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Matt bai you said the first time you covered donald trump is when you saw some of those 1999 comments. that was donald trump the liberal. >> i was in his apartment with the marble statues. we had dinner with alec baldwin. >> donald trump and alec baldwin at a dinner party. thats something else. >> a charity benefit. he was talking about running against pat buchanan who now hes become in a sense. look, you cant think of this as a campaign. this is my point. this is a reality show. hes been doing ...

Im priced more republicans arent taking that stance in a more public way. >> i think thats going to change in the next week or two. would anybody here be surprised if nikki haley is on the ticket in 16? >> without question. shes a woman. she handled this gracefully. she can speak so well as you can see. >> when the meet a moment, the moment hits you it is how you handle the moment you dont expect. >> few people are given that chance. when they handle a moment like that dramatically and well they...

A person whos loose with the facts a people who has conspiracy theories about whether obama was born here, about vaccines, about climate change as a hoax. i think it is too much for us to give him the credit of liking what hes saying because it is interesting. we as journalists have the responsibility to figure out which candidates are likely to be our leaders. i remember talking to tim russert about this. rather than who has the highest polls, who is likely to be a leader. this guy has shown qu...

A person whos loose with the facts a people who has conspiracy theories about whether obama was born here, about vaccines, about climate change as a hoax. i think it is too much for us to give him the credit of liking what hes saying because it is interesting. we as journalists have the responsibility to figure out which candidates are likely to be our leaders. i remember talking to tim russert about this. rather than who has the highest polls, who is likely to be a leader. this guy has shown qu...

His announcement speech. we were able to put together a whole bunch of tape from events hes done over the past three months. heres a little taste of what we think his announcement speech will sound like tomorrow. >> because i ran a base we could do business with. as a kid i can remember tying yellow ribbons around our tree out front because for 444 days iran held americans hostage. >> thats just a little taste. you can see this whole thing. it really is what we think is taking a stump speech and...

Thing. who is likely to be a leader? theyve shown qualities already. this guy has shown qualities, i cant imagine him as a presidential leader. >> i dont think anybody can. i think the question is what does this act -- yeah. when does it implode. back in a moment with that hack attack on the u.s. government computers. are we losing the war on cyber security? and why you should be very concerned about this. >> announcer: "meet the press" is brought to you by morgan stanley, where capital create...

Humanistic kind of movement thats based on compassion, based on inclusiveness and this is the future. >> maria, it is a symbol. i guess the question is whats next? >> well, im kind of stuck in the fact that governor haley in this amazing moment didnt actually say i abhor what donald trump has said. she didnt actually say this is not acceptable. >> shes not alone in republican leaders. >> correct. so when i see this amazing moment in south carolina, its kind of like well which party is it? and, f...

Saying. i think donald trump in a sense does them a favor. right? i think you can look at it as doing republicans a favor, hes staking out an older, phasing, divisive position and giving the new generation of republicans a chance to step forward and say, no, we want a different party. im surprised, frankly, that more republicans arent taking that chance in a more strident way. >> i think thats going to change in the next week or two. i think seeing the rhetoric that he said. would anybody here b...

Heres a little taste of what we think his announcement speech will sound like tomorrow. >> because i ran a place we could do business with. as a kid i can remember tying yellow ribbons around our tree out front because for 444 days iran held americans hostage. >> thats just a little taste. you can see this whole thing. it really is what we think is taking a stump speech and putting it together and seeing if we can do that. scott walker, matt bai, the forgotten front-runner. hes still the front-r...

Think is that kind of threat. we have this issue with iran. there are numbers of issues around the world that are very important to the safety of our citizens. >> youre no shrinking violet so ill ask you this last question. donald trump. whats he doing to the republican party? >> you know, chuck, weve got four people in the senate running. weve got a lot of governors and friends running around the country. if i start responding to every foreign policy statement thats made by candidates or other ...