joe, you are on with james antle. james, i would like to become points, maybe 15, 20 years ago, the news media at a credibility on a scale of one to 10, maybe seven or eight or nine, now it's down to two or three if that. reason donald trump has grown so popular with different groups is because first of all, he has been in the construction business and he understands the street talk. he hires all kinds of people, lax, asians, hispanics, american indians to put the steel up. he knows the language of these tradesmen speak. he also has employed more women than anyone. people forget that nobody has put more people to work the donald trump in the building industry, not to mention his golf courses and other enterprises. he has the pride in american growth and success. he doesn't want to see the democratic donkey handing out things instead of working for things. i think he truly does care. he may come across as crass, but that's to make a point. this man has a heart that loves america. host: let's give james antle a chance to

joe, you are on with james antle. mes, i would like to become points, maybe 15, 20 years ago, the news media at a credibility on a scale of one to 10, maybe seven or eight or nine, now it's down to two or three if that. reason donald trump has grown so popular with different groups is because first of all, he has been in the construction business and he understands the street talk. he hires all kinds of people, lax, asians, hispanics, american indians to put the steel up. he knows the language of these tradesmen speak. he also has employed more women than anyone. people forget that nobody has put more people to work the donald trump in the building industry, not to mention his golf courses and other enterprises. he has the pride in american growth and success. he doesn't want to see the democratic donkey handing out things instead of working for things. i think he truly does care. he may come across as crass, but that's to make a point. this man has a heart that loves america. host: let's give james antle a chance to r

this morning washington examiner james antle looks at the possible contact of this weekend's libertarianparty convention and what it could do to the presidential election. r atel serwer, professo johns hopkins has used on the fighting in iraq and afghanistan. and the hill environment reporter timothy cama talks about the passage of the chemical safety act, the first overhaul of the safety standards in four decades. as always we will take your calls and begin joining the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. host: good morning. topping the headlines, president obama's historic trip to japan. in a speech yesterday marking the first time a president visited the site of the attack, president obama rumored those who died a call for a change in the international mindset about war. he made clear he was not offering an apology. the end of may means college graduation ceremonies are taking place. many drawings high-profile commencement

host: jeremy, let's give james antle a chance to respond to those points. guest: that is absolutely the big appeal the donald trump is making. i'm the guy who can't be bought. i'm coming into this race with my own money, i don't need this, i'm already rich. he has even to some extent use the fact that he has been a donor to both parties -- he is been a hillary clinton donor himself in the past. he has used that is advantage. he is saying i have been the establishment, i have been a special interest, i know how they are working against you, and i'm uniquely capable of working against this and stopping it. each is sinking will be -- trump did not -- the interesting thing will be -- trump did not spend a lot of money in the primaries. he was not exclusively self-funded, but he didn't spend a lot of money and he relied a lot on appearing wherever anyone would invite him to show up on tv or radio. will he be able to do that as much in the general election? he is not going to be self funding in the general election. he is a fundraising agreements, he's going to b

coming up this morning, james antle, politics editor for the washington examiner will discuss donald trump's candidacy following an analysis that he has the support of 1238 delegates come above the threshold needed to clinch the nomination. the ongoing democratic primary contests. the impacts the libertarian party can have in this year's general election. and how speakers paul ryan on the gop presidential contest. john a professor of the hopkins school of studies will be on to talk about the killing of the leader of the taliban in afghanistan and the continued efforts by the iraq military to retake falluja. you will discuss what is next in the fight against terrorists. an environment reporter for the hill discusses the act that overhauls the nations chemical standards. the toxic substance and control act of 1976. he will discuss consumer health provisions in the bill and the role of the epa and the state. the bill is expected to be passed and then signed into law by president obama. be sure to watch washington journal coming up at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. annou