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I will ask my generals to present to me a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy isis. This will require military, cyberand financial warfare as i laid out on my speech on Defeting Radical Islamic Terrorism several weeks ago. Instead of an apology tour, Which You Saw president obama give over and over again, i will proudly promote our system of government and our way of life as the best in the world, just like we did in our campaign against communism during the cold war. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton got some help out there on the Campaign Trail from former president , bill clinton at a Campaign Stop in florida. He said, even Republicans Trust Hillary Clinton to keep the country safe. I can never remember a democratic candidate for president that had as many prominent republicans endorsing her as hillary has had. In view of all the attacks on her, i think it is very interesting that the overwhelming majority of them said they are doing it because they trust her with the National Security of this country to keep us safe enough and strong enough. These are live pictures you are seeing right now from carlyle, pennsylvania, where Chelsea Clinton is campaigning for her mother. We are going to dip into that event later. Stand by for that. First, lets bring in jim acosta. He is in philadelphia where trump just gave his National Security speech, along with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. This is the second day in a row trump has focused on National Security. What was the gist of his message today . Reporter well, wolf, obviously, the speech was aimed at laying out his Policy Proposals for national defense, for National Security. In that speech, he talked about his plan for defeating isis. That plan basically consists of telling his generals on day one of his administration that they have 30 days to come up with a pln f plan for defeating isis. He talks about wanted to end the forced sequestration at the pentagon to increase Military Spending. This speech was designed to go after Hillary Clinton. Time and again he went after her readiness as he put it to wage war in the middle east, saying there was no Military Intervention that she did not like. Also, questioned her steadyness, her capability to be Commander In Chief and some of that is really aimed at deflecting some of the attention away from his own poll numbers in that regard. Keep in mind, our latest cnn poll p finds that americans, by and large, believe that Hillary Clinton is more Temperamentally Fit to be president of the United States. Listen to these remarks when i wrapped them together to attack Hillary Clinton as being unfit for being president of the United States. Here is what he had to say. Sometimes it seemed like there wasnt a country in the middle east that Hillary Clinton didnt want to invade, intervene in, or topple. She is trigger happy and very unstable, whether we like it or not. Thats whats going on. She is also reckless, so reckless, in fact, that she put her emails on an illegal server that our enemies could easily hack and probably have. Now, this whole issue of Hillary Clintons email server and the safety of those emails came up frequently throughout this speech, wolf. There was another part during this speech where he said that Hillary Clinton has shown to all of us how vulnerable we are to cyberhacking. We should point out, though, it was back in july when donald trump got into a lot of trouble when he seemed to invite the russians to hack into or find wherever those missing or deleted emails from her private email server. Later went on to say he was being sarcastic about that. Some things we want to check into where he accuses her of rushing into war in iraq. He likes to say he was against that war but was caught on tape saying the u. S. Should go ahead and invade iraq in 2003. This was one of those speeches welldesigned, welldelivered. In addition to laying out miss foreign policy, he wanted to take another opportunity to take some whacks at Hillary Clinton. Barbara starr, you are at the pentagon. What did you make of trumps speech . There is a lot to break down, starting with his statement that Hillary Clinton likes to intervene. Donald trump has called for u. S. Troops to basically seize the oil fields in iraq. His speech had a lot in it. It started by talking about military readiness, which deals with where your troops and your equipment is today as we stand today. Are they ready to go to war . He starts with that but the bulk of his speech is, of course, with the future of the u. S. Military. Lets put up a few numbers to show people. These are massive increases in the Standing Force of the u. S. Military that donald trump called for in this speech. He is basically calling for of everything. Tens of thousands of Additional Army forces, marine bat Ttalion Hundreds Of Navy Ships and fighter jets. Whats the cost . Who is going to pay for it . You are going to have to get a republican or democratic or Coalition Type Effort in congress to pay for all of this. There has been very little inclination to do that. Do you really need all of it . That is the fundamental military question. Commanders always say they need more. They have said repeatedly they dont have enough right now. Do you need all of this . Military policy dictates that you dont start with the numbers. You start with the threat. What is the threat . What is the capacity and capability you need to deal with that threat . If you cant match that up, you wind up with a huge Standing Force that maybe you cannot continue to pay for over the decades. This would cost billions of dollars. It would be a real question of whether you need this kind of capacity for decades to come. Thats not what we heard today. Wolf . Lets get some perspective now on trumps plan, his National Security speech from peter king of new york. He is a key member of the Homeland Security and intelligence commit it is. He is joining us live. Congressman, thanks very much for joining us. Whats you initial reaction to Donald Trumps plan to strengthen the military to improve National Security . Basically, wolf, i would agree going forward. I believe there have been too many cuts to the military. The Sequester Policy to me is absolutely wrong. There is no equivalency between domestic and Military Spending. On the military, we have to spend what we have to spend. If we are not safe or alive, it doesnt matter what domestic programs we have. When china is expanding in the pacific, we have to do more with our navy. Barbara was talking about whether or not we would have too many ground forces. One of the problems we have now is is that we have the same troops being p deployed over and over contributing to the ptsd and morale issues. We need more ground forces,  whether it is as much as donald trump is asking for but that will be the subject of hearings in congress. He is definitely going in the right direction. I support the thrust of what he is saying as far as more military readiness. I want the viewers to be aware, i assume you are a donald trump supporter . I have endorsed him and had several meetings with him on security issues. I was not supporting him during the primaries but i am supporting him now, yes. He said once again today that he will ask the generals for a plan within 30 days how to defeat and destroy isis during the campaign, though, as you well know, he indicated he already had a plan but didnt want to tipoff the Terrorist Toss what that plan was. Listen to what he said back in april. And then there is isis. I have a simple message for them. Their days are numbered. I wont tell them where and i wont tell them how. We must we must as a nation be more unpredictable. Does he already have a plan or is he depending on the generals to come up with a plan during his first 30 days if he is elected president . He has received significant advice from people like general mike flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence agency, a top military adviser. He has general ideas and some specific ideas. He is realistic enough to know as president , he wants the latest intelligence and the latest to the military to fine tune, refine and add to it. The big difference you will see is you will not have donald trump telling you what he is not going to do. Thats one of the big criticisms that i have had and donald trump has had. With President Obama In September of 2013 when he said he was 2014, when he said he was going to take action against isis, air attacks and no ground troops. You should never tell what you are not going to do. Let the enemy think we are going to do anything. Dont let them know what we are not going to do. Be unpredictable. This is from a new ad from the Hillary Clinton campaign trying to win support among veterans. Listen to this. I know more about isis than the generals do. John mccain, a war hero. He is not a war hero. He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Okay . First he said he knows more than the generals. Secondly, he said, john mccain is not a war hero. He said he knows more than the generals. Whats your reaction to that . I think thats the type of statement you make during a campaign. Obviously, i know for instance how much he relies on general flynn. I know that he said he is going to go to the generals. I think what he is saying is he is not going to be bound by what the generals say and his way of disagreeing with president obama. What about what he said about john mccain as a p. O. W. , that he wasnt really a hero . P. O. W. S are not heroes . Does he owe john mccain and others an apology . It was wrong. I am the greatest admirer of anybody, of john mccain. I endorsed him for president in 2000. He is a close personal friend. He is a hero. He should be an inspiration to all of us. What donald trump said at the time was simply wrong. However he works it out with john mccain is between the two of them. I cant imagine be being a p. O. W. For one night, let alone five or six or seven years like john mccain and sam johnson had to go through. Yesterday, dr. Ben carson told our dr. Ben tap earth that he should apologize for supporting the berther Movement Involving the president of the United States . Does he owe the president an apology . I dont believe he does. He was raising issues i wouldnt have raised. He was raising the issue to put the president on the spot of why he hadnt shown the Birth Certificate. I dont want to become the nation of making apologies all the time. If you cant take it, get out of the arena. A lot of people have said things about me, including reporters. I never asked for an apology. Say whatever you want. Lets be more tem pid as we go forward. This is the first africanamerican president of the United States. Once he released his Birth Certificate from hawaii showing he was born in honolulu, should he formally have apologized. Is it still appropriate for him to say, you know what, mr. President , i apologize. I dont think it had to do with an africanamerican. If he would have been from scotland, germany, ireland or spain, and he hadnt produced his Birth Certificate. He is an equal opportunity in attacking people. He grew up in queens. I grew up in queens. We do more often than we should resort to the ad whom anyone attack. Thats sort of our style. I dont see that as being a racial issue at all. As far as apologies, i think we should get over the apologies. You said he should apologize to john mccain and other p. O. W. S. I said he can work that out with john mccain. That is in a class by itself having been a Prisoner Of War for seven years. Thats different from being a part of the political giveandtake. I would put that in a different category. Peter king, congressman from new york, thanks very much for joining us. Coming up, our Political Panelist standing by to weigh in on Donald Trumps National Security speech today. Plus, Hillary Clinton says donald trump is dead wrong. That voters dont care about his tax returns. Is she right . Were going to get our Political Panel to weigh in on that and the conditions he has set for releasing his returns. Any moment, Chelsea Clinton will rally voters for her mother. Stay with us. Lots going on. 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Joining us political reporter, ed okeefe and cnn political host of the David Gregory show podcast, David Gregory. How successful was donald trump in attack can Hillary Clinton on this issue of National Security . In terms of pure political theater, a more disciplined trump than we have seen in the recent past. Two, i think he is tapping into those voters that look at americas place in the world and to the extent they think about it, they are troubled about it. They are troubled by the threats of isis and terrorism and troubled by our allies thinking we havent stepped up and asserted our leadership. He falls short of real Policy Prescriptions and a sense of realism of what we can accomplish militarily. We have 16 years now after 9 11. A lot of lessons that he has been learned that he doesnt really show that he has learned in a lot of these attacks on clinton. He had been giving several speeches on National Security. He likes doing it. Today was a little different. What did you see differently today . The discussion of ending the sequester. We spent most of 2013 talking about that. Having written about the sequester, The Automatic Budget cuts that would come into effect if federal spending hit a certain level, a certain amount to the pentagon. Across the board. Right. His discussion today of ending it for Military Spending is music to the ears of a lot of republicans specially those that just came back to do a little bit of work on capitol hill. You heard peter king say, i think it is a great idea. Defense spending shouldnt be equaided with domestic spending. That will ring pretty well with a lot of skeptical republicans and maybe some independence and certainly Military Service mims, their families, veterans that may not like him or may have concerns about him as Commander In Chief but will appreciate the talk. A state like florida, which could be the most important state among the Battleground States in terms of what could tip the scales of the election, by Military Vote there. This is not heavy policy. This is more, hey, lets do more for veterans and to strengthen the military. Pure politics in a general election campaign. There are a lot of democrats and a few republicans that think the u. S. Is already spending too much on defense, on military matters. If you take a look, the numbers, the bottom line numbers, the u. S. Spend more on defense than the nex