by the taxpayer he is appearing in that video with the western wall in the background the old city of jerusalem he mentions being in the old city of jerusalem he mentions that don't trump transfer the united states embassy from tel beat to jerusalem it mentions the recent deal with the united arab emirates he took so bad the very same type of diplomatic mission that he is on at taxpayer expense when he's doing that video there's no way that's a personal capacity. what do you expect will happen. well i am going to later on today file a complaint with the office of special counsel against trick pump a 0 or what professor klare frankenstein at the university pennsylvania she's going to john mann that's one point we plan to file that when there are a few hours there are other complaints but as well the democrats in the house oversight committee believe that the house of representatives or the conduct an investigation themselves. this is a very very serious situation we have never had a sector slate get involved in partisan politics in any capacity much less while on a diplomatic mission overseas al

the old city of jerusalem, to win an election for the president. this is a violation, very clearly. happened? we filed a explain. i received a notice from the office of special counsel that they're investigating it. all they can do is conclude there is a violation. the president has to make a decision. is he going to tolerate violations like this? apparently donald trump has made that decision. he not only tolerates them. he encourages them. >> thank you for joining thus hour. >> thank you very much. >> next, i'm going to talk to a former trumper. to a former trumper you can get a pais that helps you master your backhand... ...then you should be able to get a bank account that helps you master your budget. virtual wallet® for digital banking from pnc. it's time to get more from your bank. virtual wallet® for digital banking from pnc. when you're affected by schizophrenia, you see it differently. it's in the small, everyday moments. and in the places, you'd never expect. a little sign of hope. the feeling of freedom. and once these little moments start adding up, that's when it feels

>> reporter: he recorded his speech from the king david hotel with the old city of jerusalem behind hime, teleprompter and setup with the old city as his background. in terms of what he'll say, no real surprises there. what he'll show is a highlight of donald trump's policy. that includes being tough on china despite president trump's positive rhetoric of china at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. jerusalem will feature and so will jerusalem and the united arab emirates. as you know, it's not just the speech itself, it's the decision to give it here despite what appears to be secretary of state mike pompeo's own advice to the con -- contrary. he said you may not engage in any political activity even on personal time and outside the federal workplace. that last line is significant. when we asked how is it he is giving a speech, his office's answer was this was in his own personal time. there are others in the state department who have given similar advice. deputy secretary of state wrote in february that employees of the department must make sure their representation overseas is

before the first lady we heard the secretary of state, from mike mpompeo, you could see the old city of jerusalem behind him. he is on official state department, diplomatic mission to israel and going to other countries in the region right now. it was unprecedented that a secretary of state, a sitting secretary is of state, who only a month ago admonished diplomats to not get involved in politics would deliver a political speech. >> and previous secretaries of state have avoided it, colin powell, hillary clinton, i could go on and on. and i don't know that it's ever happened. certainly not in modern history. mike pompeo, the secretary of state trying to make the argument that he was there as a private citizen. let's be honest, that's a joke. he is a secretary of state. he is standing on the roof of the king david hotel. he was not there as a private citizen. maybe he paid for the, his presence on top of the hotel as a private citizen but he is the secretary of state. that's one of the reasons why this tradition has been there for so long. so, ask to be the secretary of state for the entire countr

. >> presumably the old city of jerusalem from behind him, and apparently at least if you speak to somecans out there, they want to underscore the support for israel because that's a big issue. the holy land and all of that with evangelical christians and the president wants to shore up that base. do you accept that interpretation? >> well, i'm sure that's what they're up to. i just totally resent it as a taxpayer that my tax money funded this trip. i know they say that this part of it, the transmission is being paid for by the rnc. but it's ludicrous. the whole trip looks like it was timed and set up that we paid for as taxpayers to create this backdrop. so pompeo could do this as a private citizen, even though he's issued an order within the state department that exactly that kind of behavior is forbidden for other diplomats. the whole thing is just disgusting. >> that video we were just showing was done before the taping. we have a camera below and they could see the roof over the king david hotel in jerusalem. the convention, tom, certainly played to president trump's base last nigh

oficial taxpayer funded trip and that means he will be seen with the extraordinary backdrohe old city of jerusalem, thanks to state department resources. now, why gorms? president trump said it himself just last week that he movedthe u.s. embassy to jerusalem in order to appeal toevangelical voters. and, judy, tonight while king castrohair of house of foreign affairs and overnightla subcommitteenched an investigation in pompey o's appearance tonight. >> woodruff: a backdrop like no other, tht's for your. nick schifrin, yamiche alcindorh k you both. >> woodruff: as we reported f earlier, tst night of the hipublican convention featur speeches from tw profile scott and former gr nikkir tim haley. i'm joined now by another palmetto state republican, former congressman trey gowdy. his new book, "doesn't hurt to p ask: using ter of questions to communicate, connect, and pursuade," is on bookshelves now. and he joins ufrom greenville, south carolina. trey gowdy, thank you so much for being here. so i'm assuming you are watching what did you make f it and do you think this approach of painting democrats a

to do it in one of the most sensitive, religious, and geopolitical sites in the world, the old city of jerusalem, was particularly galling. and of course, the idea of that is that we've seen this president take credit for actually moving the capital of israel, which the american president can dmnot do. he moved the embassy. but it shows just how far this administration is going over the lines that are set up in order to protect democracy, in order to ensure that elected officials do the work of all people and are not using to it benefit themselves, completely throwing all of those rules out the window. >> and just for kicks and giggles, and because we know if the shoe were on the other foot, republicans would be all over the airwaves talking about the laws that were broken. let's go through them, john heilemann. rebecca ballhaus reporting on a white house statement. the white house actually engaging on questions of the illegality of the naturalization ceremony. rebecca tweeted this. a white house official says the naturalization ceremony in the convention program tonight didn't violate the hatch

recently been given the responsibility and freedom of walking himself by himself to his special school inside the old city in occupied east jerusalem one of the teachers we were told especially introduced him to soldiers at a checkpoint nearby to ensure that they understood his condition but on the day in question is that if of may he arrived early in the morning it was seen to be in the opinion of one of those israeli security forces members to be behaving suspiciously potentially carrying a weapon and he alerted his colleagues who chased. one of them shooting at him and he ended up trying to hide inside a trash or even around a corner and it was that the 2 fatal shots were fired into his torso now the senior commander of those 2 israeli security forces who ended up with him so that he told his colleagues his junior colleague to stop. he told him to stop twice even after the 1st shot was fired and he said that it was a closed place according to the reporting and with no way to escape from it he didn't attack do anything he was definitely not resisting it endangered me in that situation i was junior colleagues and he didn't hear an

the crusaders just some of the armies who did battle here who owns jerusalem becomes a matter of historical interpretation. even in recent times the land surrounding the old city has passed through turkish british and jordanian hands the occupying power sometimes issued land ownership documents to people living there and this is where modern day israel applies double standards it often accepts documents from previous rulers when they're presented by jews but not when they're presented by arabs. and so area king will continue his mission to remove palestinians from jerusalem and erase their history replacing it with a purity jewish narrative. and chef who so will continue his battle to save his home and his heritage from the settlers and the city planning. we're on and have a plan as a service as far as how many jews or arabs living when even if true and i mean when the news about the defines a certain area as it was dental area it doesn't say whether it's going to be our houses or houses for jews this is up to the owner of the land to decide. we are holding on by our fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible to reach out a political

recently been given the responsibility and freedom of walking himself by himself to his special school inside the old city in occupied east jerusalem one of the teachers we were told especially introduced him to soldiers at a checkpoint nearby to ensure that they understood his condition but on the day in question so that if of may he arrived early in the morning it was seen to be in the opinion of one of those israeli security forces members to be behaving suspiciously potentially carrying a weapon to his colleagues who chased. one of them shooting at him and he ended up trying to hide inside a trash remember on the corner and it was that the 2 fatal shots were fired into his torso now the senior commander of those 2 israeli security forces who ended up there with him so that he told his colleagues junior colleague to stop. he told him to stop twice even after the 1st shot was fired and he said that it was a closed place according to the reporting and with no way to escape from it he didn't attack do anything to definitely not resisting he didn't endangered me in that situation i was junior colleagues and he didn't hear anything t

responsibility of walking by himself to his special needs school just inside the walls of the old city in occupied east jerusalem and it was there where he was chased by these 2 police officers 2 border police officers into a trash room where bins a cat and it was there the 3 fatal shots were fired now according to this account one of the israeli security forces members saw him behaving in a way that he thought was suspicious and immediately shouted terrorist and that's when these 2 other officers took up the chase the senior officer 21 year old force commander shot shot at how lock we believe twice missing him he then ran around the corner into this trash room where the private security cameras are said to have been not running and so there is no video that anybody's been able to see of what took place but what these 2 accounts the senior officer says it was a close place with no way to escape from it he didn't attack or anything he was definitely not resisting he didn't in danger i mean and in that situation and he said that he told his colleague not to fire at least twice the junior colleague says i did stop

of the administration to voice support for the president. >> i'm mike pompeo. i'm speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem, looking out over the old city. >> mike pompeo became the first sitting secretary of state in modern times to deliver a speech in support of a president at a political convention. america's top diplomat spoke about trump's global initiatives in this prerecorded message, taped during an official overseas trip to jerusalem. >> delivering on this duty to keep us safe. and our freedoms in tact. this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. >> i'd like to introduce to you to a few remarkable americans. >> in a pre-taped video, vice president pence listening to voters on a range of issues, from school choice to pandemic response. >> what did the paycheck protection program mean to your country as the coronavirus struck? >> yeah, it was a huge, tremendous help and a big blessing, and so we applied. we accepted. we're so grateful. >> throughout the night, speaker after speaker, echoed a chorus of support for the president. >> he's a career politician who's never signed the front of a check an

. >> peter, there are a number of other unusual comments and speakers, certainly mike pompeo from jerusalem, taping that with the backdrop of the old city, the holy sites of the three major religions behind him, against the hatch act, arguably, we'll talk about about that later with joaquin castro, his subcommittee is investigating, and the content of the speech, misleading claims about north korea prosecut korea, what they've accomplished with nato and china and things of that nature. and then larry kudlow, speaking of the pandemic in the past tense, and making claims about the economy that are completely unfounded. >> yeah, look, i think the secretary's speech from jerusalem did break with norms. apparently michael beschloss, the historian, found a precedent 75 years ago. just last month the secretary himself sent out a cable in his name reminding state department employees that they were not to engage in partisan activities and it specifically said presidential appointees may not engage in presidential politics. they tried to argue that no state department employee had anything to do with this speech, they were not participating, the

of state campaigning from jerusalem. >> i'm speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem looking out over the old city. i have a big job. as susan's husband and nick's dad. susan and nick are more safe and their freedoms more secure because president trump has put his america first vision into action. >> in other news the head of the food and drug administration has apologized for what he says were misleading comments on his part during the sunday afternoon announcement about convalescent plasma. he says, quote, i have been criticized for remarks i made sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma. the criticism is entirely justified. we'll be watching what happens today, of course, you mentioned vice president pence will be speaking as well as kellyanne conway at the convention. we'll be talking about it on twitter. you can follow me ther there @scottmcgrew. >>> scott, thank you. continuing our coronavirus coverage for you california is now over 673,000 confirmed cases. that's nearly 4,500 new cases since sunday. and 105 additional deaths. but the numbers increasing, the overall infection rate fell over the p

mike pompeo in the middle of an official taxpayer funded trip pops up in the convention from jerusalem. >> i'm speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem. looking out over the old cityt trump has put his america first vision into action. it may not have made him popular in every foreign capital, but it's worked. >> ethics in d.c. throwing up their arms. file a complaint. violates this, that. does it matter to voters? >> probably doesn't matter to many voters. it certainly is worth raising flags about. i mean, to the degree he has appropriated the federal government to make it as if its his own and put it into a political campaign is unprecedented and deserves scrutiny and criticism it's getting, questions about it. i don't know in the end voters will make a determination based whether there's a violation of this. a more fundamental issue. what do they think of this president's performance in om office and how do they judge joe biden as an alternative. no question, they're trampling all norms we're used to at political conventions. >> and continue. the president's acceptance speech thursday night delivered from the white house. the vice president tonight speaking at

old city in jerusalem. he definitely hit on the trump administration's foreign policy successes, but a number of people could worth the headache. they believed it was. >> trace: i guess that's the second question is was it worth the risk? yeah, there is a big part of the republican base that thinks that the foreign -- his foreign achievements have not been brought up enough and that mike pompeo did that. but politically and, you know, with all the controversy was it worth the risk? >> clearly the trump campaign does not have a problem with what's happening as far as using the white house, the pardon, the naturalization ceremony. a speech by the secretary of state just added to the pile of criticism. this is a different year. they are doing it in where they are living because of covid-19, they say. with that comes the trappings of the presidency and the secretary of state is considering to run for president someday down the road. so he wanted to be part of the action touting the trump administration's foreign policy successes. he was part of the action. >> trace: peter doocy says joe biden has no plans to lea