and he has as everybody said he has some strengths. the people in the party, the chairman of the party, the activists, donors are really concerned that he will dominate this process, draw a lot of vote and keep them from being a strong nominee. what can they do about it? a phone call from ryan priebus is not going to stop donald trump. they have to focus on immigration, he has struck a he strikes a cord with a lot of people. what is the end game for donald trump though? he s losing money. he s losing business. he s probably not going to be the president. well to try to keep rising in the poll and try to win. this field is so crowded. somebody with 17% can win a primary or caucus. and can trump get 17%? wow. what is he good for an organization state to state on the ground? not very many though. the fact is trump really doesn t. he hired some real organizers.
hillary would let everybody come in killers, criminals, drug dealers, everybody. if you listen to hillary, everybody is going to be flow through the nation. i ll make that wall inpenetratable, okay? you don t have to worry about how high it will be. and mexico will pay for that wall. joining us now, washington post reporter robert costa who wrote the story about that conversation between priebus and trump. good to see you this morning. let s talk about the relationship that donald trump has with the rest of the field, the relationship he has with the republican party. what do you suspect he told him in that conversation and how do you think trump responded? i spoke with several people briefed on the conversation. it was pretty candid. prybus made outreach to hispanic voters and calming down the primary, the central mission of his chairmanship. trump has come into that mission like a political tornado. prieus about is interesting because he is friendly with trump. he solicited don
debate stage in a few weeks. he can step into democratic race but step in with a lot of money and just shake everything up because he or she doesn t care what the others think? is there somebody that might do that? he doesn t care what the facts are. is there somebody that could jump in on the democratic side? there is a column that compared sanders to trump. trump is not spending a lot of money. he drives more earned media, free media than anybody else. while others are not really worried about trump, fox loves trump. they ll put him on and play the themes on immigration and other issues big. that drives a lot of this. if you re a republican who wants to cross trump, you re crossing fox now and the republican primary crossing fox is dangerous as crossing trump. speaking of fox that, debate is on august 6th. donald trump will be on that stage. certainly. must-see tv. katty kay, we have more important news to get to this morning. perhaps not as amusing as donald trump.