[Baldwin:] Donald Trump making a real effort to look presidential. He's doing something presidents are known for, and that's visit disaster areas. Mr. Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, there handing out supplies after wrapping up a tour of the flood ravaged region of Baton Rouge and surrounding communities. They visited a church. They met with volunteers. They toured a flood damaged school. This is a flood of historic proportions. 13 people have died. Water has damaged more than 40,000 homes. Let's go straight to Rosa Flores who's been in Louisiana for the better part of the week. She is in Baton Rouge in the city of Gonzales. I know you have been reporting on this 18-wheeler. Trump donated all these supplies. How are folks reacting to that?
[Rosa Flores, Cnn Correspondent:] I'm here with a resident who's actually taking some of those supplies to her community. I got to tell you, Brooke, we hear a lot of stories while we're out here of people whose homes were completely flooded. Eva Potts' home was not flooded. But hear what she's doing for an entire street of people. So tell me about what you're taking to people who have been impacted by this flood and why. Why since you are not impacted by this flood but you decided to help.
[Eva Potts, Louisiana Flood Victim:] Well, first of all, I live on that street and the rest of the people who live on that street are all Latinos. And it's hard to translate to them that there is help out there during a disaster like this. So my sister actually they're her renters, most of them. And so my sister said, all right, sis, we've got to help these people. And we were lucky this morning, two policemen showed up at my trailer at the very first beginning of the street, and they said, you know, there's plenty of help out there for your people down the street here. We said, well, go drive down there and first come back and tell us where we can come and get supplies for them. Because they're not going to do it because it is hard for us to translate to them there is help.
[Flores:] At this church. So you decided to pick up some stuff for them. Show some of those things.
[Potts:] I'm here getting whatever I can get. Those two policemen told me. They were very nice. They brought me water. They said bring your car down there. Down there, the church of Saint Amant, load your car up. That's what these people are doing. It is awesome.
[Flores:] Now tell me about how many people are impacted in this one street and you were mentioning that they have children, as well.
[Potts:] They have from 6 weeks old to teenagers. Babies are probably going to sleep on these blanket, however many I get. Diapers. They need cleaning agents. They need soap. They need food. I was just looking at this bag of potatoes, I was like, oh, my god I need some potatoes because they'll last a long time. My sister and I will probably be back a couple of times. As long as they'll let us come. I'm going to try to get the young mothers to get in the car and actually come with me. Because there is baby food in there and I don't know what their babies are eating.
[Flores:] Well, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. We appreciate it. Thank you so much for doing all of this for so many others. These are the types of stories, Brooke, that we keep on hearing here. People that are not even impacted by the flood, their homes did not flood, they decided to do something to help. In the case of Eva, she is helping her entire block by being here and gathering supplies for them.
[Baldwin:] So awesome. I love it, a bag of potatoes, it seems so little but it goes so far in situations like these. Rosa Flores, just awesome job reporting on all this all week in Louisiana, thank you. And let go ahead and just bring in Michael Smerconish to talk about what is happening in Louisiana, Trump in Louisiana and beyond a lot of headlines here hosted by CNN's Smerconish. So happy Friday, good to have you on.
[Michael Smerconish, Cnn Anchor, Smerconish:] Nice to see you.
[Baldwin:] Let's begin with the fact that Donald Trump hopped a plane with his running mate. They are on the ground. He has donated everything from within this 18-wheeler. I know that you had made a point this morning saying, he's not a hero until he cuts a check. This is pretty generous.
[Smerconish:] Well, he cut the check. I was asked this morning on "New Day" what more need he to do. I said it would be great if he made a direct contribution. I am giving credit where credit is due. Might I also say, Brooke, the campaign at least in the last 24 hours is beginning to look downright conventional. This is what candidates should be doing and expressing regret for some of their remarks as he did last night. It is also something that a candidate should be doing. It looks like the pivot, who knows where we are on Monday, but it looks like the pivot that has been long overdue is now coming to the Trump campaign. What most surprises me is that Manafort is out. Manafort reportedly was a guy who wanted Trump to be more confined. Steve Bannon comes in and so where some had expected that the campaign would now really turn up the heat, instead it's more conventional. So where it goes from here, I'm not sure but I can't wait to find out.
[Baldwin:] So 81 days to go. This is crucial timing. A lot of changes. You hear different translations of all these changes from Trump folks. But I do want to play because this is a man who is notoriously unapologetic. Here he was in Charlotte talking about his regrets.
[Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate:] Sometimes in the heat of debate speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. Believe it or not, I regret it.
[Baldwin:] So that's not a Trump we've really seen. Do you think are you surprised that this is in the Steve Bannon era? It is also in the Kellyanne Conway era as well.
[Smerconish:] True. Maybe there is a good copbad cop routine that's playing itself out and Kellyanne is winning thus far. On radio today we sort of parsed the video, some saw it as a hostage video that he had to do this and was being forced to say it. I'll take him at face value. I know that I regret we're midway through the day now. I probably regret ten things that I've done today. I've never heard him express any remorse up until this moment. And I think that it is healthy. Because it makes you wonder about an individual who just is incapable of any circumspection.
[Baldwin:] I know an expression of regret does not a pattern make to your point we will wait and see where the campaign goes Monday. Meantime, I understand you interviewed Mark Cuban ahead of your show. This is a man who I think he said he would before they had chosen their running mates for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, I think I read earlier this week that he would be willing to play Trump in Hillary Clinton debate prep. What did he share with you?
[Smerconish:] He wanted it clearly understood that his support of Hillary Clinton is not driven solely by some of his concern over Donald Trump. I wanted to know from him where did the wheels come off the bus. Because what I remember is that it was last September. He facilitated the use of the Dallas Mavericks arena, the American Airlines arena, to Donald Trump. 20,000 people showed up and he touted himself as a potential vice presidential running mate for Donald Trump. But along the way, Cuban came to the opinion that Donald Trump as a candidate this is his word was lazy, wasn't read in, wasn't doing the work. He had real concerns about Trump and looked Secretary Clinton as being the better alternative. But I really like Mark Cuban because, Brooke, he's an independent thinker. He is not an ideologue. You don't where he is coming from, he's liberal on some things and conservative on other things. I think that's what the country needs more of.
[Baldwin:] I can't wait to hear more of him this week on your show. Let me actually back up a second. We just got some breaking news announced from the White House, that the President they're having calls for the President to come to Louisiana despite the fact that the governor said, actually, please, sir, just wait a week because they are stretched so thin. We now know the President will visit Baton Rouge next Tuesday, August 23rd. What do you make of that?
[Smerconish:] Well, I think it is a good thing. I'm sure this is probably perceived as good news by the Trump campaign, if I have to analyze this in stark political terms while these folks are suffering, I hate to do it but I'm sure the Trump campaign will say we forced his hand. But for us he wouldn't be going. Probably from the White House, their truthful answer would be Katrina. After Katrina, you got to go.
[Baldwin:] Michael Smerconish, thank you. Good to see you. Please tune in
[Smerconish:] You, too.
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