donald trump is still running against donald trump. until they come to grips with that, they are just not open -- there's just a huge part of the country that's not open to anything that donald trump has to say. he needs to talk more about himself and about donald trump and what he would do. i think he needs to be more specific in his regret so that it has some actual meaning and resonance with people. and then i think americans will always give someone a second chance but only if they ask and say they need it. >> you mentioned the debates and we are at a place where people are starting to talk about debate prep. you were very involved in mitt romney's debate prep. he did pretty well in his first debate against barack obama. what advice would you give hillary clinton as she starts thinking about how to prepare to take on donald trump in the first debate? >> well, debates are like most things in life. the best practice is to have done it. she's done a lot of these now. i think that's really going to help her. going into these debates. e

trump. this last-minute presentation. puck it off under a shroud of secrecy. >> officials warn that moving so quickly was enadvisable. it was a security concern. trump did it anyway. there is now some real fallout. from the beginning, trump said he would build a wall and who is going to pay for it? mexico, right? that's what we hear at all the rallies. now, president pena nieto said he is not paying for it. that's not what donald trump. during his join statement. he said the issue payment never came up. how can he put with it the very fiery tone we often see from trump on the campaign trail? it is sort of yin and yang how they fit goat a key big day for his campaign. >> that's the question. obviously as you say, his campaign was looking to present a presidential tone in terms of how he perform down there in mexico city. this is a candidate you know better than anybody else. you put him in front of a crowd that wants the red meat. he seems to rise to the occasion. what is your read of it? wha

trump choked.t have the courage to advocate for his campaign promises when he's not in front of a friendly crowd. erin? >> joe johns, thank you very much. of course, all eyes on donald trump tonight and what he's going to say to a friendly crowd about the wall and immigration. my panel back with me and also with me now the executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil smikle, let me start with you. i think it's fair to say a lot of people were widening to the point of no return for donald trump. here we are, down to five. national poll up, according to know and we have to see if it's true, appears to be withering. >> most folks say everyone gets a bounce in their convention. as we get into september these polls tighten and that is typical and i expected it, but i will also say that if you, number one, look at these important states, pennsylvania, ohio, among others and the swing states and i think you see a different story and number one, number two, i think she's actually gainin

no donald trump yeah, yea no donald trump no donald trump yeah no donald trump no donald trump yeaht me know i thought all that donald trump bull-- was a joke know what they say when rich dudes go broke.. look, reagan sold coke, obama sold hope donald trump spent his trust fund money on the vote i'm from a place where you prolly can't go speakin' for some people that you prolly ain't know it's pressure built up and it's prolly gon' blow and if we say go then they're prolly gon' go you vote trump then you're prolly on dope and if you like me then you prolly ain't know and if you been to jail you can prolly still vote we let this clown win, we gon' prolly feel broke you built walls? we gon' prolly dig holes and if your ass do win.ù yea, yeah! no donald trump no donald trump yeah, yea, no donald trump yeah, yeah, no donald trump yeah, no donald trump yeah, no donald trump yeah, yea, no donald trump yeah, yeah, no donald trump, yeah, yeah, no donald trump, yeah we the youth we the people of tomorrow of this country we got a voice too we will be seen we will be heard! hold up, i mess wit

rejecting trump. coming out against donald trump.nstant stream of cruel comments and says she has to accept what she calls the unpleasant reality that trump won't change. more republicans turning against their nominee. many people saying donald trump's repeated use of that phrase coming under scrutiny. critics charge he's using it to camouflage distorted claims. now even sparking a twitter trend. who are these people? do they even exist? >>> and spied from the sky. satellite photos reveal what appears to be reinforced airplane hangars on islands built by china and disputed territories. the buildings are big enough to house any of china's fighter jets even though the country promised it won't militarized the islands. how will the u.s. respond? >>> we welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. there's alarms by remarks by donald trump some see a threat against hillary clinton's life and trump supporters insist were only encouraging gun rights supporter

they're anti-trump.story of belittling the military, from john mccain. >> i want to build on what you just said. i think -- >> no. i'm still here. >> basically what you're talking about, you're saying that donald trump wanted to highlight the fact that there's a problem with radical islamist terror. let me play for you how donald trump tried to explain what he thinks has angered mr. khan. >> border security is very big. when you have radical islamic terrorists probably all over the place -- we're allowing them to come in by the thousands and thousands. and i think that's what bothered mr. khan more than anything else. i'm not going to change my views on that. we have radical islamic terrorists coming in that have to be stopped. we're taking them in by the thousands. >> we've allowed them to come in by the thousands and thousands, radical islamist terrorists? that's not true. >> well, i would distagree. we've seen instances where we've actually experienced death. >> thousands and thousands that the u.s. i

donald trump is trying.st reiterated the message that donald trump put forward which is you voted to the tune of 95% -- >> didn't mitt romney have higher poll numbers? >> yes, he did and so did george w. bush and so did nixon. >> they went from 1% to 2% and in north carolina he's pulling 3%. and i've seen polls for 8%. he's moving forwards and i think he will beat mitt romney's numbers and alan west's question is a profound one, is have you seen a return on your investment. >> they're essentially tied in north carolina. clinton leads trump 88% to 3% and trump has nowhere to go, but up with that number. >> he's at 1% and i think he thinks he can double it to 2%. the reality is what jamar brown said one of the people that gary interviewed, donald trump's hateful language is affecting everybody and to think that african-americans react differently than latinos who are appalled by donald trump's angry, hateful language, i think misses the point, and i think that's why he's polling so low. african-americans see a

be trump. about to get uglier? >>> street fighter. we're digging into the the background of the man who's running trump's campaign. will he live up to his billing as the most dangerous political operative in america? >>> under scrutiny. more questions about donations to the clinton foundation as a major newspaper urges hillary and bill clinton to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest and end the foundation's work if she wins the white house. >>> and out of control. a massive wildfire is raging in southern california. it's quickly burning through homes and neighborhoods east of l.a. and many people have been warned to evacuate before it's too late. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, donald trump has been entrusted with classified information about america's security. his first closed-door intelligence briefing just wrapped up a few hours after he met with his own

anti-trump. number of votes that a republic would have generate out of the wow counties, that border the city of milwaukee, a republican cannot get that unless talk radio is on their side. i see no evidence they are going to come on his side in a big megaphone way. mark: we talked about the disparity in advertising between clinton and trump. clinton is going to buy national time during the olympics. no indication trump is. why buy national when it is not a national election? why not focus on battleground states? >> it is interesting, and something we may see more of down the line. clinton has $32 million bought over the next three weeks. half is national, $8 million on national cable news network's. and $8 million on nbc on the olympics. i think it is a case where it been easier,ve where was hard to get inventory, battleground state by battleground state if you wanted the olympics. it was easier for them to just buy national. morekes it a little bit attractive for the national media to talk about

so trump, not trump, david patraeus. write in somebody else entirely. >> unendorsing trump, but not endorsing clinton, correct? >> no, not at all. because hillary clinton was for the iran agreement and i can't support someone who was for the iran agreement. >> who will you be voting for and writing in? >> in my case, i will be writing in colonel powell. >> colin powell is enthusiastic supporter of the iran agreement. so now he's back to supporting david patraeus. he's telling all of his supporters in illinois that they should also cast write-in votes in the presidential election. there's problem with that, in illinois write-in ballots are not counted for people who are not officially registered in candidates. he's encouraging millions of people that will not be counted. leadership. and also happens in senator mark kirk is locked in a very tough race of his own. he's at real risk of losing his senate seat. that's why he said that the president's policy in iran had him acting like the drug dealer in chief. that's what sena

one other point, the republicans and trump supporters and non-trump supporters are rolling their eyes why did you do this today when there is sustained clinton attention. why would you do it? >> secretary clinton will be on the program and we will obviously talk to her a lot. john king, dana bash, david axelrod, plenty more to come and we'll monitor the trump rally to bring you news on the immigration. and the clinton foundation story and her camp company's counterattack, plus with donald trump in the middle with the outreach to african-american voters and we'll tell you a defining moment of his battle with the justice department over allegations the company systematically kept african-american tenants out of trump buildings. what body aches? what knee pain? what sore elbow? advil liqui-gels make pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain? advil. i thodid the ancestrydna toian. find out i'm only 16% italian. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors was eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. looktry align probi

trump was coming here.become welcomed here at least from what we have seen since we arrived in mexico. >> do you get the sense there could be riots or protests in any way? >> reporter: it doesn't seem as though anything is planned yet. there's been no talk of any protest or gathering yet but of course that could change. it's still very early here in mexico city. >>> coming up, the headline, of course, is this trip, donald heading to mexico wie've got to talk about the speech tonight. what changes does he make in order to drive more voter support? it takes a lot of work... to run this business. but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i'm missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a great taste. i don't plan on slowing down any time soon. stay strong. s

trump. hat you see is what you get. donny: mark, how vulnerable is she on the economy and how much is him moving some of the issues to the left does she start to get flagged in? mark: the child care thing might sound good, the clinton campaign says it benefits wealthier people. some people at least don't like the way things are going and he has got a more populist change oriented stance on the economy. even though a lot of things he is arguing before is just as much status quo as what she is for and they're tired republican ideas and she has tired democratic ideas, she is vulnerable to someone who says i have a sense of what working class people need. it's more the atmospherics than the proposals. by adding dense republican orthodoxy, he is doing something that suggests change. i ask all of the clinton people, tell me an area, one position she has that is against democratic party orthodoxy has, they can't name one. donny: all because she got pulled to the left, a guy named bernie sanders. ma

has this new team and trump will be trump. he has talked about crooked hillary. won't the attacks become worst? >> that's what we would expect. especially when you have steve bannon running his campaign, if you've taken even a casual glance at some of the coverage coming out of breitbart this election season, regarding hillary clinton and her close aides, that is a sort of thing that we should be expecting now to hear from the mouth of donald trump. so i am expecting that his rhetoric will get much harsher, steve bannon is described by some people as a political street fighter. he plays hard, and some would say dirty. so that's what we can expect now out of the trump campaign. now it is no surprise of course, that they would focus on this issue. he is trying to portray hillary clinton as corrupt as someone who puts herself above the law, and above average people. and the e-mail issue plays into that narrative. very, very well for him. as long as this is in the conversation, as long as republicans can keep this conversation goi

trump.> okay. so we're covering all the angles of the story this morning. we start in mexico city with john bobbing ahead of trump's visit. he's on the phone. john, take it away. >> caller: i'd like to say donald trump not popular in mexico to say the least. not just because of tough words on immigration. he's had a tough policy on trade as well. mexico has bnt focus of his campaign since the day it began. keep in mind, this is the place that makes pinatas of trump. also, the current president of mexico, enrique pena nieto, back in march he drew a line connecting trump and fascist dictators in europe. he said there have been episodes in human history where this strident rhetoric led to ominous situations in the history of humanity. >> oh, my goodness. we lost him. i apologize for that. because i was really excited myself to hear what john vause has to say. donald trump is head today mexico before his big speech in arizona that will happen sometime later this morning. as you heard john vause

i think this is trump's trump, basically.lly think this is a guy who's going to reinforce the let trump be trump narrative. i think he's going to be very agre aggressive and tell trump what trump wants to hear. not to say that's necessarily bad advice, but it's sometimes helps to have someone confirm what you believe. so, if trump was ever going to go after hillary, i think the odds are now dramatically increased that he will be very aggressive. >> i want to ask you about roger ailes. and he's going to help trump with the debates. >> we know that these are two friends that have been friends for decade sas. it makes sense they're sharing advice with each other. these phone calls are happening and will continue to happen. we know they met up over the weekend at trump's golf course as well. so, ailes can bring a lot of television expertise to the table and help trump with the new channel perhaps. >> kellyanne conway is going to help the new campaign manager. do you think kellyanne can do it, keep him on message? >> who has done

trump.he gop senator even telling jamie gangel that trump poses a risk to the nation. >> donald trump, in my judgment, would make a perilous world even more dangerous. >> her announcement coming soon after a group of 50 gop national security officials said they can't back trump either, arguing he would put at risk our country's national security. trump quickly dismissed the snub. >> these are 50 people that have been running our country forever, and they said we can't support donald trump. the reason they can't, you know why? because i'm not going to hire these people. i don't want these people. >> reporter: as he struggles to keep his matter in line and lags in the poll, trump says the key to the victory is more of the same. >> i've always had a good temperament and it's got me here. we've beaten people in the primaries and i don't think it's appropriate to start changing when you've been winning it as well as finding openings to hammer his democratic opponent and today mocking clinton whet

trump, considering mr. trump had nothing to do with the iraq war.ry clinton voted for it in and she did it -- didn't support the troop surge, and then wanted to go to afghanistan. and the failures in libya. donald trump had nothing to do with that man's son. mark: when you think is going on with mr. trump's comments about the debate schedule? boris: if you look at the schedule, two debates are scheduled. i don't know if you are fans were not. it is worrying that some folks may not be watching the debates. we want as many people as possible to watch the debates. you saw what happened at the democratic primary with the e-mails. they tried to put the debates on christmas eve, new year's day. something to that effect. we want to make sure the same thing doesn't happen in the presidential debate. john: do you think he is fully commissions -- committed to doing three debates that have become the standard for the presidential candidates? boris: that is what i understand. that is what i understand and i think the issue here really is about the dates of the

he seemed to avoid escalating his feud with trump. trump has been on script for 72 hours. how is the unity project which his campaign does care about going? donny: interesting on script. doesn't he look so uncomfortable on script. he wants to rip up that script. it's not where he excels. look, they are necessary bedfellows. we can talk, at some point they bail out the down ticket, you want a check and balance on the congress and the senate against this democratic president, 80% of all toss-up senate elections in the last 12 years have gone to the presidential winner. so these senators across the board, congressional issues are different, they're going to make, it's moving that direction as you said, typical republican platforms as far as the economy, a little bit of a bridge towards ryan issues, it's fine. we all know at any moment it can blow. mark: i think in the end, if he is doing poorly after the first debate, you may see more separation. today was a big step. weeks ago as paul ryan started unveiling all of these policy proposals, this is ideal for trump. he has no po

he's the problem -- the problem with trump is trump. this stuff about pivoting and teleprompters, it's still trump. >> what do you do in the clinton campaign in a situation like this. you're watching him attack a gold star family, days later, less than a week of dust is cleared after that and here he says this thing today that gets the secret service interested in what he had to say. is -- i mean, is there something -- is there a way for the clinton campaign just to kind of sit back and let this happen? >> well, yeah, she's problematic candidate. they don't want the spotlight on her, trump does. i think what they have to do is keep the heat on trump because he'll keep doubling down and picking fights with the media and being trump, which is a gift to them. i think they're doing a good job. there are two trees they have to chop down, so to speak of perception. >> mike, i'm sorry, i have to interrupt you. paul ryan is taking the podium in wisconsin. we all want to listen to this. >> first of all, i want to say thank you, and welcome to wi

trump's part.he best hope to keep the arizona senate seat which helps republicans in the senate and the better john mccain does in arizona, the more it will help donald trump. john mccain's primary opponent would get beat by 15 points in the general election. paul ryan will win his congressional district very handily. the person running against him is an unknown. i saw him on tv last night. paul ryan will run up the numbers in his congressional district, helping mr. trump. our senate candidate and everybody else running in wisconsin. so it's pretty short sighted to attack people who actually will help you by being on the ballot with them. >> what do you think is behind it? do you think it's just because he holds a grudge? >> yeah, i've said all along he can't take criticism. if you really want to be president of the united states, this is the best chance you'll get. you're running against somebody most people don't want to vote for, they don't trust, they don't like. the reason you're doing so poor

we had barack obama slamming donald trump. we have seen polls slamming donald trump.t all goes to one word, temperament. does this go to that? >> it does. a lot of people are talking about convention bumps. i think it's a comment bump you are seeing hillary be the recipient of. saying if you can beta man with a tweet, you can't trust him with nuclear weapons. that gets to the core of what voters are looking at this election season, the temperament of donald trump. hillary clinton comes across as statesman like and donald trump comes across as silly. charles: i got a statement from the paul ryan campaign, the campaign spokesperson said neither speaker ryan nor anyone on his team have ever asked for donald trump's endorsement and we are confident in a victory next week regardless. this is a big issue. it's become a big issue and i think it's bleeding over into some other areas. i think it was a cnn poll that show donald trump tied with hillary clinton. foreign policy 59, he is 36. i don't think the american public doesn't think he's not good on these things, i think it'

donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump.p. >> donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. >> donald trump. >> they obviously got to the pope and tell him what a bad guy donald trump is. he doesn't know me. >> doesn't know me. never met me. doesn't know what i'm all about. >> she doesn't know me. she knows nothing about me. >> they are really trying to stop me. everybody knows it. >> everybody knows about me. >> the "new york times" i call it the failing "new york times." >> failed. failed. >> failed horribly. >> they're friends of mine. >> hillary's a great friend of mine. her husband is a great friend of mine. >> tom brady's a great friend of mine. >> friend of mine. >> some are friends of mine. >> get him out of here. get him out. get him out of here. >> get him out of here. get him out. >> get him out of here. get him out. >> get them out of here. go ahead. get them out. >> you can get the baby out of here. >> we don't know where they come from really. this could be the all time great trojan horse. >> this could be the grea

trump. we expect them to talk about illegal immigration, trade policy and of course drugs. as we were coming in here to mexico city, this was certainly the talk of the city and the talk of the country, fob quite frank here. during talk radio, you could hear people calling in. the sentiment of the country seems to be one of bewilderment that mr. trump would come here and quite a bit of anger, many saying they don't welcome here. in a recent poll by mexican media, only 4% of mexican haves a good opinion of mr. trump. that's in stark contrast with hillary clinton who hovers around 77%. so we do know mr. trump will make his way here against some folks that are very reluctant to see him or possibly even host him. that will be happening here, craig, it looks like in the next few hours. >> also this new twitter war that started a short time ago here. donald trump tweeting first, quote, former president vincente fox who is raling against my visit to mexico also invited me when he apologized for usin

towards donald trump.lify donald trump. disqualify him as being a good messenger on the company. being someone you can trust in the president of the united states. >> the trump campaign says they're doing to spend $10 million on this ad by, in terms of national campaign is not a big number and we believe they've spent 10 million when they spend it because they've made such claims before. but what about this huge gap in the tv advertising between the clinton campaign and the trump campaign and can the trump campaign ever close that gap? >> no, they're never going to close the gap. and the gap on television advertising is going to be something that we're going to be talking about between now and the end of the campaign. the scariest moments of the romney campaign four years ago were during the summer because of the way the rules work, we weren't able to raise any new dollars, any new general election dollars and we're limited to how much money we can spend and the obama campaign had over $100 in the bank and

he was vehement about how this is donald trump operating as donald trump. he's always been anti-establishment. it should come as no surprise he's continuing to do so by pushing back on paul ryan and john mccain not supporting him or his belief that they're not sporting him. the idea that donald trump sees this as a meggive is just not true. the campaign sees his outsider status and donald trump sees his outsider status as a positive. does paul manafort see that? that's not quite the case. they see this as unforced errors. remember, the kids do have a lot of influence and they were able to bring manafort in and elevate him to a higher position, to get corey lewandowski out. this idea of let trump be trump be minimized and paul manafort would bring professionalization to this campaign. that has happened to a degree in terms of hiring. here and there when it comes to policy speeches, but donald trump is still being himself. paul manafort can only exert so much influence. frankly, the kids can only influence so much influence. it took months for them to get lew

out of millions of trump supporters, donald trump and countless republicans want trump supporters in the rest of america to believe that hillary clinton already has blood on her hands because of the loss of four american lives in benghazi including hillary clinton's friend, ambassador chris stevens. hillary clinton is now a convicted criminal, convicted in the court of trump, convicted by trump at trump rallies with trump juries. the chant is not "indict her." the chant is "lock her up." the chant says we don't care that fbi agents and prosecutors have looked at hillary clinton's state department e-mail arrangement and not been able to find a criminally prosecutable offense that they believe they could get a conviction on. the chant says we don't care about guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. the chant does not say charge her with a crime, put her on trial. the chant jumps past all of that and says "lock her up." and every once in a while there's someone at a trump rally who says "kill her." >> hang the bitch. >> israeli columnist shemi shalev wrote, "like the extreme right in israel, m

he accused trump of nasty things. trump is stubborn. trump didn't delete 33,000 emails. trump didn't send out secret information. trump didn't lie about the fbi. hillary did all that stuff. and if you look at peter schweizer's piece in the "wall street journal" this morning. there is evidence they were dealing with the russians. evidence that secretary she approved things that helped the russian military number of things news media could be excited by if they want to do take this race serious solid unbelievable. the only thing the elite media wants to do is go after donald trump. >> i'm a little one beat off in the sense to say what i really find sort of distasteful it's like my grieving parent is more grieving than your grieving parent. i don't like parties playing grieving parent. to me both the parents are in some way being used and i hate it you can argue they are being used and at some point they want to do be used. >> no. i get that. >> and i think when you look at mrs. smith and you realize she is telling you that hillary clinton looked her in the eye, just this c

trump. they're very loyal to mr. trump. i don't think they'll leave him or stop supporting his mind on how to deal with the undocumented. >> this is not a fringe issue for the campaign. it's a defining issue for donald trump's campaign from the beginning. >> well, but from the beginning and let me say, i think on this issue specifically on the undocumented he has been consistent from the very beginning he said i want people to leave the country. the good people. those who have no criminal record would be allowed to return. >> the thing is yesterday in the interview -- >> no, no, no. let's be clear. he's always said it from the very beginning. >> good or bad, they have to go. >> so the question is, does that happen -- the people without criminal ridiculous, do they have to leave the country or could they -- and then come back or can they do the touchback inside the country, going to an embassy or a consulate. if that's the case, then it's not a major reversal. it's an adjustment of his position. >> i'll give credit where cre

donald trump. steve has always wanted, in my opinion, to be very close to power. he's latched on to politicians ranging from michele bachmann to sarah palin to andrew breitbart and now donald trump. steve will help him be more focused and down dowuble down which i don't think is bad but andrew spent a lot of time talking about the media complex was a terrible, terrible thing, unspoken assumption that all of the members of the media and now we have the same thing on the right with breitbart and trump. >> why would you argue that bannon giving him advice, that you would presume to be more trump-like and militant would serve donald trump? i ask you this because there's so many in the republican establishment who say that is not what he should be doing. he should be calming down a little bit, trying to reduce the drama so he can attract people in the middle of the political spectrum. >> as you probably know, i understand that trump has no capacity to control himself and be this sort of stayed politicia

he said he would vote for donald trump. work for donald trump, support donald trump.mp said he is not quite ready to do the same as far as paul ryan is concerned. exactly one week before his primary. >> well, if paul ryan's role as speaker is to chair the convention. so he's doing his job. and mr. trump appreciated paul reason doing what he did at the convention. at the same time, it is still a primary and donald trump simply stated he is not ready to endorse. that's not an attack. >> why is he tweeting nice things about paul ryan's challenger for the republican nomination? >> well, paul ryan's challenger has said nice things about donald trump. as you know, donald trump returns the favor. there is really nothing to see here other than what's making the headlines in the media is some orchestrated attack that never occurred. >> what said to donald trump trying on unite the republican party two weeks after the convention? >> we're still talking about uniting the republican party but we have yet to hear about the disarray at the dnc with debbie wasserman schultz leaving

trump. thank you so much! and if you would all like to join us for lunch, we have a strolling lunch. we need you to leave in this door. the food is in the next ballroom. you can eat in the atrium, outside on the patio. it is a beautiful day. thank you all for coming. with that, this meeting is adjourned. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> gop senators susan collins has announced she will not be voting for donald trump in november. she wrote in a "washington post" opinion piece, "this is not a eecision i mak lightly, but donald trump does not have the appropriate approach for healing our country." our road to the white house coverage on the c-span networks. the political director for abc news is joining us on the phone from washington. thanks for being with us. news.com, calling this a new version of donald trump's economic plan. how did he

trump campaign, right?ms to me i ought to be able to get newly announced campaign manager kellyanne conway to come on this show. i would love to talk with you, kellyanne conway, about the campaign, the way that i have twice now been able to talk with your counterpart, robby mook, about the campaign. it only seems fair. kellyanne conway is great on tv. she has done a ton of tv over the course of her career, at this network, at other networks. she's available unavoidable for comment on cable news, right? i'm cable news! come on! it will be fun! kellyanne conway, hello! it will be great to have you here. you are most welcome here. i would love to have you. and here's a sweetener. i'll help you cheat. if you do agree to do an interview here on this show, i'll tell you what i'm going to ask you first. my first question is going to be this. where do you start? with a problem as big as the problem you have right now. larry sabato is director for the center of politics at the university of virginia. he's the author

happens to be the trump family home. this played out for about three hours with the elite severances unit, removing windows, cutting you this grill work. positioning themselves to take action. when the right moment came, it all happened very, very quickly. you can see the officers there reaching out, grabbing the climber, dragging him in, very quickly. from there he was taken to bellevue hospital for psychiatric evaluation. donald trump was not home at the time. he was on the campaign trail the day after controversial remarks about second amendment people stopping hillary clinton if she is elected president. speaking in sunrise, florida, donald trump had plenty to say about her as well as sharp words. headline making words, perhaps, for president obama. >> isis is honoring president obama. he is the founder of isis. he is the founder of isis. okay? he founded isis. and i would say, the co-founder would be crooked hillary clinton. that was donald trump just moments ago. jim acosta is at the event. he joins us now. donald

if he separates himself from trump, he could lose trump voters.f too much to trump he could lose swing voters. two things for paul ryan to worry about. to talk bhomore about this trump/ryan war, i want to bring in chris cillizza, founder of the fix blog. donald trump couldn't resist yesterday. paul ryan critical of him, and he basically seemed to deliver the message. if you can say that about me, i can do something right back to you. >> it's fascinating. i read through the transcript. this san interview my colleague did with trump. there's two things that stand out. one, trump is basically talking directly to paul ryan and saying, well, you know, the other guy has been saying nice things about me. i'm sort of on the fence. i wonder what you could do. like this is very much a sort of threatening without saying a word i'm going to get you. but you don't want me to be on the side of your primary opponent. they go off in another tangent after he talks about paul ryan. he comes back and says do you want me to answer that paul ryan question, which he's

trump has no hand in it, that reflects poorly on donald trump. if he does endorse paul ryan, the sound of him swallow his pride will be like the sound of guzzling at a college beer bong party. mark: not sure what that sounds like but does his endorsement of ryan make it seem like it never happened at all? is there any residue of this that will hurt the trump campaign? jennifer: it is embarrassing that paul ryan is not going to be there. that send a signal he does not want to be seen next to the nominee. there still is that sting there, but i no republicans will appreciate the fact that trump does it -- it freshens up that feelings republican had two weeks ago when everyone came out of cleveland with locked arms. mark: they left cleveland as united as republican party with donald trump as a nominee could be. the ted cruz thing helped trump in a way, for sure. i think that not that long ago, like in a day and a half, people rethinking thinking the party was about to come crashing down. tonight's event, despite the absence of all those people if he

donald trump is still running against donald trump.hey come to grips with that, they are just not open, a huge part of the country is not open to anything that donald trump has to say. he needs to talk more about himself and about donald trump and what he would do. he these to be more specific in his regret, so it has some actual meaning and resonance with people. then i think americans will always give someone a second chance but only if they ask and say they need it. john: you mentioned the debates and we are at a where people started talking about debate prep. mitt romney did pretty well in his first debate against barack obama. what advice would you give hillary clinton as she begins thinking about taking on donald trump? >> the best practice is to have done it. that will really help her. going into these debates. everybody has a different strategy. i've done this going back to then governor bush's. it was very interesting when i did governor bush's debate prep and dick cheney's debate prep. vice president cheney loved to have a ru

trump. the continuing questions about clinton's relationship to her family foundation and secretary of state have led to trouble in the polls. a new "fox news poll" shows 66% of voters think it's likely the clintons were selling influence to foreign contributors who made donations to the clinton foundation. 43% of democrats polled believed the same thing. clinton used her speech today to critique donald trump's trip to mexico. >> it certainly takes more than trying to make up her year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again. >> overnight the campaign said it received an invitation from the mexican president and looks forward to meeting him at an appropriate time. quote what ultimately matters is what donald trump says to voters in arizona not mexico and whether he remains committed to the splitting up of families and deportation of millions. according to the new fox poll 44% say both clinton and trump are quote terrible candidate

trump?r: that's right. >> interesting. >> reporter: that's right. that's what we're seeing right now. right. exactly. that's the question here. some republicans aren't willing to go the step further here so where do they go? >> all right. talk to me about what secretary clinton is doing today. she responded very quickly to donald trump's speech on the economy. what did she say? >> reporter: she did. she painted donald trump as having old ideas. it almost seemed like a flashback today. this campaign seems so new and fresh. today it seemed old and stale. she said his ideas are old, she talked about trickle-down economics. but more importantly, she went hard after his business record. again trying to make the point that he is someone who hasn't always paid his bills. he's someone who does not make his products here in the u.s. so trying to undercut his strength as a businessman. of course, it works among her supporters. doubtful it works among his. >> jeff zeleny with this breaking news, senato

trump, considering mr. trump had nothing to do with the iraq war. hillary clinton voted for it and she didn't support the troop surge, and then wanted to go to afghanistan. and the failures in libya. donald trump had nothing to do with that man's son. mark: when you think is going on with mr. trump's comments about the debate schedule? boris: if you look at the schedule, two debates are scheduled. i don't know if you are fans were not. it is worrying that some folks may not be watching the debates. we want as many people as possible to watch the debates. you saw what happened at the democratic primary with the e-mails. they tried to put the debates on christmas eve, new year's day. something to that effect. we want to make sure the same thing doesn't happen in the presidential debate. john: do you think he is fully committed to doing three debates that have become the standard for the presidential candidates? boris: that is what i understand. that is what i understand and i think the issue here really is about the dates of the debates in the ether t

trump, billionaire.ll of that after these words by our sponsors. ♪ john: donald trump wasn't the only candidate who went to the sunday shows this weekend. hillary clinton sat down with chris wallace for a fox news sunday interview. for the most part, it was a strong performance for the democratic nominee, but clinton was confronted by a topic she should be used to talking about now, her e-mails. >> fbi director james comey said none of those things you told the american public were true. >> chris, that is not what i heard director komi say, and i thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify. director komi said my answers were truthful and what i said is consistent with what i've told the american people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain e-mails. i made a mistake not using two different e-mail addresses. i have said that, and i repeat it again today. it is certainly not anything i would ever do it again. i take classification seriously. i relied on and h

that's the trump tower. that's donald trump's office building. he works there, he lives there, and there was a man suction-cupping himself to the glass and trying to scale the tower. you see there, police got involved, this pretty bold, pretty daring. i guess you'd say it's a rescue. the guy didn't want to be brought back inside. they did it anyway. this was quite a scene that played out. it was on local tv here, national tv, more than two hours. this looked like the only thing people were watching. if you caught a glimpse of this, you couldn't take your eyes off it. you don't see it every day. again, that was at trump tower here in new york city. thought we would show you what played out this afternoon. a bizarre scene. >>> meanwhile, away from trump tower today, on the campaign trail, the fall-out continuing for donald trump, from his comments yesterday, that supporters of the second amendment could maybe do something to stop a president hillary clinton from appointing judges. some saying it was a clear and blunt incitement to violence by donal

trump's big week.ith me now a trump supporter and a clinton supporter. paris, let's start with huma abedin. does mr. trump have proof that huma abedin is sharing state secrets with her husband? >> no, i don't think mr. trump or anybody has actual proof that she was sharing top secret information with her husband. >> why go there, paris? >> what it does raise is the seriousness of the issue of having a secret server and having top secret information that was accessible to a lot of people. and as the fbi said -- >> how does connecting anthony weiner to that -- >> because you have a person who has exercised bad judgment. if he's in incapable of keeping his own son out of his sexting escapades, certainly one would make the conclusion that he's not able to have good judgment as to information that his wife may or may not have shared with him. >> i want to clear this up. trump says that huma abedin is sharing secret information that she the got from hillary clinton with her husband anthony weiner who's passi

in another sign of trump's larger influence on our politics, paul ryan's notorious opponent whom trump shouted out in a tweet earlier this week, now thinks the u.s. should consider rounding up and deporting all muslims from the united states. i'm joined by cornell belcher. what do you make of this bevy of polls over the last few days? >> i think it's the trump campaign is falling apart. i want to curb the enthusiasm a little bit for us democrats. hillary clinton is not going to win the election by 15 points, or 10 points. american elections just don't happen that way. although, it's a real danger now, and particularly problematic if you look at a state like new hampshire and pennsylvania, states where trump is supposed to be doing well. new hampshire, a third of that electorate there are independent voters, and a large swath of that state there, you know, not a very diverse state. it's a really white state, independent state. state with a large swath of white working class voters. these are the voters that donald trump is supposed to be doing really well in. but what you're seeing, par

trump is very different. trump is someone who is selling himself.l me, i never sleep. i'm always so busy. he would tell me on the phone, i never talk to reporters because i don't have time because i'm so busy. everything he started was going to be the best, the greatest. there's never been anything like it. and all of it, all of it, went bust except for the stuff that was backed up by his dad. >> you said trump is rich because he was born rich. and without his father bailing him out, he would have likely filed for bankruptcy before he was 35. and then, now, you just brought up, specifically, you talked about his atlantic city casinos. his bankruptcies. and hillary clinton used those casinos, the defunct trump plaza casino sign as a background to slam trump on the economy. why is it such a good example of trump's business failures? >> it ooh esperfect. trump was getting some traction in real estate success in new york. and he suddenly decides, i'm going into casinos. very impulsive decision. he has no background in casinos. he gets one with harrah's.

trump's worst week? >> terrible. >> after a series of self-inflicted wounds. >> i think i made a lot of sacrifices. she's the devil. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> his own party once again divided. >> yeah, he's had a pretty strange run since the convention. >> now, can hillary clinton capitalize? >> i have met people who were destroyed by donald trump. >> as trump tries to steady the ship, his adviser, rudy giuliani joins us live. >>> plus, our brand-new poll. how much did trump's stumbles hurt him? we'll get a real-world reality check from swing state voters. >> do you trust him with the nuclear codes? >>> from abc news, it's "this week." here now, co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning. we begin today with new warning signs that donald trump's campaign is in serious peril. yes, it's only august. trump has time. and the opportunity in the upcoming debates to turn it around. but right now, our new abc news/"washington post" poll suggests he's in a dangerous summer

>> i think that for everyone that does not like trump, the anti trump crowd it's a flip-flop.ike donald trump given the benefit of the doubt he's working out a policy. >> he's evolving. >> he's evolving. you know, he's had a lot of tough rhetoric and maintained the wall stance and mexico is going to pay for it. he's unclear in the mass deportation. he's only brought up the deportation force in interviews with msnbc and hasn't talked about it with his plan and rallies. he could be working out the issues and paracticality. >> how should he react and insist this is about words and tone and emphasis but when kelly ann was asked what about deportation force, she said to be determined. >> i think the media has done a good job honing in on a central issue trump talked about. the definingi issue of the campaign and vague how he plans to implement the policy. what it's done is forced him to start to really define what he's going to do. he's gotten a lot more specific about what his plans would be on immigration, about bidding a wall, e verify, things having to do with stopping immigran

trump, i love you. to take a person that's been here for 15 or 20 years and throw them and the family out. it is a tough thing. it's a very hard thing. >> you have to send people out. >> i would get people out and have an expedited way of getting them back into the country so they can be legal. >> how do you do it in a practical way? >> they have to leave. >> you have to have a deportation force. >> reporter: i spoken to a number of trump supporters who said if trump softens his position on immigration, donald trump will lose their votes. one supporter in particular told me one of the reasons he likes donald trump so much is because he is plain spoken and clearly this is a subject where he is not as clear as he needs to be. once again, the only one who can ultimately clear this up is donald trump. the campaign hoping he will finally be able to do that when he delivers his policy speech on immigration next wednesday in phoenix. christine, john. >> jason, thank you. trump's shift on immigration is drawing

i have done that. [ applause ] and believe it or not, i regret it. [ trump trump trump trump ] and i do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues. but one thing i can promise you this, i will always tell you the truth. >> regret. he couldn't bring himself to apologize. donald trump is too small a person to ever find a way of saying the word "sorry," but he took the baby step today of saying that he had regrets. he has regrets for some of the things he said, but he doesn't have the courage to say what those things are and then in the same breath he told his audience that he will always tell them the truth, which, of course, is his biggest lie. it is the unbrel lalie that covers the entire campaign. no presidential candidate in history has lied with the pathological frequency of donald trump. in his speech tonight, he demanded that hillary clinton apologize for the decision she made, policy decisions and the decision the way she ran her e-mail. but donald trump still has not yet apologized for the lies h

at donald trump.huge pocket of republicans who look at their districts and donald trump has won them by 30 and 40 points so they have to be with trump. but, as the house republican conference will get smaller after this election, which it's sure to do, it's going to be a lot of moderate members that go by the wayside and conservatives who stay and that will give ryan a lotless negotiating room when he has to go to get the votes. it's going to be a really tricky situation for him. behind the scenes he's hearing, i think two things, he thinks if you talk to teen ryan, ryan world he thinks he's giving his members who don't like trump, the ability to criticize him. but other people think that he's being soft, he's not being firmly enough beheeind trump. it's really like everything else in congress, two opinions, huge split between the two. >> do you think -- you said people around him are pretty adamant that he feels an obligation ultimately to support trump. do you pick up in talking to them, that there