he had a one-hour meeting with rance priebus, the chairman of the rnc, the rnc releasing a statement said that he had a positive discussion about the current state of the race and chairman priebus will be reaching out to every candidate who is remaining, who wants to have these type of discussions. john harwood heard from the trump camp, a conversation was mainly about delegates. delegate rules at the rnc convention in cleveland coming up in july and how the allocation process would move forward. i can report from communications with rnc official that this meeting was in fact scheduled last week, it was originally supposed to be ten minutes and ballooned into an hour, party unity also on the docket. so, a lot of things being discussed, presumably one would think that maybe rance priebus would suggest tone down the rhetoric to donald trump because, as you mentioned, chuck, in he are worried about that building behind me about his effect on down ballot races, the senate, the house in play. if you look at projections. but donald trump showing face here and for all accounts at least on th

john harwood, cnbc, rance priebus talked to donald trump about party unity. he also talked to donald trump about the delegate process, the allocation of delegates how the process would run within a contested convention and what that would mean for the future of the trump campaign and other campaigns. this united states something they're coming to a head now on, steve, because of the likelihood that a certainly a possibility. also today, the rnc started a website that talked about how a contested convention would run. convention facts, delegate facts and whatnot. so, certainly an interesting meeting. it went for about 45 minutes to an hour. donald trump giving a big wave to the crowd of people that had swarmed both entrance and exit to get a look at him, went on his way. but i can tell you, on good authority, steve, politically, donald trump is very worrisome for people in the building behind me of what effect it could have on down ballot races in the senate and the house but most of the conversation but was delegate process and what would happen if donald tru

to twitter just a few minutes ago, had this to say -- quote, just had a very nice meeting with rance priebusoking forward to bringing the party together, and it will happen. let's get right to washington, where that meeting took place. nbc's luke russert right there. you can see a bunch of reporters behind him, too. what do we know? donald trump, rnc chairman, what do we know about what took place in this meeting? >> reporter: let me correct you. there's some abortion rights protesters behind