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Martha: donald trump in a loyalty showdown with the head of the republican party today. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," everybody. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. mr. trump holding a private meeting with rnc chairman reince priebus as the party puts pressure on trump to sign a loyalty pledge. promising not to run as third party candidate if he loses nomination. you remember what happened on august 6th, bret baier asked candidates about this topic during our fox news debate in ohio. >> raise your hand if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. tru...

Going to support the republican nominee for president whoever that is. >> why is this gimmick necessary this year? why do all of you have to sign it? it's unenforceable. >> i assume they're doing it because mr. trump wouldn't agree to it on august 6th. they didn't tell me why. they just sent it to us. >> the feeling is that if somebody were to run as a third party candidate, the republicans can't win with that month. >> doesn't matter who it would be. i think any third party candidate that came from the h republican party to be a third party candidate would make the chances of winning in novem...

Staff workers in early voting states if he decides to run. he has not yet made that decision. in a fund-raiser in miami for senate democrats he did not even bring this up. he did not even talk about his potential 2016 possibility of running. so he is really winding down on this. probably has three weeks or so to make a decision. >> joining us this morning to discuss all of these big issues is new jersey governor chris christie. thank you so much for being on "new day." let's talk about this pledge that that the rnc wants all of you to sign. have you seen this pledge? >> i did. >> you got it? >...

And i was touched boy that whole thing. but any rate, you were one of the distinguished moderators in the august 6th gop debate and donald trump raised his hands and wont commit. maybe he's changed his mind now. what has changed in the month since then? >> it is so interesting. the whole thing about signing pledges, i don't know if i have ever seen it in a republican or democratic race. it is all about donald trump. no one has doubts about jeb bush and scott walker and others will support the party. the only question is donald trump and that's why the event is happening and the chairman of the...

Ball more than this moment at the gop debate fox news hosted on august 6th? >> is there anyone on stage, can i see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person. mr. trump. >> chris? >> it was -- it's -- it looks crazier now than it did before. that was a fun night. >> very. >> here's the difference. trump's answer goes on into talking about like maybe i will if you're nice to me. if you're not nice to me, maybe i won't. maybe i will go out and run a third party campaign. ...