The fight to isis than just making political happy talk. Charles clinton answered Media Questions on the tarmac today. Maybe it was last nights debate threatening poll numbers are overall criticism its been mounting about her not having a press conference. Today finally Hillary Clinton stepped up to the mic, and donald trump did weigh in tweeting a new poll showing donald trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical dead heat in at least four key states that hillary was winning last month. So is the tide in the election starting to turn . Joining me lisa boothe, rob taub. I guess we have a press conference, spoken to the media three days in a row, why . Because she has to. Shes seeing her poll numbers take a hit, and a lot of focus in the media. And essentially been driving a lot of the headlines is negative news stories regarding private email server as well as the Clinton Foundation. Shes trying to get out in front on the stories and try to answer some questions, because she realizes the damage that thats doing. But i found it a little suspicious the fact she wasnt asked the questions this morning at the press conference about her private email server. The fbi released a lot of information before labor day weekend, including the fact her aides smashed phones with hammers and the fact that her emails were deleted after a New York Times story hit. Theres a lot of new information she needed to be pressed on. Charles might be new to you, wasnt new to the media. Heres the thing, rob. Obviously, listen, hillary has gone by an old school playbook. You take august off, raise a lot of money. Hang out in the hamptons, whether there is a disaster in louisia louisiana, shes paying a heavy price for it. Is this her s. O. S. . Not her s. O. S. , the mistakes shes making and shes got to step up, i watch a lot of law and order marathons. Charles i hope i never get hooked on it. Asked and answered. Thats what happened with the emails. Shes got to say with the press, weve discussed this, the fbi cleared me, move on and talk about important issues like isis, like syria, like the economy and deal with that. Charles heres the thing, morgan. You know, she unveiled the plan this week that had the whose plane is bigger, do we know . Charles i know hers is greener. Trump has more fixtures. Charles trumps plane goes back to 1991. Its greener, environmental embracing and the colors of the united nations. Make of that what you will. [ laughter ] having said, that she spoke to the press a little bit back and forth going on, on the plane, more here. Theres clearly no doubt that not only i think that last night played a role in this but the humanizing of hillary, the project. This dr. Frankenstein project of making her human. She smiled. Tried to chuckle. Have a little banter. Its painful. Charles what was the guy, he had a hat she had never seen, and the back of his mind is like ive been wearing it 277 days, thats why you never saw it. What do you make of it . K. T. Mcfarland, i was her press secretary. Charles really . That was a bruiser. I love k. T. Charles the new york media was tough on k. T. They were totally dishonest with her. Charles the media can pick and choose who they want to be tough with. Hillary has a task and shes got to use the press conferences to her advantage. Shes just bad. Bad. Former press secretary is going to say, you always think about wanting to put your candidate in the light that makes them look best. She is mechanical. Shes awkward, and i dont think you can change it. Its who she is. Listen, not everybody who runs for president has a type a personality and is an extrovert. She has the command of the facts whenever she is not backed into a corner. I dont think there is changing it. This is the Hillary Clinton weve seen for 30 years and its just cranking her up and trying to make her look as good as possible. Charles tarmac press conference help or hurt . It didnt help, it didnt hurt. I think shes got to be less vituperative and be natural and discuss the issues. If she does, shes going to see a change there. Shes got an opponent who doesnt have the handle on the issue. Rob, she could be more natural if she stayed out of the hamptons and went to places. Instead of fundraising, hang out with normal americans and shed understand why trump is so popular. Charles shes going to hit the ground, shes in North Carolina which is a tossup. Go ahead, lisa. Charles, if you remember, there is a picture of her at the chipotle with her sunglasses on, not talking to anyone. Hillary clinton genuinely doesnt like people, and it comes across in her interactions with the media. But to the point before, Hillary Clinton also cant talk about the issues because she owns president obamas failed foreign policy. She also owns president obamas failed economic policy. Hes literally going to go downsa the worst president as far as economic growth. So there arent a lot of issues that Hillary Clinton is strong on to embrace or talk about either. Charles i dont want to digress too much. I did an exhaustive report on that, its not going to matter, i dont think, his overall thing as long as Third Quarter looks like were building momentum. Thats what people might believe or see. I mentioned the other person on the show, the gentleman, what he said prior. I havent been called a gentleman. Charles i was confused too, lisa. Confused who she was talking about. I cant see you and didnt hear your name. I was trying to be polite. You sound like a gentleman and a scholar. [ laughter ] talk about the project, humanizing Hillary Clinton because weve got three debates coming up. Last night is something of a harbinger of things to come. She might lose the election because of the debates . I think hillary can be tough and mean and thats what she should be, tough and mean because shes good at that. Like bob dole when he was running and tried to be a nice guy. Charles did bob dole win . No, he should have been tough and mean and he wasnt. Charles is it fair, she has the criticism like Reince Priebus tweeted out, hillary looking mean and angry and uptight, is there something sexist about that. No. Charles she got three or four questions about that. Her people are pushing that narrative which is why she got three or four questions about it. Shes on television and it doesnt matter if you are male or female, youre going to be judged as a political candidate. If they talked about her looks, if Reince Priebus talked about her outfit, of course it would be sexist. If you are on television and people tell you to smile, people tell me to smile all the time on fox, so hi. If hillary comes across as tough its a lot different than grumpy. I would agree with rob, its about being your authentic self. Charles one second, go ahead, lisa . For trump, he needs to be careful. Ive worked on campaigns where you are working for a male candidate running against a female candidate and Hillary Clinton is going to play the card, going to do it in debate. Comes across as too hostile, too strong, that could potentially look negatively upon donald trump depending how he approaches her during the debate. Thats what he needs to stay cognizant of. Charles did you see him today . He had a speech on education, and began with an update after hillarys press conference. One thing that kellyanne has achieved is the lower volume, taking down the base sort of even paced cadence and those things, and i think thats what people call president ial, it looks more or sounds more president ial. Felt like he did that today . Absolutely. A remarkable change since the new leadership has taken over the campaign, and the donald trump giving nuanced substantive speeches about issues Americans Care about. Whether its the economy, school choice, improving the education system, these are issues Americans Care about, and hes done a good job. He should take the same tone he has been using and take that to the debate. He should still hit her and be strong and hold her accountable but needs to do it in a way that doesnt appear hes a bully because we know Hillary Clinton is going to play the woman card. Charles l preview for the debates to come. Which will be longer, more personal and a lot more jabs and baiting. Up next, want to talk about the Hillary Clinton finally taking questions from the media. First press conference. Heres the thing, all she had to swing at was soft balls. Pretty obvious the media who they want to win. But why . Why so obvious . Well be right back. Charles so Hillary Clinton finally coming out from behind the veil holding her First Press Conference this morning. The first time in nearly ten months, did you notice what was left unsaid. The press failing to ask a single question about clintons ongoing email controversy. The swirling scandal around the Clinton Foundation. Is there an explanation for the softball questions, here to break it down, Kelly Riddell and mark serrano. Hillary, rcp polls have you down by 5 . Whats the deal with troops . Are you serious . Third question, the rnc was mean to you in the tweets. What do you make of it . Its a complete dereliction of the press corpss duty, they are stenographers for Hillary Clinton and putting out her talking points. Listen, there are so many Unanswered Questions when it comes to the Clinton Foundation and why she set up a private email server at the state department. First, she hasnt acknowledged she violated state department protocols and policies. We dont know why she did it. No honest answer as to why she did it, and then a good question for her would be like what do you think the impact is of you having set up that server. To the rest of National Security as well as other employees with the intelligence service. We dont have the answers to any of these questions, and the press seems afraid to ask them. Charles you know, mark, it really is becoming painfully transparent at this point with the press and secretary clinton, but matt lauer, some people got upset at him for finally pressing her on the same issues, and its really the media that turned on one of their own who stepped up to the plate . He broke a cardinal rule, charles. You dont take on one of our own, matt, what do you think youre doing stepping out of line . Thats the message they sent him today, and believe me, he will not be as tough next time in questioning because of it. We did not witness a single act of journalism at the press conference today. After 273 days, the best the can do is say madam secretary, dont you think everyone is mean to you because youre a woman . Look, the kind of questions that have the greatest impact are the simplest. The kind of questions they should ask is did you violate the federal records act . Once . Ever . Since your foundation is open to foreign contributions will you reveal any contributions from a foreign entity to the foundation between now and election day . Will you or wont you . Those are the easiest most impactful questions. Thats what the media should ask, but theyre a bunch of sycophants who want to see Hillary Clinton elected as the first woman president. Charles kelly, could this backfire on her . Give an example, the quinnipiac poll out today. She lost a lot of ground with nonwhite voters, though shes dominating. Shes in a tie with donald trump in florida. Hes beating her in ohio, and numbers come down sharply in pennsylvania. So even with all of this blocking and tackling by the Mainstream Media could the fact theyre so disliked backfire on hillary . Absolutely it can, theyve been so aggressive with donald trump, and because of that, theres a bias that the average person, the average viewer has noticed. They seem to be rooting for Hillary Clinton, and that enables and emboldens donald Trump Supporters as well as influences independents, and youve noticed in the polls, its the independents flocking to donald trump. Now not that she hasnt done things to hurt her, the honesty and trustworthiness and the emails out of the state department. Were in a real rat race, its after labor days, things are getting started. Hillary clinton is going to have to face the media and tough questioning. Charles mark, i want to find out your thoughts on the debate. Do you think it will be sort of a fairer line of questioning for both candidates or still this bias . Well, i think theres going to be a lot more time. A lot more opportunity for tough questions, absolutely, charles, regardless who the moderator is. Hillary clinton is going to play for a tie in the debates. Donald trump needs to be himself. He doesnt need to worry about insulting a woman, show hes tough and president ial, and if he can hold her accountable like the media refuses to. Charles thank you very much, appreciate it. Coming up, donald trump is getting criticized for controversial comments about Sexual Assault in the military. Donald trump bounced back. Well, hes bounced back before from the comments, but the female voter will be key in this election. Well discuss it. Remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Whos with me . Im in. Im in. Im in. Im in. One, two, wait, wait. Wait wheres tina . Doing the hand thing . Yep we are all in for our customers. Ally. Do it right. Always has to be who sat your desk . Phone we are all in for our customers. Now, with one talk from verizon. Hi, pete. Im glad you called. announcer vo all your phones can Work Together on one number. You can move calls between phones, so conversations can go where you go. Take your time. Im not going anywhere. announcer vo and when youre not available, one talk helps find the right person who is. Hi, john. announcer vo so wherever work takes you, you can put your customers first. Introducing one talk another way verizon connects your business better. Learn how at onetalk. Com. 2013 on this subject, you tweeted this, quote, 26,000 unreported Sexual Assaults in the military, only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men and women together . Well, it is a correct tweet. There are many people that think that thats absolutely correct. Charles donald trump at the commander in chief forum landed himself in hot water after defending that controversial tweet made in 2013. The republican nominee doubling down on the provocative proclamation, Sexual Assault in the u. S. Military increased as men and women served in greater depth along each other. Is the outstanding billionaire pushing female voters right into hillarys hands. Here to break it down is Morgan Ortagus and jessie jane duff. You have served in the military, outspoken on these things, what are your thoughts on the answer, the tweet, and overall this notion of i think a lot of people are shocked by the sheer numbers, are women in that much danger as they serve our country . The tweet reported said many of the Sexual Harassment complaints were unreported and the low number of prosecuted Sexual Harassment. So theres a big disparity there, you cant prosecute if its not reported. Thats the first error there. I dont think donald trump said anything negative. He said in his tweet this is whats going to happen when you put men and women together. Thats a nobrainer. When you are deployed, you are sleeping in the same quarters. 24 7, you have showers that are open, bathrooms that are open, not with the opposite sex but males reported Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment. What hes saying is what were they thinking . If they didnt prepare for this, weve got colleges and universities with high rates of Sexual Assault and harassment. It is a serious issue that has to be addressed, and the military buried this for many years, until the 90s. Charles are you saying the men trained to fight in combat cant restrain themselves or just makes a higher probability of it happening . I think that we would be naive to say that Sexual Harassment does exist in every aspect of our lives, we have to be trained on how to prevent it and how not to cause it. The military ignored this for many, many, many years and the reporting cycle with the numbers that donald trump presented told me many women didnt feel comfortable reporting it. There was prosecution but it was not reported. The military has come great ways. The marine corps made it so people have more access to report crimes. However, we also have to recognize everybody has due process. Just because somebody reports it doesnt mean it happened. But we cant do victim focus. Charles morgan, from a political point of view, i heard some today you do channel surfing and look at social media, but it feels like everyone is saying its a suburban white woman in the suburbs, is going to dictate this who will be any swing states in North Carolina and virginia and pennsylvania and other places. So this sort of thing, plus, it was so convenient that matt lauer had the tweet in the first place, lot of people believed donald trump was set up with this thing. Well, he wrote it. Charles the idea that someone would ask this question and matt lauer would have in his lap a tweet from 2013 was coincidental, winkwink. How was the answer . Is that the answer you prefer . It was a stupid answer, a stupid tweet and should apologize. Its offensive to every woman who served and is serving now. And stupid to all women. Offensive to all women. Its not unprecedented for donald trump to apologize, when kellyanne conway, we were just talking earlier what a great job hes done. His first