here we are. >> joining me now, mark mckinnon, former chief media adviser to george w., co-creator and co-host of the weekly documentary series on show time, "the circus." donald trump would run that as an ad for himself, am i wrong? >> no. all the trump supporters that saw that say that's exactly why we support this guy. >> right. >> and, well, we went out to find the members of the establishment and we found the six that are left. >> there they are. you found the room in which they eat. >> we did. the interesting thing was, of course, that there's really no consensus among them except they're completely bewildered about what to do. a couple of them are rnc members and basically say if he's nominated then we'll support him. a couple of them are actually running behind superpacs trying to fight him and a couple of them said under no circus are we going to vote for him. there's no consensus within the establishment that's left about what to do and hence the chaos. >> that sentiment about how we're republicans, there's a hierarchy, we fall in line. it's like people's head

bush advisor, mark mckinnon and democratic strategist steve mcmahon. you do not want donald trump to be your nominee. what is your best hope? >> i mean i guess the best hope is that either cruz or kasich or rubio would somehow, you know, find a way to the nomination. >> on the back of a unicorn? >> i mean, i know. i've surrendered. i've waved the white flag. what i don't understand though, jake, and you know this better than anyone, we were able to find all of romney's bane victims. we were able to find carly fiorina's hp victims. where are the victims of trump university and trump mortgage? you know this guy has got to have a wake of carnage. i just don't know why that hasn't been more of a story to put a face to the policies that trump would have in the white house. >> mark, there are some republicans like bill bennett and others who are starting to say, look, this can be the way that we can win the white house. we've been trying to get white working class voters to join our party more. look at some of the turnout numbers. first, look at how many mor

it's political adviser mark mckinnon. nice hat. he has more tatis. he's the founding member of jas jane's addiction, a great band. it's dave navarro. and he's so tall his hobby is peering over stalls in public bathrooms. you've probably seen his face. comedian miami bess kissell and at home every cabinet is a liquor cab it. it's joann nosuchinsky. and she's like a tooth paste on the floor. terrible joke, katherine timpf. but first welcome to trump tower of terror. [ screaming ] >> oh, yes. it's the scariest and funnest ride on earth. once you get on, you may never get off. last weekend in chicago, total chaos. last weekend, a march to trump city. they shut the road to trump's rally. this weekend in utah, more protests except it was calmer. what's missing? alcohol. it's utah, after all. good for them. also this lady who's probably still shouting somewhere in a chicago park. >> aren't you quite aware by holding that video camera on me that you are surrounded by your live ledge, right? take your privilege somewhere else, please, all right? because your

mistakes in this election are really high, so last night on "the circus" we featured a dinner that mark mckinnon i attended with some hardened veteran republicans of the establishment variety at a steakhouse in washington, d.c. on k street to get their takes on what exactly is happening with their party. >> everybody around this table that i know, we have been in every presidential campaign since 1980 in various degrees. trump's problem, you don't know what his compass is. >> how problematic is that for the future of the party? >> before it's all over, hugely problematic. >> people say, why don't you republicans do something about this guy? i'm sorry, this is not the soviet union. we cannot call a meeting and decide that trump is out. >> and we hate that. >> trump is doing well for one reason. he understands the climate and culture of america today better than anyone at this table. mark: how do you feel that the republican nominee could be something that you don't know? >> republicans. we are respective of authority, we fall in line. >> he is not articulate, poised, informed. all he has going fo

mark mckinnon, he's advised george w. bush, john mccain.on kaufman ess a white house adviser to george herbert walker bush and was an adviser to mitt romney. and a poster, worked on campaigns for 53 congressman and for the anti trump super pac, our principals. mr. mckinnon, isn't your fault, meaning the establishment fault, because you ceded control of the partly to men with microphones and happy to take the benefit of what they were delivering. and now you've got this. >> we do. we found the six members of the establishment left in washington. they were very generous by joining us for dinner and being very candid about their assessment of the situation. the most interesting thing about that meeting is, we had six people and there were six different opinions. >> to my point, you reap what you sow. >> well, i would agree with that. i'm a guy that's been saying for years we may have to burn down the republican house to rebuild it. we could talk for an hour about that. but what's clear is the establishment doesn't have a clear idea about what

on the eve of super tuesday, we talk to mark halperin, john heilemann and mark mckinnon about how the race looks and the consequences of who wins and loses. >> one it's conceivable. one at one point really the front runner. they are really the front are youers right now and they could both have such big nights tomorrow that you could wake up on march 2nd on wednesday morning and have both of them be in a prohibitive place. >> which would one firm on the democratic side we have evolution and on the republican side we have a revolution. >> rose: we complete this evening as we begin a new series about apple, a series about a conversation that asks a question why is apple apple. we begin this evening with the ceo tim cook. >> it's the people and the culture. and the culture here is this very unique blend of idealism that anything is possible that we can be bold and humanity. everybody's fear wants to change the world and we do that through our product. >> rose: politics and apple when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg,

so you run "the circus" mark mckinnon.president? >> that's what donald trump has and the establishment does not. >> but there's a mathematical problem here. the problem the establishment has with trump and i don't know how we get around it. >> the most telling comment out of all of that came from ron kaufman who acknowledged donald trump has a much better sense of the country than the establishment. >> who were those people? i saw ron. >> if you had to pick six perfect representatives of the establishment, that's who they were. i mean, these are guys who have been around washington a long, long time, worked for reagan, worked for bush, worked for john mccain. if you had to pick the six top people to represent the establishment, that's who they'd pick. >> if you were casting a dramatic version of the establishment, it would look like that, guys sitting in a dark room. >> jon meacham, we've been talking about precedent. if he gets the delegate count all he has going for him is a lot of votes. [ laughter ] what -- i don't kno

mistakes in this election are really high, so last night on "the circus" we featured a dinner that mark mckinnonended with some hardened veteran republicans of the establishment variety at a steakhouse in washington, d.c. on k street to get their takes on what exactly is happening with their party. >> everybody around this table that i know, we have been in every presidential campaign since 1980 in various degrees. trump's problem, you don't know what his compass is. >> how problematic is that for the future of the party? >> before it's all over, hugely problematic. >> people say, why don't you republicans do something about this guy? i'm sorry, this is not the soviet union. we cannot call a meeting and decide that trump is out. >> and we hate that. >> trump is doing well for one reason. he understands the climate and culture of america today better than anyone at this table. mark: how do you feel that the republican nominee could be someone that none of you know? >> republicans. we are respective of authority, we fall in line. >> he is not articulate, poised, informed. all he has going for him

stakes in this election are really high, so last night on "the circus, we featured a dinner that mark mckinnonended with hardened veteran republicans at a steakhouse in the washington dc area. to get their sizzling takes and what is exactly happening with their party. >> everybody around this table that i know, we have been in every cap -- every presidential campaign since 1980 in varying degrees. in trump's problem, you don't know what his compass is. >> how problematic is that for the future of the party? over, it is is usually problematic. >> why don't you republicans do something about this guy? >> i am sorry. this is not the soviet union. you can't call a meeting and decide trump is out. >> and we hate that. [laughter] >> trump is doing well for one reason. he understands the climate and culture of america today better than any businessman. mark: how do you feel about that? the republican nominee may be someone none of you know. >> shellshocked. bewilder. republicans are a hierarchy. >> we fall in line and trump has interrupted that cycle. >> donald trump, no one thought he was a politica

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>> joining us now, mark mckinnon. also former chief media adviser to george w.ush's presidential campaigns. >> thank you. >> you can't understand when's happening with the donald trump movement as he calls it without going to a rally. >> i was stunned. working in politics for 30 years. it's a phenomenon. it's a movement. you see constituencies and people passionate, excited and you don't normally see at political rallies and not just angry old people. there's young people. blue collar, hard labor types. a lot of people normally democratic constituencies. he's building a different coalition. >> bret bair did a special where people were getting donald trump tattoos. >> last episode, a tattoo on the face. >> that is commitment. that's an unwavering voter. >> jane sanders and donald trump jr., he wasengaging, interesting, articulate. just started to be a surrogate for his dad up there in nevada and talking their language. >> all of the kids are great representatives. >> that says something about him. >> i have to work on my right now. they're good. very little. what

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the tv show "the circus" with mark halperin and mr. mckinnon was filming on tuesday morning.wo campaigns reacted so differently. watch this. >> you've got the call from your friend, you were scheduled to do is a bunch of morning show interviews by phone. did you consult anybody about what to say? did you talk to anybody? >> no. just -- look i say it from my heart and my brain. not just heart. it's heart and brain. and that's what i do. >> but in the midst of the huge national security tv you're on network shows. you get a call from your friends. >> i say what i think is appropriate. >> she's a political candidate. she's a former secretary of state so, you know, sort of how -- it's a tricky balance of talking about it, but, you know, sort of waiting and making -- not wanting to politicize it. she's particularly sensitive to that thing. but she goes into what do we do, what do we need to do mode? >> so that means calls back to brooklyn? >> the clinton campaign, it was like a 3:00 a.m. phone call and they called brooklyn. they got the team on the line, got the foreign policy adv