They dont know. But does he actually think trump can win . Our very candid conversation with the president today, wednesday, july 27, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Democratic National convention with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from philadelphia. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning, live from philadelphia, the site of the dnc. And hail, hail, the gangs all here. The bells tolling. I think it is 7 01 actually. A little bit late. It was a late night at the convention. History was made. Hillary clinton, the first woman to head a major party ticket. History, and a little bit of hostility on the floor at the dnc. Kristin welker is live at the Wells Fargo Center. Shes got the recap. Kristen, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. There has been a range of emotion throughout this arena as tonight the headliners will be president obama, Vice President biden and Hillary Clintons vp pick tim ka
captions paid for by nbc-universal television this is today with matt lauer and f-guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lawer. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie. that wave of anti-american violence keeps spreading this morning with protests now in at least 20 countries. the latest demonstrations overnight in afghanistan, pakistan and indonesia, these were all sparked by an internet movie that ridicules the islamic faith. this morning we re going to get some unique perspective on what s going on from salman rushdie who faced a similar backlash to his fictional book the satanic verses some 23 years ago. also, new details on a case that gripped the nation in the 70s. you ll probably remember it. a former green beret and doctor convicted of killing his pregnant wife and their two daughters. jeffrey macdonald s story was made famous by the best selling book and tv movie fatal vision
last night at the daughters of revolution in constitution hall in downtown washington, d.c. there you see a guy who is a frontrunner in a number of polls right now and surprisingly, newt gingrich came out with a stand on illegal immigration. people who have been here for 20, 25 years, something like that, he says there should be a way for them to stay in this country. we got a soundbite. the party that says it s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy that destroys families that have been here a quarter century and i m prepared to take the heat for saying, let s be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their families. we know what happened when perry got into that territory but remains to be seen what s going to happen with this. mitt romney already said it s pressures a lot of folks. i think it resonates with a lot of people. looks at it fro
revolution in constitution hall in downtown washington, d.c. there you see a guy who is a frontrunner in a number of polls right now and surprisingly, newt gingrich came out with a stand on illegal immigration. people who have been here for 20, 25 years, something like that, he says there should be a way for them to stay in this country. we got a soundbite. the party that says it s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy that destroys families that have been here a quarter century and i m prepared to take the heat for saying, let s be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their families. we know what happened when perry got into that territory but remains to be seen what s going to happen with this. mitt romney already said it s pressures a lot of folks. i think it resonates with a lot of people. looks at it from a practical perspective and r