John, independents. Strategists on both sides says this will be a base election, turning your base out. Independents cannot be ignored. Take a look at this. Her bounce with independents, 28 before the Democratic Convention, 37 after the Democratic Convention. That bounce is even bigger among independents than it was overall for Hillary Clinton. She is now besting donald trump by four points, 37 to 33 among independents. Then of course theres the issue of party unity. This was one of the major goals of the Democratic Convention. And it seems to be a successful part of the convention for Hillary Clinton. Take a look. Democrats say 44 of them say theyre united. 40 say theyre divided but will unit come november. Only 14 say they are divided and will not unit by november. You remember Bernie Sanders going to the Convention Floor helping deliver the nomination to Hillary Clinton. This is a different story among republicans. Take a look. Not as successful in the unification effort. 20 , only 20 of republicans say they are currently united. 46 say theyre divided but they will unit. 31 , nearly a third of republicans believe that they are divided now and will not unit by november. This is a huge warning sign for donald trump and something he needs to work on as you can see from this last weekend of controversy, though, its going to be tough. Lots of republicans still have concerns about his candidacy. Political house divided against itself as they say, well, it runs into trouble. David, no one told me there would be math this morning. Thank you so much. Thank you. Donald trump now warning supporters that the election is going to be rigged. All this as his feud with the muz lislim parents of a war hers killed. Now trumps running mate is feeling the heat. Phil . Good morning, john. The backlash has been fierce and frankly its been almost entirely from within his own party. Top republicans very wary and warning the Trump Campaign both publicly and behind the scenes. Im told they need to move on. Donald trump not apologizing, not backing down. This is an issue where he believes hes right. Hes not changing his position any time soon. He made a deal with the devil. Shes the devil. He made a deal with the devil. Reporter donald trump ramping up his personal attacks on Hillary Clinton while criticizing Bernie Sanders for supporting the democratic nominee. She picked a Vice President ial candidate who is like the opposite of him. Reporter and sukting that if he loses in november its because im afraid the election is going to be rigged. Reporter all as the on going feud between trump and the parents of a slain muslim u. S. Soldier escalates. I have great honor and great feeling for his son, mr. Khans son. As far as im concerned hes a hero. You can attack muslims. You can attack judges and nobody can question your caliber . Your leg of empathy and you want to be commander in chief . I was very viciously attacked, as you know, when you were radical islamic terrorists probably all over the place were allowing them to come in by the thousands and thousands and i think thats what bothered mr. Khan, more than anything else. He says, oh, i am being severely attacked, harshly attacked. Well, this is political season. Youre a candidate for an office. And i have same rights as you do. Reporter the dispute rocking the gop. Dozens of Republican Leaders forced to come out in support of the khans. We want to honor the families of those who have served and those who have sacrificed all of us. Reporter Trumps Campaign bombarding their sporders urging them to back his position, but instead getting the cold shoulder. Our gold star families deserve our full and total support. Reporter emotions running high at a rally for trumps running mate mike pence a woman whose son in the air force booed. Trump disrespected our armed forces and veterans and his disrespect for mr. Khan and family is just an example of that. Will there ever be a point in time when youre able to look at trump in the eye and tell him enough is enough . Thats all right. Folks, thats what freedom looks like and thats what freedom sounds like. Okay . I want to honor your sons service to the country and your familys service to the country. I truly do, maam. That is the Biggest Issue here the republicans are worried about that isnt something that donald trump can move on from. Its not something thats going to go away. Its something that will stick with him Going Forward and as a lot of republicans see it sticks to him in a very negative way. Phil, thanks so much for all of that background. Lets talk about it. Well bring in your panel. We have arel lewis and david. David, lets do one more beat here on the new polling out because this is the first time that we get a real look at how the convention has affected the candidates. So if we understand you correctly, you say that donald trump got a 6 bounce, Hillary Clinton got a 7 bounce. That sounds to me tied, but i know you see bigger nuances a in there. Well, it does suggest that both accomplish some of the larger goals of their convention and were able to emerge from their convention with some momentum, alisyn. Remember, Hillary Clinton got the last word at the convention. That last bounce is perhaps more important than the original bounce because donald trump we saw him get his bounce but we saw him return to earth after taking a pounding at the Democratic Convention as they were doing all their messaging against him. Hillary clinton because of the timing of the conventions she gets the last word. The big question now is does her bounce have a downside or is she able to sustain this or is this the new reality of the race heading into the campaign. Lets analyze the ark of the bounce and the exact angle. The interesting thing for me, david, look at the independents within our poll right now and seeing how they move. They moved even more in the clinton convention, the Democratic Convention. I was doing a focus group with republicans, independent, undecided voters. They saw the Republican Convention in completely different ways. Republicans loved it. They liked everything donald trump said. Independents had a starkly different view right now. I have to believe that independent voters right now are the ones maybe looking at a lot of this feud with the khans that donald trump is having and they perceive this election through a different lens. Thats exactly right. Independents, by definition, are not interested in the partisan red meat or not interested as republicans and democrats are. The Republican Base strategy that trump has been running is almost designed to sort of either sideline them or disgust and dismay them. Thats what youre seeing in some of the numbers is that theyre not going to come running to chant lock her up, lock her up. Thats not how they see politics or the clintons or see this race. So trump has been playing a dangerous game with them by ignoring those kinds of concerns while if you go back to Democratic Convention, the democrats played to them almost every day playing to Mike Bloomberg up there. The Mike Bloomberg speech in particular at the Democratic Convention was not aimed at anybody in the arena. It was aimed outside the arena to all those independents. They think they are a large and persuadable group and trump has given them away. In the swing states it could be a really important kind of a problem for them. Jackie, lets talk about the feud with the khans. Im not sure that the khan family knew that they would be front and center in this campaign beyond the convention, but here they are. Khizr khan the dad was on television again last night on cnn talking about his beef with donald trump and what he thinks its about. Listen to this. Well, this is political season. Youre a candidate for an office. And i have same rights as you do. You can attack mitt romney. You can attack john mccain. You can attack ted cruz. You can attack jeb bush. You can attack women. You can attack minorities. You can attack muslims. You can attack judges and nobody can question your caliber, your leg of empathy and you want to be commander in chief . Jackie, i mean, its hard to think of a sort of more articulate person to make this argument against trump. How is trump responding . Really quick, another thing at play, clinton and kaine talked about middle class jobs. Meanwhile, donald trump decides to wage war against a gold star family. Again, no wonder their numbers have bounced so high. But it really is perplexing which is why i think you see so many republicans coming out against donald trump in terms of how hes responded. Hes kind of responded poorly in terms of not apologizing, doubling down. What weve seen with donald trump before. I dont think this will hurt him with his people, but as different as this election is, it is going to come down to those middle voters, those independents and right now donald trump is not putting out a good look. Look, those were the voters that mike pence seemed to be addressing last night. Mike pence running an alternate campaign. Mike pence trying to take some of the air out of the this controversy last night and perhaps help his running mate move nast. Interesting to see if that continues today. Stick around. We have a lot more to discuss. Warren buffett, he is the latest billionaire in Hillary Clintons corner to really go after donald trump and go after him hard. Buffett is challenging trump to release his tax returns suggesting that there is something to hide. Cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny in his hometown of omaha with more. Jeff . Reporter good morning, jon. Warren buffett has already been a supporter of Hillary Clinton, but he is rarely a critic. He did break his soft spoken style last night at a rally here in omaha. Its part of the Clinton Campaigns effort to build businessmen against trump. Its also an effort to get under his skin. Hillary Hillary Hillary reporter Hillary Clinton arm in arm on the campaign trail be billionaire Warren Buffett. The 85yearold oracle of omaha unleashing a scathing attack on donald trump. Ive never known another businessman who brags about his bankruptcies. Why not, its his claim to stardom. I dont know anybody else who had six bankruptcies, but there he is. Buffett condemning trump for refusing to release his tax returns. He said it several times. He said he cant release it because hes under audit. Now, ive got news for him, im under audit, too. I would be delighted to meet him any place, any time between now and election. Ill bring my tax return. He can bring his tax return. Nobody is going to arrest us. Reporter the billionaire investor forcefully rebuking trumps attacks of a muslim parents slain in iraq. How in the world can you stand up to a couple of parents who lost a son and talked about sacrificing because you were building a bunch of i asked donald trump, have you no sense of decency, sir . Reporter buffett is the latest to speak out against trump. Part of clintons strategy to discredit his record. Last week at the Democratic Convention, former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg questioning trumps competency. Im a new yorker. And i know a con when i see one. Reporter and saturday billionaire entrepreneur mark cuban in his hometown of pittsburgh calling trump crazy. Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating. Right . Yeah, she knows. Reporter and theres another reason Hillary Clinton in omaha as well, john. This is one of the two states nebraska and maine that split their electoral votes. President obama won it in 2008. She believes because of the diversity in this district black voters, hispanic voters and white liberals she can win this electoral vote and Warren Buffett said he will personally drive people to the polls here if they vote for Hillary Clinton. John and alisyn. Every vote being sought here. Jeff zeleny in omaha, thanks so much. Lets bring back our panel. Jackie, you know, Warren Buffett has a lot of money and is very good at what he does. Michael bloomburg has a lot of money and is good at what he does. Mark cuban a lot of money and good what the he does. These people are lining up behind Hillary Clinton fwhu a way dont those optics help donald trump . Cant he just say, look, these are all the rich people. These are all the people in the system right now. Theyre with her. Im the rogue billionaire, as it were, vote for me . Well, this doesnt come without a risk because its a parade of a lot of her rich friends. That said a lot of people cant conceive of what being a billionaire is like. You are trotting out these people donald trump peers saying he is bad at his job. Theyre hoping people will see that side rather than these people are shes bought and paid for. David, Mike Bloomberg no. Warren buffett is pressing donald trump, as are many people, to release his tax returns. Is there any movement from the campaign . Is there any suggestion that donald trump is going to do that because it seems as though hes pretty dug in and says he doesnt have to. Its his prerogative. No movement whatsoever that i can discern in any way. Donald trump was asked about it again this weekend. He clearly said im under audit. He was pressed about releasing the years that are not being audited. No, theyre all linked together in an audit. When that audit is done, ill be happy to share. He clearly has no intention of backing off that position right now and im not sure that Warren Buffett is going to be the person that will be able to apply enough public pressure for donald trump to change his stance. Its the democratic issue, errol. Democrats care about Donald Trumps taxes. We havent seen much evidence that anyone else does. No. Its an important issue just because of what factually there are all kinds of allegations out there that cannot be resolved. I dont know if its so much a political partisan issue so much as people are just kind of curious. Every candidate has done it since way, way back. Transparency should reign. He makes all kinds of claims that cant be backed up unless you actually see the taxes around his charitable giving, around whether or not he paid taxes. We know there are years in 1970s thanks to an odd loophole he could depreciate the voofl his buildings, count it against his income and pezzay zero taxes. David k. Johnson has written about this stuff extensively. That will continue to be out there. One last word about the other billionaires. Whats interesting is put Mike Bloomberg aside. He is an elite billionaire. But mark cuban, whose show i do watch, shark tank. Its a good show, as well as Warren Buffett are blue collar billionaires if you want to call them that. They have an appeal and lifestyle that doesnt really put them in this sort of remote category. Theyre in the same sort of general ballpark as donald trump. They, too, have also flirted with the idea of running for president. So this is not something where he can sort of dismiss them as theyre the system and im not the system. Youve seen those homespun kind of discussions that Warren Buffett has with his investors the way he drinks his cocacola and wears regular suits and this sort of a thing. Mark cuban, almost every on any given night you can turn on shark tank and see him interacting with regular people talking about issues, products, the economy and so forth. He wears jeans. He campaigned in a batman tshirt for gods sake. Jackie, last word. Are these tax returns being the birth certificate of this election where the drum beat for him to release it and release it will at some point have to be heard . The difference is that the tax returns are actually important to becoming a commander in chief. It tells you a lot about a person particularly as rich as donald trump is where his money is coming from. Panel, thank you very much. Great to have you here with us this morning. 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