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Fact. And Hillary Clintons health scare. Its great to be back. Clinton on the mend. But, facing renewed questions about her campaign transparency. Her running mate tim kaine here live. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. In the middle of a heated political campaign, a shocking mi dangerous times. Anxiety and uncertainty in new york after that explosion overnight. And the urgent question, was it an act of terror . Lets get straight to abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross who is just feet away from where the explosion occurred. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, martha. Theres an urgent search under way here this morning for a frightening events here just down the street last night. All this as president obama and dozens of World Leaders arrive in new york for the opening session of the United Nations general assembly. The bomb came on a final summer saturday night as new yorkers walked to restaurants, movies, in this popular west side neighborhood. And then, the Surveillance Video inside a Fitness Center shows the blast just after 8 30. Boom so we were like, oh, my god reporter a white flash as glass shatters. 615, theres an explosion. Theres units saying there was an explosion from a garbage pail. Have units stay off the block. The ground shook and like windows shook. And this big flash of light. It was really scary. Then i couldnt hear for 16 minutes out of my left ear. We want to be very clear, the intentional indication that this was an intentional act. Reporter the bomb appears to construction trash container. Despite the power of the blast no one was killed. There were 29 injuries here, one considered serious. 24 of these people have been transported to area hospitals with various degrees of scrapes, abrasions from glass, from metal. Reporter then, two hours later, and just four blocks away, police discovered a second device. In what appears to be a Pressure Cooker found inside a plastic bag with wirin attached. The new York City Police Department Bomb Squad removed the device as bombsniffing dogs searched the area for even more suspicious packages and police at the nypd Counterterror Center scanned Surveillance Videos from dozens of cameras looking for clues as to who was the bomber. Police and federal agents are also working to see if there are that was set off yesterday morning in new jersey at the beginning of a charity race about 60 miles away. The mayor of new york says theres no evidence of terrorism. But others say that remains an open question. Thank you, brian. Both candidates for president reacted quickly to the breaking news. From new york, Hillary Clinton cautious as ever. While donald trump, used the news to sound the alarm. Just before i got off the plane, a bomb went off in new york. And nobody knows exactly whats going on. But, boy, we are living in a time, we better get very tough, folks. We better get very, very tough. Ill have more to say about it when we know some facts. I think its always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. Lets bring in abc news justice correspondent Pierre Thomas and abc news consultant and former fbi agent brad good morning, gentlemen. And brad, i want to start with you. The definition of terror, you heard bill de blasio say this was an intentional act, found no evidence that the blast was linked to terrorism. Are we getting too caught up in these definitions . Absolutely, martha. Anybody who places a device thats going to kill people or harm t terrorism. It may not be extremist, isis. But we have to be clear this person wanted to harm folks. And that Pressure Cooker that theyre looking at right now, brad, there was a lot of panic about that last night. Absolutely, im not sure they still exactly know what they have. Think about the Boston Marathon bombing. You said you were listening in realtime to what was going on. Yes, literally nypd are running around, evacuating the neighborhood because theyre thinking, second bomb, first one went off, why wont this one . You got to get people out of the area. Big panic for a brief amount of time. This tiein theyre looking at the Pressure Cooker, but you have new jersey, dont know if theres a tiein there, you have these two explosive devices. And i want to go back to central park last july, there was an explosion, a hobbyist, it blew off a young mans leg. Will they look at that again . Everythings on the table again. Theres great sense of urgency. They need to know who did this and they need to know now. The key this morning my sources are telling me are forensics. When you have a bomb or explosive detonate it doesnt get completely obliterated. Theyre able to get parts of it. Theyll try to put the parts same thing with the Pressure Cooker. They still dont know if thats an actual bomb yet. But theyre checking this morning. And brad, walking up to that dumpster, they got that on surveillance as brian said, a pretty big box that was put next to that dumpster, would that make them blend in a little more. Well, apparently, its a toolbox, its a construction dumpster. It gives you, martha, a lot of cover to get away. It is an odd location. What is he attempting to blow up there . Same thing with the Pressure Cooker. Almost like theyre dropped and whats going to happen next . What is his real motive . But it just shows how easy this is to do. These were not complicated devices as far as we know, right, pierre. They were not as far as we know. Again, the lone wolf scenario is concerned with for some time. But they have someone whos out there willing to kill. Okay, thanks very much to both of you. Well keep our eye on this in the coming weeks. Turning now to the big political story of the week, the birther battle. Long before the wall, the muslim ban and the tough talk on trade, trump made his political name by stubbornly pushing that false rumor that president obama was born overseas. He wasnt born in this country, which is real possibility, then hes pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. I want him to show his birth certificate. Chi . Theres something on that birth certificate that he doesnt like. If he gives his passport applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice 5 million. That birther rumor highly offensive to so Many Americans because it attempted to undermine the legitimacy of the friday, trump finally admitted the truth that mr. Obama is american born. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. President barack obama was born in the United States, period. Hla start the Birther Movement, not letting trump off the hook. He is feeding into the worst impulses, the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country. And last night, the president who has mocked trumps birther fixation many times got in one last dig. I dont know about you guys, but i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. Climate change none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate. As for trump, he stayed away from the media since his declaration. Sticking instead to big, energetic rallies. So, when we traveled to indianapolis saturday to interview Vice President ial candidate mike pence, it was the first opportunity to put all the unanswered birther questions directly to the republican on friday, for the very first time, mr. Trump said that barack obama was born in the u. S. Why did it take him so long . Well, let me say that the momentum in this campaign is really overwhelming and i think its because donald trump has been focusing on issues that the American People really cared about. He brought that issue to an end this week. National media and in he Hillary Clinton campaign, as i Campaign Across this country with donald trump and for donald trump, the American People arent focused on the debates of the past, theyre focused on their future, and hes offering Real Solutions and the kind of strong leadership that the American People know will make America Great again. Governor pence, i know you say you want to talk about put this issue to bed a long time ago. Just last wednesday he was asked by the washington post, do you believe the president was born in the United States . He said he wouldnt answer it then. Then he had a major announcement he talked about on friday, he kept this issue going. Why did it take him so long to say that the president was born in the United States, which is a fact . Martha, its a fact. Donald trump and i both acknowledge that without but i have to tell you, i understand why many in the National Media and Hillary Clinton but governor pence, its not just the National Media. Let me read you we counted since april of 2011 and thats the year that barack obama gave his longformed birth certificate from hawaii. We counted 67 times where donald trump tweeted or retweeted messages questioning his birthplace. He has kept this going. He has been a leader in th well, i know theres news reports that trace this Birther Movement back to Hillary Clintons campaign back in 2008. You believe that Hillary Clinton started the Birther Movement. Look, ill let the facts speak for themselves. Whats the proof of that . Martha, look, as i travel across this country, i say this what the American People are talking about. Donald trump put this to an end. Why did it take him so long to put it an end . Its not over. Hes been talking about the need to have a stronger america at home and abroad. Look, i understand why Hillary Clinton and many of her defenders in the National Media want to distract attention from her dishonesty and her disastrous record on the foreig wants to simply continue the failed policies of ts administration that have run our economy literally into a ditch. But thats not working. I promise you, the American People see through all of this. And i think thats why donald trump is going to be the next president of the United States. Yesterday, they talked about the birther issue, they believe fueled in part by what donald trump has said that president obama was born outside the u. S. Theories. Do you think he should have promoted this birther issue for all these years . Was he wrong to do this . Our Campaign Just really isnt focused on the past, martha, and it really governor pence, you said yourself Hillary Clinton is at fault. Thats going forward, thats not just the past. He said friday that Hillary Clinton and her campaign were at fault for this Birther Movement as well. And you just said it yourself, cant find any. And factcheckers have checked into that. That Hillary Clinton started the Birther Movement. I would refer you to news reports and reports of people in your industry, martha. Reports within my industry, they say theres no proof they can find that Hillary Clinton had anything to do with it. I understand your perspective on it. I understand the desire of many the subject from Hillary Clintons disastrous record and her dishonesty, but were just not going to play that game. Well continue to focus right where the American People are focused and thats not on the debates of the past. Its on their future. You know, yesterday n the midst of this sidebar debate that so many in the National Media are fascinated about the largest Law Enforcement union, fraternal order of police endorsed donald trump for the president of the United States. They in 1996. They know donald trump is the kind of president thats going to stand with the men and women in Law Enforcement in this country and restore law and order. Im going to ask you a few more questions on this because also, in the midst of this, you want to talk about issues and you want to talk about isis and you want to talk about law a article Donald Trumps birther event is the greatest trick hes ever pulled. He is proud of this. Is playing tricks seven weeks out of a very serious election what he should be doing . I thought the fact that donald trump on friday used the medias preoccupation with certain sidebar issues to really focus on the support that we enjoy from retired admirals and generals, now, i think some sao retired flag officers in our military winners recognize that donald trump is the right choice for the next commanderinchief of the United States. And i have to tell you, i think he paid as much attention to this as the American People are, we have more horrific stories about isis coming out this last week, a level of barbarism and terrorism that we havent seen commanderinchief that will rebuild our military. I want to talk about that, robert gates who has worked for eight president s over a 50year career, including as secretary of defense, cia director, he was very critical of both candidates. But of mr. Trump he said, at least on National Security i believe mr. Trump is beyond repair. He is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. Look, i have a lot of respect for secretary gates, worked with him during my years on the Foreign Affairs committee. But hes just wrong. Thats the reason why we have so many members of our armed forces that come out to rallies in support of donald trump. Thats why we have so many retired admirals and generals standing with him. Hes strong. He understands the need to rebuild this military. He also is willing to speak truth to power. The simple truth is, during his tenure as secretary of defense, secretary gates was part of the obama administrations handling of the withdrawal from iraq. And the way that we got without renegotiating, without leaving any combat forces in iraq created a vacuum in which the isis caliphate was able to rise up and c iraq to this very day that were hardfought and won by the sacrifices of american soldiers. So, i understand that secretary gates may not want to hear that but the American People know its true. On friday night, mr. Trump said Something Else thats gotten a lot of attention. He said the secret service protecting Hillary Clinton should disarm and then he said, what did he mean by that . Well, i think, you know, donald trump believes in the safety and security of every american and any suggestion otherwise regarding secretary clinton is just nonsense. I mean the point that he was making, Hillary Clinton has had private security for the last 30 years she would deny the right of lawabiding citizens to have a firearm in their homes to protect their own families. I think what donald trump was saying, if Hillary Clinton didnt have all that security she would probably be a lot more supportive of that second amendment. But lets see what happens to her. The message sounds like a threat or encouraging violence. Thats absolute nonsense. His comment was that if she didnt have that security she would change her attitude about the right to bear arms. The truth of the matter is, its really remarkable to me. To be honest with you, martha, i got a lot of respect for you, people in the media are talking about what trump said over the last week than the 30 years of the clintons. The fact that her campaign couldnt even be honest about her own health situation, i mean we wish her well, were glad to see her back on the campaign trail, but theres just been decades of dishonesty flowing out. We are questioning Hillary Clintons campaign as well. And well do so in this show. I want to talk to you about some of the namecalling. You said in a 2000 campaign you didnt think there was any place for personal attacks. Are you comfortable with things like the campaign selling buttons and other things that say, liar, hillary for prison . You know, i have my own style style. And i could tell you its resonating. Both of our styles are you comfortable with that . I really am. With that namecalling . Things are different here in indiana, people talk different sometimes about things. The point that donald trump has been making throughout this campaign is connecting straight with hearts and minds of the Hillary Clintons<\/a> health scare. Its great to be back. Clinton on the mend. But, facing renewed questions about her campaign transparency. Her running mate tim kaine here live. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning. In the middle of a heated political campaign, a shocking mi dangerous times. Anxiety and uncertainty in new york after that explosion overnight. And the urgent question, was it an act of terror . Lets get straight to abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross who is just feet away from where the explosion occurred. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, martha. Theres an urgent search under way here this morning for a frightening events here just down the street last night. All this as president obama and dozens of World Leaders<\/a> arrive in new york for the opening session of the United Nations<\/a> general assembly. The bomb came on a final summer saturday night as new yorkers walked to restaurants, movies, in this popular west side neighborhood. And then, the Surveillance Video<\/a> inside a Fitness Center<\/a> shows the blast just after 8 30. Boom so we were like, oh, my god reporter a white flash as glass shatters. 615, theres an explosion. Theres units saying there was an explosion from a garbage pail. Have units stay off the block. The ground shook and like windows shook. And this big flash of light. It was really scary. Then i couldnt hear for 16 minutes out of my left ear. We want to be very clear, the intentional indication that this was an intentional act. Reporter the bomb appears to construction trash container. Despite the power of the blast no one was killed. There were 29 injuries here, one considered serious. 24 of these people have been transported to area hospitals with various degrees of scrapes, abrasions from glass, from metal. Reporter then, two hours later, and just four blocks away, police discovered a second device. In what appears to be a Pressure Cooker<\/a> found inside a plastic bag with wirin attached. The new York City Police<\/a> Department Bomb Squad<\/a> removed the device as bombsniffing dogs searched the area for even more suspicious packages and police at the nypd Counterterror Center<\/a> scanned Surveillance Video<\/a>s from dozens of cameras looking for clues as to who was the bomber. Police and federal agents are also working to see if there are that was set off yesterday morning in new jersey at the beginning of a charity race about 60 miles away. The mayor of new york says theres no evidence of terrorism. But others say that remains an open question. Thank you, brian. Both candidates for president reacted quickly to the breaking news. From new york, Hillary Clinton<\/a> cautious as ever. While donald trump, used the news to sound the alarm. Just before i got off the plane, a bomb went off in new york. And nobody knows exactly whats going on. But, boy, we are living in a time, we better get very tough, folks. We better get very, very tough. Ill have more to say about it when we know some facts. I think its always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions. Lets bring in abc news justice correspondent Pierre Thomas<\/a> and abc news consultant and former fbi agent brad good morning, gentlemen. And brad, i want to start with you. The definition of terror, you heard bill de blasio say this was an intentional act, found no evidence that the blast was linked to terrorism. Are we getting too caught up in these definitions . Absolutely, martha. Anybody who places a device thats going to kill people or harm t terrorism. It may not be extremist, isis. But we have to be clear this person wanted to harm folks. And that Pressure Cooker<\/a> that theyre looking at right now, brad, there was a lot of panic about that last night. Absolutely, im not sure they still exactly know what they have. Think about the Boston Marathon<\/a> bombing. You said you were listening in realtime to what was going on. Yes, literally nypd are running around, evacuating the neighborhood because theyre thinking, second bomb, first one went off, why wont this one . You got to get people out of the area. Big panic for a brief amount of time. This tiein theyre looking at the Pressure Cooker<\/a>, but you have new jersey, dont know if theres a tiein there, you have these two explosive devices. And i want to go back to central park last july, there was an explosion, a hobbyist, it blew off a young mans leg. Will they look at that again . Everythings on the table again. Theres great sense of urgency. They need to know who did this and they need to know now. The key this morning my sources are telling me are forensics. When you have a bomb or explosive detonate it doesnt get completely obliterated. Theyre able to get parts of it. Theyll try to put the parts same thing with the Pressure Cooker<\/a>. They still dont know if thats an actual bomb yet. But theyre checking this morning. And brad, walking up to that dumpster, they got that on surveillance as brian said, a pretty big box that was put next to that dumpster, would that make them blend in a little more. Well, apparently, its a toolbox, its a construction dumpster. It gives you, martha, a lot of cover to get away. It is an odd location. What is he attempting to blow up there . Same thing with the Pressure Cooker<\/a>. Almost like theyre dropped and whats going to happen next . What is his real motive . But it just shows how easy this is to do. These were not complicated devices as far as we know, right, pierre. They were not as far as we know. Again, the lone wolf scenario is concerned with for some time. But they have someone whos out there willing to kill. Okay, thanks very much to both of you. Well keep our eye on this in the coming weeks. Turning now to the big political story of the week, the birther battle. Long before the wall, the muslim ban and the tough talk on trade, trump made his political name by stubbornly pushing that false rumor that president obama was born overseas. He wasnt born in this country, which is real possibility, then hes pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. I want him to show his birth certificate. Chi . Theres something on that birth certificate that he doesnt like. If he gives his passport applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice 5 million. That birther rumor highly offensive to so Many Americans<\/a> because it attempted to undermine the legitimacy of the friday, trump finally admitted the truth that mr. Obama is american born. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. President barack obama was born in the United States<\/a>, period. Hla start the Birther Movement<\/a>, not letting trump off the hook. He is feeding into the worst impulses, the bigotry and bias that lurks in our country. And last night, the president who has mocked trumps birther fixation many times got in one last dig. I dont know about you guys, but i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. Climate change none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate. As for trump, he stayed away from the media since his declaration. Sticking instead to big, energetic rallies. So, when we traveled to indianapolis saturday to interview Vice President<\/a> ial candidate mike pence, it was the first opportunity to put all the unanswered birther questions directly to the republican on friday, for the very first time, mr. Trump said that barack obama was born in the u. S. Why did it take him so long . Well, let me say that the momentum in this campaign is really overwhelming and i think its because donald trump has been focusing on issues that the American People<\/a> really cared about. He brought that issue to an end this week. National media and in he Hillary Clinton<\/a> campaign, as i Campaign Across<\/a> this country with donald trump and for donald trump, the American People<\/a> arent focused on the debates of the past, theyre focused on their future, and hes offering Real Solutions<\/a> and the kind of strong leadership that the American People<\/a> know will make America Great<\/a> again. Governor pence, i know you say you want to talk about put this issue to bed a long time ago. Just last wednesday he was asked by the washington post, do you believe the president was born in the United States<\/a> . He said he wouldnt answer it then. Then he had a major announcement he talked about on friday, he kept this issue going. Why did it take him so long to say that the president was born in the United States<\/a>, which is a fact . Martha, its a fact. Donald trump and i both acknowledge that without but i have to tell you, i understand why many in the National Media<\/a> and Hillary Clinton<\/a> but governor pence, its not just the National Media<\/a>. Let me read you we counted since april of 2011 and thats the year that barack obama gave his longformed birth certificate from hawaii. We counted 67 times where donald trump tweeted or retweeted messages questioning his birthplace. He has kept this going. He has been a leader in th well, i know theres news reports that trace this Birther Movement<\/a> back to Hillary Clintons<\/a> campaign back in 2008. You believe that Hillary Clinton<\/a> started the Birther Movement<\/a>. Look, ill let the facts speak for themselves. Whats the proof of that . Martha, look, as i travel across this country, i say this what the American People<\/a> are talking about. Donald trump put this to an end. Why did it take him so long to put it an end . Its not over. Hes been talking about the need to have a stronger america at home and abroad. Look, i understand why Hillary Clinton<\/a> and many of her defenders in the National Media<\/a> want to distract attention from her dishonesty and her disastrous record on the foreig wants to simply continue the failed policies of ts administration that have run our economy literally into a ditch. But thats not working. I promise you, the American People<\/a> see through all of this. And i think thats why donald trump is going to be the next president of the United States<\/a>. Yesterday, they talked about the birther issue, they believe fueled in part by what donald trump has said that president obama was born outside the u. S. Theories. Do you think he should have promoted this birther issue for all these years . Was he wrong to do this . Our Campaign Just<\/a> really isnt focused on the past, martha, and it really governor pence, you said yourself Hillary Clinton<\/a> is at fault. Thats going forward, thats not just the past. He said friday that Hillary Clinton<\/a> and her campaign were at fault for this Birther Movement<\/a> as well. And you just said it yourself, cant find any. And factcheckers have checked into that. That Hillary Clinton<\/a> started the Birther Movement<\/a>. I would refer you to news reports and reports of people in your industry, martha. Reports within my industry, they say theres no proof they can find that Hillary Clinton<\/a> had anything to do with it. I understand your perspective on it. I understand the desire of many the subject from Hillary Clintons<\/a> disastrous record and her dishonesty, but were just not going to play that game. Well continue to focus right where the American People<\/a> are focused and thats not on the debates of the past. Its on their future. You know, yesterday n the midst of this sidebar debate that so many in the National Media<\/a> are fascinated about the largest Law Enforcement<\/a> union, fraternal order of police endorsed donald trump for the president of the United States<\/a>. They in 1996. They know donald trump is the kind of president thats going to stand with the men and women in Law Enforcement<\/a> in this country and restore law and order. Im going to ask you a few more questions on this because also, in the midst of this, you want to talk about issues and you want to talk about isis and you want to talk about law a article Donald Trumps<\/a> birther event is the greatest trick hes ever pulled. He is proud of this. Is playing tricks seven weeks out of a very serious election what he should be doing . I thought the fact that donald trump on friday used the medias preoccupation with certain sidebar issues to really focus on the support that we enjoy from retired admirals and generals, now, i think some sao retired flag officers in our military winners recognize that donald trump is the right choice for the next commanderinchief of the United States<\/a>. And i have to tell you, i think he paid as much attention to this as the American People<\/a> are, we have more horrific stories about isis coming out this last week, a level of barbarism and terrorism that we havent seen commanderinchief that will rebuild our military. I want to talk about that, robert gates who has worked for eight president s over a 50year career, including as secretary of defense, cia director, he was very critical of both candidates. But of mr. Trump he said, at least on National Security<\/a> i believe mr. Trump is beyond repair. He is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. Look, i have a lot of respect for secretary gates, worked with him during my years on the Foreign Affairs<\/a> committee. But hes just wrong. Thats the reason why we have so many members of our armed forces that come out to rallies in support of donald trump. Thats why we have so many retired admirals and generals standing with him. Hes strong. He understands the need to rebuild this military. He also is willing to speak truth to power. The simple truth is, during his tenure as secretary of defense, secretary gates was part of the obama administrations handling of the withdrawal from iraq. And the way that we got without renegotiating, without leaving any combat forces in iraq created a vacuum in which the isis caliphate was able to rise up and c iraq to this very day that were hardfought and won by the sacrifices of american soldiers. So, i understand that secretary gates may not want to hear that but the American People<\/a> know its true. On friday night, mr. Trump said Something Else<\/a> thats gotten a lot of attention. He said the secret service protecting Hillary Clinton<\/a> should disarm and then he said, what did he mean by that . Well, i think, you know, donald trump believes in the safety and security of every american and any suggestion otherwise regarding secretary clinton is just nonsense. I mean the point that he was making, Hillary Clinton<\/a> has had private security for the last 30 years she would deny the right of lawabiding citizens to have a firearm in their homes to protect their own families. I think what donald trump was saying, if Hillary Clinton<\/a> didnt have all that security she would probably be a lot more supportive of that second amendment. But lets see what happens to her. The message sounds like a threat or encouraging violence. Thats absolute nonsense. His comment was that if she didnt have that security she would change her attitude about the right to bear arms. The truth of the matter is, its really remarkable to me. To be honest with you, martha, i got a lot of respect for you, people in the media are talking about what trump said over the last week than the 30 years of the clintons. The fact that her campaign couldnt even be honest about her own health situation, i mean we wish her well, were glad to see her back on the campaign trail, but theres just been decades of dishonesty flowing out. We are questioning Hillary Clintons<\/a> campaign as well. And well do so in this show. I want to talk to you about some of the namecalling. You said in a 2000 campaign you didnt think there was any place for personal attacks. Are you comfortable with things like the campaign selling buttons and other things that say, liar, hillary for prison . You know, i have my own style style. And i could tell you its resonating. Both of our styles are you comfortable with that . I really am. With that namecalling . Things are different here in indiana, people talk different sometimes about things. The point that donald trump has been making throughout this campaign is connecting straight with hearts and minds of the American People<\/a>. We can America Great<\/a> again. I really do believe that were going to have a great day come november 8th. Thanks very much, governor pence. We enjoyed talking with you. Thank you, martha. Thanks. Coming up, much more of my interview with governor pence, including his surprising answer about which Vice President<\/a> he would model himself after. 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Hillary clinton stumbles while battling pneumonia, two stories dominated the week. Both even labeled gamechangers. But to a weary public did either really matter . I took to the road again, talking to voters and trying to take the pulse of the country. This time, the mustwin state of ohio. But what i found there surprised me. After ye politics, i never met so many voters so disgusted by our politics and so unsatisfied by their choices. Warming up for the friday night lights at national Trail High School<\/a> in rural new paris, ohio. This is john and jan bars. You always voted republican . Yes. What is it that you dont like about trump . His arrogance and his condescending attitude toward and how about Hillary Clinton<\/a> . I dont trust. Ig i havent decided if im going to vote. Reporter in columbus a democratic stronghold, i met nathan humes, also undecided is there something that you can say that you like about Hillary Clinton<\/a> . You know, again, i reporter when we think about undecided voters, we tend to think about true independents who go back and forth of each election. The undecideds we talked to on friday were Party Faithful<\/a> who may not vote at all. This mayor of the democraticleaning city of dayton. The exasperation level is so high were afraid that people wont go to the polls. Reporter is there a chance yeah. Yeah. Strong possibility. Lot of people i talk to feel the same way, may not vote. Reporter mark teaches social studies. Hes voting and yet i dont trust either one of them. Its a sad state of politics in the United States<\/a> when you dont know who to choose and trump just keeps talking about where obama was born what makes the its over. The mans not going to be president anymore. Reporter fumble. Again and again. 50 days to go. Anyones guess who will pick up the ball. So, lets get straight to the democratic Vice President<\/a> ial candidate, senator tim kaine of virginia. Welcome and good morning, senator kaine. Glad to be with you, martha. You heard those voters and has tightened is the enthusiasm gap. Youve seen enthusiasm at your rallies and events but these polls show democrats are less enthusiastic, less likely to turn out than republicans. I saw the same thing on my trip to ohio, why do you think people arent more enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton<\/a> . Well, martha, look, this is like every race ive ever been in. I run my races in virginia up to now and its a very close state. I always knew this was going to be tight. Do, we got to lay out the competing visions of the two candidates. In fact, ive been showing these on the road. These are the two visions that are up for our voters to grapple with. Hillary clinton and i, our vision is stronger together. We put out a book with our campaign platform. Donald trump wrote a book when he decided to run for president laying out his vision and his book is called crippled america. As i see people around the country, they want solutions to problems and they know we have challenges. An upbeat, cando, optimistic, problemsolving people. I think thats why at the end of the day, theyll embrace a stronger together vision rather than a crippled american vision. Senator kaine, i know you and secretary clinton this was always going to be tight race, in the last two weeks, donald trump has gained ground including in swing states, so what has changed . Well, look, the race is about where it was when we went into the two conventions. It was essentially a dead heat. After the Second Convention<\/a> we but its tightened up because, martha, as you know, i think even from your discussions with voters, were a divided nation. Were politically very divided and that is reflected again and again in so many of our elections. Maybe again, since i come from battleground states where its been close recently, this is where we are as a country. That puts the burden on our shoulders to make the best positive case we can over the next 50plus days. When you hear voters like that and really discussed and the lack of enthusiasm, you heard the mayor of dayton said, shes democrat, theyre worried theyre not going to get the voters out. How do you turn this around with those voters who havent decided . They know Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Great question. Great question. We put some basic issues on the table. Do you believe in Climate Science<\/a> or dont you . Voters do. And so do hillary and i. Trump does not. Do you believe women should make their own Health Care Decisions<\/a> . Hillary and i do. Donald trump does not. Do you believe in Immigration Reform<\/a> or not . We do. Trump doesnt. And finally, do you believe that we need to do something about the cost of college or dont you . We do and Donald Trumps<\/a> Trump University<\/a> suggests he doesnt. Havent you been doing that all along . We have been, but, martha, you know, too, lot of campaigns get very, very engaged and resolved between labor day and election day. That just puts on the weight on our shoulders. Also pointing out some of the very disturbing aspects, for example, this birther controversy, which is so painful, this isnt just a smanty call thing. This is so painful to americans, they remember our history. An africanamerican wasnt allowed to be a citizen until we fought a civil war. So, when donald trump for five perpetuated this bigoted lie that president obama is not a citizen it reminds people of the most painful part of the history of this country. I hope someone will Ask Donald Trump<\/a> when you doing that did you believe it . If you believed it how could you have been so gullible or con spir toirl . Or if you didnt believe it, what were you doing dragging us back to the most painful chapter of america life . That question still needs to be answered. And senator kaine, i want to go to some things that Hillary Clinton<\/a> has said. You explained clintons basket of deplorable comments. You said Trump Supporters<\/a> are born of anxiety over changing demographics. Senator clinton said those people are irredeemable, does she believe there are people in this country who are irredeemable . Well, look, shes very worried as i am about the deplorable motivations of those obamas citizenship or people like david duke who are doing robocalls saying people should vote for donald trump. Weve expressed it differently. But you have to call out these dark emotions, because if you left them pass or you let them grow. The obligation we have and Hillary Clinton<\/a>, the secretary said this, too, some of the motivation of Trump Supporters<\/a> i do have confidence over time reducing. There are other trump voters who are really concerned about economic anxieties and we have an obligation to speak to them and to make the case that our economic plan, which moody says will grow the economy 10. 5 million jobs is better for them than a trump plan. So, is it appropriate to use the word irredeemable . You know, thats not a word i would use. I wouldnt use it. I think, i think we would be unrealistic to think that some people are going to fundamentally change their view. If theyve clung to the view for five years, like donald trump, that president obama isnt a citizen of this country i dont think theyre going to change their views. But martha heres what i have seen in virginia the state i was when i was born, my state wouldnt let you go to School Together<\/a> if your different. Guess what, our economy was in the bottom 15. Today, we have opened the doors of opportunity and our economy is in the top ten and people who fought it every step of the way have realized, wait a minute, were better when we let everybody around the table, were actually a stronger state. I have seen that transition work in my state since fighting against equality and inclusion, thats what stronger together means. Okay, senator kaine, i want one last question. Colin powell had some harsh words for trump in his leaked emails. But he was also sharply critical of secretary clinton saying everything hrc touches she kind of screws up with hubris. In another message calling her greedy and not transformational. Whats your response . You know, 8 million in this country, martha, have health insurance, lowincome kids, 156,000 in mike pences indiana, 180,000 in my virginia, because Hillary Clinton<\/a> fought to build the c. H. I. P. Program. After the republicans branded the first effort to do health care as hillary care and killed it. She said, im not going away. At least we can provide health care for poor children in this 8 million kids have it. I view that as transformational and focused on serving others over self and thats been hillarys passion her whole life. Families and children. Donald trumps passion has been simple what can i do for me . Thats not who Hillary Clinton<\/a> is. Okay, thanks so much for joining us this morning, senator tim kaine. Well see you again. Thanks martha. You bet. Up next, well bring in the powerhouse roundtable to weigh in such a race to the white house. Announcer this week by George Stephanopoulos<\/a> brought to yo by voya financial. Brought to yo by voya financial. Im val, the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. Val from voya . Yeah, val from voya. Quick question, what are voya retirement squirrels doing in my house . Were putting away acorns. You know, to show the importance of saving for the future. So youre sort of like a Spokes Person<\/a> . 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Together with our partners at ssrs, we asked, how important to release personal Health Records<\/a> . 69 of respondents said very or somewhat important. 61 said there should be a mandatory independent Health Assessment<\/a> for all president ial candidates. Will it impact anyones vote . 36 said it will have a major and only 13 say none at all. Up next our roundtable weighs into the debate of health and transparency and all the weeks politics. Some research. Ll, ive been doing let me introduce you to our broker. How much does he charge . I dont know. Okay. Uh, do you get your fees back if youre not happy . dad laughs wow, youre laughing. Thats not the way the world works. Well, the worlds changing. Are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed . Wealth management, how can good paying jobs disappear . Its what the National Debt<\/a> could do to our economy. If we dont solve our debt problem 19 trillion and growing money for programs like education will shrink. 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But did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel delivers the omega3 power of two regular fish oil pills. So give your body mega support my issue is economic. Our country is being ripped apart by china and many other but isnt it going to be harder for people to take you seriously on those issues that you went overboard on this whole birther i think it made me more popular. I do think i know what im doing. That was donald trump back in 2013 on his first trip to iowa as a president ial candidate. Admitting to our jon karl that politics may have had something to do with all that birther talk. To discuss that and more lets bring in our powerhouse roundtable today, the New York Times<\/a> reporter yamiche alcindor, dan balz, rich lowry and abc news cokie roberts. Welcome to every. Good morning. Lots to talk about. Dan, i want to start with you, on this birther issue, you heard governor mike pence say, its over, period and done. Is it over . Does that resonate . I think it continues to resonate. Been more terse or brief, and didnt answer any of the basic questions of why he had done what he did. If he ended it as he claimed he did on friday. So, i think those questions will continue to reverberate. Its interesting, though, he made a totally valid point there to jonathan karl. I know what im doing. He certainly did. Hes the nominee. And what a lot of white americans dont understand is how this birther issue is basically fundamentally racist. And its very well understood in the Africanamerican Community<\/a> and the upset on friday among africanamericans here at abc and friends was just enormous, because this was a sense that hes at it again. Hes stirring this up. Its a lie we call it a lie. But lets go, yamiche, you have been out on the campaign trail, at trump rallies, ive been out on the campaign trail, too. What about those Trump Supporters<\/a> who actually believed that. I found people who believed that. No matter what he says. Will he lose support from his base . I dont think hell lose those people, mainly because donald trump can say things and get away with them. Some of these supporters hes saying this because people want him to say this and he said it so quickly, he said it in 33 seconds hes not sincere about this. Voters who are very upset by this by what donald trump said on friday, they also feel that he was insincere. Also, being able to hold on to the idea that most people think that hes being forced to say this. This is really Kellyanne Conway<\/a> and other people in his Campaign Making<\/a> him do this. Richard, a little heat on the friday the media flocked there, and he said he would have a big announcement. The headline in the post was greatest trick that donald trump ever performed. How does that resonate with the voters . How does the media what lessons have we learned from this and what happens next . Well, the trump campaign, theyre trying to offload as much baggage before november as possible. Its through an accident that it ended up being this event on friday. Their attitude, we have these vets here, theyll say these wonderful things about donald trump. If he makes the birther statement at the beginning, everybody will cut out and you wont see the veterans. Lets use this for all its worth. Make the statement at the end and everyones going to broadcast these veterans for 30 minutes. Thats how it played out. What theyre hoping as we saw in your interview with mike pence, this issue for so long. Theyre hoping now they can revert to his magic words on friday, say, look, he no longer believes it. Lets move on. But this media question is very real. You saw in your interview with Vice President<\/a> ial candidate pence, he kept going back to the media when in fact the blame is on the other side. The media has been very complicit in Donald Trumps<\/a> ascendency. Okay, i want to switch ill agree with you on some of that, cokie. But i want to talk about the tightening race and enthusiasm. Which we also have all seen these past couple of weeks, dan, and what youre seeing and that enthusiasm gap. I have to say all through this, i have seen voters say, i dont know which to choose, im voting against her, im voting against him. Now, its almost like, i dont like either one of them, im not going to go to the polls, is that a danger . More of a danger for her than because its clear his voters are more enthusiastic than hers. He made an explicit appeal how tight this race is. You have to get out. We have a lot of work to do. Its a little unusual for candidates to say it at this point. Its a reflection of the fact theyre not doing as well as they need to do particularly with millennials. Theres been a consistent effort now to make the argument to the millennials that they have to get out and vote. Every poll we have watched have said this is a choice that people dont really like. They dont want to make it. Its going to be a grinding effort particularly on the Hillary Clinton<\/a> campaign to get their people out. The last couple of weeks, its more and more plausible that we could experience the biggest black swan event in the electoral history. No one thought he would be elected president including the candidate himself and now this we talked a lot, is trump pivoting . Can he pivot . Will he pivot . Hillary clinton now needs to pivot herself. She needs to do some things that are original, unexpected. Holding up the two books. Will that do it . But when shes feeling better, why not a press conference . Every question you have about my health, im going to answer every question. Ill release every record going back to sixth grade. Instead she seems to grind it out very conventionally. That still might work but a much riskier strategy. Yamiche, the polls that we look at, is there a possibility were really misreading people . You hear about the secret trump voters. I had several people who wouldnt tell me who theyre private. Is there a possibility were really misreading because this race is so unusual. Definitely a possibility that were misreading people. It goes to the idea that a lot of people that i talked to, especially when it comes to donald Trump Supporters<\/a>, some say, i want to talk to you, i dont want people to know who im voting for. Trump could have more supporters than the polls are catching. The other thing thats going on here, we talked about this enthusiasm gap, Hillary Clinton<\/a>, while people are ways look at her, her experiences can talk about policies, were in a race, donald trump beat all these people who had much more experience than him and knew how to govern much more than him and now hes going off personality and going off emotion and feeling. Lot of people that i talked to, their choice whether or not theyre going to vote or whether or not they trust Hillary Clinton<\/a>, it doesnt have to do with her policies, its really what shes doing to really make me like and the trust obviously with the pneumonia question. Very much so. We didnt know about it. Which made it worse. This is not anecdotal. This is survey driven. In our last poll, 95 of trump voters said they were going to vote and 80 of clinton voters said theyre going to vote. So, you know, its a very measurable difference. All things being equaled, which of course theyre not this year, this is a change election. We dont generally vote for a third term of a party and so, you know, the republicans go into this election with an advantage in terms of where the country is. The democrats go in with an advantage on demographics but theyre having trouble galvanizing the groups. Ened and the demographics one reason everyone complains about donald trump has a lower bar. Becoming the next president of the United States<\/a> increases enormously. Should democrats be very nervous . They should be nervous, absolutely. But i still at this point they believe they have at least some advantage in the Electoral College<\/a> if they can hold pennsylvania and possibly pick up north carolina. Okay, thanks to all of you. Much more to talk about in the weeks to come. Up next, more of my conversation with governor mike pence about his portfolio as Vice President<\/a> and how hes Vice President<\/a> and how hes now, more of my conversation with the republican nominee for Vice President<\/a> , governor mike pence, as he prepared to fly out to florida, i asked him, what kind of Vice President<\/a> he would be and which past vp he would model himself after. I hold dick cheney in very high regard in his role as ve thats the kind of Vice President<\/a> you would want to be . I think a very active Vice President<\/a>. Vice president cheney had experience in congress as i do. He was very active in working with members of the house and the senate. How about your portfolio, have you talked to mr. Trump about your portfolio as Vice President<\/a> . Well, we talked a bit about that. We keep our private conversations private. Okay, give us a little hint there. Agenda to get this country moving again. I hope that ill be an effective champion of that. Just one more thing on dick cheney, he was often criticized as being too much of a force over the president. Well, i think, what i admire most in Vice President<\/a> s is when theyre able to take the vision of the president and champion that on capitol hill. And i woul relationships over my 12 years in congress and my four years here as governor of indiana will help carry Donald Trumps<\/a> vision to make America Great<\/a> again. To make America Great<\/a> again. To people who will be crafting a over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood for access to basic Health Services<\/a> and critical cancer screenings. But congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood voted to criminalize abortion. Congressman heck is whats wrong with washington. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Thats all for us today. 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