so donald trump's contributors today paid donald trump to rent the room for donald trump to stand up in front of microphones and say this. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it. you know what i mean. president barack obama was born in the united states, period. now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> had to tell a couple of lies while retracting one lie. donald trump of course refused to take any questions after retracting his five years of non-stop lying about president obama's birth. david fahrenthold of the washington post was there and yelled a question about trump's charitable contributions. david fahrenthold is pursuing the $5 million that donald trump once promised to donate if president obama could prove he was born in hawaii. now that donald trump says he accepts that proof, he owes $5 million to charity, $5 million that according to david fahrenthold's reporting thus far, donald trump will never contribute to charity, because donald

nobody looking at donald trump's record could believe for a moment that donald would appoint principled, conservative ustices. i'll tell you why i know that. because if you look over the past decades, any time a republican nominate a judge with a proven conservative record on the ench, you had a nasty, not - knockdown drag-out battle. the democrats care about court and will invest all their energy defeating a proven conservative. it is why republican presidents have decided the court didn't matter that much and they would go with a stealth candidate with no record because they are not willing to invest the political capital. the democrats are always willing to invest everything they have in confirming far left-wing justices. if donald ever became president, we know for a fact he would not invest any political capital in confirming a conservative justice because he's been supporting left-wing democrats, writing them checks, many of whose core missions was reventing conservatives from getting to the court. no one who cares about conservative justices could rite those checks. i would note

you make donald trump supporters mad and anti-donald trump supporters mad. you may as well pick a side. she hasn't done that. look, a lot of candidates are weighing their options. it's hard to predict what's going to happen. donald trump, we know, one thing has negative numbers. he has high negative numbers among women, african-americans, among hispanics, and among young people. unless he can start to turn those around or unless something dramatic happens on the other side, it's going to be difficult to see how he's going to win this election. >> we actually have a bit of news here in last few minutes on this subject of the republican party and whether it will rally around donald trump. house speaker paul ryan, in an interview a few minutes ago on cnn, saying that he cannot support donald trump yet. so susan, that's interesting, leaving open the possibility it is yet to come but he's not there yet. >> that is really interesting. and i haven't seen that interview. for paul ryan, the highest ranking republican in american politics, at the moment, to not embrac

says that donald trump groped her at donald trump tower, a different company in donald trump tower, . the allegation came from mr. trump himself directly by phone last night. this is quoting deblgtly from the "new york times" piece, in a phone interview on tuesday night, a highly agitated mr. donald trump denied every one of the women's claims, trump began shouting at "the new york times" reporter, he said that the times was making up these allegations to hurt him. quote, you're a disgusting human being she told the "new york times" reporter as she questioned him about the women's claims. joins us now for more from the trump campaign and the candidate response to these new allegations. robert costa who's had -- bob, tharpgs very much for being with us tonight. >> great to join you, rachel. >> do we know anything further about the donald trump campaign's response, how they are handling this? how this is landing with them? >> actually we do. i just got off the phone with some of my top sources close to donald trump. and donald trump himself is in miami tonight near doral, his property

but it's a big day for donald trump. he hasn't had a relationship with these folks in washington at all. he hasn't been a politician. he's been a businessman and been on the other side of the aisle trying to buy influence with them. but now he's got to try to work together and whether or not they find a way to bridge that gap, we're going to have to wait and see. >> we just got something in, a joint statement. we just got a joint statement now from house speaker paul ryan and donald trump. it reads in part, the united states cannot afford another four years of the obama white house, which is what hillary clinton represents. that is why it is critical at a republicans unite around our shared principles and advance a conservative agenda and do all we can to win this fall. with that focus, we had a great conversation this morning while we were honest about our few differences, we recognize that there are many important areas of common ground. we will be having additional discussions but remain confident there's a great oppo

senator lindsay graham says he'd rather have cruz as president than donald trump. >> donald trump is an interloper. i don't trust him. is this too little too late? >> there's been a whole mentality of first we couldn't attack trump because he wasn't serious. then we couldn't attack trump because it wouldn't work. finally we couldn't attack trump because it's too late. there's one common themes that's allowed >> reporter: even gop candidates spent most of the campaign embracing him. >> if you think donald trump is so antithetical to conservatism, what took you so long to say so? you really cozied up to him for the majority of this campaign? >> well, listen, dana, for the last couple of months i've been taking on donald directly. i needed to build my base of support and take care so i was on a strong foundation before i could take him on. that was a natural process. >> reporter: one former rival warns republicans are attacking trump at their own peril. >> don't pretend that all these voters that have gone out and voted for hum are stupid. they're not stupid. >> reporter: trump argues h

this is what donald trump is creating. it is what donald trump wants. this is the scene that he wants played out. the question is, is this what you want? i'm with david gergen on this. i think this is an angry version of an angry man who has no idea what it is to govern america. >> we hadsome live pictures. i believe they were blocking traffic. there is still an ongoing protest. you can see the live pictures of what's going on on the streets. the police tell us no arrests have been made. no one has been injured. it is largely peaceful. inside, after it was cancelled, we did see some extremely tense moments. he asked the question. is this what you want to see? as a donald trump supporter? is this what you want to see right now? what's happening tonight? i'm not talking about the protests but i'm talking about, donald trump has said. he is the candidate who has said, he wishes he could punch protesters in the nose. is that something that donald trump supporters, you want to see? >> i don't think anyone wants to see violence like this. and donald trump doe

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everything in donald's world is about donald. and he combines being a pathological liar. i say pathological because i actually think, donald, if you hooked him up to a lie detector test, he could say one thing in the morning, one thing at noon and one thing in the evening all contradictory and he'd pass the lie detector test each time. whatever lie he's telling, he believes it. but the man is utterly amoral. let me finish this, please. the man is utterly amoral. morality does not exist for him. it's why he went after heidi directly and smeared my wife, attacked her. apparently she's not pretty enough for donald trump. i may be biased but i think if he's making that allegation, he's also legally blind. but donald is a bully. you know, we just visited with fifth graders. every one of us knew bullies in elementary school. bullies don't come from strength, bullies come from weakness. bullies come from a deep yawning cavern of insecurity. there is a reason donald builds giant buildings and puts his name on them everywhere he goes. and i will say there are mill n millions of pe

that intraparty tension between donald trump's policies and d d donald trump's proposals and where the party is from a platform perspective. not just with house leadership but senate leadership as well. broad looks at conservative principles. wanting him to commit to some of these broad conservative principles like limited government and additional talk about bringing republicans together, because of deep divide, on taxes and for example, nato and on foreign policy. there's a number of areas in which trump and some of the base of the party die verge. that is an area we'll need to address, probably starting today. we don't expect that to wrap up as we look for donald trump to come out and speak to folks. as we get ready to chat with speaker ryan set to begin an hour from now. >> hallie jackson on the move there at the capitol as well. hallie, thanks, i want to bring in rick tyler. former spokesman for the ted cruz presidential campaign. again, i apologize in advance if they do decide to have some sort of impromptu news conference, we'll go to that. paul ryan has just as much at stake as

donald trump clearly did not. donald trump entered that room with people who are not necessarily supporters of donald trump, to put it mildly. he is not generally welcome in the fancier rooms in new york city. but tonight he got his, he earned his way in there by being the republican nominee for president. he is the first presidential candidate i have ever seen at the al smith dinner who managed to get boos. it is just not that kind of night. it is supposed to be good humor, light joking about the other candidate, about yourself, and donald trump managed to go so far off track that that audience, which is in fact largely republican booed him. here is some of what donald trump had to say. >> we have proven that we can actually be civil to each other. in fact, just before taking the dais, hillary accidently bumped into me, and she very civilly said, "pardon me." [ laughter ] and i very politely replied, let me talk to you about that after i get into office. [ laughter ] hillary is so corrupt she got kicked off the w

and donald trump will know. are the democrats going to be in control of the impeachment process if robert mueller's delivers a report to congress showing that president trump has committed impeachable crimes? we will know the answer to that at this time next week. if the democrats win the house of representatives next tuesday night donald trump is going to be more terrified than he has ever been in his life. and robert mueller is going to be instantly more empowered knowing that a democratic house of representatives will not ignore his report the way a republican house of representatives would try to and probably succeed in ignoring it. and today we learned more about the road map of robert mueller's investigation that we will discuss later in this hour, including the possibility that the president of the united states is already under subpoena by the special prosecutor and is secretly fighting that subpoena in court. we will get to that later. there is something else at stake in next week's election for donald

donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> and here's what donald trump had to say about the man who might be his secretary of state. >> i backed mitt romney, i backed him, you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said, mitt, drop to your knees, he would have dropped to his knees. he was begging. true. true. >> so, is mitt romney going to have to drop to his knees on sunday? isn't that going to be the first question asked about the meeting after it happens, did mitt romney drop to his knees and does donald trump mean drop to his knees or does donald trump mean -- is the meeting with mitt romney donald trump's way trying to show that he's not as bad a person as the character he played during the campaign, the character he played for all those gullible voters who believe that mexico is going to pay for the wall? is that why he met with south carolina governor nikki haley today, after donald trump won her state primary, governo

donald trump jr. michael cohen says that he and all the other people there then heard donald trump sr. assent to the meeting and say it should go forward. he approved it happening. if that's the case, this is -- this is very serious, not just in terms of what this means about michael cohen's case and who is leaking what. this could be a very serious criminal matter for the president. >> and immediate perjury case for the likes of congress for donald trump jr. because he told one of the congressional committees that he absolutely never ever told his father about this meeting. >> right. and, so, perjury claims, the question of who spoken to the special counsel, who has been interviewed. that will all become important here, as will the specific nature of what the then candidate now president was advised as to what those russians were bringing. if he was advised, they got her e-mails, this was hacked information. if he was advised this was stuff the russian government somehow obtained by criminal means, t

who supports donald trump. amanda carpenter is a cnn political commentator, former communications director for ted cruz. i don't think she supports donald trump. >> we'll see. things change. people can evolve. >> jeffrey lord, donald trump has been on twitter. >> uh-oh. >> i know. he's been talking about the republicans fleeing, denying their support for trump or not supporting him enough. this is one of his tweets. tremendous support except for some republican leadership. thank you. so as we head into this second presidential debate, donald trump isn't just running against hillary clinton. he is now very publicly, locally on twitter, running against the leadership of his own party. what does that get him? >> you know, i think that's a bonus. to borrow inevitable reagan reference, the reagan quote that these were the fraternal order republicans. that they saw the republican party as a fraternity as opposed to a political party with ideas. and this is exactly the kind of thing that drove reagan crazy. and he's q

donald trump saying, the voters have spoken. a number of lawmakers are in that camp as well, rick tyler, saying you have to go with the will of the voters. this is the person they have chosen. how much will that argument -- how important will that argument be with lawmakers and those rank and file republicans? >> well, it's a strong argument and you can certainly see the rationale that donald trump has. so he's going to continue to say that. but, look, the republican party, this capitol behind me under reconstruction is a bit emblemmatic of what's going on in the republican party right now. it was an exciting day here in washington, but not a lot was accomplished. donald trump and paul ryan are literally 180 degrees out of phase. they're out of phase on policy issues like entitlement reform, like social security, and vision -- ryan's rigs is so much different than trump. ryan envisioned bringing the party under an intellectual conservativism for growing the economy, getting us out of debt, having enough money to save and secure

will that only help donald trump? and, marco rubio has yet to win a single state, if he comes up empty tonight he will be 0 for 15. can he go on? plus, hillary clinton talk about donald trump more than bernie sanders these days. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to our special super tuesday edition of "the lead." the biggest voting day of the campaign. live pictures right now of donald trump speaking to supporters in kentucky, a state that won't even vote until saturday, trump's coming under fire from the two top republicans in congress today for not disavowing the support of david duke in an interview with me on sunday. >> if a person wants to be the fom nominee of the republican party he must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. >> let me make it perfectly clear, senator republicans condemn david duke, the kkk, and his racism. >> trump again today trying to undo some damage from sunday's remarks. >> david duke disavowed, i disavowed him on friday, right after that because i thought i

♪ hello darkness my old friend ♪ >> you weren't the only one watching donald trump -- listening to donald trump and just having your eyes glued to chris christie. thanks for joining us. have a great night. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> thanks for joining us. president obama spoke today with astronaut scott kelly who has been in orbit for a year. he welcomed him back to earth and wished him luck getting used to gravity again. the world since donald trump entered the race hardly resembles one from a year ago. after yesterday's performance, they are not getting used to it. tomorrow morning just hours before they take the debate stage, mitt romney will go on national television. while he's not expected to endorse any of them, he is expected to denounce one, donald j. trump. tonight republican party resistance. new reporting from inside sources, fresh reaction from team trump, a look at who among his opponents can stop him and that number is shrinking with the likely departure of dr. ben carson who all but suspended his campaign. also where this leaves hillary clinton and bernie sanders who a

that is donald trump jr.. donald trump jr. said nothing came of the meeting because the russian woman he met with wanted to talk about adoption instead of destroying hillary clinton's campaign. that story will probably work for donald trump jr.. as the investigation proceeds because this is not a donald trump jr. story. meaning he is not the person in the most trouble in this story. donald trump jr. is now serving as a very convenient heat shield for his brother-in-law, jared kushner, who was also in that meeting, and was included on the e-mails entitled russia, clinton, private and confidential. the e-mails that set up that meeting. >> donald jr might face some legal liability for soliciting something of value to a federal campaign from a foreign citizen. that is against the law. but it is not clear that law could be applied to this kind of meeting. jared kushner is facing a much more serious criminal liability as a result of simply having received that e-mail. that alone. the e-mail. that is a serious criminal issue. for jar

donald trump rambled on from there. and his last line was, quote, that was a peaceful protest totally. so in trump world if trump supporters fire paint balls at you, they are being totally peaceful. and they have every right to do that, according to donald trump. donald trump proves once again today that every word joe biden said about him today is absolutely true. donald trump is planning to take his re-election campaign of fear to kenosha, wisconsin tomorrow. wisconsin's governor and the mayor of wisconsin have both asked the president to stay away. governor tony evers said i, along with other community leaders, are concerned about what your presence will mean for kenosha and our state. i am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. i am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome vision and move forward together. and leading off our discussion tonight is the lieutenant governor of wisconsin. lieutenant governor barnes, thank you very much for joining us tonight. what are you feeling tonig

i think donald trump is beatable. it's very hard to beat an incumbent president, particularly with the current campaign finance laws in which an incumbent president can raise unlimited money. the last incumbent not in the federal funding system to lose wa herbert hoover and he had a bad year. but it's ominous. if the democrats get their act together and coalesce behind a really good ticket, they should be able to win this race. but i do think, looking at polls now, trying to predict what's going to happen november 2020, is not very useful. >> and stewart, we do know historically that when an incumbent president is challenged in the primaries within his own party, that incumbent president never wins re-election, every single time it's happened. >> yeah, it's interesting. if you sort of drill down, whether or not that's a leading or trailing indicator. the fact that there is a primary, an indication of a larger weakness, and that's why he loses? or the fact that he's in a primary why he loses? the reality is the primari

absolutely not donald trump. >> thank you all very much. >>> outfront next, how does donald trump get to the white house? election expert larry sabado on why it may be out of trump's control. wait until you see this electoral map. >>> and among those supporting donald trump, the butler. we'll have more on that and whether that will hurt him with voters. that's coming up after this. i'm terrible at golf. he is. people say i'm getting better. no one's ever said that. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. he's just happier when he's playing. but he's terrible. for the strength and energy to keep doing what you love, try new ensure enlive. only patented ensure enlive has hmb, plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. and its clinically proven formula helps you stay you. oh. nice shot. new ensure enlive. always be you. we're out ink.nk. not ink. getting ink doesn't have to be painful. staples just cut ink and toner prices. add in our 110% price match guarantee and our prices are unbeatable. staples. make more happen. the call just came in. she's about to

instead he is getting in the mud with donald trump. get in the mud with donald trump. make it a reality show. guess what. donald trump is going to win. what i do think is good for everyone in the republican party. is the fact that republicans are expanding the map. the south is going to have more of a voice in this election. we never faced a more vulnerable democratic nominee potentially than hillary clinton. we have the chance to elect a strong conservative. the fact that everyone is going new states. recruiting more activists, more fund raising is a net good for the republican party that wants to win in 2016. >> jeffrey lord, waiting again. just moments away. probably less from donald trump take the podium and addressing this crowd there. you know, the crowd, there are people. we don't have an exact crowd count there. this is a stadium that seats 40,000 people. it's not full. i do want to pose this question as we are looking at this picture right now. does this show that donald trump doesn't have the advance staff that maybe he will get. it's not there right now. to

donald trump has nothing to do with it. donald trump is an excuse. at one point it was hubert humphry. there is video going through downtown seattle smashing windows. video of the black lives matter people silencing bernie sanders at one of his own rallies. this is the american left in action. it's just that donald trump happens to be the target of it right this minute. >> no, jeffrey, respectfully, i've already read what you pen for the spectator and it's very well done but what you failed to show me is where hubert humphry stood up and said i wish i can punch that guy in the face. get him out. there is no behavior like that from the elected officials but there is here. >> michael, we have free speech in this country. candidates can say anything they want. you can't blame this stuff on the candidate. hubert humphry used the secret service to get them out. he did the same thing as donald trump. you can't blame humphry and trump. you can't blame some merchant in seattle or bernie sanders. they have first amendment rights and you can't blame them. >> c

donald trump is bigger than life. you can see the two person personalities clashing on stage last night. so i think what happened yesterday from the appearance of it all is they did not seem to match. we're get iting word that potentially joni ernst could be taking her name out of the running as well. she was being formally vet ted. this is two people that were among the top tier donald trump's potential run ining mat that have decided likely with ernst to take themselves out of the running. tonight he's going to be with former house speaker newt gingrich here in cincinnati, ohio. those personalities, obviously, much more suited to each other. both bigger than life personalities. newt gingrich has been vocal against the clintons in general for decades now. so they have that in common. donald trump will be able to go after hillary clinton with a side sick and one who has experience in going after the clintons. but is he someone that he's going to choose for vp? we don't know that either. gingrich has been lukewarm abou

donald trump will do great. president trump is coming onstage no fears whatsoever. >> the first member of congress to endorse donald trump, seven moss two days ago. >> very proud of that. good to have people from two parts of new york stit. >> great to be here. >>> nearly a week since keith lamont scott was killed in an altercation with charlotte police. the release of dashcam and body cam video has done little to answer a lot of the questions surrounding his death. scott's brother-in-law joins us with the family's reaction, right after a quick break. (sigh) my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but dad, you've got... allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's good to be in, good hands. freshly made in the tokyo-japanese tradition, each batch is small. special. unique... every bowl blurring the line between food...and art. when you cook with incredible ingredients... you make incredible meals. fresh ingredients. step-by-s

>> donald trump stands by his plan. tonight, the political and global eruption over the republican leader's plan to ban muslims from coming to america. plus, the industry of fear. a look at the islam ma phobic conspiracy theorists inspiring trump. >> it's this larger idea of submitting to sharia.

donald trump grew up. >> yeah. and, you know, this is very much like, you know, there is a guy called justin frank. i interviewed him about his book "trump on the couch" where he diagnosed almost the exact same things you are hearing from maray trump who's also a clinician. they go through the same thing, a father who is cruel and demands perfection. you never say no. you have to fight. you have to hit back harder when someone hits you. the cult of the power of positive thinking feeds into who donald trump is, the cruelty, the inability to feel emotion, to feel other people's pain, to empathize. all of that is like a known quantity right now of donald trump, right? it explains why he can't solve this coronavirus crisis. because you have to have empathy in order to make the kinds of change that a president should be able to make. you can imagine almost any other president empathizing with the people who are suffering, the people who are dying and saying let me do everything possible to save them. donald trump can on

of what rick perry laid out as his indictment of donald trump, there's nothing we've learned about donald trump in the last few months since perry gave that speech that has changed. >> rick perry took it back. >> so -- >> your answer is that rick perry is just a bad person. >> i'm actually saying donald trump had a theory about this race. and one of the theories about this race was that professional republicans were actually opportunist opportunistic who would cave and fold with the least bit of pressure and opportunity. >> which is what you're saying they're now doing? >> exactly. >> are you saying that about the guy you used to work for, paul ryan? >> he hasn't endorsed him. i think paul ryan is in a very difficult position. there are three outcomes could have happened today. outcome one is he could have come out of that meeting, donald trump and ryan, and ryan could have said ignore what i said last week, i've been reassured, i'm endorsing him. scenario number two, could have been no way in hell. my position stands, i'm never endorsing him. you got scenario number three, which is we've

when we went out in 2016 and said donald trump is craze circumstances donald trump is dangerous, it was like the boy who cried wolf because we have a man who is dangerous and lacks the judgment and temperament to be tpresident. and everyone says the media says that all the time about every republican. >> let's take a listen with what the trump campaign is coming back with. they released this video reaching back into some history. we're going to see tim russert in this trump video talking about the 2008 presidential campaign when it was at the hillary clinton versus barack obama stage. let's listen to this video. >> when we arrived in south carolina yesterday, this was the state newspaper. clinton camp hits obama, attacks painful for black voters. many ompded by criticism of obama and remarks about martin luther king. >> dr. king's dream began to be realized when president johnson passed the civil rights act of 1964. >> it's as if you are minimizing "i have a dream." it took a white president to get blacks to the mountain top. >> the damage between the clintons and african-american might

this is about donald trump. if donald trump loses, as i hope he will, it should be because of the things he says, the values he has. it's not about republican orthodox either. it's not about whether or not he is doing what other republicans have said. it is his demeanor, it's his attitude. it's condoning torture. it's condoning killing the children of people who have committed terror. i don't want to see this become about corey lewandowski because the problem is donald trump and that's where the focus ought to be. >> in wisconsin, as you listen to local talk radio, which is a very powerful influence and you listen to the people you're talking to out there, how is this latest chapter in the chaos which is the trump campaign playing there and how is it playing in relation to the cruz campaign? >> here's an interesting illustration of that. ted cruz popped into a public in milwauk milwaukee. several of the people i was talking to supporting or deciding between donald trump and ted cruz, almost all of them had heard

they like donald trump a lot. they just wanted to see their political enemy, hillary clinton, in person. we talked to a woman who doesn't like trump or clinton, a republican, says she's going to vote for gary johnson, libertarian party. then we also found a couple other people who are also republicans who are going to vote for hillary clinton but they did not want to go on camera yet because they were afraid of the reactions they would get from their friends and their family. >> gary tuchman, thanks so much. >>> up next, the sobering new development in the fight against the zika virus. this time, in california. great grains cereals are made fromreal fruit,clusters, wholesome nuts and crunchy flakes. good things come together to make one great thing. great grains. why be good when you can be great? ♪ i'm free to do what i want and have a good time.♪ the ford freedom sales event is on! and zero for 72 is back! on 2016 ford focus, fusion and escape. plus specially tagged vehicles get an extra $1000 smart bonus. t

the real donald trump? >> no. >> let's go othver uit again. >> the burden is somehow more on her to prove that she is actually authentic and real. even though people watched her for the last how many decades, 30 years at least. >> where does the expectations game play to this? those who say donald trump, the expectations are so low -- >> when a bear dances, no one says, gee, he doesn't pirouette well. they say, man, the bear can dance. he comes under the dancing bear rule. if he is reasonably compose and had can answer a few questions, he'll get some points for that. i have to tell you, i've been through this a number of times. these are the most prepful events you can experience. if you are a candidate, you want to know what to expect and want to be exposed so you can plot out how you're going to deal with it. he may be the one guy who has gone through the process who can do it without any of that. if what tony says is right, he could be in for a long night. >> we don't know which donald trump is going to

why isn't donald trump pulling ahead there? >> well, there's, the demographics have been trending in the democrats' direction for the last few decades, haven't quite caught up yet, but that, combined with the fairly vocal contingent of never-trump conservatives in the state has come out in hillary's favor. >> what is the profile of the georgia never-trump republican? >> they listen to eric erickson. basically, who is a political commentator, has a national following, but also is very specifically a georgia guy. he is one of the, head of the never-trump movement, especially locally. and he has a pretty significant following here. >> yeah, and he has been on this from the start. and he talks about it in terms of traditional republican policy, and also kind of basic human decency is something that he's been talking about, which i gather may appeal to some georgia republicans, especially more religiously-inclined georgia republicans. >> never thought that anyone would have to run on basic human decency in the presidential race. but

vote for donald trump. we don't know if he is going to vote for a third party candidate. i'm assuming he is -- you know, i don't know about hillary clinton, but not going to theson convention is a statement. and i think you know, it's quite stunning. >> and now we're also hearing that there are some republicans out there who can't, you know, stomach voting for donald trump or hillary clinton for that matter. they are looking for a third party candidate, senator ben sass of nebraska, he posted this on facebook, why are we confined to these two terrible options? >> this is america. if both choices stink, we reject them and go big he. that's what we do. is that really a viable option, though, a third party independent candidate? >> i mean the problem right now seems to be who would that be? right? i mean never mind all of the red tape that they would have to cut through and terms of getting on state ballots, in raising the money and all of that. it's who would it be? ben sass doesn't seem to be coming forward.

and so vladimir putin is getting very clear communication from donald trump that donald trump wants to be in business with vladimir putin while vladimir putin is waging this war on the american electoral process. >> i think, you know, you've hit on a very central issue here which is the crinology on all of this. trump previously has said they stopped negotiating to deal with this in 2016. michael cohen as said it continued into june of 2016. that infamous trump tower meeting where don junior met with russians that had compromising information on hillary clinton took place on june 9, 2016. this deal trump tower moskow fell apart on or around june 14th. so within days the russians have sent envoys into trump tower to try to give the trump camp information they can use to undermine hillary clinton's candidacy. and they decide then to stop pursuing this deal. why is that? i think it suggests that they decided to tradeoff the idea of doing business with president trump or at that time candidate trump in order to do politics with him. and trump today tried to say that michael cohen is a liar

it is historic that donald is here tonight. that's right, for the first time the catholic church is not the largest tax-exempt land owner here tonight. we are honored to have donald and melania here tonight. the al smith dinner is a new york institution. donald, a kid from queens with a big heart and a big mouth is without question a new york institution. donald, the microphone is yours and it's working. >> thank you, al. wow. that was good. hmm. this is a hell of a dinner. well, i want to thank your eminence. this is really great to be with you again. we love it. governor cuomo. a great senators. hi, chuck. he used to love me when i was a democrat, you know? mayor de blasio, wherever you are. where is mayor de blasio? i love him. see, in the old days, i would have known him very well, but i haven't been doing so much of their real estate anymore. and i want to thank al andnan smith, just a fantastic job you do with the dinner. congratulations on a record, over $6 million, right? is their record. and a special hello to all of y

she won't be voting for donald trump. a neighbor republican senator of hers who has decided not to vote for donald trump will join us. but first, what donald trump needs to learn about the value of a dollars, actually the value of a nickel. to be perfectly precise, i actually mean 4.3 cents. donald trump needs to learn what 4.3 cents can mean to the multi trillion dollar budget of the united states of america. >> today i will outline my economic vision. >> if you look at this as strictly policy speech. >> poverty, poverty. >> it's a hot mess and you just give up. >> i am proposing an across the board income tax reduction. >> he wants to repackage, trickle down economics. >> the rich will pay their fair share. >> you know, that old saying, fool me once, shame me on you, fool me twice -- >> full me, you can't get fooled again. >> trickle down economics does not help our economy grow. >> these reforms will offer the biggest tax resolution since the reagan tax reform. >> it made me wonder or not he wanted leave it to beaver t

tonight, donald trump's to-do list. after days of waiting to learn more about the who question, who will be in the new trump cabinet, instead we heard late today about what, as in what he wants to do in his first days in office. we also learned a little bit about the how, as in how he intends to talk to us. this is the first time he's addressed the nation since we saw him on the stage in the early-morning hours after his upset victory. but instead of a press conference, or a live statement, he dropped a video this evening on social media. take a look. >> today i would like to provide the american people with an update on the white house transition and our policy plans for the first 100 days. our transition team is working very smoothly, efficiently and effectively. truly great and talented men and women, patriots, indeed, are being brought in and many will soon be a part of our government helping us to make america great again. my agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting america first. whether it's produ

embrace donald trump. here's what paul ryan said today when asked about tomorrow's meeting. >> to pretend we're unified without unifying, we go into the fall at half strength. there's plenty of room for different policy disputes within this party. we come can from different wings of the party. the goal is to unify the various wings of the party along common principles. we have an obligation to merge around our common principles to offer this country a choice and better way forward. that's going to take some party unification. >> donald trump told "the new york times" he has no plans to change anything about his campaign. he said, quote, you pin the pennant and now you're in the world series. you going to change? people like the way i'm doing. those are his words. i think i have a mandate from the people. paul ryan met today with what might be the smallest caucus in congress, the trump caucus, a group of only 13 members of the house of representatives. joining us now, someone who was in that meeting today.

my next guest who will tell his story of suing donald donald trump. he purchased a con minimum that he thought was donald trump. it then went bankrupt and donald trump later claimed he had nothing to do with it. >> donald trump was an expert in these types of projects or so we thought. >> in a deposition for a lawsuit regarding the property, trump's son donald trump, junior, conceded that the trump brand could lead people to think a project was a solid investment. >> it's one of the things that you learned through this process is that the trump name brings stability to the project. >> i don't know if it brings stability or viability, but i imagine certain people feel that. >> joining us now bart ring, a lawyer who settled that case against donald trump involving that project and william flint who was one of the people who sued the donald trump organization. thank you both for joining me tonight. i really appreciate it. mr. flint, what made you invest in that donald trump project? >> we were on a little vacation trip in april of 2006 and on the toll ro

vote for donald trump. read my statement here. rep. guinta: bradley byrne said he is not -- representative bradley byrne said he is not fit to be president. karen in nashville, tennessee. good morning. what do you think? caller: i think this is troubling for trump . i am a disabled veteran who actually moved to the nashville area to take part in some of my entitlements. i haven't been able to do that for a long time. what i feel is trump definitely have some concern with his campaign and the gop bailing out on him. i believe a lot of the people in united states are starting to see there is something else behind a lot of these attacks and threats. i don't condone his behavior or actions. i think it's troubling. but something when you said versus what clinton has done are two different measures. i think people are starting to see that. the media has played such a part in this president will campaign in smearing donald trump. i think people can take away their own perspective of what is actually happening with

here is a check from trump university for $500,000 made out to donald trump and signed by donald trump. donald trump is now being sued in federal fraud cases, one of which the judge has allowed to be brought under the racketeer influence and corrupt organizations act that's also known as rico, which means that donald trump actually stands accused in federal court of being a racketeer. here is how donald trump lured students to his fake university. ♪ >> we're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific. terrific people, terrific brains, successful. we are going to have the best of the best. and honestly, if you don't learn from them, if you don't learn from me, if you don't learn from the people that we're going to be putting forward, and these are all people that are hand-picked by me, then you're just not going to make it in terms of the world of success. we're going to teach you better than the business schools are going to teach you. and i went to the best business school. >> joining us now is bob geo, a former trump university student and a plaint

donald trump. -- conscience, which means not voting for donald trump. -- conscience, which means not voting for donald trump. consci, which means not voting for donald trump. conscience, which means not voting for donald trump. conscience, >>> in 14 days, the 538 members of the electoral college will cast their votes for the president of the united states, the only votes that really matter. if they vote according to their state, donald trump will win. but at least one elector will not vote for donald trump. an elector from texas wrote a u.s. times op ed entitled why i will not cast my vote for donald trump. they have a legal right and duty to vote their conscience, i believe electors should unify behind a republican alternative. i pray my electors will do their job and join with me in deciding who that person should be. joining us now, a republican presidential elector from texas. how did you become an elector? >> i campaigned for it like most electors do across the country. >> and have you been an elector before? >> no, sir. this is the only time, and

trump and now donald trump doesn't want to allow any guy in america to have that donald trump reaction to an accidental pregnancy, what are we gonna do about this? no guy would be allowed to quote the old pro-choice donald trump in that moment. in trump world there would be no choice. chris matthews is a graduate of the college of the holy cross in massachusetts where he participated in discussions of issues like abortion at the highest level of religious sophistication. his tangle with donald trump last night was child's play compared to any class discussion at holy cross. >> you believe in punishment for abortion yes or no as a principal? >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the women. >> yeah, there has to be some form. >> ten years? >> i don't know. >> why not. you take positions on everything else. >> i do take positions on everything else. >> how do you ban abortion without a sanction. then you get into the tricky of a sanction. a fine on human life which you call murder. imprisonment? what about the young man who is responsible. >> different feel

when confronted with a racist things donald trump has said about women in particular asked about donald trump's positions on russia he changed the platform and came up with his own miss of policies and refused to stand up. that's why the person that lost this debate was donald trump because mike pence refused to defend him. >> we are going to continue on the same strategy we had both secretary clinton and senator kaine will be talking about their platform and about the specific policies they have two make a difference in peoples lives and to create jobs and help families afford health care and education to but again the problem tonight was we either heard no defense of the position or actions. if she had nothing to say in response to the very legitimate questions about the position. he was very clever about refusing to confront or provide solid answers against the things that donald trump has said and done, and i think that senator kaine won this debate in particular because he had to interject constantly. the one thing that's mike pence stood up for donald trump on was the fact that he

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it is who donald trump is. and so if you buy into donald trump, you're also buying into his views about how women should look and act, and that's going to be a huge problem for him going forward. because it is who he is. >> what does this mean for the female vote? by the way, if he lags like he is now, he's not going to win the white house. he's got to turn it around. you have to assume a lot of people who hear this are not offended. >> i don't mind being the fifth wheel of this organization. it is an amazing argument. >> you were hoping i would not come back to you. >> i just wanted my dinner. that's all i'm asking for. no. here's what's confusing to me with donald trump. he makes statements like this that are outrageous. they are. it's an outrageous statement to make, okay? but at the same time, kayely's point, he empowers his daughter. it's a bit of confusion that i can't wrap my brain around. the empowerment of women within his own company but yet goes out and says these outrage statements. i can't reccen i

stay on point, donald, stay on point. no side tracks, donald. nice and easy. nice. i have been watching hillary the last few days, she's totally unhinged. >> you can almost sense donald trump was remembering from up there on that stage tonight, anderson, all of the things his campaign advisers were telling him behind the scenes. don't rock the boat. stay on message. don't do anything to disrupt this in the final days. >> he had events all over florida. he understands it is a must-win state for him. >> they do. he's having four events in 24 hours here many the state of florida. one midday tomorrow. trump admitted this is a must-win state for him. critical to his path to 270. it is his second home he likes to say. and he is making an extra effort to make sure his supporters are turning in to voters. he regularly pulls people from and says have you voted and will you bring friends with you and he is dispatching campaign surrogates and family members are out on the campaign trail. i was looking at the schedule of donald jr. in michigan, eric trump in ohio. ivanka in mic