Ginger im looking to see if he is going to connect with voters. He is holding the rallies. He knows those people will be voting for him. What is his campaign doing to reach the undecided . What is he doing to reach the people who he could win over . That is the most important thing between now and the selection. Steve ginger gibson with reuters. And david drucker, Senior Correspondent for the Washington Examiner and host of the examining politics podcast. Available on websites. To both of you, thank you so much for being with us. Have a good weekend. Thank you, steve. App makes it radio easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. It is free to download from the Apple App Store or google play. Get uptotheminute Schedule Information for cspan radio and cspan television, plus podcast times for popular public affairs, book and history programs. Stay uptodate on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always have cspan on the go. Coalitionts from a called this arm hate gathered in washington, d. C. Yesterday to speak out against gun violence, and voice support for lgbtq rights. The event was organized in response to the mass shooting in florida. Among the speakers was a mother, who lost her son in that shooting, and virginia congressman don buyer. Here is a portion of the event. We have had plenty of time to pause and reflect. We seem to have moments of silence every week on the house floor. We have had so many thoughts and prayers, but no votes. Latest in anst the awful series of mass shootings, all of which, we usually say in hindsight, were committed by people who should not have had a gun. Bye shootings are committed people who claim to be inspired by extremist religious ideologies, shootings like ft. Hood, chattanooga, and san bernardino. Shootings are committed by abusers, stalkers, or perpetrators of domestic violence. These spouses of significant others are family members of mass shooters have the greatest risk of being numbered among the following. And nearly all mass shootings, like newton, aurora, lafayette, virginia tech, are committed by people who are later said to have exhibited extreme signs of mental instability. In virginia, everyone knew that young man was seriously mentally ill. In so many mass shootings, like emmanuel ame church in charleston, the Community College in oregon, the temple in wisconsin, are committed by hate filled individuals who target victims because of their identity. The person who killed 49 americans in orlando was all of these. He committed horrible acts of violence against his exwife. He exhibited such derangement and fright that he frightened classmates and coworkers. He was investigated as a potential terrorist by the fbi, and he chose to target a gay nightclub online night. A gay nightclub on latin nights. He was the last person we would want to legally buy a gun. And yet, he legally purchased an assault weapon, a glock, and a huge amount of ammunition. He did not violate any laws in the purchase of these weapons, because our laws are not good enough. There are things that we can do to help this problem. We could expand background checks and prevent dangerous people from getting guns. We could allow the attorney general to prohibit suspected terrorists from dying from buying guns. We could pass my bill, to hold gun owners accountable for making sure they only sell weapons to responsible people. We could try to pass another great bill, the atf enforcement act, which would allow the atf to truly enforce gun laws, and call the bluff of those who say our gun laws are good enough. And we could pass gun violence restraining orders, like they have in california, so that Law Enforcement and family members can temporarily remove guns from family members during moments of crisis. Has had family members who have been in deep depression that we absolutely did not want to have a gun. There are a lot more things we could be doing instead of having these endless moments of silence, and then getting out of town for six or seven weeks. Doing nothing is not rational, it is madness, folly, and morally wrong. We are way to the victims of gun violence and their families to do something, and we await to ourselves. Why do not we do anything . Why does Congress Keep failing to act, especially when all the surveys show 90 or 85 support these measures . We do not do anything, because congress has leaders pulled into the gun lobby. The speaker is afraid of having his members in moderate districts have to take tough votes. We do not do anything, because the republicans are all standing behind their nominee, a standardbearer who thinks the answer to any problem he cannot solve is Second Amendment people. They are standing behind a man who is intent who attended and antilgbtq rally this week, a rally in orlando. They are standing behind a candidate who wants to appoint a Supreme Court judge who will strike on marriage equality. We have come all this way, and we are not going to go back. [applause] it is not just about party loyalty, but sadly, trump is not as different as you might think. House republicans decided it was more important to them to try to attack lgbtq government workers and regulate bathrooms for transgender people, then it was to fund the government. The entirely stopped appropriations process, because they could not pass amendments attacking lgbtq people. We have to make progress. Targeted andwere murdered, and hate crimes committed with guns in recent years, in places as far apart as seattle, manhattan, and amanda. We cannot stop this problem by pretending it does not exist. We must fight back. Theress must listen to American People, who have grilli said enough gun violence. I suspect the American People will want to change congress. I love my country, i am very proud to be an american. I find great meeting and doing my best to serve the people of my country, and i treasure our constitution and its amendments, but i also know it is not perfect. Our original constitution only gave white man the right to vote. Our original constitution of aed a slave as 3 5 person. We banned alcohol, and then repealed the band. And it was not until 2008 that the Supreme Court, biting arrest theotes, 54, decided that Second Amendment protects it drives me crazy when our colleagues in congress elevate this latest and most controversial interpretation of the Second Amendment above the sanctity of life. [applause] today, the average man will live 79 years, a woman longer. We are killing 32,000 americans a year with guns. That is to an halfMillion People. In my lifetime, two and a half Million People will be killed by guns. This is more than one million more deaths than all the deaths and everywhere we have fought. Revolutionary, what werent i. War, world wary i, ii. And dishonor those two and a half million who will be murdered during our lifetime, because of insane gun abundance. Justify a possibly public conscience that will sacrifice 32,000 innocent gun deaths a year, and idolatry to gun many factors and nra . How do they sleep at night, and what did they expect to await them after this life has passed . Thehat basis can i ignore most fundamental precepts of everyones religion, and umanism canaday it can they ignore the most fundamental precepts of every world religion. Please be patient, and please be relentless. Thank you very much. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please a mother of a son who is killed in orlando. I am jason lindsey, the executive director. We are here for such an important reason. We are here to disarm hayes. The time has passed for people with hate in their hearts to have access to weapons of war. We are calling on our elected officials to choose life over the gun lobby. It is my privilege to introduce them one very near and dear to my heart, someone who should not have to go through what she and yours every single day since the pulse tragedy, someone who lost her only child during our nations worst mass shooting. Her name is christine, mother of drew, who lost his life with so many others. Christine is a former Michigan State trooper, and has become a National Voice in the call for commonsense gun reform. She spoke at the National Democratic convention, and is picking out against candidates such as marco rubio that are puppets for the powerful gun lobby. She is taking action. She is disarming hates. She needs no further introduction, but deserves our deepest gratitude for her leadership. She is an inspiration and beacon of hope. [applause] thank you, jason. , a little over two months ago, at 3 00 a. M. , i was rushing to the hospital in or orlando, unable to reach my son, christopher. I was praying that he did not fall victim to what appeared to be yet another mass shooting in our country. Drew had been celebrating latin night at pulse nightclub with his boyfriend juan and their friends. When i first heard about what happened early in the morning on sunday, i was panicked, like every mother who is trying to find her son. I rushed to the hospital, hoping i would find my son. Without success, i stated to the scene, hoping to find my son sitting on the curb with juan. Instead, i found no answers. No one knew where my son was, no one could help find him. 33 hours later, i found out whats no mother, no father no sibling, no friend wants to hear. My son had been murdered. Instead of walking out of the full of fun, night love, friends, and dancing, he was gunned down by a hate filled man with a weapon made for war. Christopher was the light of my life. As i used to tell him, you cannot do better than perfect. He had so many friends. All of his life, he brought people together. In high school, he won the anne frank military and award for starting the gaystraight alliance. Friendsof that, his started the drew project, a nonprofit, to promote gsa clubs. I miss his face, his loving spirit. Today, in honor of his remarkable yet short legacy, i have joined you all in our important effort to disarm hate. [applause] quote when christopher was born, i was a Michigan State trooper. Went into labor, the hospital placed my gone into a locked safe, and i did not think of objecting, because i know that commonsense gun policies save lives. [applause] sadly, today, i am asking, where were those policies the day my son was murdered . The man that killed my son and 48 others and injured 53 more used a weapon that could fire 30 bullets in one minute. Why was he able to get his hands on this weapon, i will never understand. That is why i have dedicated myself to the movement to pass commonsense gun reforms in our country. [applause] i have joined the fund to End Gun Violence in order to turn my grief and shock into action. In memory [applause] in memory of my wonderful son christopher drew, i will be fighting alongside pride fund and all of you as we take on the gun lobby and stand up to prevent future gun tragedies. Trooper, i state know we can reduce the amount of gun violence in our country. It is time for us to stand up to lies, not the pockets of gun manufacturers. [applause] the best way we can fight back is by raising money to elect prolgbt candidates who support common sense gun reforms. Must hold our elected officials accountable. No one, no mom, wants to be part of a group that has to speak at events like this and talk about our personal tragedies. Gun violence is a solvable problem. All we have to do is shift our focus just slightly, just like we did before with car safety. Today, nobody questions the fact that wearing a seatbelt saves lives. We must do the same for gun reform. [applause] if we want to live in a society where moms do not have to fear losing their sons while they are dancing or while they are at school or at a movie theater, then that is the kind of society we have to fight for. Stand up towe must the gun lobby and their puppet candidates in congress. [applause] we want we demand a society that keeps highpowered weapons out of the hands of people who grew up in an arena of violence and hatred. We do not have to have these guns in the hands of people who have hate filled hearts. Listen, i know we have our work cut out for us, but together i know we can. Just an example of what were up against. The manufacturer of the gun that murdered my son, and another gun manufacturer just gave over . 5 million to the gun lobby in massachusetts because the attorney general in massachusetts is trying to states assault weapons ban. Lives are at stake. These weapons do not belong on our streets. [applause] and if every one of us here today just gave 10 to the pride fund, we would be well on our way to defeating the gun lobby this fall. [applause] trust me, and i think you know from seeing me, that you do not want to go through what i have been going through every single day since june 12. You can get out your phone, go dride. Or www. Pro ide. Org, and donate now. Day knowing iy cannot talk to christopher. I hate filled man murdered my son, his boyfriend, and 47 others. Help us disarm hate. Donate to the pride fund today. Enough. S [applause] enough enough is enough thank you very much. Our road to the white house coverage continues this week, with Hillary Clinton and Vice President joe biden. They will be in scranton, pennsylvania tomorrow. That is where the Vice President was born, and where Hillary Clintons father grew up. We will have live coverage at 12 45 p. M. Eastern, here on cspan. Meanwhile, donald trump travels to ohio tomorrow for a speech on Foreign Policy at youngstown state university. That is live at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. With less than three months until election day, there are reports that several republicans are calling on the rnc to focus more attention on congressional races, rather than on the president ial race. We spoke more about that with a reporter on todays washington journal. Daniel, whoone is is the associate editor and reporter for politico. And also the new contributor to the daily playbook. Thank you for being with us. Daniel thanks for having me. Steve we heard from reince priebus, saying do not believe it. What is going on behind the . Cenes those involved in the campaign and the rnc, they are trying to that hedonald trump, really has to change as a candidate, because what he has been doing has not been working the last couple of weeks. Stop withrging him to the vicious rhetoric, and not get caught up in the media firestorms that happened when he responds to criticism. Hold almost like he has to his powder, his ammunition, because it is not getting involved in public fights with gold star familys. It does not inspire a lot of americans to want to vote for him. Also a bige is concern about the senate races that you have been reporting. There are 24 republicans on the ballot, 10 democrats. The republicans have an uphill battle to maintain control the senate in 2016 or 2017. Especially in states like pennsylvania, ohio, new hampshire, potentially arizona, depending on happens in a primary. What are some of these republicans saying about the senate races, especially when Senate Public and leaders saying that maintaining control the senate in 2017, according to mitch mcconnell, is dicey . This is another problem facing the Republican Party. How they are trying to address that is, the rnc is responsible for electing republicans up and down the ballot. And so, there are going to come under pressure, and they already have, you mentioned that letter to devote more resources to house seats and senate seats and less about the trump campaign, given that a lot of republicans are pessimistic about Donald Trumps chances of winning in november. But, they would at least want to save as many seats as possible to serve as a check on a possible Hillary Clinton presidency. That is a dilemma that republicans are facing, because he can kind of direct the rnc to do what he wants. He does not have full control, but he would not be thrilled if the rnc abandons and, abandons him, and devotes resources to supporting those endangered Senate Candidates. Is what the cover story looks like on time magazine. This is a tweet donald trump has his own party. The rnc could cut its ties, and his supporters would carry on. It is like a cold filled with haters. Your response to that it is like a cult filled with haters. Your response to that . Daniel he draws support from a much wider spectrum then a viewer picks up on. Who aret just people concerned about immigrants or who have some of the same sentiments that he mentions. But there are lots of mainstream republicans who cannot get behind Hillary Clinton, and they view her as untrustworthy and someone who misleads the American People. Is justif donald trump getting a small part of the electorate, then he would not be where he is. 80 ofy republicans support him, and a bunch of democrats and independents do as well, and they support him for a variety of reasons. But if it was any other candidate besides Hillary Clinton, then trump would probably be more behind, because hillary, and lots of americans minds, has a toxic brand over the last 25 years. Targetedons have been by both republicans and by their own mistakes, and how they have operated in the public eye, where there seems to always be a scandal revolving around them. That is definitely propped up by republicans who are eager. But i would not classify Trump Supporters as all bigots. There are millions of reasonable that are on board be trump train, albeit sometimes reluctantly, because they want to stop Hillary Clinton. Steve how does donald trump and rnc turn the tide . Poll numbers have showed he has dropped after the convention. As you rightly indicated, a lot of questions about the Clinton Emails, new questions about the foundation and whether or not there was pay to play. Attention contin