it was interesting to me that sean spicer didn't color out of those lines. he tried, after you read him trump's statement to circle around a little and square the circle. but it is fair game for republicans to question hillary clinton based on the words of the fbi director. it's not fair game to say, well, petraeus -- trump has said repeatedly petraeus got in trouble for far less. general petraeus gave classified information to his biographer with whom he was having a relationship knowingly and he pled guilty to charges related to that. what he did was far different than what the fbi director suggested. so to say she should have been treated the way he was, it's just flat out wrong. i thought spicer was very -- he colored within the lines of what is responsible political discourse. what donald trump is doing is not. >> david, hold on one second. let's talk more about those comparisons between general david petraeus and what happened in his circumstance and what we're seeing with hillary clinton. let's bring back evan perez. you know both cases very well. don

sean spicer, welcome. so the f.b.i. director -- excuse me -- the f.b.i. director said that, despite the finding by his investigators that e-mails were handled in an extremely careless way, that they would not recommend a criminal prosecution. what's your reaction? >> well, today was an indictment on hillary clinton's judgment more than anything, and an indictment on, frankly, her fitness to be president. the 15-minute press conference was started with 14 minutes of the director laying out her recklessness, her mishandling of stuff, the culture created at the state department, i don't see how the conclusion matches the first 14 minutes. the director made a very clear case there were excessive classified e-mails she handled. over 100 at top secret level, she was reckless with her handling of email, and for someone who wants to be president and oversee our national security, whether or not there was a criminal indictment was sort of beside the point. the fact of the matter is the f.b.i. recognized her handling of classified information, her handling of natio

the reality is, their actions got us here, not our, not donald trump's. >> sean spicer, fish out of waterepublican at the -- >> thanks for having me on kate's birthday, it's an honor. >> zip it. this is how he wishes me happy birthday. >> sean, thanks so much, appreciate it. >> thank you, sean, get off my set. >> tonight, hillary clinton's big moment. she's giving a speech tonight, you might have heard. she's being introduced by her daughter, chelsea. what she says she fears and she hopes will happen as she steps into the spotlight. you focus on making great burgers, or building the best houses in town. or becoming the next highly-unlikely dotcom superstar. and us, we'll be right there with you, helping with the questions you need answered to get your brand new business started. we're legalzoom and we've already partnered with over a million new business owners to do just that. check us out today to see how you can become one of them. legalzoom. legal help is here. perfect. no tickets, no accidents... that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record. yeah. now, you

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. >> well, reaction now from rnc communications director, sean spicer. milar to this from senator obama when he was running for president in 2008? i seem to remember it. >> i do, too. he talked about it in pennsylvania. people clinging to their guns and religion. i think frankly the democratic party is so out of touch with what is going on in america right now in terms of what the concerns and frustrations of the average, everyday americans, they why they did so poorly in 2014 and will lose in november. >> is there an element of truth there? that white males vote heavily for donald trump because of the three gs, guns, gays and god? is there an element of truth there? >> well, i'm sure there's some kind of element but it's slightly dismisssive to women and minority supporting the ticket because we're socially and fiscally conservative party, we believe in life. we believe in entrepreneurship, we believe in -- the same failed system, the same failed policies these guys have been could be. >> sean, hold on, i have to go to the podium, where marsha fudge, rep

sean spicer, chief strategist and communications director for the republican national committee.n, welcome, good to have you with us today. >> thanks for having me back. >> let's talk a little bit about what we mentioned first. is there anything to these rumblings that there is still stuff going on with the never trump group and the effort for some of these delegates to become unbound? >> no, i think this is, again, much to do about nothing. we've seen this song over and over again. and each time, they've come up empty. so again, i think it's a lot of rumbling, tweets and things like that, but there's really no substance to it. and the more we can get on with the business of the convention and on to nominating donald trump and mike pence, that's what will help us win in november. >> one more question on that, though. there was a lot of stuff out there about ted cruz today. he continues to say he's not sure if she's going to divorce t endorse the candidate yet he will be standing on the stage during a high profile speaking slot in this convention. how do you square that? >> look,

amamy: that was rnrnc chief strategist sean spicer speaking on cnn. but journalists and experienced speech writers widely agree melania trump did plagiarize parts of the speech. according to the "new york times," months before the rnc, the trump campaign hired two speechwriters, matthew scully and john mcconnell, to draft melania trump's speech. but melania trump disregarded this draft and instead asked for help from former ballet dancer meredith mciver. she had helped trump with his book "think like a billionaire." at a protest outside the rnc, activist julia johnson criticized melania trump for plagiarizing michelle obama. >> she stole from a black woman. it is ridiculous how much this country is based off of the exploitations of labor of people of color, oppressed people, of poor people. i am sure she thought nobody would care. amy: proteststs continue in cleveland outside the rnc. on tuesday, twtwo activists scsd a 60-foot flagpole near the rock and roll hall of fame and unveiled a massive flag calling on republicans not to "trump" local communiti

but we did see a tweet from sean spicer, top official at the republican national committee and said now i get it, after attorney general loretta lynch and bill clinton see kreltly meet, hillary clinton spends three and a half hours fourth of july weekend at fbi headquarters and of course he is making a connection between that meeting that bill clinton and loretta lynch had on the tarmac earlier this week where she took flack for meeting while the department of justice and fbi is investigating. in fact, donald trump took a shock and mocked the idea this was a coincidence. >> when i first heard the story, no, no, you're kidding, i don't believe it. i thought somebody was joking. but it's not a joke. it's not a joke. it's a serious thing. to have a thing like that happen is so sad. as you know hillary is so guilty. she's so guilty. i mean, you can read them right off here. and how that's not being pursued properly -- [ applause ] >> i think that he really -- i think he really opened it up. opened up a pandora's box and it shows what's going on and what's happening with our laws and with ou

amy: that was rnc chief strategist sean spicer speaking on cnn.ut journalists and experienced speech writers widely agree melania trump did plagiarize parts of the speech. at least someone did -- the speech she read. according to the "new york times," months before the rnc, the trump campaign hired two speechwriters matthew scully and john mcconnell to draft melania trump's. -- text. but melania trump disregarded this draft a and instead asked r help from former ballet t dancer meredith mciver. she had helped trump w with his book "think like a billionaire." at a protest outside the rnc, activist jul johnsonon criticized melania trump for plagiarizing michelle obama. ms. johnson: stealing from a black woman -- it is ridiculous how much this country is based off the exploitation of labor, people of color, oppressed people, poor people. i am sure she thought would that she would get away with it and nobody would care. amy: protests continued in cleveland outside of the rnc. flagpoleists scaled a near the rock 'n roll hall of fame and unveileled a ma

here to discuss, sean spicer, the chief strategist for the republican national committee. we're thinking this morning, you know, what do i talk to sean about and i was just curious, orb as john would say, apropos of nothing, what are your three favorite things about mike pence? >> about mike pence? i think he's a great conservative. he's been a stalwart on conservative issues. i got to know mike when he was in the house of representatives. he's a solid individual. >> the kind of guy you might want as a vice president? you know, just spitballing here. >> who i would want? unfortunately, it's not my choice. donald trump is going to make that decision. who he feels would be the best partner for him for the next eight years in the white house. >> next eight years. i love your crystal ball. it's wonderful to see. you're standing there in cleveland, one of the most watched debates right now or one of the biggest questions is what is going to happen with the idea of a vote, allowing delegates to vote their conscious rather than freeing them up so they don't have to vote -- they're

sean spicer with the republican national committee is here with me. this is obviously the big moment. we'll have the call to order, the pledge of allegiance, the national anthem. today, what erupted on the floor, did it surprise you? >> not really. we've known that there is a very vocal minority of delegates. we've been hearing about it for the last couple of months. we saw it in the rules committee last week. every proposal they put up went down in fair order. we saw it again today, they tried to ask for a voice vote. it got voted down. they asked for a roll call vote. they needed seven states, ended up with five. i get it. it's over. we're on to the program. melania trump is going to take the stage tonight. we're going to talk about making america safe again. >> the question i have for you, though, when you say it's over, it is a vocal grooi group, right? >> they're loud but they're small. >> mike lee, ken cuccinelli. coming into this convention, you have 80% of the people in the gop says your party is divided. 44% of them don't want donald trump as

joining me now, rnc communications director, sean spicer. so sean, what's going on over there?ot to do about nothing. we're going to continue with the rules. they paused for a moment to meet with eve each other, making sure we have a great communication. there are some conversations happening this morning. but i feel very good about -- you sat list of speakers this morning. it's going to be a phenomenal convention. with family members, politicians, people who know mr. trump well, celebrities. and a lot of people that have still yet to be named. >> well, if reince isn't going in there and saying let's come out and holding hands singing kum ba yah, is he trying to convince them not to do the minority report? what is he trying to convince them? >> it's not about convincing them. the votes just aren't there right now. >> they disagree. they say they've got them. >> i even talked to your own reporters. there is no one who believes they do. there is partly to make sure we're meeting beating hillary clinton. the idea is to sit down and make sure that everybody had a chance to discuss

you know they're holding a briefing right now down south in philly, the communications director, sean spiceris telling one of our colleagues absolute chaos is going to reign at the convention. for all the problems everybody talked about last week in cleveland, it's going to be way worse in philadelphia. this is the reaction right now from them. >> right. i don't know if bernie sanders is going to do a ted cruz speech. >> but he already endorsed her. he already did. >> and he doubled down again today. i don't think it's going to be a ted cruz speech. >> no. he's going to take longer i bet than his allotted time as someone who has covered bernie sanders. >> i will say this, i think he's not happy that he's got a 9:00 slot instead of 10:00 slot. >> be taking note how many times he actually mentions secretary clinton. >> all right. i think you guys are sticking around for a little bit longer because i'm not going to be hot here alone. we'll have more on today's breaking news, debbie wasserman schultz has announced she is stepping down as dnc chair following the convention which ends on thursday.

sean spicer is here with us now.d communications director for the republican national committee. sean, hello. >> thanks for having me. >> how are you? >> i'm all right. day two. >> day two. so two things. >> yeah. >> first of all, melania trump says she wrote the speech. the speech contains plagiarism. what do they do? >> well, first let's look at what's really happening here. okay? it was a 14-minute speech. 1,400 words. and there were 50 words that are in dispute of three common phrases. right? so that's what we're talking about. and when you look at a couple of these phrases -- so let's look at what melania trump said. she said you look hard for what you want in life. akon said you work hard for what you get in life. john legend said work hard to be anything you want in life -- >> play the spot, please. >> okay. >> their integrity be, compassion and intelligence reflects to this day on me. >> her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. >> that your word is your bond and you do what y

. >> of course there's a response coming from the republicans that the republican party sean spicer, after attorney general loretta lynch and bill clinton secretly meet hillary clinton spends three and a half hours fourth of july weekend at fbi headquarters. and hillary clinton's statement says she voluntarily met with the fbi for three and a half hours this morning, lots of people volunteered to do that. so optics, in case you missed it, there's more. in case you missed it, hillary clinton kicked off fourth of july weekend with a three and a half hour interview at fbi headquarters. optics very important in any kind of campaign. this of course is an investigation and involving the justice department but then of course this is really fodder for republicans or political speak, in the narrative of hillary clinton. how is this a potential distraction? does it matter at all when it comes down to the u.s. justice department investigation. >> this has been an absolute disaster for hillary clinton's candidacy, this whole e-mail story. there's no doubt that this whole subject has been the low

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joining us now, sean spicer, chief strategist for the republican national committee. sean, thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you speak for the party. >> i do. >> what would you like to say to senator cruz this morning? >> look, i think it was gracious for trump to invite all the 17 candidates, or excuse me, 16 candidates he competed against to be part of this amazing convention in cleveland. senator cruz accepted that invitation. and it was, you know, frankly was a little disappointed that he didn't get on the stage. he knows what's at stake more than anybody in terms of the choice between hillary clinton and trump. cruz is a constitutional scholar. he understands the importance of the supreme court. so, you know, i think it was gracious of trump to invite everybody here to participate. i think to some degree when you come here there's an expectation you understand the greater good, right, and you say i'm coming here, he won, he got more votes than anybody else. i respect the decision, the will of the people, and i want to throw my support behind

messages with chairman reince priebus suggesting it was unacceptable and communications director sean spicer downplaying the fuss. >> have you found that a speech writer had done that would you fire that speech writer? >> probably. >> melania trump said you work hard for what you want in life. john legend said work hard -- >> wait on -- >> it's getting better. melania trump said the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. twilight sparkle from my little pony said this is your dream -- >> so you're not taking this seriously. >> lock, a simple google search of three phrases comes up with everything from sparkle pony to john legend to akon to -- >> they're calling it the my little pony defense. in spite of the theme of the night being make america work again, many of the speakers sought to contrast donald trump and hillary clinton. for a second straight night delegates on the floor broke into chants of lock her up. this time, over and over during governor chris christie's address, which took on the tone of a mock trial, prosecuting the case against clinton. >> america and

sean spicer is with the r.n.c. >> we want to make sure we have the greatest amount of unity coming out of this convention. >> reporter: anti-trump forces have been waiting for the meeting to try to unbind delegates from having to vote for trump on first ballot, but today r.n.c. officials told cbs news they're confident they don't have the votes to prevail. one question mark: whether the stop trump movement will still get the 28 votes needed to force a minority report, which could create a stir on the convention floor, airing g.o.p. in-fighting for all the cameras to see. the convention's long-awaited list of speaker did highlight the g.o.p. divide. leaders, like 2008 nominee senator john mccain, who said he prefers the grand canyon the cleveland. >> why are you skipping the republican convention? >> because i'm campaigning for reelection. >> reporter: 2012 nominee mitt romney won't be here, nor will either of the former presidents bush. >> i haven't begun the start working on my speech yet. >> reporter: those that will be speaking include house speaker paul ryan and senate majority lea

accepts the republican rep nomination for president.sint here's what rnc communicationson director sean spicer sp about the planning and buildupid to the convention. >> it's going to be very to different convention. there's going to be celebrity professional athletes businessts people average every day folksay and a lot of people from theom t trump family so this is noto ths going to be your daddy'se youdad convention. this is going to be real star-studded event and i think i people are going to be excited e and just like we saw with the t debates and with the turnoutan it's going to break ad ll sorts of records.ds >> we're going to be live fromm cleveland ohio. ohi tom fitzgerald is there all week. wee >>> tune in for our new show the five at 6:30. 6 >>> in the district man wasas hit and killed as he walkedalke along suitland parkway inland py southeast. this happened after midnightgh between alabama avenue ande naylor road.or roa parts of suitland parkway haveaw been shut down overnight asht a police investigate.gate >>> also happening today a h verdict is expected in the trial of lieutenant

video there it is live, satellite, from cleveland, and from the convention we are talking about sean spicer if republican national convention, and he is back with us go ahead sorry sean. >> thanks maria i think the point that i was trying to make that hillary clinton is architect of this for her to talk about fact we don't have cooperation with allies in europe that was her job as secretary of state. so it proves her policies have failed failed. we can elect more same goelt more same or we can go in a different direction i think that is what we need to do that is is what donald trump is talking about that what we're seeing is not acceptable we need a better stronger effort to fight and if defeat isis. >> good point when she said that i tholt to myself why? why don't we have the intelligence that we need, let me ask you quick, sean as we wrap up here what would be a successful convention, what are you looking for. >> i think the more i think people have -- seen donald trump they know who he is but i think when they hear from his family his business patterns people worked with him 0 years get

sean spicer says michelle obama did it as well. did she plagiarize? >> she said something similar. mrs. up on a plagiarize? i would never say that. ark: there has now been chorus of finger-pointing from within and around the campaign. the new york times citing unnamed sources, republican speech shkreli drafted an early version of the text which melania trump changed among other fallouts. there has been long-running factions within trump world and corey lewandowski, making perhaps his most negative critique of trump's operation since he left the campaign. he went on cnn where he is a paid contributor and took aim at the man who replaced at the trump of the campaign, paul manafort. >> someone has reviewed what melania trump was going to say. whether they are held responsible if the book starts at the top for the first time she put the papers on, responsible -- she needs to take a deep look inside and make sure there is up check and balance for every speech going forward. waiver signed off of the final signoff to allow this to go forward made a tumble. >> should paul manafort be held

republican national committee chief strategist and communications director sean spicer joins me now. ace big day for all of you at the rnc, and ted cruz has pretty much dominated the news cycle. what words would you use to describe what he did last night? >> disappointed. he had an opportunity as a leader in the conservative movement to talk about what's at stake this november and the contrast between the team that mike pence and donald trump and hillary clinton and whichever liberal she chooses. so there's a lot at stake in this election. ted cruz had an opportunity to talk about that and unfortunately he didn't. >> you know, the speech was out there. everybody had read through it. the remarks were embargoed. was there any discussion about pulling him from the podium, given what he was about to do? >> look, i think what happened yesterday actually speaks volumes to who donald trump is. he bested 16 really highly qualified candidates and he invited them all to participant in this convention with no conditions. i think each of them had a choice. some of them chose to stay home, if the

speaker paul ryan said -- rnc communications director sean spicer called the decision not to charge clinton, quote, completely ridiculous. joining me now, sam stein from the huffington post. all i could think about, is this on in brooklyn campaign headquarters and are they white knuckling their way through this entire thing? >> hearts racing, get on with it, james comey. yeah, it was very suspenseful. and the fact that he gave a press conference was very surprising to a lot of people, myself included. he could have put in a written statement, detailing his findings, outlining his conclusion, but he chose to go in front of cameras and you have to wonder if that was a deliberate decision on his part, to placate both sides of this, to show republicans that he had gone through these details exhaustively, that he turned up a lot of poor decisions on clinton's behalf, potentially illegal decisions, but come to a determination. i think he was trying to split the difference and that probably fed his decision to go on camera. >> i saw folks tweeting about it, highlighting the fact that there was no

i want to go to sean spicer, sean being the communications director for the republican national committee, also chief strategist. good to have you with me, first off, do you respect and accept the fbi's investigation and the statements of director comey as conclusionive and fair about clinton's e-mail server and that no recommendations of charges should come from this investigation? >> well, i don't understand it, to be honest with you, thomas. if you listen to the first 14 minutes of the 15-minute press conference the director lays out a case which is very clear. it's an indictment on hillary clinton's judgment, on her fitness to be president. he talks about the words reckless, how there is blatant disregard for the law and the process he set out. that's what her job was. so i don't understand how you can lay out an entire case and talk about how the culture at the state department didn't understand the importance of protecting national security, how she was reckless in handling it and not conclude there's a violation. he said we don't think this should be prosecuted. i don't understand

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sean spicer. >> sean, know you are very busy.ew day." >> sean, do you want to own the allegation from your presumptive nominee that hillary clinton got off from the e-mail situation because she bribed the attorney general? >> here is what i do know. the evidence that director come yechcomey was gross negligence. it was an indictment on her judgment and her fitness to be president. to put it in terms that everyone would understand, imagine getting an "a" in every class and have someone say, you are not going to graduate. it doesn't add up. i don't know how you can explain a situation where the attorney general has a private meeting with the former president, her husband, and gets special treatment to go into the fbi on a saturday morning of a three-day holiday weekend and tuesday morning, they announce despite all of this overwhelming evidence, despite the fact that we admit she lied, there was classified information on her server, despite the fact that she set that server up for the intent of evading detection, that we are not go

now sean spicer, who is the spokesman and top official at the rnc, of course, seeized upo the moment to tweet -- i'm trying to pull it up. here we go. >> right. we have it. >> reporter: i'm running low on battery, richard. >> i know. you've been there a long time. >> reporte >> reporter: i added a little everyone fa sis there. the term voluntary means not subpoenaed. and critics of the clintons, those who do not find her believable or trust worthy, and we know that's been a part of her public persona, they look at the word voluntary and think she was sort of dragged to do this. sources tell me she first offered to speak with the fbi about this issue in august of 2015. nearly a year ago. it's a legal distinction to say voluntary. we can tell you, as well, her top aid and someone with her during the state department cheryl mills left the residence. we saw a motorcade depart again. we believe secretary clinton has left her washington home. >> kelly, they're hoping it might be a one of the last chapters in this story, but we have, perhaps, weeks in front of us. when do we expect to hear

sean spicer said that hillary clinton campaign statement said she voluntarily met with the fbi for three and a half hours this morning. a little sarcasm this morning. at voluntary means not compelled by the power of a subpoena. there are a lot of people through the process of being a part of investigations who are compelled by subpoenas. this was not this kind of case. what impact will have it on her convention? will have it on the race? we don't know. the conclusions have not been made public. the investigation itself is not yet complete. >> and let me ask you this about the time table for when we can expect the fbi to make a recommendation. >> i'm sorry, ayman. >> no problem. >> my apologies. >> in terms of the investigation and the time line we've heard from attorney general loretta lynch she's saying whatever they recommend she's going to accept, but what do we know about the time line of how this investigation is going to wind up? >> because of the sensitive nature of this. there could, in fact, be a criminal exposure for hij or perhaps herself. because of the highly sensitive natur

here's sean spicer of the rnc. >> what we tried to talk about is what they weren't talking about.ned israel. the president never mentioned iraq. never talk about national security. didn't talk about the debts. the issues the american people care about. >> they are also going much higher tech than they would in the past, even four years ago at the conventions. they're using snapchat andle facebook and know voters get their information differently so they want to use those avenues. >> any evidence it's making a difference? >> well, you know, they certainly hope so. from this modest work space they say not only letting social media -- flooding social media but using he profile surrogates like rudy giuliani. congresswoman marsha blackburn and they think that is helpful in having highly profile voices. some of the g.o.p. believe pointing out that the departmentcrats didn't take on isis and terrorism on the first night, that may have led former defense second leon panetta to beef up his speech on that topic the following night. they want to take credit for that. he talked about portions

>> sean spicer, communications director for rnc, deputy chair for rnc was with martha and me an hour ago on "america's newsroom." he is saying hey, 10 or 15% it makes a big deal. i think he is right about that but i don't know what that march begin is frankly. no one really knows -- margin. he threw high number as 40% i think that is exaggeration. if you can move the meter with 10% you could swing this in november. kennedy: jill stein and gary johnson are being polling higher now. sandra: did i mention it is hot in philly? like 100 degrees. fans are blowing. kennedy: we miss the cleveland wind, don't we? sandra: yes, we do. this is the place to be for all day and all evening coverage as democratic convention kicks off today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "outnumbered" wants to be your fnc digital hangout. find us across platforms at foxnews.com/outnumbered. we'll be on facebook live and all the fox news apps. hang out with us on the web at 4:00 p.m. eastern. you never know, harris might be wandering down on the convention floor with a microphone. anything can happen. harris: wild child. sandr

your brain will stay nice and clean." [ laughter ] and then there was the rnc's chief strategist, sean spicerose a novel tactic for dismissing the plagiarism accusations. >> this idea of plagiarism, if you want to talk about it, let's talk to it. melania trump said, "you work hard for what you get in life." john legend said, "work hard to be anything you want in life." kid rock said, "work hard to be anything you want in life." melania trump said, "the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them." twilight sparkle from "my little pony" said, "this is your dream. anything can you do in your dreams can you do now." >> the similarities were pretty stark. >> but you just heard. look, i just quoted twilight sparkle from "my little pony." she said something similar, too. so did mrs. obama plagiarize her? >> seth: you know, i'm willing to bet even twilight sparkle would say that explanation is a steaming pile of my little pony crap. [ laughter ] look, the plagiarism itself isn't the biggest issue. the real issue here is that trump claims he'd be a great president because he's a great ma

sean spicer, spokesman for the rnc, said exactly that. so many questions need to be answered. comey rather than on to hillary clinton's judgment and making good decisions. that seems like a more durable criticism than suggesting that comey was acting sort of shady when people basically on both sides of the aisle say he's a very trustworthy guy with great integrity. >> not some republican spokesman but the republican nominee reacted by saying comey's rigged. this guy was the deputy attorney general for george w. bush, is very much regarded for his independence and you know, it's appropriate for the republicans to yell and scream about this, but again, in the long run, sort of the fundamentals of this, i don't think it's going to be seen in the long run as that significant. >> i think some people with good scholarly and professional backgrounds, andrew mccarthy, rudy giuliani, are going to question his judgment in this particular capacity. >> rudy giuliani was on air today and said comey made an error in judgment. he was quite deliberate there. >> a lot of prosecutors do, we for

sean spicer's interview earlier on msnbc where he basically said it wasn't plagiarism, it's not truee aren't buying it. the problem they'll have is that a convention is a story you want to tell about your candidate and your campaign and your party and the story got away from them and they're pouring gasoline on the fire rather than saying this was an honest mistake, let's move on and stick to the script and make sure the script is written in our words not other people's words. >> meanwhile tonight is all in the theme portions it's about make america work again. how do you think the narrative of the trump kids up there but also with paul ryan and mitch mcdonnel, beth, are going to be in line with that theme? >> this one is the one they'll like raebs have meat the argument, donald trump made the argument that the economy isn't where it's supposed to be that we've had job growth but it's not where it needs to be. so this should be a strong message for republicans, for the trump family if they can stick with it. i went to a dnc press conference today, though and they're already pushing b

. >> reporter: i was part of that scrum, and i did elicit a laugh from sean spicer when i asked him if he would be able to make that printer great again. when the rnc rules committee did reconvene, the chair acknowledged it wasn't a printer malfunction after all that caused the long recess. >> during the pause, as we were trying to get all of these things taken care of, we were approached by a number of members from different groups proposing different amendments, who asked if they could have a period of time to try to work out their differences in hopes that we could then expedite the work of the committee. >> reporter: indeed, that was the hope of the rnc and of the forces supporting donald trump, that this rules committee session could be ironed out just in one day only. but at this point it looks like it's probably going to stretch into tomorrow, shannon. >> we are glad you're there. you don't miss a thing. james rosen in cleveland, see you soon. >>> new details in the dallas police ambush, as the fallen heroes are laid to rest. what investigators are learning as they dig deeper in

as to explain trump's troubles in the polls, sean spicer offered this explanation. >> i think part ofhis is he's not focused on a general election strategy. he's not as well known. he has not done the things he needs to do and pivot to in a general election. >> not as well known, donald trump. that claim comes about two weeks before the republican convention. trump indicated his wife plans to be among the speakers, but "the new york times" reports much of the program remains in flux, including how and when mr. trump will arrive and speak. two aides told the times mr. trump was not aware that the event had to be held in cleveland, a decision made almost two years ago by the republican national committee. joining me now, political reporter at "the guardianguardi" you were on the trail and you used to watch the trump stump speech come in, and he would spend a majority of time talking about his polls. talking about the polls. now he can't do that because most of the polls show him behind. so he's in a kind of almost pathetic way, spends that period of time talking about like the greatest

want to follow-up on a few seeds from the interview with sean spicer we just heard.orst of all, fundraising. there has been a number of corporations of these events that have taken a pass. one is price of paying for this convention, but how is the trump campaign doing versus hillary clinton in raising money for the general election process? gerald: they have a game of catch-up to do. they started spring, summer general election ready far behind. i don't think he will close that gap. hillary clinton and the democratic party have done well. the trump campaign is helping the republican party raise money, but not always trump campaign money. that is significant because the republican party apparatus, what put on the convention behind me, is really behind donald trump. they have done all in. that is a considerable amount of help. but the trump campaign himself is well below the curve when it comes to raising funds compared to the clinton campaign. they can run a campaign that will succeed with less than the clinton campaign, i believe. we will find out. there will be a ga

we heard sean spicer of the rnc say the same thing, that these were common words, that this was not plagiarism. reince priebus, not quite on the same page, say that if he found out that a speechwriter had something to do with that or made that mistake, that he would have them fired. but there's been a lot of disconnect in the campaign, even outside the campaign, within the republican party, about how best to go forward with this. many people saying, just admit your error, move on, and try to have a flawless convention after this. the trump campaign seemed to be digging if their heels and refusing to admit any wrongdoing here. that was until today, when we got this surprise tweet from donald trump, saying all press is good press. not surprising for him. he's long held that notion. and then moments later, we got a statement from the campaign, saying that a staff writer in the trump organization wrote the speech, or helped craft the speech, and was the one that erroneously lifted passages from michelle obama's 2008 speech. she wrote a resignation letter, admitted it, fell on her sword, tried to t