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Really believe that donald trump's qualified to be president. you know, i know because i talk to them. they're like, man, this is really bad. >> with me now, nbc news correspondent kelly o'donnell in wisconsin along with "new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor jerry peters at "the new york times." thank you for being with me. kelly, let me start with you. there seems to be a strategy shift. donald trump and mike pence to every single down ballot republican painted with the same brush now by democrats. what's behind this strategy shift? >> reporter: i think it is a function of timing an...

>> reporter: this is not happening in a vacuum. in the background, the united states department of justice is also investigating the patterns and practices of the chicago police department and one of the things they're looking at, specifically, is training. alison, christine. >> rosa, thanks for that. turning to politics. jeb bush with a strategy shift ahead of the year. scrapping a tv ad buy and putting people on the ground in early voting states to try to boost his campaign. he is trying to overcome the low energy label slapped on him by donald trump who is now throwing that statement at h...

Trying to stand up a new government in baghdad, work with the kurds. add to that a ground combat mission against isil and assad. >> before you go, senator lindsey graham called the president's strategy shift in sufficient. let's listen to that. >> this is, in my view, an incemental change, so it will not change the issues on the ground. in the eyes of the enemy, this is weakness. in the eyes of our allies, this is unreliability. isil will not be intimidated by this move. >> he is getting hit from both sides. >> no doubt the republicans will come after him on this. i think the president has lar...

They used in this budget were actually crafted by the ways and means committee that he was che chairing over the last year and change. something that he spoke out against the process but welcome the peace in how he can deal with the more far right members of his conference. >> luke russert, thank you very much. we also have breaking news out of chicago this morning. former house speaker dennis hastert has pleaded guilty to evading banking laws. offering millions of dollars to an unnamed individual in order to hide secrets from the past. the admission of guilt will spare hastert from a trial ...

That president obama is trying to take away everybody's guns. the president denied he's trying to do that and urged people to use their votes to show that they want universal background checks and to keep assault weapons from falling into the wrong hands. alisyn? >> michelle, thanks so much for that. well, the u.s., to begin stepping up attacks on isis in syria and iraq, including taking, quote, direct action on the ground. defense secretary ash carter telling the senate armed services committee that the strategy shift will mean more air strikes and special operations raids. jim sciutto is liv...