joining us is mark halperin. rate to see you.bout and i were talking her resignation and how it will take place until later this week. why is it being pushed off to later this week? why not resign right away? she has effectively resigned. she gave up the last role she was going to play at this convention. she might be chair in name, but i'm not even sure that will be true that much longer. it is extraordinary for the chair of a party on the eve of their quadrennial convention to give up the gavel but she has been forced to do that because of the increasing pressure of democrats, including those loyal to bernie sanders. joe: we have seen she got booed. henie sanders got booed when vigorously stated that clinton and tim kaine had to win. how comfortable are officials at something like that won't be repeated on the floor when the big event happens? it's an unpredictable thing. they can be sure and conventions thrive on order, pretty ability and the managers want things to go their way for top democrats tend to be less orderly and th

mark halperin, what do you see in this? are they trying to move this along? get this over with, even coordinate it and control it. everything, bill clinton's meeting with loretta lynch. private, all of a sudden meeting with fbi on fourth of july weekend, 3.5 hours. did they ask for it? are they trying to move it along? how are we supposed to assume everything is aboveboard here. >> we don't know some basic things we often know about investigations at this stage. for one thing, is she subject to recall? a lot of times with high-profile witnesses like this, david kendall, hillary clinton's lawyer may have negotiated to say you get one crack at her, one time to sit with her. take as long as you want but that's it. we don't know whether she's coming back or not. we also don't know if prosecutors are looking for a crime here or run influence and say we investigated and there's no crime at all. prosecutors generally when they investigate a case want an indictment. we don't know what their mind-set is towards this. everyone i talk to in clinton world seems very rela

halperin, thanks for joining us. good luck.lperin with heilemann with "with all due respect." they need at least a one-day rest. "with all due respect," 5:00 p.m. tonight. halperin and heilemann. this is bloomberg. ♪ geoffrey: welcome -- francine: welcome back. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua in london. tom keene is in new york. i want to look at the bloomberg terminal. you have japan and white, germany and blue, the u.k. is purple. this is the euro. let's get back to hans redeker. people will point to this and e arewell, maybe wherw mispricing. what does this tell you? u.k., thecase for the guilt curve, is very clear. and the economy, the economic indicators, which are weakening, you have central banks, which is maybeto ease, aggressively, so on the circumstances, yields can come down. , there is in the u.k. still room to the downside. when you look at negative yields, you have germany and japan. francine: is it a bubble? hans: i don't think so. becauset yet a bubble we are in a highly indebted row. obli

>> mark halperin, us there? >> i think donny, in this case, is more wrong than right. >> and katty kay agrees. >> he does that all the time, mark. >> by the way, mark halperin, coming this fall from simon and shuster, donny's published memoir, "wrong more than right". >> you know i have a book called "often wrong, never in doubt"? true statement. >> by the time bush got elected, there are plenty of republicans who were incredulous about that as they are now about donald trump. the security issue is big, and trump doesn't have a resume to ensure suburban women that we would be a better commander in chief. but the clinton/obama foreign policy record, national security record will be discussed quite a bit in the fall, no matter who trump picks as his running mate, i think that person will pick that up big league. and look at these quinnipiac numbers, to go back to the topic of race and the divisions in the country. the reason trump is competitive in these three battleground states and ahead in florida is because of

. >> and on capitol hill, managing editor and co-host of "all due respect" mark halperin. >> you've done what you did last night what you've done before. text, text, call, call. it's like, watch trump on tv. >> turning it on. >> i have to say, even bill kristol was saying afterwards, that was something. that was something. that was amazing. he's like i'm not sure what i saw, but that was amazing. >> i'll tell you what you saw. you saw him connecting with the crowd in a way that no other politician in the history of politics that we know ever could. you acan't imagine a republican candidate going up there and talking about his golf course in turnberry without getting killed. remember the car elevator and all sorts of things that plagued mitt romney. this guy talks about his turnberry golf course and everybody in the audience is with him about the construction project and about his son and they actually feel they could own a golf course in turnberry. he connects. he connects. >> he does. but i guess the question still begs itself, you've got these golden nuggets that are being handed to yo

cleveland.focus on thanks to mark halperin. tom heilemann tonight with their expertise. she does not work in newport beach, she holds court in washington looking at policy. we could top for two hours this morning, there's is that much going on. let me cut to the chase. is donald trump throw-business? >> that is part of what we are looking for me few days, to see whether his positions on different sectors, on pharmaceuticals, on financial reforms reveal themselves and one thing that has been difficult in terms of analyzing to what donald trump presidency would mean for the market as he has not given very many policy details. is he pro-business? it remains in question in certainly his statements about corporate tax reform would be positive for business but there are not enough details to make an .ssumption tom: sec. clinton, in various shades supports. do you sense washington lobbyists are gop-like in banking, finance, investments? would they find comfort with a democratic candidate? libby: that is part of hillary clinton's chall

vonnie: mark halperin, managing editor of bloomberg politics, in cleveland.nnouncement from donald trump is due tomorrow at 11:00 somewhere in manhattan. david? david: turning to weigh in on the white house is a man who understands leadership in politics and business. eric cantor served as house majority leader from 2010 to 2014 and is now a managing director in new york. you look at these men looking to be frontrunners for vp. mike pence in front. he is someone with whom you serve more than 10 years. are you happy with that as a pick? eric: listen, mike is a solid guy. he is a consistent conservative. lement to thecomp trump candidacy and will provide a moral compass that might always provided in the house. if it is mike pence, it is a good pick. your: donald trump wasn't pic any famously that he wouldn't win a primary. now he is the presumptive nominee. is there something he could say it now to make you more comfortable with him as the nominee? eric: i was cochair for jeb bush and i am a big fan of jeb's. he had served in office and demonstrated ability. we

mark: i am mark halperin. >> can you please keep it down? we are trying to make history here. ♪ welcome to this addition of "best of with all due respect." hillary clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. star-studdedtoric democratic convention and donald trump found ways to make headlines. let's start with hillary clinton in her own words in philadelphia. hillary clinton: just ask yourself, you really think donald trump has the temperament to become commander-in-chief? donald trump cannot even handle the rough and humble of the presidential campaign. -- humble of a presidential campaign. he has gotten a tough question from a reporter who we challenged in a debate, when he sees a protester at the rally, imagine, if you dare imagine, imagine him in the oval office facing a real crisis. a man you can bait with the tweets is not the man we can trust with nuclear weapons. [cheering] put it clinton: i can't any better than jackie kennedy date after the cuban missile crisis. she said that would worried presi

willie, we have managing editors of bloomberg politics and co-host of with all due respect, mark halperin. ben ginsburg. good day to have ben on. that was confusing late yesterday. wow, eggs steve schmi-- i guess schmidt didn't mince words last night. what a catastrophe. >> steve is one of the guys early on that said trump had what it took to win the republican nomination and maybe even beyond that. that is unfortunate and we're going to talk about the whole day. >> lay it out. >> obviously melania's speech at the end was what everybody was talking about. when the speech was over, i could tell she had actually struck a chord, because i started getting texts and e-mails. >> really. >> before the internet took up to say, wow, she outperformed. wow, what a great speech she gave. i would say more than usual from friends. even from people who don't like trump. so melania actually outperformed. then, of course, the questions about the speech, which, i'm sorry, if anybody believes she's like bartelby the scrivener and in the back writing this down her self. this is an example of a campaign not b

we've got the managing editor of bloomberg politics and co-host and with all due respect, mark halperin, senior politicalk coluko columnist ron cormier. last night hillary clinton walked out to a sea of flags embracing her daughter in a moment in history. >> so, my friends, it's with confidence and america's promise they accept your nomination for president of the united states! tonight, tonight we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union, the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for preside president. i'm happy for grandmothers and little girls, and everyone in between. i'm happy for boys and men because when any barrier falls in america, it clears the way for everyone. after all, when there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit. don't lehtonen tell you that our country is weak. we're not. don't lehtonen tell you we don't have what it takes. we do. and most of all, don't believe anyone who says i alone can fix it. he's forgetting every last one of us. americans don't say i alone can fix it. we say we'll fix it together! now donald trump say

james comey is someone they have praised forever as a man of integrity. >> mark halperin in raleigh, scene of the -- what will be the scene of a trump rally this evening but, oh, we have hours to go until then and we have this to watch and talk about. look who's just come out from different sides of the stage, the president in shirt sleeves on a hot day in north carolina and on camera right, of course, the presumptive nominee of the democratic party, his long time secretary of state, one-time political rival hillary clinton. we will relinquish the microphone and listen in all the way through this event. ♪ i'll be strong, i'll play my fight song ♪ and i don't really care if nobody else believes ♪ because i've still got a lot of fight ♪ left in me, a lot of fight left in me ♪ this is my fight song, take back my life song ♪ prove i'm all right song, my power's turned on ♪ right now i'll be strong ♪ i'll play my fight song and i don't really care ♪ if nobody else believes because i've still got ♪ a lot of fight left in me, a lot of fight left in me ♪ this is my fight song, take back my l

mark halperin. he's in north carolina because there is an orchestrated event there but athat you can't help to read into. >> haez he's in trumpland. >> and sam stein. >> actually, well orchestrated for once. >> you know, i saw some clinton apologies saying this was a big win for hillary clinton. no, pretty rough all the way around yesterday. >> well, i disagree with that in the sense that if you are at a fork in the road and a choice here. she gets indicted and she doesn't get indicted or the indictment was recommended, she would almost certainly not be the democratic nominee and certainly not be the next president of the united states. >> huge win. >> she didn't get indicted. i was with the clinton campaign yesterday at their event yesterday in charlotte and all of them, the collective sigh of relief, was audible. now, the "new york times" which has covered this quite well one of the pieces yesterday described this as the worst piece, the worst possible piece of good news for hillary clinton in the

mark halperin is about 160 miles away from me in raleigh, where donald j. trump is holding a competing rally tonight. he'll be with us later in the show. for now i'm joined by my colleague, al hunt of the washington bureau of bloomberg. the context for both events today were completely and utterly changed, however, by the even bigger news that came out this morning. fbi director james comey announcing the end of his agency's months-long high stakes investigation into clinton's handling of classified information at the state department. in his public remarks at fbi headquarters, comey offered a harsh critique of clinton's e-mail practices as secretary of state but ultimately recommended no criminal charges be filed against the presumptive democratic nominee. >> 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. eight of those chains contained information that was top secret. although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended

turn to hugh hewitt, host of the hue hewitt show on the salem radio network and bloomberg's mark halperin, co-host of "with all due respect" on this network. gentlemen, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> i can't believe what we're talking about on day two after night one, hugh, of this convention, does it pain you we're sitting here talking about what seemed to be mistakes, divisions, negative -- you know, there's a negative tone in the daylight after last night. >> well, three points. i thought it was a great night, probably the best hour of the trump campaign to go from tom cotton to rudy giuliani to mr. trump. i'm shocked, shocked, there's imperfect and bad ghost writing going on. i was a ghostwriter myself for a long time. >> imperfect is one thing but we said at the top of the show one in a trillion chance that was not plagiarized. >> here's the thing democrats have to worry about. they are setting it up for the easy pivot to go from partial plagiarism to perfect perjury between a potential first lady to the potential president so when we talk about plagiarism, it's very easy to go to

mark halperin. >> in nashville, tennessee. >> we're safely in 1957. john meacham with the nashville -- >> okay, good job. what a good crew. >> we're leading up to, yeah, always know the truth. john, so, we're leading up to the vice presidential sweepstakes. this unlike any others because trump is running it like a reality game show. sort of like "apprentice" he makes people try out. >> walter mondale brought people up and down that driveway back in '84 and it's hugely, it's fascinating, i think partly because i would bet a significant amount of money that maybe even mr. trump right now is not sure, as he likes to say. he's intuitive and he reacts off the cuff and i suspect he's doing that right now. >> hillary clinton doing the same thing. i mean, she's been trying people out because you want to see how they perform in public and get a feel for the relationship and this is someone you're going to be spending a long time with. >> hillary is down to three people. one the former dnc chair. the former governor of virginia and, three, the current senator o

mark: i am mark halperin. hello?pect to your show can you please keep it , down? we are trying to make history here. ♪ mark: welcome to this addition of "best of with all due respect." it was a week in which hillary clinton shattered the glass ceiling, becoming the female first presidential nominee of a major political party. it was an historic star-studded democratic convention, and donald trump still found ways to make headlines. we will hear from it all but

do you think that's true, mike halp halperin?that seems a little high. >> a dark horsemichael flin. he's a red shirt democrat and raised eyebrows when he asked where he stood on the issue of abortion. >> abortion, i think it's, i think for women, these are difficult issues. but i think women have to be able to choose what they, you know, that sort of a right of choice. but i think that's a difficult, legal decision and i think that women are so important in that decisionmaking process. >> while some republican delegates are looking to make the presidential choice themself, buzz feed was the first to report to make it easier for the convention. mark helperin is mike pence ahead in this thing? is the general ahead? >> he's a nice guy. >> we didn't even hear newt this weekend. >> impossible for any of the five us to say who it is. i don't think donald trump knows. he's in the phase where he recognizes there seem like a lot of good choices and then you start going one by one and it's like, everybody has flaws. a lot of pressure. he u

man managing editor and co-host of "with all due respect" mark halperin. >> the circus returns with some we showing some of that this morning?

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mark: and i mark halperin. [ringtone] mark: hello? >> can you please keep it down?o make history here. mark: welcome to day 2 of the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. --ight's headlight headliner, the king of conventions because, former president bill clinton. vote ist, the rollcall about to happen. this is an historic moment for hillary clinton as the nation as she moves frompr

managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. good tahave you all on board. >> you look at the speaker list and it is not traditional. >> something you would expect from an unconventional and when you think about the people that aren't here at this convention, it's remarkable. you compare it to the past. mitt romney and john mccain and the sitting governor, the sitting republican governor of the state hosting the convention john kasich will not be here. this is a different kind of convention. >> they wanted celebrities. >> as you look around, mark, and you start talking to party insiders, they talk about how ohio is at the back of the room. california and new york is at the front. they talk about the lack of organization. they go on and on and on about what's wrong with this convention before the convention even begins. what's been your take and what have you been hearing since in cleveland? >> not doing things that a convention would do. that's the way donald trump won the nomination. can he do that kind of thing? he's not run a

mark: i am mark halperin. hello? >> with all due respect to your show can you please keep it , down? we are trying to make history here. ♪ mark: welcome to this addition of "best of with all due respect." it was a week in which hillary clinton shattered the glass ceiling, becoming the female first presidential nominee of a major political party. it was an historic star-studded democratic convention, and donald trump still found ways to make headlines. we will hear from it all but let's start with hillary clinton in her own words in the top of the ticket in philadelphia. hillary clinton: just ask yourselves, do you really think donald trump has the temperament to become commander-in-chief? donald trump cannot even handle the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign. he loses his cool at the slightest provocation when he , has gotten a tough question from a reporter, when he is challenged in a debate, when he sees a protester at the rally, imagine if you dare imagine, , imagine him in the oval office facing a real c

mark halperin and msnbc political analyst and university of michigan school of public policy former democratic congressman harold ford, jr. >> they booed the prayer, they booed everyone early on. >> really rough start. >> saw tom brokaw talking about this, mike barnicle, go ahead and fire it if you will. he said it reminded him maybe of 1972, the chaos early on this afternoon. chuck todd said it was like nothing he had ever seen. it was just really out of control early on. >> 72 in miami. i remember that distinctly. that was back in the drinking days. it was a raucous convention at the beginning, very much like last night. i have to say two things about last night. one, there's a certain sense of admiration have you to have. >> they booed the prayer. >> the bernie sanders people. >> they went way over the line at one point during the night. but last night will be remember forever because of the first lady of the united states of america. >> absolutely. >> she sort of chuckled when you heard sarah silverman sound bite. coming from a comedian, because she had been a very strong bernie supporter

i'm mark halperin "with all due to donald trump there's no wall that can keep this out. mosquitoeswant around me. es.on't like mosquito john: lot to cover tonight. comey was grilled over theral hours by republicans. comey's recommendation, not to for theillary clinton way she handled classified information on her e-mail server. for more than four hours, he answered questions about the bureau's year long investigation. which republicans say helped -- clint -- clinton and lower standard. comey was cool and confident. no ground toally critics of his view of the case. of attacks main line was not the clinton should have been indicted, although they that quite a bit and frustrated by comey on that point. harped on was this. clinton was not entirely truthful in her past statements e-mails including under oath. the chairman of the committee, from utah, he was going to send her referral to investigate clinton's testimony which she gave under during the benghazi committee hearing. >> did you look at the clinton foundation? >> i'm not going to comment on the existence or nonexiste

i'm mark halperin "with all due to donald trump there's no wall that can keep this out.ant around me. es.on't like mosquito john: lot to cover tonight. comey was grilled over theral hours by republicans. comey's recommendation, not to for theillary clinton way she handled classified information on her e-mail server. for more than four hours, he an

halperin. mark john: and i am john heilemann. you had one job. >> i called the national convention to order. [cheers and applause] [gavel] ♪ anchor: i hereby call this show to order. the convention kicked off his afternoon behind us right now, a in thelready of disunity democratic party, as the gavel has been dabbled in. chan -- got sanders fans chanting, "bernie sanders," and hillary clinton fans also chanting, "hillary." double-barreled controversies. outgoing chair debbie wasserman schultz was nowhere to be found, and she had relinquished the honor to stephanie rawlings-blake. wasserman schultz handed over that gavel under pressure. supporters of sanders were wikileaks after the are afternoon, and they saying that her resignation does not go far enough. bernie sanders addresses delegates not far from here, where it is clear that sanders supporters are not as ready to stand with clinton as he is. john, do they have enough in their arsenal to stop this from dominating the week? john: that is a very large question. this is a star

finally, mark halperin, he asked paul manafort to weigh in that hillary clinton is engaging in to brand trump in a negative way ahead of november. >> besides running negative ads against donald trump, how do you see the tragedy to win the election? >> i hope they keep running the negative ads because i like the impact they're having and spending a lot of money. i don't think this election is about hillary clinton but about donald trump. i mean, i think the last two months have proven that hillary clinton is being discounted by the american people. this is an election about change. change. that ultimately, whether it's the black community or white community, the hispanic community, all of them are going through their own issues and crisis for whatever reason. and we have a candidate everybody recognizes is a changed candidate. we're running against the epitome of the establishment. i mean, we couldn't -- you tell me any candidate, i couldn't pick one off the shelf better than hillary clinton to run against on the change versus establishment. >> what do you think about that? >> what were

mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann. "with all due respect" to joe biden, bill clinton, and barack obama, tonight is time for the real star of the show. ♪ john: happy hillary clinton is the nominee and making her big introduction to america day sports fans. we're in the wells fargo center where the fourth and final night of the democratic national convention is underway. history will be made from the stage behind us. that is where hillary clinton will finally officially, and no doubt enthusiastically accept her party's nomination for president. this will be by far the most important speech of hillary clinton's political career. compared with the last two democratic presidents, her husband and barack obama, clinton is hardly considered the standout order. even she is open to admitting it is a skill that does not come naturally. she has delivered a number of clubs performances on the trail. let's go to the tape. clinton: i believe the person the republicans nominated cannot do the job. [applause] ideas aren't just differen

let's go to mark halperin. what do we know at this point about the speakers?y put out a list that has some familiar politicians and some would say minor celebrities. some of the rhetoric said we would see very a miss athletes and celebrities, entertainers, of the levelix entertainers and athletes and some politicians. i think the reality is any convention featuring donald trump is going to star donald trump. vonnie: you can see on your screen some of the other speakers. might get aity we leak today? mark: sometimes these campaigns put this out on purpose and you need -- you need to start doing the legit sticks of the event. it is scheduled for tomorrow in new york, either new york city or a new york suburb. i suspect word will leak out that i think people would be surprised if it was anyone not on that final list. the latest poll -- we have some live pictures of hillary clinton show trump and clinton that can that. to do with the private e-mail server scandal? is it a surprise that trump has narrowed the gap? the controversy over e-mails and harsh words from t

mark: i am mark halperin. >> can you please keep it down? we are trying to make history here. ♪ >> welcome to this addition of "best of with all due respect." hillary clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. it was an historic star-studded democratic convention and donald trump found ways to make headlines. we will be hearing about it all. let's start with hillary clinton in her own words in philadelphia. hillary clinton: just ask yourself, you really think donald trump has the temperament to become commander-in-chief? donald trump cannot even handle the rough and humble of the presidential campaign. -- humble of a presidential campaign. he loses his cool at the slightest provocation. when he has gotten a tough question from a reporter who we challenged in a debate, when he sees a protester at the rally, imagine, if you dare imagine, imagine him in the oval office facing a real crisis. a man you can bait with the tweets is not the man we can trust with nuclear weapons. [cheering] hillary clinton: i can

mark: i am mark halperin. john: and i am john heilemann. but with all due respect to hillary, james comey had better material. mrs. clinton: his campaign is, selloff america's assets. we sell the statue of liberty? he wants to make america great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in america again. crickets] mrs. clinton: we need to write a new chapter for america, but it should not be chapter 11. ♪ spontaneous humor abounding in atlantic city. welcome to another day of campaign combat in the presidential race. this afternoon, hillary clinton staged a rally beneath the faded sign of trump plaza, one of hit casinosrump's shuttered in atlantic city, where she laid out a case against his business record. later tonight, donald trump has a campaign. we will talk about both of those events throughout the show. first, a lot of focus has turned to the republican nominee's response to the fbi's response yesterday over not recommending action against hillary clinton. and director james comey's takedown of clinton's probity regardin

mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect to last night's big entrance, tonight is going to be even more huge. ♪ [cheers] ♪ welcome to cleveland and day two of the republican national convention. the only thing the political world is talking about now, melania trump's speeds from last night at the arena behind me. bloomberg politics world headquarters. if you missed all the hubbub about melania trump's well done but flawed address, let's catch you up. >> millennia, speech, plagiarism. big debut, home run. >> that was a home run. >> this is supposed to be a home run. >> there does seem to be an ever on the field. >> twitter says she copied michelle obama. >> you work hard for what you work like. >> you work hard for what you want to work like. she said your word is your bond. she said your word is your bond. >> 93% of the speech is completely different from michelle obama's speech. >> mike davis says probably. >> paul matt forte sticks to his own script. >> any other topic, i don't want to keep going. >> t

mark: i am mark halperin. john: and i am john heilemann.respect to hillary, james comey had better material. mrs. clinton: his campaign is, selloff america's assets. we sell the statue of liberty? he wants to make america great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in america again. crickets] mrs. clinton: we need to write a new chapter for america, but it should not be chapter 11. ♪

mark halperin, that man right there, he asked paul manafort to weigh in on the ever that hillary clintonies have two brand trump negatively. what do you think about the strategy to win this election? paul: i hope they keep running those negative ads. they are spending a lot of money. i don't think this election is about hillary clinton. this election is about donald trump. the last two months of reuben -- have proven that hillary is being discounted by the american people. this is an election about change. change. that ultimately is what is lacking in the white community, the hispanic community. all of them are going through their own issues in crisis, for whatever reason. who everyonedidate recognizes as a change candidate. and we are running against be a pity me of establishment. any candidate -- i could not pick one off the shelf better than hillary clinton to run against, change versus establishment. john: so, what do you think about that? that was his answer to you. referred several times to their own polling, their own research and suggested rates like oregon are potential in play,

your partner in crime, mark halperin, had his cell phone out to capture donald trump arriving at thenor's mansion. from all this, do we assume tenses the front runner? john: i don't know that that is true. for a moment this morning, when it was clear trump was meeting with pens and that his family was there, it all seemed like this was obviously headed toward tense, but now we know jeff sessions and newt gingrich are quietly well, aides are saying do not count out chris christie. trump saying he has two for three or four people in his mind. i think we are in exactly the same place we were yesterday, which is we are in the final stages. there is likely to be an announcement friday, and they're now is a genuine shortlist. we are pretty confident we know who is on the short list, but who was the front runner? who will end up the vp or the running mate? still do not know that. vonnie: and of course, why wouldn't trump make a meal out of this decision and make us all anticipate? what would pens bring -- what would pence bring? john: the premise of the question is a little bit flawed in th

. ♪ mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann.ack obama, tonight is time for the real star of the show. ♪ john: happy hillary clinton is the nominee and making her big introduction to america day sports fans. we're in the wells fargo center where the fourth and final night of the democratic national convention is underway. history will be made from the stage behind us. that is where hillary clinton will finally

mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect to donald trump, your search for a running mate can become kind of confusing, even for you. mr. trump: i am narrowing it down to potentially three or four but in my own mind, i am really thinking about two. ♪ 3, 2, 1 give-and-go. steakld not be the beef season without dramatic twists and turns. donald trump ticket to dramatic heights while running is running mate search in indiana. in the state capitol today in indianapolis at the governor's residence, donald trump at his children had breakfast at the home of one of his top vp contenders, mike pence who auditioned as donald trump number two at an audition -- rally last night. senatort gingrich and jeff sessions of alabama came to the hoosier state today for their own last-minute face to face huddles with the candidate at a downtown hotel. the candidate also reportedly called chris christie to be a finalist as well. if you are on all confused on his stance, do not worry. the candidate cleared it up today in the int

. ♪ mark: i am mark halperin. john: and i am john heilemann.h all due respect to hillary, james comey had better material. mrs. clinton: his campaign is, selloff america's assets. we sell the statue of liberty? he wants to make america great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in america again. [crickets] mrs. clinton: we need to write a new chapter for america, but it should not be chapter 11. ♪

mark: i am mark halperin.ght is going to be even more huge. ♪ [cheers] ♪ welcome to cleveland and day two of the republican national convention. the only thing the political world is talking about now

mark: i mark halperin. with all due respect connecting rich, putting him on the ticket with donald trump was a was kind of a moonshot. and with all due respect to chris christie, putting you on the ticket with donald trump was always a bridge too far. al and i are here all week. welcome to a very special vee pstakes edition. john heilemann spent the day in consideredth many clinton's top bbq dinner, tim kaine. tohole lot of signs point indiana governor mike pence as donald trump's choice. tomorrow at a press conference trouble announces decision. is news is reporting pence the choice for trump. some are saying it is all but certain that that is who trump will choose. trump telling bloomberg that no final decision at this hour has been made. however, a local indiana reporter, very respected journalist, tweeted late this afternoon, "confirmed. pence heading to airport in new jersey. video on the air this hour." he picks the hoosier governor. is pence a good choice? al: it's a safe choice. not going to do any

mark: and i mark halperin. [ringtone] mark: hello? >> can you please keep it down? we are trying to make history here. mark: welcome to day 2 of the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. --ight's headlight headliner, the king of conventions because, former president bill clinton. vote ist, the rollcall about to happen. this is an historic moment for hillary clinton as the nation as she moves from presumptive to becoming the first woman ever to be the nominee of a political party in the united states. in another effort to tamp down the discord of the anti-close the anti-clinton voters there, vermont made put her over the top by shifting the order of the states. this money can here is how sanders answered -- this morning, here is how sanders answered why despite interesting latency encourages voters to vote for him. senator sanders: if you are campaigning for six months, the , he would vote for bernie sanders. that is what i would do. why would you not do that? you cast your vote, the other side gets more votes, you accept that, you go on, and hopefully

. >> mark halperin had a big grin, he said did you coordinate that?t had a big grin. >> this distracts and shows once again -- >> wow, ted cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge. that meant they all pledged in a debate that they would vote for the nominee endorse. i saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. no big deal. hillary clinton's campaign reacted saying "vote your conscience." voting your conscience is a phrase they use. it's not the way regular people mean it. when they say vote your conscience, it means you don't have to eat this one. usually it's a way of saying we agree, it's a great thing to have to do. >> that's why this place erupted. these are insiders. they know the line. >> let's be charitable for three minutes. >> okay, three minutes. i thought pence, low-key guy, very honestly and candidly admit, i'm not a bombastic guy, like anybody here, he has a low-key personality. i thought it was nice when his mother -- it's so american. it's his regular mother, she's no show business person and when he said you

i'm mark halperin "with all due respect" to donald trump there's no wall that can keep this out. >> i want mosquitoes around me. i don't like mosquitoes. john: lot to cover tonight. james comey was grilled over several hours by the republicans. comey's recommendation, not to charge hillary clinton for the way she handled classified information on her e-mail server. for more than four hours, he answered questions about the bureau's year long

. >> i mark halperin.staff members leaving donald trump's campaign, are you sick of winning already? on our show tonight, swing

mark: i am mark halperin. >> can you please keep it down? to this addition of "best of with all due respect." hillary clinton became the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. star-studdedtoric democratic convention and donald trump found ways to make headlines. let's start wiil

mark: i am mark halperin.spect to donald trump, your search for a running mate can become kind of confusing, even for you. mr. trump: i am narrowing it down to potentially three or four but in my own mind, i am really thinking about two. ♪ 3, 2, 1 give-and-go. steakld not be the beef season without dramatic twists and turns. donald trump ticket to dramatic heights while running is running