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  Speaker 1: From politics in Brazil to politics in the United States.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin Surreally joins this now a reporter from Bloomberg News.
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  Speaker 1: He's located in Washington, d C. Home bloom home of
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  Speaker 1: Bloomberg Point one to take a look at Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: and the search for a running mate, which he wrote
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  Speaker 1: about today. Kevin, who is leading the search and who's
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  Speaker 1: at the top of the list, Well, thanks for having you. Know,
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  Speaker 1: it really has been remarkable because earlier we reported that
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  Speaker 1: Dr Ben Carson, one of Mr Trump's former presidential rivals,
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  Speaker 1: was part of the search committee. But now we are
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  Speaker 1: hearing that his campaign manager, Korey Lwandowski is leading the search,
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  Speaker 1: and so the infighting continues within the Trump presidential campaign. However,
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  Speaker 1: some of the names that we are hearing are, of
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  Speaker 1: course people like Ohio Governor John Kasik, who has expressed
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  Speaker 1: little to no interest and refuted any suggestions from Trump's
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  Speaker 1: liaisons that he would be interested in the vice presidential spot. Also,
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  Speaker 1: of course, people like Senator Marco Rubio to some extent,
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  Speaker 1: um to some extent people like New Gingrich and uh
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  Speaker 1: and and and and Susanna Martinez just the name of you.
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  Speaker 1: So it's going to be really interesting We could also,
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  Speaker 1: of course see maybe someone in military background, a political
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  Speaker 1: outfider his gif. So we do expect that choice sometime
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  Speaker 1: before the convention. Now, before we get too far ahead
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  Speaker 1: of ourselves having to do with a vice presidential nominee
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  Speaker 1: on the Republican ticket, can you tell us what is
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  Speaker 1: going on with the Republican leadership as far as support
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  Speaker 1: for Donald Trump is concerned me tomorrow with r N
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  Speaker 1: at the headquarters in Washington. He will also be meeting
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  Speaker 1: with House members. Of course, House Speaker Paul Ryan is
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  Speaker 1: slated to meet with him. Dr Carson, who has emerged
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  Speaker 1: as a top surrogate for Donald Trump, is spoke with
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  Speaker 1: House Speaker Ryan and last night by phone. I'm reporting
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  Speaker 1: that his liaison tell me it was a productive meeting
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  Speaker 1: in which Dr Carson vouched for Paul Ryan. I'm sorry
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  Speaker 1: doubts for Donald Trump's demeanor, uh and and decision making
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  Speaker 1: ahead of their meeting. He will the Sir Trump will
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  Speaker 1: also meet with senators top Senate leadership in Washington tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: as well. So a jam packed day as Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: continues to try to unify the Republican Party behind his
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  Speaker 1: insurgent campaign. So Kevin and of course even Marco Rubio,
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  Speaker 1: I shouldn't say even including Marco Ruby, who has now
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  Speaker 1: agreed that he is the presumptive nominee. What does he
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  Speaker 1: need to do? People who you talk to, what does
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump need to do to unify the party around him?
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump needs to do two things. He needs to
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  Speaker 1: Number one, embrace the establishment figures who have endorsed his candidacy,
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  Speaker 1: people like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is leading
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  Speaker 1: his finance and fundraising operations and and who have been
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  Speaker 1: there with him from the start candidly, even you know,
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  Speaker 1: shortly after the short short for the New Hampshire primary.
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  Speaker 1: And he also needs to embrace newer figures like Senator
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  Speaker 1: Marco Rubio. But he has to who are rallying behind
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  Speaker 1: this candidacy. But he has to make sure that he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't alienate the base of his support who, quite frankly,
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  Speaker 1: after traveling in virtually wherever Trump goes for the past
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  Speaker 1: year and for the past year now, I can tell
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  Speaker 1: you that a large part of his appeal to his
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  Speaker 1: supporters are that, quite candidly, the people that he's meeting
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  Speaker 1: with in Washington tomorrow can't stand him. And so there
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  Speaker 1: is an element where if he gets too cozy with them,
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  Speaker 1: then that could hurt his base. He can't be perceived
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  Speaker 1: as being bought and paid for by the same people
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  Speaker 1: that he took on and defeated. Can you bring us
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  Speaker 1: up to date on Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders? After
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  Speaker 1: Bernie Sanders victory in West Virginia? Well, who would have
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  Speaker 1: thought that the Republicans would have a presumptive nominee before
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats? Right? I mean, it really is remarkable, and
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  Speaker 1: I think it speaks to Hillary Clinton's flaws as a candidate.
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  Speaker 1: But the Clinton campaign today is feeling extraordinarily confident. They
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  Speaker 1: still feel that they have the delegates, that they still
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  Speaker 1: have the apparatus and the money to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: she becomes the Democratic nominee. Already today we're seeing more
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  Speaker 1: of an escalation of them pivoting to a general election
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  Speaker 1: matchup against Donald Trump. People like Senator Elizabeth Warren, who
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  Speaker 1: have who has emerged as a top Democratic surrogate, have
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  Speaker 1: been lambasting Donald Trump all day on Twitter, which is
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  Speaker 1: rare because she doesn't really speak to reporters ever. And
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  Speaker 1: then also to some extent yesterday, I was on a
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  Speaker 1: conference call with some top Clinton campaign surrogates and advisers,
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  Speaker 1: and they were attacking Donald Trump's tacked policy plan. So
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  Speaker 1: who would have thought the Clinton's are preparing to battles
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trumps. Thank you very much. Kevin Sorelli, Bloomberg Politics reporter,
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  Speaker 1: joining us from Washington, d C. Home to Bloomberg One