reince bush. preibus can be happy that there are a lot of interesting people but did you see many people on stage that will be accepted by the american people? mark: a lot of eyeballs as well. >> partly because of trump, also being the first debate. any republican marquee event on fox news channel is going to get a lot of eyeballs. that is where people on the conservative side go to watch their politics. betty: i think a lot of dems were watching and having a good time watching the fireworks. hillary clinton was out in california fund-raising, which she needs to be doing. there is a selfie out there with her and kim kardashian. >> you have seen presidential candidates over the years john kerry, even barack obama -- early in the process, they worry about hobnobbing with hollywood celebrities. sometimes the democratic party takes some hits as being too closely tied to the coast. hillary does not have that concern. i don't know who else you could stand next to that would create more of an injured pro

other more moderate republican, people like jeb bush, people like reince priebus would be alarmed withplan because they want to do well with latino voters. in some ways, this is a flashback to the rhetoric you heard in 2012 from mitt romney, this idea of self-deportation. this is which-to-make things so difficult people would leave the country. >> what are the specific details on this plan? on this comprehensive immigration reform plan which is very different than moderates would have liked, including this wall that he says mexico will pay for. >> what's interesting is he goes into detail on certain issues. so he talks about how he'll force mexico to pay for the wall by blocking remittances to mexico which is not an insignificant sum of money. he talks about tripling the number of customs and immigration enforcement agents. what's interesting is what he leaves out in the plan. he talks about deporting all criminal aliens in the plan. but when you hear him speak normally, he talks about deporting everyone who's undocumented and allowing a path to legal stall us the for some to come back

the reince priebuses, how much it irked jeb bush to have to share a stage with him in a presidential debate. here's what i did not hear, people saying they were committed to voting for donald trump. i didn't hear many people who said he was at the very top of the list. people are enjoying the trump phenomena here among this conservative crowd but not in the context of a serious presidential campaign. i think this might be driving the polls a bit, too, this dynamic. >> now, what do they expect to hear from trump when he speaks tomorrow? >> i think that's why they love donald trump. nobody has any idea what he's going to say when he speaks tomorrow. it's so unpredictable. you could hear it in the debate, people were hanging on his every word. no one knew what was coming next. one thing i'd be interested to see, he has a bit of rivalry going on with fox news and specifically megyn kelly which he retweeted someone calling her a bimbo, taking heat for that. fox news very popular with conservatives. it will be interesting if he continues that fight tomorrow when he comes here and what the

conference, then this notion of anchor babies by jeb bush, and then you had the former grand wizard of the kkk, david duke, endorsing donald trump. so reinceebus, i'm sure, is cowering in the corner because this is not the way to grow the party, move anything the direction that he needs it to move. jon: i'm old enough to remember when richard nixon was talking about the silent majority, and he seemed to be using it to refer to, you know, middle class americans who sort of weren't out there in the streets protesting the vietnam war. is it really a racist reference? >> i don't think it is, jon. good morning. if you look at that speech from november of 1969, president richard nixon was talking about a sense of, a, there are a lot of protests going on, there's the counterculture movement, and there's the silent majority of americans who want to take their country back, and they want to have pride in their country. the interesting thing about donald trump using the term, jon, is this: i think for those who believe the term is racist are going to say trump is being racist, but i think what trump is talking about, and corey my good friend says, o

you heard reince priebus last week down at the urban league talking about african-american voters jeb bushso far who has made that kind of outreach. part of his portfolio even though he does say that he was win the african-american vote, win the latino vote that seems to be very unlikely given all of his racialized rhetoric. >> he asserted that again at the end of the abc interview saying i will win the african-american vote i will win the hispanic vote. very quickly to you, m.j. his campaign fired sam nunnberg for racially charged facebook posts he say he did not post. what does that do on the issue of race and donald trump as a candidate? >> as you clarified, these are facebook post that the aide said he did not write. i think that didn't really matter to the trump campaign that gets it only has a couple days before trump takes the debate stage which is going to be a very important moment for him and for him proving himself to a wider audience. i think that the trump campaign understands that its gop rivals have a long list of attacks that they can use against trump, whether it's comment

reince priebus is with us from cleveland, the location of tomorrow night's debate. good morning, mr. chairman. >> good morning, charlie. good morning, everyone. let's started with what nancy was saying about jeb bush. what impact will this have in terms of bush having to be deflected to explain himself? >> i have to be a little careful in calling balls and strikes and getting in the middle of candidates' comments. it's clear that a bill in washington is a bill to defund planned parenthood and move that machi money to community health clinics. it was a matter of moving it. heed is he misspoke. i think he did, and he fixed it. i think it's a little much ado about nothing. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> candidates have to be careful. so, obviously, i mean, yeah. you have to watch out how you say and how you say it and quickly recover and repair potential mis takes that you've made. >> people worry that is reflects a mind-set. >> sure. there's no dobt you have to correct things like that. they did. it's um portent to be careful. >> an exciting night tomorrow. and at the same time this debate is going on in congress, do you think it's worth shutting down the federal government in october to defund planned

reince priebus is with us from cleveland, the location of tomorrow night's debate. good morning, mr. chairman. >> hey, good morning, charlie. good morning, everyone. >> let's start with what nancy was saying about jeb bushwhat impact will this have in terms of bush having to be deflected, to explain himself? >> well, look. i mean, i've got to be a little careful here in calling balls and strikes and getting in the middle of candidates' comments, but i think it's pretty clear that a bill in washington is a bill to defund planned parenthood and then move that money to community health clinics and other places. so it wasn't a matter of eliminating money, it was a matter of moving it. he said he misspoke. obviously i think he did. and he fixed it. i think it's a little bit of much to do about nothing. >> the problem, candidates have to -- go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i was just going to say, candidates have to be careful. so obviously, i mean, yeah. you have to watch out what you say and how you say it, and you have to quickly recover and repair potential mistakes that you've made, and i think they've done that. >> because people worry that it reflects a mindset. >> sure. yeah, yeah, yeah. no, no. there's no dou

bush released his financial disclosure forms and while he's not a billionaire like donald trump his net worth is estimated between $19 million and $22 million. savannah? >> peter, thank you so much. reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> well, the debate stage is set. anticipation is high. viewership is expected to be enormous and donald trump as the voters. is this how you thought the debates would start and how you would introduce voters to republican candidates? them. savannah. look at the field. candidates. he's been doing quite a job in the polls. you get governors, successful business people, a neurosurgeon, members of congress. there is a diverse field. it's a young field. everyone brings a little something different to the table. i think it will be a great night. that's really what we did anticipate of our party. >> how do you explain though the phenomenon of donald trump? this isn't a couple of points here and there. he's doubling up the competition. no one is coming close to him. one of the candidates, rand paul, called it temporary loss of sanity in the republican party. do you agree with that? >> well

bush bubble is going to goin fall. >> we have a lot more coming up from "morning joe" from washington, the chairman of the national republican committee reince priebus is here. chuck todd, former adviser to president obama's campaign, stephanie cutter will join us and "the washington post" chris cilizza who explains why he was wrong about donald trump. tomorrow we'll be live in cleveland to break down the big moments from tonight's gop debate. up next, we'll break down president obama's big speech yesterday selling the iran deal. i loved it. and the group he compared -- >> his worst traits were on full display. >> no, it was time. >> partisan, condescending, arrogant. compare the republicans to people chanting death to americans in iran. i don't think kennedy did that in '63. >> i think he was just fine and somebody needed to hear it. >> it was awful! when broker chris hill stays at laquinta and fires up free wi-fi, with a network that's now up to 5 times faster than before you know what he can do? let's see if he's ready. he can swim with the sharks! book your next stay at lq.com! i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by m