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do robert costa, thank you so much as always. katy tur on the vegas strip, that you can. we know it's been a long trip already. >>> coming up for us, the man who crafted some of the most powerful words in recent presidential politics tells the us message clinton and trump must deliver for their own selves on sunday. plus donald trump in a room full of first graders. what could go wrong? when the 11th hour continues. >>> mike pence did an incredible job and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice that was my first hire, as we would say in las vegas. and i'll tell you, he's a good one. >> maybe first hire is a vegas term. donald trump today in nevada taking a little credit for mike pence's debate performance last night. but donald trump has another debate of his own just over four days now. here to talk about that and more, former speech writer for president obama john favreau and former chair of the rnc, forrer lieutenant governor of the great state of maryland michael steele. welcome to you both. michael, if you're in charge of debate p

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robert costa that what we are seeing is a super nova, and one of the new pieces forms the new nova where you could have candidates running under its banner saying goodbye to ideas related to the gop. is that being talked about with any seriousness? >> not -- the national republican committee the institutional part of the republican party is with trump, reince priebus has been on the phone, the chief strategist has been working out of trump tower so even as a congressional leadership backs away, the other remains there, meaning that he's looking for a new party or infrastructure to do so. >> i realize this calls for perhaps a judgment on your part, how does he square that when compared to let's say for the sake of conversation, november 9, they wake up in the morning, they have lost the election, what is left of maybe the old chassis of the gop is going to meet in either a ballroom or a bunker somewhere in washington and start over? >> there's a sense of bleakness for many republicans looking past november 8th, they're not sure what's next, but when you talk to people close to priebus, he

we turn to robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post. robert, what is the atmosphere these days inside the flying trump tower that is the trump campaign? >> they're setting up an the that the universe politically speaking with this broadcast tonight. they're speaking directly to their base trying to get these trump voters who are looking at the polls, maybe sensing trump himself. it is the 11th hour of this donald trump campaign. he is also very much anti-establishment. the former head of breitbart at his side telling him to go right up against both parties' establishments. >> robert, no one sheds tears for mainstream media lord knows, but in his speeches today trump was telling crowds the media are against you, my followers. reporter for cnn was heckled and surrounded on the air tonight. our people certainly have been harassed. and as the "new york times" put it this weekend, in every newsroom you hear one or many of us everyday say the same thing, someone's going to get hurt out there. more than that, what's the lasting effect on the pe

robert costa, i've never heard biden lay this out so clearly. the fact that we have this meritocracy gone bankrupt, where only the people at the very top academically are given any consideration by the democrats in terms of policy. he speaks with personal experience, it seems, for a guy who went to university of delaware for example, about this almost british-style system, if you didn't go to oxford or cambridge, don't talk, we're not listening. >> it's a fascinating interview, especially at this political moment as democrats look at the map and they wonder, in places where trump has been popular in the industrial midwest, can they make some gains? can they connect with these aggrieved voters who look at globalization and are unanticipate, are frustrated with the economy. and biden made the point that is not just about policy and ideology. it's about the vernacular. it's about making a visceral connection with these voters that have been left behind. >> we'll track david patrick moynihan, one of our heros, when he talked about this loss of suppo

." >>> with us by telephone this evening a reporter who has done essential work this cycle, robert costa national political reporter with the washington post, both of course are msnbc political analysts and robert we'll start with you with the kind of blanket warning to cover our conversation tonight that the standard in this country is innocent until proven guilty. what was the reaction when you were able to reach inside the trump campaign tonight. >> reporter: it's a chaotic moment. he is in miami. most of his inner circle is in new york. trump right now is actively considering filing a lawsuit against "the new york times" considering further litigation against other news organizations. nothing yet has been filed but the discussions are on going late tonight. trump has said per two people close to him i've spoken with to be furious behind the scenes -- furious behind the scenes and steve bannon want to "go to war "with the media and the republicans. but the one who remains very close to him republican national chair committee reince priebus he is working with him as the whole scene unf

and our friend the washington post national political reporter robert costa, who remains, and this raises a whole bunch of questions about mr. costa, remains in las vegas. like there were no east bound flights today. mr. costa i'll deal with you in just a moment. andrea a couple of disclosures. first of all, i'm thinking of tim russert our friend to whom this was new years eve and christmas day all wrapped up into one. he lived for this night every year, you and i have both gone a couple of times. they were nice enough to have me as dinner speaker a few years back. al smith the fourth and his wife nan are friends of ours. having said that there's a bunch of rules about this dinner. if you want to see it done beautifully look up on youtube barack obama, john mccain, barack obama mitt romney. lovely evenings actually. not tonight. >> not tonight. they are supposed to trade punch lines, and at least on his part they were trading punches. i mean this was mean stuff. he should've stopped at the melania joke, which was a great line. and then all of a sudden talking about her being corrupt and t

and that group is around trump and that's what's happening. >> robert costa of the "washington post," you always have something interesting to post, and you do always understate it if anything, i really appreciate you sticking with this one and joining us on such short notice. so it has turned into quite the news day around here, just over the last fewours, again, we're continuing to cover this breaking news story, we do, i got to tell you, we do have some data here, some of it is publicly available data, some of it is data that only we have exclusively tonight that can tell you why this is so politically nuclear and what this could mean for the whole country. we have got data in one specific state and data you have not heard anywhere else. and we have got that tonight as this story continues to develop. stay with us. >> we're continuing to cover here's a little healthy advice. take care of what makes you, you. right down to your skin. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion with 5 vital nutrients for healthier looking skin in just one day. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results® >> we're con

joining us now is robert costa, "washington post" national political reporter. this front page report that he co-wrote appears in the post tomorrow morning. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> is war overstating it? is this a continuation of the same friction that there has been between the party and this nominee over time or are we in a new phase? >> there are no actual weapons involved, but i don't know what to call it except war. its an unprecedented moment in republican history to have a party that so long has been about discipline, about the next in line, about staying in line, now you have a candidate running against the speaker of the house. >> when you say that he's sort of running against him, i'm definitely seeing that in the language of hitweets, for lack of a better way to put it. >> it's more than that. >> he's hoping for republicans who don't support him to fall in the polls, to lose their elections. he's calling paul ryan an ineffective leader. is he maneuvering to try to cost the republicans as many seats as possible in

joining us now robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst and elise jordan, former advisor to senator rand paul for president. robert, could you speak about how the "washington post" developed this story? karen tumulty said she's been talking to this woman for days and it took her a while to come around to the notion she should go public with this. according to what karen tumulty revealed in the story, it's basically about donald trump provoking her in his recent comments to come forward. >> karen tumulty, my excellent colleague, has been pursuing and listening to different kinds of tips for days, this is something she had been working on. it's part of a large number, a rising number, of these kind of allegations and accusations and the "washington post" is listening to women who come forward. some want to speak at first on background or maybe off the record and eventually some of them go on the record. >> and elise, we're hearing this in -- this morning when summer zervos came out, that the reason she was coming out is she saw the "

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robert costa is a fabulous reporter with the "washington post." and he somehow maintains his independence and judgment in covering donald trump all these months now. he joins us by phone. robert, thank you for joining us. and i do respect your reporting and objectively, i was going back tonight with lawrence just looking at the a.p. report tonight. it's so objective. and it's an objective fact the situation that mr. trump finds himself in. have you read the lead? here it is -- "after being caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married wom woman" -- important here --" he tried to seduce, he said in a midnight video," spooky here, "i was wrong. and i apologize, " yet, key word, "we're wrong to be talking about it. the conservatives like those in utah and the rest of the country, the leadership of the republican party are wrong to be distracted by this. something like they're too infantile to know this is important. and argue withed his words were not egregious as former president bill clinton's marital affairs in the '90s. what do y

. >> robert costa from "the washington post" joins us next.me is barbara and i make dog chow natural. now that i work the, i value the food even more. i feed it to yoshi because there are no artificial colors, preservatives and it's made with real chicken. i'm so proud to make dog chow natural in davenport, iowa. that i would never le become a superhero. [singing indistinctly] but i learned how to fly. just to come back in a new disguise, and be the hero i've always wanted to be. >>> this will down in history as the only time in the lead-up to any presidential election when this could be the lead in "the washington post" tonight. republican party presidential nominee declares war on the republican party. joining us now is robert costa, "washington post" national political reporter. this front page report that he co-wrote appears in the post tomorrow morning. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> is war overstating it? is this a continuation of the same friction that there has been between the party and this nominee ove

and he said very clearly that robert costa in early reporting, he's definitely not going to do that. >> when you hear joe heck talk and others, you have to think about the down ballot races. the fact that there's a lot of concern within the republican party that democrats could win this senate. talk to me about what you're hearing and to what extent does this impact those down ballot races, do you think, rick? >> well, on the one hand, and i've said this on this network before, the presidential campaign because of the intense media coverage of the campaign, largely because of donald trump, the down ballot races really haven't gotten a lot of coverage, and people really aren't thinking about them too much. so in a sense, you have the presidential campaign, you know, on an island in the middle of the ocean. we'll call it lunatic island. and then you have everything else. and the republicans have been running very good house races and very good senate races. but now you're saying with is joe heck and the heckling there, that it's -- it could have an effect, because if you -- and it depe

a sense now of the gop, will he drag down candidates. >> robert costa, thank you, we'll let you get back to work. joining me now is trump's surrogate. jordan has been serving for an adviser for rand paul's campaign. what's the allegation for these women coming forward that he groped and kissed them without consent. >> i think it is important and i think and i know that mr. trump agrees with me never to take sexually assaults itself lightly. i have counseled many women and girls who's been sexually assaulted and i have counseled many boys and men that have been accused of. the women, for example, miss leeds talked about being groped in first class. the armrest does not go up. >> they did not move. >> they did change over the years. >> i did research and in fact, no armrests moved back then. >> doctor loudin. >> some did, just depends on the model. >> i did an extensive amount of research that night and there is not one plane that flew that course where she kissdiscussed e the armrest moved. it is okay if she gropes the top of her and she drew the line at other places. i am thinking -- >>

robert costa and national reporter for "the washington post" and with us msnbc contributor charlie sikesaukee. thank you for joining me. robert, i want to start with you. the national policy director said ahead of today's speech in gettysburg it would set the tone for the final days of this campaign. what doan did you see being set? >> what we saw from donald trump today was not so much a new agenda for his first 100 days in office should he win the white house, it was about underscoring his populous appeal, the core campaign plank such as the wall along the u.s./mexico border. reminding his voters about what he would like to do. >> and i want to talk about ground games specificly. a lot of people saying his operation isn't strong enough to fight in these swing states. that's why hillary clinton is suddenly competitive in a state of arizona. what are you hearing from republican circles about what he is doing, and is he being written off at this point? >> what i'm hearing a lot is his ground game is absolutely nonexistent. in fact, to the extent there is a ground game, it's relying on fun

this evening joining us panel is the great, the great robert costa.nsburg, he's also great. you know, if mommy is not going to pay attention to you, i'm not. just kidding. what do you make of -- where is that guy sh >> he left. tell me about the republican party. what are you hearing coming around the next several hours? what is this meeting tomorrow? >> well, the meeting tomorrow is to basically assess where the campaign is, and where republicans are, and how they feel about donald trump and whether it makes sense to sort of do a mass exodus or stick with him. i think after tonight, the impetus is probably to stick with him. >> yeah. is that good? >> i'll tell you in a month. >> ben, just so everybody benefits from your expertise, the talk of dumping trump, is that imaginable, is there any way to dump a guy that doesn't want to be dumped? if a candidate refuses to go, can he be removed? >> there is nothing in the rules that would allow that, number one. and number two, there is no will amongst the members of the republican national committee who basi

this ises this is not a capitol/republican campaign >> one of eugene's colleague, our robert costa is standing by with our own chris matthew. >> let me recap what this conversation that led to, they called it, of course, rachel, ever since trump began his prentice ship, the 2008 was not legitimate because barack obama was not a citizen .2012 of the same deal. he could not have a legitimate license and tonight, he laid the ground work by saying that hillary clinton should be prosecuted or convicted so she cannot be a legitimate candidate so we want have a legitimate campaign. it is all done as far as he's concerned. there is no suspense. >> that seems to be the position. if i want to win the other side is illigitimate. >> there is a down ballot race which is going to be tight and narrow. >> is it a legitimate argument to say that his opponent of the final debate should not be on that stage because she should be in prison? is that a legitimate argument? it is a foundation of questioning of the election comes november. >> maybe. she's the nominee of the party just like she is. no, it is

. >> joining me now, msnbc political analyst robert costa, national political reporter of the "washington post," and robert, you've got a piece, i believe, in the paper that talks about the reaction to that moment, particularly, last night, amongst the gop. how would you characterize the fallout from that sort of gasp-inducing moment? >> chris, phil and i just filed that story for tomorrow's paper and it's a historic moment for the republican party because what trump did on the debate stage has prompted a lot of republicans in tough senate re-election races in house races across the country to scramble right now to protect their seats, to protect their places in congress as they think to themselves, there's maybe a landslide on the horizon, and they don't want to get swept up. >> what is the thinking there about how they protect themselves? we've been hearing this kind of thinking all throughout and heard it particularly after that -- the tape came out in which trump is sort of boasting of sexually assaulting women. we saw some people un-endorse. i mean, is it basically this same kind of

i've got robert costa. what do you know about donald trump. what is his emotion after having that thing exposed friday night, himself exposed? >> the inner circle becomes more narrow by the day. who is around him, kellyanne conway, clinton wars for years, david bossy investigating clintons in the '90s. standing in the background of that footage stephen bannon, former head of breitbart orchestrating the whole thing. >> what do they say as the story if they do that tonight. that it rattles the base and secretary clinton. do they have enough on secretary clinton herself, not bill clinton, he's notoriously connected. do they have something new in the coverups. >> what they have to do in her mind is take her temperament down, her standing. >> what if she does what she did in '98 so effectively, not defend her husband's behavior, dvdrs the marriage. when she defends the marriage she wins. >> her popularity soared in '98. i spoke to former speaker gingrich a few minutes ago. trump should not go in this direction, didn't work in '98, should go after p

i should say you just saw robert costa reporting what he had heard from kellyanne conway saying that the trump campaign is actively working with the rnc to monitor precincts around the country. after kellyanne conway told robert costa that and he reported it here on msnbc, kellyanne conway walked that statement back and the rnc is aggressively denying this coordination. but how about mike pence saying, right, that this ballot integrity is a tremendous question this year and the rnc, the republican national committee, is working very, very closely with the trump campaign to ensure ballot integrity. how about that? he didn't walk that back. part of the dnc filing from last night alleges that the republican party and the trump campaign are sharing staff, they're sharing resources, they're coordinating these things. there's so much coordination that there are no lines delineating where one starts and another ends. the rnc, according to this complaint, quote, commingled its staff and resources with the trump campaign and so it is impossible to separate the two. that's what the democratic

thank you, robert costa, molly ball and howard peinman. >>> coming up, me listenia trump defends her husband. we'll show the comparison between melania and hillary over the years in defending their husbands. i think melania is going to help a little bit. >>> tomorrow night's debate is donald trump's last chance, best chance to get back in the race. we know it's going to be fireworks on that debate stage. how ugly could it get. will trump come at clinton with everything he's got you betcha. and the creator of doonsebuy gives us his take on trump and clinton. my election diary on the eve of the third and final presidential debate for 2016. tune in for our coverage tomorrow night at 7:00 eastern and at 8:00 eastern i'll join brian williams and rachel maddow for a preview. hillary clinton and donald trump face off on the debate stage at 9:00 eastern. at 10:30 full debate coverage and analysis. we'll be here all night. that's coming up tomorrow right here on msnbc. this is "hardball" the place for politics. i'm about to start the nature's bounty hair, skin and nails challenge to help with

people like robert costa, mentioned, rudy giuliani, chris christie. of course, kellyanne conway and, of course, i want to go back to something robert said. really interesting to me and something we've seen play out time and time again throughout this campaign as we go through each new iteration of controversy. it's that there's people inside the orbit really pushing trump to do what he did during the primary. stay tough, stay ready to say anything and willing to kind of get in the dirt with his rivals, something a lot of us are expecting to see especially in light of these new comments from 2005 unearthed. expecting him to get in the dirt a little about bill clinton when he debates hillary clinton and the other side, kellyanne conway, evauivanka trump. pull back. that's what would eventually come out in this race presidential personified candidate the republican party more wanted him to run as in the general election. of course, these people here i'm looking at and talking to have been energized by trump continuing to do what he did throughout the prim

robert costa. >>> high turnout. my drama. my colleague and friend chris jansing is live in san antonio where democrats look for their first presidential win in 40 years. will they get it? let's go to chris. >> reporter: hard to believe, kristen. how are you, kristen, it's hard to believe this red state, the democrats could be talking about it but i've talked so many election experts. they expect turnout unprecedented. will it be? i'll talk with joaquin castro coming up live after this. to do the best for your pet, you should know more about the food you choose. with beyond, you have a natural pet food that goes beyond telling ingredients to showing where they come from. beyond assuming the source is safe... to knowing it is. beyond asking for trust... to earning it. because, honestly, our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. >>> early voting in texas. donald trump has the edge in most polls in the lone star state but democrats are pushing hard to get clinton supporters out to vote. chris jansing in san antonio, texas, a

we want to get to robert costa, nbc analyst. the idea of this new issue, the new developments surrounding obamacare and its impact down ballot. how big of a political boost is this story line, this thread for vulnerable republican senators and congress members down ballot? >> peter, you see immediately senate candidates and house candidates down the ballot are seizing upon the issue today. what makes this whole moment interesting is that the election has been one about temperament. secretary clinton running against donald trump's temperament. trump selling himself as changed to american voters. it has not been a war that's been fought on policy grounds. >> what's striking as you say it is donald trump threw out and said we'll repeal and replace this thing. dozens of times similar calls from congress now. that obviously didn't sell. a lot of people are looking for a message they believe is a solution. as you know this isn't about ideology. it's not clear donald trump is putting out a solution on how to fix this. >> trump is talki

>> well, robert costa and i may indeed be making the same phone calls to is same people. he is so right that there are two communities here, to constituencies. there is a force inside trump tower and there is what we used to call the republican party. i think a lot of republicans have gotten on board with calling this the party of donald trump. since the convention. there is a, there is a wisconsin element to this story that itself is multipronged and as you know, as you've been discussing, as you guests have been discussing very powerful. it includes but is not limited to the speaker of the house, and everyone in his camp. it includes reince priebus who has had a remarkable public metamorphosis that's been dictated and be pace and time og f this race and scott walker is never far from all political things wisconsin. chris matthews correctly points out utah as a conservative indicator. kind of unique but also a mover. there's reason to believe the traveling pence campaign was anxious for air cover. anyone who has been around politics ten minutes saw the discomfort as they

joining me right now, "the huffington post," howard fineman, april ryan, and "the washington post'" robert costa. robert, let's get to this thing. the way we were looking at this coming up debate on sunday is, well, the bar is so low after the disastrous performance in the first debate. but now i'm getting from your reporting and others that trump has to win. he has to be a whiz on sunday, because he has to turn things around the from what looks like right now a sinking ship. >> the bar is very high on sunday. are they really going to have strong, across-the-board performances this november 8th? trump is not the kind of guy, based on his friends and associates who wants to even be having a mock debate or a dry run. but he feels compelled to do so tonight in new hampshire. >> what kind of a bar do you put for him? make a call here. does he have to clearly win -- let's put it this way. does he have to do at least as well as his running mate did on tuesday, and walk away known to be by all quarters, including podesta, the chairman of the clinton campaign, he had the poise, he was likable, basically

. >> let's bring in our friend, robert costa, who has been reporting through the evening and talk together campaigns. robert, what have you learned over the course of the evening? >> i just filed my story for tomorrow's washington post. we saw mike pence who night who was different. opposite of donald trump in style and substance. he invoked almost a john melan camp song. evangelical christianity. but the cracks that he had on foreign policy, when it comes to policy with syria and russia and talked about thing in a hawkish way. reflecting how different his instincts are than the republican standard bearer. >> you highlight in your piece which again you just posted within the last few minutes, you've highlighted the exchange that was punctuated at one point but an almost, almost humorous aside. i don't think meant as humorous, a lot of people took it in a humorous way when mike pence said senator you whipped out that mexican thing again. and kaine responded by saying, can you defend it? a lot of people are purposely taking it out of context for the funny value of it. but you're highlighting

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robert costa just reporting tonight that the trump campaign is going to sue the times over that story there is also another woman, a third woman telling the palm beach post tonight that she too was groped by donald trump in 2003. the trump campaign is denying all of these allegations, but oh, wait, there is more coming out. tonight a former contestant in the miss usa pageant is telling her story about donald trump. part of an interview with her is going to air with brian williams tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. it will then air in full tomorrow morning on the "today" show. and just ahead right now, lawrence o'donnell is going to talk with an investigative reporter who has covered trump for 40 years, who knows about donald trump more than maybe anyone not named trump. this continuing story continues. that does it for us tonight, though. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> we have wayne barrett tonight. we've been trying to get him for a while. he has been on this case since he was writing for the village

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political analyst and political reporter for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, robert costao, robert, you're the trump expert here. what the hell is going on? what are they doing? first beauty queens, the family and people close to trump get him off beauty queen and he starts mocking hillary for having pneumonia and suggesting that she had a spate of affairs. >> they're trying to turn a corner. >> wait. wait. wait. who is trying to -- first of all, who is trying to turn the corner? >> the people around trump. >> okay. so they're trying to get trump to turn the corner? >> i haven't spoken to trump himself. i do know according to several people in trump's circle they went to new jersey on sunday for all afternoon and tried to tell the candidate it's imperative that you get ready for the st. louis town hall debate on october 9th. they had chris christie, the new jersey governor walk through how to do town halls and share some tactics and have a rapid fire. not a mock debate but intense debate session. rudy giuliani was there as well. >> is donald going to listen? he thinks i we

. >> i'm going to get you in too but joining us by phone, robert costas.n you report for us? >> i had a conversation with trump, as you said, in trump tower today up in new york and he was looking out over the city and i asked him, are you going to quit this race because a lot of people in the party are calling you to leave, some people are very concerned about his comments. and he said, i have never, i'd never withdrawn, i've never withdrawn in my life. he was reflective. in life, i've been through a lot of things. crisis in life and personal reasons, for business reasons and i pressed him repeatedly about whether he'd leave the race and he said, zero chance. he's not leaving the race. >> robert, is donald trump, because we heard hugh hewitt earlier when he changed his mind and said donald trump should drop out, his reason was primarily because he believes donald trump will lose but he could take down other republicans who were in tight reelection races. did donald trump express concern about the party's prospects and fellow republicans' prospects because

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. >> well, thank you very much, robert costa. >> lauren, back to you, sir, chris. >> this is a 245 words aplolg. >> six of those words were aplolg. >> he said i was wrong and i will apologize. >> we are joined by brian williams. i know you have been talking to some sources out there on the republican side of the world about where things stand tonight and what are you hear sng. >> we maybe indeed making the phone call to the same people >> we are two constituents and there is a force inside trump power and cha we used to call the republican party. >> i think a lot of republicans have gotten on board with alling this the party of donald trump.. very powerful. it is included but not limited to the speaker of the house. everyone in his camp. it includes rhee -- scott walker is never far from all political things. >> wallace swisconsin pointed ot utah. kind of unique. the reason why -- anyone who is around ten minutes saw this discomfort as they are trying to get the candidate separately tonight. we although how mike pence has run in this race, the continue consequences are parent to him. the

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we have robert costa and others that there are republicans considering which way to lose here. basically, should we ask donald trump or try to get donald trump off the ticket and go with some kind of write in campaign, or some sticker campaign that people attached to their ballots with the acknowledgment that donald trump cannot win so which way do we want to lose? >> do we want to be tied to him as our nominee or do we want to cut him lose and taking an honorable watch. >> do you have any view of how you regard that strategic question? >> well, you know, i was on an airport until about 5:00 p.m. mountain time. i would just hope that the media would hold it to the same high standards. you know, i wanted us as a people, as a nation, as a party on both sides o f the isle, we could get good people on both sides of the isle. we getter call it out for what it is and not just be one sided. >> i don't know what's going to happen. i cannot force you out of it. >> i can just tell you that ian donald trump. >> would it be fair for your experience, if one party is nominee and you hits a r

. >> we're joined now by phone by robert costa of the washington post. robert, what is your reporting finding tonight? >> reporter: great to join you. this is a serious moment for the republican party. i've been -- i'm here in washington and calling around and actually just met up with some of my sources, and there is not a playbook as your guests have been saying for this. but a lot of congressmen tonight that i've spoken to are actively reconsidering their endorsement of donald trump and rescinding it and there are early talks, though informal, i must say, about what would happen should donald trump decide not to stay on the ticket and these are all informal conversations, kind of a round robin of phone calls. >> and robert, street any indication that anyone in the republican party has gotten any reports from trump tower about the quality of the apology that may have been recorded on video tonight, any reports indicating that, on the order of don't worry, when this video gets out, it's a genuine apology or to video won't work, this apology doesn't look

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