ben sass, the meeting with republican senators, i should say.om nebraska is also refusing to endorse donald trump. he has been very critical of him publicly. he came to the meeting. trump during the meeting singling him out, trying to be warm and friendly. saying ben sass, he doesn't like me but he also doesn't want to see hillary clinton as president. if there is some attempt trump is making here to unify all the factions within the republican party it's that. hey, you may not like me, but i'm better than hillary clinton. >> yeah, but it doesn't seem like it really worked on ben sass. i mean, his office released a statement basically calling the presidential campaign a dumpster fire. that was after he met with donald trump. so there's still quite a bit of work to do. this meeting on the hill with republicans really exemplified the problem that trump will have going forward. not only is he a divisive figure because of the things -- the way he's carrying on his campaign, but all of these past statements that he's made, some republicans are very m

then there was senator ben sasse of nebraska. he actually did go to the meeting, though he is a staunch trump opponent. and afterwards his spokesman said nothing's change. sasse believes the country is in a bad place with the candidates and the election remains in his words a dumpter fire. house speaker paul ryan hospital been critical of trump said it was a good meeting and trump did a great job of make -- ted cruz meet privately with strump this morning and says trump asked him to speak at the convention and he agreed. he said trump also asked for advice on judicial appointments and cruz offered to help. but there was no discussion of endorsement, which obviously trump would like but didn't ask for. megyn. >> carl thank you. senator ted cruz held a meeting with mr. trump today. just a little over two months after senator cruz said this. >> i tell you what i really think of donald. this man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. d

. >> a spokesman for senator ben sasse told a reporter with "the hill" this. s -- "senator sasse will not be attending the convention and will instead take his kids to watch some dumpster fires across the state." [ laughter ] >> seth: wow, nobody lives up to their name quite like ben sasse. [ light laughter ] i'm surprised he didn't end his statement with, "okay, girl?" [ light laughter ] but sorry, sasse, trump doesn't care about boring old politicians. he wants celebrities. in fact, trump has been courting celebrities from the sports world to speak at the convention, specifically naming people like tom brady and ben roethlisberger. both of those guys later said they would not speak at the convention or even attend at all. so if trump couldn't get brady or roethlisberger, who did he get? >> the list of gop convention speakers has just been released and former jets quarterback tim tebow, known for his very conservative views, he will speak on day four. >> seth: that's right. trump wanted tom brady but got tim tebow. he's like a guy who slept through his fantasy

nebraska senator ben sasse aloud his spokesman to say sasse will not attends the convention and willnstead take his kids to watch a dumpster fire. >> this is what's great about the primary season. you learn about all these people and you adapt. youre aadul youehav likene. theris ainne heeat peoe. theris rean they lost. they behave like children. when you learn about people's character not only when they win, but when they do lose and you have to get back up. i don't think anybody noticed ben sasse wasn't there and no one else was. >> they have principles they feel this man does not emb not only for their party, but for the country. so they sat it out. respect the principles of these people and the fact that they don't feel donald trump has any. >> there is an interesting divide. the never trumpers, the bill kristol from the weekly standard. those people mostly sat it out. ones who stayed and fought and made a difference and caused a ruckus were two people who were prominent constitutional conservatives. this is a much more libertarian version. ted cruz did the big je -- the g jujitsu

they're running -- when i look at somebody like ben sass, they're very angry at him. because what's the alternative? the alternative is hillary clinton. super liberal judges. our country becomes venezuela. you know, the judges are so important. i put out a list of 11 judges that have gotten rave reviews, and if we're not even talking about anything else, defense is always most important on all of this, but the judges are so important. so when a guy like this ben sass, i never heard of him, from nebraska, he's got a real problem in nebraska. people are not liking him very much because of what he's doing. >> you know there are more than just a couple of people -- >> there always are, bret. you can look back at ronald reagan, look back at anybody. there's never been a convention, even if somebody was extremely popular. now you're going to take the person that did that, and in one day with a couple of loud mouths, you're going to see forget about the last year, forget about the fact that trump got more votes than anybody else in the history of the party. >> you say it's n

they're running -- when i look at somebody like ben sass, they're very angry at him. because what's the alternative? the alternative is hillary clinton. super liberal judges. our country becomes venezuela. you know, the judges are so important. i put out a list of 11 judges that have gotten rave reviews, and if we're not even talking about anything else, defense is always most important on all of this, but the judges are so important. so when a guy like this ben sass, i never heard of him, from nebraska, he's got a real problem in nebraska. people are not liking him very much because of what he's doing. >> you know there are more than just a couple of people -- >> there always are, bret. you can look back at ronald reagan, look back at anybody. there's never been a convention, even if somebody was extremely popular. now you're going to take the person that did that, and in one day with a couple of loud mouths, you're going to see forget about the last year, forget about the fact that trump got more votes than anybody else in the history of the party. >> you say it's n

ben sasse in this surprise sighting. asse showed up at this meating with trump, because sasse has been a leader of that never-trump movement for months. he was out campaigning for other candidates, rivals of trump, trying to help them overcome trump. sasse did not speak with reporters. he told me he was happy to listen but then ignored questions as he came back to the capitol. but i am told that sasse approached trump inside that meeting, trump seemed spruced to see the senator there, and singled him out at least a couple of times in this meeting, in a way of trying to win him over. he was saying, hey, even senator sasse doesn't want to see hillary clinton elected president and he doesn't even like he. that kind of dynamic. that kind of tone. trump saying, hey, even though i know that ben's been tough on me, i still like him and i'm glad that he is here. really an interesting day on the hill, kate. i think one of the headlines coming out of it, here we are, what, a week away from the convention in cleveland, from the star

in response to that "new york times" report, republican senator ben sasse issued a staimt saying mr.utin's style have leveleds that were unimaginable just a week ago. president obama is weighing in in an interview set to air this morning on the "today" show. >> i think the fbi is still investigating what happened. i know that experts have attribut this to the russians. what the motives were in terms of the leaks, all that, i can't say directly. what i do know is that donald trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for vladimir putin >> donald trump tweeted yesterday, in order to try and deflect the horror and stupidity of the wikileaks disaster, the dems said maybe it is russia dealing with trump. crazy. and for the record, i have zero investments in russia. and here's what he said to a cbs affiliate in miami. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i don't have any jobs in russia. i'm all over the world but we're not involved in russia. but it was just -- i watched actually one of the people from the campaign of hillary clinton, which who i call crooked hillary, and he talked about ru

never-trump leader ben sasse still unconvinced even after his surprise stop to visit trump. >> happy to listen. >> reporter: republican sources tell nbc news trump singled out sasse twice at least trying to win him over. better luck with ted cruz, though. >> there was no discussion of any endorsement. he asked me if i would speak at the convention, and i said i'd be very glad to do so. >> nobody hammered hillary clinton more effectively than he did. >> reporter: that's what many holdouts want to see. trump on message instead of going off like he did wednesday night defending a now-deleted tweet which some found anti-semitic showing a jewish star of david over 100 dollar bills. >> so they have the star, which is fine. i said you shouldn't have taken it down. >> reporter: that contradicts what his son-in-law jared kushner suggested, defending trump in an op-ed but calling the tweet careless. >> trump is good at commanding free media attention, but most of the time it hurts him more than it helps him. that's why republicans are now so incredibly nervous. we've never had a situation wher

. >>> republican senator ben sass continues his strong assault against donald trump's nomination, publishing on medium, and making a veiled case for delegates to vote their conscience at next week's rnc convention. he's telling delegates to choose someone, quote, trustworthy as the nominee. >>> jeb bush had some strong words for what he's calling trump's tragic campaign. here's what he told msnbc contributor nicolle wallace. >> trump, you know, to his credit, was very smart at exploiting these kind of opportunities. he's a master at understanding how the media works. more than anybody i've ever seen in politics. and kudos for him for kind of creating the environment, and then manipulating the environment to his effect. >> the house oversight and judiciary committees asked the justice department to investigate whether hillary clinton perjured herself when testifying before the benghazi committee last october. the chairman of the committees allege clinton lied when addressing the e-mail controversy last year. meanwhile, intelligence head james clapper has denied speaker paul ryan's request to

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>> the most interesting people to watch are going to be tom arkansas senator and ben sass the nebraska senator has taken very different positions on donald trump and considered the two rising stars party.republican will be really interesting to see how they navigate the cleveland.in mark: thank you both. coming up next, the clinton fallonn spokesman brian will talk about the hearing on hillary clinton and the fbi right after this. mark: joining us now from hillary clinton's brooklyn headquarters her national spokesperson, brian fallon who is going to be trying turn this into a victory lap. at the very end of the hearing when james comey was asked if was an investigation into the clinton foundation. he wouldn't answer. do you have any reason to believe that there is an ongoing investigation by the fbi and the into theepartment clinton foundation? >> i personally have no knowledge to that effect. as someone that used to work at the justice department, i can tell you that the normal practice is to not answer that question one way or the other regardless there was an investigation or not.

show unity, important to show they are bringing together the gap and dismissing that letter from ben sass that open letter urging to fight for what they agree with! who will be there and speaking? we haven't gotten the list yet. are we going to get it today? >> reporter: you always ask the best questions. i am told we will be get that list today. >> i'll believe it when i see it. hallie jackson, thank you. >>> what turned micah johnson into a killer? that's coming up. to keep up with the data from over 30 billion connected devices. just 30 billion? a bold group of researchers and computer scientists in silicon valley, had a breakthrough they called... the machine. it changed computing forever. and it's been part of every new technology for the last 250 years. everything? everything! this year, hewlett packarenterprise will preview the machine and accelerate the future. see star trek beyond. try duo fusion!ing antacids? new, two in one heartburn relief. thantacid goes to work in seconds... and the acid rucer lasts up to 12 hours in one chewable tablet. try new duo fusion. from the makers o

washington post reported trump had a confrontation with three of the senators, jeff flake from arizona, ben sassand mark kirk from illinois, who have not supported trump in the past and have been hesitant to support him. sounds like they exchanged a few words that were a bit testy. but for the most part, the meeting went well according to senators we spoke to. julie: do we know what exactly, for those who had been iffy on trump and are more wholeheartedly supporting him, do we know the content of the meeting, what he said to win them over? jennifer: for the house republicans, he opened the meeting by saying he raised $51 million in the last month, and he says, no one thought i could do that, it's amazing and i will raise even more money for july. he had his daughter ivanka at the meeting and her husband, jerod kushner, putting his best foot forward. people really like his familt and they respond well -- family and they respond well to them. they talk about various issues. him,al congressmen did ask can we trust you to stick with what you say you are going to do? he said he would. a couple congre

ben sasse, people like that. charlie: ted cruz.ellyanne: gentlemen, why are the polls exactly tied? in fact, trump is ahead. what is different this cycle, you don't have parity in terms of the number of ads and expenditures by the two campaigns. that's was really remarkable, charlie. you had tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars spent against donald trump, and people are becoming impervious to it. the other important point, because elections are about the future, not the past, but hillary represents the past. i don't think the independent voters are buying. charlie: is she talking about major issues? kellyanne: like what? where are the specifics? charlie: that is the central question raised. the 10-pointok at veterans administration reform plan. charlie: why is the chamber of commerce against donald trump? kellyanne: because he is not their hand-picked candidate. they had five others ahead of him. there is a lot of sanctimony in the republican party right now. charlie: sanctimony? kellyanne: absolutely. i'm sure you lov

i'm putting myself into the 2020 racing category with ben sass.hat a lot of the resistance republicans, you know, call themselves the vishi republicans. i'm going to be pure, i'm going to be principled. i'm going to go out and give a speech defining conservatism. and before he got to that moment in his speech, this was the first affirmative articulation of what republicans believe i did lodge ideologically. it was a grown-up speech after two days of a lot of vitt role, a lot of overheated rhetoric. it was a beautiful speech. he comes to that moment. it's extraordinary, though, that the trump campaign let their chief adversary and rival speak immediately before the vice presidential nominee with no idea about what he was going to say. >> 23 minutes and reserve time of 8 minutes. >> and they said they knew what he was going to say. they said, paul manafort said today he was reviewing cruz's remarks and that cruz would be saying something that would make republicans very happy. well, either paul manafort doesn't understand what would make republicans

he also singled out ben sass of nebraska, one of his fiercest republican critics in an apparent attemptm over. the office saying they were less than convinced. mr. sass continues to believe that our country is in a bad place and with these two candidates the election remains a dumpster fire. nothing has changed. he met with 215 members of the house republican conference. a lot better than the senate side. reince priebus was in attendance. by most accounts that meeting was very policy-focused as opposed to the senate meeting which apparently was a little more personality focused. >>> some republicans on the hill remain skittish in large part due to trump's inability to stay on message. at a time when republicans are trying to focus the fire power on clinton''s email woes he went into a rant last night. touched on saddam hussein. star of david. teleprompters. plenty of us in the media. i have a trump style shout out. >> i wake up, turn on the television. donald trump loves saddam hussein. he loves saddam hussein. it's the star of david. you know, they took the star down. i said too bad. y

senator ben sasse said that -- who is very much one of the premiere senators who are against trump, heescribed the elect today as a dumpster fire, referring to both trump and clinton. >> it was a bit tense. carl, nice to talk to you. >>> you win are you going to serve, quoting? i'll let you know how i feel about it after it happens. >>> the fbi director james comey testifying today, unless you have been under a rock or watching something else, it was all day long, all day long. testimony on capitol hill on those e-mails. the decision not to recommend charging the former secretary of state with a crime. we'll hear from director comey and law smokers on both sides of the aisle. plus, reality may finally be sinking in for bernie sanders. big news here. what about reports he is about to endorse hrc? is there a big snug do you campaign? can you get the bern, baby, bern crowd in there? what's about to happen? we're starting to learn. thank you is what we say. but we mean so much more. we mean how can we help? we mean what can we do? we mean it's our turn. to do our part. to serve you, for al

> i think the most interesting people to watch are going to be tom cotton, arkansas senator, and ben sassebraska senator who have taken very different positions on donald trump but are considered the two rising stars in the republican party. it will be really interesting to see how they navigate the convention. >> thank you both. >>> up next, the clinton campaign spokesman, brian fallon, will talk about today's hearing on hillary clinton and the fbi. >>> the president is in warsaw, poland today but he is making some previously unscheduled remarks about the recent spate of police-involved shootings involving black men. so the president will be speaking. let's go to ron allen, who is traveling with the president in warsaw. ron, do we have any sense of what the president might say to us today? >> reporter: well, we know based on a statement he put out on facebook earlier today and statements by the press secretary josh earnest on the way over to warsaw, the president's deeply concerned and troubled by what has happened. it's very unusual for him to arrive here at what's going to be after midn

senator jeff flake confronted trump about his old comments regarding john mccain, while senator ben sasse's office put out a statement, david get this, calling the election, quote, a dumpster fire. david: oh. that is tough. >> of course he is still with the never trump. david: blake he is in the minority. i'm wondering how many other people have come out in the senate who were in the never trump category? >> well a lot of folks that we talked to today, david, as they emerged from meetings were overwhelmingly positive saying that first off, that paul ryan was very warm and sincere. they thought this was a message from donald trump talking about the issues and what issues matter to them. david: what, where do they go now? do they go all the way to the convention, never trump people? there is more talk about maybe they will make some headway? >> yeah. pow tensionally and we'll see what the rules committee standing, platform committee starts next monday and rules committee meeting on wednesday. there are still a lot of hurdles for those never trump people to climb. just from looking through the

. >> nathan, got a statement from paul ryan, ben sasse. there are some that have come out. i'm stunned more republicans haven't responded today. it is -- this one feels it should be above the campaign. i think some republicans are so afraid of looking like they're helping hillary clinton. maybe they're staying silent. this is bigger than that. >> some republicans are afraid of getting into a pattern of having to answer for absolutely everything donald trump says. senator rubio said that, you know, early in the year i'm not going to do that. while this is -- would seem to be above the minor tidbit here and there. but i think there's a reluctance to acknowledge that donald trump exists. >> i mean it feels like the twilight zone it does. does he want to move to russia? maybe mr. trump should relocate and him and putin could be best buddies. a lot of this stuff is irresponsible. >> i guess i was struck by the last comment. couldn't it be great if we got along. hillary clinton tried to reset relations and was criticized. >> double standards. >> it defies -- goes back to what don

and a spokesman for nebraska's ben sasse said given the choice of trump or clinton, the senator believes "this election remains a dumpster fire." >> woodruff: in iraq, the death toll from sunday's bombing in baghdad soared again today. iraq's health ministry reported a total of 292 people have now died as a result of the islamic state attack. the bombing devastated a busy market in a mostly shiite neighborhood. in addition to the dead, more than 200 were wounded. >> sreenivasan: islamist militants also struck again in bangladesh, attacking police at a festival marking the end of ramadan. four people were killed. last week, an assault on a cafe in dhaka, the capital, left 28 dead. the islamic state group claimed that attack. >> woodruff: britain may be on the verge of having its first female prime minister since margaret thatcher was ousted in 1990. ruling conservatives narrowed the field for the leadership of their party today to two: interior minister theresa may and andrea leadsom, who helped head the campaign to leave the european union. a final decision is due by early september. >>

his way, then comes to washington and he rips on whoever is not totally loyal to him, whether it's ben sasserk kirk, two senators. he's filled of resentment even in the moment of triumph and you see him being more himself than tame and civilized. >> woodruff: do you see more unit in the republican party or less? >> i think there's a forced sense of unity now. him and bill flores, republican congressman from texas, says that very encouraging that mr. trump is making fewer and fewer unforced errors, and thought that was great progress. i agree with david about the performance yesterday before the republican senate caucus in particular when he took on the senator from arizona and said, you're going to lose this year and, of course, he isn't running this year, john mccain is. they have six-year terms in the senate, i don't know if mr. trump's aware of that. but beating up on mark kirk who is an embattled republican in illinois, very difficult uphill race and, judy, i mean, where was mitch mcconnell, the republican senate leader to stand up and say, wait a minute, you're not going to come in here

will speak on behalf of donald trump and early endorser in the iowa caucuses will also be here and ben sasse and erick ericsson. and also on that list are governor chris accuracy and newt gingrich. the idea currently is to announce trump's running mate the thursday or friday before the convention in cleveland. speaking of that convention, charlie, coming here for trump will be a test of whether or not he can get these conservative activists on his side and if does he that will build momentumum and if he fails that will only deepen republican anxiety about trump. >> interesting to see. thank you. >>> "face the nation" moderator john dickerson is in aspen, colorado. that is where he has been moderating discussions at the festival and having an overall >> we saw you talking to mitt romney and others. let us begin with the democrats. how much damage is done here and, two, can she recover the whole controversy about this by simply saying, i willthe final ? >> well, the damage here is in the short-term. this puts a bright light on a bad story for hillary clinton. and that story is bad because the

. >> reporter: trump telling ben sass of nebraska that he must want hillary.kesman characterizing the exchange as gracious but saying the senator continues to believe that our country is at a bad place and with these two candidates this election remains a dumpster fire. trump met with more than 200 house republicans with speaker paul ryan giving the presumptive nominee favorable reviews. >> we have a very good exchange on lots of ideas and policy issues. i thought it was a very good meeting. it is clear he is working on putting together a strong general election campaign. >> reporter: trump tweeting just leaving d.c. very interesting day. these are people who love our country. >> trump's outreach to republican lawmakers comes as some seek to introduce new rules to deny him the nomination of the cleveland convention in less than two weeks. at his ohio rally wednesday night trump dismissed the never trump efforts. >> never trump is disappearing rapidly. >> trump doubling down on his comments praising former iraqi dictator saddam hussein. >> i don't love saddam h

nebraska senator ben sass penning an essay encouraging conscience voters rather than those choosing theyet another holdout digs in his heels. ohio governor john kasich plans to appear at nearly 20 events around cleveland next week, but despite an intense lobbying effort from the trump campaign and rnc officials, a kasich advisor still pegs the odds of him appearing at the convention somewhere between zilch and zero. even vice presidential hopeful newt gingrich was angling to change kasich's mind, lobbying a last-minute plea to the kasich team. asking whether trying to convince the ohio governor to endorse trump was a waste of time. now, tonight is something of a try-out for us to see how donald trump and mike pence get along on the campaign trail. as you know, wolf, the personal chemistry can be crucially important not just somebody you're going to be spending the next four months campaigning with, but also someone you could be serving with for the next four to eight years. >> important decision by donald trump coming up. all right, sarah, thanks very much. we'll stand by to hear what d

missing from the crew is senator ben sasse of nebraska one of the most vocal critics of the gop standardbearer other senate republican elected in 2014 who is not expected to be on the stage is cory gardner of the colorado. a spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment. we need more at politico.com. >> he will have a front-row seat to every minute of the republican-democratic national conventions on c-span.org. watch live streams of the convention proceedings without commentary or commercials. use our video clipping tool to create your own clips on your favorite convention moments and share them on social media. also read twitter feed some delegates and reporters in cleveland and philadelphia. our special convention pages have everything you need to get the most of c-span's gavel to gavel coverage. go to c-span.org/republican national convention and c-span.org/democratic national convention for updated schedule information to see what's happening during each convention in session. every speech will be available on demand for viewing when you want on your desktop, laptop, tablet a

ben sass, republican, wrote a fascinating post on medium last night.id, today, i don't have confidence about either of the current frontrunners. i think one of them does not even know the constitution and what it's about and the other one doesn't care. this coming from a republican who's calling upon people's conscience as they vote. what do you make about that and just the division that it shows within your party? >> you've got both parties, even though hillary clinton and bernie sanders are going to have a love fest today, the fact of the matter is, a lot of sanders supporters are leaning towards donald trump. >> you don't have democratic senators writing that about their presumptive nominee right now. >> how many other senators have been writing that? both parties have nominees with extremely high negative rates. the challenge for hillary clinton is that her negatives are more frozen, rock solid than donald trump. what donald trump has to do is assuage the doubters. this will start with this pick for vp. he did well with picking supreme court justic

you've got ben sasse, senator from nebraska who has been a leader of never trump, coming out with mediaey believe in, many saw it as a veiled reference he would back a clause this week to try to get trump off the ticket. it is a very unlikely possibility. and as trump folks will point out, they have no candidate, nobody to put forward. it's incredibly unlikely anything will come out of it if there's success out of it but there's not to say there's a movement or among some there's a perception they want trump out of here. here in cleveland we're looking ahead not just to the rules mmittee fight, discussions on the platform but also to next week when trump's vice president, his running mate will speak. who will it be? we've had audition, chris christie yesterday, mike pence of indiana will be announcing trump at his rally. he's down to the final four. he's got a short list. he said he would decide and announce by the end of the week. >> nbc's hallie jackson, thank you so much. speaking of possible vice presidential contenders, retired general michael flynn, served as director of defense a

add to that a roster of rising republicans sitting down including senator ben sasse.gresswoman mia love recently telling a report i don't see any upside to it. neither of trump's former rivals, ted cruz or ohio's home state governor john kasich are expected to speak. both have yet to endorse trump. that could free up speaking slots for loyalists like chris christie and ben carson and some major corporations have decided not to be a sponsor in cleveland. though they won't comment on whether trump's nomination played a role. no matter what, there will be drama. trump promising a winner's night featuring iconic sports names like bobby knight. >> you take some of these great winners -- they're winners. there aren't many winners. >> announcing speeches by his family including his wife. >> my children will be speaking at the convention. children are all going to be speaking. ivanka, tiffany, don. my wife is going to speak at the convention. we'll have a great time. >> ivanka trump guaranteeing her father will re-write the party playbook. >> a convention unlike any that we'v

and ben sass is rising star from nebraska they took opposing points of view. ben says, anti-trump, anti-tru anti-trump. tom cotton mostly a little pro trump, but a lot of anti-hillary. and this will be like the iraq war vote. history will judge politicians by how did they take the guiliani route, cotton route. lot of people position themselves in way that will affect them for decades. and everybody up at that podium doing exactly that. >> speaking of the podium we have npr rachel martin down there for us now she's talking to one of the speakers from last night, pastor park burns. >> i'm down here on the podium with pastor mark burns of south carolina. he gave the benediction. thank you so much for being with us. >> so honored to be here. >> why is donald trump your candidate? >> donald trump is a man that runs on three main principles that are good in my heart. number one, declared early that he is a friend of christians. a friend in the white house when our liberties are under attack he would be champion nor either religious. number two, he understands that po

when i look at somebody like ben sass, they're very angry at him. what is the alternative?he alternative is hillary clinton. our country becomes venezuela. the judges are so important. i put out a list of 11 judges that have gotten great reviews. if we are not talking but are sog else, the judges important. this, i nevere even heard of them. he has a real problem in nebraska. people don't like him much. >> you know they're more people than just a couple. there is a lot. >> there always are. you can look back at ronald reagan. you can look back at anybody. there has never been a day, with ain one couple of loudmouth you will say forget about the last year. forget about the fact that trump got more votes than anyone in history of the party. let's put somebody else in there. let's put somebody didn't win a state. it can't happen. host: donald trump reacting to what is been called the last stand for the never trump movement. that is happening today when the rules committee gets underway in about 45 minutes. tune into c-span3 or get the radio app or go to c-span.org. politico re

and ben sasse of nebraska. then sullivan of alaska -- then ben van -- sullivan of alaska.ow recognizes the delegate of alabama for the purposes of offering a motion. >> [indiscernible] offer the following resolution and ask for its immediate recognizes nation -- recognize a shim. ation.ogniz i move the adoption of the resolution and yield back the balance of my time. we are voting on those lists of senators as part of the temporary chairman's delegation. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. all those in favor signify by saying aye. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the chair now recognizes the delegate from maine for the purposes of offering a resolution. >> i offer the following resolution and ask its immediate consideration. the following committees are appointed. permanente on organization, and a committee on platform. each committee shall consist of one man and one delegate state, america samoa, the district of columbia, guam, puerto rico, and the virgin islands. of chairman and cochairman each committee, appointed by the republican national c