Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. A headspinning 24 hours for donald trump. If i sleep five hours, i wake up theres that much more this morning. Word this morning theres increasing frustration inside the Trump Campaign. Telling cnn that Campaign Staffers, quote, feel like theyre wasting their time. Among these people apparently Campaign Manager paul manafort. The distraction cited included trumps fight with the gold star parents of an American Army captain. Trump is refusing to endorse House Speaker paul ryan in his primary campaign. And trump is sort of keeping praise on ryans underdog opponent. This is on top of new criticism by senator john mccain. And that is on top of other high profile republicans coming flat out and saying they will vote for Hillary Clinton. Cnns Jason Carroll has the latest. Reporter this is a stunning development. Well wherev to see how this plays out. Donald trump saying in an interview with the Washington Post hes not ready to endorse paul ryan in the upcoming ele
Im chris hayes. Its trump against a gold star family. Trump against obama, trump against his own party. Or just another day on the trail here in 98 days from the 2016 election. Trumps feud with the chaun family, the Muslim American parents of an army captain killed while serving in iraq is the latest outrage to bring condemnation from paul ryan, Mitch Mcconnell and most forcefully senator john mccain. But just as with trumps proposed muslim ban, his star of david tweet, his attacks on the ethnicity of judge gonzalo curiel, and countless other controversies, Top Republicans have stopped short of withdrawing support for their partys nominee. Today in a press conference with the president of singapore, president obama had a message for those republican leaders. The question, i think, that 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 . What does this say about your party, th
Sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. This is the parents of fallen captain khan have emerged a as unlikely voices cutting into the Trump Campaign. Were less le than an hour now since he set off this controversy. His wife, if you look at his wife she was standing there, she had nothing to say. Maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to say. Actually, i have given my statement that why did not i speak because i think it doesnt have to do anything with my religion. This election will come and pass, but the burden of voting for a divider, voting for excluder will not will put such a burden on our souls for the reminder of our lives that e we will not be able to bear it. Those appearances by the khans on the today show and msnbcs morning joe prompting trump to hit back via twitter saying thrks story is not about mr. Khan who was all over the place doing interviews, but radical islamic terrorism in the u. S. Get smart. Hallie jackson is in columbus, ohio, where trump is h
Good evening. We begin this hour with the National Security kneecapping donald trump got late today right in the middle of his attempt to get his campaign back in gear. Donald trump has had a rough couple of weeks and todays speech in detroit on prompter, on message, about the economy, was step one in trying to put it behind him. He delivered it but then this. Donald trump is not qualified to be president and commander in chief. Indeed, we are convinced that he would be a dangerous president and would put the country at risk. He would risk our National Security and wellbeing. The letter signed by 50 former republican National Security experts including former nsa and cia director Michael Hayden and two former republican secretaries of Homeland Security. This evening, donald trump reacted. Cnns dana bash joins us again with more on that and some of the other harsh words in the letter itself. This letter from Foreign Policy experts is pretty stark. What are the main points in it . It is
President. I said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. The notion that he would attack a gold star family that had made such extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country, the fact that he doesnt appear to have basic knowledge around Critical Issues in europe, in the middle east, in asia, means that hes woefully unprepared to do this job. This is just the latest volley in the fallout mr. Trump is facing for his clash with the parents of the fallen muslimamerican soldier humayun khan. Trump said khans father viciously attacked him saying trump had sacrificed nothing. Since then, republican after republican has decried trumps comments siding with the gold star family. And as the president now piles on the criticism of donald trump, the polls are stacking up against him as well. Here are the new numbers at cnn, cnn orc polling showing her partys convention propelled Hillary Clinton ahead trump. She now has an eightpoint lead over him. Lets begin this hour with our white house cor