so perhaps what we're seeing here, even though he says he's not going to pivot, a little bit of a pivot on paper in terms of a statement, but in terms of what he says vocally, publicly out here tonight that's what we will hear about the law in order. >> out front now, brian stelter, host of reliable sources, carry ann conway, and corey lewandowski, former campaign manager for donald trump, and basil smikle, hillary clinton supporter and bill crystal, editor of "the weekly standard." we have this crucial rally now, corey. this is a very important one tonight and it's in a crucial state and it's coming as he is saying he is not going to pivot. you are the guy known for supporting that for saying let trump be trump. is he doing the right thing by saying he will not pivot? >> i think what you have to have whether you're a candidate for city council, state senate or the president of the united states is you have to be honest with yourself and what you're doing is telling people who you are when you run for office and they have to make a decision based on who you are or what you tell them and

>> pivot. >> pivot. >> pivot. >> pivot? >> pivot. >> pivot. >> pivot. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: and i never thought i would say this, but i think chandler bing speaks for all of us. >> shut up. >> shut up. >> shut up! [ laughter and applause ] >> that's the biggest sign -- the biggest sign that this pivot is not coming as the latest group of people trump surrounded himself with, a new inner circle comprised of some of the most controversial figures in conservative media. >> the major shake-up in the trump campaign, the surprising move by trump naming steve bannon, stepping down as trump's campaign. bannon has a reputation of being, to say the least, a no holds barred, win at all cost, street fighter. >> as the new york times noted, bannon is quote, "a purveyor of scorched earth right-wing media, who dwells in the darker corners of american politics." and mr. trump reportedly is welcoming the debate advice of roger ailes, the recently deposed chairman of fox news. >> the shake up puts trump at the center of a circle

he is making a pivot. so every time we say pivot, we'll be putting that up. >> i thought the asterisk was when he was on message. isn't that the asterisk? >> almost as if this campaign is beginning, mark, why don't you try it out, mark? >> almost like he's making a pivot. >> you didn't get the asterisk. >> there we go. we're going to work on this. we have to work this out. >> needs a little work. >> we used to do that for when i was in congress. it is a good color scheme. all right, katty, new polling out. >> it needs work with the trump campaign. a new monmouth university poll in florida showed him down nine points with clinton at 48% and trump at 39%. in texas trump's lead just six points 44 to 38. in a statement romney won by 16. a "washington post" poll shows trump down eight points in a two-way race and another daunting margin for him in a state that george w. bush won comfortably twice. analysis from the post finds clinton is closer to winning red states than she is to losing swing states. disappeari

everyone talks about you're going to pivot, you're gonna -- i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. and because i've heard this over the years and, you know, with politics. with general politics, also having to do with me. no, i am who i am. i've gotten here in a landslide and we'll see what happens. >> we will see what happens. but trump's unwillingness to change does have some republicans today saying it's time to cut their losses. more than a hundred, in fact, including two current members of congress signing what is a final draft of a pretty scathing open letter out today, urging reince priebus to start shifting resources away from trump now. quote, we believe donald trump's divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risks turning this election into a democratic landslide. only the immediate shift of available rnc resources to house races will prevent the gop from drowning with a trump emblazoned anchor around its neck. trump trails clinton by nine points in the new po

do you think we will continue -- it appears he's been pivots, will he continue to pivot more >> he needso explain his position, he doesn't generally use a teleprompter and he'll get off topic. he sits down works out talked about explains them. i think he's got a shot at winning >> he has pivoted before, we heard him years ago talking about his thoughts on abortion, talking about his thoughts on assault rifles and he is making slight changes to his policies, what are your thoughts about flip flopping and it may not be a full flip-flop. we've seen this hurt candidates in past race, could this potentially hurt him as he pivots to trying to win back some of those constituents he's possibly lost >> i think voters understand that people can change their views over the course of a lifetime, ronald reagan used -- was a democrat, originally, so, you know, positions of donald trump held ten years ago don't have to necessarily be consistent with the ones he holds today. if he's put out an agenda that americans to support and obviously that he is pushing and can get folks to support, he's got a chan

i don't want to pivot. everybody tells me to pivot, you know.s, number one, that's not how he got to where he is. he beat everybody in the primaries, so why should he pivot? and number two, it wouldn't be honest, he is who he is. and that's all that he is, i guess. and he's like popeye. and so he's going to -- so that's going to be attention. if kellyanne who is really respected, really disciplined, really smarter. she's a pollster. she will have empirical data to back up her ideas about what he ought to be saying and when and where, but you envision her as kind of, you know, what -- is she going to have some sort of remote control for her vocal cords? i don't know. >> you know, it's going to be important that she's going to be there, if she stays there with him. because who better than somebody who's been a pollster for 25, 30 years, to say, yes, donald, we're now going to orlando, and yes, there are 30,000 people out there, and that's a remarkable crowd. here's the latest poll. you're down nine in florida. you already have those people. and th

is he pivoting or is he pivoting without saying he's pivoting? >> if you know donald trump he is going to be himself. he is not going to pivot. what you're seeing right now, we spoke about the african-american community and he's reaching out to them through his policy positions because it's the democrat policies that are not working. >> at some point doesn't he have to go to an after can american church? doesn't he actually have to go out and -- >> he's talking to african-americans, but you have a community where there's 7 million more people today than seven years ago considered impoverish impoverished. 30% unemployment rate in the african-american community his in these urban communities and they're failing miserably in our cities. >> is donald trump reaching out? >> i think that those points are correct and there is an argument to be made there. will donald trump be able to successfully make it? i don't think so. he may very well be disciplined on the stump tonight and as you see often is a pattern with him, he can't keep a lid on, and it will

he has pivoted. so which is it? well, martha, i would just say he said in the beginning he could be presidential when he wanted to be. mr. trump has had the same stance he's always had. h wanted to be himself. he doesn't want to be dishonest to his voters. you'll see he continues to be himself, having fun with a lot of supporters, tens of thousands at the time and you'll see he'll be presidential. i think what we're seeing is donald trump. you're seeing donald trump, the candidate, as well as donald trump, the commander in chief. he's had to break through a dramatic primary process and now he's had to fight, you know, specifically with the media, which is usually what happens post-convention. the democrats combine with the media and try to really take out the republican which has been successful in the past. >> they handled, some would argue, differently than donald trump has handled it. >> that's my point, martha, and they lost. we have a republican candidate now that's going to fight back and he's withered the sto

all along people have been saying that eventually trump will pivot. he said it before the primaries, dur the primaries and after. but what trump's been trying to do is pivot america to his view, which is extremely paranoid, bigoted and hate full. he's been doing this with a lot of success, with a lot of complicitiy i think on the part of the republican party and the immediate wra area. >> you made several points in your article. number one, one of the lasting effects a donald trump candidacy here whether he wins or loses is the rise of right-wing extremism and militia groups. you also go on to say there's an economic discontent which he has

i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. >> trump will receive his first classified intelligence briefing. >> it just absolutely bewilders me when i hear donald trump try to talk about national security. >> i think her e-mail scandal is one of the worst things i've ever seen. >> giving fake briefings. don't tell him stuff. he won't know the difference. >>> hello, everyone. john berman -- i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. i just wanted to say john's name first. it is the first day of the rest of donald trump's political life it appears. he's got a new campaign manager, a new chief executive and i guess that means he hopes a renewed campaign. this is the second overall of team trump in two months. what does it mean? joining me now with all of the answers, cnn's political director, david chalian. a lot of people don't know these names. voters don't know the names of these people at the top of the trump campaign. what are voters going to see? >> it seems what donald trump is doing now is giving in t

everyone talks about, oh, you're going to pivot. i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. because i've heard this over the years with politics, with general politics, also having to do with me. no, i am who i am. i have gotten here in a landslide and we'll see what happens. i mean in the end, don't forget when i lost wisconsin, it was over for trump. except for one problem, i then went on a very good run. but, no. i am who i am. >> there was also reporting of another new face joining trump's campaign leadership according to "the new york times" roger ailes is advising trump in preparation for the upcoming presidential debates. now the former fox news chairman resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment allegations last month. now despite the "times" citing four unnamed sources the campaign immediately denied the report, saying in a statement, this is not accurate, he is not add advertising mr. trump or helping with debate prep. they are longtime friends. but he has no formal or informal role in the campaign. >>> w

pivoting. >> donald trump appears ready to pivot to a more presidential demeanor. >> in the midst ofhe pivot people were expecting ahead of the november election. >> many are calling this the beginning of the trump pivot to the presidential trump. >> we keep having this discussion once a week if not more often about how this is the trump pivot. this is going to be the day he focuses on substance. >> this is the 47th time we have done it. >> i will say what i said last time and six month ago which is he is fundamentally incapable of doing that. trumpet: and yet, team has again tried to reset this speeches more policy and the first general election tv ads which touches on immigration and hits airwaves in four states today. trump's speech, the clinton campaign put out a statement that said in part -- josh, trump has been playing this pivot game before. have we seen anything to suggest this time will be different? joshua: you never know. this could last 24 hours or 48 hours. it could be back to some insane tweet that since the political media scrambling. i think it could be different for

everyone talks about, oh, well, you're going to pivot. i don't want to pivot. i mean, you have to be you. >> then came thursday's surprising admission. or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and i do regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> so was that the handiwork of trump's new leadership team, campaign manager kellyanne conway and steve bannon, conservative fire brand ceo. how does it square with this, trump's tough first ad? >> in hillary clinton's america, the system stays rigged against americans. illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay. >> we're joined now by kellyanne conway, donald trump's new campaign manager. welcome to "this week." good to see you. >> thank you. >> you're his third campaign manager. is the third time the charm? >> this was the best week, i think, so far in the trump mostly because he's able to be himself, the authentic donald trump. but also the pivot he's made is on substance. he's out there talking about law enforcement. talking about defeating radical islamic terrorism. >> w

part of the problem trump has is that he has pivoted so many times, when is he not pivoting?s a number of trust issues for his voters. it's it has political interest to be less terrifying on the immigration issue but if he ever starts to gain traction, he will pay the price when it comes to his supporters that are very nativist. i think he has checkmated himself on that. you will see lots of pivoting optics, the occasional kinder adjectives. they will start putting soccer moms behind him at the rallies, but the core message never changes because it affects trump. i don't think any campaign management team can put it in the box. john: i'm not going to let you answer the pivot question because we are running short on time, but i want to get to the hillary clinton question. you are a supporter but not affiliated with the campaign. how big a problem is the foundation for her and how are they handling it? aboutit's a question whether people can trust and believe in her. as all of us know, there's a cottage industry of clinical industrial media complex that has then focused on this

everyone talks about, are you going on pivot? i don't want to pivot. you have to be you.f you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. >> that's the line, i am what i am. i am joined by the round table. with the "boston globe." the singled indicated columnist with the "chicago tribune." and tom roggin with the national review. the great magazine which i grew up reading. what do you make of it? i know kelly. every time she come on here she knees hillary. no matter what i ask, it is right at hillary. >> i think the real story was the local report he last night getting trump on the record saying he won't pivot. >> you mean he'll be the old trump. >> i don't buy into this idea that trump has fundamentally changed. >> don't you think, he has a straight jacket and he keeps trying to tate off. >> the press is the same. the hikes, the rebuffing against the campaign narrative coming out. the ideology of trump. so insulated. >> he's made so many stupid enemies. the "washington post," "the new york times." cnn. incoming manager kellyanne conway suggests that he manls to

part of the problem trump has is he's pivoted so many times, when is he not pivoting?e's like a real-time pivot machine. he pivots on an hourly basis depending on the crud he's reow reading. now, it is in his political interest to be less terrifying on the immigration issue but if he ever starts to gain traction with that pivot of the moment, he will pay a price among his base voters who are very nativist. that's the dance, the song that brought him to the dance. i think he's checkmated himself on that. what i believe, you will see lots of pivoting optics, the occasional kinder adjutant. they will start putting soccer moms behind him at the rallies but the core trumpian message never changes because it reflects trump and his impulsiveness and twitter, the unfiltered way he can bleed out noise whenever he wants to is something i don't think any campaign management team can put in the box. >> i am not going to let you answer the pivot question because we are running short on time. i want to get to hillary clinton, given your partisan allegiance. you are a hillary clinton

pivot. pivot. >> shut up! shut up! shut up! [ laughter ]. >> okay.nk it's going to pivot anymore. >> you think? >> always great day when you can throw in some "friends" action in the morning, right? so will that pivot actually happen and if so, will it actually work? we're back in a moment. here at outback, it's the big steak & crab bash... you get half a pound of sweet, snow crab legs... ...paired with our new, tender,center-cut sirloin... hurry in... the outback steak & crab bash starts at just $ 14.99... bloomin' great! hhis stellar notebooks will last through june. get back to great. this week sharpie twelve-packs just three dollars. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. ♪ >>> the advice that he gets sol is itted, unsol is itted is you have to pivot. you have to pivot. what they mean is on style. what you're seeing just this week, just in the last two days and i think he will go down as one of the best weeks in the trump campaign to date because the last two days he gave back-to-back policy speeches. >> every attempt to p

pivoting through. 7:00, another round going. they'll pivot through around 10:00 or so. the best chances for storms tomorrow will be in the morning and a couple of scattered showers hanging out in the afternoon before drying out and settling in for a cooler and less humid weekend. 90 for today. most of the storms wait until late but again we are monitoring the midday tomorrow a few showers linger and nice dryer air and a couple of clouds early on saturday and a dry period. if we miss out of this rain, parched. i have been watering the trees. >> yes. >> and the pots. i would like a little rain. >> me too. >> thank you, sal. >> 5:21. >> a lot of people are, including the president and the first lady. if you want to send a note to the white house, pull up facebook, we'll explain coming up. >> plus, a sign that summer isn't over yet, jazz in the park is continuing for the month. still ahead, why it costs less >> welcome back. there is a new way to get in touch with president obama. facebook messengerer for the commander and chief. maybe they can hook up my parents. he replie

pivot. pivot. pivot! pivot! pivot! >> shut up! shut up! shut up! >> okay.on't think it's going to pivot any more. >> you think? >>> that's what the trump pivot looks like. all right. can we all agree at this point that donald trump himself won't pivot. he said it himself. can the new people he brought on board do the trick? "washington post" robert costa digging in deep as is julie from the associated press and both join us with their latest reporting when we return. plus, new polls. and i didn't get here alone. there were people who listened along the way. people who gave me options. kept me on track. and through it all, my retirement never got left behind. so today, i'm prepared for anything we may want tomorrow to be. every someday needs a plan. let's talk about your old 401(k) today. hhis stellar notebooks will last through june. get back to great. this week sharpie twelve-packs just three dollars. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with

pivot?. you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. i've heard this over the years. with politics, with general politics. also having to do with me. no. i am who i am. i've gotten here in a land slide and we'll see what happens. >> is he saying i'm not pitting because he doesn't want to seem like a politician? or does he really mean i'm not pivoting even though i have all these republican advisers telling me to pivot? >> i think there is a realization among his advisers that you get get him to stick to his message. it we're now in a two-day stretch. donald trump has not spoken aye. this is a message of anti-terrorism, security, ant-violence. it makes wonder if he'll be able to carry that on. but look, changing donald trump is like trying on change any 70-year-old man. he is very set in his ways. he feels like voters like the way he talks about the issues and he has that kind of indication in the primaries and he feels like that's the key to his successful

wave pivoting through. it won't last for long as these will diminish very quickly after 8, 9 o'clock and then we'll see a partly sunny sky. now, temperatures are back these temperatures are reading for fall a little bit with that rain cooled air and then rebound really quickly. you can see showers through about 9 o'clock. get into the afternoon, southwest breezes and temperatures easily into the mid 80s. so, we'll watch the shower activity. here we are at 9:00. our model with the daytime heating trying to grab a couple showers. isolated shower chances just a do think most of us stay dry. we get to tomorrow, warm and muggy for tomorrow. upper 80s for tomorrow. same thing happening. in the heat and humidity our model trying to get ahold of a few showers. i think for the most part we are dry all day thursday. a good chunk of friday before a sharp cold front comes through later friday night and for saturday. 85 today. 88 for tomorrow. these morning showers come to an end. then storms possible late friday night

now it's just a late pivot, which is the worst pivot. >> we actually don't know if he is pivoting.th he can't make an appeal to black voters while you still support voter suppression. he made a note of that in pennsylvania, that pennsylvania doesn't have vote are i.d. laws and deputizing support toers go out and observe the polls. it is basically giving -- either talk about the things afflicting us. >> you look at that hankie, it is hard to get on your level. >> i'm excited to see how long this pivot lasts. >> that's something people say when they are not excited. right? would this be in italics? >> for folks just watching this segment, we did have a trump adviser earlier. it wraps up our special election coverage. you can find me on social media that does it for us. keep it on msnbc. once upon a time a popular, spunky, slightly iconoclastic democrat in congress, from oregon, he got an unexpectedly well founded slick challenge in the general election. this happened in 2010, and it turned out to be a fascinating story. the reason the slickness and well funded nature of this congress

he's got to pivot to that. she doesn't have an immigration policy unless it's just open borders anybody can come. that's a national security issue. if he can pivot and talk about her lack of a policy instead of his pivoting on a policy, he would be in better shape. right now as long as we're talking about him pivoting, that's not good for his campaign. >> is the onus on donald trump since this has been his bailiwick, immigration, that there is greater pressure on donald trump to reveal more about immigration than there is on hillary clinton. >> yeah. if you bring the rotten potato salad to the picnic, you're the one that's going to take it. he's got to remove this from the picnic. donald trump started this by basing his campaign on immigration. i've said from the e beginning, if he kept his campaign focused on jobs, hillary clinton's corruption and national security, i think we would be in a neck in neck race right now. there's fallout from immigration. it's not just that it's expensive and do we really want to

what we see may not be such a pivot after tonight. cnn's jason carroll is at the event and joins us with the very latest. so what is the latest in terms of expectations there at the event tonight? what are you hearing from the campaign? >> reporter: well, a couple of things. i know you mentioned the teleprompter, certainly a number of people who support donald trump are hoping that he has a clear message, a simple message, and that he sticks if you will to the script and to the message. the message being that once again, we have heard him say this before that he is the law and order candidate. we expect him to renew that theme again tonight. we expect him also to paint a very distinct difference between himself and hillary clinton. hillary clinton, who he will tell the crowd here hillary clinton is weak on terrorism, weak on crime. you know, a little earlier today he was asked in an interview, he was asked what he would do to solve some of the problems plaguing urban communities like what we saw in milwaukee, and he mentioned two thin

the media has been building in this desire to see donald trump pivot.f he doesn't do we expect to see the media go off on this new track and forget the past and the things he said for the last 18 months? >> this is no pivot and with all do respect gian-carlo, that speech wasn't anything. if anything what it was is once again that well-worn cliche right wing argument that african-americans have somehow slaves and subjects of the democratic party without our own agency to make decisions and be self-determining in who we vote for. there's been no vift. a men or of mine called me as i was coming upstairs and said if we're going to say he's pivoting and accept what he's saying we may as well go to prison today and for everybody in prison who says i'm sorry for what i did, i didn't mean it, let them out. act like it never happened. >> all right, we appreciate you, met welch and tara dowdell will be back. >>> coming up later in the show, donald trump is about to get into the tv ad game. i'll ask my guests if it's too little too late. stay with us. don't let du

everyone talks about, "you have to pivot." i don't want to pivot. i mean, you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. >> reporter: trump also said his experience in the republican primaries taught him how to win, even after losing in wisconsin. >> i've gotten here in a landslide, and we'll see what happens. don't forget, when i lost wisconsin, it was over for trump. except for one problem. i then went on a very good run. >> reporter: a trump spokeswoman said today roger ailes, the former chairman of the fox news channel, has no formal role with the campaign. scott, this came amid credible reports ailes is advising trump on the three presidential debates this fall with clinton. >> pelley: major garrett reporting. major, thank you. today, the f.b.i. gave a republican-controlled congressional committee notes from its investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail servers. the f.b.i. has said that a few of the e-mails on the unsecured servers contained classified information. republicans say they want to know why the f.b.i. did not recommend

everyone talks about are you going to pivot? i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest. i am who i am. >> reporter: following disastrous weeks fuelled by off the cuff remarks, trump is trying to stay on message, delivering his plan to combat terror with the help of a teleprompter. >> we cannot let this evil continue. >> reporter: this comes amid reports trump has been huddling with a powerful conservative player ousted fox news hon choe, roger ailes. the trump campaign denying it saying he's not helping with debate prep. they're long time friends, but mr. ailes has no formal or informal role with the campaign. sources saying trump is going to ailes for advice on debates. over the weekend the two meeting at one of trump's new jersey golf courses. ailes was forced out of fox after he was charged with sexual harassment. trump defended him. >> he's been a friend of mine for a long time. some of the women complaining, know how much he's helped them. >> reporter: ailes is sitting across from ronald reagan here, helping him prep f

i don't want to change everyone talks about you're going to pivot. i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. >> so you said he's not going to pivot, right? he said in an interview he's not going to pivot. one day after the wall street journal reporting saying he should step aside and give to pence if he's not going to be a more traditional candidate, what do you make of that? >> i think donald trump has to remain true to himself, which is authentic, which is being able to speak his mind. that's what's gotten him to where he is today that people in the primary process voted for someone who is an outsider. i don't want to go to washington and be a typical politician, i want to say what i want to say. >> if trump stays on message and continues to do so, is that dangerous for the clinton campaign? >> no, because the message that he is focused on simply doesn't work in a general electorate. i think this is the point that corey makes in reference to the primary. we are not dealing with a primary electorate. we are not

they want to not allow donald trump to pivot to a softer approach. we'll see paid advertising on this. we'll see a ton of response on this. this is similar to what donald trump did on his muslim policy. he had a full throated speech in the beginning in the primary and he backed away. >> complete and total ban. >> i was at the rally in south carolina. >> it was pretty straightforward. >> clearly some disagreement. he may be backed into a corner on this as well. he could lose support from some on the right. the clinton campaign is eager to hold him to and accountable what his words said. most of their advertising strategy is donald trump in his own voice. >> let's talk about their advertising strategy because you have virginia. you have colorado. these are places with either large or expanding hispanic american voting blocks. they're not spending big there, the clinton campaign. what does that tell us? >> that tells us that the clinton campaign is confident at their position heading into labor day in virginia and colorado. up some ten-points at least.

everyone talks about, oh, well you're going to pivot, you're going to. i don't want to pivot. i mean, you have to be you. if you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people. no, i am who i am. i've gotten here in a landslide and we'll see what happens. >> reporter: but following disastrous weeks fueled by off the cuff remarks, trump is trying to stay on-message, delivering his plan to combat terror with the help of a teleprompter. continue. >> reporter: this comes amid reports trump has been huddling with a powerful conservative player, ousted fox news honcho roger ailes. the trump campaign at first denying it, saying, quote, "mr. ailes is not advising mr. trump or helping with debate prep. they are longtime friends but mr. ailes has no formal or informal role with the campaign." but campaign sources telling abc news, trump is going to ailes for advice on debates. ov meeting at one of trump's new jersey golf courses. ailes was forced out of fox last month after a series of women accused him of sexual harassment. trump defended him. >> he's been a friend of mine for a l