Video. Here is some of that video. Thing is, you know, and she used to be pretty. I moved on her actually. She was down in palm beach. I moved on her and failed. Ill admit it. I did try and [ bleep ] her. She was married. No, nancy and i moved on her very heavily. In fact, i took her furniture shopping. She wanted to get furniture p. I said, ill show you where they have nice furniture. I took her i moved on her like a bitch. I cooperate get there. She was married. All of a sudden, i see her, shes got the phony [ bleep ] and changed her look. Shes the hottie in the purple. Whoa yes, yes, the donald is good whoa my man. You got to look at me, gives me the thumbs you are a [ bleep ]. You got to get the thumbs up. Let me very funny. You and i will walk out. Oh, my god. Maybe its a different one. Better not be the publicist. No, its her with the gold. I better use tic tacs fle s in start kissing her. Im automatically attracted. When youre a star. They let you do it. You can grab them by the [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] do anything. Legs, all we can see is the legs. No, it looks good. Come on, shorty. Nice legs, huh . Ooh. Get out of the way. Good legs. Go ahead. Always good if you dont fall out of the bus. Like ford, gerald ford, remember . Down below. Pull the handle. Nice to meet you. Terrific. You know billy bush. Mow are you . Nice to see you. How are you . Very well. Thank you. Are you ready to be a soap star . Absolutely. Let me be a soap star. How about a little hug for donald. He just got off the bus. Absolutely. Melania said it was okay. The Trump Campaigns first reaction was to say that it was simply locker room banter. Then there was a written apology by donald trump in which he said he apologized if anyone was offended. That apology performance not accepted by anyone in republican politics anywhere in this country. And donald trump realized at some point today that he and the Campaign Staff were going to have to release a recorded video apology. That took the Trump Campaign hours to produce. Hours after midnight, they released this recorded video. Ive never said im a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that im not. Ive said and done things i regret. The words released today on this more than a decadeold video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words dont reflect who i am. I said it. I was wrong. I apologize. Ive traveled the country talking about change for america. My travels have also changed me. Ive spent time with grieving mothers who have lost their children, laidoff workers whose jobs have gone to other countries, and people from all walks of life who just want a better future. I have gotten to know the great people of our country, and ive been humbled by the faith they placed in me. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow and will never, ever let you down. Lets be honest were living in the real world. This is nothing more than an distraction from the important issues were facing today. Were losing jobs, less safe than we were eight years ago, and washington is totally broken. Hillary clinton and her kind have run our country into the ground. Ive said some foolish things, but theres a big difference between the words and actions of other people. Bill clinton has actually abused women, and hillary has bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated his victims. We will discuss this in coming days. See you at the debate on sunday. Were joined by host of hardball, Chris Matthews in washington. To watch utah, you have experience working in utah politics some time ago. It hasnt changed that much. You said to watch utah, Utah Republicans are now in open revolt against grump. Against donald trump. The senator of utah, jason chaffetz, on the program. You heard him retracting his endorsement of donald trump. What next . Thats a start. I think all politics is local, as my old boss tim oneil, used to say. And that reflects the community of salt lake and utah which is the this is not our guy. Not the person. Long before this tape, drug was a bragard, a big shot, he throws his weight around. Hes not the personality they like out there. Then to find that this is he behind the scenes, how he behaves when the cameras arent on and he thinks the mike is off. I was thinking, lawrence, that this tape will be around for years. It will be around to explain the results of this campaign, it will outlive us. It will be nondegradable. And the thing that comes across for us in a society in which men and women are supposed to act a little differently plans you might say, imagine if Hillary Clinton had been the one on that bus. Imagine it is unimaginable that she would talk as she was presenting herself like he said to billy bush, lets walk out together. Hes choreographing this whole thing. Then he makes a reference to a president , gerald ford. Hes thinking big picture. Hes thinking how hes presenting himself. Even as he moves out of the bus there he is talking about how he would grab someone imagine if Hillary Clinton said im a big shot, whenever i want to, i can grab some guy florida way, its absurd to think about that. And i think that put this into perspective of whats beyond the pale. Robert costa is a fabulous reporter with the Washington Post. And he somehow maintains his independence and judgment in covering donald trump all these months now. He joins us by phone. Robert, thank you for joining us. And i do respect your reporting and objectively, i was going back tonight with lawrence just looking at the a. P. Report tonight. Its so objective. And its an objective fact the situation that mr. Trump finds himself in. Have you read the lead . Here it is after being caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married wom woman important here he tried to seduce, he said in a midnight video, spooky here, i was wrong. And i apologize, yet, key word, were wrong to be talking about it. The conservatives like those in utah and the rest of the country, the leadership of the Republican Party are wrong to be distracted by this. Something like theyre too infantile to know this is important. And argue withed his words were not egregious as former president bill clintons Marital Affairs in the 90s. What do you make of what trumps going through, hes seeing this and sees progressives piling on. Hes also seeing objective reporters looking and say, my god, this is a bombshell . Reporter great to join you. Its not just what donald trump is going through, its what the Republican Party is going through. These are two different circle thats have been linked the last 6 to 12 months, and theyre at odds behind the scenes. Based on my reporting, trump has been reluctant to apologize, it took hours. Thats why the video was late, to get him to this point. Because of Speaker Paul Ryan and rnc chairman Reince Priebus, numerous elected officials, theres immense pressure. I think your point about utah is so on the money because utah is the tip of the iceberg tonight. Jason chaffetz, the chairman in the house, you have senator mike lee now calling on donald trump to step aside. Favored conservatives in utah. And those in the community and the gop i expect tomorrow morning youre going to see each more elected officials beyond utah ask trump to either step aside or fully denounce him. What do you think the chances are maybe a hard question for a straight reporter is there any chance trump will do what tom eagleton did in 72 as nominee for Vice President , throw it back to the Republican National committee to pick someone else . Reporter ive heard tonight from several Top Republicans that they themselves are thinking about it. For example, i spoke to spencer zwick, top fundraiser for the speaker, a longtime confidante of mitt romney. That wing of the Party Tonight between 11 00 p. M. And now, theyre on the phone, theyre thinking through what are the options, what happens if pence could get the ticket, could he be the president ial nominee. In trump tower, its a different scene. You have to remember that, trump you to or 5th avenue tower, 5th avenue, you from a combative mood, he is not in the mood to step aside. Thank you very much. Robert costa of the Washington Post whos been covering this guy so effectively for all these months. Back to you, sir. Thank you. This was a 248word apology that donald trump released tonight. Exactly six of those words were apology. He said, i was wrong, and i apologize. We are joined now by brian williams. Brian, i know youve talked to sources on the republican side of the world about where things stand tonight. What are you hearing . Reporter robert costa and i may indeed be making the same phone calls to the same people. He is so right that there are two communities here, two constituencies. This a force inside trump tower, and there is what we used to call the Republican Party. I think a lot of republicans have gotten on board calling this the party of donald trump since the convention there is a wisconsin element to this story. It is multipronged, and as youve been discussing, as your guests have been discuss, very powerful. It includes but is not limited to the speaker of the house, and everyone in his camp. It includes Reince Priebus who has had this remarkable public metamorphosis thats been dictate by the pace and timing of the race, and scott walker is never far from all political things wisconsin. Chris matthews correctly points out utah as a conservative indicator. Kind of unique but also a mover. Theres a theres word that the Pence Campaign is anxious for air cover. Anyone around politics for ten minutes saw the discomfort as they were trying to get the candidate and the press out separately tonight. We all know how mike pence has run in this race. The constituencies that are important to him, the community he came out of. This is a pivotal weekend were going into. Lets not forget that its bookended sunday night by a primetime audience that may exceed the first debate. And a town hall format, one female, one male moderator. That traditionally favors the empathetic, it favors the tactile, it favors the retail politician. And finally, ill appeal to your sense of history. And in plain english, the guy at the top often doesnt know if and when its time to go. 1974, hugh scott of pennsylvania, Barry Goldwater of arizona, congressman john rhodes of arizona, made a long walk down the white house driveway, and they were the three who told Richard Nixon his time was up. And had to convince Richard Nixon his time was up. I am drawing no parallel here except to say the guy is often the last guy to know. This is going to be a real weekend of taking temperature, looking for defections, and again, will we see weve been talking about the storm for two days. Will we see the reformation of an eyewall within a reconstituted what used to bea Republican Party . Will there be a power structure enough to see if they want to make a go with it some other way. Absolutely pivotal weekend in politics. Brian, your point about that nixon moment i think is so important, not even necessarily to the specific issue of getting donald trump to step down but getting him to behave in the way the Republican Leadership wants him to. Even if that were ultimately to include stepdown. One of the problems in that scenario is that as troubled as Richard Nixon was at that time, he was a far more sensible politician on his worst day than donald trump seems to be on his best day. And Richard Nixon understood who those people were who were coming to see him. And weve heard donald trump seem to not understand the powers of the speaker of the house. Weve heard donald trump at different times in the history of this Campaign Mock paul ryan as if paul ryan wasnt someone who could completely control Donald Trumps legislative outcomes were he ever to get to the white house. And so in that incredibly vivid scenario that you reminded us of that moment where Richard Nixon had to face his real fate, in that scene, Richard Nixon fully respected and understood those people who had come to say him and explain this to him. Is there anyone that weve seen in this campaign . That could have that kind of moment with donald trump . Reporter wow, thats a great question. All those things you listed, all those officeholders and names, some of that if not all of that has been just fine with Donald Trumps core base of support around this country. They have been loyal and vehement. And the outsider appeal, people like you and like me talk about the corollary. That is you dont pick a commercial Airline Pilot by going up to someone in the airport and saming are you an outsid outsider . And asking are you an outsider . If there is a wisened type, a gray beard in the gop, there are plenty. There are employment of states men and women still around who proudly wear the republican label. Any just coun i just dont kn who that soul is even the subcommittee that would make a visit to try to stabilize, to talk some sense into them. I dont know. Brian williams, thank you very much for joining us, appreciate it. Thanks. Well be right back. Card, you only earn double miles when you buy stuff from that rline. Wait. Is this where you typically shop . You should be getting double miles on every purchase switch. To the capital one venture card. With venture, you earn unlimited double mes on every purchase, everywhere, every day. Not just. dismissively seriously. Double miles. Everywhere. Whats in your wallet . Is it a professor who never stops being a student . Is it a caregivedetermined to take care of her own . Or is it a lifetime of work that blazes the path to your passions . Your personal success takes a Financial Partner who values it as much as you do. Learn more at tiaa. Org the fact is, we have been asked to settle. Weve been asked to settle time and time again with our government. Weve been asked to settle on matters of great principle with our candidate for president of the united states. This cant continue. Its time for us not to settle. With all due respect, sir, you are the destruction. Your conduct, sir, is the distraction. Is the distraction from the principles that will help us win in november. You yourself, sir, mr. Trump, have state repeatedly that the goal, objective, has to be to defeat Hillary Clinton in november. I couldnt agree more. Its for precisely that reason, mr. Trump, that i respectfully ask you with all due respect to step aside. You, sir, are the distraction. That was republican senator mike lee of utah. Were joined again by Chris Matthews who told us earlier this evening to watch utah. Thats where if theres going to be a revolt it will begin. Chris matthews, it is fully underway. It sure is. And its a state thats not only lds, not only mormon. Its also a state that has been rejecting the establishment. The gentleman we saw, mike lee, as you know, knocked off a longterm senator to win that seat, bob bennett, the son of wall street as bennett. It was a whole tradition he knocked a part out there. Orrin hatch had to fight very hard for reelection, anybody who looked like establishment. Its not just a religious base, its a tea party base, mike lee, tea party man. Associated with the politics of mike pence and, of course, ted cruz. So that party that right ward flank of the party which said mike pens has been trying mike pence has been trying to form up and keep on trumps side. Were not even near the suburbs in terms of trumps appeal. Hes going right there, hes getting killed in the philly suburbs by Something Like 36 margin. Killed. What hes fighting for is the conservative wing of the party. The more religious wing. The less secular. They see this as raurch nchy, t behavior, i think we all do. Well see the Republican Party come apart from the right. The left the left of the party, the center of the party has already moved against him. I think youll see a shrinking of his electoral base dramatically over the weekend, any polling, any focused grouping, any interviews by reporters is going to show it. In the last week, he lost his lead in ohio, a state you must win if youre a republican. Hes lost his lead in florida, a state he needed to win his 270. And hes already now in the process of losing north carona, hes nowhere near winning pennsylvania or virginia. He cant win the presidency as it looks right now. And im beginning to think his electoral count is going to shrink rather low, perhaps the low 100s. Its going to get really bad. As were watching this, i get back to what i said earlier when i came over here in this midnight run of paul revere. Ill tell you, its not going to happen. He was already on the cliff. This will probably take him over. And again, that tape of him with that attractive actor from from the soaps is going to be played over and over and over again. And its going to show a guy he didnt want to show us in this campaign. Back to you. Let me underline what you said. Did i just hear you say that you think this video is fatal for the Trump Campaign . As it stands, yes. His apologyia wasnt enough because it wasnt an apologia. It was Something LikeJimmy Stewart said by accident. This is a full portrait. A long conversation about talking about trying to seduce a married woman when he himself was just married. He talks about a woman in a physical sense the way hes used his celebrity. And as it was said, not just abusive but probably a criminal manner if you get into the actual aspect of sexual abuse and assault, as pointed out. I do