Of course, this is all a part of the process for donald trump to try to coalesce a part of the Republican Party as he mars towards marches towards 12 be 7 delegate 1237 delegates. About five members or so here in washington from congress have already supported donald trump. I can tell you congressman don marino, he will be one of them at this meeting. Everybody that we contact says there is no sort of guest list here for this trump event. A couple different entrances here, some very public where we are right now, where the media is, some private as well so these members of congress can either let it be known they will be here either when they enter or leave or try to just slip in and slip out and keep their support for trump potentially under wraps. Meantime, it is a busy day here in washington. Just about six, seven, eight, maybe ten blocks down the road, neil, is the Americanisrael Public Affairs Committee conference or aipac. Hillary clinton gave her speech just a little while ago, and she made it very, very clear that even though donald trump doesnt speak at that conference until later this afternoon, that he is one that she is keeping an eye on as it relates to israel. We need steady hands, not a president who says hes neutral on monday, proisrael on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday because everythings negotiable reporter so that was clinton at aipac this morning. Trump will be speaking later this afternoon sometime during the 5 00 hour, and ted cruz and john kasich get their turn later this afternoon, i believe some folks back out live are starting to walk in. We will try to monitor here, neil, who comes in, who comes out and potentially, hopefully, what comes of this meeting between donald trump and some Top Republicans here in d. C. Neil all right, buddy. Thank yoe burman. Were getting scant details about this meeting, why at a law firm apart from being on capitol hill, all needlesome details, probably, but it was organized by republican senator jeff sessions. Remember, he was among the first senators, socalled establishment senators to say donald trump is my guy. He has a tough time convincing others. Mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, is not leaving kentucky for this. Remember, the senates in the middle of a twoweek spring break. Obviously, this will require a great deal of gamesmanship on the part of mr. Trump to assuage concern some of those members may have about his candidacy. With us now is alex pappas and gianna caldwell. What does donald trump have to do at this gathering . I think this is a very crucial moment for donald trump. Just last week there was a group of conservatives that were going around and talking about, you know, even the option of a third party scenario the if donald trump gets the nomination, and they would get behind some sort of conservative. I think he has to go in there and convince them its not worth giving the election to Hillary Clinton to stop donald trump from being the nominee, because it does sound like there are some conservatives that are almost at the point were talking about. We all know if there is a third party conservative, i think it would be very difficult for donald trump to win. And so i think hes got to convince them a lot of these people probably havent met him before, and i think hes going to try to charm them. Neil you know, gianna, im reading a lot into the noshows and a lot who rsvpd or didnt, but thats a pretty big slap in the face, is it not . Well, i think at this point Republican Leaders everywhere are waking up and smelling the coffee. Its not about donald trump convincing them that hes the guy that should be representing the Republican Party, its about him being the likely nominee, and they should get behind him. Now, in terms of the leaders who may or may not show up at this meeting, theres going to be a number of individuals who do not want to be seen supporting donald trump right now, at least until the convention and he is the republican nominee, so theyll wait until theres an opportunity to support him publicly after hes hit that threshold. Other than that, theyre just going to anemic into the meeting, say sneak into the meeting, say what they need to say, hopefully encourage him to change his rhetoric just a little pit and support him from here on out. Neil that says a lot right there, that theyre going to sneak into the meeting almost like they dont want to be seen or soiled, and i dont know if thats the right message to send, do you . Well, i this i that for a number of individuals on the right whether they be conservative tea partiers, theres been a large force of individuals coalescing against donald trump. People tend to say that his rhetoric is kind of harsh. So now at this point, yes, its a sneakin because theres been people condemning him from all over. Neil right. Whereas he has not been anointed the nominee at this point, the likelihood is he will. So, yes, theyre going to sneak in and wait until he is the nominee before they can vocally support him publicly. Neil like people who show up at my parties. Nevertheless, alex, im reminded of the establishment, for want of a better term, is split on this. Mitt romney only a little over a week ago was campaigning with john kasich in ohio, is now robocalling in arizona and utah that a vote for kasich is, apparently, a waste of time. Listen to this. This is the time for republicans across the spectrum to unite behind ted. He is the only republican candidate who can defeat donald trump. And at this point, a vote for john kasich is a vote for donald trump. Neil all right. Thats a little weird, alex. He was just campaigning with the guy in ohio, now he says forget him, focus on this guy trump and stopping him, and ted cruz is the only guy to do that. What do you think . I tell you what, there are a lot of things that are bizarre about it, just the mere fact that mitt romney is doing something positively for Ted Cruz Neil absolutely, absolutely. Mitt romney, when he announced that he was going to support ted cruz and the utah caucuses tomorrow on friday, he explained that hes doing it because he thinks its the best way to beat donald trump. Its not necessarily because he loves ted cruz, but i think he thinks that by doing this, it heightens the possibility that there will be a contested convention, and in mitt romneys mind, hes probably thinking in that scenario maybe another republican could get the nomination. Its not because mitt romney loves ted cruz, he just wants to stop donald trump which is whats interesting about all these republicans. Its all about stopping trump. Neil what do you make of that, gionno . 60 of the delegates have been allotted, 47 have gone to donald trump. From here on out, the map for the most part favors donald trump. So saying, hey, we need to support ted cruz to stop donald trump, i think, is a load, if you will. I dont think its really that much possible to stop donald trump at this point. Hes been going strong, and everyone is coalesced against him, as i said, and theyve thrown everything at him, the kitchen sink, the house, the bentley, everything. [laughter] at this point theres no stopping donald trump that i can see. Neil yeah. The idea isnt so much stopping him as stopping him from getting that 1237. That might be a leap. Gentlemen, thank you both very much. Donald trump would need about 53 of the remaining delegates to close that deal. Many argue he can do that. If he cant, then its anyones guess as to how this convention sorts out. In the middle of all this, the fact that hes emerging as a threat, the threats have increased against donald trump and his family. You heard, of course, about his son eric. This apparently went wider than we first thought. Lauren simonetti with the latest. It did. Donald trumps older sister, shes a federal appeals judge in philadelphia. Shes 78 years old. Back on friday she received a letter in the mail at her philadelphia home that we hear is a threatening letter similar to the one that his son eric received last week as well. That letter was laced with a white substance. Good news, that white substance, that powder deemed not hazardous. Nonetheless, that letter to eric trump said there would be harm against his four oh siblings if other siblings if his dad did not drop out. Also last week anonymous got into Donald Trumps information, gave out his number, his phone number. And as all of this is happening, we have donald trump beefing up his security. The crowd, the protesters in tucson over the weekend, his Campaign Manager had to step in there, he got some heat for that, so now donald trump beefing up his security as he gets ever more popular, i suppose is the best word here, neil, in the polls. Neil all right. I know you dont want to get crazy and start endangering peoples lives. Lauren simonetti, thank you. Thank you. Neil all right. In the meantime, were getting some news remember on this whole fantasy betting sites, theyre apparently going to stop their paid contests in new york immediately. This is coming from the state attorney generals office. 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Not exactly revolutionary, the company says more like evolutionary, but it occurs about 24 hours before lawyers appearing on capitol hill to outline their plans to avoid any government orders to open up said phones like the ones behind the San Bernardino attacks. But it occurs at a time where were trying to trace the whereabouts of the orchestraters of the paris attacks after we captured one last week mainly through a phone and technology footprint. Paul, obviously, apples going to continue arguing, as it has, and this is very popular with its core base, we will not give in to government demands either here or abroad. Is that Holding Weight . Actually, it is, and i dont understand why, neil. The reason why is because theyre using this alleged right to privacy issue. Where does that come from . At the end of the day, National Security will trump this warped sense of entitlement that they think they have any day of the week. We are looking at a criminal investigation. We can see that this type of data, this leaves a digital footprint to not only how they plan that, but, neil, how they could be planning other incidences going forward. I think the position has absolutely no weight whatsoever. Neil now, the sighting of these guys in brussels including the capture of one of the masterminds, would that have been possible without electronic surveillance, in other words, without tracing their devices and any of that . Highly unlikely x ill tell you why, neil. Not because boots on the ground and good old typical investigative effort efforts art solid, they are. You ask any investigator, and they will tell you absent the ability to track people in the cyber world, then we are at a significant loss in that investigative effort. You can rest assured that their efforts in capturing this guy largely were because of the footprint that he laid whether it be via social media from his phone, etc. So that even weighs more heavily. When the court starts to take a look at this situation between apple and the fbi and apple and the government, its a very simple issue. Its a criminal investigation. In my estimation if they do not, they are interfering or obstructing justice. They need to be coughing that up. And we talked about this, neil, this isnt an allin thing, neil, all right . This isnt, well and their contention is, well, if we let you look at this phone, youll compromise all phones. Thats ridiculous, and this unfair burden . Come on, what are you, kidding me . Neil it just seemed like one device and it wasnt as if open them all up. What i want to ask you about saleh abdeslam, the guy who was captured last week, when incidents like this occur, it puts apple more on the defense than when they dont, right . Right. Neil so they have to explain does that posture risk harming american lives . They say, no, none of what theyve gotten in the past would have been interrupted or deterred by apples policies. Do you believe that . In other words, apple has done nothing to thwart investigators from keeping track of bad guys. Well, they are right now, neil. All evidence to the contrary or, they are right now. We have a device that is going to lead investigators to critical information x theyre becoming a roadblock. American people are entitled to feel safe inside this country on american soil. We need that information to provide them that right. Neil all right. I have a feeling they might not spell that out tomorrow, so are these hearings a waste of time . I hope theyre not, you know . I sincerely hope theyre not, neil, honestly. Neil thank you very much. Always a pleasure. Neil nell in the meantime, i know it sounds like every other day, but north korea just fired off some more shortrange missiles, what theyre calling projectiles. Keep in mind this occurs a little more than three days after firing off mediumrange missiles into the sea of japan and two weeks after launching a satellite that we said they were incapable of doing. Well, they did it, just hike they did this last like they did this last week, and they keep doing this stuff. So how do we tell them the stuff it . After this. I know youre my financial advisor, but are you gonna bring up that stock again . Well you need to think about selling some of it. My dad gave me those shares, you know. He ran that company. I get it. But you know i think you own too much. Gotta manage your risk. And youve gotta switch to decaf. An honest opinion, even if you disagree. With 13,000 financial advisors, its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Dont let dust and allergies get and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. [engines revving] you cant have a hero, if you dont have a villain. The world needs villains [tires screeching] and villains need cars. Neil neil all right. We still dont know everybody in that planned meeting of 0 or so Republican Leaders 20 or so Republican Leaders who are going to be having this sitdown powwow with donald trump at a law firm, but we do know one of them is going to be Tennessee Republican congressman scott destar lay. Hes in the dark as to what is going to happen at this meeting. It was put together by pete sessions, the senator who was an early backer of donald trump, just trying to get major Republican Party figures together. In slight to the fine congressman from tennessee, but prominent leaders seem to be in absence here. We know that senator Mitch Mcconnell was invited, but he will be in kentucky and is not making this meeting. We dont know any other leaders who might be otherwise preoccupied and not making this meeting, but we are following it closely. Newt gingrich, former speaker, is among those there gathering as well. Hes been very complimentary of donald trump and the phenomenon that he has become on the campaign stump as far as sitting, active house and senate leader, though, they seem to be in small supply here. Well keep you posted on that. Also keeping you posted on north korea. I know i just said that they were launching projectiles earlier today into the south china sea. Well, apparently theyve launched five more missiles just since then. This is coming from military sources who are saying north Korean Military activities around the Korean Peninsula have picked up measurably. They are launching Ballistic Missile technology which the government says is in a clear violation of u. N. Security council resolutions. Of course, that is nothing new, but they keep doing it. So how to stop them from doing it. Retired navy seal dave spears. Im sure, dave, in the course of our conversation well get confirmation of still more launches. So theyre obviously flaunting this. What do we do about this . Absolutely. Weve had about three administrations, three decades of this, neil, and its the same result. The same thinking gets us the same exact results. What we need to do now is realize where theyre at. Theyre using these missile systems, theyve developed Nuclear Technology they can use, and we need to start enhancing our defensive posture, that means putting in antiBallistic Missiles system, that means defensive and offensive cyber against them. We have to change the paradigm here. Neil theyve been sanctioned up the i didnt think yang, right . I didnt think yang, right . Few countries have been sanked as much as the north koreans, which leads me to believe theyre not working or someone is helping them to out to relieve the economic pressure so they can keep doing what theyre doing. What do you think . Absolutely. China is an enabler for them. Its one of their big pieces of their economy, is china helping them out. S