josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. repeatedly now donald trump said this election will be rigged against him. i'm alcoh challenging the core our system. can you promise the american people the election will be conducted in a fair way and are you worried comments like his can erode the public's faith in the outcoming election? if we does will, what will you say to the american people? >> at the end of the day it's the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all the voters who are eligible all across the country have. i offered my opinion but ultimately it's the american people's decision to make collectively. and if somebody wins the election and they are president, then my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. it is -- i don't even know where to start on answering this question. of course, the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal government doesn'

josh letterman. reporter: donald trump has said this election will be rigged against him, challenging the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? are you worried that comments like his can erode the american public's faith in the outcome of the elections? given the you have declared him unfit, what would you say to the american people? pres. obama: at the end of the day, it is the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all of the voters who are eligible across the country. ultimately it is the american people's decision to make collectively. if someone wins the election and they are president, my responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. i don't even really know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal gov

josh letterman. caller: thank you, mr. president. repeatedly now, donald trump has said the election will be rigged against him, challenging the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? and are you worried that comments like his could erode in theic's faith outcome of this election? given the you have declared him unfit, what would you say to the american people? pres. obama: at the end of the day, it is the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all of the voters who are eligible across the country have. i have offered my opinion, but ultimately, it is in the american people's right to make the decision collectively. if someone wins the election and they are president, my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. don't even know where to start on answering this question of course the elections will not

. >> just letterman is with us and is live where reporters hang out. joshsomething happened behind the scenes, something in polling, something with the philosophy of new people, something happened the eh decided to back off the whole deportation force thing and the 11 million, round them up and get them out. something happened. do you have reporting on that. >> reporter: you're absolutely right that something changed and i think what we're seeing is the largest example of the trump campaign trying to figure out what their position is going to be on a major policy issue with that debate basically taking place out in the open. advisers saying he is considering this, considering that. acknowledging the policy isn't settled. the rope we're saying that is us because the trump campaign realized this is going to be a defining issue if not the defining issue of the election for donald trump. so they really want to get this one right. now, what is right is either going to offend trump's core base, the people for mom his hard stands on immigration was the whole reaso

josh letterman. reporter: donald trump has said this election will be rigged against him, challenging the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? are you worried that comments like his can erode the american public's faith in the outcome of the elections? given the you have declared him unfit, what would you say to the american people? pres. obama: at the end of the day, it is the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all of the voters who are eligible across the country. ultimately it is the american people's decision to make collectively. if someone wins the election and they are president, my responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. i don't even really know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal gov

josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. repeatedly now, donald trump has said that this election will be rigged against him, challenging really the core foundation of our democr can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? and are you worried that comments like his could erode the public's faith in the outcome of the election? and if he does win, given that you've just declared him unfit, what will you say to the american people? >> well, at the end of the day, it's the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. all of the voters who are eligible all across the country have. i have offered my opinion, but ultimately it's the american people's decision to make collectively. and if somebody wins the election and they are president, and then my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. it is-- i don't even know where to start on answering this question. of course the ele

josh letterman, and from the "new york post" daniel halper. donald trump took to twitter monday night and said thanks to neil, that's the opponent of speaker ryan. thanks for your kind words he said he's had a good campaign. now he's going to endorse speaker ryan. >> the ryan people i spoke to this week, their biggest concern was paul ryan going to eclipse the 60s or the 50s. you know, would he be dragged down that much. they had no question he was going to win. they not it wasn't a close race it wouldn't be an issue. it seems that trump is aligning himself with the winner here rather than trying to shake up the race, the race, i think is probably settled and will be decided next tuesday. >> josh, it's pretty clear to me that trump benefits from endorsing ryan and not the other way around, because ryan is so popular in his district. even it's a pretty democratic district. but does it also indicate that maybe trump is listing a little more? >> that's the exact question we're facing this week. we've heard so many times before finally donald trum

associated press white house reporter josh letterman and from "the washington post aaron blake. aaron, on these dueling ground stables why? >> trump got the picture started with his speech. clashes with people and police. certainly there have been. this is a strategy that really dates back more than 50 years '64 presidential election. richard nixon was arguably elected because of this kind of strategy. there was actual really big unrest back then. it was a compelling message. the statistics today don't quite paint the same picture as they did back then though. this is why it's a strategy that republicans used for decades up until the 90's and haven't used since then. i think we are going to find out if this is really first and foremost in americans' minds when they go to that election booth. >> josh, we are standing by for donald trump this is him speaking live in north carolina does he seem to have struck different tone after bumps last week? >> he sure does. unfortunately in this campaign it's been impossible to separate this issue of law and order from the race issue. and you

josh, josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. repeatedly now donald trump has said that this election will be rigged against him, challenging really that the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way, and are you worried that comments like his could erode the public's faith in the outcome of the election, and if he does win, given that you've just declared him unfit what, will you say to the american people? >> well, at the end of the day it's the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all the voters who are eligible all across the country have. i've offered my opinion, but ultimately it's the american people's decision to make collectively, and -- and if somebody wins the election and they are president, then my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. it is -- i don't even really know where to star

josh letterman. >> thank you, mr. president. repeatedly now, donald trump has said that this election will be rigged against him, challenging really the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? and are you worried that comments like his could erode the public's faith in the outcome of the election? and if he does win, given that you've just declared him unfit, what will you say to the american people? >> well, at the end of the day, it's the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the the same vote that all of the voters who are eligible all across the country have. i have offered my opinion, but ultimately it's the american people's decision to make collectively. and if somebody wins the election and they are president, and then my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. it is-- i don't even know where to start on

correspondent josh letterman covering the event. honor guard setting up at the white house for tonight's state dinner honoring singapore's prime minister. tonight's state dinner celebrates 50 years of u.s.-singapore relations. singapore today writes about while prepare lee talks state business with president obama, the president's wife and first lady michelle obama spend the daye at the museum of art. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. until then, we'll find out what the guests at tonight's state dinner will experience. the flowers, the table settings and more. >> how are you? i'm the social secretary here and i'd like to welcome you to the press review in honor of the singapore state dinner happening on tuesday, august 2. singapore is the 13th state or official visit of the obama administration and the third of 2016. in a few minutes you'll see the decor close up and pear hear about the meal and hear from our wonderful participates, including the florist and the chef. we will represent many. all of us cannot be here but i wan

associated press white house correspondent josh letterman, what are the presidential candidates saying about race relations? josh: both of the candidates have really seized on this as a major issue in the campaign. donald trump has dubbed himself the "law and order" candidate. he is trying to show he is tough on crime, supports law enforcement, will be there for police officers when they are in these kinds of situations. he has spoken critically about situations where people who have attacked police officers have not gotten really harsh sentences. so he is really trying to take the hawkish point of view on this. hillary clinton has taken a slightly different approach. she is also supportive of law enforcement, but she has really tried to address the issue and concerns that a lot of african-americans have paid we saw in the democratic national convention a very full display -- she is trying to address the issue and concerns that a lot of african-americans have. we saw at the convention a full display of trying to show support for black lives matter movement and other activists who are t

josh letterman? >> thank you, mr. president. donald trump says the election will be rigged against him, challenging the core of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that the election will be conducted in a fair way, and are you worried that comments like his could erode the public's faith in the outcome of the election. if he does win, and you just declared him unfit, what will you say to the american people? >> at the end of the day, it is the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same vote you do. i have the same vote that all of the voters eligible all across the country have. i have offered my opinion, but ultimately it it is the american people's decision to make collectively. if someone withins and is president, my constitutional responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. it is -- i don't even really know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the

josh letterman. donald trump has said this election will be rigged against him, challenging the core foundation of our democratic system. can you promise the american people that this election will be conducted in a fair way? are you worried that comments like his can erode the american public's faith in the outcome of the elections? himn the you have declared unfit, what would you say to the american people? pres. obama: at the end of the day, it is the american people's decision. i have one vote. i have the same boat you do. i have the same vote that all of the voters who are eligible across the country. ultimately it is the american people's decision to make collectively. wins thee election and they are president, my responsibility is to peacefully transfer power to that individual and do everything i can to help them succeed. really know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal government doesn't run the election proce

josh letterman, what are other members of congress doing on police and race relations? >> seen a lot of members of congress take an interest in this what it's difficult to find solutions that can have -- happen as a result of new laws. some of what you have seen is a renewed conversation about congress has talked about for quite some time. criminal justice reform that congress has yet to be able to make a lot of solid progress on. the other being gun control, something the president has talked a lot about. last month, senate republicans blocked legislation that would prevent people on the terror list from buying guns and we have seen other challenges for democrats on that issue as well. for theorking group met first time. tell us about that group. >> they have met. they have been discussing some of the things congress would try to do to try to find solutions for this a but things are really getting heated and you have a political issue like this that is so controversial, there's not a lot of optimism congress will move on something major on this anytime soon. recentlyen

associated press white house correspondent josh letterman, what are the presidential candidates sayingt race relations? josh: both of the candidates have seized on this as a major issue in the campaign. donald trump has dubbed himself the law and order candidate. he is trying to show he is tough on crime, supports law enforcement, will be there for police officers when they are in these kinds of situations. he has spoken critically about situations where people who have attacked police officers have not gotten really harsh sentences. so he is really trying to take the hawkish point of view on this. henry clinton has taken a slightly different approach. she is also supportive of law enforcement, but is trying to address the issue and concerns that a lot of african-americans have we saw at the convention a full display of trying to show support for black lives matter movement and other activists who are trying to say, this cannot continue to happen and we need to do something about it. >> how important is this issue of police and race relations to the 2016 campaign overall? josh: it is c

about her proposal to create a community policing innovation fund at the justice department's, josh lettermanf the associated press, what are other members of congress sewing on police and race relations?>> we seen a lot of members of congress taking an interest in this but it's difficult to find solutions that can happen as a result of new laws, so much of this has to be done in communities but is some of what you seen is already conversation about that congress has thought about for some time, criminal justice reform which is the subject of bipartisan interest suspect here that congress has yet to really be to make a lot of press on, the other of course being in control, something the president has thought about a lot, democrats have talked about a lot but last month senator republicans locked in an attempt by democrats to pass legislation that would prevent people who are on the terrorists from buying guns, leasing other challenges for democrats on that issue as well bipartisan policing strategies working group met for the first time, tell us a little bit of a group this is an effort that