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last summer he said listen, if the rnc, republican national committee, is not fair to me i might runthe third party. this time he's basically putting the marker down that if he -- if they try to take this nomination from him, well, then there's going to be a lot of people that are upset. and that is going to happen. at the same time there was a "wall street journal" editorial that said listen, these are the rules, you've got to get to 1,237 and if you don't get to 1,237, well, then all bets are off and the party can do what it wants to do. of course that would be a very entertaining convention. >> i don't care what rule books you bring out-u go try to tell trump supporters on the floor about the rules in a "wall street journal" editorial and see what happens to you. >> so riots are markers? is that what you're saying? >> riots -- are you kidding me? they ought to bring the national guard in before the thing starts. you've seen these guys. with all due respect, these are not phi bet ta kappas here. these are guys who know how to fight and churn it up. if they try to take this away fro

>> i can tell you what i know is going on with the rnc, the republican national committee, and what they are doing with trump. what we understand right now, and take it for what it's worth, from rnc officials they are having preliminary discussion with the trump people about using rnc money during the general election, so remember, donald said he's going to self-finance his campaign. so far he has, in the nomination, and the nomination process, but he's doing that by loaning his campaign money, we should point out. he probable leapts it back at some point. the general election he's been more obtuse about. what we understand now, and he doesn't have the general election wrapped up yet, we should point out, obviously the favorite, he's a front-runner. he is at this point now having discussions with the rnc about their money. ashley: did they approach him? do you know that? if they did, it shows they are -- thinking this is a possibility. >> i think -- yes, and if i had to bet, they approached him and listened intensely, okay? intently. and i would say this the rnc has a pool of money of 25

team, but his day also included a surprise stop at the headquarters of the republican national committee. a source with the rnc told nbc news that the agenda included party unity and other subjects. that meeting comes as trump is facing new stres with women voters. >> an nbc news poll conducted

. >>> donald trump was over at rnc, republican national committee headquarters in washington today asontroversies. we're back with trump supporter scottie nell hughes. we're talking about u.s. expenditures for nato. we just did a quick check. the u.s. does spend the most for nato defense. the u.s. is the main contributor at 22%. germany second, 14.5%. france third, 11%. uk 10.5%. all the other countries are 28 members of nato. they spend a lot less. but it's nowhere near -- clearly the overall u.s. defense expenditures worldwide is much more enormous number. but specifically for nato, the u.s. devotes 22%. trump wants to reduce that. let's move on and talk about governor kasich. he came out swinging at donald trump. i want you to listen to this. >> just want to take a few minutes to -- i usually don't have notes. i pretty much speak right off the cuff. but i had to list five things that continue to prove that donald trump is clearly not prepared to be president of the united states, commander in chief, leader of the free world. it appears as though when he does these events and people

nations where she first got tripped up on the personal server. insisted there was no classified information on that server. that obviously has been called into doubt ever since. rnc, the republican national committee, giving us an idea of playbook in the general election by the way. they came out with two lawsuits urging more records to be released. for example, blackberry and text messages that clinton sent and received as secretary of state. it is clear, one year after infamous news conference at u.n., this email controversy is not goings away. melissa: i can not believe it has been a year since the news conference. time goes so fast. hah r thank you very much. david. david: bernie sanders turning his win in michigan into cold hard cash. the campaign raised five million dollars between the closing of polls in michigan on tuesday until midnight last night from 175,000 different donors. that works out to $28 a person. unbelievable. >> amazing. breaking news right now. ted cruz getting his first senate endorsement from utah's mike lee. that was just moments ago. this as republican candidates for the 2016 race are gearing up for tonight's debate in miami, florida. as donald trump still leads the pac

former moderator of "meet the press" and genevieve wood, former spokeswoman for the rnc, the republican national committee and now a senior contributor to the daily signal. great to have you both here. to have you back. explain to all of us the changes with the delegates, how this really is a boost to trump. >> the intention was to help the nominee, the front running nominee, wrap up the nomination. >> quicker. >> yes. what they did in a lot of proportional states, they said, you have to hit a certain threshold in a congressional district. you have to get to 20%. if you don't, you don't get any delegates. >> the delegates go to the other candidates. >> right. what it does, allow a squeeze to happen where trump would get more delegates, can get to the victory line sooner. this was done to really help mitt romney who, you know, because mitt romney went through a longer run in the nomination, the party wanted to make it a little better for the nominee. in this case, the party's freaking out because they're not as interested in trump being the nominee. they're realizing that the people they might prefer are g

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i want to get your reaction, also the spokesman for the rnc, the republican national committee. a while ago sean spicer on this program, he said that debbie wasserman schultz, hillary clinton, bernie sanders need to acknowledge their party's role in disrupting these donald trump campaign rallies. i want to get your response to that. >> look, wolf, we have never been involved in organizing any protest at anyone's rallies. early in the campaign senator sanders protested a couple of times but people have a first amendment right and ro test. obviously condition dates don't like to be protested. nobody does. that's why people protest them right. but when people protested at bernie sanders even they were treated with dignity and respect and at donald trump's rally he incited people to violence and said he wanted to punch people himself and people should be taken out in stretchers and offered to pay legal bills of his supporters who would do violence against protest aerns others. very different situation. we have not ever asked anyone or encouraged anyone to protest. i think if you loo

come on in, rnc, republican national committee communications is with us this morning.uys, you establishment guys, when are you going to unite around trump instead of fighting him tooth and nail? >> first, i take issue with fighting anyone. what we've shown from rnc perspective, treat them fairly and give them a level playing field. make sure they compete for as many voters and voices as possible. whenever one of the those candidates, rather, reaches 1237 delegates, they become our nominee, plain and simple. that's how the process works. stuart: why did mitt romney go out and call donald trump a fraud and a phony and other names? if you're not fighting, why did he do that? >> well, i think you have to ask mitt romney. i don't actually speak for mitt romney. this is a point in the election, several people are making-- >> he's speaking for you? >> hold on, stuart, hold on, mark levine came out strongly for ted cruz. senator rubio had a ton of people come out for him and governor kasich in his support. this is what politics is about. americans have two important rights, on

. >> did mitt romney reach out to the rnc, the republican national committee, in advance of his speech today? >> no. >> no communications between him and reince priebus, the chairman, for example, or other republican party leaders? >> all i can do is speak on behalf of the rnc. and no, governor romney nor any other individuals -- nor did win associated reach out and share with us what he was going to say or what his plan was. >> let me reread to you something that trump tweeted last night and i'll put it up on the screen. quote, because of me, the republican party has taken in millions of new voters, a record. if they are not careful, they will all leave. sad, exclamation point. and here are some numbers we put together based on the nearly 15 or so primaries and caucuses so far. trump. these aren't poll numbers. these are actual republicans who have participated in these elections. trump has 3,341,849. everybody else is below. cruz, 2,700,000. kasich, 644,000. but three -- almost 3.5 million have participated, republican primaries and caucuses, and they say they want donald trump to be

>> i think the big donors who will give money to the rnc, the republican national committee for the presidentialeince priebus, paul ryan and even kevin mccarthy step up say okay, we get behind donald trump, assuming this will happen, my prediction once he is secures the 1237 in terms of delegates or he is the official nominee. but they're waiting for the nod of the head from the republican leadership and they can -- neil: not even waiting for votes? >> here's the math somebody walked me through. it only, maximum is $33,400 to the party. that is the maximum you can give. you only need 15,000 donors to get that, half a billion dollar mark. yep. >> big donors after this weekend are going to have a hard time, particularly if they're in business writing a check to donald trump, whether he is the republican nominee or not. neil: but isn't it reset after the convention? now you're in the general election. >> yeah, your is still tied to a guy lot of them believed ramped up rhetoric -- blanks lives matter, they groups act despickably but i think donald's behavior makes it difficult to get big money out o

rnc earlier today. a statement coming in from the republican national committee. quote, the chairman and mr. trump had a productive conversation about the state of the race. the chairman is in constant communication with all of the candidates and their campaigns about the primaries, general election, and the convention. meeting and phone conversations with their candidates and their campaigns are common and will increase as we get closer to november. again, a statement from the republican flat committee. donald trump tweeting, quote, just had a very nice meeting with rance priebus and the gop. looking forward to bringing the party together. and it will happen! with that happening this afternoon, donald trump also looking to make nice with the party in case of an open or contested convention. but to make sure it doesn't get there at all, trump is hoping he can do well in wisconsin, he can win wisconsin tuesday, if he can win there, insome other states, maybe he could meet the minimum number of delegates to meet the nomination without the convention. why the latest

we haven't mentioned this hour that the rnc, the republican national committee, filed a lawsuit todaycommunications between state department officials and the clinton campaign after she filed her candidacy. sanders said in an earlier debate that he's sick of her e-mails, he's not going to talk about her e-mails. does he go there tonight, do you think? >> we'll see. at this point, frankly, if he wants to raise concerns about her character and her judgment, certainly there's an opportunity to do that. there's an opportunity for the mod rarerators to do that, for matter. it's an issue that remains a concern among a lot of voters. certainly among democrats i've talked to, the possibility this may drag out into the summer and beyond, they have good attack lines in response to this. the idea she may one day be elected for president and have to pardon herself, for example. as long as this continues on, the harder it will be for her to erase the doubts about her character and her tenure as secretary of state. >> i know sanders' victory was only by two points, but it really was not expected fo

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. >>> the republican national committee released a statement this afternoon criticizing clinton's speech. the rnc said, the u.s. needs a president who will take a fundamentally different approach to defeat radical islamic terrorism. gop front-runner donald trump tweeted that he is the best president to fight terror. and on "cbs this morning," ted cruz refused to apologize for proposing that law enforcement patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods in the u.s. before they become radicalized. >> the first obligation of the president as commander-in-chief should be to keep america safe and i'll tell you this i'll apologize to nobody for how vigorous i will be as president fighting radical islamic terrorism defeating isis and keeping america safe. >> cruz has challenged trump to a one-on-one debate but so far, trump has not responded. >>> much more on the belgium attacks coming up at 5:30 on the "cbs evening news with scott pelley." up to the minute developments are always on cbssf.com. >>> and we are following breaking news tonight from the east bay. a hercules police station and city hall evacuated ov

republican national committee chairman. that meeting comes two days after trump abandoned the rnc pledge to support whoever is to be the nominee, by both accounts. the meeting went well. trump tweeted, quote -- the chairman and mr. trump had a productive conversation about the state of the race. meeting and phone conversations with candidates and their campaigns are common, and will increase as we get closer to november. i just bet they do get more common. but the rnc is also signaling it may be preparing for a brokered convention. they've launched a new website, it's called convention facts dot gop, it lays out the party's rules for nominating a presidential candidate. also tonight, brand new fox business polls on the state of the race in wisconsin. i'll have the numbers for you here in just moments. and we'll take a deep dive into trump's campaign schedule. trump promised to campaign in wisconsin every day until next tuesday's primary. >> wisconsin is very important. it's becoming more and more important. we can get there, we have a movement going on this. is so important what's happening now, and i'm here for the week, and

. >> the republican national committee takes legal action in the battle to rlease hillary clinton's e-mails. the rnc filed two lawsuits in an effort to force the state department to unseal records late related to hillary clinton's tenure as secretary of state. republicans along with the associationed records months ago and say the administration faileto comply with that question. >>> today, marks nine years since a south florida man was captured in iran. today state lawmakers bring attention to bob levinson's case on social media. senator bill nelson tweeted it's time fo iran to finally fulfill its promises to bring bob home. congresswoman tweeting saturday to commemorate the ninth anniversary of bob levinson's disappearance in iran. bob levinson disappeared in 2007 from an iranian island while on a cia mission. levinson's case drew renewed attention in january when he was nono part of a prison swap between the u.s. and iran in whichhour other americans were freed. iran has long denied knowing family and friends gathered in coral springs over the weekend to bring attention to his case. zblnchtsz >>>

team, but his day also included a surprise stop at the headquarters of the republican national committee. a source with the rnc told nbc news that the agenda included party unity and other subjects. that meeting comes as trump is facing new stres with women voters. >> an nbc news poll conducted earlier this month suggests 70% of women overall already have an unfavorable power play of truopd that was before he suggested women who have an illegal abortion should be punished. >> trump is here in washington discussing republican unity and his rivals were trying to use the trump abortion fiasco and other issues to unite women against trump. >> reporter: heidi cruz in wisconsin today working for the votes of women. for ted cruz, it's a way to win this state and turn around the republican race. heidi was a banker, now a mom, vouching for ted. >> i know we are already starting to unify the party. >> reporter: donald trump in d.c. today for party meetings is dividing the party by gender. just 24% of wom where his super pac is running this ad. >> sure, i get some grief when i say i'm voting for donald trump, but you kno

not even the republican national committee could stand it. they condemned the idea. rncirman reince priebus said this is far too late for a third party candidate, sounding just a little bit woeful about it. maybe that was miment in coul imagine missio this his less than convincing assurance. >> well, i mean, i think it would be highly unlikely if it's not, i can tell you that, i think it would be somewhat unusual but, you know i can't 100% guarantee that, but i can't imagine right now sitting here, believing it would be anyone but the three remaining candidates. lou: i suppose you are convinced now, right? trump's response one of incre in. >> if the establishment were to put up an independent candidate. >> if they are going to do that, they are going to do that, then you might as well run the election to hillary clinton or whoever runs, if they are going to be stupid and do that, instead of embracing the millions of people who are coming in to vote, they will do that. lou: stupid is a big word, usually used in reference to people with big jobs in washington, d.c. he unde

but again, the charge coming from some and is that republican national committee is trying to stack the table, stack the deck against trump. >> the rnc, our role in this is to facilitate. we do not set the rules. the rules are set by the rnc rules committee. and that rules committee is compromise of 112 delegates, one man and one woman from every state. these are delegates elected at the most grassroots level. this is not up to the rnc. we don't determine who the delegates are. the voters make that decision. >> we have the three candidates on screen there. kasich, cruz, and trump. you probably know scott walker, the governor of wisconsin and one time candidate himself said the other day that he thinks possibly none of those three might emerge from the convention as a nominee. is that a possibility? >> anything is possible. i think that scenario is highly unlikely. we have two candidates who could reach the majority. we have three would are running. i think if you look at it, the three would are there, if we do end up in an open convention, they're going to have representation on the floor. they're going to have the delegates through

he had had a meeting with the chairman of the republican national committee, and he held that meeting just two days after reneging on his pledge to the rnc that he would stand behind whatever nominee or whatever candidate, rather, became the republican nominee. he had pledged that a few months ago, but two days ago, he reneged on that pledge. after they ended up meeting today, he did tweet this out. he said the meeting with the chair of the rnc was very nice and that he was looking forward to bringing the party together and that that would happen. but again, i think we're just going to have to wait and see. back to you. ernie: we'll have a lot of political activity the next few weeks in new york. thank you for your report. >> other stories to tell you about. it looks like terrorists may be cops. a pro isis group tweeted personal information of 55 new jersey transit officers and called on isis supporters to carry out lone wolf-style attacks. experts say it shows the need for tighter cybersecurity. >> i think all across the world hackers are getting better, more sophisticated. we have to face reality. cold war. the breaches are the third c

response to clinton's visit, the republican national committee will release a statement condemning the candidate, pending the fbi investigation into her private e-mail server. the rnc launched a website today as well dedicated to documenting that issue. still, clinton is a start -- clinton's staunch supporters tell me they don't have any trouble trusting this candidate. we talked to one of those people. she is the sister of myra thompson, who was killed in a she came today from she is standing by clinton because of her stance on gun control. wax my and -- >> my entire family supports hillary, getting guns out of the right people's hands, and ensuring that the people who them. >>reporter: clinton's rally today will hopefully get underway soon. of course, things can always change, but it does become one bit -- one day before bernie sanders will hold a rally in downtown raleigh tomorrow. some supporters say they are on the fence, and they say they will here today from hillary clinton and go tomorrow to raleigh to hear from bernie sanders and compare platforms. tisha: as she mentioned, and less than 24 hours, bernie sanders will be heading to the bernie sanders is hold

republican national committee chairman. that meeting comes two days after trump abandoned the rnc pledge to support whoever is to be the nominee, by both accounts. the meeting went well. trump tweeted, quote --

bush, george bush white house, around schwarzenegger, and the republican national committee and you are a former national counsel to the rnc, to the romney campaign, bush/cheney. i'll start with you. sum up what you see on the board tonight. for donald trump, and also the losses on the part of a guy like marco rubio. >> donald trump is the overwhelming front-runner for the republican nomination. if he wins in florida and ohio next week he becomes the presumptive nominee. when we look at the contest tonight, the two candidates in the republican race who have any path to the nomination are donald trump and ted cruz. john kasich attempting to win ohio next week, marco rubio attempting to win in his home state -- they are attempting to essentially be favorite son candidates but neither has any path to the republican nomination. and this notion that the washington establishment will deny the nomination to the person who secures the most votes over the primary process i think is fanciful. but even if it were to happen -- and i don't think it would happen -- but if it would happen, then it would destroy the republican party. it w

bush, george bush white house, around schwarzenegger, and the republican national committee and you are a former national counsel to the rncto the romney campaign, bush/cheney. i'll start with you. sum up what you see on the board tonight. >>> we interrupt our election programming right now with some breaking news. nbc news projecting donald trump will win the hawaii republican caucus. donald trump you see there, 45% in, 45% lead with 48% in. there are 19 delegates there. ted cruz wail trailing at 31% with 48% in. and marco rubio well behind that with just a third of what cruz has at 12%. john kasich rounding it out at 10%. here 2:30 in the morning east coast time, donald trump the projected winner of the hawaii gop caucus. 19 delegates in all. that gets him five delegates, not a huge number. and yet it is another rounds of victory in a night that has been big for donald trump as he has picked up delegates around the country and built on his delegate lead. i'm here in our nbc newsroom in manhattan coming to you live at 2:33 a.m. we broke into our regularly scheduled programming to bring you that news. 45% lead there, donal

rnc finance. remember that once you become a nominee you get access to republican national committee e-mail, different employees of the state. a different organization. as to where this is located, this is no shock to our audience, i could throw a baseball from the front door of the rnc and hit a house office building. on the house side directly across the street from the capitol. the political operation and business of the congress is kept pretty close literally across the street. and it is not uncommon to see members of congress come over here. a lot of times doing fund-raising. you can't do that ib inside the capitol. and a lot of turnover. dnc is just down the street. so it is very close to the center of political power in washington and a lot of important people on the republican sidewalk through the doors every single day. in fact i saw a little bit earlier our bone ben ginsburg well known republican lawyer walk in there. >> we will need to get him on the phone since he is an msnbc contributor. luke, you knew i knew the answer to where the building is. i used to live about seven blocks away from

rnc veteran as well. trump meeting with preibis, whether you have differences with the republican national committee, how debates or anything else, i don't think you can say it's been unfair, the media coverage he has been get anything general. he has been out trashing them. it shows a lot of spine by him to say he wants to sit down face-to-face. you're saying it on cnn. >> well, part of this also, it seems as though the trump folks are upset about what happened in louisiana. they realize it could happen in other states. it really looks like they're learning the rules as they go. >> and knowing the rules is the most important thing in this whole process. let's be very clear here. about 1,500 delegates have been allocated, but only 500 have been named. >> right. >> we don't know who the other 1,000 are. when they're actually named in the conventions, those are the delega delegates who are voting you on the first ballot, but on the second ballot. if trump doesn't know who their universe is, they're going to get caught in the second ballot. he must win on the first ballot, because on the second ballot, a lo

republican national committee. basically, making an and establishing relationships. you know the rnc better than anyone, you were the chairman. how much do these relationships matter to a candidate who if we say one more time has broken all the rules, i don't know what we'll say later. >> they're huge because a lot of those members are going to be sitting on two of the most important committees for the convention. the rules committee, which is going to set the rules for the convention, particularly important since there will not be a nominee going in who would stack that committee with his people, as we have seen in the past. so that's going to be, you're going to want your friends there. and on the platform committee, that's going to set the narrative, the story that's going to come out of the convention for the 2016 campaign. if you don't have those relationships, you're already in a hole. and trump needs to build that relationship on the ground because those folks can help at the national level on the committee, but also in the states like louisiana, to help organize and hold thos

republican national committee is suing department. trying to get access to e-mails and other humannations from clinton and her top aids when she was secretary of state. the rnc said it first tried to get them last october up the freedom of information act but no documents or information have been provided. the f fbi is investigating the e-mail set newspaper which clinton use aid private e-mail account during her time in the state department. >>> former virginia attorney general has withdrawn his name for consideration for state supreme court. republicans proposed putting him on but he said he is not interested. >>> the cleveland clinic said the nation's first uterus transplant has failed the 26- year-old receiver appeared to be recovering well at a news conference on monday but the hospital said that she experid encea sudden complication and doctors removed the organ yesterday. >>> still to come, the two surviving beatles the map. >> and a third grader has a message for the donald. his let territory presidential -- to the president is one of the most shared stories on >>> the man who introduced the world to the beatles is being remembered tonight. he died la

rnc is circulating to the president's presidential candidates. by signing on the dotted line the field of 17 vows to back the eventual nominee. >> donald trump siend the republican national committee loyalty pledge. >> ah, rumple stilt skin. the republican loyalty pledge, like a purity ring for conservatives where they promise to save themselves for mr. far-right. now you see, they made trump sign the pledge, to support the eventual nominee no matter what. but they also signed it too. and at the time they thought it was to trick donald trump into supporting one of them. but now their plan has become fierd. it's like the old roadrunner cartoon. you know, and the republican establishment is like wile e i couldty. -- coyote. >> binge binge. bong bong, binge binge binge. (applause). >> trevor: can i just take a second to acknowledge how cool it is that we didn't have to put the words bing, bing into donald trump's mouth. so ladies and gentlemen, the great debate, does donald trump have a small or large penis? i got to say personally, i think it's huge. after all, he's using it to [bleep] the entire republican party. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) hey t

. >> joining us now is randy evans, chairman of the republican's national lawyer association and a member of the rules and debate committee of the rnc. also with us is curly member of the rules committee and an unbound delegate to that convention from north dakota. what do you think of the case that john kasich made about they're going to think of these factors and they're going to stair at him and those polls in which he always does the best against the democrats? >> i think it's unlikely we ever get there. i think the pathway is there for donald trump to win. he's not that far away in the total numbers. he's only about 498 delegates. i think he's going to end up about 95 delegates short and are there enough unbound delegates to put him on top. i think it's the make or break moment for the republican nominating process. if wisconsin breaks for senator cruz, then we'll know that the coalition of the establishment is starting to put together enough push back to deprive donald trump of the 1237 needed. if donald trump wins wisconsin you can pretty much expect that you're going to have a donald trump presumptive nominee going into the

with the republican national committee the process and the manner of binding back in october of last year. so -- >> there he is, sorry to interrupt you. there's donald trump coming out of the rncand getting right into this vehicle so there will be know press availability, at least at this time, with regard to -- what the heck was going on behind the closed doors? yes we'll have to wait until his next press avail to find out exactly what was happening, unless the rnc puts out a statement or trump tweets or puts out a statement as well. as you can see now, his caravan of motor vehicles are leaving the rnc in d.c. and will not have statement from donald trump right now about what was happening behind closed doors. >>> let go back to keith downey in minnesota, who was explaining that the rules that you're abliged to honor what marco rubio sent to you in the right. >> right, because it's entirely consistent with what wecourt identified to the rnc in october. our process in minnesota is that our delegates were proportionately bound to the candidates based on their vote in our caucus straw poll, and we are obligated to stick with that. so elsewhere have 17 rubio, 13 cruz, and eight t

response to clinton's visit, the republican national committee will release a statement condemning the candidate, pending the fbi investigation into her private e-mail server. the rnc launched a website today as well dedicated to documenting that issue. still, clinton is a start -- clinton's staunch supporters tell me they don't have any trouble trusting this candidate. we talked to one of those people. she is the sister of myra thompson, who was killed in a

white house, arnold schwarzenegger, and the republican congressional committee, and you also know ben ginsberg as a former general counsel to the rnc, former nationalounsel to the romney campaign, bush/cheney. okay. steve, i'll start with you. sum up what you see on the board tonight for donald trump and also the losses on the part of a guy like marco rubio. >> tonight, brian, donald trump is the overwhelming front-runner for the republican nomination, and if he wins in florida and in ohio next week he becomes the presumptive nominee. when we look at the contests tonight, the two candidates in the republican race who have any path to the nomination are donald trump and ted cruz. john kasich, attempting to win ohio next week, marco rubio attempting to win in his home state, they are attempting to essentially be favorite son candidates, but neither has any path to the republican nomination, and this notion that the washington establishment will deny the nomination to the person who secures the most votes over the primary process i think is fanciful, but even if it were to happen, and i don't think it would happen, but if it would happen, then it woul

meanwhile, it seems republican national committee officials are becoming more and more convinced that nobody will score the delegates needed for that nomination. the rnc just launched this brand new convention facts web site. it has all sorts of information on how an open convention works. that's what they're calling it. contested, not open. something looking more and more likely. the rnc meeting is one of donald trump's sit-down today. earlier he met with a foreign policy team, after he made headlines blasting the general have no cocoon venges -- convention and the rules of war and then didn't rule out using nuclear weapons in europe and said women should face punishment for having abortions if the u.s. ever outlaws the procedure. both pro choice and pro life groups blasted the comment. if anyone has ever aggravate both sides of the abortion debate in one seven, i can't fine it. and trump took it back and said, only the doctor should be punished. with donald trump holed up in meeting and ted cruz holding events, apparently john kashich is trying to fill the void. saying trump does not belong anywhere near the nuclear button. >> as commander in chief,

republican national committee are monkey wrenching with the way? ahead. >> well look, after i lot of respect for the group. and i like the rnc. and i don't know that i've been treated fairly or not. i really don't know. i can't tell you that, but i can tell you that i do respect them what i really have is a great number of people. started speaking. i was amazed at the numbers. energy. the democrats don't. they don't have any energy. their numbers are down. roof. and people are making the statements they've never seen in modern times, a party that was so energized. i think if somebody is doing as well as i'm doing, and i'm not just speaking for myself. whether it's me or anybody else. but if i'm going to win five, it could be six, seven, eight, nine, it could be nine, i could win nine states tonight. if i'm going to win all of these states with tremendous numbers, and if i'm going to come in the worst is second. in the two or three that i might not win, i think, you know, we're a democracy. i think it's awfully hard to say that's not the person we want to lead the party. it's very hard. but i really think it's a great question

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republican national committee. welcome sir. >> good morning, carol. is there a possibility of a contested con convention? con vengvention . >> from an rnc perspective we're going to continue to prepare for a all contingencies, including an open convention. >> interesting. because kasich's campaign seems to be banking on a contested convention. there are even whispers that the house speaker paul ryan could be nominated at the convention and he said this on cnbc last night he said, you know, i haven't given any thought to this stuff but then he went on. i say, wrestell, there are a lo people running for president. we'll see. who knows. what do you make of that? >> i don't. i feel pretty confident -- not just pretty confident. i feel confident that the nominee of this party will be one of the remaining three individuals that is currently in the race. >> and the possibility of a contested convention. is it because so many republican leaders are concerned about trump's high negatives? and i'll give you an example. when you look at the exit polling. so few minority voters turned out the polls for trump this ohio, north carolina, illinois and

republican pollster put it that sound you just heard is rnc reince priebus having a heart attack. if trump turns on the gop, the gop is dead. this is what lunts means by that. the republican national committee pledge of their own. a vow to provide institutional support to the eventual nominee. but how can it possibly do that now? so let's talk about that. i'm joined by a senior political writer it's buzz feed news and author of the wilderness about the republican struggle to win the white house after 2012. and conservative talk radio host john phillips, and cnn political analyst and columnist for bloomburg, josh rogan. >> this party is going to support the nominee, whoever that is, 100%. there is no question about that. >> so is reince priebus now having a heart attack? >> i don't know about his cardiac condition but i will say that i think when reince priebus appeared with donald trump at trump tower last year and kind of make a grand ceremony of trump signing this pledge to support the eventual nominee. no one including anyone at the rnc actually expected that trump would be perform as well. no one really expected him to be the nominee. i think what you have seen though is that trump over

republican national committee filed a suit to release e-mails belonging to hillary clinton's aides while she was there. they want it released by july 1st, before the democratic convention. in the complaint, the rnc says in part clinton's actions while secretary of state are manifestly relevant to whether she is fit to lead this country. >>> on the democratic side though, the left side of your hillary clinton winning the women's vote over bernie sanders here in florida, 69-24. over on the right is the overall likely democratic voters in florida. the gap narrowing a little bit. the poll's assistant director says with less than a week of voting, it will be hard for sanders to win florida at this point. the next two presidential debates are in miami. the democrats are up first tonight. >>> abc action news political analyst joins us from there. hi. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. great to be here. >> all right, dr. mcmanis. here we go. even if rubio pulls off a big win, does it even mean he has enough steam to keep going with this thing? >> well, there's a poll that has come out even more recent than the one you quoted that shows a tighter race. the one thing that rubio has to that th