from johnson & johnson is his campaign finance chairman. woody will totally control what happens. you think the drug industry is going to be hurt by jeb bush when woody johnson is the head of his committee raising funds for him? >> donald trump in february trashing a man named woody johnson for his leading role raising money for jeb bush's presidential campaign. mr. trump saying publicly woody johnson would then obviously control the jeb bush administration and its policy agenda because he would have bankrolled the effort to make it possible. he was basically corruption incarnate. today woody johnson was announced as another vice chair of the trump victory fund at the republican national committee. oh, i could go on, there's so many of them. but this was all announced by the republican national committee today. the brain trust that's going to be in charge of electing donald trump to be president. everybody from the french ambassador who didn't speak french to the king david hotel bribery guy who pled guilty to a felony. there's a coal industry bi

. >> you broke last night of one of the financial supporters woody johnson was a huge fundraiser forwhat is your sense of the reaction in a political world of this list of impressive names. >> there's has been a lot of reaction today. they think this is a sign that .aybe the dam might break there may be a few republicans who witnessed because they think he is a menace to the republic but you have big names like woody johnson and this whole list of 20. it is a who's who's list. , an impressives list. it is a wide variety and does send a signal to people that you have his whole nucleus that is helping to raise money for trial. there is some awkwardness who think the other donors are going to start all in mind. one of the things that we saw in , they were going to be more rigorous about their giving. what are they asking from the trunk campaign -- from campaign? >> it is interesting that it gives some of these donors some cover. thatcan tell themselves they are giving money to the republican national committee which will support national and local campaigns. that does give them cover. r

i happen to know woody johnson. i can't ever imagine him giving money to a clinton. can you?ll, every individual donor will have to make up his or her mind but what we'll see this year is, like the voter class, the donor class is going to be in unconventional coalition behind trump, behind clinton. may surprise some people, among the donor class, yes, there are some party loyalists and truly principled donors who would never cross party aisles because they have principles that align with the party's agenda. on other hand many in the donor class typically switch sides or give to both. mr. trump was clinton donor. david: ed, hillary says she will raise $2 billion. we'll see if she does. donald says one billion, on the cheap side the way things have gone. do you think he will be able to raise a billion dollars or more? >> i think he will. he is starting late but at the end of the day there is lot of enthusiasm out there. david: how bus a billionaire convince people give him money. >> you have to buy into the game. a lot of rich people put money in, not quite as much as he put in

politico reports top targets include people such as woody johnson, bush's former finance chair and owner of the new york jets. >>> hillary clinton was met by protesters out on the campaign trail yesterday. hundreds of immigration activists and bernie sanders supporters demonstrated at east los angeles college. she was interrupted by protesters inside that event though she tried to ignore them. it appears the commotion forced her to wrap up early since that speech lasted all of 13 minutes. >>> as the federal investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state continues we are learning some of her closest aides have been interviewed over the past few months as part of that investigation. long them, huma abedin, who will soon be deposed by lawyers in the separate case against the state department. the development comes a day after a federal judge said it may be necessary to depose clinton herself in the case. "the washington post" reports that federal investigators have so far found quote, scant evidence that clinton intended to break cl

i'm not sure woody johnson will. >> i don't see woody. he's mr. republican.ag some surprising names. >> i'll tell you what, those will be names that will live in infamy in conservative circles for a very long time if they jump on early, like a jumped on early on jeb and then everybody consolidates later and then those people are responsible for what hillary does over four to eight years. i'm not saying -- they've got the right to do it. i don't think you want to be on that list four years from now. >> you'll lose track of the new york republican money people who sign up with her. >> go ahead, donny. >> getting frustrated. >> i am. it's friday. i'm very tired. go ahead. donny, speak. i want to hear so desperately. >> what's the message that's hillary has to have against trump? it is a single message. when you look at trump, you can either end up with -- you have to sell fear. >> martin sheen in the dead zone was awesome. gentlemen, the missiles -- >> did you see the dead zone? he was awesome. >> chris cillizza writes hillary clinton will soon realize donald tr

but you have big names like woody johnson and this list of 20 that the trump campaign released today, who list republicans, scott walker, ted cruz, jeb bush -- it is an impressive list. they have ties to the evangelical world and it is a wide variety that tends a signal to people that you've got small to raise money and putting their names behind donald trump. take me inside the minds of some of these donors. we saw donors who were frustrated. they gave a bunch of money and did not know where it went and they gave off money about this cycle. what did they say about the money that's going to get spent? jennifer: it is interesting -- it gives the donors some cover even if they don't adore donald trump, they can say they are giving money to the national republican committee which will help support local and national gop as well as the trump campaign. as far as what they are asking for from the trump campaign, i'm not sure. mark: right now, a lot of debate about whether trump last tactics are a good idea. what is your sense of whether they things are on track or do they have anything that

one other political source to focus on, donald trudtrump has picked up another big supporter, woody johnsonjohnson has raised money for john mccain, mitt romney and george w. bush. trump and johnson had a contentious relationship. in january, trump mocked the team and on twitter he said if the finance chairman would have been with him he would have been some the playoffs at least. >> i think i'll be supporting the jets. >> the jets? >> i'll decide. >>> the top three stories plus the three leading executives in europe, what they're saying about brexit. it's more than a network and the cloud. it's reliable uptime. and multi-layered security. it's how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated, responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you're free to focus on growing your business. centurylink. your link to what's next. shoshow me more like this.e. show me "previously watched." what's recommended

finance chairman, would be raising money for trump and the rnc is this morning announced that woody johnson and some of the party's most influential donors will raise a billion dollars for trump for the fall campaign. it includes former butlers for trump's rivals. mark, you got the times story. you got this story. just focusing on today's news, to what extent to you think that today's news suggests that trump is breaking through what seemed to be the final wall of republican resistance to his candidayc. >> very well connected. the times has a list of people who were well connected who aren't supporting trump. it parallels the political situation. you have your romneys and bushes who were never trump. we'll have people later on in the show, two republicans who represent the same two camps. it's an impressive list. this is an establishment list of huge republican bundlers and supporters. >> no doubt it's been staggering to see the way in which elected official, some intellectuals who were never trump are all folding and collapsing. i've been stunned by it. it's still the case that trump has a

they include people like woody johnson and the owner of the new york jets. person close to clinton said reporters of the former secretary of the state drew up a list of wall street donor who is supported jeb bush and other unsuccessful republican candidates months ago but wanted to wait until trump locked down the nomination before getting the calls. >> voters will have to decide the guy i feel comfortable with in representing me and what i care about. >> the new york times also reports the clinton campaign expects to assemble republicans for hillary and mrs. clinton has, from her days in the senate, cultivated strong relationships with prominent republicans and their top staff people. any way, clinton's play to woo the republicans over to her side work? what would be the reasons they would cross the aisle and go with hillary? >> ordinarily people like that normally hinge their bets any way. she's giving them the opportunity to do it openly. >> wow. >> they would hedge their bets meaning secret handshakes or what? what do you mean by hedge their bets? give a

mark: new york jets owner woody johnson is the latest major public and donor and fundraiser to death donald trump according to a person familiar with the matter. he was the finance chairman for jeb bush's failed presidential campaign, and now he plans to raise money through a joint fundraising measure. the majority of americans say trump should release tax returns. a poll by morning consult surveys says 66% of those surveyed say presidential candidates should release returns. only 21% say candidates should not have to release tax filings. loretta lynch is in faith hill, north carolina, to celebrate the police department's improvement and oversight. it was part of the tour that was created following the 2016 shooting death of police -- 2013 shooting death of michael brown. the brussels police chief -- a demonstrationy that was called to protest the center-right social and economic policies. at least one of the policeman was injured at authorities used water cannons to disperse the crowd. local news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the

reports the clinton team's top targets include jeb bush's former finance chair, new york jets owner woody johnson. speaking thursday in east los angeles, clinton criticized trump's remarks on immigrants. >> we also not only have to work for comprehensive immigration reform, we have to recognize that the kind of language coming from donald trump is hateful, and we need to repudiate it. amy: meanwhile, hundreds of protesters descended on east los anges collegto prote inton's policies, including her remarks callg some yths uper-pretors" inhe 1990's as well as her role in the 2009 nduras cp. one prester was escorted out while chanting, "she killed berta," a reference to environmentalist berta caceres, who was assassinated in honduras last month. >> you killed her! berta! b amy: before her death, berta caceres herself had singled out clinton for criticism over her role in the 2009 honduras coup. in the race for the democratic nomination, clinton leads in the delegate count, but her rival vermont senator bernie sanders has vowed to remain in the race until the final primaries in mid-june. sanders campa

it's not for donald trump but owe. >> it's about supreme court justices. >> people like woody johnsonsupreme court people, more broadly we don't want hillary clinton and donald trump is what we've got. >> that's it. >> it's not that they love trump. i don't know anybody in my world that loves trump. >> you don't have to do an endorsement. >> the thing is -- >> they want -- if he wins, they want to have influence in the administration for whatever purpose they may have in mind. >> power and influence. >> that's it. >> not about what's right. >> new report from the hill, mika. >> says democrats are discussing whether debbie wasserman schultz should step down. >> what do you think about that, mika. >> as dnc chairwoman. >> mika has been clear on that. >> has she already talked about that. >> should do it before the party convention in july. when pro hillary clinton democratic senator tells the hill, quote, there have been lots of meetings over the last 48 hours over what color plate. >> debbie wasserman schultz. >> we have the author of the piece. >> david, it's simple. debbie wasserman

it's woody johnson, the new york jets owner. come on board for trump. johnson was a big bush backer when jeb bush was still in the race and has been somebody who has raised money for the rnc and for these republican candidates in the past. for trump, it's something that he's going to have to do as he looks to raise possibly a billion dollars for the general election, even though he's railed against johnson and against what he calls this special interest money at his campaign rallies in the past. that was then. this is now. trump looking ahead, guys, here out west. >> thank you, hallie jackson. greatly appreciate it. let's bring in haley barbour, former governor of the great state of mississippi, and also, of course, ran the republican national committee for a very long time. governor, it's interesting, is it not, that just a few months ago, he was railing against woody johnson for giving money to jeb bush to help his family's business. now he's taking that money that he said was dirty and influential. talk about the state of the

new york jets owner woody johnson reportedly backing the presumptive nominee.aign and raised money in the past for john mccain, mitt romney and george w. bush, trump and johnson had a contentious relationship in the past, in january when the jets missed the nfl playoffs trump mocked the team. wasn't totally alone there, i don't think. and johnson on twitter. >> i think he personally called johnson a loser on twitter. >> saying if jeb bush's finance chairman had been with him he would have at least made the playoffs. >> the playoffs? >> i don't know. maybe. >> maybe. >>> our guest host this morning is legendary real estate atitan sam zell. he has earned the nickname the grave dancer for making money when all others were losing. he has also been making calls on the stock market. first predicting stocks could be in a bubble in 2013. now he's back sounding the alarm that a correction in the markets could be on the horizon. sam, thank you for being here today. great to see you. >> my pleasure. >> you have concerned about stock market prices for a while. a lot of peo

salute our honorary chair, rita dove, and our conference honorees, michael eric dyson, charles johnson and woodyking jr. and i salute our writers and our scholars and our literary professionals who were on our panels. we really thank you for all the work that you do. i also thank our elected officials who have supported this conference and our corporate partners. all of you have helped to realize the cigging enough cannes -- significance and value of this literary gathering. this conference takes place over two years, and it really takes a village. i want to give a special acknowledgment to the center for black literature director clarence reynolds. he's sitting over here. [applause] he's had tremendous responsibility for coordinating all of these activities. i also thank our coordinators for various components of this program. they are crucial. bernadette sandy, joylin phillips -- [inaudible] simone, raquel bennett, tai allen, professors wallace ford, todd craig, victoria, linda jackson and joanna -- [inaudible] i thank you for working as a team to bring this together and particularly intently