mark: trump campaign manager paul mariner fort is responding to criticism that melania trump 's speechchelle obama's speech at the 2008 democratic convention. he says that the "hillary campaign is trying to take her down because the threatens the democratic candidate." that we notedue that the clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say that there was something untoward about the speech that melania trump gave. whenanother example that hillary clinton is threatened by female that the first thing she does is try to destroy the person. mark: in a recent interview, mrs. trump said she wrote this speech but acknowledged she had assistance. present obama wrote an open letter to law enforcement, acknowledging that there is danger they face. policees, "any attack on is an unjustified attack on all of us." turkey has stepped up its crackdown in the wake of friday's failed coup. the government fired almost 24,000 teachers and interior minister employees. university deans were told to resign. theresa may says her government must not be defined by the decision to leave the europ

anyone or fire anyone for this plagiarism controversy surrounding melania trump's speech, sources tell us the candidate himself, donald trump s absolutely furious. >> one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity. >> the integrity, compassion. >> her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughter's. >> and intelligence deflects to this day on me and for my love of family and america. >> reporter: as the republican national convention, melania trump delivering a speech blame arizing part of michelle obama's remarks from the democratic national convention eight years ago. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> and that your word is your bond that you do what you say you're going to do. >> that your word is your bond, and you do what you say -- >> the trump campaign put out this statement, quote, melania's team of writers notes on her life's inspirations and in some instances, included fragments including her own thinking. >> 93% of the speech is completely different from michelle obama's speech and express common thoughts. >> and those were common words and values. sh

on "action news" is donald trump, becoming his parties official nominee at the national convention but the big storey is his wife melania stealing her speech from first lady s. michelle obama. >>> rick, the trump team is forced to respond to the melania speech after what some sai a successful night. donald trump stepped out on stage in wwe style. >> we love you thank you very much. >>> our coverage includes highlights from the convention store and we invite you to join the conversation on 6abc.com. >>> meanwhile, on the democratic side hillary clinton is due to talk in las vegas followed by a fundraiser in san francisco tonight. starting on friday, the entire "action news" team will bring you live coverage of the countdown to the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. >>> in other news, in pennsville, new jersey, a man is accused of killing his wife while the couple's three children were inside of the home. investigators say the kids with in another room when he stabbed his wife to death. police responded to a 911 call at 5:30 this morning. >> upon arriving at the residence they found a female body on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wound

. >>> melania trump's convention speech. now donald trump jr.'sress is also facing some questions about plai plagerism. he said he wrote his own speech so it's not an issue and the campaign did nothing wrong. >>> in prince georges county, one of the most in our area, new casino at national harbor could make it worse. tracy wilkins takes a look at just how bad it could get. >> reporter: mgm national harbor casino is expected to open by the end of the year. aaa says when that happens, people who commute through this portion of prince georges county will be pretty miserable. according to their latest report, traffic here has increased some 26,000 cars per day since 2009. the highest increase along the entire beltway. they say this portion is a bottleneck. when mgm comes online it will get a lot worse. officials are looking at it in a very different way. >> i think what aaa is saying is that this is a major destination area for the state of maryland. >> that's fine. it's a bottleneck. and the big question is, what happens when the casino comes online?

s. no wonder melania trump could wager is michelle obama, because it fits perfectly. >> the instances ofsures him of black people by white people are not reduced to that. i am saying to you, make no mistake about what michelle obama was saying. we might engage in a philosophical argument about what is going on, but the bottom line is, they got the message real loud and clear. it was not about american exceptionalism, which i agree should become a sized, or the degree to which barack obama is like the other negroes, what michelle obama was saying, i am just like the other negroes. she was presenting a color narrative to the have jiminy -- saying that slaves are manifest in their ancestors, showing what her children represent. amy: two minutes left. what about supreme court justice choices, whoever will be president? >> this is critical. in some ways, this is part of why i have to have a strategy. is why we have to get donald trump out of office, and we have to announce business as usual, and we have to shift this at your of gravity of democratic politics in black communities. i am continu

melania trump. was part of her speech borrowed from the current first lady? tonight, we go s campaign, donald trump jr., will never be fired? and what about michelle obama? does she deserve and apology? what he told me. but first, abc's tom llamas, with the two speeches side-by-side. ♪ we are the champions >> reporter: tonight, controversy at the republican convention looming even larger than donald trump himself. >> an amazing mother, an incredible woman, melania trump. >> reporter: a major introduction for melania's major audition to be first lady. >> it would not be a trump contest without excitement and drama. >> reporter: how right she was. trump tweeting, "her speech and demeanor were absolutely incredible. very proud." but at the same time, another tweet picking up steam. journalist jarrett hill posting, "melania must've liked michelle obama's 2008 convention speech, since she plagiarized it." take a look. both speeches similar passages highlighted. the similarities, striking. just watch. >> because we want our children and all children in this nation to know -- >> bec

trump: the next first lady of the united states -- 's only role was to introduce his slovenian-born wife, melaniaoke fluently, but some of it had a familiar ring to a speech that mrs. obama gave when she was hoping to be first lady a years ago. word is yourour bond. you do what you say. you treat people with respect. mrs. obama: your word is your bond, and you do what you say you are going to do. that you treat people with dignity and respect. mrs. trump: the only limits to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. mrs. obama: the only limits to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. 's convention is today's public relations catastrophe. melania is the bread of the on social media. you know the ones. it is about the perception of the trump campaign that is chaotic, dysfunctional, and as a result the incrimination's are flying. ?hould heads roll a question i put to dr. ben carson, once presidential hopeful and now close advisor to donald trump. dr. carson: if they were verbatim, perhaps t

melania trump. we'll hear from the trump children including tiffany trump, eric trump and donald trump jr. >> weijia jiang in cleveland, thank you so much. "cbs this morning"'so-anchor charlie rose talked with hillary clinton yesterday. she said donald trump is the most dangerous man ever to run for president. >> no self-discipline. no self-control. no sense of history. no understanding of the limits of the kind of power that any president should impose upon himself. he has shown none of that. let's return to torture. and you know what, i will order the american military to commit war crimes. what he has laid out is the most dangerous reckless approach to being president than i think we've ever seen. >>> well, coming up on "cbs this morning," more of rose's interview with hillary clinton, and coverage of day two of the gop convention in cleveland. >>> baton rouge police say the former marine who ambushed police officers systematically targeted them. an autopsy is expected to be performed on gavin long's body today. don champion is in baton rouge. don, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie, authorities offered up new disturbing details yesterday as they v

meanwhile, controverersy contins over melania trump's speech inin which she plagiarized severeral lines srom michelle e obama's speech in 2008. bararack and i were raised with h so many y of the e values, like you work hard for what you want in life. ms. trump: that you work hard for what you want t in life. mrs. obamama: that your wordrd s your bond, and youou do what you are gogoing to say you do. ms. trp:p: that yourur word is yoyour bond. we want the children to know the only limits to the height of your achievement is the height of your dream and a willingness to work hard for them. ms. trump: because we want the chilildren in this nation to knw ththat the only limit of your achievement t is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. speechlania trump in her monday night at the rnc, and michelle obama in her speech at the dnc in 2008. trump campaign has denied allegations of plagiarism. ms. pierson: these are our values -- republican values of respect. that is melania trump. this conceptpt that michelle oba invented the english language is absurd. amy: that wa

melania trump said, she has. the trump campaign already out with a video showing today's anti-trump disruption. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news at the rnc in cleveland. >> and our team coverage continues now with news4's chris lawrence. he's inside the arena now. >> he went to see how the message was getting to people outside. what were you hearing tonight? >> reporter: bottom line, that a lot of women, a lot of republican women are just fine with donald trump as their nominee. look, they don't like the fact that he made that snide comment about carly fiorina's face or called rosie o'donnell fat. but they're not looking at those comments in a vacuum, and they refuse to just write him off. >> the way he reacts and says things, yeah, that bothers me. but the big picture for me and where america is going. and i can't go the other way. i can't go with hillary, i just can't. >> he's a beautiful man. he's a family successful and good people, and i think that shows a lot about somebody. >> reporter: so look, there is a reason that melania trump was the headliner of the first night of the convention. there was a reason she talked about her husband. there was a reason that you heard rudy giuliani use words lik

melania trump. she had taken some paragraphs michelle obama's speech for 2008. sort of commuting a night in which everyone would have been talking about the criticism of hillary clinton. instead all the conversation was 's speech melania trump and what was wrong there. i was monday. tuesday was more about her speech, in terms of the campaign with different responses to how that happened. they didn't clear that up until wednesday. and they were expecting to hear about the might hence nomination acceptance speech, but he was overshadowed by ted cruz, who gave a speech and got booed off the stage. it wasn't until thursday that we heard the message that campaign wanted to come out of that convention. for trump, i mean there were millions of people who watched it. week orsee as the next to go on what kind of reaction the american voters have, but there seem to be too. one, there was generally a positive reaction among republicans, but others felt that the speech was a bit dire in terms of its description of where america is right now. it's an interesting strategy, because if you talk to american voters the majority think that the country is on the wrong track. i think what we will see clinton do moving forwa

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s. i did not want to probe too deeply into the family dynamics of his family with melania trump, his current wife. they have a 10-year-old son. i'm actually not sure how often the five children from three different wives end up getting together, but certainly the three who are the eldest, who spent the most time with mr. trump and his business and the campaign, they spend an inordinate amount of time together. they were together all week. they have this additional informal huge role with the campaign. even vacation together. in that sense, as evoke.com told tump told me, family businesses are binary. they can go badly. clearly, they have found a formula that works with them. susan: we will be back to talk more about the trump family and how it has been involved in the campaign, and what it might mean for a trump white house. let's go back to steve on the convention floor. >> those speeches by the trump family members, right behind me is the podium. a roll call is getting underway in about 20 minutes. one constant, covering conventions since 1984, has been this gentleman. mike miller, covered

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just 38% of republicans on the nbc news/" s poll say they are satisfied with donald trump as their nominee something he hopes melania trump can begin to turn around with her performance here tonight. live at the rnc in cleveland, i'm steve handle elsmanhandelsm. >> there are protests taking outside of the convention center. demonstrators are separated by tight security. police have set up checkpoints and anyone that wants to get inside have to show approved credentia credentials. chris lawrence joins us now with more. >> reporter: it's fascinating that steve used the word embarrassing because earlier today we heard donald trump's campaign manager say that ohio's governor is embarrassing his state by refusing to show up here to the convention. i want you to take a listen to a bit of what we saw and heard an hour ago when we were down on th did the never trump movement ever have a chance? >> it needed to take place five weeks ago. it needed to find a candidate. you can't rally around a negative. you have to have something to rally around if you're going to beat somebody. i think you can't beat somebody with nobody. th

as far as we are concerned, melania trump's vision and, you know, insight into her husband and last night tiffany and eric's -- donald jr.'sted to do show the other side of donald trump. donald trump, yes, is an outsider. that is why his -- he's -- getting the party together takes a little time. >> is the test of this campaign whether you can make the economic argument to minorities, to african-americans, and to latinos to get them to come to the economic argument that has been successful for you so far? that is the challenge. >> we are going to have -- be speaking to awful those communities. in fact, we have had two speeches cancel because of tragedies happened. we were in there to make speeches but mr. trump didn't remember now, there were so many. our campaign is going to be going out and talking to all parts of the electorate, not just one segment of it. franklin, we have found that, you know, the jobs messages you're talking about and the frustration is not just in the white communities. it's just deep in the black communities and cities. as donald trump said to me, i want to go there. >> right now, they are saying th

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melania trump. old.s 46 years where does that put her in koch asked -- in contrast with first ladies? >> she is not the youngest. 30's. kennedy was in her this is not something that stands out for her. there are a lot of things that would seem exceptional, but her age is not. she will not be the youngest first lady. she will be the first first lady u.s. except for wife.uincy adams' to me, she has talked about being life jackie kennedy or betty ford, and i see parallels with jackie kennedy where jackie always felt like she was a liability to her husband. too rich, too beautiful, and that changed when she was the white house. and she was able to open the white house up to the public, bring television c cameras. there are opportunities for melania ahead. >> jackie kennedy also spoke french. are there other first ladies who spoke another language? >> not that i know of. melania with speaking to non-native speakers, learning a language, being part of the american culture. that is something that could help her as she carves out this potential role for herself. immigration, area, that she has a life story to tell there, her

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as far as we're concerned both melania trump's vision -- insights into her husband and last night tiffany and eric's -- donald jr.'sere impactful. that's what we wanted to do at this convention. show the other side. john said something a minute ago, yes, donald trump's an outsider. and that's why he's bringing the party together. >> is the test of this campaign whether you can make the economic argument to minorities, to african-americans and to latinos to get them to come to the economic argument that has been successful for you so far? that's the challenge. >> we are going to be speaking to all of those communities. in fact, we've had two speeches canceled because of tragedies that happened elsewhere. we were actually in those communities getting ready to make major speeches but mr. trump felt it wasn't appropriate given -- i can't remember there have been so many which ones they were. but our campaign is going to be going out and talking to all parts of the electorate, not just one segment of it. because, frankly, we have found that, you know, the jobs messages you're talking about, the frustration is not just i

melania's speech and the question broefly about don jr.'s speech, i would have to imagine that the campaign is taking donald trump's speech very seriously, wantingto go off without a hiccup. that's what i imagine is happening behind the scenes. i don't have any indication or any new news on what exactly donald trump will say tomorrow night? >> katy, standby. i want to go to my colleague chris jansing inside the q. tonight we have ted cruz, who will be speaking along with eric trump and other members of the trump team that have been lined up to speak. but what do we expect from ted cruz and being able to speak to party unity as this it team is trying to move forward now that we see the cohesive pair in trump and pence? >> first, i think when you look at this picture what's interesting is they don't e know each other very well. some of the other selections that he could have made donald trump has noun chris christie for such a long time. they have worked together, obviously, and spent a lot of time together. but these are two men that don't know each other very well. there's this process. when you see them come out on stage, tonight is will be int

melania trump, donald trump's wife, michael flynn. if you remember, he was on the short list of potential vp pi s picks. that's the big list tonight.'s been very pleasant. there's a mix of celebration but concerns and reality of what's happening in our country. it should be an incredible three days for the city of cleveland. it's proven to be a fantastic host in addition to winning the basketball championship. i'm going to be run of town if i said that. i want cleveland browns to win the super bowl. i'm a texas cowboys fan until i die. it's a great city. these people here have been phenomenal here. especially the law enforcement as it's been a tremendously painful few weeks for them. >> it certainly has. watching the "today" show this morning, you can see the tone there sounds like a lot of festivities going on. we'll check in with al in cleveland for a look at the weather there. >> by the way, tamron, police told me that actually they're here to keep an eye on you because they heard about you. you heard about tamron, right? you can tell. they are professionals. by the way, indians are in first place so there you go. >> i want the

s the entire -- everybody knowsdyo jim lokay. lokay you know, essentially her job is kind of like what, youhaou know, melania had to do the the other night, talk about donald d trumpot as this bombasticomst loud billionaire but as her father.th. >> right. >> dad, yup. >> reporter: as, you know, somebody that she's inhat business with.bu you know, being president is, executive job, so ivanka trumprp is one of his top deputies inep the company and we all know kw they're building that post office hotel down the street.ee >> not too far from here.ar f >> what's interesting fitz the family has had a large part inn the convention itself. iel we've seen someone from thene fe family speak every singlegle night. we've been hearing a lot like maybe they will also take aake big part in the cabinet. cabinet >> reporter: you know what.w w >> what. >> reporter: guess what i'mue hearing from more than a few people?? >> uh-oh. >> reporter: that have been so impressed by these trump kids. t bkids. >> what. ha reporter: that you might well -- well, you know, we'veyow had these families in this famil country, we've had the bushes,e, we've had the ken december,ecem you might be seein

overnight, donald trump ignoring the controversy competing her speech and demeanor were absolutely incredible, very proud. melania's team of righters took notes on her life's inspirati sn's opening night, guiliani defending donald trump. >> i am sick and tired of it. this is a good man. >> and other republicans showing their support by casting hillary clinton as a common enemy including the emotional appearance of a parent whose son was killed in benghazi. the loudest protest not in the streets, but a floor fight among fellow republicans not seen in 40 years, but now with the nomination locked up the campaign facing trerb accusations as donald junior prepares to give his own speech tonight. e you ready? >> i think so. >> reporter: the trump campaign trying to focus attention on tonight's theme, make america work again. among those scheduled speakers, two candidates that donald trump beat to get here. chris christie and ben carson and two more tiffany, and son donald trump jr. >> let's remind people you can find more coverage of this convention throughout the day on msnbc and live in prime time 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific also on nbc. >>> a lot of other stories making

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continues over melania trump's speech on monday, in which she plagiarized multiple sections of michelle obama's speech at the dnc in 2008. barack and i were raised with so many of thte same values,s, like you workk hd for what you want in life. mrs. trump: the values that you work hard for what you want in life. mrs. obama: that your word is your bot, thatat youou do whwhau say you are goining to do. is. trump: that your word your bond and you do what youu say and kekeep your r promise. all childrene wantt inin this nationon to know thate only limit to theheeights off your achievement is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. mrs. trump: because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limits to your achievement is the strengths of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. amy: that is melania trump in her speech monday night at the rnc, and michelle obama in her spspeech at the dnc in 2008. the trump cacampaign has repeatededly denied the accusations of plagiarism. >> look, these are values, republican values, died the way, of hard work, family values, dedication, respect. this cononcept that michelle oba invention the engl

embarrassed by all the kovrmg this morning that melania trump had similar language in her speech to michelle obama's speech? >> yeah, i think it's ridicul shink it's blown out of proportion. there are similarities between their two speeches, but as a parent of four, i've said all of those same things to my kids. i went back and looked at laura bush's 2004 speech, there's a lot of that language in her speech. i don't know what happened, but at the end of the day it's not a big issue. >> foreign affair, the headline today, the apocalypse in u.s. political thought with the photo of donald trump. what do you say to people who watch and think the guy who hosted "the apprentice," they - president of the united states. the foreign policy establishment defined by foreign affairs calls it the apocalypse. >> well, how are all the smart people doing now? we've had three domestic terrorist attacks, at least three in this country in the last year or so. people do not feel safe and secure. they're worried about their families. they want to change. we don't want to have the same foreign policy strategy that is failed under president obama and under hill

libya attacks and hillaryla clinton's role as well as well s donald trump's family and hisnds positioning as a law and order candidate: melania trump willml speak and so will former neworme york mayor rudy giuliani but notably absent two forthe presidents and the two mostmt recent nominees. still gop chairman reinceeinc priebus says that's his outsider status. >> surrounding hillary clintoniy with all these politicians iic don't know what that gets her. h >> reporter: now you take a now look at the polls heading intong this convention and they haveheh narrowed recently.wedecentl but hillary clinton still has a lead over donald trump.ru republicans hope that this hopti convention will give them a big bounce in the polls.e in ths we'll see. the clinton team is going tooi o say the same thing about theirhe convention next week.k. back to you guys.o you >> all right, ducks thank you.,h >>> our tom fitzgerald will ben. in cleveland reporting live r all week from the rnc and and that's not just on the air.he a you can interact with tom on facebook live at noon, 3:00 3:0 and 8:00 p.m.8:00 p. also we want for our new show the five at

melania and ted cruz is this theme that somehow america connects. that was the pervasive scene. he caution my democrats not to spend too much time talking about donald trump. not to talk about increase ch siuliani, but to talk about what this country can be. >> bakari and i were talking about this earlier. i'm not a political person. i was so depressed by watching the first night's speakers, the second night's speakers, the country is awful. we're not safe. we don't have any money. lisp, i am a gay black man on television. that doesn't happen in other countries. this country is not that terrible. i don't care which side of the -- >> it's called reality. >> reality is not that awful. >> when you wake up every day and you see five cops here, 8 des overseas in nice, you had 143 dead this paris, things are not good. >> where we were seven years ago compares to where we are today, we're in a much, much better place. there's a lot of problems. there's room for a lot of improvement. but we're a lot -- >> 30,000 dying at the hands of terrorism since january 2015 and we're in a better place? >> no, caylee, caylee, maybe you're very young, but some of us remember the 60s and the 70s. some of us re

melania trump. old.s 46 years where does that put her in koch asked -- in contrast with first ladies? >> she is not the youngest. 30'sy was in her this is not something that stands out for her. there are a lot of things that would seem exceptional, but her age is not. she will not be the youngest first lady. she will be the first first lady u.s. except for wife.uincy adams' to me, she has talked about being life jackie kennedy or betty ford, and i see parallels with jackie kennedy where jackie always felt like she was a liability to her husband. too rich, too beautiful, and that changed when she was the white house. and she was able to open the white house up to the public, bring television c cameras. there are opportunities for melania ahead. >> jackie kennedy also spoke french. are there other first ladies who spoke another language? >> not that i know of. melania with speaking to non-native speakers, learning a language, being part of the american culture. that is something that could help her as she carves out this potential role for herself. immigration, area, that she has a life story to tell there, her husband

s speech, ivan ivanka's, melania's, to be frank, rushing through a lot of this. but it is interesting, they don't want to admit, a struggle from donald trumpkes. they don't want to acknowledge, okay, something may have gone wrong with the perfect spouse. >> so will this go away after tomorrow you think? we're going to hear probably another powerful speech from eric trump because donald trump jr.'s speech was frankly quite good. and ivanka trump will introduce her father and we expect her speech to be terrific as well so once all this happens, won't all this go away? >> i think it could. i think it's a broader problem with the trump campaign, they will not admit faults. they will not admit any sort of -- anything went wrong here. until they do something like that, this is going to be playing out in another form. >> next week, the democratic convention will be a lot of comparisons between what they think will this be perfectly rolled out convention with all these big speechers versus the republican, you know, sort of ups and downs. like this becomes a data point for that kind of a story. >> all right, interesting. we'll look forward to phila

melania trump's speech. >> did it come from michelle obama, yes or no. >> offering to resign over the firestorm, admitting it way s words. i think it was terrific and said look, it was a mistake i made, and she thought it was unfair to melania. >> reporter: the blow back happened almost immediately for ted cruz. after the speech, he tried to meet with sheldon he had ellison here at the q center, and mr. he had ellison would not meet with ted cruz because of his lack of endorsement for donald trump. ted cruz is meeting with a texas delegation in this hour. we'll see if he says anything about the very controversial speech last night, chris. >> he haddilson. he had no know. >>> let's bring in special counsel to donald trump himself. counselor, congratulations on the nomination. i know it is a big night. you say we knew what cruz was going to say. he gave us this speech. you knew he was going to take a beating out there, and you welcomed him to it. >> donald trump is bigger than ted cruz. it just goes to show you the distinction between an adult and a baby who happens to be a sore loser at the same time. >> he says an

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s part on the e-mail thing. jeffrey, clearly for this audience, high water mark, melania trump.d. does it go on too long? they're still making speeches. this room has really cleared out. general flynn, you know, for all his extraordinary record, went very, very long. >> gently put, i think they should have -- when the trumps walked off the stage. >> that should have been the -- >> that was the high point, et cetera. the speeches that have followed, i mean, these are substantive speeches by substantive people. i just think at this stage here, this is just not a helpful thing. and i think people start to -- >> the late congressman was the youngest man -- the least senior person on a committee once and finally got to him to question and he said, everything that needs to be said has been said but not everybody has had a chance to say it. that's what we're experiencing now. this, to me, you know, i actually thought the first half from the standpoint of the republican message was probably very effective. >> yeah. >> but this thing has gone off the rails in terms of planning. as someon

melania's speech, rudy giuliani's speech, several of the speeches from some of the americans whose lives have been affected by policies of the obama/clinton administration and then last night, donald trump jr.'speech and chris christie's speech. >> let's talk about chris christie's speech. you saw the crowd go on to their feet with that chant "lock her up." is that what the delegates think, that hillary clinton should be in jail. >> yeah. >> is that what you think? >> i think what the people in this hall feel she should be prosecuted for alleged crimes that the fbi director sort of listed her clearly and then chose -- >> chose not to prosecute her but they believe she should be in jail. >> when you start with the secret meeting on the tarmac two days before an investigation in the fbi two days before a whitewash of it and then one day before the justice department says, okay, we don't even have >> do you think bill clinton affected this investigation. >> we feel that that was not just a happening -- meeting to talk about golf and grandchildren, no. >> that influenced the decision of the fbi director? >> i think that that probably communicated information that was going to be helpful to her in