here is it another name that haley barbour didn't mention. judge curiecuriel. what about that? is that something that haley thinks the republican party should stand for? >> is there -- do you buy that there is still time do this? do you think that is what the convention ought to do? >> sure. >> you to have the issue of overturning the will of the voter. >> i think there is time for an end kachd daes. candidacy. >> that's not true p you can't get on 40. >> you can get on 45 quite easily. and you can get on the other -- i see texas, north carolina will be central to a legal challenge, but you all want to -- i don't know why exactly there is such skepticism that it might be done. john anderson did it. p. >> you need a candidate first. >> i totally agree. the convention track, i haven't focussed on as much. but it shows ouch thehow much dt there is. and it didn't come from anyone except a lot of people around the country thinking my god, is my party just going to roll over and nominate this guy? haley spoke eloquently about the 31 million votes cast so far. donald trump got 45% of t

the rnc announced haley barbour conventionp the organization committee next month, and utah, which wasne statesp's first -- worst , their governor will chair the committee. what is the state of play between the republican party and the trump campaign? is there dissension above the norm or at the norm? weet washat rhince t very interesting. didn't it sound just like donald trump? that was certainly a public showing of support from the chairman to his nominee, but we had six different sources that interior what has been reading trust between the two sides and tensions that have been building, each one thinking that the other is only out or themselves. the rnc -- and we talked about this so many times -- encouraging and trying to get donald trump and his team to hire more people. that not happening. they still do not have a communication team in place. usually, the communication team will at least match the rnc when it comes to staffing up in battleground states, but donald trump and his team essentially just relying on the rnc to bolster them instead of finding a way to work together and

he announced that haley barbour will head up the convention organization committee next month, and theion woman polls suggest he is in a fight with clinton, will chair the rules committee. katie, as you understand it, what is the state of play between the republican party and the trump campaign? is there dissension above the norm or at the norm? katie: that rhince tweet was very interesting. didn't it sound just like donald trump? with the cadence and everything. that was certainly a public showing of support from the chairman to his nominee, but we had six different sources that described what has been interior -- two tier rating trust between the sides and some tensions that have been building, each one thinking that the other is only out for themselves. the rnc, we have talked about this so many times, mark, encouraging and trying to get all trump and his team to hire more people, that not happening. they still do not have a communication team. usually the campaign will at least match the rnc, if not take the lead when it comes to staffing up in battleground states, but donald trump

joining us right now is former mississippi governor and rnc chairman haley barbour.ning us. >> thank you for having me. >> governor, what do you need to hear from him today? do you think that will further unify the party? >> i think dick grasso put his finger on it. the american people, they want to talk about how his policies are going to be different from barack obama. two thirds of americans think our country because of some of the things we've got an economy growing at about 2%. the median household income is less than it was in barack obama became president. the away product the national debt by $10 trillion by the time obama goes out of office. if you're in the heartland, if you're a middle-class working class family, this recession has been followed by a recovery which you can tell the difference between a recovery in recession. to talk about his views will have different result. bill clinton's policies will be just the same as obama's. she has set herself. i did a chuck todd show last good i resign after john podesta, disclose campaign chairman who said when

the other appointment made at the end of last week was haley barbour.the convention, not paul ryan. and haley barbour, i believe, is there in part because if thing does break open in some way, he's going to be able to have good relationships with a lot of people who will be stakeholders in this. this is not going to be a stop-trump and evaluate someone else movement. it's going to be throw it wide open. if it happens. >> okay, joe? >> well, you know, i think what's so interesting is, for me, the play here is the threat, and it's much like, it's again ripped out of -- i've been talking about "the art of the deal" for some time, it's ripped out of donald trump's playbook. you threaten china with 40% there haves, when you know you will never put 40% tariffs on china. but you put the threat out there to make china renegotiate bad trade deals. the republican party, which has been onseqious and just helpless, and i will make no comments that will get me in trouble about their manliness, but i will say, though, there are so many things that they could do to pu

his donald trump listening to the haley barbours of the republican party?nk he is listening to people very close to him who are saying that in particular, this racist overtones of the campaign are a step too far. there are many things donald it.p like about peopleu are race baiting , that is when people are going to draw the line. they are being from with that messaging. francine: overall, how surprised are you in the closeness of the polls? clinton leads trump by only 3%-5% percentage points? megan: i think we will see that change. we always expected clinton to get a 5 point boost. she has had the best week of her campaign without question, both with this historic moment of the first female presumptive presidential money from any major party in the u.s. and with the kind of endorsement she is theing, not excluding president himself with a quite touching video. francine: i keep being told that 2016 is different and the rules don't apply. will we ever see the u.s. political system going back to the old rules? megan: i think we have seen so many things that h

haley barbour was the rnc chair? guest: and governor of mississippi. host: up next, fitchburg, massachusetts, independent. caller: good morning. i wish i could run for president. i don't have to talk for half an hour and people would see the truth for once. the republicans will bring up gays and stuff like that but they never bring up adultery. poverty andmore more problems in this country than anything. they never talk about that. when the democrats run, they don't say anything either. they are told what to say. there are certain things they cannot say. he says he will build a wall and that will only stop the animals from getting a drink. they will just walk around it like they do in california. double walling californian california and half the population in california is illegal. they let 50 million people in the country on temporary visas in the last x years. -- in the last six years. there is no work for the poor coal miners. if they did not have 50 million uneducated workers in the country, manufacturers would build manufacturing companies where

speakers include haley barbour and mike mccurry.ut the partisan divide in government and what can be learned from the current presidential race and past election cycles. this is from the george w bush residential center in dallas. it is just over an hour. [applause]

speakers include haley barbour and mike mccurry.y talk about the partisan divide in government and what can be learned from the current presidential race and past election cycles. this is from the george w bush presidential center in dallas. it is just over an hour. [applause] [applause] >> it is great to see you all here today. thank you for joining us. thank you so much for the dallas morning news for hosting this event. if you were up earlier today, questions of diversity in the newsroom, diversity on the panel, it is not always easy to embrace all kind of diversity in any given event, but i want to celebrate this event having done such a remarkable job of embracing ideological diversity. eventterrific to be at an cosponsored by the george bush library, the george w. bush presidential center. i want to put you out of your suspense. can democracy survive? yes. [laughter] the question we're all wondering and talking about today, how? how bad is it actually. ? what we do about the issue. we all know a couple basic facts. much is a s

panelists include former rnc formern haley barbour, a clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry, and bret stephens from the wall street journal. this runs just over an hour. we will bring it to you until the president comes out. [applause] great to see you all here this afternoon. thank you for joining us. thank you so much to those dallas morning news for hosting such a remarkable event. it is true critic came up earlier today, it's not always easy to embrace all kinds of diversity in any given event. but i want to celebrate this event having been such a remarkable job of embracing diversity. is terrific to be an event cohosted, cosponsored by the george bush's library. it is a remarkable occasion for all of us. i want to put you out of your suspense. can democracy survive? yes. [laughter] [applause] so the question i think we'll probably almost be talking about today is how? how bad is it actually? to be really think there is an issue here and if we do, what do we do about a? we all know a couple of basic facts. for example, there is a shift in how much members of each party.

we'll hear from former rnc chairman haley barbour, former clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry, and bret stephens from "the wall street journal." this is just over an hour. >> it's great to see all here this afternoon. thank you for joining us. thank you so much to the "dallas morning news" for hosting this remarkable event. it came up earlier today, question that diversity in the newsroom, on a panel and it's not always easy to embrace all kinds of diversity in any given event but i want to celebrate this event for having done a remarkable job of embracing ideological diversity. it's terrific to be at an event cohosted, cosponsored by the george bush library, the george w. bush presidential center, the lbj foundation. it's a remarkable occasion. i want to put you out of your suspense. can democracy survive? yes. [laughr] okay? [applause] so the question i think we are all the talk about today is how, how bad is it actually? do we think it is an issue? if we do, what do we do about a? we all know a couple of basic facts. for example, there's a shift in how much members of each

our immigration task force is co-chaired by former governor ed rendell, former governor haley barbour, former secretary and assistant and michael chertoff. are task force has issued a series of statements and reports on immigration over the last soldiers and is actively working on policy recognition that we believe can take the debate to the next level postelection with the new president and a new congress. i want to thank you very much for joining us today. this event is being live stream online. when we get the audience q&a i will ask you very much wait for the microphone to audience members of this live stream came to you. please take where you're from and ask a question. we prefer you to questions rather than statements, to keep them short and sweet so we can get as many people as question that they would like. we invite you to interact on facebook and twitter during this event. our hashtag is bpc lives. you can also tweet us at bpc underscore bipartisan on twitter. as and when it knows by now immigration has been a key issue in this election cycle. one of the ongoing debate issue

former governor haley barbour, former secretary henry cisneros and former sector whiretary che. our task force is issued a series of statements and reports on immigration over the last several years and actively working on policy recommendations that we believe can take the debate to the next level post election with a new president and congress. audience members on the live stream can hear you. state where you're from and ask a question. we prefer you to have questions rather than statements so keep them short and sweet. so we can get as many people to ask questions as would like. you can also tweet us on twitter. #bpc live. you can tweet us at bpc underscore bipartisan on twitter. everyone knows by now immigration has been a key issue in this election cycle. one of the ongoing debate issues is the role of immigrants in our labor force. are immigrants taking jobs from americans? are immigrants lowering the wages or helping us fill labor shortages and expanding our workforce at a time it would be shrinking? our report issued today, the author will be presenting a summary, addres

haley barbour was the rnc chair? guest: and governor of mississippi.p next, fitchburg, massachusetts, independent. caller: good morning. i wish i could run for president. i don't have to talk for half an hour and people would see the truth for once. the republicans will bring up gays and stuff like that but they never bring up adultery. poverty andmore more problems in this country than anything. they never talk about that. when the democrats run, they don't say anything either. they are told what to say. there are certain things they cannot say. he says he will build a wall and that will only stop the animals from getting a drink. they will just walk around it like they do in california. double walling californian california and half the population in california is illegal. they let 50 million people in the country on temporary visas in the last x years. -- in the last six years. there is no work for the poor coal miners. if they did not have 50 million uneducated workers in the country, manufacturers would build manufacturing companies where the work