you have priebus taking a phone call. i'm not seeing any press conferences or truly public activities here. the public outcries need to come from the candidates running against donald trump. that's the leadership they should be taking. the opportunity is now. they are all building toward the teem part of the base. they are worried about where the base is in this primary and if they continue down this road which they will they've shown no interest in changing the policies. it is tied to the teem. and that will never win a general election in this country. >> all right. appreciate all of your time only the. coming up an historic day in south carolina as governor nicki haley signs a bill to remove the confederate flag from state grounds. plus, we'll pause for a minute as presidents 42 and 43 join up in dallas only the. and a look back at the vault in some vintage donald trump moments. will his past positions prove he has nowhere to go but down? and finally, does jeb bush really think the formula for a robust economy is as si

priebus is from. people here in the midwest tend to speak in niceties.don't. and i can say that as somebody who's from new jersey right across the river. so somebody a republican here i was talking to today, said maybe trump just didn't understand the language priebus was speaking. because he was maybe being too nice for trump to get it. but clearly he wasn't harsh. and there's the context of this that number one, priebus and trump have known each other for a while. trump has been a donor. and also mr. priebus is the republican party chair so he does have to walk a very fine line. he is neutral in this republican primary race. so he really has to be careful in picking up the phone and calling any of the candidates saying please do something differently. because that really isn't technically his role. although in this particular case because he has been so forthright in trying to change the way republicans are perceived in the hispanic community, especially since the 2012 election when mitt romney only won 27% of that vote this particular issue might be a

reporting on my call with reince priebus.tes said i hit a nerve doing well end." we have former reagan white house political director jeffrey lord. wonderful to have you both on. what a day. this is after the tweet. they are saying hey, no big deal, you just touched a nerve. what did he say to you? >> he was giving a completely different narrative than what he said. he was basically talking about this as a congratulatory call saying that reince priebus called him to talk about how well he is doing in the polls and to really just say, wow, i've never said anything like that. but we can see more in this clip. >> okay. let's listen. >> it was a very nice call. you saw how well we went to number one in various polls. he talked about how well we're doing and how we have literally not seen anything like this and it was a very nice call. it lasted for probably ten minutes, maybe a couple minutes more than that. and that was the end of the call. >> yeah. so as you can see there, i mean he said congratulatory call so many times. he sa

and there's good reason for reince priebus to be concerned. mitt romney in 2012 won a higher share of the white vote than ronald reagan in 1980 and lost by 5 million votes. in 2016 virtually guarantees the minority share will be larger than in 2012. meaning the republicans have to improve their white vote over the first white democratic nominee ever or if you look at outreach since 2012 the republican house refused to bring it up. 26 republican states are suing to block president obama's action executive action on immigration. and now for the first time, which you didn't have in 2012, you have rick santorum scott walker and mike huckabee talking be about reducing legal immigration. trump comes at the end of a long steps of republicans that is pushing back against what priebus called for after 2012 the outreach. and now they face a new challenge with his very kind of volatile language. >> we are also talking about sanctuary cities because, in part of the tragedy that happened in san francisco and presidential candidates are having to weigh in i

i'm afraid for reince priebus' sake that that man can't be controlled. that's why i say the republican party can't dump trump. basically he's playing the party. he had none of these views before coming into this election season. and he said, all right, what do i need to do to catch the attention of the republican primary electorate. and he picked immigration. he's hitting it very hard getting a lot of attention. he knows that's what he needs to do to bump himself up into the polls to get onto the debate stage. it happens to be the exact opposite of what i heard him saying 15 years ago when he thought he was going to run for president with the reform party. he's a fraud but he's playing the party and the republican primary electorate very well. >> rich, you're a republican strategist. do you believe that donald trump is a fraud, as characterized by dana there? >> well indeed this great line some are poll numbers for novelty candidates such as trump tend to be as perishable as ice cream cones. i think that's exactly what we're seeing. people are more sophi

this is what donald trump tweeted, totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus. called me, ten minutes, said i hit a nerve. doing well. end. the rnc chairman reince priebus called donald trump yesterday, sources tell cnn, and reportedly asked that presidential candidate to tone down the inflammatory remarks about undocumented immigrants, worried it could hurt the republican party. as the republican party and trump go back and forth, the billionaire businessman is standing by his derogatory comments about who is crossing the border and what they're up to when they do. listen to what he told our anderson cooper last night. >> you talk about their reports. i have to look at a bunch of studies here that say there's actually no correlation between illegal immigration and crime. >> you're not a baby. you're not a baby. illegal immigrants coming in are causing tremendous problems. in terms of crime, in terms of murder, in terms of rape, in terms of lots of other things. >> northwestern university cited by "the washington post" says essentially no correlation between ill

he said priebus was suggesting he should tone it down generally but at the same time saying priebus understands that's trump's brand. so they've got a lot of different people to try to make happy here and they're walking a fine line. >> they sure are. anderson cooper, who had the interview with donald trump, joining us now. anderson you're hearing this discussion that happened. you interviewed donald trump. do you get a sense that he might tone it down? >> i don't see him toning it down. i mean certainly he seems to be doubling down if anything you know he is unapologetic about really everything he has said, even a tweet that was re-tweeted by trump or by somebody in his campaign, but on his twitter page and then deleted by trump because it was viewed as offensive to jeb bush and his wife. though it wasn't something trump said. it was something he re-tweeted. trump said he didn't authorize the tweet to go out but doesn't regret it he doesn't apologize for it. even though the tweet itself was deleted. it's rare that you will hear donald trump saying something negative, as you hear in that interv

the rnc is calling this a respectful conversation with trump and priebusreince priebus. they have to walk a thin line because of the presidential elections of 2012 is trying to make in-roads to the latino voters and the concerns is trump's comments is hurting as opposed to helping the gop. trump is saying priebus did not test ties and in fact the call was more congratulatory. it's important because the rnc did a study that's been described as an autopsy of the last presidential election and one of the big take aways is the republican candidates need to change the way they talk about the immigration issue. and new fallout at the hotel in washington, d.c. there were protests of trump at the site on thursday. this has more to do with trump's business partners backing out. the latest one is jeffery zakarian. the director of the plaza hotel in new york which trump used to own, but sold to a group in india. trump put out a statement saying the statements don't align with his personal core values and he wasn't able to move forward. another chef jose andres backed out of putting

it's not just reince priebus. but this is step one. the question is once he rejects these offers to tone it down, which it looks like he will what will they do in step two? now he's got carte blanche to go public. >> the alarm bells continue to blare inside the republican party. karl rove warns in "the wall street journal" op-ed page that trump could become the 2016 version of missouri representative todd akin who tarnished the party in 2012 thanks to his statements about rape. peggy noonan warns that donald trump is an unstable element inserted into an unsettled environment. sooner or later will there will be a boom. an unnamed operative told the examiner that trump is a suicide bomber. kathleen parker, so chuck todd says there is a next phase potentially here in what the republican establishment can do to donald trump. but when this becomes more direct, when this becomes more confrontational, it seems to me that one of the things that trump is capitalizing here is the republican establishment, the priebus, the mccains they're the sel

the chairman reince priebus called trump to complain to him.ebus saying he has quote spent four years trying to make in-roads with the hispanic community. this over a trump hotel project that according to the washington post that project has undocumented immigrants working at the construction site. cnn's joe johns is in washington with more on that. >> reporter: john and christine, a rare moment of uncertainty for donald trump. the presidential candidate known for speaking his mind and decisive lively about a range of projects. one going up in washington, d.c. where he hired a top management company to oversee the job. questions have been raised about whether any of the workers on the site are undocumented immigrants. it is a real issue especially in light of the campaign kickoff and comments of mexican immigrant immigrants. in an interview, trump gave an honest answer about employees on the projects in general. admitting he cannot say for certain there are no illegal immigrants on any of the jobs. >> can you guarantee that you don't have illeg

not so fast reince priebus, donald trump will say what he wants. "all in" starts right now. >> there's nothing to apologize for. >> good evening from york. i'm chris hayes. tonight is the last night that the confederate battle flag will fly above the grounds of the carolina state capital. after a last ditch attempt by house members to preserve the status quo, resulting in an intense and impassioned floor debate lasting into the night governor haley signed the law today. take the flag down from the state grounds and put it in a nearby museum. >> tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., we will see the confederate flag come down. we are a state that believes in tradition. we're a state that believes in history. we're a state that believes in respect. so we will bring it down with dignity and we will make sure that it is put in its rightful place. >> bill passed handily in the carolina senate two days ago amid outrage and grief over a massacre at emanuel amy carried out by white supreme sis to embrace the flag, it looked like it was on its way to a pretty easy

reince priebus called donald trump.was returning the call. >> they had a long relationship. >> what does that phone call signal if anything to you? does it mean there's real concern inside the republican party? >> there's a lot more going on than just donald trump talking about immigration. they're worried about donors act haves, the chairman of the party are worried that trump's outsizability to get coverage and drive the debate will not be a problem this week but on many issues going forward. he's unlike anyone else who has ever run for president, and the republican party cannot control him. it's up i think, to the candidates to decide if they want to take him on. taking him on is a huge risk. if no one takes him on he can dominate the news every week. >> what's the risk of taking him on? >> he has millions of dollars. he can run negative ads, and in a 16-person field, if you take trump on he can probably take you down with him. you may take him down but he'll take you down and someone else will benefit from it. >> do

tweeting today, totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus.called me ten minutes, said i hit a nerve, doing well and that was in. what really happened? we don't know. but i imagine it went something like this. >> we don't have to agree with each other on every single issue 100% of the time. but those particular comments not helpful. >> there's nothing to apologize for. there's nothing to apologize for. >> it's not just what you say. it is how we say it. >> people like what i say. they agree with what i say. i have had tremendous success. >> we have to do a lot better job and do a lot more to make up ground in minority communities. >> if i get the nomination i'll win the latino vote. i will win it. because i'll create jobs. >> joining me now is crystal ball. saying it didn't happen like that. and that he hit a nerve. i'm sure he did. that's probably not going to be disputed. what is your take on this? >> according to donald trump, reince priebus is calling to congratulate him. it is very funny. the two very different notions of this conversatio

chairman reince priebus called trump to complain. priebus saying he has quote spent four years trying to make in-roads with the hispanic community. according to the washington post trump's project in washington, d.c. has undocumented immigrants working at the site. we have cnn's joe johns with more on that. >> reporter: john and christine, a rare moment of uncertainty for donald trump. the presidential candidate known for speaking his mind and decisively about issues. it is about the construction project and one going up in washington d.c. where he hired a top management company to oversee the job. questions raised over any of the workers on-site are undocumented immigrants. it is a real issue in light of the trump comments at the campaign kickoff about mexican immigrants who cross the border into the u.s. trump gave an honest answer about employes on the construction projects. he admitted he cannot say for certain there are no illegal immigrants on any of the jobs. >> can you guarantee you don't have illegal or undocumented workers

the problem is priebus can't control donald trump, his party can't escape him.ce but weigh in on trump and immigrants and their propensities to rape and murder, a huge headache for gop. today it was john boehner's turn. >> i disagree with mr. trump's comments. frankly i think when you look at the presidential candidates, they have all pretty well made their position clear. this has become the biggest political football i've seen in my political career, this issue of immigration and what to do about it. >> here is the thing to understand about donald trump. he seems to be popular, leads in a poll, leads it. he's been near the top of other polls. in this incredibly diffuse field it doesn't do much to do well at the campaign. he's historically unpopular candidate. polls show a whopping 57% of republicans have an unfavorable view of trump. the numbers among all voters are worse. one may poll showed net favorability rating among all voters minus 55, far worse than any other candidate. a february poll showed vladimir putin his favorability rating minus 58 just three p

after that he said reince priebus knows better than to lecture me. we're not dealing with a five-star army general here. he's also stomping on the republican party for good measure. the republican party does seem to be getting on their hind legs to take care of the donald trump problem, the problem they created with fox news, a lot of republican party substantive candidates are not going to be allowed to compete for the nomination, allowed to compete in the debates. neither of those efforts seem to be working. despite those efforts we're still basically exactly where we were. where we were this time two nights ago marveling over the fact lindsey graham trying to bring up his poll numbers to get into the debates. trying to bring up numbers sending out campaign solicitation with subject line brad pitt. mentioned brad pitt by name, once, twice, three times. if he can't make national poll numbers on his own terms, maybe mentioning brad pitt can help him get national poll numbers. with same thing keeping out of contention his own friend sent out e-mail so

if i was priebus i would have a conversation with trump.blem, of course is that these conversations never stay in a vacuum. they blow up and so you have donald trump taking to tweeter to twitter to refute them. >> as you know other gop candidates are criticized for not having weighed in on this debate more quickly. how much damage does republican party think he's already done in this regard? >> i suppose they could have weighed in more quickly. it does say something that it took sort oferta, the mattress company, to weigh in before the candidates did. on the flip side we have to ask every single republican in the presidential field, and there are many, what they think about every crazy thing that donald trump says. that's a tough predicament for all of them. i do feel bad in a way. if you look at it broadly, i think the damage that he's doing is almost the entirety of the field except for maybe perhaps jeb bush who you know as the front-runner, comes off looking a bit more stately. he comes off being able to use himself as a foil against tr

the rnc is calling this a respectful conversation with trump and reince priebus.ave thato walk a thin line after the 2012 election. the concern is trump's comments are hurting as opposed to helping. trump is saying that chairman priebus did not chastise him per se and in fact the call was more congratulatory. trump is admitting the subject of comments did come up in the brief conversation. it is important because the rnc did a study that is described as autopsy of the last presidential election and one take away is republican candidates needed to change the way they talk about the immigration issue. meanwhile, the fallout continues at the new hotel trump is putting up in washington, d.c. protests against trump at the site on thursday. the fallout at the hotel has more to do with trump's business partners on the project who are backing out. latest one to do so is jeffery zakarian. the director of the plaza hotel in new york which trump used to own, but sold to a business group in india. he was teed up to put a new restaurant in the hotel, but said trump's statement

reince priebus called the real estate mogul on wednesday, but not before a candid sitdown with katy tur. more now from katy. >> more political fallout for donald trump after rnc chairman reince priebus called trump wednesday asking him to tone down his controversial rhetoric on immigration. >> it was a candid conversation. donald trump was asked to soften his tone on immigration, but we're not sure he listened. his advisers say he'll continue to fight on. >> and more financial fallout as a celebrity chef backed out of a deal to open a restaurant in trump's d.c. hotel. it comes after trump doubled down on his comments on immigration. >> i will win the latino vote because i'm going to put them to work. i will attack jobs back from china, take jobs back from japan. >> in a wide ranging no-holds-barred interview where he's making news and getting reaction. on twitter, donald trump has changed the conversation. this is a very good thing. it was a waste of viewers' time all day with trump's tribe. enough already. from mexico and immigration -- >> they send them to our stupid politicians and w

priebus telling him to tone it down. should very done it?i think that's what we would want our rnc chairman to do. he is a very qualified guy. he has had a really good run at the rnc. he knows his business. i think however the phone call happened whoever called who or who called who back is of no moment. the fact that america knows that the chairman of the republican national committee talked to trump and said this is not being helpful, that's about all he could do. you can't give him -- i think that was helpful for him to do that. i think it was helpful for the rnc to talk about the fact that the phone call happened. >> you know what's interesting, matt you mentioned debates many donald trump is going to make the cut. he will be on the first cut. he will be on the main stage with bush and walker and rubio and everybody else. some are saying gop leaders should kick him out. should they take that stand? should they say anybody can run for president and the voters are the ones who decide? >> absolutely not. you cannot exclude him. they said yo

priebus reportedly told trump to tone down his rhetoric.oday trump said it was a congratulatory call. it wasn't a lecturing type calm he's going to lecture me? give me a break. joining us is california state senator isadore hall sponsoring the anti-trump resolution and the communication drerkt for emily's list. josh barrow msnbc contributor and eugene writer political writer for the "washington post." tell us how the resolution came about. >> first of all, california is a place where we allow ourselves to celebrate diversity. a state of inclusiveness. when we heard of donald trump's egregious statements against latinos, immigrants, undocumented immigrants we took offense to that because we celebrate diversity in california. the largest population of immigrants in the nation reside here in california. so i decided along with the state senate was time for california to stand up for our undocumented immigrants and our immigrants to tell donald trump this is not a place, particularly california, let alone the nation where we are going to allow

in the meantime rnc chairman reince priebus spoke to the donald days ago. he joins us. >> hey greta, how are you? >> what's with all the name calling in the republican party. >> i believe in reagan's commandment. as the party we have to keep our eye on the prides and unified as a party. the prize that we need to be keeping our eye on is hillary clinton. i'm tired of the name calling, from everybody. and i think it needs to stop. i think from whatever source from every place the name calling needs to stop and we have to"[)á ñg;pxx1r+uj("a9 f,v jfihsgao/>8/@e6uecílu8@s <7+ñ9$[ yx be thrown around. donald trump throwing around a lot. other candidates biting back or taking the first swing. >> well, look, i don't really talk about personal calls to candidates because otherwise, who would want to talk to someone their calls. >> it sounds like it's herding cats right now. your job is herding cats. >> it's a little bit like that. when you look at polling and see that hillary clinton is losing to candidates in key battleground states straight up with her 100% name i

that's why priebus reached out to trump. they want to make sure they have a coalition for the future that includes millennial young voter, hispanics. a whole different part of america, not just the traditional republican base. that's why trump's comments have alarmed some quarters of the gop while some activists are cheering him. >> and you have the parallels drawn here. i want to read you something that karl rove wrote about donald trump. he write, plcht trump could become the 2016 version of missouri representative todd aiken who tarnished the gop prand brand in 2013 with an offensive statement. republican leaders like mitt romney on down immediately condemned his words but swing voters were persuaded that every republican believed what there. akin said. do you think he could be a todd aiken now? >> key question on my mind as well when i spoke to mr. trufr. you really want to fight on. he said he's going the fight on. he says he's going to continue to make hires. he framed his campaign as a serious one and one that will co

trump is tamping down on reports the gop national committee chairman reince priebus expressed concern over trump's controversial comments over undocumented immigrants. the call was congratulatory but priebus admits it hit a nerve. >>> bill clinton spoke to the inaugural class of leadership program in dallas last night. they said they wanted the campaign to steer away from personal attacks and be a meaningful discussion of the issues. >> we've got to kind of rise above anger to answers, that rise above recentsentment to a real job. if you get the job the next day it doesn't matter what was wrong with the opponent and the election. you're on your own. >> i know jeb and i'm confident secretary hillary will elevate to this course. i can't attest to their surrogate. i can attest to this surrogate. i'm not going to be a surrogate. >> the former presidents also compared notes on being grandfathers.e over mcdonald's minion toy that's using very adult language. this is the "cbs morning news." harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about levemir®. vo: levemir® is an injectable insu

a source telling cnn that reince priebus told trump to tone it down when it comes to his immigrationack again retweeting or tweeting this totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus. he called me ten minutes, said i hit a nerve. doing well end. so john do you think trump is going to tone it down? >> no. that's not his m.o. he's living in a trump centric universe in which there is no way -- that would defeat his whole process. of course it's going to give reince priebus and the responsible republicans heartburn because he's torpedoing any chance of them making real inroads into the latino vote the longer he stays on the stage, but to ross' earlier point, this really also becomes a gut check for the republican party. when you have a conservative populace who gravitate to a guy like donald trump and these appeals, that's also a problem in the party. while jeb may benefit from saying look i'm not dangerously crazy like that guy, that's also not a positive winning message. it creates a crisis of conscience for the republican party on how to deal with trump. >> one of the reason

reince priebus said he needs to tone down his inflammatory comments.oday, trump called the washington post to set the record straight. trump did concede that he told them to tone it down a little bit. if the mainstream party wants to control him, can they? mark: no, they cannot. priebus called because he is under a lot of pressure, but in terms of these debates, trump plays by his own rules. i think it is going to take, as i wrote on bloombergpolitics.com today, it is going to take one of the other presidential candidates, probably a heavyweight to take trump on or he will continue to do what he wants to do on a range of issues. the fact that he is choosing to go to arizona to give a speech on immigration tell you everything about the prospect he will tone it down. al: you know, mark, i don't think his malicious comments about immigrants are going to hurt the republican party about a year from now. he will be talking about a lot of other things. i predict that like most bullies he will cower and step out. but i think he is playing the race card. this i

yesterday the washington post reported that reince priebus said he needs to tone down his inflammatoryomments. but today trump called the washington post to set the record straight claiming it was the rnc chairman that was congratulatory. although he conceded he was told to tone it down little bit. meanwhile, john mccain says that his comments were offensive. if the mainstream republican party wants to control him, can they? mark: easiest question. no they cannot. priebus called because he is under a lot of pressure, but in terms of these debates, trump plays by his own rules and i think it is going to take as i , wrote on bloombergpolitics.com today, it is going to take another heavyweight to take him on or he will continue to do what he wants to do on a range of issues. the fact that he wants to go to arizona to give a speech on immigration does not indicate he will tone it down. -- that he will turn it down. al: you know, mark, i don't think his malicious comments about immigrants are going to hurt the republican party about a year from now. people are going to be talking about a lo

donald trump pushing back against reports that republican national committee chairman priebus asked himetoric about undocumented immigrants. >> we didn't discuss that. he did say, perhaps you could tone it down a little bit, if that's possible but i also know it's your personality and you are who you are and that's the way it is. >> reporter: trump said the call was quick and positive. >> it was a very brief call and it was a very nice call and it was more of a grat la tore call than anything else. >> reporter: but a republican source tells cnn's dana bash that priebus talked with trump about a range of issues and voiced concerns about the damage he's doing to the republican brand. >> they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists, and some i assume are good people. >> reporter: according to the source priebus told trump, "look, i got to tell you, i spent four years trying to make inroads with the hispanic community. how we address immigration is very important to winning back hispanics politically." >> those particular comments are not helpful. >> reporter: meanwhile,

he tweeted totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus.tes, said i hit a, quote, nerve. doing well end. so this is donald trump's version much how the events went down. one thing i would say is the republican national committee has a whole set of communications officials. they send out e-mails every morning about the stories they're reading. the number one story on the list was "the washington post" story about this exact call about reince priebus telling donald trump to tone it down. so the idea that that didn't happen the idea that it's totally fabricated i'm not sure why the rn crnc would be pumping it out as the hop headline of the day if it didn't happen. >> all right, sara. still to come. take a look at this picture. this is a huge mystery to police. a little girl's body found near the beach on boston harbor and despite a massive media campaign police say no one has come forward claiming to know who the girl could be. the strange case of baby dough after the break. you know your dentures can move, unlike natural teeth. try fixodent p

trump admits reince priebus asked him to tone down his remarks but said that priebus congratulated himsurge in the polls. priebus declined to comment on trump's version of events. before that call trump sat down with our anderson cooper for a one-on-one interview. here's what he had to say about his opponents when it comes to that issue, immigration. >> let me read you what your fellow republicans have said. bush said trump is wrong. he is doing this to inflate and draw attention. >> so look. bush is weak on immigration. forget about his stance on common core which is a total disaster. he's very weak on immigration and that's his prerogative if that is what he wants to be but he doesn't get. >> it marco rubio, trumps comments are defensive and inaccurate and divisive. >> marco rubio is extremely weak on immigration. he toughens his stance because his poll numbers went down. if he ever got elected you would have people flowing across the boarder. >> rick perry i was offended by his remarks. he will have to to defend those remarks. i will stand up and say they are. >> i could be more off

. >> what i hear lindsey graham say i don't here priebus say. >> priebus did call mr.and did tell him to tone down his rhetoric. if you want to run you augmentought to talk about what you are for. how you are going to strengthen borders and make sure we have a strong homeland. not say that a certain group of people are rapist or the criminals. there is legitimate debate to be had but i think he's going about it the wrong way. and one last point to caroline. i'm sorry. all the tea party folks aren't racist. they don't fuel racism. >> i never say that. chris park ears research conformed they are -- >> that's nonsense. >> the tea party stands for taxed enough already. there are people who say the government is is far too intrusive. far too big and far too overreaching. look at obamacare. >> i didn't say that. >> you probably haven't met one, have you. >> of course i have. but i didn't say that. there is research documents tea party members hold greater racial threat than other members of the republican party. you should know this based on your work for that party. >> i th

he said totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus. he called me.minutes, said i hit a nerve. doing well, end. >> gop source had said that priebus had told trump to tamp down the rhetoric because they're worried it could hurt the republican party with hispanic voters, but trump is standing by his comments, no surprise to all of you, that he's made about who is crossing the border. here is what he told anderson cooper. >> number one, i wouldn't even think about anything until i built a wall impenetrable. there would be nobody coming into this country illegally. that's number one. number two, i would get the ones that are criminals, drug dealers, and the people that are forced in by mexico, and you know exactly what i'm talking about because mexico is smarter and sharper and more cunning and, frankly, have much better negotiators than we have. >> let's talk more about thiswn. it's great to see you. thank you so much for joining us. i want to get your take. clearly there is a bit of confusion maybe about what was said on this call between donald trump

tweeting with 140 character limitation totally false reporting on my call with reince priebus.called me, 10 minutes said i hit a nerve doing well end. karl rove joins us. good evening sir. >> good evening greta. >> and the rnc spokesperson bay the way said it was respectful conversation. none the less, i would have the fly on the wall for that one. how about you? >> i would have, too. look, each one got something out of this that they wanted. reince priebus got a chance to have a story in the "the washington post" where he is seen admonishing a republican presidential candidate to tone down his language and donald trump gets to send out a tweet saying conversation went great. on to the next subject. >>> republican candidate between navigate the waters with donald trump getting a commanding lead in a lot of the polls. >> i think it's two things. they face a choice when he says something like this. do they agree with him believing that -- i think every one of them believes that ultimately he will not be the nominee so do you agree with him in order to sort of be there to get his

uncomfortable or like a reince priebus, dynamic leader of the republican party. mr.city he's known as, i understand. do you think trump should tone it down? >> he should pay attention to phrasing, ventured into new arena here, and it's a different arenthan the one he's accustomed to, and brazenness has always served him very, very well and many respects service him well right now. he lacks a couth, finesse, he's got rough edges when it comes to the arena of politics. but he's striking a chord with the american people, you're hearing this also lou, and hearing it from the radio and a lot of people. he's striking a chord with people, he's a no-nonsense, we're on your show. he is no-nonsense, he cuts right to it. what he's saying is from the heart, it's essentially the truth, and he doesn't sound like one of the politicians who holds his hands just so and refuses to use that word and uses that word instead. he's not polite company, but he cuts to the chase. lou: the other thing here, it's a question i ask congressman blackburn earlier, when i want both of you to respond

the "washington post" has reported the chairman of the republican party reince priebus spent nearly anr on the phone with donald trump. nearly an hour on the phone with him tonight urging him to tone down his inflammatory comments about immigration. amazing. reince priebus gesture come according to the "washington post," comes at the urging of increasingly worried party leaders. so if they're trying to get him to tone it down, one question is whether mr. trump will respond to that. the other question is whether or not republican leaders are out of step with republican vote orders this. because republican voters seem to like donald trump. donald trump today has just placed first in a statewide republican poll. ppp has just released its findings of a poll of republican voters in north carolina. and north carolina republican voters picked donald trump as the first choice for president by a pretty large margin. first choice. joining us now, tom jensen, from the poll which conducted the poll. thanks very much for being here. it is nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> so i don't mean to b

this is priebus' nightmare, wolf.nted to have sort of a serious, sedate race about issues a lot of candidates in the republican field who have a lot of ideas and instead what they're talking about are donald trump's comments about rapists coming in over the border. and what some of these candidates will do i believe, is start using donald trump as a foil because they can attack him without taking him too seriously. and they will start using him as a foil and say that's not what the republican party stands for. that's what george pataki just did. george pataki is way, way down in the polls. donald trump is taking up all the oxygen in the room right now and so from pataki's point of view he can come out and say, you know what that is wrong. he should not say that. this is not what our party stands for. and as chris christie was saying if you're a party that wants to win more than 27% of the hispanic vote because you have to if you want to win the presidency you know you've got to start taking on donald trump. >> donald

media was buzzing after it was reveal the 2016 candidate donald trump and the rnc chairman reince priebus spoke on the phone. media outlets made it appear donald trump was scolded by priebus and told to quote, tone down his rhetoric. joining us to explain, presidential candidate donald trump. is that true? were you told to tone it down? >> not at all. he is a really nice guy. he is working very hard. first of all they said it was like a 45-minute or maybe an hour phone call and the maximum that it could have been was 12 or 13 minutes. he really called to congratulate me in being number one in a lot of polls. and i guess the new poll came out right now from the economist, number one again. and you know people are agreeing with what i say. so he called very simple to say unbelievable. that he's never seen anything quite like it. and he couldn't have been nicer. i don't know how this story got out. nobody called us for verification. and honestly i can't blame him. unless he gave out the story which is possible. probably he did. but he's working hard. he's doing a good job. he had a big loss

they're not lobbying reince priebus. they don't care what polls reince priebus calculates. they care what roger ailes has. he's supplanted the republican party, and we're seeing it happen. do you agree, robert? >> for at least this debate. the next network that has it will have the same power over the criteria of who gets on the stage or not. i think your point about an a weak party is powerful. it's reflected by the summer of discontent. you have a coup attempt in the house, a senator calling the majority leader in the senate a liar, trump lating is the polls, this is a -- >> i would also just jump in for a sect and say one of the is other things, if you look at the communications director of the own op-ed in "wall street journal" about the debates, and he is expressly saying there's nothing the rnc can do, which i don't totally agree with. i think the rnc has some capacity, but basically he's saying that fox is setting all of the rules and calling all of the shots, which is a tricky situation, definitely for candidates to navigate, because they do have to lobby ailes dire

but here they got that right and you also heard reince priebus on wednesday say black lives matter inrban league as well. jeb bush on the other hand has not said it. and he has been dismissive of it calling it a political slogan. >> reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. hillary clinton did refer to one of jeb bush's super pacs right to rise. let me play the clip. >> i don't think you can credibly say that everyone has a right to rise and then say you're for phasing out medicare or for repealing obamacare. people can't rise if they can't afford health care. they can't rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on. they can't rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education. and you cannot seriously talk about the right to rise and support laws that deny the right to vote. [ applause ] >> clearly references all to jeb bush. >> no question. in florida of all things. it's like we're fast forwarding to a hypothetical general election in a key battleground of florida. but that was strategic on secretary clinton's part using the thematic ri

republicans are sounding an alarm led by ryan priebus over a 2009 e-mail exchange from secretary hillary who wrote to her personal e-mail about an injury she suffered. they issued this press release, saying axelrod is busted because he said he didn't know about the private e-mail. >> what do you think about bill daily not knowing about the server? is that unusual, is that an issue? >> it is unusual. he was the chief of staff. i confess, i was there i was the senior adviser, i didn't know that as well. >> so if you did find out when you were there, would you say, hey, whoa, wait a minute, guys, should we all talk about this? would you flag it? >> i might have asked a few questions about that. >> in a tweet today, axelrod responded. as i said before, i knew hrc had private e-mail. i did not know she used it exclusively or had her own server. it seems to me, the republicans, since they started the iraq war, they're in the business of conflating. here there's a message back and forth to her on a private e-mail and that you knew about the server. your response? seems to me you're already clea

one call two very different stories, donald trump pushing back against reports that reince priebus askedhim to back off his rhetoric. >> no we didn't discuss it. he did say perhaps you could tone it down a little bit if that's possible but i know it's your personality and you are who you are, but that's the way it is. >> reporter: trump says the call was quick and positive. >> it was a very brief call a very nice call more the a congratulatory call than anything else. >> reporter: but a republican source tense cnn tells dana bash that they spoke about a range of issues and about the damage he's doing to the republican brand. >> they're bringing drugs, they're rapists and some are good people. >> according to the source priebus said, look i gotta tell you, i've spent four years masse inroads. how we address immigration is very important to winning back hispanics reply kale. >> lindsey graham agreed in an interview with jake tapper. >> my party is in a hole with hispanics. the first rule of politics when you're in a hole is stop digging. somebody need to take the shovel out of the donald t