but we should remind viewers, it's the same mitch mcconnell who, you know, he's a business guy. he's a political business guy. he said, yeah, i think i can have -- essentially implying he could have a better working relationship with hillary clinton than he had with barack obama. >> he's also talking about the need to retain the senate. that of course is no sure thing by virtue of the political geography this year, republicans have a lot more seats to defend than the democrats do. we're seeing this, you may not recognize it, but it's alaska republican senator dan sullivan. he's only speaking for a hot minute, but they've put him up there to try to make a case that there's a future for the republican party in the u.s. senate. they do need to really focus on down-ticket races. democrats are being unrealistic about taking back the house this year, unless it's truly a democratic wave of elections. >> and chris matthews, a lot of people, let's be candid again, have said that the visual of a harry reid and a mitch mcconnell, those two guys, it is perhaps as responsible for the fact th

how can anyone get mitch mcconnell to talk for an hour? because in your own book you point out that you only the press when it's to your advantage. you talk about a time when bill gates came in to see you and the two of you just sat there and people are uncomfortable waiting for one of you to speak and your account someone once told resident george w. bush that you were excited over certain boat and he said really? how can you tell so why so few words? >> guest: i'm not afraid of talking but i found i learned a lot more by listening so frequently i start out listening and think about what i want to say before i do it. i think it's fair to say that i'm in an era of trump, probably a very different approach to commenting on public affairs. >> are not the first one. i remember the late bob novak used to say the hardest interview he ever had on meet the press was with senator mike manziel because he asked him a question and he'd say you and he asked him another one and he say no and he run out of questions and the easiest one was hubert humphr

majority leader mitch mcconnell will be speaking as well. he came in for his walk through a couple minutes ago. there may be fireworks there. that kicks off just 6:00 tonight. another interesting day, day two of the rnc. >> interesting for sure and day two seems, hallie, to be putting out a lot of day one dramas. not just melania trump but delegates try ing ing to put doe donald trump movement. are they excited how it's rolled out day one into day two? >> it depends on who you talk to. there is a sense of trying to get past a very tough first day. when you talk to trump campaign staffers and folks within the first party they're feeling good about the fact they're ready to move on if you will. they're trying to highlight day two. there's a sense of listen, let's try to turn the page because frankly the democrats are using this, hillary clinton, as fodder. what you're also seeing is a specific and intentional targeting of team clinton here at the aarp see. when you ask questions about events that have unfolded the response you get is flipping

he didn't introduce mitch mcconnell at all. we're going to have donald trump's video acceptance speech, if you will, his acceptance speech in miniature, in full, when we come back. and we'll also have thed insight of bob schieffer, all of that when we return. >> remember one thing, we're still americans. we're still one country. and we're going to get it all back. it is time to come together and make sure that donald trump is the next president of the united states! >> welcome back. this is the republican convention here in cleveland. but it's also really donald trump's convention, if there is any doubt about that, he took the unprecedented step of turning up here last night, appeared by video link. tonight he did that. he will be here again tomorrow with his running mate and again thursday to deliver his acceptance speech. here was trump earlier. >> good evening. are you having fun? melania and i had such a great time last night, an unbelievable evening. today has been a very, very special day, watching my children put me over

bush's staff members said mitch mcconnell is very excited about a vote. president bush said how could you tell. because mitch doesn't say much. i thought his book was very interesting and there's lots of good stories starting with the polio he had in early 1940s and how his mother -- we forget how desperate parents were then. they didn't know what to do about a kid with polio. they could see people in iron blogs. no vaccine. his mother took him down to where president roosevelt was, who learned something about what they did there with therapy and for two years when he massaged his legs for an hour or two a day and kept him from walking. i don't know how you keep a 2-year-old from walking for a 3-year-old. he credits that with the fact he could walk almost without a limp today. >> host: senator senator alexander, do you recommend any books? >> guest: yeah, sure. i tell them about the books. i recommend routes to everybody because it is such an essential part of the american story and the fact that it was such a learning experience for americans i think real

how can anyone get mitch mcconnell to talk for an hour? because in your own book you point out that you only the press when it's to your advantage.

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. >> to repudiate him. they have suggested, they have sat with him, as we are aware in public. they have advised him. they have counselled him. i know republicans are as patriotic as democrats, as republicans, as independents. but he promised them to mend his ways, divisive ways, harmful ways, hurtful manner, and policies. yet he comes back again on the same thing. it is majority leaders and speakers' moral, ethical obligation to not worry about the votes, but repudiate him, withdraw the support. if they do not, i will continue to speak and i am speaking, i have received tremendous support from republicans saying to me that in last -- they have never voted for democrats. this year, they have not going to vote republican because for the office of president, because of this candidate. >> you've obviously received an overwhelming response to your speech. many republicans say they appreciate your words. have you heard from them? what are they saying to you? >> the people that have called left messages. i do not

khizer khan sent a strong message to mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan. >> i want his family to counsel him, teach him some empathy, he will be a better person if he could become. but he is a black soul. and this is totally unfit for the leadership of this beautiful country. two things are absolutely necessary in any leader, or any person that aspires, wishes to be a leader, that is moral compass and second is -- >> what do you want republican leaders to do, mitch mcconnell and paul ryan? >> to reputa repudiate him, tha advised him, they have counseled him. i know republicans are as patriotic as democrats, as independents, but he had promised them to mend his divisive ways, harmful ways, hurtful manner and policies. yet he comes back again on the same thing. it is majority leaders and speakers moral and ethical obligation to not worry about the words, but repudiate him, withdraw the support. this election will pass, but history will be written. the laps of modern courage will be a burden on their souls. >> house speaker paul ryan weighed in on all of this. let's get to our pa

there's this great mitch mcconnell line, he's said to trump, put me down for boring. there's a reason mitch mcconnell has had some success in his political life, even though he's not particularly entertaining. and i think right now, trump is caught in this -- he's not polling well. the one thing he knows is to generate attention. he's good at that, but he starts tonight by relitigating star of david gate and saddam hussein, which is not what he should be talking about, based on the opinion of every professional opinion in the universe. >> right. but he's a natural entertainer for the crowds. he gets the feedback, processes it in the moment, and i think the worry of people like mitch mcconnell is not necessarily that trump isn't willing to become a more controlled and professional candidate, but that he actually lacks the ability, that we've seen him try to be self-disciplined and fail and he loses control in the moment and does what feels right. that's the real problem. even if he wanted to be the candidate mitch mcconnell would like to see, he lacks the self-control

bush staff members came in and told the president won't mitch mcconnell is very excited about a boat and president that, how could you tell? is mitch, he doesn't say much. but i thought his book was very interesting. there are lots of good stories starting with the polio he had in the early 1940s and how his mother -- we forget how desperate parents were then. they did not know what to do about a kid with polio. they would see people with the iron lungs, no care. no vaccine. and his mother took him down to warm springs where president roosevelt was and learned something about what they did their with their pm for two years when he was two and three, massaged his legs for an hour or two per day and kept him from walking, i don't know how you keep a two-year-old from walking or three-year-old, and he credits that with the fact that he can walk almost without a limp today. >> host: do you recommend any books to your staff? >> guest: yes, sure. i tell them about the books, i recommend roots to everybody. because it is such an essential part of the american story. the fact that it was such

there's this great mitch mcconnell line, he's said to trump, put me down for boring. there's a reason mitch mcconnell has had some success in his political life, even though he's not particularly entertaining. and i think right now, trump is caught in this -- he's not polling well. the one thing he knows is to generate attention. he's good at that, but he starts tonight by relitigating star of david gate and saddam hussein, which is not what he should be talking about, based on the opinion of every professional opinion in the universe. >> right. but he's a natural entertainer for the crowds. he gets the feedback, processes it in the moment, and i think the worry of people like mitch mcconnell is not necessarily that trump isn't willing to become a more controlled and professional candidate, but that he actually lacks the ability, that we've seen him try to be self-disciplined and fail and he loses control in the moment and does what feels right. that's the real problem. even if he wanted to be the candidate mitch mcconnell would like to see, he lacks the self-control

you heard the speeches, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell. what do you think? have got to believe they are rallying around the platform, right? >> that's right. you think aboutton. he's an outsider. if these long-time elected officials don't want to utter his name have much, it doesn't matter. if there are other elected officials that want to endorse him, it doesn't matter. we shouldn't be surprised if long-time washington politicians are uncomfortable with them. i just reinforced this mess and that conservatives across this country want to send which is we have got to send a didn't type of person to washington. someone with the character to stand up to these entrenched problems. and we are not making the progress on them that we need to. maria: the chair of the alaska coalition fought the chair over their vote count. will they coalesce around the candidate? >> i called them the anti-trump gnats. i find it obnoxious and it's time to move forward. if they don't jump on board, they will miss out. we don't need them. he secured the candidates i. i come from the st

does he say more in the case tonight than introducing the majority leader mitch mcconnell?is the big question. i very quickly exchanged messages with donald trump, jr., who you just saw put his father over the top in cleveland. in his words, he said you never know. even inside the family, they know, erin, sometimes things are unpredictable when donald trump starts talking. >> they certainly are and after last night's grand entrance it was hard to top that and he shocked everyone and we'll see what he does tonight. as you point out, donald trump himself will be speaking tonight, we anticipate from trump tower and his children speak every single night to try to give a personal side of their father and melania trump spoke last night to try to do that, of course, controversy around that speech. today you have donald trump, jr., along with tiffany trump, both going to be speaking, his 22-year-old daughter and sunyan,. >> and these kids have had such a big role and particularly don, jr., who has been out on the campaign trail many times during this campaign and tiffany trump, thi

but there was boo for mitch mcconnell. kevin mccarthy's speech was short. >> ifill: we have governor chris christie coming on stage now. >> woodruff: we want to hear what he has to say. he is one of the people donald trump defeated for this election. >> good evening, i'm here tonight not only as the governor of new jersey but also as donald trump's friend for last 14 yea years. we are about to be led by not only a strong leader, but by a caring, genuine, and decent person. i'm proud to say that the voice of the people of our nation is being heard in this hall tonight, and those voices want donald trump to be the next president of the united states! but everybody, this election is not just about donald trump. no. it's also about his democratic opponent, hillary rodham clinton. [ boos ] >> now in the past two weeks we've seen the justice department refuse to prosecute her. over the past few years we've seen this administration refuse to hold her accountable for her dismal record as secretary of state. so let's do something f

we'll also hear from important establishment republicans, chris christie, mitch mcconnell who has been reluctant supporter of donald trump and speaker of the house paul ryan, also a reluctant supporter of donald trump who has been critical of him even recently, as you can tell the excitement building in the hall, it will be up to those reps to try to -- republicans to pri this party together, a party which has been divided even coming up to the convention. >> ifill: we turn to the battle for the young voters-- an increasingly important demographic that both parties are relying on to win in november. lisa desjardins reports from cleveland on why millenial voters have proved so difficult for republicans to capture in recent years. >> reporter: their generation is poised to become a major political force. this year millennials, the group between 18 and 35 years old, make up about a third of all eligible voters. that's now the same percentage as baby boomers. a recent harvard institute of politics poll found young voters prefer presumptive democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton by

tonight we hear from prominent republicans, as we mentioned we have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell ryan, chris christie among others. what do you expect the tone? how do they shift things back to a positive narrative? >> what i'm looking forward is hearing about policy ideas. last night was a big focus on security but we never heard any steps about what donald trump was going to try to do differently than we've seen over the last seven and a half years and i wouldn't be surprised if we hear from house speaker paul ryan, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on what republicans are proposing in a republican white house and republican congress. this is going to be a politician's big night. you look at the totality of the convention speakers and there's so many that are outsiders. tonight 12 of the 19 evening speakers are republican politicians or operatives. so so much of this convention is about donald trump. tonight will be about the republican party, maybe the one night we hear from that. >> mark murray, great to see you. thanks so much for being here. sorry it's so loud in our s

mitch mcconnell said this about your remarks "the new york times." he said it was a rookie mistake and once you -- let me finish the comment here. it's a rookie mistake and proves that trump needs people like us around to help steer him in the right direction on some basic things. >> he's 100% wrong. okay? he's 100% wrong if he said that. i didn't hear him say -- >> he did say that. >> fine. if he said that, he's 100% wrong and frankly, it's sad. we have nato and we have many countries that aren't paying for what they are supposed to be paying, which is already too little but not paying anyway and we're giving them a free ride or a ride where they owe us tremendous amounts of money and have the money but they are not paying it. you know why? >> so is there -- estonia is paying. if they get invaded by russia, you're there? >> i feel differently. >> hasn't done the 2%. >> we have countries that aren't paying and this goes beyond nato because we take care of japan. we take care of germany and south korea and saudi arabia and we lose on everything. we lo

mitch mcconnell was on again. without going into detail, which your listeners will have to learn, in my book, without going, this thing was unreal ana i was come believe me when i tell you this, one of the only people in the senate pushing to air this dirty laundry. and if it was true, getting outy of the senate. and i came to grips with mitch mcconnell, who was very senior, powerful member of the ethics committee, soon to be chair of the ethics committee, and bob dole.e they attacked me as the biggest partisan.e. they did everything to stop me. we got rid of packwood because we pushed for these areas. the point behind the store is i never expected that would have been. then we had a horrible ha earthquake in california. the plan to make in the book is when you get someplace can when you're in politics you don't know what issues will be on your plate than what exactly. you also went through ben's work with me president, help them, bill clinton, barack obama, al gore at the site you are helping hillary clinton. >>

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. [applause] sen. mcconnell: ladies and gentlemen, i have been around a while. more than anybody should have to be. a couple years ago bill and hillary clinton out of my state, telling anybody who would listen. tonight i am here to return the favor. i am a patient man, and the young child of the south. i was struck with polio in forced to stay off my feet for two years. that experienced tautly and abiding gratitude for my parents. and it also taught me how to wait, which comes in handy when you are the leader of the u.s. senate. more than anything, my job has taught me the value of trust. how to distinguish between people who are interested to serve others, and those who are in it for themselves. i am here to tell you that hillary clinton will say anything, do anything, and be anything to get elected president. and we cannot allow it. american people are tired of hearing about the bounty of government while the cost of caring for a family or meeting daily expenses rose out of reach. the

senator mitch mcconnell who is the temporary chair is going to be speaking today. we will also hear today from donald trump jr. and that's important because donald trump has made it clear that his family is very close to him, not only from a personal point of view, but as advisors and we'll hear from the first of h eldest children today. >> all right. thank you so much for that and nbc news will have live coverage of the republican national convention. it begins tonight at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific right here on nbc. >> hillary clinton campaigned and spoke to the naacp. she was joined by ohio governor. she also launched a new trump attack ads and sat down with an interview use the opportunity to continue her attacks on trump. >> 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 appr

--dallas mitch mcconnell dallas mitch mcconnell speaking to new york one.is former bush communications director nicole wallace, she wrote an op-ed for today's new york times titled gop waits and waits for donald trump to grow up, it reads, party leaders have watched the last eight weeks of the truncated cb way you experience a chase scene in a dream or your and never move fast enough now run the three headed dragon on most dates. -- on rollerskates. mitch mcconnell seems to be exhibit a, listening to the wallace doctrine. nicole: it is intractable, everyone waiting for something that will never happen and donald trump is waiting for respect and he feels he is entitled to it for what is undeniably a massive political accomplishment after losing in wisconsin, he won every primary after that by massive margins. he thinks he can transform the republican party, leaders are not impressed. kim find cause to review every seven days and i wrote the piece before i saw that today john mccain review and for his position on waterboarding. -- review kim for his position

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speakers included dana white, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell and then carson. >> news we will be hearingabout. donald trump's wife, melania under a critical microscope after her speech. appears to plagiarize michelle obama speech at the democratic convention in 2008. here is a snippet. >> we were raised with so many of the same of values. like, you work hard for what you want in life. your word is your bond. you do it you say you are going to do. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and you do what you say you keep your promise. >> it goes on from there. we will send you online to see more of the similarities. the trump campaign responding a few minutes ago saying and writing her beautiful speech her team of writers took notes on her inspirations and some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking. her immigrant experience of love for america showed in her speech which made it a success. >> one of her inspirations is michelle obama. >> cameras installed along parts of highway for the east bay.

>> i think this is why what mitch mcconnell did is so smart. if they will turn over the 2 1/2 hour, 3 1/2 hour tape of hillary clinton's interview with the fbi, we will see whether she lied to the fbi and as my fellow panelist said, lying to the fbi is absolute a crime. martha stewart went to jail for core are up by james comey. deirdre: i don't know what likelihood. do you have any idea -- >> meantime, i don't think it is zero. in the meantime i think you will see her numbers for trustworthy and honesty, continue to drop in the polls. deirdre: this is political problem. >> considering how low they are until she agrees to turn over that transcript. deirdre: sara, basil, david, thank you all. love the spirited conversation. we are going to bring you live coverage tomorrow. this is just reminder on fox business, from capitol hill. fbi director james comey appearing before house lawmakers. explaining, if you like, his recommendation of no charges for hillary clinton in regards to her handling of sensitive emails. >>> quick check on how the markets

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similar to mitch mcconnell or paul ryan. >> will he say he is for him? >> pardon?will he say he for him. >> i don't know. what do you think? sandra: we have to leave it there, guys. much, much more coming up. all right, another round of demonstrations hitting the streets of cleveland after some tense moments yesterday. we'll take a live look at the situation on the ground right now. >>> and inside of the convention trump's vice-presidential pick, governor mike pence prepared to deliver his acceptance speech tonight. what does he need to say as he takes the stage on his own for the first time as trump's running mate. harris: we love cleveland. i work 'round the clock. i want my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily, long-acting insulin that lasts even longer than 24 hours. i want to trim my a1c. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® provides powerful a1c reduction. releases slow and steady. works like your body's insulin. when my schedule changes... i want something that delivers. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ i can take t

you have mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, kevin mccarthy, they are thinking about how do we keep our jobsou have christie, tiffany trump, his daughter speaking tonight, and don, jr., continuing the family effort, and dr. ben carson, and i think the gentleman, the ceo of trump winery speaking. you're looking at -- the theme is make america work again. we know presidential campaigns, the economy is almost always issue number one, and trump has the advantage on the economy at the moment over hillary clinton by eight points voters say trump does a better job. where is the person to make the policy case? the jobs case? i will create jobs, make the economy better case? >> well, look, it's not happened yet. maybe we're being unfair. it is technically a possibility that everybody comes on that stage tonight, and they are all on the same page reading from the same playbook driving a strong message about the economy, right? they've all got talking points about republican agenda for jobs and growth, and there is a strong case to be made as you said, voters tend to trust them on this issue, but as we

you mentioned mitch mcconnell. i want to listen to him.couple of weeks ago he said i'm glad he's using the teleprompter and staying on script because he doesn't know about the issues. you had paul ryan in the silicon valley this weekend trying to raise money essentially saying, forget about him. he is just the presidential nominee. doesn't matter what he says. give us money. we'll take care of you. mitch mcconnell saying, trump is getting a little better. >> my hope is that he is beginning to pivot and become what i would call a more serious and credible candidate for the highest office in the land. >> at the moment i hear you saying he doesn't meet the threshold. >> he's getting closer. getting closer. [ laughter ] >> i mean, there's often displeasure. there's often, okay, this is not the guy we wanted. the public criticism. mark roscoe, former governor of montana, says i'm hoping for better. >> i think sarah's point was important saying these republicans are feeling no pressure from voters in their states to line up behind donald trump.

mitch mcconnell was on it so without going into detail which your listeners will have to learn in mybook "the art of tough", this thing was unreal and believe me when i tell you, i was one of the only people in the senate pushing to air this dirty laundry and if it was true get him out of the senate and i came to grips with mitch mcconnell a very senior powerful member of the ethics committee. the attack me. they did everything and we got rid of packwood. the point behind the story is i never expected that would happen. and we had a four-point earthquake in california. the point i make in this book is when you're in politics you never know. the issues will be on your plate. let's go through it all you also went, worked with many presents and help them, bill clinton barack obama al gore. you are helping hillary clinton. >> guest: i sure am. >> host: i love the story a few going down during the recount to florida and taking on an issue. it was just one thing after another but one of the best ones was when you were running against carly fiorina. i'm on the committee with you and i see w

if mitch mcconnell says that, he's wrong. all i'm saying is they have to pay. now, a country gets invaded. they haven't paid. everyone said oh, but we have a treaty. they have a treaty, too. they are supposed to be paying. we have countries within nato taking advantage of us. with me, i believe they are going to pay and when they pay, i'm a big believer in nato. if they don't pay -- chuck, this isn't 40 years ago. this isn't 50 years ago. it's not 30 years ago. we're a different country today. we're much weaker. our military is depleted. we owe tremendous amounts of money. we have to be reimbursed. we can no longer be the stupid country. >>> when we come back, what donald trump says about david duke, bernie sanders and whether he really plans to spend millions for the sole purpose of defeating ted cruz and john kasich. >>> and later, i talk to bernie sanders about trump, and about his reaction to tim kaine becoming hillary clinton's running mate. we're in philadelphia, site of the democratic national convention. stay with us. ratic national convention. stay wit

finally tonight republican elected officials, mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell not in prime time in the 10:00 hour. there was some suggestion this perhaps paul ryan whose been ambivalent at best didn't want to be a full throated endorser tonight. but in fact i was told pretty authoritatively that it was the trump campaign that has taken charge of the 10:00 hour in particular and didn't want the highest elected official, republican official, the speaker of the house, didn't want him in that big 10:00 prime time network rollout. >> well last night joni erinst was scheduled to be in the big prime time hour, senator from iowa, terrific, she gave the response to the state of the union a few years ago. so clearly tom cotton, again -- >> she was after that 10:00 hour. >> because what we know is schedules slip. so, we'll see that at conventions. people are bothered that the fact that over the years conventions were too predictable. this is an exciting convention, lots of activity, and i think it was exciting day yesterday with a question about the rules. i was the platf

mitch mcconnell putting out a statement essentially stand wgt the khan family saying he does not agree with a policy that would ban an entire religion from the united states. i think there is a growing sense that this is going to be a pivotal point in the campaign and this is something that is going to have a little bit longer shelf life. we've seen trump make numerous comments many thought would sink his candidacy and didn't. this seems to be potentially in a different category. obviously we're gonna have to wait and see. but the clinton campaign certainly feeling as if there are many republicans on their side than donald trump. >> we'll see what happens in the days ahead. msnbc's casey hunt. thank you. let's bring in my panel. thank you for talking with us this afternoon. tom, let me start with you. today marks 100 days till election day. and instead of focusing on jobs or winning battle ground state, trump is in the middle of this latest controversy, having a fight with a gold star family. you're a republican strategist. how do you respond to this? >> well i think as katie pointed o

line up has political names like mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and mayor guiliani and ambassador john bolton. and vice-presidential candidate hike pence. and tv stars and military heroes and regular folks with their own stories to tell. above all, there will be trump, trump and more trump. every night at least one trump will speak. milana and don. and john and eric and ivanka. he has a big family and personal friends and all leading up to the moment. >> and who will be be here are is who will not. >> the media will point out where are the bushes and romney and connedi rice and all of the candidates? >> some of the folks that are in cycle and not going to convention. >> priebus is not concerned. >> it is not uncommon for that to happen. i understand more of it now. but in the end it will work out fine. >> donald trump said it will not be be a boring convention like in the past, but isn't what he calls boring a good thing from your perspective as the republican chairman? >> yes, we tend to not like drama. but i do agree with him, people want more entertainment and more fun. >> if a conv

how many of you all would hike to see more leaders stand up to john boehner and mitch mcconnell? [applause] i want to point out to folks here, you are seeing and you saw last night, why so few elected leaders do. because any type you stand up to mitch mcconnell or john boehner, leadership screams, support the team, you are a republican, we are your leadership, sit down, shut up and support the team. if that's the price, i he ain't going to do it. i am going to honor the commitment i made to the voters instead. >> thank you for putting your hat in the ring. if you were asked to give a piece of advice to our nominee, donald trump. what would you tell him to woo and draw and attract the conscience, the principles, the hard constitutionalists to join and rally around his banner? >> i think that's a fabulous question. i'll tell you that's what i he defended to do in he word of that speech last night. you want to know another way the look at the speech in an outline to donald trump and their campaign, this is how you win. i was up last night on twitter reading through different article

mitch mcconnell was on it. without going into detail, which your listeners will have to learn from my book, but this thing was unreal. believe me when i tell you this, i was one of the only people in the senate pushing to air this dirty laundry, if it was true, get him out of the senate. i came to grips with mitch mcconnell who was very senior, powerful, member of the ethics committee, soon to be chair of the ethics committee, and bob dole, who attacked me as the biggest partisan and did everything to stop me. they got rid of pack wood because we pushed for these hearings. the point behind the story is i never expected that would happen. then we had a horrible earthquake in california. so the point i make in this book is when you get some place, when you are in politics you never know what issues will be on your plate. >> and you, i think through it all, went through the work of many presidents and helped them. bill clinton, barack obama, al gore. you are helping hillary clinton. >> guest: i sure am. >> host: i

if mitch mcconnell says that, he's wrong. all i'm saying is they have to pay. now, a country gets invaded. they haven't paid. everyone said oh, but we have a treaty. they have a treaty, too. they are supposed to be paying. we have countries within nato taking advantage of us. with me, i believe they are going to pay and when they pay, i'm a big believer in nato. if they don't pay -- chuck, this isn't 40 years ago. this isn't 50 years ago. it's not 30 years ago. we're a different country today. we're much weaker. our military is depleted. we owe tremendous amounts of money. we have to be reimbursed. we can no longer be the stupid country. >>> when we come back, what donald trump says about david duke, bernie sanders and whether he really plans to spend millions for the sole purpose of defeating ted cruz and john kasich. >>> and later, i talk to bernie sanders about trump, and about his reaction to tim kaine becoming hillary clinton's running mate. we're in philadelphia, site of the democratic national convention. stay with us. ratic national convention. stay wit

mitch mcconnell mentioned him perhaps five times in the context you described. ll ratify what we did. we're going to set the agenda not necessarily true if he's president. >> mcconnell's speech trump will have a black pen, not a red pen. we'll see how it plays out. there is division in the room about donald trump. again, his people say we won fair and square get over it. help us win in november. one of their main arguments, and this does unify the room. maybe you have reservations about donald trump. chris christie led the prosecution last night. the witness, hillary clinton. >> time after time after time the facts and just the facts. lead you to the same verdict, both around the world and here at home. in libya and nigeria, guilty. in china and syria. >> guilty. >> in iran and russia and cuba. >> guilty. >> and here at home for risking america's secrets to keep her own and lying to cover it all up. >> guilty. >> as head of a foundation you accepted tens of millions of dollars from foreign countries who enslaved women. and who treat them as second class citizens.

the day i was forced foreign was the day president .bama took office kentucky republicans like mitch mcconnell and rand paul likely in says that is all president obama's fault, that he went back in space and time to the decline of the industry, but the real blame relies on mountaintop removal. it allowed them to replace the majority of their workforce with heavy equipment. removal has mountaintop cost thousands of kentuckians their jobs, but has made contributions to our status as one of the unhealthiest states in the union. health disparities exist in the coal mining regions of appellation compared with other parts of the region and nation, including elevated death rates. the people who live close to mountaintop removal sites are dying sooner than they should. birth defects or higher. this is due not just to toxic chemicals that permeate groundwater, including mercury, lead, arsenic, and plenty of things most of us could not pronounce, but the air around the site is of the dirty's in the nation and beautiful natural kentucky has the highest rates of lung cancer in the nation with epidemic rat

khan that mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and all would-be good republicans and democrats and americans stand up. we can't afford to be silent onlookers on this issue. it was wrong. it was dead wrong. and it cannot be tolerated and accepted. >> luciana, building on what both rick and joe said there, as we look at this idea of the khan family being that idea of intersectionality in our country, representing so many different things to us. just earlier today on "meet the press" for instance, mr. khan saying i'm a lover of both parties. i reached out to the leadership in the republican party. i'm also going to be critical of those who are not understanding necessarily who i am, who my son was. the lack of empathy that rick was talking about, and also the question of can he respond? i want you to put those two together. he's basically saying i am responding to this complexity. is he responding? >> i think what donald trump maybe isn't realizing is the intersectionality of his own voters. so we talk about them as white, working class people who are not college educated in a number of more ru