his challenger, democratic congresswoman tammy duckworth. she connects the incumbent with all things republican. the koch brothers and donald trump. >> he endorsed donald trump after he said that all mexicans were rapists. he endorsed donald trump after he called women picks and dogs. >> reporter: she breezes over the fact that kirk was the first republican in the senate to rescind his support for donald trump. she says she won't vote for hillary clinton. instead, he spends to write in colin powell. >> kirk is trying a very difficult task of keeping all the republican votes but gaining the independent vote. and for that, he can't be a trump supporter and he can't be a right wing conservative. >> reporter: at the risk of alienating alienating others, he encouraged fellow republicans to man up and vote on his confirmation. kirk made a point of not attending the republican convention. >> i wanted the people of illinois to realize i'm independent of the republican party. >> reporter: both are veterans. she was shot down over iraq and lost both h

his challenger, democratic congresswoman tammy duckworth. connects the incumbent with all things republican. the koch brothers and donald trump. >> he endorsed donald trump after he said that all mexicans were rapists. he endorsed donald trump after he called women picks and dogs. >> reporter: she breezes over the fact that kirk was the first republican in the senate to rescind his support for donald trump. she says she won't vote for hillary clinton. instead, he spends to write in colin powell. >> kirk is trying a very difficult task of keeping all the republican votes but gaining the independent vote. and for that, he can't be a trump supporter and he can't be a right wing conservative. >> reporter: at the risk of alienating alienating others, he encouraged fellow republicans to man up and vote on his confirmation. kirk made a point of not attending the republican convention. >> i wanted the people of illinois to realize i'm independent of the republican party. >> reporter: both are veterans. she was shot down over iraq and lost both her l

senator mark kirk and congresswoman tammy duckworth are both veterans.ered a stroke, he can walk with a cane but gets around in a wheelchair. the injuries put duckworth in a position to not look cruel, and because there are about 600,000 i fewer republicans than democrats in illinois, she goes after connections to the republican party, the koch brothers and donald trump. >> mark curbing, you know -- mark kirk, you know, he endorsed donald trump after he said all mexicans were rapists, after he called women pig ands dogs. he embraced donald trump after he called for a ban on people of the muslim religion entering this country. >> reporter: now, what duckworth leaves out is that kirk was the first republican in congress to rescind his endorsement of donald trump. kirk goes after her about a lawsuit from a southern illinois veterans' facility alleging workplace retaliation, although that case was settled in june with no finding of wrong doing. bill: something to watch here. is kirk in a tough position, mike? >> reporter: he really is, because he's got to wi

basically argues -- it's "grit." >> duckworth, yeah, yeah. ut ira, in terms of -- he is my editor.ve this relationship started eight years ago which is iraed its stories and i'm a comedian and i have a fascination with comedy. so when we work on stuff i defer to him in issues of story and he defers to me in issues of comedy. >> yeah. a lot of what working together is michael will have an idea for a storey and i'll be like these are the beats and he'll go out and perform it. what about this? maybe move a little quicker through here? making the film was just an extension of that. that was my role. charlie: was there anything that both of you didn't want the film to be? >> so many things. >> to be honest with you, i think the -- if this is a studio film i don't want to spoil anything. the couple ends up together and everybody is happy and successful in the exact same way. it's not these guys. it's john crier and clair danes. these aren't the actors. it's not chris and tammy sather. it's bigger stars. >> super rio. that was in the script and then the cutting it got more real. had sort

duckworth tweeted a photo of herself receiving the purple heart in her hospital room. she sent to it donald trump saying this is how one usually looks when you are worth it. nothing easy about it. >>> it's crisis time for >>> it's crisis time for republicans of course, right now. right now, donald trump's poll numbers are slipping. he is down to double digits. the nominee appears to be at war with his own party, at theeft party he's been running in. after he declined to endorse paul ryan and senator managing mccain in their upcoming primaries. this is amazing. on ryan yesterday, trump said, i'm not quite there yet. which is meant to be cute, nearly identical language to the language paul rain used when he expressed about a trump endorsement, i'm not quite there yet which is now what trump is playing back at him. this is as childish as kids in the back seat of a car. ryan against the man who wants to be president. trump allies plot an speaker vention. some are quietly considering the arcane mexico anesque of what would happen to the party's ticket if trump was to leave

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trump's lighthearted reaction lighting up social media with iraq war veterans like congresswoman tammy duckworth tweeting, donald trump, this is how one usually looks when you are awarded the nothing easy about it. these comments as trump continues to double down on negative headlines over his treatment of the gold star family of captain khan, one of 14 american muslims who died serving the u.s. since 9/11. his parents' emotional challenge to trump captivating the audience at the democratic national convention last week. >> have you even read the united states constitution? i will gladly lend you my copy. you have sacrificed nothing. and no one. >> how would you answer that, what sacrifice have you made for your country? >> i think i've made a lot of sacrifices. i work very, very hard. >> reporter: the political backlash calling into question trump's own lack of military experience, getting four college >> i had a minor melody ferment for feet, for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. >> reporter: and sarah palin's own son-in-law, one of the few living medal of honor recipients from combat

we should note representative duckworth is running against republican senator mark kirk for one of ill any's seats, a seat republicans are in danger of losing. mark kirk has been very critical of donald trump. last night gold star father khizer khan who has been involved in this heated exchange with donald trump again lashed out at trump, this time for accepting that purple heart. >> donald trump, you had the time, you did not serve. you should have pin that back to that veteran's chest and should have hugged him and thanked him. >> one veteran's message to donald trump about the price he and others have paid for that purple heart has also now gone viral. >> on the 19th of august 2004 i was awarded a purple heart, and my brother who lost half an arm that day, he was awarded a purple heart, my brother who lost an eye that day, he was awadded a purple heart, my brother who was killed that day, he was awarded a purple heart. purple hearts equal bad days, donald and nobody, nobody with one ever wanted it. >> with me now is the man who made that video, will fisher, an iraq war veteran, exec

trump's reaction prompted tammy duckworth to fire off a tweet.veryone loves the picture i posted of you. at&t reminds you it can wait. in my gentleman's quarters, we sip champagne and peruse my art collection, which consists of renaissance classics and more avant-garde pieces. yes, i am rich. that's why i drink the champagne of beers. jen stops working, but her aleve doesn't. hey mom! because aleve can last 4 hours longer than tylenol 8 hour. what will you do with your aleve hours? >>> earlier tonight i talked to khizr khan about donald trump's reaction when a veteran gave him his purple heart medal today at a campaign event. trump thanked the man, said he had always wanted one and said it was a lot easier getting it this way than serving in combat. here is mr. khan's reaction earlier tonight. >> listen to me and i want his surrogates to listen to me. you should have pinned that back to that veteran's chest and should have hugged him and thanked him. that is lack of -- i'm sorry, i'm shouting. i'm just so upset at this lack of empathy, lack of co

trump's reaction prompted congresswoman tammy duckworth, a purple heart recipient, to fire off a tweetmpics 2016, let me get you on my level. ♪ so you never miss a moment, ♪ ♪miss a minute, miss a medal. ♪ ♪ why settle when you can have it all? ♪ ♪soccer to wrestling. track and field to basketball. ♪ fencing to cycling. diving to balance beam. ♪ ♪all you have to sa♪ ♪ is, "show me," and boom it's on the screen♪ ♪ from the bottom of the mat, ♪ ♪ to the couch where you at? ♪ ♪ show me the latest medal count♪ ♪xfinity's where it's at. ♪ welcome to it all. comcast nbcuniversal is proud to bring you coverage of the rio olympic games. >>> earlier tonight i talked to khizr khan about donald trump's reaction when a veteran gave him his purple heart medal today at a campaign event. something mr. khan actually brought up. trump thanked the man, said he had always wanted one and said it was a lot easier getting it this way than serving in combat. here is mr. khan's reaction earlier tonight. >> listen to me and i want his surrogates to listen to me. you should have pinned that back to that veteran

. >> illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth who was awarded a purple heart after seriously injured while flying a helicopter in iraq in 2004 responded to trump and she tweeted a picture of herself as she recovered and wrote this is how one usually looks when you are awarded a purple heart. nothing easy about it. >>> there is new fallout over donald trump's comment on women who were sexually harassed at work. trump is now saying women can take action within the company or leave, it's up to the individual. trump had been sharply criticized after saying monday if his daughter yvonivanka was e sexually harassed it would be up to her to find a new job. trump son's eric followed up. >> reporter: >> e vaughn ka is a strong powerful woman and wouldn't allow her to be subjected to it. at the same time, i think she would allow herself to be subjected to that and i think that is a point he was making and i think he did so well. >> that prompted a tweet from former fox news host gretchen carlson whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to the oust of roger ailes. she said the following in a tweet. >>> at

day no one has withdrawn their support except for mark kirk who is an embattled race with tammy duckworthn illinois for his senate seat. but senator john mccain has been challenged for failing be-to-back down for his support of the gop nominee. >> i support the nominee of the party and i tell you what, any time from now on when that question is asked, if i change my mind i'll let you know, okay? >> joining my on set, reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" on msnbc. rev, great to have you with me. i want to add the fact that we've got the first republican member of congress saying he's going to vote for hillary clinton, this is representative richard hanna saying the primary process geared toward the party's political base ignores the fact that we have largely alienated women, hispanics, the lgbt community, young voters and many others in general. i mentioned mark kirk rescinding that endorsement of donald trump. have you ever seen anything like what we saw today from president obama? not only going after trump's fitness to hold that office but also calling out those that would re

recipient of the purple heart tammy duckworth tweeted this picture of herself at donald one usually looks when you are awarded the purple heart. nothing easy about it. some republicans are fed up. richard hanna, a new york gop congressman wrote an op-ed and aid i disagree with her on many issues, i will rote for mrs. clinton. clinton's supporter barack obama weighed in calling for republicans to dump trump. >> i think the vermont republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. >> reporter: but trump may be one abandon in an interview with "the washington post" he refused to endorse republican heavyweights john mccain and house speaker paul ryan in their primary fight, but the crowd at trump rallies don't mind the fracture. supporters still cheer even when the candidate jokes of take out crying babies. >> don't worry about that baby. i love babies. i hear that baby crying, -- actually, i was kidding. you can get the baby out of hampshire senator kelly ayotte finds herself in the crosshairs of donald trump. she blasted him for the khan family. he questioned whether ayotte should be in of

you're up against congresswoman tammy duckworth. the reason you won't endorse is that because in some local races trump has been a mega drag on the ticket. what would you say to vulnerable republicans down ballot who are also fighting to hold on to their seats? >> i would say put the people first and the country first rather than party and the voters will rally to your cause very quickly. if they sense you are backing the national interest and not going to drive off the cliff with trump, that you're going to always put america first, like trump says. make sure that we have that done. we got to put patriotism of our party. >> let me get to something i know you are passionate about with regard to syrian refugees. you take issue with trump and his immigration reform plan. you support a path to citizenship, yet you are leading a senate fight calling for an immediate moratorium on the president's plan to allow 10,000 syrian refugees from entering the u.s. why do you feel differently about syrian immigrants? >> i would say right now that

but lately there is a book a real idea jilt duckworth getting a lot of attention is this sets up a numerical rubric that the rubric of a character can be measured in children with such as perseverance, assessed positiveness my guess is nil brooks displayed a great deal of zest with woody allen. i find this subserve first to have to measure it in grading is the teaching. all that to be about developing character so we're trying to find a numeric sublet those deficiencies of our of no child left behind but without telling us how to overcome. as that continues throughout american education we cannot face and we will not face the real problem which is poverty. anyway i was sick of the pornography of educational failure. with and i want to see what worked so i had done -- done something like this before before, i went back to colombia with the required courses of columbia and at the time of the curriculum debate love either children to read western classics of dead white males. but so i went back to colombia to sit on the class's and read everything and listened to the kids as a middle-aged ventu

congresswoman iraq veteran tammy duckworth didn't like what she saw and how trump responded by accepting that purple heart. this is what she tweeted out, a become picture of herself, this is how one usually looks when you are awarded the purple heart. nothing easy about it. errol, what does trump need to do to squash any questions about his support of the military? >> i think what he needs to do is listen to some of the advisers who are around him. i know some of the team that are around him, and they can guide him through this. there are protocols, there are traditions. he is making war on multiple -- notably when he condemned john mccain. so you can pick a fight with everybody. but if you want to sort of take a different direction, gather up some of these votes, quiet some of these controversies, he's got all the advice that you could pay for, you know. and not just because he's got money i. mean, he's got a lot of good advisers who can walk him through the analytics, what the polls say, what the traditions are, what will get you from here to there most easily. but donald trump is his

. >> tammy duckworth also attacked trump's purple heart joke last night.he disabled veteran tweeting out a picture of yourself and a message. donald trump, this is what one usually looks like when you're awared the purple heart. nothing easy about it. >>> and calling trump a terrible president, one. worst in a terrible disaster. it comes when the president stood next to a world leader and called trump unfit for public office and urged republican leaders to withdraw their support for trump, listen to this. >> yes, i think the republican nominee is unfit. i said so last week. and he keeps on proving it. this isn't a situation where you have an episodic gaffe. this is daily. and weekly. where they are distancing themselves from statements he's making. there has to be a point at which you say, this is not somebody i can support. there has to come a point at which you say, somebody who makes those kinds of statements doesn't have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding to occupy the most powerful position in the world. >> he's been one of the worst pre

meanwhile, democratic candidate for senate and recipient of the purple heart tammy duckworth twaeted this picture of herself at donald trump saying, quote, this is how one usually looks when you are awarded the pur nothing easy about it. some republicans are fed up. richard hanna, a new york gop congressman wrote an op-ed saying while i disagree with her on many issues, i will vote for mrs. clinton. clinton forker president obama weighed in calling on republicans to dump trump. >> i think the vermont republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. >> reporter: but trump may be one abandoning his party. in an interview with the heavyweights john mccain and house speaker paul ryan in their primary fight, but the crowded trump rallies don't seem to mind the fractures. supporters cheer even when candidate jokes of taking out crying babies. >> don't worry about that baby. i love babies. i hear their baby crying, i like -- actually i was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. [ laughter ] >> reporter: meanwhile, new hampshire senator kelly e finds herself in the crosshairs of d

illinois, tight race, but they they tammie duckworth can win. were able to recruit evan bye. so those are three pickups that they are talking about. but there are a lot of other close races. and so when you look at the map, built-in advantagingst for the democrats, add on the problem for republican candidates that donald trump presents, and so you have in a couple cases, ohio being one, where rob portman is outperforming donald trump. they are asked about the candidate day-to-day, the plan for republicans to try to run their own races separate from trump. >> ufz reporting abo ining abou mccain. basically being questioned about the remarks she's making about giving him a birthday gift of retirement. what is he saying? >> the timing is not helpful for mccain because monday is his 80th birthday. that's not a secret to voters in arizona. but his campaign is bristling at the comments made by the conservative challenger kelly ward. what i have from a spokes. woman says at the end of campaigns, desperate candidates end up embarrassing themselves by lau

. >> angela duckworth in the "new york times" said college graduates shouldn't ask what do i want toe when i grow up, it's what world do i want to live in and how can i contribute to making that happen. >> rose: what's her book called? it's grit. >> of course, yeah, yeah. but ira is my editor. we have this relationship that started eight years ago which is ira edits stories and i'm a comedian and i have a fascination with stories and he has a fascination with comedy. when i work with him, he defers to me on issues of story and i comedy. >> we perform on stage and making the film was an extension of that and that was my role. >> was there anything both of you didn't want the film to be? >> yeah, so many things. a studio film, to be honest with you, if this is a studio film, i don't want to spoil anything. a couple ends up together in the end, everybody's happy, successful in the exact same way. i don't know, like, it's not these guys, it's john cryer and claire danes. i don't know, these arent the actors. it's bigger stars. >> that was in the script and in the cutting it got more real

tammy duckworth tweeted this photo saying this is how one usually looks when awarded the purple heart. nothing easy about it. john harwood reporting last night that the campaign staff is suicidal. that manafort has checked out. and it's actually worse than people imagined. the family can't control him. the kids can't control him. manafort can't control him. nobody can control him anymore. he's just off in the fields wandering. it's really bad for this country. it's dangerous for this country. what does the republican party do now? >> i think we reached a moment where the republican party is going to change its tune. i think meg whitman coming out last night that ran for a republican in the state of california say i'm voting for hillary clinton, he's dangerous, the country can't afford -- i'm putting my country ahead of my party. i wonder if we see the thread being pulled where people have enough cover, paul ryan maybe and others, to come out and say, enough is enough. i can't stand by this. something that people have been calling for for months and months and months. >> paul ryan, joe

one of the strongest is tammy duckworth in illinois who is doing a great job, really fighting.ected. that was considered a long shot race initially debra ross is putting a rough fight up there. it's bringing it from a long shot to a statistical dead heat in north carolina. so i think the women running for senate, the democrats have won the week. >> when bill clinton won in 1992 that was considered the year of the woman. so many women ran and got elect d. wouldn't it be ironic in a clinton and a woman ushers in another wave of women in the senate. that's interesting. in north carolina, that's the state to watch. so far democrats are either competitive or ahead in every states with wide race. >> trump's misogyny is helping them out. >> bring it in for a landing, dean. who won the week? >> me for being on the show. when i'm on the show i feel like a winner. the people of the united states of america and the idea of e pluribus unum, from many one. hillary clinton explained what it means. i don't know if people like alt-right or alt rock or a hipster thing. no, it means hate. i have

you referenced congresswoman duckworth and ms. mcginty. those are two candidates that enthusiastically share president obama's commitment to those common sense notions that positive uld have a impact in reducing gun violence in this country. that's why the president went forward with endorsing them and that is the decision the president and vice president made together. >> former congresswoman giffords said her organization believed that senators too manie and kirk would also work to make sure common sense gun reform -- and specifically there were comments after the connecticut shooting and talk about how they supported legislation and they're willing to put that endorsement -- does the president agree these are two people he could work with? he won't be around obviously for the next term but is it something the next president should be able to work with on gun reforms? >> i would acknowledge i haven't scrutinized the records of the two senators you have mentioned on the issue of gun afety. congresswoman giffords is drawing her own assessm

that is only mildly interesting that carol in her research and angela duckworth studies on grit, relateda in university of pennsylvania you can do interventions of people take them from fixed mind-set to growth mind-set. we've been studying this on the khan academy platform. we had a test with carol and her lab ad stanford. doing math exercises on khan academy. the brain is like a muscle, more you use it stronger you get. get neural responses from what you get a question wrong than when you get a question right. we saw significant increase in engagement from students. in khan academy we're building a platform where people can tap into their potential. they literally can learn anything they want to learn especially in the core academic subjects but how to get more into the right mind-set to take advantage of these things. some of the studies with carol got us thinking. if we could tie together virtual, physical, partner with key stakeholders whether industry, teachers, districts, parents and create a community groundswell around mind-set and learning and not just talk about it but give th