reince: thank you.nnie garth's remarks or 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and cofounder of tea party patriots, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> good afternoon. you know, the president of united states last addressed this gathering eight years ago. do the math. it was a different president then. as he sat in the oval office preparing for that speech he came across a phrase that confused him. he asked, what is this movement you keep talking about in this speech? the speechwriter, stunned, responded "the conservative movement." the one started back in the 1960's when the conservatives first took root. that apparently did not sit well with the president. let me tell you something. i whooped gary bauer's ass. there is no movement. i wish i had known that story eight years before this presidency, rather than eight years after. is it any doubt we started to doubt the republican party. a man claiming to be conservative. he did not govern as a conservative. [applause] he oversaw the

>> we is acknowledging he was meeting with reince priebus. we your outside in the alewhere you saw the motorcade pulling out. so we could not definitively say it was with reince priebus but there is no way that donald trump would have been in the rnc for 45 minutes to an hour with anyone other than the head of the rnc, reince priebus. and the fact is, he's got a lot of repair work to do. they have to bring this party together and there's got to be concern that down ballot races are in jeopardy. they could lose the senate. because of all of the controversial statements. we do know duncan hunter announced today he would be part after house leadership committee for donald trump. we know there's been very little congressional support for trump here in washington. that duncan hunter's spokesman said this moting, foreign policy meeting, which preceded the meeting at rnc today, has been previously scheduled. scheduled a week ago they said. bass not in response to the -- in the last 48 hours, in the interview with chris matthews, on foreign policy an

reince: we might have to find out. hillary clinton might not even be eligible to run by the time we get to november. [cheers] sean: are you prepared for that? evene: on the other front, in the house and the things paul ryan is talking about having an agenda, we did not have an agenda for years ago. he harped on that in a river being on the show continuously, but having the five things you believe in. what you going to do next quarter and go through those five things. let's talk about the next five things you did. having a legislative agenda. we also have to have a person on the ballot that people believe in that has a vision and people want to have a beer with. we also have to have an operation that can identify voters that are unique to presidential years and we can turn that into a better job in 2012 so we can win once and for all, say the supreme court for the next generation, and make undere get our debt bomb control and get our country back. sean: let me ask you the last question. i know it is on the minds of many

reince priebus reince: the point is, there is some drama. we know that. there is some intrigue. amount of enthusiasm. we called a program called republican leadership initiative. we have some people out there that are a part of it. we have over 10,000 people that have signed up for six weeks of training to be ready to go in all of the targeted turks that we have identified. sean: this is going to be new this presidential election. that is you have basically adopted what the democrats very wisely had adopted for barack obama, and that is targeting every voter in every county in every state, that when it comes election day, they will be getting calls and reminded to go out and vote, how important this election is. reince: exactly right, but we have to admit something. we are a midterm party that doesn't lose but we have a hard time electing presidents. we have to figure out how to win, but we had to win a cultural vote in this country. that is a different process. it requires total immersion, complete saturation in communities, in many cases that we do not represent in congress or

reince priebus is the chair of that. it is expected he will step down from that post in january of 2017. it was important that loyalty pledge that all candidates signed early on in the process when there were 17 people running to be the gop nominee. joining the conversation from washington, our msnbc analyst, former national spokesperson for ted cruz's campaign, rick, what do you make of this meeting and how important the relationship is between the rnc and presumed front-runner in donald trump in this moment in time after that town hall last night? >> well, the presumed front-runner or presumed nominee, and nobody reached that level, really gains control of the republican party. they become head of the republican party. so in one respect this could be donald trump coming over there to see this is how things will be when i'm in charge. i doubt that's it. i don't know if it is so much the loyalty pledge. those reince priebus has been known to call different candidates in camps to ask everyone to tone it down, keep it civi

why now, reince? why file the lawsuits now? >> we filed the original request six months ago, and under the law, you have to provide a reasonable amount of time in order for agencies and governments to comply with open records q. after many attempts, our lawsuit becomes ripe after a certain period of time. and we filed our complaint with the federal court and we went through the process of obtaining the documents, the employee's, text and e-mails. and they have not complied. i have worked in government work and other people know what it is all about. it is simple. citizens can request documents from elected officials and the law requires a response. the state department has not responded at all. and completely stone walled. and we are not the only ones who filed the lawsuit, the associate press, gawker and vice. you know the story. we are another group. >> when i spoke to judge napolitano said the lawsuit is redundantant and at risk for being fined for are redundantant litigation. there is other lawsuits that you mentioned that

it is interesting to hear reince priebus say no, the minority will not speak for the majority.majority of delegates. otherwise, you may not get the nomination. it is also worth noting he went on to say he doesn't expect someone who is not running for president to not get the nomination. he thinks ultimately the republican nominee will be donald trump, ted cruz or john kasich. he didn't say if donald trump gets close, that is good enough. he should automatically be the nominee. >> trump will outline his middle east policy. he will talk to republican leaders. making his case for why he is their guy. all this happening as there were the incidents of violence again at a trump gathering. protesters blocking a road to a big trump rally. you had a sucker punch seen around the world. donald trump says this about the violence at the events. >> these are professional agitators. someone who roped the block so people have to wait hours to get in, i think that is fair. there should be blame there too. when signs are lifted up with tremendous profanity on them. the worst profanity and you ha

he's said to be meeting with reince priebus right now.has complained over and over again about treatment by the republican national committee, and one could expect that's one of the things on the agenda as the two meet today. we will continue following this, and if he speaks to reporters as soon as he exits the building, we will bring that to you. there he is. you can see donald trump giving a big wave to the crowds there as he gets into his vehicle. not stopping to talk to anyone. again, he just emerged from the meeting with reince priebus, talking to the rnc, potentially about his treatment. we might anticipate hearing more from donald trump as the time goes on. he's getting ready to pull away there in his vehicle. he is in washington, d.c. today. said to be also meeting with some of his advisers on international issues. again, donald trump there leaving rnc headquarters. not talking to any reporters. reports meanwhile today that some of the country's biggest and best known companies are rethinking plans to sponsor the upcoming gop conv

reince priebus is a pragmatic guy. of experience or commonsense would be holding their breath as to actually pledge a sign to being honored, god forbid somebody do that. you know, this is getting nasty. this is getting nasty and i think the message out there to the three candidates is, look, folks, let's tone down the rhetoric. at some point we will all have to unite. we all have to come under the same tent or we are going to lose. those are basically to change the rhetoric, change the tone, he is the clear front-runner. it's time for him to start talking a unifying message, to start giving republicans like me some hope that maybe there is some room under a republican tent if he is the nominee. right now i don't see it. i don't feel it and it will be very difficult for it come august. >> tara, if mr. trump doesn't become a uniter, is it pretty clear to you at this point that the republican party is fractured beyond repair, that moderates and conservatives cannot exist within one party again? >> i think this is the one

reince priebus the chairman this and say we will come together in november. but you've got a sitting member of the u.s. senate from nebraska and it this sitting governor of massachusetts. both saying they will never support donald trump if he's the nominee. i've never seen anything like this. you cannot walk back some of the statements. i know the candidates last night said they would support donald trump if he was the nominee but you get the feeling like how can you really support someone you've called a comment and a fraud? >> we look forward to show. you can watch the full interview with reince priebus on facing south florida sunday morning at 11:30 here on cbs 4. >>> police make an arrest in the case of sulfur of the people pickpocketed at a local businesses. what the topic said the suspect told them about the victims are >>> the investigation into the allegations. >>> a south florida man sues marco rubio and ted cruz training they are not eligible to be president. a judge rules whether the case to move forward. >>> plenty of warm out there today. tempera

quote, had a very nice meeting with that reince priebus and the gop. looking forward to bringing the party together and it will happen. exclamation point. trump in d.c. meeting with some of his national security advisors the team he put in place to help him with issues of security and policy here at home and all across the globe. as far as other candidates go in this race, ted cruz not in wisconsin today, just like trump and kasich not here. they will be back tomorrow. ted cruz well-represented in the badger state. governor scott walker cut a tv spot airing here in wisconsin for cruz. walker announced his endorsement earlier this week. john kasich was in the northeast today. he leveled some of his harshest attacks on trump to date. where we are, you might wonder about all the farm equipment. this is the 56th annual show. we were talking with voters, throughout the day. very apparent what they're looking for here in wisconsin. at least as it relates to the agriculture industry. many voters are are talking abot change. >> everybody is looking for some ki

>>> john kasich and republican party chair reince priebus is here live. >>> plus, bernie's bounceback? >> we have a path toward victory. >> after big wins this weekend, can sanders steal hillary's momentum? bernie sanders joins us live. >>> and, an exclusive look at the fight against isis. >> there are jets, there are helicopters everywhere. >> martha raddatz, on board the "u.s.s. truman."

he just wrapped up a meeting with reince priebus. string of potentially damaging gaffes on abortion and national security. for ted cruz and john kasich, the hope is this rough week for trump marks a turning point in this campaign. even with his campaign in turmoil, donald trump was all smiles. criss-crossing washingtons in motorcade, trump sat downith top rnc officials behind closed doors. later vowing in a tweet that he will bring the party together. even as john kasich and ted cruz furiously try to block his road to the white house. >> i have to tell you that as commander in chief and leader of the free world, you don't get do-overs. you need to be able to get it right the first time. >> reporter: kasich nvd cruz are tag teaming trump over his comment that women should be punished if they undergo an abortion. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? yes or no, as a principle. >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> reporter: on a popular conservative wisconsin radio show, cruz attacked trump as uninfo

i'll ask the republican party chairman reince priebus. >>> seeking donations.eporting about a major turn around by trump. a source now telling us his self-funded campaign will go after big donors after trump secures the presidential nominati nomination. does the brash billionaire now planning a huge fund-raising scheme? fight night. the four remaining republican candidates facing off tonight for the first time since trump's slew of super tuesday victories. will marco rubio try to repeat the assault that seemed to throw trump a bit off balance in their last meet-up, and will ted cruz join in to unleash a political bloodbath? >>> answering questions. the u.s. justice department granting immunity to a hillary clinton staffer who set up her private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. an unexpected twist just ahead of the cnn democratic presidential debate in flint, michigan. will clinton herself be questioned as part of the fbi investigation? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situa

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>> reince is in a tough spot because he is not allowed to take sides. he needs to just represent the party and is sort of in a position where he needs to let the candidates run their own events. that said, over the course of this campaign, we've seen not just reince but paul ryan and mitt and other party leaders weigh in at different points when donald trump has been inflammatory. i'll be clear, the protesters don't have a right to disrupt an event. they have a right to free sfeecsfeec speech. that said, donald trump has been the one when speaking and seeing protesters at his rallies saying, i wish i could punch him in the face and set a tone that is not great. it's not a good reaction to that. a leader who is commanding a personality the way that trump does has a responsibility to condemn violence. he's doing it now but earlier in this campaign he wasn't. so the tone was set early on and he's now having to go back and correct that. as for reince and his responsibility, as i said, he's in a tough spot because he needs to remain neutral. >> focusing on t

good morning, reince. >> good morning, martha.ha: marco rubio says if he doesn't win florida, he is staying in the race. he thinks utah and arizona are good possibilities for him. we heard from john kasich moments ago, he said he is moving on to pennsylvania today regardless but he expects to win ohio. there is no sign anybody is packing it in. are we going to see a contested brokered convention here potentially? >> first of all, brokered is the not correct word. you can use the word contested or open convention, multiballot convention. look, it's possible. i think tonight is going to obviously be a pretty good indicator of that and maybe not even. it just depends where the delegates fall down the line. you don't know what intervening events can occur. hard to predict the future obviously. go ahead. martha: let me ask you this, if two of these candidates have delegates and don't release the delegates, how does that work? how long can they hold on to the delegates and if they see donald trump is not getting to 127 and they want to

reince priebus is here. here is what donald trump told "the o'reilly factor" about that closed door meeting. >> it was a very good meeting. we met with reince priebus and the staff they are very good people. actually a terrific meeting i think. it's really a unity meeting. we are leading by a lot. we have far and away the most delegates. millions and millions of votes more than anybody else than ted has than, you know, kasich has. and we really, i think they want it to really discuss, you any, unity and i like discussing unity, too. >> republican national committee chair reince priebus joins us, good evening, sir. >> hi, greta. >> how would you describe that meeting with donald trump today? >> i don't think that was far off. first of tall wasn't a surprise meeting. i night ruin the fun. >> when was it scheduled. >> days ago. >> that sounds like a little bit of a surprise. >> i hate to ruin the fun. when a can dot says i'm going to come in town have meetings want to stop by and say hello? no problem. let's ch

chair of the gop, reince priebus. you heard glenn beck who thinks your party is headed to civil war. >> well, look. we've got a process and i've said it repeatedly. whoever has the majority of delegates is going to be the nominee of our party. those delegates are -- are obviously in many cases bound to the outcomes of these primaries and caucuses and so, those are -- those are the rules that are laid out. there are no plans to undo the rules. or change the nomination process midstream. so, we're going to be 100% for the nominee, george. and so, that's where we're at. that's where i have always been. that's what i have always said. >> in the past, you have called the idea of a brokered convention an extreme hypothetical. after last night, it is a more real possibility that no one gets the 1237 they need before cleveland in july? >> you know, i highly doubt it, george. happening. it doesn't mean it's impossible. it just means that, you don't know what next week is going to bring. or the week after. or a month from now.

how do you think -- is reince priebus doing a great job here? it feels like no one feels that the gop is taking control of this. now the notion of rewriting the rules before the convention has a lot of people worried. >> i think of the national party like an offensive lineman at a football game. if they are not doing their job right, you can't win. charles: the quarterback is getting sacked over and over again. >> reince priebus is taking it from all ages, but he's a three-term chairman. he will wind up being the longest serving chairman in the republican party's history. they put on a great nominating contest. they are being transparent and open with what they are doing. they are not going to rig the rules. by the way, a plurality does not get you a nomination. the rnc would have to rig the rule are the in favor of a candidate who didn't get a majority. you didn't get a majority the delegates will decide it. that's what the rnc has been about. they haven't called balls and strikes and they let it play out. charles: here's the thing. we show whe

. >> reince priebus says the party will be behind the nominee. >> i think it depends who the nominee is. i think if the nominee is ted i think if the nominee is donald trump, it is impossible. there is a significant percentage of republicans who will not vote for him. they won't. they'll stay home before they vote for him. they find him to be offensive and vulgar and not a conservative. a man who never voted in a republican primary in his life and now wants to be the nominee for the republican party. if 15 or 20% of your own party doesn't vote for you, there is no way you can win a general election. we're ready behind as it is given the last two elections. we need someone who can nite the party, but also who can grow it. >> has thereeen any discussions to join forces against donald trump? >> no. that is stuff that people dream up. like something out of house of cards. i'm running for president. if that works out, i hope it does, with god's will, i'm prepared to do the job. florida is critical. whoever wins florida in my opinion, whoever wins the primary on tuesday in florida is proba

had a very nice meeting with reince priebus and the party at the gop. looking forward to bringing the party together and it will happen. what would it take for you to support him at this point? >> no, there's nothing he could possibly say for me. i look at this holistically in his 30-year record from statements that are quite offensive from race to women to just a character issue, the fact that he brags about playing to people's fantasies and selling them things, and just making comments about how stupid people are and how he's able to manipulate them. his record as a businessman i'm concerned about, how he stiffs small businesses, doesn't take responsibility for them. his basic temperament is a problem for me. look at all these things in totality. i don't care that he decides a year ago all of a sudden now he's pro-life, all of a sudden now he's against immigration, now he's against obamacare when he was for single payor at one poin point. i'm looking at these things in totality and i'm seeing them as a con and a sales job. everything i've seen coming

>>> a big meeting between the rnc's chairman, reince priebus, and donald trump today. what was discussed? some should ted cruz be worried. we report, you decide. >> roaring like a bunch of lions in march. the dow surging more than 7%, helping to turn a positive for the first quarter. the question is,er is this rally for here? larry says, it is, cal is not so sure. why aren't you sure? >> there's no catalyst in my opinion. you need a strong jobs report tomorrow, you need corporate earnings that have demonstrated significant traction in order -- we also need to calm down with the international community with respect to national security because the markets are paying close attention to that. and lastly, charles, you are in an election year, and historically election years the market does not do well. >> larry, we had the worst start in history to the market but we have been able to turn it around for a series of reasons. that last jobs report was considered good at 242,000. why is this real, larry? >> i think it's real -- back up and forget about the last six or seven mo

we met with reince priebus and the staff. a terrific meeting and it is really a unit meeting. we're leading by a lot. we have far and away the most delegates. >> who called the meeting? did you or did they? >> i think it was probably mutually called. we've been talking and dealing a lot. >> so i didn't let him stop right there. i asked him again. i wanted to know. did you call them or did they call you? >> you're very suspicious of this. >> i am. i literally got a call from the people high in the rnc twice yesterday. before o'reilly and after. they want to talk about whether they can change the rule. >> you've been saying you're afraid they are going to change the rule on trump. you have to hurry up. they want to us get out. >> go for it. i caught him as he was coming out. rnc meeting. and his tenor and demeanor was very telling. check it out. >> in a good way or a bad way? >> you have to tune in. >> a tease. >> anyway, watch. >> that would an american president in smoke weed? the coming up next. (patrick 1) what's it like to be the boss of you? (patrick 2) pretty great. (patr

the biggest applause at the convention was when reince priebus talked about beating hillary.a very united party. could we potentially have a multi-ballot convention? sure we could. it's rare it was threatened in 1976 by ronald reagan but it didn't happen. we no who we don't want and the policies that have failed for the last 7 1/2 years, and we know about the corruption of the clintons and why they are not fit to serve this country and scam billions of dollars as they have been doing during sick terry clinton's time as bill clinton raked in money leveraging her activities. charles: i get that there is a common foe, but i have to disagree with the party might be, particularly with the brokered convention. you have hashtags, never cruz, never trump. to look the other way i don't know will be the answer. encase itch is hinting he will say something in the next 24 hours saying he will never vote for donald trump if he's the nominee. that cannot help the party. >> he might vote for donald trump if he's the running-mate. you know, you are laughing, but let's think back. i'm old eno

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he said -- reince will be on greta van susteren's show on fox news tonight. check that out. >>> in the meantime, there is a new twist to tuesday's egyptair hijacking. new video emerged of saif eldin mustafa. here's the video. it depicts relaxed atmosphere. this bothered some people because they said this was a disgrace when british citizen ben ennis walked up to pose with a photo with the hijacker. guess what? as the selfie pictures emerged. the crew also took the photos in order to relay the appearance of the hijacker to authorities. so they kept the hijacker calm, said let's take photographs, calm you down, in essence they wanted to make sure this guy, that they have photographic evidence of exactly who he was. >>> moments ago, president obama wrapped up that bilateral meeting with xi jinping, part of the second day of talk of president obama's fourth and final nuclear summit as fears of nuclear terrorism are on the rise, and the concern that the islamic state could get its hands on nuclear weapons or nuclear material to build some sort of dirty bomb. how d

and so i, it's a prisoner's dilemma for reince priebus.ell you, it's got to be tough back room conversations with him right now. harris: i'd like to know exactly how they know just how unbound these delegates are. remember, dr. ben carson comes with a number of those unbound delegates. maybe not a huge number, but it starts the trend of others looking, you know, are there other people who have gotten out of the race that may step with a donald trump that just may have a few of those unbound delegates? it's hard to say. >> well, harris, you said it better than anybody, he's been playing this card game for a long period of time. harris: exactly. >> he hoe knows -- he knows their hand. my guess is he's going to galvanize those outsider delegates. they always talk about trump being below, at the 35, 40% number. what they fail to mention is that the outsider vote -- carly fiorina, ben carson, if you want to include ted cruz -- it's over 60%. if he becomes that outsider galvanizer, he's going to crush them. andrea: kirsten, it goes to the establ

god bless you, and let's have a great debate. >> that's reince priebus, the chairman of the rnc.et's bring back gloria borger and john king for a quick final thought. certainly an interesting message from him. >> the chairman of the republican party needs to state we're all going to be behind the nominee. that that's an open question this far into the process after this many debates tells you everything you need to know. there are still candidates on that stage and forces in the party who say we're going to try to block donald trump no matter what it takes and some people say publicly, i will never support him if he's the nominee. prince priebus as the chairman knows his party may fracture if the trajectory of donald trump continues. his party may yet fracture. he's trying to hold those pieces together. good luck. >> not only justice people who say they won't support donald trump but the former republican nominee for the presidency, mitt romney, has come out and said i will never support donald trump. so he had to do that tonight to sort of tell everyone we are going to be behind

this is all cause for the republican chairman reince priebus thinks professionals should deal with protesters, not campaign managers. a man at one of his arizona rallies sucker punched. miguel, christine. >> thank you, chris. the protester who got sucker punched at the rally is speaking out. the video shows bryan sanders escorted out of the building by security. when things got out of hand. listen to sanders describe what happened. >> i had a sign that said bad for america. it had trump with the confederate flag superimposed on his face. i had that in my hand. i had a peace sign up. the guy grabbed the sign out of my hand and sucker punched me. he got on top of me and hit me a couple more times. this is democracy. people that don't want us to be at the event, they should look deep inside themselves. this is what it brings. it's the '60s all over again. getting punched in the face is no problem. trump is not going to be in the white house. >> the man seen punching sanders on the video is 32-year-old tom pettaway. >>> donald trump and his two republican rivals making a push for votes before two

rnc chair reince priebus walked on the debate stage and tried to put a stop to all of it, emphasizinghe party is going to support the nominee, whoever it is, 100%. there's been a lot of discussion about the rules. but veteran political operative again ginben ginsburg helped wr the rules said there are now rules this time around. ben joins us to explain all this. he is an msnbc political analyst. ben, thank you so much for joining us. i'm sure it's been interesting for you to sit here and watch people refer to rules and say the rules will kick in when the rules are not in place. explain to us this procedure and why this elusive rule book is what's being thrown out there. >> well, there is a rule book, and part of the rules are in place. the way the nomination process is being run is in place now. the rules that we're talking about, though, are the rules that govern the operations of the convention. and each convention needs to write those rules under which it operates for itself. what was done in 2012 is not at all what the 2016 convention is required to do. it's sort of like a draft t

reince priebus went to new york and said look at donald trump signing this pledge. trump is dominating the news cycle saying, forget it, i'm not treated fairly. he has dominated this campaign and the news cycle day after day after day. and his campaign really is a complete rejection of the party establishment by the base, by the activist grassroots base. that's been happening for months if not years, and the idea that some sort of loyalty pledge might hold this party together, might have held it together, it's about time we disavow that notion. now people are saying it aloud. >> thank you both for being with me. >> i want to bring in steve lonegan, director for senator cruz's campaign in new jersey. steve, thank you for being with me. >> jose, thanks for having me. >> your thoughts and reaction to this whole backing down from that public pledge to support the gop nominee for cruz, how will this be playing out? he was pretty clear yesterday even though he's been talking about it for some days asdiscusr he doesn't plan to support trump. >> donald trump has continued t

lou: reince priebus, the wisconsin mafia, they are not going to be there boosting donald trump. >> i think critical thing, governor said i don't want to endorse yet, it is april 5 it is not far, i don't think that ryan will end up endorsing, but structure will go from -- where walker goes. lou: you know that structure of the state, considering paul ryan, reince priebus and scott walker from wisconsin, and who knows how many other functionaries that whole state app rat i apparatus is going to be behind ted cruz. >> i think cruz could win that state, it gives him added momentum, we still have a donny brook, i would still bet on trump having most delegates into the convention. they could get one-on-one, if they get kasich out of there. it could be closer race, but with kasich it is harder. lou: final phase for hillary clinton, fbi set to think about, questioning her. this is somewhat, seems to be protracted investigation when they are only now reaching out to the person who is the subject of your investigation. >> they are taking a deliberate approach. lou: fbi has gone slowly in every

lou: do you think that republican party, you heard reince priebus. i mean come on.tatus quo this is the establishment, clinging with breaking nails, brass -- grasping the last few inches of possibility they can stay in power, it is ugly to watch. >> you are so right, we have had candidates who have been the establishment candidates, for conservatives, people who said he is not our guy but here witnesses -- we're republicans, but we know he is better than the democrat alternative, but we're team players. any time, someone would say we don't want to support a john mccain or a mitt romney, these establishment would roll their eyes issue those very people are looking to to go around, it disappointing. lou: who is going to win tomorrow? as i said, cruz heavily favored issue kasich was 25% of the vote. for first time, it looks like donald trump may be an also-ran in utah, do you think that will change? >> not a winner-take-all state. i believe that you will see a lot of grassroots enthusiasm about donald trump, and a portion of delegates that will go to national conventio

he said, just had a very nice meeting with reince priebus and the gop.ng the party together and it will happen. rebecca, your reaction? we got to bring you in. >> sounds like the meeting went well. it's i think indicative of how much trump has changed over the course of this campaign, that he is now talking about uniting the party, tweeting out this very diplomatic really for him tweet about his meeting with reince priebus, just at the same time, really, in the same week that he has been warning the republican party against pulling any fast ones on him. he flamed up over this louisiana delegate selection process. where ted cruz's campaign went in and just by virtue of their better organization were able to come out with more delegates than trump. it looks like for now they've made peace. >> quickly, nia, rand paul is touting this big endorsement tomorrow. do we know anything about that? >> you know, i don't personally know anything about it. you know, we'll have to see. i think the story of endorsem t endorsements this year is that they really mattered.