Transcripts For WPVI This Week With George Stephanopoulos 20

WPVI This Week With George Stephanopoulos August 21, 2016

Stephanopoulos. So is this the week . The week we finally see the new and different donald trump so many republicans are hoping for . Back in the spring, trump mused about it. By the way, i can be more president ial than anybody. I can be more president ial, if i want to be. I would say more president ial, and ive said this a couple of times, more president ial than anybody other than the great abe lincoln. He was very president ial, right . His Campaign Chair Paul Manafort promised the gop change was coming. Youll start to see more depth of the person. The real person, youl see him in a different way. After a summer of bad news and tanking poll number, trump fired manafort this week. Vowed to run his own way. I am who i am. Its me. I dont want to change. Everyone talks about, oh, well, youre going to pivot. I dont want to pivot. I mean, you have to be you. Then came thursdays surprising admission. Sometimes in the heat of debate, you dont choose the right words. Or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And i do regret it. Particularly where it may have caused personal pain. So was that the handiwork of trumps new leadership team, Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway and steve bannon, conservative fire brand ceo. How does it square with this, trumps tough first ad . In Hillary Clintons america, the system stays rigged against americans. Illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay. Were joined now by Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trumps new Campaign Manager. Welcome to this week. Good to see you. Thank you. Youre his third Campaign Manager. Is the third time the charm . This was the best week, i think, so far in the trump campaign. Mostly because hes able to be himself, the authentic donald trump. But also the pivot hes made is on substance. Hes out there talking about law enforcement. Talking about defeating radical islamic terrorism. Weve heard that before. Not really, these are plans. People can disagree with them. But they can see them. They can pull up his plan for middle class tax relief. They can say, hey, this guy said weve had 33,000 murders by isis and its predecessor groups since 2003 or so. 80 of them occurring in the last three years. Since the birth and growth of isis happened. Hes at least willing to call them radical terrorists. Mrs. Clinton in her Convention Speech last month referred to them as our determined enemies. Shell call donald trump a radic radical. She just wont call the terrorists radical. We saw the comments on thursday night expressing regret. You have the Hillary Clinton Campaign Running a video showing donald trump talking about the times he doesnt regret what he said. Whether it was the comment about the khan family. Judge curiel, john mccain. What does mr. Trump regret saying . He said he wants to regret any time hes caused somebody personal pain where he didnt intend to do that. I think those who have received it privately should take that expression of regret hes called the khan family . Hes called john mccain and apologized . No, he expressed regret publicly. Hes said if i caused you personal pain that could include me or you that reregrets that. Thats the donald trump that i know. Thats regretting what they feel not what he said. No, no. Thats regretting he said if i have chosen the wrong words or said something in way i didnt intend, then i regret that. This is what people love. They love humility. Accessibility. Authenticity. Im amazed that the hillary team has responded in yet another attack on donald trump. When are we going to hear about how she really feels about aetna and United Health care pulling out of obamacare . Its still seen unfavorably. Is she going to own it . We want to pivot on substance. And we hope theyll do the same. Ill talk to mr. Mook in a bit. Is donald trump sorry for what he said about the khan family, is he sorry for what he said about john mccain. Is he sorry for what he said about judge curiel. He said he regrets the personal pain hes caused. Im pleased that senator mccain has endorsed him. And hes endorsed senator mccain. Hes in a tough primary fight next week. I believe this is what people appreciate. We couldnt get secretary clinton to say she was sorry about deleting 33,000 emails. Shes sorry about pay to play at the state department. Shes sorry about the Clinton Foundation taking all these foreign donations that i assume, george, shes implicitly admitting are not a good idea since they reported this week that they would quote stop taking these foreign donations if shes elected. Doesnt it show it was not a good idea to do in the first place . Another question for mr. Mook. You have had a change of heart, as well. During the primaries, you supported a superpac for ted cruz. Hes built a lot of his businesses on the backs of the little guy. Completely transparent. Donald trumps tax returns are not. I would like to see that. Its vulgar. I do want somebody who hurls personal insults or goes and talks about philosophical differences. What changed for you . I dont like people who hurt personal insults. Thats not my style. Im a mother of four small children. That will never change. You think mr. Trump will change on hurling insults . He doesnt hurl personal insults. Hes bringing the case to communities of color in michigan. Hes speaking to all americans when he does that, george. Hes challenging the democratic party. Shes challenging Hillary Clinton and president obamas legacy. And democratic mayors all over the country. How in the world can we abide a 58 Unemployment Rate among africanamerican youth. How can we stand more than 1 million more africanamerican in poverty . The Hillary Clinton people want to it be about tone and temperament. We also want it to be about facts and figures. Thats the only way to rebuild the american economy. You unleash energy independence. You get hold of the situation that is obamacare. Facts dont lie. Hes going to places where other republican candidates are unwilling or unable to do. One more question on this. You stand by your comments. You believe donald trump should be transparent with his tax returns . I learned im glad hes transparent about a number of things. Were certainly running against the least accountable, least transparent, i think joyless candidate in american history. I learned from the inside, the audit is a serious matter. Hes said when the audit is complete, hell release his tax returns. I know that what concerns people most about quote taxes is their own tax liability. We appreciate people being able to see Hillary Clintons plan and Donald Trumps plan and see who will get the middle class tax relief. Lets talk about the comments that mr. Trump made about the amp american community. Heres part of them this week. What do you have to lose . What do you have to lose . Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . As you know, you were just talking about that. Many in the Africanamerican Community saw that as insulting, because they said most africanamericans dont live in poverty. And he was making those comments in communities that were more than 90 white. Those comments are more than im white. I live in a white community. Hes trying to tell americans we can do better. The thing he said that got a great deal of resonance is maybe Hillary Clinton looks at you as voters. I look at you as people. If you think 58 of unemployment in the africanamerican Youth Community is a good idea, then absolutely, please go vote for Hillary Clinton, everyone. But hes saying, you cant do worse. Were the party, hes the candidate that believes in School Choice vouchers and Charter Schools for africanamerican, hispanic students. And everybody really. But theyve benefited. Ive done a lot of work in that space here in new york city. Its remarkable to see the quality education these students who are fully capable and very intelligent receive through School Choice and charters. Hillary clintons against those. You talk about the changes mr. Trump is ready to talk about now. What about on the ground . Youre still far behind the Hillary Clinton campaign in staffing, organizations, in the states and in the headquarters. Were trying to get an assessment of where we are state by state. Ill be talking to field staff, field directors, data operation. Find out where we are, what we need. We also are just were going to start employing people that are talented in the swing states we plan to extend to 10 or 11. Im happy to announce were working closely with the rnc, whether its political, data, fundraising. A great relationship with chairman priebus. Talk to him daily now. And we at the campaign are going to expect shawn spicer, the director of communications at the rnc to spend more time with us. Hell join your campaign . Hell spend more time here. Were going to talk to mr. Priebus in a second. One final question on the debates. Mr. Trump told me a few weeks ago he wasnt sure about the dates or the moderators. Is he now prepared to accept the moderators and debate dates chosen . Were talking about the particulars, logistics, about the debates. Were doing debate prep. Were doing that in many different ways. Hes very engaged with that. Its enjoyable for him. Hes a natural communicator. Natural connecter with people. The debates are a fabulous opportunity to force a conversation on to substance. What i learned this week, we had a great week. Best week so far. The other thing i learned is donald trump is back in Hillary Clintons head. If you look at the way theyre responding to this week, thats where he needs to be occupying serious real estate. Not yet ready to accept the dates . Were discussing that. Kellyanne, thank you. Thank you. Lets go to Reince Priebus. He joins us now from washington. Mr. Chairman, thank you for joining us again today. Thank you, george. You heard Kellyanne Conway just say theyll be beefing up cooperation with you. Do you believe donald trump is doing what it takes to change the trajectory of this campaign . I do. I thing hes had a great week. I think hes getting into a groove. I think he likes the new style that hes been out on the campaign trail producing. And speaking of. So i think hes done great. And i think the polls will begin to tighten. And the next couple of weeks. By labor day, or there after, youll be back to an even race if we continue down this path. It cant happen too quickly for a lot of republicans getting nervous about whether hes going to be a drag on house and senate candidates. 110 of them have written an open letter to you. Saying, quote, every dollar spent by the rnc on Donald Trumps campaign is a dollar of donor money wasted on a candidate who has actively undermined the gop at every turn. Your response . I think some of them are good people. Many of them are. They dont understand what we do. For everyone out there to understand. If were in ohio, we have an important race in senate in rob portman. And an important race for president with donald trump. Someone has to identify voters we want to vote early and get an absentee ballot in their hands. We have to have a program to make sure that that ballot gets into the box. So whether youre doing that work for the senate, or the president , or a house race, thats what the Republican National committee does. In part. What we have is most of these states that are in play for president are also important states for the senate. So the work that we do on the ground and Building Data files. Its work that both the senate race and a president ial race needs to have happen. Thats what the rnc does. There is no 50 million or 100 million put away for television. We dont buy tv. Its not like taking 10 million away from one candidate and giving it to another. This is work to identify swing voters and republican voters, make sure theyre going to vote our direction. And then making sure they turn out by early vote or on election day. But it is okay with you, if those candidates, we have seen senator mark kirk in illinois repudiate mr. Trump, is it okay if they follow the path that was followed in 1996. It looked like bob dole was losing the race, they went out and said its time to elect us so we dont give a blank check to bill clinton then. Hillary clinton now. I think those people need a lesson on federal election law. On first of all, in regard to mark kirk, thats not a president ial battleground state, so thats a different deal. Back to your question, in 1996, there was soft, corporate money coming into the Political Parties. Dnc, rnc, back in 1996, could take millions of dollars from corporations and buy television ads. Some of those people that signed the letter took away the right for National Parties to have that money for television ads. So there is no soft money pass through the National Parties. In october, that could mean the difference between 100 million to a senate race versus 100 million to a president ial. You have to look at the election laws that allow National Parties to pivot like that in october. That doesnt exist. Finally, you know, we saw we had Kellyanne Conway just join us. Campaign manager. And steve bannon has joined as well. Hes been quite critical of the Republican Leadership this congress. Take a look. Not interested in reform. Theyre sbes einterested in bei partner in increasing statism. And there is a dedicated group of libertarian, Tea Party Conservatives and limited Government Conservatives here to destroy them. Are you confident he can be in charge of the kind of campaign that the Republican Leadership, like Speaker Paul Ryan can be comfortable with . Im never happy with unearned criticisms. Of the National Parties, great leaders like paul ryan. But, let me say this. I think people can pivot into different roles. And ultimately, the person in charge of Donald Trumps campaign is donald trump. And so, let me say, the last few days, i think everyone has seen that we have a continued pathway that donald trump has been pursuing, which i think is much better for this campaign. I think hes doing great. Hes on a great pathway to recalibrating the campaign and getting this thing tight. You saw Kellyanne Conway do a really fantastic job in pivoting and showing a direction to this dam pain that were going. Donald trump has been disciplined and mature. I think hes going to get this thing back on track and tight and ahead as we move through september. Mr. Chairman, thank you for joining us. You bet. Thank you. Youve heard from the gop. Clinton Campaign Manager joins us live next. Robby mook. And our exclusive with Green Party Candidate dr. Jill stein. Coming up. Coming up. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. This car is traveling over 200 miles per hour. To win, every millisecond matters. Both on the track and thousands of miles away. 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