We are working to get more information and well bring it to you as soon as we have it. Now to the race for the white house. A new potential controversy dominating the headlines today. Just as donald trump and Republican Leadership agreed to work towards party unity. Its over an old audio recording that surfaced just this week raising questions about whether trump may have posed as his own pr spokesman during a phone interview with a reporter back in the 90s. Trump denies its his voice on the tape but what do you think . Heres the clip. Ive never seen anybody get so many calls from the press. Where did you come from . I was basically worked for different firms. I worked for a couple of different firms. Somebody that [ muted ] knows. Somebody he didnt like. Im going to do this a little parttime and then get on with my life too. The publicist who goes by the name john miller also discusses very specific details about trumps divorce with ivana trump and his relationship with thengirlfriend and future wife marla maples. Sue car srs well is the former People Magazine report over the other end of these phone calls. Shes now a reporter and researcher with vanity fair and shes float ac very interesting theory about how this recording got out. She talked with cnns Michael Smerconish today. Did you release this tape . No. Did you have the tape . How did it get into play . Two people had the tape. I have the tape, trump had a tape. And i dont have the tape. How do you think it got into play . It didnt get to the Washington Post through me. So . Trump. You think trump dropped this tape . Yeah. Why would he do that . Look whats gone on this week. Taxes, paul ryan, the butler, the butler did it. Now trump seems to like to pull People Magazine type stories into the array. In other words, a continuation. Heres your thought. Its a continuation of what john miller told you back in 1991, that theres no such thing as bad publicity, so trump now getting banged over the taxes, the butler comes out and says outrageous thing wts president obama, he figures a little diverse is in order . Yeah, but whats so weird is 25 years. All of a sudden this comeses for. Theres no reason for it this come forward. Theres not been some watergate breakin in your apartment this is watergate going on right now. There are some watching and i think everybodys transfixed but some who say, whats the relevance . Who cares . Who cares . Hes running for president. Its all about the character of a president. And whether he should be in the oval office, being able to run this country and is he going to still be punking us when hes president . Lets go back to what happened. Its 1991, youre at People Magazine, hes got domestic discord. You call Trumps Office and what happens . I called his office and asked to speak with trump about the tabloid headlines that he had dumped marla for carla bruni. And i got a call back from a Spokes Person who claimed he was john miller. And who sounded and i said, you sound just like trump. Its remarkable that he was able to hire a publicist that sounded just like him. And he said, well, you know. I just come from places. He wasnt very specific. And i had my list of questions. So i just went on with them. Your antennae were immediately raised . It was like, this is uncanny. Right. So we talked and then i made it go a little longer. Then i got off the phone and immediately walked down the halls and i said, this is trump, this is trump. Then we had to call and get three confirm medications. We call cindy adams from the New York Post who said, thats trump, whats he doing . Then another person. Then marla, who cried when i played the tape for her. She was the thengirlfriend . She had a socalled engagement ring, she had thought. When you write the story, to your credit, you say trump says goodbye marla, hello karla. And a mysterious pr man who sournlds just like donald. You outed him at the time. Yes. Did he fess up . Two weeks later. He did . He apologized to the magazine. He said, im sorry. He said he had disturbed this had disturbed marla greatly. Let me put on the screen what People Magazine then published at the time. The john miller fiasco trump called a joke gone awry. Explain why you think if he admitted it at the time, hes on the today show yesterday saying, that wasnt me, it doesnt even sound like me. This is a guy who gets up at 4 00 in the morning. He should have been more with it than that. You think he was caught off guard . I think he was caught off guard. Then again, as i said, i didnt release the tape. I believe he did. Just to distract our attention from all the other things that have now been published about him . Yes. All right, lets dig a little deeper with our panel. Political editor for right alerts. Com and trump supporter Scotty Hughes from nashville. Cnn political commentator and washington correspondent for the new Yorker Ryan Lizza maria cardona. Your reaction, that trump himself may have leaked this audiotape . I think sue carswell has some major explaining to do for her accusations are theyre inflammatory. As shes gone on her media blitz the last 24 hours its amazing, her story has changed and has presented some flaws to it. When she first did her story on nbc it was basically, okay, fine, it was her opinion, it was the story. Then she went on another news network and told the female host on that network that she had actually there were two copies of the tape, she assumed mr. Trump had the other copy, and that when she moved she lost her copy. So thats why this couldnt be her that leaked it because her copy was lost. So she makes two assumptions there. Then she goes on this morning, on Michael Smerconishs show, and she comes up with this accusation that mr. Trump leaked it. Which is absolutely insane considering the trump its actually very libel almost because thats saying the Trump Campaign leaked something out that theyve been holding on to for 25 years . Thats pathetic, thats absolutely wrong, i think sue needs to get her facts and her story straight before we continue on with this investigation or this story. Do we learn anything more about trump from this tape . Just one thing on the accusation that perhaps trump leaked it. I guess anythings possible, but it would be unusual if he purposely leaked this tape and then went on morning tv the other day and said it wasnt his voice. When i assume he would have remembered that he admitted that it was him back in the day. Anyway. I think all of that aside, you know is anyone really shocked that donald trump, who talks to reporters all the time and was a staple of the tabloid press in the 80s and 90s i grew up in the new york area in the 80s and 90s and donald trump was in the New York Post and the daily news on a weekly days sister. Knew all the reporters and was constantly playing games like this. So personally im not shocked that a reporter called and he played a game like this. Im a little surprised that when he was confronted by it and asked about it that he said its not his voice. Since hes already admitted that it is. I dont think a lot of people would be surprised or i think a lot of people would forgive him if he admitted that it was him, i think the problem here is that hes said it wasnt him after the fact and thats a little unusual. Maria, some have suggested that the fact this tape is coming out now, the fact that were talking about it, is just another example of the media trying to sabotage trump, what are your thoughts on that . Well, clearly this is his voice. This is him on that audio recording. So if anybody is sabotaging anybody, its trump sabotaging trump. Because look, i do think that in the grand scheme of things, this is just a stupid story. But what it does do, ana, it underscores for those people and those voters that trump needs to add to his supporters, because hes never going to get to the white house with the number of supporters and vote theres he has now, those people are really looking at trump and saying, this guy is really unserious. This is somebody who is interviewing for the highest job in the land, for the most powerful position on earth, and he is now asking us to trust him with that position . When back in the 90s he portrayed himself as his own public less stist and now hes lying about it . I think it underscores the other unseriousness of his positions or lack thereof, frankly. It underscores also for other republicans who are having a lot of heartburn trying to support him the lack of values and the lack of principles that he has shown. And so thats where i think it hurts him in the long run, in terms of his image to the voters that he needs to try to win over. There have been some steps this week to create party unity. House Speaker Paul Ryan met with trump. Out of that they both positioned it or frame the it as a very positive meeting. Then paul ryan just spoke moments ago in wisconsin talking a little bit more about this, listen. As you know, i had a long meeting with donald trump. I and our Party Leaders in the house had a long meeting with donald trump on thursday. I thought it was a very productive meeting. It was the first meeting weve really had other than a phone call in march. And so we are beginning the process of discussing what unity looks like in the Republican Party. As i said before, this takes some time. This isnt done with a couple of meetings. So scotty, we were all listening closely, is he going to endorse trump with this statement . He didnt. Does it make you nervous the highestranking republican out there in the country still has it hasnt endorsed donald trump . No, im not nervous about that, i think its down the line. I think we will see it. The story yesterday was that nine members of house leadership, Republican House leadership, did endorse. That trump train amongst congress is continuing to grow with leadership as well as just in the house and the senate continuing to jump on board. They realize hes a lot better than what the other side has to offer which is Hillary Clinton. These republicans, senators and house members, realize that we have record turnout and unless they get on, they face losing their own elections like were seeing with paul ryan in wisconsin, a very strong contender against him, and john mccain over in arizona. So they might as well start garnering what the people of their districts are overwhelmingly telling them that they like the policies and principles that mr. Trump continues to present. Scotty, maria, ryan, stay with me. Real were i you back. Ahead this hour, it might not be the law but the debate is heating up over the obama administrations transgender bathroom guidelines. How this social battle is turning into a real political conversation. Plus, they dont have college degrees. They have few job prospects. They feel left behind. And theyre exactly the people voting for donald trump. So how does Hillary Clinton sway these white workingclass white men to vote for her . Well discuss. 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You need good resolution, powerful processor because the computer has to start thinking as fast as my brain does. I do this because i want my artwork to help people. It might not be the law but the debate is definitely heating up over the obama administrations transgender bathroom guidelines. These guidelines say schools should allow transgender students to use the restrooms or locker rooms based on the gender with which they identify. Remember, theyre called guidelines. But the government has threatened to withhold title ix funding for schools that dont follow them. Opponents say the government has now gone too far. Heres cnns nick valencia. We will not yield to blackmail from the president of the United States. Reporter the federal government calls them guidelines. But several states, including texas, see them more as a threat. This goes against the values of so many people. It has nothing to do with anyone being against a transgender child. Reporter at a friday morning press conference, texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick says a line has been crossed by the federal government after the department of justice sent a letter on transgender bathroom use in Public Schools across the United States. Im telling all the superintendents of texas, you have about three weeks left of the school year. Do not enact this policy. Reporter in the letter, attorney general Loretta Lynch writes, there is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transdid gender students on the basis of their sex. Under the guidelines, Public Schools that receive federal money are obligated to treat students consistent with their gender identity, even if their records indicate a different sex. Access sexsegregated facilities consistent with their gender identity. And protect a students privacy related to their gender status. Reporter the action sets the stage for a legal battle thats been in the making since march. House bill 2 in North Carolina began the recent controversy. The law requires trans people to use the public restroom related to the gender on their birth certificate, not how they identify. Candace cox has been one of the most outspoken against the law. Shes a transgender woman and has met with the North Carolina governor. The fact that we are not talking about transgender people and who they are, but rather we dont want someone who looks like a man or looks like a woman, that identifies as the opposite gender, it lets me know were still discriminating on aesthetics. Reporter North Carolina and the feds have traded accusations and lawsuits. Some states, including arkansas and texas, insist theres been government overreach. The feds say civil rights have been violated. This is not just a North Carolina issue. This is now a national issue. Reporter the guidance is the most detailed outline given by the federal Government Regarding what they think should happen with transgender bathroom use. Earlier today at a commencement address the head of the Civil Rights Division for the department of justice seemed to double down saying in part, efforts like house bill 2 in North Carolina not only violate the laws that govern our nation but also the values that define us as people. Ana . All right, nick have a lens yeah thank you. This is definitely a hot issue. Im going to bring back our panel, scotty and rhe a are listen to what donald trump said about this issue in april. North carolina, what theyre going through with all of the business thats leaving and all of the strife. And thats on both sides. You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble. And the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife. And the economic i mean, the economic punishment that theyre taking. So i would say thats probably the best way do you have trans gender people working in your organization . I dont know, i really dont know. I probably do, i really dont know. If Caitlyn Jenner were to walk into trump tower and want to use the bathroom you would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses . That is correct. That was a few weeks ago. Before i get your comments listen to what he said yesterday. Well, i believe it should be states rights. I think the state should make the decision. Theyre more capable of making the decision. I felt that from the beginning. So scotty, isnt this another example of what worries some gop vote theres donald trump is shifting his position on some major issues . Well, you have to realize that first comment came because i think mr. Trump hates to hear of anybody losing a job or losing money. And the state losing a job and losing money. At that time we were dealing with North Carolina a lot of things were pulling out of North Carolina. And i think that hurt him. But then as he started to think about it he realized on issues like this, sometimes you have to take your personal opinion out and you have to refer back to the constitution. And that is the tenth amendment that is a states rights issue and it should be left to the states and the the federal government should not sit there and overrule what the people of the state choose for theirselves. I think his answer correctly about being a states right issue within the last couple of days is absolutely correct. But realize his first answer was just based on the emotion of he hated to hear of people losing a Mighty Dollar they might have worked hard for. Scotty, a lot of people dont get a pass on flipflopping their positions, especially politicians. Well, but thats it. Mr. Trump isn