you can't stop it. >> woodruff: brian doherty, helping us understand the difference between what ron paul wants out of this process and what many of his fans and supporters want. >> what they want in th end is the same which is to prove to the republican party and the world at large that their set of ideals has real pull in the republican party. if you're going to say if you're not going to win, credit bother? for that purpose it does matter if you're coming in with 200 delegates versus 500 delegated. it's a bigger signal to the world that we are not just a fringe minority that can be ignored. we are important to the party moving forward. he and his fans share that desire. >> woodruff: how much of that are they likely, john ralston, to get from mitt romney? i mean, changes in the party platform. what? >> that's the fascinating question here. they may be able to get some things in the platform but no one pays attention to the platform after the convention. can ron paul get a decent speaking slot? i think the romney folks are going to be nervous about that. they're already nervous. the

that that there is a change and a shift in policy and what i think we keep an eye at that was brian doherty senior editor of reason dot com the author of ron paul revolution the man and the movement he inspired. still ahead on our team it's tourist season in our nation's capital but families are not coming to brush up on our political successes or rather on their scandals details on where the district's hot spots are next. r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera . russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old when she told the truth. because as in i am a total get of friends that i was driving hip hop music and street. she was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place. of the of the. merrier. welcome to the aloneness so they'll get the real headline with none of them are the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and what actually matters to those viewers and so that's why young people

book tv.org will be live this afternoon with brian doherty. the author of the book "ron paul's revolution." mr. doherty is the senior editor at "reason" magazine, and he examines the political career of ron paul who announced yesterday he's no longer campaign iing fo the presidency or will be participating in the primary. primaries are being held in nebraska today. mitt romney is 171 delegates short of securing the republican nomination. oregon has 25 delegates at stake. nebraska voters will register their preferences for a nominee and 392 delegates to the republican national convention will be determined at nebraska state convention on july 14th. nebraska voters will also select the republican candidate to face democrat bob kerrey in that state's u.s. senate race. the u.s. house begins debate tomorrow on u.s. defense programs and policy. it includes authorization to continue our military presence in afghanistan and requires a missile defense site on the east coast, continued development of the f-35 joined strike fighter and bans gay marriage

great that there is a change and a shift in policy and we'll definitely keep an eye on that was brian doherty senior editor of reason dot com the author of ron paul revolution the man and the movement he inspired so ahead here on our team it's a hard knock life for american inmates a new report paints a brutal picture at one of america's most notorious prisons and this is a single incident or the nation's norm that story next. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is human view with the global machinery to see where we had a state controlled capitalism it's called sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question morning. papers when i. bump into the alone a fellow you know gets a real headline with none of them are the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and for what actually matters to those viewers and so that's why young people just don't watch t.v. anymore if they want news they go online and read it but we're t

more about the campaign developments and whether the polls are giving romney a run for his money brian dohertynior editor for reason dot com and author of the book ron paul revolution. the man and the movement hands fire joins us now. hi brian so romney is expected to officially secure the nomination today but it has been a very long journey to get to this point what does it all mean i actually question those numbers by the way n.p.r. has a good article about the a.p. numbers that people are relying on romney winning a bunch of delegates in iowa that he almost certainly isn't going to but let's stipulate that in the end mitt romney will be the nominee and go from there the meeting with the rand paul that you talked about i think is a very encouraging sign for the ron paul band that romney considers wrong paul rand paul and their supporters to be a force that he asked the reckon with on like in two thousand and eight when the republican party very rudely shut out ron paul and the ron paul people from even appearing at their convention leading wrong to run their convention across town they're be

change now that there are just two men left standing well to look further into this i talked with brian dohertya senior editor for reason dot com also the writer of ron paul revolution the man and the movement he inspired. wrong paul going to continue to fight it out to the end as he is reiterated again and again he's going to keep on rocking it almost certainly is not going to rock you know we did deny mitt romney his first big story but he's going to signal that the republican party that they have to pay attention to his fans and he's not going to mean a very big republican party moving forward whether mitt romney wins or loses we're going to. remember i do want to put some of those numbers up on the screen these numbers are emerging in terms of delegate count and you know i should mention they're a little fluid but here's what we're seeing right now this is kind of on that road to getting the one thousand one hundred forty four needed the total right now romney's got eight hundred forty seven and ron paul has eighty but now the other guys are no longer running but we do want to do just a few

. >> coming up later today on our website, booktv.org, brian doherty, looks at the political career ofrm republican representative from texas and of course republican presidential candidate, three-time candidate. the author reports on representative paul's political ideologicals that ranges across party lines and he will be speaking this afternoon about his book, "a history of the modern libry tarian movement" and we will have that live for you at 6:00 p.m. eastern. and tomorrow on "washington journal," reporter pete spotts for the christian science monitor this week about the government's role on researching and predicting tosheds. you can read the article at cs monitor.com/environment and join us for our spotlight on magazine segment. we will take your comments and questions about twisters, part of our spotlight on magazines tomorrow on "washington journal." well, the u.s. house will be gaveling in momentarily and they will take up this afternoon some 11 suspension bills including one that will encourage the creation of a blue alert plan. this would get out information when a police