talk about how effective the speeches last night were, cnn political analyst, host of the david gregory podcastd gregory. washington bureau chief susan page and senior editor of "the atlantic" ron brownstein is with us as well. were they effective, in terms of going after trump and endorsing and defending hillary clinton? >> i thought they got the balance. what was interesting and clearly a choice is that they're really painting trump as uniquely unqualified, but also an outlier, decoupling him from the republican party. >> the big difference, and you were there in cleveland, all of us were in cleveland, obama was optimistic saying america has got great things, it already is great. last week at the republican convention, trump was very gloomy about what's going on in the country right now. that's a significant difference. >> it's like they were from different planets, to look at their portrayal of the state of the country and what ought to be done. we know the more optimistic candidate has an advantage. a little bit of a calculated risk on donald trump's part to portray things as dark as he did

david gregory with the david gregory podcast.the anchor of time warner newserrol lewis and mark preston. how have they changed the message and tone, david? >> this a challenging time. presidential campaigns try to react to the atmosphere around the political issues. these are hard issues. both candidates want to bring order in a way to america. what we see in trump is a strong man candidate. whether violence against police or racial tension or what is going on in turkey, syria or iraq. he says the failure of leadership is creating the vacuum. he is the one to claim to fix it without specifics. i think he is supporting the police as is hillary clinton, but i think he is lacking a certain bit of context and compassion around how we deal with some of the very difficult issues of race that some of these police shootings have brought up. i think so far that is a missed opportunity for him and is a big tonal difference from what we hear from hillary clinton. >> let's read one of his tweets. he says we grieve for the officers killed in

juana summers and editor in chief of the daily beast, john avalon and we have host of the david gregory podcastdavid gregory. >> i thought it was a strong speech for hillary clinton. she is not known as a soaring orator. that was true last night. this hit a lot of notes she wanted to hit. we have been talking about leaning into the trust deficit she has. i think there is no question she was trying to say to a huge audience last night is you may not love me, you may not totally trust me, but i can do the job. i'm going to be tough. i'm going to fight. and i think there is a hope that wins the day because the other piece of that was the contrast. that contrast that was very cut. tough lines against donald trump. she went to something else. a frame for the night that was so powerful. it was the stronger together idea. it was great love of country. highly patriotic. faith notes. heavy on appreciation of the military. really hitting trump on this idea that he can do it alone. he can solve problems alone. >> he was big on the surrendering the me to the we. tough is not enough. that's his one note. he

and cnn political analyst and host of "the david gregory show" podcast, david gregory.rofessor, you're new to the panel today. what do you think? family matters, the kids count in politics. he's uniquely blessed with children, donald trump. how much did they help him last night? >> well, the character witness aspect is important. but i thought donald trump jr.'s speech was more than that. it, in effect, was the closest thing to a keynote speech we have gotten and are likely to get at this convention. i thought it was the most interesting speech of the convention so far with its very conscious class signaling, talking about how he learned more from people at the bottom of the pyramid than people at the top, more about street smarts than book smarts. this is for a candidate whose bases is blue-collar white america, who on the other hand is struggling with white-collar white america. i would say it's also informative that it was his son who had to, in effect, deliver the keynote speech and the fact there was no other prominent republican they could put in that role is reve

now, and the chief political analyst, gloria borger, and cnn political analyst host of the david gregory podcasthow, david gregory, and our political correspondent dana bash, and the author of the new book "the guardian" mark alexander, and also our press secretary here in the studio. and i don't expect this is the way that he wanted to make this announ announcement, but he didn't want to the make it in the aftermath of the horrific attack in france. >> and maybe it is a good thing that he has time to catch his breath, and this is a development that unfolded in a very unorthodox way. i won't give the floor over to my colleague dana bash who has done the amazing reporting on just how this unfolded, and this we can all talk about it, because i think that dana has just great behind the scenes news for us. >> thank you, glor yachlt i want to give you the headline that i just heard which is around midnight last night, and so this morning, donald trump was on the phone with senior advisers trying to see if he could get out of this. and if it is possible to not actu actually pick mike pence, and this i

david gregory. our favorite analyst. host of the david gregory show podcast. we also have maeve reston. a.c. just battling what our party headline is. do you see it of debbie wasserman schultz out because of the wikileaks e-mails. and the artificial hillary standard with truth and character. where do you see this with the headlines? >> just like we came into cleveland, there is a question about party unity here. what hillary clinton has done and trump has not done is to consolidate the democratic party fast. getting bernie sanders in the fold and supporters in the fold. the wikileaks do not help. the party acted swiftly and with political exhibi expedience get debbie wasserman schultz out. >> do you think they are the real deal? >> yes. they sound authentic. it is hard to manufacture those. >> somebody said they are not authentic. it can only go to his argument that vindicated him. you had a party apparatus that is for her. >> and therein lies the crux of the issue. debbie wasserman schultz not a household name. the system is rigged. this is exhibit a. >> one of the things is nobody knows wh

we have cnn political ablist and host of the david gregory show podcast, david gregory. editor in chief of "the daily beast," john avalon. and juana summer. david, what did she need to do, and what did she get done? >> well, everyone was building this up as the most important political speech of her life. here she is making history. i think it was the culmination of a very well choreographed n conventi convention, which was about a stinging contrast to the republicans on a vision for america. this was a picture of the new america, an ascended coalition that's been a democratic coalition of the different faces of america. more minorities, young people. it was very inclusive, patriotic, an emphasis on the military veterans. it was really reminiscent of republican conventions of the recent past. for hillary clinton, i think she was also doubling down on another argument. you may not love me, you may not connect with me, you may not trust me, but do you have grudging respect for me that i can do the job and that i'm better than the other guy? that was a core message, and it'

political analyst, host of the david gregory podcast, david gregory himself., matt lewis, and editor in chief of the daily beast, john avalon. let's put up the names in convention as the final four. let's see them. here are the people who may be vice-president as we understand them. does anyone here, other than m camerota think tim kaine won't be the choice. >> who knows. i think it is kaine. >> avalon. >> it should she would be crazy pick tim kaine. >> senator, hugely respected by his colleagues, fluent spanish speaker, man of faith, regard to honesty and trustworthiness. >> because religious people never lie. >> as we've seen throughout american history. but no, if anything, he would catch flack from the far left, who are concerned that maybe he is not pro-choice enough, et cetera. but look, and he comes from a crucial swing state and most importantly, his replacement would be picked by a democratic governor. >> i think that's important, by the way. there is a lot of consideration about that. there is a steady factor here, right. she is going for steady lead

let's bring back political reporter maeve reston and we have errol louis and host of the david gregory show podcast. david gregory. we have an except here of "the new york times." put it up on the screen. mr. trump said if russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid open only after reviewing whether those nations quote have fulfilled their obligations to us, unquote. he added the answer is yes. so, is that good enough? in context of this, what mike pence said himself. let's play that for you. >> we cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. america needs to be strong for the world to be safe and on the world stage, donald trump will lead from strength. >> david. >> what is problematic about this is donald trump praised vladimir putin who is an autocrat and dictator and acted like a czar with expanding the russian empire. he praised him as a strong man. when brexit happened, that was a victory for putin because it undermined europe. the party platform here does not provide arms to ukrainian rebels. another great thing for vladimir putin.

cnn political analyst and host of the david gregory show podcast. david gregory. mark preston and juana summers. i cannot get through the introductions fast enough. we're through the titles. a lot of language last night. a lot of symbolism last night. what do you think helped hillary clinton and what do you think hurt donald trump? >> i think the political choreography was excellent. the first few nights were excellent. you have huge figures in the political landscape and democratic party were able to offer a testimony for hillary clinton and do something extraordinarily difficult for her. to give her a shot at least of a new introduction to the american people. that was particularly helpful. i think a lot of slashing at donald trump and kind of substantive ways -- there's the risk element and the dark pessimistic element and the idea he doesn't know his stuff. whether it is on foreign policy or other areas. you know, i think those were the themes they hammered over and over. there is consistency. >> mark? >> i think michael bloomberg's speech was overshadowed by

david gregory, host of the david gregory podcast, political commentator here. it is unusual, which is a charitable way of saying it, for a presidential candidate to call on the intelligence services of another nation to hack into american government e-mails. but that's what donald trump just did. >> you know, i've run out of worlds to express my shock and how completely beyond the pale that donald trump is as a potential leader of the free world. this is truly beyond the pale. he is encouraging russia, which by all accounts was behind the leak of one of our major political parties, to do more, to go beyond, to try to hack into hillary clinton's server to find missing e-mails to kind of get in the middle of the scandal. it's as if, you know, this is a child playing with matches who doesn't how badly he and the country can get burned. it's a very serious thing. the one thing about trump is he is very clear for all to see, he is making very clear what he thinks, how he comes by information, and i think frankly the lack of seriousness and the way he speaks about im

to discuss is host of the david gregory show podcast mr. david gregory. we have juana summers and phil mattingly. who stood out? are the democrats where they need to be going into day two? >> i'm not sure where they need to be. this was a raucous day on day one. i think michelle obama stole the show. it was her night. i don't think anybody was really close. i think she captured a couple of things. framing the choice around who will influence our children. she did it with elegance. she did it with grace and a lot of punch we don't see from a first lady. taking on donald trump about his use of twitter. the fact he led the birther movement. reminding the country without a filter of the media to say this is the guy who doesn't believe the president of the united states was born in america. pointing out how ridiculous that charge is. the totality of the speech offered a contrast and testimony for hillary clinton's commitment to service that maybe only her husband, the former president, can deliver other than michelle obama. >> michelle obama is getting the att

david gregory, cnn political analyst and host of the david gregory show podcast. cnn senior media correspondent and host of the reliable sources brian stelter and cnn commentator christine quinn. david gregory, what we just saw, and we said this before about donald trump, you have not seen before. a candidate coming out of his convention, all right, and we'll talk about his convention speech last night because a lot of people are talking about that or were talking about it. but stepping all over whatever message he wanted to send last night by making a new attack on ted cruz. >> i think it's a line from "saving private ryan" tom hanks we have stepped into the world of the surreal. we've been there politically with donald trump for many months so none of us should be surprised any more. he is not playing by any other playbook beyond his own. he's not allowing his message from last night to carry. as our colleague matt lewis was saying, maybe he'll do this every day during the democratic national convention. just kind of have a victory speech, just say whatever's on

joining us now, david gregory, our cnn political analyst and the host of the david gregory show podcastwith us also, jacque kucinich, the washington bureau chief for the daily beach. the speech, nia, he is supposed to get, a carefully scripted speech on veterans affairs. we don't know if he will open up with a statement on dallas. if he does whar, what should he? his reaction has been more measured than usual. >> a lot of republicans are worried that so far, we have seen trump when these incidents happen, he didn't really meet the moment. with his statement so far, he released a paper statement and an on-air statement or an on-video statement. they want to see that continue, a measured tone, a tone that meets the moment, a presidential tone. i think people are looking for unity. people are looking for someone who can talk about what this means and balance both sides of the issues and many concerns about how the police treat certain individuals. we'll see if he addresses that. apparently, he is going to talk about the police and say they are needed most where the crime is highest. we'll

joining us, david gregory, cnn political host of "the david gregory show podcast."gave a speech four years ago to help president obama get re-elected, how will he do tonight? >> i think he has a different role. he can be much more personal. it's so unique, a former president talking about his spouse running for president herself. it's a unique moment in history. he can talk about her record but wants to talk about her call to service, how they fell in love, they've had a very public difficult relationship that people know about. but he's still offering the private testimony that nobody else can. and can also make an appeal about her to parts of the electorate that doesn't trust her. that he's -- we can't forget how popular he is as a democrat in the party. >> that's the asset he has that most politicians in elected office in the arena fighting don't have. he has a accident approval rating. he and obama the two politicians in our public life right now healthy above 50%. hillary clinton is not there. donald trump is not there. most of the senators and governors are no

discuss this with cnn political commentator and senior contributor, matt lewis and host of the david gregory podcasthat will you be looking for tonight? >> this is about party unity, and trump speaking beyond the convention hall, to answer the reservations. he is trying to create addition, a base of support here. obviously big riffs in the party. we saw that. we've been talking about it with ted cruz. here he wants to speak to a wider audience and make the argument, yes, he is different, downsides to him, and he is risky in the eyes of a lot of people, but worth the risk. the alternative is so bad with hillary clinton, and the conditions are so bad in the country, he has to figure out a way to create a path toward addition to get himself beyond the base. >> balance, how to impress the faithful with how to grow the base. so what do you need to hear, matt lewis, as a member of that faithful, and then what do you think the bar will be overall for him? >> i think what he needs to do, for me and for everybody, if i was advising him, i would say he has got part of the equation down really well. which is f

david kbregry with us host of david gregory show podcast and cnn political reporter malika henderson. this was a double pronged speech about secretary of state, talking about race in america. right now said too much violence and hate in the country, america's long struggle with race is far from finished there's still a great division and we need honesty and courage to take a hard look at our attitude. that was part one of her speech. part two was a blistering attack against donald trump saying he's simply so dangerous to the future of the united states he must not, she said, be elected president. >> she talked about the evolution of the republican party from being party of lincoln to the party of trump. very really went down memory lane in terms of low lights from trump's campaign, some of the things he said about the judge, muslims. it was somber at times, a sobering reminder of a lot of the problems the country still has, that go back to slavery. i think notable she went back to lincoln. lincoln was also somebody obama talked about. he delivered his acceptance speech. it was also re

this is cnn political commentator matt lewis and cnn political analyst and host of the david gregory show podcasteech that was very well-received inside the hall and out. she exceeded expectations. her delivery was great. the content was great. and then this morning we wake up to find some of that content was lifted almost verbatim from michelle obama's 2008 speech to the democratic national convention. how should the campaign have handled it before we get to what has happened? >> look, i think that anybody who knows campaign 101, you cop to it. you probably fire somebody. that is what any normal campaign would do. that's exactly not what donald trump would do. s it's predictable. i do question the conventional wisdom. we work in a business where if you plagiarize it's a big deal, maybe career-ending. it's different in the donald trump world. and i think it's different to the average person. we may be over hyping it in terms of the impact. >> paul manafort comes on. he's a hero for trump. he made this convention possible in a lot of ways. he comes on here and says, there was no cribbing. this is

joining us now to talk about this, cnn political analyst and host of "the david gregory show" podcast, david gregory, sara murray many indianapolis, and juana summers. this is a first, but who's surprised, but this election has taken so many twists and turns. david gregory, what's your reaction to the public brawl between trump and ginsburg ? >> it's so very much 2016. it's just in keeping with the bizarre nature of this race. every jurist i've known on the federal bench and certainly on the supreme kourlt ascourt as a usually stays away from public engagement on political matters. it's not so today they don't have deep friendships in the capital with political figures. certainly antonin scalia had that and others have as well. justice ginsburg does as well. but generally speaking, i think this is highly unusual to comment so directly about a presidential candidate and to get in this kind of back and forth is i don't think anything that somebody wants to see. >> we got different layers to this, right, sara. are judges supposed to do this? we all know there's somewhat of an artificial

we have errol lewis, meave reston, and david gregory, cnn political analyst and the host of "the david gregory show" podcasthave you all here. you cannot make it up. forget about the document dump right here on the eve of the convention, the first day that paints clinton in exactly the way she doesn't want to be painted. but it was the russians, errol. >> the russians all along, right? some holdouts who want to, i guess, restore the soviet union. this is a headache every which way. i think what viewers will take away from this is that there's something shady going on. there's something not quite right, and it involves e-mails. sort of a letter perfect way to derail the message -- >> but it's shady two ways. it's shady for the obvious reason, which is how do they feel about bernie sanders, did that communicate itself into the actual process. that doesn't seem to be much proof right now. but the suggestion is there. that's all you need when you have a 68% negative number in the poll on hillary clinton. but the russians, why would they be messing with the election, and who are they doing it for? >> there's no

joining us david gregory host of the daily show podcast and jeff zeleny and mark preston. certainly didn't sound like he was joking that tweet he just put out, david, when he said russia or any other country has hillary's 33,000 illegally deleted e-mails, perhaps they should share them with the fbi. it's a pretty serious situation. >> it's astonishing. this is so beyond politics. this is so irresponsible. this is clearly an indication that donald trump has not taken any steps to really know what he's talking about with regard to foreign affairs. the potential to encourage a foreign power like russia to attack via cyberspace the united states government, a stop party or senior officials today or in the past, in the case of secretary clinton, only with further attacks, the consequences could be much bigger than the dnc e-mail system. this is really quite dangerous. and i'd be surprised, wolf, if you don't see top former government officials, a colin powell, a condoleezza rice. former republicans. to talk about how dangerous it to play around with world affairs like this. the

gloria borger, paul begala, bill press, bernie sanders supporters and david gregory, cnn political analyst and host of the podcast. great to see all of you. bill, we decided as we watch this moment happen, we'll take a walk down memory lane. here is one key line we recall from hillary clinton's endorsement of barack obama eight years ago. listen to this. >> i'm standing with senator obama today because i know he'll work for you, he'll fight for you and he'll stand up for you every single day in the white house. [ cheers and applause ] to anyone who voted for me and is now considering not voting or voting for senator mccain, i strongly urge you to reconsider. i urge you to remember who we are standing for in this election. >> let's start with this, if you're considering -- if you're voting for me and now considering not voting or voting for senator mccain, i strongly urge you to reconsider? bill, does bernie sanders need to say exactly that or something very close to his supporters today? >> if i were advising bernie sanders at this moment, i would say take those words of hillary clinton and repeat them word for w