joining me, trump campaign national co-chair, sam clovis. what happened there? >> i think like a lot of people who are thinking about a million things at once, then, i think mr. floyd would say that was a slip. maybe we'll let it go. i think that mrs. clinton had one of those yesterday as well. if i remember. we all do, we all have them from time to time. lou: what did she do, tell the truth? >> i think she did. how would she know? you know, how would we ever be able to judge that? lou: let me tell you, i have covered a lot of conventions over the years, i have never seen one like this campaign. and to have the vice president endorse a fellow that presidential nominee is not ready to. to have campaign chair talking about pushing a man to president who you know -- is not a favorite of either trump or trump supporters. that is -- that is tremendous diversity. i comment am yo compliment you for it. it does not seem helpful for unity. >> i think inside the campaign paul talked about is true, and mr. trump talked about, we have a singular focus to accomplish, we're s

. >>> and i want to now bring in sam clovis, national co chair for the trump campaign. thank you for being here this morning. really appreciate it. >> you bet. great to be on with you. >> i want to start right there with this discussion with the khans. you are retired from the air force. you also have a son who is in the air force. i just want to get your personal reaction to this controversy, and to the fact that republicans right now, some are saying that donald trump owes the khan family an apology. does he? >> well, i think there is a larger issue here and i've talked about this often over the past several days. and if you will indulge me just a moment here. i think one of the things -- i don't think anybody really thought about the consequences of a family and lord knows, this is one of the most difficult issues. i know my own circumstances. i'm the son of a veteran, the brother of a veteran, the father of a veteran, a veteran myself. and i have had to go knock on that door and tell loved ones that their family members are not coming home. and there is nothing more

that among other questions for sam clovis, trump campaign national co-chair. t to that, mr. trump's plan to combat and wipe out isis, seems to me will take a lot of u.s. troop presence in order to accomplish that. is he prepared to send is troops into that part of the world? is the country ready for it? >> i think those are great questions, ashley, and i think what you really take a look at we have to know what the ground truth is. we have to make a total evaluation. we have to assess where the allies are and friends and partners will be. we have to do this in concert with them because this is not something we can do unilaterally. we tried that in the past. it hasn't worked. i think we're a long ways from having specific plans. again, mr. trump is not going to reveal any specific plans but i think this is deliberate, realistic approach to what we're trying to accomplish in that part of the world. ashley: he said extreme many times, in relation to vetting of those coming to this country from terrorism hot spots. i mean i guess a basic question, for you, sam, how

now to discuss, sam clovis. g this discussion. >> good to see you, john. >> sam, you're military dad. your son is in the air force. i want to get your reaction to what you saw from the kahns this morning. >> well, i thought it was compelling and powerful interview. i don't take anything away from that at all. i think the kahn family and being a parent of a military member, son, brother of a veteran, a veteran myself, i fully understand their pain and i understand what they've gone through. i don't think until someone, you know, has had the opportunity or i shouldn't say the opportunity, but had the duty of having to go talk to a family who has lost someone, and i've had to do that, i will tell you, there is nothing heavier on your heart than that. i really do understand where they're coming from, and a lot of this view. i want to make something pretty clear here, john. one of the issues that has bothered me, and i watched the democratic convention. one of the things that bothered me from the start, we would ident

adviser sam clovis said the khans opened themselves to criticism by being on stage. >> they're not looking at it from a political perspective. >> reporter: the controversy has opened a new front for hillary clinton, who in ohio this weekend called trump's comments insulting. here on capitol hill, the chairman of the house and senate armed services committee has issued statements today critical of trump's comments. mccain, the 2008 gop presidential nominee. in washington, scott macfarlane. >>> the act is named after madison from bergen county. she was a 19-year-old freshman at the university of pennsylvania when she took her students who might be thinking of suicide or living with depression. >>> new york city students have a lot to be proud of. for the very first time, they caught up with their peers around the state on english exams. english scores rose 38% in each of the city's 32 community school districts. mayor de blasio called it a, quote, astounding one-year gain. graduate rates reached over 70% for the first time in the city's history. >> female students, male students, black stude

here is sam clovis, trump national campaign co-chair.am, clear to me, somebody in the media, watching it for several decades that there is a full-blown attack for donald trump. they're looking for anything, recognizing that, i want to separate the truth from the rumor. it is also clear that there are some trump supporters like newt gingrich who say, look you're taking your eye off the ball. get away from the side issues. focus directly on hillary clinton and her programs. is he open to the notion that he should do that more? >> absolutely. i think that, one thing i wanted to talk about, david, is really important you're bringing this up, anytime you have a campaign, you're going to go out and hire very strong people, people who are very good at what we do and so the circumstances are you're liable to get a lot of discussion and, as we call it, cussing and discussing inside of a campaign what ought to be done. i think that speaker gingrich is a friend of the family. he is a friend of mr. trump and also a very high visibility public figure

this is one of the reasons i'm on the staff and not a candidate. >> sam clovis, thanks for coming on today, appreciate it. >> thanks, cluchuck, you bet. let me bring in our panel tonight. steve, i want to start with you. sam's more on message than the candidate. >> absolutely. i mean -- >> and he always has a smile on his face when he does it. they don't have enough of that. >> you get the sense he has a campaign staff, actually some of whom like stam sam really know what they're doing and know what the message should be and they tell the candidate and suggest to the candidate, it's time to change direction, turn the page, but the candidate doesn't listen. this is a -- you know, you said it earlier in the show. every single week, he does something like this. he steps on his own story. he interferes with his own campaign. and it's becoming a really big problem for him. >> and before i let you defend here, and i know, i want to get molly on this, because the issue, it seems, is if what worked in the primaries is a little bit of this, hey, just let it go tistyle and it did wo. the proble

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that's always where we ought to be. >> sam clovis, we appreciate you coming on "new day."to see you, alisyn. >>> donald trump got a bounce from his convention. hillary clinton from hers. president obama got one, maybe from both. the president's approval rating at its highest level in the second term. new cnn national poll shows that. david chalian to break it all down. >> 54%, in the new cnn/orc poll, that's his high water mark of his second term so far. no doubt, a good birthday present for the pressed to. take a look at where he is historically. 54%, president obama now. 30%, how does that compare with george w. bush. 30% in july 2008. bill clinton, ronald reagan, 54%. barack obama is near historic highs in the modern era for two term presidents. how does this impact hillary clinton? take a look at the perception among people. two thirds of americans tell us hillary clinton's policies will be the same as barack obama's. only one-third tell us they'll be different from barack obama. him at a high water mark in his second term in two-thirds of the country she'll head down

. >> it is time now to bring in national cochair, sam clovis. ? >> i think the foreign policy for the last seven and a half years has lead to the creation of the cells around the world. i really do, because of the abandonment because of support of measure imbrotherhood, all of these have furthered the cause of terrorism and radical islam. >> i would say that's a fair and a reasonable argument to be made that it's about foreign policy. it's not what donald trump is saying. is that not a dangerous thing to say from someone running to be president of the united states? >> i don't think so. i think you have to look at it from the audience perspective. i don't think the audience will have any trouble saying what he is saying. i this the issue is people will get that. they understand what he was trying to say. i don't think anybody looks at the fact that president obama was on the ground organizing meetings or doing any of that. that isn't what was said. the idea is that these policies have lead to a furtherance of the growth of radical islam in the w

. >> sam clovis was with us and said, chill out. it's august. i said, okay, well, what about utah?hat explains what is happening there? >> governor of utah said utah is completesly behind donald trump and polling is just from august 4th. trump is up by 12 points in utah. no issues in utah. going for trump for sure. >> what is the strategy, knowing that the clinton foundation news is out there, so significantly this week? what is the strategy to go after that now within team trump? >> it's to let the americans know what is actually happening. not be distracted by polling or by something -- concentrating on ten second of an hour and a half speech, by pointing out those pacific pay to play issues -- specific pay to play issues for clinton. a nigerian lebanese man give a billion dollars to the clinton foundation and then look at people like morgan stanley ceos, lobbyists, consultants hillary clinton was asking to set up meeting with when she was secretary of state. and the cheryl mills meeting in new york with amazon executives and walmart. >> there are plenty of targets. it's the ques

. >> sam clovis, co-chair for trump, told kristen welker that the trump campaign will renegotiate the dates of the debates around the nfl schedule and a couple debates are on nfl nights. why does it matter if there's a a football game that night if donald trump is immensely popular and ratings draw. why the concern about being up against football? >> look, i just think you're right. this debate or these debates will be the most watched television experiences in american history regardless of when they are shown. but the trump campaign said let's be sensible and not put it opposite nfl football. let's try to get the entirety of america to tune into a town hall that's going to be incredibly important for our future. we're going to debate no matter what wp. >> is he trying to get out of the debates? >> no. i have seen that narrative and donald trump is relishing these debates. he is wonderful on his feet. that's why he gets so many press dmpbs conferences. sometimes he says things we wish he hadn't, but it's notable how many press conferences he's had. hillary clinton is yet to have a pr

. >> reporter: trump campaign adviser sam clovis say the khans opened themselves to criticism by appearing on stage. >> most gold star families when the loss of their son or daughter, their brother or sister, husband or wife, they are not looking at it from a political perspective. >> reporter: the controversy has opened a new front for hillary clinton who in ohio in weekend called trump's comments insulting. in washington, scott mcfarland, nbc news. >> and coming up i'm tracking some heavy showers and thunderstorms through part of the area with our new nbc 10 tool for an even better forecast for your area. meteorologist krystal klei is giving us a closer look at that. >> here in glassboro, new jersey, looking inside storm ranger 10 and why it's so important that we can take this right into your neighborhood. okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. >>> today federal health officials warned pregnant women to travel to parts of miami and want pregnant women who already live there to be extra c

let me just play you very quickly something that sam clovis said. he is with the trump campaign. i want to gettior reaction on the other side. >> you really put yourself in a very vulnerable position when you politicize something that is so very private. i think what happens is a lot of this, as the dust-up that we see inside the beltway or inside the new york media circles. >> to that point, does the khan family run the risk or the clinton campaign who has been weighing in on this of overresponding and of politicizing it, doing exactly what you say you don't want to see happen. >> no, i don't want to see it overpoliticized. i do want to see it addressed as a separate issue. i think mr. trump has politicized it. and i believe that that is the problem that i personally and most of my other gold star mother friends agree with. and that prompted our letter. >> all right. stephanie fisher, really appreciate your coming on this evening and again for all of your sacrifice. thank you. >> thank you for having us, and thank you for letting us have our say on this issue. >> indeed. >>> i'm

listen to what sam clovis had to say. >> i think mr. trump has clearly had the calculation here that he is fighting back. this is normal for this. i think that a lot of the turmoil that you bring up, and i'm not trying to down play it, i think is what happens. a lot is the dust-up inside the beltway or inside the new york media circles. >> reporter: and chris, i'd be surprised if that is not a line we've heard echoed from donald trump when he takes the stage here. you can hear that familiar pre-rally sound track. . looks he may take questions up until the podium set up, there was a chair and microphone maybe he would take some quares from the audience. but expect donald trump, remember, this is his first rally really since friday night, since all of this developed. i would be surprised if he did not directly address this head on. chris. >> nbc's halle jackson, thank you for that, now during their interview on "morning joe" today, mrs. khan opened up more about the last time the couple spoke with their son, mother's day, 2004. take a lis

marymac blake berman right there, joining us now is sam clovis. thanks for having me back on. marymac particularly the day we get news there is an overhaul in the campaign team. paul mana40, does this change your role? >> my role has been expanding. i'm working on -- to a lot of missionary work, outreach for the campaign and right now helping build a coalition, an important part of what we do. marymac will donald trump be able to stick to message? someone made a comment earlier on twitter, doesn't matter what changes you make in the campaign donald trump needs to stick to message and ride the things he feels the american people want to hear about, will he be able to do it? >> of course. this is the focus will start coming back in as we get closer to labor day. to use the olympic analogy we are about to hit the bell lap and it starts and we get the dash to the finish and this is where we concentrate and focus, the american people will concentrate and focus and it will be a lot more definitive attention paid and these are the things that will help u

trump campaign national cochairman sam clovis will be on in moments. stuart ernie interviewing donald trump in the 9:00 hour when his show stars. joe ms. stuart later this hour. in the meantime, donald trump and hillary clinton running for working-class voters in the battleground states. blake burman has the latest from washington. reporter: good morning to you. a day after she says she doesn't know what the bottom is when it comes to her opponent. donald trump has a new label yesterday. bernie sanders supporters have buyers remorse because clinton massie said is the devil. >> just go home, go to sit, relax. he would have been a hero did he made a deal with the devil. she's the devil. reporter: clinton was in omaha with an electoral college vote. warren buffett campaigned alongside him has this challenge for trump. >> i would be delighted to meet him anyplace, anytime between now and election. i will pray my tax return. he can bring his tax return. nobody's going to arrest us. reporter: clinton receiving anticipated: him from her convention highlighted

sam clovis, the trump campaign co-chairman was on msnbc today and offered an explanation for what happenedin that interview, saying trump was thinking about something else and answered the question when he was thinking about something else. is there a problem in the campaign just in terms of coordination of what is going on? we saw this in the convention where paul manafort came out one day and said something that two hours later, is totally contradicted by a statement donald trump makes, then acknowledgment the campaign actually makes. have they done a good enough job of actually kind of knowing what -- left hand knowing what the right hand is doing? >> what you find is something very unique. donald trump sets the messaging points for the campaign on a daily, hourly, minutely basis. sometimes you find individuals are not involved in those discussions because maybe sam was in iowa and wasn't aware of the thinking of the campaign. so what you have is you have a campaign unlike the clinton campaign where the surrogates do all the talking, clinton refuses to have a press conference, trump wil

look to is here sam clovis, trump international co-chair.hat's from hillary clinton, she would create 10 million jobs in the first term and trump would lose 3 1/2 million. your response, please? >> i can't say it on the air. stuart: oh. >> there are a couple of words that we use out in iowa for this and it's what you kind in the corral and normally in a cattle feed lot. but that's what i would say about it. i don't know what her math is, i don't know where she got her math on this. it just doesn't add up. i mean, you take a look at all the-- we don't need to drill down too far to figure this out. nonsense, how does she come up with that. stuart: isn't this the perfect moment, sam, for you guys, the trump campaign to pivot away from the distractions of donald trump's off the cuff remarks and back to the nitty-gritty? after all, isn't this what the election should be all about, where are we going? how do we get back to prosperity? isn't that what it's all about? >> i couldn't agree more. i think that it's always about the economy. and it's abo

sam clovis, national co-chair, chief policy advisor for the trump campaign. t in to talk to us. appreciate it. for context on this, when i heard it, i was like, you know, i think he made a bad joke, but i get there is probably a different standard for somebody who wants to be president. senator susan collins, no fan of trump, no fan of clinton either. and you know she is a respected republican. here was her take. want your take on her take. here it is. >> donald trump has such a history of making remarks that denigrate people, that mock the vulnerable, that are so inappropriate for a presidential candidate, and thus, when he makes a remark like this, which i interpreted as not in any way inciting violence, people leap to the conclusion that he is trying to send some sort of message. >> so sam, she says i don't think trump was trying to incite violence on this. but this is what he does, and that's why she thinks he is unfit. what is your take? >> well, i think she is certainly entitled to her opinion. she served her state very well. for a long time. and would n

sam clovis lives in sioux city, iowa. he's close to the operation, but he doesn't have any say over what donald trump says at a rally. i think you have to wonder if donald trump -- again, as maggie was saying, we've seen this so long, i think he knows exactly what he's doing. he loves to get this attention here that you can only get by going off script, off message, things like that. the mark foley thing last night at the rally in florida may have been the only unscripted matter of the whole thing there. i don't know. i doubt that donald trump knew mark foley, the former congressman, was sitting behind him. interestingly, i happened to be looking on mark foley's facebook page this morning. he posted yesterday afternoon around 1:30 or so the story of the orlando shooter's father and hillary clinton. so he knew exactly what he was doing when he was sitting there. just one of those bizarre things. as for donald trump, he can control himself if he wants to. we're not sure he wants to actually. >> to remind people of who mark

sam clovis, national co-chair and senior policy advisor for the trump team. welcome back.rning to you. >> thanks, bill. great to be here. bill: i have 100 things to go there. polls post dnc. she such seven, eight points, what do you think of that? >> you can expect this. i think this is exactly what has happened in history. i think it is 98 days to go. we'll see where on labor day. when things tight up. i don't put much stock in the polls right now. looking registered voters, not likely voters. looking relatively small sample sizes. until we get into some of the dig in deeper and get larger samples i think it will be, not putting much in any of this. bill: no concern at the moment on polling. >> not right now. bill: we have poll comes out tomorrow night 6:00 eastern. we'll see where it is right now, right then i should say. trump last night about a rigged vote. watch here, sam. >> yep. >> i'm telling you november 8th, we better be careful because that election will be rigged. i hope republicans are watching closely or it will be taken away from us. bill: what is behind tha

sam a sammy clovis joins me now. we appreciate your talking to us about this. is this the kind of stumble from donald trump which he won't be able to recover. we have to member that the american people will make the decision on who the next president will be away from the election. a lot of water will go under the bridge before we get there. one of the things i want to talk about a lot of people inside the beltway in new york and the bubble as i caught there is a lot of infiltration right now. i'm not trying to marginalize us or rationalize this at all but i do think that we really had to take a hard look at how the american people are gonna react to this and i think we are a long way from knowing this. adam: i need to ask some tough questions. let me talk about that vfw. they put out a statement saying they will not tolerate anyone berating a gold start family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression in the senator mccain the first quote we got from senator mccain. while our party has bestowed on him the nomination it is not accompanied b

. >> but you heard sam clovis say on the show yesterday, it's still early, come back and talk to me after labor day. >> it is early. the problem is, when you see 15 points in a poll, republicans get nervous. senators get nervous. congressmen get nervous. then they start spending money running away from donald trump like mike hoffman did yesterday. republican congressman saying i don't like donald trump. that's hurtful to him. hillary clinton, you know, you look at the polls, she's having a good week. some things not getting so much attention is the language she keeps on using about her e-mail. she did an interview with a local affiliate a couple days ago. i want to show you what she said. i'm going to read it. as the fbi said, everything that i've said publicly has been consistent and truthful with what i've told them. so look at that closely. she's saying the fbi has said that everything i've said publicly has been consistent and truthful. look what the fbi actually did say. james comey, what he actually did say in testimony before congress. >> i did not e-mail any classified material to