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Class has let us down. thats why im running for president. but i think voters also need to see that im someone who doesnt just talk about it, im someone whos done it, whos challenged the status quo all my life, thats how you go from secretary to ceo, you solve problems, your challenge the status quo and you lead. thats what i will do at the white house. >> i went from telemarketer to tv anchor. >> you challenged a lit bit of status quo, too, megyn. >> thanks for being here. not quite the same as...

Class has let us down. thats why im running for president. but i think voters also need to see that im someone who doesnt just talk about it, im someone whos done it, whos challenged the status quo all my life, thats how you go from secretary to ceo, you solve problems, your challenge the status quo and you lead. thats what i will do at the white house. >> i went from telemarketer to tv anchor. >> you challenged a lit bit of status quo, too, megyn. >> thanks for being here. not quite the same as...

Group or series of focus groups they held. >> right. which is why it lacks authenticity to begin with it. its a boo. its true. she should have known instinctively that it wasnt okay to make a poorly crafted snapchat joke or do these things but she lacked the ability to come from the inside to say hey, i know this is going to resonate because im being my true self. thats the problem. shes being managed and micro managed and twisted and told. shes doing what shes told. listening to what theyre say...

Prep school in new york state, and therefore he has more military experience than a lot of guys, you know, men and women who have served in the military. you know the idea that -- >> and i mean, he leads the opponents by the same margins that hillary does or hillary trails the opponents though. >> and so lets stop talking about e-mails and talk about this iran deal. >> and apparently voters are talking about it in the clinton-run focus groups, and katy, some of the process is what is leaked out ...

That youre going to be less scripted and youre doing focus groups. >> its like the comedian saying, here comes the joke. im about to tell a joke. did mention a shift in the clinton campaign. and they noted two jokes that mrs. clinton had told recently, one at hthat her campaign likede they did not. ill get your reaction. >> you were official in charge. did you wipe the server? >> like with a cloth or somebody? >> a lot of people have said a lot of things about my hair over the years. so i do kin...

Impression? what do you think, tim? >> well, she has been in the public eye for 30 years. more than that as you said. and i think it would be difficult for her personally to actually pull this off. i mean, planning might make sense in some context but coming from hillary clinton means theyre going to run like focus groups. spend tens of thousands of dollars and see what whitty things she should say or how she should dance and that sort of thing. is it too late? youve got to look at the calender....

Alex, lets start with you. the numbers are striking and the clinton campaign is doing a reset. it wants to show mrs. clintons softer side. humor and her heart. alex, why is this something that actually needs to be announced? >> right. i mean, this is a point that you get to in a lot of presidential campaigns when the going gets rough. you hear cries for letting the candidate be the candidate and, you know, letting the humanity shine through. but you risk if you announce it, if you have too many ...

Polls, to make that decision, who is going to be our standard bearer in 2016. >> okay. thats all true. but there are some big players behind the scenes, and theyre weighing in on this. the "new york times" i know you saw the article, very interesting today on trump. and he writes, quote, quiet conversations have begun in recent weeks among some of the republican partys biggest donors, all aimed at a single question, how can we stop donald trump. republican strategists and donors assembled focus ...

A latino man, cold cocking him in the head after the event. >> your question was right. this pledge doesnt mean anything in terms of, you know, donald trumps word is not stronger than oak. there are reasons for him to sign it. one of the big ones -- right after the fox news debate, one of the only things, arguably the only thing that seriously brought unfavorable opinions from republican voters if you looked at focus groups and talked to voters and polls was his inability to commit to endorsing ...

Donald trumps word is not stronger than oak. there are reasons for him to sign it. one of the big ones -- right after the fox news debate, one of the only things, arguably the only thing that seriously brought unfavorable opinions from republican voters if you looked at focus groups and talked to voters and polls was his inability to commit to endorsing the eventually nominee. >> this neutralizes an attack line going into the cnn debate this month where he can say i signed the pledge. thats off ...