up next, fred davis is back. but first, our conversation with the newest candidate in the game, right after this. ♪ mark: after john kasich made his speech today, i caught up with the governor to talk to him about his big day. what was it like today in the household when he woke up? normal day? >> pretty normal. i was not very jumpy. i made a couple of calls to people who are my very close friends, and saying that he made a decision. they burst out laughing. it was good, and they came down here with the kids, and karen, and it was just extremely calm and i enjoyed delivering the speech. mark: you seems to get emotional a couple of times. >> promotions are always popping up. i control them pretty well, i think. i feel really good -- what i thought this morning as tell people what they want to hear. there's nothing i would take back. i think it went very well. mark: it was here you hadn't seen in a while? >> there are a lot of my friends here. it is great. there were a lot of people. i do not know how many thousand

mark again with fred davis, the media strategist for the governor's group.at will we learn when microsoft reports earnings t a jusw minutes? coming up next. ♪ microsoft reporting earnings after the break. you mentioned a messy quarter. what does that mean? >> they will take a break right down. numbersgoing to mean all over the place. that will be one thing. we know that pc's have not been strong for the first couple of quarters. that is something to watch out for. what will happen to windows 10? if they give any kind of guidance as to the initial reception from the developer base about it. those are a few of the things that would be watching. alix: how important is windows 10 to the overall revenue stream? anurag: very important. i think it will be one of the most important releases they have ever done, largely because they want one common platform for all devices and it is important for them to have that to increase the number of applications for their mobile devices. they really want to be a cloud company, but it really is still a pc company. where would y

that his staff includes strategists john we've ever and fred davis.hey specialize in getting republican candidates in running the non-republicans -- then again, they say, no republican has ever won the white house without carrying the swing state of ohio and perhaps, mr. kasich can take his buckeye success nationally. that's the "wall street journal" this morning. "washington post" also weighing in on john kasich becoming the 16th republican throwing his hat in the ring yesterday. they said john kasich joins the race and they say mr. kasich's route to the g.o.p. nomination would run through new hampshire where its tone could play well in town hall meeting. yet that tone could be a curse. it may be that his style doesn't fit with the g.o.p.'s current ethos. if one of the most serious candidates in the state to attract real attention while donald trump surges. by the way, that debate taking place august 6 in cleveland. and you have got to be above 10% to make it on the stage. gary -- excuse me, robert in pittsburgh pennsylvania, democrat. robert, good m