both of them criticized by veterans families, gold star families. when you make an enemy and wage a war in this way with a gold star family, can you be commander in chief if you don't understand that unwritten role? >> george w. bush had a longrunning disagreement with cindy sheehan. i believe one of the code pink pounders. she was adamant against the worry. even at the height of her criticism of him, president bush treated her with respect. i'm quite certain dorothy woods who is the surviving spouse of ty woods killed on the roof in benghazi has put out a hard-hitting video directed at secretary clinton for telling her to move on and dorothy wood said, i don't have to move on and you don't get to tell me to move on. i think they are both civilians who don't really know what they are doing. they should listen to their crit ics. >> i wonder what extent you're concerned about down ballot races when you see yet another controversy surrounding the trump campaign. let me read a few comments from folks up for re-election. kelly ayotte said i'm appalled. r

the problem, i think that exploiting gold star parents is just as bad as confronting gold star parents. we are walking a very very fine line. >> just a minute. just a minute. mr. khizr khan wrote an article about what happened with his son, he brought the story out to the public. i agree, i would always be suspicious of this if i were what you're doing but he's the one that came forward. please come back again. you make good points. >>> up next, it's a question we have asked before but is this the final straw? what's the final straw mean with donald trump? will voters give him a pass again or forget about it, move on to something else? new polling shows hillary clinton did get a big lead, we call it a bump, out of the convention. you can feel it in philly. it felt good there. it felt like the democrats were getting their act together. although her speech wasn't the best speech and that's always been the case at democratic conventions. i think the best speech was probably mr. khan's. the "hardball" roundtable is next. >>> welcome back to "hardball." donald trump's attack on the khan fam

together that they were better equipped in their journey to help one another. >> together, the gold stars, deb old leatherneck, retired marine general, mike myatt, president and ceo of marines memorial association. >> deb saunders a blue star mom. she came to me one day. she said, i'm worried about the gold star moms. we need to provide some kind of comfort for them. >> i knew the general had resources to help us knew it. i also knew he had the heart. that's exactt order the wall where you see senior airman jonathan yelner. he volunteered after his single mom discovered he was ditching class in college. i said, john than i am going to give you two options because you fooled mommy. you have a choice. navy or air force. pick one. >> yolonda vega thought those were the safer options. he came over and he hugged me and walked away. the recruiter, he just went like this. he never looked back. the air force gave him maturity and purpose. he served in iraq then afghanistan. and there, safe on base, he volunteered for an army patrol. there was a bomb. he was 24. >> i was told that he was killed in

we will talk live with a gold star mother, among a group of gold star family's moms demanding an apology from donald trump and will join us live in a few minutes. >>> first on to the other controversy facing donald trump this morning. trump is clarifying comments he made about russian president vladimir putin in ukraine. he was questioned whether he had anything to do with the changes to the platform at the rnc. the modified party platform drops its call to provide arms to ukraine in response to russia's occupation in 2014. >> i wasn't involved in that. honestly, i was not involved. i was not involved in that. i would like to -- i would have to take a look at it. but i was not involved. >> do you know what they did? >> they softened it, i heard, but i was not involved. >> they took away the part of the platform, calling for provision of lethal weapons to ukraine to defend themselves. why is that a good idea? >> i have my own ideas. he's not going into ukraine. just so understand. >> george stephanopoulos immediately pointed out that putin is already in ukraine, having annexed the provinc

it is about decency and gold-star parents. >> let's hear from those gold-star parents for a moment. >okay. look, i have a brother who's an active duty marine. my father fought in vietnam. my grandfather fought in world war ii. don't tell me about patriotism. if i choose to tell my story in front of the american people, i've now engaged and have opened myself up so that people will respond to my story, whether it's right or wrong. they've chose publicly to tell their story. it's a very sad story, but they're one of 7,000 families. >> let's hear from the family -- >> affected by this bad decision to go into the war in iraq and afghanistan. >> thank you for your sacrifice. even if they've attacked you, you say thank you for your sacrifice. >> this morning those gold-star families are demanding an apology from donald trump. they've put out a long statement. here's part of it. they said, this goes beyond politics. we feel we must speak out and demand you apologize to the khans, to all gold-star families, and to all americans for your offensive and frankly anti-american comments. corey, sho

we mentioned gold star families. a band of gold star families are demanding mr. trump apologize. they wrote this letter to trump posting it on the web site votevets.org and this is what they write to mr. trump. "your recent comments regarding the khan family were repugnant and personally offensive to us. when you question a mother's pain by implying her religion not her grief kept her from addressing an arena of people, you are attacking us. when you say your job building buildings is akin to our sacrifice, you are attacking our sacrifice. you are not just attacking us, you are cheapening the sacrifice made by those we lost. you are minimizing the risk our service members make for all of us. this goes beyond politics. it is about a sense of decency, a kind of decency you mock as political correctness. we feel we must speak out and demand you apologize to the khans, to all gold star families and to all americans for your offensive and frankly anti-american comments." my next guest signed the letter. his brother army sergeant shane duffy was killed in 2008 fig fighting the war in i

you cannot argue the gold star family. you know, captain khan is buried right across the river here in arlington national cemetery. he's buried with honor and dignity. he was a war hero. and donald trump seems to not understand that. he only sees, sees that he was politically attacked. donald trump in this case needs to grow his heart, engage his brain, and shut his mouth. >> we have spent here at msnbc a good bit of the day, ben, trying to find copies of pocket copies of the constitution, this one happens to belong to thomas roberts and we were able to find one that was put out by the aclu, is this the kind of controversy, unlike other controversies we've seen involving donald trump, that has a more lasting impact? >> i've never seen anything like it before in politics. the only time i've seen something like it is when donald trump went after a judge for being hispanic during this campaign. i mean, he's attacking a private citizen, instead of getting into a debate with his opponent. and he's exposed his character, and i j

and he has gone after gold star family, gold star parents.hile auditioning to be commander-in-chief. so i think it boils down to this basic question. is this the guy we want leading our armed forces? somebody that can't show respect. you know, most of us have not served in the armed forces. i certainly haven't. which is why i recognize that i need to bow my head in respect. that i have a debt of gratitude that i can never repay to those who do serve. to those who pay the ultimate sacrifice. to the families that will never be whole again because they have to bury their child, or spouse or sibling. for us to see a presidential candidate slander and attack a gold star family just crosses a bridge that is insurmountable. >> katrina? >> to be clear, donald trump hasn't gone out and attacked anyone. he simply responds to people and defends himself. and i understand how they try to make this out to be some sort of all-out attack against everyone who served in the military. look, i have relatives that signed up to fight in the civil war from missouri

when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. >>> donald trump statues popping up across the country. . an owner is given 30 days to coo claim it. the opener could face a fine for breaking the city code that prohibits placing items and equipment on p life size and makeed the trump statues also made apar appearances in new york, san francisco, los angeles and seattlele on thursday. they are the brain child of active called in decline which has spoken out against trump and his candidacy. >> the heat goes on today. 90s tomorrow but we could hear the rumble of thunder over the next few days. >>> that is now to the accusations robbed at gun point. now lochte is going on the record. today's show matt laur has an exclusive. >> when you talked on sunday afternoon you didn't tell him wednesday night by u phone you didn't tellny whole truth. >> i left details out and which that's why u i'm in this mess. i left certain thick things out and i u exaggerated on some parts of the co

it goes after trump going after the khan family, a gold star family. spoke at the democratic national convention. trump criticized the family. on wednesday donald trump met with gold star families for 30 minutes before the rally in florida. a gold star mother whose navy s.e.a.l. son was killed in afghanistan. she goes on the record. >> good evening. >> look, you know, i know what tomorrow is, tomorrow is the anniversary of your son being killed. and frankly it's the hardest thing in the world, how do you start an interview of a mother of a fallen member of our military and of course on the eve of the anniversary -- i don't know how to start it. my heart bleeds for you. >> thank you very much. that's enough, thank you. >> i looked at the pictures, you know, healthy, handsome young man. he had a family. you know, it's stuff. even if you don't know him, it's tough. >> yeah. he was an amazing human being, greta. absolutely. he was, he was at the pinnacle of his life, honestly. he just turned 30 years old, beautiful wife, two amazing children. one almost tw

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we look at it as respect for gold star families. and so, yeah, we are continuing to add names as more people hear about it, and hear about their ability to stand against the disrespect that mr. trump is showing to the military. >> what do you make of the reaction from gop leadership? you have speaker ryan and senator mcconnell coming out saying that captain khan was a hero and that all of our heroes certainly should be respected as well as their families. but not naming donald trump by name. senator john mccain came out with a much stronger statement yesterday. he still continues to endorse donald trump. as you said, this is not politically motivated for you, but would you like to see stronger words from our leadership, particularly on the republican side? >> oh, absolutely. the -- quote, leadership of the republican party needs to come out and either disassociate themselves with donald trump's comments, donald trump -- even as -- i'm concerned that somebody with such an imagination that he has would think that he could be a command

democratic gold star families more attention than republican gold star families since the convention khan family done six national interviews and story featured on several additional broadcast pat smith appeared at the republican convention mother of sean smith appeared in benghazi has only done two. both families have important stories to tell. both families have suffered enormous loss and as the media play favorites in deciding what stories to cover. former speaker newt gingrich is back. mr. speaker? your thoughts. >> anybody watching this campaign that at least 80% of the elite media is in the tank for hillary. lack at the story now. deliberate lying. even the "the washington post" had to say she is deliberately loying. she is lying about a 0 some thousand emails. she is lying about national security. that somehow -- why shouldn't she apologize? donald trump owes anybody an apology, how come hillary doesn't owe the whole country apology? >> do they both owe apology. >> trump would be better off to apologize and get it behind him. is he a stubborn guy. part of his point is that mr.

>> well, watching the khan family speak at the convention was really uplifting for so many gold star it was probably the first time many people had heard what a gold -- even the term of gold star, but the immediate reaction from donald trump when he questioned about the sacrifice just cut to my heart. and on social media, all the gold star families that i normally communicate with had a high level of anxiety and hurt and anger and pain. and i thought, we've got to do something. our voices are worth something. if we don't say something, then people will think it's okay for trump to talk that way. >> i know that you said that after he made those comments about mr. khan that you said that you haven't cried like that in a long time. what did it bring up for you? >> well, it opened the wound. it's been 12 years. my son was killed one week before captain khan was killed. we are in the same row at arlington. so i see him -- his grave every time i go to arlington. it just brought me back. i was just so upsetting and so offensive that somebody could say words like that and disrespect a family

you heard the gold star mother karen vaughn of the navy seal aaron vaughn.ant your reaction on what you heard, how this woman expressed herself. first, carrie, your thoughts? >> one of the things a lot of people don't know the circumstances behind her son's death. resources that the obama administration did not give her son's military unit is outrageous. one of the reasons the administration doesn't want to talk about the situations surrounding her son's death is the administration did screw up and ultimately because of the fact that they didn't really give support to her son's unit, they want to keep it hush, hush. that's one of the reasons why they don't like to talk about karen vaughn very often. lou: your thoughts about her tonight, carrie? >> i think it's wonderful that she is coming forward to talk about her story. this is a great opportunity for her to tell her side, and to talk about the fact that not all gold star mothers are alike as far as the kahns are concerned. lou: chris? >> i have got to say, the extraordinary dignity she displays is reminisc

she's a gold star mom.d people urged him to put the phone down and put the computer down, stop and he would not do it. he took the bait from the democrats. he took the bait and then from mr. khan. he keeps wanting to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. >> he just delivered a speech in columbus, ohio. didn't mention it at all. >> he didn't. one of the other republicans why republicans are so frustrated is since the democratic convention, they have been playing on the democrats turf. they have been kind of continuing the democrats narrative that they presented for four days in philadelphia about donald trump. he's feeding into it with the way he's reacted. instead of the focus, we talked about it on cnn today, hillary clinton interview on sunday about her e-mail issue, about her server saying she didn't say anything publicly that wasn't true, which turns out to not be true which feeds into the honest and trustworthy issue which should be what team trump should be focused on extensively and maybe even excl

well, as a gold star family member, when you belittle a gold star father and mother and question their sacrifice or question their constitutional right to say what they want, whether it's on a dnc stage or not. and you're willing to throw under the bus john mccain who is -- you might not agree with his policies. i don't agree with everything that john mccain does but i tell you what, he's an american hero, just like bob dole was and to attack them -- and he's in your same party. to attack them and say he's some type of -- he's not an american hero and to put that out to the american psyche, is that where we want to go with this country? is that the type of message that the gop wants their presidential

so i hope we hear from more gold star families. i hope they can remind everybody that during this election, there are folks in iraq and afghanistan, and with regard to captain khan, he is an american hero and he has a must limb-american hero and one of many that served valiantly. our military is maybe the most diverse group of people in america and representing the tremendous tapestry, service, and i hope we understand that captain khan, i believe 16 other musl muslim-americans have been killed. must be respected, honored, and cherished. >> paul, thank you so much. as always, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >>> and coming up, our fact check, donald trump trying to clarify his comments about russia and ukraine. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer ski

the firestorm surrounding donald trump's comments regarding the speech given by a gold star's father. todd kazakiewich joins us now. todd? reporter: criticism is coming from many in trump's own party house armed services committee. the most powerful criticism is copping from other gold star families. >> we are immigrants and we pay the ultimate sacrifice. >> long before carlos was a hero of marathon bombings he earned another title, gold star parent. carlos and his wife lost their iraq. they were watching live as another gold star parent blasted donald trump at the dnc. >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> i think i made a lot of sacrifices. i work very, very hard and i created thousands and thousands of jobs. reporter: the arredondos are one of the families demanding an apology for recent criticism for the was standing there and had nothing to say. maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. reporter: the gold star families call trump's comments repugnant writing when you question a mother's pain by i'm employing her religion and not rer grief kept her from addressing

you don't go after gold star families. if you're a presidential candidate, you let them beat up on you and you move on. >> that is not what happened here. the outrage has been universe ral and across lines. i think think is more about republican and democrat. this is about honor and integrity. what they've been through is unimaginable. i think there is some push back on the idea anyone can compare any sacrifice to what our gold star families have been through is unimaginable. >> they said what have you sacrificed, donald trump? he said i have sacrificed plenty, i'm worked very hard which led to another round of criticism saying you can't compare that to what this family suffered. >> it shows he's clueless when it comes to veterans issues and military personnel and you can attack an issue. you don't attack an family. there is a history of this happening, veterans attacked george bush and they're responded with tact and dignity. >> he said i am a counter puncher. he says i was viciously attacked and i am a counter puncher. >

you don't go after gold star families. you let them beat up on you. you let them say whatever they want to say about you, and you move on. >> yeah, and that's not what happened here. the outrageous has been universal. it's been across partisan lines. i think this is more than just about republican or democrat. this is about honor and integrity. everybody feels a real sense of obligation to defend our gold star families from any attack. what they've been through is unimaginable. they call it the ultimate sacrifice for a reason, so i think there's also been some push back on the idea that anyone could compare any kind of sacrifice to what our gold star families have been through. it's unimaginable. >> they came out. they said, what have you sacrificed, donald trump? and he gave an interview in which he said, i've sacrificed plenty. i've worked very hard, which just led to another round of criticism against him, saying, you can't compare that to what this family has suffered. representative gallego, your thoughts. >> it shows he's pretty much clueless wh

and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. 5 >>> brazilian investigators are questioning a u.s. swimmer, ryan lochte's story about getting they were robbed at gunpoint sunday morning. rio police say none of the athletes gave any key details, and a judge is ordered the passports of two be seized so they would stay in brazil to answer more questions. lochte's lawyer says he's already back in the states. >>> a member of the international olympic commit sestepping down following his -- committee is stepping down following his involvement in a scalping scam. >>> , you beris filing a lawsuit -- ushgz uber is filing a lawsuit in london over a new rule from the company requiring drivers to speak english. the new rule will affect thousand was drivers applying for or renewing a license. officials say drivers need to be able to easily >>> so we have some cooler weather movin

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it has to do with a local gold star mom. she was kind of given a story she was going to go out to a particular event. she thought one thing but when she got there she w riders to her son's grave where various members of organizations came together to honor this gold star mom and remember the loss of her 22-year-old son. >> memories of me hugging him and kissing him. that kind of photograph nobody >> she doesn't think about herself or take that time and today we wanted to make sure we did that for her. >> kim: that is the gold star mom, the first person you heard from. she is so thankful for all the support. it is heart warming so many people have rallied around her. she was appointed by brian board of the memorial semitori. >> dana: they called him nacho. he decided to join the army after 9/11. those of you who have been unlucky enough to feel the sting of a stop i don't know, it is s. poisonous pest creepy. finding and killing them takes practice and precision. we followed jason woods and his neighbors on a hot summer night

children there, gold star wife, gold star moms and dads, and a gold star sister, and just wanted to kind of let mr. trump see it from every side and ask questions to every side that have been affected by these types of situations and the atmosphere in the room was very warm, very compassionate. if i could describe his demeanor with us, it was gentle, soft-spoken and tender and you know, i felt like he got what we've given. he understood. it was a very good meeting, and we talked about, we didn't talk about the khan situation at all because frankly, as a gold star mom, i'm not that easily offended by things like this. i don't hold it against anybody else who is. i'm just not personally, and most of the people i know respect' personally offended by things like that. so we talked about substantive things. we talked about the way the war needed to move, that they needed to be fighting to win wars in afghanistan and iraq, not taking wars on for 15 years with no end game of victory. we talked about those sorts of things. we talked about rules of enga engageme engagement. we talked about t

the gold star mother fired back. saying walking on the convention stage with the huge picture of my son behind me, i could hardly control myself. what mother could? donald trump has children whom he is loves. does he really need to wonder why i did not speak? republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, one of many republicans distancing from trump's comments issuing a statement praising captain khan calling him a true american hero. adding he agreed with the star family, saying a ban on travel is contrary to american values. >>> thank you. mike pence has a son in the marines. he issued a statement calling captain khan a hero. he added by suspending immigration by countries with terrorism, and protecting strength on the global stage, we will reduce the likelihood other american families will reduce the heartbreak. >>> donald trump on the presidential debates. he wants two of the three debates rescheduled. he says the debates fall on the same night as nfl games. trump tweeted that hillary clinton and the democra

he met with six gold star families.is as close as he has come to an apology after the confrontation of the family of the muslim-american soldier. here is what he had to say to the crowd in florida. >> speaking of our best, people, we have and i just visited with some incredible folks. i have no idea where they are sitting, but i know they have a good location. some really amazing gold star families. where are they? where are they? where are they sitting? oh, you're one. beautiful. where are they? there they are. incredible people. incredible people. we have amazing people in our country. we have amazing leaders. >> reporter: trump only briefly addressed the questions of the state of the campaign after sources said staffers are frustrated by his tendency to go off message and he is not ready to endorse paul ryan in the battle for re-election. trump told a crowd here in florida that his campaign is united. >> thank you, jim. let's break down the united party behind donald trump. what others are calling a breakdown in the

especially a gold-star family. usually that's beyond reproach. as i've heard most people say, a family of a war hero, someone who's died in war, they criticize you, you take it and keep moving. you don't respond to them. >> absolutely. one of the spokesmen on your program, a pro-trump person, he said, look, donald trump made a mistake, made a blunder then went on to try to say positive things about trump. i think by any reasonable standard, it would be hard to find an american, even a very avid trump supporter, who thought it was acceptable to talk that way about a gold-star family. >> one thing that's not -- that's still pretty conventional, and those are the battleground states, that trump was in ohio, hillary clinton -- and pennsylvania, and hillary clinton, let's see, in pennsylvania this evening. hillary clinton was in those same states. so this is really about battleground states. they still need that -- as john king was showing us, they need to make headway on that electoral map. it's not just about popularity. >> exactly. and one of these

babies are almost as popular as gold star moms. gold star moms are sacred.s country right now, when so few folks have served, it's totally out of bounds. it's not going away. i don't think it's going to go away. >> the thing that has been difficult for me to sort of predict here, everybody keeps talking about this as like breaking a tab boo, crossing a line, doing something unprecedented, because of that, we don't know what the response is, there's nothing like this in history to say, oh, this is the appropriate response, or this is the equivalent political fate that befell somebody elts who did this. so if we expect this to continue or escalate, what is the end game? does an apology fix this? >> the longer you wait, the harder an apology becomes to fix it. there are 22 million veterans in america. our members are extremely diverse. they vote at over 90% and they're extremely influential in their communities, whether they're delegates or community organizers or teachers, their impact is beyond themselves. and i think we're gonna see that at the polls. and th

in an op-ed, the gold star mother fired back. saying walking on the convention stage with a huge picture of my son behind me, i could hardly control myself. what mother could? donald trump has children whom he loves. does he really need to wonder why i did not speak? now republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, one of many distancing themselves from trump's comments issuing a statement praising captain khan calling him a true american hero. he agreed with the gold star family that a travel ban on all muslims contrary to american values. >> that is really moving. he said look. my wife knew. she saw the picture of our son on the stage. she would barely be able to stand up, but alone speak. she had a hand in what he said and didn't say in the speech that she helped him review his comments. >> she said her silence speaks to the pain of gold star families across the country. both khans, mother and father, will be on "new day." >> we heard from trump's running mate mike pence overnight. he released a statement overnight. by s

. >> parents who lose children, are referred to as gold star parents. ou are watching the "cbs overnight news." >>> parents with children servetion serv serving in the military are known as blue star parents. a term that dates to world war i i. parents whose children never return home are gold star parents. many suffer their crushing sadness in silence retreating from family and friend. once a year, hon drepds gather in san francisco to lean on one another. scott pelley reports for "60 minutes." ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in downtown san francisco stands an unusual war memori memorial. looking as it did in the 1920s when it was a hotel and theater. ♪ after world war ii, marines wanted a living memorial. so they transformed this into a club. that today honors all vets. >> i look at this building like a ship that sails every february. that once we are inside here we are safe, we can be ourselves. we don't have to ex-palestinian to anybody. it is sort of a subliminal language we all understand. >> reporter: mary shay learned the language of loss when her son was kill

>> i have a lot of empathy for gold star families.ily who has been in the spotlight recently and that was khan. he was definitely a patriotic american citizen who was also a moderate muslim. we need to think about these moderate muslims who are american citizens. they have the same national security concerns that all of us do. what we have to realize is that isis and other radical terrorist groups, they not only kill jews, christians, gays, they also kill moderate muslims who do not agree with their radical jihad and their interpretation of shiite law. i'm sure when the election comes out next year, they're going to have to make the decision who should they vote for based upon who will do the best job of defending this country. i think that hillary clinton proved at benghazi that she was incapable of protecting 35 of her own employees, so how can she possibly protect 330 million americans in their home. >> do you think mr. trump should apologize to mr. khan? >> i don't know what was said. i haven't seen a tv set. >> he hasn't apologiz

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duffy is a gold star member. his brother was killed in action june 4th, 2008 in iraq. >> on his second tour he was killed by small arms fire. >> kevin is joining other gold star members signing a letter the khan family who appeared at the dnc. >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> if you look at his wife she was standing there and had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to say anything. >> they call it repugnant. when you question a mother's pain by implying her religion and not her grief kept her from addreg people that's on us. when you say you are a kin to our sacrifice you are attacking our sacrifice. >> he and his wife lost their son 12 years ago this month in iraq. >> it is better for her to speak sometimes because of my accent or not feeling well. i understand why the mother trump's comments saying election year or not the vfw will not tolerate anyone be rating a gold star family member for existing his or her right of speech or expression. >> wcvb newscenter 5. >> the republic

when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. a look at your vote coverage, a week of turmoil and trying to connect with a group of voters. >> reporter: in battle ground virginia, donald trump trailing by double digits working to re- boot his campaign. >> and it's going to be america first from now on. >> reporter: under new management, investmented, even modest -- scripted, even modest. >> it is encouraged to see him more humbled. >> i think him. >> reporter: slipping with white voters, trump now courting african-americans, polling with that group at 1%. >> you are living in poverty, you have no jobs, 58% of you use unemployment. what the hell do you have to hispanics. today, roundtable with hispanic leaders flanked by his third campaign chief in two months, pushing his line in virginia, meeting with law enforcement members, not impressed with the re-boot, hillary cl

up first this hour, president obama moments ago in atlanta paying tribute to gold star families, slamming donald trump without even mentioning his n e name. >> no one has given more for our freedom and our security than our gold star families. michelle and i have spent countless hours with them. we have grieved with them. there's a a reason why last week in philadelphia i was humbled to be introduced by sharon from ohio a gold star mom whose son tom, a lieutenant colonel gave his life in afghanistan. i requested her to introduce me because i understood that our gold star families have made a sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. >> this is the parents of fallen captain khan have emerged a as unlikely voices cutting into the trump campaign. we're less le than an hour now since he set off this controversy. >> his wife, if you look at his wife she was standing there, she had nothing to say. maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> actually, i have given my statement that why did not i speak because i think it doesn't have to do anything with my religion. >> this

this is quoting, election year or not the vfw will not support or t l tolerate anyone derating a gold star family member for exercising his or her right of speech and expression. and this is another comment, i can not emphasize how deeply i disagree with donald trump's statement, and i want americans to know that the views are not reflecting the republican party, the officers or the candidates. and other reaction is house leader paul ryan, and mitch mcconnell with issued statements praising the khan family for the sacrifices, and then this tweet from jeb bush, this is so incredibly disrespectful for a family who sacrificed for our country. and is there any sense that donald trump is going to be backing down or apologizing for this? >> well, all eyes are going to be on columbus, ohio, where donald trump is going to be holding the town hall, and up to this point, there is no indication of this, and that is going to be through the lenses of how he has run the campaign, and never apologizing and always running forward and we have seen it in the response in interviews and twitter, when he feels

he met with six gold star families to express appreciation for the sacrifices they made. that is as close as trump came to an apology after the confrontation with the muslim-american family. >> speaking of our best, people, we visited with some incredible folks. i have no idea where they are sitting. i know they have a good location. some really amazing gold star families. where are they? where are they? where are they sitting? oh, you're one. beautiful. where are they? there they are. incredible people. incredible people. we have amazing people in our country. we have amazing leaders. >> reporter: trump only briefly addressed the issues in the campaign after staffers weres from frustrated over his ability to go off message. trump told the crowd in florida that his campaign is united. george and christine. >> thank you, jim. donald trump took in $80 million in july. it helped close the gap between hillary clinton. $80 million is an uptick from the june tally. the nominee is struggling to collect from the top donors. an area where hillary clinton dominates. trump's campaig

when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. several cars in the 2017 line up will communicate. with traffic signals and count down. until it turns green. it will help drivers feel less stressed. in heavy traffic. the service will be available in five to 7 cities. not yet announced which ones. >> >> up next. we'll get a live update on the breaking news situation in denver. police investigate an officer involved put your finger to good use. person to person transfers on the firstbank mobile app. put your finger to good use. >> we do continue to follow breaking news. here at 5:30. live at tenth and federal. in denver. where police are investigating a confirmed officer involved shooting. >> . involving juveniles too. >> . i did speak to a witness. we had a brief conversation with an officer. we're waiting for a full report on what happened. here. you can see there's a lot of police activity still mind behind me.

continue. >> and for the crowd to boo a gold star mother? you know, does the media not realize that one -- less than one half of 1% of the american people are involved in the military at all? people don't even realize we're at war. you know, the trump campaign is saying that he wouldn't have voted for the war in iraq. when the war in iraq was voted for, he was building the trump towers. he wasn't the least bit concerned. he didn't voice his opinion as a billionaire against the war in iraq. he too profited off this war. >> is there anything he could say or do to make this up to you? to make this right? if he were to meet with the khan family, for example, as some are calling for. would that make this okay for you? >> i don't think the khan family would put on a pair of house shoes to meet with donald trump. because he is so far beneath the khan family. and so far beneath any gold star family that it would not be worth their time. he needs to apologize to the united states of america. he needs to apologize to every living military man and woma

the fallout from his fight with a gold star family continues this morning as more republicans withdraw their support of donald trump. >>> fit to be tied. hillary clinton takes on trump's business practices while touring a manufacturer in colorado. >> if he wants to make america great again, he should start by making things in america. cases and a historic warning from the cdc, miami's mayor says -- >> i think it's now because i don't think there are mosquitoes here. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning donald trump is trying to put a lid on reports that his campaign is in chaos, but even some of his allies say trump is making costly mistakes and republican party officials are reportedly beyond frustrated. hena daniels is here in new york and has more on that. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is trying to get his campaign back on track amid signs of turmoil within the gop. yesterday, trump's own running mate split with him over his refusal to endorse

when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, ..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- hillary clinton -- and john krasinski -- with cleto and the cletones -- and now, pace yourselves, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: very nice. thank you. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks to all of you for coming.

to disrespect gold star family. shame on him, shame on his family. >> reporter: on social media, the hash tag #trumpsacrifices started to trend. such as once actually ate a trump steak. had to eat a taco bowl to prove i love hispanics. once had to take a second job in pr just to make ends meet. speaking tonight with abc's columbus affiliate wsyx, trump sought to do some damage control. >> you know, as far as i'm concerned he's a hero. but horrible things were said about me. i think it was frankly very tough. so all i did was respond and i will always respond. >> reporter: for trump's fruit. more proofs said hillary clinton that trump is temperamentally unfit to be president. >> donald trump is not a normal presidential candidate. >> reporter: republicans didn't go that far. but they too have been forced to distance themselves from their start-bearer. i cannot emphasize enough how deeply i disagree with mr. trump's statement, said 2008 nominee john mccain. i hope americans understand that the remarks do not represent

mr.khan: running for president is not an entitlement to disrespect gold star family and gold star mother. shame on him. rhondella: the chum campaign released a statement calling captain khan a hero. then mr. trump took to twitter saying, i was viciously attacked m another critic firing back -- general john allen. mr. trump: he failed with isis. general allen: if he spent a minute in afghanistan or a racket i might listen to what he had to say. rhondella: trump's campaign is releasing this statement from vice presidential nominee mike pence tonight. donald trump and i believe that captain humayun khan is an american hero and his family, like all gold star families, should be cherished by every american. by suspending immigration from countries that have been compromised by terrorism, rebuilding our military, defeating isis at its source and projecting strength on the global stage, we will reduce the likelihood that other american families will face the enduring heartbreak of the khan family." khzir khan is now asking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan to ta