>> a prominent rnc member, henry barber, he's proposed two resolutions.s unclear that they will get a vote at the meeting. you need to meet a certain threshold. he's proposed two resolutions, and it's been interesting that henry barber has chosen to be so out front. he's usually a behind the scenes operator. one resolution would bar the rnc from covering the candidate's legal bills or things related to personal dealings. another would preserve rnc neutrality in the presidential primary until trump gets the magic number that vaughn mentioned of 1,215 delegates. it's already a rule. they have been loosy goosy with it over the years, and they're likely to be here. henry barber is trying to preserve some of the rnc's independence from the trump campaign, though it's natural and standard likely for a presumptive nominee to take over the committee, and a president that's in the white house, to run the committee as though it were his campaign. we'll see if any of this gets anywhere. >> david, in order to preserve that neutrality as you're call ing it, is it impo

. >> bret: and then there is an effort mississippi rnc committee man henry barber drafted a resolutionther requiring the party committee to stay neutral in the presidential race until he receives enough delegates to secure the nomination. so there are moves afoot that don't seem like they are speaking to unity, to your point. >> yeah, and they are obviously aimed at trump in an effort to kind of rein him in which furthers the point as you suggest, bret, there is no unity in the republican party yet. and, you know, the overwhelmingly like nominee mr. trump has some work to do to bring it about. because it shows you that officials in the party don't trust him. that's not a good situation for candidate to be in. >> bret: yeah. brit, as always, thank you. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: up next the panel on the border this week. some of the fox affiliates covering tonight. fox 29 in philadelphia a manhunt for auto prisoner who escaped from temple university episcopal hospital early this morning. elin borderren ran from two officers while in handcuffs. borden was in custody for allegedly steal

lacivita, into the role of chief operating officer in the rnc so here we have somebody, a member, henry barber, who is from mississippi putting forward these two resolutions that would kind of combat what we saw from the former president. the first one says that they would not support or be they would remain neutral until somebody got all of the delegate votes necessary to be the actual republican nominee. and that would include not taking anyone from certain presidential persons of presidential candidates campaign. so that should give you some indication of what they're talking about there. the other ones that at the rnc would not pay a single legal bill for either donald trump or nikki haley that was not related to 20 24, or the presidential election. so clearly both of those are very pointed. it seems unlikely they're going to pass with the majority of members who support donald trump. but it is interesting there are some, still, some people who were rebelling against is very interesting. all right, kristen holmes, thanks so much. >> straight ahead. >> ukraine is marking a grim milestone to

length a little bit because the interesting thing is there is a way in which an addition to what henry barber is doing, in which the convention itself can be opened up, which a number of members are starting to talk about, talk to us a little bit about k the strategy which i support by the way, i probably should say now because -- michael steele likes it. i think the idea of opening up p the convention is a real possibility that some folks are thinking about. >> if you look historically, the republican party's convention has normally been the delegates have been unbound. which basically means even if they're committed to a specific candidate on the day of the convention, on the convention floor theoretically someone could nominate an alternative candidate, and that candidate could be nominated, donald trump in the last convention his people basically closed that option by bounding delicate by rule. what happens on the first day of the convention, the party accepts its rules, so they could basically go back to the old rules that stood since ronald reagan. the last guy to do it before trump i'm

her departure comes as tension is rising between trump and the rnc rnc committee member, henry barber joins me now. thank you so much for being here. it's good to see you, henry first, somebody just asked you about what your reaction is to both ronna mcdaniel leaving and trump's endorsed candidates for rnc chair michael whatley from north carolina and co-chair his daughter-in-law, lara trump well, it's a bad precedent. and i say that because i think donald trump is jumping the gun before the primary is over should begin to influence things that the rnc he supposed to get a, majority of the delegates wrapped up and we've only voted in four states. >> and >> voters deserve to be able to have a vote in a say, that's the process that we have in place and that we've had in place for decades and in effect, donald trump is trying to change the rules in the middle of the game. but i'm not happy about ronna leaving but i don't think there's any question that michael what lee and laura trump will get elected at the meeting? >> are you happy that they will get elected >> well, i'm not happy that

resolution that was just put forward today, by an rnc number, his name's henry barber, from mississippiand intends to bring it to the full 168 member body of the rnc. that resolution states that the two entities, the trump campaign, and the rnc, cannot merge their operations until either donald trump gets the required number of delegates to become the presumptive nominee, or nikki haley drops out of the race. so, for the kayleigh, who is saying that she intends to go nowhere, there are serious questions about whether donald trump can actually put laura trump and michael wally into the positions of chair and co- chair, and move his co-campaign manager, chris lacivita, into a chief operating operator role at the rnc, as he would like, because in the meanwhile, there is this resolution, when these rnc members meet in houston texas on march 7th, they could very well vote for, and i could tell you guys from conversations with multiple rnc members, there is disagreement over whether donald trump should have the power to dictate who the rnc chair is. the one rnc member told me explicitly that

the resolution is from henry barber, long-time member from mississippi, would prohibit the national party from coordinating with mr. trump or fund raising with his campaign until he wins enough delegates to be the presumptive nominee. the draft says in part, the republican national committee and its leadership will stay neutral throughout the presidential primary and not take on additional staff from any of the active presidential campaigns until a nominee is clearly determined by reaching 1,215 delegates. this adding that those mr. trump has won all of the republican party's primaries and caucuses so far, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley has insisted she plans to stay in the race. that's just some of the goings-on behind the scene when it comes to primaries that take place. the next primary, michigan on tuesday. stay close to our coverage for that on tuesday. to make your comments from yesterday's events in south carolina on the phone line, post on our social media sites. democrats line in new jersey, this is susan. susan from hillsboro, new jersey, hello. caller: good morning, pedro.

the resolution is from henry barber, long-time member from mississippi, would prohibit the national party from coordinating with mr. trump or fund raising with his campaign until he wins enough delegates to be the presumptive nominee. the draft says in part, the republican national committee and its leadership will stay neutral throughout the presidential primary and not take on additional staff from any of the active presidential campaigns until a nominee is clearly determined by reaching 1,215 delegates. this adding that those mr. trump has won all of the republican party's primaries and caucuses so far, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley has insisted she plans to stay in the race. that's just some of the goings-on behind the scene when it comes to primaries that take place. the next primary, michigan on tuesday. stay close to our coverage for that on tuesday. to make your comments from yesterday's events in south carolina on the phone line, post on our social media sites. democrats line in new jersey, this is susan. susan from hillsboro, new jersey, hello. caller: good morning, pedro.