Water and fire retardant from the sky and very important to stop the fire. Stephanie elam there, we appreciate it. I am brianna keilar. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, street fighter donald trump brings out a bare knuckles brawler, a new shakeup aimed at letting trump be trump. Hillary clinton facing questions between alleged ties between Clinton Foundation donors and the state. Ryan lochte, police are questioning his story tp did he make it all up . Lets go out front. Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Breaking news. A major shakeup in the trump
campaign. Kellyanne conway addressing the media and well bring you what she said to reporters in just a second. The surprising move by trump naming steve bannon stepping down from the conservative website bright bart news. Bannon has a reputation to say the least a no holds barred, win at all cost street fighter. Its a sign that trump wants to get back to the style and Hillary Clinton taking note of the change today. I think its fair to say that donald trump has shown us who he is. He can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. There is no new donald trump. This is it. A word from team trump. Nothing to see here in a memo to team Trumps Campaign from team Trumps Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. He calls it an exciting day for team trump, but you wonder how excited manafort really is consider the changes look like hes being turned aside. Sources tell cnn that trump has grown frustrated with manafort in the face of falling poll numbers and in the quinnipiac swing state poll, showing Hillary Clinton leading trump by ten points in colorado, 12 points in virginia and closer in iowa and a threepoint gap there. I am joined by a panel and we begin with sara murray who is out front at trump headquarters. Sara, what did Kellyanne Conway, the new Trump Campaign manager say a short time ago . Reporter one of the interesting things that she said is this does not mean that donald trump will not be focusing on substance in this turnaround. They still want him to turnaround the case on obamacare and they still want him to talk about National Security, but in a key point kelly ann said its time to remind the American Public that this election is not a referendum on donald trump and there are going to be two candidates on the ballot and that gives you an inkling of just how hard theyre going to start going after hillary
clinton and the question whether that will be enough to turn things around when Donald Trumps poll numbers arent looking so great. I am who i am. Its me. I dont want to change. Kiss the establishment and treaties goodbye. Donald trump is unleashed. Everyone talks about oh, are you going to pivot . I dont want to pivot. You have to be you. If you start pivoting youre not being honest with people. The gop nominee shaking up his campaign yet again, setting the stage for a political knife fight with Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton doesnt have that strength or stamina, believe me. She cannot win for you. Reporter trump bringing on stephen bannon, executive chairman of bright bart news as his new campaign ceo an elevating pollster and Senior AdviserKellyanne Conway to Campaign Manager. The latest overhaul gives trump the run as a political outsider, unconstrained by advisers urging
him to be more pal at believe to the establishment. Despite his battleground state poll number, a source tells cnn trump Still Believes he has a chance to win and if he loses he at least wants to run his campaign on his own terms. The shakeup puts trump in the circle of advisers, bannon, stern and ousted fox news chief roger ailes all known for their noholds barred tactics and Paul Manafort. Hillary clinton quickly seized on it as just another reset that wont make the candidate any more appetizing to voters. Donald trump has shown us who he is. He can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. They can make him read new words from a teleprompt er but he is still the same man who insults goldstar families, demeans women mocks people with disabilities and thinks he knows more about isis than our
generals. Reporter but the intrigue from trump tower overshadowing trumps security roundtable today and the message he hoped to drive home this week. I will be your champion. I will be your voice in the white house. We will bring it back. We will once again be a country of law and order. Reporter now today Paul Manafort sent a memo around to Campaign Staffers saying im not going anywhere, im still here and im helping with the longterm vision of the campaign. Kellyanne was careful to say that the meetings were with the core four, it was her, steve bannon and Paul Manafort and rick gates. I asked her why they feel so bullish about Donald Trumps odds than the polling might suggest. She said it is only august. It is not october. There is still time to play the Hillary Clintons unfavorables
and the percentage of voters that are looking for a changed election. Kate . Sara murray outside trump headquarters. Thank you owe much. Out front with me now, mark preston, executive editor for cnn politics. Corey lewandowski trumps former Campaign Manager and karen mcmainy, basil smikle, a clinton supporter and cnns bill mattingly, and she first broke the story of the Campaign Shakeup last night. Monica, first to you. You not only broke the story. You spoke to donald trump about this shakeup. Did he when he said that he wants that hes doing this because he wants to win, did he acknowledge he didnt think he could win with the existing team he had in place . I think that was implicit in his answer. Heres what happened, i was getting signals and he was bringing on new people and he had to do something to remake the campaign in his image. He was feeling flat footed and
out of sorts because the structure was trying to put him in a mold. He wanted the structure to let him be the person he wants to be the candidate. So i could not go with the story until i got him on the phone to confirm it. So he was about to go on the stage last night. I got him on the phone and why are you doing another shakeup in 60 days, his answer plain and simple, i want to win. When he said that i think it was pretty clear he was afraid he would lose, but he would never say such a thing. He ak untilled it was a shakeup and you hear from Trump Supporters and they dont describe it that way. He doesnt say it was a shakeup and i said it was a shakeup. I called it a reset, whatever. What it is is a clear revision of Paul Manafort. If you dont say its a refusal to do what Paul Manafort has tried to do which is to put him in a political package, it clearly is a revision because we
know the person hes bringing on as the ceo is a no holds barred kind of person and this is clearly a revision of what it is and its more in keeping with the kind of candidate that donald trump wants to be and thats to be himself. Whats old is new again when it comes to this campaign. Mo monica, thank you very, very much. Corey lewandowski. Someone said let trump be trump. Do you feel vindicated . No, i dont feel vindicated. Dont be humble. Trump has brought in people hes very comfortable with which allows donald trump to stay true to himself to tell the American People what he thinks and not be on a teleprompter all of the time and the speech had Kellyanne Conways fingerprints all over it. It was much more concise. It was direct and explicit and outreaching to an audience that he had not done so, the Africanamerican Community specifically and what you will find is under the leadership of
stephen bannon and Kellyanne Conway and i think what youll find in the places hes traveling to his travel will be very much limited to the five major states where hes starting to run his Television Ads this week because thats the primary focus of his campaign. Thats my guess. No trips to connecticut . Maybe next week. Kayleigh, no more teleprompter trump. Without teleprompter what we had sometimes with donald trump was thats what led to a fight with the goldstar family. Thats what led to the fight with the federal judge with mexican heritage. Is that the kind of trump thats going to win . I dont know that its a way with the teleprompter forever. What i think this is is trump will not be made into something that hes not. Hes going to be himself. Theyre not going to make him into a mannequin candidate like what you have with Hillary Clinton where every word is poll tested and out of her mouth. Kellyanne conway, the reason this is such a good decision, two reasons. Number one, she is someone who
knows conservatism. She worked for Ronald Reagans pollster and mike pence and she knows how to shore up the space. Not only that, she has staked her career in the Republican Party on bringing female voters into the fold. In terms of consolidating the base and in terms of females and this is the pick that can win this election. Bringing in new voters and adding is the key here, lonnie. When you look at adding shes talking about Kellyanne Conway, but steve bannon, his website, bright bart news. Readers of breitbart news, how does that add. The desire to go out and get more independent voters to get more for the general election and a move that seems to double down on the very base that donald trump already has and so theres i little bit of tension and its not clear to me what the goal is because if the goal is to go out and reach independent voters then the message should be similar to the
message that trump gave in his speech which is that progressive policies have failed minority, but instead of that you give that message which is a lot of conservatives can get onboard. To an allwhite crowd and it makes sense not to go to certain places in milwaukee. You hire the chief of breitbart. I agree with that. There is a dissidence, because this person via breitbart has been antimuslim, antiimmigrant and has dismissed issues and when asked how he would handle Donald Trumps approach to the khan family said that he would be relentless in going after the khan family. To me, i dont see this as growth to me. This is donald trump saying you know what . I think were 16, 17 republicans in the primary, why am i not winning now . This is an opportunity to try to i guess gain more comfort in his own circle, but the reality is
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point of view. Reporter make no mistake. Hes hungry for a battle. We need to have a fight in the Republican Party for the soul of the conservative movement. I agree with you. In announcing the hire. The campaign made clear what trump sees in steve bannon touting that the new campaign ceo has been dubbed the most dangerous political operative in america. Bannon, former navy officer and Goldman Sachs banker may lack campaign experience, but he makes up for it with his media prowess. Hes the chairman of the far right website breitbart and has made political films intended to sway the minds of on the fence voters . Of all of the 50 governors in the United States, sitting at the desk is the most powerful and she wasnt afraid to use those powers. One of those boosted sarah palin. The mean thats out there is that governor palin is caribou barb barbie. Shes a complete and total bimbo and an ideologuideologue. The imperical evidence in
alaskas governor is exactly the opposite. Another tried to take down president obama before the 2012 election. Youre angry because you were basically lied to. Were not even half way there yet. And i think disappointed because we thought there was going to be a change. Everyone that voted for him thought there was going to be a change. At the time bannon told cnn the film was a way for disgruntled obama supporters to vent their frustrations. When you talk to them they feel the country is more divided than ever and in their lives they feel the economy is not going back. This is a film of the working class and middle class in this country. The same kind of popular rhetoric is a tape elf breitbart. Hillary clinton has been popular. Close behind, paul ryan, immigrants and the news media. These guys come to washington as country lawyers and they stay. Their wives become lobbyists and their children, their inlaws. They turn the business of government into a family
business. Its no coincidence breitbarts site promote the book and film clinton cash. He cofounded the group that funded it, nor is it a coincidence trump has used clinton cash material on the campaign trail. Now the two mens anticlinton alliance is official. You have to understand how the clintons who who proclaim that they support all your values essentially have sold you out for money. If this is the political spectrum, breitbart is so far to the right its almost off the screen. In fact, many conservative writers and commentators say dont call it conservative. It does not represent the gop. In 19 cases breitbart is an offright site. Some call it a nationalist. No matter what you call it, if you thought trump would seek out a more moderate voice to run his campaign, think again. Thank you. My panel is back with me. Also joining us this time, senior political commentator and
clinton supporter, sally cohn. Youre the newest to the panel. One Campaign Source described it this way saying bannon will be digging up every coffin as it relates to Hillary Clinton. Bannon, as Brian Stelter laid out very well, he has made Hillary Clinton enemy number one for his entire career. What works in campaigns is negative. Yeah. Although, to be honest, look, Hillary Clintons numbers and her negatives have reached a ceiling and we saw the ceiling in the 2008 campaign. She hasnt gone much above that. How do you know because, she had a Long Campaign then and she had a longer campaign now and her numbers have not gotten higher. Trump is newer to the public. Hes newer to the political media and theres still digging to be done and he keeps opening his mouth and sticking his foot in it every single time. Ill be honest. The congressional investigations by republicans have been done by
benghazi and they can keep bringing it up until the cows come home. The difference is im happy today. We let trump be trump. His negatives keep going higher and higher and the American People keep hearing what hes saying and they dont like it. It will only get worse for him. Good luck with that. A lot of people were saying, corey, i dont think we saw a toned down, demure donald trump in the last couple of weeks postconvention. So whats really going to be different now . The first mista