Senator john mccain in their reelection bids and this is coming as the first day as the first republican congressman says he will vote for Hillary Clinton, not donald trump. Richard hannah, a threeterm congressman from trumps home state new york calling him deeply flawed. Also today a former top aide and trump loyalist saying she, too, will Cross Party Lines and vote for Hillary Clinton. This comes as president obama calls on republicans to withdraw their endorsement of trump and that trump, is, quote, unfit to be president. The question that i think they have to ask themselves is if you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable why are you still endorsing him . Dana bash begins our coverage out front tonight. Lets start with trumps stunning move dropping the gop. This is an unprecedented situation. Why is he refusing to back paul ryan and john mccain . Well, it seems as though in the case of both men its personal, but for paul ryan it is m
President ial primary, whether or not the Republican Party was going to have a hard time accepting donald trump as their partys new leader and as their partys president ial nominee. There has been a lot of opinion expressed, a lot of speculation about it. On this show we tried to stay focused on the data rather than just the opinion on this matter. I think most of the data suggests that the Republican Party is not having that hard a time accepting donald trump as their nominee. After all mr. Trump received more votes in the republican primary this year than any republican president ial candidate has ever received before. Weve also been reporting that for all of the beltway ink thats spilled over this idea that republican elected officials and Party Leaders are having a hard time with mr. Trump there isnt that much evidence of anybody saying no to him. We reported last night we could find so few republican members of congress who were explicitly opposed to donald trump we thought as of
The first u. S. Police officer to be charged in such a case. Alleged bought gift cards for the terror group and reportedly stockpiled weapons. Was washington subway system at risk. Im wolf blitr, youre in the situation room. Lets get to the breaking news. A rally just now, donald trump said his campaign has never been more united. But sources paint a picture of disorder and disarray. They say staffers are increasingly frustrated. Just a day after donald trump refused to endorse paul ryan, infuriating Republican Leaders, mike pence announced his support for paul ryan. Gop heavyweight, Newt Gingrich tells the Washington Post, trump is proving himself, quote, more unacceptable than Hillary Clinton. And Top Republican donors are fleeing. Silicon valley, meg whitman saying shell help and vote for Hillary Clinton. At a rally moments ago, trump focused in on a 400 million u. S. Payment to iran. The white house admits they secretly flew cash to iran on the very same day that iran freed america
Our little persons of the week. Good evening. And a very busy friday night here. We begin with Donald Trumps aboutface. After five years of questioning where president obama was born, trump came out today, 53 days before the election, 10 days before the crucial first debate, and changed course. This morning, teasing reporters, telling them to stay tuned for his big announcement. Turning it into a tv event. Tonight, the reaction has been swift. Including the president , answering our reporter, and first Lady Michelle obama, coming out swinging. Tom llamas leading us off. Reporter today, in less than 30 seconds, donald trump abandoned the Conspiracy Theory he spent more than five years pushing so hard. President barack obama was born in the united states. Period. Reporter and trump, accusing his opponent of starting the Birther Movement. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. Reporter clinton and her campaign did no such thing. Trump toda
Opened the door to that possibility. Now refusing to endorse Speaker Paul Ryan and senator john mccain. It is 5 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 a. M. Out west, this is way too early. Good morning, it is wednesday, august 3rd, im chris jansing. Three months to the day today that donald trump won the Indiana Republican primary which essentially knocked out his final opponents for the nomination. Yet on tuesday, trump continued his war with Party Leadership, by withholding his endorsement from house Speaker Paul Ryan and 2008 republican nominee john mccain in their primaries this month. On supporting ryan, trump told the washington post, quote, im not quite there yet. Just not quite there yet. His language echoed what the speaker said in may when he held back endorsing trump. Im just not ready to do that at this pont. Im not there right now. I hope to support his candidacy fully. And i want to do that. But right now, just i got to tell you, jake, being candid with you, at this point, im