joining us is mark preston, josh rogan, angela rye, and also john phillips, talkradio host on kabc, aonald trump supporter. angela, that guy, president obama, broke onto the scene in 2004 with a convention speech, which he made note of. last night, sort of closing his political career, because it's over. he can't run again, with a convention speech. what did he do? >> i think that he really laid the ground work for hillary clinton. i tweeted yesterday that i thought that he gave her a verbal letter of recommendation that really closed the deal. i called michelle obama earlier in the week the closer, and the obama family just continues the tradition. but he did it in a different way. michelle obama's speech was still my favorite, christine. but it was one that was very important, talking about hillary clinton's record, and i think for many in the room, very important for -- there are a lot of folks that want a third obama term, and he made it very clear that she was a part of the team, certainly with the embrace of the end of the speech, her coming out, it made it clear -- >> that was

. >> mark preston. it is interesting. you talk about what speech hillary clinton could give tonight. i'll use camera guys for example. people who covered you for a long time. >> they don't want part of this. >> many said when you go to an event and she is giving a speech and there is the speech. after the speech, you break down the cameras. that is when the people are around her. she is talking one-on-one. the energy for her is the small group interactions. you know what i'm talking about. not the televised speech. how do you capture that on a big stage? >> and george w. bush was really good after the speech in small settings. here is something and i will get lit up on twitter for saying this. she has to be very careful. she cannot look like she is the angry woman. joe biden is the angry man. there is a different level set for women. she cannot come out and look angry. if she is going to be serious. she has to be careful on how she delivers that speech. aga again, i go back to two big high nights. tuesday night. okay. it

mark preston is with us. tom la beian cois with us. kaley mcenany, kaley is a trump supporter, and paul is a clinton supporter. if you don't know that by now, you haven't been watching enough cnn. mark preston, i thought about it in the first two minutes when trump didn't introduce pence. then it was five minutes, up to 28 minutes. what do you think of it? >> first of all, were we surprised? i don't think we can be surprised that donald trump -- >> i was surprised because this was a pick that was, you know, a really safe pick and -- >> right. and this should have been mike pence's day. >> yeah. >> this spuv mike pence's day. but it wasn't. it became donald trump's day. donald trump sent us a signal that this is not a campaign about trump/pence, this is a campaign about donald trump. mike pence, it will be interesting how to it plays off in the next few days. will he go off on his own and shore up support where donald trump is lacking. >> that was the whole play here was conservative christian base. pence came out and aid i am a christi

and mark preston, i want you the weigh in on this one, and you are in cleveland and this is going toa big talking point once governor pence and donald trump arrive there if not already. they may share some philosophical ideologies, but they certainly differ in some critical ones, and i'm thinking of the muslim ban, the iraq war, trade, and they couldn't be f further apart. but is that still the case or is either one of them budging? or do they need to? >> well, there is no doubt a little bit of the oil and water when it comes to the major policy decision, and specifically, the policy decisions that donald trump has made the cornerstone to the candidacy, ab as you said, the ban on muslims, and mike pence was not supportive of that, and trade which has been a cornerstone, and strong cornerstone for donald trump's candidacy as he talked about trying to make america great again, and he is not a free trader, and mike pence is, and so there are some differences, but when you join the ticket, you have to agree to work closely with the nominee, and i think that is what we saw over the negoti

mark preston and juana summers. i cannot get through the introductions fast enough. we're through the titles. a lot of language last night. a lot of symbolism last night. what do you think helped hillary clinton and what do you think hurt donald trump? >> i think the political choreography was excellent. the first few nights were excellent. you have huge figures in the political landscape and democratic party were able to offer a testimony for hillary clinton and do something extraordinarily difficult for her. to give her a shot at least of a new introduction to the american people. that was particularly helpful. i think a lot of slashing at donald trump and kind of substantive ways -- there's the risk element and the dark pessimistic element and the idea he doesn't know his stuff. whether it is on foreign policy or other areas. you know, i think those were the themes they hammered over and over. there is consistency. >> mark? >> i think michael bloomberg's speech was overshadowed by the speech by president obama. joe biden electrified that crowd. if there was ever a

. >> cnn politics veteran mark preston here. when everything kind of went down last night, mark, everyone was wondering what she was going to say and what was going to happen when she showed up to this breakfast. >> no doubt, it's been a difficult 24 hours for the soon to be former chairwoman of the democratic national committee. when she spoke to the florida democrats this morning, hoping to get and embracing acceptance from her fellow democrats, it wasn't quite that way. let's take a look. >> let's hear other speakers -- >> thank you all so much. we know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive, we know that's not the florida that we know. the florida that we know is united. >> as you see there, she was getting booed there. there were some cheers, but she also made a point to note she spoke to president obama and hillary clinton. let's hear what debbie wasserman schultz had to say about that. >> yesterday, yesterday, i had the great honor of speaking to both president obama and hillary clinton. she

joining us, david chalian, chief political correspondent dana bash and our editor mark preston. david, i want to start with you on newt gingrich and the pirate play as it were. it seems to me he's almost opportuni tauntitaunt ing donald trump into picking him, subtle warfare saying i'm so risky. it's almost saying, you know what, you have to pick me. >> let's start with the fact that all three of these guys want the job. there's no doubt about that. and clearly gingrich is painting this as exactly like you say, sort of the opportunity to double down on the trump brand the guy who can take it to the press, take it to democrats, really bring the fight. not get thrown off course by sort of the controversy of the day. and newt thinks he's pretty practiced at that. he thinks that could be an asset to trump. at least trump would see some of himself in that. as m.j. was saying, you know, i think that is exactly what the people closest to donald trump, his closest advisers, his family, the people he really does listen to, though obviously we all know he's a guy who goes with his own gut

mark preston is in philadelphia for us. and i want you to weigh in as well.he's already tweeting about this, that the leaks certainly are embarrassing to the dnc. you can see the bernie sanders supports are furious are the choice of tim kaine who represents the opposite of what bernie stands for. philly fight? this is an awkward situation. and as you remember, a lot of our viewers remember, bernie sanders actually went ahead and urged the chair of the dnc, debbie wasserman schultz to resign. he's supporting her challenger for this democratic nomination, her congressional seat in miami in south florida. it's very very awkward. >> very, very awkward. and you know there couldn't be a better christmas gift given to donald trump and the republican party than this wikileaks. i've talked to sanders in the lead up to run all the way through the negotiations. they always were suspect of where the dnc was and where debbie wasserman schultz was, on what side she was taking. when we talk about bad blood, when we talk about liberals and progressives not happy with how thi

dana bash, mark preston and gloria borger. we listened to a little over an hour in this town hall tonight and many concerns about how conservative donald trump really is. what stood out to you? >> well, what stood out to any is that paul ryan clearly made the case that he ispicious of d conservatism. he said he wants consistency, what he called consistent conservatism. he made the case for having a conservative running mate. he came out and said i want a conservative. when he was asked by the member of the audience, you know, how can you support this person who may not agree with you on all the issues, he said basically compared to what? >> right. >> that it's a binary choice. >> binary choice, yeah. >> it's either donald trump or hillary clinton. he still can't get his arms around donald trump in no way. >> he's kind of twisting himself in order to do that. well, i don't agree with him on everything. >> he totally is, but he's leader of the party. he made the case, this is the case and the supreme court is valely important. >

to talk about this major development heading into the dnc is cnn politics executive editor, mark pre preston, daily beast commentator sally cohen and clinton supporter bakari sellers. good to see all of you. this is the tall person set. my goodness. mark, you first. how damaging is this for clinton? is it for the dnc, for wasserman schultz or all of the above? >> right. so incredibly terrible situation right now for the clinton campaign in the sense that it's distracting what should be a fantastic weekend for them. the rollout of tim kaine in miami was flawless. he exceeded all expectations and now you have the head of the party embroiled in this controversy, really lending truth to the argument that bernie sanders and his campaign has made all along that the dnc was on the clinton side. i spoke to several democrats in the past few hours. one of them said that if debbie was s wasserm wasserman schultz was to lead, she needs to go as well as these staffers. this distraction needs to be taken care of right now and the democrats need to get on with their convention. >> meaning this has to happe

mark preston, make the case for newt gingrich. we're getting reports that he asked to fly to indiana today to make his final case. >> let me just make this case for you. assume mike pence is actually chosen to be the vice presidential running mate. what position could newt gingrich take? he could become the chief of staff for donald trump in the white house. some people would say, well that doesn't seem to be a very good consolation prize. but only go back to 2008 when rahm emanuel, the current mayor of chicago right now, was a house democratic leader on the fast track perhaps on the way to becoming speaker of the house once nancy pelosi would to leave. rahm emanuel left congress to essentially run the government. that's a role pence could play. having said that, as a vice presidential running mate, newt gingrich is clearly, clearly schooled within policy. he is well liked by a lot of conservatives but there is still some concern. he would have some of the same problems pence would have when it comes to all conservatives in unitin

mark preston is already in philadelphia getting ready for the democratic convention there. y a clip, mark. this is tim kaine, the vice presidential presumptive nominee speaking about immigration to america. >> put feared a comprehensive immigration reform package that includes a path to citizenship. [ speaking spanish ] >> i think it's fair to say the spanish he's speaking will be a focus on immigration reform, talking about immigrants becoming u.s. citizens and mark contrast to some of the themes that have come out from donald trump, let's build a wall along the border for example, between the u.s. and mexico. this is going to be a huge, huge area of disagreement in the coming weeks and months. >> huge area. certainly we see tim kaine there trying to drive that final wedge behind latino voters and republicans in telling them there's no question, you have to support us. tim kaine multidimensional in many ways, his spanish is flawless. he can go now. he campaigned in florida. he also can appeal to hispanic voters in colorado, two key states that will be important this this el

let's talk about it with the panel and mark preston is with us and ryan nobles and michael nutter, theormer mayor of this great city of philadelphia and scottie nell hughes, trump supporter. let's begin with you, mark, there are a few ways you can utilize this second language in a speech. how well did he do? >> he did excellent. the fact he was able to weave it in at certain points bupt not overdo it i think says a lot. he has an interesting job ahead of him, right, in the sense that he will be hillary clinton's chief defender, he doesn't have to be the chief attack dog. we're going to see elizabeth warren take on that role and bernie sanders as well. but he's also going to be somebody who reaches out to the hispanic community in a way to drive up the numbers of the hispanic voters -- >> in 2012 only 40 percent came to the polls. >> he's not latino himself. it is helpful for him to go into communities and speak that language. at that point, he's going to have to speak to white men who are not behind hillary clinton where she has a big problem about. he can go to a state like georgia wh

let's bring in mark preston executive editor of cnn politics, bell, comedian and host of cnn's united shades of america and political commentators bill press, scott ti nell hughes and dan pfeiffer, former senior adviser to president obama. >> dan pfeiffer, symbolic but significant, sanders nominating hillary clinton. discussions are under way. >> when people were wondering how full-floated bernie sanders was going to be, he's definitely getting out there. >> he's recognized the revolution he built got a little out of hand here and could potentially contribute to a donald trump presidency. it's important to remember in 2008, hillary clinton after our hard fought primary, she put the president's name out there in denver. i would say we should separate the optics from the room from the substance of reality. bernie sanders supporters, nine in many polls are supporting hillary clinton. there's a particular vote for minority in the delegate section which potentially messages with the message. overall you need every vote you can get. >> we should note joe biden, president of dwrunt states, i

we have the anchor of time warner newserrol lewis and mark preston. they changed the message and tone, david? >> this a challenging time. presidential campaigns try to react to the atmosphere around the political issues. these are hard issues. both candidates want to bring order in a way to america. what we see in trump is a strong man candidate. whether violence against police or racial tension or what is going on in turkey, syria or iraq. he says the failure of leadership is creating the vacuum. he is the one to claim to fix it without specifics. i think he is supporting the police as is hillary clinton, but i think he is lacking a certain bit of context and compassion around how we deal with some of the very difficult issues of race that some of these police shootings have brought up. i think so far that is a missed opportunity for him and is a big tonal difference from what we hear from hillary clinton. >> let's read one of his tweets. he says we grieve for the officers killed in baton rouge. how many people in law enforcement have to die because

mark preston, i want to show you this tweet from republican senator lindsey graham. it up on the screen. i find the vp candidates, governor mike pence, and senator tim kaine more palatable than the presidential nominees. both of those nominees are polarizing candidates. you're hearing a lot of that, aren't you? >> no doubt as you noted earlier, jeff flake came out and said i'm trying to find something bad to say about tim kaine and said i can't. you have lindsey graham saying he's given the check mark to hillary clinton assuming and taking on tim kaine on to her ticket. this goes to show you over the next four or five days that the democrats right here in philadelphia are going to try to show unity. we saw that last night. immediately after the tim kaine pick. you saw all these groups come out and say that they were supportive of it. having said that, there is the progressive liberal part of the democratic party that is not very happy about this. we'll see how loud they are. at the same time you have donald trump working right now to try to unify his party after this

let me bring in my friend and colleague, mark preston, exclusive editor of cnn politics. we got knocked off the air at about 5:20 because of wicked weather that came here to philly. storms, you should have seen the lights filled with water, the prompters out. it's the guys behind us that brought us back on the air. to the men and women out here, thank you, incredible job. >> unbelievable work. it's sunny again. >> sunny in philadelphia. you don't see all the work behind the camera. they put together a makeshift so the for us, and we're back. thank you for sticking around with me, my friend. as you listened to tim kaine today, do you agree with david axelro axelrod, who tweeted "he's a natural who connected"? does he make hillary clinton more real? >> and certainly if -- first of all, low expectations for tim kaine coming into this. he himself jokes that he's boring, he's not dynamic. he's been in democratic politics a long time but not known by anybody, he even said that, "nobody knows me." but what he was able to do today was add a little bit of warmth to hillary clinton

dana bash, mark preston and gloria borger join us. we listened to a little over an hour in this town hall tonight in the speaker. many concerned about how conservative donald trump really is. what stood out to you? >> what stood out to me is paul ryan clearly made the case that he is a little suspicious of donald trump's conservatism. he said he wants consistency and what he called consistent conservatism. he made the case for having a conservative running mate. he came out and said i want a conservative. when he was asked by the audience how can you support this important to does not agree with you on the issues? he said compared to what? it's a binary choice, it's either donald trump or hillary clinton. he still can't get his arms around donald trump in no way. >> he's kind of twisting himself to do that. well, i don't agree with him on everything. >> he totally is. he's the leader of the party and the supreme court is very important. >> donald trump appeared tonight with governor mike pence. we expect to learn who trump is going to

mark preston, to you first. what is the number one thing that you believe the clinton camp gets from the kaine pick? what makes him different? what makes him special? >> you know, i don't think there really is one specific thing. i think there are semp several different things that kind of come together that forms one thing. you e.j. mentioned virginia. 13 electoral votes, a battleground state. a state be that very difficult for the trump campaign to win. >> but it's not what state that the democrats took last time around. >> it suspect. but the last time, barack obama won it in 2008 and 2012. the last time the democrats won it was barry goldwater. he is also fluent in spanish. he can go into communities now and easily campaign and not appear as if he is pandering. frankly, the third thing is hillary clinton's biggest deficit right now is with white male voters. if you look at tim kaine, he is a white male. so can he help hillary clinton with that? >> the question is how much of the campaign made the calculus th

younger. >> mark preston, you look at these polls very, very closely. florida, some of the other states like pennsylvania, michigan, so-called rust belt states. you know, hillary clinton may be slightly ahead in those polls that we've seen so far. but it's by no means a crushing lead. it's pretty competitive in all those places, isn't it? >> it is. 13 electoral votes on the table in virginia. what's interesting about tim kaine, if she does choose him, he is from the richmond area, which is a mix of democratic and republican voters down there. so that could help them win that state. if you look at virginia as a whole, northern virginia is really the stronghold and more voters are living up in there, which is outside of washington, d.c. but these voters tend to be democrat, and they're trending that way. in the last two elections, wolf, we saw barack obama win virginia. you have to go back to 1964 when lyndon johnson beat wallace in virginia. all that time in between, it was a republican lockhold. if you look at tom vilsack in iowa, only six electoral vot

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mark preston. >> let me say a couple things. i'm going to repeat a little myself. not a politician, will be held to a different standard. second of all, absolutely unforced error. what she said wasn't -- it was really stolen -- intellectually stolen. it wasn't factually stolen. i know. but the bottom line is, not a fatal error. but really going to ruin what was a good first convention night for the trump campaign. >> here's the reason she has to admit it, apologize and move on, that particular section of the speech was about keeping your word, honesty, values. if you're going to lie about plagiarizing that part, that becomes really tricky. >> and someone who doesn't care for her husband. and her husband doesn't like him and says a lot of bad things. andy dean, go ahead. >> my analysis was i didn't like the side-by-side. it made it harder to watch. >> how so? >> i think melania is a special, intelligent, beautiful person. she came to this country and built an incredible life. she is a businesswoman. >> that's a given. we know that. >> i'm distracted, don. >> what's

. >> mark preston is here. kayleigh mcenany is here, angela rye and some other guy. sorry. >> here is what i do when i'm doing something when i'm in the back of a taxi, i go van jones everybody. >> i'm telling. i'm going to text him right now. >> my producer says he's another producer at cnn jay shaler. >> all right. i want to get your reaction seriously though, this was a moment for america, i think your reaction to this. watch. ♪ ♪ >> okay. so the first black president of the united states, the first woman who possibly can be president. they were rivals. he made her his secretary of state. this was a moment of america looking forward of where the country -- not where it is going, but where it is right now. >> well, she certainly embraced barack obama and embraced him very, very close. what we saw tonight from barack obama is barack obama made a defense of his record, tried to explain the situation he came into to try to build it up and then quite frankly say that we needed hillary clinton to continue on, to continue on with the good policies that he brought to the

i also want to bring in our political experts, a national political reporter rebecca berg and mark preston us from cleveland. her speech today, the first half today was on race relations, and the second half was almost all a blistering attack on donald trump. is that going to be the format from now on? no matter the subject it will e devolve into an attack on trump? >> if it is from foreign policy, the economy, or this one on a divisiveness of america. the topic of a unity speech has to include a sub theme of how he is not the unifying candidate, but a challenge here for her is her negatives are in the same area that his are, so it is a race to the bottom in many respects here. every chance he gshe gets, she want to remind people about donald, and donald will do the same reminding people about who he calls crooked hillary. >> some battleground states are showing very, very close right now between clinton and trump. >> no doubt, we talk about national polling here to get a mood of the country, but the path to the white house is through six or seven states. let's look at the wall street jour

i'm joined here with our experts, mark preston is already in cleveland. latest information, working your sources. pence about to be selected at the vice presidential running mate. >> we're all on pins and needles waiting for donald trump to pick up the phone and ask mike pence to be his running mate, and mike pence saying yet. we spoke to sources, and at this point that call has not happened, but it could be happening as we speak. that is what we're waiting for, and really at this point it is the systems are moving, pence confidents and those that work with pence moving towards new york city to be prepared for an announcement tomorrow? >> yeah, brianna tomorrow morning in new york city. pence has a decade of experience on capitol hill, and trump has said he wants someone with that kind of experience. >> he was in republican leadership in the house, that is something that pence certainly brings, but he has a liability in the way he handled this religious liberty issue last year. he got in wrong on both sides of the debate. that could be a liability for him

this is the least surprising thing, don't you think, mark preston. didn't they pretty much know this was a forgone conclusion. >> jeff had outlined them there. he himself a lot of the building blocks that hillary clinton is looking for, not only for the governing aspect but also for the electoral aspect. the fact is he does speak spanish. he's the first senator to ever deliver a full speech on the senate floor. he did that in spanish. he's from the midwest, even though he lives in virginia, he was born in minnesota. and he also could be helpful to hillary clinton when it comes to white men, which we do know she's having a lot of difficulty with right now in having them try to support her. tim kaine in many ways, you'll hear he was the safe pick and perhaps that is true but i do think that hillary clinton looked at tim kaine and saw him as a loyal pick and somebody who had the experience that she could work with. >> hey, jeff, shortly after the announcement tim kaine tweeted this, said just got off the phone with hillary, i'm honored to be her running

mark preston, see you in cleveland.ity of cleveland, it is increasing security measures at the quicken loans arena. although ohio is an open carery state, the actual arena does not allow firearms inside. police are concerned with the event zone outside the arena where gun owners can arrive armed. though firearms are okay in the event zone, officials have just released a list of 72 items banned from the space just outside of the convention door. here is a sampling of what you can't have. air rifles. paint ball guns. blasting caps. switch blades. knives with a blade longer than two and a half inches. no billy clubs. swords. hatchets. axes. sling shots. bb or pellet guns. metal knuckles. nunchak nunchakus. don't take them. mace or pepper spray. shovels. fireworks. rockets. that's a no-no. satellite application chicks. drones. aerosol cans. umbrellas with metal tips. no water guns. no water cannons. ropes. chains. cables. wire longer than six feet. that's a no-no. glass bottles. ornaments. light bulbs. padlocks. gas masks.

the clinton campaign is saying, mark preston, what was hacked apparently was an analytics data programemocratic national committee and used by the hillary clinton campaign and a number of other entities. they're suggesting the e-mails themselves were not hacked and only the data program. >> and data that is basically used for voter files to try to get out the vote. it appears that that's what's going on because it does happen in campaigns. >> more on the breaking news coming up. hillary clinton's campaign responding as we just heard to the latest reports of a cyber attack. we're learning new information. we'll be right back. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an

. >> mark preston, what else does she bring to this ticket or does he bring to this ticket because she needs help with a certain demographic. >> certainly white men where she's had trouble over the primary season and as we're continuing to see in these general election poll matchups. tim kaine wheel he's from virginia, as jeff notes those electoral votes are important from the south, he's actually from the midwest. he was born in minnesota and he has this midwest way about him. some people call him boring. he jokes about the fact that he is boring. but the fact of the matter is he does bring a wealth of experience to the ticket. when barack obama was looking at running mates m 2008, eventually settling on joe biden, he looked at tim kaine. and while he did not got that, he did become the chairman of the democratic national anxie committee. he is known in democratic circles and likely on that wednesday night tim kaine will be introduced to the world and we'll see how he does and how he delivers. he's definitely a skilled politician, just not one who is outwardly partisan or very boister

cnn editive editor of cnn politics mark preston is with he moo, sally kohn, who wrote an op ed abouthe kaine pick. with me the host of the filther on sirius xm. and joined by scottie nell hughes thank you all for being here. sally, let's begin with your op ed. you called tim kaine a meh pick, like meh. beyond that, you said what's most important -- there is the thunder from the big storm that's coming. >> it would appear god may disagree with my meh characterizati characterization. he may feel more enthusiastic. >> you said that this is important for voters because you are who you surround yourself with. so what should voters read from the tim kaine pick, clinton choosing to surround herself with him as a running mate? >> first of all, i should be clear, you know, i am a progressive. i see my job both to make sure that the incredibly disastrous regressive xenophobic hateful candidacy of donald trump doesn't happen and to continue to push hillary clinton and the democratic party not only to the left because i think it's the right thing to do in terms of policy outcomes but also the ri

and in that moment and this is mark preston's idea, in that moment bernie sanders should have said, you will have bernie with a hillary clinton candidacy. because that's what they want to see. they want to see him more involved in terms of the message from hillary clinton. >> we will have the gavel come in in just a about a minute. until that happens, i will rudely interrupt you david gergen. until it does, we want to know about this seeming rather tumultuous. >> we understood there would be this unity and there was, but and here i think, we thought this would be fairly harmonious, as bernie sanders had been so gracious, that people would follow him. but turns out, his voters are independent folks and from his point of view right now, they are too independent. >> here they come. mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake will be gaveling in. let's listen in. this is the mother beth al ame choir, local church here in philadelphia and they will sing. ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ ♪ the trampling out the vintage where the greats of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he ha

with me now the executive editor for cnn politics, mark preston and political analyst and columnist forwashington post" josh rogan and kae lee and paul, thank you all for being here. i have to begin with this, 28 minutes, 28 minutes is how long donald trump spoke about his policies himself, railed on hillary clinton before he mentioned really his running mate. >> you would have thought today would have been the day for mike pence. this was his day in the sun but many ways we learned a couple of things. one is that donald trump is not going to let go of reigns, this is the donald trump campaign and there's no ifs and ands or buts about that. in addition, what else was interesting, not only did he talk about pennsylvania at the beginning of the speech but went off on as he often does and attacked hillary clinton and about himself. he even belittled pence a little bit for his endorsement of ted cruz. then i do think as we're going forward over the next 24 to 48 hours, it will be interesting to see if they break apart. will he go to these states in the midwest where republicans think mike p

there are a lot of people, the mark prestons of the world who are independents or some republicans who are skeptical about donald trump, they may have found something they liked tonight from michelle obama, but, when i look at bernie sanders and i look at elizabeth warren, like those are two speeches that were discordant in that sense. they were very much to the base of the republican party, and there are a lot of things that they're out of step with in the big middle of the electorate. so i don't think tonight was the big home run everybody thinks it was. even though michelle obama is going to be the headline. >> i think there are a few things. one, the democratic party, although yesterday we looked like we were about to do it, didn't step on our message tonight. and what whee saw on monday and tuesday with paul manafort coming out and flat out lying to chris cuomo. >> you know why? debbie wasserman schultz didn't speech. >> i will tell you in the morning. this, these things -- >> we did that say that. they have to make that a 24-hour. >> and it was. and we're in the even talking -- >

that's where cnn's mark preston, executive editor of direct politics.d first, is it rocking with this news or is this sort of more whispers? >> this is an interesting way this has been all rolled out, very transparent, something we haven't been used to seeing or witnessing when we see a presumptive nominee looking for a running mate. if you look at all the evidence right now, ashley, it appears it is going to be mike pence. we've seen the reporting out of our jeremy diamond that a pence campaign staffer is going to new york. we've seen comments by newt gingrich which would indicate he expects not to be picked. we've seen the same from chris christie as well. mike pence is somebody that donald trump appears to have warmed up over the past couple days. ashleigh, i do have to say this. we have talked about mike pence's conservative credentials. however, there is a part of the conservative movement that is not enamored with mike pence. that is some social conservatives who were upset that he did not stand strong when the issue of religious liberty was broug

joining us david gregory host of the daily show podcast and jeff zeleny and mark preston. certainly didn't sound like he was joking that tweet he just put out, david, when he said russia or any other country has hillary's 33,000 illegally deleted e-mails, perhaps they should share them with the fbi. it's a pretty serious situation. >> it's astonishing. this is so beyond politics. this is so irresponsible. this is clearly an indication that donald trump has not taken any steps to really know what he's talking about with regard to foreign affairs. the potential to encourage a foreign power like russia to attack via cyberspace the united states government, a stop party or senior officials today or in the past, in the case of secretary clinton, only with further attacks, the consequences could be much bigger than the dnc e-mail system. this is really quite dangerous. and i'd be surprised, wolf, if you don't see top former government officials, a colin powell, a condoleezza rice. former republicans. to talk about how dangerous it to play around with world affairs like this. the

mark preston, caylee, bakari, another smile from ear to ear. amanda carpenter is here. and andy dean -- camera three, can you go down right here? look at this.. look at that. >> he's comfortable. >> andy has taken off his shoes. he's relaxing. >> and i'm wearing two right socks. >> that's how much comprehension he gets. that's how much he understands. you are a true republicans, two right, two ares. >> nothing left in me, nothing. >> the man who stole the night, ted cruz? ted cruz. >> he stole it, but it wasn't a good steal. >> donald stole it back, too, right? >> a lot of drama. let's look at ted cruz and then we'll talk. >> if you love our country and love your children as much as i know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscious, vote for candidates up ask down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. [ cheers and applause ]. i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation. we must make the most of our moment, to fight for freedom, to protect our god-given rights. even if those with whom we don't agree so

mark preston, i know that we are getting some word also that hillary clinton, the democratic pres presumptiveominee is in her home here in washington meeting with various aides and presu presumably others about her vice presidential selection at least four candidates out there, and maybe five or six. what are you picking up? >> well, she can't be any happier where we have smoke and white onoise that is clouding her selection pick in a good way, because she is doing nit private. and what we have seen in donald trump, he has done this very much in the public, and we have probably never seen anything like this in any of our lifetimes about how this played out, but now, hillary clinton has to make that decision about who she is going to be choosing, and of course, she'll make it over the next couple of days. tim kaine, the senator from virginia is very high on everyone's list, and very much a safe pick, and a catholic, and he knows how to speak spanish very well, and he could become a surrogate in that way, and he understands washington, and he is well liked and comes from a battleground state. a

. >> we'll play a game in honor of mark preston's birthday, it's called what the "h" just happened. mary katherine ham, you saw ted cruz this morning, what happened? >> last night, rubio and kasich were like, i wasn't aware that was something a person could do. i think when it comes to him making the decision going on that stage, a couple things. one, self-interest. that's a part of this. politically. they're politicians. and this party is not united. there's a group in that room. a group of conservatives in the nation who feel their values are not being spoken to and this is an issue that really does have to do with character. and these values we believe in. history has its eyes on you. what are you going to do about this. that's one part. the self-interest part is he wants to be set up with those people and he wants to say you'll be back and i'm going to be here. >> ted cruz this morning saying it has nothing to do with him. he says it's all to do with the country and principles. the former communications director for the trump cruz campaign. what just happened? >> as he said, kee

also, mark preston, executive editor for cnn politics. hello to both of you.ianna's story, but let's also mention, governor mike pence on the ticket, speaking out last night. do you have what mr. trump told the "times," then you have what governor pence said to the nation last night. >> we cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. america needs to be strong for the world, so be safe, and on the world stage donald trump will lead from strength. donald trump will rebuild our military and stand with our allies. >> so four last words -- stand with our allies. doesn't that contradict what mr. trump told the "times"? >> there is is a real hope on the republican side that mike pence can be this bridge between the things that donald trump just thinks in his mind and says, sort of shoots from the hip, and more traditional sort of republican thought on how to handle issues. mike pence can be somebody that says, hey, donald, this is what the real implications are of what you said. i think there's hope on the republican side that r

. >> all right, with me now, cnn political analyst, ron brownstein, politics mark preston, and patricia murphy. patricia, i'll start with you. a lot of people had tears in their eyes. it was a very powerful speech, just from a female perspective. how did it hit you? >> i thought it was terrific. it was incredibly apolitical, and when she brought people into her lives and talked about sending her children off on the first day of school, any parent was with her in that moment watching them drive away. she said these children are our hearts. they're the most important things in our lives. the next president is going to on responsible for them, for the next four or eight years. so we know how important it is for her to every parent, every mom, and then she said i trust hillary clinton with that time in their lives. i thought that was so effective for anybody watches, especially any mom. >> ron, did it resonate, though, with those independent voters? >> it was an apolitical speech. if you talk at priorities usa, super pac spending tens of millions of dollars, their primary overwhelming goal

let's dig deeper into this with chief political analyst gloria borger, mark preston, cnn political analystngton post" assistant editor dav. what does she need to do to win over so many of those 13 million sanders supporters now that she has his formal endorsement? >> well, today she started by trying to convince people that she's on the same page as bernie sanders on all kinds of issues. we've seen that play out in the democratic platform on issues like health care, on issues like the minimum wage. then bernie sanders has to get to work as i think he started doing today, telling people about the choice in this country between hillary clinton and donald trump. and he will be involved in getting those younger voters out there, those young women in particular, those college students to tell them that it's important that they mobilize and get out there to vote to support hillary clinton against trump. you know, in the end the greatest motivator in this election for democrats could end up being and probably will end up being the candidacy of donald trump. and bernie sanders has to make that poi

mark preston and our chief political analyst gloria borger.the president and donald trump. >> polar opposites. you know, donald trump's response was exactly what president obama said the country does not need, period. you know, in the president's speech, he said we don't need an inflammatory rhetoric or careless accusations to advance a political agenda. he was clearly referring to donald trump in that. what you see is not only a polarized country here, but we have polarized politics that reflects that country and, you know, i think that what you heard with president obama was a president who almost seemed to sound like there was some futility to his remarks, that he's done in 15 times and that each iteration to me seems to get harder and harder for him. with donald trump, it was effectively, it's his fault. i'm for law and order and the president doesn't have a clue. >> molly, how do you see it? >> i think that's right. and i think that donald trump's campaign from the very beginning has been about this theme of america under threat. >> right

we have mark preston, david c l challion and david gregory. so where are we with this?happened with the plagiarism of the speech but now paul manafort has strictly denied it, called anybody who thinks there was possible plagiarism crazy. >> that's not going to be the last response from the trump campaign, i can guarantee that. when you watch the tape side by side, you're not going to be able to main an thatain that po. it's not entirely fair to melania trump either. she gave a really good speech last night, good performance, went up there and did something she does not normally do, she attested to her husband all those things. she's going to want this campaign to clean it up as cleanly as possible so they can move on from this. >> dragged in, true. they put her in a bad position, whoever cribbed it and wrote it and did it. paul manafort saying she doesn't have any feelings that she did any plagiarizing. i'm sure she doesn't, because it was done for her. i'm surprised today if she doesn't come out herself. this is a very smart, very independent person who does not want t

cnn political director david chalion, executive editor, mark preston. when we have sophisticated adult children to lean on who are articulate. she came out and said things last night. was this what ron brownstein calls the alternative reality of what trump's campaign could have been about, but is not? >> well, i thought she was fantastic. i thought she gave a really strong speech and really a star of the week, and the star of the children. i think that what you saw in ivanka trump's speech is why conservatives have been weary about donald trump throughout the whole process. it was a speech that could have been given at a democratic convention. >> she said i am not a democratic or republican. >> exactly. i don't like to be categorically put in either camp and made a play to millennials when she said that, which was wise. she will be hugely important advocate, but i do think it was odd on the final night of the republican convention, where you've been trying to stitch together the party all week, to all of a sudden hear these themes on equal pay, you know

mark preston, executive editor, he has no choice. good to have all three of you here.s up there and says you guys are being ridiculous to the bernie supporters. is that the pivot point that sets up today's role call vote and it will all go smoothly from here? >> i don't know about smoothly. smoothly is probably not in the cards. but i think there was a pivot point. frankly i thought it was more with michelle obama who really kind of silenced a lot of championing. there really was a pattern when somebody said something really strongly in favor of hillary clinton, that's when you hear the bernie chants or the boos. a lot was coming from the california delegation that i happen to be sitting near and it was pretty loud. >> not from here? >> oh, no, no, no. the new york delegation was trying to counter them. it was interesting. >> they don't stop, though. they're not going to stop. they made that clear on social media. i'm talking about at midnight, they were downstairs chanting in the hallways. there are some people who are dead enders. it's very, very important to them th

cnn political commentator and political anchor of time warner news errol louis, and mark preston., how do you think the tragedy in baton rouge and dallas will change what we're going to see this week? >> there will be some fairly small, i think, acts of recognition. you know, moments of silence and that sort of thing. beyond that, though, you've already started to see it. when i got in last night, just kind of dining in the area and so forth, a row of cops came by. they sort of got an an ovation from people who were here drinking. i think there's a real feeling here, not even a partisan feeling so much, just as americans that people really respect law enforcement, that it's an institution, broadly speaking, that still has support from the public. more so here at this time than any other time, in fact, because of the tragedies that we've seen. >> but is it a moment of unity or division? donald trump describing america as a divided crime scene suggests he's going to use that personal characteristic of strength athat he's trying to project. he's going to become the country's strong m

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just a few moments ago, mark preston caught up with donald trump, jr., and had this exchange. >> don,ow did melania do? >> she did incredible. really proud to be there and part of the process. you know, just as proud americans, i'm one of five, and to see what's going on in this country right now is really sad. we want to make sure that this country is better, and my father can do it. >> what do you think the high point was for melania's speech? >> she talked about my father as a husband, as a man. so i think that's incredible. >> what speech tonight really caught you? >> sheriff clarke did a great job, rudy giuliani did a great job. you know, i'm just excited to go tomorrow. >> terrific. >> thank you very much, guys. >> we'll hear a lot more from donald trump's children over the next three nights of this convention. tom foreman is with us. you've been doing a reality check on the references to benghazi. >> we've been hearing a lot about that from the republicans. tonight, it was a major theme. we heard speaker after speaker raise this idea that they should be talking about this more,