that's where paul manford spoke. and the idea that paul manford raised he'll raise money for the candidates, raise money for the party but gee you listen to reince preibus, he's worried. he's worried that, in fact, one, trump won't be loyal to the party, he's loyal to the trump brand which is something distinct from conservatism or republican party. and two, there are people in the party who still will not vote for donald trump and they are in large numbers. so reince preibus and trump are saying hey let's unite we need to come together. can we find a way to make peace. that's why manford was holding out that olive branch. i know you didn't like what you saw from trump earlier but that's not the real donald trump. >> we have some tape from rents talking about the never trump movement. let's go for that. >> politics is a team sport. and we can't win unless we rally around whoever becomes our nominee. the rules say you have to have 1237 delegates to be the nominee. we aren't going to hand the nomination to anyone with

. >> he brought paul manford on board.he also has rick wiley who was the former political director of the rnc and had run governor walker's campaign and tim clark who is a veteran californian operative to run california. seems he's reaching out to some of these establishment types. >> corey has run his campaign from the beginning did a great job and didn't have the resources. most important thing now, by bringing more people in but trump's committed to put $25 million in these closing races. that's as much money he spent so far. hiring more staff. putting more money into the campaign not just the professionals. he's expanding the operation. >> somehow back in the '90s you ran ross perot's campaign. two billionaires with no political experience. brash. in your book you wrote this. a good president has to be secure with himself and perot is insecurity, incar nature. presidents need to be tough and perot can't take a punch. and he has no clue about how congress runs. he has zero appreciation for the constitutional role of con

already hired paul manford, who heaped gord ford win the convention fight in 1976. he has an apartment in trump tower but looks leak he is taking over trump's operations in d.c. and working on delegate gathering. fox news now confirm trump campaign staffers are manning meetings in washington next week, coming together to try to get more support from lawmakers. ted cruz is stepping up his ground game out west, quietly picking up del tellings in colorado and north dakota, where party insiders play a bigger role in the selection process. ted cruz has been campaigning in new york and donald trump is doing the same after cran -- canceling a trip to california. a new poll shows donald trump boating ted cruz in california, 39-32. also has john kashich with 17%. but california's republican primary isn't until june and new york's contest is weeks away and recent polls show trump is winning, more than half the vote in the empire state. john roberts is on fox's top story. live in brooklyn. >> reporter: brighton beach where ted cruz will be visiting a jewish center. back to don

they brought on this delegate hunter and convention manager in paul manford who is a very experienced hand, abobut whethee can fit into the trump campaign without conflict, it's an open question. we could see some conflicts. >> and they just brought that guy on. ted cruz has had people in all of these states. look at what happened in louisiana. look at what happened in north dakota. he's had people out there making promises. i know you got to do what you got to do on the first ballot. but on the second ballot, we will give you a blank, or we will offer you a blank, or give you this prize if you will on the second ballot, vote for ted cruz instead. donald trump does not have those people. those people have been hard at work, and it sounds like cruz has been able to bring the people together. if you still don't get to that, if it's not ted cruz on the second ballot, then they can vote for, i don't know, can they vote for paul ryan, if somebody's suggesting that? >> technically they could, unless the republican national rules committee at the convention were to write a rule saying, much

now, as we've discussed, trump already is bringing in old reagan bush hand paul manford to lead his delegateffort. there's a lot of talk that his role could expand at the expense of lewandowski and his current deputies, something to keep an eye on. that's it for "inside politics." we'll see you tuesday night for the wisconsin primary. up next, "state of the union." ♪ what if there was a paint that made you look at paint differently question everything you know and what you don't know what if it's built with better ingredients given super powers and even a secret base to test those powers. since benjamin moore reinvented paint, it makes you wonder is it still paint? find benjamin moore paint, only at one of our authorized retailers near you. if you have allergy congestion muddling through your morning is nothing new. introducing rhinocort® allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec®. powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. try new rhinocort® allergy spray. all day and all night. we rise above our differences. the right amount of garlic reigns supreme, and what separat

. >> rose: paul manford's job is to run the convention. >> count delegates. that is something trump has been behind on. if there is one vuller in able beyond his statementses on abortion and foreign policy, it is on organization. is he not winning the delegates at the state that stake place after the contests. >> rose: who has the most influence. >> his daughter, he vanga and his son eric an don, jr. are close to him. but he seas evanka as someone who has pois, as an outsider too, to the political process. will want dowsky has become a real-- lewandowski is a real loyist. another person, steve win, the casino magnate, a close friend of trump and helps connect trump with people in washington. i called up william j bennett, reagan's former education secretary and said he had a phone call with trump. i said who put you in touch with trump. he said steve win. i found this with other people, he had friends on wall street trying to connect him. >> rose: that what is interesting is steve win and donald trump were very exet nif atlantic city and a little in las vegas