it's out of order. >> reporter: corey stewart does not shy away from controversy.mped right in it last night. saying liberal politicians who label police as racists specifically hillary clinton and the ralph nathum are to blame. >> i thought he was a more reasonable character. >> reporter: hope hicks said that the campaign condemned what he said and completed. >> trump is usually quiet. but if they condemn it, what can we say. >> reporter: they said political leaders should support police and african americans and not divisions. >> this kind of cynical behavior from corey stewart, and the language. >> i think he's on the trump campaign. >> reporter: we left several messages seeking a comment, but we have not heard back. peggy fox. >> the trump campaign spokesperson also said he does not speak for the campaign. >>> topper speaks for mother nature, and he's finally going to ba >> reporter: she is. she can handle the 5-day heat wave. not like some that go 20 days. tomorrow, hot but not humid. that's the key. 3-degree guarantee. we are on a roll. i think we are 44 of t

corey stewart is the chairman that donald trump deserves. what he said is atrocious. us. company have talked about -- there were three tragedies that took seven lives in three days and it shouldn't have happened. but instead he pushed us further apart. >> will any of this affect the tone coming this weekend as we head into the republican convention? >> absolutely. it's going to be -- we're going to see a very divided tone and that's sad. there's a lot of common ground republicans and democrats can work towards to solve these problems. >> will it affect? >> i think it will. i really was struck. let me praise a couple of other people. marco rubio made an important statement. pat ryan said wonderful things. these people who were blaming the president and hillary clinton, and saying that the critique is all cops is racist is false that's not the critique are divisive and they are now starting to divide their party. >> joan walsh, evan siegfried thank you for your time. still ahead the president traveling overseas before heading home later today. we're expecting remarks fr

meantime, the trump campaign is not supporting a statement from the virginia campaign chairman corey stewart. the prince william county board of supervisors chairman had this to say about the shootings in dallas. >> i specifically blame hillary clinton, lieutenant governor and minnesota governor mark dayton for the murders of the four officers in dallas last night. before they start thinking about their own political careers they need to start thinking about the lives and the security of our police. jonathan: stewart is no stranger to controversy and says his comments today are his own and do not represent the trump campaign. alison: they with abc7 for continuing team coverage of the ambush in dallas. we'll bring any updates live right here. always online at wjla.com. you can also sign up for breaking news text alerts right there as well. michelle: but first, we could use this. storing a little faith -- restoring faith in humidity after a long week. leave his sick son's side. >> you know what? i'm not going to ask her to try to move over a little bit. jonathan: the hospital picture that has

corey lewandowski told us. let's bring in jim geraghty, senior political correspondent for the national review, alice stewart, formerns director for senator ted cruz and andre bower, former lieutenant governor of south carolina and dan pfeiffer, former adviser to president obama. thank you for being here. hope you didn't blink. a lot just happened in the last few minutes. jim, what john said and what i said. what do you say? >> we're flogging the speech writer who did this, it was a remix, it sounds really different when melania says it with the accent. a lot of excuses. instead, who are going to believe, us or your lying ears? at the very least they could have sent a small speech writing fee to michelle obama. >> alice, corey lewandowski is obviously close somehow to trump or people within the campaign basically told us, yes, it sounded like plagiarism, that someone should be fired and basically just sold paul manafort out as big as you possibly can. to me that indicates a high degree of discord within trump world. >> well, clearly. clearly there is. first and foremost, it was a phenomenal speech. she did a great j

alice stewart, cnn political commentator and former communications director for ted cruz. welcome to the team. we have cnn political commentator corey lewandowski, the former trump campaign manager, who is still receiving severance from the trump campaign, yet never buys me lunch. and the chair of the new hampshire delegation at the republican convention. also christine quinn, hillary clinton supporter, vice chair of the new york democratic party. great to have all of you here. >> thank you. >> let's talk policy, friends. corey, let me come to the man in the middle. trump gives this interview. let's put up this excerpt from "the new york times." here's what's got the eyebrows up. it is about if russia attacks, right. that's always been about the formation of what nato is meant to do. he says, if russia were to attack them, meaning the nato allies, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations have lived up to their commitments to us, to the united states, their obligations. he added, if they do, then the answer is yes. does he understand that nato is europe? and that you're sending a message