former hud secretary, carlie hill, connie marila, john negroponte, and now former congressman, chris shays, republican from connecticut. well, congressman shays says she's going to vote for hillary clinton this november and he joins me now. i have to say, congressman shays, welcome to the show. i think the last time that clinton was so happy with you is when you decided not to vote to impeach bill clinton as one of the few republicans who did that. >> there were four of us. i thought the impeachable offenses weren't proven and the proven offense s weren't impeachable. and i regret deeply that we were offtrack. we were on a roll getting lots of things done, and then all of a sudden, tom delay and company said, let's impeach the guy and we'll be in power for the next 25 years. >> so let me ask you this. is your vote for hillary clinton or against donald trump? >> first off, donald trump lost me a long time ago. and -- so now i'm faced, okay, who do i vote for? and i watched both conventions. i saw a dark convention. i saw a convention where it was almost like they wanted to lynch hillary cli

he was a republican congressman named chris shays.hays has now endorsed hillary clinton for president. what's donald trump doing in connecticut with an electoral map like he's faing right now? maybe he had to be there for a fund-raiser, politico.com reports today trump's spokesperson didn't respond when asked if he would be doing fund-raising through this state. he did attend a fund-raiser in the hamptons in new york the afternoon before he went to connecticut on saturday night. 83 days left to go in the campaign, the background match looking as absolutely desperate as it does, what the hell is he doing in connecticut? watch this space. >> we're making a big move for the state of connecticut, just so you understand. slept... you're not you. tylenol® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. we give you a better night. you're a better you all day. tylenol®. you may be muddling through allergies.oned with... try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®. because it starts working

he was a republican congressman named chris shays. shays has now endorsed hillary clinton for president. what's donald trump doing in connecticut with an electoral map like he's faing right now? maybe he had to be there for a fund-raiser, politico.com reports today trump's spokesperson didn't respond when asked if he would be doing fund-raising through this state. he did attend a fund-raiser in the hamptons in new york the afternoon before he went to connecticut on saturday night. 83 days left to go in the campaign, the background match looking as absolutely desperate as it does, what the hell is he doing in connecticut? watch this space. >> we're making a big move for the state of connecticut, just so you understand. ents... that is until one of you clips a food truck ruining your perfect record. yeah. now you would think your insurance company would cut you some slack, right? no, your insurance rates go through the roof. your perfect record doesn't get you anything. anything. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty m

people like hewlett-packard meg whitman and chris shays.mer connecticut congressman chris shays. >> she's going to make government work again which is something i think some republicans don't want. >> reporter: all while trump's primary opponents gave vague hints about how they will or won't cast their ballots. >> vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom. to be faithful to the constitution. >> i wish that i could be fully enthusiastic. i can't be. >> reporter: leaving open the chance even more republicans will opt not to vote for their own nominee come election day. jessica snider, cnn, new york. >> so we said this campaign cannot get anymore surprising. we spoke too soon. donald trump speaking in sunrise, florida, had this to say about the people sitting behind him and the people sitting behind hillary clinton. >> you think you have the best location, right? and you do in one way. the people behind me, they're all on television. they've going to be famous. they're going to be famous. they're going to b

what more does he need to say, chris shays? >> you made a point.ou were making this point a long time ago. i watch your program. i love you. i call it the mika show. >> oh, come on. i do have sympathy for paul ryan. but, i'm soraersorry, i expect . i know joe is right. it's not good coming from me. it comes from him, too. it comes from you. republicans. >> i have friends up for office and they say if you don't support donald trump, you're hurting us because we have to answer the question. i'm going one step further. i am hurting them, but, you know, there is a time when you put your country first. >> joe is recommending, though, that the republicans essentially dump trump. what is the next step for that? former senator humfry said that the republican party should actually intervene to get him off and replace him. would you be supportive of something like that? >> yeah. >> what i like about hillary is that she's going to work with republicans and all americans. she understands foreign leaders. she understands the white house, she understands congres

chris shays, excongressman, this is what he said about her, he is a republican.ick. >> i mean number one i worked with her when she was a senator. she was a pleasure to work with. she was gracious. she was smart. she did her homework. >> cuz you're not running for office you can say this. but this is so much of people who work with her, have this experience, she's smart, she's great. >> i think most republicans usually run against her saying she is part of the system. she knows the system. she manipulates the system which is actually-- . >> larry: that is like saying this surgeon has done surgery. >> exactly. >> larry: (cheers and applause). >> larry: it doesn't make sense, right. i want a surgeon that has never performed surgery working on me. >> that describes the republican party health-care plan, right. >> yeah. >> she's going to be our president, we're there. like i mean-- whoa, okay. >> get over it, she's winning all the states, she has all the money. it's the [bleep] she's been handed. and it's staying in the kich in. >> but our poop is going away. >> larr

. >> reporter: this week former republican congressman chris shays and 50 other prominent republicans announced they're voting for clinton. >> he's reckless with how he uses words. >> reporter: and they say it isn't just the jokes that worry them, it's also the prospect of trusting this man to speak for the nation. >> jokes rarely translate well into foreign languages. they can be taken deadly seriously by other foreign leaders and could lead to an escalation in a time of crisis. >> i am so happy to be back here. >> reporter: out on the campaign trail, tensions are high. today the secret service took down a protester at a clinton event. in june, police in las vegas thwarted what they say was an assassination attempt against trump. >> we love our police. >> words matter, my friends. and if you are running to be president, or you are president of the united states, words can have tremendous consequences. >> reporter: mere words do have extraordinary power to inspire or outrage. >> crooked hillary clinton. >> reporter: both candidates know that. the tone of this campaign already uglier t

connie morella, chris shays who said dtr practically everything i was taught not to be and taught our daughter not to be. >>> security experts are warning the presidential election could be hacked. concerns about a cyberattack are growing this year especially after the hack of dnce-mails. mireya villarreal has the the story. going to be rigged. have to be honest. >> for weeks, donald trump has told his supporters the outcome of the 2016 election could be out of his control. but for the hackers, that at security response, election day results could be manipulated by a device you can find online. >> i can insert it. it resets the card. able to vet again. the voter doesn't need to leave the booth to hack the machine. >> how much? >> 15. >> for $15. and knowledge of the card you could hack the vote. >> this director says elections can be hacked by breaking into the machines after the votes are collected. >> the results go from that machine into a piece of central counting place. that data is not encrypted. >> how big of a hacking potential problem is this? >> well, there is a huge potenti

this morning the former congressman chris shays, explain his position. >> not hard to figure out. trump, lost a long time ago. he does and says everything my mom and dad taught me to never say and do. he doesn't understand the basic requirements of being president of the united states. and frankly, he is dangerous. >> wow. well, shays joins a growing list of big name endorsements including bush 43 secretary carlos gutierrez, carla hills, the former congressman, could nottie morrella, and john negroponte. our next guess is another to come out against trump in march, he signed an open letter saying president trump would use his office to act in ways that make america less safe and pose as distinct threat on civil liberty in the united states. thanks for joining us. what is it? i ask this question because i like the get to the heart of darkness. i did it with mike murphy. what is it? if you had to say to somebody really close to you that stops you no matter what else happens from voting for trump? >> he lacks any teach knowledge of national security or history. he speaks and acts imp

i mean, she should win this thing with no close second. >> congressman, former congressman chris shays. chris? >> all right. another issue that's going to come up in this election and it matters is the intelligence assessments on isis and al qaeda. were they overly optimistic? that's what a republican-led congressional investigation, their report just concluded. is that accurate? and if so, what does it suggest? we have a national security expert weighing in next. ♪ ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirty-first. >>> all right. so here are the facts. a new republican-led congressional report says that u.s. central command was overly optimistic about the war against isis and al qaeda. the report says members of sent-com ignored senior analysts and intelligence community predictions in favor of ones that simply looked b

states that had -- where you had to win with swing votes or congressional districts, i'm thinking chris shayshinking of gordon humphrey in new hampshire, that these are -- tom ridge of pennsylvania. you're not seeing people bail on trump who come from rural america. >> that's correct again. and look, those congressional districts either are held by democrats or don't exist anymore because of gerrymandering. that's another fundamental problem in our system in trying to get president and congress together, assuming that hillary clinton wins. >> put your professor hat on here. you've studied elections your whole adult life. explain to the country why our system is not rigged. >> it's not rigds -- and it's not perfect by any means. it's possible for people to hack into some of these computer systems around the country. i'm not denying that. but the system itself isn't rigged because so many people are watching and watching carefully. and if you're talking about just the election day vote, i have great confidence in it. we also have hundreds of thousands of precincts in 50 states plus the district

. >> reporter: one of those republicans is chris shays, who was a congressman from connecticut for over 21 years, yesterday. >> never voted for a democratic governor or democratic president. but donald trump lost me a long time ago. history is not going to be kind to donald trump. and it is not going to be kind to people who supported him. >> reporter: trump says that slashing taxes and regulations will unleash the economy, while clinton will say today that you can't pay for things like new roads and bridges, unless you tax the wealthy more. she'll also argue that fl is a perfect example, gayle, of what can happen when government oversight is relaxed. >> thank you, nancy. >>> a virginia man who climbed trump tower said he had a ams sage to deliver. the new york police department yanked the man off the side of the building yesterday. he spent nearly three hours using suction cups to climb to the 21st floor. tony dokoupil is outside trump's tower. this building is where donald trump makes his home. it has also been called the working white house for the republican nominee. but mr. trump w

of congress, including some who haven't come forward for clinton before including connecticut's chris shays who said, quote, donald trump represents praecket everything i was taught not to be and taught our daughter not to be. >> nancy, you know, hillary clinton is facing a series of messages that focuses on ties between the clinton foundation when she was secretary of state. how is the clinton campaign responding to that today? >> the clinton campaign has always denied any foundation donors received any special treatment, because she was secretary of state. but, now, this batch of new e-mails obtained by judicial watch includes a few e-mails exchanged between huma abedin and doug band who led the in one with exchange, abedin requested a favor for someone who seemed to be looking for a job. in another, band asked abedin to connect a liberty knees billionaire who is one of the top donors of the foundation with someone in lebanon. abedin said she would give him a call. the clinton campaign says she's foundation's work and they say band was operating in his capacity as an aide to former presid

let's bring in chris for shays, republican and former congressman for connecticut.penned an op-ed entitled, why i'm voting for hillary clinton. sir, good to have you here. >> thank you. >> so donald trump didn't convince you this week with his speeches that a lot of members of the gop thought were better? >> he lost me a long time ago. you know, the new donald trump isn't any different than the old donald trump. there's nothing that i would like about him as president. >> you don't like his plans for the economy versus hillary clinton's plans? >> well, you know, his plans mean nothing because, i mean, he says one thing and does something else. frin for instance, he thinks everything should be made in the united states, yet i'm wearing a tie, a donald trump tie made in china. he's talking about how folks here are going to be sent back home that are undocumented, now he's talking maybe he won't do it. he's all over the place. >> i see in your notes the concern he would allow countries to have nuclear weapons? >> he did. he said maybe other countries should be allowed

joining us now, former congressman chris shays and jennifer granholm. the best convention speaker on the face of the earth. congressman, we'll start with you. an announcement this morning about who you were voting for. >> first, can i clarify

joining us now, former congressman chris shays and jennifer granholm. the best convention speaker on the face of the earth. congressman, we'll start with you. an announcement this morning about who you were voting for. >> first, can i clarify something. did you kick joe out? >> no, we're good. he's actually on a conference call. but let's say he's in the penalty box. i like that. >> congressman shays, congressman -- >> he was my first choice and second choice and third choice. >> joe's, too.