Then floods a powerful storm smashes records. And why forecasters fear for whats in store. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No backing down today by gop president ial contender donald trump whose unfiltered and blunt talk has again ignited controversy. The latest came over the weekend when trump said vietnam war veteran and former p. O. W. Senator john mccain is not a war hero. And while the comments like those trump made about illegal immigration recently have sparked outrage it is worth noting that he leads the latest republican president ial poll though deeper examination suggests the mccain comments may be hurting him. We begin with nbcs katy tur. Reporter donald trump being donald trump today, refusing to apologize for saying john mccain is not a war hero. Telling matt lauer this morning well im not a fan of john mccain. Hes done a terrible job for the vets. I go around ma
Michael cruz, what can we learn about donald trump from reading the art of the deal . We can learn a lot, i think, and we should. When you are studying donald trump and i think everybody in this country should be studying donald trump, the art art of the deal was a foundational document and at this point it reads in wreck tropes backed like a Campaign Playbook. I think he is selling fantasy and he is doing that using hyperbole. Those are his words not mine. His words are that he plays to peoples fantasy fantasy. People may not think big themselves but they can still get very excited by those who do. Thats why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular and i call it truthful hyperbole. I think thats exactly what he is doing. Thats what he does. Ive worked for him his whole life. I wrote an article for the wall street journal and asked him if this was his playbook hiding in plain sight and he first was a
[applause] and we also need a cheerleader. Michael cruz, what can we learn about donald trump from reading the art of the deal . Guest we can learn a lot, i think, and we should. When youre studying donald trump, and i think everybody at this point in this country should be studying donald copped trump, the art of deal is the foundational document. At this point it reads sort of in retrospect like a Campaign Playbook. First and foremost, i think what we can learn is he is selling fantasy, and hes doing that using hyperbole. Those are his words, not mine. Host well, in fact, his words from the art of the deal is i play to peoples fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. Thats why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to belief that something believe that something is the wiggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. And you have seen that all the way through and right now as he is
Michael cruz, what can we learn about donald trump from reading the art of the deal . We can learn a lot and we should. When youre studying donald trump and i think everybody at this point should be studying donald trump heard this is a foundational document. It sort of reads like a campaign playbook. First and foremost, what i think we can learn is that he is selling fantasy and hes doing that using hyperbole. Those are his words, not mine. In fact his words from the art of the deal are i play to peoples family fantasies. People might not think big themselves but they can get excited by those who do. Thats why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe something is the biggest and the greatest in the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. Thats exactly what he is doing. Hes not ashamed to say thats what he does. I did write an article for the wall street journal and asked him if this was his play book hiding in plain sight and he first was a little taken aback and
Something you heard from me over and over again. There is not such thing as 100 security. No matter how good you are and you are good. And no matter how good the first two rose here are, good and they are good. Something could happen somewhere so, my question is, what are you doing to prepare america for the day after a possible attack . Well, i have a lot of faith in this country. I mean we, we have agencies, systems in place for emergency response, for disaster response. Ii have a lot of faith in the character and culture of this nation. And how we respond to crises. I think it is no accident that, twice i think i think i got it right. Twice as many people ran in the Boston Marathon this year as last year, in light of what happened in 2013. I was there on the finish line and it was a remarkable experience to be at the Boston Marathon in 2014 after the tragedy of 2013. I was in manhattan on 9 11 and i was in manhattan in the days after 9 11 and in the new york area to see people who,