paul ryan has spoken to other candidates. so they've had a very interesting relationship and as you might imagine, mr. trump would be excited to know and to hear that paul ryan would not be interested in jumping in. he's talking about the system being rigged and corrupt, that would play into the argument and as we stand here and walk around in front of this rally and we talk to these folks here and in albany and on long island, this argument about a corrupt system, a rigged system resonates with them. when he gelts, mr. trump gets up in the rally and talks about it, the crowd goes wild. a lot of these folks, they are not used to being involved in the political process. many of them have never been to a rally. many have never even voted. in fact, just met a nice young lady here who you just registered republican specifically to be able to vote for mr. trump. >> yes, we were wanted to be in the primary. >> for the first time. >> and you've never been to a political rally. when mr. trump says, the system is rigged, what do you t

paul ryan's doing this, paul ryan's doing that. >> makes you think, hold on a second. >> wait a minute. as did john boehner before him, i might add. front page "new york times" story about paul ryan. out there raising money for the party and differentiating himself from the top two contenders in the republican presidential race on a whole host of issues, not the least of which is immigration, i might add, and trade. so you have the -- ryan is differentiating himself, out there with the robust media presence, front page of "the new york times." you put one and one and one together and you get three. and what he is saying, huh-uh, it's not three, i'm not running. >> john king what say you, sir? >> i agree with everything said. speaker ryan is a very thoughtful person. he is a very ambitious person. i'm told, brooke, he and those close to him have looked at this moment and they essentially view the republican party, these are my words, at a humpty dumpty moment. you know how it goes. is sitting up there on the wall. they think if you have a contested convention and it's a huge fight and i

much things paul ryan has done in the past which is why paul ryan wants nothing to do with this right now. >> thank you, manu. >>> doug hye was communications director for the republican committee. senior aide to eric canter. knows how this can happen better than anybody. you'd probably be happy with a paul ryan on the ticket. listen to what ted cruz said about what would happen if paul ryan indeed emerged from the convention as the nominee. >> this fevered pipe dream of washington that at the convention they will parachute in some white knight who will save the washington establi establishment. it is nothing less than a pipe dream. it ain't going to happen. if it did, the people would, quite rightly, revolt. >> is he right? the people would revolt? >> i think there are a million scenarios where people might revolt anyways. we're going to go into this probably very divided as a party and come out of it very divided. if you are a ted cruz supporter you're not likely to vote for donald trump on the third or fourth ballot. same thing if you are a trump delegate. it's part of why we find

paul ryan saidly not be a candidate for speaker. i believe i can best serve as the chairman of the ways and means and that was three weeks before he was nominated for speaker of the house. if nominated i will not run, if electedly not serve. >> that is what we can expect. i asked the speakers aides and advisers, he said no to the speakership, this is different. he was able to unite the republican conference. he said he would only run for speakership if all factions of the republican conference got behind him. there is no way that would happen now given howdy visive of a primary fight this this has been so far. they don't expect donald trump and ted cruz supporters to get behind them and he doesn't appear to want to be president ooet aer -- either. >> thank you so much. >>> errol lewis, it says something about the state of the campaign that it is big news when a guy who isn't running in the primaries is announcing he will not be a candidate at a convention if it is contested, which we don't know if it is yet, but it seems like a mome

paul ryan is out. why couldn't he just send out a paper statement saying i'm not running period, full stop, stop talking about it, it's over? what's his angle? why have this press availability today? >> what we've seen throughout paul ryan throughout this entire process is he's gotten this question for six months. will you run? won't you run? and his whole strategy has been keep his name in the national political national political conversation to drive a positive agenda for the republican party. and -- >> so he's the cleanup guy. >> yeah. one way or the other, he wants to be the -- you know, he's going to be the person who'll be around in washington next january it there's a republican being sworn into the white house or not. and he's the one who's going to put forward a positive legislative agenda. from his perspective he needs to be a part of the conversation today one way or the other and a paper statement wouldn't keep him in that mix quite as much as he'd like to be. >> so under these possible sc

is it important to continue this talk with paul ryan? >> the offices are conveniently located nearby to make that separation. the physical space is a separation, even though when we see him, of course, we think the house speaker. i'm struck by the fact that on capitol hill, we've had this conversation with paul ryan many, many times over the. the environment we're in now, brian, his willingness to serve. so we have talked to him about this. he says it'sie. he drew on his experience building the vice presidential nominee with mitt romney. he knows what it's like to go from battleground state to battleground state. i think he feels the most control that he has is to lay out an agenda for republicans that will be kind of a touchstone for the party no matter what the noise of a presidential campaign will be, and i've been out on the trail with all these candidates, without all the incoming, perhaps, he can have a way to say what they want to do on taxes, what they want to do on military spending, all the things that might not get as much att

paul ryan likes to say no. probably said no at first to the vice-presidential this will and win for that with mitt romney. so is it possible? yes. what it speaks to more is the republicans are searching for some way out. what do we do here. >> paul ryan's numbers are not great with the base anyway because once he got there, he went there because he was a tea party push. >> dan phifer, the former senior adviser to president obama that said a lot about the whole deal with paul ryan. he said wait nell trump supporters fine out the one being pushed is pro trade, when trump is antitrade, and paul ryan stands for the establishment issues and policy areas -- >> he is the establish. >> right, as the speaker now and even before the was the speaker as the budget chairman. and he stands for all these things that trump supporters hate. so, is this really the solution to bring the party together? >> ed, thank you. great to see you in new york. a lot more coming on at the democrats as well. i talk to a reporter covering the

in the meantime, we just heard from house speaker paul ryan. once again, flatly refusing any potential convention floor coup that would make him in republican nominee for president. >> we have too much work to do in the house to allow this speculation to swirl or to have my motivations questioned. so let me be clear. i do not want, nor will i accept the nomination for our party. >> that was paul ryan, again, just a few minutes ago, trying his best to keep his name out of the mix, in a republican race that has reached a critical juncture. a week from today, one week from today, new yorkers will be votes in key primaries in both races. new numbers to tell you about on that front. our new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist toll shows good news for donald trump in his home state. he's sitting at 54%. remember, if he can earn more than 50% in every congressional district in this state, then he would sweep all 95 delegates up for grabs in new york. that would help him open up a big lead in the republican delegate hunt. meanwhile, on the democratic

is this a paul ryan for president ad? paul ryan for president? election video spurs rumors. does this video prove paul ryan is an undercover candidate for president? if you looked at the news today, you saw headlines like this. and from those headlines you get the story. it's not a complicated thing. house speaker paul ryan has done some kind of video that gives the impression he's running for president. i get it. it's simple. you see headlines like this on mainstream news sources, on left-wing blogs, on right-wing blogs, and you kind of think, okay, i got the point, not even sure i need to see it. but, behold. for this news story of all things, there is a bit of a grand canyon effect. you actually do have to see it, because even if you do believe all these headlines and think you've absorbed this information and therefore you think you understand that paul ryan has done something that makes it seem he might be running for president, having that information, believing that information does not do it justice. you actually have to look at it. just, just look at it. what is thi

reporter: that paul ryan is running? melissa: no, that is terrible. it has been a whole year to the day since hillary clinton debuted the first ad. i remember she was there in the blue jacket. she said i am running for president of the united states. that was a year ago today? reporter: a year ago today. pretty bumpy ride. still has a lot fib investigation. some fits and starts on rope lines, with saying with activists bernie sanders symptom lying for my record. there is frustration, i think she thought this would be wrapped up by now. poll after poll here in new york, including "fox news poll" she has a double-digit lead. i think big picture there is big delegate lead. they can't put this democratic socialist away yet. melissa: people said no one ever run on this side without winning every state we're in. that is because it was usually over. >> right. melissa: by the time these races come around we generally know who it is going to be. let me ask you about new york. >> sure. melissa: bernie sanders comes in the end and closes. this is the pattern, sh

i think paul ryan knows the party is in pieces. he is talking about positive politics, talking about republican policies in very obvious ways trying to exert leadership and releasing videos which have led people to believe he is running for president but i believe he is doing it because he wants to save the republican party. he is trying to find the soul of what the next republican party will be and wouldn't run for president in today's republican party when he is such a young man and knows it is 12 years to figure things out at least. i don't think he wants to pick up the pieces of this mess and if he was named in cleveland he could lose his speakership and where would he be? i think he means it, you are right, in the party, beg him to consider this as john weiner and others begged him to be speaker, people basically told him there is nobody else and he did it in a way that he could still go home on the weekends and see his young kids who are growing up quickly, his father died when he was 16, he is very set on being a present fat

>> well, i'm not surprised that paul ryan -- not at all surprising that paul ryan doesn't want to step in front of an oncoming speeding train. he's already had to be the savior of the republican party when he had to be recruited as a reluctant candidate to become their speaker because he's got massive chaos in the republican caucus and the house. they have been at a civil war with one another for a long time and we have gotten almost nothing accomplished because of their divisiveness and not surprise he doesn't want to step in front of the train wreck occurring in the presidential campaign, as well. >> let's talk about the presidential campaign right now. one thing i found interesting last night and the last 48 hours. we have heard trump offering support to bernie sanders saying the system is rigged against both of them. i don't think we have time to play the sound but he says bernie sanders, every weekend comes and bernie sanders wins, wins, wins and these people are saying he can't win because the system is rigged. he's together with bernie sanders on this. what do you say? >> you kn

even though i don't think paul ryan had any choice. so paul ryan remains relatively popular here, but we've actually encouraged ryan to be tougher on trump than he's been. >> all right. we have to leave it there for tonight. stuart when we come back next time your on the show i want to ask you if trump can do the type of u-turn that katie described they plan for the general election. in the meantime we'll try to read your blinmind. >>> new polling shows donald trump would sink more than the republican hopes for the white house. >>> the chief strategist for hillary clinton and bernie sanders's campaigns will join us. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. the twenty-sixteen subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. try align for a no

paul ryan: let me speak to the delegates. if no candidate has a majority on the first ballot, i believe they should only choose a person that has participated in the primary. count me out. the comments come as a contested gop convention appears likely. donald trump and a hillary clinton have double-digit leads according to a new wall street journal nbc news poll. trump lee's john kasich 54% to 21%. ted cruz has 18%. misses clinton leads bernie sanders 55%-40 1%. the new york primary is next tuesday. accusing the vice president of attempting to overthrow the government days before the full house is expected to start voting on her impeachment. without directly naming the vice president, they said a leak of a recording where he

here is paul ryan. let us hear what he has to say. >> afternoon. i just returned from a week-long trip to the middle east to meet with our allies and our partners there. we had important conversations about isis. the security threat in that region and those around the world. but i'll tell you it is really amazing how our politics has followed so closely overseas. i was asked about it everywhere i went. i'm also aware that while i was overseas, there was more speculation that someone other than the current candidates will emerge as our party's nominee. i want to put this to rest once and for all. as you know, i have stayed out of this race and remained neutral as chairman of the republican convention, my job is to ensure there is integrity in the process, that the rules are followed by the rule book. that means it is not my job to tell delegates what they should do. i have a message to relay today. we have too much work to do in the house to allow this speculation to swirl or have my motivations questioned. so let me be clear. i do not want, nor wil

and with all due respect to house speaker paul ryan -- mr. ryan: i do not want nor will i accept the nomination for our party. count me out. let me say again, i am not going to be our party's nominee. i should not be considered, period, end of story. john: so you're saying there's a chance. ♪ mark: happy just say no day, sports fan. on the show tonight, my conversation with ice cube. but first, the biggest conversation in the presidential race today came from someone who is not in the presidential race, and now, emphatically, he will not be. paul ryan held a surprise press conference among rampant speculation that he might potentially be a white knight running to the rescue should the republican convention in cleveland be terminally deadlocked. his resounding message today, not going to happen. mr. ryan: i want to put this to rest once and for all. i have remained neutral. my job is to ensure that there is integrity in the process, that the rules are followed by the rulebook. that means it is not my job to tell delegates what they should do

paul ryan and his team. he has the house of representatives those seats at stake which he is wanting to make sure he maintains that majority in the house of representatives. >> ryan will be at the convention in cleveland this summer but that will be as xhair chairman not the nominee. >> he seems pretty adamant about this one. anna kooiman. >> was there a hidden message in ryan's speech. fox news contributor and columnist says speaker running for campaign is not for president. >> i think he broadcast what had to be said and i do think he is sincere. the part of the speech i found the most interesting was when he talked about what he was going to be doing in congress. that was ignored put together a policy agenda he denounced the personal rising of the presidential campaign. i think what he was doing in addition to pulling out of the race was to announce the firs step in the rebuilding of the party after the rubble of this election cycle. >> let's keep talking about paul ryan. is it time for the gop to focus o

that's paul ryan about the speakership. >> does paul ryan want to be speaker? >> no, he doesn't. >> running for speaker? >> i'm not. >> why? >> i don't want to be speaker. >> he is now speaker. to be fair to paul ryan speaking today about taking him out of any thought of running for president of the united states he says that was really a different time. he was already a congressman and then he would be eligible to run for speaker. maybe. but realtor politics, my question for you is, how likely is it that he would stick to this if, in fact, his party does call on it? >> i think it is actually very like lick that he'll tick to this for a couple of different reasons. one, if paul ryan were to pursue this kind of thing, either publicly or even besind the scenes, there would be massive revolt at the republican convention that already figures to be pretty chaotic. you would have pushback from trump, cruz, the dozen or so candidates who have already run and paul ryan wanting to be involved in the party, shaping the party, the future of the party for a long time and p

this paul ryan video looks a lot like a 2016 campaign ad. pall ryan's campaign ad. paul ryan for president. election video spurs rumors. did this prove he's an undercover candidate for president? if you looked at the news, you saw headlines and you get the story. it's not a complicated thing. paul ryan has done a video that gives the impression he's running for president. you see things like this. you find of think, i got the point. behold. there's a bit of a grand canyon effect. you actually do have to see it. even if you do believe the headlines. even if you think you have absorbed this information and you understand that paul ryan has done something, having that information, believing that information does not do it justice. you actually have to look at it. just look at it. what is this? what is this for if it's not someone running for president? i'm going to show you the whole thing. not editing it. it's like 40 something seconds. stand on the rim of this and peer into this scenic abyss. just watch this. >> what really bothers me the most about politics these da

not only paul ryan. if they change the rule and they would need to change the rule because right now, the only two candidates that can be considered according to this rule that says that you need to have won eight states, are trump and cruz. >> right. >> if you change the rule, that would be -- that would really be a game changer. then you could consider any candidates, not only paul ryan. you could reconsider marco rubio. a very interesting discussion. i think a rlot of people feel even if that happens, people get angry and there's a rebellion and they denide not to vote for the republican candidate, that it's bet toor lose with a different candidate than to lose with donald trump or even win with donald trump. >> to your point, a.p. has done the gop favorables and unfavorables. 69%, highly unfavorable. ted cruz, not much better, 59%. even the lose with cruz idea, at least he's a republican, but what do you imagine would happen in the actual body politic. forget the delegates, whose goal and interest is

i will say, ironically, paul ryan, as you said earlier, paul ryan's decision is good for kasich, ironically, it overshadows him. if he made the decision yesterday, and kasich did the speech today, or vice-versa, it won't get much coverage on most shows. the other thing, if he had given the speech after the ohio primary, today was a good day to give it, but it got stepped on. other thing, does he keep it up. people loved it in the room. can he keep it up? can he keep the message going? it has tens of millions of people interested from the party. >> he has been hinting at such a speech. again, for the sake of many op opportunities. this one by sheer bad luck, but if he sticks with, if he sticks with, it could be an important thing for convention strategy. >> the only thing missing was talking about trump and cruz, and he'll eventually have to do it, without taking the low road as he says. >>> donald trump, speaking of in some cases the low road, donald trump at it again last night at his rally in albany. the nomination process is competing in is rigged, unfair, corrupt, so crooked, it has to

even though i don't think paul ryan had any choice. so paul ryan remains relatively popular here, but we've actually encouraged ryan to be tougher on trump than he's been. >> all right. we have to leave it there for tonight. stuart when we come back next time your on the show i want to ask you if trump can do the type of u-turn that katie described they plan for the general election. in the meantime we'll try to read your mind. >>> new polling shows donald trump would sink more than the republican hopes for the white house. >>> the chief strategist for hillary clinton and bernie sanders's campaigns will join us. about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] [laughs] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. find a certified financial planner profe

i believe paul ryan meant what he said today and hugh hewitt is not so sure. that's where we are tonighght. hugh, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thanks lawrence. >>> coming up, bill o'reilly and that question he asked donald trump last night about black unemploynt and tattoos onn the forehead. he used tavis smiley's name and tavis will join us. hillary clinton gets an important endorsement in the fight for new york. don't let dust and allergies get between you and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. when we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. so you can seize those moments, wherever you find them. flonase. six is greater than one changes everything. ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. m

for the republicans, maybe that insurance might have been paul ryan. it's very difficult to imagine right now. if we do go to a contested convention, if donald trump does not get that magic number of 1237 delegates, and the campaign is going not knowing who will emerge as the nominee, itwe're very able to visualize a circumstance where donald trump isn't the nominee. some may say, he's not our guy, we're not going to show up in the polls. if the nominee is ted cruz, big fans of donald trump will say the system was rigged, the system was not representative of the winner of the most votes or the most delegates, and they may not show up at the polls. paul ryan was sort of the establishment's dream of a white knight who could come in on that scenario and on a third or fourth ballot, be a consensus candidate. he is somebody who previously said no to a big job, speaker of the house, and once he eventually took that job unable to recruit the political party. so if you were of republican concern, they could have rallied around cleveland. republicans certainly

and said, paul ryan? we're here for donald trump. what is important is what trump said, the point that he's, quote, stubborn. why does he stay in this race? other people like marco rubio, they got the message. they got out. however, what's notable here is that this is a state that donald trump with blue collar demographics and an open primary. both elements benefitted trump in the past and obviously, a lot of independent voters could come and support donald trump here as they have in other places. that's what they're relying on. having spoke to mmny people here. one person saying they're deciding between a democrat and donald trump tomorrow. so donald trump touting new poll numbers. you noted some of the introduction here. ten points down late last week. and they believe confidently he'll win here. he's predicting it here today. >> peter alexander and hallie jackson. speaking of wisconsin and the battle as we go forward, ari melber now. your reporting is that they are both trying to squeeze john kasich ou

they are not fans of paul ryan and paul ryan knows that. he is too tainted with them with the issues of trade and immigration and viewed of the establishment often called rino. they're going to do a parallel campaign, don't want to be president and ryan will do everything in his power to say so today and people will still speculate because of what he's doing but the campaign style videos, these high lofty speeches, they're meant to be the parallel campaign. not the actual presidential campaign. we'll see how that plays out. >> indeed. at least they don't want to be president now because they don't think the nomination is as valuable as it might be four years down the road. so let's see what donald trump is doing. this is donald trump in albany last night, guys, and he seems to be seeing himself now as the general election candidate. >> hillary clinton does not have the judgment to be president. she doesn't have the judgment. believe me. she's being protected by the democrats which is a disgrace, but she's going to have to live with that whe

paul ryan just says no. the house speaker is ruling out a run for the presidency even if a contested gop convention turns to him as a possible savior to get majority support. >> i chose not to do this. therefore, i should not be considered. period. end of story. >> he said the possibility should be limited to people who put their hat into the ring as candidates this cycle. many experts see the possibility a donald trump or ted cruz. but ryan said he is officially out. >> quelling growing questions about his movements and motives, paul ryan ruled out a candidacy for president. >> we have too much work to do in the house. to allow this speculation to swirl or to have my motivations questioned. so let me be clear. i do not want, nor will i expect the nomination for our party. if no candidate has a majority in the first ballot, i believe he should only choose from a person who has actually participated in the primary. you count me out. >> a member of them greeted the news with gratitude that the wisconsin republ

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i believe paul ryan meant what he said today and hugh hewitt is not so sure. that's where we are tonight. hugh, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thanks lawrence. >>> coming up, bill o'reilly and that question he asked donald trump last night about black unemployment and tattoos on the forehead. he used tavis smiley's name and tavis will join us. hillary clinton gets an important endorsement in the fight for new york. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight fections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new

now, house speaker paul ryan has again ruled himself out. take a listen to what he had to say. >> let me be clear, i do not want nor will i accept the nomination for our party. i believe that you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. count me out. >> given he said count me out when he was asked to be the house speaker, and he is now the house speaker, is it likely he could change his mind? >> well, i guess if you're paul ryan, i'm not sure what else you can say to make it clear you don't want this job. he was very emphatic yesterday in saying that this was apples and oranges to suggest that the fact that he didn't want to be speaker of the house means he would change his mind about being president. he said, you know, i already was in congress. i -- to become speaker wasn't a completely different job. it was just taking on more responsibilities in the body where i already served. launching a presidential campaign would be a completely different thing. paul ryan is a very savvy politician. he has a presu

that's paul ryan. paul ryan is one of the people. so i think paul ryan is trying to seize control and lay out a vision that can inspire other portions of the party that are not quite yet on the trump train. >> christopher, i want to read for you a quote from paul manafort. he is the trump -- i guess campaign manager or, you know, senior leader these days. he was talking to republicans in florida behind closed doors and here's what he has said confirmed to fox. he meaning trump gets it.hat he is evolving into the part that now you have been expecting, but he wasn't ready for because he had first to complete the first phase. the negatives will come down. the image is going to change. he's saying we'll see a different donald trump and perhaps one more appealing to the electorate at large. what do you think about this? >> well, manafort was brought in for that thing and in the past when we looked at donald trump and the campaign, they're there and they guide him a little bit. but he does his own thing. with manafort, we have seen a chang

we talk about paul ryan in 2016. i'm happy he's a great positive voice who is putting a positive agenda out there because republicans need it. >> but it also circles back to what david was just talking about which is floor strategy. at the convention are there going to be enough people out there who want to elect paul ryan that are going to have a game plan ahead of time to go around and work the delegates for being elected in each of the states to the point where they can flip to paul ryan in the end? i'm not sure that we've seen enough evidence of that yet. yes, he's talked about as a possible candidate, but this is going to be all about strategy, and right now cruz is winning that game. >> it won't be hard to remember his name. he will be the chair of the convention. it will be easy to remember that. great to see you guys. doug, maeve, josh, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, breaking news. the u.s. embassy in kabul warning about possible hotel attacks. >> plus this, more breaking news coming. the terrorist s

>> no, i don't think like paul ryan. >> we believe paul ryan but don't believe governor kasich. >> he has probably read the art of the deal. have negativeiating. he could be a disrupter. he could do all sorts of things candidates have a way i think seeing themselves differently than other people seeing themselves. john kasich probably views himself and position in the race slightly different than we do. from our perspective hard to see where he actually has an opportunity to win certainly not before the convention or on the first round of the convention but very, very hard to see in the later rounds either how he could pull it out. this is his play. >> what do you think? >> yeah. i mean, i think that he is hoping for that hail mary pass. it becomes completeem chaos in cleveland nobody wants ted cruz or donald trump. >> is he going back to governing ohio. >> i think it's possible. his criticism of trump has not been that strident. >> in a very strident contest, right? >> yeah. >> ordinary years it would be very strident not strident this year. >> compared to what we have witnessed kasi

speaker paul ryan may be in attendance. despite urging delegates today to, quote, count me out as he put it for the gop nomination. i believe the republican establishment and the elites are apoplectic as they watch their influence over presidential candidates and presidential politics just dwindling. so for now, what will the establishment and the elites do to win? and is there any possibility that they've come to their senses and will work with trump to unify the republican party? i don't think so either. but, we'll see. and our quotation of the evening from none other than donald trump. trump said -- a lot of the rich people right now are demonstrating his point. we're coming right back. stay with us. speaker ryan's big money donors want him to run for president, but he says he's absolutely, positively not running, no way. >> let me be clear, i do not want, nor will i accept, the nomination for our party. lou: ryan says he's out, so who will be the nominee? we take it up with former speaker newt gingrich here next. >>> an

this paul ryan video. paul ryan for president, election videos if you saw the headline, you get the story, house speaker john ryan has a video. i get. it's simple. you see headlines like this, left lane blogs, right lane blogs, you think, okay, i got the point. not sure i need to see it. but behold, for this news story, of all things, there is a bit of a grand canyonesque. you actually do have to see it. because even if you believe all these headlines, if you have absorbed this information, so you therefore understand that paul ryan has done something that makes it seem like you may be running for president. having that information. believeing that information, does not do it justice. you actually have to look at it. just look at it. what is this? what is this for, if it is not someone running for president. not editing it in anyway, it's like 40-some seconds. stand on the rim of this and peer into this scenic of this. just watch this. >> what really bothers me the most in politics these days is this notio

anyone that is except, apparently, paul ryan. paul ryan couldn't have been more emphatic. >> let me be clear. i do not want nor will i accept the nomination for our party. >> he dismissed talk that has been forgiven for weeks that if donald trump fails to win the 1237 delegates needed to win the primary ahead of the convention, ryan could emerge as a consensus pick. he also went a step further. >> if no candidate has majority in the first ballot, i believe you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. >> that in three would limit the potential feel to what we saw on those crowded early debate stages. >> reporter: he has some weights to throw run on that point because he will chair the convention. all of that talk may feed into donald trumps argument that the party rules are rigged. >> the rnc, the republican national committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen. >> reporter: a poll just out showed that 60% of gop voters think whoever walks into the co

i think paul ryan is absolutely right today. it is virtually impossible for someone who did not run to be nominated. i think it could go to four, five, six ballots. i don't know that it will. but i think the nominee will be one of those three. more importantly, that is what paul ryan believes. i think he was quite sincere today. i think the chances of a convention turning to him are nil. charlie: and he would say no if they do. is that what i hear him saying? al: i sound like i am evading the question. charlie: you are. if nominated, i will not run. if elected, i will not serve. it is easy. al: cannot get more sherman than that, can you? charlie: you know this guy. you know where he is. he said he was not running to be speaker of the house. the party needed him, and then he took it. he is also a man of ambition, a man of politics, and a man of policy. all of that. tell me what you know about how he approached this and what he means. dan: first of all, if you look at his career, he has been a successful player at the elite level

paul ryan is a friend of mine, but paul ryan isn't a fresh face. he's a veteran of washington and inside the beltway. >> that is true. he's freshly shaved. the only reason we were playing paul ryan fan fiction. we were looking at his spokesperson denials about the speakership where he said it's not going to happen. you are crazy. this is ridiculous. a week later he's the speaker. you never know. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> coming up, as wisconsin residents head to the polls on tuesday, a new voter id law would block 300,000 people from casting ballots. we'll discuss scott walker's solution to a problem that never existed. >>> frustration from hillary clinton boils over on the trail. >> i'm so sick of the sanders campaign lying about me. i'm sick of it. here's to breaking more glass ceilings in golf and everywhere else. kpmg. continuing our commitment to the next generation of women leaders. couand i want to remind youel that no one's the same without the game... like @squirrelgirl52 who writes, "no football on sundays has left me with a lot o

i think it is consistent with paul ryan. i have known him for a long time, followed his career throughout his career. it is typical of paul ryan. he is the speaker of the house. he will be the chairman of the convention. he is trying to set the tone and maybe set the tone for the republican party and frame it a little bit differently than we have seen in this campaign. >> since you've known him so long, i want to ask you, do you really believe him when he says he doesn't want to be president of the united states, just like he said he didn't want to be house speaker? >> i actually do believe him. i don't believe he wanted to be speaker. py conceded to be speaker. he started p and we will see how well he will do. i don't think he wants to be president of the united states. he doesn't really have a chance to be president of the united states. what would have to happen, we would have to go through the first round of voting and probably the second round and then eight delegations would have to sign a petition and the majority of

house speaker paul ryan said the eventual nominee should be a candidate who ran in the primaries. >> i think there is a little bit -- >> reporter: hillary clinton joined u.s. women's soccer star to talk about the gender pay gap. >> groceries don't cost us less. rent doesn't cost us less. so where should -- why should we be paid less? >> reporter: polls show clinton with a double-digit lead. but polls say bernie sanders can still win if he gets a large turnout. >> please, do everything you can. get out and vote. bring your friends, your neighbors. >> reporter: on the republican side, polls show donald trump with a big lead in his home state. >> we're going to turn our country around, take our york win next week, experts say it's unlikely for trump to get enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination. >> that could lead to a contested race. >> anybody that chooses chooses to drive america on the dark side is not doing a favor to the american people. >> reporter: one person who said he is staying out. race is house speaker paul ryan. >> i do not want, nor will i accept the nomina

paul ryan is not running for president. harris: he said same thing about speaker of the house. >> that is different. that is position chosen by elites at con dregsal level. harris: this isn't? not congress. >> chosen by people and chosen by delegates pledged to people like donald trump and to ted cruz. it will be interesting at the convention, harris, i think this is overlooked a lot, there is this theory, oh the establishment will sweep in and parachute this golden child into the convention. you will have donald trump and ted cruz who are ripping each other to shreds on the campaign trail -- harris: to rip that new person. >> no they will have strategic alliance in cleveland to make sure there are no rules changes that would permit that to happen. this is not going to occur. andrea: right. >> donald cruz. like i said. her problem is she has been running for the presidency since '92 or even earlier than that. people are tired of hearing and seeing hillary clinton at this point, right? and donald trump has been on television

plus, house speaker paul ryan says he's not seeking the country's highest office. but why his actions are sparking more rumors about a possible presidential bid. and dangerous weather in the heartland. the threat is far from over. a look at the forecast coming up. heather: thank you john. the sports world morning the shocking death of a super bowl champ. police say former new orleans saints player will smith was shot and killed in a road rage incident as he was heading home from a festival this weekend. live in dallas with more on this. casey, i understand he was a dad of three. reporter: yes heather, terribly tragic. this happened late saturday night in the upscale lower garden district neighborhood of new orleans. police say it will smith was driving in his mercedes down the road. his wife was a passenger when they were rear-ended by another vehicle. eyewitnesses say the driver of that car got out and exchanged words with the former new orleans saints defensive end, then pulled out a gun and indiscriminately started shooting. police say this man, cardell hayes wa

and now, he is speaker paul ryan. so there is a sense that maybe we will see history repeat itself. host: there is one scenario on the table in which donald trump has the most delegates and the votes but he is 100-125 votes short. what happens then? paul: i think what happens on the second ballot is that you will start to see efforts of coalition building. that is more likely than going immediately to a paul ryan-mitt romney person, you would see ted all right, you're number one, i am number two, we become a ticket, together, we might get 1237. let, they may be marco rubio, essentially a fourth-place winner in the race, unofficialand play, promises where marco will become attorney general or something like that. you start to see coalitions come together. i think you would have to get several ballots down and really see some near chaos on the floor before we get to the point where ryan, we knowaker you are the guy in charge of the convention, but come on down. you are the next contestant. i do not think you will get th

paul ryan is a great person. i support paul ryan. i asked paul if he was going to be a candidate for president. he said absolutely not. i think some day he will be president. but this year is not his time. so i think that if everybody wants a new face and an ability to get this country turned around, john kasich is that person. let's get behind the person that has shown he can do it, balance the budget, run the state, he's got the record. he's the person we should nominate. >> howard, your view about ryan, because i'm thinking that roger stone, you don't have to like the guy to know he's smart. and roger stone suggested -- >> that's right. >> it's either going to be trump on the first ballot or ryan on the fourth, and the last several days since he said that, i'm beginning to see the truth of that because i don't think this gossip involving all this chaos of trump and cruz and kasich is adding up to any clarity. your thinking? >> in talking to people across the spectrum, including our mutual buddy roger stone, my sense of it is that

paul ryan is a friend of mine, but paul ryan isn't a fresh face. he's a veteran of washington and inside the beltway. >> that is true. he's freshly shaved. the only reason we were playing paul ryan fan fiction. we were looking at his spokesperson denials about the speakership where he said it's not going to happen. you are crazy. this is ridiculous. a week later he's the speaker. you never know. thank you both. >> thank you. >>> coming up, as wisconsin residents head to the polls on tuesday, a new voter id law would block 300,000 people from casting ballots. we'll discuss scott walker's solution to a problem that never existed. >>> frustration from hillary clinton boils over on the trail. >> i'm so sick of the sanders campaign lying about me. i'm sick of it. no tickets. no accidents. that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record. yeah. now you would think your insurance company would cut you some slack, right? no. your insurance rates go through the roof... your perfect record doesn't get you anything. anything. perfect.

he and paul ryan are friends. al, why did he said that today and does he mean it if, in fact, the republican party came to him and said you've got to do this for the sake of the party and for the sake of the country? >> charlie, he does mean it. he did it today not as news but as a confirmation of what he believes is reality, and he thought, as i understand it, that it was getting to the point where it was becoming the -- the speculation was becoming injurious because here was this big shot in washington who was going to try to steal the convention away from someone and probably not helping him in his day job which is speaker of the house. i think paul ryan was absolutely right today, it is virtually impossible for someone who did not run to be nominated. i think it could go to four, five, six ballots, i don't know that it will, but i still think the nominee will be one of the three. more importantly, that's what paul ryan believes. i think he was quite sincere today and he thinks the chances to have convention tu

the establishment sees paul ryan as a white knight to it stop trump. he's in israel where the rumors are swirling and lays out a possibly scenario how ryan could end up on the top of the gop ticket. he has a prediction record and 60 percent chance of a convention dead lock and the delegates turn to ryan and ergo he will start chairman of the republican nom no and end as nominee. and how would primary voters react. here is the congressional correspo correspondent. susan what do you think really are the odds? >> it would be unpres depted and i really at this point, it is unlikely based on the things we heard from reince priebus he believes it will be one of the three running. for the republicans to go outside of the candidates that have been voted on would be unlikely but not impossible. >> what if it is it so fractured they turn to him? >> they could. and in fact i think they would like to turn to him. but repercussions would blow up the party. they are selecting someone that no one voted for and that is a bold dramatic step. kasich is a more likely opt

speaker paul ryan, who i really like, i think he's a really likable fella. he just happens to belong in both camps and unable to control himself. ryan infuriating house republicans with a spending bill that would raise the deficit offending many by reaching deals with president obama before reaching deals with gop house members or letting them know what's going on, and then injecting himself into presidential politics attacking donald trump, and then making his first late-night tv appearance, and playing cute with stephen colbert. >> let me say it in clear english. no. okay, how about clear german? nine. >> clear russian? nyet. you seem to know a lot of foreign languages. that international experience will come in handy if you decide to accept the republican nomination today. [ applause ] >> late show appearance not a particularly bright move by the speaker, annoying just about everybody except mr. obama and the democrat. and ryan's appearance certainly didn't help him offset his gravitas deficit. some might think he appeared a drivel silly and the speaker a