haley barbour] bill clinton is the only person i have ever seen that can cry out of one eye.t one. >> [imitating haley barbour] bill clinton is the only person i have ever seen that can cry out of one eye. maybe you will get my name right next time. mark: thank you both. coming up, some of the sights and sounds from today in cleveland after this. ♪ john: national political conventions are full of politics and breakout stars. there is so much that goes on outside the spotlight. in cleveland today, we got a good look at a crush of visitors touring the streets around the convention hall. with a smattering of merchandising, this afternoon, one of many protests tracked through downtown cleveland. black lives matter, immigration, and general anti-trump sentiments. we got a close look at the nba championship trophy after we spoke with cavs owner dan gilbert. i ran into trevor noah, and may have said a few things that were not fit for family-friendly air. then everyone stopped what they were doing as a young woman took the stage for sound check. >> ♪ and the rocket's red glare, the b

valid representative marsha black or will join us and former mississippi governor rnc chairman haley barbour. to stay with this. a big program had. at the same cleveland on high alert right now as the republican national convention kicks off today. more security concerns after the deadly shooting in baton rouge in last week's terrorist attack in france. blake burman life here as well in cleveland with the very latest. good morning to you. >> good morning. mouse words of barricades are wrapped around the streets in downtown cleveland as many streets are closed this morning as the united states secret service, cleveland police department and agencies in between have taken over here in northeast ohio. 70 different agencies are coordinating the event. working together, doing so for over a year. however, it is a political battle is to do this to security as the head of the cleveland police patrolmen's association, a man by the name is steve loomis called into question the open carry gun laws. witness saying he needs the much more difficult. limits adding he said what we have now is completely irr

haley barbour is here. ted cruz is probably thinking about that reagan '76 speech and what it is like. should he be? >> you know, having run the white house for ronald reagan. thinking about any speech ronald reagan made is a smart idea. >> let me ask you. >> tonight will be interesting here in this respect. this convention hall is not filled with die hard trumpians. it is filled with a lot of republicans. this could be the biggest reception. is that a problem for mike pence? >> i think it is highly unlikely, he will be well received. look, chris christie was well received. rudolph giuliani was well received. i expect him to be well received. i think most of it ought to be -- >> i have to say, it is striking. we are night three of the convention. the man who is a runner up to the nominee and we don't know if he will endorse the nominee tonight. and he speaks in about two and a half hours. >> i guess that's good drama. >> maybe he'll have a bigger audience. >> obviously you want to see cruz endorse. >> i mea

were back now wit republican national committee chairman and former mississippi govern, haley barbour. governor barber you are going to gavel this to order, do you expect any shenanigans from the stop trump movement. >> i don't think. so i think people realize the republican voters of america have spoken. donald trump was not my first choice. he got more votes in the republican primary than any other republican in the history of our party. he won a huge victory and i think people, some people who worked for him, will work us out of that. >> dickerson: i have had a lot of conversations with people who are kind of looking around, they are reconciled to fact he got the nomination but they are still nervous. mike pence maybe helps that but still nervous about what is going to happen to this republican party s that what you see? >> well, i think people recognize that both parties have nominated the most negatively perceived candidates nominees for the presidency in the history of polling. the, probably in the history of the country so of course people this convention will help donald, dona

governor haley barbour, thanks so much for being with us it should be an exciting week here and we will be back in a moment. >> dickerson: nationally, the race between donald trump and hillary clinton is dead even, and our cbs news battleground tracker says that is also the case in 11 battleground states, hillary clinton leads donald trump by one point in those 11, but that is within the margin of error, joining us now for analysis and more is cbs news director of elections, anthony salvanto, so anthony heading into the convention, what is the state of the trump coalition? >> he has a core of supporters which is keeping him competitive but what is striking now is looking at looking to build on. know no more o of the voters, te majority in ohio say they are with donald trump, mainly because they oppose hillary clinton, more so than because they like donald trump. you know, that is striking because part of this magic is clearly working you normally don't see numbers flip like that, granted this isn't a typical campaign but successful campaigns tend to give, especially undecided voters som

still ahead on "morning joe," former head of the rnc, haley barbour on set.ughts on how the republican convention might affect the democr democrats' big show in philadelphia. also, jeb hensarling and james lankford on the state of unity following last night's dust-up with ted cruz. we'll be right back live from cleveland. >> reaction to ted cruz, mr. trump? that was a remarkable moment. what did you think? >> i loved it. >> you loved it? why? [rock music playing] [music stops] [whistle] [rock music playing] [record scratch] announcer: don't let e. coli mosh with your food. an estimated 3,000 americans die from a foodborne illness each year. you can't see these microbes, but they might be there. so, always separate raw meat from vegetables. keep your family safe at foodsafety.gov. >>> she made a mistake, and you know, people make mistakes. you made mistakes, we all make mistakes. i guess maybe if she weren't with me for a long time and i didn't know how good she was, i have done books with her that have been best-sellers. she's a terrific person. i thought it

on the republican side, the club growth, marco rubio, haley barbour and others have pick.ded the house speaker paul ryan said he think of no better choice for the slot than pence. many leading conservatives have of theirjoyed that one own is joining the ticket. ann coulter called the decision trump's first mistake while bob of iowa, evangelical leader and supporter of ted cruz, looked at pence's reversal indiana's religious freedom last year, thought that suggested he was not a conservative. they don't like his choice to expand medicaid under the affordable care act. it's clear that the trump part to picked pence in suspicious conservatives. end,pence, in the consolidate elite and grass roots conservatives for trump? thisthink there's no doubt will give some measure of aid and comfort. people like paul ryan are saying good pick. to me there's some republican leaders who want to see signs that he cares about conservative principles, they're willing themselves to believe conservative.a pence goes some way toward doing that. people thate nit-pick him from the right and wholeft but for peo

the republican side, the club for growth, marco rubio, haley barbour and others have applauded the pick. house speaker paul ryan tweeted he can think of "no better ."oice for the slot than pence many leading conservatives have been overjoyed that one of their own is going to take it. and culture called the decision -- ann coulter cold is positioned "trumps first mistake." and a supporter of ted cruz and other conservatives look at mike pence's reversal on indian is reverses -- on indiana's religious freedom law and concludes that mike pence was not a conservative. they did not like his decision to expand medicaid under the affordable care act. john, it is clear that the trump campaign manager mike pence to consolidate suspicious conservatives around the ticket. it hasn't worked with everybody, buddies that goal on track? bring in elite and grassroots conservatives towards trump? john: i'm sure this will get some measure -- people are paul ryan are saying this is a good pick. there are some republicans leaders that want to see signs from donald trump that he cares about republican princi

you will hear from haley barbour, mike mccurry lane and bret stephens from the wall street journal. this is one hour and five minutes. [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. it is terrific to be at an event 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. there is a shift in how much embers of each party to each other unfavorably. 1984, 60% of democrats beat on -- 16% democrat you'd open unfavorably. now it 43%. perhaps, the more interesting data point

by 2004 mississippi governor haley governor haley barbour was chair of the republican national committee and 37 other powerful politicians had all attended try see events in the 21st century the chair of the tri- sea gave $65000 to republican campaign funds in recent years including donations to the 2016 presidential campaign campaign of rand paul, rick santorum and ted cruz. the tri- sea then enjoyed precisely the cachet of respectability that racism requires to achieve its own goal within american society. it's website of hatred and lies provided the self-serving education dylan roof so desperately craved. he drank in the poison of the message, got into his car, drove to charleston, entered emmanuel ame church and landed in a bible study with a group of african-americans who were the very model of respectability. he prayed with them, read the bible with them thought they were so nice and then he shot them dead. he left just one woman alive so that she could tell the world what he had done and why. you've taken over our country he said and he knew this to be true. not a engine even a fu

the governor haley barbour is on the stage right now. and he is doing one of those reports. the next report up is the rules committ committee. there are eight states and the district of columbia who have filed a petition to throw ought the rules approved last week. they think they can still stop donald trump from becoming the republican nominee by filing what's called, or by holding what's called a roll call on the rules of all of the delegates on the floor right now. we're in the most crucial spot possible for that because we are standing in the middle of the colorado delegation. this gentleman's name is randy. he's one of the members of the delegation. you all recommend kendall hunter. what they hope happen is once the call goes up for the rules committee that these microphones turn on. that's at the discretion of the chair, right, of reince priebus. so you don't know yet if reince priebus will recognize you and those other nine eight states are going to be recognized. >> based on the history of the republican party, what they've done to dissuppoenters in the p is they've

the former rnc chair and mississippi governor haley barbour. is tht team that gets the government together? >> mike pence is popular in our party. he's wednesday knoll, a very respe respected. -- well known. he's a religious conservative. but i think that clinton effort in the wake of this choice to try to make it into some kind of ogre and, i think will be a total flop. when people get to know mike pence, they're going to see is he an affable, pleasant, good to everybody, whether they agree with him or not. he's a first-class running mate. and will be a first-class vice president and president if that ever had to happen. >> will it be an enthusiastic and united republican party behind trump/pence? i'm looking for enthusiasm here. not just acceptance of a balanced ticket. but enthusiasm. is it there? >> well i think that it's a balanced ticket in the sense that pence is a religious conservative and much more involved and trusted by that group. but there's going to be enthusiasm. i can tell you that. and it will be generated by trump and pence a

we'll hear from former rnc chairman haley barbour, former clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry and brett stephens from the wall street journal. this is just over an hour. >>> well it is great to see you all here this afternoon. thank you for joining us and thank you so much to the "dallas morning news" for hosting such a remarkable event. it is true, it came up earlier today, questions of diversity in the newsroom, diversity on the panels and it is not always easy to embrace all sorts of diversity in any event but i want to celebrate this event for doing a remarkable job for embracing ideological diversity. it is terrific to be building at an event co-hosted, co-sponsored by the george bush library, the lbj foundation. it is remarkable. i want to put you out of your spence. can democracy survive? yes. okay? so, the question i think we're probably all going to be talking about today is how? i mean, first of all, how bad is it actually? do we really think there is an issue here and if we do, what do we do about it? we all know a couple of basic facts, for example, there is the sh

politics much better than any of you ever will, former mississippi governor and former rnc chairman haley barbourthis should have been easy, melania trump gave a good speech. parts of it came from michelle obama. you go after the writer. you say it's not a big deal and you move on. they didn't. they said it's not true. then they said what they said about john kasich was not true even though i read him a quote. then they said oh, donald trump loved the speech of pat smith which was very moving. but he was on the phone with fox news at the time. small mistakes but they're mistakes a campaign doesn't need to make when it's making the case against its opponent for being a liar. >> it's interesting to me. i have no idea how the speech was done, what was put in the speech. what was interesting to me is did the campaign intend for this, because everything that melania trump said that barack obama's wife had said are things that she's barack obama would do and he didn't do. you know, he was going a uniter. he was going to bring us together. he would always tell you the truth like you could keep your doct

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steve: as i was coming into the hall, haley barbour, former chair of the rnc, for mississippi governorthin the gop establishment? do you think they knew that ted cruz was not going to endorse donald trump? >> ted cruz's speech was a huge secret to the last minute. this morning, palmetto fort -- paul manafort was saying if he did not know that ted cruz would endorse him or not. he had not seen the speech. there was this feeling that if he was good to endorse, if it was going to happen, it probably would have known about it about then. the speech staff came through at the last minute and a lot of people are upset. there is disagreement about whether he should have gotten up there and given that speaker donald trump said a tweet a couple minutes ago very unhappy about what happened but putting out that ted cruz got a lot of boos. steve: he came into the hall as ted cruz was finishing the speech. do you think he knew what was going to happen? >> on try to figure out who knew what when. from what i'm gathering out, there was at least a little bit of a heads up. steve: indiana governor mike

only i'm honored to yield to the terrific chairman of the committee, foreigner -- former governor haley barbouristinct honor to present to you the report of the committee on permanent organization. i would like to thank the 111 members of the committee on permanent organization. the staff, most of whom were volunteers, particularly david of virginians served as our volunteer counsel. the committee met informally about conference call last friday to discuss our initiative of recommending to the convention the slate of permanent officers for the 2016 republican national convention. had been serving as temporary officers of this convention for several months or more. in debating this afternoon, the committee on permanent organization unanimously adopted as the full list of recommended permanent officers. you can find a copy of that list in your order of business. you will see that the committee unanimously recommends that they permanent chairman of the convention be speaker of the wisconsin.ryan of [applause] the committee also recommends that among the other officers to this convention, the tempo

. >> ifill: earlier today, judy and i both sat down with mississippi governor haley bar barbour. thank you for this special program. >> nice to see you gwen. >> you have been saying for some time that these are the two most negatively perceived presidential nominees for a long time and you have seen in the last few days that we are going to see a lot of good things about donald trump that we've not seen before. what are we learning that's positive about donald trump so far in this convention? >> last night, the program was almost entirely about national security and terrorism, and not so much about him. i think tonight, a lot about the economy and there will be a lot of personal talk from people who have worked for him, worked with him and national politicians and that sort of stuff talk about the economic issues. but when you look at this, i have to just say, it's not two most negatively perceived in recent years, it's the two most negatively perceived politician nominees in the history of polling. we've never had this before. and the other thing in polling that is just unbeliev