donald trump a lot. i love him as a businessman. the perseverance of this guy -- >> he's a good family man. >> this guy is a great businessman. but we have to judge him as journalists as you would judge anybody. and you've got to give him -- >> i'm not a journalist i'm a talk show host. >> then be a fair talk show host. >> i'm a loyal friend. >> so am i. and i tell my loyal friend you can accomplish the same result, you can keep all of those anti-illegal immigration voters you can keep all of the voters the military the veterans keep them all, but you say things in a way that -- >> on his accuracy what would you give him? a, b, c, d. i think he's been accurate on immigration. i agree with him. i think he's been accurate on the horrible treatment of veterans. i agree with him. i would say the one unforced error was the mccain issue and i think it was a great contrast this when he went after lindsey graham and gave out the phone number. that was funny, a better way to handle opposition. >> he's absolutely

at the same time donald trump, we're talking about donald trump as if he has ideas. as if he has beliefs. this is the same guy who is for single payer healthcare who called george w. bush evil who wants to raise taxes who has praised nancy pelosi and given money to hillary clinton. this is the guy that's going to become the new voice of conservatism. >> frank, there was one bit of news that was made in this conference a question you asked donald trump. i'll play it here. that was whether or not he loses the nomination would he support the candidate? >> ross perot cost us the election in 1992. would you go on record as say figure you couldn't get the party nomination you would not run as a third party? >> no. >> listening to that i'm thinking every republican better start paying attention to that answer. >> that caught me totally off guard. i don't think the media realizes what he said. this could be the beginning of trump's independent candidacy. i study this. this is my profession. donald trump is not dropping out. he is not apologizing. he is not going to change. h

to directly criticize donald trump. so where you stand depends on where you sit in this race. >> you raise a good point, david, that the republican party issued this unusual statement. reince priebus, the chairman of the party, i assume he authorized that statement. but they have to be careful right now because if for some reason trump were to drop out as a republican candidate and run as a pross perot like third party candidate, that could take republican votes away from the republican nominee and essentially help that democratic nominee as was the case back in '92 when ross perot took votes away from george h.w. bush and bill clinton was elected. >> that would be the nightmare scenario for the republicans because he would siphon off more votes from the republicans than he would from the democrats. no doubt about it. so that's why gloria is saying they didn't want to light a fire under him but they were waiting and ready to pounce. i do think, though donald trump shows no sign of putting his tail between his legs and w

with donald trump last night. she's going to be on with us to talk about exactly what ben pointed out. what's your response to that, mark? >> well ben's right about one thing here right? that these extraordinary, unusual stories will resonate with somebody because there is a kind of fear in xenophobia around mexican immigrants. there are those who will believe whatever you tell them. so donald trump is playing to the cheap seats, that's absolutely true. but it is important to acknowledge what the studies say. there is no correlation between these immigration patterns and crime. as you pointed out, these populations are actually less prone to criminality than the average american. so, no illegal immigrant is not causing the kind of crime that people are suggesting. and i think donald trump is playing a kind of cynical politics that may play to the cheap seats, but doesn't ultimately get him the republican party nomination. most people will interpret it that way. >> he's speaking about mexican people right now. let'

trump is surviving this. >>> tonight, the biggest newspaper in iowa is calling for donald trump to drop out of the presidential race after what he said about senator john mccain. earlier this evening, bill o'reilly offered his friend, donald trump, a chance to apologize to senator mccain, but once again, donald trump refused. >> i'm going to say this. i have respect for senator mccain. i used to like him a lot. i supported him. i raised a lot of money for his campaign against president obama. and certainly, if there was a misunderstanding i would totally take that back, but hopefully i said it correctly and certainly, shortly thereafter i said it correctly. >> but even an apology is not enough for the des moines register tonight. in an editorial tonight, the des moines register said the best way donald trump can serve his country is by apologizing to mccain and terminating his ill-conceived campaign. it's time for donald trump to drop out of the race for president of the united states. the editorial went on to say, in just five weeks, he has polluted the waters to such an extent that se

can you ignore donald trump? >> you can't ignore him and you should not ignore him and do so at your peril if you do. we have seen people leave contract wise his brand whether it's a restaurant in the hotel they are building in washington, whether it's macy's and its clothing line, the gop must protect their brand. the candidates who are running for office must protect their brand. when any candidate goes off the reservation either by going at odds with the party platform or the norms in decency of what the party stands for. so the party and the candidate in this race must protect that brand against anyone who seeks to denigrate it. >> jeannie zano when another candidate is something like a free agent he doesn't have to worry about the normal protocols of raising money, of kissing the ring of various party leaders. he doesn't have to follow party discipline at all. does it make it tougher to figure out what your game plan is? >> absolutely. and you know brad is absolutely right. you have to protect the pretty bra

. >> donald trump heads down to the border. some like him -- >> i like donald trump. he is a friend of mine. he is taking on the washington cartel. >> and some cannot stand him. >> donald trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism. >> reaction to how donald trump is shaking up the republican party. >> what would work for you? don't low ball it. >> okay. >> tell me what you really -- >> and the department of justice says it's going to review these shocking undercover planned parenthood videos. did the nation's largest provider of abortion break the law? "hannity" starts right here, right now. >> welcome to "hannity" now. just hours ago 2016 republican presidential contender donald trump, he landed in laredo texas to begin his highly anticipated border tour. now naturally the visit is not without controversy. a local border patrol group that invited trump for a guided border tour pulled out of the event after, quote communicating with members of the national border patrol council. listen to how donald trump responded just after landing in laredo earlier today. >> the

i'm really rich. >>> donald trump says he's really rich. how much is donald trump really worth? how will it impact his candidacy candidacy. trump is leading in the polls, but can he really win the republican nomination when all is said and done? all of that and more as this special edition of "hannity," continues. i've tried laxatives but my symptoms keep returning. my constipation feels like a heavy weight that keeps coming back. vo: linzess can help. once-daily linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. linzess is thought to help calm pain-sensing nerves and accelerate bowel movements. linzess helps you proactively manage your symptoms. do not give linzess to children under 6, and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. it may harm them. don't take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. other side effects include, g

i will say this about donald trump. donald trump, whose personal fortune is in the billions. here he comes. >> donald trump is now speaking. the census, 1.4% of the population in maine, latino american. let's listen to donald trump as he begins to speak. stand by, my friends. >> lank you very much. now did he say this was your biggest crowd of the weekend? i don't know. because he was supposed to. i said who has the biggest crowd. they said you do by far, mr. trump. and i said, well are you going to announce it? and the woman said yes, i'm doing the work. but that is not a woman that just announced so he didn't know this. but this is a great group. you know what i like about this group? they sent out information last week and i actually asked -- can i say this and they said yes and i was shocked, that donald trump called and asked to be here. he wants to be here badly. and anybody that wants to come, mr. trump will be here, at mr. trump's request. i said, i don't know, who are these people? who are they? and they said no, you called and you asked. and they said, that is right

he is at a rally with donald trump. we will hear from donald trump in just a moment. donald trump becoming the voice of a group of americans who are saying they have not been heard until now. they are the ones whose loved ones were killed by people in this country illegally. sabina's son dominick was killed in a car crash three years ago. the driver had a long rap sheet and should not have been in this country. he was eventually deported back to guatemala. here's what she told a house committee focusing on this issue two years ago. >> this is enough pain for a lifetime but it gets much worse. i was informed that the driver of the truck that killed my son instantly was a 24-year-old from guatemala here illegally without a license, without insurance or a legally registered vehicle and on a probation from a prior dui, and to add even more pain and grief, this guy had a lengthy arrest record and has been in and out of court and prison prior to this. he was arrested for grand theft and armed robbery in november 2008 and given three years probation. in august 2010 he was ar

but hillary clinton attacking donald trump is not going to hurt donald trump. and us sitting around the table talking about how damaged donald trump is not going to hurt donald trump. but i do think a series of these over time at the end of the day are going to hurt donald trump. john mccain, if you took all these people that are defending john mccain and cobble together the nasty, nasty things they've all said about john mccain through the years except for lindsey graham it would look pretty funny. >> but nobody ever challenged his military record. >> what's that? >> here's the thing -- >> wait who said that? >> i did, joe. i said no one ever challenged his military record. the criticism has been politics and perhaps stances but i don't know anyone challenged whether or not him be captured or not qualified him for honors willie said earlier being a war hero. >> well -- >> disqualify him, i should say. >> actually al franken did when john mccain was running for president. but he's a liberal. so it doesn't matter. >> i got you. fair enough. >> no. >> he's not ru

jaime: donald trump insistiÓ que otros paÍses envÍan criminales, y este paÍs los acepta. y legales, dijo que vienen y matan a sus hijos. >> en el momento que recibÍ esta noticia de donald trump es como si hubiera ofendido a mi mamÁ. jaime: la protesta se realizÓ en el hotel donde donald trump fue invitado por miembros de la organizaciÓn. >> es un grupo bastante secreto de 1800 miembros que son actores, hombres o mujeres de negocios conservadores. >> dijo que las palabras del donald trump sÓlo los inmigrantesnno son polÍticamente correctas pero son la verdad. >> es el Único que va para presidente. jaime: la figura de donald trump ha polarizado el escenario polÍtico rumbo la elecciÓn presidencial del aÑo 2016. protestas como Ésta habrÁn de seguir su ruta, no solamente en los Ángeles, sino tambiÉn maÑana en phoenix donde tiene programado reunirse con el polÉmico sheriff. ilia: escucharon argumentos en el caso de las reseÑas positivas del gobierno. pero fue tan sÓlo una audiencia y ninguna decisiÓn. jorge garcÍa fuentes nos muestra cÓmo se manifestaron lo

trump, why not be angry at donald trump, why not be mad at donald trump for playing these race cards that are really damaging not just the republican party but what's happening to latinos in this country and how they're viewed. we've come out of a really tough period. i think now is the time not to hold our tongues about somebody who's playing this kind of a game. >> no, i said earlier to jimmy and jonathan that the outrage has not been there that i think is deserving here when you're talking about the kinds of statements he said against a nationality and against a race of people. but let me say this. you say you don't see him getting the nomination and you don't know how long he lasts. he's got a lot of money, jamal. he can hang in there. >> he can absolutely hang in there and cause people trouble. remember what happened in 2012 when rick santorum had foster freeze as a billionaire, he had foster freeze paying all of this money for him while he stayed in the race. a couple of others had billionaires paying this money to keep them in the race with these super pacs and keep them alive

donald trump dominating the coverage. donald trump ripping iowa's top newspaper. even as some pundits attack him, dismiss him or struggle to figure out his appeal. >> some of the political media is great and really honest. even if they don't want to be they are really honest. i find that 60% of the political media is really really dishonest. >> i think what this really shows is donald trump is a political fraud because donald trump isn't playing by the normal rules of political combat. he's not backing down here. he's not giving an inch. >> people don't trust you and if people don't trust the media, and i understand why. >> why is the donald still driving the news coverage and is the media boosting his campaign. we talk about whether john mccain a war hero with the senator's daughter. >>> two federal investigators seeking a justice department probe of whether hillary clinton's private e-mails revealed classified information and the paper changes the story after her campaign pushes back. we'll take a look. >>> those disturbing planned parenthood videos. why have so

media, still is buzzing about donald trump and donald trump called in to abc and to fox this morning about the john mccain comments and he said, yes, john mccain is a war hero but doesn't back off or retreat. he refused several questions or opportunities to apologize. heed former nbc anchor campbell brown said there are not two sides to every campbell and that is why she is becoming an advocate. >> former governor mike huckabee on whether the press is pigeonholing him as the social issues candidate. did you know that meeting your daily protein needs actually helps to support your muscle health? boost® high protein nutritional drink can help you get the protein you need. each serving has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, plus 26 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones. boost® high protein is the #1 selling high protein complete nutritional drink and it has a great taste-guaranteed! help get the nutrition you need everyday with boost® high protein. join the club at brandpower.com. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fa

donald trump is a friend of mine. you guys can throw rocks, i'm not going to engage. >> what's the calculation? cruz assumes that trump goes boom and he wants those voters? >> he's second in the gop money race. leader in the cycle. frankly, you don't want to take off in the summer you want to take off later this year and next year. cruz is going to have an active september. you have a potential shutdown coming up on capitol hill that he'll be involved in. if trump is imploding, the support can come. >> we have no reason not to. >> there's a risk for ted cruz because the things that donald trump has said are not just inflammatory they are offensive to a lot of people. if you are the one candidate that is sticking by him or at least not coming out and condemning what he says and you continue to do that it will reflect poorly on you as well. >> if necessary, you run an ad and criticize him. there is an ad there. let's listen to this. tell me if it matters or not. a contender for the race in an interview for state of the

who love donald trump and say that he's speaking the truth. what i think he's doing is being a wracking ball for the future of the republican party with the hispanic community and we need to push back. >> okay. chris christie isn't happy with the attention. here is christie on fox today. >> donald is a friend. i've known him for 13 years. i like him personally but his comments are inappropriate. that's going to be the last time i say it, seriously, when i'm out there talking to folks, nobody in the real world asks me about this. nobody. you know but every time i get on a media show, all anybody wants to talk about is donald trump. >> you know what is it he's appealing to? ron, you think it's prejudice against hispanics, it's as simple as that, you think that's it? >> there is an element in the republican party and it's a fairly big chunk of the republican party now. the republicans are 30% of the electe electrit and that warms to the idea of calling mexican immigrants rapist. i don't know there is much more than that 15% out of the 30% that re

media, still is buzzing about donald trump and donald trump called in to abc and to fox this morning about the john mccain comments and he said, yes, john mccain is a war hero but doesn't back off or retreat. he refused several questions or opportunities to apologize. heed former nbc anchor campbell brown said there are not two sides to every campbell and that is why she is becoming an advocate. >> former governor mike huckabee on whether the press is pigeonholing him as the social issues candidate. did you k >>> mike huckabee was the surprise story of the 2008 campaign after largely being es >> mike huckabee was the surprise story in the last presidential campaign and now he is launching his second white house campaign and we sat down in washington. >> mike huckabee, welcome. you talk how you have been working since you were 14, talked to people in the kitchens when you campaign and you have worked jobs like chick-fil-a but do the media pigeonhole you as a social issues candidate. >> they may try. the people who hear me know it is not the issues i focus on. i don't have to prove my

a speech that goes directly to and dismantles donald trump and shows you are not afraid of donald trump and declares the person giving the speech a real republican and donald trump isn't. >> i think the silver lining for the republican party, a year and a half before the election is that donald trump is by contrast showing how serious some of these candidates for the presidency really are. he is helping them prove that. i think a lot of them were slow and weak in condemning his remarks on mexican immigrants. but we saw from rick perry tonight, and earlier today an opportunity to do that. to show contrast, to be serious, to set himself up. there's a is certain percentage of the republican party, that is not a small party, that would like to see donald trump go away. if rick perry is the point of the spear, i think it will be beneficial whether or not he is the president of the united states. i a lot of people in the party will be happy with him. >> this is the unserious part of the campaign for republican voters, certainly in their responses to pollsters in 2007 in july at this point, ru

look, i like donald trump. there are a lot of folks in washington right now that seem to be crawling all over themselves to smack donald trump. i'm not one of them. i think he's bold i think he's brash, and i think he's got backbone. >> why does he say stuff about you? why does he say it's a hurdle for you when no one else is causing you trouble. by the way, george -- by the way, george romney was born in mexico to american parents. john mccain was born in the canal zone. barry goldwater was born in arizona territory at the time. nobody made a beef about that. >> the legal question is quite straightforward. the child of an american citizen born abroad is a natural citizen. my mom was born in wilmington delaware. >> this is great. a lot of your book has to do with a very powerful theme which is about, and i agree on this completely, the betrayal of the cuban revolution. when i was a kid and castro came to new york after knocking because of batista, he was in pajamas aptd we rooted like hell for him. he was a dem

first up, donald trump. hey, donald trump, you said john mccain isn't a war hero. you weren't in vietnam because you got a medical deferment for a bone spur in your foot. [ light laughter ] an injury i'm assuming you got from constantly putting it in your mouth. [ applause ] by the way, republican candidates, thanks for finally chiming in against trump. you didn't say anything when you called mexicans rapists and questions obama's birth certificate, but now that he's criticizing a rich, old white guy, he has gone too far. [ laughter ] and donald, when lindsey graham criticized you, you gave out his phone number on live tv. you're not a candidate. you're a character in "mean girls." [ light laughter ] for a good time, call lindsey graham. hey, trump, you're fired and ya burnt! [ explosion ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: dad bods. i know unequal pay is bad, but this is the biggest scam men has ever pulled off. [ light laughter ] women have to look perfectly toned all the time or else they're crucified. yet, somehow now men can say, "i decided to get rid of my abs,

that's always been the donald trump story. he's a rich guy spending his money to promote himself and to mouth off. he wants a tv show. he wants popularity. he'd light his hair on fire if someone would pay attention to him. it might not be a bad thing. >> at some point he might if it runs out. >> he's a side show. he's not a legitimate presidential contender. even though i'm trying not to be political here, i'll tell you he's offended every veteran, offended every hispanic with his comment on immigration. the guy is not a legitimate political -- he's got no organization. he's a celebrity run amuck. he's insulted, i think what he said about mcin. i disagree with mccain on a lot of issues but here's a guy that was tortured. here's a guy that has defended this country. a war service that's is exemplary. for him to say what he did is not just disgusting and wrong but it should -- you knowfy were a republican candidate, i would not get on the stage with him. they should demand -- they should demand candidate candidate, 15 18 30 that

on gay rights and donald trump's statements. on choice and abortion rights and donald trump's statements. what is the difference between those two men? and i would suggest to you that the answer is nothing. that their policies are exactly the same. so it's a matter of trump -- i'm sorry, perry doesn't like how donald trump is saying it but in fact they share the exact same policies. so what is the difference between these two men? >> now, jonathan senator lindsey graham did a really amazing thing today. he is using trump's attack to get attention. he is releasing a video after trump gave out his cell phone number to a crowd. watch what he did. ♪ ♪ >> i mean i think, jonathan it's very smart, you know. it gets attention and makes him look good. but are they having to do these kind of stunts in order to get attention? the way trump has dominated the news cycles? >> yes. trump is eating up all of the oxygen in the campaign room with these 16, 17 people running for the nomination. i think lindsey graham is being very clever in s

i know barack obama and i know donald trump. donald trump is no barack obama. i really do -- i was sort of not defending trump but in the anti-trump camp in the sense you have to take him seriously. i think i was ahead on the curve in thinking he would rise. having said that, i do think he is probably gone as far as he can go. he's not a cancer on conservatism as rick perry said. i don't know what he is. a pitbull, a boil, an unsightly growth that will end up being benign and harmless. you guys discussed this yesterday. all these polls come out the republicans are doing better than hillary clinton than they were. he is his own brand and phenomenon. he is his own celebrity. he'll fade. it won't affect the republican nominee much at all i don't think. >> i mean we shall see. it is very interesting. we had an editor of a magazine on a month ago who was sniffing and being quite condescending to you suggesting that when you said donald trump would be relevant in politics for a while he was insulted. he was on the cover of the magazine this month. >> are we not allow

donald trump. >> are you uncomfortable with this republican primary being about donald trump? >> what did you make of what he said to lindsey graham? >> what do you make of him in the republican party? >> as candidate step out from his shadow -- >> it overshadows john kasich announcement. >> he is eating up the oxygen. >> sucking up the oxygen in the room. >> that is why he is sucking up this oxygen. >> why the heck into weeks of nothing substantive are we talking about donald trump? mark: what would it take for the press to recalibrate their coverage of trump based on of session? john: an actual sharknado could be the only thing. the press is flying itself, it is true online and on television. it is good for business ratings are soaring. i think the better angel is on his shoulder like a devil is working in their ear. mark: there is interest from the general public but i think it is a matter of it is easy. every news organization -- our show is as guilty as anyone. it is hard to ignore how big it has become. every news organization can say can we do something else today? it i

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the arrows fly against donald trump. what if anything can and will -- can and will pierce his teflon? >> it donald trump should be proven to have done something illegal like broken the law in the past, that might. something all right races like using the and word -- "n word." other than that, it is not clear to me what trump himself to do to peers his own armor. mark: people say the accumulation will eventually catch up with him. people say someone will unheard something from his past that will be really bad. the mccain think maybe ruffled him up a bit. in terms of his core supporters and playing by the normal rules subject to the normal physics of politics, i think it will take a lot for negative stories to her donald trump. it is going to take a lot. >> well then we agree. i think it is true. they would have to say some very severe things driven in those ways. i think the biggest thing that could hurt donald trump is not the press digging, not opposition researchers digging. there is chance he will himself is significa

. >> donald trump has got to go! >> "inside politics," the biggest stories, sourced by the best reporters, now. >>> welcome to "inside politics," i'm john king. thanks for sharing your sunday morning with us to share their reporting and insights, cnn's nia-malika henderson, ed o'keefe of "the washington post," jackie susan itch of the daily best and jeff zeleny of cnn. it's no problem republicans have a huge problem with latino voters. and now donald trump is making its worse with his attacks on undocumented immigrants from mexico. >> i would get the ones that are criminals, drug dealers, and the people that are forced in by mexico, and you know exactly what i'm talking about. >> now the math here it's pretty simple. republicans last won the white house back in 2004 and george w. bush did that by winning 44% of the latino vote. in 2008 that percentage fell to 31%, then to 27% in 2012, two lopsided democratic wins. you can call that for republicans a troubling trend, or a demographic ditch. >> the first rule of politi

. >>> also, why only donald trump could get david letterman to come out of retirement. >> donald trump has pissed off so many mexican, he's starring in a new movie entitled, no amigos. >>> plus $5.9 million, that's how much new york city will pay to the family of eric garner who died in an apparent police choke hold caught on camera. i'll talk with his daughter on this broadcast. >>> let's begin with the daring escape of the boss of one of the world's deadliest drug trafficking operations. nick valencia is outside the prison that was he will chappo's home until saturday night. there is a massive manhunt for the notorious drug lord. you have been speaking with farmers outside the prison. what are they telling you. >> reporter: they are scared. two were afraid to so their face. what they both tell me is construct construction started on the rural home wherel chappo is said to have escaped from around december and finished around february or march. what drew his suspicions is the heavy equipment stayed around and they even worked on sunday, which is not typically. one woman told me she wo

of making fun of donald trump. and i'm here to tell you tonight, that industry, the making fun of donald trump industry, is back. it's always been there to a certain extent. he's always been a little bit inhaernltly hilarious. but the industry of making fun of him to great effect is a thing of great beauty and that's tonight's best new thing of the world. please stay tuned for this. [ jennifer garner ] why can't powerful sunscreen feel great? actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer®. its superior uva uvb protection helps prevent early skin aging and skin cancer, all with the cleanest feel. it's the best for your skin. neutrogena® ultra sheer®. >>> we have some breaking news to report which has just come in on the subject of donald trump within the last couple minutes. the "washington post" has reported the chairman of the republican party reince priebus spent nearly an hour on the phone with donald trump. nearly an hour on the phone with him tonight urging him to tone down his inflammatory comments about immig

donald trump has not only brought us truch your cat, he's brought back bill the cat as donald trump, he's brought back freaking bloom county. donald trump is so good for american political satire he's brought david letterman out of retirement. david letterman just retired. stephen colbert hasn't even taken over for him in cbs. apparently donald trump is enough to bring david letterman back. this weekend, david letterman popped up as a surprise guest at an event and explained why he was back. >> so many of you are asking why is he here? i would just say one thing. this is not my way of bragging. and by the way, i am so happy to be out of the house. retired, and -- [ crowd boos ] i have no regrets, none. [ applause ] i was happy i'll make actual friends. i was complacent i was satisfied, i was content. then a couple of days ago donald trump said he was running for president. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i have made the biggest mistake of my life. >> what is this, dave? [ applause ] >> a lot of people think that we know everything about a man, donald trump. a high profile person somebody w

the media has it wrong about donald trump. nomination will serve again. >>> the hacking of ashley mad son, a website that helped married people cheat on partners, prompted cheating and jokes. behind the irony of a website that helps people break the rules, being hackers that break the rules, there's this irony. they object to a service that ashley maddison offers to 37 members, allowing them to delete profile information for a fee. this full delete feature is a lie, they say. ashley mad son rejects the claim and offers to scrub the information of members for free. that aside, here is something that is no joke. cyber crime cost $575 billion. by 2020, the cost of worldwide criminal data breeches will quadruple to 2.5 trillion. three-quarters of that will come from a tax on north american targets. the reason for the scary forecast is clear, more of the data that the world relies on is online, making us vulnerable to hackers that want to scam, spy or steal. >> when it comes to stealing, credit cards are a key that opens the door.

-- counsel to donald trump. is donald trump sorry for offending veterans and prisoners of war and those who respect him in this country? >> i don't think donald trump disrespected anybody including john mccain you know being a lawyer four times he pulled back on the statement within seconds. i think it's irresponsible the way that many of the -- >> doesn't he have to offer a statement? >> he made the statement as many people do hillary turned around and made a statement. you remember on capitol hill what difference does it make? and they pulled back from it. he said four times in the exact same statement -- four times! not twice, not three times, four times he said the following: he's a war hero. he is a war hero. i'm going to tell you something, donald trump acknowledges he's a war hero. what angered mr. trump, and what prompted the statement is the fact that he went to arizona and he was met with tremendous enthusiasm. 15,000 people -- his constituents -- john mccain's constituents talking about immigration re

>> i think donald trump's ego is in his game now. i think he's going to think that all of those guys are sbim dated by him. i think a couple of them are going to tear the bark off of him. i think he's going to be very surprised it's not donald trump bellowing at the latest object fest. it is going to be a serious debate with real, smart folks who have been in the debate before. >> i don't think so. look. the only egos involved here are the republican establishment. that's why they're all licking their wounds right now trying to control a man that cannot be controlled. but here's the thing, the debates are going to be very telling. >> i want to talk about mark cuban. he's a billionaire, as we know. he's not a friend of donald trump, necessarily. but, nonetheless, this is what he says. it's the best thing the happen to politics in a long time. and then he went onto say i don't care what his actual positions are. i don't care if he says the wrong thing. he says what's on his mind. he gives honest answers rather than prepared answers. th

which means he is donald trump's top lawyer. thanks for being here. >> thank you thanks for having me. >> look on the day he made that comment about immigrants being rapists. did you criminal of something like that is so incendiary? >>ly not get into a back and forth on what he said and how it can be interpreted. i can tell you i was at his speech and his comments if anyone who heard his speech in full knew exactly what he was saying and what he said was not no different than really anything that he has said for years, in fact in our complaint against univision, which was filed this week with equoted mr. trump giving almost identical comments in 2011 on a bill o'reilly show. >> we saw univision withdraw from miss usa. then we saw nbc do it. he decided to file suit against univision t. suit hinges on what the idea that there wasn't a morals clause in the contract and that's why they couldn't walk away from trump? >> the suit hin hims on the basic premise of our legal system which is contract. this contract is clear and unam big w

i will let donald trump speak for donald trump. >> you want me to say something bad about donald trump or john mccain or somebody else. i'm not going to do it. >> there's nothing funny about the hate that he is spewing at immigrants and their families and now the insults he's directed at a war hero senator john mccain. >> matt we've talked about this before. you have said listen he's saying all of these things. it's generating buzz. we see how he's doing in the polls. more on that in a second. you said this time he went too far? >> well i think so. look this was the beginning of the end for donald trump politically. >> beginning of the end? >> beginning of the end. he'll stick around but i think that we've seen a tipping point. up until now, i think republicans -- republican politicians have been reluctant to criticize him for the horrible things he said and i think that's partly because there's an element of the base not the majority but an element of the conservative movement who actually like some of the things that donald trump was saying about immigrants for example. as horrible a

donald trump shoots to number two. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. welcome to the whacky world of american politics. first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win. so where's donald trump in all that? first the republicans running for president led by jeb bush, tried to pretend the man in the golden tower with the beautiful wife wasn't there. now they try laughing him off. when will that no longer be able to work? when will the attacks come? if there's an outside chance that this guy who talks to the republican gut on isis, on illegal immigrants, on obama, and politicians period, could he leave the rest of them lying on the street? is there a chance this comic book hero could actually take off? howard fineman, with the huffington post and susan page from usa today. donald trump is now don tier. a new poll has trump in second place nationally with 12%. jeb bush is the front-runner at 19. quinnipiac has trump jumping also into second, i

trump's name recognition and saying donald trump is screaming -- >> donald trump is telling a truth that you cannot stand. which is we have a huge problem with open borders. final word larry. >> asians are the biggest group coming in. >> it's been estimated in california alone $25 billion when you add in the educational costs of kids who are the children of people that came here and had kids $25 billion a year in california alone. and donald trump is tapped into that anxiety. >> let me tell you, this is the kind of divisive rhetoric that was once aimed at black people. you have black people concerned about hispanics. it is ill serving us as an american people to engage this this donald trump rhetoric. the idea we would attack mexicans? they're our neighbors. >> who is talking about attacking them? they should be good neighbors. >> they are good neighbors. >> i was on one side of the border poverty, shacks of people live in. kids playing in a junk yard. on the other side is half million dollar homes. i don't blame the people that want to come over. there is so many criminal elements.

trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. the patron saint of topical comedians who are running out the clock. >> republican presidential candidates are changing their cell phone numbers tonight after this. >> lindsey graham calls me a jack ass and i said to myself, you know, it's amazing. he doesn't seem like a very bright guy. okay. he actually probably seems to me not as bright, honestly as rick perry. but today i am called a jack ass by this guy. and then i said didn't this guy call me four years ago, yes, three, four years ago, lindsey graham. i didn't even know who he was. he said mr. trump, this is senator lindsey graham. i wonder if it would be possible for you to call fox. brian and steve and elizabeth. fox and friends, they are great people. great. he wanted to know whether or not i could get him a good reference on fox. he wanted to know which would i do that and of course he wanted to know if he could see me for a campaign contribution and he gave me his number and i found the card. i wrote the number down. i don'

>> i think that's donald trump continuing to be donald trump. this guy is is a loose cannon who is liable to say absolutely anything. he suffers if stream-of-consciousness. i have yet to hear him discuss policy issues. i think he is appealing to legitimate fears and frustrations that people have with the diss function in washington. when he is not offending mexicans, he is offendsing service men and women. when he is not offendsing service men and women, he is offendsing -- you name it. other candidates running for the nomination. it is a one more day in donald trump's reality show, akaa the republican nomination. i find his comments about mccain particularly offensive because i know john mccain. john mccampaign is a friend of inmoo. i have spent a lot of time with him. he is not a guy who speaks a lot of times about his time as p.o.w. he talks about others who were prison and how much he owes to people like bud day, another hero who was haled from iowa. the people that allowed him to survive. john mccain is a guy who cannot lift his arms past h

donald trump is second at 13% in the same poll taken a month ago, donald trump was at 2% with republican voters. joining us now stewart steven. and charlie cook, editor of the cook political report and nbc political analyst, caitlin huey burns. >> so explain what's happening within the republican party. we feel like we've seen versions of this before. four years ago in some of those bubbles that occurred for some of those minor candidates who finally found themselves riding up in the polls. what did you see of this trump situation. >> you and i are both fans of bulwark. >> that's right. >> i can't explain donald trump, but i don't think we really need to. he's someone who's enjoying himself. he's running for president. four years ago he was leading. he's actually lost votes as opposed to four years ago. i still remain skeptical that he's actually going to be on the ballot come iowa, come new hampshire, but i'm pretty confident that when we're waiting for the votes to be counted in iowa and new hampshire, we won't be talking about donald trump. >> caitlin, are we watching the herman cain

we start tonight with donald trump surging. a new national abc news washington post poll has trump with his biggest lead yet, 24%. ahead of scott walker with 13%. the poll was conducted in part of trump's controversial comments over the weekend. when he said john mccain a prisoner of war for five years in vietnam was not a war hero. trump later repeatedly said mccain was a war hero but this morning, he would not apologize for that original remark. >> let me ask you this donald would you say to john mccain's face what you said in that one comment and i'm using the one string of sentences together, he's not a war hero he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. would you say -- >> no if you go on matt see that's what you don't do -- excuse me matt you're the media and do the same thing. the next sentence is he is a war hero. >> we did run the part where you said he is a war hero so please say we didn't because we did. >> why did savannah start off by saying i said he was not a war hero. i never s

donald trump says. mexico will pay for the wall. donald trump says so. he said, putin would turn over snow snowden. i would get along with putin. don't know if voters would like that. putin seized territory in georgia and ukraine. that's a guy you want to get along with. >> can i point out to one thing he said to you, he would invade iraq. period. i mean. >> he said he would bomb the hell out of the oil fields. send in exxon, couple oil companies and send in troops to form a ring around them. >> exactly. sort of sound like invading iraq to me. if i were a republican candidate i would thin ache lot of them have been shy they didn't want to light a match under donald trump. i think we are kind of past that point right now. if i were jeb bush whose voters by the way are probably not trump voters why not use donald trump as a foil right now. say wait a minute. you want to attack iraq? >> trump is strong on jeb bush saying jeb bush spent days trying to come up with an answer for whether. trump says all along he was always against an invasion of iraq. >> but n

it's to attack donald trump. it's to be attacked by donald trump. it's to raise your own profile by getting in a fight with him. that's sort of what has happened now. that's what rick perry is doing. and this rick perry compared to the one who ran last time is pretty impressive by comparison. he's using -- he's found a way to at least for a day demonstrate his compassionate conservative, the fact that he has a more modulated view on immigration, the fact that he wants some kind of reform in that. and he does it by making a contrast with donald trump. i think it was pretty successful. >> we all grew up, i think you did 250, watching "gunsmoke." and every week somebody came into town trying to make their representation by taking on marshall dillon. and they all ended up dead. does this guy got it? rick perry, who has been humiliated by donald trump called the guy with the glasses but you can still tell he ain't smart? can he go into this or is this an oops on his part? >> oh, no, i think it's the right thing for him to do. otherwise he is not in the c

it is open season on donald trump right now. they of course have all of their talking points right now. jeb bush enough with the slanderous attacks. mccain and all of our veterans have earned our respect and admiration. chris christie tweeted mccain is an american hero period. stop. louisiana governor jindal tweeted after trump spends six years in a pow camp he can weigh in on mccain's service. and the rnc released a statement that said there is no place in our party or our country for comments that disparage those who have served honorably. hold it right there. is serving in the united states senate something honorable? i remember the republican party just ripping apart our current president accusing him of not being american accusing him of being "other," accusing him of being born somewhere other than the united states and paling around with terrorists. but i didn't see any statement from the republican party back then. but they really have learned their lesson now, haven't they. republicans have quickly and collectively cond