we want to see justice being served, transparency and accountability of the process. i think what really is frustrating most americans, and this is part of the reason why mr. trump has been so successful on the campaign trail, is they view this as a rigged system. they see too much funny business. how do you go from all of this cloud and this pile of corruption to saying they re not going to recommend charges, even though they were extremely careless and reckless with activities, to saying 11 days out, we found these 650,000 e-mails from the spouse of a top aide, to going back to the fact that nothing is wrong, trying to put toothpaste back in the tube? it doesn t stack up. most americans look it this and shake their heads and say, you know what? we saw the drama with the clintons in the 90s. we don t need it again. let s bring in somebody new who will take us in a better direction. let me repeat the question. does the trump campaign, specifically mr. trump, have confidence in the f
and as dana was saying earlier, it s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube. by doing this, which we totally understand why he s doing it because his initial letter had not enough detail, it raised all of the questions about were these classified e-mails and we have all of these leaks saying they weren t hillary clinton e-mails and then the story took on a life of its own which donald trump picked up on. the sunday before the election, people of the fbi give them a lot of credit. it s mind numbing they went through all of this work. usually government does not work that quickly, in case you hadn t noticed. they went through all of the e-mails and said by the way, this doesn t change our original conclusions. so the question everyone then asks is, as manu is saying, why did you raise it in the first
this race. and there also is the reality, reverend al, it is going to be really hard to really change forces at this stage where people are already voting, including in the key battleground state of iowa, ballots have already been printed. the whole process has started and it is very, very difficult to basically put that toothpaste back in the tube. as he walks on that stage tonight, to face a town hall style debate, is he there trying to salvage a campaign that many including me don t see how that s possible, or is he there to try to salvage donald trump s brand? because where does he go from here, even as he loses the election, which many of us feel is a given now. what is on his mind as best you can get from people around him if anything? yeah. that s a great question. already going into this debate, before friday s explosive news,
senate. there is some kind of mechanism that somehow donald trump steps aside and people say, still vote for donald trump and maybe mike pence or someone else will take his place, but practically this will not happen. people are already voting, including in iowa, votes are already being cast, the ballots have already been printed and so how you end up putting this toothpaste back in the tube. we can talk about ways it might happen but it probably won t happen. if donald trump doesn t step down voluntarily, is there anything that the rnc, the gop can do to force it. that s the deal. if he decided to actually step down, that maybe there is some type of process to actually do something. but, no, there is nothing if if he says i m staying in this race, they re stuck with him and ben ginsburg, really smart republican lawyer, good friend of ours, said if republicans ever really wanted to stop trump, the convention was their last opportunity to do so. we re now well beyond the convention,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. what i m amazed is how friendly and open people are with us. it s easy for me to say whatever i want about the government. me can go home. our lives will go on. we don t pay the price for that. everybody who helped us could very well pay that price. it should be pointed out that a lot of people did not. a lot of people were nice to us but said i ve already been in jail. you know, i really don t want to go back. it s a very real concern. what happens to the people we leave behind? one would think you can win freedom. they tasted freedom. you know, you can put the toothpaste back in the tube. you know, there s no doubt about that. but for the moment at least,