by being treated fairly by republicans? i don t think it s completely defined just yet, carol, but clearly the republican national committee when he made the comments last weekend about john mccain sort of issued a statement and put their thumb on the scale a little bit trying to make sure to keep the debate in the manner that they think will best suit the eventual nominee with the goal of winning back the white house. that is the republican national committee s mission. listen donald trump has never ruled out, not to anderson cooper in interviews or others, has never ruled out the notion that he could potentially run as an independent. what is so interesting here is sort of the threat in the interview with the hill to the rny. rnc. we haven t seen that before to say, hey, i want to be treated fairly. what that means is don t step in the way here. don t get involved in the intraparty battle that he is now engaged in with all these other candidates and i got to tell you, carol, as m
certainly donald trump has got that ability down to a science. so you see it as adaptability not flip-flopping. that s right. that s exactly right. i want to ask you about the comments donald trump made bay john mccain and his p.o.w. status. some took offense and said that when donald trump said i prefer people who don t get captured that he issued a slight unintentionally to all p.o.w.s. how did you feel about those comments? well i think that s taking it a little too far. first of all, mr. trump did say four times that mccain was a war hero and, again, he was a war hero. yes, he said what he said but i think the media and everyone is only playing that one clip. jerry, you are a veteran. you are a marine. what did you think about the p.o.w. comment? i think his lack of respect for mccain is actually as a sitting senator more so than as a veteran. as a marine, i ll tell you this, we like guys who don t get captured too.
developed, but it s certainly an opportunity for us here to visit with mr. trump. and i think the laredo mayor wants to give his own ideas to mr. trump. on the other hand, he was going to appear with border patrol with the border patrol but the union representing the border patrol has pulled out of the trump appearance. what does that mean, m.j.? well it means that it s not going to stop donald trump from going to the border. i mean even if they re not going to be there, his campaign has made it clear that the trip will still go on and he will still do the tour. listen this is donald trump really pivoting back to the issue that s been central to his campaign and really central to his popularity really soaring in the last couple weeks. last week there were a lot of distractions in the donald trump campaign after he made comments about john mccain when he questioned whether he was a war hero and i think a lot of people gave him criticism for that and he s now pivoting away from tha
donald trump about his comments regarding john mccain and his military service, which he made, of course over the weekend in iowa. and so that combined with what we reported a few weeks ago, the republican national committee chair, reince priebus, calling donald trump about a whole bunch of things but as part of that making clear he wants him to tone down his language and then making that conversation public. so i think all of those things is what he s referring to. and, carol, you know he has talked about the fact that he s not ruling out a third party run before, but linking it to the treatment that he gets from the republican party is new, significant, and clearly seems to be a bit of a threat. i know. so he s actually willing to blow his party s chances to, you know to get the presidency of the united states because he s angry at what the rnc is saying about him? reporter: you know sure. he might be. look he considers himself a republican now obviously. he s running for the rep
i don t think he meant that as an insult to p.o.w.s or the military at all. don t forget mccain insulted the crazies that s right. which was which was a blanket insult for people who support trump. exactly. and how do you know how many military people were there. there were a lot of us. my husband is a vietnam vet and after i told my husband what mr. trump said he said i love him. you took more offense at john mccain calling the trump supporters crazies because there may have been some veterans there definitely would have been veterans in there. show of hands, how many people on election day plan to vote for donald trump? undecided? i m undecided. i could see myself voting for him and then if somebody comes along that cares for my issues and my positions i could see myself voting for them too. thanks so alisonyn camerota. from the bronx to buffalo, fast food workers to see their