first, let's go to political coverage, lauren blanchard with the trump campaign. we'll start with you. donald trump is fund raising right now. >> reporter: you know, harris, the presumptive nominee could need more than a billion dollars to compete in the general election. the los angeles times reports donald trump on wednesday will attend his first republican national committee fundraiser for himself. the report says $25,000 gets the donors dinner, a reception, and a photo with trump. for $100,000 grand, an rnc membership. trump and the rnc agreed to a joint fund raising agreement that allows individual donors to give $450,000 to two joint fund raising committees. much higher than the $227,000 to give to just presidential campaigns. and while trump, the party, and some individual donors are ready to raise and spend millions to elect trump, there are still high profile gop donors vowing to withhold money from the trump effort like td ameritrade founder joe rickets. trump said he has no need for that. >> these are people that want access to the white house. they und

lauren blanchard is live for us in orlando, florida. lauren, libertarians have not been major players in the past. so why is this important? >> hey, laura. it did take two ballots for johnson to secure the nomination with 55%. but he was able to do it. and notable, in 2012, johnson was the nominee, but he didn't get 1% of the vote back then. but this year, he's encouraged, and i'll tell you why, there's a fox poll showing johnson with 10% of the vote in a hypothetical match-up against trump and clinton. 15% is needed to be on the main debate stage, and also notable this year, the convention is made up of nearly 1,000 delegates with almost every major media outlet covering it. something the libertarians have not had before. >> this convention is epic. this may well be the largest convention in libertarian party history. the way i look at it is our time has come. we've toiled in the trenches for almost 45 years. and we've put ourselves in a position to be an option for every single american. >> the chairman says they are on track to be in

lauren blanchard is live from the libertarian convention in orlando, florida, with the latest. hi there. >> hi, arthel. yes, after the second ballot, gary johnson was able to pick up 55% of the vote. behind me, they're voting on the vice presidential nominee. johnson hopes his pick is able to win. however, weld has received a lot of pushback from delegates for not being libertarian enough. johnson is hoping folks will trust in his pick. >> if it's not bill weld, i don't think we have the opportunity of being elected president of the united states. i'm laying it in your hands. >> reporter: the former new mexico governor was the party's nominee in 2012. this year, a fox poll shows him with 10% of the vote in a hypothetical match-up against trump and clinton. 15% is needed to be on the main debate stage. the chairman of the libertarian national committee says this is their year. >> if we show them how the system is rigged, if they see how they're denied their choices in the old party, how they feel cheated out of nominations, that they will flock to a libertarian ticket. >> report

lauren blanchard is in san diego. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, guys.ority of california's 475 pledged delegates, plus the pledge delegates from the remaining states left to vote to take his fight to the democratic national convention. >> we have an uphill fight in order to win a majority of the pledge delegates. but we are going to fight in california and the remaining five other states to get every vote and every delegate we can. >> reporter: clinton leads sanders by just under 300 pledge delegates. but factor in super delegates, and that lead grows to a difference of over 700 delegates. sanders has called super delegates, a system dumb and unfair and something he plans to change at the democratic national convention. california is a semi-closed primary, which means voters need to register as democrats or as no party in order to vote and they need to register by tomorrow. we can guarantee bernie sanders will be asking people to get out and register later today and tomorrow at a handful of rallies. >> thanks a lot lauren. >>> we're also following these