mr. mcconnell: mr. president, one thing my good friend, the democratic leader, always used to remind me when he was the majority leader is that the majority leader always gets the last word, so i'll take advantage of that tonight. for any people who may still be watching c-span 2 at this late hour, let me add that the democratic party ought to be renamed the dysfunction party. when they were in the majority, they didn't function, and when they are in the minority, they don't function. so let's just take a look at the last couple of weeks. the zika milcon bill goes through here with every democrat supporting it, and then all of a sudden they don't like it. the cara bill goes through here with not a single democrat opposing it, and they refuse to sign the conference report. and now what the democratic leader is saying is the republican senate needs to guarantee what the democratic house will do as a condition for passing a bill through the senate that every single democrat on the appropriations committee

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today the city of dallas will hold a memorial service in honor of the five police officers slain in the senseless shooting during last week's peaceful protest. the victims who are, like law enforcement officers in each of our communities, willingly put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe. their loss is a tragic reminder of the courage and selflessness they possess. just as it is a reminder of the burden their families bear on our behalf, today we remember each of them. i know i speak for the entire senate in saying our hearts are with the families and friends of each of these victims, the others wounded, the entire law enforcement community, and the city of dallas. our nation experienced a great deal of suffering and heartbreak last week. we must come together now to overcome these tragedies and allow healing to prevail. mr. president, on an entirely different matter, angie was a beautiful girl with a

mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i sck ask that the chair lay before the senate the conference report to accompany h.r. 2577. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r. 2577, an act making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the conference report to accompany h.r. 2577, an act making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i understand there is a bill at the desk dow a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 1270, a understand act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the patient protection and affordable care act and so forth. mr. mcconnell: in order place the bill on the calendar under the provides of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: well, madam president, we've recently made progress on the issues of importance to the american people. we've also seen some very regrettable decisions from our colleagues across the aisle. this week offers the opportunity for all of us and for our co

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i move to disagree in the amendment of the house, agree to the request from the house for a conference and appoint the following conferees: senators mccain, inhofe, sessions, wicker, ayotte, fisher, cotton, rounds, ernst, tillis, sullivan, lee, graham, cruz, reed, nelson, mccaskill, manchin, shaheen, hirono, kaine, king, and i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nothings disagree in the house amendment, agree to the request for a -- the house for a conference and the appointing of the following conferees: senators -- mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconne

mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, last week's passage of a responsible bipartisan legislation on puerto rico shows what's possible when we keep our focus on serious solutions. that's where we should keep our focus again during the coming work period. we knew that doing nothing was not an option on puerto rico so senators of both parties worked to pass responsible legislation to help the puerto rican people and prevent a taxpayer bailout. we also knew that doing nothing was not an option on zika yet democrats blocked over a billion dollars in new funding for women's health and pregnant mothers as well as record funding levels for veterans. as i said before, the senate will revisit this important issue over the current work period. we'll give democrats another opportunity to end their filibuster of funding that's critical to controlling zika and supporting our veterans. we'll also address other important issues. senators will have the opportunity to support proposals designed to help keep americans safer in t

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: this evening, both sides will have an opportunity to take the next step and begin debate on the fiscal 2017 defense appropriations bill. president obama's announcement yesterday about our troops in afghanistan only underscores the senate's need to take up and pass the defense appropriations bill right now. although i support a high level of force to train and equip the afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations, the president's announcement reminds us of the need for this bill. the president made a commitment to our allies and senate democrats must join us in meeting our commitment to the force. the training to prepare forces for deployment to afghanistan, the weapons that will carry the spare parts and fuel consumed in training and operations and the ammunition needed to execute their missions, not to mention their basic pay, is funded through this bill. our all-volunteer force does not shrink from this commitment, and this senate shouldn't fail our duty to provi

mr. mcconnell: i believe everybody has objected. if not, i object. the presiding officer: objections heard in duplicate. the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: every now and chance we have -- to support a bipartisan issue that tackles a tough issue in the face of stiff opposition. the biotechnology bill before us today is such legislation and i come to the floor to speak in support of its passage. this measure will avoid a patchwork of state labeling regulations and in doing so will save families thousands of dollars a year, protect american jobs and provide consumers with accurate, transparent information about their food. this bipartisan solution is the product of the hard work of ag committee chairman pat roberts and ranking member debbie stab

mr. mcconnell hopes to hold onto his seat. also paul ryan, the speaker, will be talking to the delegates. governor chris christie, republican from new jersey, early endorser of donald trump, and a longtime advisor to him, will be speaking tonight. also, two of donald trump's children. trump, the daughter of marla maples, and donald trump junior, the son of ivana trump, will be speaking to the session. finally, dr. ben carson, a onetime gop aspirational himself, will be giving an address. it is about 10 minutes before the devil comes down.we will be looking -- before the gavel comes down. ♪ ♪

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of calendar number 592, that there be 15 minutes for debate only on the nomination equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of time, the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate. that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate then resume legislative session without any intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. a senator: mr. president? plr the clerk will report. the clerk: library of congress, carlin d. haden of maryland to be librarian. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i rise in support of the nomination of dr. carl haden to be head of the library of congress. president obama no

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference trouter accompany s. 524. i further ask that following the cloture vote, the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany h.r. 636, the f.a.a. bill, that the majority leader or his designee be recognized to make a motion to concur in the house amendments to the senate amendments and that the time until 1:45 be equally divided between the leaders or their designees. i ask that following the use or yealgd back of time, the senate vote on the motion to concur in the house amendments to the senate amendments with sno intervening action or debate, that all time akeeted for consideration of h.r. 636 count postcloture on s. 524 if cloture is invoked. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so for the information of all senators, the cloture v

mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, it is hard to understand why our democratic friends continue to filibuster the funding needed to fight zika. we've already shown the reality behind various claims and half-truths about the compromise anti-zika conference report. the idea that it would underfund zika, the idea that it would prohibit funding or deny access for birth control, the idea that it would actually weaken clean water protections, the idea that it's offsets don't have any bipartisan support, the thighed it would cut funding for veterans -- we've shown all of these claims just don't stand up to scrutiny. despite all this, democrats now say they'll accept a zika bill if it limits health care funding in the territories that need it most and drops critical funding for our veterans and even restricts the ability to kill mosquitoes. those apparently their position. my friend, the democratic leader, warns that these mosquitoes are vicious, awful, and ravaging. he's just not all that interested in killing them

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. connell: today the queen of england will ask teresa may to become the united kingdom's next prime minister. the british have remained with us through the toughest times and remained an ally. david cameron, to whom we also send warm regards today. it was true under the preceding labour government governments a. we have ever expectation it will be true under her leadership as well. what i hear is she tough, savvy and seeks to have a strong party in the future. let me wish her the best in the days to come. today the republican-led senate will have two opportunities to make a difference for the american people by passing the comprehensive addiction and recovery act conference report and the bipartisan, bicameral aviation agreement. both bills are the results of months of hard work from colleagues on both sides. were continued cooperation, we can move these measures across the finish line now. the cara conference report is a comprehensive legislative response to the prescription opioid and

mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the next two votes be ten minutes in length. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from new hampshire. could we have order. the senate will be in order. the senator from new hampshire. a senator: mr. president, i have a motion to instruct which is at the desk and i ask for its

mr. mcconnell. he refused to pass it. we elect the clinton-tim kaine ticket. but mitch mcconnell well no longer be majority leader. he will be elected to a two-year term. virginia gives the state of kentucky the entire south hope that democrats can get elected as you heard susan mentioned just one of a handful of meaning statewide elected women in the south and the youngest female secretary of state in the nation. virginia give a history of electing great democratic governors. and my question before you this morning are your 12 votes going to go towards that. the nation is watching. they will see what will happen. they watched with baited breath what happened in 2014. your governor is someone who i hold dear as a friend i am so proud especially as the chief election official of the work that he has done to stand up for voting rights for all americans. i told him i was going to bring him some pens that he could sign in view each and every one of those voting orders. and listen, he has grown the economy and infrastructure like never before we are here this morni

mr. mcconnell: the democratic leader has been leading a partisan filibuster of the anti-zika funding for over a week said this about anti-zika funding yesterday. quote, there's no excuse for inaction and partisanship. we can't afford to waste another day, a week, another month. maybe democrats are finally ready to end their partisan attack on women's health. i certainly hope so and as i've said many times before, they'll have that opportunity soon. now, on a different matter, mr. president, far too many americans know the toll that prescription opioid and heroin epidemic is taking on our families, our communities, and each of our states. antidrug groups certainly know the toll this crisis is taking. nearly 200 groups dealing with the crisis in their communities call for action in a letter to congress just this week. they wrote to endorse the conference report for the comprehensive addiction and recovery act. let me share what they wrote. we commend the conferees for the final bill and are calling on congress for quick action to send this to the president's desk for signature. this report

mr. mcconnell complained that he doesn't know the issues, but paul ryan criticized him only a day after endorsing him. on tuesday mr. ryan warned mr. tran -- trumps campaign but after cleaned up after his twitter account posted and later changed an image of hillary pointedalong with a six -- six turkey by many pointed star interpreted by many . as the star of david. republicans only for the next five minutes or so, how can donald trump unify the party? bedford, massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. my suggestion to mr. trump you go in there and tell them, look, i have my views, you have yours. you have every right to have your views. i am running for president, the people have voted for me, they didn't vote for you. the way the senate and house is supposed to work is that the house makes its proposals, and and theident negotiations should occur at that time. if mr. trump goes in there and starts compromising right now, he will lose the election. if i were mr. trump, i would send -- i would say, i am running on my beliefs. if people are voting for me, and i hope you would do the same.

mr. kahn challenging mitch mcconnell, challenging, you know, paul ryan to repudiate donald trump. we've reached out to see if they would join us. but it doesn't seem as though, except for senator jeff sessions earlier today, there is much of a defense coming from republican leadership right now. >> yes, the silence is deafening. i happen to like both senator mitch mcconnell and speaker paul ryan. but i believe this is a perfect example of why they are going to be haunted for years to come by the trump candidacy. trump just can't help himself. precisely as ron brownstein has just described. this was pointless. he should simply have said i salute captain kahn. he is a hero. i will have no further comment. you can't win an argument with a gold star family. but donald trump doesn't understand that. instinctively, he cannot understand that. and fred, i simply have to add this. i'm at the university of virginia. i've been here for 46 years. we are very proud of captain kahn. there is an award named for him here. >> hi attended at uva? >> he attended the university of virginia. he's a gr

mr. trump reporting in, senator mcconnell and mr. on the party working inether and being unified how we expect to have a republican president and republican congress working together in 2017. those are the main messages of the night. i will open up for questions in a few minutes. of the about fragments speech being used -- would you acknowledge that mistakes were made and you reviewed the speech and will anyone be fired? thinkst of all, we melania trump's speech was a great speech. it talked about her coming to america, about the story that vocus is on immigration and the right way to do it, her love of country, the love of her husband and how it developed and family and family values. these are themes that are personal to her and personal to a lot of people depending on the lives. obviously feels similar sentiments toward her family. the fact that the speech itself is being focused on -- somebody words says there were 50 -- it's totally ignoring the fact of the speech itself. it was a poignant speech and well-received. we do not bel

mr. trump and senator mcconnell and speaker ryan, we'll focus on the party working together and running togethereing unified. and how we expect to have a republican president and a republican congress working together in january of 2017. so those are the main messages of the night. bills highlighted, we'll open up for any questions in a few minutes. >> paul, i saw in the campaign statement about melania's speech, fragments used. and i'm hoping you can clarify. will you acknowledge that mistakes were made on the speech? did you personally review the speech, and will anyone be fired? >> well, i'm not acknowledging anyone -- there's a few questions in there. first of all, we think that melania trump's speech was a great speech. it talked about her coming to america. it talked about the story that is focusing on immigration and the right way to do it. and it talks about her love of the country and how it developed and her love of her husband and how it developed. and family and the family values. these are themes that are personal to her and personal to a lot of people, depending on the stories of t

mr. trump , senator mcconnell, and speaker ryan, focusing on the party working and running together, being unified. we expect to have a republican president and a republican congress working together in 2017. so, those are the main messages of the night. i will open it up for any questions for a few minutes. >> [inaudible] will you acknowledge that mistakes were made in the speech? that you personally reviewed it? will anyone be fired? >> first of all, we think that speech wasmp's s great. it talked about her coming to america. the story focuses on immigration and the right way to do it. it talks about her love of the country and how it developed, her love for her husband and how it developed, and family, the family values. these are themes that are personal to her, but are personal to a lot of people depending on the stories of their lives. obviously michelle obama feels very much similar sentiments towards her family. the fact that the speech itself is being focused on, someone at cbs told me today it was 50 words, including and, the, things like that, ignoring the fact of the speech its

mr. 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

mr. trump who then when the remote is over he introduces senator mcconnell. acrobat they are joined on the stage by a group of senators, 10 senators. then from the freshman class i should have said. then paul ryan, kevin mccarth mccarthy. these messages are now centering on economic growth and -- can't even talk anymore. specific come easy to say, like energy, those kinds of issues. that goes to tiffany trump, then there's some entertainment. donald trump is in the 10:00, donald trump junior is in the 10:00 hour your then shelley moore capito does remarks taking on mrs. clinton. dr. carson speaks in the 10:00 hour and then i call your attention to kimberli kimberly . she's an avocado farmer from california, and when people say just who is it that is voting for mr. trump, she's a good person to get a story on a. that's kind of the night. >> talk a little more about the things that tonight and we will open up for questions or actually some of the business as well. this afternoon at around 7:30 p.m. will be the culmination of a wonder campaign i mr. trump, campa

mr. trump's senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker paul ryan.le absences including george h.w.dents bush and george w. bush and the most recent nominees, john mccain and mitt romney. phil mickelson has become the 26th player in major championship history to shoot 63 and he had reason to be disappointed. putt --oot birdie 16-foot birdie putt road the edge of the cup without dropping. as a small consolation, mickelso n will have to settle for the course record. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. thanks, and, backing out to donald trump's search for a running mate. it is winding down as reports point to indiana governor mike pence as his choice. the former congressman could help trump boost his standing with social conservatives. for more on where things stand, let's go to mark halperin, who is in cleveland. what is the latest on the vp pick? mark h.: several news organizations are reporting definitively that it is going to a coupleand repu

mcconnell. trump is questioning mrs. khan's silence in an interview this morning. >> she was very emotional and probably looked like a nice guy to me. his wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say, you tell me. plenty of people have written that. >> mr. khan told "the washington post" trump's comment about his wife is quote typical of a person without a soul. new reaction from hillary clinton after being nominated a few days ago. >> the kind of inflammatory answers that trump provides, blame immigrants, blame women, blame somebody is attractive in the first instance to people looking for answers but what i'm counting on and believe, he's offered nothing to help people. >> katy tur is following the trump campaign and joins me now. what more is the campaign saying about this scuffle with the khan family? >> had donald trump tweet this morning saying that mr. khan's son was a war hero but this is really about radical islami

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the "journal" says during mitch mcconnell's speech he mentioned trump five times, but mentioned mrs. clinton more than a dozen times. >> as we saw from ted cruz's speech on wednesday night, this remains a very divided party. republican leaders in congress are very cool toward donald trump. so yes, bashing hillary clinton is the bonding agent that the republican party has right now. that's why he leaned very heavily on that, but, again, donald trump needs more voters than the people that the he got in the primaries, the people he has with him. and it's not clear he's going to be able to do that. we're going to have the watch the reaction in the polls. hillary clinton begins to have her say in the next couple of days. expect her to announce a running mate today or tomorrow. >> i wonder on that point if she'll announce it today earlier in the day if she gets good remarks for his speech to take the news cycle away. is there any strategy there with that announcement. >> we are aides were saying they were going to watch the reaction to the speech and see how wickly they wanted to jump into

mr. trump made to "the new york times" about nato seeming to condition support for allies. even mitch mcconnells a mistake. was it? >> it wasn't. the member of nato have a shared responsibility. burden-sharing. the united states is supportive of nato and continues to be. so is mr. trump. mr. trump is saying it's a two-way obligation. everybody has to carry their own weight. it's calling the reality what sit. it's not a radical thought. you have weak leadership, you don't enforce obligations and responsibilities, things continue to deteriorate. that's causing the problems we have in europe today and in the of the united states has become insignificant and people don't care what the president of the united states says anymore. that's not tolerable. where there's weak ps, there's chaos. and with a weak president, we have a chaotic world. donald trump will come in, provide strong leadership. his positions will be clear. with that clarity is going to come a safer world. >> e we heard robby mook this morning, the clinton campaign director, say russia was behind the release of the dnc e-mails, suggest

mr. khan has asked speaker ryan, majority leader mcconnell to denounce donald trump.publican leaders to take a stand on the comments from trump. >> right. i think this is going to be a gut check moment for the republican party. as we saw with the controversy regarding judge curiel, the mexican-american judge. donald trump said he wasn't qualified to deal with the trump university case because of his mexican-american heritage. i suspect this will do the same. now, donald trump i think it is worth pointing out did release that late night statement calling khan a hero. but it just begs the question, why did he not do that from the beginning. we're be talking to khazr khan at about 9:00 this morning on state of the union. >> looking forward to it. jim acosta, thank you so much. >> you bet. >>> hillary clinton's running mate tim kaine on state of the union 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> a former member of the bernie sanders team is speaking out about alleged racism she says she faced with venue staff while on the road campaigning for the senator. in an interview,

mr. speaker? how much more blood, senate leader mcconnell? 20 first graders laying dead in newtown, between 6 and 7, is that not enough blood? nine souls in mother emanuel. they deserve more than a flag to come down. they need gun laws to come up. how much more blood? 49 souls in orlando. blood in temples. 11 times the president has had to be pastor in chief as opposed to president in chief. and now, five officers of the law who were actually performing their jobs well and right. how much more blood will it take for leaders in this congress to say no to the nra and stop the proliferation of guns and strengthen our gun laws and strengthen background checks and declare no fly no buy? how much more blood? i come by as a lowly preacher to tell you the blood is crying from the ground. the blood is crying from the schoolhouse, the blood is crying from the church, the blood is crying. how much more blood will be necessary to scare us to life? god help us if this congress hasn't seen enough blood. >> the chair of the house democratic caucus, chairman

mr. trump's aware of that. but beating up on mark kirk who is an embattled republican in illinois, very difficult uphill race and, judy, i mean, where was mitch mcconnelle republican senate leader to stand up and say, wait a minute, you're not going to come in here, mr. trump, i don't care if you are the presidential nominee and attack and belittle and demean the senators whose support you're supposedly seeking. there is a lack of courage and common decency in the republicans, it seems to me, right now. >> woodruff: meantime, david, the democratic nominee to be as you pointed out had her own bad news this week. as you may have seen, i interviewed her a short time ago for the program and asked her about f.b.i. director jim comey's conclusion that, no, there weren't going to be criminal charges brought but that she and the people around her had been extremely careless in the way they handled confidential information. she said that is not the case, that that's wrong, but, you know, whichever way you look at that, what are we to make of this investigation, of its conclusion? where does it leave her as the presumpt nominee? >> i agree with both sides of com

mr. speaker? how much more blood, senate leader mcconnell? 20 first graders laying dead in newtown, between 6 and 7, is that not under blood? nine souls in mother emanuel. they deserve more than a flag to come down. they need gun laws to come up. how much more blood? 49 souls in orlando. blood in temples. 11 times the president has had to be pastor in chief as opposed to president in chief. and now, five officers of the law who were actually performing their jobs well and right. how much more blood will it take for leaders in this congress to say no to the nra and stop the proliferation of guns and strengthen our gun laws and strengthen background checks and declare no fly no buy? how much more blood? i come as a preacher to tell you the blood is crying from the ground. the blood is crying from the schoolhouse, the blood is crying from the church, the blood is crying. how much more blood will be necessary to scare us to life? god help us. if this congress hasn't seen enough blood.if this congress h enough blood. if this congress hasn't seen e

mr. speaker? how much more blood, senate leader mcconnell? 20, first graders laying dead in newtown. between six and seven. is that not enough blood? nine souls and mother emanuel. they deserve more than a flag to come down. they need gun laws to come up. how much more blood? 49 souls in orlando. blood in temple. 11 times the president has had to be pastor in chief as opposed to president and chief. and now five officers of the law who were actually performing their jobs. how much more blood? will it take for leaders in this congress to say no to the nrk and stop the proliferation of guns and strengthen our gun laws and strengthen background checks and declare no fly not by. how much more blood? i come by to tell you the blood is crying from the ground. the blood is crying from the schoolhouse. the blood is crying from the church. the blood is crying. how much more blood will be necessary to scare us to life? god, tell us. if this congress hasn't seen enough blood. [cheers and applause] >> how about that reverend barbara? [cheers and applause] you know, it's a pretty warm day but i t

mrs. trump's speech was partly written by a trump organization confidant. here was msnbc contributor and "washington post" reporter robert costa last night. >> what we've confirmed is that two bush speech writers, john mcconnell and matt scully were commissioned to contribute some kind of passage and theme to melania trump's speech. their draft was scrapped. she ended up working mostly with meredith macgyver a longtime trump organization employee, a loyalist to the trump family. >> a ballet person. >> someone who has done ballet. also a ghost writer for trump. someone who helps trump with public speeches and books. >> nbc's tracie potts joins us from cleveland. good morning, we're halfway through the gop convention. have they moved the ball at all in pushing their message of party unity and what can we expect today? >> well, dara, there were a couple of messages. they wanted to get across the message of party unity. not so clear how that's going. they did get this nomination done but not without some trouble over the last couple of days. the other message is portraying donald trump as not just a smart guy, a smart businessman, but someone who is more down to earth, who is compassionate, who can understand the

mrs. obama. no harm was meant." according to the new york times, the path to plagiarism began innocently enough with jared kushner, the husband of trump's daughter ivanka. kushner commissioned speechwriters matthew scully and john mcconnell to come up with a draft. they sent it to melania last month, but heard nothing back. without telling them she discarded most of the draft and turned to mciver. on monday she delivered mciver's rewritten speech without informing campaign staffers of the changes == or apparently recognizing the word for word plagiarism. that your word is your bond that your word is your bond >> reporter:mciver says she offered to resign but that donald trump told her it was an innocent mistake and she should learn from it. as for melania trump, the last we saw of her, she was being hustled out of trump tower yesterday afternoon. donald trump was reportedly furious at the plagiarism, and at the news coverage. today he tweeted that the media is spending more time analyzing her speech than the f=b=i did on hillary clinton's emails. >> grant: put the ball closure because of a vehicle and until the west oakland station. no service in either direction between san francisco east bank. the trend into shotgun ri

mr. trump's best speech of the presidential cycle, candidly. >> i think you get the idea, candidly. the supreme court, threw out the corruption conviction of bob mcdonnell. mcconnell'sry convictions tossed. terry mcauliffe is the current governor of virginia. on a scale of 1 to 10, naming the wrong guy, that's 11. the editor has apologized for an embarrassing editor. >>> gay talese is disavowing his own book. "the voyeur's motel" relies heavily on the owner of a colorado hotel who says he secretly spied on guests for decades. that owner insists his tales are trues, but after property records showed an eight-year period where he didn't own the hotel, the 84-year-old talese is calling hymn certifiably unreliable and dishonorable. he said later that he's not totally disavowing the book. must have been some heated phone calls there with the publisher. that is it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz. we hope you like us on our facebook page, become part of the conversation. you can talk at me on twitter @howardkurtz or write to us, mediabuzz@foxnews.com. we're back here next sunday. you know where to find us with the latest buzz. >>> the clinton campaign in

in this case it's quite embarrassing for mitch mcconnell, but what you see is sarah palin, and again, it does make sense for mr. trump to deploy her, because she's rating crack just like he is. we're talking about them both. sarah palin is a politician who became a reality star. donald trump is a reality star who has become a politician. it's easy to see why it's embarrassing for senator mcconnell. at the same time he needs all the support he can get. it's just that pivoting did not get trump the nomination. >> i want to play you one more little piece. it does seem that donald trump and sarah palin are kind of the same candidate, i've said they might be the same person. they both speak about the republican establishment the way the base probably does at home. here is the thing. the part of the party that donald trump needs, he's got the sarah palin wing, he needs the mike lee wing of the party. >> right. >> i want you to listen to mike lee talking about whether he would ever be on the ticket with donald trump and going off on him. this is on news max. take a listen. >> we can get into the fact that he accused

mrs. obama. no harm was meant." according to the new york times, the path to plagiarism began innocently enough with jared kushner, the husband of trump's daughter ivanka. kushner commissioned speechwriters matthew scully and john mcconnell to come up with a draft. they sent it to melania last month, but heard nothing back. without telling them she discarded most of the draft and turned to mciver. on monday she delivered mciver's rewritten speech without informing campaign staffers of the changes == or apparently recognizing the word for word plagiarism. that your word is your bond that your word is your bond mciver says she offered to resign but that donald trump told her it was an innocent mistake and she should learn from it. trump himself complained on twitter that the media is spending more time on her speech than f=b=i did on hillary clinton's emails. on the plus side he said her speech got more publicity than, quote 'any in the history of politics." the woman at the center of the controversy is a 65 year old native of san jose. meredith mciver is a former ballet dancer and has worked for trump since 2001. she is a registered democrat. we've got all you need to know on the republican national convention on our webs

mr. earnest: i don't have any possible updates at this point. the white house is committed to working with speaker ryan and a leader mcconnell to try and get tpp ratified. our acknowledged that ability to succeed in that effort is going to require working in a bipartisan fashion. i don't just mean the democratic president working with republican leaders in the house and senate. i also mean republican leaders have to coordinate with not just the members of the republican conference, but with democrats on capitol hill to build a bipartisan majority necessary to ratified tpp. the president also believes strongly that congress should ratify tpp as soon as possible. he believes that it includes significant benefits for the american economy, workers, and businesses. this is an agreement that includes the highest ever standard as it relates to the environment and labor conditions, human rights, protecting intellectual property. what is notable is that those higher standards are enforceable right inside the agreement. the president believes this is an effective strategy. thejust in terms of for u.s. economy but in terms of countering the growing influence of c

mr. trump's family members, and it is also a politician night if you will. don't happen for a couple weeks so we might see some balance beam competition with paul ryan and mitch mcconnellcertainly, they wanted to promote the republican brand but neither one of them has been head over heels about mr. trump himself. they will carry out that competition on national television in front of the delegates there. host: there will be presiding officers over a couple of presentations. what are you hearing about possible more disruptions from the delegates who have been wanting to vote their conscience or wanting to change the rules going forward? what is the latest? frankly, mostly what you hear are rumors. could some of those come true? people walking out, people doing this, that, the ohio delegation -- ohio is the one state that john kasich won. they are voting for governor kasich on the first ballot. that was -- mr. trump will prevail. some thought there might be some , butto vote by acclamation i don't know if the never trump movement -- there are certainly lots of hard feelings after yesterday, dealing with the desire for a rollcall vote. former senator gordon humphrey from

mcconnell now. there seems to be a rift already just three days after he accepts the nomination. we're going to tell you what's behind all of this. ♪ mringalls, he's not studying over here! he's streaming my games. you can't get away with that. whoo! oh, don't worry about it. they can't hear me, i'm just in your head. (announcer vo) however you use your data, verizon's got good news. no surprise overages. and keep the data you pay for. now america's best network is also the best value, too. switch to verizon now and get up to $650 to cover your costs. only on verizon. soon, she'll type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. get back to great. all hp ink buy one get one fifty percent off. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. >>> half past the hour right now on a sunday morning. we're so grateful for your company i'm christie paul. >> starting with trump going after mitch mcconnell calling the senate majority leader 100% wrong for saying trump made a rookie mistake in questioning nato. and the mother of ambassador chris stevens wants donald trump to stop using her son's death as part of her campaign, writing

and a senator with mitch mcconnell, governor chris christie who wanted the job and ben carson and shelley capito, as well. >> interesting night and the next day hearing from mrrsday mr. trump himself. >> hey, thanks, michelle. good luck tonight. see you more tonight. america, thank you for watching "power lunch." we mean that. >> yes, indeed. "closing bell" starts right now. >>> hi, everybody. welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans at new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth. netflix, shares sinking as the streaming giant saw a major slowdown in subscriber growth in the most recent quarter. that being the second quarter. largely attributed to price increases for some users. so we're asking, has netflix lost the pricing power? we have both sides of the story coming up. >>> donald trump taking a page out of the warren playbook, perhaps. the presumptive republican nominee says the campaign

mr. khan appeared on the last word last night to share what he said was the other half of his speech. he addressed it directly to house speaker paul ryan and senate leader mitch mcconnello much at stake and i appeal to both of these leaders. this is the time -- there comes a time in the history of a nation where an ethical moral stand has to be taken regardless of the political cost. the only reason they're not repudiating his behavior, his threat to democracy, our decency, our foundation, is just because of political consequences. >> powerful stuff. joining me now is dean owing dal dalla, malcolm nance and heidi harris, host of the heidi harris show. heidi, i'm going to go to you first on this. if people didn't see khizr khan, both his speech at the dnc and this interview with lawrence, i highly recommend they do it, particularly republicans because ur partyas tried to own this notion of love of country in election after election after election. i want to play the key moment in mr. khan's speech at the dnc and after that the part that he talked -- let's start with the key moment where he talked about sacrifice. >> have you ever been to arlington cemetery? go look at t

mr. pence at the capital grill, you know, if i asked you to be the guy, would you do it. he said, in a heartbeat. >> mitch mcconnell really likes him and said it was a good idea. so did paul ryan. if everyone likes him in washington, i'm imagining when trump sits down with him and all of his kids, he says, gosh, this is a great family man. he needed that. trump is known for speaking his mind. >> oh, really? >> that is not mike pence at all. mike pence is humble. when he went back to indiana last night, they had pizza night at the governor's mansion. he thanked everyone. he said, this has been such an overwhelming experience. he had tears in his eye. in the beginning trump was saying i don't know if i should do it. by the end he was pinching himself saying i really want to do it. there were thoughts and then tweets. the bottom line, i laugh at the critics. when joe biden gets picked for 48-year-old barack obama, so experienced and smart guy. you have an experienced guy, boring. you don't need exciting. you already have exciting. >> they bring different things to the table. >> at least they acknowledge that. >> the b