right after this. ♪ ♪ john: we are back with republican media consultant and a very handsome man, fred davismer tennessee congressman and marginally less handsome man, harold ford. thank you for sticking around. i want to ask fred -- we did this bloomberg politics national poll and one of the things we asked the respondents was who were there picks for the party nominees. the list of potential running mate, want to give you the top four. newt gingrich at 29%, our guru -- marco rubio at 24% john , kasich at 18% and chris christie at 9%. what do you think of the idea of newt gingrich as donald trump's running mate? fred: i think his strength is as the chairman of the board, the guy who gets out and gets to use the bully pulpit all over america. he needs someone who is an operating officer of that list. of course, i'm prejudice as well but i would say john kasich at the top of my list as someone who has proven he can get things done on both sides of the aisle while donnell is out being -- donald is out the donald. john: do you think he would pick the gig if you are offered it? fred: i don't thi

congressman from tennessee and a big hillary clinton supporter, harold ford junior and the strategist, fred davisi want to start with the big 30,000-foot question. fred, is the press overstating donald trump's predicament or is it pretty bad? >> it hasn't been his best week. it hasn't been his best couple of weeks. i think that's being overstated is this is going to last forever. i think they will get their act together. i think corey and paul will work together fine. i think he will be the nominee and come out of convention a much stronger little party than you see now. >> if secretary clinton said what should i be worried about, what should she worry about? >> i think she's handled this week week. not allow donald trump to dominate every news cycle and she's getting her message out. two, she was able to engage president obama very early whether the president's worried about legacy, whether he's worried about many of his achievements being undone. she got the president in june. i didn't expect to see him at this level of involvement in this aggressive level of involvement. >> that's a very smart

talk about this issue of brand we asked fred davis about.sly creates the environment of this election. i think this poll offers some evidence that donald trump is not doing anything positive for the republican brand right now. discussed, only about one third of americans view the republican brand in a favorable way and that's the lowest level we have recorded in a bloomberg poll since the polls inception in 2009. mark: how is the democratic rand doing? guest: much better. not great, but about half of americans view the democratic party in a favorable light. that sets up the contours for this race those at the presidential level and congressional races and down ballot races etc.. john: i'm struck by a the number in this poll -- 68% say the country is on the wrong track. it didn't stop barack obama from getting reelected in 2012, but it is a strange thing to me that they are that high and barack obama's rating is well over 50%. how do we reconcile those realities? start contrast and seems like an environment donald trump could take advantage o

davis? >> amanda sigh fred is with us. d up that we fell in love with you and characters.journey. >> such a drama. >> how was that for you? >> it's great to get dark is really interesting. i play a character who is unstable. it's great. you know, i mean, as an actor i have empathy -- hopefully have empathy for a lot of people and russell crowe in this film also the lover of aaron paul. you have worked with both of them in the past. >>> it's almost like he's an ex-boyfriend but he's not. we have never actually been romantic, but intimately i know him in a way and it was weird but great because we are very familiar with each other. >> you get to work with shirley maclaine, one of your idols. >> what about working with al roker? where would that compare, because i understand of all the jobs you might have wanted is something with him? >> yeah, i got to do it last year, i got to do the weather and that was a really big thing for me and it changed my life in a way. >> i have not been th >> are you thinking about going into meteorologist? >> things can come full circle when you