sussman who is supporting hillary clinton. congressman weber, let me start with you. if rubio really wanted to unite conservatives or republicans around the task of defeating donald trumpsense to endorse either kasich or cruz to get some momentum? >> yes, yes, or at least campaign around the country for both of them or something. something other than vacating the field. too many people including the candidates have vacated the field on this trump issue and now we're on the eve of him maybe having a majority. i don't think he'll get there. all of a sudden they're saying oh, my god, the house is burning down. we should have done something before it got this far. yeah, i would prefer to see them support governor kasich but if he's for cruz, he should be for cruz. i think people can't just sit on the sidelines and then complain the house burned down in july. >> mary katherine, let's talk about this meeting of conservatives to come up with a way to stop trump from getting the nomination or have a third party. erick ericsson said conservatives are about ideas, not necessarily parties. that sounds like there's a ground swell among some for a third party. >> there's two things