about megyn kelly will put a dent in his poll numbers, especially among women. and on the front page of the miami herald is a story of how marco rubio s debate performance may have provided by him the lift he needs to improve his standing among republican voters. those are just a few of the day s political headlines. so what about the potential of donald trump running as a third-party candidate? i ll naught question to gary johnson, a former third party candidate. i ll get his take on whether trump s attack style will hurt him in the polls. of course, donald trump is just one of 10 presidential candidates scheduled to speak at this weekend s red state gathering. jeb bush has been traveling across the country going from cleveland thursday to new hampshire friday and finally now to atlanta today to speak in just a few minutes at the red states gathering. nbc news political embed covering the bush campaign jordan frazier is joining us from the red state gathering. jordan, what do yo
with your friends, you negotiate them with your enemies and superpowers don t respond to taunts superpowers focus on what is it we need to do in order to preserve our national security and the national security of our allies and friends. so once the president gets back from vacation once congress gets back from recess alex, look for the iran vote to happen by mid-september, by september 17 and it will be a busy month for the president, that s not the only thing he has on his plate. there s a budget battle over defunding planned parenthood. he s hosting a couple big international events including the visit from the pope at the end of the month. alex? i hope he gets a few extra wung this is month on martha s vineyard. that s for sure. hallie jackson, thanks so much. coming up melissa harris perry will talk about her exclusive interview with attorney general loretta lynch. they discuss what has changed in one year since the death of michael brown.
be available voters for ted cruz if just if donald trump doesn t go all the the way. so we re watching it unfold here. there s disappointment among some to not see the celebrity trump. frustration about candidate trump and some who think eric ericson did the right thing by saying please stay away. alex? well, we have a couple more coming up jeb bush scott walker still to address that group today. thank you so much kelly o donnell for that. let s get reaction. i m joined by matt louis whose latest column appears online. matt, i m going to reach out to you first as you heard these new remarks about megyn kelly and the disinvitation by eric erickson. where and how does this end? will it end before it does appreciable damage to the gop? that s a good question. the republicans had a good debate thursday night despite the fact donald trump was there.
whole but others are saying you know what? many ways these comments were a bridge too far and they re taking away the attention and energy from the other candidates. one thing i will say, alex this is ted cruz s crowd. if ted cruz is going to have a hope of winning the early primary and caucus state, it s voters like this who will be supporting him. they re also the ones donald trump is taking away from ted cruz and if anyone has lost oxygen in this summer of trump. it s really been cruz. he s been on the stage for the last half hour getting standing ovation after standing ovation after standing ovation. so in some ways banning frump this gathering, while obviously it s a direct reaction from his comments. it gives ted cruz a more of an elevated stage than he would have, alex. i m sure you just heard the applause right there. we heard it cloud and clear for your microphone. i m curious if you re hearing word from the other camps, their
spends the first day of his vacation at martha s vineyard. the big question will senator chuck schumer s opposition to the iran nuclear deal deliver a serious blow to his chances of passing through congress? joining me now haley jackson from martha s vineyard. you asked, alex, if this would be a serious blow to the deal on the iranian nukes. most likely not, at least that s the analysis. remember, even though senator schumer has come out against it and he is one of the top democrats in the senate. 15 other democrats have come out in favor of it including kirsten gillibrand including bernie sanders who, of course, is running for president. that said the white house has not ruled out that even on vacation president obama will be making a few phone calls in order to lock down support for this deal. his administration over the last several weeks has been really pushing this full court press to try to convince skeptical members of congress that they should back this deal. take a listen to