andowed by kendal unruh randy evans. then kristen johnson will preview monday's events. >> joining us on "newsmakers" is next, with kelly ward. the democratic director of the national campaign committee. and joining us with the questioning is david wasserman from the cook political report and sean sullivan who covers political races for the "washington post." let me begin with donald trump. how close will you be tying donald trump and his message to republican candidates running this fall? kelly: thank you for having me. that's exactly the right question to ask. for us, elections are about a contrast and elections are about meeting voters where they are and talking with them about how the election is going to impact their life. what we have seen this entire cycle is voters are viewing the 2016 election through donald trump. it is what they are thinking about. it is what they are talking about. as we pivot to the general election, they are solidifying with a think about him and starting to see the contrast between him and

host: randy evans, how do you respond to what she said about how the rnc operated last week and the wayhe rules committee? guest: i think maybe a little history lesson might be helpful. kind of interesting that i first met former speaker newt gingrich in 1976 as a history student learning from him at west georgia college. what we learned was that in the 1800s, largely, delegates gathered at the conventions and the delegates made the decisions. beginning with teddy roosevelt, there was a feeling that rather than have all of the power vested in powerbrokers, we should shift the power back to the people and have the people make the decisions that within be manifested or reflected in the delegates they chose, the instructions they gave those delegates, so that when they appeared at the convention, those delegates would reflect the views of the voters, not the powerbrokers. and,started in 1912 gradually, the proliferation of the number of primaries, caucuses are designed to bind delegates. the federal courts have consistently ruled that party rules govern over state rules. the net effect was

. >>> the rnc member randy evans joins me and also a member of the government convention rules committeefor coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. i want to get your reaction to senator bob corker removing himself as vice presidential candidate. your thoughts. >> well, i think it's one of the most important decision that any senator or governor or congressman can make. i think senator corker is very well respected and he knows he has an enormous job in front of him. i think he's content to let other folks carry the banner, because he has such important work in the senate. all these people are calling him wanting to be the vp pick. there have been other people who have taken themselves out of the running. is that concerning to you at all? >> there's no shortage of candidates who want to be the vice presidential nominee for donald trump. so no, it doesn't concern me at all. it gives me great confidence to know people are willing to put the country ahead of their own ambitions and own abilities to get a higher job. i think senator corker is a good example of that. >> you are

political reporter for "the daily caller," and randy evans, former senior advisor for the newt gingrichtial campaign in 2012. i appreciate you being with us on this night immense tragedy and death and injury in nice, france. randy, so much media attention being focused on the upcoming convention. so much on what is becoming quote-unquote the trump platform. many people thought we wouldn't see this. but is this platform in your view taking a far more aggressive approach to dealing with radical islamist terrorism against the backdrop of what we are seeing take place both here in the youth most recently in orlando, now with these event in nice, france? >> lou, it is. the platform is reflective of the strong conviction of donald trump that we have got to do something. we can't face tragedies like this by retreating to a golf course or refusing to lock arms with our allies and colleagues across europe. the platform takes a tough approach in protecting americans. you can hear that in the passion of donald trump's voice when he talked to gretta. lou: talking about his comment, referring -- and

undetermined, according to trump delegate vote counter and georgia republican national committeeman randy evanswho said trump now has 890 committed out of the 1237 delegates needed to win. 680 oppose trump, with 900 others who may go either way. so theoretically, the never-trump crowd still has a chance to stop him, but the vast majority of gop officials are skeptical, because there's no credible alternative having stepped forward, should the delegates reject trump at the convention. >> and the party's stacked the deck here. that's a real long shot. >> trump's team is very confident that the never-trump attempts to undo him won't work. it's a long shot. it's theoretical, it's going to take a huge push in less than a week and a half. >> carl, thank you. >>> we are less than two weeks away from the start of the republican convention in cleveland. tonight, we're getting a better sense of what donald trump may have planned for that big event. most of the news has not, however, come from the campaign itself. but from others attending. chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us with what he'

georgia, randy evans. linda herrin. guam john james -- donna jones. hawaii nathan -- >> present -- >> idaho. laura gravas. i'm getting closer. illinois john cabello. indiana john hayman. >> here. >> myles -- >> here. >> thank you. iowa. -- i'm sorry i forgot -- thank you. steve scheffler from iowa. kansas kelly -- beverly. kentucky ralph -- >> yeah. >> kelly nightcraft. louisiana gwen bowman. ross little. maine, alex -- >> here. >> maryann kinne. >> here. >> maryland nickolai ambross. massachusetts jenna fogarty. vincent devito. michigan judy swabeck. matt hall. minnesota cindy pugh. david aspen. >> here. >> mississippi -- barber. missouri -- tricia tomlis. montana anita. nebraska troy simmons. nevada dana orrick. jordan russ. >> present. >> thank you, sir. steve dupree. louisiana christine scirano. new mexico rosie -- new york jennifer rich. north carolina -- thomas stock. north dakota. >> here. ohio. jo ann davidson. oklahoma gary jones. megan widmer. oregon. solomon -- chris beretta. pennsylvania joyce haas. lawrence -- puerto rico. rhode island st

this comes, by the way, from the republican national committee person from the state of georgia, randy evansmr. evans is the whip counter, the person who is actually counting delegates for trump, and the reason the pop trumper type is have hope is according to evans trump has committed del tellings totaling 890. considerly short of the 1237 needed to win he theoretically won during the primary process, put evans says it's 890. there are 680 delegates according to the trump counters who are opposed to trump. that leaves 900 other delegates out there who could theoretically make it possible for trump to get stopped. but a lot of most republicans are step kick cal about this and ultimate -- skeptical about this because no credible alternative has stepped forward. ted cruz, the texas senator who hung in until the last with john kashich, had a meeting with trump today in washington and it's presumed that this will be an endorsement. john kashich has said virtually nothing other than he wishes trump was not the nominee. so even the wound held on the longest against him aren't stepping forward. mit

randy evans from georgia. i think it accurately reflects in fact how the rnc has operated, but also it clarifies it in such a way so that we can eliminate any overlap that might otherwise exist. in order, by having a delegated power, you can segregate out and say this is what the chair will do, these are the assigned responsibilities that i'd like the co-chair to do and it makes the operation move a lot more efficiently and operate better. >> mr. little? >> madam chairman, we attempted to do something like this in the standing committee on rules of the rnc for the last couple of years. i think this effectively solves a problem that we were thinking of and i'm in support of it. >> thank you. mr. ash. >> thank you, madam chairman. this is an elegant solution to something we've talked about a lot of times at standing committee without going into some of the glass ceiling issues that we seem to have constantly got bogged down. i completely endorse this solution. thank you, ma'am. >>ty, sir. is there anyone else wh

. >> randy evans from georgia. i would like to echo mr. ryder's comments. if we don't create suppose speethese speed breaks, we could be here indefinitely. much like the first motion to postpone, it set a very clear deadline. if we reach this, and mr. blackwell says i'd like to move to postpone again, we could set it up. but it does set up targets to get our work done. it's critically important to keep deadlines in place. i thought the chair did a great job of saying, eliminate what is not in dispute. break it into three groups, and once we're finished, let's push it aside. so, i would urge those to vote no to mr. blackwell's motion. >> mr. ashe? >> mr. blackwell's motion was completely in order. i think you concurred, irrespective of the keconcern, let's have a vote for this. we ought to vote in the affirmative, and if the negotiations are still going on, we'll take care of it at that point. thank you, ma'am. >> thank you. although, i suppose that unnecessary blather is in the eye of the beholder. all right. we have had a motion made -- >> question, parlia

our guests include elizabeth on them and randy evans. that's tomorrow live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> good afternoon. day before the cattle comes down for the republican national isvention and cleveland making preparations for his first political convention since 1960. the local arena, known as the pew, the home of nba champions. it will host the delegates, alternates, and party activists 's. c-span will be your place to watch the convention and for the next hour, we will preview the politics and logistics of the upcoming convention. we will begin with steve sully on the floor of the convention center. steve: thanks for being here with us. be with you, steve. about somes talk events and then we will talk politics. the crew in turkey, is that an indication of how uncertain the world is? of this?ghts on all >> it's a manifestation of the lakh of leadership. i met with the prior prime minister and we talked about this and the danger that the muslim brotherhood is still very active. this is a fluid situation. do not have a plan in syria. .e do not have a plan for isi

georgia, randy evans. >> no. >> speaker movement, thanks. uam. -- g donna jones. hawaii. nathan p. >> no. >> idaho. >> yes. illinois. >> no. >> demetra, indiana. john hammond. >> no. >> no. >> iowa. >> yes. >> stephen. >> no. >> kansas. >> no. >> kentucky. kelly kraft. louisiana. >> yes. >> ross little. maine. marianne kenny. maryland. >> yes. massachusetts. >> no. >> michigan. judy. >> no. >> matt, minnesota. >> yes. >> mississippi. >> no, sir. >> missouri. >> no. >> patricia thomas. >> no. >> montana. >> yes. >> nebraska. >> no. >> nevada. jordan ross. >> no. >> new hampshire. >> no! >> new jersey. >> no. serotta.ine > new mexic. rosie trip. ralph. >> no. >> north carolina. >> yes. ck.thomas sto north dakota. ohio. >> no. >> oklahoma. gary jones. megan winburn. oregon. >> guess. -- yes. >> puerto rico. rhode island. >> yes. >> south carolina. moore. south dakota. >> no. >> tennessee. betty cannon. texas. save? -- steve? >> no. >> utah, mike lee. vermont. >> no. >> no. virgin islands? valerie. >> abstain. virginia. >> yes. >> washington. >> yes. west virginia. >> no. ste

randy evans is with us. he's rnc rules committee member. very important guy. andy. >> thank you for having me. do you think that donald trump can be stopped by the never trump people? >> not at thisoint. the combination of the rnc delegates and of the donald trump delegates are well over two-thirds and they'll control-- >> to your knowledge will there be attempts to change the rules in any way to make the never trump people more powerful? >> no, there will be a lot of noise and rules made and they'll try to pass a rule, i think, who the vp is, but-- >> really? >> they don't have the votes. >> they'll try to change the rules so they will have input who donald trump's vice-president will be. >> exactly or take people away from them. stuart: how would that work? >> it's a lot of noise. the never trump people are just out there and they have some delegates on floor, but don't have enough to make a difference and what's the delegate count, stuart, over two-thirds under the house rules. you can call to question or shut down the debate. stuart: you can do that and how

rules committee member randy evans of georgia tells the paper, there are just about 890 delegates personally delegates in play. anti-trump delegates need to sway -- >> okay. alex, so what have you got on don king? come on, what have you got on don king? listen, i met him y like him. very interesting person to call out. >> the report said he was convicted of second degree murder in 1966. the judge reduced the sentence to, reduced it to nonnegligent manslaughter and served four years in prison. >> i think what trump is talking about is his beating the system as a self-made man. >> i don't know what he's talking about. i want him to speak at my convention. >> yesterday, in a tweet yesterday trump slid back the release of convention speaker scheduled, "let today be devoted to crooked hillary and the rigged system under which we live." this as representativess of ted cruz denied and after he'd be saying he would be honored to speak at the convention, marco rubio said he'll be a no-show. he has to focus on his re-election instead. does he want to be in the senate? >> no, he hates the senate. he sa

randy: a young author from boston is having a magical year. a book signing at the mattapan library yesterday. "five: my magic number" is dedicated to boston police commissioner william evans. why is five so magical? well, ashton plays five instruments, speaks five languages, and plays five sports. he is now in the running for the guinness book of world records as the youngest published male author. erika: five times smarter -- [laughter] erika: wow, that is incredible. cindy: imagine that 10. speaking of numbers, we are so far behind in rainfall. a severe drought across a good portion of the area. welcome rainfall today for sure, but it may come down too hard in southeastern massachusetts. it could lead to poor drainage and flash flooding. the heavy rain in southeastern massachusetts. right now, you can see it is getting organized south of long island, and we have a steadier rain pushing through a good portion of the area. it really is light rain in most areas, darker greens and yellows showing up with pockets of moderate downpour. it looks like lighter rain is falling, 77 degrees, but wow is it humid. a very muggy start. rain tapers off. the skies they brighten up more t