>> dickerson: debuts another version of trump. just 78 days left in the race, can he turn his campaign around in time. the new donald trump apology thursday. >> sometimes in the heat of deba multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton right now, i'm not taking anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome we have new battleground tracker numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46

i'm john dickerson. we've got a lot of political news ahead, but last night, milwaukee, wisconsin, was the scene of violent protest after police officers shot and killed an armed man fleeing police who stopped him for what police called suspicious activity. cbs news milwaukee affiliate wdjt reporter, amanda porterfield, filed this report from last night's scene. >> reporter: we have video of people setting dumps and throwing bricks at buses as they were driving by. in fact, a crowd of people, a large crowd of, i'd say about 50 people, crowded around our news car. they started cursing at us, calling us names, tell us that we're not from here. we're hearing profanities against police. we have pictures of police cars that have been smashed with bricks, one allegedly set on station and possibly another building set on fire. our news crews have been out there. they came back bloodied and bruised. people attacked them. they were robbed down to their shoes. >> dickerson: turning to campaign 2016, we have new ba

dickerson: all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. joining us donald trump's campaign manager kellyanne conway. i want to start with immigration, please. first, donald trump has told us over the last several months on the question of the 11 million undocumented, that they will -- me must leave the country as part of his plan, that seems to have been pretty stable in our conversations with him. now it seems to be shifting, why is that? >> actually he's not, he's pretty consistent, immigration is a very complex issue, so if i may just talk about the six or seven tenants of his plan, i will address your question. first, there's still no amnesty. secondly he's building that wall. that has been the centerpiece of his candidacy and his immigration from the beginning it has not changed one inch. third, we have to have sanctuary cities. next, he has said that he will force -- enforce the law that is a model concept they like to lay law on top of law never enforce it. also said, th

. >> dickerson: some said he's just kidding, but republicans worry they're headed for defeat. and even the candidate acknowledges the tough road ahead. >> , you know, the republicans do have a tougher path. not my fault! >> dickerson: and increasingly raises the possibility of lose. >> can you imagine how badly i'll feel if i spent all of that money, all of this energy, all of this time, and lost. i will never, ever forgive the people of connecticut. i will never forgive the people of florida. and pennsylvania, and ohio. but i love them anyway. we'll see well. >> dickerson: hillary clinton has her own problems as new e-mails surface that show a cozy relationship between the state department and the clinton foundation. we've got new battleground tracker numbers. republican senator susan collins tells us why she's not supporting trump. and we'll have a discussion of presidential attributes, just what skills does a candidate need in the nation's top job? it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, and welcome to we've got a lot of political news ahead, but last night, milw

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. >> dickerson: welcome back to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. we pick up on where we left off on presidential atrebts with tom ridge, former defense secretary, william cohen. former head of the nsa, and c.i.a., michael hayden. rosa brooks, and from salt lake city. you wrote in your book, everything became war and the military became everything," about decision making. and presidents don't just get options "a" and options "b." they're decision decisions thatt to them because they're stuck in the bureaucracy. >> the u.s. executive branch is like an iceberg and the president and the cabinet are at the top of the iceberg, but most of the government is way below and the president never meets the people and there's no reason he necessarily should. but you have all this stuff going on at lower levels but before it ever gets to decision makers. a lot of time when the president is sitting there and he's sitting there with his cabinet-- and you've all been in this situation-- sometimes so much has been lost-- sometimes for good reason because somebody rea

>> dickerson: welcome back. we're back with more this former president vat candidate and current donald trump supporter dr. ben carson. dr. carson pick up where we left off on the question of immigration. you said donald trump wants to enforce the laws. so that logically leads to conclusion that 11 million people who are in the country illegally enforcing the lawsul but when you press the campaign on that, that's what has to be worked out which a lot of people who have been in this -- paid attention to this issue for awhile here as code. that's building a back door to ultimately not deport the 11 million who are in america and are undocumented. >> it's not really code. it's using our heads. using common sense. we have laws and regulations for a reason. been applying them, that's both democrats and republicans. it's very much like your home. because somebody wants to come to your home, do you let them in? no, you want to know who they are. you want to know who -- if they are your son or daughter's friend, you say

>> dickerson: for?fly goldberg is national correspondent for atlantic, ed o'keefe covers politics for the "washington post." leslie sanchez republican consultant and contributor to our digital network cbsn and mark leibovich is chief national correspondent for the "new york times" magazine. jeffrey, what do you make of donald trump and where he is on immigration. nothing has changed, ben carson says and kellyanne conway says. >> i was thinking as job, one of the harder jobs cover moment to moment donald trump's rhetorical and possible policy shifts on immigration. it's very hard to keep up. it really is. obviously he was trying to pivot away from a very hard position, he understands that he has a floor, he understands that he has a ceiling, the floor, his core supporters want to hear that tough rhetoric but he knows that he's not punching through a ceiling unless he softens, this whole week has been this vertigo inducing kind of rhetorical spinning, trying to please all camps what he's doing is risk can

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this week. ♪ back with our old friend, john dickerson.h a new book today. thank you for sticking around. an incredible array of good stories -- a fantastic read. what is the most relevant story in the book to understand what's happening in 2016? >> wallace in 1968. he tapped into a disappointment with regular, blue-collar workers and the elite. the fancy pants at leeds all these decisions that you pay for and we are not going to stand for it anymore. that wallace -- the voters always said he speaks his mind. said things other people weren't. mark: you get into one of the most enduring mysteries -- outside the union command announcing the union leader. union, denouncing the union leader. john: he gets on this flatbed truck, it is snowing, he starts talking about his wife. there's the accusation that he used the slur that he's talking about his wife. the editorial makes fun of her. he gets emotional. one of the accounts has him being like a face full of tears. that account took off and that was it in terms of everybody thinking he was in te

holding john dickerson behind for story time. ♪ john: we are back with our old friend, john dickersonew book out today called "whistle stop." there are an incredible array of good stories in this work. it is a rollicking read. what's the most relevant story in the book to understand what is happening in 2016? guest: you have to go to wallace in 68. regularnger with blue-collar workers and the elitesnd the fancy pants make these decisions that you pay for and we are not going to stand for it anymore and i feel like that is a very similar sentiment. there was this sense that wallace said some things that other people weren't and that feels like the most at goes, but there are a lot of them in here for mark: you get into one of the most in during mysteries and presidential politics, ed and musky denouncing the union leader. guest: tears but not the burbling mess. he calls the reporters in and he has a oily of snow in his hair and starts talking about his wife. there's the accusation he used a slur at an event. what gets him undone is he's talking about his wife in an editorial that ran o

day one i'm going to begin swiftly removing, criminals, illegal immigrants from this country. >> dickerson: we'll ask the woman charting a new course for the trump campaign, kelly an conway where trump now stands. also a week.

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holding john dickerson behind for story time.n in american history, right after this. ♪ ♪ john: we are back with our old friend, john dickerson, out with a new book out today called "whistle stop." thank you for sticking around. there are an incredible array of good stories in this work. it is a rollicking, page turning, fun read. what is the most relevant story in the book to understand what is happening in 2016? guest: you have to go to wallace in 1968, just because he tapped into an anger and disappointment with regular blue-collar workers in the elite. the fancy pants elites make all of these decisions that you pay for, and we are not going to stand for it anymore, and i feel like that is a very similar sentiment. you get the idea that wallace was basically, the voters always said, he speaks his mind. there was the sense that wallace said something other people were not in that just feels like it has the most ethos. mark: you get into one of the most in during mysteries and presidential politics, ed and musky denouncing the u

we have face the nation moderator john dickerson with us today. the suggestion that gun right supporters could stop hillary clinton. >> although the second amendment people, maybe there is. >> the clinton campaign jumped on this immediately. they are turning it into an issue. it's very murky. what he said was open to interpretation. this is coming after a series of this steps on his part -- missteps on his part. this plays into the view that a lot of people have of him that he is a volatile candidate. >> does he have an obligation to say things that cannot be misconstrued? >> it's part of his genius and what people like about him. he speaks his mind. he speaks rough and not very politically polished. on the other hand, when you are talking about -- brushing up against the idea that people might take up action to stop a sitting president or a supreme court justice from doing something, you need to be careful when you have that kind of megaphone. >> from a journalism. if you, how do you cover candidates when there is so much bias? >> both candidates

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