kevin oliver has more. >> my message is this -- get off your [ bleep ]. get back in the game.et back in the game and fight. >> reporter: before a packed house of california republicans, karl rove laid down the law, if the party wants to start winning seats. rove, former senior adviser to president george w. bush helped turn the state of texas over to republicans by attracting candidates of diverse backgrounds. >> on our ticket, white men were the minority. the majority of our ticket were african-americans and latinos and bim. >> reporter: ruben baralis says latino toss outnumber in california. >> republicans may not need to capture a majority of latino votes, but we must must do significantly better. >> we have to do a better job of reaching out. >> reporter: bob mulholland doesn't think it would work. >> i think the republican party is having a lot of discussions about maybe wearing a new dress, but deep down most voters, particularly minorities, know how the republicans think and how they're hostile to their policies. >> that was kevin oliver reporting. the convention wraps

kevin oliver from our sister station in sacramento has that story. >> my message is this. off your [ bleep ]. get back in the game. [ applause ] . get back in the game and fight. >> reporter: before a packed house of california republicans, karl rove laid down the law for the gop if the party wants to start winning seats in state and federal elections here. rove, former senior adviser to george w. bush, helped turn the state of texas over to republicans by attracting candidates of diverse backgrounds. >> on our ticket, white men were the minority. the majority of our ticket were african-americans, and latinos and women. >> reporter: ruben, another bush staffers, expects latinos to outnumber caucasians in california before the end of the year. >> republicans may not need to capture a majority of latino votes. but we must do significantly better than we have in past elections. >> the hispanic vote is a big voting block that we have to reach out to. >> reporter: a democratic strategist doesn't think it will work. >> i think the republican party is having a lot of discussions

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olive branch. obama broke bread with some republican senators last week, and is meeting with the g-o-p house and senate caucuses. majority whip kevinkeptical of the president's motives. >> "this should have happened four years ago. i'm glad it's happening now. but is this about politics or is this genuine? only time will tell." house says obama's bipartisan approach will hopefully defuse some republican opposition. >> "i think that these meetings are not something to say, well, i'll do this with you now and i'll do that with them later. i think it is let's -- let's get some things done together." republican ron johnson was among the senators who dined with the president, and is giving obama the benefit of the doubt. >> "this is a good first step. i mean, you have to start meeting with people, you start developing relationships, you got to spend a fair amount of time figuring out what we agree on first." i'm cristina mutchler for kron 4 news. >> defense secretary chuck hagel had dinner with afghan president hamid karzai in kabul. it was an attempt to ease tensions between the united states and afghanistan. hagel was asked if they ta

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