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plagiarism is plagiarism whether it is on purpose or accidental.s, you know, he's going with the campaign's line that these were just common words and doesn't believe it, but i will say this, i think the thing that chris christie said about there's not a lot of may ea cul in donald trump's life is really what's going on here. they are clearly behind the scenes, very upset about it, but no one's going to admit this was a mistake. >> donald trump does not like to admit mistakes or apologize. good work. >> thank you. >>> up next, donald trump's campaign chairman blaming hillary clinton for the controversy surrounding melania's speech claiming the democratic candidate launched a, quote, demean her and take her down. hillary clinton's senior adviser is here with us, the campaign's response, and much more when we come back. clean food. words panera lives by. no artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners. no colors from artificial sources. 100% of our food will be clean by year's end. that's food as it should be. ♪ honey, we do? we need to talk. i took

the word plagiarism is strong. she started the speech with four score and seven years ago, you could say, okay, she's lifting things. i'd like to look at the text side by side, the entire speech. if it's four or five lines in a gigantic speech, you could say it was inspired by, but not b h plagiarism. >> michelle obama gave a great speech. i -- >> but you know what donald trump should do first? what donald trump does very well. he should defend his wife right now is what he should do. he should fire someone else. >> listen. play it. >> barack and i were raised with so many of the same values. like you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond. and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. >> that you treat people with

because they plagiarized it. they took from michelle obama, who apparently had the same speechwriter as hillary clinton, sara horowitz. >> it was a great introduce, right? >> with all the accent, people were rooting for her. >> people did root for her and she wanted to do well and she did do well. >> i think this, too, shall pass. >> when? >> when the staffers falls on his sord it had an urban edge to it. >> he left every ounce of his energy on that stage. i saw him afterward, he looked exhausted. >> tell him watching terence give his last closing argument. >> and rudy's speech, it was much more of a tough defense. >> very tough. >> i'm defending my neighborhood. he's got that urban/et nick thing going. >> that those those that are unjustified, they must be finished. those that are justified, we apologize to. it's time to make america one again. one america! >> hey, i think a lot of this was he got caught up in it. >> he did. he did. >> it want in the text. the text was thin. >> i saw him walking out. he looked l

could this happen if this isn't plagiarism? >> no. this is obviously plagiarism.grievous error on behalf of someone on the trump campaign. >> who is that someone? you've been involved in this. >> someone wrote that speech with the guidance of melania trump and the rest of the campaign leadership, someone wrote that speech. they know who that person is and they seem unwilling to take action o that. they made a huge mistake and they're compounding it every hour with another lie. you made a mistake, move on, we'd probably get bored and move on. every time paul manafort goes on television or sends out an e-mail or statement today, they're making it worse. the whole thing, whether the plagiarism, the scheduling last night, some of the messaging was real amateur hour. conventions are supposed to be four nights of positive coverage. they screwed up the first night with this and with joni ernst who is supposed to be making the appeal to republican women for donald trump speaking to am empty arena after prime time is over. >> does anyone care to weigh in? maybe jim you do,

what's your definition of plagiarism? >> well, there's another report that has come out that said it was maybe 55 to 60 words out of 13,050. that's a big difference. >> you insist this was a coincidence? >> i do, i don't think melania trump set out to copy anyone else's speech. again, it wasn't even verbatim, and most people are agreeing with that. there are absolutely similar statements. here's the thing, hard work, dedication, respect, that is normal when it comes to a value -- >> yes, those things -- >> if there were stories, if there were policy positions, if there was a speech or something like that, i'd give you that. >> why can't the campaign admit, we made a mistake, here's thousand happened. it was a low level staffer, midlevel staffer. why continue the day long defense? >> i've said it once and i'll say it 100 times. the media does not dictate what they do. >> this is obvious to anyone -- >> fantastic speech, and we're proud of her. >> no one's disputing that. >> but what we're disputing is the simple fact that

because had he plagiarized. they took it from michelle obama who apparently had the same speechwriter at hillary clinton, sarah horowitz. they took it from the enemy camp and put it in the teleprompter for melania trump to read. >> i enjoyed that. >> she did an excellent job. >> very appealing to the american people. a great introduction. >> she was charming and perfect. with all the accent, people were with her. >> they wanted her to do well and she did do well. >> and now. >> now we're talking about this. >> i think this too shall pass. it will pass quickly. >> when? >> when the staffer falls on his stword or her sword when that happens. by the way, we had a great speechwriter ruud giuliani. >> wasn't that i great speech? it had an urban edge to it. >> he left every ounce of his energy on that stage. i saw him afterward. he looked exhausted. >> we were watching clarence darrow give his last closing argument. >> that was the speech of a life snooimt great thing about rudy's speech is it had to do with defending

he was asked, was it plagiarized? course not. >> do you hear our crowd. >> these are common words. >> america, did the line seem lifted? >> it's always a good idea to keep the story going. >> this is the sale man that came on the show and called john kassig an embarrassment. why do we think paul manafort ought to look for another job. i'm serious. that guy is so negative. that guy is so divisive. what does he do besides create trouble. >> forget that for a second. that's your view. >> are you discounting what i'm saying? >> i'm saying you have your pibb. >> that is my opinion. >> that's why i said i'm sure you have your opinion. >> do you guys agree? [ applause ] >> but be that as it may, and that's mika's opinion, guys, we've got a crisis management issue here, leadership. >> the crisis manager is a little -- >> when you make a mistake and it's clear you make a mistake, you get it behind you as quickly as possible. there have been problems before in the past with this campaign where they let things just bleed and ble

. >> it's not plagiarism.here were on a few words common to both. >> these were common words and values. >> 93% of the speech is completely different than michelle obama's speech. >> melania trump said the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them. twilight sparkle from my little pony said this is your dream, anything you can do in your dreams, you can do now. >> what we should be celebrating is the fact that a democrat and republican have similar values. >> trevor: yes, they are similar values -- like nyquil and my voice. (laughter) the trump campaign is not even admitting there was plagiarism. it would have been so easy for them to own up and say this happened, it may have been a writer especially when this is a lie that not a single person in america believes. guys, this is not even a policy thing. it's not even politics. it's a speech. what it is, though, is a preview, because this group of people, given actual power, will put us in some deep (bleep). (applause) and there is some good news,

no, the word plagiarism is not in that statement. read the passages from michelle obama's speech over the phone she wrote them down and got incorporated into the speech and they were casting this as an innocent mistake by someone who is going to stay with the trump organization. john? >> maeve reston with the breaking news thanks for going through that in context. fascinating because deliberate or not when you plagiarize. she said she works for the trump organization, that's not the trump campaigncampaign. people in the organization have been with mr. trump for a long time. his loyal aides have helped out. your head and mine went back at the same point. melania said she want today incorporate the views of people she admires including michelle obama. at a republican convention to have the possible future first lady of the united states saying among the people she admires is michelle obama. some, this is a place where you're not supposed to hug the president if he comes to give you hurricane relief. does that matter? >> the trumps admi

i wouldn't call that plagiarism. i would call that caring about what needs to be done. >> if it's plagiarism, if it's not plagiarism, i don't think that's an issue that, you know, we should necessarily concern ourselves with because, you know, someone says something, and someone else adopts that, you know, so what? you know, that's just part of the process. >> reporter: yeah. so largely defending melania trump, and also just not wanting to get pulled into of that being the big issue this week. i will tell you though not everyone wanted to talk about this. one delegate told me off camera that her speechwriter should be fired. live in cleveland, i'm lauren make, nbc 10 news. jim, back to you. >> and, lauren, so far as far as we know, that has not happened, no one on trump's staff has been fired, at least not at this point. so let's talk about what's on tap tonight right here at the q. big lineup ahead. coming up in about an hour, the official nomination process. that will begin and that's when the roll call happens and

it's plagiarism. >> it happens, come on. it's a total coincidence, larry. that's all this is. >> larry: i think they're reaching. why can't they just admit they did something wrong? >> how do you know michelle obama didn't steal the speech from melania? >> larry: how could that possibly be. michelle gave her speech in 2008. >> did you of see the movie "looper"? >> larry: mark wahlberg? >> no, gordon levitt. anyway, he's looping through time and going back and trig to fix stuff. is he going to steal speeches? i don't know. michelle obama could have straight up looped. >> larry: let me get this straight. for you it's more plausible that michelle ope ope looped or time travelled than melania plagiarized? >> yep, that makes sense to all of us at trump h.q. >> larry: how do i say this? you're a [bleep]ing idiot. >> you just proved my point. no more little pony. >> larry: daniel condone, everyone. ok. so obviously a lot happened at the rnc last night but the thing that bugged me the most didn't even happen on the convention floor. >> they had the largest police u

obama plagiarize her?: you know, i'm willing to bet even twilight sparkle would say that explanation is a steaming pile of my little pony crap. [ laughter ] look, the plagiarism itself isn't the biggest issue. the real issue here is that trump claims he'd be a great president because he's a great manager, because he hires the best people. a dumb mistake like a plagiarized speech at a convention undercuts that. i mean, after all, trump has assured us -- >> i know words. i have the best words. >> seth: it's true. [ light laughter ] he has the best words and now we know where he gets them from. [ laughter ] this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with michael strahan, everybody. cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: hi, everybody. i'm doing a live ad for our great new sponsor, redd's apple ale. you might know there from their commercials where people get hit in the head with apples. well, don't worry, that's not going to happen here tonight. amber, no! don't you do it, amber! n

that's an overwhelming just incontrovertible plagiarism.evious passage, 29 words why were identical with six words slightly changed. there's just no question the speechwriters who worked on this lifted it directly from michelle obama's speech. the question now becomes what will the trump campaign reaction be. if donald trump is true to form, he will absolutely deny that this is plagiarism. he will not fire those speechwriters or we won't be able to track they've been fired. i doubt very much they will admit to this. but there's no question that that's what this is. this is pure plagiarism. >> the highlight of tonight's activities was her speech and this it turns this night into a catastrophe. this is a plagiarized speech hands down, game, set match on that. what an outrageous disservice to melania trump by the speechwriters on that campaign. nicolle wallace talked earlier today about the fact that the trump campaign such as it is is not configured like a normal political campaign. and maybe you don't need to be configured like a normal camp

this is pure plagiarism. >> really the highlight of tonight's speech.urns this into a ka as it fee. this is a plagiarized speech, what an outrageous disservice to melania trump to the speech writers on that campaign. nicole wallace talked that the trump campaign is not configured like a normal political campaign. we know tonight, as you watch the incongruity between the speeches, the lack of a theme, the lack of a day starting off with the targeting and attacking the ohio governor, right through the end of the program. hamilton is a great production, no one leaves it early. tonight, and this is a show, a lot of people left it early. this is not a good first night and now you have brought scandal to a prospective first lady in the form of her speech. just an outrageous disservice to her. >> chris matthews has been listening to all this in cleveland. chris? >> it's devastating. here's my question and it's open to everyone. there was a speech writer, someone did a draft with all these, as lawrence pointed out perfectly, off theiobviously lil the same words

plagiarism is plagiarism, whether it is incidental or accidental. it's still plagiarism.s, this was a mistake which makes it accidental as far as we know thus far. but he said something interesting. he said 93% of the speech was okay. >> so what about the other -- >> that's a new bar. that's a new bar. >> exactly. it's a different standard there. >> david, do people care? this is the thing. it is a thing right now, big picture does it? >> donald trump supporters with be this is not going to be a thing that takes one vote away from donald trump. but he's looking to expand votes right now. he's looking to add to what he has. state of the race right now has him a few points behind hillary clinton. so just sticking with the supporters he has isn't the plan right now. he wants to expand beyond that. this is the kind of week where you have this clean shot because you're not taking as much incoming from the opponent have that you have to deal with. this is your moment to talk to the american people. improve your image. in the end, what i think is a bigger deal, think it is mar m

plagiarism does not have barriers, this is your friend, therefore it's not plagiarism. that's not an argument. >> there is a burden on the campaign for zero error on this now, total -- >> that's why i asked. should there be attribution in the transcript? >> i understand why this got attention, but it's the guy wrote these words -- >> put up his tweet. this is a guy who wrote the words. he had to come out tonight to david's point about where, you know, the bar is now. that's not the tweet. and then he tweeted, not this -- yeah, there we go. we said, "except it wasn't stealing." because he actually wrote it, himself. >> same author. >> here's the problem. it underscores that this has no -- this campaign has no professionalism. >> no. >> whatsoever. >> this is ridiculous. >> it is a hot mess. >> you've gone insane. this is an elevator metaphor. since the beginning of elevators, people have made an elevator metaphor. people watching at home -- >> let him speak. >> i'm spinning my head. says nothing about the campaign except we like elevators and like elevators going up. tru

apparently i'm plagiarizing, too. >> before mrs.mp stepped on to the convention stage she and her husband spoke to the "today" show's matt lauer about their convention homes and that speech. >> one part of the campaign ends in that hall tonight, another part begins. your wife is going to get to speak to the delegates about you. has she gone over the speech with you? did you practice it on the plane? >> i read once over it and that's all because i wrote it with a little help as possible so -- >> are you nervous? it would be okay to be nervous. >> i'm excited. it's an exciting night. >> what do you want to tell the delegates, mrs. trump, about your husband that they haven't learned in the last year. >> i will tell in the the speech and he's an amazing -- >> she's good. she's learned a lot from you. that was really good. go ahead, continue. >> he's an amazing guy and he really wants to bring america to the next level. >> what are you hoping? what would be a success for you? >> we want secure and safety for all americans and also people

>> plagiarism is plagiarism.'m glad they admitted it, get it off the table. >> inadvertent error. >> plagiarism is plagiarism. but you make a mistake, admit it. >> thanks very much. that's it for me. i'm back at 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." the news continues next right here on cnn. >>> here we go, top of the hour. live in cleveland, ohio. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. we have definitely an exciting hour ahead of you. we are talking planes, helicopters, donald trump, mike pence, you name it. day three, rnc. breaking news here though. >>> we are learning that the writer who wrote melania trump's sp

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if you go and lie about the plagiarizing, it looks bad.out what they do for their anniversaries. that is time for the trump campaign to move on and put melania out there. she can speak to those things. because the children are speaking tonight. they will be under an intense spotlight. they need to make this go away for the family. >> john and amanda, thank you. >>> overseas, that failed coup attempt in turkey is raising many concerns about terrorism here in the u.s. could the chaos there trigger trouble in the war on terror? we'll take a closer look at all that when "new day" returns. ho ah, it's my brother. keep going... sara, will you marry... [phone rings again] what do you want, todd???? [crowd cheering] keep it going!!!! if you sit on your phone, you butt-dial people. it's what you do. todd! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. i know we just met like, two months ago... yes! [crowd cheering] [crowd cheering over phone] do you think i'm gonna crack under pressure or conque

the question is was it plagiarized? jeff says yes and no. fair since both speeches were probably written by hired speech writers in the first place. >> but she said in an interview she wrote it herself with a little help. so we will talk about this all day long on facebook. twitter, we check it throughout the day. >> let's check in with steve paulson on the tuesday forecast. >> all right, we have the usual fog and low clouds. it is already beginning to head back to the coast, but it is pretty extensive. we still had a little mist and drizzle out there. the fog is retreating for some i think. the record high, one year ago when it was 86 degrees. 54 on the low. that is right where you should be, to the north, there were more low clouds and they are burning off a little bit of an on shore breeze. stronger out to the delta. you get gusts to 30 and vacaville in the west, southwest. 60s and 70s with temperatures slideing in that system to the north. highs today, 60s mainly by the coast. 70s around the bay. look for temperatures to settle into the

instead you have people saying "there was no plagiarism, what do you mean there was plagiarism?"ot withstand scrutiny. katty: i would love to be a fly on the wall between donald trump and melania trump. i imagine it is not a happy place right now. what is the mood of the convention? jon: for the most part, you can hear the applause, people want to cheer. people who come to a convention, give up a week of their lives, travel across the country, they are the party faithful. they still feel a degree of optimism. unease that people -- that things are not quite running as they would help. you do not have a conventional republican candidate, and you do not have a conventional campaign. people are thinking, i thought i knew what happened at this stage, and it is working out like that. katty: paul ryan is speaking now as we are listening. he will give a speech later in the evening. he's the one we have to watch. can he thread the needle between supporting donald trump and keeping distance? is: paul ryan feels it important to maintain a certain amount of distance. they have done this danc

this plagiarism message and that it was not true. during the day, another surrogate of donald trump's said the campaign needs to find the staffer that did this and fire that staffer. donald trump jr. says mistakes happen. the message has been all over the map on this. and then finally today what we're hearing is this was plagiarism and a staff writer at the trump organization said that she made the mistake. she fell on her sword here, offered her resignation saying she told her about speeches that she liked from michelle obama and instead of checking to make sure she wasn't using those speeches word for word, she just listened to obama and wrote this speech. donald trump did not accept her resignation. instead, maintaining that idea that he is loyal to staffers. there is some contribution questions here whether or not this is an in kind contribution having a staffer write a political speech and whether that violates fec rules. right now, nbc news is trying to get to the bottom of that. but again, it's another controversy that the tru

did she plagiarize? >> that your word is your bond and you do what you say. >> and uproar on the floor. >> point of order. point of order. >> the last-ditch effort to stop trump goes down in flames and only on "gma," ivanka opens up about her dad. >> i worry about the safety of my father. >> gearing up for her speech in the spotlight. >>> breaking news, terror in germany. a 17-year-old with an ax and knife attacking train

her major problem was plagiarism.e we knew that. >> that was great. >> i thought we were recapping. >> a dog with a bone now. >> here's the moment i talked about scott baio. here it is. >> we have a choice in november. we can go for hillary clinton. i agree. wants to continue the same policies that are wrecking this company. policies that make us unsafe. a woman who somehow feels that she's entitled to the president spip that she is somehow owed it. or we can go for donald trump. a man doing this from the goodness of his heart, and genuinely wants to help. a man who knows how to get things done. a man who says what he means and means what he says. hillary clinton wants to be president for hillary clinton. donald trump wants to be president for all of us. >> okay. a couple things, i thought he got a great reception. he was with the crowd. the crowd was with him, i should say. he appeared to be choked up and authentic there. he ran into donald trump. he says, do you want to speak? now? no. next week at the convention. a

he cried plagiarism on twitter and the story exploded. critical speeches like this are heavily voted. many people are wondering how could have happen. >> that your work is your bond, that your word is your bond. >> it didn't take long for the country to notice the melania trump speech sounded eerily familiar. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> fairfield native jared hill, a michelle obama fan, knew her 2008 speech so well, he was able to say parts of it with melania trump. >> reporter: hill tweeted this speech which caught on like wild five. melania must have liked michelle's 2008 convention speech since she just plagiarized it. >> i said to the screen as she was saying it, and you're willingness to work for them. i was like, that's kind of weird. then i was like, that's really weird. >> reporter: hill's tweet alerted the world on twitter to a similar speech. the trump campaign is denying any plagiarism saying melania worked on the speech for weeks. cindy mccain, wife of john mccain

they left energized to wake up to the accusations of plagiarism. for the striking similarity between the two speeches. >> it's hard not to plagiarize because they are words in the english language, it's kind of hard. >> she is not a politician and she has speech writers like everyone else does. it's a spouse supporting the husband's speech. >> they were in support of melania and her overall message. >> to be honest with you, what they are claiming is -- it's seems boiler plate at that point. she did an excellent job and looked great and we are excited to have her as our next first lady. >> there was more to the speech than the words in question. >> there were a lot of words that melania spoke about last night, her passion to helping women and children, and she showed america who she is and why she is supporting her husband. >> rick klein called it an amateur mistake by the campaign. >> clearly the language is so similar, someone should have caught it, if it wasn't an out right plagiarism it was too close to risk. i believe the campaign staff failed

but this is not like paraphrasing a story, which is plagiarism. that's what plagiarism is.t's have been said by everyone, not just -- >> so this is a non-thing? >> no, i think this is a faux controversy that is being made up to undermine what was an amazing speech. >> who made it up? >> i think the clinton campaign largely responsible -- >> well, that's not what i've seen. what i've seen is if you run this through a plagiarism software it comes back as plagiarism. >> if you look at the speech side by side next to each other and say where there's actually -- there's three little phrases and areas where there's any overlap. aside from that it is all her. so again, i think that this is a bunch of people trying to make something out of nothing. >> okay. >> look, let me just give you one more. this is what melania trump said. the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. that's what she said. twilight sparkle who's one of the my little ponies, said this is your dream, anything you can do for your dream. if your goal is to find parity between what someone els

the web site "turn it in" a site that checks school papers for plagiarism, they say there is a less than one in a trillion -- with a "t" chance that those matches were just a coincidence. so there are big questions right now. who was responsible for the speech? who wrote it or at least helped her write it and second will there be repercussions for thattern? at this point there are -- these are the answers we've heard. >> just another example, as far as we're concerned, that when hillary clinton is threatened by a female, the first thing she does is try to destroy the person. >> probably an unfortunate oversight and certainly melania didn't have anything to the with it. >> michelle obama does not own the words "hard work" and "dedication" and "values." >> melania trump said the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them. twilight sparkle from my little pony said this is your dream. >> we're watching the campaign closely this hour and in a matter of hours senator jeff sessions will place donald trump's name in for nomination. we have everything covered ahead of an important n

they had been insisting that it was not plagiarism. chris christie saying 93% of the speech was her own. rnc standing by the speech as well, and now you've got a staefer coming forward and essentially saying, you know what, i did plagiarize it, i'm sorry, i'm sorry about that. so i believe we just lost halle jackson, katie tur standing by for us. katie tur at the science center in the shadow of the q for that trump-pence rally that is scheduled to start in about an hour. i'll pose the question to you, you've been covering the trump campaign from the very beginning. why the disconnect between the statement the staffer, and the official line from the campaign? >> oftentimes the statements are not coordinated with the campaign. donald trump does often go against what his own staffers say in in public. paul manafort has said publicly they are going to walk back the muslim ban, donald trump said he never said that. paul manafort said they wouldn't choose a woman because it could be viewed as pandering, donald trump said paul manafort was mi

did i plagiarize? ellen the republican -- philip: the republican party will be hoping for fewer controversies on the second day of the republican national convention in cleveland. on stage will be former opponents of donald trump during the long and arduous primary process. the likes of new jersey governor chris christie and the former neurosurgeon ben carson. organizers will want there to be no hiccups on stage. catherine: philip crowther reporting from cleveland, ohio. in turkey thousands of public school teachers have had their licenses revoked today, meaning that they are no longer allowed to work. this is part of a widening crackdown by the state on individuals who are accused of being linked to friday's attempted coup d'État. nato and western leaders are growing increasingly concerned. ellen gainsford reports. ellen: following friday's failed coup, turkey is ratcheting up its rhetoric. in a defiant speech this tuesday, the turkish prime minister pledged to dig up the accusingdissidentcy, exophori

. >> there is no university in america would not rule this as plagiarism. there is no question that the speech writer for melania and trump could not possibly known this is plagiarisplagiarism. 22 words out of 26 words that melania and trump spoke were taken directly word for for word out of obama's speech. that was overwhelming of plagiari plagiarism. 29 words were identical with six words of slightly changed. there is just no question that the speech writer who worked on this lifted it directly from michelle obama's speech. the question is what will the trump's campaign reaction be if donald trump will reform. he will deny this plagiarism and he will not fire those speech writers or we won't be able to track that they have been fired. i doubt very much they'll admit to this but there is no question that that's what this is. this is pure plagiarism. >> the highlighted tonight speech was melania and trump's speech and turned this night to a catastrophy. >> what an outraged service by melania and trump. >> nicole and i talked about today of the fact that tru

is it plagiarism? >> well -- it's worse than plagiarism. if -- because here's the thing i was -- if you read the phrases, does what he says, word is bond, keeps his promises. treats everyone with respect. you might say, i think i picked up the wrong order at the store. because not only have you taken word for word, but you have taken words, once you know their story, they actually become accusations against donald trump. because none of those compliments are true of him. the opposite is true. and she has actually made one of the most devastating attack ads on donald trump. that when you -- these words have to be stolen from someone else. because they don't -- obviously do not apply to him. >> does this feed into this narrative again that this small campaign that, yes, was successful in the primaries, but far less than the bush campaign and still swept 17 other competitors under the carpet. that if there is a sloppiness and a laziness that somehow -- >> it's worse than that. >> what is it? >> it's unethical. because when they are confronted

they're talking about the plagiarism issue. and asked him how he was going. he responded, oh, just great, totally wanted to talk about plagiarism all day today. sarcasm, obviously. the campaign has made very clear they are not backing down on this issue any time soon. >> no question. we're driving the cycle of understanding on this. this is not about melania trump. she had a good night. she did something that was very difficult and did it very well and helped her husband in the process. those were the reviews on the floor where we were and online and everywhere else. the story now is what seems to be obvious cribbing was obviously and deceptively dealt with by the trump campaign. paul manafort largely responsible for the success of donald trump in getting to this point at this convention, says there was no cribbing and what's going on here is hillary clinton attacking a strong woman for standing up for herself. now, let's just deal with the speech part once and for all. here is what melania said and here's what michelle obama s

that's as close to plagiarism as you can get. i would call it plagiarism, sure.t wasn't word-for-word, but close enough. >> reporter: we sat down with brett latimer, a speech writer in the bush white house. >> they don't have a strong bench of speech writers. an amateur operation. >> reporter: "world news" anchor david muir spoke about the controversy with donald trump jr. >> what do you make of the striking similarities? >> i don't think there was anything in there that novel, in terms of those particular lines. she talks about immigration and the son, that was much more striking. >> she said she wrote the speech. >> she wrote as much as she could. >> reporter: hours later, donald trump jr. took the stage and delivered a well received speech. >> we believe that solving our great problems is an impossible task. that's why we need to elect a man who has a track record of accomplishing the impossible. >> reporter: don jr., who works for his father in real estate, talking about his policy and personal matters. >> growing up, my siblings and i, we were truly fortunat

after 38 hours of trump campaign denials, a trump staffer comes clean publicly over the melania plagiarism bombshell after the campaign takes a dark turn, repeated calls to put hillary clinton in prison, even linking her to the devil. tonight, trump's running mate overshadowed steps into the spotlight. >>> dangerous heat alert for 50 million people. for some, it's a matter of life and death. >>> downfall of a tv titan, sources tell nbc news roger ailes will soon be ousted in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit. >>> dramatic rescue caught on camera. good samaritans stand together to save a driver trapped. >>> and thanks for the laughs from "happy days," "laverne & shirley," to "pretty woman," we remember the legendary garry marshall. "nightly news" begins right now. >> the republican national convention. this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from cleveland. >> good evening. after two nights largely dedicated to reasons why hillary clinton should not be president, we may hear the case for donald trump tonight, when his vice-presidential running mate, governor mik

media that's why melania trump wapz a big story with plagiarism. >> thank god for melania trump. thank god it gave us something to talk about for 4 hours. >> this is what we will focus on here waserman shut will say are these real? of course they are. >> sanders will ask about. it at a convention you want unity. this is not about unity it's a problem between the sanders people and clinton people that is just not going to go away. >> and with that, the is announcement of tim kaine one of the things laughed at i couldn't helpty thought it was a lot of fun how people had fun with kaine's name and couple tweets people took to twitter. brent griffin sees reporter out in iowa i met him and used to see him on the trail he treated kaine' t touch this and kaine is able and campaign logo you cannot see it it looks like calvin kline logo which was funny. >> i can see it it's right there. >> okay. just keep your eyes on the roa road, tom. >> nobody did big daddy kaine nobody. >> those were just the ones i picked tom and donald trump took to twitter responding to this we'll read you the first

if you're going to plagiarize, why not plagiarize a conservavative icon andd not michelle obama?his is a problem. when you shift the debate from sending your supposed to be , yet,g about, a bump here's the crcriticism of it. thats s what he wawanted to avo. i heard she wrote the speech itself, which makes this even more troubling if shshe thought cutting and pasting was actually the way to communicate to an audience. created a blowback they'd probably did not anticipate. campaign manager, paul manafort, spoke up this morning and said something about this is not plagiarism, these are common words. what is your response to this? >> mrs. trump spoke very well. being an immigrant from another country, she explained how she came here and worked hard and met trump. that itself was big for america, what america is for, an immigrant coming here and raising up to potentially first lady. she wanted to bring all the people together within the party. she talked about education and about jobs. she talked about how good her husband is as a person. amy: were you concerned about this, using the

> yes, that it will be plagiarism.nwhile others say that they are more concerned with that rhetoric. most other speeches throughout their rnc. >> all right. just post a comment on our facebook page, or tweet us. >> all right. the 4:00 on 2 will be right back. stay with us. sfx: turbines revving up, getting louder and louder you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as $69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off... because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. sfx: clap, clap, ding >>> that's it for the 4:00 on 2. >> thank you, ted. it is over and now official that they would have secured enough to be the republican nominee for president. >> it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in their delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. congratulations, dad, we love you. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. donald trum