diamond is following the trump campaign in colorado springs today. what are you hearing? >> well, donald trump has two events here in colorado. first, here in colorado springs and then he'll be heading over to denver, colorado. this is typically a battleground state. hillary clinton is up roughly ten points according to the latest polls so donald trump has some ground to make up here. by going after hillary clinton and offering his first in person rebuttal, if you will, to hillary clinton's convention speech just last night but no sooner had clinton wrapped up her speech late night that trump was going after her on twitter in particular and doing one of the things he does best which is stoke fear with regards to terrorism. he tweeted, quote, hillary' refusal to mention radical islam as she pushes a 500% increase in refugees is more proof she is unfit to lead the country. brought up repeatedly on the

we are moments away from donald trump taking the stage in colorado springs, colorado. back the panel. i wanted to ask you about this because we were told that hillary clinton was going to address the fact that she does have, according to polls, these trust issues. majority of voters thinking she's not honest. and here's what she said, here's how she addressed it. >> the service part has always come easier to me than the public part. i get it, that some people just don't know what to make of me. >> is that the problem, that people don't know what to make of her? or in her view is it they know what to make of her but they're wrong? >> i think, you know, she does think she's a trustworthy person, so i do think she thinks that perception is wrong. but it is on her to clear it up. it's not like other people's fault. she's the candidate. she needs to really lay out her vision. i think the reality is that i think part of the trust issue is people want to understand why she's actually running, what is she doing, what is she doing this for. i think she laid that out very clearl

outside of colorado springs.re is a lot of people struggling in that district, so -- i think that is one of the biggest concerns for a lot of people. juan: talk about what inspired you to run. you were a late entrant into the campaign. the process you went through in deciding to run. beenll, this has actually a very long process. the answer to the questioion isa very long one. basically, it boils down to i could not sit on the sidelines anymore. i had to really get invnvolved t a much different level. i did not think i could sit on the sideliness anymore casting a vote here or there and hoping that something changes. be the change you want to see in the world are words i try to live by for a very long time. anytime someone has been, you know, there's nowhere you -- no way you cann win, everything is impossible until it is done. amy: o on defense secretary ash thursday, carter announcnced tht the pentagon will end its ban on openly transgender people serving in the military. this is what he said. >> our mission is

share the joy. >>> we're weight on donald trump in colorado springs. will be his first presentation as the general election officially kicks off. 114 professors at the university of colorado, where the speech will take place, mosted his appearance. nonetheless donald trump will appear. we'll take you there when it happens. >>> first this. >> wall street, corporations, and the super rich, are going to start paying their fair share. of taxes. wall street can never, ever be allowed to wreck main street again. >> there you have it. hillary clinton bashing wall street, saying pay up. the same hillary clinton accepting big bucks from wall street. the "wall street journal" reports clinton had accepted $48.5 million from hedge funds compared with $19,000 for donald trump. to ben stein, author of "how to really ruin your life." love that title. tell me this. what does hillary clinton -- i'm sorry -- what does wall street get for the $48 million it's contributed to hillary clinton? >> a kick in the teeth and the ability to say they're part of the cool people and

he'll have a town hall in colorado springs, colorado. this will be trump's first event after hillary clinton's acceptance speech last night. now colorado has been a battleground state the last few elections. recent polls show donald trump falling significantly behind there. the democrats so confident in their position in colorado, they pulled their advertising out a week ago. donald trump, though, trying to make a play for it in the rocky mountain state. we're keeping an eye on the podium. we'll bring you donald trump's campaign event when it begins. also the democratic ticket. clinton and kaine. officially set in philadelphia. now they are taking a bus tour. heading out across pennsylvania as they start the sprint to november 8th. >> i don't know about you, but i stayed up really late last night. it was just hard to go to sleep. >> pennsylvania and ohio, the two states clinton and kaine are going to be hitting. the two most critical states in that path to 270 for both candidates. much more on that ahead. >>> also rounding out our agenda

this is from colorado springs. the fire department there tweeted that they performed several water rescues after flash floods, as well. there's also damaging hailstorms in nebraska and wyoming. >> looks like you can shred some wearing for the opening ceremony in rio. >>> charges dropped in the chandra levy case. levy's mother comments on the release. >>> police jump into action

we're still awaiting trump's town hall in colorado springs.hat to you live as soon as it begins. melissa. melissa: both conventions in the book as presidential nominees take their best shots at the other. >> i accept your nomination. >> i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination. >> don't believe anyone who says i alone can fix it. >> nobody knows the system better than me. i alone can fix it. the world is far less stable than when obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in in charge of america's foreign policy. >> it comes down to what donald trump doesn't get, america is great because america is good. melissa: what does that even mean? james freeman from "the wall street journal." mustafa temiiz, former department of homeland security consultant. james we're in quite a political season? do we get any substance or right down in the mud pit wrestling for the next 100 days. >> i think it is funny. media talks about how donald trump is never very specific but on substance in some ways i think he had a a coherent convention. he stickse

and i'm curious what's your sense about what people on the ground are saying in colorado springs aboutald trump and what e he needs to win them over. >> colorado is considered a steel state. they want to come in and do very well. it's interesting when you talk about the role. this is an issue that donald trump has been dealing with since the iowa caucuses back in january. you remember that when a lot of the talk was about whether donald trump can connect with the g the evangelical community. it was not front and center at the convention last week like you might have seen from other candidates. faith is such a central part of the movement. to a lot who want to e see somebody in the white house who reflects their values, but think about who trump is going after. think about the people that the campaign is targing the most. the way that a ted cruz went after. it's indiana, michigan, ohio voters and he's going at them with a different message chrks is what we're seeing him and pence talk about today. pence also out on the campaign trail. and saying that he doesn't like all the name calling

this as trump is bh to hold a rally in colorado springs, colorado. battleground state.you there live next. >>> also ahead, a major u.s. city is halting blood donations because of the zika virus. this is happening as florida announces that four people have now become infected. this is the first known cases of zika transmitted by mosquitos right here in the u.s. we'll talk to a doctor. >>> and later, had fun in philadelphia this week. in west philadelphia, born and raised. indeed, that is deejay jazzy jeff's story. we talked about politics, music and we talked about shootings in this country. candid conversation with him next. that contributes to ra symptoms. doctors have been prescribing humira for over 13 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain

here's a look at colorado springs, colorado, where trump is holding a town hall meeting. the republican presidential nominee's campaign called hillary clinton's acceptance speech last night, quote, an insulting collection of cliches and recycled rhetoric. trump has been vigorously tweeting all day, saying, crooked hillary said i couldn't handle the rough and tumble in the campaign. really? i just beat 16 people, and also her. michael bloomberg called trump a con man saying, little michael bloomberg knows nothing about me. his last term as mayor was a disaster. mike pence put on a helmet, hopped on a harley with a national guard charity group this morning. the republican vice presidential nominee and more than 100 riders left the state house in indianapolis for a ride across indiana, raising money for education. >>> take a live look down the shore right now at cape may. plenty of beachgoers out there. a little cloudy this morning. there was rain that rolled through. as you can see, the sun is shining. we know that the changes are still in the mix over the weekend. >> cloud

. >> donald trump speaks shortly in denver and he spoke in colorado springs.on that from our jason carroll. >> just remember this, trump is going to be more more mr. nice guy. >> reporter: donald trump on offense taking aim at hillary clinton on the heels of this week's democratic national convention. >> i've been saying let's just beat her in the november race, but you know what? no. no. you know what? i'm starting to agree with you, i'll tell you. >> after watching that performance last night, such lies. i don't have to be so nice anymore. i'm taking the gloves off, right? >> reporter: trump is also ignoring the advice of a friend who he says told him to stay focused on clinton. >> i was going to hit one guy in particular, a very little guy, i was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin, he wouldn't know what the hell happened. >> reporter: today trump going after former new york city mayor michael bloomberg who delivered a scathing attack against trump at the convention. >> trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? god

trump heading west to colorado for a town hall meeting in colorado springs, a rally in denver later tonight, colorado sprints even classic trump, taking shots at clinton a dnc speech. >> i watched her last night giving a speech that was so average. she said something about the campaign. donald trump does not know how to campaign, something like that. i just beat 15 people, i am beating her. i was clear curious if he would do a class act and not mention my name, or mention it with respect, like say, i would like to congra to conlate my -- congratulate my republican opponent for doing something that nobody has done in history. and congratulate my opponent for something gotten more votes than anyone in history of republican party. lou: we'll take out trump's winning strategy, talk with trump's national spokesperson, katrina pierson here. and former arkansas governor mike huckabee and media mogul steve forbes. a lot to talk about, including that google is in the tank for hillary, caught removing donald trump fromy isy iy search engine results. >> and hillary clinton saying super rich are going

but on the flipside of that, when you're out here at these rallies, colorado springs, whether it's iowawhether it's pennsylvania, these crowds respond to that name calling. so when the eyes of the campaign, why should he stop. anderson? >> jason carroll, thanks very much. let's bring bette host marc lamont hill had, maria cardona, "new york times" presidential campaign correspondent maggie haverman and radio host margaret hoover. scotty hughes and trump surrogate john j. la val. >> maggie, congratulations on the interview with donald trump on foreign policy. yet another fascinating interview. the general election has begun now. 101 days. the battle has been joined. how confident are each of these campaigns at this point? >> it depends on what is being said publicly and privately. the clinton campaign feels increasingly confident coming out of this convention they have a strong message to drive against donald trump. you heard jeff talk about why they see the importance of extinguishing any trump support in the rust belt. the trump campaign says it feels very confident they believe they h

senior national correspondent john roberts is live with us from colorado springs, colorado, with the >> reporter: good afternoon, is. i'm at the university of colorado at colorado springs, where some 2500 people are lining up to get into the donald trump event. he's expected to continue the drumbeat of law and order which he began at the republican national convention in cleaved land. donald trump making news in that front, in an an appearance with the milwaukee sheriff david clarke on talk radio, saying he supports and would remove restrictions on the transfer of surplus military equipment to law enforcement, restrictions that were put in place last year by president obama on the so-called 1033 program in the wake of what happened in ferguson. donald trump telling sheriff clarke he would make that a priority in his first 100 days. >> i would do that in a heartbeat. i thought it was ridiculous, and i think the whole concept is ridiculous of what they did. and i mean, all of a sudden, people are going to start saying, oh, now we feel much better because they don't have protection, bec

she has another one scheduled tonight and trump expected to speak any minute in colorado springs. both are calling this an important election with two very different choices. abc kenneth moten has more. >>reporter: for the first time since accepting their nomi and tim kaine rallied together at temple university, celebrated their convention and teamed up to attack donald trump. hillary and clinic tim kaine -- and tim kaine -- >> what better place to kickoff this campaign than where it started here 240 years ago. a historic night in american politics. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> philadelphia really showed off this week. [cheers and applause] >> the celebrations went into the early morning hours after the dnc. clinton mingles with donors and supporters, but the party is over. that general election match up against donald trump is 100 days away. >> his speech, his whole convention seemed more about insulting me inste the american people. >> trump released a tweet storm claiming his campaign is hearing from more and more sand

today holding a town hall in colorado springs. ed: he is now focused on attacking democratic nominee hillary clinton. while in colorado he called her acceptance speech so average and said it was full of false claims against him. the crowd also getting involved, chanting lock her up, during the rally. maria: the clinton/kaine ticket hit the road today just hours after closing out the democratic convention in philadelphia last night. the two democrats are on a bus tour of the must-win states of ed: you've heard of crowdsourcing but probably not quite like this. a local startup company is collecting tiny samples of blood. mike wankum tells us it's all for some cutting edge medical research. >> thousands of samples. blood and tissue all stored at orig3n's lab in boston. >> they are present. -100 96 degrees celsius. doing is almost futuristic. >> yeah, it's pretty unbelievable. it's like science fiction every day. >> robin smith is orig3n's ceo. >> our goal is to do this. we call it a living snapshot of humanity. i want to capture sampl

reporter: good morning to you from colorado springs. donald trump hoping to turn this background to win the last two election cycles, they voted for bush in 2004 so he's trying to put this one back in the republican column and on a serious note weighing in on the terrible shooting of the two san diego police officers late last night, tweeting out a little while ago, two policemen just shot in san diego, one day. it is only getting worse. people want law and order and trump continuing to press the theme that he unveiled at the political convention in cleveland last week, the theme of safety and economic prosperity particularly in light of this terrible shooting of the two police officers. last night in cedar rapids trump also expanded on his concerns about allowing syrian refugees into the country without proper vetting, suggesting to the crowd there and it was a large crowd in cedar rapids that it's impossible to know with the current system who is coming into the country and where they are going. listen to what told the crowd . >> nobo

trump heading west to colorado for a town hall meeting in colorado springs, a rally in denver later tonightprints even classic trump, taking shots at clinton a dnc speech. >> i watched her last night

you're looking live at colorado springs where donald trump is delivering miss first remarks since late last night. now the republican nominee is firing back. here is trump moments ago in colorado. >> i watched last night. i watched hillary clinton. what a sad -- what a sad situation. it was all clichÉs. they used one on me about tweet and she said something about the campaign. donald trump doesn't know how to campaign, something like that. i just beat 16 people and i'm beating her. >> he has a point. >> he has a good point. and it's funny. when he says thingses you do have to watch because like what is he going to say next. i'm interested that he's in colorado. colorado springs, a place i used to deejay back in the day. 96.9, kccy fm. but here is the thing about -- it's interesting how hard he has been working and traveling to the states where he should go. but colorado is an interesting one. because it was last week there was a report out of colorado that hillary clinton has pulled ads from there. her organizing team there has said that's not true, but the reason that they have pulled

stay focused or more disciplined in the campaign these days, he seems to be trashing everyone colorado springs fire marshal for doing his job of crowd control. >> they don't know what they're doing. then you wonder why we're going to hell. >> reporter: eventually donald trump focused back to hillary clinton. >> a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. >> giving a speech that was so average. >> reporter: he declared victory because more viewers watched his convention night than hers. >>se >> reporter: more people may have watched trump's convention speech, but what do they think about it? >> it wasn't a tour of this country. it was a journey through donald trump's mind and that is a very frightening place. >> now, i don't know about you but i stayed up really late last night. it was just hard to go to sleep. iv of coffee as she thanked philadelphia the morning after her convention capping speech. interestingly, the tv ratings may have corresponded with the level of controversy. more viewers watched the dnc early in the week as scandalous e-mails surfaced.

he will hold aial -- hold a rally in colorado springs. >> police pull over a dui driver who is guiltyf doing it many times before. >> rescuers rescue a woman and her mother trapped in flooding. >> reporter: we have showers in the western suburbs. most of the thunderstorm activity is pulling off the coast. does look like things get better as we go through the morning and afternoon. the weekend is upon us, i'll have the details on what to expect saturday and sunday, coming up next. >> the crackle of thunder ripples through sea isle city as another round of rain pummeled the city. it was slow going for drivers on flooded roads around landis avenue. >> let's talk about what we're in for today, i told you yesterday, i forget the umbrella. it's going to be balanced to you, i brought it today. >> reporter: it will come in handy this morning, we'll see the rain taper off, though as we go through the morning and in the afternoon hours. we had areas with two to four inches of rain overnight. be careful of flooded streets. even if it isn't raining you may be dealing with that lingering issue. th

trump will hold a rally at the university of colorado at colorado springs later this afternoon.e'll be back. [ children shouting playfully ] this is the last one i'm getting for her. -no, it's not. -no, it's not. back to school or back for more? staples has low prices... period. staples. make more happen. staples has low prices... period. >> hillary clinton slammed donald trump during her speech offering her voters nothing but bigotry and bombbast. a father of a muslim soldier took aim at trump. >> let me ask you have you even red the united states constitution? i will gladly lend you my copy. [cheers and applause]. >> mr. kahn went on to say look for the words liberty and equal protection of law. >> the time 5:57 a.m. democratic national convention comes to a historic close. hillary clinton takes the stage as the first woman chosen by a major party to run for president. >> clinton's speech featured her slogan, stronger together, but not all bernie sanders supporters are convinced. more on that part of the night as "action news" continues. >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., frida

trump heading west to colorado for a town hall meeting in colorado springs, a rally in denver later tonightg shots at clinton a dnc speech. >> i watched her last night

. >> trump also raled in colorado springs earlier where he complained that the fire marshal would not allow more people to attend his event. there are 100 days for the candidates to win over voters before election day. >>> pope francis made a som scomer silent stop today poland. the pope visited the former nazi death camp at auschwitz. he walked through alone and said nothing. he stopped to pray, sitting silently at one point for 15 minutes. he later went to an underground cell where he sat quietly and prayed. the cell was where a catholic was killed offering his life to save a brand-new sandy hook elementary school next month. three and a half years after the massacre at their building, the $50 million facility features state of the art security, two police officers will be stationed at the school, which includes video surveillance, and bullet-proof windows and doors. the new school sits adjacent to the site of the old building which has been demolished. a memorial is in the works. >>> stranded ith rescued from above, the life saving operation off the coast of new jersey. >> the batt

first donald trump about to speak in denver after promising earlier this evening in colorado springs the time has come for the campaign gloves to come off. jason carroll is covering team trump and he joins us now. trump has been criticized for his rhetoric and tone and how he's referenced hillary clinton. today he said though, he's taking the gloves off. >> reporter: yeah. i think there's a question among some of his critics if the gloves were actually ever on, given all the name calling we have heard even through the primary. just about everyone who has taken on donald trump, trump has come up with a name for that person, whether it be marco rubio, ted cruz, hillary clinton and you know, trump told the crowd here that he was going to go after hillary clinton, he told the crowd that he's been mr. nice guy in the past but not anymore. >> you know what? i have been saying -- i have been saying let's just beat her on november 8th but you know what? well, no. you know what? i'm starting to agree with you, i'll tell you. every time i mention her, everyone screams lock her up, lock her up,

. >> that is donald trump speaking in colorado springs colorado. my political power panel has been listening right beside me here. jessica i'm coming to you first because we have all been listening to donald trump and as you said he just never drops it this has to be part of his strategy to win in november. >> i have no idea. i think he he can't let something go. i'm pretty sure that his advisor if he is listening to him at all is said that it is time to move past the encouragement of that. he has this relentless nine at things and people pick on him about. as i also said the guy is so entertaining. i love the story about his son. with donald trump seine hey if you want to release the other 33 thousand e-mails that's on you. people said that was egregious even for him what is your perspective quacks. >> i think there is significant concerns surrounding that. americans want answers and they want effective leadership from individuals who have the responsibility to be professional they get the roll to be a leader in our country and we are supposed to

attacks like the recent execution of a catholic priest in france, the new life church shootings in colorado springs, or the emanuel church massacre in charleston last year. they regularly train in an active shooter training response center run by a former navy seal, jimmy graham. the same training used by police and military. >> they came in shoulder to shoulder like a s.w.a.t. team. >> that other guy has to be able to fire his gun. >> reporter: more businesses and churches are calling concerned about a rise in mass shootings. >> now these threats are showing up and we need to be better at taking care of each other. >> reporter: some say teaching people how to shoot back could open up liability concerns. and more guns are not the solution. sandy phillips' daughter was killed in the aurora theater massacre. >> are we going to have everyone carrying around an ar-15? do you know how quickly that would descend into absolute chaos? >> vince says he understands why people balk. >> if nothing ever happens, great. but what if it does? are you ready? >> reporter: his congregation praying for peace while gua

and continues today in colorado spring and then a rally in denver. >>> the rains moved out and now the sun is shining bright and it's more comfortable out. sky 6 hd takes a look at independence mall. and yea the heat wave is broken. david murphy is outside on the terrace. >> it's a warm and humid day but feels better than it has for earlier part of this week, looking at satellite and radar, cloud cover is kicking on out of here and sun and clouds mixing and you see the last of the heavy rain that came through, some neighborhoods got 3 to 4 inches of rain but the flooding issues we had for a little bit have pretty much subsided. 76 in central park in new york and 83 in washington and have you to go farther down the coast to get the human air at this point and 68 dew point is humid in philadelphia and washington and richmond it's higher with the dew point numbers. as we go through the afternoon, 82 by 2:00 and 86 by 4:00 and 85 by 6:00. there is a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thundershower. and proemost of you probably mi that. and 7:00 down to 78 degrees and the shower who thunde

in colorado springs, 27 police cars were knocked out of service with broken windshields.tning hit one home. damage was reported to the airport estimating at $5,000. so some severe weather. our own meteorologist janice dean is in the fox weather center with the very latest. janice, what do you have for this weekend for us? >> hi, liz, yeah, we're watching for the potential of more showers and thunderstorms across the southwest. this is typically the season where we call it the monsoon season for the southwest. showers and thunderstorms popping up during the afternoon hours. there's the last 24 hours. you can see the showers and some storms there. large hail, damaging winds. you can even see isolated tornadoes. we also have an area of low pressure that's going to move across the ohio river valley towards the northeast and the mid atlantic over the next 48 hours and we've already seen a lot of rainfall already across this region. so flooding is going to be a big concern. so today through sunday and monday and look at some of the rainfall totals that we have seen this past we

but trump bragged to an audience in colorado springs that television ratings show more people watcheds acceptance speech than clinton's. he offered his own reading on that. >> i watched her last night giving a speech. it was so average. >> seemingly scattered trump jumped from topic to topic, but made one thing clear. >> just remember this: trump is going to be no more mr. nice guy. >> the candidate have 100 days to win over voters before the election. weijia jiang, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> zero six workers in michigan now facing charges in connection to the water crisis in flint. prosecutors say some of the workers tried to cover up or down play the high levels of lead found in flint resident who drink the city's water. water became contaminate in the 2014 when the city started pulling drinking water from the flint river to save money, and left from the pipes ended up in the water. >> water back on in camden, but a boil water advisory remains in effect for about two thirds of the city. those who live west of the cooper river being urged to boil their weighter. advise advise

he'll be making stops in colorado springs and denver. his runningmate, mike pence, is making stops in lima, ohio, colorado is registered and considered battleground state, most recent pole there shows hillary clinton leading trump by 13-point. this morning, people in part of camden have to boil their water before drinking it, that's after a water main break. the advisory affect people in the neighborhoods west of the cooper river. the break happened at the delaire avenue and river road in pennsauken yesterday afternoon, american water customers may deal with a loss of water pressure, or have no water at all, if you should live there, you should boil your water until the brake is fixed as water quality kept it. >> man in extremely critical condition caught in the middle of gun battle in the germantown section, police tell us 25 year old victim driving home from work last night whether shot multiple times, near whoos err street, germantown avenue. we also learned the man's four year old daughter was in the back seat, she wasn't injured. >>

maria: live pictures from colorado springs where donald trump is holding a town hall. supporters are waiting for donald trump to take the stage. that should happen at any moment. ed: in the meantime, look at this video. do you recognize that man in front? maria: now i do. a novel approach to campaigning today. mike pence riding a harley davidson motorcycle across indiana -- of course he is the governor of indiana -- with a national guard charity group. pence rode motorcycles when he was younger. he jokes he took it up again when he became governor because it's required in the constitution. it's a good line. by the way, he borrowed the harley. maria: good to know. two adults and a teenager recovering after they were attacked with a baseball bat. ed: this afternoon, manchester police are looking for 30-year-old robert russell. the victims tell police they were sitting on the porch of a home on west hancock street when two laconia now where police are searching for 3 suspects in an overnight home invasion. there are 3 victims. it was just after 11:30 last night that offic

it looks like snow in colorado springs.e department tweeted they performed several water rescues after flash floods. there was damaging hailstorms in nebraska and wyoming. >> the heat wave will break as severe weather moves in damaging winds are the threat but heavy rain is expected as well, up to 3" of rain in cities from best to washington, dc. >> in ohio two firefighters rescuing motorists stranded in high water and they need rescuing pulling two people to safety when their boat flipped and they ended up in the water. everyone was okay. >> when it is hot and humid you have to do this, a bear took a dip in a pool at a los angeles area home to get away from the 90-plus pete and the woman who shot the video stayed >> that is "weather now." >> disguises are common during bank robberies but one when the extra mile, authorities on staten island are looking for a man who robbed a bang using a silver handgun while wearing a silver and black formal dress, silver high heels, a black hat and sunglasses. surveillance video caught hi

jason carroll, cnn, colorado springs, colorado. >> thank you. >>> a lot to talk about here.or more insight, let's bring in cnn politics reporter eugene scott live in washington, d.c., this hour. eugene, good to have you again with us. >> thank you. >> we heard mike pence talk about name-calling. my question to you, some voters are on the fence. when he talks about name-calling like that, but at the same time we see name-callinging on the republican side from donald trump, i think the names have been crooked hillary or hillary "rotten" clinton, how does that play with voters? >> it's interesting. it remains to be seen. from that interaction, that response, it makes you think that the trump-pence campaign doesn't believe that they have been involved in name-calling. i'm not sure what they would call pocahontas, but most people would consider that name-calling. to push back on someone doing it from the other side, some argue calling him a demagogue is not a name, it would be something. as you show, i think there trump views himself as a nice guy with a very good temperament. in

. >> reporter: in colorado springs, a conservative enclave in a swing state, donald trump picked up the crowd's chant. >> lock her up! >> you know what? i'm starting to agree with you. i'll tell you. i'm taking the gloves off, right, yes! no more mr. nice guy. >> reporter: one target city mayor michael bloomberg, who endorsed clinton and called trump a dangerous demagogue. >> i'm a new yorker. and i know a con when i see one. be. >> reporter: trump struck back on twitter. , "little michael bloomberg who never had the guts to run for president knows nothing about me." and at a rally in iowa-- >> they had a guy get up, a little guy gets up, knocked the hell-- i said i want to hit him back so hard. you have no idea-- >> reporter: as we've all learned, it wouldn't be a day in politics without trump on twitter, and his response to clinton's acceptance speech, well, it covered a lot of ground. scott, trump accused clinton of being soft on syrian refugee migration, indifferent to border control with mexico, and negligent in the fight against isis. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. coming up ne

donald trump will be holding a town hall in colorado springs. darlene, back to you. >> tracie strahan, thank you. stay with nbc news for everything in 2016. track the candidates and check nbcnewyork.com. >>> we have breaking news from san diego, two police officers were shot just hours ago. right now we don't know the condition of those two officers. the police department is asking people to pray for them. little known about the circumstances surrounding the shooting. we do know that one of the suspects is in custody. they're looking for the other. we'll follow this story all morning long. >> 4:35 on this friday morning. a check of weather and traffic. lots >> finishing the work week on a wet note. some moderate to occasionally briefly heavy rain showing up. live radar, heavier showers down in ocean county. around the city the rain picking up. the northern end of staten island, 440, heavier rain. during the course of the morning, the rain will vary in intensity, going from lighter to occasionally moderate, brief, heavy bursts of rain possible. w

it's burning about 80 miles from colorado springs.uthorities say at least one subdivision and two camp grounds have been placed under mandatory evacuations. a second fire started by careless campers has destroyed at least five homes. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. r. getting closer to sunrise this morning. we'll see lots of sunshine today. it's going to be a little bit warmer not only the temperature but the humidity will be higher, making it feel a bit warmer. right now, 68 degrees in philadelphia. the temperatures will be climbing near 80 degrees. that's at 10:00 this morning. and look at that noontime temperature, 83 degrees. in pact, we'll be well into the 80s this afternoon. notice the wind coming out of the south, 8 miles an hour where we had northerly winds yesterday. that will make for a warmer feeling day today. the suburbs, 63 degrees right now. upper 70s. also by 10:00 and into the 80s this afternoon. for the lehigh valley, we'll see sunshine today, 80s with those southwesterly winds. won't take a will the of wind

. >> smart young man, and we wish him the best he left for training with team usa in colorado springssunday. >>> the show must go on, but there will be new faces on the stage. >> producers of the broadway hit hamilton announced who will take on the roles after the original actors take their final bowl on saturday. we knew javier would be taking the lead after being the alternate, and brandon victor dixon will portray aaron. how far would you go to see the big show? would you travel to new york? wait for it to come here? i saw it this weekend, and it was remarkable, but i have to say the cast members coming are just as talented and remarkable, so whether you get to it with no, it's so good. >> they will not skip a beat? >> i don't think they will skip a beat, but there's something special about the original cast. >> and now a special portrayal -- >> my daughter's friend is going back. >> see? >> it's a great play, and i was going to say the devil is a fantastic portrayal of our weather this week. >> we have been lucky so far, and we are not used to the heat and humidity. the 3-degree g