hans noel, what is happening within the republican party right now? it is very clear that donald trump is the front runner and is well on his way to the convention -- who knows if it will be brokered or not. talk about with the leadership is doing right now. , can you hear us? >> i'm sorry, you are coming in and out of little bit. yes, asking about trump will stop he appears to be at a position of it is one to be difficult to stop him. it does likely look like you will be the nominee. amy: talk about the response of the republican party. i want to go to a clip right now of paul ryan. paul ryan, the house speaker who said on tuesday that the republican presidential nominee must reject any group built on bigotry. >> today i want to be very clear about something. if a person wants to be the nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games. they must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. this party does not prey on people's prejudices. ideals.l to the highest this is the party of lincoln. we believe all people are create

let's ask georgetown university professor hans noel. the co-author of the book you just saw. p be stopped? should he be stopped? >> well, it's getting to be increasingly hard to stop him. i think republican leaders have two strategies. one is to deny him the actual nomination by having a contested convention, that only happens if he doesn't get an outright majority of delegates which actually could happen. and if that happens, and if they do try to deny him the nomination at the convention, you have to convince the american people it's okay that the party makes it at the convention with the matter who didn't get enough vote which is is a tough sale. >> if you look at it as the party, the republican party or speaking out loud and then the republican party establishment pushing back on all levers. who wins? >> well it's a tricky thing. i mean, the party establishment has the advantage of knowing how the rules work and how things play out. it's also important to know while trump has got, you know, the largest number of delegates and he's getting most of the votes, he's won like 3