Loose cannons tend to misfire. Shes only going to get the nomination because its a rigged deal. I know there is a lot of nervousness around this country that donald trump may become president. Aint gonna happen this morning, the Trump Campaign getting down to the business of picking a running mate. The candidate, himself, saying that even he was shocked at how quickly he became the nominee, but its not alls well that ends well. Some Top Republicans are refusing to endorse their presumptive nominee. One senator now calling for a third party candidate. Were also following breaking news out of texas, where free agent nfl Quarterback Johnny Manziel is set to appear in court this hour on misdemeanor assault charges. Hes accused of assaulting his former girlfriend at a dallas hotel back in january. But we begin with nbcs jacob rascon, whos outside trump tower in new york. Jacob, good morning to you. Give us some insight into how the Trump Campaign is planning their general election strategy.
Nomination, headliners about comments he made about cruzs father, trump links his father to Lee Harvey Oswald, a story first reported by the National Enquirer. His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to oswalds being, you know, shot. The whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, prior to his being shot. Money brings it up. They dont talk about that. That was reported and nobody talks about it. I think its horrible. I think its absolutely horrible a man can go and do that, what he saying there. Theres a picture out that there reportedly shows rafael cruz standing with Lee Harvey Oswald. What was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death . Before the shooting . Its horrible. In response to that, ted cruz unleashed on trump. It all happened during a provide day stump in indiana earlier prompting a response for donald trump, jr. Who wrote that was an impressive meltdown, desperate but impressive reminded me of my teen coming off a sugar high. Were covering the trump and C
Corey lewandoski is not a lawyer but not surprising he is heading this because he is his closest confident and been serving as his Campaign Manager for a little over a year and donald trump has done pretty well and others have been added to his circle but Corey Lewandoski has maintained his position. It is very early on in the vp search. Theyve only been the presumptive nominee now for about seven days. It is too early to talk about a short list. Marco rubio has come out and d said he does not want to be considered for donald trump, marco rubio and donald trump y saying the only ones that say they dont want to be Vice President are those not offered the job. That is the task at hand and immediately is the meeting with the rnc with paul ryan and house leadership and Senate Leadership to try and smooth things over between donald trump and the party. Im told meeting will focus on tone and how. Dt donald trump ca and will change his tone and he is prepared to hit hard, his commitment to he
Trump goes to washington. And ryan heads into that meeting with his house divided, the gop caucus split over supporting the trumptive nominee and ryan fa facing increasing pressure to endorse trump. The speaker stressing this morning his goal is to find a way to bridge the divide before its too late. I think were trying to be as constructive as possible but have a real unification. I said the other day to pretend were unified as a Republican Party after a bruising primary that ended a week ago, to pretend were unified we go into the fall at half strength. This election is too important than to go into the election at half strength. That means we need real unification of our party and after a tough primary, that will take effort. The Speakers Office confi confirming a call between ryan and ben carson and that call, made with trumps blessing is to discuss major issues between the nominee and the speaker, difference trump downplayed between now and tomorrows meeting. Hes a very good man a
We talk about dollars more than 4 billion from the Education Department to North Carolina last year. If you are talking about other businesses, there is a long list of companies from apple to google and papal and to hilton and hyatt that have said, no way, we are not bringing our business there. We condemn this law and it is not the right thing for us. If you talk about the artist from nique jonas there is a lot of debate. Another chapter started in march when this bill was passed in a matter of 12 hours and the next chapter will happen in court. All this states back to charlotte enacting very open bathroom laws when it comes to how it operates in dealing with the gender neutrality in bathrooms and this is a states reaction, correct . Yes. So charlotte passed this law basically protecting transgender people. Interesting also, the governor here of North Carolina, hp 2 was a reaction to that charlotte law as you indicated. Then he said an over reaction, thomas. Is there anything on the g