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Thrower, adored by many conservatives. A lot to breakdown this morning. Lets begin with jessica snyder, outside trump tower in new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Donald trump releasing a statement this morning, saying he will do whatever it takes to win. He is touting his two new appointments, steve bannon and Kellyanne Conway as highly qualified people who love to win and who know how to win. Also, in addition to that, we know that this shakeup was all set in motion by Donald Trumps soninlaw, ivankas husband, Jared Kushner. We know kushner raced back her from vacation yesterday afternoon, convening an emergency meeting right here at trump tower. Putting into place those changes that have now significantly affected the balance of power here. Donald trump, shaking up his Campaign Leadership team again, for the second time in two months. People want to criticize donald trump. Reporter senior advisor, Kellyanne Conway con if i recwa confirming she has bepromoted t Campaign Manager. The embattled chairman, Paul Manafort, will stay on, despite his relationship with trump going sour in recent weeks. The campaign is doing really well. It has never been so well united. Trump is very plugged n he is very connected. The campaign is working, contrary to what the media is saying. Reporter manafort is under investigation by ukrainian authorities for allegedly receiving millions in illegal payments from the countrys former pro russian ruling party. This is the second major shakeup for trumps team. He fired corey lewandowski, weeks before the republican convention. He is a good man. Weve had great success. He is a friend of mine, but i think it is time now for a din kind of a campaign. I had a nice conversation with with mr. Trump, and i said to him it has been an honor and privilege to be part of this. Reporter the news comes as trump tries to appeal to black voters in wisconsin, but the audience was mostly white. Im asking for the vote of every africanamerican citizen struggling in our country today who wants a different and much better future. Reporter trump, addressing the violent protests in milwaukee, after police shot and killed a black man saturday. Those pedaling the narrative of cops, supported by a nod of my opponent, shared directly in the responsibility for the unrest in milwaukee and many other places within our country. Reporter he is placing the blame for inner city unrest squarely on what he calls failed democratic policies. The Africanamerican Community has been taken for granted for decades by the Democratic Party. It is time for rule by the people. Not rule for the special interests. Hillary clinton backed policies are responsible for the problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another generation of poverty, high crime and lost opportunities. Reporter with only 83 days until the election, trump is digging in on his combative style, in hopes of turning around his slide in the polls. I am who i am. Its me. You have to be you. If you start pivoting, youre not being honest with people. Reporter on the heels of that law and order speech, news of the latest shakeup, potentially another distraction for the Trump Campaign, but the trump team actually touting this as an expansion, not a shakeup. In addition, carol, donald trump will be receiving his First National security briefing today. The first time hell be receiving classified information. Carol. All right, jessica snyder, reporting live outside of trump tower. Thanks so much. Bloomberg once he described the chief executive as the most dangerous political operative in america. Steve bannon runs brigeitbart news. The headlines bizarre behavior, seizure allegations, raise doubts about clintons health, intriguing perhaps, but certainly not true. Breitbart was in the news earlier this year, following an exodus of staff after the leader did not stand up for reporter Michelle Fields who was allegedly grabbed by corey lewandowski. Ben shapiro explained it this way. Steve bannon is a bully. He has shaped the company into trumps personal pravda. In order to protect his Campaign Manager. Lewandowski was later cleared of assaults fields, but the Trump Campaign eventually fired him. Mr. Lewandowski is currently a contributor here at cnn. Im joined by donald trump supporter, kaleigh, the political reporter for real clear politics, rebecca berg and cnn political and Hillary Clinton supporter, sally cohn. Kayleigh, i start with you. Bannon wants trump to be trump. No holds bar campaign. What will we see . Were going to see is the perfect balance between trump being trump, but also staying on message. You can look at Kellyanne Conway, a woman on the top spot, along with steve bannon as two ends of the scale. Youve got steve bannon saying be yourself, like we see Hillary Clinton being a mannequin. Talk about populism, this is the perfect team, along with Paul Manafort to usher in and bring home the win. Also the disgraced news chief, roger ailes, and also roger stone, a political operative. So sally, i want to ask you about this team that trump has now assembled. Roger ailes, roger stone, steve bannon, they play rough. How do you see this evolving for your candidate . I mean, i think Hillary Clinton and her campaign are doing just fine. Theyre putting actual substantive policy issues out. Theyre talking about what the American People care about. Theyre not resorting to smears and out right lies. Lets not forget, i think Donald Trumps current rating for the number of times he has actually managed to tell the truth according to plit fact is still one in five. You know, donald trump, his whole campaign is based on trust, you know. Trust me, i know more than the generals about isis. Trust me, ill surround myself with the brightest and best. The guy cant run a campaign. How do we think hell run a country. Larry, do you think this new team will make a difference for mr. Trump in the polls . Not really. Thats not a cut for example, Kellyanne Conway. Very able political consultant, and pollster. Ive known her for years, and and im sure shell add substance to the campaign. However, in the end, it is the candidate, carol, the candidate is what matters, and one thing i have learned over four decades of president ial campaigns, when you have shakeup like this, it is because the candidate is losing. It is not going well for the candidate. And you cannot fix a campaign with a shakeup at the headquarters, because there are fundamentals involved, fundamentals involving the candidate and fundamentals involving the basic issues. So i dont expect a big reaction, at least in the polls. Well, lets talk about the polls and kind of like, you know, i want to isolate women voters, because mr. Trump is having a problem in particular with women. In fact, i think that Washington Post abc news poll, shows he is losing among white educated women by 23 points to Hillary Clinton. So now, rebecca, he has taken on mr. Ails, who left fox after the Sexual Harassment controversy, right, where 20 women have come forward and accused roger ailes of sexually harassing them. So how does this help mr. Trump with women voters who already suspect of him . Sure, well, carol, the problem that trump has with women voters is mostly about his message. And this is a message that to me, this news of him bringing on steve bannon and promoting kellyanne, that says to me that he wants to keep on the track that he is currently on, wants to stay on the message he has been on. Which has been very tough rhetoric. And this is turning off a lot of women, actually, who might otherwise support him. There was a really striking Monmouth University poll, a National Poll this months, that showed only 20 of women think donald trump has the temperament to be president. Thats why we hear Hillary Clinton and her allies continuing to push that message, that he doesnt have the temperament to be president , because this is a major concern right now among voters, and particularly, among women voters for him, his rhetoric isnt resonating. Kaleigh, can you address that . It seems everybody respects kellyanne, right. But the rest, theyre like, i dont know. Is that going to help him with the demographics that donald trump needs to capture in order to win . Yes, it will. Kellyanne, as you mentioned, is a woman. Donald trump has a history empowering women, like his daughter, kellyanne, she is a wife, mother of four, she can tail the Washington Post had a poll, if donald trump wins the election, showing 56 of voters think the country is in a dangerous place. The problem is that message that donald trump has of strength on the Foreign Policy stage, strengths economically has not gotten through because some of the side stories. Kellyanne is the perfect person to ensure for every rally, bring home the economic message, bring home the terrorism message, because thats a winning one if he can break through the side stories weve seen in the last few weeks. Sally, your thoughts. First of all, i also love Kellyanne Conway, this can be the Kellyanne Conway love fest. Im going to send her the biggest bottle of tylenol i can find. I love it when kaleigh and the Trump Campaign in general resorts to identity politics ach bashing political correctness. We want to be the president for everyone. None of this on race and gender, but hey, look how we supported and promoted and put women at the top of the condition and whatever. Lets let that stand there. Number two, blaming the side shows for not being able to get the message out, but he is the side show. He is constantly the one putting his foot in his own mouth, not only a president ial candidate, but i mean, his ability to discipline his own mouth and thoughts, to be just have a basic level of respect for the American People, this country, his opponents. I mean, you know, again with the possible note of putin, who he seems to constantly respect, he is the side show. He is the mess. You cant fix mess with new staff. He is a hot mess. Larry, let me pose this question to you. Paul manafort was brought from to sort of like temper donald trump, to make him stay on message, to use a teleprompter, to talk about actual policy. Will those things now go away . Well, it sounds like it. It sounds like some of the new Campaign Team really does want to let trump be trump. Which was the original philosophy. But carol, remember, that was the philosophy for primaries. When you have essentially mainly activist voting, the hardcore, they love that kind of thing. Donald trumps problem is, he has been unable to expand his coalition, much beyond that basic core. And you have to be able to do that, because 135 Million People are voting in november. He got 14 million votes in the primary, and thats great. But it is not nearly enough to win a general election. Somehow, they have got to crack the public perception, which is really begun to harden, that he is unqualified and he has a temperament unsuited to the oval office. On the other hand, rebecca, when donald trump says you know what, i have to be authentic, because people want authentic candidates, they want people to, you know, they wanted a candidate who speaks his mind and is truthful. I think there a grain of truth to that. Well, certainly. And weve seen that many voters have been disturbed that Hillary Clinton is in their minds, in authentic and over the course of her political career, theyve not seen her be as karrcharisma and ayoure speaking to a completely different audience, and donald trump hasnt adjusted his message enough, in some cases, he hasnt adjusted it at all to target these other voters. Bringing in steve bannon, to bring us back to this news, bringing in steve bannon, who has run Breitbart News, doesnt really send a message that youre going to be changing your message and targeting undecided voters. Steve bannon is someone who can speak to the Republican Base and has been successful at that in his career, but there is no evidence based on his experience at Breitbart News that he knows how to message to undecided independent voters, and were going to have to see what approach he takes to try to appeal to them. All right, ive got to leave it there. I want the panel to stick around. Well be right back. Ill be back with you in a moment. All right, i have breaking news, this is just in from puerto rico. 512 people are preparing to abandon a passenger cargo ship. The caribbean fantasy, thats due to a fire. Is this a cruise ship or a boat . Let me clarify that. Passenger and cargo boat. You can see the smoke coming from that vessel. It makes regular runs between puerto rico and the dominican republic. As i said, you can see smoke in the distance. The fire started in the engine room, but no reports of injuries it. The u. S. Coast guard has rushed to the scene. Of course, well bring you updates as we get them in. Still to come in the newsroom, donald trump looking to up his support among black s blackers. C black voters. Can he sell himself . 98,352 whats that . The number of units well make next month to maximize earnings. Thats a projection. No, its a fact. Based on hundreds of proprietary and open data sets folded into a realtime, actionable analytics model. Nine. Eight. Three. Five. Two. Youre not gonna round that up . You dont round up facts. Powerful analytics driving decisions for the worlds most valuable brands. Hewlett packard enterprise. Appeal to the Africanamerican Community, in an effort to bolster his poll numbers. He chose to do that in a predominantly White Community from a predominantly black neighborhood rocked by tension and looting. Trump called for more police, telling a room full of white supporters that democratic policies have failed minority communities. It is time for our society to address some honest and very, very difficult tests. The Democratic Party has failed, and betrayed the Africanamerican Community. Democratic crime policies, education policies, and economic policies have produced only more crime, more broken homes, and more poverty. We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton, which panders to and talks down to communities of color, and sees them only as votes. Thats all they care about. Not as individual human beings worthy of a better future. They have taken advantage. Mr. Trump has a lot of ground to make up. A recent nbc news wall street journal poll put trump support at just 1 among africanamericans. So lets talk about this. Im joined again by kayleigh, sally, melina abdullah, and assistant director, tom fuentes. He said not less police, but more police. Would that solve milwaukees problem . Absolutely not. If we want to talk about law and order, what we really need to do is reimagine and define what Public Safety is. Every academic study shows Public Safety comes to the floor. We bolster Public Safety when we invest in the things that actually make communities safe. Liveable wage jobs, Mental Health resources, permanent housing, those sorts of things, after school programs. We do not need to invest in the police that are held completely unaccountable, and are allowed to kill black people with impunity. Okay, so tom, youre next. Mr. Trump well, why dont you just respond to melinas comments. What do you think about this . First of all, police are not allowed to do whatever they please with impunity, officer van dyke in chicago that shot and killed Laquan Mcdonald is charged with first degree murder. We have other Police Officers around the country charged with first degree murder in the shooting of unarmed africanamerican males. It is not that they can do whatever they want. Some people want justice to happen sooner, but they do need to conducts investigations when these things happen. But i think the problem is that as ms. Abdullah just mentioned, there is a lack of education. There is a lack of job opportunities. There a another of other factors, but unfortunately, in the modern era, all of it comes down to okay, police, society has failed the community. Whoever. Democrats, republicans, everybody, have failed the community. Now it is your problem. You go on the street at night with that badge, with that gun, into these neighborhoods, it is your job to keep a lid on the situation, when Everything Else in the system has failed. Sally, mr. Trump also said there a racist narrative out there about police, and he blames the democrats for that. Is that the problem in these communities . No, thats an over sim indication, number o simp simplefaction. Lets get our facts straight. Poor and middle class do better under democratic president s, period. It has been proven in administration again and again. There is still many problems within black communities, especially in urban america, sally. No, no, no no, im not saying there arent issues. Listen, im far from saying there arent issues, and obviously, everything that was said was correct about better wages for good jobs, public education. But again, number one, where is donald trump on those issues . He is the candidate who said actually that wages are too high, number one. And number two, look, this is an issue of this is an over s simplification. We have systemic injustice in this country in which the way black people are treated by the police and by the government is systematically worst than, is repeatedly habitually worst than the way auto white people are treated. The problem is you have leader like donald trump, who says to his supporters, you dont have to believe that. You dont have to believe, you dont have to validate. You dont have to try to understand the experience of black americans. Lets dismiss that experience, and in fact, lets suggest that what they need is more law and order, more cops. It is that insensitivity okay. Dismissal of black americans i want to get back to the charge that democrats are the reason that some africanamericans have problems in this country, and melina, and kaleigh, ill get to you, i want melinas thoughts on this. Are democrats to blame . I dont want it sound like all africanamericans are poor, because theyre certainly not. Were talking about a certain segment of the Africanamerican Community. Right, i think we do want to acknowledge that black people tend to be poorer, were at the bottom of every social and economic measure. Is that the democratics fault . I think that it is really important that we understand that under both democratic and republican regimes, black people have not been treated with the dignity and respect, with the attention that we deserve. Our communities have been neglected. Weve not only been dismissed, weve also been treated with disdain. And so i dont think it is the fault, necessarily of just the democrats. But i think that we need to look at the overall two party system. Im very eager to see the Green Party Town hall, but i think it also is important that we understand that electoral politics are a piece of the puzzle. They are not all of the equation. And so the people really need to demand all people really need to demand better treatment, not just for the poorest folks, not just for black folks, but recognizing that when we uplift the bottom, when we lift from the bottom all boats rise. So we need to Pay Attention to the resources and or the lack of resources given to our communities. Okay, kaleigh, so mr. Trumps comments have sparked this interesting conversation. But here is the rub. Critics say that why wasnt mr. Trump giving his speech closer to, what happened to sally kohn . Sorry. I was just worried. Okay, so kaleigh, critics say that mr. Trump should go into the black communities and actually talk to africanamerican citizens about their problems, and he hasnt done that. Instead, he chose to give this speech 40 miles from the neighborhood, where all of this unrest took place. Some of the tweets out there are vicious, and ill put some of them up on screen. Trump tells a room full of white people in wisconsin about his concerns for black people. His answer, more police. Clueless. That whole trump speech was the very definition of white splainig, talk at us instead of to us. Why not goo into a community or at least have more minorities in the audience when youre speaking to a community. He was speaking to millions of people. The teach was televised. He was speaking to a national audience. He took it for granted they would be watching . No, he brought his message to everyone, to the American People, to everyone. It doesnt matter where he gave the speech. What matter is what he said. You hear democrats like sally kohn come on the network and call hmm a racist and twrie to demonize my candidate. But what you dont hear is why democrats have failed this community. The facts dont lie. 58 more africanamericans on food stamps since the beginning of the bomb administration. Civil rights commissioner i think thats the thing, when africanamericans complain about politicians talking at their communities. Youre portraying all africanamericans being on food stamps . No iejs im not. Im saying theyve been hurt by this president. There are many africanamericans in stalg school, disproportionately why doesnt donald trump go to a failing school, talk to the teachers. I think he will. This is the beginning of his outreach, tailoring his message, and the onus is on the democrats why they have failed this population that has turned out in droves to vote for democratic politicians, and yet all of the politicians are running, you have two million more eligible more africanamerican workers since the beginning of the Obama Administration, yet you have two million fewer in the work force. Democrats have a responsibility not to just demonize donald trump, but why theyve failed this community. Ive got to leave it there. Thanks to all of you. I do appreciate it. And i want to take a moment to clarify something from monday. We had a report that inadvertently and wrongly characterized the plea from a milwaukee woman whose brother was killed by police. She demanded the violence stop in her community, but in fact, she also said that protests should instead take their violence to the suburbs. I regret that second part of her statement was not included. Ill be right back. Critical state of ohio today, and she is taking her fight against donald trump tax policies with her. She is expected to hammer on it, saying it will only help people like her rival. She deals with two lingering issues. The controversy over her email server, and persistent rumors about her health. Cnns chris frates has more from washington. Good morning. Good morning, carol. Hillary clinton is hitting back against donald trump, and conservative media chatter, suggesting she is not healthy enough to be commander in chief. This week, trump said clinton lacks the mental and physical stamina, like Shawn Hannity and the drudge report have questioned clintons health. She fired back last night, putting out a statement from her doctor, saying she is in Excellent Health, accusing trump of deranged conspiracy theories parroting lies. Hillary clinton has release aid detailed medical record, showing her to be in Excellent Health, plus her personal tax returns since 1977, while trump has failed to provide the public with the most basic financial information, disclosed by every major candidate in the last 40 years. It is time for him to stop using shameful distractions to hide his own record. So the Clinton Campaign trying to change the subject, to trumps unwillingness to release his tax returns. Another hot topic today, Hillary Clintons email problems continuing to dog her campaign. Yesterday, the fbi sent congress a classified report, explaining why it recommended against charging clinton in connection with her use of a private email server as secretary of state, the report contains notes from interviews with clinton and other material related to that investigation. The decision where charges are not brought is extremely rare. In a statement, the fbi said it provided the report that congress with the expectation that it wont be made public, but the Clinton Campaign doesnt think that is how it will go, accusing the republicans of planning to leak the documents, and being asked they be released to everyone. Chuck grassley seemed to agree with clinton, saying the report is unclassified and should be made public. In a letter to lawmakers, the fbi reiterated james comeys assertion that clintons handling of highly classified information was in fact extremely careless, but did not warrant prosecution. But carol, ill tell you, judging by the fire work on capitol hill yesterday, the political battle over clintons emails, is far from over, carol. Let me ask you a question, because yesterday i had a Republican Congressman on who said the fbi actually videotaped Hillary Clintons interview, and that it is lost somewhere out there. Is that true . Did the fbi videotape clintons interview . No, thats not true. The fbi did not videotape that interview. In fact, they didnt even take a word for word transcript of it. What they turned over to lawmakers on capitol hill, carol, was notes from that interview. So there is no recording of that interview out there. In fact, there isnt even a transcript, i a word for word transcript. These are notes taken by the fbi interviewers, carol. All right, chris frates reporting live from washington. Lets talk about this, larry sabato is back, director of virginia senator for politics. Rebecca berg, real clear politics. Welcome to both of you. These notes from this fbi interview, larry, theyre going to be turned over to congress, right and congress is not supposed to say a word about them because it is supposed to be secret. But you know perhaps drips and drabs will come out about it. Will that hurt Hillary Clinton . Well all be shocked, shocked when this is leaked to the press. Who could have guessed that this will appear in print. Look, i view it as a lowgrade fever. It is certainly not a serious illness to bleed over into the subject of health. It is not going to damage Hillary Clinton to the point that she would lose or anything close to it. It is, however, continuing concern that frankly will dog her right into office if she is elected president. I hope, i think everybody hopes that she has learned something from this event. She wanted to serve a little extra privacy. Look at the trouble she has caused herself with this private server, and as i say, there are applications here that she needs to learn for the presidency if in fact she is elected. Rebecca, trump has this new team and trump will be trump. He has talked about crooked hillary. Wont the attacks become worst . Thats what we would expect. Especially when you have steve bannon running his campaign, if youve taken even a casual glance at some of the coverage coming out of breitbart this election season, regarding Hillary Clinton and her close aides, that is a sort of thing that we should be expecting now to hear from the mouth of donald trump. So i am expecting that his rhetoric will get much harsher, steve bannon is described by some people as a political street fighter. He plays hard, and some would say dirty. So thats what we can expect now out of the Trump Campaign. Now it is no surprise of course, that they would focus on this issue. He is trying to portray Hillary Clinton as corrupt as someone who puts herself above the law, and above average people. And the email issue plays into that narrative. Very, very well for him. As long as this is in the conversation, as long as republicans can keep this conversation going, it is pretty good news for donald trump and definitely not a positive thing for Hillary Clinton. And in this campaign, larry, you can make any allegation you want. It doesnt seem to matter. Yes, well, we live in a post factual era, carol. We dont even need facts any more to say things. Look, remember what Bernie Sanders said. Was it larry david who said that people are tired of hearing about her damn emails. I dont think people are tired of it. But i dont think it packs the punch that trump needs to regain the offensive. But again, this is something that Hillary Clinton has to endure, and she has no one to blame but herself. 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S. Is working around the world with foreign governments and so we expect that briefing is going to take place at the fbi office in new york city this afternoon. Trump is already kind of talking a little bit, though, about his view of the u. S. Intelligence apparatus and the job that theyve done. He appeared on fox news this morning and sort of said hes not he doesnt have a lot of respect for the job some of these people have done because essentially in his view theyve kind of made a mess of the world. So you can expect, carol, this is going to be a very interesting briefing in new york for donald trump. Oh, dont you wish you could be a fly on the wall, evan, i know i do. Oh, my goodness, i would love to be there. I mean, look, it is a very important part of the process. Im sure hes going to have questions. I think well see after this briefing whether or not it changes his tone on some of the most important relationships that the United States has with countries around the world. Well see whether that changes anything. I know youll be following the story for us, evan perez, thanks so much. The next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. A return to the battle cry let trump be trump and win at all costs. The firebrand nominee announced a major shakeup overnight. Paul manafort keeps his title but shares the leadership. Kelly ann conway, familiar face on cnn, promoted to Campaign Manager. Shell be the conventional voice. And new ceo steven bannen will be the flame thrower. Sources tell us trump did not consult his children on the decision. That is a major shift in the way things are normally done within the Trump Campaign. Cnns Jessica Schneider is outside new yorks trump tower with more on this, good morning. Good morning, carol, yes, you know, up until this point ivanka, donald jr. And eric have been the sole sounding board for donald trump. In this decision to appoint Kellyanne Conway and bannon, trump made this decision on his own, makie ing clear hes in control of his campaign. Especially with this new staff shakeup. Now, the way all of this shakeup was set in motion was yesterday. In fact, Jared Kushner, Donald Trumps soninlaw, ivankas husband, flew back to new york, after a family vacation, cutting it short, coming right here to trump tower. He was part of an emergency meeting at 2 00. We understand that Jared Kushner was the messenger to Paul Manafort, letting manafort know things were going to be changing and his role might be diminished somewhat by the appointment of conway and bannon. Donald trump actually began that message last night, talking about how he is going to be his own man and really go back to the way he was in the primaries and dealing with some of these distractions. But donald trump said he wants to make it clear he is now in charge and in control of his campaign. Take a listen. I am who i am. Its me. I dont want to change. Everyone talks about, oh, you want to pivot. I dont want to pivot. If you start pivoting, youre not being honest with people. Because ive heard this over the years. You know, with politics. With general politics also having to do with me. No, i am who i am. Ive gotten here in a landslide. Well see what happens. And donald trump, feeling this is the way things were done in the primary, listening to his instincts and going back to that way of doing things. Also, all of this, you know, coming on the heels of that law and order speech in west bend, wisconsin, last night, and this shakeup could possibly serve as another distraction for the Trump Campaign. They say this is not a shakeup. Theyre actually touting this as an expansion of the team, releasing a statement, donald trump saying hes brought in extremely high quality people who love winning, who know how to win. Paul manafort also saying in that statement that this is an expansion of the team adding highly qualified people. In addition to the shakeup, donald trump will be getting his First National security briefing. It will happen today. Its the first time he will be getting classified information. Weve already seen a flurry of activity here at trump tower. In fact, just a few minutes ago, we saw alabama senator Jeff Sessions coming in. He talked to us very briefly, saying that this shakeup was a very good thing. Carol. All right, Jessica Schneider, reporting live from trump tower this morning, thank you. Bloomberg once described chiefs new chief executive as the most dangerous political operative in america. Steve bannon runs brightbart news, a conservative website that often has these headline, seizure allegations raise doubts about clintons health. An intriguing headline but not true. Brightbart was in the news earlier this year following an exodus of the staff, angered its leader did not stand up for reporter Michelle Fields after she was allegedly grabbed by then Campaign Manager corey lewandowski. Editor at large bren shapiro left brightbart and described it this way, quote, steve bannen is a bully, he has shaped the company into trumps personal pravda. He has abandoned and undercut his own reporter in order to protect trumps bully Campaign Manager. Lewandowski was later clearfed assaulting fields but the Trump Campaign later fired him. Joined now by host of cnns reliable sources brian stelter. The most surprising thing about bannen is he has no experience running any political campaign, yet he has this powerful position in the Trump Campaign. What hes had are media meg ga phones. Hes interviewed trump repeatedly for brightbarts website so he has that kind of expertise. Others would say street fighter, master of the political dark art. Clearly what were seeing here is a shift by the donald Trump Campaign, by trump himself, wanting people around him who support his no holds barred, anything goes style. Thats what this signaling i think that bannon what do you mean by that . You were describing the far right position on the internet. A site in many ways to the right of fox news. In some ways supportive of the tea party movement. Oftentimes supports fringe political views. Fa far right political views. Conspiracy theories about clinton and obama and things like that. Were seeing the conservative Media Echo Chamber at work. Ideas that start on fringe websites make their way to the drudge report, the Sean Hannitys talk shows of the world and then eventually to trump. Some applaud that and say theyre glad trump is echoing them. So i suspect were going to see more of that for the next three months. So word is that roger ailes will also be advising trump about his debate performance. Yes, roger ailes, the ousted ceo of fox news. Of course, he left last night amid a cloud of Sexual Harassment allegations against him has been friends with trump for decades. So theres this long relationship and it makes a lot of sense theyd be talking on the phone helping each other through this pivotal moment. And seemingly ailes can help trump with a debate strategy. Ails s ies is a master of tele and he knows how these things are staged. Even though over the controversy of the allegations which ailes has denied. I want to bring in donald Trump Campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson along with maria car donna and the Political Editor for the root. Com jason johnson, welcome to all of you. Good morning. So katrina, mr. Trump made this decision to shake up his campaign on his own without his childrens advice. Does that mean theyre out . No, not at all. In fact, earlier reporting on cnn is that it was his children who made the decision. Look, mr. Trump has discussed initially we thought that, i just want to clear it up. We got new information that this was mr. Trumps decision, not his childrens. Thats what seems to be lost in translation here. These individuals were not just brandnew people that have been brought into the campaign and Kellyanne Conways been around for a very long time and has a relationship with mr. Trump. She was a fantastic addition to the team. There is no shakeup. No one is out. Everyone retains their position. Hes just adding to the campaign which is something weve been doing all along the way. We needed someone to fill the Campaign Manager position and mr. Trump chose miss conway. Okay, so maria, you heard our earlier reporting on steve bannon in particular, so the attacks on mrs. Clinton are sure to escalate. How might the Clinton Campaign react . Well, i think they need to be ready for what is going to be, i believe, one of the nastiest, most rabid scorched earth campaigns that we have seen in our lifetime that is going to leave nothing but a wake of negativism rancor and divisiveness in the country. The Campaign Needs to be ready for that. They seem from the beginning the only thing donald trump has to serve up are those kinds of negative divisive rhetoric. And we have seen how that has been very negative for him in the polls. Clearly, it worked for him during the primary. What i dont think he understands and what hes doubling down on with these changes, especially with steve b bannon, is that it worked for him to get 14 million votes during the republican primary season. Its going to do nothing to add to that base of support and, in fact, what hes been doing, is hes been losing support among key demographics he desperately needs in order to win lets talk about the change in demographics. Jays johnson, so mr. Trump reached out to africanamerican voters last night, right, hes having problems with women. Do any of the additions in your mind to his campaign help with those key demographic groups . Well, no, and this is the problem, its classic trump. Its a good move on the surface but as you kind of open up the trunk, youre like, oh, my gosh this is a mess. Bannon is a good selection. Kelly. These are smart people, capable people. The problem is, the brightbart site itself. This is a site thats been under hate watch. This is a site thats been known to have racism, provocative things. One of their writers was kicked off twitter for iing lesley jones for being the black ghostbuster. So trump has taken five steps forward and seven steps back. And katrina, mr. Trump has to do better among republicans. I just want to run this by you. Theres a conservative website, writer, jason taylor, is aghast at the changes. He write, go flat out crazy, have those big rallies, spew b. S. , toss out the tell prompter, good times. Once again the gop doubles down on the stupid and now the crown car has run off the tracks. The implosion of the conservative Party Continues in an unstoppable chain reaction. Trump being trump is not even winning over a good number of republicans, so how can they be a good move . Well, because the media and many on the right who have always been vocal against mr. Trump, have been writing this campaigns obituary for over 400 days and it hasnt worked yet. Now, the thing is when we are talking about campaign additions, and i know cnn is focusing on bannon for whatever reason. Hes not in charge of communications, hes just the ceo. Hes run several Successful Companies in the past. Hes running it as a business, which people also complain about. We has a prominent role in the Trump Campaign. Of course he be does. But its not like he just that brings mess to my next point. We have not spent nearly as much time talking about Hillary Clintons campaign infrastructure, particularly uma abadin and her dual role at the state department and the she didnt go okay, thats not okay, i know you want to deflect and thats your job and ties to the russian government, we spend so much time talking about russia wait a minute, whose direct ties with the russian government . With Hillary Clinton lets talk about his brother, lets talk about the banks theyre involved with, the boards they sit on. Were not talking about that here on cnn because we just want to focus on trump. Thats because trump just shook up his campaign for the second no, he didnt, he added donald trump added oh, come on, katrina. No ones out. When you shake up your campaign that usually means someone is out, carol. This was announced as an expansion. I can point to several messages. We have sent out on the Campaign Website under press releases. Weve had multiple expansions of the campaign. For some reason, cnn is probably the only one reporting that theres some shakeup thats happening. Well, i dare to suggest this, i dare to suggest this, that no one was ousted simply because mr. Trump didnt want this to appear to be a shakeup. Right. Carol not at all, not at all if i can jump in here, anybody who knows anything about president ial politics and how campaigns are run knows this is a shakeup. Sure, theyre not calling it a shakeup. Theyre calling it an expansion. Call it whatever you want. It is absolutely a shakeup. Because donald trump is terrified of the polls. He knows he is losing. But heres the problem. Hes doubling down on a strategy that focuses on sub traction as opposed to addition. Forget africanamericans, forget latinos, lets talk about collegeeducated white women. Which Hillary Clinton is now winning by 23 points and mitt romney won them by 14 points and lons the election. Theres no path right now. Theres no credible path to 270. What hes done today makes that path even more narrow. I have to bring up roger ails at this point. If you had an olympic relay team and you said suddenly were bringing in people at the last minute, you would think there was something wrong with michael phel phelps. When youre adding this many new people this late in the game, its a bad sign. Those are just the facts of how a campaign operates. Yes, so people have been complaining that the infrastructure is small. Corey lieu ewiandowski was gone. We simply filled that position. We brought in a ceo, something we didnt have before. This is not something that people are being replaced. Even fox news is calling this a shakeup though. Even fox news is calling this a shakeup. But thats what im saying. Its not a shakeup. This is simply an expansion. We can ignore what the campaign is actually saying and make all the infrances that we want. That seems to be what is called news today. But the facts are, we simply added to the Campaign Team. Theres nothing new there. Okay, lets talk about roger ailes. Hes going to advise donald trump on the debates. As you know, he left fox news under this cloud of controversy. 20 women came forward and accused him of sexually harassing them. Donald trump is having a major problem with women voters. How can roger ailes advice possibly help him . Well, first, that reporting is also false. Roger ailes does not have any role, formal or informal, with the campaign orb with the debate process. As mentioned before, they have been friends for a very long time but he has no role in this. But he is offering donald trump advice on his debate performance. I dont know what theyre talking about in private conversations but hes definitely not playing a role, informal or formal, in the campaign. Theres a lot of people that give donald trump advice but that doesnt mean theyre part of the campaign. Jason, does any of this help donald trump . Because, you know, if youre lose like 70 of women, youre not going to win. Right this is what were talking about. This is like obama started isis last week. Roger ailes should help. He ran a multibillion dollar news station that millions believe in. Theres no shame in saying hes going to help donald trump. Its probably not going to help with women but donald trump wasnt doing well with women to begin with. The Trump Campaigns great et weakness has been from my perspective is just own up to stuff and go forward. When you backtrack like this and you sing and dance it makes you seem less authentic. Thats the one thing donald trump has been able to sell. No ones backtracking. Theyre friends and they have discussions but hes not a part of the campaign so im simply correcting the record. Kellyanne please, let katrina have her say. Go ahead, katrina, last word. I was just simply correcting the record. This is being reported that somehow roger ailes is a part of the official Campaign Team and hes not. If they talk, they talk. They have been friends for decades. But he is not formally or informally involved with the campaign. All right. I have to leave it there. Katrina pierson, maria kardona, jason johnson, thank you. Hitting the republican rival on tax policy and for spreading debunked rumors about her health. I take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat zero heartburn ahhh the sweet taste of victory prilosec otc. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. The search for relief often leads here. S, introducing drugfree aleve direct therapy. A high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors offices. For deep penetrating relief at the source. New aleve direct therapy. Youthats why you drink ensure. Sidelined. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. 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This is going to be a very interesting speech because shes going to paint trump as someone who touts supporting the middle east. Saying the middle class needs to get ahead. When you look at the plan, its questionable it will help the little guy. The three main points shes been hitting so far is this idea that his child care plan really just helps people with expensive nannies and does very little for the poor and middle class. She says his estate tax repeal is a gift to himself and his friends. And lastly that his business, his plan to reduce business taxes will directly impact and boost his own bottom line. So this is what shes saying. When you look at these facts that clinton is putting out there, actually, these allegations that clinton is putting out there. I was just going to say. We factchecked them and theyre mostly true, by the way. If you look at the plan side by side, and i think we have the specifics on her plan, she is going to tax the rich, a minimum 30 rate on anyone making 1 million or more. A 4 surcharge on income of 5 million or more. Shes going to use that money, she says, to Fund Programs like 12 weeks of guaranteed paid family leave. Universal prek. If youre a middle income american and youre looking at this plan, it should resonate with you. How is she going to work with the Republican Congress to raise taxes so much on the rich . You know what, that is an excellent question. Youre probably right. This is a dream that is going to be very difficult to execute, carol. I think youre on to something here. But what im saying is her ideals really do appeal more to the middle class, whereas trump is talking about, you know, reducing taxes for everyone, but invariably his tax breaks will flow to the highest income earners. If you look at that 33 rate, right what no ones talking about is most wealthy people actually make their money through Investment Income and that 33 rate under his plan doesnt apply to Investment Income. The Investment Income under his plan would be taxed at a cap of 20 , okay, so nobodys talking about that. But this is going this is the plan that really does benefit and by the way, theres nothing wrong with that, right, but you cant go out there, say, you help the little guy when your plan doesnt show that. Christina alesci, thank you. Chris frates, tell us about the notes the fbi is about to release. Yesterday, we saw the fbi with a classified report saying why it recommended against charging clinton in connection with her use as a private email server as secretary of state. Report contains notes with clinton and other material related to that investigation. The decision to release information in a case where charges are not brought, thats rare. In a statement, the fbi says it provided the report to congress with the expectation that it wont be made public. But the Clinton Campaign doesnt seem to think thats how its going to go. Theyre accusing republicans of having other plans. And in the statement, the campaign said, we believe if these materials are going to be shared outside the justice department, they should be released widely so the public can see for themselves rather than allow republicans to mischaracterize through selective partisan leaks. Top republican senator Chuck Grassley seeped to agree, saying much of the material in the report is unclassified and should be made public. In a letter to lawmakers, the fbi reiterated what director james comey said, that clintons handling of certain highly classified information was extremely careless, but did not warrant prosecution. Now, also hot today is Hillary Clinton hitting back against donald trump and some conservative media chatter, suggesting shes not healthy enough to become commander in chief. This week, saying clinton lacks the mental and physical stamina to fight isis and conservative media staples like sean hannity and the drudge report questioned clintons health. Clinton put out a statement from her doctors saying shes in Excellent Health and accused trump of pedaling deranged conspiracy theories. Trying to change the subject from the health to trumps unwillingness to release his tax returns. So Hillary Clinton taking on donald trump on a couple of different fronts here and still fighting all those email problems that the drip, drip, drip just seems to continue there, carol. Chris frates, thank you. 40 days until donald trump and Hillary Clinton face off on the debate stage. What is it like to prep both candidates . Well talk about how roger aimas might help out donald trump next. 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Sources telling cnn that ousted fox news ceo roger ailes will begin advising donald trump, helping him prep for those crucial president ial debates. Thats something the Trump Campaign denies, but it does admit the two men do talk because they are lifelong friends. So lets talk about the debate and how both candidates might prepare. Trump and clinton. Alex conet is the former Communications Director for the Marco Rubio Campaign and he helped rubio launch some of his fiercest attacks against donald trump. Before we get into it, alex, id like our viewers to walk back in time with us. Youre the only person on this stage thats ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. You hired some workers from poland. Im the only one on the stage who hired people. You havent hired anybody. You have so many different plans. Now hes repeating himself. No, im not repeating. No. Hes repeated himself every day. Talking about repeating, i watched him repeat himself five times for weeks ago i saw you repeat yourself five times four seconds ago. I watched you all right, alex. That was something, right . Good times. So a lot of people said marco rubio should have come out swing like that much earlier on the debate stage. Do you feel that way . Well, i dont know. I think its going back and revisiting history is hard to do. Nobody took donald trump very seriously early on in the debates. I think at key points, trump is a good debater. He won just about every single debate we had. His poll numbers seemed to go up after every single debate. Anyone who thinks trump is not going to do a good job wasnt paying attention to the debates during the primary. If you were to offer advice to Hillary Clinton lets say, what advice would you give her . Ill say its very hard to prepare to debate donald trump because you dont know what hes going to say. In part, because i dont know he always knows what hes going to say. I dont get the sense he spends a lot of time preparing for debates. A lot of it is off the cuff. So shes got to be on her toes. I think it would behoove her to go back and look at some of the most effective attacks against donald trump, including some of the attacks that marco rubio, ted cruz and other candidates launched at him in the last couple primary debates. Mostly, she needs to be ready to be on defense, ready to perry and she needs to have a better explanation for some of her past scandals including the email scandals than weve heard today. We hear that roger ailes will be advising donald trump as far as his debate performance. You got to believe when fox put on that very first debate and megyn kellys now famous question that came from roger aim ailes, lets listen. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dog, slobs and disgusting animals. You wont told a contestanted on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like a temperament of a man we should elect as president . Im pretty sure roger aim ai probably had something to do with that. With that in consideration what will roger ailes tell mr. Trump . Well, look, roger ailes is probably the most talented debate Coach America has ever seen. Hes been doing this for 30 yearsplus. Hes very effective. To the extent mr. Ailes is talking to mr. Trump, i think thats a very to mr. Trump and something that should worry the Clinton Campaign. They know ailes is very effective at putting on a good tv show, very good at coaching people like trump in those situations. So i think its to the extent that communication is happening, i think thats a credit to trump and something that should really worry democrats. So theres controversy surrounding roger ailes with this whole Sexual Harassment controversy, he had to step down as the ceo of fox news because of that controversy. Do you think female voters will take that into account or wont it matter . I mean, i sort of doubt it. I think at the end of the day, these campaigns voters judge the candidates on the candidates, not who necessarily the candidates advisers are. I know the media likes to obsess over who the advisers are, but advisers are replaceable. The only person you cant replace is the candidate himself. I know this morning theres a lot of talk about the shakeups happening inside the Trump Campaign. I think its a little bit overblown. What really matters is the candidate. At the end the day, thats who voter judges. In your mind, did donald trump add people who could help him with these demographic roots hes losing . Well, i dont know about the democratic roots hes losing. The key point is hes losing. Hes down in every single poll. Every single key state. He recognizes hes going to suffer an embarrassing defeat this fall. So i give him credit for shake up his team and bringing in some fresh blood. Ive been on a lot of campaigns in my career. A lot of the campaigns that were losing in august, they would bring in a new team in august and wed go on to win. I give him credit for recognizing he was on a failing trajectory and making a change. Its i think way too soon to tell whether or not it will be effective. Its possible its too late to be effective since early voting starts in just a couple weeks. All right. And the last question about the debates. Ive read stories about the Clinton Campaign beyondering who the standin for donald trump ought to be. When they practice, they have standins for the other guy. Who would that be in your mind . Its got to be somebody whos got a good sense of humor and someone who is going to have the courage to stand in the same room as Hillary Clinton and attack her. Because you know donald trump is going to bring everything hes got to that first debate. Its going to be a knockout fight. She better be prepared for it. Its going to be, you know, cant miss tv. Maybe it should be bill clinton. Maybe. Maybe it should be bill clinton. Someone from the Obama Administration who has gone toetotoe with her in cabinet meetings or the situation room. I think she needs to be prepared for a really tough debate. She cannot just mail this in. She cant go in there assuming she can ignore trump because he is going to figure out ways to engage her just like he did in every single republican primary debate. It was very effective then. I expect it will be very effective this fall as well. Thanks for allowing meg to pick your brain, appreciate it. Classified information, secure fbi location. Donald trump gets his first intelligence briefing today. This just got interesting. Why pause to take a pill . Or stop to find a bathroom . 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It will be the first time the business man has ever hassed v had access to such sensitive information. This a bit of a topline briefing for donald trump. This is going to be a lot of the important points of the most important Foreign Policy relationships with countries around the world, including our allies and some of our adversaries. Not a lot of operational information is going to be included in this briefing. Thats something that comes only when the person becomes president , officially becomes president. Thats when they get read in to some of the most sensitive programs the u. S. Operates. It is still a very important part of the process. It helps the candidates know where they can go, what they can talk about, and not create any kind of diplomatic crisis. Today donald trump is already on television this morning with fox news sort of addressing what he thinks of the u. S. Intelligence apparatus. From what it sounds like, he doesnt really have a very high opinion of it. Take a listen to what he had to say. Do you trust intelligence . Not so much the people who have been doing it for our country. Look whats happened over the last ten years. I mean, its been catastrophic. Matter of fact, i wont use some of the people that are sort of standards, just use them, use them, use them. I wont use them because they made such bad decisions. We expect trump will have one of his trusted aides, general michael flynn, former head of the intelligence agency, by his side as he sits in the Briefing Room essentially and gets this rundown from the u. S. Intelligence agencies on whats going on in the world. It will be a very interesting, obviously, meeting, because as you can see, he doesnt have a high opinion of of what these people are going to be able to tell him. As you said, boy, to be a fly on the wall of of that meeting. I know, i was just going to ask you how might the Intelligence Community react to what donald trump just said . Well, you know, thats i think one of the things they want to do is to be impartial. They expect theyre going to deliver the same briefing to donald trump and to Hillary Clinton and theyre really not going to take any sides here. They know theyre dealing with a challenge here, particularly with donald trump. Evan perez, thanks so much. Both sides have received partisan pushback on their intelligence briefings. Arguing clinton cannot be trust ed with confidence matters after using a private email server. Were talking about state secrets. These are the highest level of state secrets that were put at risk when its known that the protections for her email were extremely inadequate and, in fact, orders were being issued from her office to others in the secretary of state department to do the exact opposite of what she was doing. Certainly if she wasnt aware she was violating state department rules, it raises real issues about her competency. Jill stein told me that on monday in the newsroom. We will most likely hear more tonight on cnn. Chris cuomo hosts a special town hall with green Party President ial candidate jill stein and her running mate, starts at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, only on cnn. Massive wildfire in southern california. More than 80,000 people forced from their homes. Plus, louisiana, under water. Cnns Boris Sanchez is there. Hey, carol, the sun is out here in louisiana and the floodwaters are receding in certain areas. Other parts, its getting worse. Well tell you why coming up. Its a tangle of multiple symptoms. Trintellix vortioxetine is a prescription medicine for depression. Trintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple symptoms of depression. For me, trintellix made a difference. Tell your healthcare professional right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. Antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. 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Cnns Stephanie Elam live in San Bernardino, california, with more, good morning. Good morning, carol. Yes, were out in San Bernardino county where this fire just picked up steam. Yesterday, it started about 10 30 a. M. Local time, yesterday. So less than 24 hours, it has ballooned to over 30,000 acres that have been burned. I want to show you behind me what it looks like now that the sun has crested this hillside here. You can see the stuff in front here, you can barely tell what was inside there, has been burned. You can see theres a house just beyond that. This is a community thats right off of interstate 15. So for a lot of people who like to travel between los angeles and las vegas, this would be off that route that you would take. Heres the big thing, interstate 15 is closed and the person i spoke with from the Fire Department say it may stay like that for a couple of days simply because theres red flag warnings in here. So they think it would be too dangerous to have that traffic opened. For people who want to take that route, its probably too much. Take a look at this post right here. Its still smoking, still crackling. You can feel the heat off it. This is what theyre up against. Thats why youve had over 82,000 people evacuated and some 34, more than that, homes have been evacuated because the fire is fast moving. As the sun gets up and starts baking in here in this high desert area, more than likely the fire is going to rage back to live. We went from 18,000 last night before we went to sleep to 30,000 this morning. Theyre looking for it to grow some more and at this point its not even contained, carol. Stephanie elam reporting live from San Bernardino county, california, thank you. At least 11 people are dead in louisiana. Rescue workers scrambling to get people to safety. The waters are leaving behind untold destruction. Cnns Boris Sanchez live from louisiana. The floodwaters are receding. Theyre heading into neighborhoods like this one in assumption parish. The courthouse was inundated. Its difficult to get into homes. Ill give you a look at this neighborhood so you can see the flooding. We have the drone flying and it gives you a wider picture of how widespread this water has become in this area. Part of the problem is the backwater flooding. Not necessarily the amount of rainfall that came down in this area but, rather, when the ground was saturated and bodies of water overflowed into neighborhoods, they come in this direction. Im told this is the last stop before the mississippi river. And theres actually pumps in this area. The problem is after the water gets to a certain height, the water pumps stopped working. The hope is now that the waters going down, theyll be able to function again and help expedite the process of getting all this floodwater out of here. The need is tremendous. Theres 60,000 people that registered for aid with fema. Well show you before and after pictures of baton rouge to give you an idea of how badly destructive this flood was. Tens of thousands of people are in shoulders and living with neighborhoods right now. Many thousands are without power. Theres, again, a desperate need for resources. Things that you might not think about. Things like food and water, baby formula, pet food. I spoke to a man who lives in this neighborhood. He lived in new orleans during katrina. He says his home was destroyed during hurricane katrina. He moved here because he thought hed be out of the floods way. Now hes dealing with several inches of water inside his hope, carol. All right, Boris Sanchez, reporting live from gonzalez, louisiana. You know that awkward hug that goes just a second or two too long, well, this would one n time with a calendar. Headed to their first dance recital. When their windshield got cracked. But they couldnt miss the show. So dad went to the new safelitedotcom. 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Reporter there are hugs where you just throw up your arms and go for it and then there are hugs that keep going and going and going. Joe biden wouldnt let hillary go as they met on the tarmac at scranton airport. About four seconds into the hug, they semidisengage. Nothing to see here, right . Wrong. Because the Vice President wouldnt unhand hillary for almost 16 seconds . Notice how many times he tries to tap it out. She lets it go, he does not. Tap out. No, hes Still Holding on. Okay, second tap out, for god sake, joe, you got to let go. Reporter this latest awkward hug would not have been micro analyzed if it hadnt been for all the other overly handy biden moments. Critics collect them. Times when he gently rearranges a young girls hair and whispers in her ear and rearranges some more. Theres nothing pervy here. The vp knows hes on camera. The parents are right there. As he leans in for a kiss. Vp is known as a close talker, he even does it to the president. Perhaps his most famous handson moment came when he put his hands on the wife of defense secretary ash carter. Got a lot of thanks to give out. Conservatives panned it. This is the creepiest thing. Reporter and so did some liberals. No, that aint right. You appear to smell her hair. Reporter at least the vp didnt get that close to hillary. Now, hillary and president obama have come a long way in their history of hugging. From this paltry excuse for a hug eight years ago after he defeated her to this, a hug so close that hillary closed her eyes, they even gazed into each others eyes. This was a hug so novel for these two, it looked like the cover of a romance novel. Jeanne moos, cnn, new york. Just makes me feel a little creepy. Thank you for joining me today. Im carol costello. At this hour starts now. Another major shakeup in Donald Trumps campaign. Two new people. The campaigns not going according to plan. I am who i am. I dont want to pivot. You have to be you. Trump will receive his first classified intelligence briefing. It just absolutely bewilders me when i hear donald trump try to talk about National Security. I think her email scandal is one of the worst things ive ever seen. Giving fake briefings. Dont tell him stuff. He wont know the difference