Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In eight weeks americans go to the polls to elect a new president of the United States. Eight weeks president obama today appearing in philadelphia, in battleground state pennsylvania, to make the case for Hillary Clinton, one that the recuperating former secretary of state was not able to make for herself on the stump today. Do you mind if i just vent for a second . [ cheers and applause ] you know. You know, the you dont grade the presidency on a curve. This is serious business. And when we see folks talking about transparency you want to debate transparency . Youve got one candidate in this race who has released decades worth of her tax returns. The other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all. You want to debate who is more fit to be our president . One candidate who has travelled to more countries than any secretary of state ever has, has more qualifications than pretty much anyone who has ever run for this job, and the other who isnt fit in any way, shape or form to represent this country abroad and be its commander in chief. For his part mr. Trump was in clive, iowa, at the same time with plans to head to pennsylvania to put forward what his Campaign Calls a plan to get worker moms six weeks of paid leave. Vice president ial nominee mike pence was on capitol hill earlier where one senator mike lee cautioned the indiana govern to call the racism of Trump Supporters such as david duke or others on the socalled altright. Pence had refusing to indulge in what he called name calling. Pence did say the republican ticket does not want david dukes support. Right. He has said that repeatedly. Look, at the end of the day, jake, you know this is a road that the Trump Campaign does not want to go down again. You remember how much criticism took after the interview he did with you months ago when critics said he wasnt quick enough to disavow david dukes support. At the time he blamed it on not understanding the question on a faulty earpiece. At this point, at the stage in this game, they want the folks to be on Hillary Clinton and that deplorable comment that she made. That was part of the focus at his rally here today. Donald trump is not letting Hillary Clinton off the hook for her basket of deplorables remark. While my opponent slanders you as deplorable, i call you hardworking american patriots who love your country and want a Better Future for all of our people. The gop nominee continuing to hammer his democratic rival for these comments on friday. You could put half of trumps supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . The racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic. Islamaphobic. You name it. These are not deplorable people. That i can tell you. Trump bringing supporters on stage at his event in asheville, North Carolina, monday night to drive his point home. Clinton has said she regrets using the term half but she and her campaign are not backing down from calling out what they see as racist and intolerant comments expressed by trump and his supporters, among them former kkk grand wizard david duke. Gop Vice President ial nominee mike pence on monday refused to call duke deplorable in an interview with cnns wolf blitzer. We dont want his support or the support of people who think like him. You would call him a deplorable . No. I am not in the namecalling business, wolf. A comment welcomed by wolf who said its good to see an individual like pence and others start to reject this absolute controlled media. Pence passed up another opportunity to label duke as deplorable on capitol hill today. But he reiterated that he and trump have disavowed dukes support. My colleagues in the house of representatives know that i believe that civility is essential in a vibe rant democracy. Tim kaine blasting pence for his comments. If you stand silent around it you are enabling it to grow. The Clinton Campaign hammering the point with a new tv ad featuring past comments from trump. Theyre losers. Losers, losers. Disgusting, stupid. You cant lead this nation if you have such a low opinion for its citizens. But trump says its Clintons Campaign thats a campaign of hate. Hillary clinton has been running a hatefilled and negative campaign with no policy, no solutions, and no new ideas. And, jake, tonight the focus for trump will be on policy when he delivers a speech in pennsylvania. He will be unveiling his child Care Affordability plan. He told the crowd here in iowa that his daughter, ivanka, who actually helped to develop this plan, really pushed for the plan. Jake. All right. Jason carroll in iowa. Thank you so much. Joining me now a National Spokesperson for the Trump Campaign katrina pearson. Thank you for coming on today. We appreciate it. Great to be here. Thank you. You heard what governor pence said last night on cnn and what he said today about using the word deplorable, and david duke, who i think by any objective measure believes horrific, deplorable, racist, antisemitic things. The Campaign Said they do not want his support or the support of people who think like him. Why not call him deplorable . The critics say that not doing so makes it look as though the Trump Campaign is trying to not offend white sue prpremacists a nationalists. Donald trump has denounced david duke on a number of occasions. On the exact first day the word came out that he was supporting mr. Trump. I believe cnn asked the question at the press conference and he shut it down immediately. The only reason david duke even has a platform is because cnn keeps talking about it. Let me agree with something tim kaine said in that package there about if you ignore something it grows and gets worse. Thats exactly right. Thats exactly why we have isis today. For Hillary Clinton to call half of the people of this country deplorable, thats absolutely disqualifying her. It wasnt half of trumps supporters. She actually went after all of trumps supporters by saying half are those terrible names racist and sexist. She has essentially called out 100 of trumps supporters. But i will say this is typical of the elite politicians. And if you dont agree with them somehow youre a deplorable person and thats what Hillary Clinton thinks of half of america. She said she shouldnt have said half but said there is a basket of deplorables that support trumps. Pences interview last night earned praise from white supremacists. David duke said its good to see pence start to reject this absolute controlled media. The daily stormer, a neo naug s naughtsi website said trump chose a solid guy to back him up. Doesnt it make you unable uncomfortable to hear praise from people like that . No. What is awful is when the father of a terrorist supports the nominee for the president of the United States. People who want to control immigration are labeled racists and bigots. People who i know Hillary Clinton and a lot of her friends dont live on aa border state ad dont have to live with the impact of immigration like many of us do. To insult them based on insinuation is absurd. We can say look at people supporting Hillary Clinton. Burning american flags. Defacing public property. No one has called people who dont want isis to move into their neighborhood islamaphobic. That has never happened in the history of the world . That is absolutely what they are talking about. If you speak out against no. People call people who hate muslims islamaphobic. But people dont say that about people who dont want isis to move in. According to his Office Republican senator mike lee today spoke with pence and told him, quote, republicans must identify david dukes racism as deplorable. And lee encouraged the campaign to be explicit in its denunsiation of the alt right movement. Senator mike lee. A conservative. Red republican. He thinks your candidates and your campaign are not doing enough to condemn these racist views. Is mike lee wrong . He is also a nevertrumper who has never had anything nice to say about mr. Trump. Really, this entire interview and all of these interviews based around this one word deplorable is because the Trump Campaign will not use Hillary Clintons terminology. Thats what were talking about here. The campaign has disavowed, the campaign mr. Trump as well as mike pence said we do not like the support or want the support of individuals like this but we cant control them. Then dont use the word deplorable. Breck out the thesaurus. Is david duke vile . Absolutely. Thats exactly why the campaign wants nothing to do with him. We have said that a number of times on a number of networks. And the only reason why david duke gets play is because the media keeps him out there, no the Trump Campaign. Katrina pearson. Thank you so much, appreciate your time. Great to be here. With soaring Approval Ratings president obama hits the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton laughing off trump as a reality tv candidate who will do nothing for working class americans. If its so funny how come obama is in a state that hasnt voted a republican for president since 1988. That story next. If youre searching other travel sites to find a better price. Stop clicking around. The lowest prices on our hotels are always at hilton. Com. So pay less and get more only at hilton. Com. man honey, whats a word for large blaze . wife] fire. [man] thirteen letters. [wife] fire. [man] thirteen letters. 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But while she took the day off today, her old boss, president obama, made a solo appearance on the campaigns behalf today with an enthusiastic speech in philadelphia. President obama giving Hillary Clintons president ial bid a lift tonight, as the democratic nominee recuperates from a bout of pneumonia. Can i just say, i am really into electing Hillary Clinton. [ cheers and applause ] this is not me going through the motions here. I really, really, really want to elect Hillary Clinton. Clinton tells cnn she had hoped to be able to avoid taking a break from her campaign schedule. Like a lot of people, i just thought i could keep Going Forward and power through it, and obviously that didnt work out so well. But the decision to wait to disclose her illness until after video surfaced of her stumbling while leaving a 9 11 ceremony sunday is raising new questions about clintons lack of transparency. I just didnt think it was going to be that big of a deal. That as they say trump isnt being held to the same standard. Compare everything you know about me with my opponent. I think its time he met the same level of disclosure that i have for years. Trumps campaign manager. Kellyanne conway, suggesting today that candidates should be entitled to privacy when it comes to health records. I dont know why we need such extensive medical reporting when we all have a right to privacy. It seemed to suggest medical privacy doesnt apply to clinton in this case. The question remains, if this is about transparency and medical records and health conditions, then why why did she why was she so feurtherie in the business of concealing. President obama calling out trump on another matter. Tax returns. You want to debate transparency . You have one candidate in this race who has released decades worth of her tax returns. The other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all. Trumps campaign deflecting questions about trumps refusal to release his tax returns and also failing to provide specifics in terms of his Charitable Giving after running mate mike pence told cnn monday that trump had given away tens of millions of dollars. Part of the reason we want to know is so that we know how much he himself has given to charity. Will you or the campaign release exactly what that number is . The reason i ask why do you doubt it . This is like badgering. I dont see it as journalism. I see it as badgering. The takeaway is that both of these candidates have major transparency issues, but at the Moment Health is the big issue. The Clinton Campaign says additional medical records on the candidate will be coming out this week. And donald trump reportedly will discuss his medical records on the dr. Oz show on thursday. Joe johns. Thank you so much. The u. S. Answers with a sonic boom or two after north korea claims it conducted another nuclear test. 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David, let me ask you, president obama, in philly today, in pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, a state that has not voted for a republican for president since 1988. Does the fact that he went to pennsylvania suggest that that state is in play . Well, it definitely suggests that. There is no doubt about it. Also, where he went specifically in philadelphia is with a task at hand because there are certain parts of the Obama Coalition that right now Hillary Clinton is underperforming with in a lot of Battle Ground