let's bring in the chairman of the washington state republican party susan hutchison. susan, thank you for tonight. i guess the question is a wide open question. i keep looking at polls showing the republican party is uniting, men and women both overwhelmingly, really, around your nominee for president. >> well, i think it's happening slowly but the rand-and-file voters are getting to -- getting used to the candidate and the grass-roots the following suit. it will take a while for the establishment and the d.c. folks to jump on board but over time they're getting used to the idea and that donald trump is going to win in november and he's certainly going to give it a good shot in washington state. >> do you think women will be as enthusiastic as men among republicans. >> that's up to the candidate. the candidate has a chance in the next five plus months to win over all kinds of folks and i'm convinced donald trump is smart enough to figure out how to do that. most of all we say in our state that our candidate is better than the democratic candidate so we expect as time g

this question, i thought the chairman was pretty smart, susan hutchison. she said trump's going okay, but if he wants more women voters, he's got work to do in the next five weeks. she wasn't cheering him yet. she was sort of admonishing him, i think it's fair to say. >> there's no question if donald trump is going to win this election in november, he has a lot of work to do with women voters. he has record high unfavorable numbers with women voters. that being said, though, this is not a popularity contest. it's a choice. and the choice is between candidate a and candidate b. and we watch these scenes playing out, you see the mexican flags, you see the intimidation, some of the broken windows, the rumblings of violence. you look ahead to the convention, this is going to be a tumultuous election. donald trump is going to be poised to take advantage against some of these things. i think as you look out over the next couple of months, we'll get a better picture if donald trump is going to expand his base, whether he'll be growing as a candidate. whether he's