republican , more populistst than it has been over the past few cycles at least, but not nativist, xena phobicrts of populism and leave out the bad parts? karen: it would depend. interestingly enough, it would depend on substance and policy. how do they navigate free-trade? how do they navigate immigration after this election? a set ofey navigate policies that have become so dogmatic in their conservatism, so wedded to things like tax cuts that largely and if it's the wealthy that they don't really feel responsive to the everyday concerns of people on main street? withand this frustration the party that seems to be benefiting everyone else is one of the things that fuels this. you look at donald trump, a lot of people will say the groundwork was laid by sarah palin who rose to the national stage on an unlikely character for republican politics. folks is a donald trump's policies could actually win a greater role in the american democracy were it not for donald trump? if there were a better messenger, maybe this is a winning platform for the republican party. betternot only a messenger, but it

karen: not only a better messenger, but it would have to shed the kind of nativist, xena phobic -- xenophobicere's a nationalism that has a appeal to large swaths of this country. alex: thank you as always. we will be right back after this quick break. ♪ john: do you know what you can do? you can sign-up for the brief, our daily newsletter. it is brilliant. while you're there, please check out a great new story for more insight into donald trump's obama-like immigration plan. will you be here tomorrow? alex: i will be here tomorrow if they let me in the door. i haven't done anything to disqualify myself. go in peace and pickles. john: i say sayonara. ♪ ♪ rishaad: it is wednesday the 24th of august. i am rishaad salamat. this is "trending business". ♪ rishaad: we will be visiting singapore, sydney, and beijing this hour. asia-pacific markets extending wall street gains. investors are waiting the fed. off, record profit in the first dividend in seven years. the turnaround plan is seemingly working.

many people in the caroline -- feminist community, who want to think this is culture and you are xena phobicu say that is wrong to treat women that way. >> i don't understand that narrow approach to such a problem but if you want to narrow it down to a set of headlines, a liberal blogger for msnbc, during the democratic convention the headline was khizr khan's words won't soon be forgotten. 10 days later a blogger writing during the republican convention are in c manipulates the pain of a grieving mother for partisan gain. there you have it. the reason for the coverage is mainstream media in general, much of the mainstream media agree with khizr khan abstinence evasion of donald trump as being an anti-muslim bigot, wants to temporarily bar muslim immigrants for national security reasons, and feel it is unfair to blame hillary clinton personally. trish: do they feel it is their responsibility, members of the media, to make sure donald trump doesn't get elected? do they take that on? >> i am seeing signs of that, people in the media who are not paid for their opinions who are supposed to be st

is most importantly he pulling so poorly with them because many people feel that he is xena phobic anduite frankly racist. that is consistent with the reporting we have been doing at fusion. it's actually very difficult to have conversations with him about race because you can't talk to his representative. i have tried to reach out to oma a, is director of african-american outreach. she has not made herself available to any of my interview requests. i tried to speak to some of his leadership on his african-american council. his favorite black pastor has not made himself available. andering hard questions really specifying policy issues that will affect black people is something that is very difficult to get out of them. simply because i don't think they have the answers. byt: are you credentialed the trump campaign and the clinton campaign? guest: what do you mean by credentialed exactly? i go to the rallies and we reach out for comment and write stories. as far as credentials i can't say. host: in terms of fusion media overall, what is its relationship with univision? guest: basically

is most importantly he pulling so poorly with them because many people feel that he is xena phobic anduite frankly racist. that is consistent with the reporting we have been doing at fusion. it's actually very difficult to have conversations with him about race because you can't talk to his representative. i have tried to reach out to oma a, is director of african-american outreach. she has not made herself available to any of my interview requests. i tried to speak to some of his leadership on his african-american council. his favorite black pastor has not made himself available. andering hard questions really specifying policy issues that will affect black people is something that is very difficult to get out of them. simply because i don't think they have the answers. byt: are you credentialed the trump campaign and the clinton campaign? guest: what do you mean by credentialed exactly? i go to the rallies and we reach out for comment and write stories. as far as credentials i can't say. host: in terms of fusion media overall, what is its relationship with univision? guest: basically

to recognize that of isrse, some of the appeal xena phobic and racist and misogynistic and offensive. to knowledge that. -- we have to acknowledge that. let's not lose sight of the real pain that many americans are feeling because the economy has left them behind. from new orleans, charlotte is our next caller on the democratic line. good morning. caller: hi. thank you for taking my call. say, i love supporting bernie sanders. . a lot of my family members are supporting donald trump. show, to see the "hillary's america." it has completely changed my way of thinking of hillary clinton. go andst every democrat check this film out. you would be shocked. host: change it for the better or worse, charlotte? caller: it changed my opinion. now, i'm going donald trump. members through it in ew it in my face, told you so. host: donald trump also made news on friday. he spoke at a campaign rally in green bay, wisconsin to announce he would be supporting paul ryan and john mccain in a bid for party unity. [video clip] trump: so, in our shared mission to make america great support and endorse our