Then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. Then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. So four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. You couldnt really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly predictable anything for that president ial election. And in the president ial election of 1980, youll remember that Ronald Reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. Right after he collected that nomination, the Republican Party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention, right after that convention, he and his campaign decided that straight away, what they were going to do, they were going to send their candidate to mississippi, to philadelphia, mississippi, specifically. And philadelphia, mississippi, is not a big place. Its a little bit out of the way. Its not the easiest place in the world to get to. But philadelphia, mississippi, then and now, still had a national profile. It was nationally known. It was a household name in some parts of the country. Because of one very dark episode in his recent past, which is that in 1964, philadelphia, mississippi, is where the civil rights workers got abducted in the middle of the night and murdered and buried. And the local authorities in philadelphia, mississippi, not only helped cover up the murder of those three civil rights workers, the local authorities participated in the murders. That is how philadelphia, mississippi became, as i say, in some places, a household name. Thats how philadelphia, mississippi, became this terrifying, nationally known touchstone from the civil rights era. And philadelphia, mississippi, is where Ronald Reagan chose to kick off his general Election Campaign for the presidency in 1980. Thats where he went right after the Republican Convention that year. He went to philadelphia, mississippi, and he spoke at the Neshoba County fair. And it wasnt a coincidence. It wasnt subtle. There was no subtlety as to what Ronald Reagan was doing, he spoke to a wildly enthusiastic all white crowd of about 30,000 people in central mississippi, and he told them, quote, i believe in states rights, and in 1980, in that president ial election, there was no segregationist George Wallace on the president ial ballot that year. George wallace had run in 64, 68, 72, 76, but in 1980, first time in 20 years, the segregationist, George Wallace was not on the president ial ballot. So Ronald Reagan took that trip there, basically to mop up any remaining George Wallace vote that might still be hanging around in the deep south, in a place like philadelphia, mississippi. That was famous for exactly what philadelphia, mississippi, is famous for. And come november that year, Ronald Reagan did win mississippi. He won mississippi over jimmy carter that year by one point. So maybe that trip was worth it for Ronald Reagan, for swingstate mississippi in 1980. Well, this year, 2016, mississippi is no longer a swing state, to say the least. But this week, as the Democratic Party held its nominating convention for Hillary Clinton in philadelphia, pennsylvania, Donald Trump Jr turned up in the other philadelphia. He turned up this week in philadelphia, mississippi, at the Neshoba County fair. Crowning National Convention may be under way, but that doesnt stopping donald trump from trying to steal the spotlight. Thank you for joining us. The republican president ial nominee is sending one of his sons to north mississippi to help campaign for him. Theres no better place in the magnolia state to do just that, than at the Neshoba County fair. Wcbi was there for trump jrs big speech and has the details. I would ask you who youre voting for, but it seems pretty apparent. Donald trump jr spend the day speaking in front of an enormous crowd at the Neshoba County fair. He mingled with state leaders and supporters, as well as campaigning for his republican president ial candidate dad, donald trump. Whats he doing there . When Ronald Reagan went there in 1980, whatever else he was trying to accomplish for his campaign, whatever he was trying to signal by going to the site of the Mississippi Burning murders and saying, i believe in states rights. I mean, at least in 1980, Ronald Reagan had the excuse that he was actually trying to win mississippi, and that mississippi was in play. It was a battleground state. But now, 2016, whats the Trump Campaign doing there . As part of his visit to the Neshoba County fair this week, Donald Trump Jr, he did speak out in favor of keeping the confederate emblem on the Mississippi State flag. He told reporters who asked him about it, quote, im for tradition. So were in kind of a weird place, with the official start of the general Election Campaign, to see who will be the next president of the United States. It starts today. Both candidates have formally won and accepted their parties nominations, as have their running mates. Its on, day one. But for the Democratic Party, we with can see pretty plainly what their campaign is doing, and we know why theyre doing it. Almost exactly like bill clinton and al gore did in 1992. Hillary clinton and her running mate tim kaine, they started a bus tour together. Theyll have multiple stops over the course of today and the next day and the next day in the battleground states of pennsylvania and ohio. Thats whats happening on the democratic side. On the republican side, though, this is also day one of the general election, and we really dont know whats going on. I mean, while Hillary Clinton and tim kaine were in philadelphia, pennsylvania, today, there was Donald Trump Jr this week campaigning in philadelphia, mississippi. How does that make sense . The chair of the Republican Party, Reince Priebus said just ahead of the Republican Convention that what donald trump would be doing right after the convention, right after he got the nomination this year, was that he would be starting a nationwide, hispanic Engagement Tour. And that makes sense, and it seems very necessary for the Trump Campaign, right . If you memorize no other numbers in order to understand what the Trump Campaign needs to do, in order to win this fall, memorize the numbers on the latino vote. George w. Bush had nationwide support from latinos that was over 40 . Thats how he won his election. In contrast, mitt romney and john mccain, their latino support was in the 20s and 30s. And that wasnt enough. They both lost their elections. Right now, donald trump is polling nationwide with latinos at 14 . Which means, if you know nothing else, unless this election happens on mars, donald trump will lose the election, because of that number with latinos. And so, right, it made sense, the chair of the Republican Party announced right before the convention, that what donald trump would be doing right after the convention, would be his nationwide, hispanic Engagement Tour got it. And in fact, the Trump Campaign did schedule a hispanic roundtable for donald trump to attend this week, on tuesday, in miami, florida. And then they canceled it. This is the headline in the miami herald. Interesting diction here. Trumps miami roundtable for hispanics isnt happening. That was apparently the only public event that had been planned and announced for Donald Trumps supposed nationwide hispanic Engagement Tour. But the miami event got canceled. They said theyre going to reschedule it, but they havent said anything about when theyre going to reschedule it for. And instead on that day that they were supposed to be doing their hispanic Engagement Tour roundtable in miami, when they decided not to do that, instead, on that same day, the donald Trump Campaign sent the candidates eldest son to philadelphia, mississippi to speak at the site of the lynchings and to speak about how the confederate emblem should stay on the Mississippi State flag. The campaign is making decisions that are not what the party said they were going to do. Theyre not what strategically you would expect. The campaigning structure and schedule is a little weird. Its a little weird. Donald trump did make two Campaign Appearances today in colorado. One this afternoon and another rally thats going on tonight. Strategically thats interesting, because Hillary Clintons campaign has announced as of this week that theyre so confident theyre going to win colorado that theyve pulled all their advertising out of the state. So donald trump is campaigning today and tonight in colorado. But one of the things well be talking about later on in the show tonight is how strange this upcoming weekend is going to be, at least on the republican side. On the democratic side, this is normal. Hillary clinton and tim kaine, doing what you expect them to do, taking a bus tour through swing states, multiple events per day, in pennsylvania and ohio. Thats how they spend one, two, and three. Friday, saturday, and sunday, we know what theyre going to be doing through the weekend. But after today, donald trump has no events on his schedule. And so maybe, this is genius. Maybe this is, you know, him playing three dimensional chess while everybody else is playing bean bag, or whatever that stupid saying is. But as of day one, thats weird that thats what the Campaign Looks like. Because this is what the forecasters say as of day one. This is ahead of any polling bounce that Hillary Clinton may or may not get out of her convention this week. But forecasting from the state by state polls as they exist right now, looking at the various forecasters out there, not an exhaustive list, but rothenberg political report, they say right now, their forecast is Hillary Clinton winning the presidency with 332 electoral votes. You only need 270 to win. The Cook Political Report has her winning with 304 votes. Larry sabato, he has her winning with 347 elect roll votes. The princeton election consortium, they have her winning the presidency with 320 electoral votes. Theres also a whole group of forecasters that give each candidate a percentage chance of winning. Theyre not forecasting this as the percent of the vote that each candidate will get, this is the percentage chance of each candidate winning. And all of them picked clinton, the New York Times has her with a 69 chance of winning, 538. Both in their polls only forecast and polls plus forecast. Have Hillary Clinton winning. Ahead of any Democratic Convention bump that Hillary Clinton may or may not get. Theyve got her with a 69 chance of winning. All of the forecasters now say Hillary Clinton will win the presidency in november. All of them say that donald trump is losing, that hes not going to win in november. So what do you expect a losing campaign to do on day one of a election that looks like that from day one . Whatever you might expect a losing campaign to do in circumstances like this, what the campaign, what the Trump Campaign is actually doing is cancelling their hispanic Engagement Tour, taking their candidate off the campaign trail for the first weekend of the general election, and focusing the Campaign Resources they are expending on the deep red George Wallace territory of North Central mississippi. 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After they showed that clip, when the lights came up in the room and captain khans parents were there in person and they came up to the podium, the room erupted in a long standing ovation for them, it lasts over a minute. It was almost hard to control. It washed over them in waves and that was before khizr khan even started speaking. And then he started speaking and he and his wife held it together, and he spoke with incredible sobriety and dignity. But, i think its fair to say, the rest of the country, everybody watching, basically fell apart as mr. Khan spoke. It was a truly, truly extraordinary moment. Tonight we are honored to stand here as parents of captain humayun khan. And as patriotic american muslims. [ cheers and applause ] [ crowd chanting usa ] as patriotic american muslims with undivided loyalty to our country. Like many immigrants, we came to this country emptyhanded. 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