Vice president ial nominee tim kaine, and Trump Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. And the margin of panic with the polls tightening is what Hillary Clintons supporters are feeling. What is behind her sinking numbers . Joining me for insight and analysis, republican strategist alex castellanos, maureen dowd and Cornell Belcher and katy tur of nbc news. Im chuck todd and this is meet the press. An explosion rocked manhattan last night, and then a second Pressure Cooker device and a bomb like the one used in the Boston Marathon attack was found four blocks to the north. The u. S. Foreign chief correspondent Richard Engel happened to be on the scene last night, and what can you tell us, richard, about what we know about this incident well, it wa explosion and did not cause a great deal of explosion, but shattered some windows and went off inside of a dumpster, and some windows as high as four stories were shattered, but we are not seeing the huge crater, and so it is a crude, ploeive device. A few blocks from where i am, the unexploded device was located in a Pressure Cooker looking very homemade and the kind of thing that you could find the recipe for online, and the investigation right now is focusi focusing on the linkages and who is responsible . A group of people . Linked to the pipe bomb explosion that went off earlier yesterday in new jersey . Right. But so far, it does not seem to have caused many casualties and about half of those two d dozen people or so who were injured have already been sent home. And given that your beat takes you middle east, and obvio obviously, you spend a lot of time in turkey, any of the International Sources finding any claims or anybody taking credit for this outside of the United States . I have not seen any credible claim, just talk and chatter, but i have not heard of any connection to International Terr terrorism or anything on that level. Unfortunately, it is not just the middle east, but the last year or so, i have been covering a lot of scenes like this all across europe as well, a and this is what the immediate concern was, did something happen in the United States. But i will say that this doesnt seem to be the kind of attack that one would stage if you are wanting to kill many people. Putting a bomb in the dumpster or putting it by with the timer by a area is not what we have seen where people open fire with assault rifles and things like th that. Richard engel just happened to be there at the scene. And that explosion as richard was referring to was not the only event yesterday. Maybe they are unrelated or may be, because there was an incident where a pipe bomb explosion along a race that richard was talking about, is being investigated as a potential terror incident, and nobody was hurt there, and nine people were injured in st. Cloud, minnesota, where a man with a knife assaulted people and made references to allah. And so let me start with pete. Let me start with the new york incident, and the mayor bill de blasio said it is not clear it is a terror incident, but what did he mean . It is an intentional device, and we are parsing the words. Yes, when he was speaking, he said that we dont have enough evidence to say whether it is a terrorist incident or not. But there is a considerable alt of luck here, charles. The bomb went off before the race started and the race was delayed and that is luck number one. And secondly, the device in new jersey which is three pipe bombs taped together didnt go off entirely. And so a lot of evidence was left behind. That is the second piece of good luck. And the third piece of good luck, the Pressure Cooker in new york also did not go off, so there is a lot of evidence for the investigators the look at, and one big question, what is in common with the two devices, the one in new jersey and the one in new york assuming they can ultimate i will see. So the investigates are working new jersey and new york as potentially one group . Well, they want to know if there is a connection or same person or group, and broadly speaking, similarities. Electronic timers and cell phone on both of these thing, but these are the instructions that are widely available. The al qaeda magazine inspire they have run articles on how to the build similar devices. So they are going to be looking at the microscopics of how they are connect and that sort of thing. And in minnesota . Are they definitely connected or some reason to thi . Well, there is no reason, but it appears to be a coincidence of the timing, and knnothing similar at all. They will be looking at the mans past that was shot and killed in the minnesota incident and looking at the residence to see if he was inspired by isis propaganda or whatever. And going back the to new york city, and more camera in new york city than any city in the world. Right. I assume that they have to they may already think that they have suspects in mind or the it appears that the device that went off was dropped in a dumpster and that is the difference of new york and new jersey, cameras everywhere in new york, and not so much in new jersey finding the Surveillance Video before, but that is a productive line of inquiry for them. Pete williams, i know that you are working the story, and when we get more, you will share. And as the news was breaking, donald trump called it a bomb that is a description that is not technically being used by officials in new york. Just before i got off of the plane, a bomb went off in new york, and nobody knows exactly what is going on, and boy, we are living in a time that we beter get tough, folks. We need to get very, very tough. Later after the event for the congressional black caucus, Hillary Clinton also responded. I think its always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. News of the explosion comes after the new and more controlled donald trump has looked more like the old unscripted donald trump in the past 48 hours. First, trump dropped the false suggestion that president obama was not born in the United States. Then he made another one. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. U finished it i finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States, period. For what it is worth the socalled birther controversy did not start with Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign, though there is some evidence that some supporters did go rogue in spreading the rumor, and it did start on the fringes and perpetuated on the far right and promoted and nurtured by donald trump for the past five years. Second on friday night, trump again raised the spector the of violence against Hillary Clinton and did it again arguing falsely that Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, and lets see what happens to her. Take their guns a wway. Okay. And it will be very dangerous. Clinton campaign immediately condemned those remarks and hopes they will slow trumps momentum in the polls. And joining me now is democratic Vice President ial nominee the sen or the from virginia tim kaine, and senator cain, welcome back to meet the press. Good to be you, chuck. Before we get into the campaign, i want to get into the events that happened yesterday, the explosion in new york city, and also incidents in minnesota and new jersey, all unrelated, and let me ask this. It is certainly creates concern this idea that terror now is an everyday part of life that we have to worry about. What can a president do . What should a president do to try to deal with, with this, with this threat that is now hitting the homeland . With well, chuck, it is really important, and i would say experience really matters. As you know, Hillary Clinton was new yorks senator on 9 11 and at the World Trade Centers as they were looking for survivors and she has been through it, and it is a searing experience in her life and part of the National Security team that worked together to revive the hunt and wipe out bin laden and so it is an important time to have experience. You have to support the military which is important, but on these instances whether they are in our cities or the european cities, the key is to havele intelligence and strong alliances where you can share the intelligence. That is the way that you stop oneoff attacks is through the intelligence sharing. You dont get the intelligence sharing unless the alliances like the Nato Alliance is strong. And this is a new normal that americans just have to deal with . Well, i dont accept that. I dont accept it is a new normal and we dont know yet about the cause of the incidents, but we are not allowing it to be a normal. We are trying to destroy isis right now, and the second news from yesterday is that the p punishing campaign that we are waging against isis is shrinking isis on thet battlefield. That is good news. But the challenge is that as isis realizes that they are losing ground, then they see whether they can exploit weaknesses elsewhere. So the military strength to shrink eye sus aisis on the gro then continue military strikes. And you called the choice between donald trump in New Hampshire the other day, between donald trump and Hillary Clinton near existential, and is that hyperbole, and do you believe that the existence is at stake here . I think that, i think that the fidelity to the values is at stake, chuck. Let me add that i do think that it is a contrast in the vision, and one of the things that i have been doing on the trail in the last couple of days is to showing the two books. Hillary has a book filled with all of our Campaign Platforms and policies and we call it stronger together. And donald trump wrote a book when he decided to run for president , and the book is called crippled america. That is the vision choice that americans have in this election, and lets just use one example. The equality principle. Donald trump for five years was pushing the completely false notion that president obama wasnt born in the United States and wasnt an american citizen, and chuck it is important to know how painful that is to so many people, because as you know, from the time that africanamericans came here to jamestown in 1619 through the dred scott decision in the 1850s, if you were africanamerican in this country, you could not be a citizen whether you were slave or free or born here or elsewhere, and you could not be a citizen. And we had to fight a civil war and change the constitution to change that, and so when donald trump for five years has been promoting the notion that an africanamerican president is not a citizen, that is extremely powerful and painful to africanamericans and oothers who know this painful chapter in american history. Why is this election so close, and why in the sudden in the last three weeks the election has gone where you guys had a durable lead and we can debate the margin of it to now where he has a viable path to the presidency that frankly didnt seem to exist. How did this happen . If everything that you are saying is true, how did this happen . I u think it is because we are a close nation. You know, chuck, i come from virginia and i have been in close races and i encouraged k secretary clinton to run in april of 2014 and i said that you will be the underdog until you are the winner. We came in essentially tied but went out to the philadelphia conventions with a tight lead, but it settled down after that lead, and it is going to be close, and we have to make our case every day about the basic pillars of the campaign and the economy that works for all and safer through stronger alliances and building a community of respect rather than disrespect. Clearly one of the problems is that you are struggling to rebuild the obama coalition, and voters under 35. This is i want you to take a listen to supporters that we talked to yesterday who are struggling to vote for Hillary Clinton. I think it is a lack of trust, and are from the releasing transcripts and the big speeches on wall street, and some of the things that bernie, himself, brought out in the debates and that is what people are Still Holding on to, and that is what i am holding on for a little by. People who were so supportive of bernie feel offend and betray and it is going to be taking a while to earn back the trust. The message was not directed towards millennials and those in college and i think that bernie can help her with that. And the numbers are clear, senator kaine, voters under 35 are not enthusiastic about her and interest ed in gary johnson as Hillary Clinton, and if you dont have them, you dont carry north carolina, florida, ohio, virginia, and i think that you know that. Yeah, we got to win them, chuck, and let me lay it on the line. Do you believe in Climate Science or dont you . Millennials do, and Hillary Clinton and i do, and donald trump doesnt. Do you believe that women should make their own health care decisions, and millennials do, and i do, and Hillary Clinton does, and donald trump doesnt. Do you believe in immigration reform, and we do, and millennials do, and donald trump doesnt. Do you believe in lgbt equality or not, and we do, and donald trump doesnt. And finally, a plan to deal with college affordability, and we need one, and millennials need one, and donald trump with Trump University has ripped off students, and so it is on our shoulders to make the case, but on five litmus test issues the differences between Hillary Clinton and donald trump are vast. And you mentioned one thing, and that is the issue of trust and transparency and one thing i have noticed with all of the policies of the Hillary Clinton campaign and the ticket has put out, nothing on the government reform and nothing on the transparency and nothing on how she would it is a big d difference between her and what senator obama promised. He talked about the bands about lobbyists working in the executive administration and some of the propoelss, they didnt all go through, but he made pledges and created transparency and made some decisions necessary and a lot of people wanted to see, and why nothing from that, and nothing from secretary clinton and trust is her biggest problem, and yet, there is no pledge about what she is going to be doing to conduct a transparent white house. And two things on that, chuck. First, i think that it is understandable that young voters and others want to get into this question, and they need to also assess a donald trump who wont release his tax returns and who has ties with foreign governments that he refuses to reveal. But lets go to Hillary Clinton. She has said that one of the first three pieces of legislation that she is going to push in the first 100 days of her administration is to dramatically change the way that campaigns are financed. This is fundamentally about reform and transparency. As you know, we have allowed the Campaign Finance system go to the dark money, and super pac, and nontransparent system, and democrat support significant reform, and that is at the heart of the reform. And shy is credible seeing how associated she is with the big fundraising and thing like that is. Absolutely. With disclose our donors in the campaign and the foundation discloses the donors and remember, it is the trumm foundation making an Illegal Campaign contribution and trying to cover it up, and we are all about the disclosure and transparency and we do believe that reforming the way that campaigns are financed is the most important reform that the nation needs right now. Senator kaine, i have to leave it there, because we are pressed for time. And see you out there on the trail. When we come back, the republican manager for the Trump Campaign will join me. 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It has been a whirlwind 96 hours, and pretty much the thing that you can do in pretty much any 96 hours, and joining me is the Campaign Manager for donald trump, kellie ann conway, and let me start with fridays news first. How and when did donald trump conclude that the president was born in the United States . You will have to ask him that. That is a personal decision, but we heard clearly the three things that he said on his own time line in his own terms frid friday. Number one, that associates of the Clinton Campaign started this birtherism question in 2007, and mark penn in a famous memo