Abilities to keep the homeland safe. Donald trump continues s ttout amount of military leaders on his side. Who is best fit to lead . Hinckley heads out. The man who shot president reagan is a free man. 35 years after firing the near fatal shots. What i had future holds later this hour. We start with politics. Hillary clinton is now backing off of comments she made last night at a private fundraiser in new york city. There she called half of trumps supporters, quote, a basket of deplorables. You can put half of trumps supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. The racist, sexist, zen phobic, islam phobic, you name it. Unfortunately there are people like that. He has lifted them up. Some of those folks arer rede r redeemable. Trumps Vice President pick blasted her. Hillary clintons low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms. Hillary, they are not a basket of anything. They are americans and they deserve your respect. [ cheers and applause ] joining me now is kasie hunt covering the Clinton Campaign. Hillary clinton released a statement on her comment. What did that say . Thats right. We had until about less than an hour ago now a series of tweets from nick merrill. Now shes saying she regrets her characterization. The statement says, quote, last night i was grossly generalistic. And thats never a good idea. I regret saying half. That was wrong. Lets be clear whats really deplorable is donald trump hired a major advocate for the so callcall ed alright movement and david duke see him as a champion to their values. The they want to have another conversation about the Trump Campaign and the altright. She gave a speech on this in reno a couple of weeks ago. The tricky part is saying half of these donald Trump Supporters, and that would potentially encompass quite a few voters who are all of these things. You showed what she said last night. Its not the first time shes used the phrase deplorable. From what we can tell its the first time that half of the supporters fit those attributes. Obviously you saw the Trump Campaign going after this. Very aggressively. Frankly, the Clinton Campaign has been trying to talk directly to moderate republicans and conservatives who maybe arent happy with some of the rhetoric coming out of trumps campaign. Weve seen in polls they have had some success, particularly with suburban women and moving them away from donald trump. It does potentially make it a bit more difficult for her to do that. Kasie hunt, thank you. Joining me now is msnbcs katy tur. What are you hearing today . Theyre trying to make a big deal of this. Theyre trying to make it into mitt romneys 47 comment. Trying to say that Hillary Clinton is out of touch with the american electorate and shes disdain for a portion of this electorate. Youve seen trump tweet about this. His Campaign Managers tweeted about it. His spokesman tweeted about it. Governor pence tweeted about it and spoke about it earlier today. Theyre trying to sayhat Hillary Clinton should not be the leader of the United States because she does not respect the american public. Of course, this means theyve been trying to paint this entire time. Shes more in line with special interests than she is with regular americans. But the reality is, when you go to the Trump Campaign rallies a number of folks do hold some of the believes that she is talking about. They believe that muslims should not be allowed in this country because they are a threat to american safety. When you say president obamas name, a number of them shout out hes a muslim. When you say Hillary Clintons name a number of them chant lock her up. Hillary clinton for prison is a popular tshirt. Donald trump made explosive language on the campaign trail so far. Its not to say that donald Trump Supporters are by and large the bigoted people. Not at all. Many of them feel like the government has left them behind. Many feel they cant trust politicians and want an outsider. Somebody not part of the political establishment to shake things up. The issue that the Trump Campaign is having is that there are so many of those who do hold those believes that are coming out and being very vocal about why they support donald trump in a negative way. Katy tur, thank you so much. The war of words between the camps is heating up over National Security and military generals. Clinton met with a Bipartisan Group of terrorism experts friday in new york city where she blasted trumps Foreign Policy. In conversation about our National Security would be complete unless we acknowledged that the nominee on the other side promises to do things that will make us less safe. National Security Experts on both sides of the aisle are chilled by what theyre hearing from the republican nominee. That may be the number one reason why this election is the most important in our lifetimes. Republican attendees included former cia director David Petraeus and michael cheer doff. Family members of terrorists are not and ive been in situations where there are life and death decisions to be made. Theres a lot of uncertainty about the facts and requires someone who is steady. Not going to get impatient or ang angry. What strikes me on what donald trump said and done up until now he does not demonstrate that temperament. Trumps camp boasted he has more support from military leaders than clinton does. Joining me now is westerly clark. Thank you for being here. Clintons meeting comes the heels of let me play that. I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point to where its embarrassing fur our country. They would be different generals, to be honest. General, you were at the forum. What do you make of his comments . You know, i think hes just way off base on what hes saying. We have great men and women at the top of the forces. The commander of chief and comes down through the secretary of defense. That will happen if donald trump becomes president. Theyre not his generals. These are men and women who are professionals. They give their advice, they take orders, thats the way we have to do it in a democracy. They deserve the respect of the candidate. Do you think it was disrespectful . I absolutely do. Not only disrespectful to the generals but the way that the armed forces is structured. These men and women have served some 40 years of uniform. Many fought if the in the gulf war. They have been in afghanistan for multiple tours. And below them are hundreds of thoupds of men and women in uniform who follow them. Its disrespectful to the military establishment. But, you know, donald trump doesnt understand the military establish me establishment. Some of trumps recent statements he would carpet bomb. Is this Campaign Talk or do you worry trump would act this way should he become president . Its barroom talk. Its not even Campaign Talk. Its what guys do in bars. But the danger is that when you say those things enough and they become embedded in you. If youre have the kind of temperament that donald trump indicated on this campaign, he might act that way as commander in chief. That would be dangerous and extreme. We want the president of the United States to do their homework. We want him or her to issue the understands and not pop off and make decisions on the fly. You may get some of those decisions right. But the ones that are wrong can be incredibly costly. Thats not the temperament we need in our president. Trump has repeatedly praised putin. He did so again at the commander in chief forum. Last night in florida, too. Let me play that. I dont know the gentleman, but, you know, hes been nice to me. If hes nice to me, thats fine. Not going to make a bit of difference. If we dont get great deals for our country, nothing matters to me. Its all about getting great deals. Ill tell you this, if we got along with russia, that wouldnt be so bad, would it . What do you think he thinks about these comments. Do you think he can win putin over . Do you think its important to him . Well, i think this is a reflection of the way he thinks about things. He said great a great deal. Thats good. Hes trying to build hotels in moscow. I guess he wants free land and utilities for the hotels. Thats fine if youre a rattle guy. If youre a president of the United States, its not a deal. Its continuum. Its day after day. Its hundreds of issues that are at stake between countries. And so you have to establish a reputation for reliability and consistency. You have to know when to use your power. You have to understand what is in americas interest and our longterm interest. Not just a handshake and walking away as he did in mexico. And the way he talks its not clear that he really understands that. Theres nothing in putins conduct that would make him an admirable leader. This is a man who has opponents assassinated, puts people in jail, doesnt allow the opposition to sit in the parliament. Hes basically taken control of the country. Hes used bribery, corruption, thugery, and murder. Its not a guy that is an admiral leader that americans should admire. Is he someone we have to deal with . Yes. He knows how to use power. Im afraid that if we go in there and try to deal with him like a real estate deal hell run circles around mr. Trump. I think we need an experienced leader in there. Someone who has dealt with foreign leaders like that. Thats why im supporting hill. Hillary clinton. Lets move on to north korea. What do you think the u. S. Should do about that . You know, the problem is that china has been coddling north korea for a long time. Theyve always influenced them that china doesnt want a collapse of north korea. China has to put more level against north korea. In the meantime, what were why wont they . Beef up south koreas strength. Why . Because of their limited ability to handle the consequences. Theyre worried north america could collapse. And theyre worried if south korea comes in thatll be bad for china. What this young man in charge of north korea did when he first took over was eliminated a lot of agents of china influence in north korea. China has less covert means to influence what is happening. China has to step up. It it doesnt it will face the consequences of a Missile Defense. A possible rearming with Nuclear Weapons of japan. So people are already talking about that. Its not a good thing. Its not a good thing for the world or china. But nations do what they have to do. So its time for china to take a greater responsibility for leadership in northeast asia. 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And, unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. Some of those folks they are irredeemable. Thankfully theyre not america. Hillary clinton now says she regrets referring to half of Donald Trumps supporters that way. It comes as a race is razor thin. The latest poll shows clinton and trump tied at 47 with 59 days to go. Joining me now is National Political reporter for bloomberg, the Campaign Director for the center for american progress, and a global columnist and republican strategies. Emily, the Trump Campaign jumped on clintons comment. Are you worried about the impact on this campaign . I think this is relevant because in the way of the 47 comment was relevant. Because if things only stick. If they actually build to what someone believes about the candidate. People already believe that mitt romney was out of touch, was not connected to the people and didnt have any empathy for people who are in the lower, you know, half of america in working. So that is the way this could stick. People feel like this builds to what clinton thinks of them. But i do think in her full comment she was very she was very understanding of she said, you know, this is half. Half is a lot. Theres no question that a lot of, you know, kkk support is there for trump. White supremacists, thats real. Thats there. In the rest of her comment she said the rest are good people. Theyre confused. Theyre frustrated and they feel like this guy is shaking up the system. I think that can come through and connect itll help her. I think secretary clinton is determined to let trump back in the race. She had him on the ropes. He imploded in august. And between, i mean, the fbi emails were an add on that didnt come from her. Shes making the stumbling mistakes. She had a good day yesterday. She gave a good speech. A Foreign Policy speech. She showed her strength. Shes good and can outshine donald trump and got a shot at him walking off the stage. And then this, an unforced error. I dont know how at this point in the campaign shes saying anything that is not scripted or unrehearsed. She shouldnt be saying anything new like that whether its a fundraiser or a news conference. This is going to hit. Its the half is what hurts the half a basket. Right. She said deplorable before. Heil, do you think it will have a Lasting Impact . I think people will discuss it and republicans will pounce on her for it over the next few days. I think its ultimately more on the lines of what president obama said in 2008 where he infamously said there are americans who vote republican who are bitter and cling to their guns and religion. It was political hate. It doesnt ultimately hit her. The difference between that and the 47 comment which did hurt him, obama, like Hillary Clinton is talking about people from the other side. The other party. Romney was making a generalization about a vast swath of the country. And, you know, i think what hill did today in terms of walking back partially walking back the point that when she said it was half of Trump Supporters, i think that more or less mitigates it. The only way it hurts her, if you think there will be significant numbers of republicans who support her. That was never likely and the recent polls show republicans increasingly moving over to trump. If they left the house in the first place. Clinton is trying to reach out to republicans. It wont help. But its unclear if she was going to win them anyway. Its not going to hurt her with the obama coalition, the democrats and the people she needs to show up and win this election. I will disagree on one point there. About whether republicans are coming other to her and whether it helps or hurts. I think it helps her to some extent with some republicans. There are a lot of republicans, particularly suburban republicarepublican s, educated republicans who have always been republicans but dont want to be associated with the Campaign Trump is running and the comments hes making. I dont think it feels new to them. It wouldnt turn them off. I think the republicans will continue to break for clinton. I want to turn to another topic. Here is what Trump Supporters told jacob rascon outside a rally about trumps embrace of putin. Lets listen. I dont know what is going through trumps head as far as how he looks at putin. He might, like i said, he might be looking at him as a man versus as a ruler. Hes saying that he has respect from the people of his country. The people in this country dont respect our leader. We have no republican around the world anymore. I think thats what he has meant. So obviously some Trump Supporters, bill, are embracing this idea of trumps relationship, whatever that is, with a highly controversial political figure. What do you make of that support . And what do independents, what do moderates think about this . Its a weird thing. I feel like im in the Twilight Zone with the russian conversation. Typically for, you know, decade you had the republicans that would accuse the democrats of being too soft on russia and the