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They are out and the defense is well, it was the russians. No. Do you think the russians are trying to influence this election . I have no idea. There is no deanying the emails that they wrote. I do think its important we figure out how this happened. The political emails are one thing. It is bad and costs everyone their job. My concern is we have a server that Hillary Clinton had that has been noted fwi fbi to have top secret classified information. Thats real information that threatens our national security. Lets stay on the dnc right now. If someone hacked into the Republican National committee emails, do you know there were some emails that were upsetting to the Trump Campaign . Im sure theres something. Why are you making so much . Is there something that can be taken out of context . Im sure. I send funny emails every day. Im a funny guy. Theres nothing so in the spirit of transparency, will you release your emails . No. Its none of your emails. Will you give me yours . It is on us to release our emails. Time out. This is absolutely ridiculous. She couldnt win 2008 so they rigged the system for her. Suddenly we have to answer for it and the russians are to blame . Give me a break. At some point they need to own up to the fact that they did this. Its everybody elses fault. Are they owning up to it. No. He is out there like he is concerned about the russians. You should be clinton had a server with top secret information. You should be concerned about despite all of the talk you gave to Bernie Sanders. Im having a hard time telling by the tone of your voice i can tell. Youre not going to release your emails . No. Im not going to release my emails. That was ridiculous. We are having fun. Calm downright now. A lot of organizations if emails went public they would be embarrassed. Yes. The fact of the matter is they came out strongly talking about the fact that it was not rigged. What happened is they got caught in a lie. They got caught rigging the system. No one should have to answer for it except them. The biggest problem is not one person resigning. Its the fact that thats huge drift in the party here from the extreme far left there. Its not how the system was run. It is about real differences of where a good chunk of this party is. Last week they did not go exactly as you had designed. I know you can knowledge that. Are you careful in your criticisms so quickly of how this convention is going to go . No. Look where we came out. Your to own poll is up 7 points. It is the first since 2000. I feel really good. The poll on cnn, 76 thought it was a great speechlt. Im glad to put up their convention against ours. He has had his coffee. Our special coverage begins with john king right now. Hi john. We are live outside the convention hall. She has a few problems as we await what could be a high trauma opens session. Trump now enjoying a big bounce holding a five point National Lead and also boogs standing on major issues like the committee and terrorism. Im comparing myself to hillary. Her record has been a disaster. I am running against hillary. Its not like im running against the rest of the world. Problem too . Democrats, have a mess on their hands. And thousand the question is whether russian is meddling with an eye on helping donald trump. I dont even know what youre talking about. Its crazy. The fact that we are having this conversation is the wrong conversation. The fact that we are having this is what does russia have from clintons server . Sanders is saying all of the right things. Can the vermont senator who speaks tonight persuade his support toers set their anger aside . So what is revealed is not a shook to me. I think the focus im going to go forward on right now is to make sure that donald trump, perhaps the worst candidate, he must not become president of the United States. On the first day here at the Democratic National convention here. Molly and three of my cnn colleagues. As we noted here, today is day one at the Democratic National con veng. It is a huge week for clinton and its already a little off the rails. So i can see theres a little bit of interest in my being here and i appreciate that interest. We know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive, we know thats not the florida that we know. The florida we know is united. United, right, thats what that was. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was speaking to her own Florida State delegation. Expect more to gavel the convention to order later this afternoon. Why are they so mad at debbie Wasserman Schultz and why was she forced to resign . It is a plot maybe a james bond movie. Russia is the lead suspect and National Party staff was routinely critical of Bernie Sanders at the time they were insisting it was an honor broker. Its a mess and the timing the upset. New numbers from the poll. Donald trump 44 . Gary johnson at 9 and jill stein at 3 . One poll, candidates usually get a bounce. It raise sz the stakes here. Maybe by the time we get to tonights program this will pass but debbie Wasserman Schultz plans to walk in at 4 00 and bang this session. Will she get the message from the florida delegation or will we see this with thousands of people in the room . I think she will get that message amplified. Other people you bump into, has anyone told her this isnt about her . It is about nominating the democratic ticket here. They are prepared for her to be booed and then move on. Tonights theme is a unity ticket. Warren is addressing a keynote address here. She is insistent on gaveling in this session. Im told she will be speaking. That is still up for debate. I was in the hall last night. She walked in to do a walkthrough. It looked to me like she would be getting ready to prepare for some type of a speech. And it appears he wants nothing to do with that. I try to ask him, do you have any problem with debbie Wasserman Schultz speaking . Well, why didnt they stop it . The president called her to say thanks far good job. She got they allowed her to gavel this in. Why . If they wan a mess and of unity you would think trump would say youre fired. Right. All of the democrats laughing last week at trump, you know, the boos on the Convention Floor andy vision of the delegates, now they have to eat their words. If she gets up on that stage she is going to get booed. The Clinton Campaign wishes she wouldnt do a delegate breakfast but in a way it is the consequences of many years of neglect of the dnc. She was already a problem. Democrats being democrats. She could take control and she could go. She hasnt. Donald trump is having fun with this. He is saying he knew everything they were doing. They all laughed at bernie. They say i got a call from the president. It seems oblivious. I made a joke it could be a james bond movie scandal plot. On the web site to figure it out. They say russia is the prime suspect here into hack sboing i the system. This is the moes fascinating story here, that russia is try to go play here in the president ial campaign. There are a lot of connections to the Trump Campaign. We have no idea it was ork straited. There is no question that they are not interested in playing in this direction in some degree. And i think thats how it is. He is oing much better. The more facts we learn about it, it may cause people to kind of think, well, if putin really wants trump in the white house what are we getting ourselves into this trump hasnt shied away there that. He praised putin and time of unease and anxiety. And last night they said i do think there is that lingering tension between the sanders supporters and clinton that has not been fully healed yet. There were told pie got he is a lobbiest close to putin. If you brought it to hollywood i think they would laugh at you. Is putin trying to cause mischief . There you go. Its just absurd. Donald trump is running for president of the United States. Donald trump is talking about the failed leadership of the obama administration. I dont know anything about what you just said. If you do you caught to expose it. It is funny to hear now trying to say its a conspiracy theory, theres no evidence for it. There is evidence for it. The Trump Campaign douesnt hav to be involved in it for there to be any mischief making. That is what the experts appear to be saying right now. Yes. It will be a key to see if they are put their sags. Do democrats what does Hillary Clinton mean when she says thats quote hillary standard . Beyond has a natural grain free pet food committed to truth on the label. When we say real meat is the first ingredient, it is number one. And we leave out corn, wheat and soy. For your pet, we go beyond. 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Hillary clinton said many of you in this room, veterans, men, older might have some trepidation. She talked about how Eleanor Roosevelt to develop thick skin. She views mostly the wims issom issues as an advantage. Yes. We talked about how she was reluck substantiate to ever be the fact sha she would be a historic campaign. She is getting you can about that she is bring here. Thats one of the reasons the campaign is a little bit wore ri worried. Yes, several people will argue that but they believe that her upbringing should make her more attractive to some of these voters. So far she struggled with that. And it took a dive in our poll that we had out this morning. I dont who, those people exist out there. There arent as many of them but clearly what people heard in Donald Trumps speech, that he is connect to go their anxiety. They say im worried who he would surround himself with. Im not sure what to do. I think he would be stronger in some cases. I dont know about all of the happy talk. She is trying to connect with anxiety but also saying things will ha will have better. She very much said i will consult with you and consult with the generals. I will be in touch. I am a broad based person but not donald trump. They deserve a commander in chief who will never order them to commit war crimes. I believe in listening to our generals and admirals because they have invaluable knowledge and experience and they are doing one of the most important jobs there is, commanding americas sons and daughters. As commander in chief i will always show them respect and hear them out. You will never hear me say i only listened to myself on national security. Its a big part of this weeks theme. He is a loose cannon. And one of the things the polls show is people believe she has more experience for donald trump. She is Better Qualified and to push back on the point that maybe, you know, she is a woman not to have some prep trepidation. They will try to make the point pretty clear that she has the temperament to be commander in chief. You could hear the more measured tone. And looking at the themes of this convention, looking at the roster, the whole thing we know so far, it is really striking how little presence there is of law enforcement, of military. I believe foreman secretary of defense but given how heavily and clearly there is some r resonants to that. Is crime is at a 15 year crime. If you want to stress being a heavy hand all of tonights are about domestic issues. I agree with you completely. If you dont like what trump said they buttetter counter arg you have senator Elizabeth Warren, you have michelle obama. And you have Bernie Sanders. Michelle will make the values she thinks you need in the white house. The others are progressive lib kals. Don trald r nald trump 3 4 3 . Committee is almost issue number one. To the point he was making earlier, look at the split on education right now. It is clinton 44. Trump leads 6223. Thats the white, working class, bluecollar voter go across thats your problem. And thats why she is spending her time in ohio, in pennsylvania, going right after that demographic that is viewing her suspiciously. And she hopes kaine will be with that, you know, putting them forward to the ticket that is focused on faith and midwe midwestern values. Interestingly on the line up tonight some discussions about how does Elizabeth Warren have a marquee speech . Sanders supporters are like wait, what about us . My guess is that sanders is the more important in terms of bringing those along. Those are the ones who still arent sure about her. If you talk to clinton strategists cynically they will say we need to improve some what but the country is changing so much we dont need to win all of them and they wont. And thats assuming they will turn out at the pace that president obama did in 2012. They have to come very close to that. One other clearing member, is she honest and trust worthy . 20 say yes and 60 say no. That is an all time low. That is several nn ten americans. They think it is not honest and trust worthy. That includes a lot of democrats. Yes. It includes the people who are supporting her. Some say im not sure what happened with that whole email thing. She operates under a different system. Thats why the 60 minutes interview saying where theres a pill ri standard versus another standard for eesh weem. Lets listen to that. I get what she is talking about it. I often feel like theres the hillary standard and standard for everybody else. Whats the hillary standard . Meanspirited attacks with no truth in reality that take on a life of their own. It is true there have been a lot of attacks by clinton by republicans over the years. I believe secretary of state she has a private email server and they said she was reckless and careless with information. And with the conspiracy we heard back in the day, no one wants that. But of course its true. Some well, why would well, they clearly con thtradicted and the fact that she was passing oi long. This could be an outside year. The problems are that exactly. Comments like that, she sees it as part son you have the fbi director saying these things. Every comment she made where she has apologized she never seemed to take it serious. Most americans think they know her. There is a lot about her that people dont know. He told them cant trust her. She likes to be and he also sent enough of the emails. It would be funny it would be a double tonight. Wouldnt it . Yes. And the Clinton Campaign is pretty happy. They are loving it. The problem is his people. He doesnt necessarily have enough way to bring them all along to the position where he is strongly sufficient. And many are here in fifth fifth. They were saying they going write him in. The email scandal has stoked that. A couple of hours away from the opening gavel. The democrats are painting last weeks Republican Convention as dark, dour. Is trump in line with your mood . Welcome back. We are live. Donald trump will be busy. Hell be watching whats happening here. He wants anyone from entering the United States. He says you think that youre not listening. I actually dont think its a pull back. You could say its an expansion. People are so upset when i use the word muslim. Im okay because im talking territory instead of muslim. Critics including just about every democrat find that extreme. They found Trumps Convention speech too dark. The voters are smart and 48 said it did not represent their views. 73 of voters say they are angry at the way they are going, 26 say they are no. If 73 say they are angry thats a challenge environment. It makes it difficult. Hillary clinton is viewed as an incouple want. They why. Not after folks say they feel how the country is going. Also, a sizable vote moving in that direction. He touched a nerve in that respect. There is no question. The question is he is in battleground states, can he build on it . It is his convention. Well see what happens in this one. It is halftime now. Democrats have a big opportunity this week. No doubt about it. When a year, year and a half ago . It was not that popular. Right track, wrong track. Now that is out the window. But there is a way to walk that line between embracing obama. Maybe the president will do a big part of that when he speaks on wednesday here. He sort of helps people along with that. That is something you have to keep the biggest challenge for her but its a tough act for her. Barack obama wouldnt have been collected. Anybody pointed out, the birds are still chirping people are doing fine for the most part. The first issues with re fugee come the country. More people but they think build a ball and ban refugees. They want toughness right now. We know trump has horrible numbers among latinos and bad numbers among women yet he is the lead in the race. One of the things has been big until news, roger is out at fox news after being accused of sexual harassment. I met him when he worked for bush in the 1988 campaign. Not only defending ails but saying send me his raise may. I dont want to comment but i can tell you some of the women that are complaining, i know huh much he helped him. Its very sad because he is a very good person. I have always found him to be a very, very good person and a very, very toll lented person. I feel very badly. I think he will run my campaign. I think its best we let the ladies speak about that first. That will end up in a Clinton Campaign ad without a doubt thats what i was going to say. The Clinton Campaign sees his weakness among women voters is one of the key vulnerabilities. It is something they plan to press very hard. They already have to some degree. Comments like that dont count. Not just that some of them are complaining. She a very good person. Its the idea that donald trump isnt thinking through what he is about to say. Is it that or he doesnt care . I dont know. I couldnt guess either way. A lot of women would say thats the kind of thing we heard in the 70s or the 80s even. How he cleans that up . Not sure. And it shows the demographic challenge. How does he do well with women voters in suburban districts as well as latino voters. Some of the women, i dont know why they are complaining. And they say you cant please them all but clinton, how tim kaine is playing out here in philadelphia next. You tell your Insurance Company they made a mistake. The check they sent isnt enough to replace your totaled new car. The guy says they didnt make the mistake. You made the mistake. I beg your pardon . He says, you should have chosen fullcar replacement. Excuse me . Let me be frank, he says. You picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong Insurance Company. 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It is kind of like the attack puppy there. He does it more softly. At his rail were in the in the room in cleveland pence was critical. Well see how it plays out. There were a lot of conservatives. Pence is one of them. It was a good play for the convention in cleveland. Some liberals. He was once pro trade and she backing off. Do we expect anything . Im sorry. But it could be interest to go see them push the progressive line. I mean i dont think anyone ever referred to him as this and he ran for governor in virginia. Right. He has been more in the moderate ring of his party. One of the things is to soften her edges a little bit and improve her likeability factor. She seems much more comfortable when he is sitting next to her and having someone kels to defend her. Do we make shoo much of . She smiles a lot more around tim kaine. I think she likes him and is comfortable around him. She remembers she thought she was inevitable. Its like oh, okay. Finally. It is clear she selected him because he is the goldie locks, not too hot, not too cold. He has that sunny optimistic. She has a really hard time sounding happy. So to the degree which she keeps declaring sha she can so much of this feels foerpersonal to her. To have somebody else by her side to defend her on her side and let me close. This is a memo to debbie Wasserman Schultz. This is my favorite piece of data that shows donald talking the lead. Ted cruise es ratings, 61 had a of ted cruisof ted cruz. Yes. And if she speaks it will be very short, probably 3 minutes or so. But that is one of the things there. More than that, will it set the tone for the evening tonight . I can promise you some of the best people in the business will have loud business up. Crews is planning wait until november. All right. Lets close here by asking each of you to share a little bit of something from their notebooks and get you ahead. Molly you can go first. One thing that defined tim kaine has been his catholic faith. He is very open and overt about his faith. There was a cnn crew with him at church this morning. I think they have an opening with religious voters. For some maybe independent votersover strong faith they think they can turn them towards the democrats. Wisconsin could be a battleground. Clinton is giving republicans an opening to keep control of the chamber. They want to link candidates. Look no furlt than he t furth than that. It is in the handling of the classified email server and skipping this weeks convention. You mean democrats have to stay home and wash their hair. Yeah. Jeff. And the bells and whistle of the campaign cycle. Tim kaine and Hillary Clinton hitting the road. They are going to pennsylvania and ohio. Those two states are key to their election. Should they be able to hold pennsylvania and win ohio which is a battleground state will be critical for them. They are going to youngstown, ohio. That is one of the places where she needs to win over these White Working Class voters. So interesting ie ten rarten ar. They will go on and on and on. I was on that bus tour with bill clinton and al gore. Go to small town america and some of the best food in america. Conventions for both parties are a gate time to see who is on the bench. This from the west coast. He has a low key hipster profile. He is a road scholar, good friends with president obama, working hard with Hillary Clinton. He break dondances break dances and a jazz pianist . Yes. Once debbie Wasserman Schultz agreed to step there was a scramble. Castro was on her Vice President i president ial list. Don dls that immerged. Some have known going back to the campaigns yesterday. One is fairness and another integrity. Agreeing was critical. Thats it for inside politics. Well see you tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your day. Our coverage continues with wolfe next. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. 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We start with opening day of the Democratic National convention. I want to show you these live pictures right now. These are live pictures of clinton in charlotte, north carolina. She is meeting with volunt