Donald trump in the wake of the shootings in louisiana, minnesota, and dallas. Today brought a shift in town from the present of republican nominee at a Campaign Event in Virginia Beach where he read an extended statement from teleprompter about his candidacy in the week of these tragedies. Donald trump i am the law and order candidate. [applause] trump every kid in america should be able to securely walk the streets in their own neighborhood without harm. Everyone will be protected equally and treated justly without prejudice. We will be tough. We will be smart. We will be fair. And we will protect all americans. Words were barely out of his mouth and people were already comparing what he said to the remarks Richard Nixon made using comparable rhetoric when he won the white house in 1968 are in his comeback. Richard nixon let us have order in america, not the order that discourages change but the order that guarantees the right to dissent and provides the basis for peaceful change. Tonight, it is time for honest talk about the problem of order in the United States. Mark john, as the nation grieve,s to leave how are both entered its dealing with them and what is the potency of this new message from trump about being the law and order candidate . We have notday, heard Hillary Clintons message and have not seen Donald Trumps video. There was surprising synergy in a lot of ways. Trump spoke about the tragedy in dallas and also of the tragedies in louisiana and minnesota with equal weight. You could have expected him to play the law and order card and just focus on the Police Officers in dallas. He did not. You could have matched either one of them saying the same things. Nixoniannald trump is in what he is doing. This comes on the back of Rudy Giuliani staking out and aggressive argument against black lives matter saying they are putting targets on the backs of Police Officers. That seems to be where the Republican Party rhetoric is drifting. Unmistakable drift of where we are heading if trump keeps going in this direction. Joe trump did mention the victims of the Police Shootings last week. This is a change. It is a change that republicans have used effectively. David axelrod talks about how the public looks for the opposite of what they have in an incumbent president. Critics of president obama would say he has not done enough to bring the country together. Trump will say he is a unifier and tough and strong. Its going to be fascinating. Hillary clinton has not commented since friday. It will be fascinating to see if she tries to compete with trump on this notion of being for law and order. John it is hard to imagine she would, given the politics of where she wants to be and where her base is. Mark except when you think about the clintons in arkansas. John they have moved to the left in Hillary Clintons candidacy. She is no longer a new democrat trying to fend off sanders in this campaign. The 1968 and allergies are sometimes overdone. We are still in the middle of the summer. There is a long way to go. There could be demonstrations and worse on the streets below where we are sitting. This could look a lot like 1968 soon. Trump has not gone full George Wallace on this issue yet. There have been comparisons to wallace and nixon. Is Hillary Clinton the Hubert Humphrey . As you pointed out at the beginning, Richard Nixon won that race. The key was he won when there was a scared, white, silent majority as he called it. Whereat we have now demographics have changed a lot. We said is there anything trump has done that put you on the defensive and made your job harder . The crafting of that speech today puts them in a position where they have to figure out how to respond. They may figure it out. But trump saying he is the law and order candidate is something they will have to look at and say how will we respond. We have not heard from Hillary Clinton yet on that. One doesnt want to make these things too schematic or two black and white. The criticism that the remedy trump is providing to obama, you also hear that from those on the left who criticize obama for trying to strike a balance when he andeir point of view Hillary Clinton should be staking out a strong argument on the opposite side, sympathizing mainly with African Americans and not at all with the white officers. Mark these are tough issues for the country and politicians. We are not trying to overly politicize it. There is no doubt trump has put a different inferences on his position today that puts this into play and makes the events and how they handle them key to what is going on in the race. John yes. Im going to move on but we will talk about this more. Tomorrow, president obama and former president bush are going to speak at a Memorial Service for the five officers killed in dallas last week. They will be in that city with Vice President biden who is also expected to attend funerals for Philando Castile shot on thursday. In any other Election Year the week before a National Convention would be dominated by news of Committee Meetings and the speaker lineup. We have not gotten much of that yet. How will the focus and coverage thingse tragedies impact trump has got to do, pick a running mate and rollout his convention . Mark in the last two republican conventions, there were National Disasters that cost the campaign to have to react. This is a big story. I dont envy the Trump Campaign. Running matepick a and announced the schedule. On any given day, a single violent action involving a Police Officer threatens to put them off the proverbial front pages. They have a challenge because they are running out of time. They have to announce the keynote speaker and who is taking as his running mate. ,ohn the biggest difference those were natural disasters in 2008 and 2012. They were not what this is, which is now the Political Climate that envelops all of us. The reason why this is a hot moment is the things that led to the shootings in dallas and in minneapolis in baton rouge where the umpteenth in a string of things. This has been building. Whether we are ready to explode fully, we dont know yet. Mark where might the explosion occur . Right here. There is going to be and you just know i dont care how many offices are here, there will be moments of tension. Even if everyone is on their best behavior, it is still going to be problematic. The Trump Campaign has a lot of choices to make. They have to make them without knowing what the future holds in the next seven days. John in 1968, the convention in chicago, the democratic one is the one where there were rights in the streets with a democratic mayor. We know cleveland was going to try to keep demonstrators far away. That has been overruled. The judge said that is not ok. There is a lot of reporting lately about protesters on both sides say they are planning to march everywhere and are expecting things to get out of control. That was before any of the things that happened in the last week. Irk on the Trump Campaign, have a feeling they did not have the schedule ironed out. Now people are not expecting it because there is other stuff going on. When we come back, the latest on the stakes on both sides after these words from our sponsors. John one of the biggest questions in politics even with everything going on is still who donald trump will pick as his running mate. He has been floating a new potential sidekick. Retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn who has been advising on foreign policy. Trump has also been appearing on the campaign trail with allegedly leading contenders on his short list, giving them all a chance to audition for the job. Today in Virginia Beach, it was Chris Christie stern to describe what kind of president the donald would be. We need a president that will put law and order at the top of the priority of the presidency in this country. Our Police Officers, the men and women who stand each day to protect us, need to understand the president of the United States and his administration will give them the benefit of the doubt. Not always believe that what they have done is somehow wrong. I know he will be the type of president who will put the rule of law first, who will make sure the law is enforced aggressively and appropriately, and it will put people in his administration who understand the rules and laws of this country apply to the leastnot just powerful but also the most powerful. We need someone has always demanded the best from everyone who has worked for and with him and who will place the interests of the American People first and foremost. He absolutely gives you the confidence every night when you put your head on the pillow that his number one priority will be the safety and security of your family. John tomorrow, trump hits the trail with another top, perhaps the top contender, indiana governor mike pence who is also practicing his audition today, speaking to reporters in indianapolis. I think we need strong leadership supporting our troops, strong leadership to get this economy moving again, and we need clear minded leadership to make common sense, conservative appointments to the supreme court. I am prepared to make that case anywhere across indiana and this country that donald trump would want me to. Prefer to asklly you questions i have not asked you before because they yield more interesting answers. Think trumps veep stakes stand . Mark im downgrading the possibility of a surprise pick. I believe trump wants to pick christie but his head is telling him to pick pence. I believe there are people who think Newt Gingrich or Chris Christie have risks associated that are not worth taking on. My parents mike pence is qualified. He will be seen as qualified. I think he is headed towards picking pence, but he could change his mind. How is that . John not bad. I have always thought pence makes a lot of sense on paper. I dont know what the chemistry is like between them. I cant imagine it will not matter to trump. Mark that is why i say he would rather have christie. Gut i think trump is a guy. I think he goes with his instincts. I still think christie has got to be in the race. I do not think Newt Gingrich will be on the ticket for a million reasons. The general who backtracked and changed his decision on abortion in the last 24 hours illustrated how difficult it is to put somebody on the ticket who has never had a political career. I continue to think a surprise pick is still conceivable. And theyll head fakery are just lying about the numbers on the short list, that there is a fully vetted other ready to pop. Mark mike pence is all upside and the downside is limited and he is qualified. John you are right. People will attack him for being too conservative. Everybody loves attacking trump. Trump is such a big target that pence will be small by comparison. Mark at last, Bernie Sanders is ready to endorse Hillary Clinton. It is expected to happen tomorrow at a joint rally in New Hampshire. While he is not under consideration to be on the ticket, sanders long anticipated backing might influence who clinton can and should choose. She has Bernie Sanders in hand. Where does that leave her search for a running mate . Big event is thursday when she will be in virginia and suburban washington, d. C. , with tim kaine. We saw her do an audition with elizabeth warren. Now we see tim kaine. I think theres a good reason why tim kate has been at the front of her list. I think he continues to be at the front of her list. If she believes the only thing standing in her way to the presidency is getting Bernie Sanders voters over, that makes the case for warren. Endorsement will limit her worry about that and leave her more likely to kaine. Mark i dont think there is any chance clinton will pick before trump. Out and had dinner with tim kaine and mike pence and were asked to choose which one was more exciting, you might have trouble picking. They are similar in their resumes and backgrounds. John you could have a bilingual conversation. That is sort of exciting. Mark there is no reason to worry about picking a guy who is not the most exciting. Most of the clinton people who have an opinion are enthusiastic about kaine or fine with him. I dont think she is getting pushback about picking tim kaine. Go with somebody vetted by barack obama, the safe choice. I will say if trump makes a surprise pick, i could see her making a surprise pick. John do not count out the person popped up recently. Do not count out tom vilsack. Also a vanilla pick and someone she likes a lot. Delegates have been busy in the rock n roll capital of the world. We will check in on what they have been up to after this. Mark welcome back. We are in cleveland. Republican convention Committee Meetings are underway. Here is a quick scene setter to get you started. Cleveland republican convention, here is what will happen. First, lets go back to 1796. General cleveland frowns cleveland. That is not a typo. They dropped the a. Things are invented. The river catches on fire several times. Rock n roll, movies, tv, and politics. 1934, cleveland holds its first republican convention. 1936, republicans returned to cleveland. They choose this guy. Americans choose the other guy. Americans choose other Convention Cities for 80 years. Now they are back. See us nbc says expect fireworks. Debate onith the trade agreements and other stuff. Then comes the rules committee. The goal is to unbind delegates and force an open convention. The likelihood of success low. The backup plan is to make it harder for him to choose his v. P. The backup backup plan is to later. Easier mark joining us to update us on the commission Convention Committee debates is a conservative, Prolife Group that has been recruiting delegates to shake the Party Platform for decades, including this time. What is the worst that could happen from Donald Trumps point of view in the realm of possibility . It is very easy. If there becomes a fight on the platform, the theme becomes fight amongst yourselves. Everybody is talking about what will be outside. Youve got about three steps going before you get to the delegates getting here. Mark which fights are most likely to occur . There is the gay marriage fight. Today they dodged the trade one. There was a question of whether some free traders would push back on trunks language. That went away. On the rules, theres the unbinding fight. I think the more likely fight is closing the primaries. Getting gutt ing the r. N. C. , taking the party power away from the r. N. C. There is a move to do that. I think there is a real sense of a lot of conservatives that they will not unbind. They will want to get their pound of flash. That may be one way they get it. John we saw the reports that some people were giving hard counts that were lower than a lot of people thought. What is your sense of how strong this is . Perception was in the last couple of days the pros that write the platform have been impressed by what trump arrived with. They arrived with a bunch of staffers and started whipping. They solidified the trump people. We had a dinner last night with trump delegates. They were getting more direction. Theres nothing worse than being for somebody and not knowing what you are doing. The perception is they are on the ground and making more progress. The perception a lot of people thought is they were not. The reality is these were very uneventful subCommittee Meetings. You vote on prolife and marriage, they were 153, 16to. There is a sense they have their ducks lined up. The question is what else is out there. Mark are the trump forces trying to have peace order they care about the outcome . 2012, he said in i will take the platform as conservative as you want it. I dont want to debate my past on abortion. The trump people are clear. Is thing that has been good brooke said we have had a lot of people venting. We have not put the phone thu mb on the scale. I was there for some things they are talking about. They wanted to put in protection for the prairie chicken. There is a sense people are being heard. On the rules committee especially, youre getting a sense where listening to what is going on. The party is really behind trump. Glove. E now hand in the guys that were treading, managing the time a primary are working it hard. These guys are working in one direction. John i dont know what youve got against the prairie chicken. Im not antichicken. I dont want that to be the headline coming out of here. John people are talking about 20 20, opendoor closed primaries. What is the state of the debate about the party may change the way it nominates . I think that is the one reform almost 100 likely to get far. Maybe it does not pass. I advocated then. Conservatives want that. I think you will see that. It will probably be in the form of a reward. If you close your primary, he will get extra delegates as