Right now. Good evening, im Kristen Welker in washington for chuck todd. The president ial race took a hard turn following terror attacks and they are at the epicenter of the political debate for a return of profiling treating terror suspects as enemy combatants and comparing refugees to you guessed it, skittles. Trump is about to take the stage in North Carolina. We will keep a close eye on that event. For better or worse, he is at the center of this conversation right now. Case and point, earlier today he delivered his last address in new york. In the global spotlight, his address was a take down of trumpism. Alternative visions of the world have pressed forward. Aggressive nationalism. A crude populism who seeks to restore what they saw was a simpler age free of outside contamination. I do believe that these visions fail to recognize at a basic level our common humanity. A nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself. They are facing controversy after donald trump jr. Admitted risks of admitting refugees to skittles that could kill you. Kelly odonnell spoke to mike pence about the comments. I understand in a political season people seize on the smallest of things. Did it strike you as being insensitive when there are men and children and women who have suffered who are just looking for a way out. What is insensitive is to turn a blind eye to policies that are very likely compromising the safety and security of the american people. Trump himself amps up his rhetoric on the issue of National Security, slams his opponent at a rally as providing comfort to our enemies. She calls the patriotic americans who support our campaign, many of them cops and soldiers, deplorable and irredeemable. Has she ever talked that way about radical islam . After grabbing the momentum, the Trump Campaign ran into trouble. There is the comments from trump about firing up the gas chambers and compared refugees to skittles as we discussed. A reversal on birtherism that continues to dog the campaign. New poll numbers show clinton gaining ground. They have clinton up points and to top it off, a bombshell report in the post that trump used more than a quarter Million Dollars from his charity to settle legal problems with his business. Kelly odonnell joins me after the exclusive interview with mike pence. Fantastic job. So many headlines to get to. I want to start with one of them. We talk about the fact that donald trump seemed to suggest that the terror suspects should be an enemy combatant and treated that way. You asked mike pence about that. What was your answer and take away . Of course the suspect is afghanborn and i asked if the privileges of american citizenship should be full low a part of his prosecution and it was interesting that governor pence responded acknowledging that he is a naturalized citizen, therefore has access to the american courts. He did not go as far as donald trump has and expressed a lot of dismay about the fact that rahami had been identified to Law Enforcement a couple of years ago and his father expressed concerns and pence was really at a loss to explain how that happened and suggested that Law Enforcement had been hamp hampered by Political Correctness and talking about the issue of the status of rahami as he is prosecuted. He is a naturalized american citizen and has access to the courts. However it is prosecuted, we really need to think long and hard about the challenges that our Law Enforcement community face and we have to move past the era of Political Correctness. And we have a bit of an announcement happening at the location that hosted us today. Disregard that. You see the difference there between pence and trump. Trump changing ahead to suggest that rahami should be treated differently than his american status should allow and pence being more retrospect in terms of how things should go forward. Not closing the door, but not embracing it as fully. We will ask a supporter and surrogates about that in a moment. I want to ask you about the subject of birtherism. This is something that remains in the headlines. The Clinton Campaign continues to hit donald trump for how he handled the entire topic. I want to play your exchange with mike pence and get your reaction on the other side. Last week he put an end to that issue. Did he really . Sure he did. He allowed so Many Americans to think the president was not born in the United States. He didnt really correct that until he had to because the debate is next week. But kelly, you know over the course of this campaign over the last year and a half, donald trump has been focused America Great again. Kelly, obviously a lot of controversy around that issue. As you pointed out, they were trying to put it to rest before the debate. What is the strategy heading into the debate to make it go away or do they have one . I think what you find is they are trying to close a door and insisting everyone else close it too. When questions come up, they refuse to engage. Mike pence said its over and as you saw, i pressed him on whether it would be appropriate to if not apologize to the president who is not seeking such an apology, apologize to the supporters and those who believed trump because he was a lead or this birther issue and it was wrong from the beginning and he would not go there. He said its over and done with and they are looking towards the future. They dont want it to get new oxygen and that wont stop others who still think it hasnt been fully litigated and trump has not said all that needs to be said. I asked governor pence who has a different personal style than trump and the trump we have come to see. I said you are a polite guy. Wouldnt you have apologized . He didnt pick up on that. While he can be a vigorous campaigner, he tends to be a softer tone not looking for a controversial fight, but on this issue he is trying to say just like trump, it is over, finished in the words of trump and he wouldnt go there. Kristen . Kelly odonnell, fantastic interview. Thank you very much. I am joined by Trump Campaigns senior adviser. Appreciate it and its great to talk to you. Great to be on. Thirchgs for having me. I want to talk about the broader picture that the campaign finds itself in right now. Donald trump had momentum and what we have seen in the past several days is he lost a little bit that was and he had his son with the comment about gas chambers and the Birther Press Conference and now the skittles tweet and the post Charity Story questioning Donald Trumps handling of the charity. Do you get the sense that the campaign veered off course . Not at all. Donald trump has been consistent. If you Pay Attention to what he is talking about and not what the media is talking about. We are focused and disciplined and charging ahead and talking about the issues that most americans are focused on and not what most of the media is focused on. We want to know who built it up and make our country safer, particularly a lot of what happened over the weekend. Donald trump is the number one person talking about that and who most Americans Trust on the economy and National Security and thats why we have seen a rise in moment um and we will continue to see that and think that america will get a great chance to see the contrast of that and where donald trump is on those big issues versus Hillary Clinton. If you look at the polls, he has lost ground according survey monkey with likely voters and shows clinton with apoint national lead. Does that concern you as a top adviser when you see the comments that take the conversation off course like the skittles issue. Does that not concern thaw the campaign is getting back into its old ways again . Not at all because again i dont think the campaign is getting back into their old ways, but the media is looking for ways to provide distractions. There are quite a few polls ha show that donald trump is in a dead heat with clinton, particularly the most key Battle Ground states and a major shift of almost 15 points among africanamericans that are getting behind donald trump. That is a big deal that no one is talking about. This race is tied. Particularly in the states that matter because we are focused on the issues that Americans Care about and he is resonating with a lot more people than Hillary Clinton. If we talk about people getting off track, its Hillary Clinton. The biggest and most disqualifying moment of her campaign is when she called Trump Supporters deplorable and showed the level of contempt she has for americans across this country who are supporting donald trump. She did walk the comments back. I want to get your reaction. Of course she did. Let me get your reaction to what we heard from Kelly Odonnell and the split between donald trump who is indicating that the new york terror suspect should not get hospital treatment and should be treated as an enemy combatant and pence saying this is not the case. There is a divide between donald trump and the vp pick. They are looking for every option to prosecute the person under the full extent of the law. What we have to do is stop focusing on Political Correctness. They seemed to be at odds with their answers. Their answers did not lineup. I tend to disagree because i think they are looking for how do we stop this and make america safe again . Donald trump and mike pence are different personalities and approach things differently and use different language to explain it. The main priority here is what can we do to keep america safe and what can we do to prosecute this person to the full extent of the law and get back to where we have the allies and enemy spirits. Under obama and clinton, we have lost that high ground and we are in a much more dangerous world. We have to get back to a place where we have that stability. I know that donald trump called for this stricter vetting. When you look 59 the terror suspect though, he was a legal citizen. He had been here since he was years old and his family had a Small Business here. Isnt donald trump missing the point in terms of how to prevent this . It seems like homegrown extremism. His own father and family reported him that they thought he might be a terrorist. That was two years ago. Thats something we should have aggressively been following up. We are allowing Political Correctness to outweigh common sense. His father said that was made in the heat of the moment and donald trump called for extreme vetting and limit the number of refugees that would be allowed in. Isnt that missing the point of what actually caused this terror attack which was a case of homegrown extremism. I dont think it is missing the point that we have to make america safe again and focus on vetting at home and need to look and know who is coming in and why they are coming here. This is a great example of someone who uses common sense and not focusing so much on Political Correctness. They have a wall and they vet and they have a pretty good track record on keeping these things from happening on their soil. America has not done as good of a job and that is in large part to the Obama Clinton open door policy and the failed Foreign Policy that they implemented in the last eight years. There is stiff vetting and a twoyear vetting process right now. I want to turn to the Washington Post report and give you a chance to respond to that and analyze the tax filings of Trump Charity and found that he used the money to prop up private interest including he paid 100,000 to settle a legal dispute between the Palm Beach Golf Club and the city of florida and found that the charity paid 158,000 to settle a dispute between the new York Golf Club and the private plaintiff. That would appear to violate tax laws with self dealings. We have yet to hear the response to this. What is your reaction and how problematic is this . I dont think its problematic that a Major Charity that gave millions to veterans organizations and done good all over this country and continues to do that versus what you have with Hillary Clinton who has if this money was used to settle legal disputes, that would be a violation of the laws that govern charities. Would it not . Im not a tax attorney so im not going to definitely into pretending to be one, not even on tv. In contrast, you have Hillary Clinton who created a slush fund through the Clinton Foundation and a pay to play scandal in the state department. Thats a very big difference than i charity that has given money and donald trump who has given over 100 million to different charities. There is no proof that it is a slush fund. You guys have been attacking the Clinton Foundation, but my question is dont the headlines under cut trumps moral high ground here in terms of his ability to attacking Clinton Foundation . Not at all when you have a Government Official that is taking part in a pay to play scandal and to me, those things are not even close to comparable. Again, you have Hillary Clinton who is secretary of state and admitting they gave access to donors to the state department for meetings. That is a major problem. That is very different than a charity giving money to veterans than a pla pay to play. This put the security at risk. Those are not in the same ballpark. To be fair, there is no security that National Security was put at risk. Do you know if the new York Attorney general contacted donald trump the campaign and the Trump Foundation about these allegations . I dont. I have not heard that he has. Do you know why they havent responded . Why wont the Trump Campaign put this story to rest . You can certainly count on the Trump Campaign responding. We havent hidden from anything yet unlike Hillary Clinton who refused for almost an entire year to take questions from the press. That is not the case on our side. You can expect us to respond. Sarah huckabee sanders, appreciate talking to you. You bet. Thank you. More on how the bombings are changing the conversation on the trail. How president obamas message the United Nations is drawing a stark contrast to the refugee rhetoric and how it plays out on the stage. Well be right back after a quick break. Improved fl economy. Even technology to make engines more efficient. 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