Reporter my sources say things are not bad right now, things are very good. They point to the july fundraising numbers, 82 million. They say this is not a campaign in turmoil. But lets be honest about it. Donald trump has been jumping from one controversy to the next. Hes not doing well in battleground state polling right now. And he is chasing an onslaught of criticism from his own party, and threats even from republicans to unendorse him or not vote for him come november. So things are not as fine as they may make them out to be. That being said, the campaign is adamant that they are the anti establishment campaign, that they dont need the endorsement of other politicians, and frankly, when you talk to voters and i have been talking this morning, the endorsement of other politicians does not seem to matter. And this idea that there might be an intervention against donald trump, well, Rudy Guiliani pushed back against that this morning. Take a listen. There wasnt a meeting. I meet wit
good friday morning to you. we start, once again, in iraq. where just days after 300 u.s. special forces troops will arrive to help the iraqi government fight againback agai the isis terrorist assaults tearing apart the country. president obama announced he s sending military advisers to help train iraqi security forces as well as assess the security strength of isis. the president, less than three years ago, trumted the end of america s war in iraq insists he s not sending the military back into combat. i think we have to guard against so let me repeat what i ve said in the past. american combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again. let s start with nbc news. over all most weary democrats, some republicans seem to be supporting the president s plan by and large. what is next for the white house as it tries to sell the strategy? reporter: the next step, i think, is going to be the face conversations that secretary of state john kerry has with leaders in t
0 international community and he s looking inward perhaps, but let s talk about, there is always this sort of threat from north korea in terms of its nuclear program. there s new imagery that shows activity at a plant. how worried are you about their nuclear program? i think a nuclear program is something they need to keep, to maintain, to maintain the height end alert for their military, and much of this is for their domestic consumption. their military capability scientifically speaking, is far inadequate to reach the united states and become a real source of threat. so i think it s very important for us not to overreact to what happens to be a rather harsh provocative words. obviously you re looking at them in a way sort of pointing this towards the masses, concerned about the arab spring that something like this could happen in north korea. when you mentioned the execution of kim jong-un s uncle, what is that when you looked at that, a lot of people wondered, my goodness, doe
0 the u.s. is making significant contributions to help the areas in the philippines affected most by typhoon haiyan. jim miklaszewski is live at the pentagon to talk about what is entailed. mik, explain the mission of what our navy is doing. reporter: as we an just explained a minute ago, the u.s. aircraft carrier george washington is en route along with two cruisers and a destroyer and a u.s. navy supply ship. but you know these aircraft carriers do not move at mach speed so it s going to be another 24 to 36 hours before that group arrives. now, the george washington with two squadrons of helicopters on board could help significantly in terms of relief efforts and airlift in moving individuals who may have been injured and supplies, like food, water, medicine, tents and the like. but it s going to be sometime before we get there. the 200 marines, nearly 200 marines that ian mentioned are nominee or the candidate of choice for his own party. he s like the gumby of republican politics