Candidates are added. We will talk more about those in a minute. But first, donald trump and his campaign are still dealing with the fallout from his remarks about Second Amendment people yesterday. News reports now that the secret service has had conversations today with the Donald Trump Campaign about that comment out of concern that the remark could incite violence against Hillary Clinton. Trump and his campaign are still saying that he was talking about voter mobilization, while some republicans, including Corey Lewandowski and paul ryan, are going with a different talking point, that the whole thing was just a joke gone bad. A lot of people in the press are thinking that. Here is what donald trump had to say about this matter at his rally this afternoon in virginia. Mr. Trump a big part of the rigged system is the press itself, because they can take a little story and make it into a big deal. It happens so much. Happens so much. And speaking of that, remember this, we have so many things that we have protect in this country. We have to protect our Second Amendment, which is under siege. Remember that, under siege. [applause] mark it happens so much. It is under siege. Hillary clinton weighed in during her own campaign event. In des moines, iowa. Ms. Clinton words matter, my friends. And if you are running to be president or you are president of the United States, words can have tremendous consequences. Yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from donald trump that cross the line. His casual cruelty to a gold star family, his casual suggestion that more countries should have nuclear weapons, and now, his casual inciting of violence. Every single one of these incidents shows us that donald trump simply does not have the temperament to be president and commander in chief of the United States. Two reasons this story is dominating is because many reporters are explicitly dismissing the trump position as an outright lie. And because they are coming from conservative twitter and the usually friendly fox news channel. Both the clinton and Donald Trump Campaigns are trying to raise money off of this. Has it done any permanent damage to donald trump . Mark i think not as big as i thought it would have, in part because the campaign stuck to its guns, pardon the pun. If the investigation leads somewhere, it will do more. I basically think this is yet another thing in the public imagination in the fall win the republicans, both voters and elites, wanting to abandon donald trump, will all be choosing from a menu. It is something i think people could seize on. I dont think this is major age yet, even the donnie i agree with you. I will put it in a brand frame. The negative brand positioning for donald trump is unstable. We also have a term called brand support points. On the negative side. It is saying that it is in the list with the other issues. Kahn, russians hacking into hillarys emails, john mccain not being a war hero. Now, it is probably support point number seven. It does not change the math and gives you one more tool to play with. Mark the press should not be biased, covering everything in the public interest. But the reality is the press plays favorites at time. Donald trump used to be the press favorite, now the Clinton Campaign is Getting Better coverage. They normally do not. I think one reason this is bad for donald trump is that he has another big fight with the press. The press thinks he is a liar. He is mad at the press for the way they are covering it. The more there is tensions between donald trump and the press, the lower his chances of winning. Donnie i think the press does not need him anymore. I think this was basically the story of a generation, 90 days away from the election, and the press by nature does lean more democratic. We know that. Just to they are as human beings. And i think there is kind of a part of their voice where their conscious or subconscious is coming up saying we played the game and carried you to that point, but a little pious might be coming out. Mark we should say that donald trump just tweeted there was no meeting where conversation never happened between the secret service and the Donald Trump Campaign regarding what he said yesterday, but we do know that the secret service tweeted about it, that they are concerned about it. All right, lets talk about our new Bloomberg PoliticsNational Poll. Hillary clinton has maintained some of her postconvention bounce. She is besting donald trump by six points in a headtohead race. 50 to 44 . Clinton is leading with independents, women, white women, nonwhite women, young and unmarried voters, as well as the collegeeducated. Donald trump is still up among men, married voters, and voters without college degrees. Voters, ins, married a fourway race, trumps deficit is only four, much closer than other recent National Polls as we get further away from the dnc convention. Supporters of donald trump and Hillary Clinton have vastly different motivations for backing their favorite choice. 56 of clinton supporters say they are more proclinton than antitrump. Trump supporters differ. They are more anticlinton than for the republican candidate. Donnie, on these topline numbers, what is your biggest take away . Donnie the biggest take away is that things have not changed much since the postconvention bounce. It is interesting. If you aggregate all the polls, the margin is about 7. 3. The bloomberg side is on the lower side. When i do some of the cross tabs, theres one thing i found interesting. I will quote the great mark halperin. You said a while ago that if donald trump does not win business, he does not win. 51 of people in that poll think he is doing worse, their perception of him as a businessman has gotten worse. That is a very telling number. So, if i bow to the church of mark halperin, which i certainly do mark obviously, he has to sell his business credentials, and there has been stories pushed by the Clinton Campaign and the press looking at Donald Trumps business record. And it is clear the Republican Convention did not rebuild that, although there were efforts to try and build that out. Donnie ok, Bloomberg Politics asked people about their opinions of president obama and the direction of the country. Half of the country said they approved of the job the president is doing, yet 68 said the country is headed in the wrong direction. An almost half of those likely voters said democrats were to blame, compared to 22 who said it was the republicans fall. 32 said they are not sure who to blame. Mark, should democrats worry about that . It flies in the face of perception of the Republican Party in general, the numbers that much lower. Mark it is a very strange mix, even as the poll blames the democrats. Even if it has been overwhelmingly the case, they still think president obama is doing a good job, getting close to his highest numbers, since the beginning of his presidency. I cannot really explain it. Donnie i think the economy is not in terrible shape. And that being said, and he gave a great speech, the numbers are the tell, temperament for president. Hillary clinton, 56 . Donald trump, 31 . How does a guy get elected if two out of three people do not think he has to the makeup for that office . Mark i mean, look, the president , even at his worst moment, his Approval Rating never went below 40 . He has gone from low 40s to mid 50s, recovering some people who voted for him. Maybe had lost a believe in him. And he has had success in Foreign Policy and at home, but it is a problem for the Donald Trump Campaign. They can cite wrong track all they want, but when a guy who has more than half of the country of proving of the job he is doing, out there hitting the pavement for Hillary Clinton, it is a problem. Donnie same number as ronald reagan. Mark finally, after donald trump come paint that some donald trump complained that some debates are scheduled on nights with nfl games, we asked likely voters which they would be more likely to watch, football against the debates. 69 said the debate. Only 26 said they would choose the game. I would be professionally obligated to watch the debates. Donnie, which would you watch . Football versus the debates . Donnie depends on whether the jets are playing. They have all of this technology. Mark which would you watch live . Donnie to all my fans in queens, i would watch the debate. Mark picture in picture with the game . With the audio. Donnie those debates will be the biggest number since the moon landing. Mark i have said they will be the highly watched shows of all time, but im not sure of that. We will see. They will be big, but i literally thought they would be the biggest tv event of all time. I am not sure. Donnie the numbers are not people do not consume tv that way over all. Mark alright, when we come back, some clinton news that Donald Trumps behavior buried and some new clinton controversies, after these words from our sponsors. Mark over the past 24 hours, at least two headlines that in almost any other Election Year at any other time would have dominated the news cycle. And in this case, put Hillary Clintons campaign on the defensive. Those stories have gotten some notice. Once again, donald trump has said something controversial that has crowded out the anticlinton plot line. This is not a new phenomenon. As you know, it is one particularly on display during the. Period since the conventions. Here is a recap of the last week and a half. Clinton, trump, here is what happened. Weekend after the convention, clinton goes on fox. The Washington Post says that is not what happened. That is not true. Hillary clinton is lying through her teeth. It could have been the lead of the weekend. August 1, clintons work on a Russian Technology initiative may have undermined National Security. This has bad National Security implications for the United States. But that was not the lead. Trump said this and this. August 2, dnc resignations. After those leaked email. Trump did this, this, and this. August 3, clinton repeats claim about fbi. The one that was debunked. Trump said this. Mr. Trump they have a perfect tape. His Campaign Says not really. August 5, trump admits he is wrong. Media says roughly. It all overshadows clinton. And the next week, reports senator clinton did not create as many jobs as promised. Trump tweets conspiracy theory. The parents of the benghazi victim are suing clinton. Trump says, well, you know. Mark that brings us to today and at some new news stories about emails from Hillary Clintons time as secretary of state. These emails were obtained and released by Judicial Watch as part of an investigation against clinton entities. The former president s advisers seem to be seeking special access and a special treatment for at least one case for a Major Foundation donor. Voters continue to say they have questions about Hillary Clintons ethics. There is a new report out tonight from cnn suggesting the fbi wanted the Justice Department to look into the Clinton Foundation, and the Justice Department declined. I am sure that will be getting more attention in the days ahead. Look at the emails. Do the emails suggest clinton, inc. Operated in a way that voters will be suspicious of . Donny once again, one more support point for Hillary Clinton not being truthful. All of the support points, it is very easy and sexy to say, clinton made a joke i mean, trump made a joke about assassinating Hillary Clinton. Notus this is all too sound bitey enough. It is all on brand for her. On of the untruthful category, one more support. Not as good of tv. Mark there is a level on which this is business as usual. Every administration i have covered, there are allies on the outside and the profit business who work to get special treatment. That is not new. What is different here is that when Hillary Clinton accepted the job of secretary of state, it was clear from the obama white houses point of view, wallshere needed to be put up so the foundation her husband was running did not cause problems. You had people raising money for the foundation, getting rich on their own, allies and friends in the administration, and these emails show a pattern of clinton doing what the critics suggest, moving stuff along so that everybody wins, except for , in some cases, critics would argue, the american people. Donny more of the same. But as you are telling the story, i was thinking about my dry cleaning. People are not talking mark they will need to break through. Donny the average person already says Hillary Clinton thinks she plays above, cant trust her. Not a clear, interesting, sexy. Mark i agree. I agree. They are going to need, i believe, defined as somebody getting a favor from the state department they should not have gotten that helped enrich the foundation or a clinton ally. This does not do that, but shows the way Clinton Incorporated operates. Donny something to read while i am eating my lucky charms in the morning. Another controversy that the Trump Campaign believes should be a big deal. Yesterday, there was a not so welcome person spotted over clinton shoulder at a rally, the father of the gunman who killed 39 people in an orlando nightclub. The father suggested he was invited by a mass email and that he supports the democratic candidate. The Clinton Campaign says it was an open event, they did not know he was there, and that she disavows his support. Is the Trump Campaign going to have something to play with here . Mark i said there should be more work done on the foundation and ties to the state department. This one, i dont know why the republicans are pushing. They have disavowed the guy. Bad optics, but nobody has demonstrated they invited him. He showed up. They disavowed his support. Yeah, i just do not see what the story is. Donny the only clearance for an event like this with 3000 people is that you go through a metal detector. They are not doing background checks. My initial instinct was that Donald Trumps people sent him there. How is this guy there . They had a list of signs, like talking points. I did not go to some major conspiracy, but my instinct was that it was clever. Mark if the campaign invited him, although it would have been a mistake, because they would not have invited him on purpose, or if the Donald Trump Campaign sent him, that deserves more scrutiny. But in the absence of evidence, i would just say again, republicans are hurting themselves because they party already have a candidate who gives them few windows to breakthrough. They had a window and tell donald trump said the thing he said yesterday. Push the Clinton Foundation and explain to people or push this nonstory . It seems pretty obvious to me. They cannot waste their time on things that are not going anywhere. And i dont see this one going anywhere once they repudiated the guy. Donny i am a guide is that my life telling a story, the foundation story, i spent my life communicating, tough story to tell. It is funky, and there is some nasty quid pro quo there. Hillary clinton is not a believable, trustworthy person. There is to be something cleaner. Mark particularly because this one involves her people. It involves aides. There is no evidence that the tax payers lost out or someone got a job or contract improperly, but it does show the way her empire operated. Coming up, more on what is up with donald trump from a reporter who covers him pretty much around the clock, when we come back. Mark the Trump Campaign has still not made an ad buy for the general election. Hillary clinton is spending aggressively on the airways. She has ads on in several battleground states, as well as olympics and national primetime purchases come all to the tune of 4. 2 million in the past month alone. Both candidates of course have super pacs and Interest Groups helping them out. And we are beginning to season pretty interesting down ballot ads from campaign. We thought we would show you some of the most interesting and potentially affected spots. Starting with this new anticlinton ad, run by the nra. It starts today in nevada, pennsylvania, ohio, and north carolina, National Cable and broadcast, part of a 3 million ad buy. She is one of the wealthiest women in politics, combined income 30 million, tours the world on private jets, protected by armed guards for 30 years, but she does not believe in your right to keep a gun at home for selfdefense. Ms. Clinton i fully appreciate how hard life is for americans today. And out of touch hypocrite, she would leave you defenseless. Mark all right, so the nra is stepping up big with that ad, and that seems to go to the theme we talked about before, clinton being out of touch. I think it is a pretty good spot. Donny two