that's been echoed in "the weekly standard" bill kristol, no fan of mr. trump. the conservative weekly standard saying that when we support ukraine, there may be troubling ties between your campaign and the putin regime. he says, the trump and manafort don't release the tax returns, wouldn't it be appropriate to check to see if putin is interfering in the current american election? how do you respond to that? >> it's pure obfuscation. they don't want to talk about what is in the e-mails. what's in the e-mails is that it's a clearly rigged system. bernie sanders never had chance. you'll see some of that resentment boiling over this week in philadelphia. wikileaks clearly uncovered what sanders has been saying and what donald trump has been saying. which is that, once again, the establishment and special interests picked their candidate, hillary clinton, and made sure nothing that the people were going to do or say was going to interfere with her selection. >> you're right. you're seeing the skirmishes on the floor this week. let me follow up on that from bill kri

take your spot on otherwise it is hillary clinton you cannot have paul rioter mitt romney and bill kristol says i cannot get behind donald trump i disagree to call them the far right i think they're almost liberal i git in trouble sometimes calling them the right now that he is a republican be you are right otherwise it will be post 45 clinton and. >> i was shocked to. >> that was taped on wednesday but then she said friday i am on the train in the city or on greta right now. i don't -- i am? >> it bush was wrong they did a religion in did not veto any spending bills if trump is elected republicans cannot stand against obama when it is so right my concern the real problem is getting good republicans when they say something and do something and i hope drumbeats hillary. >> in new york state you will? >> i am serious. >> but my vote never counts. >> i don't buy that it has to count. >> it will tell republicans after four years. >> bad is the mentality that is scaring me because i still think if you believe, are you an independent? >> i do cast my vote as a delegate delegates in december but

bill kristol, horrible. i hope i'm never hosting one of these shows were they post him as a guest. they are terrible and ruining it. even more despicable than what politicians do. someone like bill kristol and george will i think they are doing more damage to the politicians. >> thank you for coming out. i just finished and my question is what can people like me do to try to ignite the conservative and republican movement o repube predominantly liberal college campuses where our new president sent an e-mail after the orlando shooting saying we should be defending them and there is no such thing as radical islamic terrorism. what can we do to push through to get a sense of the college campus? >> i'm fearful that my son spent years coming back indoctrinated when really that's what it's like. i think what you can do as suggested to someone else continue with the social media campaign. did you have to meet off-campus? some colleges say you can't meet off-campus. it's offensive. good job. just keep doing what you're doing, how about that? >> maybe they will. the >> we watched with my so

bill kristol, horrible. just horrible. i hope i never, i hope i never am on, hosting to o'reilly or one of these shows and they book him as a guest. it will get ugly. or george will for that matter. they're terrible. they're ruining it. even more despicable than what politicians do. you expect them to be like that, but someone like a bill kristol and george will, i think they're doing more damage than a politician. not a fan. not a fan. >> thank you very much for coming out. my name is shane. i just finished my freshman year at the university of delaware, and my real question is what can people like me do, people my age, shame thing with your son -- same thing with your son who's starting his first year of college, to start a republican movement on predominantly liberal campuses where our new president sent out an e-mail right after the orlando shooting saying you should be appeasing all muslims, you know, you should be befriending them, there's no such thing as radical islamic terrorism. what can we do my age to at least

about that and a whole lot more joined by matthew dowd, democratic strategist donna brazile, bill kristolweekly standard. alex castellanos, republican strategist running a pro-trump super pac. let's begin with this new poll out as you saw, four-point lead for hillary clinton among registered voters and cnn shows a seven-point lead. matthew dowd, this is a fairly stable race even though in our polling it's tightened up a lit over the last few weeks. >> i think the rac stabilized a month ago within a very small range in this. and i think that's actually beneficial for hillary clinton because the range seems to be trading between even and plus or minus six or seven which is very good news for her. we'll see in the aftermath of the convention. the course of this. the other big factor in this, how defined these two characters are and how defined the environment is. two-thirds think we're on the wrong track and want something new but donald trump's unfavorables are very high and so are hearst. this is a competition between an environment that wants change and an environment very reluctant to go

. >> you know, when you have guys like bill kristol and you have all of these guys and it was a rough primary and they got beat up. they went after me too and now they don't want to endorse. it's almost like i'm running against two parties. >> the smart guy is an influence. the anti trump crowd. here she goes. >> they call themsves the never -- [ booing ] >> i call them republicans against trump or r.a.t. for short. we are talking about our childrens future, the direction of the supreme court, all of this hinging on the next election and at such a time as this you cannot be lukewarm. we are going to take our country back and you're either with us or you're against us. >> what do you think that stands for? is that yesterday or is that tina fay getting ready for saturday night life? there is something about it i don't ignore her. >> i think she is beyond th that phase of her political career. there are a set of people to whom she is tina fay, she is a joke. you know, look, i don't see donald trump going out of his way to get that much closer to sarah palin. there is one that is pure sar

let me follow up on that from bill kristol, two is not part of the clinton campaign.ties between your candidate, mr. trump, and the putin campaign? >> no there are not. it's absurd. there's no basis to it. >> what you to make of the criticisms of last week's convention? including mr. trump's speech. commentary said it was too dark. not optimistic enough. >> he had more than the people in the audience in the hall. cnn did a poll that showed over -- first of all, over 35 million people were watching. 75% of those watching said they were supportive of what mr. trump was saying and thought he would carry out his promises. the speech was not a dark speech. it was very optimistic. what mr. trump said in the beginning is unlike what you'll hear in philadelphia. he was going to tell the truth about what is going on in the country. all too often in the past, washington, special interests, hillary clinton, as part of the establishment, says, things are going to be difference. people have said, enough. they get it. they understand that we need real change. mr. trump in his speec

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. >>> bill kristol is encouraging an all-out floor revolt at the republican national convention thishe told organizers a rebellion is needed to save the party. maine governor paul lepage has added his name to the growing list of gop officials not attending this month's republican convention. it's a big change from the same man who introduced donald trump in front of a packed maine crowd last month. that news comes as ohio governor and former 2016 presidential candidate john kasich tells "the washington post," gop delegates need to, quote, weigh the responsibilities against their consciences when voting at the convention this month. now, a non-2016 bit of news for you today. advocates in massachusetts say they believe they'll have enough signatures to get legalized marijuana on the state's november ballot. and that comes after california successfully did the same last month. and that is your morning edition of "scrambled politics." all right, 21 minutes past the hour. time to bring in political analyst and best-selling author ellis henican. good morning oh, do we have a lot to talk ab

the never trumpers, the bill kristol from the weekly standard. those people mostly sat it out. ones who stayed and fought and made a difference and caused a ruckus were two people who were prominent constitutional conservatives. this is a much more libertarian version. ted cruz did the big je -- the g jujitsu. >> cuccinelli is a social conservative. john: given that so many people don't like trump or hillary. i'm disasappointed they don't en doarts third party guy i like. but most of the people i like most people haven't heard of it. >> at this time that's a wasted vote. trump or clinton? >> neither. john: you won't vote? >> the independent guy, i don't like him. >> i never heard of gary johnson. >> most people don't know what the libertarians really stands for. john: how can they not know? >> they are not watching stossel every day of the week. gary johnson pomed at 13% in a cnn poll last week. he's getting more media attention. four years ago he wasn't getting polled at all. >> third party candidates always poll well in july and august, but in september they fall off the map.

so kristol said what do you got?so these two homeless women pooled their money and went up to the boy buy him lunch in christo gave him a hug and sent him on his way. when he left she said i wish i had me a whole one would take him. as a you see that is the story is that we love. that reminded me how gracefully people like crystal refuse to be reduced to their hardships. >> but one final comment those that are required to have the picture identification that this willie be impossible and we will see the consequences how could you have the authorize governmental id? >> i am not from milwaukee. [laughter] next. i'd like 2.you back because it's being given is interesting of the policy pressure to change the way they're viewing those communities and one to ask more about humanizing those that our impoverished that always worried about poverty and the end there has the history of those males that continually go to the inner-city is. to have somewhat perpetuated and reproduce the norms so i was wondering personally i you h

let's get to meteorologist kristol klei. >> storms are scattered. we had the live look outside of cape may, not seeing shower there is now, but a little further inland, you see the yellows and oranges sitting in south jersey and that activity spreads across much of new jersey along the shore as well. we do see some of the heaviest rain falling in our area. and then also tracking some of the activity near philadelphia. so just to the north into kensington, it could wash-out roadways or pile up the water, ponding. please drive safely out there. then farther to the northeast, into new jersey, and this is going to continue to track along to the east/northeast this morning. meaning it will start to shift right into parts of more central and northern parts of new jersey. then we look into toms river, getting pounded as well as lacey for at least a half hour, this heavy rain has been generating over that area, and a reminder, a flood advisory in place for parts of new jersey as well as surrounding areas of philadelphia. this is just a little look out ahead

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. >> you know, when you have guys like kristol who's been calling on me for two years. it was a rough primary they got beat up. they went after me, too, we beat them up and now they don't want to endorse. you know, it's almost in some ways like i'm running against two parties. >> how did this happen? well, mike lee, you explain it. it's one out of eight senate republicans who has not endorsed donald trump and gives donald trump the feeling that he is running against two parties. >> we can go through the facts that he's made some statements that some have identified correctly as religiously intolerant. we can get into the fact that wildly and popular in my state in part because my state consist of people who are members of religious minority church. >> sounds like poor donald trump is going to be running against two parties all the way to election day. joining us now stuart stevens, republican strategist and the author of the new novel, the innocent have nothing to fear. and jean robinson for the washington post and msnbc. sir, i'm going to hold it the whole time. we'll

lindsey graham and bill kristol are unhappy with trump.at the running mates now are pretty well liked and popular. thank you so much for joining us. that is our hour. we have been covering it live out of philadelphia on msnbc for the convention. chris jansing picks things up after a quick break. thanks for watching. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the fruit... veggies... and herbs needed to create a pop-up pick-your-own juice bar in the middle of the city, so now everyone knows... we have some of the freshest juice in town. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at chase.com/ink see what the power of points can do for your business. ♪ share the joy of real cream... ...with reddi-wip. words you don't often hear. words we at panera live by. because clean food is food as it should be. with no artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, and no colors from artificial sources. we think clean food tastes better, feels better, does better. 100% of our food will be clean by year's end. every b

what more can he do to move fred barnes and the koch brothers and business kristol. >> we have differentthis. one, he has to hammer what i think are the three big issues he has. one is terrorism, the economy, and hillary. and hammering on those are important. but he also wants to make sure he leads with a united party. he says he thinks it's united. but remember, he's talking to a national audience. there will be 50 million people watching. he has to make himself someone those people will want to and can envision as president. lou: you just heard fred barnes say donald trump proved he can be elected president. folks are pretty much empirical in this. two things he has to do thursday. >> he has to project strength. he has to have a clear message. here is my vision write want to take the party and the country and here is how i plan on doing it. i'm a leader, i'm strong, i can make the tough decisions. next week you will see a party that isn't as strong and has more liberal views than my party does. and that's the key lou: we have mike pence. he's the nominee. we thank you for helping us br

one of the people he's running against is wild bill kristol.al for hillary to move the needle. can sanders actually lead his supporters in the direction they want to go? >> look, it will be hard. if sanders gets up there and says nice things about hillary, he might get booed. but maybe he won't. i think it will be a tough position that sanders is going to be in. there are some republicans who don't like trump and some people in the military as well who don't like trump. the latest poll shows something, lou, that wasn't there before. remember all the complaints about how well hillary is dropping some but trump is not gaining. in the cnn poll, trump gained points. hillary had the highest ever of voters said she is not trustworthy or honest. she is in a very and situation. hillary will have to give a heck of a speech. lou: the camera just caught me giving robert zipman a knowing look. in addition to all of this. robbie moot coming out with this claim that wikileaks didn't leak all those nefarious emails. it was the russians. and the russians are t

so kristol said what do you got?so these two homeless women pooled their money and went up to the boy buy him lunch in christo gave him a hug and sent him on his way. when he left she said i wish i had me a whole one would take him. as a you see that is the story is that we love. that reminded me how gracefully people like crystal refuse to be reduced to their hardships. >> but one final comment those that are required to have the picture identification that this willie be impossible and we will see the consequences how could you have the authorize governmental id? >> i am not from milwaukee. [laughter] next. i'd like 2.you back because it's being given is interesting of the policy pressure to change the way they're viewing those communities and one to ask more about humanizing those that our impoverished that always worried about poverty and the end there has the history of those males that continually go to the inner-city is. to have somewhat perpetuated and reproduce the norms so i was wondering personally i you h

obviously, the national review, who has really been the intellectual driving force along with bill kristoltion of the republican party. they certainly are praising him. other people are praising him. but when you have a republican party that was, what, 85% united behind donald trump, it will probably be 90% united behind donald trump after this week and next week. he's microtargeting in a way that does not allow him to win a republican nomination four years from now. he's offended the overwhelming majority, and whatever editorials he gets in the "national review" or the weekly standard or from bill or rich, doesn't help him in 2020. >> it doesn't, and they don't translate with the base of the party. the reality for ted cruz in that moment for me was summed up by a ted cruz supporter that i talked to afterwards who said, guess now i understand why they don't like him in washington. and that says a lot, because in that moment, when you could be the bigger man after the first part of that speech that he gave, which was a clarion call to 2020, for sure, yeah, he's probably anticipating a loss

. >> well, bill kristol -- >> but the reality is that the delegates have come together.re the people who are elected because they're activists in the party. now, donald trump brought more new people in, but beyond that there were many delegates who didn't come in as trump delegates but now who are avid trump supporters and they recognize that donald trump beat 16 other candidates in a record turnout of republicans. one with the record number of votes. they understand very clearly that denying trump the nomination through some back room deal would destroy the republican party and that's -- not just the presidential election but probably the congress as well. it was never a real opportunity and yesterday in the rules committee, there were two important votes. one was to unbind the delegates to free them to quote vote their conscience. that lost 87-12. we crushed them. the second vote was to let voters vote their conscience. they got less votes to the point they didn't want a recorded vote. as far as i'm concerned, the never trump movement is never more. it's gone. >> let's

bill kristol, editor of the standard. thank you very much for being with us.s our convention preview program continues, i want to show you what the lineup looks like tonight. it is a team of national security. make america safe together. let's look at some of the speakers were going be presented tonight. someone who is been calling this campaign from a national security perspective is a next guest. she's a senior reporter for foreign policy-. we are hearing word of a attack on the train in germany. this is another international event that is having people all over the world concerned about security. how does that feeling play to the presentation the party will be making tonight? >> it follows a difficult week in europe. we have the attack with a truck driver in nice and the attempted coup in turkey and a contributor to this narrative that the world is sorted -- sort of falling apart and american see that. there's a lot of anxiety here as well. that anxiety in the u.s. is at the highest level since 9/11. donald trump has been tried to portray himself as somebod

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