. >> cnn political reporter sarah murray is in phoenix. so as a border state arizona has certainly been at the forefront of all sides of the immigration story for several years. have you, a, seen any protesters. and b, what is expected today when trump arrives and he is also going to be accompanied by the mericopa county sheriff? >> reporter: we have not seen any protesters yet, but we definitely are expecting them to arrive in the next couple hours, closer to when the event starts. but we're not just expecting to see protesters. we're also expecting to see republican hispanic leaders come out and offer a counternarrative to what donald trump is talking about. so i think we're going to be hearing from protesters as well as leaders of the republican party who are hispanic. in terms of sheriff joe arpaio he will be onstage with donald trump today. i think that gives you a pretty good indication that the donald has no plans to tone down his remarks. joe arpaio is known for taking an extremely hard line on immigration issues. he's actually bee

sarah murray is looking at the trump dilemma for the other candidates. sarah? at first the other republican candidates try today ignore him. now that donald trump's at the top of the pack that's no longer an option. donald trump's rise in the polls causing heartburn for his republican rivals. >> i want to save the country. our country is going to hell. we have a problem. i want to make america great again. >> after brushing off the brash billionaire, some are now engaging head on. former florida governor jeb bush took a heart line this week in iowa. >> mr. trump has every right to have every belief he has. he's going to run, that's fine. i don't want to be associated with the kind of visceral he's spewing out these days. >> bush isn't the only one. former texas governor rick perry has gone toe to toe with trump on social media. releasing this video. >> your remarks might make for good reality tv but they're way out of touch with reality. >> and followed up by tweeting what mr. trump is offering is not conservatism. it is trumpism. a toxic mix of demagoguery and

clinton, also with us gloria bore ger, senior washington correspondent and political reporter sarah murraybrianna, i want to start with you, this is hillary clinton's first national interview. in a way, her reintroduction to the american public as the 2016 campaign gets into higher gear with a lot of challenges on trust, on openness on e-mail questions. you were pressing her on a number of these issues and she was pushing back on some of these issues. as you were sitting across from her, did you see and hear a more forthcoming, a more open hillary clinton or a defiant one? >> no, i didn't hear a more open or transparent hillary clinton, i heard her not engaging on the issue of bernie sanders, he's a self-described democratic socialist, and asking -- i asked her why is he garnering the support, this enthusiasm you don't seem to among democrats, she wouldn't engage on that. eastern on this concern, if she were to face off against jeb bush. she wouldn't engage on that she was quick to move on. the big issue has to do with her trust. she insists that voters should and do trust her, at the same

but i do want to go back to sarah murray, who i believe we still have in phoenix, right? hi sarah. let's talk a little bit more about this. because, look trump hasn't even -- to this point in his latest round of interviews he hasn't ruled out potentially running as an independent. do you think that that is something that is scaring some fellow republicans even those that might not want him representing their party, think thinkingthink thinking 1992? >> i think there are a lot of things that scare republicans about donald trump. that is definitely one of them. we can see that there is very little disincentive for donald trump. he's definitely tarnished his personal brand. that's not stopping him. you heard him say he's willing to release his financials. it's clear there are very few things that are beginning to force donald trump to the side. it would be a problem for him, because suddenly he peels away this corner of republicans who are very concerned about immigration, very concerned about border security and think donald trump speaks to that concern more so than the other republi

cnn's sarah murray, and jonathan martin of "the new york times." the fourth of july means parades and when a campaign is gearing up, well parades mean politicians. >> happy fourth. >> rubio! >> hey, folks. >> good to see you. >> how you doing? >> now, it is said offen in politics that the numbers don't lie and bernie sanders is posting some impressive numbers. back in may he was at 13%, now sanders scores nearly three times that up to 35%, just eight points behind hillary clinton. ditto out in iowa. clinton has a bigger lead there but sanders poll numbers from may have doubled. he's at 33%. and the crowds are just off the charts, including nearly 10,000 people this past week in madison, wisconsin. >> we believe that the time has come when people in wisconsin, vermont, and all over this country, create a political movement which says to the billionaire class, you can't have it all. >> so if you're in the clinton campaign, jewelry pace, or if you're watching this, one of the big questions is, is this a summer fling for democrats? or is bernie sanders

here to discuss all of this sarah murray cnn political reporter. and cnn political director.e both of you. let's talk about this this poll. trump in second place nationwide in iowa according to a poll out this morning. this is in the wake of these controversial comments he made about mexico. why do you think he is >> donald trump is an interesting guy to watch. people know who he is. a lot of these early polls have a lot to do with name recognition. people are familiar with donald trump. but he speaks to a wing of the party who isn't fully comfortable with our immigration system at the moment who isn't comfortable with the way we've been handling the border. and he's a business guy. this is a wing of the republican party that he resonates with. >> david, let's go to you on this. trump making strides, despite these controversial comments he made. and he doubled down on those comments last night. let's take a listen. >> hundreds of thousands of people illegals coming over the border hundreds of thousands in jail federal jails, state jails, local jails. the crime is enormous. wh

sur ra sarah murray and mj lee are here. let's put this in perspective. back in 2012 his poll numbers were great. in april of 2011 trump was the front runner along with mike huckabee. in the end trump decided not to run despite the numbers. what does this tell us? >> well look i think obviously donald trump thinks that his numbers were good enough or thought he could move the numbers. and one of the things we've heard him say a lot is the reason my numbers hadn't been better before is people didn't think i was serious about running. now you're seeing my numbers start to improve. when you look at the general elect rate he's still not very popular. but when you look at the republican primary voters his numbers are actually improving. >> let's take about the favorability rates for just a second. back in 2011 turnover'srump's numbers were high. 68% of all americans had a negative view of trump. this latest poll focuses on republican voters but the infavorability rating is still high. >> it shows that six in ten republicans wouldn't vote for trump or has an un

sarah murray was there for all of it. >> reporter: good morning. thousands of people turned out here in phoenix to hear donald trump talk about illegal immigration. this was the third stop on his west coast swing to talk at the issue. and despite the pleas of the republican party, there is no sign that donald trump is toning down his rhetoric on the immigration issue. he talked about jeb bush, saying if voters vote for this guy, the republican party is going to lose. >> the poll just came out. and i'm tied with jeb bush. i said oh that's too bad. how could i be tied with this guy? he's terrible. he's terrible. he's weak on immigration. you know, the sanctuary cities -- do you know he had five of them in florida while he was governor? can you believe this? i didn't know that. five of them. >> reporter: there were lots of donald trump supporters here. they actually circled the convention center. they said they were glad to hear somebody talking frankly about this. but the event also drew many protesters. they said they were very offended by donald tr

sarah murray is in wisconsin where the campaign kickoff event is set to begin in just an hour. what's the latest? >> just a couple hours away from scott walker's speech. his wife just finished her walk-through. she's going to be in introducing her his. we're expecting scott walker to speak from memory, without a tele teleprompter and we're going so not only will he talk about but he's fought for the big why's, squarely he eye z iowa reporters that are nearby. >> he's going on the root. he's got a big five-state tour going to several important states. >> reporter: like you said he's going to hit all of the first four nominating state. it will be in an rv across iowa. where they're speaking candidly speaking privately saying you cannot be the winner the fighter in the race and lose iowa. this is the top prize for their campaign. >> and he's still in front in iowa but he has slipped around the country. let's tear more about that sara murray in wisconsin, thanks so much. >>> dana bash is here. dana you just got back from wisconsin. you were meeting with insiders there, not to menti

i want to bring in cnn's political reporter sarah murray.is now facing some more criticism, this time for a tweet. he retweeted a post that read quote, donald trump, jeb bush has to like the mexican illegals because of his wife end quote. of course he is married to acolumba. is deleting this tweet an admission that maybe things have gotten a little out of hand for the trump campaign? >> it was maybe not the best idea to retweet that sentiment. even if he didn't write it himself, it obviously doesn't send a very good message about how families involved in this campaign should be treated. the fact that it was deleted gives you a sense that they share that same sentiment that this goes too far, even if they weren't donald trump's words. >>> one republican donor has now called on the party to block trump from the first debate in august saying a petition should be started and saying if trump appears other candidates won't. do you think that this is even a possibility that he perhaps couldn't make it into the debates if he's in that top tier? >> i

. >> joining me now to discuss all this cnn political reporter sarah murray and m.j. lee. you were there in person for that interview. what was that like? >> i was struck by how unapologetic donald trump ererson was pushing him to answer these questions about the hotel site in washington, d.c. he was totally unapologetic. i think that if any national republicans think he is going to tone it down -- you mention that the head of the rnc had a phone call with donald trump. that is not going to happen at least not any time soon. that is something that the republican party is going to have to contend with and figure out how are we going to deal with someone who is making a big part of the electorate -- that's really starting to make the party nervous. >> what you see is what you get with donald trump. sarah, we just heard trump say he can't even guarantee he doesn't have ill heelegal imgrants working for him. is he being a hypocrite here. >> yeah you could say he's being a hypocrite on this. i think the reality is h when he says look i can't attest to who all is working on my h

sarah murray is there in wisconsin pretty warmly received i see. >> reporter: yeah he really was.introduce himself to the american public more broadly. he talked a little bit about what he would do if he were elected president. the goal was to make him look presidential still touch on that every man, shots at kohl's. >> gloria he's obviously atop the polls in iowa going into the iowa caucuses wisconsin a neighboring state. >> he leads donald trump 18% to 10%. obviously a midwesterner he connects on the stump, as we see. the big question about him is whether a sports metaphor you probably never heard from me before is whether he can hit major league pitching. we don't know that yet. he's made some mistakes early on and we've got to see how he plays in the long term. doing very well in iowa. very important. >> our political commentator also writes for the new yorker magazine. how did he do? >> from a performance level he was great, one of the best of the 15 i've watched. he's a great performer. the big question he's running on his victories against unions political victories in wisc

about trump, the pump and how this could all play on the stump, joined by our political reporter, sarah murray- >> that was great. >> cnn anchor don lemon -- >> did you write that? >> we have a staff of thousands preparing lines like that. >> sarah, let me start with you. this deposition, this "new york times" report that first unveiled what happened with this lawyer there, this is the thing, this is all under oath. this was part of a deposition. so it's out there. >> yeah. it's definitely out there. it was clear that they were in kind of a heated exchange, beck, the lawyer, wanted to take a break. donald trump didn't. his lawyer says -- donald trump's lawyer says he did not call her disgusting because she was going to breast pump. he said she was disgusting because she took the pump out in front of them. and they believe she was using this as a way to delay the deposition and come up with other questions. but obviously it kind of gives you a window into how donald trump can react when he's annoyed or flustered or frustrated. >> don, you talked to trump last night about some of the other contr

sarah murray is "outfront." >> reporter: from his presidential announcement speech. >> they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapists. and some i assume are good people. >> reporter: to the campaign trail. >> hundreds of thousands of people illegals coming over the border. hundreds of thousands in jail. >> reporter: all the way to the u.s. mexico border. >> there are areas you have to have the wall. >> reporter: donald trump has ignited a debate and drawn plenty of criticism over remashesremash s remarks on immigration. new attacks, this time from former allies after softening his tone. >> when you say legal, do you mean legal status or can they be eligible for citizenship? >> no citizenship. we will see down the line who knows what will happen. but legal status. >> you are open to -- >> it's something i would think about. i would say right now, no i'm not open to it. i would say legal status. >> reporter: the conservative news network, one of the biggest cheerleader for him call his remarks mushy and incoherent. if this sounds incoherent that's because it's more inqu

lee, senior media correspondent brian stelter and political reporter sarah murray. we're looking through this but this is a new number m.j. >> this is a new number. what he about h so far before this filing came out and we should clarify we don't actually have the s.e.c. filing what we have is a press release from the trump campaign summarizing what we can expect to find. until we see that we won't be able to see the full details, but that being said the press release says that trump's net worth is now in excess of $10 billion. that's compared to $8.7 billion that they had previously reported in his summary, and that was as of june 2014 so over the course of a year it sounds like his net worth probably went up by about $1 billion if i'm doing the math correctly. >> what's $1 billion among friends? >> exactly. >> sarah, i want to bring you in because there was some doubt as to whether he would in fact release this form and he talks about that in his statement and the press release, you know that there were nay sayers and not only did i do this and i did it before i e

lee, senior media correspondent brian stelter and political reporter sarah murray. we're looking through this but this is a new number m.j. >> this is a new number. what he about h so far before this filing came out and we should clarify we don't actually have the s.e.c. filing what we have is a press release from the trump campaign summarizing what we can expect to find. until we see that we won't be able to see the full details, but that being said

. >> dana stand by for us as we bring in cnn political reporter sarah murray cnn political director david assistant to george w. bush rudy fernandez. maybe it is a cultural difference but sounds like maybe rights priebus didn't get this point of toning it down across to donald trump. but do you think republicans should be worried about donald trump? >> look. i know chairman priebus and he's a nice midwesterner ease a gentleman. i worked at rnc, part of the bush team in 2004 that helped president bush get 44% of the vote. and i guarantee that the rnc's concerned about the hispanic vote about being perceived as anti-immigrant. and they realize that to get anything less than 35% of the hispanic vote in 2016 would deliver the keys to the white house to hillary clinton. so there's concern by chairman priebus, there's certain by senior staff. candidates who are serious candidates candidates for the presidency like jeb bush and marco rubio, are going to be quick to denounce the inflammatory and frankly the statement by donald trump is something that appeals to the far, extremists and to bigots t

let's bring in cnn's senior political reporter, nia malika henderson as well as political reporter sarah murray. knni nia, right after this happened, jeb bush put out a statement attacking clinton calling her a flip-flopper saying she'll say anything to get elected. what i saw in that statement was not only this is a presidential race but it seems she may have hit a nerve a bit on this immigration question during this interview. why is that? >> that's right. she hit a nerve. she's tap-dancing on this. flash back to 2012, we remember when mitt romney talking about immigration reform and illegal talking about self-deportation. and then the republican party went through some soul searching saying they needed to figure out a way in tone and in policy to be a party that's more broad -- to broaden their appeal to latino voters. what you see now is the party is fighting a two-front war on this. on the one handbag, there, ther battle between the candidates -- >> though she saez they're all the same on this issue. >> and she's not right there. she's trying to conflate donald trump with the rest of the p

sarah murray explains. >> even for a campaign known for overstatements -- >> i will be the greatest jobs remarks. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists and some i assume are good people. >> tonight comments about rape from donald trump's council and surrogate may have gone too far. in an interview with the daily beast, cohen said you cannot rape your spouse when asked about a decades old allegation made by trump's first wife ivana during divorce proceedings. she alleged trump forced her to have sex against her will an accusation she later walked back. cohen allegedly then threatened the daily beast reporter saying "i'm warning you, tread very [ bleep ] lightly. what i am going to do to you will be disgusting." they distanced himself from cohen who until today had been a developer turned candidate. >> donald trump hit a cord. there is a long road ahead for the campaign. >> trump's campaign manager told cnn only trump speaks for trump, saying coshen a corporate employee and is not affiliated with the campaign in any way. cohen tried to walk back his controve

let's bring in cnn political reporter sarah murray. good morning, sarah.ence at all? >> morning, carol. difficult to say if this is going to make a difference. people sort of know that donald trump can be a little bit brash, a little bit brazen. i don't necessarily think they would be that surprised to see him say this. we have a comment from his lawyer who was in the room with him at the time. and he said the comment was in no way a statement about her decision to breastfeed or pump it was solely the fact that she was appearing to do it in the middle of a deposition. we have the transcript of what was happening leading up to this sort of disgusting comment. and during the transcript she says can we take a break? and donald trump says no. and then think go off the record and that's when this heated exchange happened. it seems like in the middle of this deposition there were some heated comments flying back and forth. difficult to say whether this will ultimately end up hurting donald trump although i'm sure it will give a couple of women a second thought a

our cnn political reporter sarah murray is here. trump factor. what's going on over here? >> that's right. if trump is laying low this week he's prepping for the first gop debate but still making big waves in the race for the white house. ♪ nothing's going to ever keep you down ♪ >> reporter: donald trump leads the republican pack in the latest cnn/orc poll with 18% support. a 6-point jump from last month. former florida governor jeb bush is close behind at 15%. and wisconsin governor scott walker at 10%. what's behind the trump bump? the former reality tv star tells cnn's jake tapper -- >> this is more than me. this is a movement going on. people are tired of these incompetent politicians in washington that can't get anything done. >> reporter: it's a movement fueled by dissatisfied voters. 53% of republicans say the government in washington doesn't represent their views. even though their party controls the house and the senate. and 52% of republicans say they want trump to stay in the race. while just 33% want him to drop out ent

our political report he sarah murray is here. let me start, you've listened to him for a long time. >> he did. and i think he's doing something very interesting. he did it over the weekend. he is finally doing something that politicians do. set expectations. play the expectations setting game. over the weekend in iowa he said i've never debated before. i may not be good in this format. you never hear donald trump express anything but confidence. the fact that he's saying that he may not hit it out of the park is a very rare thing for donald trump and it is the one thing i've heard him say where he sounds more like a politician. >> and he didn't fire michael cohen, one of the top aides who said those things. cohen of course formally apologize asked regretted making the comment. >> it has been interesting to see them walk the line. he said michael cohen doesn't work for the campaign. he works for donald trump's enterprises and they are separate things. and that's just the way it is. it is clear that michael cohen is in donald trump's inner circle. and it was clear that he was not goin

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