what we did last year is michael cohen who is executive vice president for donald trump, and dr.and all us, we got together and said let's put all these beautiful nationalities and ethnic groups across the nation who support trump. lou: you are doing outreach. how are minority community responding? is donald trump going to actually go into our inner cities and talk with african-american youth? is he going to -- where is he going to go, where are you going, and what is going to be the result? >> you know what? he's actually been having a lot of meetings over the past several years with a lot of pastors. one thing about mr. trump that i really admire. he understands the value of our faith-based community in terms of the community. and i think, you know, we have had a lot of tremendous meetings. i was in one particular where there was over 100 african-american pass towards. most of those pastors voted for barack obama. and they were look for answers. lou: i don't think anybody will be surprised to hear that. most of the polling, 95% of african-americans in this country right now are

the executive vice president of the trump organization and special counsel to the man himself, michael cohen kelly and conway, senior adviser. she has a news. mark: i heard the ted cruz is trump.o endorse donald she declined to confirm this. of: andi like the names conway. john: your eyes right now are confirming it. ae: i'm not in position to confirm it. if ej did, party unity would be the reason. will of theth the people. he is supporting his pledge to support the republican nominee. i saw no footnote in that pledge. just to move forward as a party. you can see that in paul ryan's speech last night. in fact, paul ryan is introducing mike pence tonight. mark: you worked for the ted cruz superf pacs so your description of why he might endorse could be a window into his thinking. conway: that's a hypothetical. michael: they will raise their hands and promised to support the nominee. they have to honor that pledge. be politicians and they want people to trust them, the least you could do is honor your pledge. conway: ted cruz is standing there at donald trump's convention. he is coming and he

talking to peter bookvir about what he's seeing in the bond markets and also talking to barclay's michael cohen about a troubling chart when the it comes to oil. more on that online. >> thank you, jackie deangelis. >> do you buy oil stocks? which ones, if so. joe? >> right now play from a defensive standpoint. it's important to point out on the futures exchange today the down side you're not just seeing in oil futures, also seeing it in natural gas, which i've liked recently. down 7%. also reformulated gasoline down 6% and heating oil. a broad base selling. concerns about supply coming back online. that concerns you if you have a high beta energy strategy. be defensive, i think. >> look at technicals. xle, holding on to moving averages sitting on 50. protection down towards the 200 around 63. something that everybody's watching because it's held up so well so far. >> jb? >> i'm in xle, all year, most of last year. really, really big leadership for the energy sector as a hole. the biggest stoas a whole. exxon up 20% year to date. what you have to be paying attention to. much, much tougher going

but michael cohen is joining me onset. he's been called donald trump's right-hand man. it's nice to have you on with me today. i know you are very busy. we are day four. we saw the images of donald trump and ivanka on stage. can you give us incite into the speech? >> he's going to convey the message of making america great again. but i think there's going to probably be some aspects to it about how proud he is of his children and the wonderful job they have done so far in terms of stepping up for the campaign. >> we have seen tiffany. we have seen don jr. it's interesting they knocked it out of the park in different ways. sentimental referring back to report cards that gave a powerful speech. look forward to speaking to ivanka after hearing it but incredibly articulate. >> don junior said it's a piece of cake. we know eric had the job of following ted cruz. e he said vote your conscience. ted cruz should be reprimanded by the rnc. last night he committed plit u call suicide. i don't think he should be entitled to run. it's not the person that you want but they all shoul

right now i want to introduce the general counsel of the trump organization, michael cohen, who joins us now you, one of donald trump's mow stalwart defenders. >> i wanted to just jump in for for a second. i think that ted cruz tonight, the only way to sum it upsuicid. where is the honor on reneging on a pledge when you stand in front of the people of the united states and hold your hand up, remember what you put mr. trump through when he refused to raise his hand in the beginning, it was days upon days of bashing of mr. trump that he would not raise his hand and would not honor the pledge. ted cruz was not looking to honor any pledge unless he or somebody that he approves is the candidate. that's not the american system. again, i really believe he committed political suicide today. lastly, the republican national committee, the party itself, should never back a single candidate who does not honor the pledge. so i think that if the rnc ends up backing him in 2020, i think that it would be a terrible mistake for them to do as well. >> michael, let me ask you, was there some sort of dea

. >> good evening commissioners i'm michael cohen i've been a resident eye homeowner for 46 years this argument we're having about children reminds me a grateful what happened that ani. >> and gay people were told they're the scum of architecture and hatred and vilified for years and years and years and look at it what gay people are done in the castro we've made that save for heterosexual people to raise in their children in our neighborhood we've improved the neighborhood. and what she the she vilified us the same thing with the medical cannabis dispensaries it is about how well run the medical cannabis dispensary is and the apothecarium you can't find and better dispensary well run no complaints they're no issues and truly an asset to the marina and i predict when he when necessary come into the marina in years ahead look at as icons in the neighborhood thank you >> i'm sorry what district do you live in. >> i live near the apothecarium in the castro district. >> thank you good evening i'm david i'm the parents of a teenager daughters we live in the marina area my daughter is not a

michael cohen, thank you for being with us. congratulations. >> everybody is proud of mr. the american people. >> good to have you. >>> we're going to get to breaking news. we're following breaking news out of new york city. a police stand off shutting down the busiest areas, columbus circle. this is coming to an end, the standoff, after several tense hours. miguel marquez is live in the new york newsroom with the breaking details. miguel, what happened? >> well, it happens to be happening right below cnn headquarters here in new york. extraordinarily tense hours for the police here in new york. it started around midnight, when somebody in a silver suv threw a suspicious object, a candle wrapped in tin foil with glass as well at a police officer into a police van. they then tracked this person up to columbus circle, just a few blocks away, and then it turned into this standoff that would just not stop. police surrounded this vehicle for many hours. they had it boxed in, right at that intersection as you're looking at right now. they were finally able to end this, using a r

one of his visors said this morning, michael cohen, the lawyer, said it will be less than 30 minutes. doubt that. he has a lot to do in the speech. he is a good or a tour. good he is a good -- orator. when he speaks, people pay attention. he has many challenges and hesiod to the challenge? steve: crime, immigration, trade, the economy him and hillary clinton. let me read you another excerpt from just released minutes ago from the trump campaign. "america is far less safe and the world is less stable when obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in charge of our policy -- foreign policy. i'm sure it is a decision he truly regrets. her bad instincts and judgment on something pointed out by bernie sanders, are what cause many of the disasters unfolding today." obama regretsnk putting her us secretary of state and obama is going to be at the democratic convention next week in philadelphia and he has attacked a donald trump repeatedly, going back to january in the state of the union address, and a lot since then. barack obama does not want to on donald trump succeed him a lot of the