donald trump is tweeting on his way to cleveland. he said good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any in the hospital of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press. donald trump hardly ever stops at one trump. he said the media is doing more forensic analysis on melania's speech than hillary clinton's e-mails. this is in some ways the old theory if they're talking about you that's a good thing. we were talking about this before the show. trump subscribes to what newt gingrich subscribes to the political strategist wrote this book called flying upside down. stir it up all the time. get in trouble, make a mess, that's kaokay because they're talking about you. >> gingrich told me a few months ago that said trump is the only candidate who understands the world of media and social media. his view was every tweet, facebook posting, every instagram whatever is good for him. the more you do with that the better it will be for you even if a lot of it seems to be negative. you know, he was raised on the new yo

take a look at what donald trump tweeted this morning, quote, looks to me like the bernie people will fight, if not their blood, sweat and tears was a total waste of time. kaine stands for opposite. unquote. senator, do you think tim kaine stands for the opposite of your political revolution?

donald trump is talking about it. he is tweeting. but not apologizing for the controversial tweet but he is placing blame and publicly that blame not aimed at himself or his campaign. >> donald trump under fire tonight for a controversial tweet evoking anti-semitic stereo types. on saturday, trump posted a tweet with the picture of hillary clinton over $100 bills. a six-pointed star that resem e resembles the star of david and caption most corrupt candidate ever. today trump taking to twitter to blame the press for backlash writing dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the star of david rather than a sheriff's star or plain star. but trump deleted the tweet on saturday reposting the graphic but using a circle instead of a star. cnn through the use of an internet archiving site found that that same graphic tweeted by trump appeared ten days earlier on an internet message board filled with anti-semitic conspiracy theorys and neo-nazi ideology. trump's campaign today had trouble explaining who tweet

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i want to turn to donald trump and the controversy over a tweet some are calling anti-semitic. jeremy, you first. donald trump has his own firestorm to contend with this weekend. it started with this tweet. walk us through this, jeremy. >> yeah, don. it all began early saturday morning when donald trump tweeted this graphic, a six-pointed star, a pile of cash and the words "most corrupt candidate ever." the backlash was pretty much immediate online with critics on both the right and the left firing off with accusations that this amounted to anti-semitism or at least evoked anti-semitic -- trump would then retweet it with a circle instead of a six-pointed star and then ended up deleting the tweet. >> yesterday morning we heard from trump. who did he blame? a staffer, correct? >> that's right. well, donald trump did not in his own words blame a staffer, responsibility for posting the tweet on monday. his social media director, dan schavino, he said he realized it was offensive to some and he removed it but we didn't hear anything from the trump campaign over this entire weekend as

distraction. >> we're double distracted now. >> you work with the press, you realize what donald trump just did. another tweetorensic analysis of melania's speech than the fbi spent on hillary's e-mails. but donald trump just extended -- >> donald trump puts out fires with other fires. we've seen that over and over again. he plays the press. he trolls them. when he gets himself into a corner, he just, you know, sets another fire over here and says go look over there and he keeps doing it. so far, it's working. >> scottie, genius? >> i think it is genius. >> how did i know you were going to say this? >> he beat 17 candidates with one-tenth of the budget. obviously it does work for him. when you look at most people, get a quick glance at the headline, all they're seeing is melania trump's speech, not the details. >> it kind of is, dan pfeiffer, is all good press good press? >> no, by that definition, the nfl player who has gotten the most press ever is o.j. that's a bad strategy. let it go. like last night, we had a decent night at the convention. his son spoke. gave a speech that was well regarded. yet here we

donald trump tweeting -- donald trump i should say tweeting just moments ago, dishonest media is trying depict a star in a tweet as a star of david. rather than a sheriff's star or plain star. what's this about? well, it's in response to the controversy o

donald trump.>> donald trump has no real plans for college students, or seniors. he has no desire to make anything great again except for rich guys like donald trump. drug -->> reporter: donald trump tweeted during bernie sanders of speech and said that all of bernie sanders supporters are welcome to support him.>>> the newspaper was so impressed with michelle obama's speech, you see mrs. obama with the headline, "the lady is her champ.">> an incredible speech by an incredible woman. the country -- couldn't be more proud and our country has been blessed. i love you, michelle.>> michelle obama seem to hit it out of the park tonight. >> it was like beyonci came on stage tonight. screaming. delegates screaming, waving around the shells signs throughout. at one point, some bernie sanders folks started chanting, and the rest of the people shushed them. >> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves.>>[ applause ]>> and i watched my daughter, too beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with the dogs on the black -- playing with the dogs on the white house lawn. she -- [ cheers]>> and because of hillary clinton, my daughter's and all of our sons and daughters now take f

donald trump tweeting -- donald trump i should say tweeting just moments ago, dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as a star of david. rather than a sheriff's star or plain star. what's this about? well, it's in response to the controversy over this tweet, which trump sent n and later deleted, showing a picture of hillary clinton over a pile of cash and next to her the star of david with the words -- most corrupt candidate ever. now, the tweet has since been updated to remove the star. >>> also on twitter and just the last few minutes, donald trump completely unprovoked has been floating the names of people considered possible vice presidential selections. it couldn't possibly be to deflect attention from that other twitter stuff, could it? we'll get to the veep stakes float in just a minute. >>> first, jason carol joins me with the latest on toik twitter feed. jason. >> we've heard donald trump blaming the media in the past. this time it works. this time his critics say it's not going to work. the candidate himself has to answer for and the reason f

we have just seen what donald trump tweeted after the president was finished. president obama just held a news conference, but he doesn't have a clue. our country is a divided crime scene and it will only get worse. from donald trump. after the tragic night in dallas, and doesn't it just seem as if it has been a steady tempo of kind of crisis events that we have been covering and focusing our attention on, we were joined by co-founder and president of the center for policing equity. and professor john j. college. you listened to general honore. i think about him all the time in context of the now famous scene of him going through new orleans and reservists had come into town post katrina, they didn't mean any harm, they are fellow citizens, but their rifle muzzles were up and he had to go through and remind everybody, put those guns down, you're exhibiting the wrong stance. now, we lived long enough to see that in other places, where police felt they were under direct threat in ferguson, missouri, and so on. i don't know where to put the relationship right now b

and chief whether i could write an article about the antisemitic responses i get to what i tweet about donald trump on "all in" -- >> there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than hillary clinton. >> the 2016 odyssey continues. >> everybody can tweet, but nobody actually knows what it takes to do the job until you've sat behind the desk. >> a team of rivals reunites. >> he knows a thing or two about winning elections, take it from

donald trump weighing in on the controversial tweet. apologizing for what happened, but the campaign did offer up an explanation of who posted the image and exactly how it came to be. >> donald trump firing back at critics who say the star shape in the tweet campaign posted evokes anti-semitic imagery, calling the attacks false and ridiculous. trump singling out hillary clinton's campaign which called his tweet blatantly anti-semitic and part of a pattern. he says the former secretary of state is trying to divert attention to dishonest behavior of herself and her husband. but the clinton campaign is not alone in condemning the image. >> the trump campaign has invoked bigotry and anti-semitism, racism and now it's hard to call it anything other than a pattern. >> daniel trump's former new york golf course caddy turned social media director for the campaign now says he selected the star, not the jewish star of david but as he called it a sheriff's damage, explaining he found it under microsoft shapes. he said in a statement, the image was

i want to turn to donald trump and the controversy over a tweet some are calling anti-semitic. diamond, kailee and jonathan. good to have all of you on. jeremy, you first. donald trump has his own firestorm to contend with this weekend. it started with this tweet. walk us through this, jeremy. >> yeah, don. it all began early saturday morning when donald trump tweeted this graphic, a six-pointed star, a pile of cash and the words "most corrupt candidate ever." the backlash was pretty much immediate online with critics on both the right and the left firing off with accusations that this amounted to anti-semitism or at least evoked anti-semitic image try. less than two hours later, trump would retweet it with a circle instead of a six-pointed star. and then he would end up deleting that original tweet. >> for several days we heard nothing from the trump campaign. yesterday morning we heard from him. who did he blame? a staffer, correct? >> that's right. well, donald trump did not in his own words blame a staffer, but a staffer did take responsibility for posting the tweet on mond

donald trump couldn't resist getting into the politics. the republican national committee issued a statement noting the fact that here is a major party nominee interviewed by the fbi. donald trump tweets it's impossible for them not to recommend criminal charges. he tweets after the reporting comes out saying that they're not likely to press charges. donald trump tweets, it was just announced by sources that no charges will be brought against crooked hillary clinton. like i said, the system is totally rigged. on one hand he is her opponent and you could get that reaction. on the other hand, if he's president of the united states, the fbi director will be sitting at his side. is appropriate for him to trash the fbi? >> yes. when he says the last sentence "the system is rigged" that's his best message in this campaign. if he can keep making that point about the emails and the clintons and what they'd do in power, i think he could be quite successful. the problem for him is it gets lost in various other things he's saying. >> once he's president, it won't be rigged anymore. >> the first to suggest that it is. >> the outside sider message works for trump. at this moment is it best for the

donald trump's son-in-law. and also happens to be jewish. jared is often used as a shield for trump campaign to prove that donald trump is antese mattic. this became relevant once again when donald trump tweetedm an ant se mattic web site when it was star of daily. she decided it was to publicly confront her boss in her open letter to jared kushner she said this, i'm asking you, how do you allow this? when you stand silent and smiling in the background, his jewish son-in-law, you're giving his most hateful supporters, joining us now, exclusive last word, dana schwartz, writer for the observer. dana, this was an extraordinary thing to read and you -- what struck you about it right away was wow, you didn't have to do this, i mean, no one has to do it. but you're the arts and culture writer. politics is not your place at the observer and it was so perfectly phrased throughout in the political points made so perfectly. how long were you thinking about doing this, is this like a last straw thing with that tweet. >> well, the tweet was one thing and then the response from his supporters really clarified how horrific this campaign has been in my mind. i mean, i woke with many americans on july secon

that's donald trump's america. >> following the senator's speech donald trump tweeted, elizabeth warren often referred to as pocahontas, just misrepresented me and spoke glowingly about crooked hillary, who she always hated. truck also attacked warren during a campaign rally in north carolina last night. >> she hasn't done anything, this elizabeth warren, she's a disaster. she's the least productive senator in the united states senate, other than she has a big mouth. that's all. she's got a big mouth. pocahontas. her life is a fraud in a sense. because she got into schools, and she got in everything, by saying she was a minority. and then they said oh, prove it. this is after she's already out. prove it. she goes, well look at my cheekbones. oh, look. you find anything nice about her cheekbones? i don't know. >> as the democrats were trying to tamp down a revolt in philadelphia, donald trump and his running mate mike pence were headed out to virginia and north carolina for their first joint rally in which the republican nominee delighted in the chaos, roiling the democratic party. >> i

trump tweet have legs? >> well, stephanie, let's be clear here. this tweet came from donald of the staff we want but the bottom line it came from his twitter account. he has made racist tweets for months and there's never an apology that goes along with it. he offended virtually every race and religion there is. he should own all of it. >> all right. donald trump may have that issue. hillary clinton seemed to be plagued by a trustworthiness issue. when does this end for her? i want to remind you james comey is speaking at 11:00 a.m. today. >> is that for me to answer? >> steve. >> i'm happy to take this. you know, the bottom line is there's been a long-time investigation about her personal e-mail account. she has been as forthright about it as any person out there. she has been investigated. the house has spent millions and millions of dollars investigating her as has many government entities. the bottom line is until she is -- until there is some real proof that she did wrong people should stop saying that she is a crook and that includes somebody who is a republican presid

. >> reporter: donald trump tweeting i always said debbie wasserman shultz was over rated. the convention is cracking up. and hillary clinton's new vp pick. >> the choice was a slap in the face to bernie sanders and for everybody. i was shocked but i love it for my stance >> the gop nominee is looking to stir up democratic dissatisfaction, a day ahead of that convention and doing some clean up. on his propose of temporary muslim ban is insisting that he's not rolling it back. >> people are so upset when i use the word "muslim." >> remember this and i am okay because i am talking territorial of muslims. >> his speech is being described as dark and angry. >> mad max of america. >> trump said his message is -- >> what makes it optimistic? >> because we are going to solve problems. sure, i talk about the problems but we are going to solve the problems. >> more than half of republicans saying trump's message made them feel hopeful but about a third felt scared. >> numbers digging up above hillary clinton. that support coming from voter who is are undecided just last week. >> rep

donald trump once again in hot water for his twitter feed. on saturday this tweet widely criticized as being anti semitic, shows an image of hillary clinton and what appears to be a jewish star over hundred-dollar bills. describe how the campaign has reacted. >> well, craig that image going up on saturday over the weekend. immediately the subject of criticism from some who saw it as anti semitic. at that point, someone posted to the twitter feed a modified version of that image. i'm not sure if we have it, but it shows a circle on top of that star. so clearly, something potentially amiss. but then quite a bit of time went by after that. and we had silence about this from the trump campaign. in the interim, the anti defamation league put out a statement calling on trump to condemn racists and anti-semites in as strong terms as possible as trump has condemned some of his critics, and other candidates he's run against this cycle. we do have just in a new response from the trump campaign on this. donald trump tweeting this morning, dishonest media is trying their absol

with word of today's trip donald trump tweeted who pays? which might add fuel to trump's fire as he lambasts clinton over accusations that a recent tweet featuring this six-pointed star graphic was anti-semitic. on the fourth of july trump saying hillary clinton's trying to link the star of david with a sheriffs is ridiculous. she's just trying to divert attention from the dishonest behavior of herself and her husband. and, of course, that conversation on twitter has continued. the criticism over the trip to north carolina today by having both hillary clinton and the president on air force one according to the white house, though dnc or relevant committee would reimburse the government but taxpayers still end up footing part of that bill. >> the vice president will join her as well in pennsylvania friday. >>> new hints from both parties as each side continues to search for a running mate. sources say the clinton camp is vetting julian castro as a vice presidential pick while donald trump met with joni ernst who is being vetted for the vp job

election and help donald trump. trump tweeted this week i have no association with russia.y trying to draw the line but also said flattering things about vladimir putin in past and tried many times to build trump tower in moscow, et cetera. say what you will, but is this bad optics for your candidate? does he need to come out more forcefully against this? >> i think the democrats have done a majorly good job of trying to pin him to it in some ways. most advanced countries spy. but i've been told if the russian government were doing this, they are so good they wouldn't leave a trace that we even knew they got in there. who knows who's doing it or for what purpose. the opposition could help him do it and only throw nug gets they wanted to know and the trump campaign is the one doing this. >> do you think trump should come out more forcefully against it? >> the clinton foundation took $500,000 in speaking fee for bill clinton, got a personal call from vladimir putin. so there's plenty of dots to connect on other side. as americans we should be more concerned to do everything w

donald trump has tweeted "the system is rigged. petraeus got in trouble. very unfair. " he also says that crooked hillary compromised our national security. act ii your phone calls. calling fromul washington on the others line. caller: you know, i think the fbi director is an honest and honorable person. i don't think he really had any other choice. because i don't think he would be able to get a job in washington, d.c.. with theis the problem system that we have right now. i think the pressure put on him was phenomenal. and we have to take his hat off for his statement. i think he is an honorable person. i don't think people should be upset with him. i'm not clear where you are standing here on the fbi director. well, i don't think he had any choice but to not bring charges against secretary clinton. and i'm not a democrat or a republican. but ifpport candidate anybody thought that the fbi was going to indict hillary clinton or recommend charges, they are in a fantasyland. this would have been done six months ago. governments don't work like this. your po

. >>> donald trump tweeted good news, lonnie is speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics, especially if you believe that all press is good press. live from quicken loans arena in cleveland. >> reporter: the trump campaign hoping to put all of this finally behind them tonight with the help of a big speech from mike pence, if you don't know much about him you're not alone. recent polls showed 86% of americans don't know enough about mike pence to have an opinion. all of that makes his speech the most high-stakes introduction president since sarah palin in 2008. when donald trump introduced mike pence as his vice president last week, some observers compared it to an arranged marriage. the trump campaign hopes pence can spark truelove. >> it may be arranged that it has to work for both their sakes. >> reporter: tonight mike pence will undoubtedly described himself as a christian conservative and republican in that order. music to the ears of conservatives skeptical of trump, but the men disagree on issues like trade and trump's controversial muslim band, the campaign

donald trump via tweet. >> donald trump began matter of factually.lly bad shooting in orlando. but the tone sharply turned more partisan. trump claimed credit. appreciate the congrats for being right on radical islamic terrorism. i don't want congrats. i want toughness and vigilance. >> seth: appreciate the congrats? i don't know who's been congratulating donald trump, but you may want to redirect your congratulations to the first responders or those waiting in line to give blood. they're the ones who deserve congrats and they're not asking for it. i have a feeling donald trump's not giving blood, and if he did, no one would want it because it probably looks like ectoplasm. [ light laughter ] so while there were some who were busy callously exploiting the tragedy to spread bigotry and misinformation, let's keep in our hearts the victims and applaud those acts of love and humanity that poured forth in orlando and across the country because at the end of the day, that's what will endure. this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ applause ] >> seth: fortunatel

this is a holiday but not from donald trump's tweets or controversy.referred to hillary clinton as the most corrupt candidate ever, no surprise. but the words were on a six-pointed star over asea of cash. people quickly pointed it out on social media, said it was a and hillary clinton took it up immediately, said it was an antisemitism. rather than a sheriff's star or a plain star. stu. >> i carry sheriffs stars all the time and use them in my tweets. >> good point. >> look jorch, it's another day of donald trump, another controversy, another instance. if we hadn't done this six, eight, ten, 20 times before, maybe you could say this was a mistake or this was misinterpreted, there are a whole series of these and this is who the man is. the campaign isn't field organization or tv ads. it's tweets and controversial tweets. >> yang: do you think he knows what the connotation is to these things or does he not notice them or -- >> i would certainly hope -- he is an adult, he ought to know. he is a 70-year-old man who claims to be knowledgeable, knows history

that's why you have seen donald trump tweeting up in fever about the veepstakes to try to change the ive. the reality is on a number of different occasions, donald trump has passed along twreeets like this, tweets that look more like dog whistles than anything else. he has doubled down on putting that out there. he says, i am not the one that created it. i am the one that passed it on. does the campaign know what they are doing in passing along this kind of imagery and do they know the feelings it evokes on both sides? or have they not done the kind of vetting to understand where these images are coming from and where they are originating? if you have done it so many times, why is there not someone who has gone through this process. we have put all of these questions to the campaign. we are hoping to get more answer so far, they have not responded. >> david, one question. another campaign response this morning was that donald trump himself did not send out this tweet, that someone else on the campaign did. in your experience, typically, our understanding is that he sends out his own t

donald trump has been meeting with mike pence, and just today, with iowa senator joanie ernst. trump tweeting earlier that the only people that are not interested in being his vp pick are the people who have not be asked. cecilia? >> mary, thank you. >>> we want to turn overseas now, to a growing wave of deadly terror attacks. three suicide bombings reported in saudi arabia in the last 24 hours. in iraq, ten people killed today in baghdad. that's a day after the deadliest bombing there in nearly a decade. in just the last week, major attacks in four countries, killing more than 230 people. abc's alex marquardt, here he is on isis calling for even more violence before the end of are ramadan. >> reporter: a suicide attack tonight in saudi arabia, next to islam's second holiest site. one of three attacks in that country in just the last 24 hours, including one near the us consulate in jeddah. they cap off a spectacularly bloody week, as the muslim hold will month of ramadan ends. in baghdad, isis claimed the massive bombing that took the lives of 167 people, the deadliest attack in war-torn iraq

. >> donald trump tweeted look what's happening under the weak leadership of obama and people like crooked hillary clinton. we are a divided nation. do you think the president has any influence on the immediate situations of black and white? do you think the leadership does anything to forstall this kind of presidency? >> i think he is awfully good about talking about them and about racial issues. lots of black folks say he doesn't do it enough. people like michael eric dyson. >> yeah, i hear it. >> and we know the right wing is perhaps he is an illegitimate president. >> i think he is really trying to be -- i'm not saying not black but to be someone who was seen as an overall leader. >> yeah. >> it is almost an impossible position that he is in. but as much as a president can calm the nation, he is calm. all of these people who think trump will be great for his pocketbook, he will be horrible because he is the opposite of calm. the stock market hates more than volatility and he is walking volatility. they all pretend because he is a socialist. he was great for the stock market because he

so far donald trump has not tweeted about the big meeting with the fbi. we want to bring in sellers, i former south carolina house member and donald trump supporter jeffrey lord, former reagan white house political director and political commentator tara setmeyer on capitol hill. jeffrey, to you first, donald trump is usually so quick to tweet reactions. why haven't we heard from him? >> it's the holiday weekend. hopefully he's giving a speech somewhere, i don't know. i'm sure without doubt you will hear from him. the thing that amazes here, this is the first -- not everybody wants to talk about her being the first woman presidential nominee but to the best of my knowledge the first nominee of any party ever to be investigated by the fbi. when you pull back. this goes on over and over and over again with both clintons. we so this business with loretta lynch. this is they are perpetually getting into trouble. she had a clear record when she went to be secretary of state and we wind up in a situation now being investigated by the fbi. this is the problem her

donald trump. >> i'm trying to think, donald trump tweeted out afterward saying ya, i got the speech ahead of time, casino of new this would happen. what do you think donald trump's ren was to let ted cruz go up there. >> could we put it up in the control room and look at that time? i'm confused whether or not ted went off message here, but from the looks of the tweet it looks like donald new he was going to go off message? >> i think he knew. >> i don't think they had a whole lot of notice but i think you're right, couple of hours that they had to see this thing. and they didn't try to block him from speaking. >> trump looking like the larger person, to give this speaking slot, even though he didn't demands anything in return. he didn't demand any loyalty from ted cruz, and i certainly didn't get any. >> if we put that back up it, looks like there is two messages inside that tweet. it says that they spoke and that trump, so wow, ted cruz got booed off the stagement didn't honor the pledge. then the tweet continues: i saw his speech two hours early, but let him speak anyway. let him speak anyway p

and as to bernie sanders and the sandersnistas and donald trump tweet, forget about it. just knocked it out of the parkts and he looks like a centrist and has a presentation of one. he is not. he is a progressive. >> you don't think that his vote for, for example, trade promotion authority or his -- that he's got a lot of donations from banks. >> he does. but as you said, this is a confident selection. she is going to be on the offense between now and november. i think kaine has two other things going for him in terms of demographic groups she's going after. he speaks fluent spanish. we saw a little bit in that speech. she wants to play in florida obviously. but also out in the southwest, new mexico, arizona, those states. he is also roman catholic, paul. and the midwestern industrial states that she is going after, your wisconsins, your michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, large catholic population, he will play there as well. >> he's no conservative though. >> no. >> even moderate is a stretch. fill it in for us. >> he's a catholic, okay. but favors abortion rights. >> 100% r

. >>> tonight, donald trump tweeted out, god bless the people of munich after another attack. also tonight, trump's campaign revealed the republican presidential nominee will visit pennsylvania during next week's dnc. trump will be in scranton on wednesday. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf and philadelphia mayor of have allowed workers at the airport to form a union of their choosing. they had voted to strike during the dnc next week. an agreement has been worked out to ensure a smooth operation of the airport as thousands of delegates convene here. >>> boat house row is lit up in red, white and blue. it's hot and steamy. it feels like 90 degrees this late at night. it is dangerous to spend all day outside without certain precautions sdprch precautions. >> yeah, did certainly is. if you are going to be out this weekend, we have a first alert for the heat. you want to make sure to stay hydrated. avoid several hours outside, if you are outside, try to stay cool by staying in the shade, wear cool clothing and you really want to be in the air conditioning. first alert for pennsyl

presidential candidate donald trump tweeted the expected news about his running mate and unveiled the campaign logo today. indiana governor mike pence says he is excited and humbled to be selected as donald trump's vice presidential pick. they will have the first news conference tomorrow. hillary clinton's campaign said the selection of pence shows that trump is doubling down on what the campaign calls pence will be among the speakers at the republican national convention that begins on monday. political correspondent scott thuman will report live from there all week long. still ahead at 6:00 -- a fight for history. the unusual plan a group has to save historic church about to face a wrecking ball. plus, a prince george's county police officer mistakenly kills a colleague. what a grand jury just decided in that case. steve: looking a-okay for dinner outside. temperatures are falling to the 80's. talk about the rest of the we announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: today mourners paid the final respects to 37-year-old alton sterling. police shot and kille

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. >> donald trump tweeted, look what's happening in this country under the weak leadership of president obama and crooked hillary clinton. do you think the united states at times have an influence on these various situations? do you think the presidential leadership does anything to forestall this? >> i don't think the president can forestaal them but he's good about talking about them. there are lots of black folks on one side who say he doesn't do it enough. people like cornell west and eric dyson. >> i know. i hear from both of them. >> we know what the right wing thinks of him, perhaps he's an illegitimate president. >> i know why he's doing it. to be seen as someone who's an overall leader and he doesn't want to become sectarian. >> it's an almost impossible position he's put himself in, but as much as the president can calm the nation, he's calm. for anybody who thinks donald trump is going to be good for your pocketbook, he's going to be anything but. he's walking volatility. they all pretend they don't like president obama and this and that, he's great for the stockmarket becaus

according to donald trump's tweet, donald trump read the speech. so ted cruz was given something. he did the professional thing, said, here's my speech, and then he delivered it. the crazy thing is why in god's name would a presidential nominee let that speech go on the teleprompter? it defies common sense. >> i was a huge ted cruz supporter, on board with him when he was polling at 2%. i'm really disappointed in him. honestly, i think it was a win-win for donald trump. had ted endorsed him, it would have been a win for donald trump. last night i was in that arena. when ted came in, that arena was on their feet, he had a standing ovation. he could have been a hero last night. people were saying say it, say it, trying to pull it out of him and he didn't do it. i think he unified people more than he could have by endorsing. those people that were sitting on the fence that didn't know what they were going to do are now supporting donald trump. >> i want to get to one other subject that's important because it's about policy. donald trump in "the new york times" yesterday suggested he

what i do know is that donald trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for vladimir putin >> donald trump tweetedesterday, in order to try and deflect the horror and stupidity of the wikileaks disaster, the dems said maybe it is russia dealing with trump. crazy. and for the record, i have zero investments in russia. and here's what he said to a cbs affiliate in miami. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have any jobs in russia. i'm all over the world but we're not involved in russia. but it was just -- i watched actually one of the people from the campaign of hillary clinton, which who i call crooked hillary, and he talked about russia. he said you know, it was trump, it was trump. it was almost like john levits on the liar if you remember that from "saturday night live" it was trump. it's so ridiculous. but they have to say something. >> last night donald trump pushed back against some of the claims made at the democratic convention, as well. at one saying there should be no federal minimum wage, that it should be $10. while responding to bernie sanders' accurate claim on monday night t

in fact, donald trump tweeting yesterday saying it's impossible that the fbi would not press chargesinst hillary clinton. the rnc making the case that she's trying to skirt transparency laws here. and all the republicans seem to be keying in on this meeting between loretta lynch and bill clinton earlier on monday at the tarmac of the phoenix international airport. their planes happened to be there at the same time. bill clinton hopped over to loretta lynch's plane to make a social call. and they hit her very hard. take a listen to what republican senator tom cotton had to say about it this morning. >> i think the events of the last week, though, do call into question attorney general lynch's judgment in taking a private meeting with bill clinton. i mean, it was very unwise of her to take the meeting, very unwise of him to seek the meeting. since he has -- she has not fully recused herself i think it raises questions about political interference in this investigation. >> expect to hear that again and again, it's a theme republicans are going to hit no matter what happens with the fbi

. >> once again, donald trump is not shying away from controversy. his response today over the backlash over a tweet he posted that some say is antisemitic. >> this money isn't protecting this country. it's only protecting bands. leon: later on this 4th of july, a possible sour note for military bands. why congress may want them to turn down the music. maureen: we are continuing to keep a close eye on the rye dar. will the rain wash out the fireworks show on t okawhoa!ady? nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. "abc7 news at 6:00ment" on your side. maureen: flu details about the explosion in new york city -- new details about the explosion in new york city's central park. they have amputated connor golden's left leg under the knee. it's believed that the explosives were an attempt to replicate fireworks that make noise when thrown on the ground. >> we would not categorize this as an explosive device number one. this is not placed to have someone be hurt or touch on it. maureen: police believe the bag of explosives had

. >>> donald trump telling his supporters, don't watch hillary clinton's speech tonight. donald trump tweeting last but it's not what president obama said, but what donald trump said that trump is now responding to tonight. the appeal to russia, saying to them, if you're listening, find hillary clinton's 30,000 e-mails. tonight, the campaign says he was being sarcastic, that he was not encounselling espionage. abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump trying to retreat from his cyber battle cry, claiming he was just being, quote, sarcastic, when he encouraged the russiao clinton's e-mails. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. >> reporter: criticism raining down on trump for seeming to ask a hostile foreign government to meddle in an american election. but trump's message now? lighten up. today, his campaign again and again hitting that word, sarcasm. media takes what was clearly a sarcastic comment made by donald trump. they've taken a sarcast