to try to keep the republican establishment in check. he talked at one point about -- and i'm looking for the quote here -- about the fact that he -- here's what he said in a radio interview in 2010 -- "what we need to do is bitch slap the republican party and get those guys heeding to, and if we have to, we'll take it over." so, that's where he comes from. and the fact that he in the past couple of months tried to get donald trump to kind of swallow some of that sentiment in order to get elected president and consolidate the republican base around him, which he did incredibly successfully, is kind of telling. >> dana bash, thank you for the reporting. stay with me. we have obviously a lot more to get through right here. we're going to take a quick break. much more of our breaking news straight ahead after this. i'm my team's #1 fan. yay. sports. i've never been #1 in anything until i put these babies on. now we're on a winning streak and i'm never taking them off.