republicans. you noticed how much energy leader mcconnell devotes to attacking conservatives? you notice how much energy speaker boehner develops to attacking conservatives. just yesterday the speaker of the house went on national television, and on national television, he directed an obscene epithet at me personally he's welcome to insult whomever he likes. i don't intend to reciprocate. but when has leadership ever showed that level of venom, that level of animosity to president obama and the democrats who are bankrupting this country, who are destroying the constitution, who are endangering the future of our children and grandchildren, who are retreating from leadership in the world and have created an environment that has led to the rise of radical islamic terrorism? you know, one of the dynamics, mr. president, we've seen in fight after fight is harry reid and the democrats sit back and laugh. why? because it's republican leadership that leads the onslaught, attacking conservatives saying, no

but you so republicans do very well with african-americans, jackie robinson who were openly republican and touted the party. what you saw, 60 to 65 percent democratic, but still 30 to 35 percent republican. but really, the turning point in what started the cascade of black americans away from the republican party was barry goldwater. 1964 really was a pivot point from black politics in this country in terms of black people breaking into the democratic party, but. goldwater showing the face of the republican party. >> you mentioned barry goldwater and lyndon johnson. do you believe that it was more of an anti- goldwater, anti- republican thing, or was it more a pro lbj, throat democratically? >> what caused this massive support? >> he would actually started to do certain things to enforce the rights of black folks. then vice president that racial attitudes that were untoward, when he picked up the mantle of the civil rights act and made it his own he went all in in a way that kennedy had been reluctant to do. as shown a lot of americans that this might be a party we do business with. th

candidates in the republican race. everybody in the republican side is at 0% or 1% or 2%. so far of them rick perry has been the only one to quit. after last night that pace may accelerate. you can't stay in a presidential race with numbers that low. even with all those 0% and 1% and 2% candidates up there last night. we forgot bobby jindal. where is bobby. even with the strange and huge field, with so many of them at literally almost nothing poll numbers. it turns out watching them is compelling. watching them is something that the american public believes to be a compelling prospect. fox got 24 million people to watch the first republican debate. cnn got 23 million people to watch the second republican debate. i have a good authority they went down from a million because jim gilmore and rick perry have large families. part of the reason the republican debates may be getting huge numbers is probably donald trump. his insult-comic presidential came is unpredictable and therefore entertaining. okay. sure. maybe part of

but being outside of the republican party, the republican party's relationship with trump has been rocky this year. trump did not turn it down. now trump has signed this pledge , but who knows what the pledge is worth. it is a political document. i can see this year what happened with perot happen with trump. he keeps wanting -- talking about wanting to be treated fairly. he could easily run as an independent. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." visit to: the pope's the u.s. c-span has live coverage. tuesday afternoon, beginning at 3:45, we live with the president and mrs. obama to greet the pope. wednesday morning, the welcoming ceremony for the pope as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. live coverage begins at 8:45 eastern. and starting at 4:00, the mass at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. 8:30, poperning at francis makes history, becoming the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. and friday morning at 10:00, live coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the united nations general asse

i am not a republican. i thought it was the anti-gay, ant-minority stuff in the party, they were going to fix that this year. at least in the presidential race. they were going to stop that stuff from being their marquis issues in the 2016 presidential race because it didn't serve them. it didn't win their last general election or the one before that or the year before that. this would be the year when it didn't happen again for republicans. the one person i most want to talk about that because i think she might know is here next. this kid makes stains like you would not believe so when we had him, we bought one of those he washing machines but it took forever turns out it wasn't the machine, it was our detergent. so we switched to tide turbo clean and now we get way cleaner clothes way faster make a mess make a mess make a mess, make a mess make a big mess your first words save time with tide he turbo clean. it's quick collapsing suds reduce rinse time and don't overwhelm your machine so you get 6x the cle

they have polled republican voters nationwide on the race for the republican nomination. and what they have found is a mix of good news including some surprisingly good news for the few folks who find themselves towards the top of these poll results, but what they have also found is just some astonishingly bad news for the folks who find themselves at the bottom of the list. and some of the people at the very bottom of the list will surprise you. the top tiered, national caliber politicians in the republican field are not just polling at the bottom of the field nationally right now, they're like below the bottom of the field like you thought you were on the ground floor and hey look, turns out there's a basement. this new ppp poll which we have exclusively tonight and we are breaking news of right now, it is very good news for some candidate but very bad news for others. so it's monday. do you want the good news first or do you want the bad news first? all right. let's do the good news first. thank you. you didn't think you could hear -- i could hear you, did you? the goo

i think you made a point that a lot of people in the establishment republican, the real republican party thought it would be preseason, pre-gaming in terms of partying. and yet this seems to be the real game right now. trump seems to be winning the real fight. that's what it looks like to me. >> i think that the establishment is starting to come to terms with the fact that this is not necessarily -- at least right now, going to be an election, like other normal elections, where people sort of debate each other. they, you know, go at each other over issues and do a little bit of sniping, but they do get into some details. this is very much a, you know, sort of like a -- having a yo mama joke kind of a contest with somebody on the schoolyard right now. so they're look, i think, around to find somebody that maybe they could throw money behind. ben carson is getting a look by establishment money people now in north carolina from the party. he could potentially be somebody they could try to get behind. they're looking for somebody other than trump that can play this game of sort of get out th

he's not a real republican. we thought the candidacy would be torpedoed when he made the comments about john mccain. when he made those comments about megyn kelly. this guy seemingly is able to escape everything in the past would take out another type of candidate. how is he able to do that? >> he's really defying conventional political wisdom. the rules of political physics don't seem to apply to him. i have a footnote on that. bloomberg politics, we do the iowa poll. i spent the first half of my week sort of looking at the trump phenomena and writing about the i i electorate. what they like about him out in iowa is he's rich, he's independent. those are all things that normally would be, you know, negative for at least a republican candidate. so it's -- you know, he's defying -- he's just defying conventional wisdom at every turn. today's moment, it's not a real contract. that said, mr. trump workings in the real estate industry, so i bet he's got some very good contract lawyers who could help him with this. >

obama, the face of the republican party. they have been outmaneuvered. ronald reagan combined a vigorous domestic program, strong foreign policy, welded it in the way that convinced the american people. we turn it around, the field is ready to do it again. lou: of the field now, 16-1, james gilmore barely hanging on. who -- you mentioned ronald reagan and theodore roosevelt. who comes closest in the remaining field to those two icons of american leadership? >> we're going to see, i'm still looking at the field. by the way, by the way, candidates are discussing it, lindsey graham he's going nowhere. >> you got to be kidding. my god. >> not winning the nomsgliegz this is the guy who wanted to be the hand maiden to barack obama to push the muslim brotherhood on egyptian president assisi as he took power! come on! >> he's been a leader on iran. lou: he's been a handmaiden also to john mccain. steve forbes, always good to have you, thank you, sir? >> thank you. lou: breaking news now, a dangerous escalation of tensions in the mid

. >> he wasn't running the republican party. >> he was running with the republican party. >> he was a senator from north carolina. >> but he's a classic republican. >> robert byrd -- >> he disavowed those beliefs. the democratic party used to be a racist party until 1968. >> abraham lincoln was a republican. >> you're going back in time. >> so are you. >> the democratic party used to be a racist party until 1968. it's no longer a ratist party. >> i've also been a republican for over 40 years. so let's put that in context. are there elements within american society, right or left, that have racial tones? yes. institutionally, no, we don't accept any codified law, social morees in the republican party. they go to the minority communities around america in support there. i would say to the black community, why are you giving your vote to another -- to a party that no longer needs you or gives you, if you look at the urban environment, any future path to success? when it comes to racism, we have to deal with the individual aspects of it, bill. and this constant cry, narrative, is to paint

inside the house republican caucus, john boehner was called a republican in name only. a traitor and worse by his own members. fights over the debt ceiling, the enable to to extend the payroll tax cut. so republicans at each other's throats even as republicans were trying to place everything wrong with washington squarely on the president. still with us, michael front roy, terry holt, a partner at hdmk communications and norm ornstein. terry holt, is this a bad look going into a presidential year in particular? part of the arguments of the country was give us the house along with the senate and this place will run properly and now we're seeing maybe not and does it weaken those running for your party's mantle for next year? >> those are a lot of qualifications for me to thread the needle through. ultimately it's not the ideal way to start the next presidential election. you know, this party, the republican party, has not won a national election in ten years. the presidency is what this is all about. these groups are frustrated. and the constituents of different tea part

there were some republicans in congress and also republican consultants who were saying behind the scenes, look guys. you better take a somewhat unpopular vote now or you are going to be creamed on this in the future because of the republican primary voters. and now here we are finding ourselves in election season, where now suddenly donald trump has set the tone. and the tone is somewhat akin to i'm going remind people of george wallace without reminding people of george wallace. they are stuck with this until they become part of the solution if there is still a majority in congress after the election. but i think look, this is the cost of not dealing with a real problem is that you end up with campaign rhetoric. and that campaign rhetoric cannot fail to very much hurt them in a general election. >> herathank you for joining us. we'll be right back. a new test with pluggable febreze. we rented this resort, hid smelly objects all over each villa and plugged in febreze. then real people were asked to stay for a long weekend. would they smell anything? the room itself was like [sniff] ahhh.

republicans are going to nomiinate a good conservative republican and people will have to critique him and see if he is a legit conservative. i think the narrative and where the media wants to go is about trump and carly fiorina. next they want to right something about carson emerging and everybody's appetite for bush to stumble. not a lot of time for anybody to have a breakout moment. >> sticking with you, ed, for the moment, if republicans are looking for the conservative leader who you say will eventually emerge from this process, does donald trump fit that bill? >> he does not. he hasn't in any way shape or fashion been a good republican. whether he had an epiphany and if he is really a conservative remains to be seen and proven by him. he is going to have to get around it to. republicans will nominate a good conservative and all of the candidates have time. but no, he hasn't been a good conservative republican. >> brad, when you look at the latest new york city times cbs news poll it is interesting. 36% of republicans think that donald trump has the best chance of winning the 2016

i think that is what really hit the republican right wing. they don't like nothing. >> let me pick up on that point about ben carson. chris matthews saying a parking space and reminds me four years ago that was a story on the republican side. michele bachmann. the minute they got the scrutiny of a presidential debate they fell apart. we said a few months ago that will be donald trump. he will disappear. obviously not happened with trump. when you look at ben carson do you see somebody you think has the staying power that trump has or looking back to the herman cain model. >> he is not herman cain or michele bachmann. he is a good man with a remarkable life story. he is more likely than not a parking place for republican voters right now. we will see how he performs tonight with the spot light on him. i think one other thing we are going to see playing out tonight is the moment of time, what is american conservatism? you will see candidates attack donald trump on issues as the proof point that he is not a conservative. conservatism is increasi

every senate republican except tom cotton voted for it including the republicans running for president, including ted cruz and the others. we need a back bone transplant for the republicans in d.c. we need term limits. they need to live under the rules and laws they passed for us. they love obamacare while they exempted themselves from it. that has got to end. we need part-time legislators that work in the real world that grow the american economy, not the government economy. lou: governor, i think you caught a few people's attention in the last five minutes or so. we appreciate you being with us. governor bobby jindal, thank you. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> the president ordered his administration to dramatically increase the number of syrian refugees that the administration will allow into the united states. not the 1500 the secretary initially mentioned. no, the number of syrian refugees he puts at 10,000 in the next fiscal year, fleeing violence associated with the islamic state that continues to spread across the middle east and north africa partly because the obama admi

the sad things is we have a lot of republicans telling republican voters the problems is barack obama and the democrats. if we focus on that, we can get something done. >>> let me ask you to pick up and respond to that, if you will. the fact is no matter what you did in the house, first of all there was a democratic majority, and you do have barack obama as president. what realistically could he have done more? >> sure, we told people give us the senate and things would be gift, give us the house and things will be different. we're paying more attention about polls and who is getting blamed for a shutdown, or rules instead of helping people and doing what we promised we would do. we are fighting a war against an administration using 1994 tools when administrationed used to go through the legislative branch to enact their agenda. this administration goes around. they're going to go around on climb changes. unless we are able to pass legislation out of the house and senate, we are no longer an effective check against the executive branch. so it is different. >> that's simply not the cas

'sdi individual mandate was a republican idea, but republicans unified, as you pointed out, they were given control of the house because of anger over obamacare. they could not afford to antagonize the base by saying some elements, let's work with this -- - o, >> obamacare was passed before 2010. >> no, no, no i'm saying they had the opportunity to work with this president. they didn't do it. he then, i will say, tith, welle disdain for me, i will show disdain for you, that is the , kumbya definitely out the door. that's been a long time ago. >> brittle, the republicans fault, he did it first? >> of course not. speaking of obama care? an example. t in substantive terms, in the construction of that bill, the s republicans were given nothing. now, you may say that the individual mandate was a republican idea, was actually an idea that came out of conservative think tank, but apart from mitt romney, was not embraced by the republican party in any broadway. and the things that the republicans might have wanted in the bill that might have enticed, almost indeed forced some of them to vote

on top of the republican ticket, how it might affect a down chicken republicans. specifically donald trump. this is steven dimon saying he is not only shaking up the gop presidential caucus, he was a dominant theme for republicans back home. the trunk campaign is to report endorsements, and some pundits are warning that mr. trump of the top of the gop ticket would be deadly to the prospect of some of the down ticket candidates. host: more about that in the "washington times," this morning. will be 2016 politics our discussions about 15 minutes later on at about 8:30. we talk about congress coming back and some of the details we have been talking about with the reporter. that will be at 8:30. for now, your top priority in congress. democrats, call (202) 748-8000. republicans, call (202) 748-8001 . independents, call (202) 748-8002. we will hear next from dan in missouri, marble hill missouri. public in line. -- republican line. caller: i appreciate your tremendous tos have the american people be able to voice ourselves and come up with new ideas is what it's all ab

what is your sense about him as target for republican? >> he would be easier to attack than hillary clinton. a lot of his views are out there. but susan makes valid point. articulate the main messages that any nominee is going to make. on women, climate change, the environment and things like this. the interesting thing when you look at bernie sanders how many people out there in the party are passionate 'brought bernie sanders' bid how much is protest vote against hillary clinton. and those are the numbers that the biden he'll, for instance, are like can at. let's just wait there for us to scoop up if we get in this race. >> dickerson: thanks so much. thanks all of you. we'll be right back with governor john kasich. >> dickerson: we fixed our satellite issue. republican presidential candidate and ohio governor john kasich joins us from columbus. thank you. you heard some cheering when john boehner's resignation was announced, you've known him for awhile. >> long time. dickerson: give us your reaction to his resignation? >> i'm saded. joh

she also took direct aim at her republican rivals. >> several republican candidates boast they'll tear up this agreement in 2017. more than a year after it's been implemented. that's not leadership, that's recklessness. it would set us right down the very dangerous path we've worked so hard to avoid. >> our chief political correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill covering this anti-iran deal rally. dana, how are things shaping up? set the scene for us? >> it's a big crowd, wolf. this is the place and really the kind of crowd that we saw about six years ago when the tea party began to really build and grow and during the whole debate over obamacare. it's the same kind of crowd and the same host, the tea party patriots are the ones that hosted this rally. ted cruz is the going to be a speaker here and it was he who invited his opponent donald trump. you were joking about the fact that they've been having a bromance on the campaign trail even though they're competitors and that's certainly bearing it here. they do agree very much on the idea that this iran deal is the wrong way to go bu

well, i find the trepidation on the part of the other republican candidates in the field and the republican establishment about this fascinating because one thing we know is that poll after poll raising taxes on the rich is pretty popular. >> well, yes, but they're not appealing to the mass of voters, they're appealing to the donor class. that's what you're seeing here with things like trump's fantasy plan that will have a 1% tax rate at the bottom. it's not worth the coin to collect a 1% tax. and this is just the tax fairy that is the logical outgrowth of grover norquist's long ago pledge that so many republicans bought into and are now stuck with. >> well, that's what's been interesting to me that trump refuses to sign the pledge and this hedge fund loophole, which maybe you can explain a little bit. there's a specific loophole called the carried interest loophole, trump appears to be talking about. it's been there for folks for a long time. it's had its defenders among chuck schumer and other democrats who stuck up for it. what is the loophole that he's talking about? >> the one he's tal

republican is way down in the dumps as well. in fact, only one point ahead of rand paul and chris christie. only one point up at 3%. scott walker. if you listen to the whole republican establishment and the beltway media, even a couple of months ago either jeb bush or scott walker was supposed to be winning by now. scott walker nationally is in eighth place with 3% of the vote which is smaller than the margin of error in this poll. this weekend i went to the 147th annual comington fair in western massachusetts which is awesome. i go every year. every year i go to the demolition derby. this year i was sitting with my friend michael at the demolition derby. from our vantage point michael took a 20-second cell phone video of what the demolition derby looked like from where we were which was right in the front row which was freaking terrifying from rocks, dirt, parts. it was very exciting. in the 20-second clip he took i didn't notice this saturday night. i was too scared. too caught up n. the video clip. a receive -- revelation. wa

guest: very fluid on the republican side. all of them feeling their way through a very different political year. still anyone's race i think. side, i lovec logic. guest: i think we can share that emotion there. on the democratic side, we are about to enter the next period of engagement. debates, speeches, more high-level engagement. there are a couple things i'm looking for. one is the september 30 fundraising reports. the real question is what is the bernie sanders look like. the second is his online fundraising will be very impressive. debate.first there are questions about whether there are five or six people. i don't know the answer to that but what are the strategies the candidates bring into that debate can be quite interesting. on the republican side, the assumption that somehow gravity was going to bring some people down and raise people up doesn't seem to be happening and it's fascinating as poll after poll shows the republican primary voters are so not just angry at washington but actively rejecting anybody. we have

is,rdless who the nominee republican voters will vote for republicans. the important thing for the democrats will be high turnout, increasing turnouts among the poor constituents which we don't typically see in the midterm. we know me turn -- midterm turnouts favor republicans. presidential years favor democrats. we will see those voters trap. sayingnother twitter hillary is quite strong, but unfortunately, the media only reports the fake in a scandal instead. unfortunately, she is stuck in this cycle. initially, she did not confront it head on. i think her campaign has done a better job in the last little bit of trying to lay it to rest. it is difficult at times to control what the media does. they like scandals. they like talking about things that are bad. she is sort of stuck in this. she is right. she is having great speeches, she was talking about the issues, whether it is student loans are equal pay for women. that is what voters want to hear. democratic voters are paying attention to that. while we are talking about hillary clinton, the wall stree

i'm a republican, by the way. we just think the republicans are losing it. host: do you think part of the reason that mitch mcconnell is not using that is because he was so critical of harry reid when he did it, saying he was throwing out the rules and tradition of the senate? caller: yes, but they don't understand that they are losing republicans like myself. i have no confidence in the congress anymore. still runningare congress, even though they are in the minority in the house and senate. host: who do have confidence in in what is currently a very large republican primary field for president. is there anybody that inspires your confidence? caller: i will tell you, i'm for trump all the way. i'm with him all the way. hopefully he can turn things around. he is not going to be a chicken and sit in the back row of any of this garbage going on. on the republican primary front, some news late yesterday. rick perry, former governor of out ofdecided to pull the race for presidency. you can see the headline there on the front page of "the houston chronicle." from

donald trump said he's a republican. he's running in the republican primary. he's taking part in the republican debates. it's fitting that all the candidates would sign a pledge saying we're going to be a republican and the pledge will say i will support the republican nominee. and so for someone who has based his campaign on straight talk, this is a pledge to say i'm going to be a republican and i'm going to support the republican nominee and here is my word in writing for it. i think it's a pretty significant thing. >> you know, it strikes me donald trump has changed his view on many positions, many very serious positions, so why wouldn't he change his position on this if it suits his needs? s.e., am i wrong about that? >> well, you're right, it's completely uninforceable and it's almost sort of a pr document. i love reince. he's a fellow packer fan, but i actually think this was a big mistake. you know, the rnc's job is to protect the future of the republican party and donald trump has made it very clear he doesn't really care about the future of the republ

, thinking republicans. john: issue five -- flashes of humor. >> ever-ready, it's very high energy, donald. [applause] >> mr. trump? >> humble. [laughter] >> that's a good one. john: who was the most entertaining? pat: trump made the show. eleanor: the trump-bush show will go on for months. tom: bush's secret service line was great. clarence: trump. john: the answer is trump. issue six-china's 12-mile message. >> war is the sword of damocles. we must learn the lessons of history and dedicate ourselves to peace. john: china's president xi jinping says his nation wants global peace and this week china promised a crackdown on sbernt hackers who target america. but china's promises ring hollow. his military was publicly parading its growing military reach. on decision play were weapons like the d.f.-21 d., an anti-ship ballistic missile specifically designed to sink american aircraft carriers and other missiles that can target u.s. bases on guam, over 1,800 miles from china. that's not all. after training with r

paul on the republican side? >> by the time we get to the convention, it is hypothetically possible. >> 10%? 20%? what do you think? >> something where the nominee doesn't have enough delegates. >> i think you could get that way. the middle part of the republican process doesn't have winner take all. that means if i get 30% of the vote i get 30% of the delegates. multiple people can win if there is enough of that it can play out. a lot of statistical pundant don't thing it will play out. >> i was at the 1971976 convent where we had that. i should say unfortunately butch biker passed away and he was the then governor reagan and if he won the nomination he would have been the vice president but i don't think we know. i think we will have a nominee. -- i think we will know. >> cornel, different question on the democratic side. give me the size of the political earthquake if hillary clinton loses iowa or new hampshire to bernie sanders? they are trying to say they can lose iowa or new hampshire and be okay but i don'

that includes the republicans. look, i'm angry at the republicans. at least the democrats are fighting for what they believe in. these republicans promise us the world. they don't do anything. they caved again today. they keep giving up. obama can't negotiate with iran. the only group he can negotiate with are the republicans in d.c. >> if are you elected, what do you do about the iranian deal that is now --? >> first day we tell the iranians we're not honor this bad political agreement signed by my predecessor. we will not allow them to become a nuclear power. we have every option to stop that. we will take israel we have their back. we will stand shoulder to shoulder with israel. they are starting a nuclear arms race in the middle east. it won't stop with iran, as bad as the deal is. the sun where i countries aren't going to sit there idle where i by. this is the country's worst leg as where is. i will remind the american people -- this idea that we can just give into dictate ors like putin, castro brothers, like iran, it doesn't work. we are seein

a smaller republican field. they would wave a magic wand, they would wield their influence through the debates, and just through the debate process, specifically, and they would just decree that there were really only ten serious candidates for the republican nomination and everybody else was something lesser. why did they pick ten specifically? no idea. it is a nice, round number. so fox was given the first debate by the republican party. after 17 major candidates declared that they were running for the nomination, fox announced their first change to their debate plans. instead of just having a regular presidential debate where the candidates would all be allowed to compete, fox instead announced that they would have a real debate, and then a kids' table. a separate forum. some kind of other event to which they would exile the candidates who fox deemed not worthy of being in the real debate. ultimately, that was not the only change that fox news ended up announcing. they also announced the candidates would have

they have trashed the republican brand, amongst republicans. and donald trump and ben carson and anybody that doesn't have an r next to their name is sort of exploiting that window of opportunity. >> and amanda, the one reliable ally that donald trump is going to have on the debate stage is your former boss, ted cruz, everybody is acknowledging hoping to build off trump support. he even said, last debeet wate great. so many eyeballs were watching. if trump is in the debate. do you see senator cruz defending him. any risk in that? >> i think senator cruz will take mat's advice and not feed the troll. there are issues you can work with donald trump on. stopping illegal immigration. stopping this horrible iran deal that gop leadership in washington has surrendered on. if you can find things to work with other people on. that is a plus for everyone. and what i am looking for in this debate as well, is also, listen, there is other candidates who are essentially falling off the map. earlier debate, we might want to call it the 1% debate. these people

committed to only running as republican. for now, at least, that's what he's saying he'll do. >> jonathan easley, reporter for "the hill," thanks for the insight this morning. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> let's get right to calls. the first one is from paul from appleton, wisconsin, democratic caller. good morning, paul. >> caller: hi. yeah, i can't believe how the republican party is drinking the trump kool-aid. i never liked republicans, but they're at a new low supporting this celebrity blowhard. that's all he is, an arrogant billionaire that wants to bully people. every single dime he ever made in his life is because he ripped people off all his life, conning investors into investing with him and then going into bankruptcy and collecting all the money. i mean, i would have voted for romney in a second over this guy. i can't believe republicans are going for this kook. he's a kook. he's a celebrity. >> 30% is the number, or even higher in recent polls, paul. what do you think? >> caller: it's shocking. it's shocking.

if he becomes the republican nominee. so they can call it the trump republican party and that works for them. i'm not so sure it works for the other republican candidates. particularly, jeb bush who's been going mono-e-mono against trump on immigration, for example. hillary clinton could use it against jeb bush on the issue of imgags saying, wait, you said you would support a guy because he wants to build a wall so, you know, i think this works for trump to a degree and not sure it works for the other republican candidates and sure works for the democrats. >> well, anna, let me turn to you because you support jeb bush. would trump signing this pledge now that he's done it change the race dynamics, do you think? >> i don't think so at all because i think there is no doubt that every other person on that stage was going to support the republican nominee. the only person who left it up to a question was donald trump. he was the only one person who raised his hand. for everybody else, the other 16, this is not anything new. t

this is video of the speaker making his way away from a republican meeting today. in the meantime, so much else to talk about. yellen giving her speech last night. short-term worries about her health as she was almost unable to finish a 23-page speech. nikkei up overnight. dollar at a five-week high. nike earnings. blackberry to talk about. we're going to get to all of that. in the meantime, let's turn to our john harwood who has been watching these political developments all morning long. good morning. >> good morning, carl. it's a stunning end to john boehner's speakership. everyone had known that he faced some disent in his caucus. there has been speculation for numerous years that he might decide he has had enough of it after we had the difficulties in 2011 and 2013. no one expected the timing of today right after the pope's visit, which was a very emotional moment for john boehner, but it also coincides with the end of the fiscal year. another brinksmanship fight over shutting the government. john boehner, i think, calculated that, one, he was fed up with it,

party or bad for the republican party? >> like i said before, i think drama and intrigue is great for the party, as long as you don't get to a place where you can't contain that drama and intrigue. so obviously it's a balance. i think all in all for our party to have at the last debate between the two debates 30 million people, i think tonight's going to be a huge night too, i think that's an opportunity for our party. not a threat. but we have to make sure that we do a good job of keeping this thing together. >> reince priebus, congratulations. look forward to an excellent debate tonight. all of us are excited. >> it will be great. >> you're going to go sit beside, right? you got a good seat? >> you bet. >> reince, thanks very much. >> see ya. >>> all of donald trump's opponents have a common goal, get enough of the spotlight to keep their campaigns alive and move up in the polls. let's go to senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny with a look at the different ways trump's opponents plan to do just that. what are you

not every republican supported it. there were a few republicans who didn't support it. by the way, one of the republicans who didn't support it now -- it last time is now a cosponsor of the legislation. because she has looked at, it -- and knows the system is not working. so i hope i'll have the opportunity to offer that amendment here this afternoon because i think it makes all the sense in the world, as we are debating a continuing resolution again, the so-called c.r., which is the wrong way to govern, let's also pass as part of that a new discipline, a new idea, a new approach that says let's not do this again. let's not ever have the threat of government shutdown hanging over us. instead, come september 30, the appropriations bill isn't done, fine, continue the spending from last year and a slow ratcheting down of that spending. mr. president, i think that makes all the sense in the world. it takes away this political football that's being thrown back and forth. it takes away the specter for our economy, for our businesses, for our families of not knowing whether yo

the republican national leadership are the ones who leave the republican party. ted becomesi hope the leader of the republican party. pennsylvania, good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. you do and job. with the republicans, i like ted cruz. leadership, -- from iowa speaks well. at one time, i lived i and a ohio. knew john boehner. he was my congressman. king and ted cruz are pro-life, profamily. it is too bad john boehner could not stand on his convictions a little longer. got to take a stand as republicans and make the president veto things instead of cowering. you think the republicans you listed, do you think it will advance in light a new announcement of house speaker? will that have more influence on the actions of congress? caller: i hope so and pray so. timothy, california. you are next. go ahead. caller: i do not have anything very enlightened to say other publicly,ow you said -- hasn't lost a gig. this is a guy that goes after the truth. had then be nice if we people that went after the truth? host: what are your thoughts on

i want to run as the republican nominee. we will make an announcement on different things the next couple of weeks. we're going to make a decision soon and i think a lot of people will be happy. >> then today donald trump said this -- >> the best way for the republicans to win is if i win the nomination and go directly against whoever they happen to put up. for that reason, i have signed the pledge. [ applause ] so i will be totally pledging my allegiance to the republican party and the conservative principles for which it stands and we will go out and fight hard and we will win. >> since donald trump has publicly changed his mind about so many things so many times, he was, of course, asked if he would change his mind about pledging not to run as an independent against the republican nominee. >> i have no intention of changing my mind. i see no circumstances under which i would tear up that pledge. the question was what did i get for signing the pledge? absolutely nothing. other than the assurance i would be treated fairly.

i don't think it helps when republicans attack republicans personally. i'll say things tonight that will be very big differences. the issue of immigration is a huge difference in this field and i will be out there talking about how we have to control immigration. how we have to look after the american worker. the focus of this debate should be on how we're going to win this election and help improve the quality of life for american workers, and we wonaren't doing that picking at each other and calling names. the name we should call out is what are we going to do for average americans losing ground in america today -- >> thank you. governor jindal, do you want to respond? >> hillary clinton is running the weakest candidate, they had a socialist gaining on hillary clinton, folks, you can't make that up, a socialist is doing well in the democratic primary. the best way for us to give this election back would be to nominate a donald trump. he'll inploid in the general election but we have no idea. you can't attack him on policy. he doesn't care enough about

republican party? what you you say when people ask you that? >> well i always say must be nonpartisan. some of the freshmen who are here, i had an opportunity to speak to on sunday night. when you say what the hell is going on? i think no one has done a better job of trying to describe what has been going on both political parties, not just in the republican party primary, and i was peggy noonan in her article in the "washington journal" a few weeks ago. she said what has washington, the establishment given us over the last 20 years question she picked up candles, financial scandals, two on two on one rulers, and economic collapse, a tepid recovery, not even pretending anymore to control our own borders. a bunch of things that have frustrated so many americans, republicans, democrats, it independence that they are voting, at least regards to polling is an indication of their frustration of in-your-face democrats, republicans, voters. that's why you see people as strong as they are. the american people

and republicans don't. and so -- >> some people think that was the whole point of createding the senate and the house was to make it house. >> it was the point. the founders were wise. but there is frustration nothing is getting done. on this matter of planned parenthood and funding. sometimes our leadership sounds defeatist. i don't know why you would assume in a giant game of chicken that the republicans always have to loods. i'm not sure that putting planned parenthood videos on a loop on the news isn't going to end well? it's going to be bad for democrats and really bad for hillary clinton. >> watching all this, i get the idea that oh, the right feels as if obama will do whatever it takes to win and they do whatever it takes to win. >> tom hanks in the movie "a league of your own". being hard is what makes it good. politics is supposed to be hard. the story of the cycle, the story of our times is a dysfunction in our social institutions, especially government and politics, and the public's loss of faith