The 'Morning Joe' panel discusses the state of the 2016 race and how Trump remains within striking distance of Hillary Clinton.



"The emails do keep trickling out," Scarborough said. "David Ignatius is the one who punched through the Clintons this morning. And the question is, how can you just find 30 more emails about Benghazi? They're going to be swirling for some time about that. The emails keep coming, plus the Clinton Foundation."



"They still have not broken free in a dramatic way to send a message to the American people that they get it," he said about the Clintons. "There is a reason that we still have Donald Trump, who has just had a horrific month and a half since the convention --as bad as any major candidate in modern American history, and yet shockingly, if you look at the four-way polls, he is still only 3 or 4 points behind."



"This race is still within a shot."



"For Democrats who think the Foundation is not a big deal, and other things don't matter, that Clinton's perception doesn't matter. Well, perception is reality here. And she and the family need to stand before a bank of microphones tomorrow -- do something dramatic. Hillary Clinton should be up by double digits right now against a man who, as you said, is all over the place, doesn't follow directions, ignores his staff, ignores his family, ignores his political party. They know he is going down in flames. And yet, you look at these recent polls, he is within three or four points... in every single poll," he said.



"There's a reason. She needs to wake up and understand she could still lose..."