he was asked a question specifically about these illegal immigrants living here in the united states, contributing to society, possibly with kids, and he was asked would you deport those people as well or could there be a softening in terms of his position? he said yes. when i asked senator jeff sessions about that, he really struggled to deal with this particular issue. i said, is that something that you support? do you support a softening of the position and he said, look, donald trump is, quote, not softening this position on the legality of illegal immigration. he was really parsing his words, anderson. when he was pushed further, even senator jeff sessions said this is something that, quote, donald trump is still wrestling with. so very clearly, this is an issue that donald trump is going to have to deal with, the campaign is going to have to deal with. they re going to have to come out with some specifics in terms of exactly what his position is. as you know, it s evolv
who has the edge in the polls? encouraging poll numbers from donald trump tonight. he still has a long way to go and encouraging numbers and let s start out in the red state of arizona. there s been talk hillary clinton could compete there. we ll get deeper in that in a moment. among arizona voters, and gary hillary clinton at 38, 12% for johnson 4% for jill stein. that s significant, 16% for the third party candidates and in the state, some thought might move clinton s way. so donald trump in good shape here and here in the battleground of battle grounds, north carolina and florida, probably the most most com competitive states. this is, if you look at other recent polling, good news for donald trump. he s been behind in north carolina in our new polling among likely north carolina voters, a dead heat, 45% to 45%. gary johnson getting 9%. jill stein not on the ballot in north carolina. so this is more of a three-way race there, but a dead heat, 45, 45 again and hillary clint
possibly with kids and he was asked would you deport those people as well or could there be a softening in terms of his position. he said yes. when i asked senator jeff sessions about that he really struggled to deal with this particular issue. i said is that something you support? do you support a softening of the position and he said, look, donald trump is not softening his position on the legality of illegal immigration. when he was pushed further even senator jeff sessions subpoenaed th said this is something that donald trump is wrestling with. this is an issue that donald trump and the campaign is going to have to deal with and they re going to have to come out with specifics. his position has evolved over time. he said i m going to deport the illegal immigrants living in this country and then the bad ones an then i m going to do what president obama is doing. we expect him to address that particular issue here tonight. he s not going to give an immigration policy speec
foundation. her husband fired back late today and perhaps she will, too, tonight. plenty to talk about, in any case and we begin with a new batch of polling and inside politics arningor john king joins us to break it down by the numbers. who has the edge in the polls? encouraging poll numbers from donald trump tonight. he still has a long way to go and encouraging numbers and let s start out in the red state of arizona. there s been talk hillary clinton could compete there. among arizona voters, and gary johnson 4% for jill stein. that s significant, 16% for the third party candidates and in the state, some thought might move clint s way. so donald trump in good shape here and here in the battleground of battle grounds, north carolina and florida, probably the most most com competitive states. he s been behind in north carolina in our new polling among likely north carolina voters, a dead heat, 45% to 45%. jill stein not on the ballot in north carolina. so this is more of a t