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This is a big day for GOP nominee Donald Trump . Not only is he giving a highly-anticipated speech tonight in Phoenix to talk about his immigration policy, but he's also heading to Mexico for a private meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto

Politico sums up what's at stake with both bits of news. "Republicans see the gambit as a high-risk, high-reward opportunity to change the terms of the election — but only if Trump can demonstrate presidential demeanor on the international stage," writes Kyle Cheney and Ben Schreckinger

Another campaign move later this week, an interview with an African-American pastor in front of what's expected to be a black audience in Detroit, could also been seen as "high-risk, high-reward" for Trump — a New York real estate mogul who has been making overt plays in the last two weeks to say he cares about blacks and Hispanics.

It got me thinking about a comment that came from Trump during the most recent shakeup in his campaign's management, the one where he hired veteran pollster Kellyanne Conway as campaign manager and Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO.

“I am committed to doing whatever it takes to win this election," Trump said Aug. 17 . With 68 days to go until Election Day, we're now getting a very good look at what "whatever" means.

Here's what else you need to know from the campaign trail as Trump dominates the media cycle and challenger Hillary Clinton gets back on the trail after several days of campaign fundraising.

Speaking of what the Democratic nominee has been up to, she spent the last three days in New York's tony Hamptons raising cash, and that capped off about a two-week period where fundraising was the main focus. In all, she did 22 fundraisers in California, Massachusetts, and New York and netted $31 million for her campaign and the Democratic party. ( CBS News

: By all indications, much of the tech sector isn't listening to Peter Thiel and supports Clinton. But Trump did show some pull Tuesday night at the home of Saul Fox , CEO of private equity shop Fox, Paine & Co., who hosted a $25,000 a person fundraiser. It's not clear how much was raised, but as TechCrunch and other sites note , holding a big-money fundraiser close to Google and Facebook headquarters is definitely notable.

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Clinton tells nation's veterans they can't trust Trump: Speaking today to the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati (conveniently, in a battleground state), Clinton "argued Trump has rejected American exceptionalism, the notion that the U.S. has a special role in the world as a leader and purveyor of democracy," : Speaking today to the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati (conveniently, in a battleground state), Clinton "argued Trump has rejected American exceptionalism, the notion that the U.S. has a special role in the world as a leader and purveyor of democracy," reports Cincinnati.com

Open up the game board and see where the troops are stationed: Two interesting takes on where the campaigns are devoting resources. First, from PBS Newshour, is this look at Two interesting takes on where the campaigns are devoting resources. First, from PBS Newshour, is this look at how many offices the candidates have in 15 battleground states : Clinton has 291 while Trump has just 88 (though it says more are coming soon). Second, Politico shows how Clinton is forcing Trump to campaign in what should be rock-solid red states.

Tell us, Colin Kaepernick, how you feel about the presidential candidates: The San Francisco 49ers quarterback is under a lot of heat right now because he won't stand during the playing of the national anthem as a protest for the high-profile incidents of police killing unarmed black people. Asked his feelings about the election, Kaepernick unsurprisngly called Trump as "racist." But it was his comments about Clinton that got people talking: “We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate,” he said, before knocking Clinton for past comments about "super-predators." ( : The San Francisco 49ers quarterback is under a lot of heat right now because he won't stand during the playing of the national anthem as a protest for the high-profile incidents of police killing unarmed black people. Asked his feelings about the election, Kaepernick unsurprisngly called Trump as "racist." But it was his comments about Clinton that got people talking: “We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate,” he said, before knocking Clinton for past comments about "super-predators." ( H/T The Federalist

Pushed and polled: The latest numbers and insights from the trail

Unfavorably viewed: Any improvement that Clinton had achieved since the Democratic convention on the question "do you have a favorable or unfavorable view" of the candidate, has gone away. : Any improvement that Clinton had achieved since the Democratic convention on the question "do you have a favorable or unfavorable view" of the candidate, has gone away. An ABCNews/Washington Post poll finds that 56 percent of adults view Clinton unfavorably — a 6-point increase in three weeks. The only good news here for Clinton: 63 percent "say the same about Trump."

What of the undecideds: Writing for Writing for RealClearPolitics , YouGov's Douglas Rivers takes a look at the 14 percent of the voting public that hasn't made up its mind (another 14 percent say they don't plan to vote). Of these, Clinton has a slight edge over Trump. "Although there are enough voters for Donald Trump to make up the ground in the last 10 weeks of this campaign, there may not be enough goodwill toward him to launch such a tide," Rivers concludes

Clinton is doing better with live polls and worse with online polls: A vexing issue for pollsters these days is which type of polls are the most valid. A vexing issue for pollsters these days is which type of polls are the most valid. FiveThirtyEight , the site which considers itself a nonpartisan arbiter, consolidator and explainer of polls, sees Clinton favored to win in either type of poll but a difference in how big. "Clinton is forecast to win 354 electoral votes in the live-telephone-only forecast compared to 315 in the nonlive forecast," the site's Harry Enton said , adding that he thinks the lives polls will be a more accurate predictor.

Trump has a millennial problem: GOP pollster Frank Luntz says that millennials are into free stuff like health care and education, so Trump's casting Clinton and Democrats as socialists isn't working. "It says to the Republican Party that your message is not working with 18- to 29-year-olds," : GOP pollster Frank Luntz says that millennials are into free stuff like health care and education, so Trump's casting Clinton and Democrats as socialists isn't working. "It says to the Republican Party that your message is not working with 18- to 29-year-olds," Luntz told Newsmax TV . "They represent 19 percent of the electorate — and if you're losing them in this election, it could be by 2-1. If you're losing them by 2-1, how do you possibly win an election?"

J. "Josh" Jennings Moss has spent time on the police beat in Florida, on the political trail in Washington, D.C., and on the business front in New York. Among the places he’s journalized: Condé Nast Portfolio, FoxNews.com, ABCNews.com, the Advocate, the Washington Times, and the Tampa Tribune. Josh graduated from the University of Arizona and lives in New York City.