other than saying that he'll support donald trump because he's the republican nominee, otherwise john mccain is doing his best to keep his distance from mr. trump. and senator mccain was one of the first prominent members of the republican party to say publicly he's not going to the republican convention this summer. he explained that he has a re-election race at home in arizona to worry about and that has to be his focus. and john mccain is in fact up for re-election this year. he's one of this poor, miserable group of republican senators who have stumbled into the political misfortune this year of having to share their own re-election ballot at home with donald trump at the top of the ticket. for some of them, it may end up being politically fatal. it's hard to tell from this distance, but when you look at the expert prognostication, senators like ron johnson in wisconsin and mark kirk in illinois and rob portman in ohio and pat toomey in pennsylvania and others, but particularly these guys, they're all facing a situation where they don't have great approval ratings to start out with, they

he even mocks our p.o.w.s like john mccain. i served in the same navy as john mccain. used to vote in the same party as john mccain. donald, you're not fit to polish john mccain's boots. but -- but america, we have a better choice. hillary clinton is the only candidate who knows how to work with our allies, who has a specific plan to defeat isis. she's smart and she's steady. she has the experience, the temperament, and the spine to be a superb commander in chief. d she knows what makes us the envy of the world. it's not our abundant natural resources or resilient economy or even that we have the strongest military on earth. our strength comes from who we are and who we've always been. our humanity. if we lose -- if we lose our humanity, we lose the battle and we lose the war. isis and other radical groups have no humanity. that's their weakness. our enemy can't defeat us militarily. victory for them won't be found on the battlefield. for them, victory is to make us more like them. people who torture. who destabilize the international order. who target innocents becaus

john mccain. i served in the same navy as john mccain.only candidate who knows how to work with our allies, who has a specific plan to defeat isis. she's smart and she's steady. she has the experience, temperament and spine. it's not our abundant natural resources or our resilient economy or even that we have the strongest military on earth. our strength comes from who we are and who we've always been, our humanity. if we lose if we lose our humanity we lose the battle and we lose the war. isis and other radical groups have no humanity. that's their weakness. victory for them won't be found on the battlefield. for them, victory is to make us more like them, people who torture, who destabilize the international order, who target innocents because they don't look like them and don't pray like them. donald trump is a walking, talking, recruiting poster for terrorists, and that's not -- that's not hyperbole. that's not hyperbole. isis literally used trump in a commercial. you know, you can tell a lot about a person by whom they admire. eleano

also john not a war hero mccain, little marco rubio, no disgusting eater john kasich. politico republican reported republican political operatives who are skipping it. ril ritter told politico, i would rather attend the public hanging of a good friend. donald trump said romney's convention in 2012 was boring. he promised he'll have a show biz feel to it. maybe with star power, at this point we'll have to take his word for it. kicks off in six days. we have no idea what's going to happen. that does it for tonight, we'll see you again tomorrow. it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnel. >> rachel, speaking of speaking at conventions, elizabeth warren scheduled to speak monday night at the democratic convention, does that take her out of the race for vp. >> monday night is not vp night, traditionally speaking. >> so do we move our bets around here? >> yes. >> really? >> they didn't have to tell people in advance, it's not like they released a whole list, they let that part leak. so maybe they're trying to lower expectations around warren, i don't know. >> i'm not

hey, look, i like john mccain. but we have to take care of our vets. >> stahl: no, but i want to know if... >> trump: okay, but i'm just... >> stahl: mr. pence would go in and say to you... >> trump: i'm just saying, that's why not that many people are that upset. >> stahl: what are you... what did you say? you know, would you do something like that? >> pence: i-i promise you that when the circumstances arise where i have a difference on policy or on presentation, i-i-i have... i can tell you in my heart, i know i would have no hesitation, were i privileged to be vice president, to walk into the president's office, close the door, and share my heart. and i also know this good man would listen, and has... and has the leadership qualities to draw from the people around him. >> stahl: let's talk about some of the issues. because there seems to be some daylight between you two, and we can just tick... go quickly through these. immigration. mr. trump, you have called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the united st

and then in the end, 16% really did for john mccain.polls show that 16% of hillary clinton primary supporters voted for john mccain. wendy davis, right now donald trump shows 9% of sanders' supporters, he's under performing john mccain on attracting democratic voters. >> no question about it. i think he's only going to go down from here, lawrence. i think what happened today with bernie sanders and hillary clinton was really symbolic of where we find ourselves as a country. a group of people who are coming together and understanding the importance of unity and facing someone who is very very devisive at a time we clearly need healing. i think we'll see a greater force of democrats and independence and hopefully moderate republicans coming together around the idea that we need to be a country that is unified and in support of each other and we'll pull further away from those numbers you see saying they'll support donald trump right now. >> listen to something bernie sanders said on the stage which you don't usually hear. he was talking a

joins us is republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham. a bit of a delay, but thank you, senators for being with us. senator graham, i want to start with you. attorney general loretta lynch said she'll accept the fbi's decision on the e-mail server whatever it is. due feel the same way. senator mccain on the question of terrorism, in bangladesh overnight, and in iraq -- could the reverse set of terrorist challenges should the u.s. response be? >> t have been a long time ago, not to withdraw everybody from iraq. now the president is on the verge of doing the same thing here in afghanistan, where things are not going well. and he's insisting on cutting numbers in half while the situation deteriorates. but what he should have done was to remain in iraq, and while al-queda went to syria and became isis, and now we see what we're seeing. what we need to do is go to iraq and kill them. you can do that with 10,000 of a hundred thousand contingent, take them out of where they are basing some of these attacks, and then the ideological struggle to d

rob mccain, the bushes will not -- john mccain will not be there. the bushes will not be there.on't be there. how big of a problem is that for donald trump? mike: i really don't think it is a problem. as a political operative over the years, i have advised candidates not to go to the convention. the choice is to stand on the stage on monday and give your two-minute speech, or you can be back in your district working. in many instances, they need to be in their districts working. i don't see that as a problem. the party is coming together. you're seeing it in the polling numbers. we are coalescing. you will see it on thursday night when the nominee stands before the convention and gives his view and a vision for america. john: mr. chairman, i'm going to stick with you. i understand you said you have given the advice to candidates to stay in their districts, because it would be better for them. that is not the question i'm asking. i'm asking if for mr. trump it is a problem that the past three, passed four, republican nominees -- basically everyone who has been nominated -- maybe

the living one is john mccain. you and he had a big brawl over the first amendment, most people know that your first amendment view had to do with no limits on campaign finance disclosure and you voted against the constitutional amendment would have been desecration of the american flag. john mccain disagreed with you, mccain-feingold was the law that passed, that was in akron on he is battle. what is your relationship with john mccain. >> a knockdown drag out fight over issues. it went over ten years, really pretty stressful at various points. i called him up the day after he won, one of the worst days of my life was watching a republican house and republican senate and republican president pass a bill i was opposed to, deeply opposed to. i lost to the supreme court, saw them the day after and said congratulations, you won, i lost. and we found there were a lot of other things we could work on together, became best friends and allies on a variety of things and that is the way the senate out to work. and frequently

your fellow americans delete a great crusade. ,ark: joining us is rick davis the campaigner for john mccain for coming on the show. 2008. to take you back to that was an eventful convention in minneapolis. one,g experienced this what parallels and differences do you see? >> certainly the parallels are paline unveiled sarah that week at the convention. there was a lot of new activity and excitement. i think donald trump had a lot of excitement already coming in and we had to generate some because john mccain was such a known quantity, it was much more traditional orthodoxy, the guy who was supposed to win did. so you were going to the convention with certainty, a lot of knowledge, and we wanted to mix it up by putting something in that would create excitement in that was like a bomb going off in minneapolis. and you have a little of those coming off every night here. i think that is the new it thing for contentions is, surprising people in creating excitement. john: have you been in touch with your former colleagues? i have not tried to meddle in their affairs. mark: as you watch them -- fro

a lot of people supported john mccain had hurt feelings. we wanted to not give them another reason to nurture the hurt feelings so we went out of our way. this is the challenge facing every winner of a disruptive primary. how do you heal the party and this is more disruptive than any in history that we know about because of the words. trish: and so many facts. donald trump has landed, looking at life pictures across the street of donald trump's helicopter, by his the p choice and his son donald junior and other supporters. >> we saw congressman pete king. trish: a lot has been said about family members, really incredible speech by donald trump junior last night. trish: i hope the dad find the for speech lessons, very disciplined well delivered speech. trish: if you were a coach in trump's campaign what would be your biggest pieces of advice while still maintaining who he is? >> not to me to give advice but you have 108 days, but until now and november people need to be reminded of the necessity for change blues not necessarily a slogan but

i like people that weren't captured. >> john mccain is a hero.suffered greatly. >> what is something that hillary clinton said? >> i don't like her calling people mission song mist. >> i am not -- the islam phobia. >> >> i think it's cheap. >> over time bill o'reilly says his take on all politicians has changed. >> do something. americans just want to you try. i've become more cynical because i know the players. and i know the motivations, i don't like it. >> you thought thought they were selfish from the beginning. >> i came up in the vietnam era when the sds, lbj how many can you -- i never bought that. but i felt that most of out elected officials have their folks in their sights. wanted to do the right thing. i no longer feel that. >> if the founding fathers were here today -- >> impressed by the fact that so many americans do so well. what they set up works. if you work hard, if you you're honest, and if you persevere, persevere, you'll get a break. i think they would be impressed that still hold today. >> osgood: next, the fourth. a second

this include members of the bush family, former gop nominees john mccain and mitt romney, and of courseohn kasich, the hometown governor, the home state governor. he is in town all week but will not step inside quicken loans arena unless trump fundamentally changes his ways. don't hold her breath on that. here is what manafort said when asked if governor kasich's absence would be harmful to trump. >> john kasich is being petulant. he is embarrassing his party. he is embarrassing his party. in ohio. and he is violating his pledge. all because he finished third. and still didn't have that many delegates. we reached out to him. donald trump said, look, i'm willing to work together. negotiations broke down because john really thinks john kasich will have a better chance of being president by not supporting donald trump. guess what. >> [indiscernible] paul: that's exactly what it is. that is a dumb, dumb, dumb thing. it will not hurt us will stop -- hurt us. we will take care of the party in ohio. we will work with rob portman. gets reelected and we're going to win ohio. mark: there is no ba

>> sure. >> donald, you're not fit to polish john mccain's boots.huge applause there because donald trump had in essence early on in the camp that i know john mccain was only considered a hero because he quote, got caught and i don't like people who are captured because during the vietnam war he was. what did that moment mean for the future of the election? >> i think quite a lot. one of the problems that we've got -- that i think trump has is his does create these situations like he did with mccain, like he's done saying that nato is obsolete and that he may or may not defend nato states in the baltic states can't count on us unless they pay tribute. liz: unless they honor their obligations and there's nothing wrong with that. >> no, it doesn't work that way. we have treaties and you can't -- you can't signal that to russia. this is the problem. there are consequences once you're the nominee. there's things you can say as a businessman in new york, there's thing you can say as one of 17 people who are running for the nomination but once you become

kim find cause to review every seven days and i wrote the piece before i saw that today john mccain reviewition on waterboarding. -- review kim for his position on waterboarding. --hall ryan, donald trump makes them criticism more measured and in the mold of what they want. win, when hents to stumbles after wisconsin is a good example, after the last month which has been roundly criticized as a wasted time when he could have been beefing up his campaign, raising money, he has racism scandal after racism scandal, he called a judge in mexican and said he was biased against him, he got himself tangled up in all sorts of trouble from his unscripted moments, mostly on morning talk shows. i do not think they are mutually exclusive, growing as a candidate is normal when you go from being a reality tv star to the nominee of a party but this idea that everyone is waiting for him to be normal is a fantasy. you about whatk we saw from donald trump in the last 24 hours since the assembled attack, he says we -- istanbul attack, he says we have to fight the way the terrorist fight, be super violent and

in 2008, john mccain left his convention with a five-point lead. gallup had it at 10 points in november. i don't think it's surprising it's close and i think this week will be close for hillary to change the dynamic. >> the unique nature and i know we keep using this word as a delicate way to explain what we're watching. john mccain, the day after he was nominated, did not go on a 45-minute rant accusing one of his former challengers' father of being a part of the assassination of kennedy. so when we compare a mccain to a donald trump, is that even a fair comparison? >> well, i don't think that the candidates are a fair comparison, considering the fact that donald trump said that john mccain wasn't a war hero because he was captured. in terms of the polling, it looks a lot like the historical trends we have seen over the last 20 years. >> so is this just a year of the base? is this election boiling down to really who is going to turn out, not who you can convince you are the better candidate at this point? >> there's no question there is only a sma

or when he mocks and mimics a reporter with a disability or insults prisoners of war like john mccain, a hero and a patriot who deserves our respect. now, at first -- at first, i admit, i couldn't believe he meant it, either. that someone who wants to lead our nation could say those things. could be like that. but here's the sad truth. there is no other donald trump. this is it. and in the end, it comes down to what donald trump doesn't get. america is great because america is good. so, enough with the bigotry and the bombast. donald trump's not offering real change, he's offering empty promises. and what are we offering? a bold agenda to improve the lives of people across our country, to keep you safe, to get you good jobs, to give your deserve. the choice is clear, my friends. every generation of americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer and stronger. none of us ever have or can do it alone. i know that at a time when so much seems to be pulling us apart, it can be hard to imagine how we'll ever pull together. but i'm here to tell you toni tonight, progress is po

or when he mocks and mimics a reporter with a disability or insults prisoners of war like john mccain, a hero and a patriot who deserves our respect. now, at first -- at first, i admit, i couldn't believe he meant it, either. that someone who wants to lead our nation could say those things. could be like that. but here's the sad truth. there is no other donald trump. this is it. and in the end, it comes down to what donald trump doesn't get. america is great because america is good. so, enough with the bigotry and the bombast. donald trump's not offering real change, he's offering empty promises. and what are we offering? a bold agenda to improve the lives of people across our country, to keep you safe, to get you good jobs, to give your kids the opportunity s tthey every generation of americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer and stronger. none of us ever have or can do it alone. i know that at a time when so much seems to be pulling us apart, it can be hard to imagine how we'll ever pull together. but i'm here to tell you ton tonight, progress is possible. i know

. >> donald trump started his campaign by insulting veterans, insulting john mccain, insulting peopleit's good to see you so many years later defending john mccain. >> it goes to sort of the basic issue of, you know, people, whether or not they want change, they're talking to hillary clinton, and you're right, she's been involved in government for a very long time, and apparently they're sort of sitting there going, okay, when is this over? then they talked to donald trump today and he announces a shake 'em up plan. they're saying, like a lot of people who support donald trump, i ask what do you like about him, they say, i just want to try something different. >> i get that. the other is something attractive since it's not the same. but that doesn't mean it's good. just because you see something different, doesn't mean it's good. he's changed his position on almost everything. he hasn't had a consistent point of view on anything for longer than five minutes. >> i don't know if you guys heard this speech today, we watched it on our morning show. it was probably the most focused that i'

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. >> john mccain, a fantastic american hero. we'll have to do like a post tape of this when we do our whole convention because i bet you that's where the highlights and some lowlights from greg are going to appear. >> i'm going to get some highlights while i'm on the bus. go a little blond. >> is hair and makeup coming? will they be on the bus? >> they'll be there. there's the bus. take a look. feast your eye on that. it will be amazing. we'll bring a gi specialist. >> and my masseuse. >> can you share? >> my astrologier. >> i really like yours because the media has been such a large part of this year so far. i mean, it's not only chasing after hillary, they look foolish. >> they look ridiculous. >> imagine if you didn't run and then you might get fired. >> somebody would say, why aren't you running like the rest of them? >> is there anyone at this table that would have run? >> no. >> sure. >> that's why we sit at a table. >> or the scooby van. >> that's the stories come to us. you chase the candidate. they look so ridiculous. >

this is when sarah palin was the surprise pick for vice president who ran alongside senator john mccain. here is how ktvu covered the event. >> reporter: with that gavel, the republican national convention was underway. >> it's fabulous and i feel fired up. i really do. >> reporter: first lady laura bush introduced the president who delivered his remarks via satellite. >> we need a president who understands the lessons of september the 11th, 2001. the man we need is john mccain. >> this year when you vote for president, vote for the person you believe is best for our country. not for the party you happen to belong to. >> reporter: lieberman, you may recall, was al gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000. reportedly, up until last week mccain wanted lieberman to be his running mate this year. but because lieberman is a former democrat and favors abortion rights, conservatives threatened to bolt. that's perhaps why mccain turned to sarah palin late last week. >> before i became governor of the great state of alaska i was mayor of my hometown. and since our opponents in this presiden

john mccain, way bigger tv political star than donald trump in the same situation. we'll be putting much more under review during the democratic convention next week on msnbc during our coverage. you can follow us online because i will be facebook -- on facebook live within -- with our under review segments next week also. i did some of that this week. speaking of facebook live, i will do a it ll. i am going to do facebook live thing maybe during the last commercial break of the show. up next, the senator will join us on the clinton presidential ticket. >> as the democrats gather in philadelphia, we'll be there with the team that makes us for politics. join us next week for indepth ♪ you've wished upon it all year, and now it's finally here. the mercedes-benz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedes-benz you've always longed for. but hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. lease the cla250 for $299 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. a collection for the look of every eye concern. introducing new olay

>> john mccain to donald trump. >> sarah palin was his running mate. how is it any different to say i couldn't vote for sarah palin that you can't vote for donald trump. >> because the vice presidency and the presidency is different. we had 17 candidates running this time, or 18, and i would have been -- i would have gladly supported -- >> ben carson? >> any of the candidates -- i don't know ben carson ever got to the point where he was tested. a lot of the governors i would have been very comfortable. >> son and brother of two commanders in chief, we live in extraordinary times -- >> i respect people going through the process and saying, this is a binary decision, i heard that term. >> current number one, current number two. chicken or fish as obama says. >> i can't do it. >> what should i do? >> i need to -- you need to sort it out yourself. if you have a different way to approach this and it's a binary choice for you, fine. >> commander in chief to us, what is the choice, chicken or fish? >> neither for me. and you're not going to get me to change t

or when he mocks and mimics a reporter with a disability or insults prisoners of war like john mccain, a hero and a patriot who deserves our respect. now, at first -- at first, i admit, i couldn't believe he meant it, either. it was just too hard to fathom, that someone who wants to lead our nation could say those things. could be like that. but here's the sad truth. there is no other donald trump. this is it. and in the end, it comes down to what donald trump doesn't get. america is great because america is good. so, enough with the bigotry and the bombast. donald trump's not offering real change, he's offering empty promises. and what are we offering? a bold agenda to improve the lives of people across our country, to keep you safe, to get you good jobs, to give your kids the opportunity s ththey deserve. the choice is clear, my friends. every generation of americans has come together to make our country freer, fairer and stronger. none of us ever have or can do it alone. i know that at a time when so much seems to be pulling us apart, it can be hard to imagine how we'll ever pull t

so john mccain will not be there today. bob dole stands out for that reason.ut bob dole is also an important through line in republican politics, connecting donald trump to real professional republican politics because the professional core of his campaign operation, including paul manafort, where those guys cut their teeth was the bob dole campaign in 1996. those guys, paul manafort included, did not win in 1996. this time they are hoping for a second bite at the apple against a different candidate clinton. but bob dole not only means a lot but also symbolizes a lot. let's bring into the conversation chuck todd in cleveland. chuck? >> hey, rachel. it's interesting with the fact we only have bob dole being the only one but one thing you got to remember about bob dole, he's always a party guy. one thing, he will be critical in the moment but at the end of the day, that was sort of sometimes, some republicans got frustrated with him that he was a party first kind of guy. but that is who bob dole was and who bob dole remains. so it doesn't surprise me that he's g

four senators in tight re-election races, including john mccain, marco rubio and mark kirk skipped theeeting. trump reportedly went after kirk in absentia, who withdrew his endorsement of trump, characterizing him as a loser in front of his colleagues. trump had a intense exchange with jeff lake, who introduced himself as the other senator from arizona, the one who didn't get captured, a reference to john mccain in the vietnam war. afterward he felt compelled to say something. >> when he attacks the other senator from arizona, john mccain, and attacks his war record by saying, i don't respect people who get captured, that's an awful, awful thing to say about a war hero, a true war hero. and i don't think that we can be dismissive of that kind of statement. >> after flake told trump he doesn't feel he can support him, trump responded to hit hard at flake. trump also told flake he would not win re-election to which flake told him, he was not up for re-election this year. trump reportedly told the house gop the convention speakers will include his wife, his daughter, and jack nicklaus. so

if john mccain and george h.w.ise us, a guy like donald trump can surprise us, too. >> gary, thanks. >>> joining the conversation, cnn political analyst and "new york times" political correspondent, patrick healey. donald trump all along has said in terms of a vice president pick, i remember asking him this months and months ago, he wants to go for somebody political, not necessarily military because he feels pretty confident on the military side or the economic side, he's a businessman. he wants to go with somebody who can help him out on capitol hill. who do you think it will be? >> yeah. that plays to gingrich's strengths. my reporting has found that chris christie's star has sort of faded in the vp side, that trump would like to give him a senior role in the administration but he's looking less at christie and more at gingrich and pence. i think the question is, does he go conventional which would be more like mike pence, or does he go with someone who is like him, kind of an unconventional choice, someone whos

that is when sarah palin was the surprise pick for vice president who ran alongside senator john mccain is how ktvu covered that event. >> reporter: with that gavel, the republican national convention was underway. >> it's fabulous. i feel fired up. i really do. >> reporter: first lady lawyer la bush introduced the president who delivered his remarks via satellite. >> we need a president who understands the lessons of september the 11th, 2001. the man we need is john mccain. >> this year when you vote for president, vote for the person you believe is best for our country. not for the party you happen to belong to. >> reporter: lieberman, you may recall, was al gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000 and reportedly up until last week mccain wanted lieberman to be his running mate this year. but because lieberman is a former democrat and favors abortion rights, conservatives threatened to bolt. that's perhaps why mccain turned so quickly to sarah palin last week. >> before i became governor of the great state of alaska i was mayor of my hometown and since our opponents in this presi

he doesn't know pence as well, and when you have people like john mccain picking sarah palin, john kerrying john edwards, which is more of a superficial choice, those haven't worked out as well. >> cory, not going to put you on the spot. actually, i will. who do you think it should be? >> what i think is a lot to what patrick eluded to, getting mr. trump's agenda done in washington, that's the most important thing. >> someone who knows capitol hill. >> someone who has the relationships in place, but before you get to washington, obviously, you have to win the election. what you have to look at, can chris christie help donald trump raise money, will chris christie be the person to support donald trump when the attacks come much more so than mike pence would be. what you've seen is chris christie was an early endorser of donald trump, steadfast supporter of donald trump and when push came to shove, 17 weeks from tomorrow, chris christie would be the person standing next to donald trump making sure that his philosophy, his process, his desire to go directly at hillary clinton would be put f

mocked pows like john mccain. i served in the same navy as john mccain. used to vote in the same party as john mccain. donald, you are not fit to polish john mccain's boots. [cheers] but, america, we have a better choice. clinton is the only candidate who knows how to work with our allies, who has a specific plan to defeat isis, she is smart and a steady. she has the experience, the temperament and the spine to be a superb commander-in-chief. [cheers] she knows what makes us be envy of the world. not our abundant natural resources or our resilient economy, or even that we have the strongest military honors, our strength comes from who we are and who we have always been. our community. -- humanity. [cheers] if we lose our humanity, we lose the battle and the war. isis and other radical groups have no humanity. that is their weakest -- weakness. our enemy cannot defeat us militarily. victory for them will not be found on the battlefield. us them, victor is to make -- victory is to make us more like them. people who torture. people who do stabilize the inter

so i would hope that john mccain, that john kasich would get on board.ry, very helpful. >> is he wrong not to show up here? >> i think that as republicans, once the nominee has been chosen, that everybody should get on board and support them to the best of their ability and their capacity. >> do you think for the good of the republican party that john kasich should show up here and at least voice some support for a republican who voters put here in the first place? >> well, i think it's unusual to come to a state where the national party is holding their convention and not be here. his opposition must run very, very deep. but, you know, there's still time -- >> doesn't that concern you? >> it does concern me. i really like john. he could do so much for the republican party if he would get -- >> should mr. trump call him up and say hey, john, let's put our differences aside, come to the convention? >> i think that would be grand, i think that would be wonderful. i'd probably do that if it were up to me and maybe something i would suggest to the trump camp

war record. >> do you think john mccain is not a hero because he was captured?have a great deal of respect for john mccain. >> do you think he went too far? >> you could say yes. that's okay. on that one you could say yes. you're not -- it's fine. [ laughter ] >> seth: trump treats pence like someone taking their kid to a grownup party for the first time. [ laughter ] "go ahead, you can answer. show them all your big boy words." [ laughter ] trump -- [ applause ] pence was also asked about trump's support for bringing back torture techniques like waterboarding, and again, trump did most of the talking. >> mr. trump wants to bring back waterboarding and, quote, "a hell of a lot more." are you comfortable with bringing back waterboarding? >> i don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are. >> but what about that? what about -- he's publicly said that. >> i like that answer. we have an enemy, isis, and others, who chop off heads, who drown people in steel cages, and we can't do waterboarding. >> yeah but -- but why would you use their techniques? >

>> it's very different than john mccain? >> sarah palin was his running mate. >> the vice president si and presidency is different. if we had 17 candidates and i would have gladly supported -- >> ben carson? >> i don't know. you know, ben carson never got to the point where he was tested. a lot of the governors, i would have been comfortable with. john kasich, i thought, ran a great campaign. rubio, cruz, there are a lot of people. the bar is not that high for me. i'm not suggesting that you have to be a perfect candidate. i wasn't a perfect, you know, candidate for presidency for the united states. i'm not suggesting that. you've got to get past a certain threshold and john mccain got over that hurdle in flying colors, that's my own view. >> what if nobody votes, that's not what you want. we live in extraordinary times. >> i respect people going through the process and saying, this is a binary decision. >> chicken or fish, as obama said. >> i cannot do it. >> you need to sort it out yourself. if you have a different way to

then quoted barbara bush earlier tonight, john mccain was mentioned.s just a continuing theme of calling out republicans who were out of step with donald trump. >> o'donnell: that's right. it was i can ordinary to hear tim kaine who is bilingual, which is familiar frein among labor unions and she's is lisat, ready, to be president of the united states. that is outreach. outreach to the fastest growing demographic, hispanics. >> pelley: having learned spanish while he was catholic missionary in honduras and living with honduran people. and their families. understandably. there was one speaker today who was not a democrat. he was the former mayor of new york, michael bloomberg. he used to be a democrat but he left the party 16 years ago and became an independent. but he was a featured speaker here today. let's listen to a little bit of what michael bloomberg had to say. >> trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? business? >> ngton.>> nkyou.illad. and se. ine,ea.f."rk.u. ydnaart.an. idea.de of,from. kn" >> sdentalnameght. reg

she is not running against john mccain.hat is a district that is voted for president for george bush, john mccain and mitt romney. only two of those left in the country. that one and one in minnesota. arizona 1 is a seat we are very much engaged in. we think we can pick up the seat that the former head of the d triple c held. terrific state senator in his third term. every effective legislation. comes from the more democrat side of the seat and is running a very effective campaign. i think we have some opportunities for pickup. we will have others. we have lost a couple of district is a court-ordered redistricting. florida and virginia. that hurts right out of the gate. we -- we have if developed an advantage over the dccc, i think we have a good message. if you have to run this time as an insider party, you can't get more traditional insider status quo than hillary rodham clinton, former first lady, former u.s. senator, former secretary of state. she has been at this for 30 years. this is a debate about status quo, insider

this is john mccain. >> according to jean eva convention it is a -- geneva convention, it is a crime. and if you are not into academies and history, it doesn't work. and any military leader that i know, in fact, i had a conversation with general petraeus just a few days ago said that it doesn't work. because if you inflict enough pain on someone, that person will tell you whatever they think that you want to hear. >> malcolm, your witness. >> well, john mccain is absolutely right. but let's take this back. let's pretend like we are interested in history and understand some things. general george washington, in his orders of 1774 and 1777 set the standard for the u.s. armed forces in the ethical and lawful treatment of prisoners. gem washington's orders had always, up until the iraq war, been considered standing orders not to be violated. it set the pace for the values of the american fighting man. the places that i taught survival for terrorism and terrorism and torture, we fought -- we fought people that would come up and question whether there was efficiency in torture. but more imp

it happened to john mccain. it happened to mitt romney. it is the wear and tear of the campaign.ppens in the general election is the second book. then people start to make judgments they go beyond just how i feel about this person today. it's a question of who can do the job, who can make a difference in terms of the country? host: our viewers can join in our conversation. they can call and. democrats, your number is (202) 748-8000. republicans, your number is (202) 748-8001. independents, the line is (202) 748-8002. you can also send as a tweet. hart,speaking with peter veteran democratic pollster and founder of hart research associates. poll of involved in a young voters ahead of the political convention in philadelphia and cleveland as well. what did you find about what matters to them? party candidates reaching out to them? guest: this is a fascinating call. this was done and we did it in concert with -- and we've been doing this since 2001, is following high school students each of the four years -- every four years to understand how they look at the political world, how the