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>> i can tell you that don jr. and eric are not in new york right now. it is unclear where they are. we also spotted ivanka in washington, d.c. unclear what she's doing down there. but i can report there have been conversations between officials and the children to try and get donald trump on message. the children had a large hand in making sure paul manafort took over for lun doewandowskilewand. they were the ones that got lewandowski out and governor pence in as trump's running mate. a huge influence there. so they do hold some sway over donald trump but it took them months to get lewandowski out despite their disaccess with him. months before paul manafort took over. so far it hasn't changed all that much. >> katy tur in your spot in front of trump tower. some day we'll mark that with a memorialized piece of brass. >> a star. >> n put it up there. katy, thanks. >>> where does the republican party go from here? joining me, michael steele, former rnc chairman. he knows a thing or two about the rules of the rnc, and former virginia congressman tom davis

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don jr. and eric trump have been criticized for hunting and posing with some of their big game kills. >> that moment playing out tom llamas with us live now, and tom, back to the president. because he was also asked if he was concerned about the classified briefings on national security that are given every four years to the candidates, if he's concerned about classified information soon to be shared with mr. trump. >> reporter: david, he didn't reference mr. trump directly, but he did say this. "if they want to be president, they have to start acting like president. that means being able to receive these briefings and not spread them around." david? >> tom llamas leading us off questions for president obama himself, about the headline this week revealing a $400 million cash payment to iran. as those four americans were released. the president adamantly saying it was not ransom for american hostages. abc's mary bruce asking the president this. >> reporter: what is your response to critics who

he could have newt gingrich and rudy giuliani, chris christie, reince priebus, don jr., saying you got to get it together, get away from controversial headlines. when he sees his poll numbers dropping, that's when i think you will see donald trump start to change. today we saw something of that. he did try to pivot. he focused on president obama, he focused on hillary clinton. the issue was he still got tripped up. he still strayed from his message. he still brought up things that were baseless like the video that he said he saw of the iranians offloading cash and the iranians took this video and sent it to the u.s. we are still not surwhat he's talking about. the campaign said they were referring to a video on the morning shows yesterday that seems to be the video of the american detainees coming off the plane in switzerland. he also was talking again about the san bernardino terrorists saying people saw bombs all over their apartment and didn't report that. that's a baseless claim. those are the things that drive headlines that the trump campaign does not want to see. the best advice

. >> reporter: don jr. on the defensive after this moment. >> and there could be a softening. we're not looking to hurt people. >> reporter: trump in a town room, asking to deport or not deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> who wants those people thrown out? >> i do! >> the guy who wants them thrown out, stand up. >> who does not want them thrown out? >> stand up. [ shouting ] [ applause ] >> there you go. >> we are going to come out with a decision very soon. >> reporter: a decision on a >> we're rounding them up in a nice way. >> reporter: but now team trump insists there's been no flip-flop. >> his position and his principles have been consistent. >> he's been consistent. >> he's pretty consistent. >> reporter: the candidate's son, also not backing down. he didn't say, my policy's now changed. he didn't say that. his policy has been the same the last six, seven, eight months. >> he still says they have to go. >> that's been the same, but you have to start with baby steps. >> reporter: abc news, new york. >>> hillary clinton continues on the fundraising trail wednes

lot of interaction with the campaign, with the candidate, with people around the candidate, his son don jrt he's a kind of full service supportive tv host who is not a journalist. >> if you called him a trump whisperer, would he reject that? >> i think he would like that. i think so. >> what sort of confuses me is there is so much talk on the campaign trail usually from republicans about liberal media bias. here you have a moment where two former news heads are active advisers to a political campaign and someone who is currently on tv is advising a political campaign, yet there's no discussion about that. >> i used this before but the tail that wagged the dog is now the dog. >> yes. like a large dog. a very large dog. >> do you buy any -- we just talked to murphy and feldman about this. do you buy at all the con sfespy theory that trump knows he's going to lose the election but between ailes, bannon and hannity, he's assistisetting hip to run a media empire? >> i buy it halfway. i believe he wants to win the presidency. i believe that. i have no reason not to aside from little tea leaf thi

some are saying they would like to have an intervention with his family but two of his children, don jr. and eric left for a hunting trip in the yukon. none have lashed out at him in the way that would escalate the threat level and mike against a smoothing interview on fox news, embracing trump and endorsing paul ryan. we've learned that he will make a policy address on monday. so after all the self-inflicted damage of the last several days, leading up to and culminating with the "washington post," at this hour, is trump any closer to getting his campaign back on track? >> given what happened 24 hours ago, today could have been a lot worse. trump had something to talk about with his new report about iran and the united states sending money to iran. trump was more focused in his event this afternoon. you didn't see john mccain who has a history of popping off or paul ryan or kelly ayotte come back at him in a news making way. speaker gingrich has been bad for him despite being an ally. but make no mistake. while it could be worse, below the scenes, there is panic in the republican party.

it's being balanced absolutely fine because all the folks you have mentioned, eric, don jr., other peopleteam, they're all leaders. these are all successful people who are agile leaders, agile business people who know how to work together when you see a strong team. >> you saw the numbers that came out on saturday this from the federal filings. and that shows that the head count, the paid head count in the trump campaign is around 82. when you look at the clinton campaign, there are over 700. 703, so about a tenth the size. most of the investments being made with advisors, consultants. how is that working out? >> it's working out great. it's proof that the clinton campaign just like the clinton presidency was and hillary clinton presidency would be is inefficient. they're inefficient. >> how are they inefficient? they're ahead in the swing state. the polls are widening. >> they're not widening though. >> it seems like the numbers are indicative of the head count in the team that's been put together. >> the polls are not widening, they're tightening. >> have you looked in pennsylvania? >>

the brand of don jr., eric and ivanka and mike pence is kind of dissipated now because all they are doing is trying to clean up. >> let's remember, a surrogate operation in an ideal world exists to try to amplify and push forward the messages you want to push forward. it shouldn't be just a defensive brigade at all times. that's the position he's putting them in. >> they are all trying to go after hillary clinton. eric this morning did what paul manafort and others have done, try to turn it to go after hillary clinton. there's plenty to go after there but the problem is the filter, this is not a case of liberal bias. the filter can only handle a few stories at a time. trump is creating the biggest stories through his errors. >> those efforts are just efforts to change the subject. in the end, the subject is the subject. all right. when we come back, donald trump dips into the old rigged system rhetoric well and later, we talk with bill rucker, the incredible interview we just referenced with donald trump earlier today. nexium 24 hour introduces new, easy-to-swallow tablets. so now, there

. >> that was donald trump's son, don jr., talking about his father's immigration plan on .ed by dan balls, chief correspondent of "washington post." also with us, simone sanders. they are both in washington, d.c. dan, i will put age before beauty and start with you. tomorrow, trump, immigration. we just asked dan senor this question. can trump get out of the political pickle he currently finds himself in? >> not easily, john. he's got to try to do two things. he's got to try to reassure the people who have cheered him for his very, very hard line anti-immigration stance from the beginning of the campaign. he's got to reassure them that he hasn't really moved and at the same time, he's got to try to convince people who think he's been too harsh that he is a little bit more open to softening, if you will. he won't use that word but that's what he will try to convey. that's not an easy path to walk. it's a very difficult thing he's got to do. i think he's got his work cut out for him, frankly. >> walk that tightrope for me. what does he do? obviously those are the objectives.

senior assistant to ivanka, eric and don jr. everywhere. we're interested in talking to you.ut the trump family you know. >> it's the best job i have ever had in my life. they're the most down to earth grounded family. it's an honor to go to work with him every day particularly eric trump who you'll see later. i help to run his charity, for st. jude, which has raised and donated over $30 million for children with cancer. >> wow. >> it's a great thing. you know, at an age when most people his -- his peers were concerned about social media, he was concerned about social responsibility. he gets that from his dad. you know, he runs this charity based on the principles his father taught him, trust, honesty, integrity. he expects charities to be run with that same moral code. >> traditionally, african-americans vote democrat. why do you recommend they vote for donald trump? >> well, i think what my boss is saying that -- is that the democratic party has made a lot of promises to the black and latino communities that have never materialized. the numbers don't lie. since barack obama

care about your children and their brand, there's no doubt everybody in that family from ivanka to don jr. to eric, everybody is being damaged by the chaos. they spend their entire time answering -- >> they get on the air and mess up. >> they should be getting on the air talking about the economy, talking about the -- >> not sexual harassment which they know nothing about obviously. >> what i'm saying, willie, they are put in a position to constantly defend their father for the stupid, stupid things he's saying. >> we see it every morning. eric trump was on tv talking about sexual harassment. i wonder -- his whole argument was nationalism and he's going to make america great again. when he stepped across the line on day five or six in a fight with gold star family and questioned whether khan, that was his argument and you have the vfw and these veterans groups coming out against donald trump, he's in a territory he can't be in. that was his last place. that's where he lived. if you lose those people, if you lose the military, then what? >> he needs paul ryan and republican leaders and yet

don jr.> it is insanity. >> some of this is so emotional though. it doesn't feel like a strategy. >> it's not a strategy. >> it's pure emotion. >> it's well beyond strategy at this point. >> who does he go after? firefighters. he did it in colorado springs and in columbus. it is to to point that the colorado springs firefighters had to issue a statement defending themselves saying do you want us to break the law and jeopardize people's safety? >> this is how disconnected he is. any other republican candidate would only have to talk about two things, go back to what hillary clinton said on sunday, where she was still lying about her e-mails, still lying about what the fbi director said on national television in front of congress. the second thing is we have the slowest economic recovery since 1949. those two things play into his hands in ohio, in pennsylvania and all across the country. instead, these bizarre rants. i mean this is the most disturbing part for me. republicans like paul ryan and