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lawyers for ron paul and their group and affiliated with the official campaign their beef the fact that unbound delegates will have to vote for romney instead of their conscience simply because their states voted that way to explain more about the lawsuit and what it all means i'm joined by austin peterson director of production for freedom works. thank you very much for having me thank you austin so breakout of last year really quickly and the whole i'm bound bound elegant thing for everyone sure absolutely i should preface it by saying that i'm not a lawyer but i have read over the details of the case and it does appear that what they're trying to do is to prove that the delegates are not actually bound by federal law to vote for any of a candidate the only problem with this is that the republican party is a private organization which means that there can be punishment for not obeying party rules delegates who have chosen to become selected through the national convention do have to follow their do have to follow their state election rules for their party or they do risk facing a possible bei

still picking its delegates it's going to be up to the people now thirteen of these states are all unbound delegates that means are not assigned to anybody there it's part of the caucus system and then the other states are a mixture of both california actually actually it's a wash for us because those are delegates that are chosen by each candidate and sent to the secretary of state in the g.o.p. so we're sort of disappointed in the results that happened here and there were some irregularities at the polls but i think once it gets to the vote in august it's like everything else or break talks about polls everybody talks about who's going to win who's in the front who's in the back but it's actually up to the nomination floor and that's when the process going to be because ron paul supporters that are nominees are delegates will not change their vote to go from that romney. so you're saying there's actually still you know it's kind of still undecided at this point i mean it does seem odd doesn't it that his son would come out and and say you know i endorse mitt romney really quickly i want

other will slow as you travel unbound leaving 410 continuing down towards new york avenue.w york avenue is on the brake as you continue to work your way inbound trying to make your way out to the third street tunnel. on the other side of town, northbound i-59 below speed here at the prince william parkway. no accidents to report, just volume delays. southbound 270 still a struggle past 118 with all lanes open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. >>> five minutes before 7:00. we'll see you right after the break. ♪ oh yeah, this is what a weekend getaway should feel like. and does. if you're here that is. feel the fun. feel the hamptonality. >>> good morning everybody i am holly morris. this morning i will be all the mommy i can be because i signed up for mommy boot camp a new gym that just opened in may in akron virginia, it is about being mommy strong all day long and bringing your kids along. they believe your kids should come out and work out with you so little hayden is going to work out with me. well, he is just waking up he still has

this time on the unbound side of 66 at route 50 begins to bunch up early as you approach the beltway. i'll july date you on the accidents at 5:23. >>> the orioles dot national as favor by taking out a national league east -- national east league team. >> at 5:18 we want to take another look at the question of the morning. 43% of brides have thought about this during their ceremonial. is it a, their next facebook status update, b, not tripping on their dress or c, hoping no one gets too intoxicated at the reception. >> our facebook friend said a, can't get enough of these boastful brides on minus feed. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. >>> good monday morning here at 5:21. we're looking nice. temperatures in the 60s and low 70s now. we're going to go through the morning hours. no problems whatsoever. by 9:00 it's going to get warm so if you like to run outside or something, exercise, do it as early as you can. 79 degrees here. by middle of the day here, even warmer. upper 80s, mid- to upper 80s for lunch time. m

paul received 2 sst 25 unbound delegates elected over the weekend.tinue to bring those votes to the republican national convention in august. paul has admitted that mitt romney will be the nominee. he still hopes to influence the direction the the party goes. >>> president barack obama and his family are spending father's day weekend in their hometown of chicago. we have video from last night. this is the first family attending the wedding of a white house advisor's daughter. neighbors say they're glad to see the president who has not spent much time there since becoming the commander in chief. he will leave chicago today and head to the g-20 sum anytime mexico. secure is tight in mexico as the world leaders arrive for the summit. mexican police on patrol are backed by the military and helicopters and boats. the summit is being met with protests. activists are asking for leaders to not forget about food security while discussing issues like economic stabilization and financial reform. that summit starts tomorrow. >>> usually russell brand tellsth jok

there's this idea if he wins, he'll be unbound. he'll be the rather solid socialist.'t show that. history shows it's the first term, the first two years when you have a big sweeping vigtry that you can go play to your base. in the second term, usually you are safe to ignore your base because you don't have a re-election. and just look at reagan and george w. bush. reagan was very careful in interpreting his mandate, even though he won a 49-state victory. his aides told him don't go too far to the right. if you look what he accomplished, there were bipartisan successes on tax reform and immigration. that's a much better model for a president whose re-elected than say george. with bush who gets re-elected very narrowly. what does he do? he tries to privatize social security. it ends with a second term with 25% approval rating. i think those two lessons are very important for someone like obama if he wins. >> ryan lizza. we're following some breaking news. the secretary of commerce, we told you about this story. he's been involved in a felony hit-and-run. we'll tell you

politico reports the house and senate will be filled with rookies and sophomores, unbound by the institution'stions, that's a quote, who have virtually no experience doing serious legislative work. which means it will be hard to tell them from the current congress. the 2010 elections brought in new lawmakers. mostly republicans. remember the tea parties? then dozens of retirements were announced this year, plus the normal expected election turnover come november. all of which means the new congress could add more than 155 members with less than four years experience. some suggest it's a good thing. it's time to throw the bucks out. i tend to agree, and the turnover will bring fresh blood into an unpopular constitution. and for good reason. the current congress is more partisan and less willing to compromise than ever. it could be argued a lot of them don't know what they're doing. one democratic congressman told politico there are chairman of s s subcommittees who don't know which end of gavel to use. and the makeup of the new congress that will be elected in november is very much a wild card.