hard working americans. to make this country great. really is amazing. it proceeded out of a lifetime -- >> mike pence in des moines. he's warming up the crowd. we're expected to hear from donald trump srtly. wup one of two stops for donald trump today. going to be in wisconsin as we have been report ng the last few minutes, the expectation now, the expectation is that donald trump is going to endorse paul ryan, the house speaker, who's running for re-election. he's in republican primary, in wisconsin. that primary taking place next week. trump said just a couple of days ago he wasn't quite ready the to endorse ryan. obviously, that set off quite a bit of discussion, a bit of controversy, but donald trump now the indications are that he's going to do that. as you might have heard from halle jackson, the last few minutes, with donald trump, there's always that heir of uncertainty. even when something is expected to happen. you never quite sure until he follows through. the indications that today ond tonight, will be endorsing paul ryan. mike pence is warming up the crowd in des moines. we're going to keep an eye on the event in des moines and bring you out there as soon as trump starts speaking an more to tell you about in the world of politics and in the 2016 campaign. ahead this hour, we are going to start with what's the top of our agenda right now, the head of the agency investigating the chicago police describing as shocking. a new video of police opening fire on an unarmed 18-year-old. >> okay. the 18-year-old who was shot was driving a stole stolen car. the officers have been stripped of their police powers for violating department policy. a live report from chicago. also on the agenda, short circuited. hillary clinton's new line on our e-mail scandal. >> what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said publicly. so i may have short circuited and for that,ly try to clarify. >> is she helping herself or digging a deeper hole with that answer? all that and much more still ahead this hour. we are going to begin though in chicago. that breaking news we're toll teling you about a a minute ago, the police department and an agency have released what the agency calls shocking and disturbing videos of an officer involved shooting. it occurred last week, the video rs new. they're just out though. an autopsy showing that 18-year-old paul o'neil was shot in the back. there is still lots of confusion here. cammie joins us on the ground in chicago with the latest. what can you tell us about this. >> steve, as you mentioned, it doesn't show the actual shooting that moment when it happened, but it paints a picture of what happened in the moments leading up to the shooting and what happened after. now, we have several different views of this from body cam videos as well as dash cam videos that were in the car. let's watch that first clip of how this started. >> okay. >> so, what happened is police were pursuing the suspect and you can see from that body campaign campaign video, they tried to get him to stop. he narrowly missed the officers. he missed one of the officers and that's when the officer opened fire. he then crashed the car. officers take off chasing him and what you don't hear are the shots that are fired. multiple shot rs fired. paul o'neill is struck. down on the ground, bleeding and unresponsive. that's when police officers cuff him and we've watched this video, we're not showing it to you because it's disturb, but you see an officer walk up and he appears to kick him as he's on the ground bleeding and unresponsive. now, this morning, the family, his mother and sister, got a chance to watch this video and as you can imagine, they were upset. visibly shocked over watching the video of their family member get killed. let's listen to what his sister had to say. >> i'd like to tart off by saying that that is my first little brother. i'm very hurt. words can't describe how i feel at this moment and how i elt when it happened, but i really want everybody to know that paul was loved by my mother, his family, me. that was everybody's best friend. he loved to keep smiles on everybody's face. >> their attorney, michael oppenheimer, made the point in his opinion, that these police officers were acting as judge, jury and executioner. he also alleged there's a cover up because one of the body cams malfunctioned. steve? >> tammy, thanks for that. and back to politics, we were showing you a second ago that trump rally underway in iowa right now. mike pence, donald trump's running mate warming up the crowd. this event underway with donald trump expected to speak shortly. it comes with nbc news learning that donald trump is probably going to be endorsing house speaker paul ryan in wisconsin later today. we say probably because with donald trump, there's always that uncertainty until he says it or does it himself. katy tur is outside trump tower here in new york, so in a way, it's amazing. the republican convention is over. we are totally in the general election right now. in the discussion is still around whether the republican nominee for president will endorse the republican speaker of the house in his republican primary. in his congressional district. looks like trump's going in that direction. what do we know? zpl it is an important caveat to say that you never know what donald trump's going to say until the words come out of his mouth, but what we are hearing at nbc news is that donald trump is is expected to endorse paul ryan tonight when we campaigns in green bay, wisconsin. this is a big deal, steve, because this week has been a lot of discussion about donald trump deciding he wasn't going to endorse paul ryan. this is after quite a bit of party disunity and then claims the party was back together. it's after a convention where paul ryan thought donald trump would get on track and now has said he doesn't understand why donald trump isn't going after hillary clinton and why he keeps missing those opportunities. so, a lot of drama surrounding that, but donald trump's been dropping in the polls, quite significantly. wisconsin being a state he needs to win. he's going to be there tonight and it's becoming clear to him that he needs to get on the side of paul ryan to wisconsin. he's apopular guy there. he's more popular than donald trump. donald trump did not win wisconsin during the primary. there was a couple of congressional districts around paul ryan's congressional district that he needs to win, some counties that like paul ryan a lot and donald trump need to find a way to reach out to them in order to take that state in november. so this was an important endorsement for donald trump. it is an important endorsement for trump to make and it's a moment you're starting to if he does this, the campaign trying to right itself. trying to correct the course and get away from controversies. there's been a growing course of people whosk trying to tell donald trump it is time for him to just quit it with the headlines. quit it with the controversial statements and move on and talk about policy. and get away from all of the drama surrounding his campaign. if he does that tonight, if he endorses paul ryan, it will be another small glimmer of hope for the gop that donald trump is going to findly reset himself. >> we're going to go now to des moines, iowa. here's donald trump taking stage. let's take a listen. ♪ >> thank you, everybody. so r we have to start by saying i miss you. we did very well in iowa. this was my first indoctrination into the world of politics. you know that. and i spent a lot of time out here and i buy a lot of equipment for john deere, so you have to like me for that. i appreciate everybody being here. it's been an amazing period of time. we're getting our points across. sometimes, it's not easy. we have a very hostile media. and like nobody can believe. we know it. do we know it? and we're going to, i think i'll write a book. what i know. what i know about people. but i have to tell you, we're going to be talking about the queen of corruption. all right? we're going to be talking about law and order. we have a problem in this country for lots of different reasons and by the way, great, great respect for our police. just got another endorsement this morning. if hillary clinton becomes president, you will have, you will have terrorism, problems, you will have really in my opinion, the destruction of this country from within. just remember that. just remember i said it. the destruction of our country from within. i wrote up some little notes, it concerns her, president obama, who is doing a terrible job. look at what's going on in our country and you see what's happening. i thought i'd discuss this because we know hillary, i know hillary and it's interesting. did it this morning. unstable. hillary clinton. lacks the judgment, temperament and moral character to lead this country. and i believe that's tha so strongly. believe that so strongly. the director said he lied, lied, lied, lied. all the other things she's done and then on sunday, she said he never said that. who has who has disregarded. thank you. who has disregarded the lives of f americans and put all of us at very, very great risk. while supporting economic policies that have destroyed our economy. and believe me, our economy is a bad, bad shape. and we're going to go into that. people in the background know it. the people that know her know it. and she's like an unbalanced person. in the words of a secret service agent and you know, were look, i hope they never write a book about me like that. the press hasn't -- >> listening in on donald trump. he's talking to a crowd in iowa. he was introduced a few minutes ago by mike pence, the first of two trump events today. he'll be in green bay, wisconsin tonight. it is expected that donald trump in wisconsin tonight will be endorsing paul ryan, the speaker of the house, for re-election to his house seat. ryan in a republican primary being challenged in a republican primary next week. donald trump apparently will endorse him tonight. not doing that as you can hear right now. and interestingly, donald trump may be launching into more of a standard stump speech in the first few minutes. as standard as it could be for tump, but maybe a little bit more of that message discipline in the wake of the controversy and bad polling news. let's take stock of where the race stands at what has been one of the worst weeks for donald trump. maybe the worst week he's had as a presidential candidate. here's the newest number in term of in national horse race. comes from our nbc "wall street journal" poll. hillary clinton pulling ahead by nine points. not the only national pole this week we've seen with a result like this. there was a fox news pole that had it at ten. there's a mclatchy poll that has it at 15. what here is hillary clinton opening up the largest lead she's had over donald trump in the campaign and opening up leads that are larger that we saw in the 2012 race. there's significant movement to hillary clinton's way. the question is, can donald trump find a wii to get back into this thing. he still does have some time if nothing else. let's look deeper into the numbers. here's one surprising finding. the gender gap. ths still a gender gap, but look at this. hillary clinton is is leading trump by a point among men. we've seen barack obama win men by a point in 2008. we've seen bill clinton win them by a couple of points in 2000 t 2. it is a much bigger margin. the gender gap again. a much bigger margin among women. a 16 hf-point advantage. how about that. we talk about this divide, the sort of blue collar, white collar divide. donald trump has made a pitch aim ee eed squarely at blue col voters. donald trump is leading in our poll with this group. but that's not the number he needs. mitt romney, he beat barack obama by more than 20 points, so that's bad news for trump, but here's the devastating news for trump in this poll. look at this. white collar professionals. they have college degree, suburbs, professional, generally look at this. hillary clinton leads them over trump by seven points. here's the thing. never, never, have we seen a democrat win this group in a presidential election. hillary clinton right now leads it by seven points. that may be the worst finding here for trump and even within the gap within the noncollege college divide, you see it's really only men. blue collar men. men without college degrees trump is winning. every other one, he is losing to clinton. also bad news for trump is where the electoral map is shifting now. we have a new poll this week. all this bad polling news. hillary clinton, a poll has her ahead in arizona. on one democrat, bill clinton in '96 has care rid arizona in generations. how about this. georgia, ahead by four points. georgia last wentd f for a demot in 1992 with bill clinton. you add this together, look at this map. we've looked at what the scenarios are that could trump would hit 37 270. we have the other here to consider. if hillary clinton, if she's leading georgia, if she could georgia, if she could flip arizona, that path for donald trump to 270 goes from very difficult to almost impossible to see. of course, there's another red state on this map and that's north carolina. so, we talked about trump trying to make incursions into blue state, but if hillary clinton were able to win all three of these states or just two of them, that would change the electoral math in a way that would make it almost impossible to see donald trump getting to 270. we can also show you the story of this election. this week really became clear. the story of the college noncollege divide. you can tell it in pennsylvania. this is a state that donald trump need to win to get to 270. tas state that's gone democrat since 1992, but democrat, his campaign has high hopes of winning this state because it has a lot of those blue collar vit voters. new poll, this came out yesterday has hillary clinton ahead. barack obama won this state by five four years ago, so why is is hillary clinton doing better in a state donald trump is supposed to do well in? here's the story. this is the story of pennsylvania and folks, this is the story right now of the entire 2016 election and why trump is in such bad shape. take a look at this. southwest pennsylvania. this area around pittsburgh here. this is filled with the kind of voters donald trump has been appealing to. plu collar, white voters and you can see in this poll, trump is leading by 23 points in this part of the state. he's leading by 23 points. that actually represents an improvement from where mitt romney was in this same region four years ago sork trump with that message aimed at blue collar white, he has boosted republican support in that region of the state. but when you pitch your message so squarely at one group of voters like that, there's a reaction. a consequence and check this out. havi a little trouble with this. check this out. the suburbs of philadelphia. this is white color. college educated, professional. suburban. it's also densely populated. this is about 20% of all the votes in the entire state come out of these four counties. four years ago, barack obama won the suburbs of philadelphia by nine points over mitt romney, but donald trump, donald trump appeal i appealing so hard to the voter this is this part of the state, how's he doing in the suburbs he's losing by 40 points. in this new poll that hillary clinton. that is the b problem. that is the central problem donald trump is encountering right now. he has run a campaign that seems to be improving where republicans normally do among blue collar men. blue collar men in particular. he is getting a bump there, but at what coast. that's the coast. cost. the suburbs that republicans rely on right now turning hard against donald trump. toward hillary clinton and right now, in pennsylvania, trump doing worse actually overall. than mitt romney did four years ago. this is a story we're seeing across the country. joining us now to talk more about the state of the race, steven frum, a former speech writer, senior editor at the atlantic. david, it's friday. it's been a rough week for donald trump. we see him on stage in iowa. the state of the trump campaign and the prospects for turn around, what would you say right now? >> his really only hope is to get on the big plane and go to bermuda for the rest of the election. the secret of his success in the primary, he was able to grab the tv camera, fix it on himself and say outrageous things, but that galvanized a segment out of one party of two in the country. he can't stop doing that. can't stop making the camera focus on him. can't stop making himself the theme. so, a lot of voters who might not like hillary clinton that much, who might not be democrats, they're not thinking at her. what they're thinking about is the newest atrocity. are we insulting babies today in war hee whos? disabled? women? which group that any decent human being would respect is being treated with contempt that day. if he got on the plane and went to bermuda and just stopped talking, the camera might have a minute to focus on hillary clinton and some of those foe voters might remember, hey, we always don't like her. >> donald trump is still pu pursuing the same strategy he pursued in the republican primaries and the types o voert he's done well with were learning they're enough to get you the republican nomination, but you've got to grow them to compete in the general election. >> and he may be losing a grip on some of them. because it does have an accumulating effect. that remember, voters he was getting were people who were loosely connect wd the political process and they sort of enjoyed it that he was shaking things up and his wife appears naked on the front page of newspapers. that's different. but you know, a week of that is kind of fun. i think a lot of people had a reaction in 2015. this is arresting. yu can't stop watching it. and then over time, you get horrified. now imagine somebody pays as much, about 1/20 the amount of politics. they need 20 times as long to decide, whoa, this is a bit much. this is not for the presidency, nuclear war, war and peace. a bit much. many of those people over the next few months will arrive at the point where viewers of programs like yours arrived a long time ago. >> in the news this afternoon, it looks like donald trump is going to endorse paul ryan in his republican primary in wisconsin. we're expecting donald trump to say that tonight at his event in green bay. what does that say to you that here we are in the middle of auction and this is the discussion. actually, there been suspension. >> well, that's remarkable but if he doesn't, this is the first struggle for dominance that trump has lost. i wrote about this in one of the first debates. donald trump stages these little exercises in primate group dynami dynamics, he breaks the will of the smaller orangutans. the one person who stood up to him was carly fiorina early in the debates until trump overwhelmed her. paul ryan has increasing levels of distaste for trump and now, suddenly, donald trump has to make that endorsement without getting anything from paul ryan and that in the trump world, that is humiliation and that must hurt him and maybe why he t it. >> thank you. coming up, hillary clinton again today playing defense on the issue of her e-mails. her new response is coming up next. also, there is one demographic group where donald trump support lags behind not just the democrats, but also the libertarians and the green part nominee for president. our most important number of f the day. we'll show you the group where tump is running not in first, not in second, not in third, but in fourth place. plus, just 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>> i appreciate your asking that because i was pointing out in both of those instances, that director comey had said my answers in my fbi interview were truthful. that's really the bottom line here. and i have said during the interview and many other occasions over the past months, that what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said publicly. so, iay have short circuited and for that, i you know, will try to clarify. she says she points out comey said she did not lie. he does not believe she lied to the fbi. comey was asked by congress if she lied to the american people. he said he wasn't going to address that. one way or the other. it seems like she's taking the situation maybe a little more nebulous here and trying to make it more clear cut than it is. >> well, i think that's right, steve. i think she gets caught in the weeds and when you're accused of something, you want to go into the nuances et scetera. what the secretary should say if asked about this again, she should say look. director comey's testimony for the house committee, he's a little unclear. before the house committee, he was very clear. that there were 122 e-mails that had classified information, but the key factor is three of them were marked classified and there by secretary clinton could have only assumed three were classified documents and of those, two turned out to be improperly classified. so out of 30,000 was marked classified that she apparently received or sent out over her server, and that's the bottom line. only three out of 30,000 of those three two of them were marked improperly. >> right. and there's the distinction here, we should point out to everybody between the handful that had the markings on them and then the question whether that was proper or improper but there were over 100 that had classified information that comey said secretary clinton and those on the e-mail chain should have recognized as classified material but, yes, it didn't have those actual -- >> the documents weren't classified, and the key here about whether there was any violation of procedures or laws is did they release or send over a private server things that were marked classified and that's the bottom line. and whether they should have known or, you know, should have known, et cetera, unless they're marked classified, then it's very unclear whether anybody should have known or did know and, remember, on the opposite end of every one of those transmissions was other state department people who also didn't react to the fact there may have been classified material. >> that is where james comey in his public statement says it wasn't just hillary clinton. it was hillary clinton and those who were on these chains. he said they had been careless because they should have recognized that information as classified information not, again, classified markings. i know we get in the weeds here. one big picture question to you on this. what this really gets to, the story has really gotten to is the question of honesty and trustworthiness. these are the most recent polls. this is from right after james comey made the statement, is hillary clinton honest and trustworthy? 30% yes. 68% no. when you look at that answer she gave today, when you look at what she said over the weekend when she was asked about this on the sunday shows, does that reassure any of those people saying no? >> i don't know. again, if i was advising the secretary i would say just stick to the fact that the procedure of the fbi homeland security is when a document has classifie information in it, it says classified in big, bold letters at the top. out of 30,000 e-mails that she sent out or received, only three on the top and two of them were improperly classified. and stick to that because that's -- people can understand, big black letters, classified or confidential or private. we all send out private or confidential letters, and she didn't violate any rules or any laws on documents that were marked classified. >> all right. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell. >> i would stick to that. >> appreciate the time. thank you. >> thanks, steve. and coming up it is the night more than 11,000 athletes from around the world have been waiting for for years. the opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games. we're going to head down to rio for a preview right after this. ♪ mapping the oceans. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malaria. improving energy efficiency. developing more clean burning natural gas. my job? 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>> reporter: yeah, there will be at least one athlete not in the parade of athletes coming into the stadium tonight. we're just getting reports out now by the associated press that a greek athlete, we don't know which sport, apparently has been sent home, left the athlete village here, after testing positive in pregame dope testing. we don't know where those tests were conducted. they were conducted last month, so this athlete has been disqualified now from competing here. and just to keep in mind that there are a lot of folks who aren't happy to see the russian delegation here because of the state sponsored doping that wata said they were engaged in he is pegs ly in and around the sochi games, but still, 271 of those athletes are here. there will be more than 5,000 doping tests conducted here and you can bet if any one of those positives happen to be russian athletes, that whole controversy is going to come back. a lot of folks critical of the ioc. now back to the festivities. tonight we have the opening ceremony, as you mentioned a billion people, as many as a billion people watching on television. the one surprise we're still waiting on is who is going to actually light the cauldron. pele, the great soccer star, was weary of hearing people like me saying he might do it. in addition to some other things he says, i have no physical conditions to be a part of the olympic opening ceremony at this moment, and as a brazilian i can only ask god to bless everyone, or to bless everybody. we should point out last month e he did take part in the torch relay, so he was at least involved in the runup to the olympic games here, but he is probably the -- well, he isn't probably, he is the most well-known brazilian athlete if not the most well-known brazilian person in the history of this country. it would be a surprise if he's not somehow involved. we do know that gisele bundchen, the supermodel who is married to tom brady, will be part of the ceremony. we don't know if she will physically be in the stadium or on a television screen. it will be festive and fun and in the words of the director, cool. steve, back to you. >> i had pele in the lighting the flame office pool, too. ron mott down there in rio, enjoy the show tonight. thanks for that. and after the break, we talk all the time about which group is trump winning with. how about a group donald trump isn't just losing. he's coming in fourth place right now. we're going to tell you what group of voters donald trump is running fourth with in the presidential race. that's our most important number of the day and it is next. trolling for a gig with braindrone? 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>> the suburbs of kansas city, in davenport. the other thing i'd say about this ad, there's nothing you would rate it as pants on fire. it's a fair enough argument but it seems like the kind of argument you'd make a couple months ago before a lot of polling came out that said americans trust hillary clinton more than trump. if what you're thrusting forward is the issue of who is going it to keep you safe, i think trump loses that fight and so why is that the argument he wants it to make? one of the few things is the economic argument and cares about downwardly mobile workers. not who will be safe in this crazy world. >> disqualifying hillary clinton on the question of national security comes 12 hours after this ad came out from the clinton campaign trying to do the same thing to trump. >> if he governs consistent with the things he says as a candidate, i would be very frightened. >> he's talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. >> this inot somebody who should be handed a nuclear code. you have to ask are self do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes. as of now, i'd have to say no. >> and, again, not an ideological message here. this is not about the direction hillary clinton wants to take foreign policy wise versus donald trump. this is just a question of basic fitness to handle the nuclear codes. >> well, if anything, it's ideological jujitsu because that was stocked with republican and conservative commentators selling out who should be not selling out but krcriticizing, aptly criticizing, their own candidate. i saw a tweet, i never thought i'd be used in a democratic ad. it's fine you're using me because i feel that. they could have done a fou four-minute version. they played a version of that during the convention, and it was notable that so many of the people who are questioning trump are republicans. some of them have said they're going to vote for hillary. they've never voted for anyone but a republican in their life. >> beth, in "the new york times" today mike morrell said i ran the cia and i don't trust donald trump to lead the country. this seems to me if you're the clinton campaign and you're ahead and you want to keep some traditional republican voters from rallying around their party's standard-bearer this is the way to do it. >> absolutely. that's the message there. come on over. the water's fine. you can actually break with this guy you're probably a little bit uncomfortable with even though he represents your party and come over to hillary clinton who is makinging a strong pitch around security. also the temperament issue. it's really not this binary choice between a liberal and conservative. this is someone stable versus unstable. she's been hooking to the message now for a few days ever since the convention. he's given her lots and lots of fodder it to work with with some of the erratic things he said this week. as you were saying, it's a pitch for republicans and apparently it's working. you've been talking about what's been going on in pennsylvania, those voters who might have supported romney are coming over to her and she is welcoming th. hillary clinton is welcoming those -- >> my sense is they'll listen to the messengers you see in the ad, to a mike morrell. >> the validators. >> the big question coming out of this week, this is probably the worst week donald trump has had, did the race change in a permanent way this week or are we three or four weeks from now say iing donald trump is only t points behind, he could win this thing? >> in a couple weeks we'll be able to tell if this week's what we think we're seeing is true is true. how could you argue he was doing anything but playing massive amounts of catch-up, doing no amount to get his message out, just having another terrible week where he needs to make up ground and he's losing ground. >> we're going into the olympics now which is going to take everybody's attention away from politics. the narrative that exists right now is trump's losing, trump's flailing, will harden into temporary permanence because nobody is paying attention to politics the next two weeks. >> if there's such a thing as a reset button in the trump world, maybe this is their chance to press it. beth fouhey, mike pesca, thank you. i'm steve kornacki. "mtp daily" with chuck ed todd starts right now. if it's friday, as the olympic torch lights up rio, the trump campaign is looking to torch the week that was. can his campaign get back on track, or has donald trump simply hit too many hurdles? if all else fails, he can just blame it on rio. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. ♪ good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. blameless here. it's all rio's fault. welcome to "mtp daily. "as
we'll bring you what's new. in florida, new measures under way to stop zika-carrying mow ski is toes. will it hurt tourism in the sunshine state? we begin with the 31st open game, which included a social message for the 21st century. and were capped off with a massive fireworks display. ron mott joins me with highlights for the opening ceremony and a look at what is on tap today. first, let's look at last night together. what really stood out for you? >> it was a great opening ceremony. this was on a budget, alex. we knew this was not going to come anywhere near the dazzle if you will of 2008 in beijing. but this was a show that did shy away from some of the controversial past, slavery and the like. overall this was a colorful show with great, vibrant music. and of course the two things people are talking about this morning is the long catwalk by gisele. it was amazing. she looked great. and then this flag bearer, a tiny island nation in the south pacific that came into the stadium with his shirt off. he was all oiled up and almost broke the internet last night. those are the two big headlines. it was a really good show. a lot of brazilians who had been complaining about the internet here took pride in the country showing itself off to the world, alex. now today of course we will get this competition under way in ernest. >> well, gisele bundchen i think it was her last official catwalk. what a way to wind down a career that way. let's talk about what we look forward to today. what's on the agenda? >> so lots of sports going on today. two key things we should point out for fans back home in america. women's soccer. they are going for a fifth gold medal. they play against france. this match begins at 4:00 eastern, i believe. u.s. is is ranked number one in the world france is ranked number three. they played in march. the u.s. won with a stoppage goal, 1-0. and of course the taller guys, the nba stars playing team usa basketball will be playing behind us a little later against china. for his service to our country, in uniform and in public office. and i fully support and endorse his reelection. i also fully support and endorse senator kelly ayotte new hampshire. >> the republican nominee will hold a rally this evening. on the democratic side, bernie sanders furnished this op ed, once again urging supporters to vote for hillary clinton. his latest plea as the convention is under way in texas. later today, jill stein will be formally nominated. she has been trying to make the case to sanders supporters why they should vote for her. wikileaks julian assange will deliver a key note speech. and the democratic ticket is off the campaign trail today. hillary clinton gave remarks and took questions at the nabj-nahj convention last night. this is after a stop in milwaukee, wisconsin. >> while we have been talk building jobs, donald trump has been going after the family of a war hero. where dom trump has been going after fellow republicans and talk about why he won't endorse them in their primaries, we are talking about jobs. he is basically shadow boxing with every enemy he can think of instead of talking about what americans want to talk about. >> let's go now to kelly o'donnell. with a good morning to you, any friend. hillary clinton, as you know, has not held a press conference in months. yesterday, though, facing a room journalists. >> while hillary clinton has done a number of one-on-one interviews and she has on occasion taken a couple of spontaneous questions from those reporters traveling with her and occasionally has done town halls where a citizen ask a question, a press conference has been a rarity. and this was a convention of journalist, national association of black journalists and national association of hispanic journalists. when it comes to the e-mail situation, there are many hillary clinton supporters who say why is that being asked again. there is a good reason for that. now that director comey has spoken and did an interview in which there appeared to be a disparity between her account and what the fbi director said. this centers on whether or not she had been fully truthful in her public statements about her use of e-mail after the conclusion of the investigation, which did find there were some classified documents that had been sent back and forth. there was a use of more than one device. there were a number of key data points that the fbi director laid out, finding her and some of her senior staff care her handling of secrets. they wanted to know why there had been a discrepancy between what director comey said and an interview she gave last week. >> i have said during the interview and many other occasions the past months that what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said publicly. so i may have short circuited that. for that i will try to clarify. >> i was at his rather unusual sort of dissection of the case conducted by the fbi down at the fbi headquarters. and he was very clear those investigators, is and he was not present, who interviewed hillary clinton on a saturday for three and a half hours, believed she was not evasive. so truthful in her account for the fbi. yet at the same time when members of congress listed point by point a number of her quotes of comments she had made publicly about the e-mail situation, the director said that was not true, that was not true, that was not true. so there is this disparity. clinton is correct that in their conduct with her, their interview with her, she was believed to be truthful. but there are these inconsistencies that are a nag part of this whole e-mail drama that's been going on more than a year. >> i remember that well. you were outside of mrs. clinton's home all day back and forth watching the comings and goes. jane, you heard the report there from kelly as to why. give me your opinion as well wipe clinton cannot seem to put the e-mail story to bed once and for all? >> she cannot shake this because she does not answer a lot of questions about it. when she does, she often leaves more questions in her wake. so the inconsistencies that senate republicans did point out, they upset people. when people look at them, they say why isn't it clear? why isn't it obvious straight forward. she keeps getting asked questions. this is her first press conference in months. the journalists who follow her day in and day out, they have bubbling questions and it won't go away until she answers as many as possible. >> is that going to do anything to further gop unity? >> it might put out a temporary fire, but it is not going to help unity. had he made those endorsements before he said i'm just not there yet. the leader of the party saying i'm not sure i'm ready to endorse. these would have helped further party unity. this has done nothing to help the party because time in, time-out he may see john mccain is not a war hero as he did a year ago, and he walked it back a couple days later but everyone still remembers the first. >> what would it take for the gop to rebuke trump? what would it? >> yeah. that is a really great question. these are things that the republican party usually would have been completely in agreement on. crying babies, not a problem. gold star families, we respect them. these there obvious points. but the more that the gop gets into this, the deeper they get, the more times they don't say anything when donald trump makes these remarks or they do say something but they quietly condemn what he says, the deeper they get. if they do come out and rebuke him, the question is what about the gold star family, that about the crying baby. there are many, many controversies. every time the question is is, are you going to rebuke them? we have seen a couple of rebukes, but not anyone up for reelection yet. >> that opens up a whole other set of questions like who steps into that vacuum. in the wake of the dnc cyber attacks, an equity surprise. potentially another leak that could do damage right before the election. do you think that should be a serious consideration for the clinton campaign? 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>> if any of it is released, it will not be the worst thing in the world. they are very general. general distribution of forces. and the things we are focusing on, the things we think are the flash points and problems for the united states, there is no briefing on current operations, special operations specifically. so if any of that stuff is released, it's not the end on of the world as we know it, alex. >> colonel, can a president of the united states order a nuclear strike unilaterally? >> the short answer is, yes, we have. but we have a two-man rule. it is not enough for the president to say we will launch at russia. the secretary of defense also has to concur. so if the president orders a strike, the secretary of defense has to be complacent in it. further more, if it is just the launch of a strike for absolutely no reason, in any case, the order goes to the national military command center -- control center is. so if it is is not in retaliation, it is is just an arbitrary strike, the command center which has its finger on absolutely everything that's going on in the world, it will not pass the order down to where it needs to be executed. every commander at every chain of command has to concur before a strike is is released. >> okay. we always hear that, finger on the button. but the "washington post" shows it is not a button. it is a briefcase. we have been shown pictures and it follows the president everywhere. worst-case scenario, something is going on and you need to have a consultation on what's happening there, how complicated is it for the president to authorize? 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she seemed really at odds after criticizing him. >> that was quite an about-face. . the most recent poll by 12 points. 9 governor is seizing on this and has been saying she is trying to link the senator to trump. and so that is not clear whether it will help or hurt her here in new hampshire. trump does seem back on message. he attacked hillary clinton and the press last night. he talked about the dishonest press. he said a baby crying who jokingly said they need to get out of the rally. he went after the press. take a listen. >> i gently tell a woman that i love her baby and let the baby cry. it's okay. but after about three or four minutes and i'm trying to speak. it was in jacksonville. we had this massive, massive crowd. it filled the stadium. and the baby is is screaming. i said, ma'am, i would like to reverse my order. perhaps you can take the baby out. i did it so nicely. she was happy. even the baby was happy. he stopped crying. and the next day in the newspaper it says trump throws baby out of arena. >> you have it. the baby. so tonight he will be here in new hampshire at the high school behind me. then he is back on monday campaigning in both states he is behind in the most recent polls. alex. >> which means he will probably spend some time there. joining me is trump supporter and host for wkbn in young town, ohio. what do you make of trump coming around and endorsing these key republican figures and do you think it will unify the party? >> i think he caused a controversy to say he wasn't going to back these guys away from the khan family. i thought at first this was a brilliant strategy. i think it backfired on him. it alien ates mainstream republicans. >> he can't win for trying it sounds like. >> well, my advice to trump is, unfortunately as a trump supporter, i'm troubled by many of the things that he does, many of the stupid things he does. the things he said about john mccain not being a war hero, the thing he said about megyn kelly, the things he said about the baby. in many cases he is his own worst enemy. not just the bounce out of the dnc, but i think he is causing hillary's popularity to increase because of some of the dumb things he's saying. it troubles me as a trump supporter when he says this stuff. i cringe. i sit here in young town, ohio. 6,000 democrats in this community went from being democrats to cross over to vote for trump in the republican primary. 6,000. this is an important area for hillary clinton. she has to win this area big if she plans on win where i am. a lot of people are saying we have had enough of these trade agreements and $10, $11 an hour jobs. people here are willing to overlook some of his thin-skinned childish, spoiled rich kid behavior and saying we're going to vote for him on the issues. >> what you are saying was -- mcclatchey newspaper spoke with a reporter out of canton, ohio. he is voting for trump but is not particularly a fan. he doesn't think trump wants to become president. he told the paper, this is the biggest scam ever pulled in an education. no one with his education, his smarts would go shoot himself in the foot if he wanted to be president. what of everyone trying to replace him in light of all of these recent miss steps. >> i think he does want to be president. he has this monumental ego. if he's successful, as president he will try to do the things he promised to do so he will be a great president because his ego is is so large. i go along with a person you cited there. there are days that i wonder about the guy. they have to get him somewhat under control. wouldn't you think a 70-year-old man would have better manners and be more polite? we overlook things because that's how bad things are in ohio, west virginia. we are saying, hey, we are tired here of lobbyist controlled politicians that come here, get our vote, take our on money and forget all about us. what we are looking for is better opportunities for our college graduates, our high school graduates, unemployed people that are here. that's what we're hraorbging for. that's what we hope we will get from trump. >> i want to pick up on the word control. yes, you support him. during your podcast you say he's his own worst enemy. clinton got a convention bump getting an 11-point lead over trump. and a brand-new poll out of the red state of georgia shows four points behind hillary clinton. how concerned are you that more is not being done to reel him in to avoid a loss? or do you think enough cannot be done? >> sometimes i think the damage has already been done. it might be difficult. he is falling further and further behind. from a standpoint of his consultants they have to say, listen, we can appreciate the fact that you're a real guy and you say what's on your mind. but you need to throttle it down a little bit because you're turning off a lot of voters. women don't like you. minorities don't like you. here's my thinking. if you go out and say i'm for stopping illegals from coming into the country, why is our emphasis be on illegals. shouldn't our emphasis be on the ones that company come legally? it's not fair to them. i think trump is right on that issue. if he goes back to hammering those points he could win georgia and ohio. he could say, listen, we have to take a look at respect when it comes to our police officers. when it comes to respect, we have a generation of students now, young people as well as adults, they don't have respect for their teachers, they don't have respect for cops, they don't have respect for bus drivers. they don't even have respect for their own parents. now cops have to deal with this. if he hones in, he will do better in georgia. his messages i think connect with regular people. respect the police. respect authority. we're going to work on trade agreements and jobs. we're going to make america first. we're tired of being $20 trillion in debt. we need to fix the cost of health care. who doesn't agree with that? >> all right, ron verb, appreciate your candor very much. thank you. >> thank you. stopping zika in south florida. 9 effect the spraying is having in the region. >> coming up in the next hour from rio, the security challenges and the 1,000 so-called spies working for the u.s. to keep the games safe. 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the message and this has not been a good week. the last thing that you want to do is have a pub like fight with the speaker. the time is better spent trying to rebuild where you're losing in the key battleground states. this is a bad week, and i'm not sure that the endorsement is coming in the way that it did at the end of the week. it z >> it looks like he was just reading off a speech. when he is passionate about something, he sells it. it did not come off that way. >> yes, not only that. think of what it could have been. it could have been on stage in wisconsin that was not there or on stage with the sitting governor that was not there or on stage with the republican delegation that was not there. at least people would believe if donald trump gets elected and cannot work for the sitting speaker, what are they going to accomplish? it was not a good week, and the endorsement was poorly executed. >> given the concerns of the down ballot, do the candidates and gop want donald trump's 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well, it has to do with the suburbanites we're talking about, with professional, more upscale voters with college degrees. in 2012, in the suburbs of philadelphia -- this is a big chunk of pennsylvania -- 20% of the state, in those suburbs, barack obama won by nine points over mitt romney in 2012. now, was the state at play as we speak? hillary clinton leads by 40 in the suburbs of philadelphia. that is huge movement. that is movement we do not normally see from one presidential election to the next. that's why hillary clinton is opening up that big lead in pennsylvania. that's why -- that's an example of the type of voter she is reaching that has her ahead now nationally. >> so some of the pushback from republicans is sha that number on the screen in pennsylvania is the -- the impact that having the dnc in philadelphia has had on the race. is there anything in the numbers to indicate this is about location of the convention? >> i mean, it could be. i mean, 60 to 20. she could get a few extra points because of that. this is a smaller, relatively speaking, small sub sample. so there is a little bit of room for margin of error here. so take the number with the bit of a grain of salt. but clearly, hillary clinton is doing extremely well in the philadelphia suburbs right now. and i do think it's more than just the location affected. the dnc. in our national poll, when you look at those sort of white collar suburbites, she is leading by seven points with them. we have nephew seen that for a democrat before. >> steve, thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. more developments now from the trump campaign. this morning, the republican nominee is backing down on a claim that he's made a campaign rallies for the past two days. trump says he saw an unmarked cargo plane delivering $400 million in cash to iran in january. at the same time, iran released four american detainees. he repeatedly said at rallies he saw the video on television. well, this morning, he tweeted out this. the plane i saw on television was the hostage plane in geneva, switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to iran. now trump claims the money was ransom, which president obama denied at his news conference yesterday, explaining that the money was part of a settlement of a decades-old claim. now right now, trump and his running mate, indiana governor, mike pence, are preparing to venture into what's been politically unfriendly territory for trump. wisconsin. trump lost the gop primary there to ted cruz by double digits, as conservative radio host in the state promoted the never trump movement. now the state's top three republicans are all skipping tonight's rally in green bay. house speaker, paul ryan, who trump has refused to endorse into the primary, governor scott walker and senator ron johnson, who is in a tight race as well for re-election in november. nbc's hallie jackson, joins us live now from green bay. what do we know about the trump strategy, knowing where he is tonight, not only in the polls, but in the opinions of many republican voters? >> reporter: well, you have to look at the new polling numbers that steve was just talking about, and that he was explaining, showing particularly the shrinking advantage that trump has with demographics that have long made up the key parts of his base. when you talk about his strategy though, tamron, i think it is illuminating to see where he is today. iowa and then wisconsin. this is a state that barack obama won in 2012, went blue. trump trying to turn it red. it is going to be an uphill battle for him in particular. he didn't win this state in the primaries. in fact, when you look back at how he did in the primaries, this one was where ted cruz won, and it starkd a lot of speculation about maybe the never trump movement was having its big comeback. obviously, it didn't turn out like that. but frankly, it's not trump territory. this is the region of reince and ryan who again this morning talked about donald trump on a radio show. this is some brand-new sound we have. i want you to listen. >> i'm just going to rise above this stuff. i'm not going to get involved in some sort of petty back and forth. i see no purpose in doing that. i'm going to be me and do my thing. yeah, i have spoken out a few times when i think that there are things that are said or done that just don't reflect our conservative principles. i said at the beginning of the year, and i said when i -- after i had doorsed him i will continue to do that if i think it's necessary. i hope it's not necessary, but unfortunately, it has been a few times. and that's just the way the cookie crumbles. >> reporter: that's just the way the cookie crumbles, tamron. so you've got this -- this discussion -- speaker ryan obviously having his re-election primary coming up on tuesday. you know the sort of back and forth with trump, giving that online shoutout. he thinks paul ryan is a good guy, and according to mike pence, according to trump himself, gave encouragement to his running mate to go ahead and back ryan, his long-time friend and somebody that has been close to pence for a while now. >> so tonight's speech, is there any indication that trump will change what we have heard the past few days? again, we know that he now admits he never saw video of the money being taken on or off a plane. we're not sure exactly what brought him to this mission, his campaign, the very first day he mentioned this, said that clearly he had not seen it on television. it took two days for him to finally come around and recognize the facts of the story. so what happens at this rally tonight? is he talking the economy? what do we know about this potential stump speech tonight? >> reporter: let me split this into two parts to that question, tamron. first of all, i will say we don't know exactly why trump tweeted this morning that apparent reversal on this plane video. but we can guess, and we can guess that it's because his advisers had all been coming out and saying, no, no, donald trump was in fact talking about this other video, the one of the detainees. trump himself just 18 hours ago even after his advisers were saying that, were directly contradictinging that by speaking about what he believed w was, as he said, money coming off of a plane he guessed as he said at a rally last night. i think that is part of the reason why you saw that tweet from trump this morning, as this story was picking up steam. as to the second part of your question, what can you talk about at his rally tonight. he hits on a number of familiar themes, he will discuss what the narrative on the road is. but on the road this week, after the convention? philadelphia, what you have seen is donald trump coming out and trying to stay on script, frankly, at least in the last couple valleys, immediately going after hillary clinton and president obama. negative numbers on the economy. the gdp numbers. trump said very little about them that day. he has been talking about them more on the trail. so there are signs, early signs, that trump is perhaps listening to his advisers, sticking to his message, trying to keep the focus exactly where his campaign wants it. which is on the democrats. and not on these -- as nick said last hour, these food fights that keep coming up. >> thank you very much. and donald trump is also facing criticism today from a former head of the cia. in a "new york times" op-ed, michael morell, who served under both president george w. bush and president obama, makes the startling claim that vladimir putin is deliberately using trump as a, quote, unwitting agent for russia. my colleague, andrea mitchell, has more of that story. >> good morning. as the candidates are slugging it out over national security, and you saw what the president said when he was drawn into it yesterday. this former top cia official has endorsed hillary clinton. with that charge that trump has let himself become the unwitting dupe of the russian president, vladimir putin. >> donald trump attacking hillary clinton thursday for her private server. saying she shouldn't receive the classified briefing to be given to both candidates. >> hillary clinton, furthermore, can never be trusted with national security. you can't brief her. let's protest. >> reporter: asked if trump should be briefing with the information, the president saying -- >> if they want to be president, they've got to act like president. >> reporter: mike morell, former deputy cia director, says trump would make a poor, even dangerous commander in chief. citing traits including, quote, his obvious need for self agrand eyesment and his over reaction to perceived slights. the former intelligence official under george w. bush and president obama alleges vladimir putin, a former high-ranking kgb officer, played upon mr. trump's vulnerabilities by complimenting him. he responded just as mr. putin had calculated. trump often bragging about praise from the russian president. >> you know, putin called -- he said donald trump is brilliant, and donald trump is the leader and -- and he said nice things about me. >> reporter: morell writes, in the intelligence business, we would say that mr. putin had recruited mr. trump as an unwitting agent of the russian federation. trump also blasting president obama and hillary clinton for a controversial decision to return $400 million to iran. on the same day, iran was releasing four american detainees. however, clinton was long out of office, and the president says it was not ransom. >> we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> reporter: now, in fact, hillary clinton was also targeted by trump for that iran controversy, although she had left office four years before those decisions were made. in a statement this morning, trump said that mike morell, the former cia official, was, quote, another obama/clinton pawn, trying to change the subject from the iran controversy. and he said hillary clinton has bad judgment and is unfit to serve as president. tamron? >> andrea, there has been a lot of talk of a similar strategy from the clinton campaign where we will see high-ranking former officials, whether they're in the military, intelligence, come out and stress their own individual concerns. donald trump certainly can refute and say these people are all pawns. but in reality, what kind of impact could this potentially have on those republicans who simply are not prepared to support donald trump. >> reporter: we're seeing an impact already from what happened during the democratic convention. when you saw a number of officials, you saw john allen, former general, who was excoriateded by donald trump afterwards. but when you saw a national security officials trying to show that he is unfit to serve, to try to raise the issue of his temperament, that he is too risky to be commander in chief. and we're seeing now in our own polling that there are significant changes in the internals of that polling, as to who is better in a crisis. who is better to be commander in chief. it's now hillary clinton, not donald trump, to handle terrorism, for instance. so already there has been a shift that is definitely they're strategy. but today, interestingly, donald trump push back hard against this hit by the cia, the former cia official. just as the clinton campaign is out with a new ad, trying to make this very point, tamron. >> we'll talk more about that ad. thank you very much, andrea. to that point, hillary clinton's campaign following those strong polling numbers out this morning, in the next hour, hillary clinton will address the joint convention of the national association of black journalists and the national association of hispanic journalists being held in washington. meanwhile, the clinton campaign, as andrea mentioned, is out with a new tv ad that uses conservative voices, saying donald trump is not fit to be commander in chief. >> if he governs, consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very fritd frightened. >> he's been talking about the option of using a weapon. >> this is not someone who should be handed the nuclear codes. >> do you want a person of that it temperament in control of the nuclear codes. and as of now, i would have to say no. [ sighing ] >> joining me now, nbc news senior editor for politics, beth fooey. let's talk about how hillary clinton's campaign and the candidate has handled this week for donald trump. you know, there's this saying about dancing on someone's grave or letting them just keep digging themselves in. it's as if they're using these subtle ads like this one, but the candidate is still focused on her message of the economy. trying to let donald trump bury himself, in a sense. >> exactly. and really, she's been out of the news almost entirely this week. all we have been talking about is donald trump. and we know from the campaign that they are just urging her to just keep her head down, just keep charging away, going to these campaign events. very noncontroversial. just not drawing any attention to herself whatsoever. because donald trump is basically emulating in the press coverage he's received, which has been so negative. this has been her strategy right from the start, kind of let it happen to him. hint through tweets or press releases, and now in that ad, that he's unraveling. he's unstable. that he's erratic. they are not fighting the normal sort of liberal conservative bin re that you usually see in presidential politics. it's really about who can handle this job. and she is letting him basically say to america, he's probably not the person to do that. >> and it's interesting. you have paul ryan, other gop leaders, who are saying this could have been a very bad week for hillary clinton. even that fox news interview, what she said about director comey and these e-mails. that was supposed to be a potential gotcha moment for her. if republicans could have seized, they were unable to do that. >> right. well, because donald trump keeps stepping on the message. he does go to these events as halle was mentioning, and talk about these things that are liabilities for clinton. the fact she gave that fox news interview where she said comey had called her truthful about her e-mails, which he did not. but then he steps in it and goes after other people, refuses to endorse paul ryan, john mccain. he makes other headlines. so it can't be said that we're not paying attention to these problems that clinton could have caused for herself. he keeps making these enormous headlines by stepping on the message he is trying to get out which is she still has problems around e-mails, trust and so forth. >> the numbers that steve dug into, particularly this one that would be historic for the democratic party and for hillary clinton, white collar, college-educated whites here. right now she's leading 47% to his 40. her message is resonating clearly from this number. is the campaign concerned that there is still a lot of time here, more than 09-plus days, and we have seen this be an unprecedented election in many other ways. >> well, and i would say, yes, there's quite a bit of time left. 95 days-plus. but here's another thing, tamron. hillary clinton, somebody who has watched her for many years, hillary clinton cannot allow herself to get complacent. that's when she gets sloppy. she starts making mistakes. we have seen that during the primaries. she had one strong debate, the first debate against bernie sanders, where everybody said she killed it, did really, really well, beat him. the second debate, she was sloppy and made mistakes. if they're being smart, they are telling her do not pay attention to any of this. the state polls can change. the national polls can change. stay on message, get ready for those debates. don't assume that this is going to stay this way. if they let her think that she gets sloppy and then they have problems. >> absolutely. thank you very much, great pleasure having your insight, as always. so long will conservatives continue to back donald trump? if his behavior continues? and what we have seen this week. the speaker of -- this has the speaker of the wisconsin state assembly now says that he is embarrassed that trump is leading the gop ticket. remember, now, trump is headed to wisconsin today. hue hewitt will join us live to give us his thoughts on what can happen next. plus, the highly anticipated opening ceremony at the rio olympic games, just a few hours away. more than 500 american athletes competing. we are live in rio with the very latest. max and i just discovered this dog treat called dentalife. it's really different. see? it's flexible... ...and it has a chewy, porous texture, full of little tiny air pockets that gives dogs' teeth a clean scrub all the way down to the gum line. 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(vo) purina dentalife. for life. we are back with a quick look at what officials are calling a better than projected jobs report out this morning. the economy adding 255,000 new jobs last month. that's about 75,000 more than expected. the unemployment rate stays about 4.9%. and let's get into all of this, and more, with our panel that we have assembled, msnbc political analyst and radio host, hugh hewitt and dave weigel. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's talk about -- i really want to know where you stabbnd right now. june 15th, you explained why you were reversing course on trump and said clinton is the real risk. if we want to stop her, we can't dump trump. and you said trump's task is clear, time to abandoned his off-the-cuff remarks and focus more on hillary clinton, and her lack of judgment. that was june 15th. how do you explain your support of donald trump at this point? >> well, the supreme court is still in play and hillary still can't be believed. she doubled down on the fbi lie yesterday on denver television. i would say, tamron, though, that donald trump hasn't taken any of my suggestions yet.. the numbers that came out in the poll are have he alarming. but it's august and i note that the clinton campaign went all in on the too dangerous ad, a full five weeks before lyndon johnson used the daisy ad against bear goldwater in '64. so her honesty problem continue to plague her as she continues to build up an august lead. i hope donald trump goes back and reads that, because my recommendations stay the same. focus on her untrustworthiness, her terrible record as secretary of state and stay away from below ballot dustups in our own party or elsewhere. >> hugh, clearly, he has not taken that advice and there is no indication he will. and when you say that hillary clinton has an honesty problem, let's just look today, for example. for two days, donald trump says he saw video on television of money being taken off a plane that iran had released this video. his campaign two days ago came out and said, no, no, no, the video he saw was actually the hostages coming back into geneva he , switzerland. is that an honesty problem that concerns you? is that a temperament problem, a reality problem? when you have a candidate who claims -- and very much so on multiple occasions, that what he saw on television was an exchange of money with iran. >> hillary's honesty problem, tamron, is much, much bigger. nbc's own news poll that came out along with the "wall street journal" just yesterday showed she is only trusted by 38% of the people. that's very, very low for someone who has been in the public eye since 1992. it also showed -- chuck todd said earlier this morning on "morning joe," that the undercurrents in the election for change for turning washington, d.c. upside down are all working against hillary clinton. so these small episodes, these slides which don't work well for donald trump, in the overall current of the election, will get swept away if he comes back to shore in states focused on hillary clinton. that's why all these individual episodes don't matter. what matters is they gave $400 million for hostages. what matters is her server was compromise. what matters is you can't trust anything she says and doubled down on the fbi lie yesterday. so i know that there are bad parts out there, it's a rough patch for donald trump. i'm just saying, she got lots of rough patches ahead. >> you once said, ignoring what donald trump said about judge cure curiel was like ignoring stage 4 cancer. are you ignoring stage 4 cancer at this point? >> no, of course not. i was very specific about judge curiel being race in america. and that if he had stayed tone deaf to race in america, it would destroy his candidacy and probably to republican party. he course-corrected. he usually does. i think he's course-corrected on gold star families, though after considerable damage to his campaign. so i believe that what you don't see on the clinton team is any course correction on her refusal to admit her lying about the fbi director. so where as he changes, she doesn't. and she can't do anything about her record. >> dave, has donald trump indicated the change that hugh just rolled out? because i feel like we're in an alternate universe. yesterday you had the speaker of the house, a very popular leader within his party, say that donald trump's behavior has been strange, that he should have been focused on hillary clinton's problems, and the economy. and he's done none of that. so are we in an alternate universe here of denial within the party and with conservatives? >> i don't think so. there's frustration, because it's easy for conservatives to imagine another reality where any other republican was running. mike pence is running, let's say, and the message of every day would be what hugh is saying. would have spent the last three days talking about hillary clinton's e-mails again, litigating iran again and we're not because of what trump is saying. i would caution that his voters do not care about these stories, do not care even that the cia director -- former cia director, criticizes him. they think the establishment is out to get him. but he can't break through the conversation with voters who don't like hillary clinton. that's the thing. there's still an electorate that does not like hillary clinton that he has a chance to appeal to. i'm just a little bit surprised that he wants to litigate -- some of this in wisconsin, which for reasons that were brought up earlier in the show is one of the worst places in the country for him to seek support and sustenance from republicans. he's going to have, i think, another bad four or five days of republican in fighting there. that's not going to hurt his base, just take time away from his ability. >> we know from the polls from the "washington post," nbc news, many others, he can't win with his base. i think there is a clear acknowledgment that the supporters for donald trump, 14 million of them, that voted for him in the primaries, not enough to propel him to victory in a general election. he needs millions more. our poll shows, steve kornacki highlighted, college-educated white voters right now 47% for hillary clinton, 40% for donald trump. you have in the suburbs of philadelphia right now, hillary clinton at 60%. donald trump at 20%. so we can beat a hammer to the wall about his core supporters. they will not get him in the white house. not that group alone. >> >> one thing trump acknowledged this week, almost offhand, but i think in a kind of telling way, was many big crowds don't mean everything. he's in a unique position. usually people losing like this don't pull out giant crowds, 10, 20 times the size of their opponents in the polls. the other thing is, let's just cast our memories back two weeks ago. mid july, they were in panic mode she did not seem to be building a lead over him. they are now in panic mode, some of them, that maybe republicans who thus far have proven completely inept at stopping donald trump will find a way to stop him now. but liberals will be panicking again soon about this election. and the facts on the ground about the hillary record, the way that can be brought up, that's not going to change. >> hugh, let's go back quickly to the donald trump issue of trust, where at this point, do you believe he knows vladimir putin? this started on sunday. we have all played the tapes. you have seen where his answer has changed. multiple times from he knew him personally, they have talked on the phone, to yeah, if you showed me a picture, i would recognize him. what do you believe donald trump's relationship is with vladimir putin, based on what he has said that we played on tape? >> well, tamron, i think donald trump hopes that we continue to talk about russia for the rest of the campaign. because the reset button that mrs. clinton gave to the foreign secretary of the russia federation obviously had had the keys to her server in it. mike morell -- >> is that the answer to the question, hugh? with all due respect. >> just a second, tamron. it takes a second. >> let me play this new ad. that hillary clinton has out. >> you don't want the answer, tamron. the problem is that mike morell, who you brought up earlier today, has confirmed that her server was promised by the russians. and therefore, when he writes a "new york times" editorial today, the impact of it is muted, because even her onan doorserses admit she was reckless. donald trump wants to talk about russia and the reset button all day long. >> are you being reckless by not answering the question when i say from donald trump's own answers, is he lying about his relationship with vladimir putin? he has said in one case he knows him. and the other case, he does not. which is the truth, hugh? >> tamron, you need much more context. as every journalist knows, i need much more context. >> let me ask you in context of the new ad. let's play the ad from the hillary clinton campaign with -- >> the too dangerous ad? okay. >> let's show that. >> if he governs, consistent with some of the things he has said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. >> he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. >> this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. >> you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament in control of the nuclear codes. and as of now, i would have to say no. >> paul manafort says in two weeks donald trump will get classified briefings. why are all those conservatives in the ad wrong in your belief and donald trump right? >> this is the ad i referred to at the top of the segment. i believe the clinton campaign is playing it to early, they're trying to nail down the fact he's too dangerous. this appeal doesn't work. as dave weigel mentioned, the debates, if donald trump carries it off like reagan did in 1980, he'll reverse a deficit if he calms fear. so to play this early, i think, is just a sign of desperation. >> is it an accurate card to play? >> no, i don't think it is. i think too dangerous is not something you can say in august. i think that do dangerous will be determined either yes or no in the debates. so i agree with dave weigel completely. i think most journalists would agree that it's a very too soon to say how this will play out in terms of a long -- >> dave, i think most journalists have agreed, this is an unconventional campaign, as we like to call it. so to play by the old playbook of when to release an ad may not be effective. if you have the ammunition now, in this unprecedented election, why not have an ad like this? i don't think that many people can recall that many republicans of note coming out again, especially in intelligence, against a candidate within their own party. >> probably not since 1964. and i think the clinton lesson, the playbook they're taking is from 1996 when bill clinton tried to discredit bob dole early and 2012, president obama did that to mitt romney. they're trying to do that. but the point hugh is making i think is correct. we don't know how this is going to look after the olympics and after the debates. it is possible for trump to melt down on stage. possible for him to sound credible and puncture hillary in ways she is not being punctured right now. they are broadcasting the worry about this. they're very smart in the clinton campaign in hinting they might launch ads into georgia and indiana and expand the map. but they're doing that as a way of suppressing what they expect to be a rise for trump support later in the campaign. they -- >> well, i think everyone acknowledges a correction of numbers in the polls. but to not acknowledge where things stand at this moment, yes, we have the olympics. but we actually have numbers out now of an unprecedented type. and to completely ignore it and believe that this candidate who has not listened to anyone in his campaign, there's no credible information at this hour that donald trump will change. correct? >> no. i believe that -- that's true. he is making similar mistakes that throw him off message, and it's hard to -- it's hard to cast forward in the future. everyone who said he has evolved and learned and stopped doing this. >> they have been wrong. >> they have been wrong. but i think there are going to be incidents that drive -- i think refocus the campaign in a month or so, and we don't know how he's going to approach those. not when he can throw a gaffe in the middle of the week and change it when there is a debate, when there is something hillary clinton does. i just think, we're probably -- we might be seeing the absolute apex to hillary clinton support right now. and it's tough to cast forward based on polling and right after a convention in the state where the convention was held after one bad weekend for trump. >> well, as steve kornacki pointed out when i 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neighborhood believed to be the epicenter of the local outbreak has been cleared of the virus. nbc's kerry sanders joins us now from miami. and kerry, that is a big development in the story. considering that's been the focus all week, that particular neighborhood. >> reporter: well, the governor says that the area has been cleared. but he has to put a little fine point on it. that is that the mosquitoes gathered in this area in traps. he says more than 20,000 have not shown any evidence of the virus in their systems. but that does not mean that the zika zone is completely zika-free. they have carved out a small ten-block area where they say that part of the zika zone in the one square mile does not have any evidence of all. but there is still a zika zone here, and that's why, as you see here, they're continuing to spray in this area, not only on the ground using biological agents to try to control the mosquito population, but also now putting a plane up over the area, spraying a ten-square mile area here with a chemical called nalid, a chemical that appears to be working, haven't seen any squooe mosquitoes, but mosquito control says they are getting evidence in returns from their investigations that it has been successful too. pregnant women, of course, are the greatest concern right now, because the zika virus can create problems with their pregnancies. microcephaly is an issue that causes brain development and skull development in children, and we have seen some of those horrifying pictures from mothers who have given birth in puerto rico, in brazil. and some who have traveled here to the united states with zika virus and also, as well. thomas frieden, director of the cdc, did say this is very important, the people understand the threat from zika. >> all right, kerry -- >> just to be very clear, zika is unprecedented. we have never before had a mosquito-borne disease that could cause a birth defect. that's why we take it so seriously. as long as there is zika spreading anywhere, pregnant women should take the steps to protect themselves. >> there is no current vaccine for zika, but they are working desperately to come up with one, including at walter reed. tamron, money is the real issue here. the president had requested back in february $1.9 billion, but then the senate and the house sort of let this go back and forth, and never really fully funded. so the cdc has been robbing peter to pay paul, taking money from the ebola fund to handle this, and thomas frieden and the cdc says it shouldn't be that way, and, of course, we heard the president say they need to come back from their vacation -- they're on recess now, a seven-week vacation, for those elect to go to washington -- and deal with this issue. but right now, it remains as it is. according to the cdc, a developing crisis, one no longer just overseas, but right here as well. >> kerry sanders, thank you very much. we are now just hours away from the opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games in rio. rehearsals and preparations still going on, which has taken five years to produce, 300 dancers, 5,000 volunteers, 12,000 costumes. the ceremony will be held in the famous maracana stadium, home to brazil's legendary soccer team, athletes from more than 200 countries will participate in the games. team usa has the largest contingent at the game. with 556 athletes going for the gold. many of those were on handled yesterday for the u.s. flag-raising at the olympic village. nbc's ron mott is in rio. i feel i've stolen your entire script of what you can say about the games, ron. given that -- >> reporter: i've got nothing left to add. >> you can't tell us what's going to happen. but go ahead. >> reporter: right. ll, i can tell you the one secret is we don't know who the person is going to make the final walk up to the olympic cauldron and light it. the buzz is that pele, the soccer star huge in the '70s, put brazil and international football on the map. we believe he might be the guy. i can't think of anyone else, really, who would be more appropriate. sort of like muhammad ali in 1996 in atlanta. that surprise still out there. what isn't a surprise any more, we've got the opening ceremony tonight. 35,000 people have worked on this opening ceremony tonight. the creative director describes this as cool. they want a cool show versus what they said was a grandiose show in beijing in 2008. that's a show that a lot of people felt will never be topped. so they're looking for cool here. tom brady's wife, gisele bundch bundchen, we don't know if she will be live or a video presentation. a lot of people expecting to see her, me included. tomorrow, we have competition that a lot of people want to watch. the u.s. women's soccer team against france, a big match because after their 2-0 victory over new zealand the other day, france and u.s. considered the best in the group. so the u.s. wants to win the match tomorrow. obviously going for their fourth gold in a row, fifth gold all-time if they can do it. and they want to be the first team to win the world cup and then the next year come back and win gold. men's basketball coming up this weekend. they play tomorrow against china, and swimming and gymnastics on sunday. so for everybody at home, this is a good weekend to just sit on the couch with the remote and just switch from all of the networks from sport to sport, tamron. >> sounds like a plan, buddy. i love it. thank you so much. see you soon. coming up, a new first in space travel, a private company granted permission to land on the moon next year. that's coming up next. take a look at these bbq trophies: best cracked pepper sauce... most ribs eaten while calf roping... >>yep, greatness deserves recognition. you got any trophies, cowboy? ♪ whoomp there it is uh, yeah... well, uh, well there's this one. >>best insurance mobile app? yeah, two years in a row. >>well i'll be... does that thing just follow you around? like a little puppy! the 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>> this is a pay load approval that the faa is giving. so the faa is saying this vehicle you built, mx-1, is okay for you to launch, safe for the public, safe for the folks that are going to monitor it up in space. and then you can land on the moon and do what you're going to try to do. and so they had -- the first time this has happened, really. so they had to iron out all the kinks, not just the faa. the department of defense got involved. and a lot of other agencies. >> so this is a part of the google lunar x prize. what does it look like for moon express? >> they're one of the front runners to have this. a few other teams have had rocket deals in the past. we have seen them kind of trickle out now. the deadline, i believe, is at the end of next year. so you can see the race is starting to heat up now. so having that approval now to launch the probe is another big notch for them. they already have a rocket to launch it on. so this kind of puts them out in front. >> so the big challenge right now, as i understand it, they have yet to assemble the a is t the robotic lander. that's a big, big part of the things that they have to get done clearly before the end of the year. >> exactly. they've got okay to build what they want to build, now they have to build it, make sure it works -- >> is there enough time? is there enough time? >> they've been working on a lot at the same time. once they have the approval done, that's the final red tape hurdle. they can focus on making sure the hardware is ready, making sure whatever kind of final glitches they have that are ironed out and trying it on this rocket. >> this can be expensive, but it's privately funded as you mentioned. >> exactly. they have a big prize at the end. moon express is not hoping to launch one mission there and be done. they're hoping for at least three, maybe five and maybe even bring samples back. >> thank you for your time. fascinating. well in the next hour, hillary clinton will address the national association of black journalists and the national association of hispanic journalist. that is to be moderated by kristin welker. a preview into the new texas law allowing new concealed weapons on college campuses. it's a part of investigation that's airing sunday. but wie going to give you a sneak peek after the break. okay, so what's our latest data say? 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larry kudlow who is also an informal economics adviser to the trump campaign. great to have you here. hall ie, this new development, donald trump claimed he saw unloading cash for iran. has he admitted he was wrong? >> reporter: it depends on how you read his tweet. i think when you look at what he said early this morning on twitter, he tweeted out that he was talking about not this plane with money pouring off of it, this video that does not exist. he was talking about instead video of a plane owned by jeff bezos that brought american detainees back. that's what he says he was referring to. here's the thing. it comes just 16 hours after he yet again even after questions were raised, talked about seeing video of money coming off of a plane. he repeated it monday, said it again earlier in the week. he said it last night. so now his story is different. potentially from trump, this admission that he is wrong, and that he is now backtracking off of that. i think personally, we've got to wait and see how he clarifies in iowa and in green bay here when he comes to wisconsin for a rally later tonight. but it is a sign, perhaps, that what trump's advisers have been telling him, hey, there's no video. we have told, you know, news outlets that have asked about this, talking about video they played. and obviously, no news organization has this video of money coming off of a plane, because it doesn't exist. so perhaps trump is hearing that and listening to it, and responding to it as he did this morning. >> all right, stand by. nick, the former director of the cia, mike morell, had an editorial in your paper today. i want to read just a little bit. mr. putin played upon mr. trump's vulnerabilities by complimenting him. mr. trump has taken policy positions consistent with russian, not american interests. and the intelligence business, we would say that mr. putin had recruited mr. trump as an unwitting agent of the russian federation. so this morning, the trump campaign fired back with this statement. quote, it should come as no surprise that her campaign would push out another obama/clinton pawn, whos not indepeent, to try to change t subject and in a week when clinton's role to nuclear weapons and this administration being called out for sending $400 million in cash to the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism is on the front page of every country. you might be able to make the argument that the reason people are not talking as much about the things he's pointing to is because donald trump himself has, again, made himself the story. but i wondered, since this statement focuses on hillary clinton, and he did put out what seemed to be a little backtracking on having seen a plane that had $400 million in cash on it. is this the start of a new donald trump? >> you know, i darant say this. houmt have we want it's a new donald trump. i think we're seeing pieces of a real campaign around him. i think it's interesting that his advisers prevailed upon him to put that tweet out, saying no, there was no plane. that's the closest we have seen or i've seen to trump apologizing or saying he was wrong. i do think the morell bet is really significant. this is a serious guy, not a partisan -- involved in partisan politics. i think that in our politics, you've gotten so accustomed to thinking of government as full of boobs and incompetents, we forget there are serious people doing serious work in the intelligence agencies and elsewhere, and they have serious concerns about trump. and morell is out there doing a very rare thing for a guy in his position. >> and larry, you're a serious guy, you take the economy very seriously, but national security, as well. as a thinking adult person. and what do you make -- i know you're an informal adviser to the campaign. the question asked has been, isn't he listening to anybody? when he spends five days not backing down on going after a gold star family. who does he listen to, and what's going on inside this campaign that can't be -- attributed to the candidate himself? >> well, look. i can just tell you, in the area i've helped out, which is the economy. mr. trump is going to give -- >> big speech next week. >> at the detroit economics club on monday, a far-reaching speech, will change his own conversation back to economic growth, where i think he holds the upper hand with mrs. clinton. so -- >> and do you get the sense he understands that he needs to make that pivot? >> well, i don't want to ascribe motives and i'm not a shrink. i just tell you, when those of us involved in the economic and tax side have met with him, it's been very successful meetings. he's engaged, he asks good questions, he reads a brief, he knows a lot about the economy as a successful businessman. so i have not encountered that kind of problem. but may i just add one thing. look, one of the prisoners -- one of the u.s. prisoners was released, said they were waiting for a second plane, and when the second plane came, they were released. there was a first plane to send them back, but the iranians wouldn't let him go until the second plane. we may not have a picture of that. i get that. but that suspects -- leads one to suspect, this was a money-laundering operation. and there is a lot of experts -- mr. morell is an expert, i get that. there are a lot of national security people who say it was a money-laundering operation. and that's why the justice department disagreed and had to be overruled by the state department, which i think is nuts. so you see absolute disarray on this from the obama crowd. >> is it disarray, nick, and even if there are questions, legitimate questions to be asked about this, and the timing of this, we've heard with the white house has had to say. we heard what other people within the administration have had to say. but we're talking less about that than we are about all these other things. >> look, the problem with trump's improvisational approach, instead of making the point as larry just did, he's talking about a video that never existed and we never saw. so we spend two days talking about that. it's kind of a classic trump conundr conundrum. his misstatements suck up media, including on the economy. >> less talk about that. one of the things you hear from democrats is that -- >> i mean, i can't disagree with that. i just -- you know, to me, simple-minded guy that i am, with cnbc for a thousand years, the economy is the key issue, at least domestically. >> so let's talk about it today. 255,000 new jobs added. the cnbc folks, by your admission to me before the show. >> we were all wrong. >> you thought the numbers were going to be down. this is -- this beat expectations pretty handily. good news for hillary clinton, i would think. >> yes. >> manufacturing jobs. >> i mean, i don't -- >> doing well? >> i don't want to politicize the numbers. but i guess the answer is yes. on the other hand, you've got to look -- there's a big picture here that goes back several years. with the economy underperforming, really the worst recovery since world war ii. that was a big story in your paper and in the "wall street journal." jobs have underperformed, wages have underperformed. so i think there is a lot of economic unhappiness out there. i, myself, of course, believe trump's tax cuts and regulatory cuts are going to be very pro growth. and i don't see mrs. clinton -- yeah, she seems to want to tax corporations and rich people and capital gains. i don't know what her economic growth plan is. i think the trick is, listen to trump on monday. he's going to have a big -- pretty good big bang growth plan. and if he stays on that message, i think it's going to be very helpful. >> you say if he stays on that message. let me go back to you, halle. there is obviously a lot of politics involved in what's happened over the last week, as well. let's talk a little bit about paul ryan. there you are in wisconsin, we're not going to see him there. and again, we find ourselves in a situation when you step back and you look at the trump campaign, you say, any republican, donald trump or no, starts with a disadvantage at the electoral college. you want everybody on your team, including high-profile republicans. you want the rnc and what skills they have and what technology they bring to bear. and here you have a situation today in wisconsin that people are talking about who isn't there. >> reporter: correct. with reports that governor scott walker, who is one of the most influential republicans in this state, will be at a spaghetti dinner instead of at the trump rally. paul ryan. remember, this is the region of ryan and reince priebus and these people who are at high levels within the republican party with whom donald trump has in the past butted heads with. and you look at what's happening with ryan. listen, i've got to preface on this by saying, i am not sure that voters care, necessarily, around the nation that paul ryan and donald trump are having this kind of battle, probably not from ryan's perspective, that donald trump hasn't endorsed paul ryan, hasn't come out in support of him for his re-election bid. i just don't know that people who are going to pull the lever in november are using the ryan nonendorsement as part of their political calculation. that said, it is important for these two reasons, money and organization on the ground in states like this one, which trump has got to do well in if he ends up losing, let's say florida and north carolina to hillary clinton. it's almost his only plausible path to the nomination at that point. so bottom line, yes, we are talking about who is not here. trump stillty cling to back ryan. here's what he said about him at his rally. listen. >> said, but i like him, he's a friend of mine. would you mind if i endorsed him. and i will not do it if you say no. i say, mike, you like him, yes. go ahead and do it. 100%. and he endorsed him. >> reporter: so trump, unconcerned in that anecdote that his running mate, mike pence, would be backing paul ryan. that raises another question about the idea of pence as the clarifier in chief, trying to go and maybe walk back or soften some of trump's comments that he makes. i'll tell you this, though. sources close to pence say the split with pence backing ryan and trump declining, incredible liam i canable and the two talked about it for 40 minutes. not an issue, i'm told. >> one more quick question, really quick, nick. do you buy these polls at this point, 9 points, 15 points? do you think that hillary clinton has opened up that much of a lead and largely tied to the missteps by donald trump? >> i'm sure she has. the important thing is, she is not over 50%. he is losing republicans and gop-leaners, losing people who vote republican. that is who is fleeing him right now. i think he can quickly get back up by talking about the economy and jobs. not making these food fights every day. >> the question is, can he get to 49 or 50%. that's the harder part. >> you're right. both under 50. so it's kind of unimpressive. years ago, in '88, papa bush was way down in august of '88. >> and 1980, i'm an old reagan guy. reagan was way down in the the polls. having said that, mr. trump has got to get back to what i call the bread and butter issues of this campaign. on which, including economic growth and taxes and regulations, on which he has good policies. in my view. the trick is to stay with them. >> and we'll hear about them on monday. it's the economy, stupid. >> thank you. >> thank you, larry kudlow. didn't mean to connect those two things. thanks to all of you. coming up, breaking point? one former republican congressman who says not only is he not voting for trump, he wants to see him lose. vin weber joins me next. and still ahead, future politician. let's talk to the 11-year-old trump supporter who confronted mike pence on the campaign trail, and why he's been breaking with trump on a number of issues. stay 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california. donald trump says the party has never in the campaign been more united than right now. and yet we see these big republican defections. can you agree with that with a straight face? >> well, i can. donald trump and i are standing shoulder to shoulder to say to the american people that we can be strong again. we can be strong on the world stage again. we can stand with our allies and stand up to those that threaten us. >> republican vice presidential nominee, mike pence, this morning on "today" with savannah guthrie. one prominent republican, defecting, calling the nomination, quote, a mistake of historic proportions. former republican congressman, vin weber, a key lieutenant of newt gingrich during the republican revolution of the 1991 1990s. also an adviser to mitt romney. he says he won't vote for trump. he joins us on the phone. good to have you, congressman. you said you can't imagine remaining a republican if trump becomes president. does that mean you're voting for hillary clinton? >> i haven't decided for sure yet. i have decided for sure i'm not voting for donald trump. not voting for donald trump. i listen to our leader, mitt romney, explain that he was not the going to vote for either trump or hillary. and i'm putting off deciding if i'm going to vote for a third party candidate or actually vote for hillary clinton. but if my vote decided the election, i would vote for hillary clinton over donald trump. >> i have to tell you, if someone had told me this back either in the mitt romney era or in the 1990s that you would consider voting for a democrat for president, i wouldn't have believed it. what is it about donald trump that says to you this cannot be? >> i just think you have to go through what he has said about issues. i mean, you can go to the issue of his temperament and character and slanders against disabled people and veterans and hispanics and everybody else. but let's just look at the issues. he's talking about wrecking the world trading system. he's talking about deporting 11 million people that are living here peacefully, and basically reversing immigration, which is a plus for our economy, by the way. he's talking about threatening nato and the destruction of nato. he is sending shivers through all of our allies across the world through his trade and defense policies. i mean, there's -- there's a long, long list, and we have seen him develop it over the last year. this notion of some of our republican friends that now, 90 days before the election, he's going to pivot or he's going to stay on script or he's going to be somehow different is wrong. he's repudiated everything that our party believed in for the last 40 years. and he's done it in a mean-spirited way that also alienates all of the constituencies that republicans just a few years ago were diligently trying to build bridges to. the african-american community, the asian community, the hispanic community. he's destroyed all of that. >> one of the people no -- obviously, a very well-known republican, former rnc chairman, michael steele, this morning on "morning joe" explained why he thinks republicans should hold off on doing what you've done. let me play that for you. >> the party is not -- is not putting up a white flag on this. we have been in this situation before on -- from democrats' side and republican side where august the numbers don't look so good. but the fight is after labor day. let's see how this thing progresses. let's see what donald trump does. >> and we just heard, i don't know if you were listening, but larry kudlow making the argument, one of the economic advisers for mr. trump, that there have been past republican presidents whose numbers didn't look good at this point in the campaign, citing ronald reagan. do you understand what he and michael steele are arguing, or is this somehow very different for you? >> no, i understand. first, let me say, both michael steele and larry kudlow are very dear friends of mine. i don't mean that in the way you -- sarcastically call people friends. these are guys i've known for years and years and years. and i love them both like brothers and i've talked to both of them about this race. i think that they're just wrong. the notion that he's behind the polls and can turn it around, ay, th's true. we have seen that i all -- in a lot of previous elections that those guys mentioned. we have not seen a candidate who has repudiated central principles that the republican party stands for. that america stands for. and so the question of whether or not he can turn it around to me is really secondary. now, i'm a republican. i'm not -- i'm not a democrat. i'm a republican. who is working hard as i can to help elect senators and congressmen and everybody else like that. and i think it's a very difficult slog for us with a guy at the top of the ticket who repudiates what the republican party has historically stood for and at least today looks like he's headed for a 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say no. >> i'm joined now by political correspondent, ann gearen, covering the clinton, that sigh at the end said a lot of what a lot of republicans are feeling. you write a lot about this today. the front page headline, "clinton broadens effort to target wary republicans." it could be ripe for picking. what is she doing? >> well, she's really expanding on an effort that has -- started many months ago, which is to appeal to republicans who are dismayed or horrified by trump on a couple of grounds. economic, foreign policy, national security, being the main ones. and should try to get them to endorse clinton, try to get high-profile republicans to endorse clinton. this is a way to show republican voters that it's okay to support her in the clinton campaign's view. >> and i separate sort of different categories of people. when you look at, for example, meg whitman, already said she is going to try to recruit other republican donors to come over to hillary clinton. we just had vin weber 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be president, nor does he have the business background that suggests that he would be a good president economically. they are trying to kind of make that sharper attack by saying now that trump has cheated people, that he doesn't pay his bills, that he's really not on the side of the little guy, the way he says he is. and that's what clinton is saying there. that, you know, we have to talk. she's trying to say that she understands the broad appeal of trump, who, remember, at his own convention said i am your voice. i speak for you. she's trying to get at that appeal, but also to tell trump voters who might be starting to have questions that she can help explain it all for you. >> ann gearen, always good to have you on the program. thank you. >> thank you. florida governor, rick scott, has lifted his state's health alert for a portion of the miami-dade county area, where 15 people tested positive for the zika virus. governor scott says ariel spraying killed a large number of mosquitoes capable of spreading the virus. well republicans and democrats are pointing fingers who is responsible for holding up emergency funding, governor scott is issuing this morning to lawmakers and president obama. >> the president and congress need to work together. they need to be a partner in this. this is not a state issue. this is a national issue. now, if they don't, we're going to fund it. >> joining me now, sean donovan, director of the office of management and budget. so, sean, obviously there's a problem here with funding. and you just heard what governor scott had to say. he said if we have to fund it, we're going to fund it. this is a health emergency. but he's laying the blame directly at the doorstep of the white house and congress. what do you say to that? >> well, first of all, we should recognize just as governor scott does, that the arrival of locally transmitted zika by mosquitoes as our health experts have unfortunately been predicting, underscores the urgency we have to get this done. and the president almost six months ago asked congress to act. for months, they didn't. finally, the senate moved a bill that got 89 votes. almost nothing gets 89 votes in the senate these days. 89 votes. the president has indicated he was willing to accept that lower level of funding. and yet instead of just acting on the bill that the senate passed with 89 votes, the house passed its own bill, which added poison pill riders that would under -- >> planned parenthood. >> planned parenthood, a number of things and equally important, took money from our other urgent health responses from ebola, other areas of research, to fund this. the american people should not have to see a health emergency funded in a piece meal way and shouldn't have to choose between different health emergencies. >> i would make the argument, sean, frankly, a lot of the american people and i'm just talking about voters i have been on the campaign trail with for more than a year now. they look at it all as one big broad brush. there are some partisans who say -- the republicans say it's the democrats, the democrats say it's the republicans. but there is a vast -- i don't know if it's a majority, but a plurality maybe of people in america who look and say, it's just washington. washington is broken. why can't the president work with congress, why can't congress work with the president? the bottom line of this is, is this going to get done? >> look. let's look at the real history here. the president reached out -- immediately after congress passed a bipartisan puerto rico bill, showing that bipartisan progress can be made. the president reached out to say, let's do the same thing on zika. he reached out again, a week later, offered to host a meeting at the white house. democratic leaders in the senate and house reached out to counterparts to say let's come to the table and get this done. their offers to try to get to compromise, to try to get to a result here were turned away for this partisan bill that house republicans knew was a nonstarter. so i -- i don't think the american people should be seeing this as a pox on all their houses. this is something the president has clearly tried to get done for six months he's been asking for this funding. >> let me ask quickly, because senator mitch mcconnell wrote in his hometown newspaper today he believes congress will get a chance to pass the bill after labor day. is it your understanding that that could happen and will it be a clean bill that the democrats will support? >> well, look. the president has made clear, he will support a clean bill that provides the funding that we need. the problem is, this is really urgent at this point. we expect that -- on current course, run out of funding for vaccine work. we have promising candidate for vaccines, we're beginning a phase one trial this week. and the possibility of moving to the next step to phase two to get private sectors to fund those vaccines is at risk, if we 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believe. it's because they hold on to the information that confirms what they came in thinking. >> it still is hard for me to understand. we should say, this is not unique to trump. the numbers may be, but i certainly have seen it -- i'm sure you have, david, over the years -- of covering politics that there are people who just refuse to accept anything negative about their candidate. buthis is -- it does seem to me, a little broader than it's ever been before. >> it's really not about politics, chris. the research that i drew on principally by chris graves, an expert, works for public relations, really was focused on the question of why nearly a third of u.s. parents believe that there's a link between vaccination of their children and autism, when there's overwhelming medical and scientific evidence that that's not so. so it wasn't looking at politics at all. it was looking at why people hold on to ideas where the scientific factual evidence is contrary. i think it's been part of every campaign. the interesting thing for me, rather than being in another shouting match about donald trump, was to look at some research that helps us understand the underlying phenomena here. why do people hold on to this candidate and his ideas. i think and there is in the literature i cited this morning, some useful information. >> yeah, and i also wonder if this -- is a good indicator for all of us who look at this stuff about what his base is. like, what number he's never going to go below. the people who are going to stick with him through thick and through thin. >> yes, there is a base of people who are angry, who support him. another interesting point that comes from this is that attempts to angrily argue angry people out of their points of view almost never work. one of these studies found that if you try to convince somebody using noninflammatory information, simple graphs. and if you include in the questioning something that affirms their decency as a person. you ask them 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know that truth of history that weakness arouses evil is on full display in this administration. donald trump is going to be strong, and truthfully, honestly, the comment by the former cia official, i suppose this is the same cia that told the president that isis was the jv team. i mean, come on, savannah. these people are playing politics, and i get all of that. you and i have known each other a while. i was in washington a long time. you know, the american people know, we've got to be stronger on the world stage. we've got to have a stronger economy at home. and i think that's why you're seeing the enormous crowds that are turning out all over the country. i think we'll see him in iowa and wisconsin later today. they're responding to donald trump's message of strength, and making america great again. >> i have to ask you about this whole episode with mr. trump and the khan family, who, of course, lost their son, a soldier in iraq. you say that donald trump speaks from his heart more 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[ laughter ] >> number one, this boy has got a future. [ applause ] nicely done. let me tell you what. i couldn't be more proud to stand with donald trump, and we are shoulder-to-shoulder in this campaign. sometimes things don't always come out like you mean, right? and donald trump and i are absolutely determined to work together. we have different styles. you might have noticed that. >> joining me now, 11-year-old matthew this ricker and his mom, mary. thanks to both of you. by the way, you look very handsome this morning, matthew. i have to ask, because that's a pretty brave thing to get up in front of a vice presidential candidate. was that a question that you came up with, did your mom help you, and what did you think about his answer? >> it was a question that i came up with. and i thought -- and i was very satisfied by his answer. and it was not -- i was not meaning for it to be hostile. as you said before, i was challenging him. no, i was not. i was totally just asking him to see if he was -- if mr. trump was approving. i was not trying to be mean to him or challenging him or trying to bait him. like many websites who are saying i was grilling him. i was not doing anything to offend him or the trump campaign. >> well, i think -- actually, i meant it as a compliment. that you asked a tough question, which was a good thing. i think -- and he answered it to your satisfaction. what was, though, behind that question? did you have some concerns about whether he supported donald trump? was that what was going on? >> i know -- i have no doubt about how he supported donald trump. i was just a little worried about if he was just - if he was balancing the ticket or if he was kind of going -- if he was kind of distancing himself from the trump campaign. and i just wanted to see a little bit -- it was kind of nagging on my mind a little bit as i kept reading each report. so i just got a chance, and i said is out loud and he answered me. >> matthew, have you ever heard of alex p. keaton? >> wait, can you say that again? >> alex p. keaton was a character in the tv show back in the '80s and he was a very, very smart young man who was conservative, which is i think what you are. the difference, mary, is maybe not the difference -- i don't know. his parents -- this fictional character, were liberal. is the thisricker family on the same page with this, are there fights at the dinner table? because obviously politics is something that gets talked about in your household. because you wouldn't have a son like that otherwise. >> he's the youngest of our three children, our two daughters are perhaps not necessarily quite the same political passion. however, yes, a lot does get discussed at the dinner table. about politics. >> matthew, do you try to convince your sisters or do you try to bring them over to your side? what is your -- this is something, obviously, a lot of interest to you. >> if i tried to approach them about politics, they just start yelling at me, and all this other stuff. they start being historyter california. they really loathe politics and i respect that. so i try to not make them mad, because i love my sisters and i don't want to make them mad that much. >> we like that. as somebody who is a sister, i like that as well. what are you going to be when you grow up, do you know? >> i might be a lawyer. there's a slim possibility of going into politics, but it depends on the time and place. >> spoken like a politician. matthew and mary shricker, thank you for taking the time to come on the program. and i hope you don't feel we misrepresented you in any way, matthew. >> okay, thank you. let the games begin. the summer olympics in rio. the olympics have nothing on politics this year. we have a front row seat in the excitement and today's opening ceremony. we will take you there, live, next. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. always tell your doctor if you have any signs of infection, have had cancer, if you develop any new skin growths or if anyone in your house needs or has recently received a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. some serious allergic reactions can occur. do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. most people using stelara® saw 75% clearer skin and the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. hi. hey. you're that guy from verizon who switched to sprint. i used to ask if you could hear me now, but it's 2016 ...and sprint's network reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and sprint saves you 50% on most verizon, at&t and t-mobile rates. that's why millions have switched. make that millions plus one. can you hear that? don't let a 1% difference cost you twice as much. switch to sprint today. we are counting down the hours until tonight's opening ceremony of the summer olympics in brazil. after five long years of preparation, the moment everyone is waiting for is almost here. the big ceremony will be seen by 1 billion people, rehearsals held overnight. ron mott is live in rio de janeiro, where i'll be coming later on. so how are things coming together for tonight, and what's coming up for the u.s. olympians? >> reporter: hey there, chris. we're looking forward to your arrival here tomorrow. the weather is perfect. we believe that the zika mosquitoes, the count with way, way down. i have not seen a single one, but i'm still, of course, wearing the deet. in terms of preparation, we think most of the venues are ready. sometime in the afternoon, i'm planning on going in -- see if i can get some of these arenas back here, that will hold basketball and tai kwan do and karate to see if they are ready. we heard reports they are still drilling in seats. sidewalks, they're watching up and things like that. the concern here is whether they are ready from a security standpoint. we see army soldiers all over once you land at the airport all the way here to many of the olympic venues here in the park. the question is, whether the security screeners, folks who are going to be wanding people, are actually prepared and experienced enough and trained enough to actually do that job effectively. there are some concerns about that. but the festivities are going to get under way with the formal opening ceremony tonight. we do know one surprise that is no longer a surprise, is that gisele bundchen, super model married to tom brady, is going to appear at tonight's ceremony. we don't know if that's good going to be live, so there is that to look forward and the weekend competition, u.s. women's soccer going at it against france. a big match for them. m men's basketball against china tomorrow. and then on sunday, we have swimming and gymnastics. so a lot of good stuff getting under way in rio, chris. >> piles and piles of tickets waiting for me, right, so i can go to those events. >> reporter: absolutely. >> ron maotmott, see you soon. tamron hall joins me now. hello, my friend. >> go practice your samba. oh. i wasn't ready for that. thank you very much. safe travels, chris. good morning, everyone, on this friday. tamron hall, coming to you live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. we begin with the poll numbers that everyone is talking about this morning. but will donald trump be focused on them? our new nbc news "wall street journal" polls shows hillary clinton widening her lead over trump nine points nationally from feoints just last month. on top of that, a new suffolk university poll in a critical battleground state of florida shows clinton now leading by six points there. and in georgia, which no democratic nominee has won since 1992, a new "atlanta journal" poll shows clinton leading trump by 24 points. in the last georgia poll taken back in may, trump led clinton 45-41. all this comes a day after polls show hillary clinton also holds a big lead in pennsylvania. and in michigan, as well as new hampshire. which donald trump is playing down. >> it's as unconcerning at this point in the campaign? >> no, it's very, very early. and i think we're going to do very well. >> msnbc's steve kornacki joins me with a further breakdown of the numbers. and we're also looking at demographic changes, as well. >> yeah, that's right, tamron. so that nbc news poll you're talking about, it's not the only one that's got hillary clinton polling ahead in this race by margins we haven't seen before. we've got her up, as you said, by nine points right now. other polls have it at ten. one had it at 15. so clearly,la
"nbc nightly news" reporting tonight from the olympic games in rio. peter alexander. >> good evening on this wet and windy night. the rio olympics will draw to a close with a final exclamation point. a carnival-like closing ceremony. a fitting end to the first games in south america. for its part, team usa punctuated an historic performance securing 121 total medals, the most won by americans in three decades, the third most ever. null and the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this country's most popular sport. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: as the soccer team goes, so goes the country. at least that is what many brazilians believe. >> neymar has a chance to make history. >> reporter: in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium, you could see it in their faces. >> blows the whistle to put brazil out of their misery. >> reporter: only two years ago during the semifinal of the world cup, brazil lost in the same stadium to the same team. a crushing 7-1. >> neymar right-footed takes it and scores! >> reporter: when that final goal sailed in, it wasn't the country's first soccer gold medal, it was redemption. >> brazil strike olympic gold for the first time in their history! >> reporter: a fitting end to top off two weeks of an olympics that made plenty of history. michael phelps, katie ledecky and allyson felix. just in the last 24 hours, more u.s. gold. and matthew centrowitz won the 1500 meter in a nail-biter finish. >> desperately trying to hold on. he got it! >> reporter: something no american man has done in more than 100 years. >> i just kind of was, yeah, dumb-founded a little bit in what i just accomplished. >> reporter: claressa shields won her second straight gold in boxing. in fact the u.s. women were so successful that if they were they own country they would be tied for second in total gold medals. helping the count, women's basketball and star elaina delladonne. >> it's awesome. women have been taking over and doing such a great job. it's been a really exciting olympics. >> reporter: not least for simone biles who won five medals, four of them gold. tonight she is carrying the u.s. flag in the closing ceremony. it all comes to an end tonight in maracana. the theme of opening ceremony is carnival. they are bringing in samba students from schools around the city. but they are going to be battling the weather, the wind, and the rain. they have recorded wind gusts as high as 55 miles an hour in rio tonight. peter? >> all right, stephanie, stay dry out there. thank you. as for swimmer ryan lochte and his teammates who were caught up in the embarrassing episode here last weekend, the head of the u.s. olympic committee said today there will be further action against them, though he wasn't any more specific. for his part, lochte is apologizing for his behavior after getting drunk and claiming the americans were robbed at gunpoint. in an exclusive interview with matt lauer, lochte was asked about two of his teammates were detained here in rio. >> when you saw the news coverage of gunnar and jack being taken off the plane in the airport and you knew and you just said to me, they didn't damage anything in that gas station. and you're sitting at home in the united states, safe and sound, how did it make you feel? >> hurt. i mean, i -- i let my team down. and, you know, i'm just really sorry about -- i'm embarrassed for myself, my family, especially those guys, usa swimming, the whole olympic games, everyone watching. it's just -- i was immature and i made a stupid mistake. i'm human. i made a mistake and i definitely learned from this. and i'm just really sorry. >> and you can see much more of matt's exclusive interview with ryan lochte tomorrow morning on "today." authorities in turkey are blaming isis tonight for a mass suicide attack that shattered a wedding party, leaving more than 50 people dead. adding to the shock, reports that the bomber was a child as well. we get more tonight from nbc's matt bradley. >> reporter: today in turkey overwhelming grief after a wedding massacre. a suicide bomber's savage attack stunned a country where acts of terror have become almost routine. turkey's president blamed the attack on islamic state. the bomb tore through this narrow street where wedding guests had been dancing. many would not make it home. people were lying in pools of blood, said this woman who rushed to the scene. i feel powerless. more than 50 were killed and scores injured, many of them children. but perhaps most stunning, officials said the bomber was just a child too, aged 12 to 14. a chilling tactic but not a new one for isis. >> a lot of these children are orphans or victims of war themselves. so psychologically and emotionally, it's much easier for handlers to groom them into being suicide bombers. >> reporter: turkey is on the front lines of isis. the group is thought to have struck the country many times before, most recently in istanbul's airport, where 45 people were killed. in the heart of istanbul's tourist district in january, and in ankara last year. it's all part of turkey's growing instability. just weeks ago top military generals rebelled against president erdogan in a failed coup. such political turmoil could weaken the army, just as it confronts a powerful terrorist enemy. matt bradley, nbc news. back in the u.s., this has been a weekend of severe weather stretching from texas to michigan and there are more storms forecast for tonight. nbc's morgan radford has our report. >> reporter: winds of up to 70 miles an hour, whipping through america's heartland, with two reports of tornadoes touching down in ohio, two more in indiana. this as heavy rains pounded the pavement in michigan. seven possible tornado touchdowns reported there overnight. >> it was just like the movies. i have watched the "wizard of oz" i know what a twister looks like. >> reporter: the twisters reportedly landing just south of grand rapids, uprooting trees and knocking down power lines, leaving traffic lights dangling in the wind. as first responders raced to help victims. >> took out the swingset, took out my garden. it's scary. you don't know what to do or where you're staying. >> reporter: families forced to wade through 7 inches of rain, their cars stranded after that same storm system triggered unprecedented flooding in kansas. in texas, the national weather service warning some residents to move to higher ground as flash floods damaged homes and businesses just south of san antonio. >> this is probably the most rain i have seen at one time. >> reporter: in austin, rising waters left this road completely flooded. now, south texas bracing for more damage with the possibility of heavy downpours overnight. meanwhile, families across the country stand among shattered homes and ruined neighborhoods, stitching the pieces back together. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. in politics, donald trump's campaign suggested this weekend that his policy for dealing with undocumented immigrants may not be set in stone as the candidate, at least for now, seems to be staying on message. we get the latest tonight from nbc's casey hunt. >> reporter: donald trump still sticking to his new script. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: last night the outsider calling for a more inclusive gop. >> the gop is the party of abraham lincoln. >> reporter: it won him praise from the party chairman. >> i think he's been on message. he's shown maturity as a candidate. >> reporter: trump's new campaign manager even suggested today that trump might walk back parts of his law and order immigration proposal. >> we have many illegals in the country and we have to get them out. >> reporter: in a immigration policy speech set for thursday. >> will that plan include a deportation force? >> to be determined. >> reporter: trump supporters are trying to make hillary clinton the focus, raising questions about the clinton foundation's decision to wait and see if clinton gets elected before it stops accepting foreign donations. >> the foundation is saying they're prepared to make an unprecedented step, should hillary become president. donald trump refuses to disclose the full architecture of his financial debts and obligations around the world. >> reporter: clinton herself spending the weekend behind closed doors in massachusetts raising money, touching down on sunday for a private celebrity fund-raiser with cher, trying to widen the $20 million cash advantage her campaign has over trump, staying out of the spotlight, leaving the focus on trump's efforts to get himself back on track. casey hunt, nbc news, washington. near st. louis, missouri, poor residents of about a dozen small communities are suing their towns, arguing they're being unfairly punished for minor traffic offenses. the residents say the towns are ganging up against them to raise money, giving them a choice between paying a huge fine or going to jail. we get more from justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: quentin thomas, a construction worker from st. louis, says every time he gets behind the wheel, he worries he will be pulled over by small town police. >> these traffic stops have cost me a lot of money, also have cost me, you know, career jobs. >> reporter: in the past four years, he says he's been ordered to pay $1200 in fines and fees for traffic violations and to spend eight days in jail when he couldn't pay. he is part of a newly filed class-action lawsuit accusing 13 area st. louis towns for arresting and jailing poor and minority residents to squeeze money out of them turning traffic courts into cash cows. >> no one is arguing there shouldn't be punishments but we can't hold people in jail because they are too poor to pay a debt. >> reporter: last year alone, the lawsuit says, the touns were so aggressive, they issued one arrest warrant for every adult. and the suit contends the towns are in it together. they say failing to appear in a charge in one generates a warrant for others to use as a chance to make an arrest and collect more money the justice department found similar court practices contributed to the resentment that led to rioting in ferguson, missouri after the shooting of michael brown. for their part several of the towns say they take in less through their courts than state law allows, and they insist that every case begins when someone actually breaks the law. >> those laws are there for a reason. it's got nothing to do with filling coffers. it's got everything to do with trying to make the streets safe and implementing the law in as fair and partial manner as possible. >> reporter: though quentin thomas says jail cost him his car and two jobs, he is back at work, but still worried when he is on the road. pete williams, nbc news, washington. still ahead tonight, how south korea is gearing up for the next olympics, the 2018 winter games, now less than 18 months away. as things wind down here in rio, they are hard at work more than 11,000 miles away getting ready for the next olympics, the 2018 winter games in south korea. we sent bill nealy to pyeongchang for a progress report. >> reporter: the earth is moving fast in south korea, the next olympic venues rising quickly, from the skating rink to the bob sleigh run, korea is on track to deliver its first winter games. >> first in asia outside japan. >> reporter: so, this is historic? >> yeah, historic. in terms of venues we are ready. >> reporter: pyeongchang is upgrading its ski jump. the ice rinks are new. test events, coming soon. >> the venue will be completed on november 8th of this year. >> reporter: are you feeling nervous? >> still a little bit nervous, but we are so excited. >> reporter: there is one problem, though, snow. pyeongchang doesn't get much of it. >> even without snow from the sky, we will make snow. artificial snow. >> reporter: no snow, but that's not a problem? >> not a problem. >> reporter: it's not all about snow. >> it's one of the greatest olympic performances i have ever seen. >> reporter: a former south korean olympic champion, now retired -- >> i'm too old to skate at the olympics, i think. >> reporter: is promising a games to remember. >> we'll make pyeongchang the best winter olympic games. >> reporter: officials have praised its skiing preparations. it's promising to crack down on doping with new and clean testing labs. >> pyeongchang. >> reporter: all of this, it says, on time and on budget. olympic games don't come cheap. these will cost $13 billion. but that's a bargain compared to the last winter games when russia spent four times more on sochi, the most expensive in history. at korea's historic temples, they're praying for success. >> we pray to buddha, long, long time. >> reporter: and it's not too long before the next games begin, 78 weeks from now. bill nealy, nbc news, pyeongchang, south korea. >> 78 weeks, not that anybody's counting. up next, a timeless anthem getting new life here in rio. we'll meet the grandson behind "the girl from ipanema." ♪ young and lovely ♪ you probably know the catchy tune "the girl from ipanema," the most famous bossa nova song from this country. here in rio it's enjoying renewed popularity during these games. the composer actually found his inspiration not very far from here. tonight, gadi schwartz introduces us to the personal story behind the song. ♪ >> reporter: it was the unforgettable highlight of the opening ceremony that seemed to slow down time. supermodel gisele bundchen gracing the world's longest runway to the strains of a familiar song. at the piano, daniel jobim, the grandson of the song's composer. >> unbelievable. couldn't believe it. she is very small but she comes here and sends a kiss. oh, my god. beautiful. >> reporter: "the girl from ipanema" is such an iconic part of brazilian culture, it's almost a second national anthem. >> this is the walk that the girl from ipanema would take. >> every day she would go here. this street and go to the beach. and they would be sitting in this bar. >> look at this girl. she's incredible. there she goes again. she's so tall. she's so tan. oh, let's write down the song. >> wow. >> reporter: this was the restaurant where tom jobim and vinicius de moraes dreamed up the music. they were here so often, if someone needed to get ahold of them, they would call the bar. >> the bartender comes and says, come, there's a phone for you here. it's frank sinatra. imagine getting the phone and listening to sinatra's voice here. oh, man. >> reporter: daniel invited us into his home and sat at the piano passed down to him by his grandfather. ♪ tall and tan and young and lovely ♪ ♪ the girl from ipanema goes walking ♪ ♪ and when she passes each one ♪ ♪ she passes goes ah >> reporter: since the opening ceremony, the song written more than 50 years ago, has seen a 1200% spike in online streams, classic bossa nova made new as the new generation feels the pull of this melody. beautiful for romance. >> reporter: in portuguese there is a word, saudade, there is no translation in english. but the song comes close to describing how it feels. >> saudade is something that you long for, that you miss, and that you love. it could be a person or a place or maybe it's just a feeling of saudade of everything. >> reporter: a song that has inspired love, longing and countless quests to find the girl from ipanema and appreciate the beauty of youth as it passes by. ♪ she just doesn't sing ♪ >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news, rio. >> some of the beautiful beaches here in ipanema as well. over the course of these games we have seen our share of emotion, joy, relief, agony. but today in a matter of kniminutes, we saw all of it on the mat. a mongolian wrestler began celebrating thinking he just won the bronze, but it turns out he lost. and this guy was crushed. so were his coaches. to protest they began furiously undressing, literally throwing off their shoes, their shirts. one coach stripping down to his briefs. the crowd, as you hear, went nuts, but sadly for mongolia, that didn't change the score. and when we come back, the american brothers in rio who take olympic spirit to a whole new level. >> go usa! >> usa! finally tonight, it's been a thrilling couple of weeks here in rio, and the spirit of the games extends well beyond the pool and the track, to the stands, where fans from all over the globe converge on what really is one of the world's great sporting events. tonight ron mott meets a couple of brothers from texas who define olympic pride. >> reporter: if synchronized spirit were an olympic sport, these brothers would surely medal. >> i have over 206 signatures. >> reporter: after all, they've already amassed a stash, participation medals, that is, part of their collection of memorabilia from every summer games they have been to and then some. >> you can see the burn from the smoke on here. it was a big flame. >> reporter: the torches, autographs, of course, pins. >> 1972, 1976, 1980. >> reporter: and wait for it -- one of them is named rome, after the 1960 hosts. how did this whole olympic craze start with you two? >> well, my mother was a national champion. >> reporter: a national champion gymnast who missed rome, so gave her firstborn the honor instead. >> i kind of followed suit with the enthusiasm and i named my children after olympic cities. so, it's paris, sydney and athens. >> go usa! >> reporter: he and brother tallon, an art gallery owner and their families are wrapping up another summer games, the pair's 11th, starting with munich in 1972. moss cow in 1980, boycotted by the u.s., the only no-show since. >> it's deeper than the sport. you run into people left and right and try to talk in different languages and try to communicate and there's something about that where you're just around the world. >> reporter: olympic fever has taken them around the world. red, white, and blue goodwill ambassadors always on the lookout for something special to haul home. >> here's the german one. >> i got that one. anything else rio team? >> reporter: the next generation is showing signs of affection, too. >> we have the best family tradition, i think, in the whole world. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: already looking forward to the next summer olympics and promising to keep it up when they are the ones hoisting. ron mott, nbc news. >> usa! usa! usa! >> we'll see them in tokyo. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. i'm peter alexander. here in rio. be sure to tune in for tonight's prime time closing ceremony beginning at 8:00/7:00 central. lester holt will be at home in new york tomorrow. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and have a great night. comfort food... you've had a good long run. but your time is over. it's time for something new. something simple. grown right here in california with absolutely no antibiotics ever. food we're comfortable eating. making. 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the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. cnn "newsroom" starts right now. the music just gets you excited. the rio olympics. the games have begun. summer games officially under way. there was the parade of nations. every time you would expect the world's best athletes proudly marched together in the opening statement at rio's maracana stadium. former olympian bronze medalist took that honor. you see the image there. beautiful moment there. the theme of the ceremony was rebirth and regeneration, perhaps fitting you could say, given problems brazil has faced leading up to these days. a different scene before the games began, rye on on the police used tear gas against protest tphers rio. so much to talk about with this opening ceremony. shasta darlington live with the latest in rio. shasta, good day to you. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a spectacle that was done on the 10th of the budget, raising hopes that rio can finally turn the page on what was a troubled lead-up. telling the story of brazil's indigenous roots, many slaves brought over and japanese immigrants. but i have to say over where we were in the fan zone, the biggest cheers went up for top model gisele bundchen playing the girl from in tphaoepl ma. really again people who perhaps had been less optimistic about the rival of these games. but wants the ceremony started, another highlight was the bronze me allist lima who lit the called ron. he was a marathon runner back in 2004 who appeared set to win the gold medal when a spectator pushed him off course and only won the bronze. he was not as famous as the king of football pele, but whose health prevented him from lighting the called ron, it seems befitting of one who lost an opportunity to represent gold medal had this opportunity. as you mentioned, not all was good leading up to the ceremony. there were large protests outside merican that. people who feel all the time and money and energy should have been spent on better schools and perhaps better hospitals, especially at a time when brazil is in its section year of recession. police ended up having to use tear gas and arrest some of them. just a reminder they are really looking at the two faces of brazil. while there was a lot of enthusiasm back in 2009 when rio won its bid, we expect there to continue to be some protests. a fantastic and vibrant opening ceremony. let's see if they can keep this enthusiasm going now that the comp be begin, george. >> shasta you have covered so many things from the leadup, the political upheaval, zika i would just like to get your insight, your personal thoughts what it was like for you to be there, to witness the world coming together for this opening ceremony, that particular moment for you. stpwhrr george, we were in the fan zone where people were gathered to watch it for free on these big screens. there was a lot of excitement that the games were starting and relief that they are pulling it off. there has been no major disaster. we were in a crowd of mostly brazilians but also americans, dutch, argentines, colombians. it has been seven years in the making. and a really difficult haul for the last couple of years. but people awe struck that this was a beautiful ceremony done on such a cheap budget. fantastic dancers, fantastic details without the spectacle we saw in china but a, look, we can do this. >> we'll stay in touch with you. one key rivalry at this year's games is is between jamaican usain bolt and american justin gatlin. bolt trying to win the first sprinter to win three titles at three separate olympics. >> i have to ask you about usain. he said you're going to fee his wrath. what are your thoughts on this? >> i'm going to come here and just do what i need to do, which is run, enjoy myself, and make my way to the finals and get on top of that podium and just represent usa. that's what i'm here for. >> this may be the last time you get to face usain bolt. does that cross your mind at all, i may get one more shot at taking this guy? >> you know, i haven't really thought bit. it's olympics. it's going to be special. i know everyone will bring their "a" game, so i have to be ready. >> you have already won a gold. where are you mentally this time around? >> hungry. this is my third olympics. so i'm bringing the fun, carefree justin gatlin in 2004 and the honor to be here from 2012 and put the mix together. when i go out there, i'm going to celebrate and have a great time. >> some of the athletes have sustainability. you have been doing this a long time. what kept you going like a champ? >> the fans. people have never seen me in person and give me well wishes throughout social is media and hoping i come out here and do as an american. >> the fans keep him going. within just hours, 12 gold medals will be awarded on official day known as day one of competition. the first gold medal is in shooting, women's 10 meter air rifle. china dominates in world rankings. then men's cycling road race. three-time tour de france champion chris froome described it as satisfy sapblg. and swimming kicks off in the evening with four gold medals on the line you can keep up on all the news at cnn.com/olympics. we have the latest on the athletes, all the venues and the competitions. cnn.com/olympics for the very latest. moving on to france now. at least 13 people are dead there after several others injured as well at a bar fire in more mandy. it happen in the city of lyon. we are joined by care can line with our affiliate at the scene of that fire. what more can you tell us about what you see right now? >> reporter: well, it is is a disaster. that's what residents of the neighborhood told us this morning. and standing right in front of the bar you can see all the broken glass, burned chairs, inside and outside. and police have set a new perimeter because there are a lot of people who are coming with flowers to pay their respects. some of them are crying. it is really an emotional scene. what we know is so far the fire broke out in the middle of the night in the copa libr he e. firefighters intervened very quickly. there were a few people trapped in the bar. 50 men from the fire emergency units were trying to extinguish the fire. the french interior minister confirmed at least 13 people are dead and six others are injured. they were taken to the hospital. one of them is is fighting for his life as we because he has some serious injuries. and a psychological emergency unit has been opened at the hospital all the families and people who have seen what happened and need to talk to a doctor. >> caroline, what can you tell us about what may be behind this fire? i know there might have been an explosion. though that is not confirmed through your reporting. what do you know about what might have started it? >> reporter: well, we don't know about an explosion so far. but local media reported there was a birthday party here last night in the basement with a lot of young people attending and some on of them might be among the victims. young adults between 18 and 25 years old. the local media said that maybe the fire started because of the canneds of a cake of that birthday party, but nothing has been confirmed. i met a young woman this morning who was supposed to go to that party but she couldn't because she has to stay with her family. >> just caroline on the line. but 10:00 in the morning there as investigate continuing to determine what caused this fire. again, keeping in mind there were people who died in the fire and many others injured. we will of course stay in touch with caroline and bring you the very latest on cnn. amateur is video shot in aleppo shows a school reduced to rubble by recent air strikes. a man in the video claims they are russian attacks and two homes were also hit, killing an entire family. another video purportedly shot this homes shows the once bustling city in ruins. crew delivered aid to displaced people after a deadly suicide bombing there. a van drove a car from the syrian side into the military post killing six jordanian border guards. it used cranes to drop food and medical supplies into that rare. >> u.n. refugee agency says isis is captured displaced iraqis as they attempted to flee their northern villages. 12 of the people were later killed. isis has been known to try and use idps as human shields. u.n. data shows more than 4 million such people are in iraq. this is newsroom. >> still ahead changes his tune. when we come back, why he is now endorsing top u.s. republicans days after declining to do so. plus, the next u.s. president will have easy access to the nuclear football. what that probably looks like. what's inside as cnn "newsroom" continues. continues. s up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight 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hillary clinton is polling ahead of donald trump in several key swing states. in the state of new hampshire, clinton is up with a sizable lead. you see it here. ahead 17 points. her republican rival, trump, led in that statement just weeks ago. in the historically tight and critical state of florida, clinton leads by six. and in a surprise twist also, clinton is ahead in the state of georgia. but the spread is only four points within the margin of error, georgia has voted for a democrat for president just three times since 1964. donald trump is escalating his attacks on his democratic rival. he took swipes at clinton's character on friday, accusing her of being a dangerous, pathological liar. here's jason carroll with that story. >> and if you don't like me, that's okay. vote for pence. because it's a safe thing. >> donald trump refocusing his sights on hillary clinton after a turbulent week. >> she's really pretty close to unhing unhinged. you have seen it. you have seen a couple of times. people in the background know it. people who know her know it. she's like an unbalanced person. >> also taking a step toward unifying the republican party with his enforcement of house speaker paul ryan at his rally in wisconsin. trump caused another intra-party rift earlier this week when he said he was not ready ready to endorse ryan's reelection bid. mike pence split with his running mate after trump says he gave the go ahead. >> he came to me -- he called me the other day, he said do you mind -- he likes paul ryan. he's a good guy, actually. no, he's a good guy. >> he has not spoken to trump since the convention last month and, again, suggested his endorsement of trump is not set in stone stpwhrfplt there is never a plank check. and you know that. i see no purpose of doing this pet where back and forth with donald trump. it serves no good purpose in my mind. >> the clinton campaign blasting trump on foreign policy today, releasing a tv ad featuring conservative trump critics. >> if he governs consistent with some of the things he's said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. >> all this as he picks up the endorsement of former cia director mike morell who said he is unqualified and a threat to have national security. even adding that trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin turned him into an unwitted agent of the russian federation. pence responding that trump has the toughness to stand up to putin. >> people who know donald trump knows he knows how to stand up and he knows how to stand strong. standing up to russian aggression is going to be pertinent in the administration. >> dom trump made other endorsements in the name of party unity. he announced his support of long-time arizona senator john mccain and new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. they are both running for reelection in their states. he previously refused to endorse them or declined or delayed to endorse them. hillary clinton admit she may have circuited some of her answers on controversial e-mails. she claimed the fbi said she was truthful to the public. on friday, clinton tried to explain what she meant. >> i have said during the interview and on many other occasions over the past months, that what i told the fbi, which he said is truthful, is is consistent with what i have said publicly. i may have short circuited it. for that i will try to qualify. i think chris wallace and i were probably talking past each other. because of course he could only talk to what i told the fbi. and i appreciated that. now, i have acknowledged repeatedly that using two e-mail accounts was a mistake. and i take responsibility for that. >> that e-mail controversy has dogged the clinton campaign for some time. many voters say she is not trust worthy. as for donald trump, many fear he could be trusted with is having control over the nuclear weapons program in the united states. the next u.s. president will have near him, or near his briefcase a the nuclear football. our brian todd has more from washington. >> reporter: just a few feet from the president, no matter where the commander in chief happens to be, a military aide carries a briefcase. it is nicknamed the football, and the power it can unleash is legendary. >> immense, unprecedented power. the united states deploys approximately 900 nuclear warheads on the order of 10 to 20 times more powerful than the weapons that destroyed hiroshima and nagasaki. >> reporter: five military aides work in a rotation carrying the football. for three years as young marine major, he carried it. the responsibility can can be nerve-racking. >> i wouldn't say i was on edge but i was very focused on what i was going to do. the time is so short between alert and execution, you have to be ready at any moment. that's why one of was also always in close proximity to the president. >> there is a separate football for the vice president if the command tpher chief becomes incapacitated. >> metzger described a black book listing strike options for retaliation if the u.s. is attacked, a book listing bunker locations where the president can be taken in an emergency. a manila folder for the emergency broadcast system. is and small card with authentication codes verifying it is is the president. >> it is known as the biscuit. >> hillary clinton said donald trump doesn't have the right temperament to be trusted with the launch codes. >> anyone that can be provoked by a sweet should not be anywhere near nuclear weapons. >> the result of a decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible, so grotesquely horrible it would change the face of the earth. it would change humanity. it would change mankind. i guess when you're on duty you try not to think of the import on that. >> if the president decides to use the football and launch a nuclear strike, is there anyone in the chain of command to stop that order? they won't comment on that. but metzger says unless there is a full-on mute any, no one can-can stop the order. the party that has ruled south africa for 22 years is facing its worst electoral performance since the end of racial segregation under apartheid. voters in local elections are showing their discontent with the africa national conference, which nelson mandela helped to build into a national powerhouse. david mckenzie has more from johannesburg. >> reporter: it is their worst showing for more than two decades in a democratic south africa. the three major cities the anc was unable to get that majority to rule those cities outright. is and most embarrassingly they lost nelson mandela bay to the alliance. their most famous struggle icon. it is a different picture in the rural areas. the anc is still a juggernaut. many are angry at the level of income in equality and the sluggish economy. youth unemployment is more than 50% in this country. the anc faces tough questions after this election, particularly about jacob zuma, the country's president. he has been plagued by many corruption scandal. many are blaming him now in part for the loss. >> david, thank you. angola is going to the olympics for rowing for the first time ever. up next, how they overcame incredible odds to get to the games. live across the united states and around the world this hour. you're watching cnn "newsroom". welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn "newsroom". it is good to have you with us. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. in france, authorities say at least 13 people are dead after a bar fire in mandy in the city of rouen. several people were imagined. a birthday party was taking place at the time of that incident. donald trump gave a ringing endorsement to paul ryan friday night. earlier in the week, the u.s. presidential candidate outraged the party by withholding his support. he also backed john mccain and kelly ayotte. the games are officially under way after a thrilling opening ceremony. lima lit the cauldron and 11,000 marched in the parade of nations. a day-long protest in rio that took place ahead of the opening ceremony and forced the olympic torch to actually be altered in its route. brazilian riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds there. things are much calmer at the games where the angola rowing him will be making history when they hit the water in rio. they spoke to christina macfarlane about the olympic journey and their aspirations for gold. ♪ >> reporter: on the lake four years ago where the world's best rowers raced to glory, a new dream is just beginning. this is angola's first ever rowing team to qualify for the olympic games. >> to know olympic champions were made here. it is a great honor for us. we hold ourselves to high standards to honor the olympic spirit. >> reporter: in october 2015, andre mathias for the men's lightweight rowing. >> no one associates rowing is and angola. they have more established teams, various clubs. in angola, we have a dozen boats, a dozen athletes. at this point, we're the only two. none in sight coming. >> has that changed in your country. >> in 2007 there was one boat with wooden skulls. and now with the medals we go with a team of eight, nine rowers to the african championships. we have more people interested in knowing what we're doing and younger rowers in angola that we look forward to show to the world and in the future. but it takes time. >> in this sport, success comes with seamless coordination is and teamwork, something these two have been building since childhood. >> well, for more than 20 years. we used to do a lot of sports when we were in angola. and andre always told me to try rowing because i used to play football and tennis. in 2010 i gave it a go. so i tried. and in 2013 he called me and asked me if i wanted to try to make a double for the african team. i had yeah. and we joined in switzerland. >> so, andre, you already had your eye on jean-lu cancer. you said one day, this guy, i'm going to get him in a boat. now that you have come together, what do you make of this team? >> well, i mean, i have no regret at all. we have accomplished a lot of things. and i think i'm proud to do that with especially one of my best friends. >> as the play ahead to rio does their country proud, it will be a special moment for their coach, who has dedicated his life to the sport. >> i think to make the olympics is their dream come true. it's my dream come true. i've been in the sport for 56 years now. this for me is the cream on the cake, and i'm going to enjoy it. >> you just can't help but get inspired and feel really excited for these teams. >> i love those stories, just seeing how hard people have worked is and the things they have overcome to get to the olympics. >> the good part about it, several of these competitions will be outside the first few days. the weather is playing along. >> several indoor competitions and several outdoor competitions. they will be attributed to the weather and how nice it is there i believe they had a meteorologist on speed dial. what month out of the year should we hold the olympics. they must have said august because this is the perfect time of the year. this is a climate logical average. the month of august is is primo. it is when we see the least amount of rainfall. each month is represented. you can see the precipitation on the far side is of this graphic. january, february, october, november, december are the months that see the most amount of rain in rio. remember, the southern hemisphere, where rio is located, is in the winter months as we speak. that's the dry time of the year. the summer is opposite to the northern hemisphere. that's when they see the most amount of rain. it doesn't show any cloud cover. even stretching farther south to sao paulo. it is going to be picture perfect. just as beautiful as the skyline is across rio. average temperature is 28 degrees. it actually appears that today the first day of competition in rio will be be a few degrees above where they should be. 31. 87 fahrenheit for our domestic viewers. light winds. no chances of rainfall. so the blue skies will shine overhead. you actually have to look the next five days to see the change in temperature. monday we cool off a few degrees. by wednesday, our next chance of rainfall. it's going to be a fairly temperate first few days. we're taking you to the west coast of eupbd because they have had a problem with flooding. monsoonal rains bringing excessive precipitation. 115 millimeters fell across this region. the good news is they are actually above average across the entire subcontinent. remember, 1.2 billion people rely on this annual monsoon rain this time of year. hey, i want to end with this i want to take you to the united states. we have been to south america, india, the united states. you're looking at a waterspout. and a very close up image of a waterspout. george, have you ever seen -- this man was practically standing underneath this waterspout. he was able to catch with his iphone camera the entire length of the tornado over water. that's all the way into the cloud cover above. that is pretty good footage but dangerous. if i was him, i would go into shelter to get away from it as quick as possible. >> it has been a pretty busy week of weather. the south, midwest. >> yeah. more severe weather over the western u.s. >> this is cnn "newsroom". colorado is a particular prize. how both campaigns are fighting for its undecided voters. >> plus, chicago's police department relieves three officers of their duties after seeing video of a deadly shooting. we'll have details on that. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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"newsroom". i'm george howell. despite rotten reviews for this particular movie, "suicide squad" is expected to have a blockbuster weekend. good news for the studio. the film already pulled in more than $20 million in preview showings. here's neil curry with more on that. >> the guy shoots people. >> he eats people. >> reporter: packed with characters from the dc comic book world, and including vie is hola davis, margo robby, will smith, many are licking their lips in anticipation. >> we're bad guys. it's what we do. >> super villains rounded up and coerced as working against a fighting force against another evil enemy. >> i want to build a team of bad people who i think can do some good. >> the critics may have appeared to be the true villains. >> the critics are individuals. and they're entitled to their opinion. you know, hopefully the fans and the other people who see the movie, hopefully new fans as well as fans of the "suicide squad" will feel differently. and maybe they will reconsider. >> the previous release of batman versus superman to take on this $900 million at the box office. it depends largely on fans like this here in london and around the world. >> fans in 10 countries had an immediate opportunity to take part in the proceedings via a live linkup between the u can k, mexico, south africa, uae, germany italy, holland, portugal, ukraine, and spain. with diversity still high on the hollywood agenda and international markets to be reached, will smith described the cast as a rainbow, embracing all races, creeds and colors. that's a view echoed by the rest of the cast. >> i'm getting a lot of social media responses. and they've just been saying they're proud to see a japanese woman play a japanese role. >> hopefully this is part of the change that's happening. maybe the pendulum is is is swinging in the other direction. >> it reflects on our society. you know, being a black man has always been tough to get the lead roles. >> amid plans to release several more films the next decade, they are engaged in an on going battle to conquer the critics and avoid cinematic suicide. neil curry, cnn, london. >> "suicide squad". we'll have to wait and see. i didn't like how batman versus superman ended. i'm a superman guy. doctors in singapore are getting help from a futuristic new robot emma. it is supposed to help people -- rather help with the physically tiring parts of the massage so the doctor can focus on engaging with their patient. that looks like a good idea. thanks for being with us on cnn "newsroom". i'm george howell. more news from around the world right after the break. that you can for watching cnn, the world's news leader. it went off without a hitch after months of scathing headlines out of brazil. the opening ceremonies for the summer olympics grabs the world's attention. getting along just fine. donald trump endorses big name in the u.s. political race after fighting within the republican party. and a disastrous friday night in france as a bar bursts into flames. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. ♪ 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the opening ceremony is on the books, and the first full day of official competition is underway. what better way to kick off south america's first-ever olympics than with a party and a party that is carnival style. thousands of people filled rio's stadium for friday's opening ceremony. the festivities featured fireworks, dancers, acrobats, and lots of samba music. the world's best athletes marching in the parade of nations. what a sight that was. and the lighting of the olympic caldron. the opening ceremony's message was rebirth and regeneration. fitting, perhaps, given the problems that brazil has faced in the run-up to the games. cnn's shasta darlington is live for us in rio with the very latest. what a day. what a night, shasta. >> reporter: that's right, george. it was a really vibrant start to what has been such a troubled lead-up, raising hopes that rio might finally turn the page. it was a spectacle done with just a fraction of the budget used in london or beijing, telling the story of brazil's history from its indigenous roots to its multiethnic history, african slaves, the portuguese who first arrived, even japanese immigrants. all of this while sending a powerful environmental message. of course, the biggest cheers were reserved for supermodel gisele bundchen when she strutted her stuff in the middle of the stadium, paying tribute to the iconic song "girl from ipa nema." the biggest honors for the brazilian marathon runner who saw the gold medal snatched from under him in athens when he led the pack and a fan tackled him, pushing off course, and he ended up with the bronze. in some ways, this makes it up to him, george. the day did start in a very different way with protests on copa cabana beach and protesters trying to march up to the stadium. people who feel that all of the time and energy and of course money shouldn't be spent on a global sporting event at a time when brazil is in a deep recession and political chaos that seemed -- its president sidelined as she faces an impeachment trial. this is a troubling moment for brazil, but at this point the hope is that all eyes will turn toward the olympics. >> shasta, as a correspondent who has covered brazil for us for such a great extensive time, covering so many things from the political turmoil to the zika scare to the run-up to the games and building of infrastructure for them, what was it like for you to witness, to see this opening ceremony come together? >> reporter: you know, there was a certain sense of pride where we were, george. we watched the whole show from a fan zone set up in downtown rio. thousands of people packed in, mostly brazilians, but plenty of american flags, dutch flags, argentines, colombians, people coming together to watch the spectacle for free on the giant screen and celebrating it. the brazilian fans were cheering at various moments, not only when gisele bundchen came out but when the spectacle showed the african history, whether it seemed to put together the image of the shantytowns here. people i think also breathing a sigh of relief. we pulled it off, we can do this. a real sense of pride and joy, something long overdue here, george. >> shasta darlington live in rio de janeiro. thank you very much, we'll stay in touch as the world watches the olympic games. what began as a peaceful protest turned into a nasty situation ahead of the opening ceremony in rio. protesters burned the rio 2016 t-shirt and the brazilian flag outside the stadium. riot police later used teargas to disperse the crowds. earlier protesters forced the olympic torch to take a different route as it went through the copacabana beachfront. for many of the olympic athletes, training and performing can be a lonely shoot. for two people, it's a family affair. we have the story. >> reporter: when you're competing in your eighth olympics, one would think you'd have seen it all. nina has been shooting at the games since 1988. first for the ussr, and then georgia after her country gained independence. she's won gold, silver, and bronze. this year, it's something new, something historic. this year she's also competing with her son. >> translator: this was my father's dream, but he was more planning for this dream to come true for the olympic games in tokyo. we kind of did this beforehand, so it was a big surprise for him. this is his dream coming true more than ours. >> reporter: at the age of 18, this is channey's first olympic. it's already more than he imagined. >> i thought it was very difficult to achieve. when i grow up, now i realize every day that it's something i can really achieve. >> reporter: nina took bronze in 2008 while at home her country was at war with russia. she hugged the russian silver medalist on the podium. it is obviously your dream will to come here and succeed again. it is every mother's dream to see her child succeed. if you had to choose between your personal success or your son's success and you could only have one, what would it be? >> translator: this is first time in the history of georgia when two athletes acquired license for participating in the olympic games. and already it's been a huge success for me in happiness. i'm more happy that has their has turned out to be my son. of course i would be more happy with the success of my son. >> reporter: is he too big to hug? does she embarrass you? >> yeah because sometimes i try to be cool, and girls think she's coming to give me a hug. it's so corny. >> reporter: that's going to be hard in the olympic village. you need your mom to give you space. >> yeah, but olympic village she's my coach, not really my mom. >> reporter: it's an athlete's job to compete, of course. it's a mother's job to embarrass her son. don riddell, cnn, rio. >> a family affair for that team. great. >> i wonder what kind of advice the mother gives the son. just shoot a little further to the left. she gets the bull's-eye, right? for those people indoors, hey, if you're outdoors, the weather's playing along. not a bad things. >> the opening ceremony was perfect. clear skies -- i saw that one shot with the helicopter that was floating above the christ redeemer statue and the foreground. that was spectacular. no clouds in the sky obviously. picture perfect, that's what it was. it looks like that's going to stay for the first day of the competition. take a look at this. i think the olympic rio organizers, they must have had a meteorologist on speed dial. they should have called me, for sure. they said when should we host these olympic games. they said, august, of course, in rio because they get the least amount of rain that time of year. look at january, february, november, and december. that would be their summer months when they receive well over six to seven millimeters of rain. look at the forecast precipitation going forward. there's only so many ways. we were joke about this earlier, there's only so many ways you can say sunny and dry. average temperature this time of year, around 84 degrees fahrenheit. upper 20s in terms of celsius. lower 30s. the good news is this is one of the coolest months, as well. great news for the competing athletes and also the spectators going to the various sporting events as they head to the stadiums and witness some of the sports in the outdoor stadiums. here's a look at the forecast for today in rio de janeiro. lots of sunshine, all the way to 31 degrees by the afternoon. we do not anticipate any rainfall today, tomorrow, even into the first parts of the workweek. we will have a cool-off by monday and tuesday. great news for perhaps the beach volleyball competition taking place along the coastline. look at by wednesday, our next chance of precipitation. just light rain. we try to think about what other weather factors could play a role at least in the olympic games. the wind not strong enough to make much of a concern. the strongest winds will be offshore. the humidity, this is a coastal area. you have to factor that for the athletes and competitions taking place. that will be a bit on the sticky side, 62% ranging throughout the day. perhaps as high as 85%. could it get a bit sticky as one would expect if you live close to the coast. look at the average high temperatures through the day for some of the various areas competing this afternoon. we have tennis this afternoon i believe taking place, 85 degrees, sunshine. and we also have a swimming competition, some of the first medals being handed out today, and that will not be impacted by the weather. how many ways can you say blue, sunny, and perfect in rio de janeiro? >> several times i would imagine. >> i think i just did. >> thank you. american swimmer michael phelps is looking to add to his tally of gold medals at the games. he's already boasting about impressive olympic pedigree. take a look at some standout olympic records. ♪ within hours, 12 gold medals will be awarded on what's officially known as day one of competitions for these games. the first gold medal is in shooting the women's ten-meter air rifle. china dominates that sport in world rankings. in the men's cycling road race, three-time tour de france champion chris groom describes that as savage. and four gold medals up for grabs in swimming. you can catch up with all the action, the news out of rio at cnn.com/olympics. our special website has the latest on the athletes, the venues and competition. again, you can find it all right there at cnn.com/olympics. this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, donald trump changes his tune. now endorsing two top u.s. republicans just days after declining to do so. new video fueling the controversy over $400,000 that the united states sent to iran the very same day that hostage were released. stay with us. what is freedom? 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[ applause ] for his service to our country. and i fully support and endorse his re-election. >> meanwhile, our own fareed zakaria has his own word for donald trump. he calls him a "bs artist," for the "washington post." he tells don lemon boasts and makes wild claims that are not based in fact. >> reporter: his whole mode of operation is really a b.s. artist. there's a distinction as i talk about an essay by an eminent princeton philosopher who says there's a distinction between telling lies and telling b. s. lies you're intentionally trying to falsify the truth. with b.s., you don't care what the truth is, what lies are. this is a great act, like a performance. trump is surprised that people call him on it. he's like, but actually you haven't met putin, he's like, who cares? and that's what -- >> are you saying he doesn't know he's lying? >> i think he's convinced himself that in a case like that, look, i'm a big shot, i went to russia. i could have met putin. it would have been -- fact that it actually didn't happen is irrelevant. she has been criticized for being untruthworthy. hillary clinton admits she may have, in her words, "shortcircuit good some of the answers she -- shortcircuited on some of the answers she gave on emails." she's been under fire for recent interviews where fbi said she was truthful to the public on. friday, clinton tried to explain what she meant. >> i have said during the interview and in many other occasions over the past months that what i told the fbi which he said was truthful is consistent with what i have said publicly. i may have short circuited it, and for that i will try to clarify. i think chris wallace and i were talking past each other. of course, he could only talk to what i had told the fbi, and i appreciated that. now, i have acknowledged repeatedly that using two e-mail accounts was a mistake, and i take responsibility for that. >> the e-mail controversy has been dogging clinton's campaign for some time. many voters, again, saying that she is just not trustworthy. as for donald trump, there are many voters who also question or doubt whether he should be trusted with control of u.s. nuclear weapons. the next president of the united states will always have near him or her a briefcase dubbed "the nuclear football." our brian todd has details from washington. >> reporter: just a few feet from the president, no matter where the commander in chief happens to be, a military aide carries a briefcase. it's nicknamed "the football," and the power the satchel can unleash is legendary. >> immense, unprecedented power. the united states currently right now depys approximately 900 nuclear warheads on the order of 10 to 20 times more powerful than the weapons that destroyed hiroshima and nagasaki. >> reporter: five military aides, one from each branch of the armed forces, work in a rotation carrying the football. for three years, the young marine major, pete metzger carried the nuclear football for president reagan. the responsibility can be nerve-racking. >> i wouldn't say i was on edge, but i was very, very focused on what i was going to do. the time is so short between alert and execution, you have to be ready any time for any moment. that's why one of us was always in close proximity to the president. >> reporter: metzger says there's a separate football for the vice president if the commander in chief becomes incapacitated. how does it compare to this, bigger, heavier? >> somewhat longer, a little wider and somewhat heavier. >> reporter: inside the case there's communication equipment. metzger won't discuss the other contents. bill gully, former director of the white house military office, described in his book four crucial comments. a black book listing information on retaliation. a bunker where the president can be taken in an emergency. a folder listing procedures for the emergency broadcast system. and a small card with authentication codes to verify it's the president ordering a nuclear launch. >> that is known as the biscuit, an interesting name. >> reporter: hillary clinton says donald trump doesn't have the right temperament to be near the nuclear weapons. >> anyone who can baited with a tweet shouldn't be near nuclear weapons. >> reporter: metzger said to carry the football, he had to undergo vigorous background checks by the military, secret service, and fbi. it included extensive psychiatric screening. >> the result of a decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible, so grotesquely horrible, this would change the face of the earth. it would change humanity. it would change mankind. i guess when you're on duty, you try not to think about the import of that, but you're fully prepared if you have to. >> reporter: if the president decides to use the football and actually launch a nuclear strike, is there anyone in the chain of command who can stop that order? the white house won't comment on that, but pete metzger and other experts tell us unless there's a full-on mutiny, no one can stop that order. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> thank you. meanwhile, hillary clinton is pulling ahead of donald trump in several key swing states where the republican led just weeks ago. in the battleground state of new hampshire, clinton is up 17 points, quite a wide gap there. in the historically critical state of florida, she's ahead by six. in a surprise twist, hillary clinton is also ahead in the state of georgia which typically goes republican. the spread is only 4% points within the margin of error, but georgia has gone for a democratic president only three times since 1964. the new video is adding fuel to a controversy over cash. a cash transfer of $4 million from the united states to iran. that payment happened at the same day, the same time tehran released four american prisoners. our chief u.s. security correspondent, jim sciutto, has more from washington. >> reporter: a palette loaded with what iranian state television claims is cash sent by the u.s. the narrator says to pay back iran's money after 35 years. this video, which cnn cannot authenticate, aireded in iran just days after the release of four american prisoners. at the pentagon thursday, president obama dismissed any connection between the cash payment which he acknowledged and the prisoners' release, saying negotiations were entirely separate. >> we announced these payments in january. this wasn't some nefarious deal. and at the time, we explained that iran had pressed a claim before an international tribunal about them recovering money of theirs that we had frozen. >> reporter: until today, donald trump claimed to have seen secret video being unloaded in iran just as those american prisoners were freed. >> the tape was made, right? you saw that with the airplane coming in. nice plane. and the airplane comes in and the money coming off, i guess, right? that was given to us, has to be, by the iranians. and you know why the tape was given to us? because they want to embarrass our country. >> reporter: this morning, mr. trump withdrew the claim, tweeting this reversal, "the plane i saw on television was the hostage plane in geneva, switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to iran." trump apparently referringing to this entirely different video showing the plane that had carried the freed americans. however, the timing of the two transactions, u.s. prisoners going out, hundreds of millions of dollars going in, still raises the question of whether the americans' release was conditional on the payment of money. cnn asked a u.s. state department official whether iran would have freed the prisoners without that payment. this official told cnn, it is "unknowable." >> that was our chief u.s. security correspondent, jim sciutto, reporting from washington. the party that has ruled south africa for 22 years is facing its worst electoral performance since the end of racial segregation under apartheid. voters in local elections are showing their discontent with the african national congress. the anc, as it's called. that's the party that nelson mandela helped to build into a national powerhouse. our david mckenzie has more now from johannesburg. >> reporter: the election results are a stinging rebuke for the ruling anc. it's their worst showing for more than two decades in a democratic south africa. the key issue here are the major metropolitan areas. three major cities the anc was unable to get the majority to rule those cities outright. and most embarrassingly, they lost nelson mandela bay to the opposition democratic alliance. nelson mandela, of course, their most famous struggle icon. a different picture in the rural areas. the anc is still an election juggernaut. many south africans are angry at the level of income inequality and sluggish economy. youth unemployment is more than 50% in this country. the anc faces tough questions after this election, particularly about jacob zuma, the country's president. he's been racked by a series of corruption scandals. many people now are blaming him in part for the loss. david mckenzie, cnn, johannesburg, south african. >> thank you. this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, why one olympic athlete's name and flag is stirring up mixed emotions at the olympic games. live across the u.s. and around the world this hour, you're watching "cnn newsroom." be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. always tell your doctor if you have any signs of infection, have had cancer, if you develop any new skin growths or if anyone in your house needs or has recently received a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. some serious allergic reactions can occur. do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. most people using stelara® saw 75% clearer skin and the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. 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>> it's nice and easy to offload like that if i'm in the tackle. around your body or come here and pass it on that way. >> reporter: what type of differences standout to you rugby compared to football? >> one, the cardiovascular aspect, 100%. number two, the cardiovascular aspect, 100%. you don't have any pads and technique and form plays a huge role in that. and you have to learn how to tackle the right way, or you won't have a very long career. in taiwan, some olympic fans are becoming increasingly angry that their team is once again competing under the name and flag of chinese taipei. the island grudgingly agreed to compete that way in 1981. they consider china as rogue province, but they see themselves as independent and democratic. over the years, many taiwan residents describe themselves as taiwanese. they'd like to see their olympic team compete under taiwan's name and flag. a bar fire in france has killed at least 13 people and injured several others. it happened in normandy. local media report the bar was hosting a birthday party at the time of the fire and that the victims were in their late teens and 20s. a witness to the fire was shaken by the tragedy. >> translator: i told my friend, let's get a spot on the terrace. i was about to sit when everything blew. we saw the smoke and flames. we got scared. we stepped away. i feel bad because i could have died if my friend had not been there, and i have children. i had two friends who were downstairs who were mothers with three children. bad. a rap concert in new jersey came to an end on friday when at least 42 fans were injured there. the fire department says a large piece of fencing collapsed, sending dozens over a ledge. snoop dogg and wiz khalifa were performing at the time. most of those injure head minor injuries -- injured had minor injuries. secaria belan will appear in front of westminster's court soon. he's 19 and charged with murdering one woman and injuring five in london. darlene, horton, a 64-year-old american, also died in the attack. initially authorities seemed to think he was motivated by terrorism. they say evidence suggests the attack was instead triggered by mental health issues. police in the u.s. city of chicago have relieved three officers of their duties after the killing of an unarmed african-american teenager as he fled in a suspected stolen car. now we are seeing dramatic footage of the moments surrounding that shooting. our rosa florez has this report. [ sirens ] >> reporter: newly released dash and body camera video shows the dramatic moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in chicago. the suspect, 18-year-old paul o'neil, was fleeing from police in a black jaguar reported stolen. as he drives toward the police car, two officers jump out. [ gunfire ] firing at the jaguar as it speeds by. one officer even pointing his gun in the direction of his partner as he turns around. seconds later, o'neil slams head-on into a police suv. the violent collision covering the suv's dash cam with smoke as o'neil take off running. bide cameras show officers chasing him. moments later, the sound of gunfire. o'neil was shot in the back yard of a home. [ shouts ] >> [ bleep ] >> reporter: the county medical examiner says o'neil, who was unarmed, died of a gunshot wound to the back. the officer who fired the fatal shot was wearing a body camera, but it was not recording. investigators are trying to figure out why. o'neil's family watched the videos before they were released to the public. >> i'm very hurt. words can't describe how i feel at this moment and how i felt when it happened. i really want everybody to know that paul was loved by my mother, his family, me. >> reporter: the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department and the officers involved. family members say some of the most disturbing moments are what the officers say after the shooting. while o'neal is still bleeding and handcuffed on the ground. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> i am going to be on a desk -- >> he shot pack, right? >> reporter: the shooting happening in what has been deemed a new era of transparency and accountability in chicago. >> as it appears, departmental policies may have been violated. >> reporter: the new police superintendent took swift action, taking the police powers away from the three officers who fired their weapons. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: it also only took eight days for officials to release the video. a move that at times has taken more than a year. rosa flores, cnn, chicago. >> thank you. the black lives matter movement staged a protest in the united kingdom friday. demonstrators marked five years since police in london shot and killed mark duggan. his death sparked riots in the capital and british cities. one explained the protests this way -- >> this is to highlight of issue of black lives not mattering, one that's alive in the united kingdom as well as the u.s. we've seen the big movement in the united states. we have our own problems here. for example, more than 1,563 people have died in the united kingdom. as a black person who's twice as likely to be represented in that figure than white counterparts. >> an inquest in 2014 found that duggan was kill ed -- killed lawfully even though he didn't have a gun and was shot and killed. air strikes happening on a daily basis. the latest video that claims to show the damage to two once-vibrant cities. later, the amazing story of an olympic rower once terrified of water and grew up in a drought-stricken village in india. wow. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. always tell your doctor if you have any signs of infection, have had cancer, if you develop any new skin growths or if anyone in your house needs or has recently received a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems these may be signs of a rare, potentially fatal brain condition. some serious allergic reactions can occur. do not take stelara® if you are allergic to stelara® or any of its ingredients. most people using stelara® saw 75% clearer skin and the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. built a sandcastle?id? 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>> reporter: call it irony or fate. the 25-year-old is going from a drought-stricken village in india to rio de janeiro. he's the only indian rower to qualify for the 2016 olympics. >> translator: when i think about how much my life has changed, i just laugh. when they told me i'd qualify for the olympic, i didn't even know what it meant. >> reporter: he grew up in a small village in one of the worst affected cities by drought. >> translator: my only dream was to become the best farmer in my village. i wanted to produce the best crop. the lack of water made it very difficult to survive as a farmer. >> reporter: he spent hours every day lugging water from village wells, every drop so precious. this is his home, and inside -- he's saying he lives here with his entire family in one room with a kitchen. he has no running water, no tv, no refrigerator. this is life. it's a life he long wanted to overcome. he joined the army, picking up a paddle for the first time in 2012. the rest, as they say, is history. gearing up for the olympic is--o poi olympics is no easy feet. rowing up and down this 200-meter stretch, he's looking pretty good. prioritizing performance over everything else. his hardships back home only motivating him to push harder. >> translator: i have so many problems at home. my father is dead. my mother is paralyzed. our fields are dry. we're in debt. so i need to win to support my family, to have a better life. >> reporter: rowing himself and his family out of poverty. he's aiming for gold in rio. he knows it's a long shot, but for his family and drought-ridden village, in many ways he's already won. cnn, india. >> thank you. now for a story of an extreme athlete and his new canine companion. they met during a race across the desert and formed a lasting bond. robyn curnow with more. >> reporter: he's run some of the most extreme races around the world. the marathoner says he's never seen anything like this. earlier this summer, leonard was competing in a grueling week-long run across china's gobi desert when a friendly little dog started to follow him. >> he was looking up in my eyes, and she just kept staring, looking up at me. and i'm looking down at her thinking, this little dog's not going to stay with me all day. she'll leave. that's exactly what she did. >> reporter: the stray, which earned the name gobi, stuck with him for days over mountains, through scorching heat. 125 kilometers, all the way to the finish and a second-place medal. >> it was an amazing experience to run into the finish line with her. my wife actually says to me, it's the only time i've ever seen you smile at the end of a race. >> reporter: after the race, leonard knew he couldn't leave his furry friend behind. he started "bring gobi home," a crowdfunding effort to raise enough money to bring the dog back with him to scotland. it quickly became an international sensation. >> it was awesome to see the support from around the world. the notes, emails, and messages that we're getting for it has been incredible. >> reporter: leonard has raised thousands from backers all around the world and is now waiting to officially adopt gobi. before that can happen, the dog must spend up to four months in quarantine. leonard's hoping they will be reunited in time for the holidays. >> an amazing christmas present to have her here. >> reporter: there could be more racing ahead for gobi. >> she's going to definitely be wanting to compete. she'll run every day if you allow her. she's got a big heart. >> reporter: leonard is already looking forward to getting back on the trail with his new best friend. robyn curnow, cnn. >> very cool. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the news continues on cnn right after the break. wahhhh... right. in. your. stomach! watch this!... >>yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasn't it? 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cnn is live in rio. welcome to "early start." i'm george howell. >> i'm christine romans. let's begin with president obama taking one last parting shot at donald trump before taking off on summer vacation. in a news conference, the president delivered a troubling assessment on isis and shot down the allegations that the u.s. paid $400 million to iran for four hostages. he spoke about the claims that the election is rigged. >> i don't know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal government doesn't run the election process. states and cities and communities all across the country, they're the ones who set up the voting systems and voting booths. if mr. trump is suggesting there is a conspiracy theory that is being propagated across the country including in places like texas where typically it's not democrats in charge of voting booths, that's ridiculous. >> now that $400 million cash payment the u.s. made to iran, the president says there was no ransom and no scandal there. he says his administration has been transparent all along on that. we have more from michelle kosinski. >> reporter: george and christine, this is a wide ranging press conference. the transfer of that cash to iran was going to come up. the president sounding annoyed. clearly wanted to put it to rest. listen. >> we announced these payments in january. many months ago. there wasn't a secret. we announced them. to all of you. josh did a briefing on them. this wasn't some nefarious deal. we were completely open with everybody about it. it is interesting to me how suddenly this became a story again. we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> reporter: the president there did not tell us anything we didn't know. the administration announced the transfer of money back in january. everybody reported on it then. the recent release of the details seem to convey a sense of urgency that the plane load of cash had to get to iran just before the prisoners were released. it reminds us of the questions, the answers to which have not been completely clear. was there urgency? did that money need to get there just then? does it bother the president that the timing of this then allowed iran to call it a ransom? if that money hadn't been there on time, would those prisoners then have been released? that may not be something we ever learn the answer to, george and christine. >> michelle, thank you. the president offering a sobering assessment of the fight against isis. after meeting with the national security council, the president told reporters he will continue the escalation of air strikes of isis in libya. despite driving the terrorists out of several key cities in syria and iraq, the president warns isis is shifting tactics and the group is a significant threat. >> we have to do a better job of disrupting networks and those networks are more active in europe than they are here, but we don't know what we don't know. it's conceivable there are networks here that could be activated. >> president obama admits isis continues to launch attacks and its ability in 18 different countries. after a week of high profile missteps, donald trump back on message for now. at a rally in maine, he focused his democratic rival for a dangerous and weak position on immigration. >> hillary clinton wants to have them come in by the hundreds of thousands. just remember. this has nothing to do with politics, folks. this has to do with pure raw stupidity. she made everybody less safe. those 33,000 e-mails are potentially a danger to our country. we are both supposed to be briefed in the not too distant future. i'm saying you can't brief her. let's protest. >> trump getting a lot of attention for the claim he made again now. acclaimed yesterday he has seen video of the cash payment made by the u.s. to iran although his campaign admits the video does not exist. more from jason carroll. >> reporter: george and christine, what we saw out here in portland was a much different version of a donald trump. different from in the past. he was focused on the issues and less name calling and less rhetoric. that could be because of the controversy he is dealing with and he is now trailing in the polls in key states like michigan and pennsylvania. whatever the reason, it seems to be working. more focus on the issues. there was one point, however, when he raised questions about the $400 million payment to iran and continued to paint this false narrative that he talked about before. seeing the video in exchange of money between the united states and iran. that video does not exist. so no clear understanding in terms of why he continues to repeat that false narrative. for the most part, donald trump staying on point. continuing to attack hillary clinton on a number of issues and it seemed to resonate with many of the people we spoke to here. they say this is the donald trump we need to see going forward. in terms of going forward, later today, he will appear with mike pence. they will be holding a joint rally in wisconsin. house speaker paul ryan's home state as you know. he has not endorsed, trump has not endorsed ryan, for his part, pence has endorsed ryan. for a number of reasons, that rally will be interesting to watch. george and christine. >> jason, thank you. that reminds me of the gaffe many would say about seeing the visuals of new jersey and celebrating after 9/11. the same thing we're seeing at this rally. he saw a video of a plane going to iran. >> he describes it as a nice plane. the campaign says there is no video. last week, he said the nfl sent him a letter. it is like he is on stage spinning tales. it is an interesting counter point to try to stay on message. >> a fact is a fact. those things don't exist. donald trump and his vp pick mike pence are breaking ranks again. pence supports republican senators mccain and ayotte in their re-election bids although donald trump will not. this is 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time in the olympic games, it has felt like an olympic moment. >> we'll watch that tonight. thank you for that, christina. we were talking earlier. the venues from up above looks cool. >> when the sun comes up, it will be beautiful there. donald trump, national security and isis and iran. president obama is tackling these topics and more before he heads off for vacation. you don't want to miss what he had to say as "early start" continues. president obama responding forcefully to donald trump's allegation that the election is rigged. the commander in chief's response and his take on other key issues. and donald trump turning his fire back to hillary clinton as he looks to revive his struggling campaign, but will another debunked allegation prove too much for him to overcome? we will tell you what he said. and they are ready to rumble in rio. the summer olympics getting under way tonight. preview of the opening ceremony and what to expect the next few weeks. live from rio later this hour. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm george howell. it is 4:31 this hour. first up, president obama firing back at critics who suggest he paid a ransom for iran for the release of four american hostages. in a news conference, the president denied that charge calling the entire process open and transparent. he delivered a troubling assessment on the war on isis. he seemed to want to discuss the claim that trump's claim of the presidential election in november could be rigged. >> i don't know where to start on answering this question. of course the elections will not be rigged. what does that mean? the federal government doesn't run the election process. states and cities and communities all across the country, they are the ones who set up the systems and voting booths. if mr. trump is suggesting that there is a conspiracy theory that is being propagated across the country, including places like texas, where typically it's not democrats who are in charge of voting booths, that's ridiculous. >> now as for that $400 million cash payment, the u.s. made to iran, the president says there was no ransom and there is no scandal insisting his administration has been transparent all along. we have more from cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski. >> reporter: this is a wide ranking press conference. the transfer of the cash to iran was going to come up. the president sounding annoyed and wanted to put it to rest. listen. >> we announced the payments in january. many months ago. there wasn't a secret. we announced them to all of you. josh did a briefing on them. this wasn't some nefarious deal. we were completely open with everybody. it is interesting to me how this suddenly became a story again. we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> reporter: the president there didn't tell us anything that we didn't already know. he is right. the administration announced this transfer of money back in january. everybody reported on it then. it is just the recent release of the details seem to convey maybe a sense of urgency that the plane load of cash had to get to iran just before the prisoners were released. it reminds us of the questions the answers to which have not been completely clear. was there urgency? did that money need to get there just then? does it bother the president that the timing of this then allowed iran to call it a ransom? and if that money hadn't been there on time, would those prisoners then have been released? that may not be something we ever learn the answer to, george and christine. >> thank you for that. after a week of high profile missteps, donald trump is back on the trail and on message at a rally in maine. blasting his democratic rival for a dangerous and weak position on immigration. >> hillary clinton wants to have them come in by the hundreds of thousands. just remember. this has nothing to do with politics, folks. this is a whole different level. this has to do with pure raw stupidity. she made everybody less safe. those 33,000 e-mails are potengly a dangpoteng potentially a danger to our country. they want to brief us in the near future. you can't brief her. >> acclaimhe claimed again he h the video of the cash payment to iran although his campaign says the video doesn't exist. let's bring in the host of "sources" brian stelter. let's show you the video. watch. >> you know, it was interesting because a tape was made. you saw that with the airplane coming in. nice plane. the airplane coming in and the money coming off, i guess. right? that was given to us, has to be, by the iranians. you know why the tape was given to us? because they want to embarrass our country. >> brian stelter, what is he talking about? >> i think the people in his campaign are unclear on that. there are people that say donald trump did not see the tape because the tape did not exist. there are other tapes in and out of iran that the time that the americans were released, but to the what he is describing. the democrats are now seizing on this as the latest example of trump playing loose with the facts. tim kaine said i have no idea what he is talking about. this tape doesn't exist. kaine and clinton will seize on this. >> he will get intelligence briefings that will be sensitive. i think they will portray this as he doesn't have a grasp of what is real and not real. >> a question mark of when he receives intelligence briefings is will he slip up and share something he learned with the general public. will he say something that is classified or say it at a rally or interview? it is a fear that is far fetched, but it is an issue. >> let's take a snapshot of the campaigns. the latest marist poll. showing hillary clinton up 48% ahead of donald trump's 33%. if we can look at the battle ground states. various states. clinton ahead in new hampshire. ahead in pennsylvania. ahead in so many key states here. that's the snapshot of the race right now. we are looking at donald trump, a candidate who is back on message, but at the same time making the big gaffe like the video that doesn't exist. >> we can view some of the comments, some of the messaging from donald trump as a reaction to the polls. he is saying he is not worried about the polls. that is a change from the primary season. he pointed out how well he was doing in various states. the swing states, it is important to know they are beyond the margin of error. to see national polls with clinton anywhere 9 points to 15 points ahead. that is enormous ground to make up. we are in the post-democratic bounce period. i think the viewers are thinking what about a couple of weeks after the convention period passes? that is what the clinton campaign is saying. they want to tamp down expectatio expectations. they believe the polls will tighten. >> trying to get him back on message. attacking hillary clinton and attacking president obama. the president has the highest approval ratings in his presidency. >> higher his rating, the better it benefits hillary clinton. >> and "the new york times" the former director of the cia, he voted for democrats. he voted for republicans. he kept his preference for president until now private. he says i used to run the cia. now i'm endorsing hillary clinton. >> one of the quotes in the op-ed, says trump is a threat for our job. he believes hillary clinton is the safer choice to be president. the fact this is a long time government official doesn't identify as democrat or republican. the latest to throw his weight behind clinton. >> you are a trump supporter. this is the man who sat behind george w. bush on 9/11. he was in the room when osama bin laden was taken out. and isis is a threat today. if you are part of the security establishment, he is running against the people in power. >> this is an opportunity that the trump supporters have not seen before in their lifetimes to reset and start over and light a fire and bring in fresh perspectives. they will bring in morale as another elite reaction to trump. >> in the president's briefing to reporters the other day, one thing that was a critical question is do you trust donald trump with the nuclear codes. let's listen. >> what is your assessment today as you stand here about whether donald trump can be trusted with america's nuclear weapons? >> just listen to what mr. trump has to say and make your own judgment with respect to how confident you feel about his ability to manage things like our nuclear triad. >> the question of trump's judgment. how does that play with the nuclear codes with trump's steadfast supporters? >> this is the ground the clinton campaign can be on. whether he be trusted. he has repeatedly in the past flirted with the potential of using nuclear weapons. something we have not seen from past presidents, republican or democrats. barack obama is her greatest ally by talking about this. saying to the viewers at home and the journalists at home, don't take my word for it, but make up your own mind. clever. >> a lot going on this friday morning. brian, come back next hour. time for an early start on your money. global markets higher after the bank of england with a stimulus package to offset brexit. is the government making money off student loans? it is something 43 million americans have heard. is it true? according to the congressional budget office, the federal student loan program could make $1.6 billion this year. it lends about $100 billion each year. it accounts for the risk. it says the government would lose $20 billion this year. the answer is not system. there are two things we know. on under grad loans, the government is losing money. you can't refinance. unlike other loans, you cannot refinance. that's one thing that people can legitimately complain about. you have heard that so many times. i do radio shows. people call in and they say it is a crime that the government is making money off the back of my student loans. it is not that clear. >> 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ammunition sites destroyed there. the egyptian army is not specifying how they know the isis leader is dead. there has been no response from the terror group. israel's accusing the head of a charity of siphoning aid to the terror group hamas. the point man for the charity in gaza doctored documents. the world charity is shocked by the allegations and will take appropriate action. in north carolina, a man in federal custody accused of trying to recruit people for isis inspired attacks in the u.s. erick hendricks is arrested. and he is linked to a failed attack in garland, texas last year on the prophet muhammad cartoon contest. dylann roof was beaten by another inmate in the jail on thursday. roof was out of his cell in protective custody unit and on the way to the shower when an inmate attacked him. they say no weapons were involved. the 22-year-old roof is accused of killing nine at the historic emanuel ame church. police filing charges of 15 month old girls who died in a hot car. officers responded to the 911 call at the home in carrollton, georgia and the girls were emersed in the pool after the father revived them after taking them out of the car. the girls did not survive at the hospital. the police charged the father with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. a sad story. a mayor in stockton, california charged with minors. anthony silva was arrested at a youth camp he runs for kids. silva supplies alcohol to minors and recorded a group of kids playing strip poker in his bedroom. there is severe weather to tell you about. a tornado ripping through parts of new orleans. you can see debris flying toward the car. that twister touched down thursday afternoon with winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour. at least half a dozen homes and buildings were destroyed. the force of the twister caused the roof of this building to cave in. several communities were hit hard by the storm. so far, no word of injuries or death. a lot to talk about in weather for sure. let's get the latest from meteorologist derek van dam. >> seven tornadoes in total yesterday, george and christine. one of which happened to be in new orleans. just outside of the city center. louisiana only averages one tornado through the month of august. it happened to be yesterday. out west, they had stronger storms that created downburst winds that tore the roof off some of the buildings across the region. that was a picture taken from phoenix, arizona. we also have the strong pacific moisture streaming in the four corners region today. that allows for thunderstorms and flash flooding. be on the lookout for that in the four corners. elsewhere across the u.s., a cold front will bring thunderstorms on saturday to new york city and the nation's capital. by sunday, we clear things out and lower humidity levels. a comfortable weekends in terms of the humidity into the east coast. although the daytime highs will be warm. back to you. >> thank you, derek. could donald trump's campaign be 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"credit karma. give yourself some credit." the rio olympics hours away from the official start and on the eve of tonight's opening ceremony, the ioc banned 118 russian athletes from competing because of doping. the committee's ruling was actually a victory for the russian team. cnn's christina mcfarlane is live in rio. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george. the sun is rising on the opening day of the olympic games. the end of the turbulent week for the russian doping crisis. on thursday night, we had confirmation from the international olympic committee that 271 athletes had been cleared to compete here in rio for russia. 118 have been banned and will be sent home. that means russia now have fewer athletes competing in rio than 11 other countries. there is a feeling this is not the end of the story. there will certainly be questioned asked after any athlete who steps on the podium at the rio games as to credibility. it will be fascinating to see what reception they get at opening ceremony later tonight. speaking of which, the organizers are calling this a somber sensation event that we're looking forward to. here is what we can expect. 6,000 volunteers. a 12-year-old rapper and 12 samba school dancers out on parade. this has 1/10 of the budget of the 2012 games in london. we hope, of course, the olympic torch will continue the journey to the maracana this evening without incident after violent protest in the streets in the past couple days. in the past few hours, the torch passed by our live position here. thousands of people came out to meet it. they were happy. a very important moment for them to see it pass by. it is beginning to feel like now an olympic event and something we can all look forward to. >> it promises to be an exciting time. christina mcfarlane covering the olympics. thousa thank you. time for an early start. global markets higher after the bank of england rolled out a stimulus package designed to f offset brexit. it will shrink the economy and kill 250,000 jobs and a chance of a recession in england. right now, u.s. futures are higher ahead of the government jobs report. what can we expect from that? a cnn money survey forecasts 182,000 jobs. 4.8% unemployment. tune in at 8:30 eastern. donald trump's campaign to make america great again may be bad for his businesses. trump branded golf courses and hotels and casinos have seen a clear decline in foot traffic since he entered the presidential race. that is data released from foursquare. traffic was steady year over year prior to the race. the foursquare report says that trump's properties are in blue states. a new york city now tops london as the most expensive cities to live and work. for the past few years, london has topped the list. now it is new york. the falling pound after the brexit vote knocked it to number three. in the top five, hong kong, tokyo and paris. more "early start" right now. >> president obama pulling no punches. he is talking about donald trump, isis and iran and more on his final media event of the summer. what did he say about trump's claim of a rigged election? donald trump looking to reset his campaign launching new attacks on hillary clinton. he is firing salvos as hillary clinton. another questionable accusation has critics pounding. eyes of the world on rio. the games of the xxxi olympiad just hours away. we will talk about the opening ceremony and beyond. we are live in rio. i guess it is at 8:00 eastern. they will delay it by an hour to curate. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm george howell. first up, the issue over president obama paying iran $400 million for the release of hostages. the
police shooting in chicago. the officer who fired the fatal shot was wearing a body camera, but it was not recording. investigators are trying to figure out why. good morning from copacabana beach. got to go to the opening ceremony last night. still pinching myself that tifs there. only got three hours of sleep, but i woke up still doing the samba. we're going to talk about it and show you some of the highlights, coming up. only coy wakes up doing the samba. well, it is 9:00 on a saturday. and we are always so grateful to share our morning with you. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you, now in the "cnn newsroom." and donald trump walking back his comments on paul ryan. now endorsing the house speaker. >> he's also endorsing, by the way, senators john mccain, kelly ayotte. this comes after a week of trump going off-message, criticizing gop leaders, and enflaming a muslim gold star family. i want to bring in cnn's scott mcclain right now. scott, fill us in on what donald trump said overnight. >> yeah, hey, christi. not only did donald trump try to smooth things over with his own party, he also stayed on message, upping his rhetoric against hillary clinton, calling her the queen of corruption. now, that's the target that speaker paul ryan says trump should have been focused on the whole time. instead, he spent much of the last week feuding with people within his own party. saying just a few days ago, that he wasn't quite ready to endorse paul ryan or john mccain or kelly ayotte, and that angered plenty of people within the party. now, just on john mccain, just a few days ago, he said, he wasn't a big fan of mccain, saying he hadn't done enough to help veterans, and a year ago, you'll remember, he said, he wasn't an american hero. or he wasn't a war hero, because he was captured during his time in vietnam. so, yesterday's endorsement of him was a pretty big 180. all in a tightly scripted effort to bring some party unity. >> in our shared mission to make america great again, i support and endorse our speaker of the house, paul ryan. and while i'm at it, i hold in the highest esteem senator john mccain. for his service to our country, in uniform, and in public office. and i fully support and endorse his re-election. i also fully support and endorse senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. >> now, another good reason to smooth things over with the party. donald trump, you'll notice, appeared last night in green bay, wisconsin, without any of the big-name republicans from that state, like, say, governor scott walker. some republicans are in a pretty tight spot with trump. mccain and ryan have publicly disagreed with him, most recently, as you mentioned, christi, on that gold star family that spoke at the democratic convention. but both have also still endorsed him. senator kelly ayotte for her part has said she supports the party nominee, but hasn't exactly formally endorsed donald trump. trump will be in her state of new hampshire for a rally later tonight. and a lot of people will be wondering. we're listening closely to see if he says anything about ayotte, because a lot of people consider her most in danger, in terms of republicans who may lose their senate seat this fall. christi? >> all right. scott mcclain, we appreciate it. thank you. >> so earlier i spoke with jeffrey lloyd, cnn political commentator and trump supporter, and we talked about the endorsements, but i'm sure you noticed there that this was a scripted endorsement. he was reading from notes and my first question to jeffrey was, why? >> well, i think he did want to be on message there. and you know, let's -- let me just start by saying there's a new reuters poll out yesterday that has him down only by three points. so i think he's definitely on the rebound here, secretary clinton is on the defensive, with her misstatements about -- or misleading things about her e-mails, et cetera. so, you know, donald trump yesterday cited ronald reagan's 80/20 rule. and having worked for ronald reagan, i remember it well. that somebody that agrees with you 80% of the time and disagrees 20% is your 80% friend. and i think that was his description of paul ryan and john mccain and i think he's right, and kelly ayotte. >> not your 20% enemy. i think many of us remember that. >> right, right. >> kris christi's going to talk about the e-mails, hillary clinton's e-mails, in just a moment. but what was the point that took trump from his "i'm not quite there yet" comment on speaker ryan to endorsing him and calling him a good man. is the simply that he needed to turn the page or is there something more substantiative? >> i think he's suggested to the fact that he is the leader of the republican party and everybody has to adjust when you get to this role. i remember then governor george w. bush finally getting together with john mccain in 2000, i guess this was, after he defeated -- after a pretty brutal primary. ronald reagan certainly made an overture, by putting george h.w. bush on his ticket. this is what a party leader does and this is what donald trump is doing and this is the way it works. >> let's turn to something that ohio governor john kasich told cnn about potentially voting for donald trump. watch this. >> i wish that i could be fully enthusiastic. i can't be. so i don't know what's going to happen at the end. >> what does donald trump need to do to get you to vote for him? you've obviously said that you'll never vote for hillary clinton. is there any way that donald trump can change -- >> well, i don't -- it's -- you know, there's so much water over the dam now, it's becoming increasingly difficult. but i want, you know, unifying. i want -- i think i've been pretty clear about -- you know, there was a speech i made called "two paths." you can either operate on the dark side of the street or you can operate in the light. i believe that america needs people to operate in the light. plain and simple. >> he said he needs -- that america needs someone that's going to operate in the light there. what's your reaction to what you're hearing from governor kasich? >> on monday of this last week, i was with donald trump at a rally about five miles from here in central pennsylvania. and i had plenty of time to talk to the folks who were there. the rally was totally filled inside this massive gymnasium, in an adjoining auditorium, and there were thousands of people who couldn't get in. they are so enthusiastic about donald trump, they feel that change is at hand. i honestly think that governor kasich is out of touch here. there's a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm from these folks. and i'm sure that applies in ohio, as well. and i would just, for the sake of party unity, now, it's time. it's time. >> we should also say that there's a significant number of self-identified republicans, who are still not behind donald trump, and believe in the latest polls that the party is not united, and potentially will not be united moving forward, at least in the next 94 days, by election day. i want you to listen to, also, something that donald trump said. this was in burlingame, if my memory serves me well. back in april at the california gop state convention. and he said this about unity. watch. >> ideally, we're going to be together. i think i will win, even if we're not together. there are some people, i honestly don't want their endorsement. there should be and there has to be unity. now, with that being said, would i win, can i win without it? i think so, to be honest. i think so. >> still believe -- you were there with him, with the campaign. does he -- do they still believe that they can win without a unified gop? >> well, i -- you know, one of the interesting factors, i think, of this election, victor, is the presence of people coming into this system, who have never paid much attention to it before, or were sort of put off by all of politics. these people are pouring in the door, if you will, of the republican party. and in support of donald trump. so, yes, i think he can do -- i think he can win, absolutely, i think he can win. and there's always going to be people, victor -- i mean, i remember after the hotly contested primary in 1980, congressman john anderson, who was a member of the republican house leadership and was a candidate, picked up his marbles and left the party and ran as a third party candidate. he got 6% of the vote. and ronald reagan won in a landslide. >> all right, we'll pick up right where we're leaving off here. jeffrey, stay with us. quick break. we'll be right back. i'm terrible at golf. he is. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. for the strength and energy to do what you love. new ensure enlive. always be you. 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(the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. welcome back. we're talking endorsements this morning. and donald trump has now endorsed speaker paul ryan in his primary race there in wisconsin, but sarah palin, big trump supporter, is not following his lead. she plans to still back ryan's opponent, paul nailen. she tweeted this. proud to be standing with paul nailen since may 9th. wisconsin, please vote for this man of the people on tuesday. let's bring back jeffrey lord, trump supporter. jeffrey, your reaction to what we're seeing from governor palin or ex-governor palin. i wonder, what is the potency of a palin endorsement these days? >> i think she's got a lot of clout with a lot of folks. i have nothing but the greatest respect for governor palin. i have a great deal of affection for her. i think she's terrific. yeah, she certainly does. >> but would you want her division here, or separation from donald trump? >> these things happen. somebody's going to win and we'll go on from there. >> well, i would imagine if these things happen and somebody's going to win, donald trump could have stayed where he was and not endorsed ryan and ayotte and mccain? >> he's in a different spot. he is the party's presidential nominee. giving you an example, ronald reagan was no fan of the late arlen specter, who was running -- a liberal republican, on the ballot from 1980, in the senate for the first time. he won in the reagan landslide. six years later after irritating ronald reagan mightily over those 6 years, ronald reagan swallowed hard, endorsed him, came into pennsylvania, endorsed him, did a fund-raiser for him. exerted his influence to getting a conservative challenger out of a primary situation. so, this is what party leaders do. and this is donald trump's moment. >> you say this is donald trump's moment. how long is this iteration of trump and the campaign going to last? i imagine -- i mean, i know that sitting in this chair, we've asked at least a dozen times, christi? i don't know. is this the presidential shift? is this the turn toward preparing for the general? are we all being fooled? is this going to change went we see him in new hampshire this weekend? >> well, donald trump is going to continue to be donald trump. there's no question about that. but, yeah win mean, we're now in the general election. it may be august and the olympics may be attracting a little bit of attention here, but, you know, the game is on here. so, donald trump understands full well what the stakes are. he's very enthusiastic -- i mean, i can tell you. i spoke with him on monday. you know, in person. he's very upbeat, very excited -- >> well, the game was on last week when he was going after khan, as well. i don't know if that necessarily justifies the change. >> it was a gold star mother, just last night, we the name of karen vaughn, who spoke up for him. so i think that we're, we've turned a corner there as well. >> all right. let's talk about this video that's coming out. you know, donald trump did a 180 on that video he said he saw of the plane with the $400 million going to iran. and he tweeted, the plane i saw on television was the hostage plane in geneva switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to iran. well, now, reportedly, this interesting turn of events. there is, purportedly, video from an iranian documentary that was aired on iranian television, showing money on the day that several american prisoners were released. we've got this video up now. now, reportedly, this wasn't known to have existed when trump made the claim, but from your perspective, does this change any element here for mr. trump or the campaign? >> well, the essence, and frankly, when i saw that video, i thought the same thing he did. and i now understand there is one of the hostages who says that they were not allowed to board their plane or leave until another plane mysteriously landed. now, presumably, that's the one with the cash on it. but the point is, whatever video was in sight doesn't change the fact. is it the u.s. government, under the obama administration, paid $400 million in cash ransom for these hostages. and i can tell you, again, i was in the white house during the iran/contra affair and there was a major investigation of presidential commission, a special prosecutor. there was a lot, that resulted from that. so this is a very, very big deal. >> well, the president, of course, said that the u.s. does not pay ransom, did not pay ransom. it was $400 million that was announced -- >> the iranians say otherwise. >> the iranians have said many things otherwise. but the president also said they had to send in cash because there is no banking relationship with iran. but we have heard from both sides on that, as well. jeffrey lord, thanks so much. >> thank you, gentleman. just a short circuit? well, hillary clinton is explaining why she, some say, fumbled an answer about the investigation into her private e-mail server. some critics, they're not buying it. also, more than 11,000 athletes from 200 countries. yes, the games are on! and guess who's there, coy wire! >> reporter: come on down, everybody. rio is here. we have all the action for you. opening ceremony last night, only got three hours of sleep, but still feeling the beat, the passion. rio delivering on their promise. great night. supermodel gisele bundchen and an athlete who set social media ablaze, coming out with his shirt off. we're going to talk about it, coming up. well, we're all waking up today to the first official day of the 2016 olympics. the opening ceremonies featured more than 5,000 costumes, spectacular fireworks, teams of samba dancers. and our coy wire is still dancing this morning. because he's in rio, and, you know, i guess when you're in rio, you samba. coy? >> reporter: that's it. and you took the words out of my mouth, because i am still feeling those beats today. that passion, that energy. it's contagious. i'll bring some of it back with me to atlanta, so be ready. those opening ceremonies, christi, so inspiring to see and feel. what can happen when these countries from all over the world. over 200 nations represented thousands and thousands of athletes. and there they were, celebrating, embracing each other with one heart and one mind. it was an incredible night. and quite the show. it was a night of celebration and celebrity. dance and drama. with an estimated 3 billion people watching from around the world, the 2016 rio olympics' opening ceremony kicked off in the iconic maracana stadium. host country brazil showcased its athletes and its culture. and its biggest international celebrity, supermodel gisele bundchen, walking and commanding the catwalk to the song "the girl from ipanema," and later, she was dancing in the crowd. then came the parade of nations. swimmer, michael phelps, with 22 medals to his name and the most decorated olympian of all time, carrying the flag for team usa. tennis pro serena williams, basketball star's kylie irving, carmelo, anthony, and golfer ricky fowler were there, making the american team the largest contingent in the olympic games. and the internet found a new star. tonga's flag bearer, pita taufatofua, the chiseled tae kwon do glusening in front of a worldwide audience. russia was met with cheers, even with a doping scandal leaving 118 athletes banned from the games. and the team of refugees got a standing ovation from the crowd. the biggest-kept secret of the night, who was going to light the olympic caldron. that honor went to vanderlei de lima, a brazilian marathoner who was attacked during a race he was leading in the 2004 athens olympics. he still won bronze in that event. what an exciting night, christi. i was going to take my shirt off and get all oiled up for this hit, because it was so exciting. producer dan said, don't do that. i'll get fired, he will too. but let's talk about some of the things up going on today. 12 gold medals up for grabs. you have swimming, you'll be holding the 400 individual medley relay. keep an eye out from chase kalisz. he went from coma to olympian. you have the women's 400 relay. gold medal will be handed out tonight, usa and australia likely the two going toe to toe in the pool to get that gold. >> all right. coy, i was going to say, you could have bare-chested it. you could have made that much talk, no doubt about it. thank you! >> he wouldn't let me. >> now you know why. >> he wouldn't let me. >> he doesn't like the competition! all right, coy, thank you! see you in a bit. hillary clinton was with a room full of reporters. that hasn't happened in many months. we're going to tell you what she was talking about, that had so many other people talking this morning. also, never far from the president's side, that briefcase there, known as the football, with the capability to launch nuclear weapons. what's inside? how does the process work? we're going to reveal that. good morning. 30 past the hour. as always, good to see you. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. hillary clinton was in a room full of journalists on friday, explaining her bungled answer into an fbi investigation about her use of a private e-mail server, arguing that a trump presidency is wrong for america. cnn national correspondent, suzanne malveaux, is tracking that story for us. >> america is better than donald trump. >> reporter: hillary clinton laying into donald trump at a conference for black and hispanic journalists in washington. >> we need to stand up as a country and say that donald trump doesn't represent who we are and what we believe. >> reporter: clinton was asked about her claim in a pair of recent interviews, that fbi director james comey said her public answers about her e-mails were truthful. here is what she told fox news sunday. >> after a long investigation, fibl director james comey said none of those things that you told the american public were true. >> chris, that's not what i heard director comey said. and i thank you for giving me the opportunity to, in my view, clarify. director comey said that my answers were truthful and what i've said is consistent with what i have told the american people. >> reporter: that statement, which she repeated in another interview wednesday, ruled false by fact checkers. clinton tried to clarify those comments, referring specifically to what comey said about her fbi testimony. >> i was pointing out, in both of those instances, that the director comey had said that my answers in my fbi interview were truthful. that's really the bottom line here. i may have short circuited, and for that, i, uh, you know, will try to clarify, because i think, you know, chris wallace and i were probably talking past each other. because, of course, he could only talk to what i had told the fbi. and i appreciated that. >> reporter: clinton also addressed questions about her struggles with voters, who do not see her as honest and trustworthy. >> how would you lead a nation where a majority of americans mistrust you? >> every time i have done a job, people have counted on me and trusted me. i take it seriously. you know, it doesn't make me feel good when people say those things. and i recognize i have work to do >> reporter: as the democratic nominee picked up another high-profile endorsement. in a "new york times" op-ed, former cia director mike morrell said he'd be voting for clinton in november. and warned of trump's impact on the world stage, saying, quote, mr. trump has no experience on national security, even more important, the character traits he has exhibited during the primary season, suggest he would be a poor, even dangerous commander in chief. morrell also slammed trump's praise of russian president, vladimir putin, saying, quote, in the intelligence business, we would say that mr. putin had recruited mr. trump, as an unwitting agent of the russian federation. nationally, clinton's lead over trump continues to widen. an upswing, helped, perhaps, by president obama's rising job approval rating, and a positive jobs report. more good news for hillary clinton, a new poll out of georgia showing that she is four points ahead of trump, of course, within the margin of error, but this is typically a red state. it is significant, this movement, this development. the last time that georgia went for a democratic nominee was bill clinton, back in 1992. suzanne malveaux, cnn, washington. >> and just a little while ago, i sat down with cnn political commentator, scottie nell hughes and hillary clinton supporter, tharon johnson, asking about clinton's verbiage. this "short circuited" line. take a listen. >> the good news for us is that hillary clinton is usually pretty good on her feet, and is going to be really good in debates. i think that this sort of comment was sort of just an overreaction to the american people. the bottom line here is what she just said. the testimony that she gave to the fbi were truthful statements. now, what we're really talking about, christi, is 3 out of 30,000 e-mails that the fbi director said that had some type of marking on it. let's be honest, we as american people, we'll truly never know what was in those e-mails, because it's so classified and such a robust discussion between the fbi and -- >> but don't you think the american look at it and think, i want to know what's in that, because there's such a trustworthy issue when it comes to hillary clinton. >> look, hillary clinton has said it was a mistake to have two e-mail servers. the polls show that the majority of democrats, and especially the american people, are not as concerned about the issues they once was. it's definitely a distraction for her campaign. but southeast going to have 90-plus days to really show the american people that she's trustworthy and that she's dependable, and that she's fit to be president. >> to turn this around. >> yes. >> scottie, i want to come to you with something that bernie sanders wrote, an op-ed in the "l.a. times." he wrote, donald trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president. his campaign isn't based on anything of substance. it is based on bigotry. this is a man who secured more than 1,800 pledged delegates. he had 46% of the total primary vote. how strong is his voice against donald trump? >> well, i think the question is, does it still have a voice? and has hillary clinton done enough to go after those bernie sanders supporters? you know, mr. trump is looking hopefully to be able to recruit some of those bernie sanders folks over. however, if he doesn't, it's not the end of the world. that's not the end for the republican party. however, hillary clinton must continue to recruit. and a lot of those bernie sanders supporters are still very upset. and as she continues to strengthen her ties with wall street, by hosting high-dollar fund-raisers, by more and more coming out, she accepted almost ten times more from hedge funds on wall street for her campaign than necessarily mr. trump, that message right there does not seem to bond the two of them together too well. >> tharon, i see you shaking your head together, and i want to get to one other thing, there's an article in politico this morning that says that democrats are really worried about this october surprise, supposedly more hacking, more that could come out against clinton. help us understand the potency of that concern? >> listen, when you're in the campaign, it's always sort of a big fear that something is going to happen in october. and the reason october is so pivotal is because it doesn't give you a lot of time to respond. listen, this whole issue -- >> it doesn't give you a lot of time to fix? >> yeah. >> for both camps. >> yeah, that's what i was going to say, this whole issue with haing and e-mails is is not just a democratic issue or a republican issue, it's a national security issue. so while hillary clinton should be worried, i think donald trump should be worried as well. i mean, let's just think. what if they uncovered donald trump's tax returns in october? >> you just led me into my next thing, because let's listen here to something that we heard from julian assange last night. take a listen. >> why don't you hack into donald trump's tax returns? >> well, we're working on it. >> okay, they're working on it. so, scottie, is the trump campaign preparing for an elicit release of his tax returns? or is the trump campaign going to surprise everybody and release them on their own? >> who knows? what i just heard julian assange saying, it wouldn't necessarily be hacking into donald trump, it would be hacking into the irs. that right there does cause concern. but who's saying that julian -- that he is the one responsible for these attacks. he's just the one that's releasing them, through wikileaks. so, i think there was a lot of concern there. but once again, i think you're right. these october surprise -- and let's remember, you know, this isn't the first time that a candidate going into october, backed with ronald reagan and carter, carter was up by eight points just two weeks shy of the november election then, and things obviously flipped, as obviously ronald reagan was able to be elected in 1980. october is actually a very, very important month. i agree with you on the debates with it. but once again, it depends what's in these e-mails. we've already heard that hillary clinton e-mails, specifically, will be released. so the question is right now, when you have three staffers from the dnc resign this week, three more senior staffers, what exactly is going to be in these next round of e-mails that are from hillary clinton. >> all right, tharon, go ahead. i know you want to respond to that. >> i think the thing that donald trump really missed here, he could have come out and been very presidential and statesman like. scottie, you and i have talked about this. your candidate, every time he has an opportunity to really connect with independents, he blows it. at a time where i think his pathway to victory is harder. listen, he just endorsed paul ryan and john mccain. these are two great americans, but these are two people who represent the establishment of the republican party. he also made a lot of his supporters upset with that move. and you and i both know, he's doing exceptionally terribly with independents right now, and hillary clinton is doing very well. i think it's a hard road for donald trump. >> i'm sorry, we've run out of time. appreciate both of you being here. scottie nell hughes and tharon johnson, thank you. all right. just ahead, florida's aerial assault on the zika virus. we'll go live to miami for an update on the effort to stop the spread there. how well is it working? plus, a high-speed chase turns into a deadly shooting. now, chicago police are under scrutiny after this new video shows the moments leading up to the death of an unarmed teenager there. investigator now saying it was the officers who were at fault, in the wrong here. details are coming up. the fastest delivery guy in chicago. meet maximum strength mylanta®. like owen, it works fast. unlike him, it makes heartburn go away. strong and soothing. new mylanta®. faster than heartburn. florida officials say the number of homegrown cases of the zika virus has now increased to 16. the cases are concentrated in an area north of miami, and health officials have launched an aggressive effort to stop the spread. correspondent dan simon joins us now, live from miami. dan, give us an update on what florida is doing to fight this zika spread. >> reporter: hey, victor. first of all, we are in the sort of danger zone. this is called wynwood. this is a collection of galleries is and bars and restaurants. you also have some homes and apartments. but basically, what we've been seeing is florida has deployed airplanes, where they're spraying insecticide. as a matter of fact, just in front of me, one is going over right now. and from whee've been told, the early results seem promising. they place nets out and they try to gauge how effective the insecticide is. and thus far, the kill rate, they're saying, has been pretty high in terms of the mosquitos in these traps. we've also seen crews coming down streets and mopping up some of the excess water. water, of course, is what mosquitos want to see. they like to lay their eggs there. and they want to deprive, you know, some of those water spots, where mosquitos can breed. and there's also been this fierce public relations campaign. we've seen police officers on the streets, passing out pamphlets to people, warning them about zika. pretty much everywhere you go, you see people spraying themselves with bug repellant. i was at a walgreens, and the shelf was empty. so, those are the things we're seeing, victor. >> so it's one thing to now know that there's local transmission, the mosquito transmission in the u.s., say you're living in another part of the country. it's an entirely different scenario when it's happening in your neighborhood. how are the people who live there in wynwood responding? >> reporter: you know, i think they're taking it in stride. i should tell you that one of the things that officials told once and this is pretty striking, that they've actually reduced the zone to literally 500 square feet. and if you think about that, that's smaller than most one-bedroom apartments. this one-square-mile buffer they've told us about, that's really just to protect the rest of the community. but you're really only talking about 500 square feet. and it's pretty amazing that within that small area, you had nearly 16 people who have gotten zika. in all, we're talking about 16 people. and most of them have come from this one particular spot. they feel like they're getting a handle on it, but you still have a lot of health officials going out to the community, testing people, and thus far, they've tested literally over 2,400 people, just random tests, and 16 have come back positive. so they're hoping that these efforts with the planes, and some of the other things that they're doing, that'll make a difference, victor. >> aggressive response there, dan simon for us in miami. thanks so much. and new video this morning, showing the shooting of an unarmed black teen in chicago is sparking some outrage across the country. i do want to warn you here and give you this warning, because i don't want you to be caught off guard, but this video is a little hard to watch. here we go. [ sirens ] [ gunfire ] >> gosh, listen to that gunfire. this was a high-speed chase, followed by that gunfire. police, as you see, feverishly trying to track down a teen that they believe stole a car. now, an independent police review panel is calling the scene shocking and disturbing. our national correspondent, miguel marquez, has been looking at this as well. what are you learning this morning, miguel, and good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this video has not only the police in chicago on high alert, but police agencies across the country, because they are so concerned about what it contains and what it shows. i'm going to go back through that video you just showed a moment ago. that was the very moment that paul o'neal, an 18-year-old from the south side of chicago, that he was suspected of stealing a jaguar, and this is when police caught up with him. [ sirens ] [ gunfire ] >> now, you hear one more shot, after those first 15 shots are fired, you hear one more shot. that is the shot from the officer whose car mr. o'neal crashed into. two things about this. one, mr. o'neal was shot while running. he was not armed. and the officer who shot him, his body camera was not working. it's not clear why it wasn't working. moments later, this is what police found -- or had in the backyard of this fence you're looking at. >> [ bleep ]! hands behind your back! >> [ bleep ] shoot at us. >> that is mr. o'neal in custody. you can just make out the red on the back of his white t-shirt. that is blood coming from the back of this 18-year-old. police in this video, it's about a ten-minute video total, police in this video are heard saying to each other, "he was shoot agent us, right?" he shot at my partner, so i shot back. in fact, he was not armed and he never fired a shot. all of the shots came from the police. the police department itself, very, very concerned about this. saying police officers did not follow policy in this shooting. the police superintendent, eddie johnson, tried to hold a press conference. here's how that went. >> no need to say anything about -- there's no need for him to say anything about -- >> he walked out in front of police headquarters, protesters, instead, got in between the media and the police superintendent there. and he eventually retreated and walked back into the building. all of this raising concerns, because of what happened in 2014, when laquan mcdonald, another young man who was shot while walking away from police, that video took over a year to come out. by comparison, this video only took about a week to come out. the officer in the laquan mcdonald case, he faces murder and misconduct charges. he has pled not guilty. the department in chicago has also issued a nationwide bulletin, telling police officers everywhere to be on alert, because of this incident. christi? >> all right. miguel marquez, we appreciate it. thank you. ahead in the newsroom, carrying the nuclear football. we'll tell you what's reportedly inside that briefcase that's never far from the president's side. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. side effects may include diarrhea, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, and headache. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, and if you're pregnant or planning to be. ask your dermatologist about otezla today. otezla. show more of you. it is an ordinary looking briefcase with a capability to launch a nuclear war. so nothing ordinary about it. >> not so ordinary. hillary clinton and donald trump each question whether the other should have access to the so-called nuclear football. donald trump even reportedly asking why nuclear weapons could not be used during a meeting that was three times reportedly he asked that question. brian todd takes a look at what's inside this briefcase reportedly and the somber task of carrying the football. >> reporter: just a few feet from the president, no matter where the commander in chief happens to be an aide carries the briefcase. >> immense unprecedented power. the united states currently right now deploys approximately 900 nuclear warheads that are on the order of ten times more powerful than the weapons that destroyed hiroshima and nagasaki. >> reporter: for three years, as a young marine major, pete meth carried the football for president reagan. >> i was focused on what i was going to do. the time is so short, between alert and execution. you have to be ready anytime for any moment. and that's why one of us was always very close proximity to the president. >> reporter: he says there's a separate football for the vice president if the commander in chief becomes incapacitated. how does it compare? >> somewhat longer and heavier. >> reporter: inside the case there is communication equipment. he won't discuss the other contents. but a former director of the white house military office described in his book, four crucial components inside. a so-called black book listing strike options for retaliation if the u.s. is attacked with nuclear weapons. a book listing bunker locations where the president can be taken in an emergency. ani a small card with authentication codes to verify it's the president ordering a nuclear launch. >> that's known as the biscuit. interesting name. >> reporter: hillary clinton says donald trump doesn't have the right temperment to be trusted. >> anyone who can be provoked by a tweet should not be near weapons. >> reporter: to carry the football, he had to undergo rigorous background checks by the military, secret service and fbi. it included extensive psychiatric screening. >> the result of the decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible, it would change the face of the earth. it would change humanity and man kind. when you're on duty you try not to think about the import of that but you're fully prepared to do so if you have to. >> reporter: if the president decides to use the football and actually launch a nuclear strike is there anyone in the chain of command that can stop the order? 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reporting tonight from the white house. >> pelley: this is our western edition. we're reporting from the white house tonight because of the rapidly developing investigation into whether the president tried to shut down an f.b.i. investigation of his administration. among the developments late today, the department of justice just announced it will appoint former f.b.i. director robert mueller as an independent special counsel to investigate the trump administration and allegations of russian interference with the presidential election. the chairman of the house oversight committee tells cbs news he expects fired f.b.i. director james comey will testify next wednesday. the stock markets fell sharply in the turmoil. the dow down 372 points, almost 2%. the nasdaq fell by more than 2.5%. mr. trump complained today that it has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. >> reporter: the tipping point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f.b.i. director james comey had taken notes about his february meeting with president trump. the meeting took place the day adter national security adviser michael flynn was fired for lying to the vice president about his contacts with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. nn his memo, comey wrote that president trump said, "i hope that raised the specter of obstruction of justice. and today, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein decided that the justice department could no longer run the investigation. co authorized a special counsel rosenstein's pick of robert mueller to run the investigation puts a veteran law enforcement official at the helm. mueller is best known for leading the f.b.i. for 12 years fter the 9/11 attacks. before that he led the u.s. investigation of the pan am 103 bombing in 1988. pre recently in private roactice, he conducted the probe of domestic violence in the n.f.l. the white house has denied comey's account of the february meeting, and it continues to lash out at those leaking to the press, but some former and current u.s. government officials believe it is their "patriotic duty" to expose the truth. it is unclear who at the justice mapartment and f.b.i. may have seen comey's memos. d.o.j. today declined to comment on whether attorney general jeff rossions or rosenstein had read them. sessions was forced to recuse himself from the russia investigation after revelations t hit his own contacts with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak, but he did play a role in comey's firing. isbassador kislyak, who met with the president last week, is central to the f.b.i.'s investigation. in december, u.s. intelligence picked up intercepts of flynn and kislyak discussing president obama's just-announced sanctions on russia. cbs news has learned that investigators believe flynn may have been acting on orders from someone else. james clapper was the director of national intelligence at the time. were you concerned that obama administration policy and this nation's national security was being undermined by somebody internally? >> i will simply say that we've had a long standing principle in our country of one president at a time. >> reporter: was that adhered to in this case? >> well, that-- you can draw your own conclusions about that. >> reporter: it is now up to robert mueller to come to those conclusions, scott. he will have the power to to the best of my ability. >> pelley: jeff pegues, thanks. margaret brennan has the late reaction from the white house. >> the president responded with this paper statement, i will read to you saying, quote, as i have stated many times a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. in the meantime i will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country. now this news broke as the white house was interviewing candidates to replace comey at the fbi. >> no politician in history i say this with great assuredly, has been treated worse or more isfairly. you can't let them get you down. >> reporter: a defiant president ngump rallied grand jury waiting coast guard cadets by recounting his own approach to diversity. >> you will find that things are not always fair. you will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted, but you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight. >> reporter: sources say the president's own frustration is at a high point. he's doubting his top advisers, even son-in-law jared kushner, who supported firing f.b.i. director comey despite the ongoing russia investigation. the white house is also trying to contain fallout from president trump's decision to share classified intelligence with top russian diplomats. prday in moscow, russian president vladimir putin dismissed the scandal as "political schizophrenia." putin even said he would share transcripts of the president's comments with the u.s. congress if the white house approved. white house spokesman sean spicer said he was unaware of any russian recording of the meeting and said the public should rely on the accounts given by national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. >> what the president shared was wholly appropriate. >> reporter: president trump today said he's trying to ignore the media firestorm. >> i didn't get elected to serve the washington media or special interests. ingot elected to serve the forgotten men and women of our country, and that's what i'm doing. >> reporter: scott, a senior white house official told me that the administration's plans to broker a deal with russia in syria have not advanced as planned in large part because of what they see as bogus media reports about the president's ties-- alleged ties to moscow. >> pelley: margaret brennan, thanks. e w, last night the house oversight committee asked the f.b.i. to produce all of the notes of former director comey's conversations with the president. jason chaffetz chairs that committee. he's joining us now from utah. mr. chairman, how does the appointment of a special prosecutor change your plans to investigate this? >> look, the house has its own equities, and we will continue to pursue our own investigation and still plan and hope to have a hearing with director comey as early as next week. i do applaud and i do think that the department of justice, if they saw fit to appoint this special counsel, director mueller, impeccable credentials. i think he'll provide a great deal of comfort on both sides of the aisle. he's a real professional. people will have great trust in him. he served in the obama administration. he served in the bush administration. but amazing credentials. he'll do a great job. >> pelley: do you expect to have y:e fired f.b.i. director james comey sitting in the witness chair on wednesday? >> we've had a little bit of trouble contacting him. tes telephone number changed dence he left the department of wstice, but we have formally noticed the hearing for next 0 dnesday, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, and i've got some flexibility. it comes with an asterisk because i haven't spoken with director comey yet, but we do hope to hear from him and see the documents. remember, nobody has actually seen these documents, so we have to secure those documents, as well. >> pelley: what documents are you asking for? >> well, you know, the "new york times" report said that there were these documents and notes that director comey had taken, but we haven't seen the content of those. they've only been read out to a reporter, at least part of them have been. so we want to see what those documents are, and then we'll talk to director comey and rsderstand from his perspective thw did he take the information and the conversation with president trump. what was his reaction to it? and at the time, did he actually do anything about it, and if so, idat did he do, and if he didn't, why not? >> pelley: do you intend to have this hearing in public? >> yeah. i think it's important that the public gets to hear this. you have democrats and republicans both peppering the former director with questions. he's well seasoned in doing this, but it really should be in public. >> pelley: republican jason thaffetz, the chairman of the house oversight committee. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> pelley: nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the reaction there. nancy? or reporter: scott, democrats ine hailing the appointment of a special prosecutor as a victory and a good first step, and the move will be welcomed by a small but growing number of republicans, as well. in fact, just today alaska republican lisa murkowski put out a statement saying that w "these white house crises are eroding public trust and it may be that we need to look to an independent commission or special prosecutor to regain that credibility." this as her party debates just how damaging these comey memos are and what they mean for the thesident's future. >> if the allegations are true, yes. >> reporter: michigan's justin amash today became the first thpublican to say the president's actions might merit impeachment. >> i think it's pretty clear i have more confidence in director comey. >> reporter: the latest allegations have deeply rattled many republicans. >> it would be very serious, and i would think that the justice department would take a look at that. >> i think it's reaching a point where it's of watergate size and scale. >> reporter: three republican- led committees have sent letters to the f.b.i. seeking any notes or memorandum prepared by the former director, memorializing interactions he had with presidents trump and obama. >> obviously, republicans ought to be concerned. >> reporter: but for every concerned republican, there are several others who doubt the report. >> a lot of it is all n.eculation. >> the facts just aren't in. ha i'm convinced that the g esident did nothing that he thought was outside the best interest of this country. >> reporter: and house speaker paul ryan urged critics not to rush to judgment. >> it is obvious there are some people out there who want to harm the president, and i'm sure we're going to want to hear from mr. comey about why, if this happens as he allegedly describes, why didn't he take action at the time? " reporter: the "washington igst" is reporting tonight that , ul ryan's number two, house majority leader kevin mccarthy told ryan and other republican leaders in a private conversation last year that he thought that russian president vladimir putin was paying donald trump. his aides initially told the paper that he never said that until they were confronted with the existence of an audiotape. just a few moments ago, scott, mccarthy told reporters that it was a bad attempt at humor. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill for us. nancy, thank you. cell the classified intelligence that the president divulged to the russian diplomats involved isis plans to bring down mbtliners by hiding bombs in laptop computers. charlie d'agata is learning more. >> reporter: amid the bombed-out ruins of mosul university, u.s. officials say they've uncovered evidence that isis was developing a new type of bomb that could pass through an airport scanner undetected. we joined iraqi special forces here just days after the hard- fought battle to recapture the university in january. it's long been believed that sisul university was the center of the militants' bomb-making projects, using the school's equipment and labs. u.s. officials now believe that research includes a new generation of more powerful explosives that could be concealed in a computer. when isis overran mosul in 2014, they also captured the city's international airport and with it all the modern security scanner and screening equipment necessary to test their new bombs. on our trip, there were certain no-go areas. iraqi forces kept us well away from entering the most sensitive buildings, warning that isis had booby-trapped them. a commander told us isis had also torched some of the facilities in order to hide evidence, but it appears what was left behind has given u.s. officials new cause for concern. the threat from isis has already led in part to the u.s. banning electronics on flights from ten airports in the middle east and africa. scott, talks are now under way on whether to expand that ban to cities in europe. >> pelley: charlie d'agata in the london newsroom. now, in syria, u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the city of raqqa, the isis capital. families are fleeing the battle, and holly williams is inside syria. >> reporter: in the desert west ex raqqa, there is an exodus. in the only vehicles they have, their belongings caked in dust, they stream out of villages where isis is losing territory. heme shepherding the animals that are their livelihood. many women throwing off the black veils that isis forced them to wear. "they wanted to suffocate us, to cover us," said busaina al hamoud, who told us she lived under isis for three years and had her 13-year-old son smuggled out of the country, fearing he would be recruited by the extremists. aisha attia is seven months pregnant and told us she fled her home three days ago. thousands of people are now camped in the open with precious little water and no medicine. inside raqqa the u.s. believes are 3,000 to 4,000 isis fighters, killers and executioners. they're expected to fight to the death as america's kurdish partners tighten the noose. they recaptured the town of tabqa and its dam earlier this month, just 25 miles from raqqa. their commander rojda filat told us they'll reach the city by next month and could capture it by the end of the summer. that's a long time for these people, who have escaped isis only to find themselves stranded in the wilderness. holly williams, cbs news, west of raqqa. >> pelley: coming up next on the "cbs evening news," a surprising hevelation gisele bundchen made on the "cbs this morning" program. st-selling brand? you make it detect what they don't. stop, stop, stop! sorry. you make it sense what's coming. watch, watch, watch! mom. relax! i'm relaxed. you make it for 16-year olds... whoa-whoa-whoa!!! and the parents who worry about them. you saw him, right? going further to help make drivers, better drivers. don't freak out on me. that's ford. and that's how you become america's best-selling brand. brtry new flonase sensimists. allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentle mist experience to help block six key inflammatory substances. most allergy pills only block one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but no matter what path i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. i'm still going for my best. and for eliquis. ask your doctor about eliquis. for my constipation, i switch laxatives.ed stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. unblocking your system naturally. 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>> yes. >> was one of those director mueller? >> i believe so. you'd have to ask him, but i believe so. >> you had conversations with him about it? >> yes. >> the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel is uniting many lawmakers from both sides of the aisle as they praise the move, including the man over his own probe of the 2016 election. >> i think that the acting attorney general thought that this was in the best interest of the investigation. i see absolutely no reason why i wouldn't agree with him. >> the top democrat in house intelligence committee adam schiff echoed senator burr saying mueller will help re-establish public nfidence. intel committee member devin nunes said the right man was chosen for the job. nancy pelosi said mueller is a respected public servant of the highest integrity. house speaker paul ryan said he welcomed mueller's role at the department of justice. but earlier in the day he stressed he and fellow house members are doing much more than just focusing on russia. >> i think people in america turn on the tv and they think this is all that's happening. this is all we're doing and all we're discussing. that's just not the case. i want the american people to know that we're busy hard at work fixing their problems. >> meanwhile, another congressional committee has formally invited fbi director jim comey to testify on his termination. the senate judiciary committee officially extending the offer to comey yesterday. that makes the third committee to do so. joining us in washington is molly hooper of "the hill." there is some really worry in congress about the future of a federal russia probe. do you get the sense now that people are less fearful now, people are less worried now with mueller at the helm? >> i think that republicans and democrats, to a certain extent, are breathing a collective sigh of relief. i mean, it seemed like the pressure was building and building and building. yesterday talking to republican lawmakers leaving their closed-door meeting on the house side, this had been the first time they had really been in town since comey was fired. one thing they kept saying is, we want to hear from comey. we want to see these memos. we want to see this information. and saying, you know, yes, there are hse and senate intel investigations going on, but, you know, if it need be, we want to have an independent investigation, if those committees aren't able to get to the bottom of what happened. so, i think that this really lessens the pressure on republican who is are trying to work on getting tax reform, health care, infrastructure package through congress. >> molly, let me ask you quick. about those committees you mentioned. the former fbi director james comey has now been invited by three different congressional committees to testify in the russian investigation. how likely do you think that is going to happen? does the weight or significance of those committee's investigations now lessen because we have a special prosecutor? >> you know, i actually -- i don't think it does lessen. keep in mind the special prosecutor, this -- that investigation's going to be taking place behind closed doors. i mean, if you look back at iran contra, that almost took eight years. and whitewater was four years. it's not going to be happening in the public eye. so, house and senate, they will be under pressure to produce results on their own investigations that the public can actually see. when it comes to comey, we'll see what happens. according to reports, he does want to testify publicly, so i would think he would be allowed to. i think it also depends on whether bob mueller has anything to say about it because if -- you know, depending on how the federal investigation's going, sometimes they don't want their witnesses to be, you know, inenti interrogated, so to speak, or interviewed because it could cause problems for the igation. i think if it was up to comey, he'd be the. republican lawmakers to want hear from him. they want to know what's in those memos, if those memos exist. >> molly hooper live on the hill from "the hill". at the center of all of this is michael flynn. new questions emerge about who knew what and when about his ties to foreign governments. "the new york times" reports this morning that flynn himself told the transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working for turkey as a paid lobbyist. the paper cites two people familiar with the case that he informed dan mcgann on february 4th. a source familiar with conversations at a trump tower meeting two days after the election tells nbc news michael flynn made it clear that he wanted to be national security adviser and that jared kushner and ivanka trump made it clear that president-elect trump would certainly approve that request to reward flynn's loyalty. flynn was appointed only forced to resign weeks later for misleading the vice president over his considerations with russia's ambassador. and now mcclatchy is raising the curran on whether his turkey relations colored. ten days before donald trump was sworn in before president, flynn reportedly told susan rice to hold off on a plan for u.s. forces to retake isis's capital of raqqah. it worked hand in hand with syrian kurdish forces which turkey opposed. the obama administration lood in the incoming administratio sie th plan would likely be executed once trump was in office. the president did eventually approve the raqqah plan but not until weeks after flynn was gone. one of the things that reportedly raised alarm bells in the justice department early on was an editorial flynn published in support of turkey and called for the extradition of a clashg living in pennsylvania. on november 8th, election day, he wrote in part, quote, it is fair to say most americans don't know exactly what to make of our ally, turkey, these days as it endures a prolonged political crisis that challenges its long-term stability. we must begin with understanding turkey is vital to u.s. interests. turkey is really our strongest ally in islamic state in iraq and syria. according to the "new york times," the justice department notified him they were looking into his work. >> nbc news has confirmed erdogan's body guards were part of a massive brawl outside turkey's embassy in d.c. on tuesday. this is stunny video. it came on the same day president trump hosted erdogan at the white house. president trump has yet to address the incident. in a statement issued yesterday afternoon, the state department said, quote, we're concerned by the violent incidents involving protesters and turkish security personnel tuesday evening. violence is never an appropriate response to free speech. we support the right to people everywhere to free expression and peaceful protests. we're communicating our concern to the turkish government in the strongest possible terms. the turkish embassy claims the protesters were, quote, aggressively provoking and they responded in self-defense to the provocative demonstrations. turkey's state-run news agency says police did not heed turkish demands to intercede. erdogan's security moved in to disperse them. multiple people were hurt in the attacks, including two secret service agents. two were arrested, one charged with assaulting a police officer. none of erdogan's people have been arrested. its a sad day in the music world. rock frontman chris cornell has died. known best for his being ontive defying vocals from soundgarden and topped the charts with "audio slave," selling 30 million records across the span of his career. he contributed to hollywood writing and performing the theme song for the james bond movie "classic casino royale." he performed on "the tonight show" in scht his new studio album. in march soundgarden announced a reunion tour. playing in detroit last night. a representative says his wife and family are shocked and will be working closely with the medical examiner. chris cornell was 52 years old. a tulsa, oklahoma, police officer acquitted in the shooting of an unarmed black family. a controversial sheriff heading for a role in the trump white house? the position he says he's taking. lebron james and the cavaliers shutting down the boston celtics in opening game of the eastern conference finals. we have all of the highlights and much more in sports. and the heat is on in the east. bill karins will have a check on weather when we come back. introducing new depend silhouette active fit, with a thin design for complete comfort. they say "move it or lose it" and at my age, i'm moving more than ever. because getting older is inevitable. but feeling older? that's something i control. get a free sample at depend.com. hey team, i know we're tight on time, but i really need a... ...sick day tomorrow. moms don't take sick days. moms take nyquil severe: the... ...nighttime sniffling,sneezing, coughing, aching, fever best... ...sleep with a cold, medicine. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair wrinkles? your time is up! with the proven power of retinol. reduces wrinkles in jusone week. neutrogena® the shlike a bald penguin. how do i look? 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>> pete williams. as pete was mentioning, robert mueller must get up to speed on the fbi's russian investigation. law enforcement officials tell nbc news that former trump aides flynn and manafort are the key figures in that probe. those officials say two men are formally considered subjects of a criminal investigation, though their lawyers say they have done nothing wrong. a subject is someone whose conduct is being examined by the investigation and may be suspected of a crime. officials say multiple grand jury subpoenas and records requests have been issued within the past six months. a new report says trump partnered with a russian canadian developer who received millions in funding from a bank run by the russian government. he received $850 million for his share in a ukrainian steelmaker in 2010. some of that money was injected into the trump toronto project which was financially troubled. his attorney initially put the figure at $15 million but later said he could not confirm the amount. at the time vladimir putin was chairman of the bank's supervisory board which initiated the purchase, according to "the journal." jared kushner met with the head of the bank which was sanctioned by the u.s. during the transition. president trump continues to meet with potential successors to jim comey as fbi director. he met with four candidates, including acting fbi director andrew mccabe, franc keating of oklahoma, former fbi official richard mcfeeley and vice presidential candidate joe lieberman of connecticut. ahead of his meeting with the president, lieberman declined to tell "moing joe" whether if he would be offered the job. saying it was something unexpected and not something i was seeking. these follow meetings over the weekend. earlier john cornyn and trey gowdy both withdrew their names for the role. "the new york times" reports the president asked james comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn now has republicans talking about trending towards impeachment. unlike some democrats, they're treading lightly. >> reporter: earlier today you said the president should be impeached if the comey memo is true. do you stand by that? >> i have nothing further. >> reporter: do you think the president may have obstructed justice? >> i have nothing to further to add. >> any effort to dissuade federal agents from proceeding where with an investigation is very serious and could be construed as obstruction of squat. these obstruction of justice cases dealing with a president can get ugly very fast. >> you say if it is obstruction of justice, is that an impeachable offense for you? >> in the case of nixon, in the case of clinton in the late '90s has been considered on impeachable offense. again, now, again, we need to get director comey in here. he needs to lay it all out. we need to see any evidee and then decide how to proceed. >> and with the watergate comparison, do you think we're heading towards impeachment proceedings or is it too early? >> i think it's too early. i was using that and iran/contra and other similar situations. not just watergate. ir iran/contra. the way ronald reagan was able to overcome iran/contra is he got everything out so there were no more questions so the country could move on. that's what we need to do now. >> the house of representatives has a duty that it can take up and that is of impeachment. i stand for impeachment of the president. it simply means the house of representatives will bring charges against the president. it's similar to an indictment but not quite the same thing. once the president is impeached, then the senate can have a trial. >> curbelo also said discussion of impeachment is premature. we'll have much more coming up on "morning joe" with john mccain and susan collins. one of the first lawmakers to call for president trump's impeachment, maxine waters. molly hooper joining us again from washington. good to see you again. >> hello. >> for the most part, it seems democrats are being cautious about their talk of impeachment here. >> they are. in fact, al green who we saw on the floor calling for impeachment talked to "the hill" shortly after that speech and said he had not, in fact, introduced a resolution of impeachment yet. and that would come maybe later. he's not going away. but he just hasn't done it yet. and so he's reserving the right to do it. he just hasn't done it yet. so it's like the democrats are taking -- are saying these thin but they haven't done them t date. and they're waiting for more evidence tcome out, i think, and greater -- greater, you know, public outcry. republicans are as well saying it's a recurring theme. it's too early to call for impeachment but we want to hear that comey addition we want to hear what comey has to say. we want to see those memos. we can go from there. >> let me get your reaction to another story from capitol hill. "the washington post" reporting that house majority leader kevin mccarthy said last year that the can -- then candidate donald trump could be receiving payments from russian president vladimir putin. according to an audio recording obtained from the post last june, he said to fellow gop leaders, quote, there are two people putin pays, robacher and trump. ball ryan says, this is off the record, no leaks, all right? now, it's worth noting "the post" reports the spokesperson for mccarthy and ryan deny the exchange had taken place until being told there was a recording. then mccarthy quickly pushed back on that report, noting the transcript of the audio repeatedly notes laughter. take a listen. >> if you listen to it, everyone laughs so you know it's a bad tape and and a joke and that's all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> do you still have confidence in the in the. >> 100%. >> and then spokesperson for ryan stated, this entire year-old exchange was clearly an attempt at humor. no one believed the majority leader was seriously asserting donald trump or any of our members were being paid by the russians. what's your make of this story? quite interesting. >> kevin mccarthy likes to joke. he's a very affable guy. keep the timing in mind. president trump, then presidential contender trump, had been saying all these things about russia and about putin not being such a bad guy. and republicans were very uncomfortable with that. in fact, some of them, you know, held off their support until they actually spoke to the eventual vice president candidate michael pence saying, you have to get off the putin love stuff. i can see mccarthy making a joke to that fact. they were you should a lot of pressure at that time. then-candidate trump was just becoming nominee, no one anticipated it, so i genuinely think it was just a joke. >> molly, no leaks. >> well, that was the big thing. we didn't hear about it for a year. they actually did keep it in the family, which is actually more impressive for them. so, you know, maybe that's the news out of it. they kept it together for a year. >> we're hearing about it now. month thank you. we're deep into graduation season. yesterday the president gave his commencement address to coast guard academy. he turned heads on remarks of his own personal treatment. >> over the course of your life, you will find that things are noalways fair. you will find things happen to you, that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted. but you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight. look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. no politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can't let them get you down. you can't let the critics and the naysayers get in the way of your dreams. [ applause ] >> i guess that's why -- thank you. i guess that's why we won. >> all right. let's turn to business where u.s. markets closed in turmoil yesterday suffering their worst day since september of last year. cnbc nancy hunger ford joins us live. futures it seems investors in u.s. and around the world are not convinced about the white house's ability to push major policies through congress given all the headlines and controversy surrounding the white house. >> that's right, lewis. it's the political drama coming out of washington that led to those steep losses on wall street overnight. more than 370 points shed on dow jones industrial average. despite those headlines, keep in mind these markets are at historic levels and since the election, the dow jones and the s&p 500 have both been up more than double digit percentages. yes, we are seeing se of that was inness play out into the european session here as well as a rush into safe havens such as gold. investors are concerned that that optimism of pro-growth economic reform and the tax cuts they are hoping to get under this administration could be at risk. as you mentioned, u.s. futures pointing to another bit of a dip at the open. look out for the action a couple hours from now on wall street. elsewhere, keep an eye on fiat chrysler because shares of the company traded here in europe are among the worst performers in europe this morning. this amid reports the department of justice could be getting ready to file a civil suit against the company for its diesel emissions. this goes back to a probe looking into whether they violated clean air act. chrysler says there was no explicit forms of cheating involved. keep an eye on cisco shares as well, off 7% in after-hours trade. this comes after the company said it plans to slash 1,100 additional jobs. this comes after they previously announced cuts around 5,500, also coming as earnings disappointed. back to you for now. >> nancy hungerford live from london, thanks. >> if the economy tumbles, that's going to cause additional problems for president trump, that's for sure. still ahead, talk about a quick recovery. u.s. senator collapses during a charity run. reportedly gets cpr and turns to work hours later. we'll have the latest on that. we're tracking a weird mix severe weather. a possible tornado, a heat wave and a snowstorm. we're going to get all the details. bill karins will try to explain it all for us next. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. now i can start relaxing even before the vacation begins. your memorial day weekend is very important. that's why booking.com makes finding the right hotel for the right price easy. find great deals now at booking.com. booking.yeah! when i feel controlled by frequent, unpredictable abdominal pain or 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thom tillis of north carolina is expected to be back at work this morning after collapsing about 2 1/2 miles into a charity run yesterday. witnesses say he appeared to be unconscious and given cpr before being taken away in an ambulance. less than 90 minutes later he tweeted this video from his hospital bed saying he's fine, he simply overheated and did not receive a rescue breath. that was followed by another video three hours later. the senator saying he's back on the hill after receiving a clean bill of health. >> good to see the senator recovering there. let's get a check now of your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. a lot of different weather systems playing out over the country. >> and record highs today. we'll have a tornado outbreak and a snowstorm ongoing in colorado. it's quite the spring event across the nation. the big headline and chance for deadly headlines is the tornadoes. 27 million people are at risk, including syracuse to cleveland out to detroit. this area in oklahoma city northwards up towards wichita. this area of pink is high risk of tornadoes. that means we'll get tornadoes, strong tornadoes and tornadoes will be on the ground for the long time. those are the most destructive. tomorrow we're still watching this same area from wichita falls to oklahoma city to wichita, kansas, for additional severe storms. the threat shouldn't be as bad but a few tornados are possible. it only takes one. as far as records go in the east, we saw a couple records yesterday at laguardia airport in new york city had a record high. today look at tampa, you'll shatter your record. 97. florida has been ridiculously hot so far. near record highs in augusta, georgia. new york city expecting a record high of 93. keel come close in philly but won't quite get there in d.c. it's rare to be this hot up and down the east coast this time of year, especially for this long. usually in may it's one day. >> someone just flipped a switch. one more for you here. robert mueller i proving sop of the most -- if you loved the '90s and missed the sitcoms of the early 2000s they're back and in full force. netflix announced the return of "arrested development" with entire original cast. the '90s hit "roseanne" is making an eight episode revival on abc after they ended their nine-year run on the network. the core original cast including roseanne barr and john goodman will premiere june of next year. and "will & grace" will be returning for a ten-episode, it's a musical showing the cast about coming home to each other and the network. it returns 11 years after its finale. a lot of people are excited about that. >> who doesn't love the '90s, everything that came out of them. president trump in need of a serious reboot prepares for his first trip abroad. >> we'll set the stage for that next. first trip abroad. >> we'll set the stage for that next. you know what's funny about this whole situation, we're experiencing this [ bleep ]. on friday trump is leaving for his first international tlip as president. at this point it feels less like a trip and more like he's fleeing the country, like the captain of the plane will be like, so president trump, what day do we get back? actually it's a one-way. if a s. i'm in. 7,000 players. our plays are a little unorthodox. but to beat the big boys, you need smarter ways to save people money. we know what you want from a financial company and we'll stop at... nothing to make sure you get it. one, two... and we mean nothing. ♪ ♪ what's the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? let's take a flight to colombia. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoother tasting cup. green mountain coffee. welcome back. president trump set to depart tomorrow on his first official foreign trip, a nine-day, five-city excursion. >> he first visits saudi arabia, then israel and then travels to the vatican for a short visit with the pope before heading to brussels for a nato meeting and ending the trip at the g7 summit in sicily. the trip coming amid white house turmoil. officials are hoping it serves as a reboot for the administration, especially on foreign policy. >> that's what they're hoping, ayman. keep in mind that the world has been watching events back home often with alarm. so the president needs that reset not just domestically but also globally. the trip, as you mentioned, begins in saudi arabia and israel. they're welcoming the change from president obama. then president trump goes on to meet the pope. that's a meeting that will be heavily choreographed. these aren't high-stake summits. the president is comfortable on the big stage. having said that, foreign trips like these are always backed with opportunities to slip up, not just to make a diplomatic faux pas, if you like, but to be simply laughed at. he will need to prepare, which isn't easy for a president with a lot on his plate right now, and in israel, for example, of course, he may have to explain those allegations that he shared sensitive israeli intelligence with the russians. that said, ayman, realistically, countries like israel and other allies of america have a very important intelligence relationship with the u.s. it's important to them. i don't think the complaints there will be very strong. ayman? >>here's a genuine excitement and opportunity that the gulf arab states think this could be a reset for their relationship with the u.s. keir simmons live in london, thank you for joining us. coming up next on "morning joe," new reaction to the appointment of former fbi director robert mueller as special counsel in the russia investigation. >> john mccain, susan collins, chris murphy, plus maxine water and elijah cummings. the congresswoman one of the first to call for the president's impeachment. 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"morning joe" from washington starting right now. i think people in america turn on the tv and think this is all that's happening, this is all we're doing and all we're discussing. that's not the case. i want the american people to know we're busy, hard at work fixing their problems. >> house speaker paul ryan says it's business as usual on capitol hill, but tell that to the markets. we just saw the biggest one-day drop since september over concerns that washington is grinding to a halt. as the trump white house works to get out of its own way, the president takes off tomorrow on what some would call a make-or-break trip overseas for meetings with dozens of world leaders. he'll leave behind a deepening federal investigation now led by a special counsel and growing signs that some republicans are beginning to lose patience with the president. good morning everyone. it's thursday, may 18th. welcome to "morning joe." with us columnist and associate editor of