And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in new york in for chuck todd tonight. Welcome to mtp daily. We have a major shakeup in the nbc news battleground map to tell you about. Hillary clinton is surging. Were going to get to the big board and go through all of it just a minute from now. As trump looks to pull his campaign out of a tailspin. Today he delivered a major address on terrorism in the battleground state of ohio. Trump notably reading mostly from a teleprompter. This was a scathing attack on u. S. Policy combatting extremism. Trump proposing an ideological test for muslims and for others who want to come to america or already have. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme extreme vetting. The support networks will be stripped and removed one by one viciously if necessary. Viciously if necessary. Those who are guests in our k country that are preaching hate will be asked to return home immediately and if they dont do it we will return them home. Now trump appeared to back off
This is real. Its such a bunch of malarkey. Just the facts, maam. Nothing but the facts. That was joe friday, actually. We literally have a great show tonight. Donald j. Trump starts the week amid more questions about not just his chances of winning the white house, but also about the very viability he has as the gop nominee. So he did what donald trump often does when facing doubts about his candidacy. He gave a scripted speech. Today, he was in youngstown, ohio where he laid out more about his plans for combatting terrorism at home and around the world. Trump called for a quick and complete eradication of isis, for finding Common Ground with russia and a halt to immigration without background searches. While continuing to frame Hillary Clinton as weak on terrorism, he proposed a test for immigrants coming into america. Here are some highlights. Hillary clinton lacks the judgment as said by Bernie Sanders, stability and temperament and the moral character to lead our nation. She also
On the dance floor tonight, Donald Trumps immigration solo. Two strategists tango. Do donny and i show off our jaz hands. With less than a month before trump and clinton face off in their first debate, the two candidates have started debate prep. Washington post ran a story about their polar opposite approaches to the task and today, there was a juicy report about how clintons camp is methodically tapping the advice of psychologists and Donald Trumps ghost writer to find ways to get under his skin onstage. Today as clinton folks try to raise the expectations, joel beninson went on nbc and described the difficulty of predicting the moves muof an unpredictable opponent. Meanwhile, trumps team apparently had Laura Ingraham on hand to stand in as Hillary Clinton during one prep session though they may or may not have used her for that purpose but trump opted for a more straightforward discussion of debate topics as he expresses concern about overpreparing for the big event. Also present du
More problems for donald j. Trump. A new Monmouth University survey has Hillary Clinton leading in florida 48 to 39 among likely voters. A the Washington Post poll of virginia voters has really turned heads today. It Shows Hillary cnton with a 14point lead in the commonwealth, 52 to 38 among registered voters. The race is closer but still an eightpoint lead for clinton among likely voters. The more you dig into the survey, the worse things look for donald trump. Check out some of the numbers and how trump is doing compared to how mitt romney did against president obama four years ago, looking at the exit polls from election day back then. Among white voters, thats a group romney won by 24 in virginia, according to the exit polls, trump only leads by eight points. With veterans and military families, a constituency trump often brags he will own, hes down by eight points in this poll, 43 to 35 . In the exit polls four years ago, romney and obama tied at 49 amongst that group. Clinton als
Some grass at the end of the 7,000foot runway after plowing through a arrester beds designed for just an occasion, to bring planes to a halt. No one was hurt. Pence tweeted so thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our First Responders and concerns and prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow and governor pence joins us on set coming up in our 7 00 a. M. Hour. Well see him right then. Good morning, everyone. Its friday. It is friday. October 28th. Get ready for halloween, everybody. Its coming soon. With us on set, we have managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and cohost of all due respect, John Heilemann. Ad man donny deutch and in columbus, ohio, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post, sam stein. A little mr. Rogers thing going on. Its his halloween costume. Trying to go undercover or something . Why did i wake up . I dont know. Im just going to look like the kids. What is the point of this . What is the point of putting myse