Hillary clinton in the state of pennsylvania. In the new franklin and Marshall College poll. New hampshire, a smaller battleground state but those four votes can matter. 14point lead for clinton in battleground new hampshire. Three for three there. And the fourth one in Donald Trumps second home state as he likes to say, florida, a closer race here but a fourpoint clinton lead in florida. Why is this happening . Lets go behind the numbers a little bit. Lets start in pennsylvania. Pull these numbers out, take a look right here. One thing weve seen, postconvention, and this is pretty consistent, don, Hillary Clinton has largely consolidated the democratic party. Shes getting the votes of nerl 8 in 10 democrats. Donald trump still getting the votes of only 7 in 10 republicans so he has a problem in the Republican Party thats hurting him. Lets set this over here for a minute. Back to new hampshire. We see again, similar dynamic. More than 80 of democrats say theyre for clinton, but only 61
Healthdown. Several highlevel republican sources tell nbc news they are pushing for an intervention to try to get the campaign back on track before its too late but trump says things have never been better. Its never been so well united. We started on june 16 i would say right now its the best in temples of being united that its been since we began. A new setback for trump today. New polling showing a significant Hillary Clinton postconvention bump. A new fox news poll giving clinton a 10point edge over trump nationally and shes expanding her lead in key battleground states. Joining me, katy tur in portland, maine, where donald trump is holding a town hall. First of all, theres a reason for maine. Maine, like nebraska has that purl Electoral College rule where the congressional districts do the elections. They can pick up electoral votes. Both campaigns are doing that, nebraska and maine but in any case the Trump Campaign, donald trump sounding not just defiant but confident today, is
Seven or eight months ago as i recall. So far as i know, it had nothing to do with any kind of hostage swap or any other tit for tat. But donald trump warned that his opponent represents four more years of the same. We got our hostages back, and now we find out what we actually paid for the hostages, and it was in cash, which is terrible because that sets a terrible, terrible precedent. And its just sickening. And youll have four more years of obama if you elect Hillary Clinton. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger, and columnist bret stevens. Maherian na Stacia Ogrady and bill mcgurn. So, bret, old news . Oh, no, its new and very interesting news because the Obama Administration never admitted back in january that they had sent 400 million in pallets of euros, swiss francs, to tehran in order to get those hostages released on the day they were released. This is fantastic reporting from our colleagues on the news side of the wall s
The american people, hes promised to cut taxes and the taxes have been cut. And hes promised that we are going to find jobs and create jobs, and the trump economy has created since his election 3. 2 million new jobs. [cheers and applause] and since the tax cuts alone, the trump economy has created since tax cuts alone 800,000 new jobs. Thats transforming lives. [applause] promises made and promises kept, thank you. Thank you very much. [applause] i think maybe im going to ask jim, jim renacey has been terrific, hes represented ohio for a long time. Hes a very successful businessman and hes running for the senate against sharon brown who does not think the way we think and when it comes to borders and when it comes to so much, remember, its also the vote because they are going to vote as a block and the democrats are very weak on borders, very weak on health care, the health care that they had is a disaster and its coming to an end, very weak on you look at the borders, they want the wa
President , but it does Say Something about what this country is capable of and what we are so sorely lacking too often, wolf. Yes, it certainly does, jake. It was a really, really moving moment. All of these moments, you know, have been so powerful and such a distinctive opportunity for this country to get together, at least right now, and to remember the 41st president of the United States who now lies in state here at the u. S. Capitol. Were watching the First Official ceremony in washington honoring George Herbert walker bush on his service to his country. Im wolf blitzer with a special edition of the situation room. Family members including former president george w. Bush joined dignitaries inside the Capitol Rotunda to hear moving tributes to president bush by Vice President mike pence and congressional leaders. Officials continue to pay their respects right now. Later this evening, the capitol will be opened to the public. People can get in line and pay their respects as well. W