Under fire from Hillary Clinton, but also within his own part. Clinton now backing more getting more members of the military to back her as a result. Cnn washington correspondent, jeff zeleny, is following all of the developments for us. Jeff. Good morning. The praise donald trump is showering on Vladimir Putin is a traditional break from American Politics. It is outraging democrats and making republicans uneasy about the plurblurred lines of countr versus party. Hillary clinton says this is the latest sign that donald trump is not fit for the presidency. He is really very much of a leader. Amid ongoing criticism of his praise for Vladimir Putin. Donald trump in an interview on a Television Station funneled by the kremlin, telling larry king, he thinks it is unlikely the russian government is meddling through hacking. I think it is probably unlikely. Maybe the democrats are putting that out. If they are doing something, i hope that somebody will be able to find out, so they can end it.
Candidate Hillary Clinton spoke before donors and offered this blunt assessment, not of donald trump himself but of his supporters. Listen. To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . The racist, sexist, homophobic, islamaphobic, you name it. Unfortunately, there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. In the meantime, donald trump also went off script at a rally in florida. Heres what he said. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldnt be prosecuted. Cnns Scott Mcclain is joining us from washington. Well start with Hillary Clinton, the reaction youre hearing this morning to the deplorables comment. Yeah, the deplorables comment, christi, is going over like a lead balloon with donald Trump Supporters, as you might expected. It is a Trending Subject on twitter and it is causing genuine offense. In fact,
And outrageous becomes normalized. And people start thinking we should be grading on a curve. But i can tell you from the interactions that ive had over the last eight or nine days with foreign leaders, that this serious business. You actually have to know what youre talking about, and you actually have to have done your homework. When you speak, it should actually reflect thoughtout policy that you can implement. And i have confidence that if, in fact, people just listen to what he has to say and look at his track record or lack thereof, that theyll make a good decision. Reporter you know, on this trip, white house sources have told us that the president has been wanting to get back out on the Campaign Trail, but his schedule really hasnt allowed him to do that. He sees the enormous stakes involved. He watches the poll numbers, and he knows the power of his own voice among democrats, among young people to get out there and vote, which is going to be critical, of course, in this electi
Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the pentagon, as old as 85, as young as just 2 years old. Lights illuminated the sky, though, Late Last Night in tribute here. Theyre going to be turned on again this afternoon in honor of the people who died. For a lot of people involved the wounds have not healed even 15 years after. Its the sight of the twin towers collapsing is too painful for many to watch. Victims without graves, now memorialized as names on that permanent memorial that i know so many people have seen there in new york. Most people when they lose someone, they have a grave to go to and that brings them closer to that person. But for us, this is our parents grave. So it brings us closer and makes us feel connected to that parent. A lot of our parents bodies werent found after 9 11. So that literally could be where our fathers bodies lay to this day. It is a memorial, but its our grave. We can go there and communicate with
Were described in the most deplorable of terms. Its extraordinary to think of it. She referred to those people as irredeemable. I will tell you right now, i campaign on a regular basis with donald trump. I campaign all across this country for donald trump. Hillary clintons low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms. The truth of the matter is that the men and women who support Donald Trumps campaign are hardworking americans, farmers, coal miners, teachers, veterans, members of our Law Enforcement community, members of every class of this country who know that we can make America Great again. So let me just say from the bottom of my heart, hillary, they are not a basket of anything, they are americans, and they deserve your respect. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ] ive not heard that level of disdain for americans that i can even repeat since barack obama described people that opposed him as people who cling to