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Known as isis. This remark coming just 24 hours after his comments about Second Amendment supporters, comments which some interpret as a call for violence against the democratic nominee. He insists it is not. Meanwhile, he told a conservative radio host this about the president and clintons role in creating isis. Listen. Last night, you said the president was the founder of isis. I know what you meant. You meant that he created the vacuum. He lost the peace. No. I meant hes the founder of isis. I do. He was the most valuable player. I give him the most valuable player award. I give her too. Hes not sympathetic to them. He hates them. I dont care. He was the founder. Today, he said, nah, i was just kidding on that, writing that, quote, the media needs a serious lesson in sarcasm. Not only did trump suggest he was kidding, he said this at his pennsylvania rally today. So i said, obama is the founder of isis. The founder. And these Dishonest Media people, the most dishonest people, they said, oh, did he mean . Obviously im being sarcastic. Then, then but not that sarcastic to be honest with you. Maybe this is why people show up at these rallies. A little bit of humor there. Trump Campaign National spokesperson Katrina Pierson joins us in moments. But first we have more from chief Political Correspondent carl cameron, who has more from pennsylvania tonight. Carl. Reporter thanks, trish. Trump here in altoona, pennsylvania, this evening went back to the well when it comes to barack obama being the quote, founder of isis. As you just showed earlier today, he continues to bedate himself on this issue. Tonight he renewed that. Listen to the new version. I have been for numerous days sarcastically saying he is the founder of isis. Dont forget when he took over, i think they were in eight countries, seven countries. Now i understand theyre in 28 countries. Theyre rampant all over the world. So ive been saying and ill keep saying because its true, but somewhat sarcastically, ive been saying hes the founder of isis, and i say shes a close second. If it werent for them, you probably wouldnt even have isis. Selfcontradictory statements like that explain why so many republicans have doubts about trumps ability to beat Hillary Clinton come election day, and there are a number of polls in battleground states that suggest clinton has been surging and trump has been fairly flat in the polls since his convention. New marist polls in florida say trump has slipped to five points behind clinton. In north carolina, shes ahead nine points, 48 to 39 . In virginia, clintons up 13 points, 46 to 33 . And in colorado, he now trails by 14 points behind Hillary Clinton. Here in pennsylvania, polls this week suggest that Hillary Clinton has pushed out to a lead, and today trump said the only way hes going to lose pennsylvania is if theres voter fraud. Cheating is he word he used, and he urged his voters, when they go to the polls in november, to watch for any of it. And if they see any irregularities, to call the sheriff or the cops. Trish. Thank you very much, carl. Joining us right now to respond to the week that was and whats coming up, Katrina Pierson, trump Campaign National spokesperson. Katrina, the media cant take a joke . Well, they can, but not when a republican tells a joke. I mean the sarcasm is definitely onesided. I dont recall a fourday fallout or even followup questioning when Hillary Clinton said she wiped her server clean with a cloth. No one asked if it was a terry cloth, if it was microfiber because she knew she was kidding. And this is the exact same thing. And when trump says it was sarcasm but not really, of course hes being sarcastic about obama being the literal founder of isis. Of course obama didnt file any paperwork of incorporation, but hes very serious because it was the Obama Clinton failed foreign policies that gave birth to isis because we know for a fact they ignored the intelligence coming from the middle east. Hugh hewitt gave him the opportunity to basically say that, and he said, no, no, hes the founder. Shes the founder. Is that in part because hes trying to drill this message in to people that, in fact, it is the failed policies of the Obama Administration that have led to the rise of isis . Oh, absolutely. And even further in that hugh hewitt interview, he talks about the policies and how horrible that they were, the way they went into iraq and exited, and basically put all of their positions out there for all the public to see. But this goes further than that because ive heard specifically over at cnn saying, well, donald trump said he would have followed the same timeline. You cannot compare a private citizen that does not have access to intelligence information like the august 2012 dia report, which told obama and secretary clinton that if you go in and arm the rebels in syria, if you do x, y, and z, this is what will happen. They told them in that report in 2012 that there would be a vacuum created and also told them that isis itself would form, the islamic state. And general flynn came out and reported blatantly that this wasnt just a blind eye the president and Hillary Clinton turned. It was willfully ignored intelligence, and now we have global terrorism. You know, let me ask you, katrina. Do you think in some ways, hes hes hurt by the fact that he is willing to go out there and speak so candidly at these rallies, not on teleprompter. I mean Hillary Clinton its been 250plus days since shes had a legitimate press conference. I think the last one was the one where that server joke came up. Hes out there talking all the time. Is this whats getting him in trouble . I think its only getting him in trouble with those who have an agenda. The American People see right through this. Theres no question about that. Hillary clinton can turn out 150 people to her events. Donald trump is turning out 15,000. Donald trump is speaking past the mainstream media, past the pundits, and speaking directly to the folks, and thats whats important. I wouldnt even look at these polls coming out right now. We saw the last couple of weeks nbc, and abc, those guys were all weighting their polls differently to show Hillary Clinton above. I have no doubt this is the same thing happening because they see that crowd as well. Remember, trish, we were told for a year donald trump didnt have a campaign. It was awful. He didnt have staff. There was no ground game, and he broke the record in turnout. So the trump campaign, were just fine. Were moving forward and heading into november. Well be watching. Thank you so much, Katrina Pierson. So, you know, katrina talked about the polls. Were going to get to those in a little bit, but she also mentioned whether or not these controversies matter in the minds of voters. She says they dont. Here to debate it, den dom niche, and marcy stetch, Vice President of communications at emilys list. What do you think the takeaway is for the average voter out there . I have to say this im not typically on this program defending something from donald trump, but this week the pearl clutching that i saw from the media over these comments, it was just silly. It was gas lighting. This reaction as if he was suggesting that obama had actually organized and founded isis and soin some sort of seriy is ridiculous. Were they asking these questions when they said donald trump was the lead recruiter for isis. Were they asking this when Elizabeth Warren was saying republicans wanted to sell guns to isis. This is say Foreign Policy critique hes making. Its a typical trump exaggeration because he knows if you say created a vacuum, thats not something thats going to get reported about. This comment does. Yet the other side is doing it. We heard both president obama and mrs. Clinton refer to this exact same thing in their own style, in their own way. Marcy, im going to play this for you, and id like your reaction. I think the kinds of rhetoric that weve heard too often from mr. Trump and others is ultimately helping do isils work. He is becoming isis best recruiter. They are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Whoa. All right. So where was the media then, marcy . Look, i have to tell you this week watching donald trump do what he has been doing, defending himself, defending Sexual Harassment in the workplace, talking about no, no. Marcy, forgive me, but i did play that clip for you. I want to get your reaction. What do you think of those on the left saying stuff like that and not being held accountable for that . There is absolutely some merit to the questions donald trump is being asked every single day about his credibility on the issues and the ability to keep the American People safe. Look, i think that we saw this week donald trump incited violence against Hillary Clinton. Okay. Again, you didnt respond to what i showed you. Look, ill let you have a shot at it, ben. Those folks, both Hillary Clinton and barack obama essentially said the same thing. I mean maybe theyve got a better tone, more stylized tone, but the exact same stuff. I certainly wish that donald trump would talk less and smile more, but i think this is a situation where unfortunately for the media, the fact is that in january, donald trump said that Hillary Clinton and barack obama were the inventors of isis, the creators of isis, and the founders of isis. He said it three different times in january. Heres the difference. In january, he was beating up on other conservative candidates, and the media didnt care about it. Now hes beating up on Hillary Clinton, and they do. In january, he wasnt the republican nominee for president of the united states. So the media changes the way they approach somebody everything he says is on the table, and the medias job is to ask questions and dig deeper. I got one more for you because he was under a lot of criticism as well this week for what many said was inciting violence, that Second Amendment supporters were going to go out and there would be this call to arms for potentially the assassination a horrible thing to talk about of Hillary Clinton. No, thats not meant at all. But here you go. How do you like this . Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton is being asked why dont you get out of this race . Because you know why . The media wanted obama to take it. Heres what she said. Listen. My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the california primary somewhere in the middle of june, right . We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in june in california. I, you know, regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and particularly for the Kennedy Family was in any way offensive. Offensive . I mean here youve got the first africanamerican candidate who has actually got a shot at winning the nomination, and shes talking about Bobby Kennedy and assassination . I mean so, again, you know, two wrongs dont make a right. But i would hesitate to say that donald trump was going as far, marcy, as she actually went there. I have to tell you that these conversations that were having right now about things she said years ago are not actually what voters are thinking about and talking about on a regular basis. Right now they want to talk about the issues. I mean thats where the media seems to be falling short because nobody remembered what she said in what we are experiencing right now is not mitt romney versus barack obama. Look, i am a democrat. In 2012 when mitt romney won that election, if he would have won that election, i would have been upset, but you know what . I wouldnt have been concerned about the safety of the American People. We heard that back then as well. Didnt we hear that mitt romney was going to be a disaster for the country . The New York Times called him unfit. They said he was someone you couldnt trust in this office. Look, this is the situation. The voters care about the fact that under president obama and that under Hillary Clinton, we saw mistakes made in syria and libya across the middle east that led to the rise of isis. The question of whos going to deal with it Going Forward is now before them and they have to decide who theyre going to trust. Lots of good stuff to talk about in the coming days. Thank you so much to both of you. New calls, everyone, to investigate Hillary Clintons charity as we get reports that the Justice Department may have shielded the Clinton Foundation from the fbi. Attorney david wall and alan combs are here on that, on whether we can expect answers from the clintons anytime soon, anytime at all. Plus donald trump is slamming the media for what hes calling an obvious bias, a bias in favor of Hillary Clinton. Dr. Ben carson says the media is focusing on trump for one simple reason. Hes next. The biggest rigger of the system is the media. The media is rigged. Its rigged. Its crooked as hell. She spent summer bingewatching. Soon, shell be bingestudying. Now she writes mostly in emoji. Soon, shell type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. Today, the only spanish words he knows are burrito and enchilada. Soon, hell take notes en espanol. Get back to great with the right gear. From the place with the experts. Office depot officemax. Gear up for school. 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That was former secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Fox News Sunday with chris wallace, insisting that she kept official government business separate from the work of her multibilliondollar family charity, the Clinton Foundation. But tonight there are new reports being added to a growing list of allegations that those lines were blurred between the state department and the Clinton Foundation. And investigators and lawmakers are taking this very seriously. Fox news correspondent rich etson is live in washington with the latest for us. Reporter good evening, trish. A Top Senate Republican is urging the department of justice to investigate the connection between the Clinton Foundation and the state department. In a letter to attorney general Loretta Lynch, texas republican senator john cornyn writes, representatives of the foundation repeatedly sought special treatment for its donors and associates from senior officials at the state department. This conduct is unacceptable and reflects the worst concerns harbored by the public about the abuse of Government Office to bennett powerful. Clinton ain in january, investigating the possibility intersection of the state department and the Clinton Foundation. Senior Justice Department communication officials maintain that they know of no current investigation into Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation. However, shes same Officials Say if there were an investigation by other offices, they may not know about it. The Clinton Campaign is also defending a trip by then secretary clintons chief of staff, cheryl mills. She traveled to new york to conduct business for the Clinton Foundation. A Clinton Campaign spokesman says, quote, cheryl volunteered her personal time to a charitable organization, as she has to other charities. Cheryl paid for her travel to new york city personally, and it was Crystal Clear to all involved that this had nothing to do with her official duties. The idea that this poses a conflict of interest is absurd. A state Department Spokesperson adds, Government Employees can work on other projects on their own time, as long as they follow federal ethics rules. Rich edson, thank you so much. As we await responses to these new and lingering questions over the Clinton Foundation, there are now growing concerns tonight over whether Hillary Clinton will ever give the American People any answers at all. Because the last time mrs. Clinton held a traditional News Conference how do you like this . December 4th, 2015. That was 252 days ago. One reporter going so far as to say, you know, she is the least accessible president ial nominee in modern times. David wolfe is an attorney and trump supporter, and alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show. David, whats she so afraid of . Well, i mean, trish, granted she doesnt speak too well off teleprompter and she doesnt tend to adlib too well. She has serious fifth amendment issues. Its been scandal after scandal. First the email server scandal, then the perjuring herself at benghazi sanl. Now these 44 emails indicate that her chief of staff and dont tell me it wasnt at her direction engaged in beneficial activities for fat cat donors to the Clinton Foundation, basically in total violation of ethical standards. And in my estimation, this could be public corruption criminal charges. So if im advising Hillary Clinton, im going to tell her, you know what, youre not going to do any press conferences because if you give the wrong answer to one of these questions that are no doubt forthcoming, you could be handcuffed the next day. Its that serious. Not to mention shes not, as you said earlier, the most natural in those situations with those press conferences. Alan, you know, i got to say, this stuff just doesnt look good. The appearance of it sure doesnt feel good. Your thoughts. It may not feel good to you. It cant feel good to anyone. I dont want a member of my government, you know, taking payouts. Well, theres no evidence of that. Thats not been proven. Let me jump in, and youll get a chance. But one thing that really i have found issue with and again i come from a financial background united bank of switzerland. About about 55,000 clients. They went to Hillary Clinton and the state department, and guess what . She got them off the hook. It turned out only 4,500 of them had to be investigated by the irs. That was a good deal. Then the biggest speaking fee of bill clintons year, 1. 5 million in speaking fees he collected from the united bank of switzerland after this whole thing goes through. Alan, i look at that, and i say, you know, couldnt she have said, hey, hon, maybe sit this one out. Youre making enough money already. Im doing a deal with them on the side. Again, it speaks to this inherent conflict of interest that again, theres no evidence that theres any quid pro quo here. Cheryl mills was on her own time. Thats already been proven. Please, alan. If i could please finish a thought. David, you just accused Hillary Clinton of perjury. Shes not been indicted. Shes not been convicted. Youre putting out false information. Jim comey came out of his press conference and say, yes, she did lie about the email information at the benghazi hearing. She was not convicted of perjury. She was not indicted. Youre making a false claim. Youre making a false claim. He said, i need a referral and ill investigate it. But he said, yes, she did lie. Why wasnt she indicted, then . Because he didnt have a referral to investigate. Davids right. Effectively he said she was not fully truthtruthful. I dont know how she gets indicted when the president would effectively be indicting his own administration. He had a little bit of a selfinterest in making sure the doj did not do that. You had a republican fbi head saying that there was no press dense to indict. There was no reason and there was no intent. Thats the reason why. Alan, alan Loretta Lynch hang on one second, david. Theres more news coming forward that i want to get to because we just have a short amount of time. Okay. But we are hearing reports that the fbi did want an investigation into perceived conflicts the Clinton Foundation and the state department and that doj shut them down. Alan, you know, i realize that, you know, youre more on the left, and youre advocating her side. Proudly. However, isnt there a part of you that just says, you know, maybe its work checking out because it sure doesnt seem right . I would question that you have john cornyn, who you mentioned in the introduction, who wants to have her investigated in the middle of an election season. Gee, i wonder what the agenda here. I question the timing of all of this on the behalf [ overlapping voices ] by the way, youre supporting a candidate who superior for fraud is up for fraud. A civil suit . Im not worried about a civil suit. We both agree that Loretta Lynch wont do anything as far as prosecuting Hillary Clinton. Could it possibly be that her boss has formally endorsed Hillary Clinton . I dont know. Maybe its a conflict there. Good to see you. Shes not acting because the fbi said there was no reason to indict. Thank you. Coming up, everyone, its not just trump. The media has it out for conservatives as a whole. Mark thiessen and rich lowry are going to join us on that. Plus Time Magazine and others proclaiming its meltdown time for donald trump with several outlets reporting on a, quote, come to jesus meeting with the Republican National committee. Has the media gotten ahead of itself here . We have howie kurtz here tonight. Along with dr. Ben carson, campaign insider. Thats next. You know, ive run out of words to express my shock and how completely beyond the pale that donald trump is. Staying in rhythm, its how i try to live, how i stay active. And to keep up this pace, i need the right nutrition. 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The Republican Party that i worked for for two decades died in this room tonight. We are now represented as a party by a man who believes in protectionism, isolationism, and nativism. The press also ripped trump during the Democratic Convention for what seemed a sarcastic invitation to Russian Hackers to dig up Hillary Clintons 33,000 deleted emails. You know, ive run out of words to express, you know, my shock and how completely beyond the pale that donald trump is as a potential leader of the free world and commanderinchief of our country. Then came the media backlash when trump criticized a gold star family after the muslim father, khizr khan, denounced him at the philadelphia convention. Some pundits even questioned his sanity. Washington post columnist Gene Robinson calling trump flat out crazy. It seems like a lot of people around him, even in his managerial inner circle, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, are wondering if not about his sanity, about his ability to control himself. There was another media uproar when the republican nominee said clinton, as president , would essentially abolish gun rights but that Second Amendment people might be able to do something. Donald trump spoke off the cuff and took his campaign off the rails, again. Let me say this to my Republican Party. You are you are letting donald trump destroy the party, and youve done it from the beginning. You dont say stuff like that. It can be seen otherwise, and its not the press. Its not the democrats. This is a selfinflicted wound. And trump has been stepping up his own rhetorical assault on those who cover him. I would actually say that the media is almost as crooked as crooked Hillary Clinton. I mean that. I mean that. The question now, does trump deserve the tidal wave of negative headlines or is there a bias against him . I guess one of the worth while questions is at what point does it become a selffulfilling policy. If there is a huge pileon effect and everyone is running headlines that youve seen and the time cover that youve referenced, then does that really seal his fate . At some point, the sheer volume of all this trump coverage not all of it negative, but a lot of it negative as you see, whether Donald Trumps invited some of it or not with some of his language becomes an imbalance in the way that he is covered versus Hillary Clinton. Howie, were going to see you a little bit later on in the show. Thank you so much. Our next guest says all the controversies playing out right now around donald trump are due to the fact that the media has a bullseye on mr. Trumps back. Dr. Ben carson is joining me now. Dr. Carson, if the media indeed has set their targets on trump, then might he want to maybe not do so many live rallies, so many unscripted events . I mean should he be backing off this impromptu stuff . Not necessarily because, you know, this is really a battle between the establishment, the political establishment and donald trump, who is seen as an insurgent. And some of the political establishment is on the republican side, too. Theyre not all on the democrat side, but most of them are. And theyve been working for a very long time to get to this point, and he threatens them. They need just one more term so they can get two to four Supreme Court picks and stack the federal court system, and then it really doesnt matter who is the president after that. They know that. And he is a huge threat to that. So theyre going to pick apart everything that he has to say. And as long as they can talk about him all the time, they dont have to talk about hillary because, my goodness, her negatives are through the roof. But if you never get to talk about them, then the people dont know about them. You know, you see so many on the conservative side, the conservative elites that are also very critical of donald trump. Have they effectively sealed his fate as well . In other words, if they had embraced him earlier in this process more fully, might we be looking at a different situation in terms of some of the poll data we see . Well, the fact of the matter is if the republicans, conservatives, the people with common sense start working together, there is just no way the progressives can overcome them. The progressives know that, so they have to spend a lot of time and energy convincing the conservative group that theres a real problem here and that you cant really get behind this person, and then theyre going to go home and laugh their heads off. You know, conservatives and republicans always seem to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. We cannot let it happen this time because were talking about our children and our grandchildren. Were talking about the future of this nation. People have to get over their Little Things and look at the big picture here. This is huge. You know, dr. Carson, were going to talk a little bit later in the show about how the media has treated conservatives all along, including mitt romney. But one of the common themes that you hear over and over again is that this person is unfit. They said mitt romney was unfit. They say donald trump is unfit. It seems to be a big talking point from the left. But as i look at this campaign, it has ratcheted up to a level that i dont think weve necessarily seen previously. Is that a Fair Assessment . I think its a Fair Assessment, but its going to get a lot worse. If the polls begin to tighten or donald trump gets in front, you will see things that youve never seen before. They will pull out all the stops because like i said, theres a lot at stake for them, and they know that. Now, the media unfortunately has become complicit with the progressive movement, and my hope is that some of the young journalists will shake themselves free of the influence of those who are leading them astray and stand up with courage and say, you know, theres a reason that the press is protected by the constitution. And we are going to stand with the people, and were going to be objective. I dont care whats going on. Were going to ask the hard questions no matter who it is. I hope to see that. Dr. Carson, youre absolutely right. There needs to be more objectivity, so for the media to completely write him off this early in the game frankly isnt following through on their obligations to be actual journalists in this whole process. Thank you so much. Donald trump taking on the media again today. We will investigate his claims and analyze whether or not his battle with the press is helping or hurting his campaign. Plus we go back in time to dig up some of the medias worst attacks against gop figures. Mark thiessen and rich lowry, theyre going to join me on that next. It took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. Get the transcript. He did, in fact, sir. So let me call it an act of terrorism. Can you say that a little louder, candy. 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. Ive from natures bounty to support my heart. Eating better, keeping healthy. So that no matter what happens in the future, my future self will thank me. Thank you 45 years of experience has taught us no matter what the future holds, youre always better off healthy. 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Bush was called murderous and a fascist. John mccain was called intellectually shallow, and mitt romney was called unfit weve heard that one for office. Joining me now Mark Thiessen and rich lowry. Good to see you guys. Hi, there. Mr. Thiessen, i want to start with you because you had to have confronted some of this headon there as you were working for president bush. What was your experience . Oh, absolutely we did. Look, i mean media bias is a fact of life for republicans that we just have to live with. Its just like in the olympics when the american athletes always knew that the soviet judge was going to rule against them every time they could. It was just the rare fact of life. You can recall in the Bush Administration how much press coverage there was of unfounded and now proven wrong accusations that the Bush Administration doctored intelligence on iraq. Well, just this week, we have a report from congress proving that the obama under the Obama Administration, centcom doctored the intelligence on iraq. Theres almost no coverage of it. If you look at the 2012 campaign, mitt romney was made fun of for saying that russia was our number one strategic enemy. They had fun saying the 1980s called. They want their Foreign Policy back. Now theyre beating trump up for the opposite. I have a question for you rich. Why is it that so many people in the media are not objective, are actually that far to the left that i think many now feel as though its their duty to influence the story in a way that hurts conservatives . Yeah, i think trish its even worse than that. Theres an ingrained liberal culture in the media thats selfreinforcing and is so pervasive, a lot of journalists are biased without even realizing it because they swim in this ocean of liberalism. And, you know, everything that mark said is correct. I think the most stark example, though, was john mccain. He was beloved by the media his entire career. He would joke about how the media was actually his political base. And then as soon as he won the republican nomination, the media viciously turned on him. So this is not an unusual phenomenon that the press is so hostile to donald trump. But that doesnt mean that he should be reckless about it and constantly give them material, and i think the question youre asking ben carson a little earlier was very sound. Control your message at the rallies more. Do fewer interviews. Dont give them the opportunity, right . This week should have been about two things, his economic speech and about those devastating Judicial Watch emails. Everything else is a loss for donald trump. But instead weve had this nonsense conversation about various gaffes and controversies all week. You talk about the institutional bias, and i think thats very interesting. I also, like dr. Carson, question if that can change. He made the point that there are younger journalists that are coming into this field every day, and how is it that theyre getting so entrenched, mark, with what everyone else in the organization is telling them to do . I think rich is exactly right, that they swim in this pool of liberal bias, and they dont even realize it. But the difference between then and now is that at least in the past, they used to feign objectivity. They used to pretend they werent biases. We had a story in the New York Times this weekend, quote, lets face it. Balance has been on vacation since trump stepped into his golden elevator last year. He said many reporters think donald trump will be dangerous for the country. Therefore, if you think donald trump is dangerous, that has to affect your coverage. Theyre not even pretending to be objective anymore. Theyre patting themselves on the back for being biased. Exactly. On the front page of the New York Times. You guys, its so good to see you. Thank you so much. Thanks, trish. A new narrative emerging from todays headlines. Donald trump is continuing to look at those he is highly challenged in this race. We have many polls out saying that its going to be an uphill battle, and you have seen a number of media organizations really reflect a bias in that they are saying it is over. Is it really over . It aint over till its over, right . As we always say. Howie kurtz is going to shine a [announcer] is it a force of nature . Or a sales event . The summer of audi sales event is here. Get up to a 5,000 bonus on select audi models. The sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever. Test. Test. Op women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. 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I think this is Donald Trumps biggest day, and he will be ignored from henceforth. And we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the republican ticket. I know you dont believe that, but i want to go on. But the laughter faded as trump all but clinched the nomination. New york times columnist david brooks says he was surprised because he spent so much time with affluent professionaled like himself. I didnt think not only did i not think he would win, i didnt think he was really running for president. I thought he was trying to drum up some kind of publicity for himself. Now with trump slipping in the polls, much of the media is again suggesting that he cant beat Hillary Clinton. The republican nominee, meanwhile, practically made press bashing part of his platform, skip add a fox news debate, he yanked the press credentials of such Media Outlets as Washington Post and politico and refuses to appear on cnn and msnbc. Were going to punch through the media. The New York Times is totally dishonest. And cnn, boy does its like all trump all the time. You walk out of an interview, say, that was a good interview and then you get killed for the rest of the weekend. That kind of tough talk fired up his base in the primaries but in a general election, its not clear whether trump has been damaged by the constant warfare with the media. Well, you know, the one question i have is why the heck is the media not spending more time on the actual policy that would actually be meaningful to our country . I mean, here we are talking about the horse race all the time, all the things that donald trump does, but nobody out there, aside, i would point out from us, because we do dive into this policy, but theyre not out there talking about his economic platform. Its almost as though theyre afraid to. Well, the press is addicted to polls and flap of the day and insults and all of that. But whats happened now is that day by day, hour by hour, really, you have all of these controversies swirling around trump, some of them media generated some of them selfgenerated and very little devoted to Hillary Clinton who i think is deliberately trying to make little news. I mean, its been 252 days since she had a press krch so she said certainly trying to stay out of the headlines and perhaps let him grab the spotlight for attention that she doesnt unt. Stay with me. Joining our conversation we have knelly, she is the former president of entertainment for telemundo and the author of the book selfmade. Thank you for being here. I do want to ask you, its been remarkable in that weve seen a tremendous shift in how politics is done, the politicking, if you would, of this campaign in that trumps out there tweeting, on various media channels, talking to his supporters and getting his base excited. Does that mean that Going Forward, there is going to be a real shift in accessibility of politicians . Well, i think so. I think i mean, look, he is a tv person. I mean, i was on Celebrity Apprentice with him. Hes someone who knows how to be scandalous and we, as the public, love scandal and love arguing, and everything were talking about today in the media, its all changed because he is the first real tv personality president. Its one thing to have scandal on a reality tv show. Thats right and i think as someone who just wrote a book about women and latinas being the emerging market and the faster growing entrepreneurs, i feel like hes missed the boat on talking about women like me, and hes not talking to us. So, were sitting here going, oh my god, all this scandal and youre right, were not talking about the facts, were not talking about the public thats out there that really wants real things talked about. 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