was this enough to unify the gop? welcome to a brand new hour inside america's election headquarters. the road to november not so smooth for the democrats either. hillary clinton faced more questions about her e-mails. donald trump wasting no time in capitalizing on the issue. >> we have team coverage today. donald trump will be holding a rally tonight in new hampshire. what's going on? >> a trump insider e-mailed me this afternoon to say they think trump has righted the ship after what the campaign now admits was a bumpy first half of the week. something we noticed at trump's most recent rallies here in new england and the midwest. he's really sticking to the script right now that includes when he's extending an olive branch to the gop. >> in our shared mission to make america great again, i support and endorse speaker of the house paul ryan. he's a good man, and he's a good guy. and we may disagree on a couple of things, but mostly we agree, and we're going to get it done, and we're going to do a lot of wonderful th

>> there's a raidsing with inside the gop.t should happening, it will continue they don't understand what he continues to accomplish and so he has stood up for middle america by telling them he's going to bring their jobs back, secure the southern border and get us out of these wars and this is the gist of it. look, it's a rejection of the former republican party elites in washington who have done nothing for the working class, nothing for middle america. they have a failed policy of wars, body bags, wounded soldiers, billions of dollars? debt. you got paul ryan in there. the only thing he has to show for his speakership so far is a puerto rico bailout for his wall street crony capitalism friends. this battle is going to continue to rage because a movement that transcends two individuals. >> thank you, gentlemen. i'll see you soon. >> just ahead, drft said his business records him as good as he says. water and shatter-resistant samsung galaxy s7 active. exclusively at at&t. great grains cereals are made fromreal fruit,clusters

but second, there's a reason why there's anger among gop voters. a reason voters feel betrayed by this party, because we elect people, we send people to washington who change when they get there. faire for building a wall and then they get to washington and they're pro-amnesty. when donald trump gets to 1237, we're all going to be on board >> there are people who have been fight t in the trenches and both sides and they should be respected. >> i don't disrespect them but i think they are contributing to the problem republican voters have where they don't feel respected. there's an effort to squash the will of the people. >> hang on, kayleigh. opinion -- hold on. anna, hold on. >> in order to win an election, you have to get to 50% plus 1. >> anna, i'm talking here. anna. >> go ahead, don. knock yourself out. >> everyone is allowed to have an opinion, but when i think that experience and people who have been in the trenches deserve respect, it's not just about an opinion, whether they did something wrong in the past or they did something right. it g

>>> breaking news tonight, trump's bombshell, the gop's civil war explodes as donald trump refuses to endorse senator john door to door, fears of zika spreading in miami, and news the insecticide they're using on the mosquito doesn't seem to work. >>> the dramatic takedown caught on camera. >>> and jaw dropper, a new report that says flossing your teeth might not even work. dividing the nation. "nightly news" begins right now. good evening, the 2016 race appears to be getting personal, but this-time between top republicans. donald trump said today he is now supporting house speaker paul ryan or john mccain in their upcoming election battles. but it was president obama who grabbed election headlines today with a blistering rebuke of trump who made his own headlines with a fresh round of controversies. tonight a new nbc news/survey monkey online poll shows clinton has opened up an 8 point lead over trump. >> reporter: for a lot of republicans, it would be an easy support the sitting house speaker in your own party in his reelection bid on tuesday? a re-election he's expected to win. for

but some gop lawmakers say no,p. meantime, lochte is hiring a p.r. expert to save or try to save his image. >>> welcome back. gop lawmakers warning the administration is putting lives in danger after transferring the largest number of detainees from guantanamo since president obama took office. the 15 suspected terrorists sent to the united arab emirates. more could be released soon. now the white house keeps saying it will save us money. steve, you say it's going to cost us more and more than just money. >> it's going to cost lives. this is just bloody foolish. we know from past experience that 20% to 40% of prisoners go back to practicing terrorism. we know these remaining prisoners are the hard-core prisoners. the bad, bad ones. to release them, there will be more terrorism, more american killed. this is blood on the president's hands. it is inexcusable. >> we pay a lot in the way of taxes basically for security. how is releasing these detainees going to keep us safe? >> i think it costs us in the court of public opinion, and also our enemies use

>> there's a raging battle inside the gop.s a battle that should happen, is happening, and will continue to happen. basically, trump is transcending the entire republican party in this movement that nobody seems to grasp. everybody is looking at these mistakes he's making. they don't understand what he has established. and what continues to happen. he has stood up for working class americans, telling them he's going to bring the jobs back and get them out of these wars. it's a rejection of the former party elites in washington, who have done nothing for the working class. nothing for middle america. a failed policy of wars, body bags, wounded soldiers. you have paul ryan in there. the only thing he is showing is a bailout for his wall street friends. this battle is going to continue to rage because this is a movement, don, that transcends one individual. >> thank you, don. thank you, dennis. i'll see you soon. >>> ahead, art of the deal. donald trump says his business record qualifies him to be president. but is that record as

from tops in washington, arguing the gop fails the commander-in-chief test. former officials serving in republican administrationes from nixon to bush. in their letter to the nation they say none of them will vote for donald trump. from a foreign policy perspective, they write, donald trump is not qualified to be president and commander-in-chief. signing on to the letter first reported by the in, times former director of cia mike haleden former homeland secretaries michael chernoff and tom ridge and john negroponte. >> how the hhell can be he commander-in-chief? >> the speech designed to jump-start both the nation's con my and battle against hillary clinton. >> he is the candidate of the past. ours is the campaign of the future. >> interrupted more than a dozen times by protesters in detroit. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> trump showed message discipline as he kept his cool. >> the bernie sanders people had far more energy and spirit. >> trump's economic plan puts a stamp on gop proposals and puts a moratorium on regulations and pulling back from globa

after a disastrous 48 hours, high level gop sources telling nbc news trump allies may come together to confront the candidate himself. hoping for a dramatic turnabout as republican anxiety soars. >>> crash landing disaster. tonight the panic inside a massive passenger plane sliding on the runway and bursting into flames. the desperate rush to get out alive. >>> ransom paid? a midnight flight loaded with $400 million sent to iran at the same time americans were finally free. did the white house make a secret deal? >>> terror bust shocker. a d.c. transit cop accused of trying to help isis. the first police officer to face such a charge. >>> and a report from rio where it's already game on. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester tonight. in a sense there are two trump campaigns tonight. the one that publicly officials say is right on track with rumors of internal infighting and panic vastly overblown. and then there's the one openly breakin

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we begin with the divided gop. the rift wider as donald trump turns his back on two of the country's most powerful republicans. >> trump is withholding support from house speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain as they run for re-election. another prominent republican is crossing party lines to vote for hillary clinton. and trump is getting an earful from president obama. let's get the latest from abc's maggie rulli live in washington. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, nick and linzie. donald trump is not playing the party game, refusing to back some of the main republican, all of this adding to the growing divide within the republican party. donald trump battling with members of his own party this morning refusing to endorse speaker paul rye enand longtime senator john mccain in their upcoming primaries even though they're supporting him. >> never been a big fan of john mccain. >> reporter: trump criticized mccain's capture in vietnam and this comes at a time when his relationship with military fa

gop senator susan collins from maine made it official last night. she's not voting for her party's nominee. and on top of that, 50 former national security officials, all of them having served in republican administrations, cosigned a letter, saying the same thing. one of them is about t

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which is do you cleev trump off from the gop or attempt to yoke trump to the rest of the gop? as much as paul ryan says he's troubled by this or that comment, he's going to vote for him as well as many other prominent republicans. >> i think it's interesting and hillary clinton has clearly seen an opportunity, given the fact that trump is only attracting 70% of republican voters. by the time you get to a general election is usually up in the 90s. so, 17% of republican voters not comfortable with this nominee and so she's trying to appeal to them. and at the same time she has to take responsibility for her party and the fact that they've failed inner city communities. run by democrat leadership. my home city of detroit, michigan has had democrat mayors, democrat city counsel, democrat county commissioners for my entire lifetime and that city has struggled. and the democrat party hasn't responded to that. >> what do you think of the governor of maryland cutting off millions of infrustructure as an example of limitations of municipal governments to be able to invest in communitie

at stake gop majorities especially in the senate. if hillary clinton wins, democrats only need four more seats to retake control, making it easier to push through decisions like supreme court nominees. >> holding the senate, i think is a extly republicans and frankly the house of representatives is probably if things were not to go where we would like is our real last line of defense. >> reporter: democrats linking them to trump's dif vieive rhetoric. >> i have said that i'm going to be voting for our nominee, but. >> reporter: as the gop wins the house and senate, they could still hold the house, >> we won't be looking at large reforms such as immigration or tax codes. we we'll. >> reporter: in instead of campaigning for downballot republicans, donald trump is here in deep blue washington states. tonight all eyes are on arizona where trump is expected to clarify his murky position on immigration. >>> governor paul la page is apologizing today for leaving a profanity laced -- his political future is up in the air. >> you don't like m

the gop nominee adding new members to his team to try and turn things around.ut should the businessman stick to the business plan of turning our economy around? hi, i'm eric bolling, wish to "cashin' in." our crew, a full house. gina loud in, mercedes schlap and rick grennell. my two favorite ladies who lift left, jeannine green and melissa tarlow. jobs and the economy. should trump focus more on the issues to win the general election? >> i think that obviously the economy remains the top issue for american voters. however, i think that for donald trump it's important to come across being the compassionate

. >> local republican congressman releasing an add appearing to bash the gop nominee. a district dem to win back -fplgt. >> . >> the two top nominees. are two of the most despised people. in politics right now. >> . the campaign received an e-mail a short time ago from the. responding to his add. with an add of their own. further proof this is a congress district where a lot of money will be spent. >> . both parties want to win it. >> . thank you. on that note. colorado may not be the battleground we once expected. according to to political prediction group. colorado no longer quote leans democratic. it considered likely democratic. public and private polling along with its own survey shows the gop isn't very competive year in colorado. >> . >> yacht club bottling works throughout the rest of the campaign season. keeping tabs on which drink proves to be popular. very nonscientific. to gauge tastes. the store new >> the power of social media. on display. as a post went viral. claiming jack in the box employee was fired for giving free food to a veteran. the worker who w

do you cleave trump off from the gop or attempt to yolk him to the rest of the gop? so however paul ryan is troubled by that comment, he's going to vote for him, as are many other republicans. what do you think of this choice he's made to cleave him off from the rest of the gop? >> well, i think it's interesting. and hillary clinton has cleared seen an opportunity, given the fact that trump is only attracting 70% of republican voters. normally that number, by the time you get to a general election is up in the 90s. so that means there's 23% of republican voters who aren't comfortable with this nominee. so she's trying to appeal to them. at the same time, she does have to take some responsibility for her party and the fact that they have failed the african american community and many minority communities. if you look at the inner cities -- >> what do you mean by that? >> -- they're almost all over the place run by democrat leadership. my home city of detroit michigan has had democrat leaders for my entire lifetime and that city has struggled -- >> and you think that's

but however being the gop party standard-bearer. is there a way for the trump campaign to give a perception of unity and do right by the party that would ease, say, a reince priebus or other members that might be looking for an exit? >> reporter: it looks like that ship has sailed. donald trump has promised unity over and over again, talked about the pledge, said he would support paul ryan, talked about how much respect he has for reince priebus, how much respect he has for party leaders, has promised repeatedly he would back off attacking his fellow party members, but thats has not happened despite his promises. the idea that donald trump can come out now and present party unity is starting to become laughable within republican circles. i've been talking to gop operatives who say they just can't believe this, this is the final straw. what else could he possibly be doing or possibly do in order to gain their trust back. they didn't trust him in the first place and this is that nail in the coffin. >> katy tur outside trump tower, tha

the gop nominee.do you think you need to turn your campaign around or are you doing fine? >> what do you think he had to say? we will have his answer coming up. stay with us. the new carfax.com show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. ♪ ♪ >> donald trump selling himself as the law and order candidate slamming hillary clinton and calling for the war on cops to end. >> she is against the police. hillary would rather protect the offender than the victim. >> the gop is set to receive his first briefing. >> get out. >> everybody down. show me your hands. >> security flaws exposed. how a false alarm at one of the nation's biggest airports is raising brand new fears about terror attacks. >> land of the free and home of the brave. how free is your state? "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> we hope you had a good night. we hope it is even better. you are joining "fox and friend first. i am abby hu

he has to beat the businessman for the gop nomination. on the democratic side there is a nasty campaign going on between two congressmen, patrick murphy and alan grayson and a key house race, incumbent debbie wasserman schultz is fighting tim canova, backed by bernie sanders, the florida race with rubio might just be the most important. manu raju explains. >> reporter: maarco rubio used to be donald trump's harshest critic. now rubio is in today's senate primary. he is giving the xop presidential nominee a lukewarm embrace. rubio is opened to campaigning alongside with trump. he won't take the gop nominee to task for calling hillary clinton a bigot. >> democrats have been calling the republicans bigots for a long time. >> hillary has a lot of problemsch she's corrupt, she's dishonest. i do think the policies she stands for harm minority community, absolutely. >> far from calling her a bigot? >> you have to ask other campaigns about the terms they use. i can tell you i don't want hillary clinton to be our president. >> reporter: after endi

now this is not news that the gop wants to hear. former governor mike huckabee says may shift but it is up to mr. trump to set the core for what matters most -- winning in november. >> it's the hard part for trump. first time he's ever been a candidate. never has he experienced this kind of personal attack that a lot of people have had at least the luxury of going through it for many years and kind of getting used to it. i think he has allowed himself the luxury of reacting to every person who's against him. what i'd try to say to him is this -- look at yourself as a boxer. you are in the ring. there is only one person in that ring you've got to punch. it ain't the referee and it's not your corner man. and you sure don't go outside the ring and go up in the stands and start beating up fans. even the ones that heckle you. you got one thing to do and that's punch out that other person. who's your opponent. he's got to stay focused. >> we'll have much more of my interview with governor huckabee a little bit later on in the show. you'll

our entitlements under control. >> reporter: clinton rallying in florida called it more of the same gop talking points. >> he wants to basically just repackage trickle down economics. >> reporter: a bright spot for trump this weekend, getting former rival jeb bush, late tonight donald trump responded to those national security leaders arguing that they were the ones who invaded iraq and they were the ones that were that gave rise to isis. >>> the rising star who just shattered her incredible world record here in rio. what katie ledecky told us about how she purple circles that cover michael phelps and many more olympians, why some say they're a secret >>> we're back now with a young american athlete who is quickly becoming one of the biggest stars at the rio olympics. the country watched in awe as swimmer katie ledecky at age 19 smashed her own world record to win gold in the as she tells matt lauer, she's just getting started. >> reporter: katie ledecky was the youngest member of team usa and her first international competition, she was a virtual unknown. then this happens. not only di

that poses a great problem for gop operatives and for the gop ability to influence politics come november. so there's ongoing conversations right now about how best to do that. they haven't quite figured it out. their best bet right now is to try an convince donald trump to back off, to tone it done, the issue is they've been burned so many times in the past before, there is little to no hope that he'll be able to do it. >> katie, quickly before i let you go, paul manafort was just doing an interview in which he said, it's the media that needs an intervention. our campaign is doing just fine. do you get the sense that donald trump understands how serious this moment is for his campaign? the fact that from an outsiders perspective, it appears to be at a free fall. >> reporter: donald trump is near a course of people telling him it is not a good idea to go after the khans. it is not a good idea to fight with the gop. to back off it, to focus on hillary clinton. the issue that donald trump has is the voters that come to his rally are vehement in their support for them. they cheer loudly when

joining several other gop defecto defectors.ormer aides to jeb bush and chris christie. >> what we see is the party nominee unraveling on almost a daily basis, behaving more erratically. >> as republicans wince and worry, she is using this campaign ad. >> as a line of clothing, where were these made. >> these were made, i don't know, they were made someplace. >> where were the shirts made. >> bangladesh. >> ties, where are they made. >> they're great ties. >> they're made where? >> china. >> china. it is part of her one-two punch on the economy. >> everything donald trump makes in china, mexico, turkey, slo slovenia could be right here in america. >> hillary clinton's plan starts here. >> these new commercials are bank rolled by her muscular fundraising. she raised $9 million alone in the 24 hours after her convention speech. her biggest month of fundraising yet. $90 million in july. >> cnn has learned whitman could appear in tv ads, along with the business leaders behind clinton. bloomberg, buffett and others. it is also a way

donald trump is the best candidate the gop has ever seen by vesot in the primary. the other part is hillary clinton is a liar. she's not only someone who lies, she lies about lying as was just prof proven. then you have to talk about the $400 million ransom paid to iran. donald trump has been against the iran deal from the beginning. that's probably why he joined this rate, to make absolutely sure that that deal -- >> i mean these are big issues and you're absolutely right. there's a lot for him to chew on there. the other thing i'd mention to mark and get your final thoughts, i think we are in an extraordinary time where traditional politics has basically been thrown out the window. and, you know, he has tapped into an amazing amount of anger and frustration in this country. and it almost feels like most americans are saying or many americans are saying, you know what? enough. i want change, and i'm willing to take the risk that goes with that. what do you say, mark? >> i absolutely think that's possible, but the problem is that donald trump wasn't talking about t

earlier today, the gop nominee made an unexpected trip to mexico to meet with that country's president. correspondent carl cameron has the latest tonight from phoenix. >> mexicans are just beyond reproach. >> reporter: donald trump and hillary clinton were both invited to mexico last friday by president enrique pena nieto. trump got there first and fast. >> i shared my strong view that nafta has been a far greater benefit to mexico than it has been to the united states. and that it must be improved upon, ending illegal immigration. not just between our two countries, but including the illegal immigration and migration from central and south america. >> reporter: trump got a joint appearance on the international stage. the mexican president, who compared trump's rise to hitler, was diplomatic. >> translator: we may not agree on several issues, but your presence here, mr. trump, shows a fundamental coincidence. our countries are very important. i fully believe that the nafta has been good both for the united states, as well as for mexico. >> reporter: nieto acknowledged that trump's rhet

and that right now the only person you have on the gop side is donald trump. julie: can i put something out? it is now a week or two weeks, three weeks before labor day, the final 90 days of this election. here's the presidential nominee of republican party on the number one rated cable show in the country potentially trashing reince priebus, fighting with -- >> he didn't trash him. he didn't trash him. julie: or threatening. >> no. julie: we're discussing the gop civil war -- >> i think he was addressing the 50 quote-unquote republicans -- julie: fine. the point is, eric, he wasn't taking the time to address hillary clinton. >> that's fair enough. >> wasting time talking about that instead of hillary clinton, i would agree. and also he certainly hasn't seemed to have tried that hard to make amends with people that are mad at him. he's still doing the i don't need them. dagen: these republicans, come on, people, he is your nominee, like it or not. where were you a year ago or more? as my mother would say, if you can't say something nice, shut your mouth. sandr

yes, there is a divide in the gop, but the gop wants to win in november.so members like john mccain who need trump supporters so they're trying to thread that needle. with donald trump it's not easy. >> does threading the needle hurt their credibility? as president obama said yesterday, how do you denounce trump's comments and still support him? trump has been relatively clear from the beginning. it's my way or the highway. these other members of the republican party are sort of going back and forth and walking this line. >> that's a problem. the party is divided. i think that some members of the republican coalition are at odds with other members of the coalition. trump understands that the coalition is unpopular with the trump voters. trump is trying to expand the tent but he's trying to expand the tent in a way that excludes many members of the republican establishment. and he seems to be fine with that. we're going to see how this all works out. for the establishment itself, this is a real roller coaster. >> couldn't that be donald trump staying on mes

the gop doesn't always agree with the tactics and strategy of the trump campaign. when it comes to calling for a special prosecutor and going after clinton, they are in lockstep. republican national committee this afternoon put out a statement saying it, too, believes it's time for a special prosecutor and a thorough investigation of what the fbi and justice department took a pass on. bret? >> we heard senator kaine attacking donald trump with this report that he quadrupled the rent once donors started paying for that rent at trump towers as opposed to himself. what's the campaign's response to that? >> reporter: they're pretty brief about it. they say we got bigger. they started during the primaries it was half of a floor in trump tower. once the graen agreement to raise money and start working with the republican national committee for the general election kicked in, it was time to grow. now they have three floors and a lot more staff. although, that isn't necessarily represented in some of the filings. but they say they got bigger and so did the rent. >> you hea

discontent with trump among gop leaders continues to grow. in a letter to the republican party, 70 worried republicans urged the gop to stop funding having a tremendous problem in utah while hillary clinton's lead in national polls has widened. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: donald trump court voters in florida on thursday, the biggest prize of the battleground states. the republican presidential candidate criticized hillary clinton's economic plan. >> maybe the greatest, biggest tax increase in the history of our country. >> reporter: he also doubled down on his theory that the obama administration's policies grow. >> barack obama and hillary clinton, these are the founders of isis. >> reporter: trump's recent comments, including his suggestion that second amendment voters could stop clinton, have ignited a fire storm. cbs news has learned more than 70 republicans sent the republican national committee a letter urging the rnc to cut off fund to trump's campaign and shift resources to senate and house races. hillary clinton touted her sh

donald trump is clamming gop leaders.sing to back house speaker paul ryan in his reelection bid, turning his own words against him saying "i'm not there yet. we're back with john allen, former commander of u.s. and allied forces. is donald trump, if he were commander in chief, will troops disobey his orders? >> as i said, wolf, we have been trained from our earliest moments to obey legal orders. . to nurn the orders are legal. the problem they think your question implies are public statements about if we find ourselves involved in torture or the murder of the families of alleged terrorists, or being engaged in indiscriminate carpet bombing. i hope we never find ourselves in position will we be first to oblige that order is illegal. >> so if you're a four-star general, if you were still on active duty, if he said go ahead and do water boards or do -- kill not just the targets, the terrorists, but if necessary family members, you would regard them as murder. >> no question. an illegal order like that, i have an obligation t

the gop nominee adding new members to his team to try and turn things around. but should the businessman stick to the business plan of turning our economy around? hi, i'm eric bolling, wish to "cashin' in." our crew, a full house. gina loud in, mercedes schlap and rick grennell. my two favorite ladies who lift left, jeannine green and melissa tarlow. jobs and the economy. should trump focus more on the issues to win the general election? >> i think that obviously the economy remains the top issue for american voters. however, i think that for donald trump it's important to come across being the compassionate american businessman. i think this is part of what you're seeing in the campaign. what does he need to do? he needs to attract more suburban women to support him. obviously increase his number of independents that would support him. and even minorities because why -- he's fine with his base. this is great. but you need to also think about what women, for example, want to see. they want to see more of not only can you come and fix the economy, but show us th

also, like many gop speeches, attempts at sounding compassionate. his claim to reduce the cost of child care was backed up with this. >> i will unveil my plan on this in the coming weeks that i have been working on with my daughter ivanka, who is here. stand up. she feels so strongly about this. and an incredible team of experts. >> the mention of his daughter ivanka might have been trump's attempt to deflect the criticism he has for naming a 14-person economic team that is all men at the moment, a criticism hillary clinton was more than happy to re-enforce. >> today in detroit, he's got, i don't know, a dozen or so economic advisers he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named steve, apparently. and so they wrote him a speech, and he delivered it in detroit. now, they tried to make his old tired ideas sound new. but here's what we all know because we heard it again. his tax plans will give super big tax breaks to large corporations and the really wealthy, just like him and the guys who wrote the speech, right? >> today's trump s

let's talk about the polling surrounding the gop nominee.t more republicans running for reelection to distance themselves from their nominee? >> i don't think so. if the nominee can become a bit more disciplined in delivering his message. i start out the three m's. that's message, muscle, which is ground game and organization, and money. in terms of where we are today, not what we raised last quarter, the clinton campaign has an advantage in money. it also has an advantage in organization, but it should not have an advantage in message. but it will require donald trump to stay on message and not get drawn into these sideline issues that are not crucial to the majority of americans. >> so we know the congressman of illinois, charlie dent of pennsylvania, the latest republicans to say they won't vote for trump. that adds to the list of senators. they stopped short of saying they'd vote for clinton, but we have the retiring congressman hanna saying he will vote for hillary clinton. so if you were inside the campaign of hillary clinton, how woul

gop establishment figures are questioning his fitness for office and a new challenger has emerged. we have all the latest drama from the campaign trail. donald trump is trying to get back on track speaking at the detroit economic club in sounding more like a traditional gop candidate. >> under my plan no american company will pay more than 15% of their business income in taxes. he delivered a largely conservative message and stuck to script the things that the gop insiders have wanted to see. but he facing onslaught. a letter from 50 former republican foreign-policy officials and advisers opposing his candidacy. susan collins said she would not support him, and little- known former cia officer in congressional staffer has decided to launch his own presidential bid. >> i believe this is the last moment when someone can offer credibly an alternative to these unfit candidates. >> realistically he doesn't have much of a shot he is missed filing deadlines. but he could join other third- party candidates like gary johnson and green party candidate jill stein who seem to be gaining tracti

malign the entire nation. >> hillary clinton didn't let up hoping to ensure trust in her versus her gop rival. >> i don't want folks to be misled. to listen to the rhetoric and hillary clinton at her event in omaha, nebraska. donald trump will be in the battleground states of ohio, then pennsylvania. a new cbs news poll out this morning shows that hillary clinton got a 4-point bump out of the democratic convention. she leads donald trump among voters nationally, 46% to 39%. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> whose country? >> our country. >> whose country? >> members of versus hate held a press conference outside of trump tower this morning to denounce the gop presidential candidate's ongoing verbal spat with the khan family. it was also meant to honor that family's sacrifice. >> all of us here in the united states that would share a common citizenship, because on behalf of us this sacrifice of their son was given. >> members of the local faith community joined in the protest this morning. >>> president obama is in atlanta today to push for health care improvements for veterans.

as a reflexively anti-gop right. however you define it, the trump campaign says they want nothing to do with it. >> you said the term campaign as a platform for the alt-right movement? >> no, we never even discussed it internally. it is not part of our strategy meetings. it is not something trump says out on the stump. >> these movement are not new. in the 1960s it was the john birch society. it was denounced and purged from the party essentially. it won't just be this election cycle, it could be lasting well beyond it. in fact i'm joined by two of my colleagues. out with a new nbc news special feature "beyond trump, where will the republican party go after 2016." benji, i will start with you. dealing with the nationalist, whatever you want to call it, nationalist, isolationist movement, there is this growing wing of the republican party that is anti-business, anti-internationalism and essentially anti-multiculturalism. >> there are a lot of elements just as with the john birch society purged from the party to some d

these are some of the things the gop says this is what we want to see you doing and not other things. part of his speech, wolf, the reason why, yesterday in daytona he focused on clinton and started to relitigate some of the things we heard before, talking about megyn kelly and whether or not he made fun of a disabled reporter, these are the types of things that the gop says you need to sort of move beyond that but you heard what trump said. he says look, despite what critics are saying, whether it's gop or otherwise, he says that this campaign is on track. he says they're more united than ever, but really, the reality bears something much different than that. you look at what's happening with the gop, clearly there are some problems here that the campaign needs to address. they say that his rhetoric is a problem. his inability to stay on message is a problem. they look at what happened with paul ryan, for example, house speaker paul ryan. they say this is something you didn't need to do by not endorsing him. in fact, paul ryan spoke out about this for the first time and the question

gop senator john mccain and debbie wasserman shalt among those fighting for votes. good morning. i am nicole petallides. lauren. good morning i am lauren simonetti. to -- it's up 107 points yesterday. let's check in on the stock market futures ahead of the opening bell. s&p futures completely unchanged. nicole: and china to shanghai composite index gained one 10th of 1%. oil prices hovering above $47 a barrel. shares of hershey getting crushed after food giant rocks away from the $25 billion takeover bid for hershey. nicole: apple and the hook for billions of dollars in taxes. if the european decides to tax the deal is illegal. any decision could come within the hour and is expected to go against apple. nicole: and sports the u.s. open is underway. off to a very good start. the new york mets. other highlights coming up. lauren: 5:01 a.m. in new york. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. nicole: apple is going to be hit the european tax bill of more than $1 million this morning. sources told reuters the european commission will rule that apple

clinton shows those remarks are not fit to be president and panic in the gop over the direction of trump's campaign. a draft is circulating among top republicans to divert dollars away from donald trump and move them towards vulnerable gop down ballot candidates and clinton's e-mail scandal, the newly released information shows scandal. we'll talk about that tonight. i want to begin with jim acosta and chief political correspondent, dana bash. good evening to both of you. >> we'll start with you, down there in florida covering the trump campaign. he's not backing down from his message clinton and president obama founded isis. he's completely wrong. what is he saying tonight? >> yeah, don, he quadrupled down on this you might say. he talked about it last night, this morning, this afternoon and he did it at this raleily outsi of orlando. he called president obama isis. he's basing his argument on president obama, when he had the chance to leave a residual force in iraq he chose not to do that and because of that, a vacuum was create and isis filled that vacuum. the problem with that -- and d

at stake gop majorities, especially in the senate. if hillary clinton wins, democrats only need four more >> holding the senate, i think is a extremely important goal for republicans and frankly the house of representatives is probably if things were not to go as we would like, our real last line of defense. >> reporter: incumbent senators facing tough battles, democrats linking them to trump's divisive rhetoric. >> i have said that i'm going to be voting for our nominee, but i've been quite clear when i had disagreement was him which i >> reporter: if the gop wins the house and senate, they could still hold the house, essentially leaving congress in gridlock. >> we won't be looking at large reforms such as immigration or tax codes. we'll be looking at a congress that averts controversy at the last hour as it has the past several years. >> reporter: instead of campaigning for down ballot republicans, donald trump is here in deep blue washington state. tomorrow, all eyes turn to immigration. >>> one of trump's supporters, maine's gover