hang on, donnie and mud cat will strick around after the break.sident obama spent the day in iowa handing out cold beers and throwing fast balls, political nirvana. we will be right back. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an understatement, eliot. unwrap your paradise. soft, sweet coconut covered in rich, creamy chocolate. almond joy and mounds. unwrap paradise. admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... go on, please. with seven benefits in every bottle, head and shoulders for men washes out flakes

here is donnie fowler, craig crawford political commentator.drudge would have done this, but petraeus is off the list right? >> off the list. >> i think he's trying to stir up dust, create excitement about the announcement once it comes. >> exactly right. >> it's nuts. petraeus is no dwight eisenhower. i think he would be more in the line of wesley clark or al haig. >> hey, i like wesley clark. >> jennifer: i like wesley clark, too. but this is drudge's second effort to chin up excitement, the first pick was condoleezza rice. >> when the girls are not going to take you to the prom. you start to go to others to take to the prom. >> that's so true. when he picks rob portman, it's going to look really boring. >> jennifer: that's what i was saying to donnie during the break, craig. i wonder if drudge was getting this information sideways from the democratic side. after they do pick the republicans it's going to be a big letdown. craig, tell us failure prediction. >> rob portman. a day or two after the olympics. mitt romney is not a risktaker. this

it's not really about the name, donny, i don't think.> what they're trying to do. >> how do we explain, i really don't know how we explain this, veterans receiving veterans benefits standing there prominently at tea party rallies cheering on the tea party person. >> the world is divided between empty places and crowded places. people from empty places don't see any point to government. that used to make sure wednesday it was hamilton versus jefferson. but now -- >> you're receiving a government check. >> in their minds live in an empty place, in their minds they have -- they're independent, they don't need government and they disassociate themselves from anything that says that they are in fact dependent on government for a lot of things in their lives. >> as long as we're talking about ted cruz, let's speak to someone who endorsed ted cruz in his senate campaign, senator tom coburn of oklahoma who joins us now, senator, tell us a little bit about him. >> good morning. a real person. mild-mannered, very smart. actually gets it. you know,

i don't think donny was saying that. i think it's surprising where things stand. >> 9 points in august is pretty tough. >> well, i question -- if you look through some of these polls a number of people are responding and i agree with the governor people can change their minds and likely will, go more for obama or romney. i think the vp choice is big. some people are dismissing it. palin makes it big. this race has been on a lot of levels disappointing. we've talked about on this show, you've talked about it, neither side getting into the meat of the issue and substance of where they want to take the country the next four years. if he picks a paul ryan, someone who is controversial, someone who's very smart, very capable, you and i know him, served with him -- >> a guy -- >> might be able to lay out -- >> who wins in the swing district of all swing districts. >> blue district. >> i think paul ryan gets elected in a district if i'm not mistake than dukakis won, that gore won, that clinton won -- >> the scrutiny -- >> that

donny fowler, and rod stutzman.uglas brinkley will join us to discuss the evolution of political convention. i'm so excited. we'll be right back. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> take your hands off of me unless you intend to arrest me, do not push me, please. do not push me. take your hands off of me unless you plan on arresting me. wait a minute. wait a minute. as you can see-- >> i don't know what's going on, but these are security people, apparently around dan. >> jennifer: i can't get enough of that, that's dan dan rather getting smacked around the republican convention in 1968. now conventions are tightly scripted infomercial. so coming to us tonight from houston to tell us when and why conventions became a little more predictable is presidential historian douglas brinkley. also a professor of rice university. douglas, welcome back inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me on. >> jennifer: you bet. we watched that tape from 1968. did 1968 signal the end of the inscripted convention? >> no, it was part of the end. 1

the chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch is here. donny. >> hello. >> i'm surprised he's not vacationing somewhere. >> he is. >> yeah. >> every day is a vacation. >> every day is a vacation for donny. >> msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu and former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> they're going to the same place this weekend. >> good morning. >> you both -- >> such gumption saying where we go -- >> going to the hamptons. >> you're in the most expensive enclave. >> that's not true. >> richest zip code. >> and makes up where i go. >> listen, you know what i do there. >> help kids in nantucket and garden. >> seriously, this is the story of my life. on romney's ledger a couple's happy ending he helps working-class people and that's what i do. >> front page of the "new york times" mind you.

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donny, what about you?last week we were giving nike wonderful kudos because of the spot with the overweight boys. >> and encouraging the women during the olympics. >> free enterprise, blah, blah, blah, don't shoot the messenger, the kids have got to be the ones but nike does have a responsibility and lebron james does have an opportunity. you don't need that $300 shoe. you can't be both, the company of the people, the company of the underdog and empowerment and then being feed beiing into -- don't think they have to do it. >> are we putting our values and morals on nicky because they've so swept us up and into their advertising? their branding is we care about young athletes but in reality their business is to make money. >> this shoe is going to appeal to the kids who think they're the next nba player and those kids are not the next nba player. >> that's not the problem. the problem is it is to inner city kids the ultimate status and what will those kids do for the $300 shoe. >> and that's not fair to pare

donnie has been in and out of prison much of his adult life.hs later. >> just a waste of time, you know, a waste of freedom. there are so many better things to be doing in life going fishing and going to a movie and walking with your girlfriend. >> release photographs are taken of every photograph processing out. for donnie parole includes a halfway house dedicated to helping addicts get back on their feet. >> i volunteered for the program. so that i wouldn't have to patrol to the-- parole to the streets. >> inmates released from corcoran are given $200 and a clean set of clothes to start their new lives. >> patrolling straight to the street with the gate money is not enough to survive. i have had opportunities in recovery before but was never adamant in my heart i would never use again but it's i know in my heardt i don't want to come back. >> that inmate i believe in my experience of 20 years he'll be back. he has violated for absconding burglary. chances are he will be back. val wrangle knows that 50% of the inmates he releases will return i

i agree with donny. most effective ads. campaign probably in presidential history is my guess. >> wait. most negative? both good. and in fact, the middle class pay is -- pays more than 14%. it's people like me that end up paying the 35%. >> the middle class does not pay more than 14%. >> sure they do. >> that's completely wrong. >> if you include the payroll taxes? >> no, no. >> how do you possibly get that? >> nonprofit organization, tax policy, around since 1937, the individual effective federal income tax rate for the middle -- >> i'm not talking -- >> what are you talking about? >> plus medicare and -- >> according to to them, 14.3% for the middle income. >> can't possibly be true. >> talk to -- i'm getting the data from the tax policy center. >> here's the contrast of the ads. in the last 40 years we have elected the most likable campaign and what the obama team is doing between bain and taxes is saying you don't like that guy. he's not you. and i think that trumps the 8.6% unemployment. >> you have to hope obama doesn

donny, you're an ad man. >> bravo. it's discriminatory if you have a problem with it.ed bodies. in a strange way who looks like a guy, who like all of us are im perfect in one way or another is inspirational, motivational. if this gets one guy off the couch and say, wait a second, that guy looks like me. i'm going to get healthy. it's brilliant. >> you think it works because it may inspire people or does it work for nike because we're talking about it? >> all the above. nike has been a brilliant marketer about inclusivity. they have shown every person in their ad, not just lebron james of the world. i saw this ad. we get so moved. we sweep under the rug in this country we all have to get healthy. here is a guy, i'm going out there, i'm running. you said the people critical motivates you more. that ad is inspirational and marvelous. >> let me mention, you said if you can go out there and lose weight, nike is going to revisit you. >> that was said. i don't know how it got out there. i don't know. >> let me tell nike, they should revisit you if you get out there and keep

star jones, donny deutsch and nbc's medical editor dr.cy snyderman are assembled and ready to chat. let's talk about the rnc, chris christie gave the keynote address. it was hotly anticipated. but some in the room were a little bit peeved that it took him about 10 minutes to mention mitt romney. they decided it was a little too self-serving. >> what did they expect. >> is that fair criticism. >> he said that he spoke so long about himself because he didn't find mitt romney interesting enough to talk about. it was really a me, me, me speech teed up for 2016. >> you think that was ip appropriate. >> look, he did what he was supposed to do. he talked a lot about himself, his mom, dad, speaks the unvarnished truth. he took from how he speaks the truth to republicans. the mvp boy act, teed himself up for 2016 and played the convention role he was supposed to. >> let me talk about the christie brand. bullying will never be accepted in this country. there was a clip of him when a woman asked him about do your kids go to private school. it was an

what do you think, donny? >> tim tebow has decided to make his faith a part of his brand.ot saying i agree with it. if advertisers and magazine editorials are going to pick up on that essence of his brand, it is what it is. >> for us to say it was a christ-like pose, it's unfair to put it on his shoulders. when the girl who does my hair saw it, she said "yum." listen to what i'm saying. if i handed you a picture of the crucifix, she would not have said "yum." the crucifix is different from the pose. >> if next week he's having an affair with somebody, are we going to feel bad for tebow because he's being ripped apart in the press? >> no, that's not the point. >> i'm bringing it back to the first subject. >> let stay on the second subject. he's being criticized for taking this pose but he's not -- >> he's strutting his abs. >> i think he looks good. >> and after 35 years "the price is right" is now casting for a male model. we all remember barker's beauties. what do you think of this? a good idea? >> i think it's a brilliant idea. you're targeting to women at home. why not

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we told him we would double the company in 12 months, and he went to donny and said, "i understand you the job czar." and she was, and we did. it is really special to be part of a community of people who are incredibly talented, who are hard working and who work those late nights and come from different industries to work together on such an important issue, an important issue for our city, an important issue for the state, and an important issue for the planet. really appreciate you guys all coming to celebrate our opening of this office. i know there is a ribbon for us to cut. i am ready to cut it. [applause]

good morning, friday, august 3rd, with us on set, chairman of deutsch incorporated, our old pan, donnyhe. brian sullivan is here from cnbc. former chairman of the republican national committee, harold dean. let's get to you from the latest from london. there are a lot of great stories over there, a lot of really great stories. >> we'll start with gymnastics, 16-year-old the women's all-around competition. host family, to train with the best coach in the united states. and it paid off last night as she took gold, russia took silver and bronze. an american, aly raisman was tied for third, but by a bumped fourth so the united states gets gold with gabby douglas. in the pool everybody talking before the games about the rivalry between phelps and lochte. we saw them head to head twice. lochte won the first one. last night, michael fephelps winning the 200 im. phelps' first individual gold medal of these games. lochte said i wanted five gold but i can't be too disappointed. tyler cleary for the united states. on the women's side, rebecca soni, a name you haven't heard much about. not getting

donny and star, weigh in, what's going to happen here.elps them for him to pull out and he's got a few more hours to do it. if he doesn't, the romney/ryan ticket will be tarred with this feather for the entire campaign. they sponsored bills together that pretty much echo this sentiment. >> two issues. first of all, was it a slip of the tongue? sometimes in the media we can over react and jump. this is not a slip of the tongue. when you say a calculated point of view, thoughtful -- anything but thoughtful, a blithering idiot point of view. if he stays in, it gives them the ultimate poster boy. >> oh well, does he mean to do it. this was purposeful. >> he actually did mean to. >> let's move onto augusta national golf club for the first time in 80 years after a lot of pressure, they are allowing in two female members, condoleezza rice and darla moore, respected in the investment field. applause? >> hello. >> did they do it for the right reasons? >> i've never been this big fan of they must let in women. i just am not. >> because of private c

trish let go my dad for a matter of moments to get donny on the boat, and he had already gone in the water. >>reporter: walden's body was recovered two days after he went under. an autopsy will determine what caused his death. his son suspects a heart attack. after all, he grew up on the water and was a good swimmer. walden died just three weeks after his wife passed away from a stroke. the family's way of coping is to keep playing his music and marching to the same beat. >> we want to celebrate his life and now that we remember for him -- and remember him for the good things that he did. >> that was cheryl reporting there. the vigil will be at wilson point road. there will be a memorial service for both walden and his wife that will be ku in the next few weeks. >>> a former virginia la crosse player could be spending 23 years behind bars. a judge sentenced george huguely in the murder of yeardley love. this was yesterday. the jury had recommended 26 years following his murder conviction. several witnesses spoke during the sentencing phase. coming up this morning at 5:00, you're goin

with us on set in new york, we've got msnbc contributor mike barnicle, the chairman of deutsch inc., donnyial writer for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor jonathan kapart and also, author of "as texas goes." and in washington, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin and political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein. "the new york times" is leading the story about the new republican nominee, ted cruz and how he's shaking things up. "the washington post" has a story about how the senate race in wisconsin has become a tight affair because the tea party's influence. looks like they'll have an impact and may even bump tommy thompson who has been a political heavyweight for years up in wisconsin out of the way. it looks like the tea party is re-asserting itself. >> joe, it does.

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trish let go of my dad for a matter of moments to help donny get on the boat. when she turned around, he had disappeared. he had already gone in the water. >>reporter: the vigil to honor walden will be held tonight at 7:30 on wilson point road in middle river, not far from where his body was found. there are plans to hold a memorial service for he and his wife. she died three weeks ago from a stroke. sharee johnson, abc 2 news. >>> two los angeles police officers are in trouble after surveillance video captures them allegedly roughing up a woman in handcuffs. in the video you can see here the officers apparently knocked the woman to the ground. those officers then appeared to exchange a fist bump between the two. after seeing that video, police chief in l.a., charlie beck removed those officers from field duties. the chief has also mandated the film be played at roll calls and the officers tend and talk about the force issues that exist throughout the department. >>> an accident in south florida gives new meaning to the term carpool. a crash at an intersection

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donny is sleeping. are you voting with sleeping? is there any purpose for them anymore?ion of who we are. a media observation of why they don't matter anymore. thirty years ago before cnn, fox, we didn't get to see hollywood and how it works. every day now, 24 hours a day we're peeking behind the curtain, there's nothing special about them. we're just going over everything happening in the media. >> outside my office are fabulous big pictures of huntley-brinkley, black and whites. take you back to when there was suspense and roll call mattered. sometimes we really didn't know who will get the nod. things are over. >> we've had many conventions since the primary convention began. >> for four straight years. >> everyone pays a close attention to politics, perhaps as the three of you, for a lot of people this is the beginning. >> i would argue the opposite. it's the same 12 people politics who think it's exciting, most people are thinking big yawn. >> one thing important is to hear both candidates go ahead and sell themselves in their major speeches. i'm not as interested i

. >> matt lauer talking to donny deutsch who was standing in for me. do you think you have the edge? lara, what do you think collectively has made the difference? >> i think it's what we touched on all show. we are five people who genuinely love each other. i'm the youngest of five and it's a strange dynamic. it's similar to my own family. i'm the youngest if my family. george is the oldest, robin is lisa, sam is my sister karen. josh is my broth keith. that is how it feels. >> now we need therapy of this. >> yeah, i can't describe how easy it's been. i really -- we stay in your lane. we know our role. we respect each other immensely and we want to be together. it's not a lie. we do also hang out. >> one of the problems for the "today" show is the changing circle of wagons there. ann curry, there 16 years, highly respected and it didn't work out and she was removed from the hot seat. when you have turmoil on one of the shows and you take out key components of the chemistry, meredith vieira come on -- >> we got to stay number one. there is an important

this is the biggest moment for mormons since donnie and marie reunion.how he is listening to the little people and be tough enough for the job. builts down to a national breakup. mitt is like your best friend leveling with you, telling you that the guy you have been dating is not good for you. it was good for a while. but it's bad and time to move on. identify with the american people. >> bob: i suspect he will give a very good speech. they usually do. but one thing he does need to do an you are right, this is where ann romney will help, if the connection, the connection between middle america and romney given his personal background. if he crosses the threshold -- one thing he has going for him that few challengers have, he is safe. in other words, he is passed out already. now can he get people to identify with him? that is the issue. >> dana: kimberly, what do you think? >> kimberly: i want him to move people. he has a unique opportunity to connect. people feel they don't know romney. i would like him to move numbers in terms of the favorability. he s

one of my biggest inspirations is donny simpson. i had the pleasure of interning for him in 2008 for five months when he was still on the air. he told me that if i shoot for the moon and i miss, at least i would land amongst the stars. so, that is what i have been trying to do. one of the most powerful things i ever heard him say to me. >> we said play, sing and dance but motivational speaker, comedian as well. voice over artist. >> you try to do everything? >> it's really hard for anybody -- allison, it's hard for anybody to get in show business. so, i wasn't overzealous. i was thinking i'm a jack-of- all-trades when it comes to entertainment. i tried the broadcasting door because that was one of my biggest passions. i saw myself on television. out of 50,000 hopefulls mario bonds was chosen as the final 14. then it was the singing avenue which i love above everything. then the voice overavenue and the angsting avenue. whatever i could do to get in that life where i feel the most energy inspiring people, entertaining and just -- her

president obama, long-time customer bill cosby and musician chuck brown and donny simp soon. the lead -- simpson. the lead rt ais on the project explains why these four? >> these people were companiesen by ben's chili bowl, their choice. the idea is to create a mural that ties these people in and kind of like a hall of fame -- wall of fame. >> the project has been in the works for about six days. it should be completed by the end of this week and we'll proudly show it off. >> bill cosby looks really cool. >> he was there from his college days way back when. >> so good. >>> coming up next in sports, hear from rg3 as he starts to look toward the season opener while the nationals get ready for a quick series with the marlins. >>> time for a check of the question of the morning. 26% of teenagers have never tried doing which of these things? is it a, check out a book from the library, b, write and mail a handwritten letter or c, ride a bike. >> our facebook friend quiche that says b, -- keisha says b, write and mail a letter. >> tell us what you think. post your guess to our faceb

. >> donny bow map was off-duty when -- bowman was off-duty when he was stabbed to death in his manassas25 years ago. >> reporter: johnny bowman in his pajamas when someone rang his bell after 4:00 a.m. august 19th, 1984. >> the attack was brutal. trooper bowman was stabbed over 40 times within a short period of time. >> reporter: his brother in the house heard the commotion and briefly saw the attacker who left behind a hard hat and wig and a black pair of prescription glasses, he described the killer as a black male. investigators also say the killer said a few words. >> it was a statement to the effect hi i'm from the expletive power company. and then trooper bowman was immediately attacked. >> reporter: what's never been established is a motive. a fact that haunts the trooper's daughter who spoke with fox 5 back in 2004. >> every night before bed i mean just random times that's all i think about is stuff like that and it's hard also looking in the mirror when you look exactly like him. it's been 20 years now and i still don't know who did it. i want it to be done with. >> reporter: d

he's sketched out radio personality donny simpson.he artist says because of the rain it's likely to be wednesday before it's all done. but, hey, look, pretty good so far. >> it is. >>> hey, if you're hoping to go to the maryland state fair today, you are in luck, folks. organizers say the fair will reopen near baltimore. heavy rains forced them to close the fair yesterday. storms prompted plash flood watches and warnings all over maryland. parts in our area saw over a foot of rain. the orioles game was postponed because of the weather. >> soggy. >> are we set for more rain today? >>> maybe later. grab an unwell la before you head out the door. over the last couple of hours, here's storm team4 satellite radar. those are the zones getting a few sprinkles in charles county. they're heading north into prince george's county here into the next half hour. heavier downpours with some thunder and lightning though. just south of cambridge on the eastern shore. that's going to continue to track northeast and head up towards perhaps briefly just