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FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting May 31, 2016

Judge Andrew Napolitano clintons legal status could be worse than grave. The judge is here on the news deck. Lets get started. Im Harris Faulkner in today for shepard smith. Donald trump unloaded on the media today. Calling some news organizations dishonest and unfair. Trump, the Presumptive Republican nominee, called a News Conference to respond to reports he had donated only a fraction of the millions of dollars he said he had raised for veterans groups. Here it is. Im the only one in the world that could raise 6 million for veterans. Have uniform applause by the veterans groups and end up being criticized by the press. Yes, i made a speech and during my speech i said lets raise a little money for the vets. It turned out to be a lot of money, not a little money. I thought if we could get to a Million Dollars it would be great. Donald trump held a fundraiser for veterans in january. He said he was hosting the event instead o instead of participating in a debate. He did raise 6 million. To answer a reporters question on where all the money went. He gave a lengthy list of veterans groups who received the donation. This comes as trump prepared for a tough general election battle. He has promised to unify the gop. But Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell told fox news trump will not change the party. Hes not going to be able to change the Republican Party. I mean, we know what we believe in. We have some differences with him. But i think he would have to adapt to where the right of center world is. And we do have some differences. But he brags about, you know, being transactional and a dealmaker and all the rest. Thats part of what makes things work in congress. They are blasting an effort to have a conservative Third Party Candidate run against trump. Carl cameron is live at trump tower here in manhattan. Mcconnell is the top senate republican. Does this mean that donald trump is making headway in terms of uniting the party . That was a voice that was not for him a few weeks ago. Uniting around his purpose, if not his actual individual candidacy and campaign style. Mitch mcconnell, very pragmatic. Real legislative technician. Knows how to make the wheels turn and stop them from turning in the u. S. Senate is signaling for republicans when you get down to it, if you dont vote for donald trump youre helping Hillary Clinton. Yes, the Republican Party is unifying, but unifying slowly. There are some still in the never trump stop trump quarter. And in fact, according to fred malik, who worked in the nixon administration, one of the more Renowned Fund raisers, writing in the Washington Post trump has to stop beating up on fellow republicans. Trump got about a 1 3 of republican votes and 2 3 are outstanding those folks dont turn out into the general election. Insulting republicans is dangerous is the argument, as well as an awful a lot of the establishment types. The argument theyre concerned about is that other candidates, whether its for governor or congress or the house, malik happens to be the chief financier has worried about down ballot damage by the trump campaign. Thats where the issue is. Mcconnell is trying to avoid that saying if we can work with some of what donald trump says maybe we can get things done. Real quickly before i go on. Maybe i read it wrong. I thought i read recently donald trump said he would understand whatever those other lawmakers and politicians would need to do in their home elections whether it be support him or be quiet. Did i get that wrong . He did say that. He said a lot of things like that. Hes said the exact opposite, which he said today when he was asked whether or not he would make an effort to be nice to republicans who have been critical. He said he feels no obligation, his words, to be nice to republicans who arent nice to him. Like wise, he thinks that the press has been wholly unfair to him. I actually asked him today if he thought that asking him questions about his fund raising was tantamount to criticizing, he went back on the whole media is completely dishonest. He was asked if the combative nature of todays News Conference which would be Something Like a press briefing in the white house would be like. He flatly said yes. He said you were the exception, dont be too modest about that, fair and balanced our carl. Real quickly, there were people who were gathered out front. What can you tell me about that . Well, mr. Trump said that they were organized by the Democratic National committee and Clinton Campaign. There were some veterans who said they agreed with the democrats criticism but they were part of the protest because they were veterans and because they want to make sure the commander in chief is someone who is qualified. They made the argument some of trumps rhetoric, islam phobic, theyre referring to his ban on muslim tourist and immigrants and saying Syrian Refugees cant be allowed into the countries. Liberals they may have served honorably, but they were here criticizing trump. Some of trumps military supporters and vets were essentially arguing that the clinton protesters were unamerican and politicizing Veterans Issues while they as veterans and republicans were participating in trumps politicalization of it as well. All right. And around and around we go, carl cameron, thank you very much. Lets bring in a senior Political Correspondent for the washington examiner. Good to see you. You know, weve seen donald trump do this before, i dont want to spend too much time on this. Kind of his relationship and a lot of president s have had adversarial relationships, even president obama hasnt been thrill would the Mainstream Media. No, he hasnt. Look, i mean, this story is as old as the republic. Pli pl politicians fighting with the press. Americans dont trust us. They think we dont tell the truth, we make things up. A politician calling us out helps that politician. It would be a good idea for Hillary Clinton politically to call outs a bunch of liars t would make voters feel good. I dont agree with him. I produce stories i do my job. Were talking politics here. What we saw from donald trump today was great political theater and also very effective political theater. Interesting. Americans dont trust us. I would say the onus is on us to win that trust. As a journalist, thats my opinion. Some people would argue they are watching the conventions for the big speeches. This headline im about to put out really wont matter much to some votersvoters. Some reports that some gop establishment may not attend the convention this summer. Is there a name or two that sticks out isnt. Well, look, you know, were probably not going to see mitt romney or any of the bushes, meaning any of the most recent elected republican president s at this convention. Thats sort of notable. But, you know, what i would say is that voters i dont think actually care about whether or not other republicans show up to a republican convention. And what these members of congress are going to do and governors is do in what they think is in their personal best interest. I think it says something about party unity. That could have an impact on the election on a practical level. But the image of certain republicans missing, i dont think it will be bother trump and i dont think it will have an impact on how voters see things. Except for the fact that the more trump is able to coalesce the Republican Party behind him. Hes done a pretty good job so far the more legitimate his candidacy look and the better chance he has at getting to where he needs to get with republicans. That is somewhere above at least to 90 approval inside his own party. Hes a long way from that. He needs to get there. And these sorts of things can help him. From what im reading about what people are saying, how thirsty they are for somebody thats not outside the beltway. Not having a romney or a bush might actually help. Real quickly before i let you go, also in the headlines today, the donald trump is behind Hillary Clinton in digital voter data. Thats not too surprising, because all along he has been criticized for not running a conventional campaign. Those numbers about voters, how important is that . Its important. If this race is close. Look at the polls, its neck and neck. Donald trump is a little bit ahead. Hillary clinton is a little bit ahead. In a race like that, who has the better voter turnout operation, better digital and Data Analytics program can win. Thats what a ground game is worth in a race with three points or less. Donald trump has decided to out source this to the Republican National committee. Theyre in a much better place than four years ago. They created something they did not have four years ago. It was never intended to be the president ial campaign. It was intended to be sort of the architecture and the foundational infrastructure for a president ial campaign and candidate that brought to the table their own organization and own ability and desire to listen to the data. And so what were going to find out is whether or not trumps devaluing of modern Campaign Tactics works. If he runs away with the race it wont matter. If Hillary Clinton runs away with the race it wont matter. If its close it could really matter. Thank you very much. You may have seen this, too, this is making news now. Maybe Hillary Clinton was watching donald trump detail his fund raising for veterans or her team at least. He called her out for not doing enough. And clinton has a reaction to it. Well show you. 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Clintons campaign has tweeted out video of trump criticizing john mccain because he was captured during the vietnam war. We have coverage of the left side of the political aisle. It is crunch time in california, the primary is one week from today. First lets go to jennifer griffin. Trump went after clinton today. Her response . Well, harris, the Clinton Campaign hit back hard today. At what they see as trumps achilles heel as he held a press conference outlining the nearly 6 million his campaign has given to dozens of vets groups since late last years fundraiser. The clinton camps used a multipronged out reach. Protesters outside trump tower criticizing his desire to privatize the va. And mocking his donations to vet groups which they say he did only after being questioned recently by a reporter asking where the money had gone. Donald trump doesnt understand is that he can not buy the votes of veterans in this country. No matter how much he donates, he still is not standing for the values that veterans stand for here. The campaign hosted a National Conference call with their own veterans representatives from key Battle Ground states. Such as florida and in virginia. Lieutenant governor ralph northum, a former army doctor attacked trump. This week donald trump is claiming that hell fight for veterans but his record shows us hes only out to help one person, donald tru clinton campt a reminder that trump attacked senator john mccain for being a prisoner of war after trump said he likes people who werent captured. Today senator bob dole called for him to apologize. The Clinton Campaign added trump once begged the mayor of new york to boot disabled veterans who were Street Vendors on 5th avenue. This is the first day that gave us a case of what a trump general election might look like. One thing is for sure, i know i asked Lieutenant Colonel oliver north among solving the problems of vets. He said no matter who wins there will be a mutiny if they attack that first. Mike emanuel following the sa sa sande sanders campaign. Going to make her feel the bern in california . Well, harris, it appears hes trying to outwork Hillary Clinton in california. Hes campaigning relentlessly without days off. Sanders is investing anything in california hoping it leads to victory one week from tonight. On healthcare, sanders went after clinton saying basically that he would go further than clinton on that issue. Clearly it has not gone far enough. How can we be satisfied when 28 Million People in this country today have zero Health Insurance . How can we be satisfied when even more and that number is growing every day are underinsured. Meanwhile, most of the country considers Bernie Sanders plenty liberal, last night here in california, an Animal Rights group looked to make a slash interrupting his event in oakland. They called for the liberation of animals. Only here in california. Secret service wrapped it up quickly. You and i have talked about this before. Some members of the Mainstream Media have spent an inordiate amount of time gazing about the divide in the gop. It will be interesting to see if they cover the divide among the democrats. So what is clintons strategy if she loses in california . My next guest talks about how to quiet Bernie Sanders. Stay close. Were going to stay with the fight on the left side of politics. Bernie sanders trying to pull off an upset in the biggest state up for grabs. Hillary clinton tries to avoid being embarrassed. Lets bring in the national Political Correspondent for the Washington Post. He writes the post news letter called the daily 202. Good to see you. Great to see you. Good to be with you. I just picked up the new Monmouth University poll which shows me maybe why Hillary Clinton is leaving new jersey and going someplace else. It is squeaky close. Whats going on with her . And what can she do in california at this point . She still could win. I think a surprise strong victory would help. I think a lot of National Groups are trying to tip the balance because they see how close it is. The governor jerry brown endorsing her. But i do think theres a lot of liberal frustration and dissatisfaction at this point. I think a lot of people who are voting for bernie think hillary is going to be the nominee. Not everyone. But they see it as a way to kind of express some frustration to kind of check a box that they of behind the general Political Revolution concept that sanders is talking about. But at this point, the reason hillary is going in and canceled events in new jersey they see it as a winnable race. This is a diverse state. The Clinton Campaign is doing a lot we dont see, you know, to try to get out the Asian American vote. Shes done very well among a lot of these minority communities in other big states. At the end of the day that could make the difference. California is an interesting state. Theres a large liberal population along the coast that sanders has tapped into to. Hes approached it like a senate candidate. Hes been in california for eight days, all day, every day campaigning nonstop. Going all over the state. Its a reflection of how much this is do or die for sanders. If he l

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