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Didnt matter, that he was no longer eligible for the lottery when they began it in 1969, and he was out of school and out of any potential service. yet he went back to it a year later. hes on the campaign trail talking about this draft number. i think its a story that the best to him. and allowed him to be somewhat in the mainstream and not to have sought deferment. >> what is john mccain doing? this is now second time hes referenced the president not by name, he gave that speech last week. >> w...

Spurs. its a topic now because senator john mccain talked about about it. michael dantonio heard about the bone spurs in 2014. heres some audio from the conversation. >> you did have a medical deferment? >> feet. >> what was it for? >> the medical deferment is feet. >> what was going on with your feet? >> i have bone spurs at the back of my feet which at the time prevented me from walking long distances. >> so you couldnt march? >> it would be very difficult to march long distances, very healthy...

The rest of the interview was that he had this high draft number, so maybe the feet didnt matter. and i shouldnt take that too seriously. we actually talked about the draft number. these become very tortured conversations. i used to be exasperated because one hour with donald trump is followed by ten hours of fact checking. we finally got to the point that he agreed the draft matter didnt matter, that he was no longer eligible for the lottery when they began it in 1969, and he was out of -- out ...

>> so he showed you his feet. >> yeah and i saw no spur. >> do you know what a spur look like? >> well -- part of what i was getting at when i said to businessman trump about well, thats a legitimate thing, a lot of people get deferments, i was trying to get him to explain this thing about his draft number. this is something he repeated many times, a high draft number and thus i didnt have to serve. the lottery was 18 months after he graduated from college. the thing is i was watching the draft ...

Coping with their experience after the fighting stopped. not just veterans, on the american side. veterans on the vietnamese side as well. i started asking what the war in vietnam means to americans today. >> the most important event in american history since the second world war. so it is informed so much of how we are now. you could say a good deal of the divisions and the hyperpartisanship we experience today was borne out of those divisions and hyperpartisanship of the vietnam era, but also ...

And then a different approach going after ceos in draft number three with corporate profits at record highs its time for a real raise for all working americans. that idea was scrapped. they went back to the original tweet for draft four and draft five they said the version was too long for the character limit. so you get the idea. >> we get the idea. >> trump does the same thing. when he sent that one out calling me little donny d. a failure. seven drafts. it was miniscule. he puts the same thou...

Original tweet. draft number five keeps every american deserves a shot at success. then adds, fast food and child care workers shouldnt have to march in streets for living wages. but that tweet was too long for the twitter character count. in comes draft number six. that loses the hashtag for space. the next up with puts the "h" signifying the personal hillary tweet back in, but no evidence of her involvement at least in this e-mail chain of any discussions. the next one puts the hashtag back in...

In case you missed it, apparently it takes a village to write one hillary clinton tweet. according to an e-mail chain released by wikileaks, it took at least 12 people and 10 drafts to come up with a 134-character tweet from clinton about the fight over a $15 minimum wage. they started with this. "every american deserves a fair shot at success with a true living wage. i stand with fast food workers in the hashtag fight for 15." and its signed with an "h." that signifies a personal tweet from hil...

Behavior. lets hold it there. that was a failed mission in that school, correcting poor behavior. all right. back to the this. his experience gave him more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go in to the military. despite sitting out the vietnam war because of deferments followed by a high draft lottery number, he said he endured the riggers of military life. my number was so incredible and it was a very high draft number. i never had to do that but i felt i was in the military in t...

Of the situation. >> we found out he considers himself lucky of a high draft number and then talks about something about a bone spur in the foot. that avoided any type of service to this country. but he still remains really popular, dan in the polls. leading the pack at number one or hes number two. it depends on which poll youre looking at. most likely he will end up on that debate stage with fox when they have the first one. what would you say to supporters that support him? >> i think when vo...