Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Real Story With Gretchen Carlso

FOXNEWSW The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson April 22, 2016

Well here at delaware and the four other northeastern states that vote next tuesday. Indiana made theirs more of a question mark. We started to get some data in now including numbers from a local station showing trump up by six points. Wthr has trump 37 , cruz 31 and kasich 22 . Certainly would be welcome news to the Trump Campaign. Just one poll but something they will look other thing weve le today about mr. Trump is that he plans to make a Foreign Policy speech next wednesday in washington, d. C. Weve heard a lot about this move to be more serious, even some say more president ial. While this seems to qualify. Listen though to what trump said about that topic last night in harrisburg, pennsylvania. My wife is constantly saying, darling be more president ial. I just dont know that i want to do it quite yet, jeffrey, because we have a job to do. At some point im going to be so president ial that you people will be so bored. Instead of 10,000, blshgs glshg bl instead of 10,000 people ill have about 150 people. But youll say, oh, boy, he looks president ial. Have about 1. But youll say, oh, boy, he looks president ial. The National Press club in d. C. Is where that Foreign Policy speech will take place. It certainly seems to be something of a shift to the Trump Campaign. But these large rallies were waiting for another one here in delaware today arent going away. Trump is at the state fairgrounds. People are packing in to hear what theyve been hearing opt campaign. It is just that hell be adding these other types of events including next weeks speech. Okay. I think thats on wednesday. Whats the latest now on the california bathroom gender law . To your point, he made some headlines on the today show yesterday when he appeared to come out against that law, they should leave it the way it is, there havent been that many problems, people should go to the bathroom where they feel it is appropriate to do so. Even talks about the economic punishment that the state of North Carolina seems to be suffering because of their new law. Then here on Fox News Channel he went on with sean hannity last night and said this i think that local communities and states should make the decision. I feel very strongly about that. The federal government should not be involved. Federal government should not be involved. Nothing new out of the Campaign Today on that but we are waiting for him here in delaware in a couple hours. All right, youll bring it to us. Could america see a different donald trump then . Were told he will soon reshape his persona in a more professional manner. Hes sitting in a room, hes talking business and hes talking politics, in a private role it is a different persona. When hes out on the stage, when hes talking about the kinds of things hes talking about on the stump, hes projecting an image thats for that purpose. He gets it. The part that hes playing is evolving into the part that now youre expecting. Joining me now, chief strategist and Communications Director for the Republican National committee. Great to have you back on the real story. This was eyeopening. I know you were there to hear this as well. But i think a lot of people are a little bit surprised to hear that everything that donald trump has been saying out on the stump potentially has been an act and that hes playing a role. But if you really have a serious policy discussion with him behind closed doors that he is a different kind of candidate. Is that the correct message that you heard from his new guy . Im going to let them speak for themselves. A lot of times candidates articulate themselves on the campaign trail. In private, Donald Trumps had several conversations with us at the rnc over the last several months and theyve been great. He understands the role that we play, the importance of the rnc heading into a general election. It is interesting because ted cruz of course is pouncing on this right away and saying this. Ill let it speak for itself. Im actually going to give trump a little bit of credit here. Hes being candid. Hes telling us hes lying to us. You look at what his Campaign Manager says, is that this is just an act, this is just a show. When donald talks about building a wall, when donald talks about enforcing immigration laws, when donald talks about i guess anything, that its all an act and a show. I mean i guess we would assume that ted cruz has come out swinging like that. Right . Thats right. Look, i think each of these candidates understands right now were facing a potentially open convention. Theyre saying what they have to say to each of the delegates and to the remaining voters out there in the process. Im going to let them continue to wage that battle between themselves as we focus on the general election today. We wrapped up a great meeting here in florida where we talked about how our focus, how our ground game is prepared to take on Hillary Clinton, how our data and digital operation is there and how we are continuing to raise record amounts of money as we prepare to take on Hillary Clinton. Or bernie sanders. Well, we dont know on that side of it either. Listen to Haley Barbour talking about what could happen if there is a contested convention. Of course he used to be with the rnc and governor of mississippi. Has a lot of experience with the Republican Party. Listen to this. I promise you this, there will be hurt feelings, no matter how it turns out. And i suspect that when the conventions over where you normally want a bump, i dont think well hit a bump. I think no matter what the outcome, trump wins, cruz wins, kasich wins, somebody else wins, two ballots, three ballots, whatever, i think well get a dip. Hes saying that he bleevsz aft believes after the convention in july in cleveland that the Republican Party will get a dip. Thats not great messaging. Thats not the message you want to be sending out. Thats right. I would say i have a lot of represent for governor bar babo. But our job is to have the most fair and transparent process. 2 of the 3 individuals who plan to go to cleveland are only going to be happy with the outcome. We need to make sure the process is fair and democratic and that everybody watches those votes as much as they can. You may not win but you know it was fair. Secondly weve got to make sure that everyone understands the big picture which is while your candidate might not win and there is a lot of passion behind each individual candidate right weve got to keep our eye on the bigger prize and thats defeating Hillary Clinton and putting a republican back in the white house. You cant afford four more years of democratic rule. I think our people will get that. Again, one last thing id say, is when you look at the debates, the fox debates, the first one, the last one, millions of Record Number of people are watching whats going on in republican politics right now matched by record turnout in every single state almost but up to 60 , 70 . I would respectfully disagree with governor barbour and well talk out with a big bump. Weve seen that passion thats been happening on the republican side. But you got to be able to square that with the fact that if 1 of those 3 candidates and it will turn out that way because there is only going to be one that youre going to disappoint other people. I know you know this, you have a huge jo be to coalesce all the republicans to come out and vote, including those who are maybe coming out to vote for the first time. Before i let you go, lets talk a little bit about the rules. Thats been one frustrating thing to voters out there. It is complicated process. You decided in florida this little meeting here, you way it works is you dont change the rules right now. If you decide to change them it would only happen in july, right . Thats right. So what happens is the rnc generally makes recommendations to the convention, say over the last four things here are things you can consider. They would be merely that. Chairman Reince Priebus believes with the additional scrutiny thats occurred around this cycle and believing everybody is trying to get for or against a candidate he recommended the committee make no recommendations and leave all decisions to the elected a delegates in cleveland so that the grassroots individuals that have been elected from coast to coast the 2016 delegates will decide what kind of coulden vention we will have in 2016. Well side. I know are you in florida. I hope you can enjoy some sort of a drink on the beach. The second this is done this ties coming off. You deserve it. An autopsy is under way now as tributes and remembrances continue to pour in for music legend prince. As you know, he passed away yesterday in his home just outside of minneapolis about a half our after First Responders arrived. But it could be days or even weeks before we know the exact cause of death. Mike, what is the status of the autopsy being done on prince today . Reporter the autopsy should be complete now. It doesnt mean were going to get answers right away. The autopsy started this morning at 9 00 a. M. By the chief medical examiner, dr. A. Quinn strobel. Began at 9 00 a. M. And the procedure usually takes two to three hours so it should have wrapped up by now. Toxicology reports which could provide some answers as to whether there were drugs in the system of prince could take weeks. Thats as specific as we can get as far as answers from that. You know the bombshell was dropped by the website tmz saying that prince was on percocet, a prescription painkiller since getting hip surgery back in 2010. That follows a bombshell dropped by tmz a day ago in which they say that flight that made the Emergency Landing in moline, illinois, six days before prince died, did not make the Emergency Landing for the flu, as princes handlers originally relaid. But that was in fact for an overdose. All of that information is unconfirmed. The Carver County sheriff, jim olson, will hold a press conference in about an hour and we hope to learn more then. So i know that you are outside of paisley park there, the complex where prince lived and also recorded. What is happening there today . I see tons of people have come out. Let me step aside. People continuing to stream in to this location and drop off flowers. They are bringing their pets by. They sheem eem to make a lot of fact that prince stayed local and tried to lead a normal life. A lot of people saw him riding his bike around here. He was a jehovahs witness. A few stories of people saying one day they got a knock on their door and they opened it and it was prince. He wanted to hang around and talk about his faith. Last night at the first avenue club made famous in the movie purple rain, they held an impromptu party. That turned into a block party lasting into the wee small hours of the morning while people sang along to his music and danced in the street. But the sun is out here, people have really driven in from all over the region. Some people just say they want to come here to make it all real. I know that club well. Saw prince there many times, mike. I wish you were in my better home state for beautiful circumstances. Nice report. Thank you. How much cash will donald trump need to beat Hillary Clinton if they face each other in the general election . Our next guest has crunched all the numbers. Let me tell you, its a lot of dough. And new efforts to prevent a repeat of 2012. John boehner criticized after a voice vote that some say went wrong. So whats being done to make sure this years Convention Goes more smoothly . It could involve technology. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the tab table. Welcome back to the real story. Youve heard donald trump say it repeatedly, he is selffunding his president ial campaign. Its his biggest applause line. But some analysts say that will have to change estimating hell need 500 million if he faces Hillary Clinton in the general election. Founder and comanaging partner of sky Bridge Capital is a fox business contributor. You did all the number crunching. I broke it down for you. It is about 33,400. Thats the match you can give to the president ial trust. You sort of need 15,000 donors around the United States to give that max. Whether we worked for governor romney, we had 1,200 people in different areas, mostly urban cities, going after that sort of donation. But lets talk a little bit about how trump has been doing this campaign thus far which is what i just said in the introduction. His biggest applause line is that hes selffunded. So he really hasnt had to spend a lot of his own money yet. You say to beat Hillary Clinton if hes the nominee, he has to. I take mr. Trump at his word that he could selffund the campaign. But i think republicans if he is the ultimate nominee i think the republicans should offer up a booster shot to him or whoever the eventual nominee is. It would be a mistake i think for the Republican Party not to do that. So we have the apparatus, we have the fundraising capability to do that and he could basically accept that money without having any Strings Attached to it. So he could maintain the purity of what hes been saying on the campaign. Lets go through some of the numbers that you did crunch. You mentioned youd need 15,000 checks of 33,400 each to get to that half a billion dollars. Some people can give lesser amounts than that. Right . Sure. Bernie sanders is getting millions of dollars with this average check of 27. You can given you and your spouse could give 5,400. But for the president ial trust which is basically something paul ryan is overseeing you can start to max out at those bigger numbers. For 2012, we look at how much money was spent. Each side spent roughly 1 billion, anthony. So youre saying how did you come up with trump only needs half of that . I think that he is a force of nature. Hes got an unbelievable personality. Hes probably got the best name brand recognition. Hes also a ratings machine when we know that. Im using half of the number of what was spent last time. Now it could be more than that. Im not saying that it couldnt necessarily be. But remember america spends 5. 5 billion on potato chips. So to spend 2 billion every four years to pick our president , it sounds like a big number but in our country it is not a big number given the magnitude of that job and the opportunity set and the policies to come out of that job. No doubt. Great comparison. Like that. See you again soon. Is electronic voting coming to the Gop Convention . How it could possibly speed up the process and ensure accuracy in the case of a contests convention. But theres other details about that you dont want to miss. Plus, the world mourning the loss of pop music icon, prince. That brings us to our prince question of the day. Whats your favorite prince song . There are a lot of them. Tweet me. Why are you all here . To learn, right . So you can get a good job and youre not working for peanuts. Well what if i told you that peanuts can work for you . 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The greatest collection of shows free with xfinity on demand. Donald trump crying foul over the delegate process. But just how fair or unfair is it . Going into five big races on tuesday now, trump is in front with 845 delegates, thats almost 300 ahead of senator ted cruz. And to secure the nomination, donald trump would need to win 53 of the remaining delegates. Ted cruz 92 . John kasich an impossible 149 . So with just 87 days now until the Gop Convention in cleveland in july. It is still not certain whether one of these candidates can lock up the nomination before the opening gavel or whether it will be a contested convention. The rnc agreed not to change the rules for now, as you just heard in my earlier interview. But members are exploring ways now to change how delegate votes are actually recorded. One way being talked about is moving to electronic voting. For more on this, josh putnam, professor of Political Science from the university of georgia. So theyre talking about moving, josh, to electronic voting so that you dont just have whats called a voice vote. What do you think about it . Well, it certainly will help in terms of efficiency if we are talking about repeated procedural votes on rules, or the platform, or what have you. So it would aid the rnc or the folks that are handling the organization of the convention to streamline that. But theres also kind of a transparency aspect to this, too, that delegates then would know what kind of final count on these procedural votes are. With a voice vote all you are getting is the volume of a group of peoples voices. I was just saying to the producers, how do you know the difference between an aye and a no unless you have like a volume meter, i mean it sounds silly but how do you know . It does sound silly and they dont have a volume meter in there. What theyre using at that point is completely up to the discretion of the chair of the convention. Heres what

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