. >> donald james is a fashion model. >> what about this guy?>> didn't see that coming. >> he is also represented by the enemy agency. >> how do i get that gum? >> how do you become the gum. >> your wish is my command. life, we have donald james live. >> i want to know the process here, who told you, okay, here is a mint. go to town. it's going to go viral. i want to know how that happened. >> the process was on the way over to his house, stop at the gas station. get some gum. i pretty much wrote itself. >> but you did this because you know you're freaking gorgeous. let me show you i can eat a mentos looking amazing. >> that's how it turned out. we were just kind of playing around. close to 100 degrees where we were. i have this mint in my hand. i'm playing with it. we have 30 people off to the side looking at what's he about to do with that mint. so i just eat it and it's sticky. i lick my fingers. next thing i know, i wake up and it's 5 million views on facebook and it's kind of surreal. >> what do the ladies in your family say to this? >> she

james: i have not heard that. charlie: i listen to it a lot of it. donaldmp, they have been attacking him is unfit to be president. james nobody did that to john : kerry in 2004? charlie: we're not talking about 2004. >> $200 million. charlie: you are the worst thing said about hillary clinton. i mean rudy giuliani. the indictments. the course of put her in prison. that is politics, isn't it? >> that is not my cup of tea by the way, at all. it does come down to very clear choices. do you want the kind of change that bill clinton and james 1982 -- 1992?d in they are trying to have this change maker, nobody believes that is authentic. her best argument is steady is ready. the problem is where are the results? you have been fighting for what you and children for 30 years. if you have millions of women and children in poverty if you had your own speak at the democratic national convention going out there's an, i have three jobs and can't get an stew -- make -- can't make ends meet, where is the battle that hillary clinton is fought? james: not impressed by a de

you just heard robby mook and the developments of donald trump? >> jamess on the right track when he points out how long we've known her. the first time i met her was 36 years ago. we've seen a lot of her since. we saw a lot of her during her husband's administration. she is a very, very famous and quite well known woman. and if she is now in the predicament she is where people don't like or trust her, i don't think one speech on one night is going to do much about that. indeed, if we look back to last night when barack obama made the strongest case he could for her, that the moment at the end of that, when she came out on the stage with him and they were locked in that evidently warm embrace, may have told us more about how she's going the try to win the election than anything else. she may say things to reach out to trump-type voters tonight. but she's running for the third term of barack obama. if you liked the first two terms of barack obama, you may be inclined to vote for her. if not, you may not. >> earlier today, with politico, robby mook sid she's

we are back with donald, mary and james. so you heard nancy pelosi say we can do it.ey broadened their target list from 38 seats from 16. is she right? z >> much to the horror of many conservatives i fear it is not outside the realm of possibility for them to take back both houses. if you have historic latino turnout, if you have decent african american turnout at a polls. >> it is possible they could take over. >> they lost 21 seats in the house. mitt romney lost by a little more than four and they lost eight seats so it's possible. >> yeah, i don't see that happening. >> i mean the question is where are all of the new votes going to come from? >> our viewer is running as the incoup inc -- he said she will carry on the work. given that, normally when they are way below 50% at this point in the race you say they are in big trouble. i think that applies to her. >> okay. all right. fair enough. that's true. if that's true they probably don't take it. what about the senate? >> well, i think it's worth noting the republicans did very well in the senate in 2010 which means

>>james: the speaker include the chairman we have jerry falwell jr. donald trump daughter will be speaking in the night wore rumpled the speech from the nominee himself donald trump. >>james: clear from police say two officers suffered minor injuries when there also some to cook the some of the scenes some people tried to burn the american flag they move again they use the fire extinguisher to try and push the demonstrator back to the revolutionary communist party organize the flag-burning this said it wanted to make a political statement to the to everyone in the area around the irina to disperse and please say it was extinguished and taken away that share the sign reading wall off trump and they carried signs bearing the expression that happened in the public square that is the central plaza close to the arena police in riot gear place some areas and a lot down they briefly made it difficult for the convention delegates to into the arena as the event reaches its final day today and the anti forces are planning an afternoon parade and an evening rally the d

here's major garrett. >> reporter: the political task for donald trump was james comey's stinging criticism of hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server. >> we now know that she lied to the country when she said she did not send classified information on her server. she lied. >> reporter: trump said clinton's case exposed a legal double stad.ndar >> look, we have a rigged system, folks. stupidity is not a reason that you're going to be innocent. okay. >> reporter: today the republican national committee produced this web video contrasting comey and the presumptive democratic nominee. >> i did not e-mail any classified materials to anyone on my e-mail. >> 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the agency to contain classified information. >> reporter: but last night in north carolina, trump wandered off track and praised saddam hussein. >> he was a bad guy, really bad guy, but you know what he did well? he did that so good. >> reporter: that drew condemnation from house speaker paul ryan. meanwhile, senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker, who campaigne

steinle there is some multiple agencies and this morning they're still waiting to hear from donald trump. . >>james the republican national conventions of for she is poised to grab headlines by naming her running man and the democratic mass of the convention. >>james: report to be watching the schedule very carefully in the one of the choose when you learn more state-owned in the 10th they're going to can from the pri quick on the democratic side and. >>darya: the passenger van is more than two years ago on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing and turned back and dropped into the indian ocean west of australian 209 people were on board this events completely scoured the kind area in the indian ocean workers in the mill creek tennis center that was destroyed in the cease- fire record to be holding a meeting to talk about with them on to the moving forward they believe that this massive fire was caused by arson is started before for yesterday morning live coverage this morning's meeting star said it at the melbourne city council chambers you may know the smoke and parts of the north by but don't be

under oath in a deposition for one of his lawsuits donald trump didn't recall the name james harris, didn't recall the name of a single live events instructor that supposedly was hired, hand picked by donald trump to teach these classes so the answer is no, he doesn't know james harris. >> talking about depositions, was there a court hearing today dealing with releasing donald trump's videotaped deposition to the public which was something demanded by news agencies and cnn i think was party to that, are we likely to see video of trump's deposition any time soon? >> the answer is we don't know. the judge heard arguments today on both sides. the media arguing that we should be able to see this videotaped deposition. the trump said saying that it could be used in the campaign negatively against him. judge curiel out in san diego took it under advisement and he told the lawyers i will give you my review in writing. we don't know when. >> drew, thank you very much. drew griffin. that was quite an interview. >>> hillary clinton launches her toughest verbal attack on trump. how tough their b

again, donald trump tweeted after james comey statement saying that the statement is -- the system is rate. there he unfair and bad judgment. the fbitweeted that director says crooked hillary compromised national security but no charges. wow. we continue now with your phone calls. joe calling in on the democrat line from arizona. yes, this went on for four years. with hillary and the state department. and it should have been investigated right then. when she was doing it. they wait until she gets out of office. and then they start their investigation for a political deal. beennk they should have discovered a long time ago. thanks c-span for laying this out. from jackson, mississippi on the others' line. caller: hi, i am actually calling from michigan. i have a few things i would like to say. first, it is very disappointing that there are no charges. and atgross negligence the very least she should lose her security clearance, which would make her ineligible to run for president. the second thing i would like to called her the democratic nominee but she is not. she did not get enough d

james: there is a distinct difference. donaldhinks he can take the country back to some day we had 20 years ago. hillary clinton, bill clinton, joe biden, it tim kaine, believe you can forge a better future for the company. i think his message to people is, there is something you had and we can go back. that is his slogan. i did not make it up. it is "make america great again ." that is the difference in this election. do we want to yank ourselves back to something we had in our minds? i think you heard a lot of that tonight. a lot of that from president obama. verynk it has been a effective convention in that sense. you cannot argue about a family. charlie: here's what is interesting to me. a lot of his choice seems to be, you know, the other person is so bad you have got to vote for me. i am the least best choice. james: i have not heard that. >> there is some of that. charlie: i listen to a lot of that. every speaker has been attacking him as being unfit to be president. nobody did that to john kerry in 2004? charlie: we're no

james comey. some pundits are slamming the fbi director. plus, donald trump slashing his number of tv interviews and denouncing unfair coverage especially on cnn. >> these are sick people. they're bad people. they're bad people. what you do is don't watch cnn anymore. >> i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. ♪ ♪ >> the protests in dallas were proceeding peacefully when a black army veteran who proclaimed he wanted to kill white police officers started doing that. the demonstrations taking place across the country thursday night were in response to two earlier tragedies. the first, the fatal police shooting of alton sterling, a black man selling cds. it was captured on video and causing a media outcry. >> the new and chilling video, the deadly police shooting, the justice department on the case. officers wrestling with a man on the ground. then firing multiple times. tonight, his 50-year-old son breaking down. >> that was followed a day later by another fatal police shooting in minnesota where a black resident named philando castile was killed during

namely, the donald trump brand. >> james rosen at the convention site in cleveland. james, thanks. >>> up next, bernie sanders prepares to officially throw his support behind hillary clinton. first, some of our fox affiliates covering tonight. fox 7 in austin, as greg abbott deals with severe burns on his legs, the governor's office said he sustained the second and third degree burns when he was scalded by hot water while vacationing in wyoming. he returned to texas, you may remember, after several hours of treatment because of the police shootings in dallas. >> fox 31 in denver, with the arrest of two alabama men starting -- accused of starting the 600-acre cold springs fire. authorities say jimmy suggs and zachary of alabama, failed to fully extinguish a fire at their camp site. a woman traveling with the men is not charged. >> this is salive look at detroit from fox 2. the big story there tonight, almost 900 people participating in the 30th annual national veterans golden age games. vets ages 55 and older are competing in events such as table tennis, shuffleboard

eight people, giving it almost 50 million, including hedge fund billionaire george soros, donald sussman and jamesn. clinton's campaign took in 40 million from others on wall street, 20 million from lawyers cometh in the million from the entertainment industry and nine from unit, was trump is having a hard time attracting the gop donors at this populist appeal. >> the big question is what exactly is he going to do as it applies to wall street? it's a lot less clear than it was when brown mayor john mccain is running for the republican nomination and the presidency. 55% of the money came from his own pocket. they want a change that would doubt undermining his own attack clinton is a bought and paid for candidate. note: more and come back to you. trade to create detailed report aired. thank you. >> the olympic committee issues its decision on whether at leeds can compete in the olympics. mike piazza and ken griffey junior and into baseball's hall of fame yesterday. >> i want to thank my family, my friends, the rats, white sox and mariners are making this kid's dream come true. lauren: we'll have the

james: i haven't heard that up here. -- i listen to a lot of it. charlie: donaldrump, every speech has been attacking him, almost as unfit to be president. kellyanne: yes. james: nobody attacked john kerry in 2004? this is typical in a convention charlie: the republican convention, you heard the worst things said about hillary kenton. rudy giuliani, the indictments. put her in prison? that is not my cup of tea at all. but i will say, there are clear choices. do you want the kind of change that bill clinton and james carville wanted in 1992? they are trying to make killer clinton a change-maker, and nobody believes that. her best argument is that -- they are try to make hillary clinton a change-maker, and nobody believes that. the problem is, she has been fighting for women and children for 30 years, and if you have millions of women and children in poverty, wage stagnation, your own speakers saying, i have three jobs and cannot make ends meet, where is the product, where is the success of hillary clinton? james: i guess, i guess i'm not surprised that kellyanne is

phrase that the president has used so often certainly has a special meaning for her in light of james today. donald trump campaigning just a little bit north of that tobacco road. he had an entirely different take as you can imagine. sending out this adversaries certainly have plaque mail file on hillary clinton. this alone disqualifies her from service. it's also been revealed when hillary clinton lied when she said she did not send classified information. the fbi director confirmed 100 emails were sent at the time were identified as top secret. we're pack with the panel. mercedes? >> that's going to be trump's new campaign slogan. do you want to trust someone that the fbi director calls extremely careless. that's where is he going to go. keep pushing not only crooked hillary and lying hillary. that's going to be effective. this is going to be a rallying cry. fbi director comey's position is a ralliying cry for republicans who are feeling the fact that the clintons once again are following a different set of standards and the mere fact that you -- literally comey's comments today were prosecuting

namely, the donald trump brand. >> james rosen at the convention site in cleveland. james, thanks. >>> up next, bernie sanders prepares to officially throw his support behind hillary clinton. first, some of our fox affiliates covering tonight. fox 7 in austin, as greg abbott deals with severe burns on his legs, the governor's office said he sustained the second and third degree burns when he was scalded by hot water while vacationing in wyoming. he returned to texas, you may remember, after several hours of treatment because of the police shootings in dallas. >> fox 31 in denver, with the arrest of two alabama men starting -- accused of starting the 600-acre cold springs fire. authorities say jimmy suggs and zachary of alabama, failed to fully extinguish a fire at their camp site. a woman traveling with the men is not charged. >> this is salive look at detroit from fox 2. the big story there tonight, almost 900 people participating in the 30th annual national veterans golden age games. vets ages 55 and older are competing in events such as table tennis, shuffleboard

e-mail server and scandal and there is feeling people are missing the magnitude. >> and donald trump said that jamesfter rigged system and went after the any tie director. he said that hillary clinton tried to bribe loretta lynch saying democrats close to her that she consider keeping the lynch attorney scene in she wins the election. what did you make of the coverage of that? >> donald trump also spent a couple of seconds going after hillary clinton on the issue and said i'm bored of criticizing hillary clinton, let's all agree she is crooked. for a lost republicans, that is what was shocking, he would not make the argument in a clear way that could win over a lost voter whose have been trouble by the trust issues around hillary clinton and a lot of republicans with want hillary clinton to be a better candidate are frustrated. >> and there was a rally where he read more extensively but he also was taking on loretta lynch and james comey. >> we will see you inner after the break, covering the killings in dallas, louisiana and minnesota. is it constructive or polarizing . (guy) oh man, the show's pre

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did donald trump even know that man, james harris. the answer seems to be no.mp couldn't recall a single name of his live events instructors when he was asked under oath. even the self-described salesman who claims he was trump's number one. so as for that number one, james harris, the person you just saw, he's moved on. he posts easy money work from home. those are videos on the internet. yes, he touts his success at trump university as one of the reasons that you can trust him. i want to move back to a different kind of politic, the live kind, hillary clinton speaking live at the state house in springfield i will illinois. >> until it was gone entirely our country would never be truly united and at peace. so on june 16th, 1858, when mr. lincoln kicked off his campaign for the united states senate, he delivered an address on how slavery was tearing our country apart. and that it must go. some thought that he ended up losing the senate race because of that speech. but then he won the presidency and some thought it was because of that speech. president lincoln l

soldiering on, clinton is vetting possible running plates along with elizabeth warren and tim kaine and james donald trump says he will pick his running mate to try to unify the republicans before their convention begins next monday. i'm steve handelsman, news4. pat and barbara? >> thank you, steve. >>> will sanders supporters endorse her now that he has backed her? call or text the number on your screen. you can vote or see the results over the nbc washington facebook page. >>> can you feel it today? it feels a little different. doug, i know you felt it. >> i felt it coming in to work today for sure. the humidity will be on the increase each day. we're talking about pretty intense heat over the next couple of days, too. not tomorrow. tomorrow is a little unsettled, kind of like today with the cloud cover but a couple of showers and storms. i'll show you what we're talking about. we've seen cloud cover across much of the region during the day today. 8 southeast at 9 miles an hour. a lot of sunshine and cloud cover. a mixture of sun and clouds all day. underground temperatures, 86 in centreville. cha

>>james: donald trump is postponing the official announcement to name his pick for vice president and to get an announcement from the news conference. >>reporter: the past plans and still call once again the back of continue to it is one to me about wanted to talk to five minutes from the maze of to downtown san francisco. >>will tran: the police department have their hands full couple of days ago they targeted and instead they want to get a hold of the commuters who they believe could be oblivious to the situation if you want to joining you have plenty of time to expose all the way until 11:00 and nine percent was the police department as saying this will be a peaceful demonstration they know where the protesters and supporters will be but this in the past and no noise or branches off on to the side street nonetheless with the police officers in both departments will be out in full force this afternoon. >>mark: system haskell campus visits by police could help build trust in the senses the police department's getting ready to roll out by a chemist at the end of the month. >>darya: sa

phrase that the president has used so often certainly has a special meaning for her in light of james today. donaldng just a little bit north of that tobacco road. he had an entirely different take as you can imagine. sending out this adversaries certainly have plaque mail file on hillary clinton. this alone disqualifies her from service. it's also been revealed when hillary clinton lied when she said she did not send classified information. the fbi director confirmed 100 emails were sent at the time were identified as top secret. we're pack with the panel. mercedes? >> that's going to be trump's new campaign slogan. do you want to trust someone that the fbi director calls extremely careless. that's where is he going to go. keep pushing not only crooked hillary and lying hillary. that's going to be effective. this is going to be a rallying cry. fbi director comey's position is a ralliying cry for republicans who are feeling the fact that the clintons once again are following a different set of standards and the mere fact that you -- literally comey's comments today were prosecuting hillary clinton

james comey pointed out. she didn't address the issues. donald trump addresses the issues and takes them head-on like any real person would do. >> i want to get you into this discussion because kayleigh's right, secretary clinton has not spoken out publicly about the emails and what the fbi director said and about the investigation at this point. she hasn't talked yesterday and hasn't spoken today. should she? >> i don't know if she will, but the investigation is over. loretta lynch said that today. the investigation is over. what's going to happen, is the republicans unsatisfied with this finding who have pinned their white house aspirations on hillary being indicted will continue to prosecute her in the shadow prosecution by bringing james comey down to congress, a man who has been lauded by people on both the right and the left and all of a sudden now these findings are somehow flawed. >> hang on -- >> but the point is that i don't know if she's going to address them. she addressed them -- >> shouting out questions. >> reporters are always sho

james rosen has politics and donald trump's characterization of himself as the law and order candidate. we start in baton rouge and the breaking news, three dead police officers with an investigation underway. >> will carr is this. will? >> yes, authorities confirmed the man who shot six police officers was 29-year-old gavin eugene long originally from kansas city and the motivation is unknown and we do not know what brought him to baton rouge, but here is what we do know. witnesses say at 8:20 this morning, they saw long dressed in all black carrying a rifle. a short time later, shots were fired in the exchange. three officers were killed. two baton rouge city officers and a deputy with the sheriff's department all in their 30 and 40s and all married with families. three other officers were injured and one is still fight forly life. take a-to the baton rouge police chief and the sheriff both of whom lost men today. >> we will get through this as a family. we will get through this as a community. i want all of the officers to know i support you every single one of them i stand but, i s

>>james: donald trump is to defend the controversial trade involving a six.tar with a pitcher and one is talking about he posted a over the weekend making a spike that hillary clinton it was later deleted and an alternate to replace it with a circle but he said the campaign should have left it was originally. >>james: the amount trumka meanwhile is meeting behind closed doors today and this comes less in two weeks before the republican convention some leading republicans include some in congress a one on the south there were driver seven targeted in a series of shootings with the police a dawn to try to keep people safe the next two plans are testing their skills in the kitchen and is offer the calls were you could go for a slice critic bob brennan crawford/ >>james: before you head out the door this morning 58 currently in san jose with a mix of low to mid 50 its a and the inland valleys as well the ocean breeze keeping things modeler court today in the site this afternoon into the weekend. >>vicki liviakis: the first and second baseman brian dalton to what

james toronto. they needed to whiunite the par and reduce donald trump's favorables. how did they do getting the sanders people on board? >> i think they did well on two points. they rallied the hall. not so sure for folks back home. they also had another important constituency, the gushing over clinton. >> are the sanders voters on board? >> we don't know. there was a lot of protest outside. i think a lot of them will vote for hillary. >>. >> he really delivered for clinton. >> right. there wasn't a ted cruz moment like in the republican convention. i think i'm not so sure we can believe bill when he gets up and tells the wrenching personal stories given his personal history. clinton adores here mother but isn't that great of a political communicator. i think it was a tough task. >> somebody being in public life fairly fixed view of her in the american public. they devoted all of bill clinton's speech to that task. usually bill clinton is the contrast man. it is here is what we favor and then what they favor. he is very good at that. >> yes. he is. the underlying pro

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james: if things continue, the terrible attacks and evidence that the world is falling apart, donald p is positioning himself as the one person can fix that. charlie: the law and order guy, the whole theme was law in order. james: right. ixonlie: reminds us of nex in 1968. james: the statistics may not bear out that argument. charlie: does the notion of the unpredictability of donald trump, does that play into that kind of commercials that lyndon johnson used, the 3:00 in the morning call, that you can't trust his finger on the nuclear button? paul: i expect to see echoes of that in some of the speeches. , as the campaign unfolds, i think that is going to be one of the arguments the clinton campaign makes. we will see to what extent trump plays into that. most of this convention has been repeating trump statement after trump statement that is outrageous or a lot of people will think is outrageous, but it hasn't seemed to hurt so far. it has been cumulative over the course of the primaries, but it hasn't disqualified him yet. i think they will try to do that in the fall. charlie: hilla

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. >> tonight, donald trump is focusing on hillary clinton. james not be pressing criminal charges against hillary clinton. trump is still facing his own fire storm set off by his tweet of a graphic features an image of clinton with $100 bills and a six pointed star that resembles the star of david with the caption most corruption candidate ever. paul ryan criticizing trump for his misstep. >> my understanding is that this was done by staff, not by he himself. >> and ben carson also appeared to take issue with the tweet. >> the trump campaign refuses to apologize, but it trying to explain the origins of the tweet. they called the star a sheriff's badge that is a sheriff's badge and is available under microsoft shapes. it was lifted from an anti-hillary twitter user where count less images appear. the website is filled with conspiracy theories. and a twitter use freakily posted messages. >> the amazing thing about mr. trump is anything that is put out on his twitter account is 100% him. >> he talked about had the twitter habits in the past. >> i shou

we are the sfat thtate that gav lebron james his first two championships. >> it is official, donald trump is your republican nominee for president. >> fox and friends weekend co-host live in cleveland with a look at the historic night. anna, good morning. >> good morning, ladies and everybody at home. it's hard to match the excitement in the arena as donald trump officially went over the top winning the republican nominee nation with the traditional roll call. >> it is my it is continuing honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. trump for the office of president of the united states of america. >> you see it right there. chants of we want trump echos through the arena as each state cast their delegates one by one. folks eager to show off their pride like these texans in giant cowboy hats and washingtonians decked out in pine trees. but not everybody was celebrating. cheers turning to boos when new hampshire cast their vote. >> and 11 votes for my friend and the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> but trump didn't win all the votes. utah gave its delegates to ted

lou: donald trump took to twitter today and blasted the f.b.i. after james copy represented the department of justice not press criminal charges against hillary clinton. trump said quote the system is rigged. general petraeus got in trouble for far less. as usual, bad judgment. he followed up with quote f.b.i. director said crooked hillary compromised our national security, no charges. trump has been fighting against a rigged system for months now. joining us how charlie hurt and kelly anne conway, seniored a vice visor for the trump campaign. a rigged system and f.b.i. director one of the leading republican conservatives assured me in his judgment that he could produce a result full of integrity, brimming with thoroughness and what we got was an expansion of what is a politicized and corrupt justice department under this administration. >> it's a spectacularly missed opportunity for director comey. he exonerated her for criminal charges, then went on to rebuke her versions of what happened. hillary clinton withheld more emails than they released. he made it

among those who feel that way in the abc news poll, donald trump enjoys a 25-point advantage, martha. >> jamesyou very much. >>> we are awaiting a parade of political stars to kick off the first night of the republican national convention. one person we have not heard too much from is donald trump's wife milania, although she is set to take the stage this evening. what will she say, what will her effort be to soften the image somewhat of her husband, and what kind of first lady will she make? when we come back. >> i'll bet she gives a great speech. i will be there. i want to watch. it will be very excited. you both have a perfect driving record. until one of you clips a food truck. then your rates go through the roof. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ... ... ... >>> tonight will be a special moment for donald trump when he gets the opportunity to introduce his wife, melania, before she speaks tonight at the convention. most of america has a sense of melania trump but doesn't know too much

what will fbi james comey say tomorrow on capitol hill? meanwhile donald trump doubles down, selling a crowd in cincinnati that saddam hussein was good at killing terrorists. why are so many people outraged about it now? we're going to talk to a man who says that outrage comes straight from the clinton campaign. and remember this, you'll hear trump's explanation for this clinton bashing tweet. let's get right to cnn's sunlen serfa serfaty. we heard a vintage donald trump this evening. what is he saying? >> he said a little bit of everything. this was somewhat of a stream of consciousness. this is exactly the sort of off-the-cuff and speech that gives republicans still so much heartburn about donald trump. he covered the gamut of so many topics, but there was a lighter moment, an odd moment when a mosquito flew in front of him. >> the democrats -- ooh, there was a mosquito. i don't want mosquitos around me. i don't like mosquitos. i don't like those mosquitos, i never did. okay, speaking of mosquitoes, hello, hillary, how are you doing? certainly an impromp

james comey. he called it essentially a bribe job. >> donald trump bragged about the fact that he had written down talking points on what fbi director james comey said today, and written down what he of theed to say about secretary clinton and her emails. do you get a sense of what the campaign wants to do with this over the next few days and weeks? >> reporter: well, i think that they want to paint this as sort of a broader sense that the system is rigged and hillary clinton and the clintons in general have been able to get away with things that other families have not. so you see it, the latest example is the email, but donald trump brought up whitewater this evening. he brought up cattle futures this evening and he wants to bring up the narratives that the clintons are a corrupt couple and not only would continue president obama's policies and they want corrupt the white house if they're elected again and we'll hear more of that narrative over the next couple of months. >> sara murray in north carolina, thanks so much. we'll have much more to discuss about what we just saw from donald trump at

donald trump by five points. similar story in a new "usa today" poll where clinton's lead is six. clinton 46, trump 40. >>> welcome back to "hardball." fbi director james comey's recommendation not to indict hillary clinton today will likely spare the presumptive democratic nominee from criminal charges but the decision has been scooped up by donald trump to help him continue making his case that the system is rigged. we continue to wait for trump to take the stage at a rally in north carolina tonight where senator bob corker of tennessee is also joining the candidate amid speculation about a possible place on trump's ticket. it is confirmed tonight that corker is being vetted. we are joined by michael steele, former chairman of the rnc. steve, i will start with you. how much is the corker speculation and the speculation about all these other potential veeps an attempt to distract folks from the news of the last 24 hours about donald trump's tweeting life? >> i don't think that was on purpose. it's just a matter of timing. his tweeting life stands on its own. the story about comey takes away trump's biggest attack on hillary clinton. he talks about the

. >> donald trump lit into hillary clinton, saying james comey's decision not to recommend criminal chargesgainst clinton proved the political system is rigged. and he mocked "the new york times" article that reports clinton is considering keeping loretta lynch on as attorney general. >> how can you say that? it's a bribe! it's a bribe. i mean, if he wins, she's going to consider extending her as attorney general. i'm not knocking the attorney general. what i'm saying is, how can you say that? it's a bribe. s >> hours after the announcement, clinton made her first campaign appearance with president obama. they didn't mention the investigation at all, including the fact that the fbi contradicted many of clinton's c everything to investigators, while comey said they uncovered several thousand e-mails, several of which were classified. but he did say there's no evidence clinton deleted those e-mails on purpose to try to hide them. and most importantly for her campaign, comey said no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case against her. >> a stretch of hot summer weather is on us. >> can we cal

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donald trump visited with the republican members of the house and senate as fbi director james comeyded his agency's decision to not recommend charges against hillary clinton. >> we have our own cool customers on the beat. john harwood covering trump and hampton pearson on the comey story. john, let's start with you. >> reporter: bill, it's an unusual day when donald trump is not the biggest news story out there. that was the case today, but he did go to washington to meet with republican members of the house and senate and try to rally the party behind him. he had some success in that meeting with house members. he was introduced by our friend and cnbc contributor larry kudlow. he followed up with a q&a session with house members and at least one from new york walked away impressed. >> honestly say there was not one negative moment. there was no awkward moment. it was all positive. it was very united, and -- and we'll see where it goes, but today -- if today, you know, the way it's going to be, it's going to be extremely effective campaign. >> not quite the same story in the senate.

donald trump and james comey heading to the hill. gop nominee meeting with top congressional leaders why the fbi chief will face questions. >>> breaking news on jobs. the adp employment report just 15 minutes away. we'll bring you the numbers and what they could tell us about tomorrow's payroll release. >>> and billions of dollars gone to the dogs. the secret money behind the pet care industry. we'll tell you just how much money americans are spending to take care of their furry friends. final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> live from the most powerful city in the world, new york, this is "squawk box." >> florence and the machine. >> they told me that it is her voice. >> awesome. love it. >> all right. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc, first in business worldwide. i'm scott wapner along with joe kernen and michelle caruso-cabrera. we're less than 90 minutes away from the opening bell on wall street. take a look at the futures now. they're negative slightly. dow would open lower by about 18 points. s&p 500 and na

we begin with donald trump, fresh from speaking out against hillary clinton and against fbi director jamesigged and to some degree, controversially praising saddam hussein and for the first time saying he wishes his campaign would not have taken down a tet

charles: the recommendation is in, donald trump saying the fix is also in. the fbi director james with an announcement earlier today bringing to a conclusion his part of the hillary clinton email saga. this is cavuto coast-to-coast, i am charles payne filling in for neil cavuto. the entire presidential race changed, fbi director james comey, no charges against hillary clinton coming against against email server practices short of recommending charges. an extraordinary announcement, we thought you should hear it all over again for yourself in its entirety, take a listen, james comey's statement on hillary clinton's investigation. >> good morning. here to give you an update on the fbi's investigation of secretary clinton's use of a personal email system during her time as secretary of state. after a tremendous amount of work over the last year the fbi is completing its investigation and referring the matter to the parliament of justice for a decision. what i want to do today as three things, tell you what we did, what we found, what we are recommending to the department of justice.

donald trump said do not prosecute hillary clinton because he would rather fight her than bernie sanders. judge janine pirro furious over james comey's decision not to kennedy: yesterday donald trump thanked the f.b.i. for clearing hillary clinton of indictment saying i would rather face her than bernie. i would rather face her than almost anybody else. but should he be celebrating? ed the party panel joins me to discuss this. >> i think it's bad for him no matter what. but bernie sanders, people forget's a little off the wall, and he's a socialist. that would be a non-starter. >> the more he starts talking about free stuff, i know there are people on the left that listen and say that doesn't make sense. i think he would have been better off with bernie because it's so i will logical. everybody getting a pot of gold and a rainbow. it would have been unbelievable. kennedy: there was a moment when i thought it would be trump-sanders. i was praying to every deity. you say trump is a bad campaigner? >> bernie sanders has better favorable ratings than hillary clinton because people have no idea who he is, and they like the sound o