And on american production. There is no other donald trump. What you see is what you get. He is still the same donald trump who makes his shirts and his ties overseas instead of in the United States. Theres a whole lot to get to tonight, and well get to all of it. I wanted to begin, though, with senior White House Correspondent mr. Jim acosta. Good evening to you, jim. Today was supposed to be a day when donald trump was getting back on message talking about the economy, but instead hes got more incoming fire from republicans who think his Foreign Policy is dangerous. What else can you tell us . Reporter thats right. This was a day when donald trump was supposed to make that pivot and try to get back to general Election Campaign issues like the economy. You know, he was interrupted 14 times at that economic speech today, don, and donald trump did not let loose and go after those protesters. And then at 3 00 this afternoon this bomb was dropped by 50someodd former National Security officials dating back to the nixon administration, all working in republican administrations. Former secretaries of homeland securi security, former director of the cia, former director of National Intelligence, all saying donald trump is unfit to be president of the United States. Donald trump fired back in his typical fashion and wrote these officials off as being holdovers from the Bush Administration who are simply just trying to line their pockets in d. C. And got the country in trouble in the first place by leading the nation into the war in iraq. The Trump Campaign also put out a statement from Lieutenant General michael flynn, one of their top National Security officials with the campaign, who is basically saying the same thing. But don, i think the Biggest Development of this day just happened within the last hour, and that is the republican senator from maine Susan Collins announcing in this oped in the Washington Post that she cannot support donald trump. She laid out three different reasons, going back to trumps apparent mocking of that disabled reporter, his criticism of the mexicanamerican judge curiel and this recent confrontation with the khan family. And the question becomes, don, just how much of this can donald trump take . It seems to be one republican after another coming out and saying he is not fit to be president of the United States. You wonder who else is going to come out. But you know, jim, he did reveal his economic plan earlier. Thats right. So lets get to that. Did he get specific about it . He did. And there were more specifics in this speech than i think a lot of people realized, which is why this has been such a difficult end of the day for donald trump. Lets put some of this up on screen. Because what he laid out is i think a proposal, a plan that would be attractive to a lot of republicans out there. New tax brackets that are lower for all americans. Moratorium on new regulation, a repeal of the estate tax, something republicans cheer every four years, it doesnt happen but they want it every four years. Heres where donald trump disagrees with a lot of republicans. He wants to withdraw from the transpacific trade deal. He wants to crack down on china. A lot of republicans think that will start a trade war. Then donald trump also wants to restart the Keystone Oil Pipeline process, get that going all over again. That is what is such a, you know, a big disappointment i think for the Trump Campaign today. They try to get back on track. They try to gain some traction with this economic plan and it just sort of got overwhelmed by this news of all of these republicans coming out and saying hes unfit to be president. Lets talk about, you know, donald trump loved to, at least he did, talk about the polls. What are the latest polls showing . Reporter this Monmouth University poll, don, i think is pretty striking. Hillary clinton was leading by just a couple Percentage Points when this was taken about three weeks ago. Now shes 13 points ahead of donald trump in the exact same poll. The breakout number, don, that is most striking to me, only 27 of americans according to this poll believe that donald trump has the temperament to be president of the United States. The numbers are basically upside down for Hillary Clinton. It all goes back to this issue that was raised by these National Security officials earlier today and in part by Susan Collins late this evening with this opped. Does donald trump have the temperament to be president of the United States . This latest poll says no. These National SecurityOfficials Say no. Susan collins is saying no. And the question becomes how does donald trump deal with this over these next few days . He has a whole slew of events down across the southeast, and well be listening to see if donald trump has anything to say about all of this. But it is becoming sort of a Snowball Effect for his campaign and the question is, can he hold back the snowball . All right. Well, we shall see without it melting. Thank you, jim. I appreciate that. Lets bring in now, i want to bring in roger zakheim, a former Deputy Assistant secretary of defense who is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise institute and also his father doug zackheim is a former undersecretary of defense who is a Senior Adviser at the center for strategic and international studies. Gentlemen, im glad to have you here this evening. Thank you for joining us. Roger, going to start with you. Father and son, you both say along with 48 other gop National Security experts that donald trump is not qualified to be the commander in chief. Who came to this conclusion first . Was it you or your father . Well, you know, the wisdom comes from the old man. I actually cant recall who came up with it first, but it seemed that we arrived the same conclusion early on in this race. So how did you do that . Before you answer that, let me put this up, because this is what heres what you guys say about trump. You said he is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood. He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks selfcontrol and acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate personal criticism. He has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior. All of these are dangerous qualities in an individual who aspires to be president and commander in chief with command of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. The same question. What worries you most about a Trump Presidency . That would be how you came up with it. Yeah. For me well, its my biggest concern is judgment and character. Thats the one that stands out most beyond any other policy. Dov . I think thats absolutely right. The problem is that his behavior essentially encompasses all these subject matter and all the substantive issues. The real problem is look at the way he behaved today. Look at his reaction. He blamed republicans for benghazi, for gods sake. By the way, he didnt mention russia at all. And thats a giveaway, too. He blamed republicans for isis. He doesnt have any kind of selfcontrol. I worked very, very closely with george w. Bush both before he was president , when he was running for president , and when he was president. What a contrast. And it just seems to me that a man who cannot control himself cannot possibly control policy in any kind of rational way, and that goes to every specific item whether its nato, whether its the korea and japan, whether its china. The fundamental problem isnt the policy. The fundamental problem is the person. So, dov, its not his knowledge or lack of knowledge about Foreign Affairs or about any other Foreign Policy. Its his temperament, its his behavior. You think hes erratic. Is that what youre saying . Yes, hes erratic. He overreacts. And thats compounded, of course, by his utter ignorance. The man seems to have had no idea that russia invaded ukraine. Thats remarkable. So its not he doesnt seem to be interested in detail. He doesnt seem to want to learn. He doesnt seem to want to listen. And on top of it, youve got the character problem. It all meshes together in a frightening mix. So, roger, let me ask you this because you guys arent alone. Just tonight Susan Collins of maine, she has an oped in the Washington Post and she says that trump lacks the temperament. She says trumps lack of discipline and judgment required to be president. Another prominent republican deflection here. The question is why so many now, you think, and not earlier in the campaign or even before the convention . Well, i think donald trump continues to raise the bar in exceeding our lowest expectations for him. Hes done a whole lot along the way. But i think taking on a gold star father and a gold star mother probably was the low water mark of his campaign, particularly for those who focus on service, who focus on the men and women in uniform, would focus on National Security. This is not the way a commander in chief is able or should act. I want to ask both of you this. I guess roger, since youre talking, im going to read this. This is how his campaign reacted in a letter today. It says the names on this letter are the ones the American People should look to for the answers on why the world is a mess. We thank them for coming forward so everyone in the country knows who deserves the blame for making the world such a dangerous place. They are nothing more than the failed washington elite looking to hold onto their power and its time they are held accountable for their actions. Roger, you say trump is dangerous. Trump says its you guys who made the world a dangerous place. He points to the invasion of iraq as an example. Whats your reaction . Well, i say its typical trump. As for me, i served at the tail end of the Bush Administration. I spent the past eight years or so cutting my teeth in the u. S. Congress, countering president obamas National Security policy. As far as im concerned, the state of the u. S. National security today and the challenge we face are a function of the current occupant of the presidency. It has nothing to do with the gentlemen who signed on on this letter. So, once again, i think trump is wrong with the facts. Overreacts. And actually misleads here. Yeah. Same question, but ill ask you, let me just add this, too, because a lot of people, dov, who sign this letter worked for the Bush Administration. You heard your son say he worked for the end of the Bush Administration. Trump supporters say this is just sour grapes from the career establishment republicans. Whats your reaction . No, its not at all. I mean, i worked at the beginning of the Bush Administration. I came in with governor bush who became president bush. And the fact of the matter is that when we left iraq, for example, there was no isis. We had troops there. The place was quieter than it had been for years. We had actually won that war. And so the argument that we left the place a mess, as if the last eight years didnt exist, is just mindboggling, but its a reflection of trumps ignorance, his overreactions. I mean, lets face it, do you honestly think that the signers of this letter would be serving in a Hillary Clinton administration . Last time i checked, they were all republicans. So its not sour grapes at all. Its fear for the country. We fear for this country if that man gets into the white house. Its as simple as that. So if it came down to her or him, if you had to make a decision, could you make one . Well, right now im not committing to secretary clinton at all. Frankly, a lot of her policies are not my policies, not what i advocate. Its a very, very difficult situation for somebody like myself. I know ill vote all the way down the ticket for republicans. What ill do at the top of the ticket, i honestly dont know, but i cannot vote for mr. Trump. That i can guarantee. Roger, same question for you. I wont vote for donald trump and i wont vote for Hillary Clinton. To me its a choice between bad and worse. And im not forced to make either of those choices. Its august now. We have until november. Im hopeful well have another choice in the weeks or months ahead. Thank you, roger, thank you, dov. I appreciate it. Thank you. Joining me now, a former Trump Campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, whos still receiving severance from the Trump Campaign and is a cnn political commentator. Thank you very much for joining us. You heard their reaction. Whats your response . Look, heres what i think. I think you have individuals who have never taken the time or the effort to sit down and listen to mr. Trump or learn more about his policy positions. Because if you look at the individuals on his Foreign Policy team who he has sat with, whether its admiral kubic, general flynn, whether its jeff sessions, theyre all unified in their support for donald trump and understand he will be the best commander in chief, the best president of the decisions we have in front of us. Those are the individuals, general flynn was head of the d. I. A. , Lieutenant General. You look at admiral cubic who served our nation for 32 years honorably. They understand because theyve sat with donald trump. They had the opportunity to talk to him and you dont see any of those people on the letter. The people he sits with and understands what hes doing are absolutely in favor. These people have never met him. They have a media perception which is not reality. I want to talk to you about the 50 people. These are 50 people. These arent, you know, just people who, you know, johnny come lately to the game. These are very established and very wellrespected people. But they point specifically to they dont think he has knowledge of Foreign Affairs at all. Specifically to his behavior, that hes erratic, that he cant control himself. That has nothing to do with the people you just named who are advisers. This is him personally. Whats your response to that . Heres my response. If you look at some of the people who signed this letter, theyve been very public. They were supporting other candidates. Most of them were supporting jeb bush originally in this process. Then after jeb bush was destroyed in the election they went to marco rubio. Then after marco rubio they went to john kasich. And they have been right down the line anything they can do to make sure they stay in power in the next administration and have not been part of the trum administration. They will not be part of the trump administration. That scares them. What they want to do is maintain their hold in washington, d. C. Many of the people, youve heard dov talk about this, was there and was clearly a Decision Maker to get us into the iraq war. When you look back on it, we spent 6 trillion. And that was under the Bush Administration. I think what the campaign would say is that was a mistake going into it. Its a mistake staying there. And weve lost thousands of lives and 6 trillion for what is the question. No one who holds Public Office is perfect, no one who holds prominent positions as experts in Foreign Affairs, as security or defense experts, no one is perfect. A lot of these people helped to keep us safe before 9 11 and after 9 11. And if you look at michael hayden, former director both of the cia and the National Security agency, tom ridge, michael chertoff, two former secretaries of homeland security. John negroponte served as first director of National Intelligence and deputy secretary of state. On and on. William taft former deputy secretary of defense and ambassador to nato. Now, none of the people, none of the secretaries of state are republican administrations for the past administrations. Henry kissinger, george schultz, james baker, colin powell, condoleezza rice. They didnt join in condemning trump. But neither has endorsed his candidacy as well. Again, this doesnt concern you when you have so many prominent, wellrespected people coming out and saying this guy is not fit, there is no credence to anything that theyre saying . What concerns me is the fact that theres no credence to anything . No, no, heres what concerns me with these people. If they choose not to support donald trump that is an implicit endorsement of Hillary Clinton the person who is directly responsible whether its legal or not for the benghazi disaster. Two families are suing Hillary Clinton now because their loved ones were killed in benghazi. Theres accountability that has to happen. If you dont want to support donald trump thats okay, thats your prerogative in the ballot booth but at the end day of the if you dont support him yo