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CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront August 2, 2016

Senator john mccain in their reelection bids and this is coming as the first day as the first republican congressman says he will vote for Hillary Clinton, not donald trump. Richard hannah, a threeterm congressman from trumps home state new york calling him deeply flawed. Also today a former top aide and trump loyalist saying she, too, will Cross Party Lines and vote for Hillary Clinton. This comes as president obama calls on republicans to withdraw their endorsement of trump and that trump, is, quote, unfit to be president. The question that i think 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 . Dana bash begins our coverage out front tonight. Lets start with trumps stunning move dropping the gop. This is an unprecedented situation. Why is he refusing to back paul ryan and john mccain . Well, it seems as though in the case of both men its personal, but for paul ryan it is much more significant, as you say, because of his position. He is the topranking republican in congress, and in elected office. Let me just read to you exactly what donald trump said about ryan who has a primary a week from today, a republican primary challenge. I like paul, but these are horrible times for our country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership, and im just quite not there yet. Im not quite there yet. Now, if those words and phrases seem familiar, and thats what paul ryan told our jake tapper about trump when he became the presumptive nominee and he held off for a month before formally endorsed trump and since then he has and actually chaired the convention that trump was formally made the nominee for. Diana, you have donald trump coming out with this stunning move, what is the response . What does paul ryan say . He hasnt said much, and thats kind of in keeping with the way paul ryan tends to be in situations like this. His Campaign Spokesman simply said they never asked for Donald Trumps endorsement. Thats what hes saying publicly, but i can tell you, erin, privately, in talking to paul ryans closest friends and confidants many of whom have endorsed donald trump, theyre just stunned. Theyre stunned because of the fact that clearly, ryan has not been all that comfortable with endorsing trump with going out and doing even what he did at his convention, nominating mike pence, formally being the person to do that as his Vice President ial running mate, but donald trump, i mean, you know, we dont know, we havent spoken to him, but its hard to imagine what paul ryan said in the past few days about donald trump going at that time with goldstar parent, the parents who spoke at the dnc. He was very tough and others were, too, including john mccain, and its pretty clear that donald trump didnt like that very much. Dana bash, thank you very much. Very tough and not withdrawing their endorsement which is donald trump is now saying he will not endorse either of those men. Jason is out in front covering the campaign. Is the gop concerned about this move . John mccain and paul ryan, not only Republican Leaders and not only the highest ranking republican in the United States in the case of paul ryan and especially popular when you look at ryan as the speaker. I agree, and its a valid question. At this point, no response from the trump camp. Expect that there will be at some time. Look, i think there is a very strong argument that at this point in terms of where donald trump is, based on what weve seen and based on what weve heard and not sure donald trump has any regrets about any of the controversial things that he has said or the things that he has done. Donald trump out on the trail in virginia today steering clear of his confrontation with the family of a slain muslim u. S. Soldier humayun khan who was awarded a bronze star and purple heart, instead, trying to draw attention to his military support. A man came up to me and handed me his purple heart. I always wanted to get the purple heart. This was much easier, but i tell you, it was such an honor. The purple heart is awarded to those wounded in combat. Swift reaction coming in from Hillary Clinton tweeting this from a man who says he sacrificed for our country. Clinton pointing to trumps response to khans father who criticized the gop nominee during the Democratic National convention saying trump had not sacrificed for his country. Amid the bipartisan backlash to trumps comments, trumps son eric today insisted in an interview with cbs that his father has apologized to the khan family. I think he has by calling them a hero. Donald trump trying to keep his focus clinton hammering his democratic rival today on trade, immigration and her ability to improve the economy as well as her character. Here is a woman who is a total thief. I mean, shes a crook. Shes got a bad temperament. Shes got the temperament of a loser. Reporter trump getting sidetracked during his remarks by a crying baby. Dont worry about that baby. Actually, i was only kidding. You can get the baby out of here and his offcolor comments continuing to be a concern to gop leaders. Republican congressman Richard Hannah of new york becoming the first to say he will support clinton writing in an oped while i disagree with her on many issue, i will vote for mrs. Clinton. The khan controversy, not the only comments from trump raising eyebrows this week asked about the Sexual Harassment allegations against former fox news chief roger ailes and how his daughter ivanka would respond under similar circumstances, trump said i would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case. Eric trump backing up his father with these comments. Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman. She wouldnt allow herself to be objected to it. And erin, in another interview with a local reporter, trump said that he had no regrets about anything that he said about the khan family, and the reporter also asked trump about that comment he made about Hillary Clinton referring to her as the devil. Trump also saying that he did not feel as though he went too far with that comment, as well. So at this point, erin, no apologies, no regrets. Er erin . Jason carroll, thank you very much. Out front now our panel, Corey Lewandowski and basil smikle and jamie, i want to start with you on this conversation because former adviser and strategist for Chris Christie who is a loyalist, a trump loyalist criticized him today on the military issue, but one of the most loyal backers. She is coming out and saying she will not back trump and vote Hillary Clinton. This is Maria Comella and to give you context, shes been with christie since 2009 and is in his inner circle and he is widely credited with launching him on the National Stage and shes been working seven days a week, 24 hours a day to make him a candidate. She came out today and did an exclusive interview with us. The whole thing is on cnn. Com, and she said pointblank, she is voting for Hillary Clinton and that every other republican should get out there and do it, too. I just want to read one quote from her. She said if those of us who believe that donald trump shouldnt be president dont say anything, we are just part of the same problem. Im voting for her, Hillary Clinton because i dont believe its enough to say you arent for donald trump. And shes a registered republican in new york which will go for Hillary Clinton, but she says you have to vote. So let me corey, ill go to you because you had Maria Comella and an adviser, richard anna, the first congressman to come out and say he is voting for Hillary Clinton and not just not voting for donald trump, saying trump is unfit to serve the party and cannot serve this country. Are you worried more will follow . Im not. Heres what i think. Every person from Warren Buffett to Corey Lewandowski gets one vote in the ballot box and everyone votes for who they think will be the best president of the United States and if congressman hannah who is not seeking reelection decides that he doesnt want to support donald trump hes entitled to do that, but at the end of the day its a decision thats binary and you can have another term of the Obama Administration with Hillary Clinton who is against trade and good trade for our country who is for open borders or have a strong leader that will stop and build a wall and make sure that we renegotiate trade deals and bring jobs back to the country. You can have that choice and thats a choice to make in the ballot box. You have a choice to make here. I announced in january that i wouldnt be supporting donald trump and the fact that cnn is hosting a town hall with the candidates. You are one of those who believes youll vote for someone, and ill vote for paul ryan. This is the big question now facing republicans because you can come out and say that, paul ryan is not going to win. Hillary clinton and donald trump are not going to win and ultimately by doing that you are implicitly supporting. I dont think thats the case, and ive known Maria Comella for at least 12 years and shes a dedicated republican staffer that has worked in iowa and to see people like maria and Sally Bradshaw means more people are going to do so and thats not beneficial to the Trump Campaign. President obama says trump is unfit to be president and let me quickly play it in his words. I think the republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. I said so last week, and he keeps on proving it. Trump has just come out, hes been responding. Here he is. Hes been one of the worst president s in the history of our country. I think he will go down maybe as the worst and well see how this all comes out, but hes been one of the worst president s in the history of our country and for him to be calling me out is almost an honor because he truly doesnt know what hes doing. Hes been a very, very weak president. And then he just said moments ago, basil, i think it just means hes concerned im going to win. Is that true . The more president obama starts mucking it up with trump its fear . No. It goes to the points that were made earlier, its country over party, quite frankly. I think what the president is saying, look, i may have been disappointed if mitt romney became president of the United States, but that being said, we have to start thinking about what it means to be president ial, and i think what barack obama is saying is that donald trump is not president ial in any that he has said or done, and i respect Congress Member hannah from upstate new york. He may be not running for reelection, but he does represent upstate new york and we talk a lot about new york values and donald trump being a new yorker and what represents him does not represent new york val us. With trump saying coming out saying im not going to support john mccain and paul ryan and thats personal. Hes done all these things since then from the mexican judge on, and im done with it. I no longer endorse. Is that what donald trump wants . Kong rercongressional approvg right now is 10 . 10 think that congress is doing a good job and 68 think theyre doing a bad job. I dont think donald trump is concerned and i ran the primary campaign, zero days in washington, d. C. Not one vote to gain in washington d. C. And the issue is washington, d. C. , has failed the American People for the last 30 years so going and asking for their support and their endorsements has never amounted to anything. If that was the case jeb bush would be the nominee. Will there be more . Youve had two people in two days. I absolutely think there will be more. I think theyre will be some that come now. I think there are going to be some october surprises, and most important, i think that these people coming out are sending a message. Ive spoken in the last couple of days to a lot of republicans around the country saying what are we supposed to do . Theyre not Trump Supporters and they dont like hillary, but when you see people like Sally Bradshaw and Maria Comella and x, y and z to come saying it is your responsibility to vote for Hillary Clinton it may influence some votes. All right. Well, thanks to all. All staying with me, of course. Next Hillary Clinton winning the fundraising war and is trump closing in. Trump fires back after Warren Buffett calls him a failure. He signed up for the draft. Why didnt he serve . Our report coming up. Ive been taking fish oil from natures bounty to support my heart. Eating better, keeping healthy. 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Reporter well, usually money makes all of the difference, but this has been more true for Hillary Clinton who has relied on tv ads which are pretty expensive and staffs, big staffs in key states, but we learned in the republican primary, erin, that it didnt matter as much for donald trump and he selffunded his travel to all of these event, but he used a lot of freebies, earned media, the attention that he got in the press and free methods of marketing like twitter, instagram videos and that was what made the difference for him. Even now his Campaign Staff is much smaller than clintons. Some would say that is to his detriment, but you are seeing sensitivity from the Clinton Campaign on this and theyre seeing this claim from donald trump is not true and they have 900,000 donors and not just 20 as he has been claiming and Bernie Sanders would say during the primary, you know, that his donations were smaller. He had more donors to show that his campaign was more grassroots and so theyre pretty adamant about setting the record straight. All rid. Thank you very much, brianna. I want to bring back my panel. Alex burns from the New York Times joins me as well. Trump raising only half of that amount. Hes clearly behind, okay, and at some point money does matter. Not always, but do you think it really just doesnt matter . It doesnt matter. Jeb bush raised 150 million in the primary and had three delegates. Good comecomeback, corey. Donald beat 16 candidates and spent a traction of what they spent and he largely funded his own campaign. He continues to fund his own campaign. He has the Financial Resources and he wants to put 5 million in, or 100 million in and he can do that. He has the ability, but he doesnt put that money in.

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