an explosion in new york and another test. >> we better get very tough, folks. >> and i'll have more to say about it when we actually know the facts. >> the birther movement loses its champion. >> president barack obama was born in the united states, period. >> donald trump concedes the truth but not without adding a lie. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. >> and. >> as you may know i recently had a cough that turned out to be pneumonia. >> clinton returns to campaigning and gets high

powered help. >> hope is on the ballot and fear is on the ballot, too. >> the obamas hit the trail hoping to blunt trump's momentum. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to inside politics, thanks for sharing your sunday morning. and it's a busy morning. we're keeping tabs in the investigation into last night's explosion we'll bring you new developments. as we look back at a remarkable week and count down to next week's first presidential debate. who is best suited to be commander in chief when explosions and other events test us? >> we better get very, very tough. >> i think it's always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. >> question two. what took so long?

>> president barack obama was born in the united states, period. >> and question three, can he turn out votes for her? >> my name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. tolerance is on the ballot. >> with us this morning, julie pace of the associated pres, an sarah murray. new york's chelsea neighborhood was rocked by an explosion at 8:30 last night. three hours later, new york city's mayor tried to calm a nervous city. >> we also want to be upfront saying, that there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection to this incident. this is preliminary information. it's something we will be investigating very carefully. but there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection.

there is no specific and credible threat against new york city at this point in time from any terror organization. >> now, donald trump had already given his tank 40 minutes after the explosion to a political rally in colorado. >> i must tell you that just before i got off the plane, a bomb went off in new york and nobody knows exactly what's going on. but, boy, we are living in a time, we better get very tough folks, we better get very, very tough. >> hillary clinton waited speaking after her team was briefed by city officials. asked about trump's tough talk, mrs. clinton was more cautious. >> i think it's important to know the facts about any incident like this. that's why it's critical to support the first responders, the investigators, who are looking into it trying to determine what did happen.

i think it's always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. because we are just in the beginning stages of trying to determine what happened. >> we see, again, and we'll waiting for more information about last night. we need to be careful about ascribing what happened, there are no suspects in custody. it's a week after the 9/11 anniversary and days before world leaders gather in new york for the united nations general assembly, everybody has questions. in those responses, you see what we have come to -- used to in this campaign, very different responses, trump immediately muscular strength, strong tough times. clinton, you know, let's just wait till we know more before we jump to conclusions. >> that's on the style, on the substance that you said. the substance wasn't trump said that he said there was a bomb in

new york. officials had not said what caused the explosion. he connected to his campaign message which is about terrorism. that is what is very different, i think, and what a lot of republicans even those who like trump have been concerned about. he often gets ahead of information. he ongogoes with the gloss and shares it quickly e. that's not something we're used to seeing in any nominee of any party. this is something you'll see democrats making a case about with trump repeatedly. that he is not careful. he doesn't wait for facts. he goes off and talks. i think it's something you'll hear obama in particular saying when he's on the campaign trail for her throughout october. >> the president can't do that. trump -- listen, it's gotten him this far. trump trusts his gut, inpulse and reflexes. they're trying to make the point a president can't do that. >> even after he seizes on the moments so instantly before we have the facts, is he struggles with the whole consoler in chief

role. he hasn't expressed concern about the people who were injured in this incident. we've seen this a number of times after tragedies he is more likely to seize on the message that, you know y predicted this or we saw this coming or we need to be tough. later, almost as an afterthought he realized i should express my concern about people who were injured or killed in previous cases. we are used to seeing our commander in chief come out and sort of offer words about how this is going to be okay and how our hearts are with people who are injured. trump has difficulty with that. >> to follow up with that, there is a role that presidents and leaders tend to play which is to try not to exacerbate public concern and panic. that's the opposite of what he did. and that's been the opposite of what he does in a lot of cases. to go out at a rally 40 minutes after an explosion and say, look, this shows we've got to -- he didn't say terror but he said

we've got to tough. that's the implication. that's not what we're used to. >> at the campaign debate, we're one week from the first debate. this has been the theme he's dangerous, reckless, unfit has been a theme of the clinton speeches and advertising. to trump defenders would say maybe we don't know if this it's terrorism and it's terror and americans want a tough leader and someone who thinks we don't need the caution leaders typically represent isn't what we make. >> that's the gamble he's making. you've heard it year after year with president obama who takes the caution of a commander in chief to the extreme in some cases and really tends to wait until he does have complete information. there are a lot of benefits to doing that when you're the person who has to make the decision based on the information. it has been frustrating to people who feel like he's not reacting fast enough to events and trump is trying to show that he is reacting. there is a difference, though, between reacting as a candidate where you're essentially just calling something what you think

it is and reacting as a commander in chief where you're then responsible for indecisions that have to follow the action. >> if you listen, secretary clinton was hear in washington last night with congressional black caucus dinner. she was aware of it when she left the hotel. she waited till she got back to new york. let's listen to what she said. it's just the different tone, trump is very forward leaning. watch her demeanor here. >> i've been briefed about the bombings in new york and new jersey and the attack in minnesota. obviously, we need to do everything we can to support our first responders. also to pray for the victims. we have to let this investigation unfold. we've been in touch with various officials, including the mayor's office in new york. to learn what they are discovering as they conduct this investigation. and i'll have more to say about

it when we actually know the facts. >> hard to hear some of that because of the airplane noise. i'll have more to say about that when we have some facts. you spend a lot of time covering the clinton campaign. do they have this internal debate about whether to stick that way? she thinks that's the right approach. they understand they're running against a candidate who is quick and gets out ahead. do they feel a temptation they need to be more aggressive. >> the fact we saw her say something at all is an indication they felt like they needed to say something immediately. if only because trump had already done so. and the way she did it is really hillary clinton. she's talking about coordinating with all these different agencies and offices. that's the way that she approaches these types of situations. and they're aware even though we've had prior terror attacks or things like it, san bernardino, in the course of this presidential campaign, and it's been unclear how that's affected the electorate. we're in this sort of critical zone here. you know, less than 55 days before the election and they're

aware they can't leave anything to chance. meaning that they do have to respond to the sort of thing, even if they might prefer to wait a few more hours until they know more. >> you make a point about the zone we're in. the race is tightening, first debate is a week from tomorrow. you always say, one event, be careful let's not jump to conclusions, but it's interesting to watch. as all this plays out, there's no question temperment to be commander in chief will be part of the first debate a week from now. bob gates, the former defense director, wrote this in an op-ed in the wall street journal. he said, at least on national security i believe mr. trump is beyond repair. he's uninformed about the world and tempermentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. if you're hillary clinton you think great here is an eisenhower republican who has served for 30 years, been

defense secretary. been inside the white house, been at the cia, proof. from a republican. if you're trump, you say, it's the old establishment out to get me again. >> if you're trump you say there's something wrong with bob gates which is what he did. i'm not making a joke. there is a knee jerk reaction that trump has to any criticism. there's something wrong with that person, they're a loser, sad. >> it's a key point. trump has been disciplined for a while and in the past 72 hours he's gone back to insult land. >> absolutely. and i think that that is where, you know, people might be inclined to say that is the status quo, the establishment this is somebody who doesn't like the way trump is going about it. because he goes frequently when he's not being sort of kept quiet or disciplined. he goes so quickly to make it personal. i think that undermines his own argument. >> i think that bob gates, for people who pay attention to what former administration officials, people at this level talk about

at this stage of a campaign you might be looking at establishment minded republicans, bob gates is a universally respected figure. it's hard to overstate the role that he's played in numerous administrations. him coming out and saying this is important. i don't think you should gloss over what he said about hillary clinton. she has latched on to her relationship with bob gates during her tenure as secretary of state as an example of how she was able to work with people who are -- lean towards republicanism. you know, how she would do that as president. it was fascinating to see him be so critical. >> he suggested she should break with president obama. much more to talk about. up next donald trump's latest fl flip-flop. he admitted president obama was born in the united states. will it change the campaign ahead? .

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see if you're eligible for 12 months free at mybreo.com. as flip-flops going you can score this one as off the charts. >> president barack obama was born in the united states, period. >> history books will record that donald trump finally faced and spoke the truth, seven years and 241 days into the obama presidency and five years, four months and 20 days after the president released his long form birth certificate from the state of hawaii, that's in the united states. last night at the congressional black caucus dinner in washington, the president made light of it all. >> i don't know about you guys, but i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over.

i mean, isil, north korea, poverty, climate change, none of those things weighed on my mind. like the validity of my birth certificate. >> why now? why? five years, four months, 20 days after the president released his birth certificate. donald trump said then he was sending a team to hawaii, which i don't believe he ever did. he later said he had good information it was a fraud. it's not like he was quiet about it and never came out and said okay, fine, i agree. why now? at a time when most republicans said you had a few good weeks, the tide in the race is moving your way. >> we tried to ask him that. we stood on chairs. we yelled the questions at him during his press conference that wasn't actually a press conference. in which he made this statement. he just had no interest in answering any questions about how he got to this point, why

now. but i think the reality is it's the calendar. >> they made him -- his staff made him do this? or pushed him into doing it. >> his staff was making him aware -- one of the things his staff does. when you see his advisors talking on tv. they are sometimes, not always, but sometimes talking to him. one of the things they have been -- >> because he watches the shows? >> correct. this is going to come up at the debate. he hasn't wanted to deal with it. he has said to people privately he has a theory or some sense or so forth. he was brought to this kicking and screaming. he got asked by the wo"the wash post" and he wouldn't answer t. he said i'm not going to talk about it, i'll talk about it at the right time. one person close to trump said he wants to do it on your own terms. when you're a president you get to do little on your own terms. we elect presidents here, not rulers. i think was obama's line. but so he had to do it because they need today just, you know, get it off the table. the problem is a 32 second clip

or whatever that was, is not going to end it. he will still get these questions. as you say, it was five years of this. off and on, but five years. >> didn't say sorry, didn't say i was wrong. didn't say i believe it in my heart. he said, okay, let's move on. so if you're -- just quickly, if you're hillary clinton, you try to say, all right, don't let him off the hook. she said you can't erase history and this. >> it's not about golf course promotions or birth certificates. we need ideas, not insults. real plans to help struggling americans in communities that have been left out and left behind. not prejudice and paranoia. we can't let barack obama's legacy fall into the hands of someone who doesn't understand that. >> do they worry that because trump has -- in trump's world, it's over. it's finished. he said so. therefore it's finished.

do they worryt they lose the political advantage? >> i mean, i think this is a gift for them. the clinton campaign was going into maybe their second really tough week. and then all of a sudden, the birther issue pops up and they can remind everybody on the planet that donald trump for five years said that the president of the united states was not born in america. and furthermore, if you look listen to the glee in president obama's voice when he talks about this issue, what this representati represents is an opportunity for democrats to say this is the completely unsubstantial type of conversation that donald trump represents. and that he's bringing his entire party into. and we're going to talk about the issue and they're going to talk about the birther stuff. and i think they're going to go to town with this. i mean, they now have they think a free pass regardless of what donald trump did in 28 seconds on friday to talk about this as

much as they can talk about. >> i think there are very few block voters and moderate independent voters who are going to say, well, now that's done. now that donald trump has said that he believes president obama was born in the country the issue is off the table. the bigger problem here is that he spent all of this time asking the question, the mere act of asking the question, challenging the first black president's legitimacy has been damaging to obama and our politics in general. you can't overstate the role that donald trump has played in getting us to this divisive place. i watched it first-hand at the white house it has been unbelievable >> he said his investigative team in hawaii, which i don't believe existed. he said somebody came to him and showed the evidence. >> he is going to say, as he did say incorrectly on friday hillary clinton started this. hillary clinton never talked about this, her campaign aides never talked about this publicly. there was this controversial

mark penn memo from 2007 which try today otherize obama. there were some supporters who talked about this and i'm sure she'll get asked about it. there were unpleasant moments in that '08 campaign. that is not the same as a nominee having talked about this, pushed into mainstream. there isn't a parallel. one of the things trump has succeeded in doing is turning this whole campaign and the dialogue around it into twitter where everything is equal. there is this question what did sydney blumenthal do? he's long been a problem for hillary clinton. he denies he did anything. sydney blumenthal is not running for president. >> i hope she gets asked about it and has the courage and push sydney away. unlikely in clinton land. maybe he was trying to change the subject.

friday night at a rally donald trump said something he's touched on before but said it in a new way that makes people say, i don't know if you ought to be president. >> i think her body guards should drop all weapons. they should disarm, right? right? i think they should disarm. immediately, what do you think? yes? yes. yeah. take their guns away, she doesn't want guns. let's see what happens to her. take their guns away. okay? it would be very dangerous. >> is that supposed to be funny? >> we've heard him say things like this before and he just took it another step further. but it's not funny. our colleague evan perez has been reporting about why this is not funny. because members of law enforcement are telling him it's not going to be hillary clinton who is going to get hurt, it's going to be members of her secret service detail who could possibly get shot, get killed because of a presidential

nominee making irresponsible comments like that. they don't have body guards. both of them have the same protection. it's u.s. secret service. when you make comments like that, it doesn't just put hillary clinton at risk, it doesn't necessarily put her supporters at risk. it puts members of u.s. secret service who are devoting their life to protecting someone they didn't choose to protect in danger. >> trump has not adjusted to the fact he is now speaking as a presidential nominee. someone who is 50 something days away from being president elect. your words matter so much more in this context than they ever have at any point in his life. he has not recalibrated in any way. the consequences could be dangerous. i think he needs -- if he wants to do this, he really needs to grapple with that reality. >> all right. everybody, sit tight. hillary clinton said she fields great, donald trump said he wishes he could lose 20 pounds.

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it's pretty hard to overstate the importance of the next eight to ten days in the presidential race. we have a week for the candidates to campaign while they're studying the first debate is a week from tomorrow night. look at the race, yes, still slight advantage hillary clinton. secretary clinton up on average six points in pennsylvania. up on average five points in michigan. five in virginia, down from a month ago. clinton, north carolina about a tie. we have clinton plus one. some reason polls show trump ahead. trump ahead in florida, ohio. what does that mean? it takes 270 electoral votes to

win. watch this, watch this, polling this week shows donald trump ahead in november. well ahead in iowa. as we just said ahead there. competitive here. ahead there. if he won all of those, then we'd be at 273, 265 and donald trump would have to do one thing, flip. any one of the blue states, maybe virginia then he's the president. maybe hillary clinton holds that because of tim kaine. take that off. maybe she holds that because of tim kaine. can he flip pennsylvania, michigan? the race is close. still advantage clinton but trending trump's way heading into the first debate. the tightening of the polls comes at a time trump and his family facing more scrutiny about the trump foundation, about how the family business would function in a presidency. to to add to this here is a new take about why donald trump should not release his taxes before the election. >> he's got a 12,000 page tax

return that would create probably 300 million independent financial auditors out of every person in the country asking questions that are going to distract from his main message. >> those 300 million people who would become independent auditors i think we call them voters. there's a great story here on the front page of your sunday "new york times" today about how trump used tax breaks to build his business empire. it's perfectly legal. you can apply for tax breaks if you're in the real estate business. this is his calling card. he has not been in public office. he does not have a voting record like secretary clinton does. he doesn't have a record. hillary clinton was secretary of state, his business is his calling card. can he get through this? he's got 50 days. i guess he's determined to get through without reaching his taxes which will tell us how much do you owe foreign interests. how many tax breaks did you take

advantage of just to give people a sense of who is this many. >> he's going to try to get through the election without doing it. i'm glad we got an honest answer from his son about keeping up the charade about an audit. >> information about his father's business would distract from the main message. isn't that up to the voters to decide? a lot of people say we're whiny reporters when we do this. >> people say we're whiny reporters when we do this because they have basically treated everything that goes to disclosure as if this is reporters wanting more information about people's private lives. this is as you say not just his calling card but trump's name is his brand. it is his brand in terms of licensing and real estate. and it is all intertwined. he has yet to say what he would do with his business other than saying my children would run it. i wouldn't talk to them about it. >> as you just in, let's listen to don jr. talking about the

idea of a blind trust. >> isn't anything like reality tv. >> that was not donald trump jr. i can certify. he says it's -- he was asked by george stephanopoulos is blind trust is not a blind trust if it's being run with his children. he said it is because he'll not have anything to do with it. donald trump jr. saying if dad's president they'll run the business and won't talk to him about it. >> everything they said about this is nonsensical to this point. one, because, donald trump also said they would pull out of countries where it would be a conflict of interest. you can't do that if you're not the one running your companies. you can't have a blind trust and forget where your properties are based across the world. real estate does not work that way. if your children are now in charge of the business as experts have pointed out to us repeated repeatedly. if your child goes to another country and asks for prefer

referenceal treatment from another world leader they won't forget your father is the president of the united states. donald trump has not given a straight answer in a way that this would work. >> you make a great point. the very argument the trump campaign makes about the clinton foundation. what about the perception these world leaders are meeting with the clinton foundation -- >> the difference is with the clinton foundation -- these are legitimate questions to ask about how she would deal with it, we have lists of donors. we don't have the information about the trump -- >> committed to changing the guard. basically. if she is elected. i mean, that's a pretty big concession, removing bill and chelsea from boards. these are their proactive steps to resolve some of these very same questions that donald trump seems unwilling to do himself. he is very close to his daughter, ivanka. if she's running the business -- >> i don't think anybody believes he's not talking to his children about what's going on. that's a leap to -- >> he's suggested ivanka might

be in his cabinet. the standard should be transparency in my view. clinton complains when you talk to her staffers, she said i've done way more than trump. she has. the clinton foundation donors are public. which is why they get hammered for taking money for some of the unsavory governments around the world. neither has met the transparency test for health records. hillary clinton is back and she said this. >> looking back i know i should have followed my doctor's orders to rest. but my instinct was to push through it. that is what women do every single day. and i felt no different. >> we have updated letters from her doctor. trump went on dr. oz, and i don't think he bought a juice cleanse or anything. >> that's like thomas jefferson

did. >> yeah, mike pence released a later. in the old days or in the good days, i'll call the john mccain standard. they brought medical reporters in, people who understood it. not guys like me. guy whose understood the language could respect privacy. okay, fine we won't talk about that. not going to happen. >> he gave us a specific example mccain had cancer and had been a prisoner of war. that is a little bit unusual. it's true we're not getting the level of disclosures we have seen in the past from the nominees on certain -- specific subjects with trump in particular but medical across the board. pence's letter was twice as long as the one that trump released. the problem for clinton and challenge for clinton is that she will say i've done more than trump. she's already said he's not fit for office. so if that is the standard, then it comes back to, okay, but you have not done as much as xyz beforehand and that becomes complicate. >> the mccain standard is

instructive in one other way. he was about the same age that these two people who want to be president are right now. and you're dealing with people who are older. and health issues happen when you get older. no one is immune from that. in some ways they have to go beyond barack obama and mitt romney who were younger and were in overall good health. they have to go beyond that. they cannot meet the standard. >> obama was a young man, i get it. it was obama did not match mccain. and obama and romney did not match, in a way we should be fair to clinton and trump, they're following obama and romney. the question is in this age, especially because of their age, is that good enough? we'll see as the debate goes on. everybody sit tight. next the obama factor. times two. being president isn't anything like reality tv. it's not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches.

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if you have any doubt about president obama's personal interest and investment in the campaign to secede him? go online and find last night's speech to the congressional black caucus dinner here in washington. >> i will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. you want to give me a good send off? go vote. >> and it isn't just the president promising to help turn out an obama coalition. let's be clear, it has doubts about hillary clinton. >> the candidate is eraddic and threatening. if a candidate traffics in fears and lies on the trail. if they have no goals. if they disrespect their fellow citizens, including folks who

make extraordinary sacrifices for our country. let me tell you, that is who they are. that is the kind of president they will be, trust me. >> on the one hand, to see both of them. the president was in philadelphia, critical, absolutely critical. the democrats have to run it up big to win the state of pennsylvania. you say good for the clinton campaign. you have both obamas out there. bernie sanders out there. elizabeth warren. but it reminds you of the weaknesses she has. if you look at it. minority voters, she gets the numbers but the question is will she get the turnout number? michelle obama, college educated voters, independents, you see crack and weaknesses for httpily clinton. i think the obamas are pivotal. >> they are. i think this is actually smart to see obama make this message last night about him. because the reality is, we are not going to see young voters suddenly wake up and be

incredibly enthusiastic for hillary clinton. we are not going to suddenly see black voters wake up and have the same level of enthusiasm as they do for the obamas. obama making this about his legacy, about sending him off with respect. i actually think that can be more of a motivating factor for some of the voters than voting against donald trump or anything that clinton can say in the last seven weeks. >> to that point, i don't want to give her a pass. she's a democrat progressive who has been around for years. she can go back in the days in arkansas when i first met the clintons, you can disagree with the policy prescriptions but she was working to help poor kids in the delta. why? >> for several reasons, go back to the record in arkansas. that is going back, many, many, many years and elections are about going forward not going back. the e-mail situation, questions about the foundation have been hobbling. they are legitimate questions to have asked. it's turned into the same question over and over in the minds of the clinton campaign. one of the biggest problems for

the clinton campaign if we're being candid about it. they have seemed confused in certain moments about how to deal with donald trump as every other opponent who had faced donald trump. the moment when they seem to have it the clearest was during the convention. and then they sort of let off the gas for the month of august. she was fund raising, she wasn't visible, and then she had this health issue and this basket of deplorables moment which trump corrected for her with his birther thing on friday. but i think that there are a lot of reasons why you are seeing it. i think there was some feeling among the clinton campaign for a while. she will at some point have to separate from obama. she'll have to get distance. that is not going to happen. he is way more popular than either of them. >> michelle obama, looking at the numbers, 64% among adults. you make a key point. i was talking someone close to the clintons who describe she is so afraid of losing she's not doing what it takes to win. sometimes in the campaign you

get caught up. >> it's like a paralysis. >> what do you do about donald trump? >> it's a paralysis of trying not to do too much to jeopardize the situation. the problem for them is across the board of the obama coalition. african-american voters, millennials in particular who are very sensitive to the trust stuff. the e-mails really bring it up. and hispanic voters. the reason obama had to push really hard on the obama coalition in '12 because they knew there would be a drop off in white voters. a similar thing is going to happen this year. hillary clinton has to really ratchet up her support in absolute numbers. not just the percentage but absolute numbers. >> you make that millennial point. the third party candidates are drawing significant numbers, younger voters who don't like trump or clinton looking for a third party option. >> republicans who are not fans of trump just watch this and are baffled. they just feel like hillary clinton sort of blew it in august. they felt like she had these wide leads in states like

pennsylvania and virginia where we're seeing the race tighten. they just feel like she completely missed an opportunity by disappearing, essentially, from the campaign trail and doing all of this fund raising and not wanting to take the risk of being out there and prosecuting the case against donald trump. because she didn't want to risk screwing up somehow. and now we're in a situation where the race is very close. and it's very possible that hillary clinton will lose. >> we'll see if all that money she raised in august maybe helps with the ground game. we'll see. it's a big debate a week from now. next, insights into donald trump's debate preparation or lack thereof. and here are the results of our inside quiz. who do you think is hillary clinton's strongest surrogate? your vote? president obama. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything,

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let's head around the inside politics table and ask our reporters to get you ahead of

the political news just around the corner. >> hillary clinton would be happy if she could get through the rest of the campaign without the having to talk about the foundation. but she's going to have to grin and bear it for a few more days. bill clinton kicks off the very last clinton global initiative meeting in new york. this is a three day gathering with lots of celebrities, lots of big donors, there are some speculation it might not be as glitzy as in past years. there will be one very notable absence, and that's president barack obama. he's always in new york at the same time. typically goes up there to attend cgi. he didn't last year when the primary was going on so he didn't show favoritism. very interesting this year at the time when he is clearly in hillary clinton's camp he's staying away. >> smart man. maggie? >> the first presidential debate is now just over a week away. donald trump has spent very little time doing formal prep of any kind. his aides have been pressing

him. he's going to devote the final weekend for debate prep. he's playing it a little bit loose. and in his sort of free form style. a lot of people around him are concerned that that won't translate quite as well in a general election debate. >> risky strategy. third party candidates is complaining they're not invited. >> monday hillary clinton will be in ohio. she's going to be reminding millennial voters she too was young once. the focus of the speech is going to be about her early years. what she did after she left college. the focus on idealism and reminding young voters she was kind of like them. and also like someone else a young community organizer from chicago, barack obama. so this is going to be a big theme in the next couple of days. sort of humanizing hillary clinton, making her seem more like a real person. and less like hillary clinton, the politician. so we'll see how that works for her. >> i think i was young once too,

but i don't really remember. >> a lot of places in ohio where we're seeing the influx of newly registered republicans rknow republicans are surveying those folks. they're finding donald trump has strong support from democrats who are now republicans. independents who are now republicans. people who registered to vote for john kasich in the primaries are backing trump. what should be worrisome for democrats in ohio they're finding firmer support among female voters. >> here's an example of how the november ground game gets complimented in places where candidates don't have a good relationship with their nominee. one reason for rob portman's lead. gop polling suggested 20% of hillary clinton supporters in ohio are planning to vote republican for portman for senate. who works to turn those voters

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