"Even though polls say Hillary Clinton is up by about seven points nationally, voters are not jumping up and down for either candidate. But it is certainly true that Donald Trump has lost support, and in states like Florida, North Carolina and Virginia he is falling behind. There is no question that Trump is hurting himself by using the same kind of rhetoric that helped him win the primaries. His shoot from the hip, seek-and-destroy speechmaking vaulted him over all his Republican challengers. But now, when he makes a flamboyant statement, it is rammed down his throat by a hostile press. On August 9th, emails showed that Hillary Clinton used her position as secretary of state to possibly benefit the Clinton Foundation. But the exact same day Donald Trump said this: 'Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.' Immediately the liberal press accused Trump of threatening Mrs. Clinton. The Washington Post claimed that 'listeners assumed that Mr. Trump was encouraging supporters to train their weapons on Ms. Clinton herself.' Think about how insane that sentence is. Yet the Washington Post editorial board printed that. Why? Well, they despise Donald Trump. But back to Trump himself. He is not recognizing that explosive comments will be used against him, and that an extremely hostile American press will use his words not only to denigrate him, but also to avoid reporting on real issues affecting the country. So the Trump campaign is now in trouble and today the candidate sought to begin rebuilding his base. In Ohio, he laid out his plan to aggressively defeat Islamic terrorism, saying that his administration would 'pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy ISIS.' It is safe to assume that he would attack ISIS on the ground using some American forces, which separates him from the Obama administration and perhaps Hillary Clinton. It is clear that Donald Trump would take a far more aggressive policy against the jihadists than the Democrats are advocating, so you the voter have that contrast to consider. But overall the press has succeeded in marginalizing Donald Trump and he has helped them do it. If you say President Obama created ISIS, you have to immediately back that up with facts. If you say something about elections being rigged, you'll get hammered unless you can prove your point with data. Despite all the controversy Donald Trump could still win the presidency. He needs to discipline himself rhetorically, he needs to start spending money in the swing states to counter negative ads against him, and he needs to present himself in a less personal way. But right now Hillary Clinton is definitely ahead."

Pollsters Daron Shaw and David Morris applied their expertise to the current state of the race. "Trump faces enormous negatives at this point," Shaw declared. "Over the past 60 years, only twice has the candidate who trailed coming out of the conventions gone on to win the election. Once the conventions are done, there are few events left and not many opportunities to turn things around. Trump has a very narrow pathway to victory." Morris added that Trump's Monday foreign policy speech may give him a temporary boost, but he needs many more good days. "He is hanging in, but it's the 6th inning. He just hit a single, but he needs another single tomorrow and the day after that. Time is short because he needs to reach the people who will be voting early." The Factor concluded, "Craziness is in the air and anything can happen."

Donald Trump has been lashing out at the media, claiming he would be up by 20 points were it not for 'the crooked media.' Republican Katie Pavlich and Democrat Mary Anne Marsh reacted. "Of course the media is biased," Pavlich stated, "but the media has a 6% approval rating, so it's to his advantage to use this as a talking point. But it's highly inappropriate for Donald Trump to say he's going to start stripping press credentials." Marsh contended that Trump is shooting himself in the foot. "The press and the voters have stopped giving him the benefit of the doubt and he is now in a cycle of bad press, bad polls, and his bad reaction to both. It keeps repeating itself. When he started attacking private citizens, voters began to see it in very personal terms."

A black man named Sylville Smith, who had a long arrest record and was armed, was shot to death by a black cop in Milwaukee, setting off looting and rioting. The Factor spoke about the case with Milwaukee radio host Dan O'Donnell. "It turns out that the suspect who was shot," O'Donnell revealed, "knew the police officer who killed him. The two apparently went to high school together and it appears that this officer knows who it was that he was shooting. Smith was shot in the chest and the arm, so it appears that he turned around toward the police officer with a gun in his hand. The protests were organized on Facebook and Snapchat, and they were based on rumors that were apparently false."

Charles Krauthammer joined The Factor with his take on the Milwaukee rioting and its correlation with chaotic families. "The root cause of all this," Dr. K analyzed, "is the breakdown of the black family. The major task of any society is to socialize and civilize young men, and if you fail at that you fail at everything. Fathers are there not just to be the role model, but also to be the disciplinarian. Add to that the fact that the schools are corrupt and controlled by the teacher unions. No liberal in America would have a child in those schools." Krauthammer placed much blame on the welfare system. "When FDR instituted Aid to Families with Dependent Children, it was intended to subsidize widows raising kids, it was never intended to be a subsidy for illegitimacy. But it created a cash payment system where the government became your husband. This was well-intended, but it created what we see today."

Jesse Watters shouldered the task of visiting Martha's Vineyard, where President Obama is vacationing, and speaking with residents of the historically black resort town of Oak Bluffs. Here is what a few vacationers told him: "We are pleased with President Obama's accomplishments" ... "President Obama needs to get rest from Congress not helping him at all" ... "Every week he seems to be on the golf course and a lot of us are frustrated by that" ... "He had a lot of mopping up to do when he got into the White House." Watters fantasized about President Obama winning a third term so he can visit the Vineyard four more times.

Matt Lipinski, Austin, TX: "I am starting to wonder whether Donald Trump really wants to be president. He was perfectly positioned after the convention. Yet all he has done since then is step on his tongue."

Jordan Davies, Birmingham, England: "Mr. O'Reilly, seeing your segment on New York City recognizing 31 genders has cemented my view that the world has gone mad."

Paying a visit to the veterans' cemetery in Normandy, France, is tremendously moving and something that every American should try to experience.