Hi, everyone, im kate snow. Donald trump could decide on a Vice President at any moment now before the Gop Convention starts on monday. Then the democrats get their turn one week after that. Blink and it will be november. It will be snowing and time to vote. The pressure is on for both candidates today. We have brand new nbc news polling out from battleground states and theres good news and bad news for Hillary Clinton, who just a short time ago wept on the offensive at the old state house where Abraham Lincoln delivered that famous speech. Maybe appropriate given the climate were in. Given the president ial nominee calling for Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg to resign after she openly criticized. And today our first read this morning says the state of our politics has hit rock bottom. Trump now has trade d insults with a leading member of each branch of the federal government. We also have the latest on the Republican National convention now just five days away. Lets start this hour with katy tur. You have been talking to sources all morning. How are they looking at the potential vps . There are differing opinions in the campaign as to who would be best. Campaign aids were surprised by mike pence. Donald trump was surprised by him as well. They were surprised at how forceful he was on stage. His ability to come out as an attack dog and they were very impressed by that. Im also told by sources that contrary to popular belief donald trump and pence said their personalities clicked. He does seem to genuinely like him. But pence is not necessarily somebody that other aids think donald trump are comfortable spending the rest of the Campaign Season with. They have become friends. Hes talked to him on strategy and on smoothing relations over in washington. But the baggage is bridgegate and the other baggage is geography. Hes from new jersey. That doesnt do anything to expand the electoral map and makes it a very northeast heavy ticket even though christie is the governor of new jersey. When it comes coNewt Gingrich, they want somebody to go after Hillary Clinton, theres no one better than gingrich. The issue with him is he also comes with quite a bit of baggage. He was not very popular in the 90s during his stint as speaker of the house. They are worried about reigniting gingrich fatigue. As of now, no one knows who donald trump is going to pick. The kids have gone to interview a number of these potential candidates, but they ultimately say only donald trump knows who he will pick and the only time he will know is when the words come out of his mouth. I will point you to one anecdote from somebody who worked on the apprentice. Often times donald trump would get briefed by producers before he went into the board room scene about who did not do well that week. Im going to fire joe. Then you get to the board room and talk about how bad to fire. You dont know what hes going to do. The producers are going to scramble to find out a way to find of the if they were in the wrong. Not going to know. Unpredictable is one of the calling cards of donald trump. Thank you so much. We have so many reporters and correspondents on the story. Lets get more exclusive in the host city of the convention. You have been on top of veepstakes all day long. What does your reporting tell us . Reporter to give people a sense of why today turned out to be so eventful not only because were nearing the end of the process but unexpected things did happen. We learned that the donald trump aircraft that has been such a symbol of his campaign had mechanical trouble last night and ended up having to remain in indianapolis. That was not part of the plan. So they decided to use the available time to get some necessary business done. And maybe on some level to keep us interested with some comings and goings captured on camera and some interesting little twists and turns in this process. So veepstakes headquarters became indianapolis today. First, the oldest children of donald trump went to visit the official residence of the governor where mike pence lives. They spent time there. Donald trump also spent time there. Then we learned from our sources that Newt Gingrich was on a plane and coming to indianapolis. And were told that meeting happened and now we have been told that alabama senator Jeff Sessions also made it to indianapolis today for some kinds of behind the scenes conversations. My reporting also suggests that yesterday the same group of Adult Children met be Chris Christie. So theres been a round where the oldest children are participating in a personal way, getting to know the candidates, assessing them in one way or another, talking about what would happen at the convention and beyond. There are a lot of decisions to make. Any of these top tier candidates for the running mate spot would also be important as influencers in the party going forward. And at the Republican Convention next week. Its a critical time. It was unexpected that they would be in indianapolis, but they made use of that time and then trump is expected to fly on to california for a scheduled fundraiser that was already on the books. And so friday is the day we will see the choice donald trump publicly. Were hoping for that kind of insight. Were watching the doorways and trying to keep track of where the candidates are to get a sense of where this process is. Thats what it comes down to. And just quickly, any behind the scenes information about cleveland . Reporter the formal full list of speakers hz not yet come out. We know some of the big names. Joni ernst will speak about National Security we know that Top Republicans in Congress Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan will each have speaking roles. We have learned tom cotton shs the youngest senator and bright face in the republican party, arkansas republican with with ivy league credibility and former army veteran. So some of the pieces are filling in. We expect the trump family to have roles as well. But the full list for one reason or another has not yet been released. So again, dribs and drabs keeping our interest up. Thank you so much. As we mentioned earlier, new poll numbers out today from wall street journal ha has insight into battleground states. Mark murray is here to break down these numbers. Were talking about three critical states. Yeah, the big takeaway from our polling is that this is a competitive race when you look in the battleground. Races. Iowa, always been in the last several president ial cycles a competitive race. Hillary clinton has a 3point lead over donald trump. 42 to 39 . Thats within the margin of error, but a small lead for Hillary Clinton. Then we go to ohio. Almost the granddaddy of them all. And there its a tied race. Its 39 for 39 from earlier this morning also showing a tight race. Then in pennsylvania we had Hillary Clinton with a 9 point lead. 45 to 36 for donald trump. Donald trump had a 2point lead in pennsylvania, but our poll has Hillary Clinton up 9 in that state. So those all of our new numbers. Not jiving with some of the numbers that came out earlier. Do we know why . A lot of this has to do poll to poll. More republicans than democrats . But the numbers were right on in ohio. But different when it comes to pennsylvania. I koind of have a guide to viewers when you see a lot of different polling out there. You get a pretty good idea. I want to bring in a voice from team trump. Kelly conway, pollster with the campaign. She joined the team a couple weeks ago. Nice to have you with us. Let me start with news. We got word that donald trump is filing suit seeking 10 million in damages from a former e employee of the Trump Campaign. Do you know what that has to do with . The question that voters would ask is this indicative of a p k practice of Donald Trumps when he feels betrayed, he turns to lawsuits. First, i dont know anything about it so i cant comment on the suit. I know thats breaking news. If it were indicative, this would have been the 50th lawsuit and not the first. I think we have all signed a nondisclosure agreement. Yourself included . Absolutely. We take it seriously. So i dont know the specifics of that particular suit, but i know that donald trump is a man who commands loyalty because he offers loyalty to those around him. How does that play out if he demands that kind of loyalty . Would he have people sign agreements who work in his c cabinet. All federal officials have many different government restrictions. We know that secretary of state should not have a private email server. Even if they break that law, i would imagine cabinet officials also have laws. I can tell you over at the Trump Campaign, there is a e growing, talented enthusiastic staff of professional who is are working really hard on next weeks convention and enthused with the polling numbers that came out today. Heres Hillary Clinton who spent 30 million on ads. We have spent zero dollars on ads. Its a great question. Everybody knows who she is. Why is her floor and ceiling of support so dangerously close together. What is it about Hillary Clinton that the voters cant accept . Is it that 56 of them think that it jim comey made the wrong decision. Why suspect he leading in ohio when hes had so much to say about the state of ohio. Correct. But hes just get iting started. Shes been blanketing that state. He was the presumptive nominee before she was the nominee. She has been the nominee since she lost the first time. They left her to just Bernie Sanders not taking him seriously. He won 22 million votes. Lets talk about the veepstakes. I really want to ask you about this. We have been talking bt the finalists that we think are the finalists. We have our slate of Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie and mike pence in indiana. Is it possible . I covered when mccain chose sarah palin and got the phone call. Where is she from . We didnt know who she was. Is it possible he throws a curveball . Its always possible. I think its a great anecdote. Whoever it is will have been fully vetted. As i absolutely agree, this decision rests with donald trump. He has not yet made that decision public. I think the three finalists are all very formidable contestants. If you have trumps ear, who are you backing . I could see merit in each of them. Last night in indiana, governor pence made the case that you can challenge the clinton candidacy in ways that arent always fire and brimstone. He went after her in a low key way, challenging what would it be like to have her as president. Like i said, donald trump rewards loyalty. Newt gingrich and Chris Christie have been incredibly loyal from the beginning to him. Very helpful. Unflinchingly willing to go after bill clinton, Hillary Clinton, all the clinton candidacy means. Mike pence brings geography. And i was talking to dan quail and he reminded me that Vice President ial candidates and president ial candidates keep their own schedule as well. Its a way to blanket double the territory. Let me ask you before i let you go about something Hillary Clinton said in her speech in springfield. Ill play it and we can talk about it. Hes banished members of the press who have criticized him. Is there any doubt he would do the same as president . Imagine if he had not just twitter and cable news to go after his critics and opponents, but also the irs or for that matter our entire military. Given what we have seen and heard, do any of us think hed be restrained . Strong words from Hillary Clinton. Can you promise that he wouldnt use the irs or u. S. Military to go after enemies . Its so remarkable to me that Hillary Clinton, who is part of the obama administration, going after Tea Party Groups the way they did as evidence would talk about an example. I find her content to be inappropriate given that we have funerals of fallen officers that i just saw Alton Sterlings son speaking to the press. To be fair, donald trump did an event last night in the midst of all these things too. I understand that, but i find she plays an insiders game. Hes banishing members of the press. Theres so many members of the press who dont trust Hillary Clinton because they were backed when she was first lady and wasnt so nice to them. He has banished members of the press. He took away Washington Post credentials to cover his events. If Hillary Clinton is ever described by the way hes been described, she would probably do the same. Im waiting to see those coverages. But again, i dont think her attacking donald trump this way is going to help the tremendous trust and honesty deficit she has among the american voters. She seems to not be able to convince people she can get past the character flaw she relies on for a living. Twothirds of americans say that she is dishonest and not trustworthy. If she were elected, she would make history. We have never elect ed a president for twothirds cant tell the truth. Thank you for being with us. Later in the hour, ill be talking to the Senior Adviser to Hillary Clintons campaign. In a few hours from now, the federal judge who was called a mexican and a hatder by donald trump will hear trumps case. Its the first Trump University hearing in front of the judge since trump made those controversial comments. Chief Legal Correspondent ari melber is with me now. Trump took heat for those comments for going after that judge. How do the politics affect the case moving forward . They wont affect the case at all. The judge has been restrained under the attacks from donald trump. We should know ultimately Donald Trumps lawyers never asked for the recusarecusal. The candidate impugned him, but they didnt say he shouldnt be involved in any formal way because as donald trump claimed wrongly that would somehow be necessary because of his ethnicity. I will say as a legal fact check this has come up before and always been rejected. In other cases, and we can put examples on the screen, they all were in situations where someone said their ethnicity or religion or race was grounds for recusal. They made that request and that was denied every time. Thats how we got up to today. What wed find out at this hearing is whether this judge as a procedural matter will order the release of video depositions that donald trump has given this this case about whether trump u was a business or defrauded consumers. So in terms of where the case goes now, walk us through what happens to Trump University, which duptd exist at this point. You make an important point. Trump university was a business designed to give Business Advice that went out of business. Its now dealing with the rem nance of that and people who basically were customers. But the actual trial about releasing the video of mr. Trump, which could be of great interest in this campaign. The transcripts we have already read. But the big picture to your question, after november theres a trial scheduled. Thats where you would have a ruling as lawyers would say on the merits, ultimately the question were people defrauded or was this okay because it was buyer beware and dont get money back. That will be decided at trial. Post election day. Yep. Still to come, urging peace. The teenage son of alton sterling, the baton rouge man killed last week by police during a traffic stop, this son makes a plea to all of us. Well hear it after the break. 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