but this was apparently the final straw for reince priebus. politico reports, according to one source, that priebus lit into trump pretty good during a phone call late yesterday, saying, do you realize how badly you're effing this up? in an apparent attempt at damage control, trump's running mate, indiana governor mike pence, publicly endorsed ryan this afternoon. >> i strongly support paul ryan, strongly endorse his election. he's a long time friend, a strong conservative leader. i believe we need paul ryan in leadership in congress in the united states. i talked to donald trump this morning about my support for paul ryan. he strongly encouraged me to endorse paul ryan in next tuesday's primary. >> meanwhile, according to a new report out today, over half a dozen former trump campaign staff and volunteers are working for ryan's primary opponent. it's not just the republican party in crisis over trump's candidacy. according to multiple reports, some of his own campaign staff and close allies are in despair over the orgy of indecency and incomp

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critical to donald trump he sees it moving more towards hillary clinton. her democratic bas

reince priebus, i'll leave it there. good luck. >> it's been a good two weeks for donald trump and it's been a bad two weeks for hillary clinton. >> we'll let the panel assess that very question right now. >> you bet. >>> the panel is here. hugh hewitt, andrea mitchell. robert costa and joy reid. all right. costa, i'm going to put it to you. that question, a good two weeks for trump and bad for clinton. >> coming in trying to get populism back on track for trump and getting trump more disciplined in the message but this is a candidate uncomfortable stay something on script. we'll have to see how long it lasts. >> has he done damage on immigration or not, hugh? >> new york city i think he helped himself a lot to bring more humanity. it was a terrible two weeks. i think what we will hear, eight letters fara, fcpa. in trouble on the two complex laws. >> andrea, where are you on this? >> i think donald trump has helped himself on immigration by muddying the waters and making it a little bit less controversial, if you will, o

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton right now, i'm not taking anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome we have new battleground tracker numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critical to donald trump he sees it moving her democratic base t

that can cause the party, him, in other words, reince priebus, the chairman, to rethink his strategy for november. the latest on that coming up next. inside the belly of the beast. >>> plus, more fallout over trump's line about how second amendment people could stop hillary clinton once she's elected. we are joined by a member of the kennedy family tonight, nephew of the president john f. kennedy and senator robert f. kennedy who reminds us political violence is no joke. >>> and new polling on the five things trump has said during this campaign that bother voters the most. i doubt the most offensive trump line will come as a surprise. we all know what that is. it's a physical thing he did making fun of somebo. >>> the "hardball" roundtable will be here the telus something i don't know. i'm anne howard and i'm michael howard. we left on our honeymoon in january 2012. it actually evolved into a business. from our blog to video editing... our technology has to hang tough with us. when you're going to a place without electricity, you need a long battery life. the touch, combined with the

instead. >> they see reince priebus as a tornado for the republican majority in congress. the letter warns it could drown with a trump emblazened anchor around its neck. >> now i get the red october reference, thank you. >> the former rnc official and supported jeb bush and then marco rubio in the primaries, thank you very much for being with us. why write this letter and make it so public? >> good morning. well, we're trying to send a very strong message to chairman priebus to basically do his job. i've been in that building and worked several presidential campaigns. there comes a time when you have to prioritize. look, if marco rubio was down ten points, i guarantee you the rnc would divert resources to other states in play. you've got to prioritize. most polls show trump down 8 to 10 points. what we cannot do as republicans and most of the signers of that letter are people that have spent the majority of their careers working for the republican party. what we cannot do is hand hillary clinton a potential president hillary clinton a blank check. as paul ryan said in one

donald trump bringing up reince priebus to the stage with him, singing his praises. interesting relationship there to dissect. joining us, robert costa with "the washington post." thanks for stopping by. that relationship, the trump-priebus relationship, a lot of people are fascinated by it and they don't know what to make of it. what is it? >> it's a pivotal relationship in the republican party. priebus has positioned himself as a confidant of trump, something to go to new york with trump, be a trump whisperer of sorts, because many people on capitol hill, they don't have a relationship with trump. >> is your sense that trump listens to him and follows his advice, or is he just giving advice and trump disregards? >> trump doesn't have a traditional organization. he's relying on the rnc to help out, leaning on them, so it's a relationship of necessity in some ways for donald trump. i don't think they're personally close in a very warm, daily conversation way. but it's a relationship that's political, and he sees priebus as the party, and that's his way of talking to

reince priebus, i'll leave it there. good luck. >> it's been a good two weeks for donald trump and it's been a bad two weeks for hillary clinton. >> we'll let the panel assess that very question right now. >> you bet. >>> the panel is here. hugh hewitt, andrea mitchell. robert costa and joy reid. all right. costa, i'm going to put it to you. that question, a good two weeks for trump and bad for clinton. >> coming in trying to get populism back on track for trump and getting trump more disciplined in the message but this is a candidate uncomfortable stay something on script. we'll have to see how long it lasts. >> has he done damage on immigration or not, hugh? >> new york city i think he helped himself a lot to bring more humanity. i think what we will hear, eight letters fara, fcpa. in trouble on the two complex laws. >> andrea, where are you on this? >> i think donald trump has helped himself on immigration by muddying the waters and making it a little bit less controversial, if you will, on deportation but he has to v

and rnc chair reince priebus. from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> so is this the week? the week we finally see the new and different donald trump so many republicans are hoping for? back in the spring, trump mused about it. >> by the way, i can be more presidential than anybody. i can be more presidential, if i want to be. i would say more presidential, and i've said this a couple of times, more presidential than anybody other than the great abe lincoln. >> his cam pan chair paul manafort promised the the gop change would be coming. sfwlo you'll start to see more depth of the person. >> after a summer of bad news and tanking poll number, trump fired manafort this week. >> i am who i am. it's me. i don't want to change. i don't want to pivot. i mean, you have to be you. >> then came thursday's surprising admi debate, you don't choose the right words. or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and i do regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> so was that the handiwork of tru

more sources tell msnbc that reince priebus is of a proplek tick. the panic inside the top ranks of the republican party after trump spoke to the "washington post" and refused to endorse paul ryan or senator john mccain in their primaries. republicans are standing support in support of their leader. scott walker tweeted last hour, we stand with paul ryan. this comes in the wake of multiple controversies involving trump's insend area remarks to the parents of a slain u.s. soldier, his flippant remarks and the sexual assault and much more. paul manafort pushed back against the idea that he can't control his candidate and that the campaign is unraveling. >> the candidate is in control of his campaign. that's number one. and i'm in control of doing the things that he wants me to do in the campaign. the turmoil, and this is another clinton area that you put out there, and the media is picking up on. the campaign's focussed. the campaign is moving forward in a positive way. the only thing we have to do is keep saying things that aren't true. >> let's star

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we have new battleground numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so cr

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine right now, i'm not taking anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we have new battleground tracker numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what doe

reince priebus, of course, is the key to all of. this he was the one who brokered the deal with ryan and trump and got scott walker to flip-flop on all of. this and then mike pence is the bridge to conservatives in wisconsin where donald trump has not done well. and what did donald trump do yesterday but come right behind mike pence and blow up that bridge. so obviously you have this sense that this campaign is a dumpster fire inside a nuclear meltdown, and they absolutely need an intervention. and what happened in wisconsin where donald trump is coming here on friday, and he's coming into very, very hostile territory, almost no leading republican will be at that rally, and at some point they're going to have to do a reset of some kind. >> ifill: but we saw the fund-raising numbers. he's still doing well in some situations. we heard him today talk about unity. so where is he really? is this just people who never liked him not liking him anymore? >> well, this is less u.s. constitution and more articles of confederation type of unity

that's exactly where donald trump and rnc chair reince priebus find themselves. the headline alone is a headache. joining us with the details of the story behind the headline, chief political correspondent dana bash. you have new details about how this all started and a call between reince priebus and trump that began the chapter in this strange relationship. >> it is strange, but remember last week, john, when donald trump declined to endorse house speaker paul ryan in his gop primary contest and we reported then that the rnc chair reince priebus who was a close friend was furious. at the time i was told he was initially so upset he didn't want to talk to trump and he eventually did and sources familiar with that call tell me that priebus told trump he needs to understand that politics is not about fairness. it's not personal and that if republicans criticize him like ryan and other controversial comments like gold-star parents the khan they have to for their own political viability and prospects in some cases they believe it's just the right thing to do, but i

we see today, reince priebus at two rallies, a visible hug. was that a successful attempt to show party unity? >> i think it's been an open secret that reince priebus has been privately upset and people knew about it with the fact that donald trump did not come out right away and endorse his good friend, paul ryan. the second amendment issue was very troubling to a lot of republicans and they made no bones about it. he's hearing from a lot of republicans. you have this letter with 75 people signing it. you have the national security people signing another letter. what reince priebus, as the chairman of the party has to do, go out there and say we are on the same team. make no mistake about it. back to the point about mobilizing voters, this is about making sure that your voters get out there. there cannot be any confusion if you're a republican about who you vote for and by the way, what reince priebus is doing is helping the down ballot. people don't split tickets very often. we'll see if that happens in this election. he's saying to them, yo

reince priebus joins us. thank you for joining us. you have seen our new poll over secretary clinton sees this and after both conventions shows polls and showing secretary clinton's policy answers moving in the right direction. that jumped from 43% before to 48% now. the number of voters who said the same about trump's policies and went down from 40% before the conventions to 308% and republican convention achieved what was deemed. >> you may recall wolf a week earlier you were describing donald trump's bounce which was the biggest bounce in 16 years after convention. hillary clinton apparently in the same poll got a bounce i think both parties got about the same bounce out of their convention. and suspecting that we are back to normal numbers here pretty soon and got the convention and now turning into august which tends to be more slower leading into labor day. and keeping momentum going and obviously the polling that you have shown really for us the biggest number is that hillary clinton's trust worthiness is in the same exact spot

that's the concern if you're reince priebus and the republican party. you can't have that happen right now because unity matters, until they decide to break off. >> this could be a different conversation at the end p september, beginning of october than right now in august. >> there are a lot of questions about the timing of when you do this. a lot of it is on polls. donald trump has a base of support that's not grown. but that is the base of the republican party. you have a lot of senators who are going to need knothose vote and a lot of congress who need those voters. there is concern, if you break off at a certain point, do the votes still come out? that's a real issue. >> doesn't research show that voters don't really split the ticket anymore, right? >> less so. with a polarized electorate like we have now they're pretty much going to stay within their party. the notion of widespread ticket splitting is not realistic these days. the breaking point i'm hearing people will be watching for is that first debate. if he kills it in the first debate, they

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critical to donald trump

this is the new republican establishment, whether reince priebus likes it or not. and i think that, like, this idea -- you know, what he was just talking about, this idea that there's a political class and a populist class, look, if that's true, it's clear that steve bannon is now part of the political class. he is and insider if there ever was one. >> much like the tea party. it's basically the same principle. >> but you've got to see this in tandem with roger ailes coming on to the campaign, who was a longtime, sort of main man in the republican establishment while still a friend of the tea party. and really, what you see here is trump i think going to his core strategy, which is earned media, and saying with roger ailes, i get the best of sort of republican mainstream media, and with breitbart, i get the kind of active of the fringe media. and so, i think his whole strategy for inspiring people to turn out is to maximize earned media, and he's bringing in some of the best minds from his party that happen to be some fairly crazy, racist people. >> i have to ask y

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickersonwe'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'hn we have new battleground tracker ers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critical to donald trump he sees it moving more

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine right now, i'm anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we have new battleground tracker numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean?

. >> and reince priebus, gop chair and speaker gingrich, here's what gingrich said earlier today on fox business network. >> trump is like watching a team throw an interception on the first play and go back off the field. he's had a series of interceptions that do not bode well to his campaign. >> so what did we have, 98 days until the election. can he do it? >> he has two huge advantages. one is the country really wants change. and the other is hillary clinton is the most corrupt and dishonest g dishonest candidate we've ever had. i think some of what trump has done is slfr destructive. >> gingrich says that he has faith that trump can recover. >> i think that requires trump to change. and i think what we've seen is trump is not going to change. he is the same person that he was growing up when he glued his brother's blocks together because he didn't want his brother to have blocks when he was throwing erasers at miss teahis teacher and saying you're fired on apprentice.iss his teacher and saying you're fired on apprentice.ss his teacher and saying you're fired on apprentice. his teach

some people are committed saying, look, this is part of what chairman reince priebus says, and the big ten of 2013, but the problem is that reince priebus is out next year and new rnc chair, and they don't know whether they will win the presidency or onot, and we don't know if the efforts will continue past the 8th. >> and the trump campaign held a big event at the north carolina church last weekend, and a couple of people advocating for it or organizing that said, that this is the usual, and it is not unusual thing to try to get this particular church to be on board with the donald trump or at least the pa pastor there advocating for donald trump. is that and a an nollie or is there is a wave of i guess advocacy for donald trump in the african-american community already being exhibited? >> there is not much evidence of that that we can point to. there are stories are such as that, but there is no data to s support any kind of wave. he's going to have to do a lot more than certain appearance, and even certain statement which he has not made yet to change this. and i don't think that do

if you were reince priebus, wouldn't you want that to be out there? why would you deny that? wouldn't it be good for everyone? >> certainly him, priebus in particular. he seems like he has sold the soul to the campaign. trump has put down some of his favorite people, including paul ryan. he has hung the rnc out to dry repeatedly, even after the rnc has saved his tushy multiple times, not least by providing staff and funding and people and organization. and so you would think he'd want to have a little dignity and stand up for himself and say i still have some control over the story. >> i understand why but this guy -- donald trump could not care less about the fate of the republican party in this election. >> he hasn't been a republican that long. >> he cares less than i do. he does not care. >> i think the rnc reince may not want to be seen threatening donald trump is what donald trump said which is i'm the thing that makes it possible for you to raise money. >> we talked about this. they have a good small donor operation right now. >> when those 77 members say cut off his f

while i was interviewing reince priebus. mike pence was on cnn and said let's be clear, nothing has changed. his position on illegal information, illegal immigration, principals and policies are absolutely consistent and actually thanks reminded me of something a spokesperson for the trump campaign christina pearson said. let me play it and let's talk about it. >> he hasn't changed his position on immigration. he changed words he is saying. what he has always said from the beginning -- [ laughter ] >> no, that he does not want to allow people to stay in this country illegally. >> look, priebused a bitted he changed his position and what he said in the primaries is different, hugh. are they playing too many ret e rhetorical games here? >> that's the north star he cannot depart and will not. he's always been ambiguous on touch back. who knows what that meant. >> we have robert costa here reporting to the washington post that donald trump tends to reflect the words of the last person that ske to him and you can see the disconne

almost at war with those in front of you. >> he is there with reince priebus the head of the republican party who had to be just dying inside. it goes to the point of at what point we just have to stop, they have to just stop thinking that he's going to change and that, you know, the republicans will say to me, well, there's one thing he wants more than anything. it's to win. if this is what it takes to win he'll change. gwen: let's talk about paul ryan, an example of a man who won by 70 points or something in his home district and last week we were talking about how donald trump is only grudgingly deciding -- last friday night he finally did. turns out paul ryan didn't need donald trump. a lot of candidates say they do better without donald trump. maybe that is the turning point we're waiting for. >> to the melt down metaphor, the nuclear melt down --. >> not yet. >> let's say it is though. a lot of republicans are wondering how far the contagion spreads and who it affects. you notice that even in that rally where he was endorsing paul ryan, paul ryan was not on stage with donald trump

. >> reince priebus! >> reporter: in a bid to dispel persistent talk of disunity in republican ranks, this afternoon, party chairman reince priebus introduced donald trump in pennsylvania. let me tell you something-- donald trump, the republican party, all of you-- we're going to put him in the white house and save this country together! >> reporter: but the surprise b onstage embrace came amid plenty of backstage bickering between trump forces and the republican national committee. discord that must end for trump to have a chance in this state and elsewhere. >> the republicans do have a tougher path. just so you-- not my fault. not my fault. it's a tougher path. >> reporter: the difficulty of that journey is not helped by the almost-daily controversies spawned by the candidate's own words. the latest? >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. >> reporter: trump repeated the false charge several times yesterday, and with a straight face. but today, he denounced reporters for taki

the loser, i think is, reince priebus, the chairman of the rnc who i think he is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't position no matter what he does. if he gets too close to trump people mad at him. the reverse is true that probably endangers his chairmanship even if he want to continue it after the election. >> to no fault of his own. charles a minute. >> obvious winner simone biles world's greatest gymnast power of determination. loser all sports edition. a rod alex rodriguez. cut him on sunday. said he would be allow to do play the rest of the week that they went to boston and kept hip on the bench. and tonight he wanted to play the field. it's his last game ever and they turned him down. this is goodbye alex. you are a hall of famer but you cheated and you lied. >> you should have started with the loser so we could have ended on a happy note because simone truly defies gravity. >> you won't be seeing him again. that's a happy note. >> thanks for watching special roar. i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. t t. and back here on monday night. have a great weekend. "hannity"

how do you respond. >> for once i disagree rarely with reince priebus. this is not a y new low. this is the aim old low. in 1964 the democratic party put together a commercial saying featuring a grand wizard of the alabama ku klux klan saying quote/unquote i like barry goldwater we have to help him. in 1980 jimmy carter trying to pin the include clux clan to ronald reagan. here they go again. this is what they do. the irony is to this moment the democratic party hasn't apologized for usie ing clu clu clan to use their partners to elect members who were members, including hillary clinton's self-described mentor robert byrd. >> if i can jump in quickly. >> and then get to ryan. >> quickly, we never had a presidential candidate who retweeted the tweets of white supremacists. that's the first thing. second of all -- >> why call ronald reagan -- >> if i may -- robert byrd was head of the clu clux clan in west virginia almost 80 years ago and denounced them almost 50 years ago. that's the best evidence that somehow hillary is embracing raci racists, that fails too. because she's got a

. >>> let's go to reince priebus. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. you heard they'll be beefing up cooperation with you. do you believe donald trump is doing what it cheitakes to chan th >> i do. i think he's getting into a groove. i think he likes the new style that he's been out on the campaign trail producing. and speaking of. soy think he's done a great job. and i think the polls will begin to tighten. and the next couple of weeks. by labor day, or there after, you'll be back to an even race for a lot of republicans getting nervous about whether he's going to be a drag on house and senate candidates. 110 of them have written an open letter to you. every dollar spent is a dollar of donor money wasted on thes looing effort of a candidate who has actively undermined the gop at every turn. your response? >> i think some people. many of them are. they don't understand what we do. if we're in ohio, we have an important race in senate in rob port nan. and for president with donald trump. someone has to identify voters we want to vote early and get an ab

i think reince priebus is fully in this. i love the rnc. you've seen many in the establishment back away. the voters gave trump a mandate like no republican candidate has ever had before. and reince priebus has been loyal, they care about this party and about beating clinton. >> it's being reported tonight that some senior republicans say the rnc must stick with trump or risk losing congress. do you think that's accurate? if trump wins or loses, is that going to have a big impact on the down ballot camp? >> it's very difficult to separate the down ballots from the candidate. now obviously polls a snapshot in time. depending where the campaign goes, it will largely dictate the fate of these candidates. it's impossible to divorce their fate from that. they're going to try to but i think it will be very difficult. >> what do you think adding steve bannon does with the trump rnc relationship? >> i'm sure they thought it through, i guess, but i could not think of a person -- this would be a much better person to have in that job than bannon beca

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we have new battleground tracker numbers from tw in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critica

rnc chair reince priebus is here next. donald trump is about to take the stage in the key swing state of pennsylvania. hot topic on the campaign trail today, the doe baits. trump is call them rigged because two of the doe baits are scheduled to go against nfl games and trump wants that changed and he is not the only one. just a short time ago rnc chair reince priebus went "on the record." >> mr. chairman, nice to see you, sir. >> hey, greta. >> so, tell me your thoughts on the debate schedule that has been set out. is it fine? unwise, or unfair? >> well, i don't think we should be having debates, greta, on sunday nights. we're not going to have a replay of the democratic national committee debate debacle. so i think the debates should be either on a tuesday or wednesday night. i think the debate commission should communicate to the leadership at both national parties and the campaigns and make sure that these debates happen at a reasonable time. >> would you agree that it's not at least unfair because it equally happens to

. >> dickerson: we'll hear from reince priebus. and jeff sessions along with pennsylvania voters who once supported trump that are now waivering. what will it take to win them back? >> initially being authentic was great. >> dickerson: as hillary clinton gains in some polls -- >> even though we're doing fine anybody anywhere for granted. >> dickerson: we'll hear from her campaign manager about their strategy for the fall. and we'll take a look at the state of play in the battleground states with new battleground tracker polls. plus, the authors of the "washington post" comprehensive new biography hon donald trump. and our political panel, all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. numbers from two key states. in ohio, hillary clinton is up 46% to 40 over donald trump. that is a two-point increase from july. just before the convention. and in iowa, it's even at 40% each. cbs news elections director is here, anthony, what does it mean? >> ohio, which is so critical to donald trump he

some former lawmakers urging reince priebus to withdraw funds from the presidential race. this is a huge deal given that it's august. >> is he not going to do that, right? >> he says he is not going to do it. what the rnc is dealing with here. it's very complicated. they know they are getting push back. they know if they withdraw they risk turning off all the trump supporters that they actually do need to turn out for them. especially with the senate at stake. and right now you are seeing a lot of candidates running for the senate right now incumbent republicans playing that fine line. if this continues though i'm wondering, you know, when it comes september, october, if trump kind of continues the way that he is going whether they will be. >> they won't have the time. they have to get on the ballot. if they want to replace trump, this person has to be on the ballot now. they don't have time to sit and wait and oh, let's see how he does after the debates. so ryans knows that and he knows that they can't just bring in a white knight scenario candidate. and, you know -- >> -

. >>> let's go to reince priebus. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. you heard they'll be beefing up cooperation with you. do you believe donald trump is doing what it chtakes to change the >> i do. i think he's getting into a groove. i think he likes the new style that he's been out on the campaign trail producing. and speaking of. soy think he's done a great job. and i think the polls will begin to tighten. and the next couple of weeks. by labor day, or there after, you'll be back to an even race if we continue down this path. for a lot of republicans getting nervous about whether he's going to be a drag on house and senate candidates. 110 of them have written an open letter to you. every dollar spent is a dollar of donor money wasted on thes looing effort of a candidate who has actively undermined the gop at every turn. your response? >> i think some of them are good people. many of them are. they don't understand what we do. if we're in ohio, we have an important race in senate in rob port nan. and for president with donald trump. someone has to id

rnc chair reince priebus like donald trump the stay before calling for a special prosecutor to look at the appearance of pay to play. the gop nominee says latest revelations show the state department was up for sale. >> the new revelations about hillary clinton's email scandal make clear we have only seen the tip of the iceberg. it is impossible to figure out where the clinton foundation ends and the state department begins. [. [shouting] it is now abundantly clear the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. sandra: but the clinton campfiring back. they're calling the ap report flawed and campaign manager robby mook accusing the news agency being selective in its fact. >> by our count there were over 1700 other meetings that she had. she was secretary of state. she was meeting with foreign officials and government officials constantly. so to pull all of them out of the equation, cherry-pick a very small number of meetings is pretty outrageous. sandra: yet the clinton campaign calling this report flaw and distorted. what do you make of all this? >> what the associated p

. >> and reince priebus, gop chair and speaker gingrich, here's what gingrich said earlier today on fox business network. >> trump is like watching a team throw an interception on the first play and go back off the field. he's had a series of interceptions that do not bode well to his campaign. >> so what did we have, 98 days until the election. can he do it? >> he has two huge advantages. one is the country really wants change. and the other is hillary clinton is the most corrupt and dishonest g dishonest candidate we've ever had. i think some of what trump has done is slfr destructive. >> gingrich says that he has faith that trump can recover. >> i think that requires trump to change. and i think what we've seen is trump is not going to change. he is the same person that he was growing up when he glued his brother's blocks together because he didn't want his brother to have blocks when he was throwing erasers at miss teahis teacher and saying you're fired on apprentice.iss his teacher and saying you're fired on apprentice.ss his teacher and saying you're fired on apprente. his teacher

reince priebus is close to paul ryan, reince priebus has done everything possible to help donald trump over the past couple months. reince priebus got stabbed in the back when donald trump decided not to endorse paul ryan. paul ryan waffled a bit on his endorsement but hasn't backed off it entirelych here's what's notable. wisconsin is a very important state to republicans, not just to paul ryan and done johnson, but donald trump got whipped in wisconsin, they need to turn it red. wisconsin republicans do not like donald trump and what is happening where all these republicans don't show up isn't helping in that process. >> one p run me through these polls. i feel if you are clinton, you want to see the polls in two months. walk me through what your take away is in these numbers. >> you are exactly right. it is timed because the democratic convention wrapped up. this is a part of the convention bounce. it's a big bounce. we see polls, national and state polls sew clinton with a lead. there was a poll out showing clinton up 4 in georgia. georgia hasn't voted for a democrat since bill cli

reince priebus is touring with trump right now with support for donald trump. there is this third group now that's holding out that just incapable of getting behind g.o.p. candidate and the establishment republicans. aren't you holding back the white house in 2016 for a republican? >> listen, eric, the realty is mat mentality that i have to fall in line behind my party's nominee simply because he said he is one of mine. that's mentality is outdated. i want to ask the congressman this. if hillary had trump is so bad d she is so strong how he is doing so well in georgia? >> george washington could not stand adverse press for the last 10 days that donald trump has but it's still a tight race which speaks to her weakness and his strength. look at the press attack on him. look at the unification of the left. let's talk about the sanders' supporters. 80% of them now are on board with hillary clinton. they accept that this is about power. they accept that, hey, my guy didn't get there but who is the most liberal for me? and i don't know why conservatives don't have th

over the last 36 hours, the rnc and reince priebus of supposed ly apoplectic. then we've learned some of trump's closest allies are trying to plot some sort of intervention with him in order to attempt to right the ship. people close to trump's campaign chief are describing the situation as, quote, suicidal. at least that's the mood inside the campaign. trump is refusing to support his party's top leader in congress, paul ryan in his primary. he doesn't want to support john mccains in primary either. mike pence has to break with trump saying i strongly endorse ryan's re-election. don't forget, trump's latest attack on the gold star family, the khans. somehow this election is already rigged. he's under fire for comments about accepting a purple heart. he's facing questions over comments including his definition of sexual harassment in the workplace. we've seen three republicans fairly prominent endors hillary clinton in the past 36 hours. trump's fitness for office has been questioned including a purported curiosity with the u.s. nuclear arsenal. and last but no

the letter asks chairman reince priebus to focus party resources on insuring the gop majorities in the house and senate be, basically portraying trump's campaign as a lost cause. donald trump telling everything bolling -- hmm -- on the factor that priebus told him it's not true that money will be funneled elsewhere. and trump went on to say if the rnc ever did so, it would be the party's loss, not his. listen. >> if it is true, that's okay too because all i'll have to do is stop funding the republican party. i'm the one raising the money for them. in fact, right now i'm in orlando. i'm going to a fundraiser for the republican party. so if they want to do that, they could save me a hot of time and -- sandra: and this morning newt gingrich saying it's just another example be of trump versus the washington elite system. >> i think there are establishment deserters all over the place, and i think that they don't understand the trump insurgency, or they understand it and it frightens them. trump is a direct assault on that system. sandra: hmm. is this, is this more of what we've been saying