thank you, nick gass, for being with us. >> thank you. >> and this week on the "the communicators," fcc commissioner michael o'reilly, republican. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. i want to start with an issue the fcc worked on and that is the charter-time warner merger. why were conditions put on the merger? >> that item is still before the commission so i should be careful. i can tell you i have personally voted on the matter but it is before us so i have to be careful on exactly what i say about such a proceeding. >> host: when you say you have voted on the matter, how did you vote? >> guest: that part is to be released during a certain time period so it will come forward in the next couple weeks. >> host: what your philosophy on the conditions? >> my approach to mergers is similar to a number of republican viewpoints. we have charges in the statute and they are transferring wire licenses in this case and we have a number of licenses that different companies own and hold. in that review, something we have required to do to make sure the new party is able to hold

. >> nick gass, what concerns do sources have within the republican party of trying to bring together the party in cleveland and moving ahead to the general election? >> i think the main concerns are the ones that chairman pree talked about and that is making sure the trump campaign is on board with their proposal and platform. they want to present a united front as possible given the circumstances they have a candidate who is fairly different from what most republicans in the establishment like but they don't want to completely throw him out or do anything that could harmful to him in terms of rules because that would not reflect favorable on the party as a whole. >> donald trump pivoting to the general and lashing out of everyone. thank you, nick gass, for being with us. >> thank you. >> and this week on the "the communicators," fcc commissioner michael o'reilly, republican. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. i want to start with an issue the fcc worked on and that is the charter-time warner merger. why were conditions put on the merger? >> that item is still befo

the reporting of nick gass at politico.com. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >>> primary season continues in two states tomorrow. nebraska holds the gop primary sand republicans and democrats go to the polls in west virginia. we'll have live results shortly after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >>> and we'll hear from both of the democratic candidates, hillary clinton holding a rally in louisville, kentucky, scheduled to get underway live on c-span 2 at 6:15 p.m. eastern. live on c-span, bernie sanders speaks to supports in salem, oregon, our coverage set to begin at 10:00 p.m. >>> recently our campaign 2016 bus made a visit to pennsylvania during the primary. stopping at grove city college, slippery rock university, washington and jefferson college and harrisburg area community college where students and professors and local officials learned about our road to the white house coverage and our online resources covering the campaign trail found at c-span.org. visitors were also abl

give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states -- >>> at politico.com, nick gass writes donald trump is still in battle mode. he is joining us on the fiend here in washington. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> as your piece points out, donald trump is essentially lashing out at everyone, including those within his own party. so how does he unite the gop or is that not a priority for him? >> it would not appear to be a priority at this point. he even indicated that the traditional sense of uniting party might not even be necess

>>> at politico.com, nick gass writes donald trump is still in battle mode. he is joining us on the fiend here in washington. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> as your piece points out, donald trump is essentially lashing out at everyone, including those within his own party. so how does he unite the gop or is that not a priority for him? >> it would not appear to be a priority at this point. he even indicated that the traditional sense of uniting party might not even be necessary based on the interviews he gave on sunday, he seems to indicate that what he's been doing all along is working and that he wouldn't really deviate from what he's been doing. so interesting to keep that in mind, considering he said he would be more presidential, as we shifted toward the general election, but obviously that has not come to pass. >> let me follow up on the back and forth between speaker ryan and donald trump. speaker saying he would step down as convention chair if the nominee asked mim to do so. there is a key meeting this week on capitol hil

the reporting of nick gass at politico.com. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >>> primary season continues in two states tomorrow. nebraska holds the gop primary sand republicans and democrats go to the polls in west virginia. we'll have live results shortly after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >>> and we'll hear from both of the democratic candidates, hillary clinton holding a rally in louisville, kentucky, scheduled to get underway live on c-span 2 at 6:15 p.m. eastern. live on c-span, bernie sanders speaks to supports in salem, oregon, our coverage set to begin at 10:00 p.m. >>> recently our campaign 2016 bus made a visit to pennsylvania during the primary. stopping at grove city college, slippery rock university, washington and jefferson college and harrisburg area community college where students and professors and local officials learned about our road to the white house coverage and our online resources covering the campaign trail found at c-span.org. visitors were also abl