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CNNW The Lead With Jake Tapper June 21, 2016

Republicans of selling guns to isis . This after a series of gun control measures die in the senate and today the white house frankly may have added more ammo to the clip. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Hillary clinton tried to eviscerate Donald Trumps greatest Campaign Strength his perceived business acumen. We cannot put a person like this with all his empty promises in a position of power over our lives. We cant let him bankrupt america like we are one of his failed casinos. Clinton is hoping to exploit any potential weaknesses in her rival after an unsteady few weeks in his campaign and now the businessman finds himself lagging behind Hillary Clinton in how much money their campaigns have in the bank whats called cash on hand. Hes behind her to the tune of 40 million. Weve got reporters covering both president ial campaigns this afternoon. Were going to begin with cnns senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Hes live outside trump tower. Jim, mr. Trump trying to regain the offensive this week turning the focus back on his democratic opponent. Reporter thats right, jake. Donald trump is working in overdrive trying to reassure republicans that he is running a credible campaign after some downright awful fundraising numbers, but there is one sign of life for his campaign and that is it is hitting back at Hillary Clinton in ways it hasnt before. Despite a lifetime of cutting deals that made him billions of dollars, donald trump is so short of Campaign Cash gop jaws are dropping. But dont worry says trump. This weekend we had a very big fundraising weekend. Its not revealed yet, but we raised a lot of money. Reporter still, consider the numbers. According to federal campaign filings, Hillary Clinton finished the month of may with 42 million in the bank. Trump ended up with a tiny fraction of that haul just 1. 3 million. Other glaring findings this month, 17 of the Campaign Spending was dished out to trumprelated entities like when the campaign rents space from a trump property for oon event and 35,000 i went to somebody called draper sterling. Its right on strategy. And expenditure with a name reminiscent of the Advertising Agency in the hit show mad men. Trump released a statement on his fundraising noting his appeals to donors are just beginning adding if need be, there could be unlimited cash on hand as i was put up my own money. Earlier in the day he blamed republicans who havent rallied behind his campaign. They dont want to come on. They will probably eventually come on. Honestly if they dont, its just fine. I can win it either way. Reporter nothing to see here added the rnc. I appreciate everyones concern over the state of our party. Were doing just great. Reporter trump trails Hillary Clinton by five points in a new cnn orc poll. In a new quinnipiac swing state poll shows trump down eight points in florida while running neck and neck in ohio and pennsylvania but trump is signaling a more aggressive stage of the campaign is just ahead. His campaign is blasting out emails and hitting social media to counter clintons latest attacks responding faster than it has before. And shes been there watching. Reporter trump advisers are hopeful its a change for the better after the firing of Campaign Manager corey lewandowski. The candidate was out shoring up support among evangelical leaders gathered in new york. Christianity i owe so much to it in so many ways through life through having incredible children through so many other things but i also owe it from frankly standing here because the evangelical vote was mostly gotten by me. Reporter and trump has a speech aimed at attacking clintons set for tomorrow. She was doing the same to him earlier today but a big difference jake unlike past speeches from Hillary Clinton attacking donald trump, today the Trump Campaign was offering sort of a rebuttal to that speech something it hasnt been dorff. Asked whether the campaign has hired a slew of new communication staffers one trump adviser told me jake god, i hope so. Jik jake . Jimacosta thanks so much. Hillary clinton is out in front in fundraising and Campaign Organization but fresh polls from battleground states pennsylvania and ohio show that regardless of her few good weeks and a rough few more mr. Trump the two candidates remain neck and neck in two very valuable pieces of electoral wealth. Cnns senior Political Correspondent Brianna Keilar covered clintons speech in Columbus Ohio earlier today. Brianna, Hillary Clinton might be ahead in our latest National Head headtohead poll but voters are still giving trump higher marks on the economy and creating jobs. Reporter significantly higher marks, and this is something, of course the Clinton Campaign is taking note of. The economy, jake is the issue that voters say is what matters to them most and so Hillary Clinton has a lot of work to do. Reporter Hillary Clinton hitting donald trump on his experience as a businessman. Hes written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11. Reporter taking aim at him for going into bankruptcy with four of his corporations and for once calling himself the king of debt. The king of debt has no real plan for making college debt payable back or making college debtfree. This is a crisis that affects so many of our people. He has no credible plan for rebuilding our infrastructure apart from the wall that he wants to build. Reporter but trump is embracing the moniker tweeting i am the king of debt. That has been great for me as a businessman but is bad for the country. I made a fortune off of debt will fix u. S. Many voters agree. In a new cnn orc poll when asked who would better handle the economy, 51 of those polled said trump. Clinton trailing him by eight points. Her campaign is trying to change that putting up a new website in conjunction with her economic speech the art of the steal. Biz, a play on his bestselling book the art of the deal and releasing a video about trumps unsuccessful business ventures. Have you ever heard of trump steaks . Have you ever heard of you know what . All of these companies that youve ruined. Whatever happened to trump airlines. Trump travel trump ice. Trump magazine which folded. Trump World Magazine which also folded. And trump mortgage. Reporter but as clinton trails trump on handling of the economy in the polls, shes crushing him on fundraising with 42 million in the bank to trumps 1. 3 million. Thats not her only advantage over the presumptive gop nominee. The latest cnn poll also shows voters see clinton as having the better temperament to serve as president by a 24point margin. Clinton today seeking to connect those doubts with putting trump in charge of the u. S. Economy. Like he shunt haveouldnt have his finger on the button he shouldnt have his hands on our economy. Reporter as Hillary Clintons antitrump rhetoric heats up so does the speculation of who her running mate will be. The names in close consideration cnn has learned include tim kaine and Elizabeth Warren wells as well as housing and urban Development Secretary castro and labor secretary perez. One ohio senator sherrod brown, who has a very good rapport with Hillary Clinton. When are we going to find out . It might not be until around the Republican Convention in about a month. Brianna keilar thanks so much. Lets bring in Adam Kinzinger of illinois. Congressman, first of all, let me get your reaction to the fact that according to the reports Hillary Clinton has 42 million cash on hand. Donald trump has 1. 3 million. I know you want republicans to win the white house although youre unsure of donald trump. That has to be alarming. Its hugely alarming. I think it goes to show that donald trump has made the point he doesnt need to run a traditional campaign. Well you really do. You need fundraisers and organizers who can work on the ground. He has 70 employees and Hillary Clinton has Something Like 700 worgeing to working to organize in the field. I think part of the problem you run into and it happens with any socalled selffunding candidate is if they say, well i can just write a check myself you have a lot of small donors that go, well, then he doesnt need my 100 or 50 if im just basically displacing what hes going to write anyway. I think its very concerning. I think big donors have been saying that too. Have you heard from you have to fund raise like every other public official in this country. Have you heard from donors saying theyre not going to give money from trump and if so why . I was talking with a big donor, emailing with one today who basically said hes staying out of the president ial race. Hes going to help house and Senate Republicans to hold the house and senate. Look theyre concerned the same reason i am, the same reason im not supporting donald trump is because i think temperament. I think spending more time attacking fellow republicans, not doing whats necessary to unite. We have seen his comments. A lot of these deanors are concerned about Foreign Policy the role of america in the world. Weve seen a frontrunner that praises Vladimir Putin and condemns david cameron. You say youre not supporting donald trump. Is that forever or just right now . Im not a never trump guy because in my mind to say never, then youre basically saying doesnt matter what you do, doesnt matter if you come and start showing that youre a republican or whatever. Im a not there yet guy, and each day that goes by its becoming harder and harder to see how i get there, but i really want to. Id love to support the republican nominee, but as i have said im an american before im a republican and i have to put it through that filter first. Do you not worry that your position really helps hand the election over to Hillary Clinton . Well its a concern. Look im not going to be the defining vote in illinois. Illinois is a pretty democratic but theres an aggregate of all of you saying these things that might help tip the election. Well its a concern but, look i have a lot of serious concerns with donald trump and i take my position you know im a private citizen. I hold nothing against people who supported donald trump. I understand it. But as a citizen who happens to be a member of Congress People ask my opinion, and my opinion is i have a hard time getting to yes on donald trump, and i definitely dont want Hillary Clinton to win, you know, but at the end of the day the uniting of the party is on donald trump. Its not on people like me. Its not on members of congress. Its on the frontrunner. You see that in the Democratic Party as Hillary Clinton tries to bring some of the Bernie Sanders folks on board. So if the election were today, what would you do . I would probably write in a republicans name and im not sure who yet. Interesting. Let me ask you a question. Youre not just a member of congress and a private citizen. Youre also a veteran who must have opinions about who would be a better commander in chief. Yeah. Would you be more comfortable with Hillary Clinton as commander in chief than you would donald trump . And the reason i ask is because i think your Foreign Policy is closer to hers. Well im not going to say id be more comfortable with one or the other. I have concerns with both of them and i have real deep concerns with donald trump. You know at the end of the day i hope that over the next five months donald trump can begin to articulate a Foreign Policy that i agree with. At least in some level. I dont have to agree with him on 100 but appears republican and reaganesque. Hes just not there yet. Can i just translate. You said you have concerns about both of them but then you said you have real deep concerns about donald trump. That suggests that you have more concerns about him than you do about her. And i have real concerns about Hillary Clinton too. You look at the postgame in libya and i supported intervention in libya but we turned our back in the postgame and the lack of action in syria has been a big problem too. Congressman, good to see you. Thanks so much for being here. 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Three opposing candidates in the primary, rubio, cruz and bush all spent upwards of 100 million. He spent half that and won. This is a general election. You need cash but the rnc has cash. Hes going to bring in cash. Its going to change. Its going to change now and i think that he will defy conventional wisdom again. Kayleigh as always comes better prepared to these things than i do and she just basically said my second question which is to you ana. Donald trump has defied conventional wisdom before. He was outspent during the primaries. Is it possible it doesnt matter as much as we think it does . At this stage of the game it does matter because infrastructure starts to matter. You have got to pay payroll. You have to make payroll. The expenses start mounting up. There are some expenses that can only be paid by the hard money of a campaign. I think what youre seeing is that i dont care how rich you are and donors today can be very very wealthy, no matter how rich you are, nobody likes to throw money away. They need to feel confidence that he is running a wellrun campaign that hes got the staff, hes got the messaging, hes got a plan and thats what youre seeing in that number is lack of confidence. Paul, lets be frank. Donald trump had a few rough weeks, and yet the polls tonight to really seem to reflect that in every place. Look at the polls we have here. In ohio trump and clinton are basically tied. Pennsylvania, which nearly always goes democratic, clinton is up by only 1 . She should be doing much, much better one would think after these last few weeks. Yes, short answer but she is doing better than she was a few weeks ago. Dont forget shes her primaries ended later. Not in those states though. Yes, in those states. The quinnipiac polls were better for trump than they are today. I generally dont do this in public. They did survey these over 11 days so it makes it a little suspect. Thats too long. A poll is a snapshot in time. If youre moving the camera thatch its going to be buryr blurry. Shouldnt she be cleaning his clock is my point . And she will but it will not be easy. I do not want democrats to giv

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