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>> joining us now is pulitzer prize winning journalist michael dantonio, author of "the truth about trump" and the man trump is talking to in the interviews. also with us, cnn political analyst and washington bureau correspondent -- chief for the daily beast, jackie kucinich. doug hyde, former communications director for the rnc and carl higby, former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. and trump supporter. thanks for being here. michael, you interviewed donald trump for hours upon hours for this book. this part of it, this -- his like of fighting, all types of fighting, did it stick out to you at the time? wh...

Asking to be trained so they can be observers in the polls. it's an unusual movement that's happening. >> let me jump in. i want to get one question i would like you both to answer very quickly. doug, first to you. who is closer to the republican base right now, who is more in line with the rank and file of the party? is it donald trump or is it paul ryan? >> i think for the base that's vocal it's probably donald trump but for the base that wants to win and have effective conservative policies, that's paul ryan. that's why he's making sure that we keep the house of representatives. his focus i...

Republican party is to support all of our nominees. senator john mccain is my nominee. he won the primary handily and is up 17 points right now in the general election and did well in the debate. he will press forward and be our senator going forward. >> did you like it when donald trump said that last night? did you like it when donald trump said it? >> let me tell you, you get elected by your base and your mission is to try to unify everybody. obviously we want unification. we don't want this banter back and forth. it doesn't feel good going either direction. but the reality is that our miss...

When mr. trump attacks women, i just have to part company. >> john mccain who has probably the dirtiest mouth in all of the senate. >> donald trump continues to blast clinton over stolen e-mails. >> this is collusion and corruption. >> the russian government seems to be trying to interfere in this election. >> the election of hillary clinton would lead to the destruction of our country. donald trump who is getting ready to speak any minute in florida drawing battle lines inside the republican party, taking fresh swings at house speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain, again and again. so i...

Nominee. i'm joined by doug hyde, former communications director for the republican party, worker on the hill. you spent a lifetime in republican politics. >> i'm not that old yet. >> so far, your career. so you have written a piece on why you won't support donald trump. why won't you support donald trump? the counter argument is that he could bring in crossover votes, could broaden the base, could bring in the so-called reagan democrats into the republican fold. >> frankly, there's no part of a trump candidacy that i don't see as being a disaster for republicans. >> why? >> not only do i thin...