Democracy at work, where citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, from the nations capitol to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer we are back in one welcome to the new table polly reynolds, the senior fellow governance studies for brookings institution. Institute, and bob cusack, editorinchief of the help newspaper. The hill newspaper. Welcome to our new home. Lets start with the latest on this speaker race. What have we learned after the gop conference behind closed doors last night . Guest nothing is settled. They are still in a state of facts, do not have a speaker. After last weeks debacle, most republicans got out of town. They are having discussions about changing the as far as motion to vacate. They do not have consensus there. They certainly do not have consensus on who will be the n
Republican huddled on capital hill taking the first step to electing a new speaker. They are under pressure to act quickly in order to provide aid to israel. The speaker battle on capitol hill and your thoughts on what is happening in the middle east. For democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001 and for independents 202 7488002 you can also text at 202 7488003 or on facebook facebook. Com cspan. Good morning everyone and welcome to our new home at the washington journal. We are in a brandnew studio, in the same building on a different floor. It has been a year in the making. We have new monitors, new backgrounds, new desks, new lighting. One thing that will not change as the conversation we have with each of you every morning. If you want a more indepth tour of this new studio you can go online and take a tour along with us to check it all out. For the first hour, we have a double headline with the speaker battle on capitol hill and how the u. S. Is responding to the israel h
Where back then i that is live at the Annapolis Book festival, a panel on political campaigning. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Love i have taught were 27 years in politics so i love this panel. I taught at the University Maryland and serve 31 years in elected office so i love this panel even more especially now that i am not in elected office and currently serve as the headi of the amfar mezzo group. Most importantly though i am the proud father of three who was a student here and loves the school as well. Is that may not only say welcome to you but are two panelists. This panel by the way is the mac politics campaigns off the rails i hope everyone is in the right room. If you are not now is the time to quietly slipped out. Ho i do that routinely because onetime after getting what i felt was a really great lecture at the university i asked for questions as i normally do and someone raised their hand and said what does this have to do with so
Well get to your thought heres in a minute but lets begin with the results. If you go to our website, cspan. Org, you can find them all there from the primary last night, who won florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and ohio. I just want to note that missouri is still too close to call for both the republicans and the democrats. You can find the delegate tracker there on your left and the results will be updated as we go along. New york times have the results from last night. If you look, donald trump with his win in florida. He gets the check. 46 over marco rubios 27 in the florida senators home state in illinois, donald trump garnered 39 of the vote. Ted cruz came in second with 30 . Missouri, it looks like a tie right now. 41 and 4 for ted cruz and donald trump. And in north carolina, the new york billionaire capturing the win there as well, 40 to ted cruzs 37 . Below that, you can take a look at where Hillary Clinton stands. Four victories today. Missouri, 50 as Bernie Sand
I dont see this as the worst week. Dickerson if trump loses in wisconsin are republicans headed nor contested convention well ask the head of the party. Plus analysis on all things political all coming up on face the nation. Good morning welcome to face the nation im john dickerson. New cbs Battleground Tracker polls in wisconsin show tight race on both sides. Bernie sanders is ahead of Hillary Clinton by two points. Among republican primary voters ted cruz leads donald trump by six points, 43 to 37 with john kasich far behind. But trump is up by large margins in both new york which holds its primary on april 19th and pennsylvania with the primary is on april 26. In rocky week for donald trump as he attempts to lock up the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination. Friday at trump tower in new york which has a very large indoor waterfall which youll hear in the background. A lot of people want to stop you are they succeeding . I dont know that its been the worst week in my campai