get a post convention bump. we're going into august. the news cycle is is going t

representative charlie dent. the allentown republican said trump's political views and recent attacks on families and john mccain are only a part of why he won't support trump. >>> it sounds like it could be something out of a martin scorsese movie. nearly four dozen suspects including the reported mafia boss in philadelphia were arrested today. it's all part of a massive investigation involving new york police and the fbi. members of numerous crime families were among those arrested. they're accused of extortion, loan sharking, sports gambling, fraud, firearms trafficking, and arson. joey "skinny" morelynno is accused of committing health care fraud. investigators say he and another man convinced corrupt doctors to bill insurers for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions in exchange for kickbacks. the longtime lawyer for the mob boss declined to comment on the allegations. >> we were able to arrest 46 members of numerous crime families. >> those arrests came one day after the arrest of john gote jr. he's accuse

. >>> joining me now, congressman charlie dent. you tweeted this "captain khan was a hero. anyone diminishing his valor should be condemned." who do you mean by "anyone"? >> obviously i very much disagree with the comments of donald trump with respect to the khans. as the party of abraham lincoln i often looked at abraham lincoln at a time like this. i've been too too many funerals sadly of service members who died in afghanistan or iraq and i always go to abraham lincoln who said these individuals gave that last full measure of devotion so to criticize a family -- a gold star family that lost a loved one in the line of duty is just beyond the pale. it's out of bounds and that kind of comment is indefensible and has to be condemned. >> and then what? have you decided on who you're supporting in this presidential election yet? >> i have not endorsed the nominee and i'm not voting if hillary clinton. that's where i am and continue to be as i've been on your show before and other shows. i've said that given the incendiary comments from the p.o.w.s and john mccain to the disabl

>> reporter: well, charlie dent it's a big deal. it's in pennsylvania. it's a state donald trump wants to win. we got new polling that shows him down significantly to hillary clinton. the campaign realizes they need to win. they are workers who maybe feel like the economy has passed them by. they believe donald trump will be able to get their jobs back. it is not working in pennsylvania and to have him come out and say he is not going to support donald trump, it only adds to the issues down there. you also have representativ representative hanna in up state new york. there are a growing number of people try to ing to distance themselves from trump. john mccain is not saying he won't vote for him at this point. they feel secure in their positions and feel secure in coming out against trump. the rest is between a rock and a hard place. they need to spupport the republican nominee. if he looses steam it puts the senate races in jeopardy. that is where the gop is focusing energy, making sure they maintain their majority and mainly the senate. >> some of thos

he had been a jeb bush and a marco rubio supporter for charlie dent. he was an active not only supporter but surrogate appearing with john kasich. richard hanna is freed from the electoral concerns because he's not seeking reelection. his district tends to go a swing district. so root d in their home state politics, they have a little breathing room to make this break from trump, but when you have three sitting house members who say no to the nominee, that is a story. >> kelly o'donnell, following all of it for us as it's breaking. thank you so much. for more let's turn to mark halperin, co-anchor of "with all due respect." let's start with reports as of yesterday about the trump intervention. the idea that people are going to have to write the campaign. . rudy giuliani said that hasn't happened yet. katy tur was saying there's so much talk about retooling. is it going to happen this weekend? >> they are in constant conversations. he's speaking to mike pence and senior officials on a regular basis. and most of them believe he gets the message. he said

. >> reporter: you would think with views like that, charlie dent is a donald trump supporter. >> that said, i'm not supporting our republican nominee either. >> reporter: while he's asking voters to vote for him, he says he can't cast a vote for either of the major party nominees. >> i feel like millions of americans right now who aren't happy with the choices at the top of the ticket. but there's always the option to write someone in. >> as a party leader i don't want to do anything that would help him in any way. i don't even want to be associated with him. >> reporter: dent isn't the only person denouncing a trump presidency. this sa committee man running for more than 20 years. he's the longest serving chair in the reading city committee. now he's giving it up because he said he can't support trump. he's hoping a third-party conservative will emerge or the nomination will be rescinded. dent says none of that is likely to happen. isn't it a little late for this? some could argue we saw this coming months ago. >> yes. but we had the convention in late july. some of us were hoping th

congressman charlie dent says he will not be voting for donald trump but six term representative said he won't be voting for hillary clinton either. dent, who represents allentown, says he is concerned by what he calls trump's incendiary comments and lack of policy specifics. congressman backed john kasich in the primary. >>> vice-president biden was honored for his work in the so-called cancer moon shot, "eyewitness news" at the height of the bellevue where the world affairs council presented its at last award. the vice-president has been involved in an effort to develop new treatments for cancer. their goal, to have a cure by the year 2020. >>> relief for riders of septa's regional rails, transit service says train cars pulled for repairs will soon be back on the track. >>> more than 120 silver liner cars have been out of service since the july 4th weekend. fatigue cracks were found on the trains under carriage. septa says that ten new cars per week will be returned to service, once testing is complete. septa projections it should be back on the normal weekday schedule by early octo

but we also see a number of republicans, like charlie dent, who made news this week, saying, "i am notoing to vote for trump," but he's also not gonna vote for hillary. there's this weird movement of, "well, what are they gonna do?" are they just gonna show up and vote down-ticket? or stay away from the polls? what is coming from this? >> i think for the gop, post 2012, keep in mind, i mean, you're the pollster, but 1980, ronald reagan wins with 57% of the white vote. he walks into the oval office. in 2012, mitt romney gets 59% of the white vote and loses to barack obama decisively. >> demographic changes. >> so post 2012, the gop mind-set was "we need to have a bigger umbrella, larger tent. we need to be more inclusive." guess what? donald trump unwound all of that. and now there is gop soul -- the very soul of the party is at stake right now. >> could he still win? this week, we found out people still sent him enough money to close the fundraising gap with clinton. so there are a lot of people out there, even with what the polls are saying, who are supporting him in this state, which

. >> charlie dent is not supporting donald trump or hillary clinton, thank you for joining us. question do you disagree with president obama's assessment that donald trump is unfit for officer? >> i have made numerous stramts about some of the incendiary comments of donald trump whether it be about mexicans disabled the david duke debacle, the indiana judge, and now the kahn family situation. they're all giving me a lot of pause. and the few policies we heard have been conflicted or contradictory. i'm concerned and that is why i have refused to endorse him at the moment. >> the president challenging republicans to not endorse trump. the fist sitting republican member of congress is saying he is not going to vote for donald and he will be voting for hillary clinton. and or at least regret he is unrepentance in all things. what do you think about what congressman hanna has to say. >> he called me on sunday and made me aware of his decision. he is a rock solid guy. a good man, a good friend. where i disagree is i do not endorse hillary clinton, i think she disqualified herself in

. >> republican charlie dent made it official he will not support donald trump or hillary clinton forth term congressman today. his comments about women and muslim, immigration and john mccain is part of the reason he is not backing trump. >> he criticized the mother of a soldier that gave the last full measure of devotion and died heroically and it's these issues these comments that give me concern and the lack of policy specifics and candidly the lack of policy nonl generally that gives me pause. >> he is among a growing number of gop lawmakers breaking party ranks and not supporting trump in this election. >> download the 6 abc news app to stay on top of the election. you'll get breaking news alerts as well as live results on election night. the 6 abc news app is a free download for your mobile device. >>> for the first time in american history, a member of the law enforcement community is facing terrorism charges tonight and a washington, d.c. officer is accused of trying to help isis. metro transit officer, nicholas young allegedly brought $250 in gift cards and gave them to some

joining us, republican congressman charlie dent, who is also refusing to vote for trump.come, congressman. let me start off with this. you've heard of the buckley roll? >> i didn't hear your question. >> the buckley roll is that we're obligated as conservatives to vote for the most conservative candidate. in this case it has to be donald trump. >> my immediate response to that is i agree with my colleague adam kinzinger who said a lot of red lines have been crossed. my reservations about donald trump, the republican nominee, is that he has made very disparaging statements about pows, john mccain, muslims, women, the david duke debacle, the indiana judge, and most recently the khan family did you say dust-up. these issues have caused me a lot of concern, including lack of foreign policy knowledge. i'm absolutely opposed to hillary clinton, i think she disqualified herself. >> i understand that, congressman. another part of the problem, adam kinzinger comes from illinois, donald trump wouldn't have a chance there anyway. you come from pennsylvania. people in your district v

congressman charlie dent's a republican from pennsylvania. michael steele is the former chairman of the republican national committee and msnbc political analyst. eugene robinson is a columnist for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. i want congressman dent to start. are you going to vote for trump? >> i have no plans, i'm not endorsing donald trump, i have no plans to vote for donald trump. i said that repeatedly given the incendiary comments and the lack of policy specifics and policy knowledge. those are the issues that have kept me away from him. bottom line, it's a tough situation to be in. we have two presidential candidates who are sky-high unfavorability ratings. i said that hillary clinton is unacceptable in my view, too, given the way she mishandled classified material, negligently and carelessly. donald trump's incendiary comments are also a bridge too far for me to cross. >> congressman, the problem most people have, especially moderate or centrist republicans is there's only going to be four names on the ballot and

republicans have recently said they won't vote for their party's nominee, including congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania, adam kintsinger and adam hahn of new york who said they would cross party lines and vote for hillary clinton. in recent days, trump has pushed the concern that the election's going to be rigged. that's his word he's using now. late today, president obama was asked about that suggestion by trump. >> i have never heard of somebody complaining about being cheated before the game was over. or before the score is even tallied. so my suggestion would be, you know, go out there and try to win the election. if mr. trump is up 10 or 15 points on election day and ends up losing, then maybe he can raise some questions. that doesn't seem to be the case at the moment. >> boy, did he love putting that knife in. doesn't seem to be the case now. going to katy tur in portland, maine, where donald trump just spoke today. michael steele is with us, former chair of the republican national committee and msnbc political analyst and paul singer, washington correspondent for "usa today." kat

charlie dent of pennsylvania, represents lehigh. adam kinsinger.far say they are not voting for trump include ted cruz of texas, lindsey graham of south carolina, ben sass of nebraska, the new kid on the block, mark kirk, worried about his re-election in illinois. jeff flake, one of the stars of the future. and dean hower of nevada. all of them off trump. joining me is former republican congressman and house majority leader tom delay who hasn't aged a day since the last time i saw him. there he is. hi, tom. how you doing? he's the author of "a radical call from the former majority leader of the united states." sir, tell us about trump and how he fits into where your republican party was headed when you left it, when you stopped being a leader. what's going on in your party? >> well, unfortunately, the party is split apart mainly and i think this has been said by you and so many others, the type of leadership that we've had in the house and the senate over the last few years has greatly exasperated a great number of people in the party. they will ta

look at some of the republican members of congress who have come out against donald trump, the charlie dentsorld. they represent affluent suburbs. that shows the weakness behind his strategy. if you don't win the minority vote you have to win with a working class and edge vaucatede voters. we know he's not doing well with educated white voters. that doesn't leave much in november. >> when you look at north carolina, that struck me when it came out. he's really down. this is a place that he really needs to hold when you look at his map. are we to a place, phil, where you think you can say, he already had a narrow path, and it is very much narrowing now? >> no question about it. you look at is georgia going to turn blue? pretty unlikely. people have been predicting that for the last four cycles and republicans always figure out a way to win. the fact that it's close causes a lot of consternation in the republican party. perhaps he has to spend money there. that would be problematic. look at the states where he absolutely almost has to win. north carolina he has to hold. pennsylvania everybody

he joins charlie dent of pennsylvania, plus ileana ros-sy lehtinen and carlos curbelo of florida. there's also new york's richard hanna, who's going a step further: saying he'll vote for hillary clinton. and today, the top republican i congress, house speaker paulke ryan, tried to walk the trump tightrope. trump has refused to endorse him, ryan said he still supports trump but he implied that could change. ryan also told a wisconsin radid show, he'll keep pushing backep when he thinks trump is out of bounds. >> i don't like to do this, i don't want to do this, but iis will do this because i feel i have to in order to defendo republicans and our principles, so people don't make the mistake in thinking we think that way. >> trump extended an olive branch saying he thinks ryan is a good guy but not endorsing him. on the left. >> i would feel terrible ifle donald trump got elected. >> jill stein released her ad going after donald trump and hillary clinton both. as for clinton, she was in las vegas talking about jobs, as shl left one stop, she turned to respond to a question about outs

we have a pennsylvania representative, charlie dent, saying he's not going to support donald trump. that is a must-win state for him. so all of this stuff taken in the larger context does start to show cracks in donald trump's ability to get from here, august, to november. >> and katy, you make the point and we have seen it in the video when you have interviewed some of donald trump's supporters at these rallies for the most part, sticking with him. but just again a few minutes ago, working to turn this tape around, mike pence campaigning in north carolina, was asked by a young man about having to clean up donald trump's mess. and this comes on the heels of a mother of a military personnel who held her son's picture up. she was being booed. and was asking mike pence about donald trump's behavior as it relates to the khan family. so, you know, in the same week, perhaps to supporters of donald trump in the building asking mike pence about cleaning up his running mate's mess. >> reporter: you know, governor pence has been put into a tough position, or he basically got himself into a to

still ahead on "morning joe," b congressman charlie dent. he says any attempt to minimize the sacrifices of captain kahn and his family are worthy of condemnation. >>> trum tries to clean up his answer on his comments about crimea. also warren buffett, pretty extraordinary speech yesterday forward wren buffet. we'll be watching that and much more as we try to get acclimated to this new studio. >> it's not there yet. >> i'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, i have to be honest. i think my side was rigged. if i didn't win by massive landslides -- think of what we won in new york and indiana, california, 78%. that's with other people in the race. but think of it, i hear more and more than the election on november 8 -- can you believe it? we're almost there. this started on june 16th of last year and i said, wow, let's go do it. it takes guts to do this, believe me. everybody said -- it takes guts. i could be having a very nice life right now. i don't have to be with you people ranting and raving. could have a very nice life. wiback lik

joining us to discuss, republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania.congressman dent, thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. i want to ask you about this breaking news just over the last few minutes. donald trump seeming to back off something he said on the stump. just a few minutes ago he tweeted about the video he's been describing at length on the stump about what he had previously claimed was money being unloaded in exchange for hostages. now he says the plane i saw on television was the hostage plane in geneva, switzerland, not the plane carrying 400 million in cash going to iran. is this the type of honesty, is this the type of pivot, this the type of change in donald trump you would liking to see? are you happier about that or more concerned about a candidate who just yesterday will describe at length something he saw on a video which does not exist? >> well, first, john, thanks for having me on the show. i'm glad he clarified that statement, but the underlying issue still remains the same, which is that this was, in my view,

they are charlie dent, adam kin zinger and richard hannah and mark kirk who is the most endangered inid, why won't any of them besides these four walk away. >> i think the advice we give as consultants is go run your race at home because they are -- there are not a lot of votes for you in washington compared to back in your state. they understand what it is and they want to be re-elected. if a politician doesn't take care of himself and waiting for a nominee to take care of him, he is going to go home a loser. i think they understand that. i get what speak ryan is saying. one of the things we found in our polling is people are fed up and mad at washington. that is what gave trump the end to be our nominee. so if they are looking for coat tails, they are grasping for straws. >> then why do you support paul ryan is doing better than trump. he is doing so much better than trump is in that state? >> well paul ryan, i think it was said better by someone in wisconsin. it is more paul ryan than trump and he understands his state. he's the speaker of the house. he has 100% name i.d. and peopl

dent and profits. we have a look at what to expect. ♪ ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose."ith the 2016 presidential election . donald trump is seeking to stabilize his campaign after weeks of stepping on his message. hillary clinton continues to widen her lead in key battleground states. trump's campaign manager is also under fire. the new york times reported he received $12.7 million for consulting with the ukrainian president.