Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then were probably
initiative and School Nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. I mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. And we will. People asked me how do you feel after the election . I say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. Its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the President Elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what
6 welcome to another hour of 360. A lot was said by the military today. Both president ial candidates faced an audience of Military Members. Hillary clinton and donald trump took questions at a forum here in new york city, mod rated by mat lauer of nbc news. They were asked questions about everything from Fighting Isis to what should be done with ptsd to Sexual Assault in the military. We will bring you some of what things. Lets get started with some of the highlights from the hour. When people like me press you for details like that gentleman just said on what your plan is, you very often say im not going to give you the details because i want to be unpredictable. Absolutely, the word is unpredictable. But yesterday you actually told us a little bit about your plan in your speech. You said this, quote, were going to convene my top generals, and they will have 30 days to submit a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. So is the plan youve been hiding this whole time asking someon
Middle of the heart, and she wouldnt be prosecuted. Meanwhile, the pundits keep critiquing donald trump, but he is gaining ground. Both nationally and in swing states, leading democrats to wonder, why isnt she doing better . Also, in the closest thing to a debate that we have had so far, the big loser was the moderator, matt lauer. Will the medias Rough Treatment of lauer impact moderators of the real debates. And as we mark the 15th anniversary of 9 11, congress has just approved letting victims sue saudi arabia. But will the president stop that with a veto . I will ask the nations first secretary of homeland security, tom ridge. But first, both candidates said shocking things last night that will only perpetuate their high negatives. Theres a third party in the race, fighting its way to the debate stage. And the libertarian ticket, gary johnson and bill weld, will be joining me later in the program. This week, johnson finally became a National Name in the president ial race, but not
Thanks for joining us for the second hour of 360. If you thought you heard it all in this election, one candidate says Vladimir Putin is more of a leader than the sitting president of the United States. The head of the rnc is criticizing the first woman nominated by a major party because he thinks she didnt smile enough last night. There are still two months to go. The first debate just a few weeks away. We have reports from both camps. Sara murray joins us now. Trump spent a lot of today explaining what he said in the forum last night. Reporter thats right. He did go after Hillary Clinton. He took another opportunity to take a couple shots at her for her use of a private email server but he launched into a very lengthy defense today of his view of The War In Iraq. He again restated that he was opposed to the war before it began and this went on for quite awhile. I want to play just a portion of it for you. Before the war, much closer to the war, i gave statements that we shouldnt go i
There are people like that. He has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people. Now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean spirited rhetoric. Some of those are irredeemable. There are the others that feel the government has let them down. The economy has left them down. Nobody cares about them. Nobody worries about what happens to that you are lives and futures and they are just desperate for change. They dont buy everything he says but he seems to hold out some hope that theyre lives will be different. That they wont wake up and see their jobs disappear. Lose a kid to heroin, feel like theyre in a dead end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well. Clinton is now apologizing for part of what she said last night. Let me read you part. She said last night i was grossly generalistic, thats never a good idea. I regret saying half. He said its deplorable that trump has built his campaign