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i ve seen polling in their districts and they know that trump is deeply unpopular especially in suburban districts and paul ryan is trying to thread a tough needle right now which is satisfy the trump supporters who may not show up or may not vote for republicans if he distances himself and says i can t support trump and i can t endorse trump at all but reassures some of the more suburbia and constituencies that are not going to be taken down with the trump tornado. host: is it simple how house seats are up for grabs? guest: . host: we have heard about aren t a lot of questions the house in the senate republican infighting over many issues. you expect the same kind of infighting about these recent actions over donald trump? guest: here s a fascinating dynamic. republicans all the way back to when trump won the nomination came with this formulation, that they would essentially support trump did not enthusiastically endorse him especially in the swing state key ra ....
politician, he did not live in arkansas when the clintons were running arkansas or he would know better. thank you. host: we have to leave it there for now. washington journal will be , 7e from cleveland all week a.m. eastern time. we will continue up to the morning and tune into our coverage before the convention proceedings get underway later today as well as tomorrow and prime time throughout the week. we will take your phone calls here on c-span. ,o to our website, c-span.org for all the details. thank you for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] here on c-span this warning, newsmakers is next, with kelly ward. after that, president obama, vice president joe biden and former president george w. bush attend an interfaith service for the five police officer shot and killed in dallas earlier this month. then remarks by senator tim scott talking about enco ....
against a retired air force member. in dallas,vents baton rouge, louisiana and in orlando are putting guns and the racial divide in this country front and center. how will that play out? reporter: i think certainly the gun issue has been elevated in a way we have not seen in previous election cycles. it is something democrats are eager to talk about and in many of these suburban districts the democrats are talking about winning back, that is an issue a lot of voters care about. i think it s too early to predict whether it s going to be a major focal point for voters of republicans and democrats i talk to are surprised we are talking about it to that extent. some of that is the tragedy we are seeing unfold. host: donald trump has high negatives and sodas hillary clinton. is this going to be a personality campaign? reporter: this has been the most substance free campaign i have seen since i have been covering politics. down ballot, there are issues candidates will use to ....
here in sarasota and tried to get in with my gun. they wouldn t let me in. it seems contrary to what he said. now, are they going to let people into the arena with guns? i know outside they will allow them to permit to carey. host: let me jump in at that point. ohio is an open carry law. security. that s separate. but did that have an impact on preparing the city and the infrastructure and making sure that the different facilities will be ready to go? did it have any impact? guest: it s an interesting balance in that because first and foremost we have a right of free speech in this country. laws of our city, laws of our state. and until all of that had to be taken into conversation by law enforcement in making sure those are very safe and security atmosphere around the convention. so i give our safety forces huge credit for coming up with a plan. this was a year in the making the specific plan to make sure they she will discuss the lawsuit filed on behalf of antitrust ....
that district primary is going to be extremely primary. host: let s talk about money. senate democrats want to regain control of the senate thomas a senate as well. how does that affect the campaign committee? reporter: the senate is the top priority, i think, when you look at what is available and what the party s chances are. if this becomes a real and itde at some point, looks like the house is more in place for democrats and we will see some of this money pour in. you have to look at the republican side and donald trump raising money through the rnc and this joint fundraising account, we don t know if he will raise money at a high pace. he does well so far but he has not been out there fundraising for years and years. there are questions i think on the republican side as well. theher they will have resources to protect the majority. host: your takeaway on the conversation? reporter: democrats have an admirable crop of candidates under the circumstances. probably n ....