President obama thinks. We will bring that to you live. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. Breaking news. Hillary clinton and donald trump giving surprising answers on National Security to surprising questions and nonquestions at a National Security forum in new york. Trump defended a tweet about women in the military and defended Vladimir Putin and issued new claims about information and impressions from inside his National Security briefing. Hillary clinton faced tough questions about emails and Foreign Policy choices. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. We must learn what led us down that path so it never happens again. Im asking to be judged on the totality of my record. When referring to a comment about putin made of you, i think he called you a
we re doing great with the african-american community. we re doing great with the hispanic community. reporter: the reality is, civil rights group remains concerned about the support trump is receiving from white supremists. the trump campaign rejected the endorsement saying this publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of millions of americans who are uniting behind our campaign. donald trump is trying to add to his vote total urging democrats to weigh clinton s e-mail troubles and consider switching sides in states like wisconsin where voters can change their ballots. this is a message for any democratic voter who have already cast their ballots for hillary clinton and two are
never in history have we seen such a cover-up as this. one that includes the total destruction of 33,000 e-mails. hillary bleached and deleted 33,000 e-mails. she bleached and deleted 33,000 e-mails after a congressional subpoena. he hangs on to that word bleached like a life preserver. he loves the word bleached. welcome back to hardball. that was donald trump attacking, of course, hillary clinton, for deleting 33,000 e-mails from her personal server. it s a frequent and popular line of attack for the gop candidate, on the campaign trail. we ve all heard it. but this week, newsweek magazine reported that trump s own e-mail troubles, according to the newsweek article, are in order to delay were used in order to delay court cases. trump companies have, quote, over the course of decades, systemically destroyed or hidden
supported any nominee other than republican. this would be significant if utah did not go for the republican. it really will be a big deal. as you mentioned, it will be history making. but i think it s important to realize that utah voters have not been on the trump train for a while. you remember that senator ted cruz stay won that state in a primary and we have seen that gradual lack of support increase following the videotape where donald trump discussed how he handles women within the conversation with billy bush. also, eugene, i want to talk about this situation with hillary clinton s e-mail troubles, these hacked e-mails from john podesta and this latest batch talking about the u.s. vice president al gore. this constant drip as we get close to election day, eugene, does this hurricane hillary
foundation. ed henry live in washington. tell us about this new focus on hillary clinton s e-mail troubles and republican efforts to name an independent council to investigation. they were saying they want special council. they don t trust the white house will stay out of this. they know president obama was on 60 minutes a few weeks ago saying that national security was not compromised by hillary clinton s server even though officials are not supposed to comment on ongoing criminal investigations. republicans were pressing attorney general on the fact that when the president, a couple of years ago, told fox s bill o reilly that was no corruption at the irs, there was no charges against the irs. here is how they pressed lynch