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. >> michael steel says -- as michael steel said a few minutes ago, it's kind of a shame that it tookonald trump to get the democrats -- did you say that? >> i was the one. >> i thought it was michael steel. >> give me my patent. no, i think it was ironic. make america great again allows you to -- go behind him and say, wait a minute, it is great. i remember one time there was a guy running, conservative running in virginia saying his opponent is going to bus our kids into d.c. whoa, that's the worse thing you can say from virginia. you know what his opponent said from a liberal democrat. my opponent said it's constitutional to bus our kids into washington. isn't that brilliant? he took exactly what the guys said he was going to do and says he says -- you know. >> the one other thing that michelle obama did that's going to be a difficult lift is the trust issue with hillary. >> yes. >> michelle obama took her credibility and her emotional commitment and did what she could to transfer the sense of trust that people have in her by testifying on behalf of hillary. there's going to have t

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let's bring back chris hayes, joy reid, michael steele. let's talk about a guy who gets overlooked too damn many times, joe biden. >> yeah. >> i think joe knows because he's told me the best way to get popular in this country is not run for president. and i saw that tonight. he is very popular, so is dr. jill biden. they went out on that stage. let's watch a bit of it and then i want some remarks about everybody. he warned voters about what a trump presidency really means for a group he really does represent, joe biden. >> his cynicism is unbounded. his lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in a phrase i suspect he's most proud of having made famous, "you're fired." really, i'm not joking. think about that. think about everything you've learned in a child, no matter where you were raised. how can there be pleasure in saying you're fired? he's trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. give me a break! that's a bunch of malarkey! >> there's a modern word, malarkey. >> governor, let me ask you, is this state in play, pennsy

in one of the corridor's i caught up with michael steele, the former chairman of the republican nationalttee. michael, congratulations, you have a nominee. are you excited? yes.el: now the game begins. all of the crazy wild moments and hurt feelings from the primary, it is in the past. here donald trump -- what has an opportunity to do, coming out of the convention, it is to lay a new path. a new way to get to november. i think he wants to do that. he is still picking fights, as we know, with the governor of ohio and all of that -- but the pressure changes for him. this has been an internal struggle to secure the nomination. now, all of that is done. the real work lies ahead. but as the former chairman of the republican party, is this the best candidate to defeat hillary clinton? michael: i cannot second-guess. this is the candidate we were given. katty: is it the candidate you would have chosen? michael: my response from the beginning, i did not choose sides of the primary. i was waiting for someone to run for president, because i don't think anyone did. i don't think any of those folks

dionne and michael steele in cleveland.ll, the biggest speech so far, of his political career. that does it for this hour. steve kornacki in new york. mtp live from cleveland starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd in cleveland. where donald trump is about to give the most important speech of his life. wow, has it been quite the show, folks. get ready for one heck of a finale. this is special coverage for the night of the republican national convention. republican party entered cleveland hoping to showcase a united party running behind a disciplined campaign. instead, this convention's legacy is varying towards chaos unless trump can pull off the speech of his life tonight. convention marred by campaign attacks on post ohio governor

former rnc chair, michael steele, sort of a fish out of water here.hell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and philadelphia native himself, mr. brotherly love chris matthews. >> mr. brotherly love. >> and sisterly affection. >> throw that one in there. >> new pictures of tim kaine walking into church in richmond, virginia. he realized and his parish is realizing what it's like to have secret service following around a member of the parish there. >> you know what his secret service name will be? >> if you're boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> you're having too much fun here. let me throw it out. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. he does not share my political views. that's an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised bernie is an aggressive politician, and i think when senator sanders speaks at the dnc, i think everybody will be on the edge of their seat and he's not going to pull a ted cruz. >> he said i'm for hillary and he was tough on trump. >> yeah, and he doesn't re

and michael steele.rd, i just want you to talk about it because we were there, the four of us -- five of us were there. we were there for hours. >> hours. >> i loved it. i loved tonight. i thought tonight had stuff and what i saw -- i'll just start with my thought. when i'm watching the first lady, a beautiful woman, we're allowed to say that, a beautiful woman, charming as hell, elevated by educated, charm and everything else, stood up there and i do watch people and some youngish african-american by my standards african-american women, they're crying, they're so proud of what she is and so proud of how she raised her kids and i say that about some conservative right wing men in america, this family has done everything good, never does a thing wrong, the kids doesn't do anything wrong, they're perfect. and all these right-wing people keep hating them and i say what do they want? what did you see that wasn't on tv? >> when i first arrived in the hall, you really got the sense of seeing bernie people circ

and michael steele, the former chair of the republican national committee, and howard fineman, global. and an msnbc political analyst. howard, i just want you to talk about it, because we were there. the five of us were there for hours. i loved it. i love tonight. i thought tonight had stuff -- and what i saw -- i'll just start with my thought. when i'm watching the first lady, a beautiful woman, we're allowed to say that. a beautiful woman, charming as hell, elevated by education, charm and everything else. stood up there. i was looking, because i do watch people. and i was watching, because some youngish african-american women and i watched these well turned out women behind me. and they're crying. they're so proud of what she is. so proud of how she raised her kids. and i said this about some real right wing conservative white men in this country, she never does a thing wrong, not a thought of corruption, or bad behavior. the kids don't do anything wrong, they're perfect. and all of these right wing people keep hating them. and i keep thinking, what do they want? >> when i first ar

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. >> we're joined now by michael steele, and rick wilson. now let's give chuck todd the moment here. on "morning joe" this morning that got donald trump started tonight. and i've got to say, in an hour-long speech, without chuck todd, it would have been half an hour. >> maybe 27 minutes. >> let's listen to what chuck said on "morning joe" that started this whole speech. >> it was an unbelievable day. it is a -- i am sort of stunned at how badly donald trump's botching what is, to me, a gift. >> you're saying bringing up saddam how sane and saying he was really good at killing terrorists is -- >> not on that day, probably not. maybe tomorrow. >> maybe tomorrow phrasing but maybe yesterday i would have held -- >> michael steele, it's not just praising saddam hussein. he's completely wrong about what he's saying saddam how sane did. >> yeah. i mean, you know, the history is the history. the facts are the facts as mr. nance laid out very quickly. and i think that this is part of an overall narrative that, you know, i've said it over and over aga

. >> well as michael steele said -- as michael steele said a few moments ago it's kind of a shame that it took donald trump to get the democrats. did you say that? oh, i thought it was michael -- >> no, it was ironic, because it allows you to go behind him and say wait a minute, it is great. i remember one time there was a guy running in virginia saying the opponent is going to bus our kids into d.c., whoa, that is like the worst thing you can say to a liberal. he said we're bussing the kids into washington, he just took exactly what the guy said he was going to do and he said -- >> the one other thing that michelle obama was going to do tonight, is the trust issue with hillary. and michelle obama took her credibility and her emotional commitment and did what she could to transfer the sense of trust that people have in her by testifying on behalf of hillary. there is going to have to be a whole lot more of that. >> but it was brilliant the way she did it. she came at it through children, and said look this is fundamentally where we come together which is i care about not just my kids b

. >> we're joined now by michael steele, and rick wills yn. now let's give chuck todd the moment here. on "morning joe" this morning that got donald trump started tonight. and i've got to say, in an hour-long speech, without chuck todd, it would have been half an hour. >> maybe 27 minutes. >> let's listen to what chuck said on "morning joe" that started this whole speech. >> it was an unbelievable day. it is a -- i am sort of stunned at how badly donald trump's botching what is, to me, a gift. >> you're saying bringing up saddam how sane and saying he was really good at killing terrorists is -- >> not on that day, probably not. maybe tomorrow. >> maybe tomorrow phrasing saddam how sane is a good idea. but maybe yesterday i would have held -- >> michael steele, it's not just praising saddam hussein. he's completely wrong about what he's saying saddam how sane did. >> yeah. i mean, you know, the history is the history. the facts are the facts as mr. nance laid out very quickly. and i think that this is part of an overall narrative that, you know

michael steel, your thoughts on governor pence. for him as we watched this plane touch down. >> i think in the words of bernie sanders, this is yuge for him. because it's a fundamental shift in front of us. donald trump is slowly but carefully bringing the party together. bringing the base that was suspicious of him in some of his policy positions, i think a lot of that is now aif i weffirmed selection and a level of stability we haven't seen in the campaign yet. and certainly, since paul manafort came on board. i think you're going to see a different kind of campaign with a different voice. and i think that's good. we're seeing the plane here, wheels down here. 5:55 p.m. this is indiana. kate, you've worked with so m y many. it was the handling of the religious freedom bill in indiana. there was tremendous blowback including from conservative and business groups. they tried to pivot. there was talk that he wouldn't be a 2016 person because of that. walk us through from your experience working with state republicans, what it means

former rnc chair, michael steele, sort of a fish out of water here.rea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and philadelphia native himself, mr. brotherly love chris matthews. >> mr. brotherly love. >> and sisterly affection. >> throw that one in there. >> new pictures of tim kaine walking into church in richmond, virginia. he realized and his parish is realizing what it's like to have secret service following around a member of the parish there. >> you know what his secret service name will be? >> if you're boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> you're having too much fun here. let me throw it out. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. he does not share my political views. that's an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised bernie is an aggressive politician, and i think when senator sanders speaks at the dnc, i think everybody will be on the edge of their seat and he's not going to pull a ted cruz. >> he said i'm for hillary and he was tough on trump. >> yeah, and he do

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let's turn to michael steel, msnbc political analyst and former chairman. nice to see you.p picks, halle ran through the top four. maybe he's got secret people in his pocket he's thinking about. how do you handicap that list we put up? we can put it up one more time. handicap that for us. >> i think everyone on the list is viable, except the general. by virtue of his comments about abortion, he took hims off the list. a pro-choice democrat or someone questionable on the ticket, given the other problems trump has i don't think is smarts. he's a smart man, he's not going to do that. we look at the remaining three, pence, christie and gingrich, the stronger of the three, i think in that view is gingrich. i think ultimately trump wants somebody he can talk to and connect with on a personal level. he and gingrich spent a lot of time together. i think that probably is where his mind is and his heart is probably close to that as well. pence certainly and christie bring govern norship and leadership, which is important, but for trump someone that helps him on capitol hill and deals

. >> msnbc an lis, michael steele chair of rnc, national reporter for "washington post" and from mother michael, i would defend trump on this ground, it would be hard to find a republican that didn't vote for the war but how does he bash hillary. >> the counter art is hillary voted the same way at the same time. i think what they need to do. this is one of those moments you roll out the candidate, go through the process, first interview and realize, oh, we haven't really talked this through yet. there's going to be a lot of that in the next few days and weeks and there needs to be. you have, again, someone like trump who has a very different position on a lot of these issues outside of where a lot of republicans have been and the war is one of the first ones. >> he had three doors to open. one newt, the other marked chris christie. all three of these guys for the iraq war, because the republican party was for the iraq war because it was fought under command are in chief george w. bush. >> all hawks. >> not putting mike pence as commander in chief. >> he's not putting out pence as someon

michael steele, if you were watching this from the inner sai sanctum, if there is such a place from theampaign, if you were up there in the tower on the 26th floor, were you a little afraid or confident than you were when the day began? >> i think probably at the end of the day they were a little built more confident. >> more confident? >> more confident. the reason being while everyone in the room loved it -- >> in this room over here. >> yeah. how does it resonate outside the country? the country is standing and moving closer to where they are in their argumentation. this idea of this let's bring everyone together, the country's not feeling that. the country is like i ain't got time to think about my neighbor, i got to think about me. that may be unfortunate but that's where the country is and i think they're moving a little closer to where trump is on that. >> you have to be careful when you say "the country." because there are two countries, i'm convinced more than ever we're in a sense two americas with completely opposite experiences. if you look at the bump that donald trump got

thank you joy, chris hayes, michael steele, and howard fineman.ether so long, howard and i. >> beginning to feel a little self-conscious about it. you didn't even thank me. >> anyway, the second hour of our late special "hardball." we love doing this by the way. join us all day again tomorrow. we'll have a special edition of saturday night live's weekend update with michael chai. and colin joest. that's tomorrow on our late night coverage. until then, good night from philly. what do you make of the state of the party after that? do you feel like there is disunity in the party. >> are you going to vote for him? >> of course. that's what you go through here on the convention floor. absolutely ageless® night cream with active naturals® blackberry complex. younger looking skin can start today. new absolutely ageless® from aveeno®. >> i'm alex trek. if you're age 50 to 85, i have an important message about security. write down the number on your screen, so you can call when i finish. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. this

joining us former rnc chairman, michael steele and chief traegt to the romney convention in 2012, about a brokered convention, the innocent have nothing to fear. i'll start with you stewart, because you've been through the process. it looks like people are scrambling, the way it looks from the outside, as someone with experience, do you think that's accurate? >> sure. i don't think it's determinate. loren michaels used to have a sign that says it's saturday night and they seemed to put on pretty good shows. i think this will work out in the wash. they will have better speakers than others. i think it will be okay. >> you don't think there will be any serious -- there's a court ruling today about delegates unbound and some sort of movement about floor action. do you think that is going to happen? >> i have no idea. i was really surprised at the numbers of people opened to not having donald trump, the number of delegates, how close it was to those who want donald trump. it's very tough to pull this off, a stage coup. but unless something really happens between now and next monday, i would

catch the full interview with michael steele online, you don't want to miss that and, of course, "the show" will be coming to you live from cleveland thursday night. now here it is... your moment of zen. ♪ we are the champions ♪ we are the champions ♪ no time for losers because we are the champions ♪ captioning sponsored by comedy central >> larry: whoo. thank you very much. man, what. welcome to "the nightly show." thank you. you're too kind. too kind. thank you very much. welcome to "the nightly show." one guy was like larry -- ooh. so, man, last night was the start of the republican national convention in cleveland. you know what that means the epic unblacking of the white house is kicking into high gear. oh, man. that was kind of scary. now, of course the big story coming from the night wasn't scott baio or benghazi or five different people calling hilary a murderer for whatever that was. it was a big michelle obama speech. yes, brought to you by melania trump. >> you're word is your bond and you do what you say. you're word is your bond and you say what you're going to do. and to

. >> michael steele? d a week at the democratic national convention. >> we love you, michael. >> who's more fun, democrats or republicans? >> this was a lot more fun. there's a lot more drinking for the right reasons, so -- >> but two, and i know i've kind of been the guy in the corner on this issue, but watch for the bernie folks coming out of this convention, this fight will continue now on the ground across the country. and the sooner hillary clinton is able to stem that, the better her chances are of solidifying by the time labor day rolls around. >> do you think donald trump has a chance to get any of those people? >> those people are scattered right now, with the green party, the libertarians. >> the parties are going to matter. >> reverend william barber. amazing, pastor of north carolina, gave a speech tonight that absolutely brought the house down. he's an incredible preacher, the son of a preacher, i went down and spent some time with him in north carolina. able to good to church with him a few s

former rnc chair michael steele and megan murphy, washington bureau chief for bloomberg news. here's what i think. i think it's pence. i think pence is almost horny for the job. it's clear that he wants it. it's clear that he thinks it's his. this is a special moment, all of a sudden. you have to step up. if i step up, i'm better than anybody else because if i step up, i'm better than all these ne'er do wells who are hiding in the bushes. i'm willing to step forward so i would be the perfect candidate for 2020. i think he's making his move for 2020. is that all true? >> that is all true but that doesn't mean that trump is going to choose him because it's all up to trump. >> he may choose somebody who wants him. groucho marx' wouldn't accept a vp. >> he's not going to coax somebody to do it. christie wants it too. >> is bridgegate over? >> for trump, yeah. you think that's over and who would you have more fun with on a campaign trail if you're donald trump? christie or pence? pence makes more sense politically. christie would be a lot more fun in the debate. >> i think she's --

joy reid, chris hayes, and michael steele.th us the governor of connecticut, danell milloy of connecticut. governor, thank you. let's talk politics because i was talking with amy klobuchar, the senator from minnesota. and you people, you people, that's it, you politicians know what goes on in the back room. and i've been there myself as a staffer. it's fascinating to watch because it's really direct talk. how did hillary clinton, her people, podesta, robbie mook, a young guy, and jeff weaver who's not exactly a sweetheart, how did they all get together and somehow make this smooth as it's been? >> okay. so here's part of the story. the platform committee meeting down in orlando had a lot to do with showing that the two sides could work together. i'm sorry i lost some of my voice, but showing that the two sides could get to a document that they could mutually support. bernie got a lot of what he wanted. he didn't get everything that he wanted. he got more than he thought -- >> he got a lot. >> i was co-chair of the committee, a

next up michael steele, republican party chair from 2009-2011. before that maryland's lieutenant governor. is now an msnbc political analyst and he is here with my colleagues washington editor at large steve clemons. taken away. >> michael, thanks for joining us. i know you're very uncomfortable with all these republicans run. i know it's complicated for you. you are on record many times talking about donald trump and now he is proving everyone wrong, that he is clocked 16 other challenges. the kind of political hundred to class i would say many of them think he has no chance to win. can you give us your view of what will unfold, but what does this path to the presidency look like? >> i think in large measure is path lies where it's always been, and that is out across the heartland, out in neighborhoods and communities that have been forgotten for a while i both political parties. he has this uncanny ability to keep it real. we are conventional people in politics. we like things neatly packaged and the like the crisply delivered sound but that doe

former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. good tahave you all on board. >> you look at the speaker list and it is not traditional. >> something you would expect from an unconventional and when you think about the people that aren't here at this convention, it's remarkable. you compare it to the past. mitt romney and john mccain and the sitting governor, the sitting republican governor of the state hosting the convention john kasich will not be here. this is a different kind of convention. >> they wanted celebrities. >> as you look around, mark, and you start talking to party insiders, they talk about how ohio is at the back of the room. california and new york is at the front. they talk about the lack of organization. they go on and on and on about what's wrong with this convention before the convention even begins. what's been your take and what have you been hearing since in cleveland? >> not doing things that a convention would do. that's the way donald trump won the no

joining me now msnbc political analyst michael steele, former chairman of the republican party.her? >> they put it back together tonight with donald trump's speech. all that's happened between monday and today means nothing if he comes out and he just lays down the vision. he ties that vision to maybe a policy point here or there, gives people some sense of the direction he wants to take the country over the next four or five months. that's the final piece. everything else has been show, we get it. everything else has been drama, we understand that. but now this is where the moment of the primary and all of that goes away. this is donald trump in that presidential spotlight, the nation listening to his words to see whether or not they can follow his leadership. >> and he still has all these policy issues out there. he could give a very successful speech for the party base by going after hillary clinton. >> right. >> but where does he show the vision that -- >> well, that's a good point. >> -- that rises to the level of gee suburban woman voter in philadelphia, suburban countyies

michael steele. andrea mitchell. nbc news correspondent. host of andrea mitchell reports and mr.e chris matthews. >> how about that. >> and sisterly affection for. >> for the penn grad. and this morning, new pictures of tim kaine walking into church this morning in richmond, virginia. he now realizes and now his parish is realizing what it is like to have secret service follow around a member of the parish there. >> do we know who his secret service name is going to be yet? >> the secret joke is if you are boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> ooh. those are old ones. -- you guys are having so much. >> sorry, sorry. >> let me throw out it here. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised. bernie is an aggressive politician. and i think when senator sanders speaks i think everybody is going to be on the edge of their sheet. i think he's not going to pull a ted cruz because he's already made an dorsiment. >> he said i'm for hillary and he was tough on trump. >> he doesn't

former chairman of the rnc michael steele. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, and host of "hardball" and philadelphia hometown boy chris matthews. trump, sanders, reaction to the new democratic ticket. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press" at the democratic national convention. >> from philadelphia, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning, we are at the wells fargo center here in south philadelphia, home of the 76ers and the flyers, democrats have begun to arrive with a pretty mad heat wave and beginning tomorrow, they will gather to officially nominate hillary clinton as their presidential candidate. yesterday clinton was joined by her running mate, tim kaine in virginia in an upbeat event notable by the contrast to the disorganized rollout of donald trump's running mate a week earlier, mike pence. >> hillary clinton, she doesn't insult people, she listens to them. what a novel concept, right? she doesn't trash our allies, she respe

we put the question to former rnc chairman and former maryland lieutenant governor michael steel what in the world will it will toy ta get reps united under one tent. >> work in progress to be honest about. it there's a lot of people still have a loft passions one way or the other about donald trump and this is the weej pa planned focusing on family and having his party be a part of that narrative. with his culmination on thursday it's bringing party together. so i'm hoping we walk out on friday stronger party and more unified party and looking forward to a great campaign this fall. >> that work will begin tonigh tonight. donald trump will be here tonight to introduce his wife and start to try win not only these delegates over but republicans and democrats who have been watching all this from across the country. there's a lot of ahead of us day one is in the becomes and delegate fight was down here today and eventually forces preveiled. never trump. never more. >> live in cleveland send it back to you. >> thank you, tom. >> why aren't you in cleveland today. >> cleveland, what's what'

. >> and michael steele joins us for the pages. "morning joe" coming right back.ey used to do with guys like that when they were in a place like this? they'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks. and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? it's like incredible. when mexico sends its people, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists. you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy - ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like, "i don't remember!" our children and grandchildren will look back at this time... ...at the choices we are about to make. the goals we will strive for. the principles we will live by. and we need to make sure that they can be proud of us. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. the earth needed to find a new waytury, to keep up with the data from over 30 billion connected devices. just 30 billion? a bold group of

. >> reporter: former maryland lieutenant governor michael steele there says rand paul and paul ryan are working on specific policies including criminal justice and poverty as a way to help expand the tent and include more people but says even if people don't agree there should be at least the conversation and he believes that's how donald trump can help unite the party. in cleveland, stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> and delegations are trying, yesterday virginia had its first indian american delegate announce their votes. somebody normally reserved for committee official. >>> an announcement is expected as soon as this friday on hillary clinton's running mate. democrats familiar with the surge say there are three main contenders, virginia senator tim kaine, agriculture secretary to many vilsack and labor secretary tom perez. the democratic national convention kicks off >>> northeast d.c. a long day of demonstrations still not over for protesters from the black lives matter movement. the protesters have been out since 7:00 this morning in front of the headquarters of the national fratern

with us on set and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. msnbc political analyst and university of public policy informer congressman herald ford jr. >> so smart. >> good morning. >> and on capitol hill, managing editor and co-host of "all due respect" mark halperin. >> you've done what you did last night what you've done before. text, text, call, call. it's like, watch trump on tv. >> turning it on. >> i have to say, even bill kristol was saying afterwards, that was something. that was something. that was amazing. he's like i'm not sure what i saw, but that was amazing. >> i'll tell you what you saw. you saw him connecting with the crowd in a way that no other politician in the history of politics that we know ever could. you acan't imagine a republican candidate going up there and talking about his golf course in turnberry without getting killed. remember the car elevator and all sorts of things that plagued mitt romney. this guy talks about his turnberry golf course and everybody in the audience is with him about the construction project

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and msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steelejoins us. >> you know, willie, going through these conventions, it's so nice that the chants have changed a little bit. you know, we have "where's the truck." four years ago when mike spoke, they were saying what the -- what the heck, what the heck. so to go from that to what the heck is very positive. >> stop. >> let's talk about the speech last night. and mark halperin, i may be standing alone here. i think donald trump did what donald trump was supposed to do. i don't know if they expected sunshine and flowers. a dark speech. we have been saying for two months now with everybody's low approval ratings that you're not going to win the presidency. you're going to disqualify the other candidate. we have been saying it for months now. everybody acting so shocked that conventions are sometimes negative. remember, poor george? he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. they are always personal. >> it was a center right indictment of the current conditions in the country, an insistence

joining us for more, robert costa, michael steele is with us and he already was the former chair -- heer chair of the rnc. >> thank god. and i will say something personal right now and i don't even do it about politics but i did learn why ted cruz's roommate from college doesn't like him. there's something about the behavior politically that requires some minimal graciousness. the guy has the nomination. come out and do the job or else don't come out. your thought, david. did they expect any graciousness from this guy? >> given that donald trump has insulted his wife and accused his father in being involved in the assassination of john f. kennedy -- >> water under the bridge. >> and also called him lying ted about a thousand times. >> why is he here? >> that's a good question. why did they put him on tonight when they knew there was a chance he wouldn't endorse, steps all over the mike pence rollout. how many delegates does he have? let him address those people off to the side. >> i think it's sabotage. he wants trump to lose. >> yes, he do. >> he does want trump to lose but trump is a