then he apologized like a little baby, like a disgusting little weak, pathetic baby. that s problem with our country. he likes to go after these guys. he s hurling insults. it seems to be helping trump, doesn t it? sure, especially in a republican primary, it doesn t get much better than going after a democrat. but i think martin o mally may end up winning this. shortly after he said that, the o mally campaign sent out a fund-raising e-mail to their supporters saying, look, we re being mentioned by donald trump, it s a sign he s taking us seriously. i was interested to see he s insulting democrats. perhaps that s a sign he s moving away from insulting republicans. although i wouldn t count on that full-time here. but i think that people like this raw sense of what he s saying and doing. of course there is a line. we don t know what the line is. we ll know probably when it s crossed. i think this doesn t cross it at all. because republicans to the extent they know martin o mally
conservative republican, maybe independent voters? seems like there s a combination of sort of general distrust of obama, which has gone on for years. i mean, this republican party is united. but there s also resentment against washington republicans. the senate went republican. the house went republican. and what do they have to show for it? maybe that s an unreasonable expectation. but you have a candidate who is not a congressman, who s not a senator, who s not a politician. and who are the two candidates who are doing best in the polls right now? at least right now, you have donald trump and dr. carson. completely alienated from the current political structure. and that just indicates that they don t like any branch of government at the moment. jeff zeleny, in a fox news interview donald trump hit martin o mally, former governor of maryland, while addressing his apology. owe mall hi s apology to black lives matter activists for saying that all lives matter. listen to this.
at all probably thought that was funny. jeffrey, there was a disturbing story out of massachusetts which you re familiar with, two brothers allegedly ambushed a hispanic homeless individual sleeping in a subway stop, saying they were inspired to go after this guy by what they heard from donald trump s recent comments. that s what these guys allegedly told police officers. it s obviously a very disturbing development when you think about it. yeah, i m inclined to defend donald trump on that. donald trump isn t causing calling for people to be attacked in the subway or anywhere else. and i think you can t really draw a line between a pathological act by some criminals and donald trump s views. i think, niotwithstanding what they said, that s not trump. an important note, the republican presidential candidates are already gearing up for their second debate. it will air here on cnn on september 16th live from the
cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is in iowa with more on the democratic field and whether it may be expanding. reporter: good evening. that certainly is the chatter and conversation among iowa democrats. will their party s bill expand? in clear lake, iowa, outside the famed surf ballroom, you can hear the excitement from martin o mally supporters. hillary clinton supporters are more quiet in the distance. the conversation in iowa is, will their field expand? the field of democrats take stage in iowa. there s hillary clinton, bernie sanders, martin o mally and more. but other hopefuls may still be waiting in the wings. vice president joe biden called more supporters today. he s asking advisers to start making a plan if he decides to run. even friends of al gore wonder if he should jump in. a suggestion his spokeswoman quickly shot down. never mind bush/clinton. a bush/gore rematch?
other republicans like she did today at a stop in dubuc. when george bush i confuse jeb bush said [ laughter ] reporter: as sanders draws crowds and rallies across the country, o mally is trying to win over voters one by one. taking time out to hit the giant slide with two of his kids. you re optimistic, voters are open minded to your candidacy? i am. there s no doubt people are looking for a new leader. after we get done with our summer of anger people are going to evaluate which of us is that new perspective of a new gem race that can govern and get things done. reporter: that summer of anger has upended the race on both sides. the question is whether it seeps into the fall. now, all this talk about a potential new candidate in the race certainly frustrating to the clinton campaign. but they can hold on to a couple of positives, pamela. senator tom harkin, former