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randi kaye is looking at this from a different and fascinating angle. voters that say they don't like donald trump but psychological testing reveals their unconscious minds are saying the opposite. that's what the researchers claim. do you buy it? stay tuned for that report coming up. >>> meantime, co-chair joseph barrel ee, tara setmayer, and david gergen, and "the new york times" reporter alex burns. david, i want to start with you. clinton campaign, staffers, say they've taken donald trump seriously for a long time. say they thought it was always going to be tight. a lot of clinton supporters you know are surprised looking at the polls showing a tie. >> they should be. i think she's still a favorite to win the presidency, but she should be running scared. very scared. we thought a few weeks ago this might be a blowout, trump might be another goldwater, '64, against lyndon johnson.

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> before we went on air, i talked to former u.s.e house intelligence committee. chairman, meeting with henry kissinger, a right of passage for any republican candidate, but trump is not the average republican candidate. what do you think he is looking to gain from the meeting? is it to build up his stature? >> i think this is a candidate that's trying to mature into his foreign policy positions and i think a bright first stop for him sends a clear message, henry kissinger, kind of the dean of the thoughtful, engaged republican foreign policy expert, dating all the way back to nixon and ford, and he has been active since then, writing some interesting books on china and other places. i think it was an important thing for that image and really i hope he pauses and listens a little. >> trump's foreign policy seems isolationist or hawkish, as randi kaye pointed out, often full of contradictions. >> yeah. sometimes he talks about engagement. clearly saying he wants to be more engaged with putin, that's clearly a diplomat i can engagement

here is randi kaye. >> they came to hear bill clinton speak in new jersey.voters were already fired up. >> why you stoop down into the gutter with someone that wants it bring you there. >> reporter: the gutter is where many of the hillary clinton supporters believe donald trump is trying to drag her. using personal attacks about her husband's extra marital affairs dating back 20 years. >> she was an unbelievably nasty mean enabler and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful. >> reporter: instead of hitting trump back on his own transgressions, mrs. clinton is sticking to the issues. >> i have said repeatedly, i'm not going to respond to the ininsults and attacks coming from donald trump in this campaign. >> is hillary clinton playing tough enough? i think she is playing tough enough because i don't think that slander is the name of this game. i think she should stay focused on the agenda at hand. >> i don't believe in mud-slinging. i dent think that helps anyone. >> reporter: but not respond to trump's personal attacks are ris ook eingy. >> are y

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cnn's randi kaye says that strategy could be risky. >> reporter: they came to hear bill clinton speakey long before they arrived -- >> why do you want to stoop to the gutter. >> reporter: the gutter is where many hillary clinton supporters believe donald trump is trying to drag her using personal taxi about her husband's extramarital affairs dating back 20 years. >> she was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler and what she did to those women is disgraceful. >> reporter: mrs. clinton is sticking to the issues. >> i have said repeatedly, i am not going to respond to the insults and the attacks coming from donald trump in this campaign. >> is hillary clinton playing tough enough? >> well, i think she's playing tough enough, because i don't think that slander is the name of this game. i think that she should stay focused on the agenda at hand. >> i don't believe at mudslinging, i don't believe that helps anyone. >> reporter: but not responding to trump's personal attack is riskia. are you at all concerned about what happened to her look at what happened to the other 16 candidates who didn'

randi kaye joins me with more. >> reporter: anderson, if anyone wonders why they're investigating, theyfacebook page. he is 84 years old. here's why he may be in hot water with secret service. just yesterday, mother jones said he posted on his facebook that president obama, quote, should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term. the post has since been removed. when cnn called for comment, he confirmed he did write the post. said he used hung, not shot, correcting the post, then told cnn i prefer he be hung from the portico of the white house or as i call it the white mosque. threatening the life of the president is a federal crime, that's why the secret service is on the case. >> he's been talking about hillary clinton as well, correct? >> absolutely. if you have kids in the room right now, you may want to cover their ears. about hillary clinton, he wrote this shows kill reclinton to be lying, deceiving, finished that with the c word. and added i would never cast my ballot for this bitch in any election. this coming from a man that worked for tru

here is randi kaye. >> reporter: december 22nd, 2001. just three months after the 9/11 attacks.can airlines flight 63, with 197 passengers and crew, suddenly in trouble. passenger richard reed was attempting to detonate a plastic explosive he concealed in his shoes. passengers pounced and the flight headed from paris to miami was safely escorted by fighter jets to boston's logan airport. reed is a british citizen who converted to islam, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> richard reed is an al qaeda trained extremist, engaged in acts of national and international acts of terrorism, motivated by his hate of the united states. >> reporter: nearly five years later in august, twiks 2016, 24 men were charged with plotting to blow up as many as ten flights over the atlantic simultaneously. their weapon of choice, explosive liquid smuggled aboard in soda bottles. after that, liquids were limited to no more than three ounces. by then, passengers faced tighter security from the 9/11 attacks. shoes had to be removed, box cutters, lighters forbidden. the terrorists were g

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> well, no matter the criticism, trump shows no signs of backing down. >>terview with abc news, he recently defended his proposal for a temporary ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> i've heard that whole thing. oh, if you do the ban. well, the ban is a temporary ban until we find out what's going on. we can't be the stupid people anymore. in fact, right here in nebraska, they're bringing in tremendous numbers of people. >> let me put you back in the oval office, though. >> we don't know who these people are. we don't know where they're coming from. >> now, the new mayor of london is criticizing donald trump for his stance on islam, calling it ignorant. >> he's also warning it could make the u.s. and the u.k. less safe. cnn's phil black has more. >> reporter: not long after his electoral victory here at london city hall, this city's new mayor, sadiq kahn, says he's interested in visiting the united states to meet with mayors of major cities there to discuss ideas, policies for tackling some of the problems that they share. but he said he might have to do it

a step back and examine facts against the claims whenever we can starting with this one and our randi kayeeporter: it happened on this stretch of highway in fayetteville, arkansas. they were reportedly in his pickup truck after midnight and parked in a ravine. that's where she says he beat and raped her. the sixth grader ended up in the emergency room. the young lawyer called on to defend the suspect in the case was hillary rodham. just 27 she moved to oregon to be -- to arkansas to be with her boyfriend, bill clinton. the defendant thomas taylor, requested a woman lawyer so the judge appointed the future mrs. clinton. it would be her first criminal defense case. gibson was the prosecutor at the time. >> the day after she was appointed, she called me and wanted to know if i could get her unappointed. she didn't want to represent the rapist. >> reporter: despite her objection, clinton immersed herself in taylor's defense as she was legally obligated to do. in this affidavit seeking a psychiatric evaluation of the victim and signed hillary rodham, the rookie lawyer painted the victim as emot

randi kaye, cnn, patterson, new jersey. >>> as the clinton campaign prepares to take on donald trumpn the general election, she still has an opponent in the primary race and bernie sanders is not backing down. he's hoping for a contested convention. now there is a group of sanders supporters out there looking beyond the convention and they're circulating a draft proposal. it calls for sanders to concede the race, possibly endorse clinton, then take on trump himself. okay. a democratic strategist and bernie sanders supporter is with us. i want to ask you about this draft that says sanders would be a powerful surrogate for clinton. in what arena do you see that happening? >> so this draft is -- i don't know where this mysterious draft came from. there are no authors. they barely published where it came from. a lot of the language sounds very similar to some of the clinton language. so i think that everybody on team sanders right now is very passionate about moving forward. he's won 17 of the last 18 races. he has 45% of the pledged delegates. and most likely will win the majority of th

randi kaye joins me with more. >> reporter: anderson, if anyone wonders why they're investigating, theyo to his facebook page. he is 84 years old. here's why he may be in hot water with secret service. just yesterday, mother jones said he posted on his facebook that president obama, quote, should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term. the post has since been removed. when cnn called for comment, he confirmed he did write the post. said he used hung, not shot, correcting the post, then told cnn i prefer he be hung from the portico of the white house or as i call it the white mosque. threatening the life of the president is a federal crime, that's why the secret service is on the case. >> he's been talking about hillary clinton as well, correct? >> absolutely. if you have kids in the room right now, you may want to cover their ears. about hillary clinton, he wrote this last september. this shows killery clinton, to be lying, deceiving, finished that with the c word. and added i would never cast my ballot for this bitch in any election. this comin

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> checking some other top stories for you.garden party takes an unexpected turn when she's overheard criticizing chinese officials. >> can i present commander of the chinese state -- >> oh. >> seriously undermined by the chinese -- >> quite a testing time. i think at the point they walked around that the trick was off. i felt -- >> she was with me and it was very rude and undiplomatic i thought. >> in video released by buckingham palace, she remarks that chinese officials were rude last year and releasing this spokesman, we do not comment on the queen's private conversations however the chinese state visit was extremely successful. >>> senate republicans are holding out any chance for a nomination hearing of filling out a standard questionnaire and returning it to senate leaders. >>> most republicans will not authorize a confirmation hearing even if a democrat wins the election in november. >>> steph curry makes nba history once more, a unanimous vote, where do i start? led to a 24-0 start finishing with 73 wins and led the le

randi kaye has this report for us. >> reporter: december, three months after the 9/11 attacks.rouble. passenger richard reed was attempting to detonate a plastic explosive he concealed inside his shoes. passengers pounced, and the flight headed from paris to miami was safely escorted by fighter jets to boston's logan airport. he is a british citizen who converted to islam. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> he is on a mission engaged in acts of international terrorism that were motivated by his hate of the united states. >> reporter: nearly five years later in august 2006, 24 men were awrested by british authorities, charged with plotting to blow up as many as 10 flights over the atlantic simultaneously. their weapon of choice? explosive liquid smuggled aboard soda bottles. after that, liquids were limited. airlines were also facing tighter security. shoes had to be removed, box cutters and lighters were forbidd forbidden, but the terrorists were getting more creative. christmas day 2009, another failed attempt using the deadly explosive petn. northwest airli