what you know is paul manifort is known to peel in d.c. he got into politics under circumstance and serendipity. paul mani fords is not always liked by the players in d.c. he's been around and willing to make a deal. he's a conduit to trump. lieu an dou lewansky was not. this is a new one, ask to send a billionaire money. why is that? if you look at the money totals in terms of add strertizing, it's like hillary clinton is spending $23 million in swing states. how much is donald trump spending? zero. zip. >> she's up 100% in swing states over him. >> just what you are talking about, the polls. look at the polls. the most resent have her up by 12 something. look at the swing states. again, the swing states really count. donald trump needs to flip it. >> here is the thing. trump has a big edge over hillary. it's hillary. you know, he may be freddie kruger, but she's jason. he may be leather face, but she's chucky. isn't that amazing? it's true. it's a mirror image. he may be michael myers, but she's hannibal lecter. >> how many do you have w

paul manifort is in charge of the convention.he thing that will happen in cleveland the week before the actual convention, july 14th and 15th, rules committee will meet, 112 members. they will decide will they unbind the delegates on first ballot to allow them to vote their conscience. trish: that is pretty wild? >> starting to see more and more chatter. not gotten to the point it is overwhelming chatter to lead you believe it will be actually happening. as far as i'm led to believe, simple majority on the rules committee will decide do we unbind delegates to let them vote their conscience. once they do it goes to the floor of the convention. trish: are you saying that trump may not get it? somebody else may emerge? >> i'm saying there is the potential, it is not inconceivable. but here's the problem. we're essentially three weeks away from the rules committee meeting. the weight of process, the wheels have been set in motion. trump has over 1400 pledged delegates, 120 some unpledged. he sitting at 1500 delegates and weight of th

does t this signal to you that maybe they can turn things around as -- does paul manifort seem like somebodyt can control the message enough to get things on track. >> manafort is the guy reportedly trying to get trump more on script, more written out pieces, and choreographed a bit more where as lewandoski, his philosophy was, let trump be trump, let him do his thing which worked pretty well in the primary but maybe hasn't working out in the general election. i think firing of lewandoski was clearly based on a sense within the trump campaign from all sorts of outside pressures as well, that something is not right and had to change. he is the guy who got the axe. melissa: talk about paul ryan for a second. a lot of people making a lot out of this today. he is suggesting that he will not tell other republicans what to do. he is chairman of the convention. speaker of the house. doesn't want to encroach on making their own minds. he will vote for trump. how do you read those tea leaves. >> i think it is pretty straightforward and smart for paul ryan. he recognizes some congressional districts,

the party chairman said promoting veteran operative, paul manifort signaled a pivot to a serious generalction campaign. >> there is no way to work a campaign with competing factions and competing understandings of what the right approach will be. >> reporter: one area lewandowski was seen in lacking was general election fund-raising. according to new numbers filed monday. trump's campaign and supporting committees had over $21 million on hand end of may compared with more than $100 million for team clinton. >> the mayor of oakland, california, insists heads will roll at the police department. the department has gone through police chiefs in a week. right now, it's under civilian control. >> reporter: we are hell bent on rooting out this disgusting culture. in no uncertain terms, oakland's mayor is vowing to get to the bottom of the sex scandal rocking the city police force. >> i feel this is an appropriate time to place civilian overnight over this police department. >> reporter: the department's high stakes game of musical chairs started june 9th when sean whent resigned. ben fairow rem

. >> paul manifort will step into the campaign role. >>> chris gordon explains what both sides are hoping to get the judge to see. >> reporter: in closing arguments here today, prosecutors asked the judge to find officer caesar goodson guilty of charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter. they say officer goodson gave freddie gray a rough ride running a stop sign, making a wide right turn into the far lane. goodson never seat belted. >>> -- gray and never got him medical help. the defense argues there was no rough ride. they say freddie gray was combative, resistant, and uncooperative. goodson believed he would be in van compartment and tried to seat belt freddie gray. he didn't transport gray to the hospital because there was no objective evidence that gray needed medical attention until he suffered a catastrophic neck injury before the last van stop. then a medic was immediately called. what legal analysts think the outcome will be at 5:00. >>> right now a church service just got under way in omaha, nebraska, for the 2-year-old killed by an alligator at disney world. his b

paul manifort, according to barry bennett, is the man in charge now and that may have been the case fore. more to come on that as we get more information this morning. bill: also today, you will see this action on the floor of the senate. tighter control of gun sales front and center on the hill. the u.s. senate voting on four different bills, two from democrats, two from republicans sparking heat the debate. captain mark kelly, navy combat veteran, founder of americans for responsible solutions and married to gabby gifford. welcome back today. if you could write your own bill, what would it be? >> do something nearly 90% of the americans support, close the loopholes in the background check system that allows people to buy guns without a background check. these are pretty big loopholes. you can go to gun show in most places, buy a gun without a background check. that could be the choice of somebody who is trying to get guns to do harm. you know, suspected terrorists. other thing, let's take people on the terrorist watch list and make it very difficult for them to acquire firearms. those

paul manifort is completely in charge. his campaign plan he and mr. being put completely into place. you've seen immediate change in things even just yesterday when rapid reaction force got their act together started moving out on hillary messages. today the speech by donald trump, it got down to the simplest, most important distilled message of the campaign, change or more of the same. i think it will continue to get better. connell: is that the kind of thing you would be talking about as an advisor internally, we need to be quicker, more organized, is that the type of things you were saying when you worked in the campaign? >> well, and that is kind of things have been discussed since paul manifort came on board. i in fact was over at convention at mr. trump's office, caucus operations as director of communications when i made this foolish tweet. i had hired 14 top communicators, most of them from the military. some of them combat from centcom, all experienced communications professionals put together a rapid response team to start moving forward for

the campaign, sources have long said there's disagreement and tension between him and trump's paul manifort. we're told they were encouraged to get rid of the campaign manager. >> why were you fired? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> a parting of ways. that's how the trump campaign characterized the unexpected departure. campaign insiders said this is a firing, a decision encouraged by trump's children in the face of internal discourt and sinking poll numbers. in an interview with cnn, he said this >> i had a nice conversation with mr. trump. i said to him, it's been an honor and privilege to be part of this >> the news of his firing illuminated twitter n. the streets of washington d.c., most are unphased. >> heard anything today about trump's campaign manage senator. >> yes, i have. >> no. >> no, i haven't checked anything today. >> ting it's signaling of -- i think it's the signaling of the start of decline of the campaign. >> in may, the political director left six weeks after taking the job reportedly because of internal strife with the chief manager. >> the big question is will th

paul manifort has lobbied for a number of people, including the ukrain's leader who is a close friendlike a close ally of vladimir putin. >> i say very nicely wouldn't it be nice if actually we could get along with russia? putin called me brilliant. i like it. they want me to disavow. putin said donald trump is brilliant. >> today joe biden delivered this warning about the trump campaign's embrace of vladimir putin. >> embracing putin at a time of renewed russian aggression, i believe would call into question america's long standing commitment to europe, whole, free and at peace. >> and so the campaign manager upgrade now in the trump campaign is a washington lobbyist with questionable loyalties. that's whose running the trump campaign. >> the politicians are going to destroy this country. they're weak and ineffective. and they're controlled by the lobbyists of the special interest president. >> up next, joe biden versus donald trump. >> isil wants to manufacture the clash of civilizations. why in god's name are we giving them what they want? viagra single packs... so guys with ed can

you saw some of his top staffers here, paul manifort along with steven miller who we understand had a hand in crafting this speech which hit clinton on these five main themes. his children were in the front run, ivanka, eric, tiffany, leading the charge for some of the standing ovations you saw. for trump, the strategy is to not just go after clinton, but turn the page for what has been a very difficult few days for his campaign and a difficult several weeks as well. the question is, as we've been talking about, will it stick? what happens in the next 24 hours to maybe a week to show that he has, in fact, tried to stay on script and tried to stay on message. >> hallie, thanks so much. you've got a lot to go through today. thank you. >>> michael caputo served as an adviser for the trump campaign in cleveland. he resigned on monday hours after sending this tweet, in response to the firing of campaign manager corey lewandowski. why don't you take us behind the scenes as to why you stepped down from the campaign. >> well, as you know, andrea, we've known each other for 25 years, ever sinc

. >> paul manifort had a magic number in mind. >> they're candidate threw out a grandoise number. >>e dialled back this week saying he would not need as much money because he gets so much publicity, but he will be fashioning a multipronged attack. >> we will not deal with this want to be tyrant or his allies in the senate. >> senator elizabeth warren lead the charge. >> i find donald trump's conduct in this regard inappropriate. >> he characterized his party's nominee as a work in progress. >> this is a long campaign with a ways to go. >> with president obama now ready to hit the trail for hillary clinton, donald trump will need cash if he wants to counter her high-powered campaign. she is behind by a lot. there are reports her campaign and allies expect to raise a billion dollars and the republican team is caming for less than half of that. >> good morning. >> a big day for hillary clinton again, not only getting the endorsement of the president, the vice president, and the two of them will meet this morning. what does that mean for her? >> it is what unity looks like. the worry it

. >> lewandowski's departure leaves paul manifort, trump's strategist in charge.e of all of this chaos and confusion, an adviser to the trump campaign for the upcoming convention sent out a tweet about lewandowski. it read "ding-dong the witch is dead" and a helpful link to the song from "the wizard of oz." a short time later the adviser resigned. >> chip reid for us, thank you. a man has been arrested in las vegas for alledgedly attempting to assassinate donald trump. our justice correspondent jeff pegues has details. >> i love las vegas! >> reporter: investigators say the attempt occurred last saturday as the candidate was holding this rally in las vegas at the treasure island casino. a federal law enforcement official tells cbs news that sandford was taken into custody after attempting to grab an officer's gun. according to court documents, sandford, a british citizen, got up from his seat and attempted to take an officer's weapon by grabbing the holster and handle with both hands. sandford admitted to trying to shoot and kill trump acknowledging he would likel

you've got to put it in paul manifort's hands.lined on the campaign trail and get focused with his message? we've seen donald trump throughout course of his business career in this city fall on tough times before. he is in one of those ditches some could argue given poll numbers and financial situation. he needs to pull himself out. he wants to win, which he said he wants to win, he will have to turn this whole ship around. he has to begin that process today. bill: one other thing of note yesterday when hillary clinton was speaking in columbus, ohio, was rapid response operation the trump team did out of new york city. they were ready to react to her before she started talking, while she was talking and follow-on response afterwards. now this is happening now more than a month after trump locked up the nomination. so even before clinton takes the stage yesterday, you've got a economic proposal coming out of donald trump. you've got him going after her of attack. after her strategy and her thinking. that is something that people on