foreign individuals or foreign governments or foreign companies influence and interfere with the american electoral process. we have laws against that. you can't donate to the democratic national committee, the republican national committee if you're a foreign country or foreign citizen. we have rules in place. people have said that the clinton global initiative or clinton foundation was the way around that. that foreign countries or companies to donate to the clinton foundation then the clintons have been living on the donations to advance their political careers. there is a lot of coincidence of donations to the clinton foundation and decisions by secretary of state hillary clinton. >> before u.s. said there should be swift action, what does that look like? how should the u.s. respond if in fact russia is involved? >> you need to find out who is involved. on the second point, we need better data security. the government has been hesitant. we protect the data, supposedly protect the data of our military. we don't protect the data of our banking system, the electric grid, we need to rethink that. t

course the american electorate chooses another storyline for the united states. great job there.evin is our reporter on the floor in pennsylvania at the dnc. a moment in history. let us get more on hillary clinton's speech. she made some very pointed and accusations using donald trump's record against him and of finding it for a larger audience. what she successful? >> i think she was. at the moment that she said -- i accept. turning point and she found her stride. she had a sense of passion that emerged that i thought was lacking in the beginning. theought -- here comes agenda of programs. when she talked about women and , forssues of equal pay example, and the questions that concern women and how that is connected to the economic research and said of america, of america,rgence that hit a passionate note. and when she discussed the security of america -- she said -- i know what this is about. this to saying -- he is untrustworthy. and then she had a self-deprecating moment that showed her human side. >> it was interesting politically that her campaign had chelsea clinton at time

i think the american electorate has already decided that hillary clinton is not honest or trustworthy. every poll shows you that. well over 50%. they just want to know that the other guy isn't an irresponsible pick. >> after last night's convention chaos, ted ted cruz booed when he did not endorse trump. >> reporter: vote your conscience. >> the nominee is getting kudos. >> donald trump by having ted cruz says i'm not afraid of any opinion or idea. >> reporter: for cruz he was payback, still sore after trump in the primaries went after heidi and rafael cruz. >> i'm not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. >> reporter: trump raised eyebrows today saying as commander in chief he might not keep the u.s. commitment to defend nato allies against any russian aggression. look at the cop shot of dallas and baton rouge, trump said. we've got to fix our own mess as he tries to convince voters tonight that he's the leader who can do that. >> reporter: tens of millions who will watch tonight have only seen donald trump in short sound bites or off the cuff at

feeling among the american electorate that there is anger that the quality of jobs on their, that theof it replacement has not come back. >> there is a global sense that even though we have had the recovery, and economic recovery, subpar, below average, but people don't feel recovery. it is part of the caution you have when you look at consumer demand and consumer sentiment, but again if the production capacity in the u.s. is reaching its limits, that will promote inflation and that's what the fed needs to focus on. you are seeking return, where you go? cautious.still we think it will take several more weeks to work to the implications. longer-term, we think there is value in equities more so than bonds. if you're looking at where you're going to get relative ,eturns over the medium-term equities look better. where are we in the cycle? are we cyclical or playing defense? >> short-term, defense, but longer-term, u.s. economic solid, evenill european growth, -- angie: isn't that a risk? >> there is still contagion risk , particularly italian banks. that is a problem that was there befor

. >> i think the american electorate has decided that hillary clinton is not honest or trustworthy. every poll shows you that. they just want to know that the other guy is not an irresponsible pick. >> reporter: after last night, convention chaos. ted cruz booed when he did not endorse trump. the nominee is getting kudos. >> what donald trump having cruz on there, it says i'm not afraid. >> reporter: he went after heidi and rafael cruz. >> i am not in the habit of subpoena porpting people who attack my wife and attack my father. >> reporter: trump raised eyebrows today saying as commander in chief he might not keep the u.s. commitment to defend nato allies against any russian aggression. look at the shot here in baton rouge, he said. we've got to fix our own mess as he tries to convince voters tonight that he's the leader who can do that. millions and millions who will watch tonight have only seen donald trump in short sound bites or in rallies off the cuff. so he could reboot and show to the american people a fuller picture of a donald trump, the president. live from the rnc, steve

. >> in essence, part of what of the process that's going on here is that the american electorate is in the process of deciding the suitability of these two candidates to serve as commander in chief. >> clapper says the intelligence community will likely share fairly general information with clinton and trump, including information on isis, syria, or the day's most pressing security issues. bret? >> rich, thank you. one of the talking points for republicans this campaign season will be that hillary clinton has tacked too far to the left in order to gain bernie sanders supporters. senior political correspondent mike emanuel looks at that part of the story tonight from philadelphia. >> we're going to break through the gridlock in washington and make the biggest investment in new good-paying jobs since world war ii. >> reporter: at her campaign rally today at temple university, hillary clinton spoke of government spending, leading to quality jobs. former president bill clinton may still be on stage in a supporting role, but he signed the north american free trade agreement, and democrats

was that jackson would react so violently that it would put him beyond the pale as far as the american electorate>> andrew jackson was a man with a ferocious temper, who was willing to challenge people to duels and actually fight duels in order to win. >> 20 years before, a local horse breeder had made a fatal mistake of insulting jackson's wife. the fatal mistake. >> andrew jackson went to the dueling ground with charles dickinson. >> dickinson fired first and hit jackson in the chest. >> jackson stood and took it. it was a kind of discipline that an andrew jackson had, a sort of iron control. and then took his time and calmly killed the man who had fired. >> the message was clear -- insult rachel jackson and andrew jackson will shoot you dead. jackson carried the bullet with him all his life as a reminder to himself and everyone else of what he would do for love. >> jackson found himself having to defend rachel's honor, or, at least her virtue. >> there is just one tiny flaw in jackson's rage. >> the accusation that jackson was a bigamist, a wife stealer, was actually true. >> 30 years before,

i think the american electorate has already decided that hillary clinton is not honest or trustworthy. every poll shows that, over 50%, well over 50%. they just want to know the other guy isn't an irresponsible pick. >> reporter: after last night convention chaos, ted cruz booed when he did not endorse trump. the nominee getting kudos. >> what donald trump did last night by having cruise on there was saying, i'm not afraid of any opinion or idea. >> he's still sore after trump went after heidi and rafael cruz. >> i'm not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and my father. >> reporter: trump raised eyebrows saying as commander in chief he might not keep the u.s. commitment to defend nato allies against any russian aggression. look at the cops shot in dallas, he said, we've got to fix our own mess as he tries to convince voters tonight that he's the leader who can do that. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, at the rnc in cleveland. >> while trump spent the day preparing for his speech, anti-trump protesters took to the streets in cleveland. some of the people chanted mf lov

reflects the fact that there is a very close decision between supporters of the two parties in the american electorate. with democrats slightly outnumbered republicans. we are going to see the high degree of party unity in voting and a lot of straight ticket voting. that is what we have seen in other elections. i think that is what we will see in this election. the key to winning the election is probably going to be turnout and which party is able to turn at the supporters in larger numbers because there are very few twin voters left -- swing voters left in the country. voters left up for grabs are small minority. the vast majority of voters already have their minds made up. host: massachusetts, independent line, john, hello. caller: good morning. isave -- what concerns me kind of gone by now, but the democratic leadership was clearly against mr. sanders and and by the use of the superdelegates and they certainly did a job on bernie and he did not really have a chance. it did not help that the media did not point out the fact that both of hillary's leaves were uncommitted votes, but on the other hand,

. >> i think the american electorate has decided that hillary clinton is not honest or trustworthy. y poll shows you that. they just want to know that the other guy is not an irresponsible pick. >> reporter: after last night, convention chaos. ted cruz booed when he did not endorse trump. the nominee is getting kudos. >> what donald trump

. >> in essence, part of what of the process that's going on here is that the american electorate is in the process of deciding the suitability of these two candidates to serve as commander in chief. >> clapper says the intelligence community will likely share fairly general information with clinton and trump, including information on isis, syria, or the day's most pressing security issues. bret? >> rich, thank you. one of the talking points for republicans this campaign season will be that hillary clinton has tacked too far to the left in order to gain bernie sanders supporters. senior political correspondent mike emanuel looks at that part of the story tonight from philadelphia. >> we're going to break through the gridlock in washington and make the biggest investment in new good-paying jobs since world war ii. >> reporter: at her campaign rally today at temple university, hillary clinton spoke of government spending, leading to quality jobs. former president bill clinton may still be on stage in a supporting role, but he signed the north american free trade agreement, and democrats

. >> you look at clinton's problems in the american electorate are not related to confidence, they're related to trust and likability. . and it feels like those stories they don't want to cooperate with, the humanizing stories, would kind of connect with i'm in a different way. >> you mean make people available for interviews? make family members available for interviews? >> tell us the personal side, bring us behind the scenes, talk to the reporter who's doing some story about your past. it ended up, i think readers viewed is it as a very pass tiff story, but their wariness of the press is pretty sweeping so they don't want to take part in that kind of thing. >> polar opposites, clinton and trump in their treatment of the press. >> on the other side of the break, we're going to ask are journalists asking donald trump the wrong kinds of questions. >>> and the ceos of aol, and iheart radio. they're all ruined. help yourself! oh no, we couldn...okay thanks, hebrew national. a hot dog you can trust. you've wished upon it all year, and now it's finally here. the mercedes-benz summer event

so this is even somebody who has had an opportunity to reconnect with the american electorate, and i e more she bashes donald trump, the worse she's actually doing. i would rather be him than her right now because if you look at the attributes testing, he kills it on strong leadership. and that's what americans are taking into the polls this time. they're talking about terrorism, national security, tougher on the economy. they just want us to be more respected around the world. the clinton people are looking at the attributes testing, eric, and they want this to be about, quote, qualifications and experience and temperament. but the voters decide what's most important to them, and right now they're truly looking for a strong, tough leader. >> jess, what about it? so the knock on hillary clinton has been honest and trustworthy for more than a year now, and these things keep happening to her. at some point where you say there's a ton of smoke, there's fire. she can't be honest and trustworthy, can she, with all these scandals? >> well, i think that she can. i would like to draw attentio

that's the difference that this race you cannot take 52% of the american electorate who are female andxpect there are not some who normally vote republican who won't come over and vote. >> talking to clinton aides, they think back to 2008, and they regret that they didn't hone in on the woman issue more. they think it sort of cost them the campaign against barack obama. they think it plays on numbers, and so this is what the campaign strategy is. now, will that change overall perceptions and drive down hillary clinton's negatives? probably not. the people who dislike her have this well-formed view of her since the '90s, that's not going to change. but really focusing on the women stuff, the numbers show that can be effective. >> but not for the young women. i have an 18-year-old niece who is not going to vote for hillary clinton because she's a woman. she's just got. talk to me about that. >> talk to me about the women? >> anybody up here -- >> when you look at -- when you look at the video of the shattering glass ceiling. and you see the cutaway shots, women who are maybe baby boomer

. >> and the most serious question about this is, if it were done, would large chunks of the american electorateay we don't believe you, you're his enemies, i don't care what you tell me, 2 plus 2 is 5. >> but that's fine. we will have done our job. we haven't even done our job. great analysis. >> when cn nsaid i could be the first to host from philly to welcome the dnc, i said bernstein and greenfield, please. thank you, guys. i really appreciate you being here. >> nice to be here. >> thank you for saying that. >>> coming up, hillary clinton picks a vp. does tim kaine bring added value, or might his selection undervalue bernie sanders supporters? here's one that came in early. smerconish, where is the wikileaks coverage regarding the dnc, et cetera, et cetera? jarsso, i'm going there next. stick around. all her aches and pains. and i said "come to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me and you girl, me and you!" i said "if you need to stop, there's a bench we'll just hang out in the shade." she sai

clinton and tim kaine you have the type of combination that can appeal to a broad section of the american electoratend thattes what it all about. >> i think for some democrats, working class democrats and bernie sanders supporters, there is litmus test and trade, tpp. in that realm, for them, tim kaine fails. is that a legitimate beef and how do you navigate that, both within your delegation where with there's discontent and across the spectrum at the convention. >> i'm an opponent of tpp as well. he's not going it make the call on tpp, hillary clinton is. she's already expressed her self very clearly on that agreement. ultimately again we're voting for a president, not a vice president. and she did something that's very important, that is she selected someone who is equipped to serve as president on day one if that necessity should arise. so again, i think ultimately she's going to be the one talking about trade and what she's going to do for working families across this country. i think tim kaine will be a very, very resonant spokesperson for those views as well. >> let me ask you finally about so

the poll is probably a reflection of the american electorate feels. not crazy about their choices. and so tonight is mike pence's big night on the national stage to be able to introduce himself, talk about policy, he has a really distinguished career both in washington and as governor of indiana. that's a great combination for the ticket. tonight he chose. >> people are talking about 2016, but people are also starting to talk about 2020. it's already starting. you look at some of the folks we have seen already and some of those scheduled to speak. we have newt gingrich, pence, walker, rubio, cruz. what do you lock at and say, hmm, maybe 2020? >> i think maybe, i'm sure they are all thinking 2024 and not 2020. but putting that, i think all of them are interested in seeing how things play out. just like bill clinton had a big moment on the stage at the democratic convention before he won. so each one is thinking this is my chance to do something similar. >> you're not going to pick names? >> they are all good. >> in terms of what we just reported about melania trump and the staffer of

. >> if it were done with large chunks of the american electorate saying we don't believe you, you'reis enemies, two plus two is five, that's all i want to know. but that's fine. we would have done our job. but we have not done our job. great analysis and debates. >> cnn will be the first to welcome the dnc. i said bernstein and greenfield, please, thank you for being here. >> pleasure to be here. >> thank you for saying that. >>> hillary clinton picks a vp. does tim kaine bring added value or does this alienate bernie sanders supporters? what do you think? tweet me. i'm read some later. here's one, jarso, @smerconish, where's the wiki leaks coverage regarding dnc, msm and hillary corruption? i'm going there next. the fastest food truck min brooklyn. meet mylanta® tonight. it's also fast, but unlike godawgs, it makes heartburn after dinner, history. new mylanta® tonight. faster than heartburn. i have a resident named joyce, and i said "come to class,bout let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me an

going to be talking in a short time because it's one of the issues that's going to consume the american electorate. new facts coming in, 73 reported dead. that's the latest report. even if we look back what's been happening in europe in a short time. we had charlie hebdo january 7th, 2015. 17 dead. then the attack in paris 130 dead. and now bastille day which is just -- it's just like the celebration we have here in the united states. everybody gathers, it's fun, it's fireworks. now the unthinkable. we don't know that it's terrorism but i can't think -- i mean, everyone is enormously suspicious. and as we learn more and more about what might have been inside that truck, it looks more and more like terrorism. we don't have a confirmation do we, benjamin, anything about the truck, who owned it, where it was from, anything at all. >> no, we really don't. a lot of these streets in that area are pedestrianized we are still trying to figure out where it came from whether it was stolen. >> or rented. >> we don't have any of it. no. >> benjamin, it's just been confirmed that the driver of that truck is de

it's the broad set of the american electorate. so i think he's going to come out and make the case for, you know if we elect donald trump to be the president of the united states we're going to stop a lot of the progress that he was able to make with the american people on a whole host of issues. and i think that's going to be a lot of what he talks about. >> remind me never to follow the first lady anywhere she ever speaks anywhere. >> i don't think you'll have to though. >> i won't because now i'll make sure it doesn't happen. bill great to see you. as we wait to hear from former president bill clinton, we are also watching to see how the democrats address a horrifying terror attack in france where soldiers from the islamic state beheaded a catholic priest inside his church. it's not soldiers. it's just terrorists from the islamic state. plus moments ago, michael brown's mother a ferguson missouri took center stage endorsing hillary clinton for her stance on police reform. critics say the move by the dnc to include this particula

his speech in spanish, clearly trying to win over the all-important hispanic vote within the american electoratere were also some disgruntled bernie sanders supporters. many of them are upset that president obama is still pushing for the transpacific partnership. that is something that hillary clinton at some point has also supported. now, donald trump opposes tpp. they held up signs during president obama's speech saying no tpp. but all of the major figures tonight, including president obama, did give congratulations and the shout out to senator sanders. this is still a very much democratic party trying to unify. look for hillary clinton the party unify the party and went over moderate and independent voters tomorrow night. manus: kevin, thank you very much. our politics reporter at the democratic national convention in philadelphia. the twoth shell, biggest oil companies following disappointing companies from statoil. and bp, reporting a larger than expected decline in profits. ryan chilcote joins us now in london. good morning. let us take things off with shell. what are we expecting? ryan: t

that is what people are looking for and i think that is part of the frustration with the american electorate now. they are not seeing that out of our elected leaders. why do we have so many successful female governors that are republicans? because they are building the team at the state level and pushing forward on decisions that are productive for those states and our states and some of these economies are doing very well. >> i have to ask you because we are pressing the quality of consensusbuilding. donald trump is not perhaps known for being a consensus builder or someone who has employed a great number of people and built a team. how worried are you about that? rep. blackburn: i would differ with that assessment. how many of you knew mr. trump before he came to elective office -- came into the presidential race? just a couple of you. i have had the opportunity to know him since 2008, i was a surrogate for john mccain and worked with him through the campaign and worked with him in the 2012 campaign when i was one of the cochairs for the presidential trust and for a surrogate for romney in

the rest of the american electorate prepared to be as fore bearing with some of these comments as the. that's the big question, i think. and that's the question that will decide whether this is another event that sort of rages for a couple of days and goes away or if it's something that the clinton campaign can use to cast doubt on donald trump's ability to be president and commander in chief. >> let's talk about mike pence. he's long had a distaste for negative campaigning. how might he be able to jump into the fray here? can he do damage control, so to speak? or would he? >> we've not heard from mike pence yet on this issue. we haven't heard from any other real senior republican leaders. i think one of the reasons, if you look at the political strategy behind trump issuing that statement last night, obviously he wanted to stop this in its tracks. but he also called khan a hero. at least that gives a republican leader when he's forced to go on television to talk about this a way of saying donald trump did call him a hero. that's one way of trying to defend donald trump. you're right,

failures of their policies so the only way they can hope to believe is slicing and dicing the american electorate to race and gender and this is what they do constantly because they can't win otherwise. we saw that coming p the stage tonight. >> the making fun of a woman's name because of the color of her skin, using the word "i love you no homo" a gay slur, we know they're feeding cnn questions. how great is that? they've been meeting with executives at nbc. we know they infiltrated the bernie campaign. does anyone remember water gate? you wrote about this. they released false information to ruetgers. this is unravelling now. the democrats have had three big megaphones. academia, hollywood and the media. there is a lot of fishy business you can do when you have three big megaphones to cover it up or blair your propaganda message. a and. >> the facts are there. if you're black, latino or a minority, you have been disproportionately negatively impacted by the obama economy. more black americans on food stamps. 58% increase. a 20% increase in the number of black americans out of the labor force. >>

that secret is called the rising american electorate. it's comprised of unmarried women, people of color and young voters under 35. and now make up 57% of the voting eligible population, but their best showing was in 2012 when they only, only made up 40% of the electorate. our job is to make sure that we close that gap and get the majority of people who can vote to vote. these are the most progressive voters in this country, and they have strong values. they are particularly repulsed by the hate of the trump-pence campaign. we've done lots of research on them, lots of focus groups. there is a repulsion about their view of america. they are hopeful for america. they want to see a better america and a don't want to go down, you know, the dirty and just, hole of despair that that other, you know, thos the other candidates are bringing us into. anyway, all the key tossup states, including virginia between 2010-2016, saw an enormous growth in the rise american electorate. unmarried women, people of color and voters under 35. we particularly st

. >> their conspiracies are in direct proportion to their panic about what's happening in the american electorate say is trump talked about a didn't relationship with russia. but he's not talking about a different relationship in the sense of one of weakness. he's talking about the way reagan did it. reagan had a great relationship with the russians because he negotiated from a position of strength, not weakness. to the extent any conspiracy theorists think the russians are going to put their own candidate into the white house, the russians will have a much more difficult and tougher adversary in donald trump. he's the guy who who knows how to use leverage. lou: let me ask you both here as we wrap up quickly. your thoughts about what hillary clinton has to do to heal the party and get this thing moving for the next three days that will culminate with her acceptance of the nomination. ambassador? >> this is the opening day, it's in complete disarray. everything she denied for the last year about the democratic national committee helping to favor they are nomination, scheduling presidential debates

. >> she has the perception of the american electorate that donald trump is even more disliked than shes. she is 5 or 6 points ahead. i don't think that's going to change. understanding the aspects both of you correctly cite. >> doug, you are the pollster and i know you are a smart guy and i respect you greatly. but hillary clinton's negatives are based on 20 years of experience with the american voter that includes scandal after scandal. it includes this scandal. in the face of this scandal was her desire to retain ownership of emails she does not have the right to retain. donald trump's negatives are not nearly as serious. >> i think you will be welcome to in trump tower. bill: we are 11 days away from cleveland when that commences. the anti-trump movement is making one last-ditch effort to disrupt the rnc. is this a vote that could change the game in cleveland, ohio. hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip fre

their 60s, both sort of grandmotherly in a lot of ways, that in a sense this is too much for the american electorate. what do you think of that? >> i think that's just a lot of men who are very scared of strong women. i do think that we are -- >> but they vote, men who are scared of women vote. >> yes. i mean this only in the positive way. elizabeth warren is like justin bieber to democrats, she makes us scream and squeal. we get so excited when we see her because yes, she's great at tacking donald trump. but she is probably the best at articulating democratic values and democratic policies out of anyone out there. and so, you know, alex said that hillary clinton doesn't need to upset the status quo. i disagree. i think she needs to give people reason to vote for her. elizabeth warren is the most excite democrat out there. and the most likely to give people a reason to vote for hillary clinton. >> the question is, john, if what liz is saying is true, that's sort of alarming, that hillary clinton isn't providing those things. >> well, exactly. the greatest risk secretary clinton has is getting people

most of the american electorate won't know about this in november. prising they've been pulling a fast one to the american people about this e-mail. >> you're a talented lawyer and there are talented lawyers in the fbi they understand the plain meaning of statutes. what is the plain meaning of the law with regard to gross negligence and classified material? does that send you to jail? >> well, look, the plain meaning doesn't matter. that's what i've been saying for months. what matters is the fact that we have a presidential election coming up. she's the presumptive democrat nominee. the justice department has very clear guidelines they don't bring cases that might influence the outcome of an election, so this was a mighty head wind from the beginning. you have career prosecutors who, according to inside information, were interfering with the investigation during depositions, during grand jury proceedings, they weren't allowing the fbi to ask certain questions because of some phony attorney/client privilege with cheryl mills. the writing has been on t

reflects the fact that there is a very close division between supporters of the two parties in the americane electorate. with democrats slightly outnumbering republicans. and we're going to see probably very high degree of party unity in voting and a lot of straight ticket voting. that is what we've seen in other recent elections. i think that is what we're going to see in this election.n. and key to winning the election is going to be probably been turnout. which party is able to turn out core supporters in larger numbers. frankly there are very few swing voters left in this country. the voters up for grabs and persuadable are small minority. vast majority of voters have their minds made up. >> host: westfield, massachusetts, independent line. john, hello. >> caller: good morning. what concerns me, gone by now.y democratic leadership wasde clearly against mr. sanders and for hillary and by their.s by the use of superdelegates, did a job on bernie. didn't have a chance. didn't help the media point out, the fact, most of those hillary's lead was uncommitted votes. also on the other hand republican leade

the united states if he becomes president. >> reporter: just since 2012 left leaning center for american progress projects the latino electorateorida to grow from 16-point 6% to 18-point 2%. on the other hand, the percentage of florida's white votevoters which romney won 66-7 has fallen from 66.7 to 64.5. just tenth ands of a point of a demographic shift could matter in a tight state. isabel stapleton is a latino swing voter who won't be supporting trump. >> this country was made out of immigrants and a lot of them have been here for years. where are you going to send them to. i'm an immigrant. >> despite demographics several recent polls have suggested clinton trump showdown could be close in florida. >>> it has been quite a week. tonight we're looking at the top five moments from cleveland's rnc. >> are you a fan of harry potter? if the answer is yes chances are you feel a certain way about donald trump. what a new university of pennsylvania study has found. >> they ♪ >>> americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets, and the chaos in our communities. many have witnessed this

the essential challenge now is that 44% of the american electorate who identify as independent. get the middle while donald trump -- we've got to try. you're not just going to hand the election over. she will have a moderate. maria: maybe that is why she chose 10 kaine. coming up, the democratic party, should they hide hillary clinton? more in a moment. (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. maria: welcome back. good morning. i am maria bartiromo from the democratic national convention in philadelphia. tuesday, july 26. top stories at 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. fighting for unity, net otted charisma minster in its full support behind hillary clinton and an urging his fans to do the same. >> this election is not about and has never been about hillary clinton or donald trump or bernie sanders or any of the other candidates who sought the presi

the united states if he becomes president. >> reporter: just since 2012 left leaning center for american progress projects the latino electorate in florida to grow from 16-point 6% to 18-point 2%. on the other hand, the percentage of florida's white votevoters which romney won 66-7 has fallen from 66.7 to 64.5. just tenth ands of a point of a demographic shift could matter in a tight state. isabel stapleton is a latino swing voter who won't be supporting trump. >> this country was made out of immigrants and a lot of them have been here for years. where are you going to send them to. i'm an immigrant. >> despite demographics several recent polls have suggested clinton trump showdown could be close in florida. >>> it has been quite a week. tonight we're looking at the top five moments from cleveland's rnc. >> are you a fan of harry potter? if the answer is yes chances are you feel a certain way about donald trump. what a new university of pennsylvania study has found. >> they studied this. winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. and with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single week, tha

but both donald trump and hillary clinton are unpopular in a lot of ways with the american electorateceeded today on this first day of making security the emphasis in a world where security is very much a concern, he's going to greatly benefit i think. i don't think today was a disaster by any stretch of the imagination. i think he succeeded to some extent. >> i don't think he needs to make an emphasis. i think in light of all the current events it is an emphasis for all of us. thank you so much, vince, appreciate you joining us. i'm sure we'll see you throughout the week. >> absolutely. thank you. >> and as we've discussed, terrorism is a major issue in this year's presidential election. >> our next guest says the ongoing threat of radical islam could be a major factor as voters pick the next president. that on the other side of the break. >>> former new york city mayor rudy giuliani taking the stage at the republican convention, highlighting the night's theme, make america safe again. has the crowd clearly fired up as giuliani spoke passionate words about police officers and critici

in a lot of ways and it brings the whole left side of the base for her that bernie sanders supported and from the electoral perspective, the american people don't want her and she's too far left and i think if she actually wants to govern, she would pick tim kaine and a person who overshadows her. he potentially takes virginia off of the map because he will do very well there and he's someone that i think she could work with. >> all right. very quickly. >> trump picking pence liberates her to pick whoever she wants. she is sugarless vanilla, fat-free vanilla ice cream. she doesn't now have to think about who can debate a chris christie? who can debate a newt gingrich. mike pence is not most energetic pick and i think she goes with her gut and who she feels good with and i think that's tim kaine. >> ruth bader ginsburg channels her inner biggie smalls. how the notorious justice started the biggest rivalry since tupac next. (man) what i love most about tempur-pedic mattresses is that they contour to your body. i just have to lay back in my tempur-pedic and it just kind of forms to my body. that's what i love about it. the tempur-pedi

>> i learned that the vice president understands the american electorate and he's got some good lessonsarned once again today is really you people -- >> are crazy. >> are crazy! >> that does it for us. >> you're absolutely crazy and we love you. thanks so much for coming out. we will be back here tomorrow, continuing our coverage of an extraordinary lead. see you tomorrow. >>> good morning. i'm stephanie rule live at the independence mall right here in philadelphia, pennsylvania. this morning, history is made. >> i can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> hillary clinton's surprise appearance now officially the first woman ever nominated by a major party. >> i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee of the democratic party. >> the democrats trying to unite. but there was this. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> a walkout staged by sanders' sport supporters. >>> plus, philbill's back. >> in the spring of 1971, i met a girl. >> his speech, a 42-minute tribute to his wife and the story of their marriage. all that, plus two huge nbc news e

to the general election and these candidates have to sell themselves to the american public and that tiny slice of the electorately. what do you expect to see from both of them in the coming months. >> the fact is most americans have made their mind up and it's a small slice not yet. and these are important facts. both major presidential candidate nominees have low approval ratings specifically secretary clinton has low trust ratings of trustworthiness and that's a serious number. but the number i think they're really pay ago tension to is what pollsters hang on and incumbents look forward to. it's right track, wrong track. is the country in the right track or gone in the wrong direction. i saw awe poll yesterday and it's been consistent it said 7 73% of american people believe the country is on the wrong rack. that means we're gearing up towards an election that will be no, i choice between candidates. secretary clinton wants it to be a choice ten she and donald trump. this won't be a choice election it will be change election. so many are disaffected and that's the reason in a republican primary and outsider d

years replay the act 25 later with so much having changed in our politics and the american electorate it will be something we are watching closely tonight. >> one of the questions we were asking, do you call him first president, two presidents in the white house, and vice president, if selected, senator tim kaine. it will be a dizzying title thing. or have see will be known as the first dude. we will have to see. i am looking forward to his first tour of the white house christmas the commissions. my guess is that will be well-attended by the press. >> do you really think he will do that -- isn't that a job for chelsea? ms. glasser: i don't know, but my guess is, knowing bill clinton, at least in his public life, i can imagine him relishing having some aspect of that. i am sure he is not going to pretend to be interested in the white house china, and stuff like that, but i would not be surprised if he enjoys hamming it up for the camera should hillary clinton this role in november. i could see bill clinton enjoying it, couldn't you? what's in a moment, we will hear for more delegates,

he has to do things that will actually change how he addresses the american people and the broad, independent, electorate in this country. melissa: so, basically you want him to be more disciplined? >> yeah. i want him to be more disciplined for sure and i want hill to be more thoughtful in his tone. i do not believe the name-calling, the "crooked hillary," the loser this and loser that, i don't believe that resonates with many people in the broad voting public. it might appeal to people on the perimeters of each party but doesn't appeal to most normal americans. melissa: we will see. you're not alone in believing that for sure. you know, hopefully he will hear some of that advice and do what he is going to do, right? we'll see. >> he is going to do what he is going to do. melissa: that's right. one thing we've learned. congressman ribble, i hope you come back. appreciate your time. >> i will. melissa: thank you. david: he is going back in the private sector. announcing he will not run again. he has nothing to lose by speaking the truth. melissa: i don't blame him. >> the race for the vice president is t

ofharkens back to the world 1980, when an equally discredited presidency was called to account by the american electorateh we do the same today with the same unity and same courage showed by those for some 36 years ago made the reagan platform a manifesto of opportunity for everyone. [applause] remember and repeat for a new era and for new generations their concluding summons. so in this republican platform, we call out to the american elp, letith god's h us all now together make america great again. [applause] let us now together make a new beginning. [applause] and now, please join me in welcoming one of the cochairs of the platform committee, the governor of the great state of oklahoma, governor mary fallin. ♪ fallin: thank you, senator. i have one question. who out there is an american patriot who is willing to stand up and fight to make our country great again? [applause] absolutely, absolutely. it has been a great pleasure and honor to have served as the cochair of this year's platform committee with our chairman senator john grasso and our cochairman congresswoman virginia foxx. we have accomplish

to the general election and these candidates have to sell themselves to the american public and that tiny slice of the electoratep for grabs really. what do you expect to see from both of them in the coming months. >> the fact is most americans have made their mind up and it's a small slice not yet. and these are important facts. both major presidential candidate nominees have low approval ratings specifically secretary clinton has low trust ratings of trustworthiness and that's a serious number. but the number i think they're really pay ago tension to is what pollsters hang on and incumbents look forward to. it's right track, wrong track. is the country in the right track or gone in the wrong direction. i saw awe poll yesterday and it's been consistent it said 7 73% of american people believe the country is on the wrong rack. that means we're gearing up towards an election that will be no, i choice between candidates. secretary clinton wants it to be a choice ten she and donald trump. this won't be a choice election it will be change election. so many are disaffected and that's the reason in a republican primar

the electorate than men overall. the pattern of women, voting advantage accrues to every ethnic and racial grouping for which we have data. since 2004 asian american women have been more present in the electorate, don at higher rates, not hugely higher rates about higher rates than their male counterparts. black women have been out voting black men in turn out. in 1996, the data, excuse me, since 1994 that is the case for white women and since 1996, in terms of turning out to vote. when we think of political women in the united states they are very active and tend to be more active than men. i am speaking probably this is generally the case for all women but only generally so, generally across racial and ethnic groups but there will be divergence as well. the way the differences tend to be around issues of social welfare policy and by this i mean writ large, education policy, healthcare policy, policies that have to do with children, the elderly, women are more willing to see the government as a positive force in terms of these particular issues more so than men. women, some parents might -- it is more sophisticated than that. a more positive atti

reflects the fact that there is a very close decision between supporters of the two parties in the american electorateghtly outnumbered republicans. we are going to see the high degree of party unity in voting and a lot of straight ticket voting. that is what we have seen in other elections. i think that is what we will see in this election. the key to winning the election is probably going to be turnout and which party is able to turn at the supporters in larger numbers because there are very few twin voters left -- swing voters left in the country. voters left up for grabs are small minority. the vast majority of voters already have their minds made up. host: massachusetts, independent line, john, hello. caller: good morning. isave -- what concerns me kind of gone by now, but the democratic leadership was clearly against mr. sanders and and by the use of the superdelegates and they certainly did a job on bernie and he did not really have a chance. it did not help that the media did not point out the fact that both of hillary's leaves were uncommitted votes, but on the other hand, republican leadersh

the opposing party. sarah: and we are expecting to hear frorom a general this evening, a famous american. what sort of message does that send to the electorate it sends the message that one of the core, is not well served with the personnel that counsel donald trump and his campaign. when you look at his counsel for policy, there is no one of any name that would ring a bell with experts. sarah: you're saying he does not have the advisors to even give him the foundation to have a coherent, firm policy? >> it is even worse, he has said that he talks to himself about security. sarah: let's go back to hillary, she has her crowning moment this evening. but there are still democrats who are not behind her, they are saying bernie or bust. will she be able to rally those people? does she even need them? >> she needs every bow, this could be as close as ever. momentum is key. it hurts are already because the skeptics are very vocal about it . depending on her speech tonight, she could create the momentum not to silence him, but to win them over. that approach could work, but it depends on her performance. sarah: we will watch that closely and follow

the media response. >> media response plays differently with different parts of elector ratty guess how american publiceacts will defend on sympathies and they're sympathetic to mrs. clinton will see the whole scandal last three days of conversation about error in speech as evidence that the trump campaign has a lot to learn and that perhaps campaign is not as skilled as prepared to run the general election campaign as general election campaign on to be those sim they toyk mrs. trump and mr. mr. trump we'll see this as blown way out of proportion not a big deal and let's move on. >> well i think a lot of folks are moving on as far as this goes now. michael we heard from former trump rival from a primary that his hard to define. things we've never seen before. ugly, ugly, personal attacks. so what's your take away. >> well, it's not very often that you see speaker in primetime in a presidential party convention these days and take a position that's not supportive of the nominee as other was expect it to be and mr. cruz senator cruz's speech was remarkable and reaction was remarkable and i suspect if pla