here now is former texas congressman ron paul.mer presidential candidate and the host of the ron paul channel. good to see you, doctor. wouldn't it be better -- >> thank you, david. david: wouldn't it be better to have a businessman in charge of the economy than a professional politician? >> not absolutely, possibly if he understands the economic policy. an individual that doesn't understand the economics can make a lot of money with bad economic theory. sometimes can you make a lot of money when interest rates are artificially low in the boom part of the cycle, and some people then lose a lot of money too because they overinvest and bankruptcies they have to put up with. david: at the very least, doctor, donald trump had to put up with a lot of regulation -- a city like manhattan, chock-full of regulations, he understands how that can hurt businesses? >> well, i think that is true, and it's hopeful he can do something about it. there's an empire that loves regulation, sometimes it's the big business people that love the regulatio

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i'm not over ron paul. >> i love ron paul. wasn't to a ron paul rally in dc when i was in college and i was hyped for freedom. i'm still pretty hyped. he's stillp and smart and attractive as ever. >> he really is. he's very attractive. >> you guys think he will beat clay aiken in an election. >> he actually beat him it with a face, he was so excited he reanimated and punched. >> zombies can't punch. >> 72% latinos. 62% of blacks want a third party candidate they are sick of hillary and donald, especially donald. >> that 18 to 30-year-old age group is more like 12 to 24 and i don't care what they think. i come from canada where we have 37-party system. >> is that better. >> no it's not. i get that they're spoiled brats and are like i don't like the two party system. i want everything perfect. you're not my real dad you're my step dad. what you end up with is four parties in the house that are powerless and get outvoted on everything. >> i would take four parties versus the two dumb-dumbs we have right now. >> yeah, right. dumb-

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ron paul joining us live there from texas. >> thank you. >> let's trade it. gai? >> i don't know how you trade trump. i think everybody is in accord if he were to be elected it could be potentially disastrous for the markets. given what he said, knotts what i said, the only potential positive i could see him doing is allowing the repatriation of funds. if that were to happen, i think there would be a huge positive for the stock market. outside of that -- >> slashing corporate taxes. >> or slashing corporate taxes. >> there's a lot there potentially s there not? >> but the protectionist stuff is really bearish. >> there's certainly reasons to induce corporations to spend, to bring capitol back on shore. is that counter balanced though by tariffs and, you know, essentially isolating america from a trade perspective. again, i don't know that gets voted through. this is what people need to understand. there's a balance of power. >> narrator: it's the political season but i will flip to the other side. if you vote for hillary clinton then you have to vote for ex-energy

ron paul. what are your thoughts on bush's comments there?ing to offer much solution, yeah, it's a different tone, but i think it's more of the same. it's all politics and bush is not going to be helpful in any way because i think the country is in such dire problem, that the solution is not going to be found in either the republicans or the democrats talking with ooch other, or having vice-presidential because they won't admit where the real problem is, is you know, the country is bankrupt and there's a lot of major events going on, like an end of an era of keynesian economics and republicans and democrats are struggling to survive it. they're arguing who is going to be the leadership, but they want this to be preserved because the debt system doesn't work. both sides want to spend more money. one for the military, other for the welfare state and all they do is argue. sandra: based on your comments there before i move on. we're looking at a u.s. stock market that closed at a record high yesterday and there's a lot of talk what we should beli

chairman, but he did preside over a similar set of committee reports that he was dealing with the ron paul consent. this year, paul ryan managed to make it so that he did not have to show up and get sworn in. after the but had happened, we know that paul ryan and his enthusiasm for trump has been a bit. he has been reluctant to weigh in. it's no surprise that he is not here to provide over that divisive seen. >> thank you we will talk to you again at 6 pm. >> will have more on the republican national convention. coming up, the cbs evening news is in cleveland. shut the golden state warriors a step closer to returning to san francisco. a judge clears the way for this new arena in the mission bay neighborhood. this is a big victory for the city. >> reporter: and a big victory for the warriors as well. they ought to be building an 18,000 seat arena. that arena true that wrath of very powerful people in the city. they say they would interfere with the hospital and also that this space to be better used for biotech research. the lawyer said no, this is where the arena will go. and today the jud

up next, ron paul, the most prominent and influential libertarian joins me. stay with me. trish: we are live from the republican national convention in cleveland, ohio. a lot of prominent republicans are notably absent from the convention. the bushes, mitt romney, john mccain, presidential candidate ron paul, the liberty report, joined me now from texas and it is good to see you. talking to you in texas as opposed to hear. why aren't you he? >> i didn't get my invitation and i was waiting for donald to call me. he never called, didn't get to give one four years ago and i won't give one this year either. trish: have you been invited as a speaker you would have been here? >> no, obviously not. i expected to be there. might get the words mixed up i don't think it would work out. there were conditions four years ago that if i did abc they would give me a speech but not what i was interested in. i was interested in long-term approach to our problems at not toward short-term political solutions. trish: you get two contrast, hillary clinton or donald trump. would you in your oppo

ron paul is with me now from texas, dr. ou are not in dallas but you know the state will, how do you feel about this? >> horribly like everybody else does, in many ways people look at this and say why does it happen and they think this should be preventable. and this is complex and it's not like turning on the switch we can prevent this. the racism thing comes up and that is always incites people. but one thing people don't talk about and that's the economic climate that we live in. the middle class and the poor aren't doing well. it causes people to get into conflict but we have entitlement system out there that says inequalities and victims out there we must use the government to get what we want and it goes on and on and then they strike out and racism gets involved. the statement that the shooter may have made is pure racism. it does exist but i think there is an economic factor that's not talked about too much. one thing i want to know more about is the shooter. i was wondering post traumatic stress disorder a lot of ti

similar to what happened with ron paul in the last election cycle. you'll see that on the floor.t's irrelevant now. >> there was a lot of energy in california at one time to stop trump here when it was still in play. what happens to all that energy now? >> the question is, it probably goes to either hold your nose and vote for trump, or more likely not vote for anybody at all. i think that's a huge problem for mr. trump is the fact that there's a lot of mainstream republicans who probably can't cast a vote for him, particularly republican women. >> in fact, if you look at who's going to the convention, conventions are high-profile events with lots of national coverage, chance for networking, facetime with important people. yet there's a large number of republicans, people like chad maze, assembly leader for republicans here in california, john mccain, marco rubio, they're not going. why? >> they're not going because they didn't like the way that donald trump ran his campaign. they don't like some of the comments he's had with regards to undocumented immigrants coming forward. peo

they would be very --ortant for a ron paul -- iran reconnecting to global markets.iran has not issued a bond since 2008. they were the last agency to provide any rating to iran. yousef: what are the implications for president ronnie? -- president ronnie? -- president rouhani? guest: it would be interesting next forward, if in the five years, iran can get this , plans to raise this money, then maybe [indiscernible] -- already against -- they are concerned with foreigners with too much economic clout in iran to disrupt, read to much cultural influence. from that point of view, there could be some kickback but it is too early to tell. yousef: thank you. let's continue talking specifically about iran. on iran as aing potential unlocker for growth in the sukuks? has been under sanctions for 35 years. the investment need is reportedly high and i think that the government reserves or the financial institutions would be sufficient to finance all this these needs. a portion of this need, funded to the market -- provided that neuron makes the necessary reforms to bring its re

matt: ben bernanke, ron paul asked him in congress the currency and he said no. the fed does have gold listed in the foreign exchange reserves. >> if gold was not a valuable commodity, why do they have all that protection around? >> let me jump onto matt's comment about central banks here. how big a role as it played in , is thatd for gold something that will be sustainable? >> banks are buying, you change over the last 20 years. china, big buyers. , the only way the dollar became the reserve currency of the world was with the permission of the european --ions, that only those held quiet for a while but the important part of the reserve base. shares, in addition to gold itself, the price of gold futures, what are the other driving factors? plus i own 25% of the company. i got a raise this year after 10 years. i get one dollar a year. not get any debt, royalties, we give all the upsides of the shareholders, a conservative, disciplined approach, and what we want to deliver shareholders. >> you had an upside to your stake this year, not bad. wondered what miners thi

ron paul is with me now. is this more proof of the dnc caving to donor demands.usly it was just played from 70 just give a small amount of money. >> here the democrats are trying to pick the worst person in the world. i think it's interesting because i think you can find fault all around. i'm scared to death that some politician is good to be our president pretty soon. many of your supporters and objective observers felt like you were pushed down by the system. do you empathize in a different way than the average person with senator sanders? >> i think he is doing better than i did. he did something i didn't do as i wasn't comfortable he is in he's in the business of a politicking. i don't want to become part of the problem and that's the reason i did not endorse the candidates i was running against i didn't think they were following the series of what they pretend to believe in. >> i think that he is doing that. the democrats were treating him better mainly because out of their own self interests. i wasn't given that at all. to me that wasn't fair. it has come b

next time around, i was a ron paul fan. they doing that exact same, opposite, the reciprocal with what they did to ron paul. they're giving him more coverage and i'm happy it is working. but i'm tired of being duped. susan: that is john from colorado. asiandavid writes my chinese wife is sold. he became a citizen in 2006 and proud to be an american and want to great america again. molly, dallas. democrat. >> hello. i'm calling from the great state of texas. i was born and raised as a democrat, but i have to tell you, i am impressed with donald trump. if the party does not get itself together and it's going to lose this election and that will be sad for the world. set for the united states. donald trump is well spoken. i'm definitely on the trump woo! -- woo i believe that america can come out of the financial situation, i believe america can be stronger and i think all the that are wanting all the explanations and plans of how it will happen, these things would not be divulged. go trump. susan: thank you. writes donald trum

he has donated to the presidential campaigns of ron paul, mccain and ted cruze. i spoke to thiel and asked if he was involved in this election, who he would be voting for. take a listen to his response. >> the political philosophies are interesting. the questions are interesting and important. if i was involved in it, i think i would just below my brains out or something. you would just go crazy after a while. emily: the crowd record when he said that, yet a month after the interview, he announced his support for donald trump. he still hasn't given him a penny. in thiel's speech, we are expecting a historical moment for the party. he is expected to be the first person to acknowledge being gay at a republican convention. it will be a moment for silicon valley. after avoiding politics, tech companies have suddenly taken a big interest in this election. oining mere -- me is another one. more than 100 tech leaders signed a leader calling trump a disaster for innovation. what do we know about what he is going to be saying tonight? >> well, we have gotten a few hints h

>> you missed the ron paul episode in tampa. if you don't remember that you ought to. what happened yesterday pails in comparison to that. they supported people throughout the whole election process. they have the opportunity there to bear their chest, get things off of their chest at the convention. i think this has happened every time as each day goes forward you get more and more unity. this was the most contested primary we have had in the republican primary,here 17 people started this process and now we are down to the one. i think this is -- what happens is people get bruised feelings and they do have bitterness over what happened. >> are we going to lever here on friday with this whole city -- >> yes. >> yes? what gives you that confidence because i don't see it here? >> mike is a tremendous conservative. he will be a great addition to the ticket. i think we also will hear in other speeches that other people will get up here. i have seen it in my own hotel this morning. i was surprised by some of the people and they could not have been happier to be part of this

jpmorgan's ron paul is a bit cautious on the weakening smartphone environment, and lastly, ebay. little blase going into it, looking for margins to maintain. defensive as opposed to offensive. of colinven true sebastian who is bullish on the stuff that does not yet see an inflection point. scarlet: thanks so much for setting the scene for us. david: in exactly one week, the red announces its decision on interest rates. with quantitative easing and zero interest rates in the rearview mirror, investors are watching on a decision for when the fed will resume raising rates again. scarlet: you can see that investors have turned a little more hawkish. the odds of a rate increase are about 46%, and you do not really get above 50% until next february. contract that -- contrast that with one week ago. in december when we could go, odds for a rate increase were 28%. go -- march, and then you actually, you do not have anything above 50% through september 2017. fairly dovish just a week ago. david: absolutely. michael, as i understand, your call is for rate rising somewhere in the middle of

the last time we had this type of an uproar was when ron paul was not being allotted the delegates he thought he had in iowa. >> what is the decision -- >> at the end of this, will will be a application for acquisition. you'll hear the chairmen say, the ayes have it. >> when you go to the airport, you can order food with a button at laguardia. why can't they just punch buttons. >> we have to let carl go because he's being sent back over to the q, they call it the q, quicken arena. day one of the republican national convention. stay around more. the behind the scenes video from our road trip this weekend. stay with us, please. think fixing your windshield is a big hassle? not with safelite. this family needed their windshield replaced but they're daughters heart was set on going to the zoo. so guess what, i met them at the zoo. service that fits your schedule. that's another safelite advantage. ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ whatwherever you are.ing. splenda zero is a fun, easy way to get the perfect amount of sweetness, down to the last sip. zero calories. zero carbs. zero sug

person, barack obama has been much more formative to millenial voters, the same way someone like ron paul, point here is bernie sanders has forced bill and hillary clinton to run against his record. you talk about how he is going to stand up to talk about what she has done for families, what about what he done for african-american families? what about three strikes? drug sentencing completely reformed under his sentencing so crack sentencing, the sentencing disparity was god awful. and that has changed a generation. harris: she was in favor of that. kennedy: she was in favor of that. harris: told people of color they -- kennedy: and despite his slippery rhetoric that he is going to gloss over his history with -- harris: he won't bring that up either. kennedy: he would love to talk about his presidency. he did in 2012. he outshown the president. he doesn't have the ability to do that anymore. he can be pinned pinned in a cor based on his own party. >> two things. i will not hire you as speechwriter. harris: nobody edits like i do. >> that is very true. nobody has the red pen like you do. t

there were 202 in 2012 because of ron paul but 505 with more states to come, it's not nearly enough tohim but that does speak to what a level of dissent you have in the republican party against this nominee you haven't had any time in modern history. >> we don't know if that's consequential. it wasn't consequential enough to deny him the nomination. will it be consequential in terms of organizing this campaign? it is so unorthodox up to and including its level of staffing, it's hard to predict what that might mean. >> you can make an argument, look, chris matthews said this at the top of the show, this is like a corporate takeover. this is donald trump and his brand taking over the republican party and any time something like that happens, you are not going to have a smooth takeover with only seven votes of dissent. maybe that's a necessary aspect of it. i think it is noteworthy. not every day you take a roll call and -- >> steve, what's your take? >> he shattered the policy orthodoxy on issues like trade where the party consensus has been for free trade. donald trump of course is not

trump supporters weren't able to air their concerns and then the same thing happened in 2012 with ron paulrters and arguably layed the ground work for the mess we have today in the republican party. >> quickly, jonathan, will bernie sanders supporters end upcoming home to the democratic party or for some that's not homecoming to support hillary clinton? >> look, 90% of the people that said they supported bernie sanders said they're going to vote for hillary clinton so a majority of them are already home. >> elise, jordan, jonathan, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> still to come, how president obama compares to himself when it comes to his big dnc speech. >> what greater expression of faith in the american experiment than this? what greater form of patriotism is there? than the belief that america is not yet finished. that we are strong enough to be self-critical. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire... and plants needed to give my shop... a face... no one will forget. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at c

we're talking gold with ron paul.e're talking to tom kloza about oil. 1:00 p.m. >> thank you so much. pete, you were noticing that big move in gold following the fed. >> second the fed came out, you look at the gold itself, all of that moving significantly higher yesterday. they're still playing in that space. and they've moved out in time in the silver stocks. you look at the silver stocks, as well as the gold stocks. i don't think it's over for any of them. >> i think that gold can go higher because of inflation. we're starting to see inflation in certain sectors of the economy and that's what will help move gold. >> coming up, just three hours left to trade. a handful of earnings on top. earnings that already came down the pike that we will trade as well when "the halftime report" comes back. i'm here at the td ameritrade trader offices. steve, other than making me move stuff, what are you working on? let me show you. okay. our thinkorswim trading platform aggregates all the options data you need in one place and l

we had a few dissenters from the ron paul camp, and we did everything we could to prevent that kind of an uproar. but you have to kind of do your homework. and i'm not sure that, you know, so gleefully quashing a rebellion from colorado and virginia two really important states in a general election, on the same day that your campaign manager's trashing the republican governor from ohio, another critical general election state -- i'm not sure that's a great way to unify the party and move forward to victory in the fall. >> katie, how seriously should political observers take the continue ed dissension within t party? we look at people who won't support trump, people who say they're dissatisfied with their choices. how deep is the divide? and come november, do you think it is going to be a factor in terms of whether or not donald trump's going to be able to put up a real fight and potentially beat clinton? >> i think it's a very, very serious divide. you know, i've been a republican pretty much my whole adult life. and most of the people that i know are not supporting trump. and if they

ron paul joins me. >>> i'm jackie ibanez. the u.s.s stepping up pressure on north korea in an effort to further isolate the authoritarian regime. obama imposing sanctions on kim jong un and ten other top officials for human rights abuses. the sanctions will freeze any property that kim or the others have within u.s. judiciary committee and prohibits americans from doing business with them. north korea is already under heavy sanctions because of its nuclear weapons program. >>> meantime, president obama is rethinking the u.s. exit strategy from afghanistan. the president holding a news conference at the white house wednesday to explain why he is leaving more troops there than originally planned. >> the security situation in afghanistan remains precarious. even as they improve, afghan security forces are still not as strong as they need to be. now as president and commander in chief, i made it clear that i will not allow afghanistan to be used as safe haven for terrorists to attack our nation again. instead of going down to 5500 troops

i supported ron paul in the last election, but i'm supporting donald trump because he at least espousesls. he concerns me on some issues, he's not perfect. >> does it concern you that a lot of even gop senators and members of the house, even the governor of ohio is not coming to the convention to support him? >> it doesn't surprise me because as we saw with bernie sanders, the true evil is the political party. at the end he acquiesced and supported the party and everything he railed against. so the main line republicans not coming to this don't surprise me because at the top it's one party. >> thank you for your time. on security, i'll just end by going -- this is part of the strategy that the officers are just out of sight. they are just over the hill. dozens of them on bike and then you have others on motorcycle and in car standing by just in case. but again, underwhelming showing at least compared to what the pro trump organizers said would happen. >> the different parade routes that are opened up. thank you so much. i appreciate it. donald trump, this morning, teased he will attend

as commerce and ron paul once said, foreign aid is taking money from poor people in a rich country and giving it to rich people in a poor country. while i respect that this is trying to put a model in place that is better than the current model of foreign aid, i respectfully -- i do not want to support anything in our platform that seems to lend credence to the idea that we should be engaged in foreign aid at all in the first place. chair barrasso: the delegate from massachusetts. discussedis was extensively in the subcommittee, and the delegate from maine's perspective was almost unanimously voted down. also, the comment is not actually referring to the amendment that is in front of us. the amendment in front of us , which iw language would ask the delegate from new hampshire who is offering it, is subsequentlyg different, or is it just new language to what we as a subcommittee already have in the document. chair barrasso: the delegate from new hampshire? ms. bergeron: i was not there. chair barrasso: the delegate from the district of columbia. >> it is a little bit new ones, but it h

the fact of the matter was in 201 ron paul, the father of rapid paul, got to the convention on the first day. there was a huge blowup because he was not willing to release his delegates to mitt romney, and the convention had to stop and people were screaming and yelling and hollering. ronald reagan ran against federal ford and disrupted that convention 30 years ago. donald trump loves to compare himself to ronald reagan inch fact there's going to be a lot of references to that tonight. aides suggest the sweeping nature of this and trump's willingness to cast aside decades of political convention in or the to make change and make america great again, would do away with that stuff. so, ronald reagan did it. ted cruz did it again last night. and by the way, ronald reagan had to wait a couple years before he won the presidency after that convention in the '70s where he went after gerald ford. this is not unique but certainly extraordinary, and if you listen to the delegate and the people would want to see trump beat hillary clinton it's extraordinarily dangerous for him because it shows the

a lot of things are different but there was a lot of discussion around the ron paul folks they did walkre fights. some was they were treated unfairly by the rnc. now it's looking like protests from a tiny minority. we can say that factually as reporters. we counted them in one forum. as what point does it become ho hum? >> i think it's ho hum now. if it's any consolation to them, i think what they're pointing to is look how hard the trump campaign organized. look how rnc the came out against them. there was an opposing rule put forward to say we're going to bind the delegates. it there's any question whether they're bound or unbound. that vote did win by a large margin. at this point, they are out of options other than to go in there and make a scene starting on monday. >> and the only other thing we saw was senator mike leigh has been a critic of trump did use the meetings and he said trump has to prove it. he has to earn it. we shouldn't shut down. that was interesting. not because it's going to change the outcome. >> and who is behind it. everyone was wondering what mike leigh is goi

[laughter] >> ron paul. >> thank you. dow futures, maybe 15, 20 points higher, that's the news from the market this morning. the nba, moving the outstar came out of north carolina because of transgender bathrooms. tammy bruce will discuss this, she's all fired up. stay with us. you both have a perfect driving record. until one of you clips a food truck. then your rates go through the roof. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you twenty-four seven. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> the nba says no to next year's all-star game scheduled for north carolina, they do not agree with that state's controversial transgender bathroom law which i don't understand. ashley: basically mandates that the transgender people have to use the bedroom based on their birth certificate. we don't care who you think you are now. stuart: you're bor

ron paul rand paul any of the major big group that aren't backing donald trump. that says a lot.o definitely i don't like either two of the people. i'm a republican. i do support ron paul and rand al but i would rather not have a president. host: ok. that's mike there. the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. up next president of the cleveland 2016 host committee. we'll go to more details about what's happening here in cleveland. caller: you mexed that you can watch the convention gavel to gavel obc-span or the c-span radio app. you can also watch it on our facebook page. we will open it up. so you will be able to watch it on facebook as well. not only are we covering the conventions. we're covering many, many events around the convefpks. there's a news conference today at 4:00 we will be bringing that to you live but first an hour ahead of time to kind of preview the convention this afternoon. so more live coverage after the washington journal ends. before we get to your guest i want to show you a couple more articles. you had a caller earlier who asked what the protesters

ashley: let's bring in congressman ron paul. to weigh in on this year congressman come you heard what the president had to say. your reaction. >> i think it's good you're bringing the troops home. he needs to bring them all home and change our policies. we will have disadvantages. we will be responsible as it escalates still have to go back in. those individuals who say back off a little bit but we still own our government and not recognized a total failure at the last 10 years or so. it just won't work. that is the reason the whole policy has to change. ashley: so if we take everyone out, what happens to have an end. does the taliban russian and fill the vacuum? >> that is where they are right now. we just reported on your program that they are stronger now than ever or appeared it is a failed program, a failed process done in vain. it is just as valid as iraq is. the taliban is so strong. i think you reignite the problems that have existed in that world for so long. it was quite absent for so long in history where the shia and

i am a registered republican, although in 2008, i caucused for ron paul. 2012, it is random. -- rand. these candidates do not hold up to my values although these have uff pieces. to see how the democrats are sites wiping the e-mail leak and how hillary clinton is taking in shwartz is a chairman, the level of -- i don't understand it. i don't know how anyone could vote for her. donald trump, it is not the lesser of two evils. it is the lesser of two bank corruptions. taking anyust her sort of supreme court justice. that is all i have a say. >> before you go, might you vote for the libertarian candidate? >> absolutely not. the only part i do not agree is the borders. gary johnson is open borders. i guess that is the one thing trump has going for him that i can almost stomach. >> victoria is in colorado and an independent. with you have? >> i watched with my daughters. my oldest just turned 18, she is going to be voting for the first time. i wanted the opportunity for them to see what the conventions look like it would we had a hard time watching the republican because it was kind of neg

conventions and the coverage has been excellent and obviously, we don't have an independent as big as ron paul was. is,one thing i've noticed you know, from listening to the speech tonight and then going back to what trump said, the key points of some of the things that affect us in as being a military city, what is going to happen with, if we get another terrorist attack and i know with the hillary and obama situation, as it relates to benghazi, it just seems to me that it has been glossed over from the democratic side and the republicans are hitting it pretty hard it even though there has been a lot of investigations and nothing has come from it, it just seems to me that when you really hear from the men on the reportsn a different from the military standing up and then standing down, i think been is some scary things glossed over from the democrats this year it is affected me ,ecause, i want to like hillary trump is hitting those key points and at least for a military city, it is something that i'm thinking about and i reallye democrats would answer some of the questions that those soldiers

trump, you have a lot of the movement donors, the ron paul, the bernie sanders type donors.'re going to start to get a lot of the establishment back donating. obviously, governor-- >> let me ask you then, a lot of people saying that the koch brothers wanted to see pence as the pick. i haven't heard anything yet, i don't think they'll be in cleveland. could the deep pocketed folks like the koch brothers and adelson, i know, start writing big checks? >> absolutely, absolutely. governor pence, ironically, may 31st governor pence was in dallas for a fundraiser for his gubernatorial reelection and it was with governor abbott of-- here of texas and it was a very successful fundraiser and a lot of the traditional, you know, north texas, bush supporters, some of the folks that supported governor romney were there and i think that with vice-president nominee pence, you will see certainly he has connections with the koch brothers and with their political action committee as well as with them personally. i think you're going to see a lot of the g.o.p. establishment coming on strong in

undecided although i did vote republican for ron paul a few years ago.t hit their about -- and i am jewish. host: let's get another caller in, vera from flushing, new york. caller: we do kindly explain to right role he played in the housing bubble? what is aig and what role did they play? considering the bailout -- host: we have to give our guest some time. guest: a derivative is a security that derives from other securities so if you take something like the obligations,d debt basically you take an existing mortgage bond and chop it up. you say the mortgage bond has a range of possible payouts so i am going to make a new security with a bunch of mortgage bonds sitting in a pool. i'm going to say, these guys get the first payoff, and you allocate who takes the losses. the cheapest and jump list tranches they are called, take the losses. you are creating a synthetic mortgage bond. this is one kind of derivative. a derivative can also be something as simple as i have an option to buy, an option to sell. is it means is that it itself a contract related to so

i think it was 40b to zap ron paul and make sure his name wasn't placed in nomination. and this backfired on them as rand paul pointed out. you want to be really careful when you start doing this. >> that rule is one the rnc negotiated with and changed for them because the grassroots, first of all, by the way, everyone claims to be a leader of the grassroots. they did win a concession. they got rule 40b changed back to five states. that's something that happened earlier and helped them. >> this isn't something we have seen at a lot of conventions in recent memories. >> no. we had the paul walk out, remember. that was small. we took note of it. i think what's happening here is much more organic, actually. what we saw was the republican national committee really quash it. they kind of said this isn't going to happen at our convention and -- >> you had the speaker walking off the stage at a certain point. >> they sent that poor guy out there. this was a surprise. the fact they got all these signatures and want to pull this off. should the organizers of the event, they knew

i voted for ron paul the second time, just because i couldn't make a conscious vote for obama second time. i was a burning supporter throughout this primary season. i continue to be a burning supporter. a i will not vote for hillary clinton to kind of big tobacco what you guys were just talking about. i've never, i mean, there's been many times i've watched c-span and and i was christian pages were still alive but never as much as today. i wish he was alive today -- just youtube christopher abo hutchins, eldrick clinton on c-span. it will blow your mind. just another many times to talk about her but a comment i have is about the disconnect betweenn the democratic party and its nominee.th the democratic party in my view, left democrats a long time ago. i'm frustrated because every four years i'm forced of this idea come if you don't vote for our party nominee, then you're just going to give the vote to donald trump or, you know, it was mitt romney four years ago for bush back whenever we're supposed to vote for john kerry anyway, that kind of politics doesn't work for me and i don't t

some of the primimaries of the two parties are--if you read that ron paul got x% and romney got y%, then they each get a certain number of delegates. that's proportional representation, and we've had that in elections in the united states, too, but we got rid of it. the europeans have it. so in germany when the die linke party got 12% of the vote, they get 12% of the seats in the parliament. so 12% of the people who are in the parliament are members of a party that believes that germany can do better than capitalism. highly successful, capipitalist economy produces a criticism, and if you get more than 5%, not only do you get your seats--and that's true in the laender, in the state legislatures, too--but you get something else. you get money from the government because the democratic idea in germany is if you get more than 5% of the people e interested in what you have to say, then itit is important that you have a platform in which to explain to people what your posititions ar, what your proposals are so that the population can make an informed vote, and so the government allocates mone

undecided although i did vote republican for ron paul a few years ago.ss what brought hit their about -- and i am jewish. host: let's get another caller in, vera from flushing, new york. caller: we do kindly explain to right role he played in the housing bubble? what is aig and what role did they play? considering the bailout -- host: we have to give our guest some time. guest: a derivative is a security that derives from other securities so if you take something like the obligations,d debt basically you take an existing mortgage bond and chop it up. you say the mortgage bond has a range of possible payouts so i am going to make a new security with a bunch of mortgage bonds sitting in a pool. i'm going to say, these guys get the first payoff, and you allocate who takes the losses. the cheapest and jump list tranches they are called, take the losses. you are creating a synthetic mortgage bond. this is one kind of derivative. a derivative can also be something as simple as i have an option to buy, an option to sell. is it means is that it itself a contract

there's a whole back story there with that one being raised last cycle by the romney people to ron paul from beating him at the convention. noise but very little changes actually coming yesterday. meeting schreckinger, n reporter for politico. him on twitter. thanks for joining us. me. t: thanks for having host: we are talking to viewers getting reaction from yesterday's terror attack in which has left dozens of people dead and raising concerns about terrorism across the globe. next, we have jacqueline calling in from lewiston, california, on our republican line. good morning. aller: good morning, how are you. i'd like to send my prayers out o all the families and everything that's going on. that trump is ealli, what the reporter was talking about, compliment to trump, his intelligence, about handle things,to and have really good people that too.how to handle things nd i think we stand together united, and divided we're going to fall and we're all connected earth, and this is world need i, and i think they to call an emergency united nations and see who is going to solution about hese t

i voted for ron paul the second time just because i could not cannot in good conscience, vote for obamahe second time. i was a bernie supported throughout this primary season, and i continue to be a burning supporter -- bernie supporter. and i will not vote for hillary clinton to piggyback what you just said about. there has been many times -- iwatch c-span -- i watch c-span in the morning. i wish that chris higgins was still alive to be a guest today. i encourage anyone to want to chrisut more about henson, it would blow your mind. the comments i have is about the disconnect between the democratic party and its nominee now. the democratic party, in my view, left democrats a long time ago. i am frustrated because every four years, i am forced to decide, you don't vote for our party nominee, then you are just going to give the vote to donald trump, or it was mitt romney four years ago, or bush back whenever we were supposed to kerry.or that politics does not work for me are the true democrat. this idea we have to vote for the better of two evils does not align with what we say we believe

this is a guy who voted for ron paul in 2012 because he wants to legalize marijuana.ictions. nevertheless, he's an opportunist. lady gaga is headlining a concert that if played right will lead right into hillary's speech on thursday night. >> there's a young actress, i think she's 19 years old, her name is chloe grace moretz. she said with her in office it might actually give me a chance to be able to go to college and get a degree in whatever i feel might be necessary or even fun to have an education. >> even fun. >> yeah. she's a millionaire. she can go to any college she can afford. >> she is a multimillionaire actress who should be in college. she's 19 years old. and this is the reason why she supports hillary clinton. this is the token. we need a teenager, a millennial, we need someone on board. chloe doesn't even have the twitter following hillary clinton does but she'll be at the dnc and she's actually giving a speech. >> really? >> she's relatively irrelevant but she's giving a speech. i'm dying to hear what she has to say. >> us, too. we'll be watching. shelb

during his keynote address house , house speaker paul ryan mentioned trump's name just twice. wisconsin senator ron johnson mentioned trump's name only once. johnson is in a tight race against former senator russ feingold. earlier in the day, politico ran a stunning article about fears within the republican establishment about the future of the party. they revealed former president george w. bush recently told aides, "i worried that i will be am the last republican president." and the convention as one of the most powerful figures in the conservative movement, roger and, may soon be forced out as chairman and ceo of fox news following a sexual harassment lawsuit. joining us now here in cleveland is john nichols, political writer for the nation. his most recent piece is headlined, "trump is officially the gop nominee-but republicans aren't exactly celebrating." john nichols is also co-author of the new book, "people get ready: the fight against a jobless economy and a citizenless democracy." welcome back to democracy now! you are on the floor. i sell you -- i saw you over there at the quicken loans