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rnc reince priebus is next. coming up, you will rather from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he is going to talk to you off the record. yes. off the record. let's feed him to the sharks! squuuuack, let's feed him to the sharks! yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? squuuuack, they're all morons anyway! i never said that. they all smell bad too. no! you all smell wonderful! i smell bad! if you're a parrot, you repeat things. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. squuuuack, it's what you do. >>> developing right now, the trump campaign shakeup. this might be the sign of a new direction for the general election. so what is the rnc doing to help donald trump defeat secretary hillary clinton. ribs priebus goes "on the record." nice to see you, mr. chairman. >> hey, greta. >> how did you hear the news about corey lewandowski. >> i mean, look, i talk to the campaign over th

we are at quicken loans arena where the rnc is going to be. what's it going to be like with 50,000 people here? >> it's going to be crazy busy, crazy busy. lisa: this area inside and surrounding the arena will be closely guarded by secret service. it's the area outside the zone that kee president of the police patrolmen's association, up at night. >> you know i would love to be able to tell you guys that we're in a good place right now, and that we're ready for this. and uh, i can't, i can't. lisa: loomis' union represents 1,400 cleveland rank and file officers -- 600 of whom will be on convention duty -- manning checkpoints, monitoring traffic, and trying to keep a lid on violence. lisa: are you afraid your guys are going to get hurt? >> yeah, there's definitely going to be guys that are going to get hurt. but the city has a responsibility and a duty to make us as safe as possible by providing us the gear that we need to do the job, the training we need to do the job, and the numbers we need to do the job. lisa: loomis says with just five wee

the relationship between trump and rnc. he keeps going off on benders and they keep saying everything's fine. while trying to get him to stay in line. maybe even more accurate would be charlie sheen's relationship with cbs when they had a hit show and they knew they needed him, and he believed they needed him more than he needed them. and i think that's trump. and he wants their money, he wants their ground organization, he doesn't want to do anything for it, and his ego of course has grown every day since he moved into a leading position within that party. and they are helpless. >> you start to feel a sense of a hostage situation, e.j., with reince priebus tweeting from the plane, everything's fine! there's nothing to see here! but you have an rnc where republicans, prominent republicans, are either jumping off the trump ship or refusing to show and up campaign with him. how do you run a campaign that is at the end of the day a coordinated campaign if the republican sort of normal rear guard don't want to be seen with the

she says the rnc has a great relationship the trump campaign. mark: the debate continues.y on it and bring you the latest throughout the program. we will be right back. ♪ mark: thanks to our trio of cohost today. .comk out bloombergpolitics for a story on companies opting out of the convention. this having an effect on democrats as well. talking about the intersection of terrorism and ,ocial media -- a timely topic as they say. thanks for watching. we will be back here next week, channel.time, same bat until monday, sayonara. ♪ >> i'm mark crumpton. let's start with a check of your first word news. secretary carter is bashing the rebel forces in southern syria. he said they were fighting secretary state. e called russia's action problematic. they misused a channel that's intended to get air forces over syria. government forces have gained control over most of fa lugea. -- faluga. his troops control about 80% of the city with islamic state militants on the city's northern edge. the voice and data recorders from the egypt airplane that crash into the mediterranean are extens

their communications director for black media also quit working at the rnc in march. and that came right after the other two highest-ranking african-american staffers at the rnc also quit. their deputy press secretary and their senior strategist for media engagement also quit at rnc this year. nbc was first to report on the exodus of top-level black staffers at the rnc this spring. soon it was hard to ignoreress this is from "the root." "something unprecedented is happening at republican national committee, the rnc is losing its black staffers, all of them." so that was in march and april. then came may and june. as donald trump became the de facto republican nominee on may 3rd, he followed that up promptly on may 5th by this celebration of cinco de mayo. his i love hispanics happy taco bowl tweet. then he started attacking the highest-ranking latina in the republican party, the only latina governor ever in the history of this country. he started attacking governor susannah martinez of new mexico as lazy and slow-moving while he was campaigning in her home state. he r

romney people and rnc people. we're completely integrated.e efficient than four years ago. >> okay. so you're telling me that at the end of the day we'll see fund raising better than it seems to be now and the infrastructure better, before i go to the question to ask, i want to ask about infrastructure because i had reporting that the campaign had 70

usually the campaigns will match the rnc if not take the lead. donald trump and his team, essentially, just relying on the rnc to bolster them instead of finding way to work together and build out an effective plan. >> as the convention approaches take over the building but there's a lot of decisions to be made. as i understand it, there's a lot of decisions left to be made and the friction over those things is growing pretty high as well. there's some people at the rnc who went everything to be friendly, but as you just said, not everybody thinks it's so friendly. the next d is data. that's more national polling that continues to suggest donald trump is in trouble. many commentators are pointing out that the bragger in chief is taking to denouncing the polls as he did last night in dallas. how big a problem is it for trump that he can no longer go to his rallies and talk about how he's winning? >> we'll have to see. he did say in atlanta that he tau talked about these phony polls which is day a number of bad polls came out. it's an uncharacteris

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rnc chairman shawn spicer said all of the discussions about the rnc rules committee acting to undermine the presumptive nominee is silly. there is no organized effort, strategy or leader of the so-called movement. it is mog more than a media creation and a series of tweets. caitlin, is that the case, media creation and tweets? >> no. there are lots of republicans and particularly those who are delegates that "the washington post" reported saying that they want to figure out ways that they could voice their own conscience, right, voice their own concerns with donald trump being the nominee. that would have to be oh over thing has to be approved by the majority on the rules committee. this is going to be a very uphill battle really, and an unlikely won in terms of the outcome that they would like to achieve i think. you do have the rnc officially against those efforts. rnc chairman reince priebus was with donald trump for the fund-raiser in texas this week. you do sense among republicans and especially those who will be voting for him on the convention floor a concern about his candidacy.

right now, the campaign is completely reliant on the rnc.mp campaign issued a statement saying they have a great relationship with the rnc and reince priebus tweeted. >> we're getting word that president obama has left the location where he was meeting with families, and he is just now arriving -- he's in a motorcade expected to arrive in the next couple of minutes at the phillips center for the performing arts in orlando. as you know, the president's schedule today has been kept very close to the vest, it's very private. we know he's met with families. he'll be meeting at some point today with doctors, first responders, those involved in the attack over the weekend in orlando. you're looking at a live picture. looks like that's where we're awaiting the president's motorcade. we're also awaiting any remarks the president may make which will be taped and turned around and fed to the news outlets. we will bring those to you as soon as we have them. >>> the clinton campaign kicking off its first battleground advertising blitz since election day

i also noticed, wolf, interaction with the rnc because i'm a press member, i have been able to see rnc now i am seeing them in the trump campaign. that speaks to how close the rnc and trump campaign are starting to work together to go to november. >> what else are you hearing about what led up to this decision, it was a shock to a lot of people given that donald trump over so many months was loyal to corey lewandowski. what are you hearing about the role that ivanka trump and her husband and the two brothers may have played? >> i think they've always been his number one consultants. mr. trump has never hid that he receives a lot of advice personally and professionally because he respects his children. they have obviously been raised and have his best interest at heart in the campaign. now it is the country's best interest. i think it is wonderful. i think they always had a prominent role within the campaign. i think now they're ready to step up to it and be one of those folks. as you get close to the rnc, the rnc will be about him, about his character, about what he's accomplished and

rnc after this whole thing, elizabeth warren is out there, rnc calling a call to put on scott brown vanquished by elizabeth warren famously, to go back to the well of this somewhat i think ridiculous issue that was brought up in a patently offensive way in the campaign that donald trump has run with. what are you -- where are you? >> it's really stunning. if you look at the idea of elizabeth warren out there campaigning for clinton, clinton is reaching both her primary base and the general public. >> that's right. >> you contrast that with trump bringing out scott brown, who is attacking a surrogate with a line that is literally like fever swamp stuff, right? they're bereft. it really is -- it is stunning in many ways. >> it's also, to me, it was such an interesting thing to watch this official response, which was fairly standard, then trump fights back, you bring in scott brown and the rnc, it may end up being the case trump drags the rnc and party more towards him than he gets dragged towards being a regular candidate. >> of course. you saw every one of those candidates who went down in flam

according to two rnc aides who requested anonymity.sterday the rnc announced its new director of hispanic communications, helen aguirre ferea. she's deleted about a dozen tweets that were critical of trump. ferea is a former aide to jeb bush during his campaign against trump. it's understandable she took sides in that cam tine. we should note her anti-trump campaigns did continue after bush dropped out of the race. tweets like these from may. will donald trump drive miami cuban-americans from gop? new poll says yes. and, hispanic republicans caught in 2016 meat grinder, trump faces stiff opposition from hispanic republicans. this one from april, how donald trump's squeeze on immigrants will backfire. that one linked to an op ed in the "new york times" by economics professor will olney, making the case trump's antagonistic approach to mexico would be bad for the economy. in accepting the new job with the republican party ferea did not mention trump saying "proud to be joining the rnc at such a critical time." she'll have her work cut ou

i'm also told that he felt some mistrust between the rnc and trump campaign. that's understandable when you consider the stop trump efforts and war of the primary season. at some point, political professionals are able to make that turn and work together. i'm told that was a harder thing for lewandoski to do. i'm told that donald trump ultimately reached this decision by looking at the polling, looking at what he would acknowledge as a couple of very rough weeks for his campaign and while the candidate himself may be personally responsible for a lot of that lewandoski was also tasked trying to reach out to the party to build consensus and support for trump. that has not been going well. doing something dramatic and also signaling to the party, perhaps the media, voters and outside critics, trump would be willing to shake things up in order to try to show he wants to win and do what is necessary to win. for a man who prides himself on loyalty as trump does severing his ties to his campaign manager is not an easy thing to do but he wanted to demonstrate, i'm tol

the city has known for two years the rnc is coming. three months to get the ball rolling? mean, that is certain people's opinion. what is happening here in cleveland happens everywhere as well. lisa: philly has equipment. >> not all of eric what. with the exception of sophisticated radio equipment and some routine items, we are told philadelphia's flush with gear and have been training dnc. it is only that kind of practice that loomis says will keep the protesters between -- keep the peace between protesters and politics. leon: because the cleveland cavaliers played game six of the nba finals in the same arena, quicken loans arena, which is where the convention will be of thehe rnc lost two six weeks they typically get to prepare the venue for the convention. "sports sunday's -- degrees right now, we hit 90 degrees this afternoon, and another hot day tomorrow. hardlyte and radar, anything going on right now, mainly clear skies is the name of the game overnight, lots of sunshine early in the morning. nighttime lows in the 60's, mainly c

there's a joint finance agreement with the rnc. we are raising money for the rnc.cross america than ever before. all these things are being done but you wouldn't believe it if you listened to what you're hearing. >> all right. barry bennett, doug heye, margaret hoover, thank you so much for being with us. kate bolduan, thank you for the first mention of the word ointment on the 11:00 broadcast. >> does cream sound better? >>> coming up for us -- don't worry, guys, i'm not asking you any more questions on that one. she called trump a fraud, thin-skinned, and nasty, and tonight elizabeth warren is expected to call him racist during a speech, but is she at the same time auditioning to be clinton's running mate? >>. >>> plus the breaking news, bernie sanders at the white house in the building right now that you're looking at. >> show us the tree shot! >> meeting with the president right now. you can see reporters aligned waiting for the senator perhaps to come out, perhaps to tell us what was said behind closed doors, perhaps to give us news about what he intends to do

is the rnc getting nervous? >> one of the reasons that the rnc is nervous to be very clear is this time four years ago mitt romney was raising about $100 million a month. donald trump has said that he has an unconventional campaign, he doesn't need to raise at that pace, raising as much as $6 million last night in dallas, texas, but they are way behind on that front. there have been challenges between trump and his relationship as we've documented throughout the course of this campaign season with the rnc. that trump in effect has been brushing off the advice on messages from the rnc, that he's failed to staff up in the way the rnc has suggested. new reporting today basically suggesting that the rnc is overseeing infrastructure and organization. that's really what you need to get out the vote during a general election, that donald trump's team hasn't put the money behind that, especially in critical states like ohio, florida and virginia. so these are real challenges right now as trump has a series of fund-raise

microsoft another rnc donor in 2012 won't be contributing this time. products. coca-cola donated $75,000. >> brand are cautious around their messaging. if they back away from the rnc. >> advertising age managing editor says the political conventions still attract large audiences. >> marketers don't want to be involved with negativity and associated with a convention that potentially is perceived an alienating some audiences. >> she notes many sponsorships are locked upp advance. google still an rnc sponsor and so is facebook says its involvement is a matter of sieving duty. prosecutors in ohio could announce whether they will charge a mother whose son crawled into the gorilla cage at the cincinnati zoo. the gorilla, harambe was killed to protect the boy. the exhibit has been reinforced and will reopen. the mother has been dealing with online death threats. jamie yuccas reports. >> my son fell in with the gorilla. there is a male gorilla standing over him. i need some one to contact the zoo, please. >> among the callers, the boy's mother. >> okay. >> is

because the rnc runs their presidential candidate.t they also have to worry about everybody down-ticket. rnc has to worry about every federal race in the country to a certain extent. if they've got to run the presidential campaign, presumably that's bad news for senators like mark kirk, kelly ayotte, all these other people who were counting on party help for them, not just the presidential candidate. >> right, it is bad for them. and they're stuck. they have no power in this situation. and they're just sort of going to be stuck in the admit of it in no man's land. >> i can see the glee on your face watching this fall apart. there is a question as to whether this means it's completely going to fall apart or whether this means they're going to stop falling apart and get their act together. >> it could stop falling apart. and we have the convention to look forward to. >> frank rich, writer at large for "new york" magazine, always great to have you here. >>> lots more to come including the four vote in the senate tonight on gun reform iss

: rnc officials say they have been building modern grass roots organizations in key states for threett romney's devastating loss in 2012. >> what that allows the campaign to do like never before, integrate and rely on the rnc to lead that ground up and down the ticket. normally it is the campaign that's done it. >> reporter: the trump operation as of now is about 70 people, according to gop sources, far fewer than most republican nominees have had at this point, but republicans note add in the rnc 750 paid staffers who work for trump and other gop candidates, it's a different picture. >> doesn't matter what jersey they're wearing, if they help the ticket win in november, that's what really counts. >> reporter: some gop strategists that worked on traditional presidential campaigns say they're skeptical this approach will work. one source telling cnn they worry a critical piece of winning, targeting swing voters in key states could fall through the cracks. still, rnc officials tell cnn they currently have state directors and offices in 11 states, states strategists in both parties agre

the rnc is late to the game. there are 39 freedom of information act lawsuits against the state department. david: all from the same source? >> oy, no, no. from many different sources the most recent of which is the rnc quite frankly i thought the rnc was a little late to the game and was file piling on. i was wrong. they got an order from a judge to turn everything over. i don't know if they get anything new. what is new, the significance, the way law enforcement is treating the inspector general report. the inspector general report of mrs. clinton's behavior and misuse and abuse of emails for the four years she was secretary of state is utterly damning. it rejects every single defense she has offered. it reveals some other bizarre things, like, when the server in chappaqua went down, disabling her blackberry she refused the government blackberry, stated why. i don't want to deal with the freedom of information act. her blackberry was disabled on the 7th floor of the state department because it wasn't government

rnc chair reince priebus is here to talk about party unity. many complain its dysfunction in the rnc that allowed trump's rise. the one million or perhaps $1 billion question here is if any of these big donors are willing to actually do something about trump rather than just talk about how terrible his presidency would be. here's romney's finance direct fund-raiser 2012. >> is there an appetite for plan b? money for plan b? >> i think there would be money for plan b there would be an appetite for many people for a plan b. but i don't think there's an option for plan b. the process of donald trump has gone through the process, he will be the republican nominee. there's nobody that i've talked to that's planning a third-party run. >> folks here pushed back hard on the concept that this is a never-trump conference. but it is clear that those who are right at the center of the 2012 race are looking for a way to become relevant once again in 2016. bret? >> leland vitter live in park city. >>> well she's been called a firecracker who has unleashed h

at the last possible moment, someone who has followed all of the rules of the rnc, now, it's going token out from underneath his legs? that doesn't fair to me. >> mr. ash, our sources tell us that you put yourself up to be the rules committee chair. and that's why you wrote this letter. >> no, it's not a popularity contest about bruce ash. i represent hundreds of thousands of republican voters here in arizona, all 168 members of the rnc represent their republican constituents back home. what we want is a fair convention. the will of the voters should prevail at this convention. >> we'll have to see how this plays out and we appreciate you coming on the "real story." thank you. >>> third police officer found not guilty today in the death of freddie gray. officer goodison was found not guilty. we're reporting live in baltimore. where does this leave the fate of the three officers have yet to face trial. >> reporter: they're still slated for trial, one starting at the beginning of july, whether they're reconsidering the decision to try these other three. the fraternal order of police in

the rnc has done a great job overall.ump's fund raising numbers where they stand. you're not either. but why aren't people donating though? donald trump could write a number any minute if he wanted to bring those numbers up. >> we very first asked on social media. the facebook post, i saw it. the first e-mail went out to the house list today. with $2 million thing. that's the first time they've tried to raise money. >> not really. they were just in vegas for big dollar doe natinations? >> they did a sweep through texas, california, and in nevada. it's a split. but it's a lot of money. they already raised a lot more money than hillary did last month as well. but i mean, the next month, it will be totally different. >> you fund raised before but donald trump is saying two things at once. number one, i need the money badly. that's what the pitch is right now and i don't need the money. i could write myself a check if i had to. what is the message donors are getting? what works better? desperation or strength? >> strength. st

the rnc provides appropriate support. i think the chairman has done a tremendous job. >> they may not be able to control the nominee but they can certainly speak about the nominee and how they are handling themselves, how they are conducting things. >> sure. and the chairman has spoken about that. in the party, we have very differing views as to donald trump and the way that he's going about managing this campaign. i mean, we are the big tent party so they are going to be differing points of view. my concern here is i'm hearing all this talk about well, get rid of trump, get rid of trump. do we then say for all the voters who voted in the primary election, we don't care what your vote is, we are going to select who we want? that's a selection, not an election, and then so what do we want to do? get rid of trump and put someone else in there because we think this is a better person? that's not right. >> funny you should say that. i'm guessing ben might like to actually put somebody else in there rather than donald trump. i

>> because now he is joined in effort with the rnc. >> why not over the past six, seven weeks? >> that's what they have been doing. they have been having discussions and conversations and putting together a team to do just that. that is one of the things that you and i have talked about over the last couple of months is transitioning into the general election outcome. mr. trump was convinced he wanted to self fund his campaign from the beginning. over time he learned there are people who don't have time to get out there and make phone calls they want to contribute their money. this is his of allowing those people to invest in his campaign. >> why isn't he self funding now? why not use some money to self fund as he did through the primary process? >> he said he would. what i just told you is there are a lot of people all over this country who are involved in politics and their money is their way of supporting. there are people who want to financially invest in the campaign and want him to be successful. there are a lot of people who can't make phone calls and can't knock on door

rnc officials say they've been building modern grassroots organizations in key states for three yearsson learned from mitt romney's devastating loss in 2012. >> what that allows the campaign to do like never before is actually integrate and rely on the rnc to help lead that ground effort up and down the ticket. normally it's the campaign that's done this. >> reporter: the trump operation, as of now, is about 70 people according to gop sources. far fewer than most republican nominees have had at this point. but republicans note add in the rnc's 750 paid staffers who work for trump and other gop candidates, it's a different picture. >> it doesn't matter what jersey they're wearing. if they're helping the ticket win in november, that's what really counts. >> reporter: some gop strategists who have worked on traditional presidential campaigns say they're skeptical this approach will work. one source telling cnn they worry a critical piece of winning, targeting swing voters in key states, could fall through the cracks. still rnc officials tell cnn they currently have state directors and of

but republicans note, add in the rnc's 750 paid staffers who work for trump and other gop candidates,ifferent picture. >> it doesn't matter what jersey they are wearing. if they are helping the ticket win in november, that's what really counts. >> reporter: some gop strategists who worked on traditional presidential campaigns say they are skeptical this approach will work. one source telling cnn it's a critical piece of winning, targeting swing voters in key states could fall through the cracks. still, rnc officials tell cnn they currently have state directors and offices in 11 states, states strategists in both parties agree are competitive yet trump, in typical trump fashion, wants to go bigger. >> what i'm going to do is i want to focus on 15 or so states because we have to win. >> reporter: in addition to the 11 states where republicans are already organizing, trump is talking about adding four blue states. his home state of new york, maine, minnesota and even california, according to a source familiar with his plans. >> no other republican would go to dinner in california. they w

so there's really nothing the rnc can do. the head of the ticket drives it.ally amazing, if this were i believe anybody else, we would be talking about hillary's negative numbers. her numbers are not good, they are bad. and but trump's are so much worse that she looks good by comparison. one thing i would look for this week, though, is this 51 diplomats who signed a letter on dissent on the obama administration's policy on syria. i'm clear about what hillary clinton would do about that, but i'm not clear of what donald trump will do. so it would be interesting to see how that comes out. >> okay. joe, rick, good to see you both. thank you, guys. >>> with more than a million alligators in the state of florida can anything be done to prevent attacks like the one this week at disney? ♪ ♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ i'm terhe is.at golf. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. for th

have a powerful kelly lineup tonight of political guests including glenn beck to talk about how the rnc is dr. ben carson released a statement, does he think mr. trump crossed the line and david is here. plus while hillary clinton is hitting trump, the judge is here on new headaches for her campaign as he fact checks her efforts to avoid e-mail questions. we begin with melissa who led a protest today at trump headquarters. let me start with you on what -- i'm offering my take there as a lawyer. i've been doing legal an al s analysis. he can argue the merits but you k can't create a conflict of interest about a judge by complaining about him. >> the history of the case is important too because you're right this has been going on for a couple of years but this was not the original judge on the case. when this judge got to the case, he appointed the law firm that you mentioned as well as another one who does support barack obama. >> let me stop you there. i want to make sure the record is clear. what happened is there was a judge. she retired. as she retired her cases got reassigned. this

. >>> okay, up next donald trump and the rnc have a common faux.ates at the upcoming republican convention. "new york times" jeremy peters joins us with his last reporting on trump hard-nose tactics to prevent a revolt. we'll be back with much more "morning joe." wiback like it could used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with tense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogena and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation th contributes to ra symptoms. doctors have been prescribing humira for over 13 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious alle

did a story about a top hispanic leader -- >> rnc. >> rnc. she left because she said she had issues with trump and didn't want to go and defend him. you would hear complaints from younger staffers privately that they're concerned about him as their nominee, so when you start with that, when he is looking to the party apparatus already not cohesive behind the nominee, it is a problem. he just fired his national political director that was caught in the crossfire of a fight between two top aides but also gave enough complaints to trump to legitimately fire him. trump it is not clear saw why he needed this person. he thinks he can manage some of this himself. they hired a polster, never had an announcement. talked about hiring other polster. didn't have a coms director. these are sort of basics. you can rely on the party apparatus to a point. when you're just fund-raising now to race initially supposed to be a billion, now trump says $500 million. these are real issues. you have a large number of party donors that said publicly they're not going

that's the number the rnc was thinking of when they put that autopsy together. the other number at the top of the screen, white voters, 59% romney. it looks like donald trump and his campaign are looking at these numbers and they're focusing on that one and saying, we can get that higher. >> that's the gamble. being undertaken. you have to remember nonhispanic whites are around probably 70% of the electorate. that's a lot of voters. in 2016. that's the game plan is to try to get that up from romney's 59% to 61%, 62%. if he does that, especially in the great lakes states, that's probably good enough for him to win. >> do you see evidence that's possible? i think a lot of people, and one of the thoughts behind that autopsy, was that 59% basically represented a ceiling. >> yeah, so the short-term thing to look at is 2014, republicans were around 62%. you say that's a midterm electorate, fine, that's an important distinction. if you look at the polling right now, if you take the people out who say they aren't going to vote, donald trump is already pushing up against

not only that, but the rnc has a shared motive here.donald trump and the rnc, which let's face it have not exactly been the best of friends over the course of this primary process, realize they need this convention to come off without a hitch. they cannot afford to have a knockdown dragout fight broadcast on national television. they are working basically hand in hand to reach out to delegates, to essentially threaten them and say, look, you have no legal grounds to object to donald trump's nomination and try to take it from them on the floor. and that's what i think we're seeing happen now and we'll see that in the remaining three weeks before cleelds. >> what do you make in the latest on the muslim ban saga. he says he will only ban them from terror countries. does that sound like a walk-back to you? >> we're not seeing so much a shift in policy or any kind of 180 in that sense. he's being more careful. when i spoke with him last week, he struck me as more reserved and cautious, as cautious as i have ever seen him over the course of t

i'm joined by ashley bell, an rnc delegate. nice to see you again.ondoleeza rice doesn't want the job, but what would you think of that if it were trump/tries? >> i love condoleeza. it would be a great pick. but i understand her concerns. she's a bush loyalist. so much water under the bridge with the bushes and trumps. i understand why she wouldn't do it. it would be great for our party, but she's make the right decision by sitting this one out. >> we have been talking a lot of the potential of a floor revolt. has anybody contacted you? have any trump forces gotten in touch to say this is what you're going to do? >> no trump sources, but i can tell you i get calls in my office all the time. my inbox is full of e-mails on both sides. people who want delegates to be unbound as well as people who want trump to be the nominee. i hear about it on both sides. the vp pick will matter. i hope trump picks someone that the establishment know. what we don't want to e see happen is what happened with john mccain ym. someone not ready for prime time. i like what

the fact that the rnc was on board, firing stuff off.ark: their research up is good. -- research shop is good. john: even though some of the claims the made in the rapid response-- mark: for a typical. john: the trump campaign book up to discouraging data and sobering realities. troubling polls that these were no match for the even more trumping -- the fundraising numbers. his contain only raised $3.1 million last month, compared to the $25.4 million the clinton campaign raised during the same period, despite loading his king more than $2 million. trump's team only had $1.3 million in cash on hand. in a statement this morning, trump's camp said his donor outreach has only just begun, adding "to date the fundraising has been incredible and we continue to see a german is a point of support for mr. trump and money to the republican party." that statement belied slightly by the actual numbers. where do things now on day one of the post lewandowski era? mark: this is my money counts. because of the debates, the convention, and the intense cov

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