chris frates for us there in washington.o much. >>> there is speculation that donald trump's end game isn't the white house necessarily. but rather running his own television network. brian skelter is looking into that. brian, what have you heard about a possible trump tv network? >> i tell you the reason why this is getting so much attention this week, which is because of trump's new hires. particularly steve bannon the chairman of the breitbart news a far right website that thhas be talking about rivaling fox news. so he has the right people around him. if trump wanted to launch some sort of new media company, if he loses this race for the white house, for now it's mostly a thought experiment. he's getting a lot of attention because so many people are curious about what trump will do to harness all the energy he has, all the supporters he has if he loses. listen to what glen beck said on cnn tonight the other night. he was a fox news host that launched his own streaming service. >> i believe donald trump is going to lose.

christine and alison. >> chris frates, thank you. more controversy for trump's camp. paul manafort allegedly received $12.7 million from the former pro russian president of ukraine. manafort received the secret payments between 2007 and 2012. the clinton campaign calling the report further proof of the connections with the kremlin. >>> mike pence plans to release his tax returns as his running mate, trump, is fighting calls to do the same. this a few days after hillary clinton and tim kaine released there is. he stated it will be a quick read. he is in the process of the financial disclosures. to release tax returns is not a legal requirement for candidates, but every candidate since 1976 has released his returns. trump will not follow that standard because he is under audit. that does not prevent them to releasing them. what could we learn? what would be in there that could be interesting for anyone trying to vet this as a candidate. business and investment income. what deduction he takes, including charity. how much money did donald trump give to charity and what is

to join us to talk about this is chris frates, and chris, trump is making the very serious charges about the state of the race in pennsylvania that if he loses, it must be because it viged or it was stolen by hillary clinton. >> yeah, that is exactly right, and fred, we saw it last night in pennsylvania, and him making this argument that the only way he could lose the state is if there is funny business at the polls in november. >> the only way that we can lose in my opinion, and i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. so i hope that you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th, and go around and look and watch other polling places. and make sure that it is 100% fine. because without voter identification, which is shocking, shocking! that you don't have it. >> now, trump did not provide any evidence of cheating in pennsylvania, and that not unusual when he makes these allegation, and he has made them throughout the primary and into the jgeneral, but he has discussed concern that pennsylvania and other states without the strong voter i.d. laws could be targeted for fr

boris, christine. >> chris frates, thank you. three little words. to be determined. here to help us break down trump's immigration position and a flip here is brian stelter. he is host of "reliable sources sources." and we have greg vallient. greg, this is the foundation of the donald trump campaign. this is one of the reasons why he is packing thousands of people cheering fans into the campaign rallies. now is he backing away from this? >> could be. good morning, christine. nice to see you. i think kellyanne conway has made a huge difference. maybe a bit too much to say we have a momentum swing. i think his free fall has been stopped. i think a lot of the focus this week will be actually a little positive rather than negative. >> brian, i wanted to ask you this. obviously donald trump relying on immigration as one of the platforms. you mentioned the potential leaks earlier that have come from the campaign. suggesting that he may be softening his stance. in a meeting, he said he was not as hard line on immigration as he is in person on the campaign trail. what's the

details now from cnn's chris frates. >> very good. >> reporter: trump's new campaign chief, steve bannon, is already drawing democratic fire. >> the latest shake up was designed to, quote, let trump be trump. so the to do that, he hired stephen bannon. the head of a right-wing website called breitbart.com, as the campaign's ceo. >> but now the conservative news chief is drawing headlines of his own. bannon was charged with battering and domestic violence, stemming from a 1996 incident involving his then wife. according to documents obtained by cnn, an argument over money allegedly got physical after bannon's then-wife told him she wanted a divorce. the responding police officer wrote, "she appeared as if she was very upset and had been crying. i saw that her eyes were red and watery. she first said, oh, thank you, you are here." the police report went on to say that bannon grabbed her by the neck and wrist, pulling her down, and leaving red marks where he grabbed her. the report said she fought back, got away from bannon, and dialed 911. neither the trump campaign nor a bannon spokeswoma

. >> joining me to talk more about this is cnn investigations correspondent chris frates. chris, what kind of evidence did donald trump present to that audience to substantiate that claim? >> he didn't provide any evidence of any kind of cheating in pennsylvania. that's not unusual when he makes these kinds of allegations. he has expressed concerns that pennsylvania and some other states without strong voter id laws could be targets for election fraud in november. on the website, the campaign website he has a section for people to sign up to be election observers. so this is something trump has talked about in the past. this latest accusation in pennsylvania comes as trump is badly lagging clinton in the polls there. and that's a state, pennsylvania, that's going to be critical if trump is going to go on the win the white house. let's take a look at the polls. a recent quinnipiac polls shows clinton beating trump by 10 points. if you look around the country, the picture doesn't get better for donald trump. a recent nbc wall street journal poll shows clinton leading trump in

chris frates has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you may remember that donald trump hard in the primaries on the plan to deport the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. on sunday, kellyanne conway signalled the stance may be softening. here is dana bash pressing conway. >> let me play something from what mr. trump has said. listen to what he said back in november. >> you have a deportation force. you will do it humanely. >> are you ripping people out of their homes? >> they are going back to where they came. that's the way it's supposed to be. >> reporter: does trump support that? a deportation force removing the 11 million or so undocumented immigra immigrants. >> what he supports is to make sure we enforce the law and we are respectful of those americans who are looking for well paying jobs and we are fair and humanely to those in the country. as the weeks unfold, he will layout the specifics of that plan that he would implement. >> will that include a deportation force, the kind you just heard, and he talked about in t

. >> cnn's chris frates joins me now from washington. chris, good morning. >> good morning, erica. yesterday might have been the nastyest day of the campaign, and could be a preview to what could come. both trump and clinton calling each other bigots, while clinton accusing trump on paranoia. >> these are race baiting ideas, anti-muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women. all key tenants, making up the emerging racist ideology known as the alt-right. so the de facto merger between breitbart and the trump campaign represents a landmark achievement for this group. a fringe element that has effectively taken over the republican party. >> clinton, referring there to the conservative news site breitbart which was recently headed by steve bannon, who is now the trump campaign ceo. clinton was trying to attack trump, trying to change the subject. she continues to come under fire for her e-mails and for meeting with her families foundations donors while she was secretary of state. trump has accused her of pay to play by meeting with those attorn donors, but no evidence to support that claim. eric

cnn's chris frates has more from washington. good morning. >> good morning, carol. hillary clinton is hitting back against donald trump, and conservative media chatter, suggesting she is not healthy enough to be commander in chief. this week, trump said clinton lacks the mental and physical stamina, like shawn hannity and the "drudge report" have questioned clinton's health. she fired back last night, putting out a statement from her doctor, saying she is in excellent health, accusing trump of deranged conspiracy theories parroting lies. hillary clinton has release aid detailed medical record, showing her to be in excellent health, plus her personal tax returns since 1977, while trump has failed to provide the public with the most basic financial information, disclosed by every major candidate in the last 40 years. it is time for him to stop using shameful distractions to hide his own record. so the clinton campaign trying to change the subject, to trump's unwillingness to release his tax returns. another hot topic today, hillary clinton's e-mail problems continuing

chris frates digging into the numbers. i know you are focusing as they are, on pennsylvania with this report. >> yeah, that's right, but first let's take a look at the rough couple of weeks donald trump's had. they seem to be playing out in all the polls. in the recent nbc poll it shows clinton leading. in florida she's up five. virginia, she's leading by 13. in colorado, leading trump by 14 points. now, trump who you all know is a huge fan of polls when he's leading has taken an argument the soystem is rigged. trump argued the only way he could lose the state is if there's funny business. >> the only way we can lose in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. the only way they can beat this in my opinion and i mean this 100%. if in certain sections of the state they cheat. okay? so i hope you people can sort of not just vote on the 8th. go around and look and watch other polling places. and make sure that it's 100% fine. >> now, trump provided no evidence that there's any cheating going on in

there's chris frates. chris, we were just talking about this really seismic shift or so it sounds.e you hearing? >> yeah, well, martin, as you pointed out here, donald trump campaigned hard on this plan to deport the 11 million immigrants who are in this country illegally. but today kellyanne conway signaled trump's hardline stance might be softening. here's dana bash pressing conway this morning on "state of the union." >> let me get some clarity because you were at this meeting. does donald trump still support setting up a deportation force and removing the 11 million or estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants from america, yes or no? >> so what donald trump said yesterday in that meeting differed very little from what he said publicly including his convention speech last month in cleveland. we need a fair and, quote, humane way of dealing with what is estimated to be 11 million illegal immigrants in this country. that was part of the discussion, it was a very robust discussion. i've seen him very animated in meetings like this where he's learning, he's taking notes, he's as

. >> joining us is cnn's chris frates. a couple other biggies on the list as well.ief from seattle, former chief from philadelphia, the chief from camden county, dallas county. what exactly does she expect to do in this meeting and what's the message out of it? >> reporter: a clinton aide telling us the meeting will focus on the challenges and the opportunities police face in cities across the country. clinton bringing in chiefs of police from some of the biggest cities, l.a., philadelphia. also bill bratton who has been very critical of donald trump. >> mr. trump scares me, scares the hell out of me, quite frankly. that's personal opinion and i just don't get it. >> why does he scare you as a possible president? >> the lack of depth on issues, the shoot from the hip. i just watched his whole campaign and i just shake my head. >> the nypd says clinton requested the meeting. in a statement the nypd said as one of the most experienced leaders in american policing, commissioner bratton has a unique perspective on the profession and what we can do to reduce fear, build

carolina, a day after a major reshuffling of his top campaign staff, i want to bring in cnn's chris frateswashington and jessica schneider in new york. chris, this is interesting because it follows hen's meeting with law enforcement, follows what she did or her campaign and the dnc did at the convention which was talk a lot about law enforcement. she clearly doesn't want to concede this ground to donald trump. is that what today is about? >> that's a lot about what today is about. an aide telling us this really means focusing on the challenges and opportunities that police face all across this country. clinton is bringing chiefs of police from some of the biggest cities in the country. we have l.a., philadelphia, seatt seattle. that's just to name a few. also in attendance right now is new york city police commissioner bill bratton who has been very critical of donald trump. >> mr. trump scares me, scares the help out of me to be quite frank with you. personal opinion. i just don't get it. >> why does he scare you as a possible president? >> the lack of depth on issues, the shoot from the

our cnn investigative correspondent chris frates takes a look at the first female campaign manager for republican nominee. >> reporter: a more disciplined donald trump on the campaign trail -- >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words. or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> reporter: why the change? the tone bears all the hallmarks of his new campaign manager kellyanne conway, a longtime washington pollster who has helped shape campaigns for former house speaker newt gingrich, presidential candidate jack kemp, texas senator ted cruz and indiana governor and now current vice presidential candidate, mike pence. she's challenged the idea of a hillary clinton presidency for more than a decade. >> the high water mark for hillary clinton the most admired women was was the year that her husband used her like a door mat. he cheated on her -- >> that's a slur. >> reporter: though in 2005, even conway might not have backed a trump candidacy. >> it's time for a change. >> reporter: sayin

. >> for more on what this meeting is about, let's head to washington and chris frates. , chris. >> good morning, carol. as you heard right there, donald trump accusing hillary clinton of being anti-cop. so today, she is planning to meet with some of the nation's top law enforcement officials, chiefs of police from some of the biggest cities, l.a., philadelphia and dallas. she is also planning to meet with clinton -- excuse me, clinton is also planning to meet with new york city commissioner, bill bratton, who has slammed trump. take a listen to what he said recently. >> mr. trump scares me. scares the hell out of me. that's personal opinion. and i just don't get it. >> why does he scare you as a possible president? >> the lack of depth on issues that the shoot from the hip, just watch this whole campaign, i just shake my head. >> now carol, we also just got -- about this meeting. i want to read it to you. it says in part, as one of the most experienced leaders in american policing, commissioner bratton has a unique perspective into the profession and what we can do to re

chris frates is out front with the report. >>> the latest shakeup was designed to "let trump be trump." so to do that, he hired steven bannon, head of a right wing website called breitbart.com, as the campaign ceo. >> reporter: now the conservative news chief is drawing headlines of his own. bannon was charged with battery and domestic violence stemming from a 1996 incident involving his then-wife. according to documents obtained by cnn, an argument over money allegedly got physical after bannon's then-wife told him she wanted a divorce. the responding police officer wrote, "she appeared as if she was very upset and had been crying. i saw this her eyes were red and watery. she first said "oh, thank you, you are here." the police report went on to say that bannon grabbed her pie the neck and wrist pulling her down and leaving red marks where he grabbed her. the report said she fought back, got away from bannon, and dialed 911. neither the trump campaign nor a bannon spokeswoman commented. and bannon is among those who have drawn controversy. former campaign chairman paul manafort's lob

chris frates is following the story from washington. chris, likely that won't change, is it? >> likely not going to change, erica. exactly right. as you point out, hk could release her 2015 tax returns as early as today, in fact, just this morning, her campaign put out a new web video, slamming donald trump for refusing to release his returns. now, this video features prominent republicans like mitt romney and mitch mcconnell pressures trump to release his turns, and raises questions why he is refusing. it features a clip of trump himself talking about tax returns. >> you know if you're running, at a minimum, you're going to have to show your returns. >> if you didn't see them, you're going to think something is wrong. what's wrong. >> donald can answer all of these questions. >> the voice you heard at the end of the clip, that was gop senator ted cruz, who ran against trump in the primaries. attacked trump for not releasing his taxes. now, trump has said he is not releasing his taxes because he is being audited. but the irs has said an audit doesn't prevent anyone from relea

cnn's chris frates has more on the woman responsible for saving the trump campaign. >> reporter: a moreined donald trump on the campaign trail. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words. or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not i regret it. >> reporter: why the change? kellyanne conway, helping to shape campaigns for republicans, newt gingrich, texas senator ted cruz and indiana governor and now current vice presidential candidate mike pence and has challenged a hillary clinton presidency for more than a decade. >> the high water mark was in 1998 at 20%. that was the year that her husband used her like a doormat. he cheat ed on her, humiliated her, which suggests to me that -- >> kellyanne? >> i admire her because i feel sorry for her. >> even though conway may not have backed the trump candidacy. >> it's time for a change. >> saying in an interview, quote, although americans love to pretend they have this great love affair with change and choice and evolution, they order the same thing at mcdona

cnn's chris frates in washington. >> with the big trip to mexico, his campaign is trying to positione statesman of the race while suggesting hillary clinton is m.i.a. on the world stage. >> i don't know where hillary clinton is. i heard she's going to cincinnati today but i think the american people can see quite a contrast between donald trump, who gets an invitation from a world leader, drops what he's doing, even with a major speech on the schedule for tonight, and heads down to next co-to sit down with the president of that country to begin a conversation about how we move the interests of the american people forward and how we work with our neighbors in a more constructive and effective way. >> but the clinton campaign was quick to argue that trump's rhetoric about mexico has off be been less than construct. threat being to deport undocumented immigrants and ban remittances if mexico doesn't pay for a border wall. clinton spokeswoman jennifer palmeiri said what ultimately matters is what donald trump says to voters in arizona, not mexico, and whether he remains committed to spli

cnn's chris frates is following the story from beginning to end. he joins me from washington. first, you know, were there many minorities that were in that crowd? let's talk about where do the polls stand right now when it comes to trump and black voters? >> it's all great questions because he's continuing this out reach to african-americans, as you ask, he's telling a mostly white crowd in a predominately white suburb that hillary clinton is taking black voters for granted. trump promised if he were to run for reelection he'd win 95% of the black vote. that's a really, really tall order considering that president obama, the nation's first black president, only won 93% of the black vote in his reelection. and it's a particularly tough lift for donald trump. look at where he's starting from. a recent nbc wall street poll says support frump african-americans is 1%. trump's question of what the hell do blackvis have to lose w answered swiftly by the clinton campaign in a statement the clinton campaign said this, quote, donald trump asked what the african-american community has to

chris frates has details. >> reporter: good morning, donald trump's advisors always seem to invite controversy. this time it's trump's new campaign chief who is in the headlines. trump's new campaign chief steve bannon is drawing democratic fire. >> the latest shakeup was designed to let trump be trump. to do that he hired stephen bannon. the head of a right wing website called breitbart.com. as the campaign ceo. >> reporter: now the conservative news chief is drawing headlines of his own. bannon was charged with battery and domestic violence stemming from a 1996 incident involving his then wife. according to documents obtained by cnn, an argument over money allegedly got physical after bannon's then wife told them she wanted a divorce. the police officer wrote she appeared she was very upset and had been crying. her eyes were red and watery. she said oh, thank you you are here. the police reports went on to say that bannon pulled her by her wrist and pulled her down. the report said she fought back, got away from bannon and dialled 911. neither the trump campaign or a bannon spokesman returne

chris frates in washington. chris, thank you. >>> here to discuss further, kaleigh, sally cohn, daily beast columnist, and for the root.com and communications professor at morgan state university. good to have you with us on this friday morning. kaleigh, i want to start with you. there was some surprise last night and carried over into this morning on what we heard from donald trump. first of all, he was using a teleprompter. he said i regret some of the things i say, he'll be truthful. he said august 2 nd, i don't regret anything. which donald trump is it? does it stick? does it last? >> i don't think it is it is the new donald trump. he realized that his comments have caused some pain and wanted to have a maya cullpa and say i never wanted to offend or hurt anyone, and gave this that apol >> we question what a politician really says, and in this case, he said i regret some things. i regret some things in his words caused personal pain. but he didn't get specific. would that not have been more effective if he s

chris frates is following the story from washington. first, independent didn't seem that there, that many minorities in the crowd. where are the minorities when it comes to polling for trump? >> tlnt tl weren't many minorities in that crowd. when trump argued that hillary clinton is taking black voters for granted he did it in what was mostly a white crowd in a mostly white suburb. that's where he promised that if he was to run-for-reelection at the end of his first term he would win 95% of the vote. that's has huge order consider president obama, the nation's first black president only won 93% of the black wrote vote in his reelection four years ago. it will's particularly tough lift for donald trump, particularly considering where trump is starting from. let's look at the nbc "wall street journal" pom. it shows that trump support among african-americans, just 1%. clinton meanwhile, she's got the support of 91% of the black community. and clinton's campaign wasted no time of answering the question of what the hell do blacks have to los

chris frates, thank you. >>> the motives of some clinton foundation donors, that charity still get aigh grade. in fact the highest grade when it comes to helping millions of people around the world. and the grade comes from people who do not have a dog in the political fight. you're going to hear from one of them next. >>> in the philanthropic world the clinton foundation ranks about as high as can you get for a charity. guide star gave it a platinum rating and charity watch gave it an a. daniel bore cough is the president of charity watch and joins me live from chicago. daniel, thanks for being with us. tell me how the found dag ranks compared to other nonprofits and why they get an a. >> the clinton foundation is an excellent charity. they are able to get 88% of their spending to bona fide program services and their fund-raising efficiency is really low. only costing them $2 to raise $100. they are out there with other charities such as doctors without borders, salvation army, american red cross. on the other hand, charity watch has f rated charities such as feed the children that

. >> chris frates, thanks. >>> let's talk more about trump's minority outreach with our political panel, a bm consultant and hillary clinton supporter and pete hook stra is a former republican congress from michigan. thank you for joining us this morning. let me start with you, trump's outreach to the minority community, summing it up, what the hell do you have to lose is that going to work as a message? it can be actually effective as a slogan but will it really work? >> trump is good great at coming up with slogans. he's more of a howard stern candidate than ronald reagan. he's appeal is trust me, i'll get the vote. the republicans did an autopsy of the 2008 election and told them they had to make some gains with latino voters and african-american voters and rather than taking progress he's taken it dramatically to the other direction. >> peter, we've already gone over these polls that suggests that donald trump is not doing well, especially with african-american voters. so i'm wondering just from a strategic point of view, should donald trump, when trying to, of course, win an electi

cnn investigative correspondent chris frates live in washington with more. their initial reaction was this shouldn't be released. now they're saying everyone should have it. >> that's exactly right, chris. hillary clinton's e-mail problems really continuing to dog her campaign. yesterday the fbi sent congress a classified report explaining why it recommended against charging clinton in connection with her use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. the report contains notes from interviews with clinton and other material related to the investigation. the decision to release the information in a case where charges are not brought is extremely rare. in a statement, the fbi said it provided the report to congress with the expectation it won't be made public. but the news drew a sharp response from the clinton cam pap, who said republicans were only looking to second-guess the fbi. in a statement, the campaign said this. they said, we believe that if these materials are going to be shared outside the justice department, they should be released widely so

>> i want to bring in cnn's chris frates who is some washington for us. from anybody in washington about what he said last night? >> you know, lots of reaction from, you know, folks here in washington, christi. but i want to start with this shake-up at trump tower continuing yesterday. as trump advisory paul manafort announced his resignation. remember, manafort was hired to run the delegate operation. and ended up taking over the campaign when corey lewandowski was fired. but days after trump hired a new campaign manager, manafort was gone. he said, i'm very appreciative of his great work and helping us get to where we are today. in particular, his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. paul is a true professional and i wish him success. a senior campaign aide told me that trump lost faith in manafort a couple weeks ago, saying that manafort wasn't quick enough with his answers of questions. and manafort has been facing increasing scrutiny over his lobbying ties with ukraine and russia, told trump he was becoming a distraction and he

. >> good to see you, chris frates. >>> joining me here in atlanta co-chair of women vote trump and marineia a clinton supporter. amy, i want to start with here. after the week, i need to ask about this comment we heard from donald trump, is he being sarcastic? is he exaggerating, this is hyperbole? >> on the -- >> voting, cheating, yeah. >> i think we need to focus on winning. that's what we need to focus on, getting out to vote and everybody being active until that last ballot is cast. i mean, voter fraud is a serious issue. >> okay. >> there have been concerns before but i think we need to focus on getting 0 out to vote. >> donald trump says the only way we can lose knew opinion, and i really mean this, pennsylvania is if cheating goes on. the only way they can beat it in my opinion, and i mean this 100% is if in certain sections of the state they cheat. i'm going to ask you is he genuine or sarcasm? >> i'm not in donald trump's mind. >> is it if supporters don't know if he's serious or joking? >> i think we need to get out to vote. i don't care if he's 10 points ahead or 20 points ahead

cnn investigative correspondent chris frates live. >> good morning.gn in the '90s, the softer side of sears, it appears donald trump is facing his own struggles, may be facing his own version of that, a more contrite side. >> i've never been politically correct. >> donald trump, doing what he refused to do throughout his campaign, expressing remorse for his controversial statements. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> a complete 180 from the una pol jet tone h -- unapologetic tone. >> it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues. but one thing i can promise you this. i will always tell you the truth. >> trump delivering prepared remarks, speaking for the first time since his campaign overhaul and veering away from the brash persona that could doom him. >> i think we're going to sharpen the message and we're going make sure donald trump is comfortabl

. >> chris frates, thank you. three little words. to be determined. here to help us break down trump's immigration position and a flip here is brian stelter. he is host of "reliable