host: stuart rothenberg an nathan gonzales -- and nathan gonzales of the rothenberg & gonzales political report. tell us about this report. guest: it goes back to the 1980's. we always covered house and senate campaigns in details. we need 150 to 200 candidates election cycle, and the usually come in for an hour. we start with dana birth, what you do for a living, what was her up reading like, where did you go to to -- what was your up bringing like, where did you go to school? we go through all of these things. how much money did you race? what are your positions on issues? at the end of the hour, we get a good idea of who these strong candidates are and who the week candidates are. we have been doing that for many many years. host: you look at all of these races as well. guest: we focus on the ones that are most competitive, but we are constantly evaluating how safe or vulnerable they are. we get into this notion thetimes that ratings in year or spring, early summer that they are seconds set in st. and theycle goes on date up with us in a specific position, we change our ratings and ov

host: stuart rothenberg an nathan gonzales -- and nathan gonzales of the rothenberg & gonzales political report. tell us about this report. guest: it goes back to the 1980's. we always covered house and senate campaigns in details. we need 150 to 200 candidates election cycle, and the usually come in for an hour. we start with dana birth, what you do for a living, what was her up reading like, where did you go to school, what was your like, where did your to school? we go through all of these things. how much money did you race? what are your positions on issues? at the end of the hour, we get a good idea of who these strong candidates are and who the week candidates are. we have been doing that for many many years. host: you look at all of these races as well. guest: we focus on the ones that are most competitive, but we are constantly evaluating how safe or vulnerable they are. we get into this notion sometimes that ratings in the year or spring, early summer that they are set in stone. as the cycle goes on and the date up with us in a specific position, we change our ratings and overa

stuart rothenberg and nathan gonzales joining us. colleen from utah, good morning on the independent line. you are on with our guests. caller: thank you, good morning, gentlemen.

morning, a political roundtable on the 20 16th house stuartate elections with rothenberg and nathan gonzales. dr. emmanuel from the university discussesvania antibiotic resistance and how this is leading to superbugs. stokely, athor of " the" looks at the life of civil rights activist carmichael. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. host: good morning. it's the "washington journal" for june 5. donald trump is lending his voice to support north carolina republican renee elmers in her race for congress. a series of robo calls began yesterday. it's the first time donald trump has supported a congressional candidate. hillary clinton is reportedly won the virgin islands primary, california, and five other states hold their primary on tuesday. former president bill clinton expected to speak at muhammad ali's funeral later this week, also reportedly going to attend the funeral senator orrin hatch, republican of utah, a long-time friend of the boxing legend. the senate is expected to take up a

stuart rothenberg and nathan gonzales joining us. colleen from utah, good morning on the independent line. you are on with our guests. caller: thank you, good morning, gentlemen. been interesting. there's a lot of great topics. i have been wondering in talking with my friends. the gentleman from new york is different from utah. ofave the same couple aboutons, particularly the down ballot races. we talk a lot about nothing being done with the exception of the first year of president obama's presidency. and the republicans literally digging in their heels saying, no to everything and no compromise. it has been frustrating. it seems like the tea party did ushered in an era of antigovernment, and they were in the republican party. it did grab a certain amount of the anger, the trump movement has grabbed an uglier part. as a strategy, if any of the democrats are planning on using that reasoning to the american people, and regarding, and then specifically regarding the gerrymandering that is gone on with the house district? in utah, we wen