well, rick tyler, with an introduction like that, let's start with you. if you want to prepare a candidate to face donald trump on this stage, you've done it. the clinton campaign's trying to do it right now. what's your advice to them? >> i think it's probably feeding his own words to him. and that is, she needs to memorize a lot of his quotes about foreign and domestic policy and some of the absurdities he said and just challenge hill on that. having said that, i think that she has to convince the country that she is likable and honest and is in command of the facts. those are her strengths. donald trump has to convince people he has the temperament to be president. my speculation and my guess is that donald trump will show up and be disciplined for this 90-minute debate. and because he's graded on a bell curve, he'll probably perform very well. >> jennifer granholm, let's pick it up there. if that's what happens, if kellyanne conway, who's been trying to discipline donald trump, she's been doing a pretty good job keeping him off twitter, i would say. h

rick tyler, with an introduction like that, let's start with you.you want to prepare a candidate to face donald trump on this stage, you have done it. the clinton campaign is trying to do it right now. what's your advice to them? >> i think it's probably feeding his own words to him. and that is she needs to memorize a lot of his quotes about foreign and domestic policy and some of the absurdities he's said and challenge him on that. having said that, i think that she has to convince the country that she is likable and honest and is in command of the facts. those are her strengths. donald trump has to convince people he has a temperament to be president. my speculation and my guess is donald trump will actually show up and will be disciplined for this 90-minute debate, and because he's graded on a bell curve, he'll probably perform very well. >> jennifer, let's pick it up there. if that's what happened, if kellyanne conway, who has been trying to discipline donald trump, doing a pretty good job keeping him off twitter. he toned it down, if that's th

well, rick tyler, with an introduction like that, let's start with you. if you want to prepare a candidate to face donald trump on this stage, you've done it. the clinton campaign's trying to do it right now. what's your advice to them? >> i think it's probably feeding his own words to him. and that is, she needs to memorize a lot of his quotes about foreign policy and some of the absurdities that he's said and just challenge him on that. having said that, i think that she has to convince the country that she is likable and honest and is in command of the facts. those are her strengths. donald trump has to convince people he has the temperament to be president. my speculation and my guess is that donald trump will show up and be disciplined for this 90-minute debate. and because he's graded on a bell curve, he'll probably perform very well. >> jennifer granholm, let's pick it up there. if that's what happens, if kellyanne conway, who's been trying to discipline donald trump, she's been doing a pretty good job keeping him off twitter, i would say. he certa

. >> rick tyler is standing by for us. msnbc political analyst and of course, former senior advisor to ted cruz's presidential campaign. rick, as we continue to wait for donald trump to make his way off the plane and get to this hotel of his there in the nation's capital, let's talk about what this statement could mean for his base because something else i don't think a lot of folks realize and i believe we have this graphic as well. this was from just last month. when asked whether people believe that president obama is a citizen of the united states of america. this was the response. i believe we have the graphic. there it is right there. barack obama was born in the u.s. this is among republicans in the nbc news survey monkey poll. 41% disagreed with that statement. so we're not talking about a small group of just kooks and nut jobs but a good chunk of folks who don't believe that the president was born here. if donald trump comes out and he says, you know what? i've changed my mind. the president is a citizen after all,

well, rick tyler, with an introduction like that, let's start with you.you want to prepare a candidate to face donald trump on this stage, you've done it. the clinton campaign's trying to do it right now. what's your advice to them? >> i think it's probably feeding his own words to him. and that is, she needs to memorize a lot of his quotes about foreign policy and some of the absurdities that he's said and just challenge him on that. having said that, i think that she has to convince the country that she is likable and honest and is in command of the facts. those are her strengths. donald trump has to convince people he has the temperament to be president. my speculation and my guess is that donald trump will show up and be disciplined for this 90-minute debate. and because he's graded on a bell curve, he'll probably perform very well. >> jennifer granholm, let's pick it up there. if that's what happens, if kellyanne conway, who's been trying to discipline donald trump, she's been doing a pretty good job keeping him off twitter, i would say. she's toned

i think one poll does not an election make. >> rick tyler, do you agree? >> it's worrisome for hillary clinton. you notice independents in each one of the cases where we have comparative polls, they go down, trump goes up and hillary doesn't go up as much or goes down. that tells me that those people are moving. i like to know which people are moving because i doubt it's the african-americans are moving so in a sense the independent candidates are keeping -- my speculation is independent candidates are keeping the votes that would normally go to hillary and there's a consolidation of the libertarians going toward trump. that's got to be problematic. >> this is all of course the backdrop of three days away from the first general election debate of the 2016 race. moderated by our own lester holt. it will take place about 30 miles from our studios at long island. both candidates claim new york is their home turf. debate preps could not be more different. oh yeah. aides to hillary clinton tell nbc news they are ready for the "different trumps" that might show

let's bring in rick tyler. rick played donald trump in cruz's preparation for the republican primary debate. and elise jordan is a former adviser to the rand paul campaign. good to see you both. so talk to me about playing donald trump for a candidate. do you use the accent? >> i really did. as i could. trump has very unique mannerisms, hand gestures, he speaks in very staccato short sentences and talks a lot about himself. >> what do you think the clinton campaign can learn from your experience with ted cruz? >> the first donald trump is going to be disciplined donald the rails donald trump, the insult laden donald trump. that is his number one liability is his temperament. >> which donald trump shows up. does he try to appear presidential to an audience that maybe is just tuning in for the first time? then you see him tweeting about jennifer flowers. >> i thought we were going to see disciplined donald trump and then you see him tweeting about a bill clinton mistress two days trump campaign has not sufficient

rick tyler, question, though. mike brought up a good point.the hillary clinton story is big. i think it goes beyond hillary clinton. as of yesterday, it was about the fbi. over the weekend it was about politics and sway and perhaps even the fbi getting caught up in sort of playing the game of politics and timing their, quote, investigation and questionable tactics in terms of how they carried out their investigation into the whole e-mail situation. that's a big story. i don't think we're doing enough of it, to be honest. i don't think we're overly focusing on hillary clinton and nitpicking. but i don't think we've done enough on exactly what a scam artist this candidate mig be. and i'm talking about donald trump. >> mika, i see these two stories unfolding sort of in parallel. first of all, giving a campaign contribution from a foundation is illegal, right? that's clearly illegal. >> that's what happened. >> they tried to clear it up. worse than that, donald trump tried to reimburse the foundation. you're not supposed to do that. the candidate

let's bring in rick tyler former adviser to ted cruz. rick played donald trump in cruz's preparation for debate. and elise. good to see you both. first donald trump, do you use the accent, go full trump, the voice and everything. >> i really did. could. took me a little while to prepare. trump has very unique mannerisms, hand gestures, facial expressions. he speaks in staccato, short, declarative sentences. in some ways very easy. >> what do you think clinton can learn from ted cruz who was on that stage so many times with donald trump. >> had to practice two times. first donald trump is disciplined donald trump, which i doubt will show up. rails donald trump, the insult-laden donald trump and how to capitalize on that. that's his number one liability, his temperament. >> there is this question donald trump shows us he tries to stand on that stage and appear presidential to an audience tuning into the election for the first time, rick believes that's the case. then you see him tweeting about gennifer flowers. >> i thought we're going to

. >> washington strategy eupl and former white house aide and rick tyler for the cruz campaign.ou both for joining me this morning. trump saying clinton could shoot someone in public and still not get prosecuted. katy just said that. is trump just making this up as he goes along? >> they say you should think about what you say not say everything you think. this is a case of the latter. donald trump says whatever pops into his mind. i don't know what the strategic advantage is other than to say -- the clintons do seem -- there seems to be a lot of smoke all the time around the clintons. yet no one seems to be able to find the source or the fire. he is probably referring to that, i'm sure. >> as i mentioned a few minutes ago, a new poll with trump and clinton tied at 47%. joe, how big of a deal is that because they are tied in such a curable state? >> that's significant of course. at one tiaoeupime hillary clint a significant lead in florida. it will continue the next couple months. it underscores this has been the year of the outsider. so much of what donald trump has said has be

. >>> i want to bring i think rick tyler who advised ted cruz in his debate and brett o' donnel. gentlemen, it is great to have you here. how know how hard it is to pin these folks down. we got the new wall street turn out that there is a third voters to help making the decision in november. is he capable of answering questions of substance of honestly and truthfully. >> sure, thomas, i spent ten hours total across the stage for donald trump and for his debate. he's a very accomplished performer as one would expect from someone who spent 10 years on reality television show. i think the pressure is on secretary clinton, she has so many things she cannot do. she cannot cough or laugh or shout like she did at her supporters last week. she could con desense. i have noticed that hen when hes not have any idea -- obviously, to embarrass himself. i do believe that while the expectations gained favors donald trump, he brings a lot of strengths to this of experience and performance in debates and in reality television past. >> so rick, let me ask you because you helped ted cruz prepare fo

i'm joined by msnbc contributor rick tyler, former ted cruz campaign spokesman. y, he went on to vote this theory that i've heard from a few other folks, the theory that donald trump in his heart of hearts isn't really running for president of the united states. that he wants to create maybe a third party, a legitimate third party, maybe he wants to create a media empire a la roger ailes. this was what monty said, what you've i'm sure heard from others. what say you to that theory? i saw that interview, it was quite a remarkable assertion. it's hard for me to believe that donald trump would go through all the trouble of winning the republican nomination -- and he has -- if the end game was not to be president of the united states. i don't think he's interested in a third party. he doesn't really fit the philosophical profile for someone who wants to fill a third party. remember this is someone who switched parties seven times. he doesn't really have a grounding ideological set of core believes and that's why he's sort of all over the place, it's all about politica

>> that's what the doctor is asking. >> and lose some weight. >> rick tyler, thank you. >> rick, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> where were you when framton comes alive, comes out? >> he was not there. >> are you there, rick? >> i was in junior high school. yeah. absolutely. >> you sit there and listen to it? >> i did. with all our friends. >> who was your favorite band member? >> i couldn't do that. it was angela merkel. maybe david cameron. >> what was your favorite song on the album? we'll go there. >> i don't remember. >> do you feel -- >> okay. rick tyler, thank you. follow my lead next time. still ahead on "morning joe" -- just be quiet. >> what was your favorite song? >> guitar talk man. >> exactly. >> we'll go to break. >> still ahead on "morning joe," first it was servers of the dnc and then the election systems. what's yet to be seen? could hackers in russia actually impact the vote count in the 2016 election somehow? and next, president obama suffers his first veto override of his tenure so the families of 9/11 victims can try to sue saudi arabia. richard blumenthal opposed

i'm joined by stephanie schreock and former republican strategist rick tyler. stephanie, is hillary clinton in some sort of candidate witness protection program, is she the first candidate to ever have to balance fund-raising with public appearances, because just to be real, you know we do real talk here, when you are going to fund-raisers that doesn't mean you can't hold any public events for six days. i say this to you upbeat, it's not the biggest story in the world, but what's going on here? >> well, let's start with it's really easy to get headlines like donald trump when you are using divisive and angry rhetoric every day, so that is part of this. but i do want to say yes, you have got to balance all the aspects of the campaign but i want to talk about this week. earlier this week hillary clinton and her campaign rolled out a mental health proposal that was really extraordinary, one in five americans are dealing with mental health issues and this is an issue talked about on both sides of the aisle. this is what we are talking about on the ground. she also,

>> i will resume tweeting after november 8th. >> rick tyler, i appreciate it very much.eets it. >>> right now, nevada with the normal turnout of young voters. the critical group. the silver state, one of five states that will vote on measures to legalize marijuana for recreational use and that would draw young voters. jacob soboroff is in las vegas. the latest installment of the up for grabs series in las vegas. how important is the so-called marijuana vote there? >> reporter: peter, it could be critically important, as a matter of fact. we know very well that hillary clinton is struggling with young voters. it's a very tight race for the question too. this marijuana legalization ballot initiative that's going on here and she needs every little bit of help she can get from young voters that are going out to the polls. so could this help her? that's the big question. before opening hours, this dispensary, all of this marijuana you see around me is completely legal under the medical marijuana rules from these baby jays to the 3-year-old to the kohna kush. how is this going

. >> rick tyler, msnbc political analyst. former national spokesman for the ted cruz campaign. g with me. which donald trump do you suppose we'll see monday night? >> you know, there's a lot of gamesmanship going into this with the expectation games and each campaign is trying to set the predicate for the other. i think donald trump will show up and be disciplined. i think he can be disciplined for 90 minutes and i think it's critical that he is because as polling shows, "the wall street journal" polls is the largest concern with donald trump is his temperament and each one of these candidates is trying to get under the other one's skin if one way or another. if hillary clinton can get under his skin or displays the temperament people don't like, that will hurt donald trump. and conversely, if donald trump can get her to litigate the e-mails one more time, i think that will hurt her because her biggest weakness is she's not trusted by the american voter. so i think they're both going to be looking not to make mistakes. i think mistakes are higher for hillary clinton here because

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me political analyst and former rnc chairman michael steele and republican strateg t strategist, rick tylerlet's start with you. comments by marco gutierrez. he is try to ing to reach out t african american voters. are they helping or hurting him? >> they are part of distracting the message and then of course you have the campaign itself which had i think a wonderful opportunity and moment in mexico with the president there and then stepped on that and created more confusion later on in the speech. the combination of these forces have really taken the immigration question off at this point. the argument that the are had to make goes back to the bush a administrati administration. rubio laid out the message. the rnc laid out an opportunity in its autopsy after 2012. not being able to align the nominee of the party and the party itself around the cores of those messages which still all talked about border enforcement as well as dealing with 11 million immigrants who are here right now has left us into this space. >> rick, the party that donald trump has made it clear he is aligned with is the

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ted cruz's former communications director rick tyler who was a ted cruz true believer, he told nbc's hallie jackson when he heard this news. quote, it's morning in america for conservatives. we lost our leader today. what it also means is that donald trump is consolidating the support of the republican party, all of it. he is theirs now and they are his. which is something i am sure his campaign wanted to have sewed up heading into the debates and they were both off the campaign trail today preparing for monday's debate although they're preparing in markedly different ways. sources tell nbc news that clinton will be debating in mock debate with someone playing the role of donald trump and doing timed drills and donald trump is doing nothing of the sort. he's continuing his more laid back approach of sitting around and spitballing with his closest aides. i, for one, don't really believe any of it because they're all spinning this so hard to try to manage expectations about this right now, honestly -- when we're this close to the debate there's no real reason to believe the spin. there

have you heard from other conservatives, other ted cruz fans who share rick tyler's point of view thatgests ted cruz is selling out. >> there's clearly lot of hard core conservatives that are not going to be happy with this news. right now we have conservative leader in donald trump or the liberal progressive in hillary clinton. we don't have a choice. hillary clinton is fundamentally unfit to be president and the only other option this stage of the game is donald trump so for the furtherance of the cause is it in everyone's interest to get behind donald trump. we have a limited time to get it done. the polls are tightening, the momentum is behind donald trump and the best way to continue this ball down the field and cross the finnegish line is to e unity behind donald trump. clearly this is the best way to defeat hillary. >> i'm old enough to remember both hillary clinton and donald trump were liberal new yorkers. very few people get the opportunity to hang out with president obama with a beer, and anthony got a shot will tell us about it next. some research. let me introduce you to o

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. >> rick tyler, the former drkt director for the cruz campaign with trump faced its own birther attacks from the purnt nominee. welcome. >> glad to be here. >> give me your sense of what you make of today. >> one of the most bizarre incidents in political history. the spectacle of it all, he wouldn't say how he was going to talk about the birther incident and had all of media and many of the networks carry it live for a half hour and he had seven seconds of dismissing the birther incident. i never have seen anything like this. why they are doing it is the debate is am category up and you will probably get 20 or 30 or more million viewer who is will watch the debate and cannot afford to have this topic be in front of that many viewers. >> i guess i get that, but why the weird statement? why not some form of admitting you are wrong or repudiation or apology. kelly ann conaway said i am not getting on the plane until you make the statement. >> trump's senior communications adviser and kelly ann conaway and rudy giuliani all said he now believes barack obama was born in the united states an

. >> i want to play for you what nbc dan cruz' former campaign spokesperson rick tyler told my colleague this morning, take a listen. >> we have an election where there are certain names on the ballot and one of them is hillary clinton and then donald trump and a host of independent candidates and given the choice, a lot of people are in senator cruz' problem. he went further and endorsed him. voting for someone and endorsing are different things. endorsing is lending your name and sacred honor saying this person has my confidence. this person would make a good president of the united states and that's hard to reconcile with the things that cruz has said about donald trump including calling him a pathological liar and sniveling coward. >> how is this endorsement playing to conservatives and how much of an impact realistically do you think it will have on the trump campaign? >> i think you're getting mixed reactions. certainly there are cruz staffers upset by the decision. some of his supporters in iowa who is a conservative talk show radio host is upset by the decision. you have a lot of

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has to stay cooled and let him i think give him enough rope to hang himself. >> i want to go to rick tyleray another version of donald trump. that is true, that he can do the sort of whirling dervish style. but he also can do the lay in wait style and be somewhat effective at it. i want to play an exchange between donald trump and your former candidate ted cruz from one of the debates back on january 14. take a look. >> i think most people know exactly what new york values are. >> i am from new york. >> you're from new york, so you might not. but i promise you in the state of south carolina, they do. >> he insulted a lot of people. i've had more calls on that statement that ted made. when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. >> rick, keeping in mind that he won't have an advantage on new york because he was a senator from new york, but do you think that donald trump has it in him to remain that calm for 90 full minutes? >> he really is going to have to, i think. this is the first time we'l

. >> and rick tyler, msnbc contributor. have you a pod cast yet? >> not yet. only matter of time, rick. >> trump and pence essentially say the same thing that collins said. it is in the trump surrogate world that says they are trying to clarify about what trump said and simply say he is a stronger leader for his people than president obama is for his. acceptable answer to you? >> no. remarkable thing he is saying this. this is a man who grew up in the cold war generation. i lived through part of that generation and putin is a former cia/kgb agent, what ronald reagan called an evil empire. and to somehow praise putin because he praised donald trump, i think it is completely unacceptable. having said that, we did align with the russians in world war ii 1 and world war ii to defeat nazi and fascist italy. working with the russians to defeat isis, is an opportunity. but to praise putin -- >> do you think voters care? i've been wondering this. i don't know. >> yes, based on the trump campaign to date broadly that voters don't sort of -- terribly accountable for the

ted cruz's former communications director rick tyler who was a ted cruz true believer, he told nbc'sjackson when he heard this news. quote, it's morning in america for conservatives. we lost our leader today. what it also means is that donald trump is consolidating the support of the republican party, all of it. he is theirs now and they are his. which is something i am sure his campaign wanted to have sewed up heading into the debates and they were both off the campaign trail today preparing for monday's debate although they're preparing in marketedly different ways. sources tell nbc news that clinton will be debating in mock debate with someone playing the role of donald trump and doing timed drills and donald trump is doing nothing of the sort. he's continuing his more laid back approach of sitting around and spitballing with his closest aides. i, for one, don't really believe any of it because they're all spinning this so hard to try to manage expectations about this right now, honestly -- when we're this close to the debate there's no real reason to believe the spin. there's no

. >> i want to bring in political analyst rick tyler, foreigner spo former spokesman for ted cruz's political campaign. let us start with the news of the hour. a lot of folks under the impression that donald trump would be talking about his medical records with dr. oz, which was odd in and of itself. when we first heard, we were, like, why would he do that. we learn a short time ago that's not the case. >> right. >> you're plugged in. i don't want to feed into some sort of fringe idea about donald trump's health. but i do want to ask you if there are concerns in your circle about donald trump's physical well being. >> well, you really have to have a doctor's opinion about this. this is what happened. donald trump went on an interview and, typical donald trump, he sort of pretempted himself by saying he had this great physical, they went through everything and he was going to release that shortly. and then i'm not sure where it originated that it was going to be released on dr. oz. mine guess is dr. oz probably himself wanted to back out of this. i think it would be a little odd to have him as

bush, and rick tyler, msnbc political analyst and former national spokesman for the cruz campaign.president obama was born in the u.s., but for hillary clinton, that admission is not enough. here's what she had to say at an event in washington yesterday -- >> he is feeding in to the worst impulses, the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country. barack obama was born in america, plain and simple. and donald trump owes him and the american people an apology. [ applause ] >> so joe, should trump apologize? >> well, he should, but he's not going to. if he really wanted to reach out to the african-american community, an apology would be in order. but even an apology wouldn't be enough. most african-americans, every african-american that i know is offended by his comments on the birther movement and the fact that he's continued them for so long. so i don't even think that an apology at this point would be enough. i mean, it's almost the midnight hour of the 2016 presidential election, and he's finally calling it quits. so i don't think an apology would even be enough. >> why do you thin

rick tyler, msnbc political analyst. yunisha cinder with the new york times. and katy tur is not accessible but donald trump expected to take to the podium any moment now for this major statement. i'll hand over things to my colleague, peter alexander in washington, dc. pete? >> thank you. >>> we are awaiting donald trump as we have been telling you to speak at his washington, dc hotel. the trump international hotel as it's being billed is opening up this week. he promised to make what he describes as a major announcement. that announcement, we believe, expected to address the fire storm that he has reignited in a new interview with "the washington post" published just last night when he refused to admit that president obama was born in america. the campaign issued a statement late last night saying, quote, mr. trump believes president obama was born in the united states. the statement also claiming trump did, kwoequote, a great service to the country and in 2011 by compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. after falsely accusing hillary cli

joining me now, jameel smith, and political analyst rick tyler.me in, i was reading to you this david axelrod tweet. antibiotics can take care of pneumonia. what's the cure for an unhealthy penchant for privacy that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems. did hillary clinton create an unnecessary problem for herself? >> #nothelping. the campaign is not -- >> with friends like that. >> exactly, with friends like that, who needs enemies. he could be talking about the trump campaign. it's very interesting to see how the trump response has been calibrated around her penchant for lack of transparency as opposed to his own lack of transparency. we know less about him medically than we do her, and we know a lot less about him financially than we do her. frankly, this should escalate calls for transparency from both campaigns, not just one. >> we could go through the list. it's still sort of breakfast hour so i won't, of presidents who have had issues, very public issues. long before hillary clinton. on both sides of the aisle. i might add. is this much

msnbc political analyst rick tyler and washington bureau chief mother jones, david cornwell.ike pence doesn't like to name call but it still refers to david duke as a bad person. why not call him deplorable? >> well, you know, he doesn't want to concede the argument but he's creating more of a story. he should have said that, of course david duke and what he represents are deplorable but what hillary clinton has done is to say that half of the republican party who is supporting donald trump is like david duke. he could have said that and i think this would have been over with. >> it's interesting, dana milbank, he has this piece up and says, yes, half of trump's supporters are racist and few people embrace the racist label. let's help them. if you are enthusiastic about a candidate whose based on scapegoating immigrants, banning muslims, and employed anti- anti-semitic. you might be a racist. >> barack obama was not born here and would have the racist birther conspiracy theory that donald trump was the champion of and believe he's a secret muslim which i think has racist conn

i want to bring in msnbc republican strategist, rick tyler. >> good morning, stephanie. >> both campaigns are saying they won. hillary clinton pretty aggressively sort of going around the track galloping a victory lap. is that risky? is it premature? >> i think especially for her because she decisively won and, look, every candidate claims they won. it's not new to donald trump. every candidate after a debate in general claims they won. they try to spin it their way. as i predicted before the debate, it is the post spin that really matters. so that's what they're both trying to do. both trying to make it look like they won. look, i think hillary clinton clearly won. that doesn't mean that she's going to get -- you know, that she wins the election. the only thing that matters is on election day, but she had a very good performance. donald trump had a less than stellar performance, but he has two more tries at it. >> is that why donald trump is changing strategy? there's some reporting saying that your man, ted cruz, might be helping him with debate prep. you know better than anybody, ted c

ted cruz's former communications director, rick tyler, really a ted cruz true believer, told hallie jackson the news, "it's mourning in america for conservatives. we lost our leader today." what it also means is that donald trump is consolidating the support of the republican party, all of it. he is theirs now, and they are his. something i'm sure his campaign wanted to have sewed up heading into the debates. both donald trump and hillary clinton were off the campaign trail today preparing for monday's debate. although they're apparently preparing in markedly different ways. sources telling nbc news that clinton will be participated in mock debates with somebody playing the role of donald trump. she's doing timed drills. but sort also telling nbc news that donald trump is doing nothing of the sort. he's continuing his more laid-back approach of sitting back and spitballing with his closest aides. i don't believe any of it because they're all spinning us so hard to manage expectations of this now. honest, when we're this close to the debate, there's no real reason to believe the spin. no rea

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rick. >> hi, tyler. indeed we can debate what central banks are going to do, not do, what they should have done, but in the end the market is voicing a bit of an opinion here. especially with the catalyst of mario draghi yesterday. stimulus and low interest rates, we're all tied at the hip with all central banks. so did mario draghi give us a glimpse into his future, or did he give us a glimpse into what he thinks the fed's future, what their rise in rates? i can't tell you that but look at a two-day of twos, two-day of tens, a week ago we settled 1.60 on the tens. more importantly start out in early june, we have broken through a range. we have been putting weights on a spring with regard to much of the sovereign market now for the last six weeks. now the spring is about to pop. and keep in mind there's margin calls going on here that may have started in europe. so as you look at six-month charts of the bunds, gilts and what you want to understand is they've added ping-pong into the olympics. this is ma