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Ifill the president ial campaign was dominated today by reports that Donald Trumps president ial campaign is taking on water, and may need a rescue. Trump brushed aside all talk of internal division, and of growing defections. We will have a full report, right after the news summary. Woodruff in the days other news, president obama commuted the prison sentences of 214 federal inmates almost all of them, nonviolent drug offenders. The white house said its the largest number of commutations in a single day since at least 1900. It is also part of president s effort to address sentencing rules that he considers overly harsh. Ifill kansas congressman tim huelskamp, a tea party favorite, has lost his republican primary battle. During his three terms, he had feuded repeatedly with g. O. P. Leaders, and it cost him his seat on the house agriculture committee. That boosted challenger roger marshall, who won 57 of the vote on tuesday. Woodruff there is reporting today that the u. S. Organized an airlift of 400 million in cash to iran, last january. It came just as tehran released several jailed americans, and as a nuclear deal was being implemented. The wall street journal reports the money was part of settling a disputed, 1970s arms deal. Republicans called it ransom but the white house rejected that this all came to a head at the same time because we are addressing and resolving longstanding concerns with iranian behavior. The United States, under president obama, has not paid a ransom to secure the release of americans unjustly detained in iran. And were not going to pay a ransom. Woodruff Officials Say the payment had to be made in cash because International Sanctions on iran barred any other method. Ifill a u. N. Commission reports Islamic State ghters in syria are Still Holding thousands of minority yazidis as sex slaves or fighters. They were captured two years ago at sinjar in iraq. Thousands more fled the city, but the militants killed 5,000 yazidi men. That, in part, prompted u. S. Airstrikes against isis. Woodruff for the first time, a u. S. Law enforcement officer is facing federal terrorism charges for allegedly trying to aid isis. A transit policeman in washington, nicholas young, was charged today. The f. B. I. Says he wanted to help the group buy mobile messaging apps. Ifill north korea drew new condemnation today for firing a Ballistic Missile that landed in japanese waters. The missile flew more than 600 miles, and part of it splashed down within 200 miles of japans coastline. That prompted the u. N. Security council to meet in emergency session this afternoon in new york. Woodruff in eastern ukraine, new signs of escalating combat between russianbacked rebels and Ukrainian Government troops. U. N. Human rights Officials Say casualties in june were the highest in nearly a year. That is despite peace accords that called for withdrawing heavy weapons. Ifill 300 people escaped with their lives today in a spectacular plane crash in dubai. They were on an emirates flight from india that slammed down on the runway as it tried to land. The passengers got out just before the plane burst into flames. While landing, i think the engine or something burned, so the smoke was coming inside. So immediately they asked us to evacuate. We have escaped from the emergency exit, so we were jumping down. Ifill one firefighter died battling the blaze, and traffic was stopped for several hours, but later returned to normal. Woodruff back in this country, the state of alabama refused parole for thomas blanton, jr. In the murder of four young black girls, half a century ago. They died when ku klux klansman bombed their Birmingham Church in 1963. Blanton was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison, after the f. B. I. Reopened the case. Ifill the Obama Administration warned Congress Today that it will run out of money to fight the zika virus by months end. The warning came as government researchers said theyve begun their first Clinical Trial of a vaccine. So far, congress has deadlocked on the president s request for 1. 9 billion in emergency spending. Woodruff and, wall street managed to break a losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 41 points to close at 18,355. The nasdaq rose 22 points, and the s p 500 added six. Still to come on the newshour donald trump picks another fight with g. O. P. Leadership; wikileaks founder Julian Assange on leaks that target the Democratic Party; why jellyfish are filling the oceans, and much more. Ifill it has been a whirlwind day for the Trump Campaign, which is in full damagecontrol mode. As Lisa Desjardins reports, the republican ticket is working to get back on the offensive. Reporter the assurances came from donald trump himself, during a town hall in daytona beach, florida that he is in control of his campaign. The campaign is doing really well. Its never been so well united. I would say, right now its the best, in terms of being united, than its been since we began. Reporter and more came from paul manafort, the man now running trumps campaign, during a fox news interview. The campaign is focused. The campaign is moving forward in a positive way. The only need we have for interventions is for some media types saying things that arent true. Reporter this, after a swirl of stories looking at doubts within republican ranks about trump, and possible divisions within the Trump Campaign. This morning trump ally and former House Speaker newt gingrich, on fox business said trump needs to recalibrate. I think some of what trump has done is just very self destructive. Reporter and last night, Hewlitt Packard c. E. O. Meg whitman, a major fundraiser, told the new york times, im voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton becoming one of the highestprofile republicans to do so. Also today it was widely reported that some highlevel republicans, including Party Chairman reince preibus, may meet with the nominee soon to talk about his approach. All this after a Washington Post interview in which trump jumped between topics and refused to endorse House Speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain. That on top of trumps weekend interview with abc news, which sparked controversy about whether he thinks Russian Forces are in ukraine, and about his pushing back at the khan family, who lost their son in the line of duty in iraq. Today, some damage control during a phone interview with fox news, trumps running mate indiana governor mike pence said he is endorsing paul ryan. I talked to donald trump this morning about my support for paul ryan, our longtime friendship. He strongly encouraged me to endorse paul ryan in next tuesdays primary, and im pleased to do it. Reporter the swirling splinters on the right are fast fuel for trumps opposition. A proclinton super pac released this ad today he doesnt have the temperament or judgment to control himself. Were about to turn over the Nuclear Codes of the United States to an erratic individual. Reporter as for Hillary Clinton herself, she spent today in colorado. Im thrilled to have this chance to visit. Reporter while her running mate, virginia senator tim kaine, introduced himself to North Carolina voters, talking up their plans to aid small business. As we are looking at economic plans and im out basically talking about jobs, that we focus on the growth of small businesses. Reporter North Carolina is a key battleground, so, no coincidence its where mike pence will campaign tomorrow. Ifill and lisa joins me at the table now. Lee Centennial Park youve lisa, youve been talking to folks all day long. Give me a certain, how concerned are mainstream rankandfile republicans about the campaign . One question, what is rank and file . Leadership is concerned. The republican Party ChairmanReince Priebus is furious with donald trump. These are not words that are thrown around in such a place. And thats a problem for donald trump because he needs the rncs operation to get out the vote. Usually candidates do. Also members of congress are coming out openly and saying they are not voting for trump. There are two significant republicans from swing states that trump wants. Ifill trump says the party is as united as ever before. What do his supporters say . I talked to the chairman of his campaign in south carolina. He says this is all a complete disconnect. The washington republican establishment doesnt get whats happening on the ground. He says trump voters and the voters they want arent talking about the khan family. Theyre thinking about their own vacations. Theyre thinking about their own jobs. And he said he does not think this is a longterm hit for donald trump. Ifill and yet hes talking about the money department. The Trump Campaign raised 80 million in the last month, a little below the clinton toll, 90 million, but its a huge improvement showing the Trump Campaign along with the rnc can raise money. Ifill all right, Lisa Desjardins, thank y for more on the splinters within the grand old party, we are joined by charlie sykes, conservative talk show host and editorinchief of the website rightwisconsin. Com; and matthew dowd, chief political analyst for abc news. He is a former adviser to the Republican National committee, and in 2004, served as president george w. Bushs chief strategist. Welcome, gentlemen. Charlie sykes, youre in wisconsin. Sea saw what happened today with paul ryan. Mike pence went one way. Donald trump went the other way. And Reince Priebus caught in the middle. Should there be. The word we keep hearing is intervention. Should there be an intervention under way . Give credit to matthew dowd because he tweeted that out, that it was time for an intervention. Yes, absolutely. You have to understand they were trying to make a play for wisconsin. Reince priebus, of course, is the key to all of. This he was the one who brokered the deal with ryan and trump and got scott walker to flipflop on all of. This and then mike pence is the bridge to conservatives in wisconsin where donald trump has not done well. And what did donald trump do yesterday but come right behind mike pence and blow up that bridge. So obviously you have this sense that this campaign is a Dumpster Fire inside a nuclear meltdown, and they absolutely need an intervention. And what happened in wisconsin where donald trump is coming here on friday, and hes coming into very, very hostile territory, almost no leading republican will be at that rally, and at some point theyre going to have to do a reset of some kind. Ifill but we saw the fundraising numbers. Hes still doing well in some situations. We heard him today talk about unity. So where is he really . Is this just people who never liked him not liking him anymore . Well, this is less u. S. Constitution and more articles of confederation type of unity in the course of this. I dont see any unity at this point in time. And you get the sense that theres a whole bunch of republicans. They cant force him off the ballot. Donald trump will win. I think there is a more of a chance of the Milwaukee Brewers winning the world series this year than donald trump getting off the ballot. But i think what could happen is Republican Senate candidates, republican congressional candidates begin to basically design all their come pains completely separate and apart from donald trump. I think this is a big concern. It comes at the worst possible time for donald trump in the aftermath of the two conventions. People thought this would be a slow period, but, gwen, it sets up the tone for what will happen in the fall. And it puts him at a huge disadvantage. I feel bad for mike pence. Donald trump ought to call mike pence the janitor, because he spends most of his time cleaning up the mess thats left in aisle one, two, three, four, and five. I think he has to straighten this out, but i dont know if donald trump has it in him to straighten this out. Ifill what has donald trump been doing right and what has he not been doing as right since his convention . Well, hes been getting a lot of attention, hasnt he . What hes been doing wrong is almost everything. In the last six days rather than going after Hillary Clinton, hes gone after the gold star moms. Hes lied about the nfl letter. Hes thrown crying babies out of his rally and picked fights with prominent republicans. I think what youre having, maint you is right, in the last 24, 48 hours, there is this growing recognition that, you know what, its not going to happen. Hes not going to pivot. Hes not going to grow up. Hes not going to become more president ial. And i think republicans had been talking themselves into thinking, okay, you know, donald trump was one way during the primary, but hes absolutely assured us and Reince Priebus has assured us that hes going to change his ways. Hes going to become more responsible. And it cant get any worse. Well on a daily basis its gotten worse and worse and worse. And the stories that youre seeing about the disillusion in the Republican Party are absolutely true. And the stories youre hearing out of the Trump Campaign have the ring of truth because it doesnt look like hes listening to anybody. So how does a 70yearold man change his temperament and his character and his judgment . You can change the positions and the language of a campaign, but how do you become somebody different than who you are . And i think what were seeing is who donald trump is, and its very, very frightening to a lot of republicans right now. Ifill matthew we saw him come out today and talk about the secret or whatever it was shipment of money to iran and make the connection between what he said was a deal that had been cut for a bad deal and how iran had benefited from that. That seemed like it was sticking to message. So he is not incapable of sticking to message. No, hes not incapable of it. But he seems incapable of sticking to a message for more than 15 minutes or more than 30 minutes. President ial campaigns are stories. Theyre long narratives, multichaptered stories. You have to build each chapter in order to convince voters at the end of the story they need to go with you as opposed to the opposition. The thing i think that frustrates republicans most is this is a winnable race against Hillary Clinton. Shes very up upon lar, but the problem is shes running against someone more unthe rested and more disliked at this point in time. Whats causing huge concern, is wow, this is a race we could have won, even with donald trump. The funny thing is even with donald trump and all the mistakes, hes only five or six points behind in this environment against a candidate like Hillary Clinton. But if he keeps doing this and cant stay with a message longer than a half hour or longer than an hour, Hillary Clinton is going to win a race that in most years she should be unable to win. Ifill charlie sykes, a scwawnsderred opportunity to go after Hillary Clinton . Yes, very much. One Top Republican told me last night, you know, if donald trump as of the convention had just gone off to a Desert Island and had said nothing, he probably would be ahead in the polls. What you have here is trump is defeating trump. And thats what is so frustrating because Hillary Clinton has actually had a very, very bad week. And yet you would not know it because donald trump has really masked her problems. What i think you have is you have republicans trying to talk themselves into thinking things will get better, but at this point thats the triumph of hope over experience. And i think thats why you might see in the next three or four days more and more republicans either withdraw their support, distance themselves. I dont know how many you will have say theyll vote for Hillary Clinton, but once that starts, and i dont know what matthew thinks about, this i get the sense it might be a dam breaking. Once you have one problem republican backing away, that others are g