is in that budget. i say, where was paul ryan? >> if he becomes the nominee of the party, will you support him? >> yes, i will. i'll support whoever the nominee is. >> remember the wheelchair pushed over the click when you had ryan as the chairman. >> ku klux klan. >> i don't know david duke. >> if a person wants to be a nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games. >> paul ryan, i don't know him well. i'm sure i'll get along great with him. if i don't, he's go to have to pay a big price. >> i laughed out loud. sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. i'm a good natured guy, so i get along with everybody. >> i don't think automatically. i think you'd have riots. >> to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. >> how do you like paul ryan? how do you like him? all right. >> now you have a presumptive nominee donald trump, will you support him? >> i'm just not ready to do that at this point. >> i didn't get paul ryan. i don't know what happened. >> oh, it's going to be fun today on capitol hill. good morni

nominee yet and the speaker of the house paul ryan. who is the leader? >> well, i would say paul ryan. i would really think that's. >> trump last night striking an unusual conciliatory tone towards ryan in advance of the meeting today. the other item on our agend adjust a suggestion. trump last night seeming to back away from his call to temporarily ban muslims from entering the united states. >> have you decided whether you'll back off on the ban. i realize it was a temporary ban but with an unlimited temporary period could go on forever. >> sure, i'd back off on it it. >> trump saying that was just a suggestion. that could be a potential ofive branch from trump to ryan. it's been condemned forcefully by ryan and by many other top republicans. an aide suggesting that trump's thinking on entitlement reform could also be flexible. trump also once again open to releasing his tax returns. that's the signal he's sending at this moment. all that and much more to come this hour. >>> we begin with where all eyes are at this moment on that summit about to begin between donald trump and paul ryan

now. >>> paul ryan, i don't know what happened. >> i think that he needs to do more to unify this party. >> paul ryan and his ilk, they have become so disconnected. >> the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. >> he wants to meet, i'll meet. we'll just see what happens. it's just more drama. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> hi, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it's big, it's massive, it's a wild scene on capitol hill today. so big, in fact, that we are calling it the paul ryan primary. so stand by for a key race alert any minute now. >> you're looking at live pictures from the capitol where any minute now house speaker paul ryan, he will hold a press conference. this comes after his first official face-to-face -- actually two face-to-faces with the presumptive nominee. >> faces-to-faces is harder to say. it's like attorneys general. i'm not sure what the right plural is. reince priebus hosted the meet and groo eet and called the meeg great and a positive step toward unity but what will paul ryan sa

women. she's married to a man who got impeached for lying. >> house speaker paul ryan is at odds with much of the trump agenda. >> he inherits something very special to a lot of us. this is the party of lincoln, of reagan, of jack kemp and we don't always nominate a lincoln and a reagan every four years but we hope our nominee, that that person, has principles of our party and appeals to a wide vast majority. >> question three, will word the hillary clinton e-mail investigation is nearing decision time, impact the remaining democratic primaries and impact her effort to quiet the bernie sanders insurgency. >> while the path is now, and i do not deny that for a moment, i think we can pull off one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. and in fact become the nominee for the democratic party. >> with us to share the reporting and their insights, the atlantic's molly ball, mother at the table, happy mother's day, jonathan martin of the "new york times," ryan lizza of "the new yorker" and m.j. lee. donald trump is targeting hillary clinton with the same gusto. he

on the phone with paul ryan last night. he said that they talked about substantive issues and thinks that the trump-ryan meeting will go very well. of course he will say that. meanwhile, trump himself has nothing but praise in making the rounds on the media talking about paul ryan, not choosing to give him a nickname or anything like his other enemies, nothing but praise as you'll hear here. >> he's a very good man. he wants what's good for the party and i think we're going to have very positive results. i'd love, frankly, for him to stay and be chairman. >> so you think -- and i know you have to say this -- that he's going to fall into line, endorse you, he'll be at the convention and everything will be fine. >> i don't think fall into line is the right words, though. i think he loves this party, he loves this country and he wants to see something good happen. i think we're going to do better if we're unified. >> so for his part paul ryan said he believes this will be a process and first step in getting to know donald trump. donald trump himself said he has no idea what they'

, including speaker paul ryan. >> he has gotten more votes than any republican primary from nominee in the history of our country and this isn't even over yes. he hasn't even gone to california yet, so it's really a remarkable achievement. >> joining us here tonight, donald trump's son eric, he is with us on how the responders will unite the republican party and bring victory in november and more endorsements for trump, including from former house speaker john boehner, who said, quote, anyone who thinks donald trump can't win, just watch. we'll take up trump's path to the presidency, with ebony williams, chris plant and the chairman of the rnc, reince priebus. he says i think donald trump gets it. i think he understands about being presidential and tone and tenor. i'm confident of that. so i'm looking forward to, you know, moving forward next week and beginning this unification process. >> the real question is, does the republican establishment get it? lee carter, rich lowrie, join us to talk about that and more, will the national reviews, lowrie get it and finally support trump? you will

rnc chairman reince priebus and house speaker paul ryan. we're told the meeting itself got under way at roughly 9:30. they are also going to be bringing in the rest of the house republican leadership team into that room. the goal today very simple, bridging the gap between speaker ryan and new defacto leader donald trump. aides tell us that ryan has grown uncomfortable with trump's harsh and often controversial tone on the campaign trail. obvious differences in style but the more striking differences are on matters of substance. there's likely some wiggle room on some of the policy differences too. last night we saw the presumptive nominee appeal to roll back some of his rhetoric, calling the proposal to ban foreign muslims from the united states just a quote, suggestion. some analysts even some republicans now privately fear that the party's control of of the senate control of the house even, could be at risk with trump at the top of the ticket. again, a live look right now, roughly a block away, rnc headquarters. you see the gaggle of reporters out front. we've also seen a numb

declaration from the house speaker paul ryan who in an exclusive interview says that she not yet on board with donald trump as the nominee. >> i'm just not ready do that at this point. i'm not there right now. i hope to. i want to, but i think what is required is that we unify the party. >> running meate or running awa? it's growing and some saying no thanks. can he manage to find the insider to join him in the run for the whitehouse? >>> we're going to take you aboard a nuclear you power attack as the u.s. navy gears up to face growing russian threats under water. >>> then a massive once in a generation gathering of the communist elite. is he going to carry out a nuclear test. i'm wolf woblitzer, and you're the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> our breaking news is the highest ranking older paul ryan says that he is not ready to support donald trump's candidacy just two days after naming him the nominee. ryan tell us our own jake tapper that i'm not there right now. the party first needs to come together and trump bares most of the burden for were that. many are not

contested convention. jackie, i don't understand how this ends for paul ryan. they're meeting next week. what were trump do to win the paul ryan primary? all of a sudden not back the ban on mud lslims? doesn't seem likely. >> talking to republicans the last couple of days. a thought they didn't run for trump's nomination. trump ran for the republican nomination. he nooeeds to start meeting the it's trump, so probably not half way, but somewhere. right now there is pushback within that party saying that trump really hasn't done that. he hasn't reached back at all. he's just taken. so ryan, it seems, is kind of establishing that -- those negotiations. >> so, phil, you're in touch with the ryan people. what pound of flesh are they trying to extract? what deal what negotiation do they want? >> they haven't been that specific yet, but i do think that the key issue here is, this is point of leverage for paul ryan. think about where paul ryan is coming from here. the ideological standard of the party. everything he has run, or presented, the last decade, donald trump has undercut. whether it's

house speaker paul ryan. the pair released a joint statement saying this. there is a great opportunity to unify our party and win this fall and we are totally commit today working together to achieve that goal. later the speaker, paul ry addressed the media. >> i was very encouraged with what i heard from donald trump today. i do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences. so from here we will go deeper into the policy areas to see where that common groupd is and how we can make sure we are operating off the same principles. this is our first meeting. i was very encouraged but this is a process. it take as little time. you don't put it together in 45 minutes. so hat is why we had a very good start to a process and how we unify. >> trump met with the entire house republican leadership team and sat down with senate republicans to talk policy and politics. he is at a washington, d.c. law firm having more meetings before he heads back to new york. let's talk about all the day's events and the impact it could have on the presidenti

gop's worst nightmare. paul ryan in a stunning moment declines to support donald trump. >> i'm just not ready to do that at this point, i'm not there right now. i hope to, though, and i want to, i think what is required is that we unify this party. >> you know trump fired back tonight in true trump fashion with a statement saying i am not ready to support speaker ryan's agen agenda. >> everybody's out, i'm the only one left, that's okay, right? right? [ cheers and applause ] . >> i hope you're writing all this down. george h.w. bush, george w. bush, john mccain and mitt romney all refusing to attend the gop convention. a battle that threatens to tear the party apart. if anyone could explain this, i bet it's gloria bore ger. you got the speaker saying he's not ready to support trump. here's what he told cnn exclusively, and then we'll talk about it. >> i hope to support our nominee, i want to do that, but right now, i have to tell you, jake just being canneded with you, at this point i'm not there right now. this man is going to get the nomination, because he earned it. he deserved i

% enemy, we believe that. >> nancy pelosi, saying, the paul ryan agenda is the donald trump agenda. >> to show unity is a disaster for them there. is no good choice for them. >> private meeting, very positive. >> running the miss universe pageant does not qualify as foreign policy experience. >> this is the last word on campaign 2016. so, paul ryan he gave them him his first kingder garten class. he is the best teacher for donald trump. he has had experience with the tea party falcons, the ones who bring magical thinking to government. like it wouldn't be so bad if the u.s. defaulted on their debt. paul ryan never dreamed he would have to deal with one as the presidential nominee, the person second in the line to the president, the most powerful person in the legislative branch of our government, had to sit down to little donald trump, and explain to him what legislative branch is, what the executive branch is, what the president can and cannot do. a document that donald trump apparently never read the constitution. >> we discussed the core principles that tie us all together. principles

nightmare. i'm don lemon. house speaker paul ryan, in a stunning moment, declines to support donald trump. >> i'm just not ready to do that at this point. i'm not there right now. but i want to. and i think what is required is that we unify this party. >> trump fired back in true trump fashion with a statement saying i'm not ready to support speaker ryan's agenda. >> everybody's out, i'm the only one left. that's okay, right? right? [cheers and applause] okay. so i hope you're writing all this down. meanwhile, george h.w. bush, george bush, john mccain and mitt romney refusing to attend the gop convention. a battle that threatens to tear the party apart. can the gop be saved? if anybody can explain all this, i would ventura guess that it's gloria borger. i said to the audience, i hope you're writing this down. who would have thought, you've got the speaker paul ryan saying he's not ready to support trump. here's what he told cnn exclusively, and then we'll talk about it. >> i hope to support our nominee, his candidacy fully, and i want to do that, but right now, i got to tell you, j

news. donald trump comes out swinging, at key republican leaders. his message to speaker paul ryan, the day after ryan snubbed him. >>> plus, trump getting a big boost from former vice president dick cheney. why cheney is going against his two former bosses. >>> and president obama taking on trump tonight. he says this election is not a reality show. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. donald trump taking on the growing list of republicans saying they will not back the presumptive nominee. and just tonight, that list now includes trump's former rivals, jeb bush and lindsey graham. listen. >> no, but i won't talk about jeb bush. i will not say -- i will not say he's low energy. i will not say it. i will not say it! and i won't talk about lindsey graham. he fails with his campaign horribly. he then endorses somebody else. and then he endorses bush. and then he endorses everybody. he's like bad luck. >> but one person not forgotten but also not exactly in the same line of fire, house speaker, paul ryan, who says he cannot support trump, at least not yet. trum

paul ryan, we got a feeling a brand new nickname is about to come your way. > >>> leading a show, a political bombshell, paul ryan said he's not on board the trump train. when jake tapper asked the speaker if he will back trump, he said this. >> to be candid with you, i'm not ready to do that at this point. i hope to and i want to, but i think what is required that we unify this party. saying we're unified doesn't unify us. actually taking the principles that we all believe in, showing there's a dedication and running a principled campaign that runs can be proud about and that can appeal to a majority of americans, that is what it takes to unify this party. >> he thought he was going to have more time but ted cruz and john kasich ended their campaigns quickly. ryan and his advisors had about a day to think about it after cruz got out. ryan took the position from his heart rather than based on pure politics. john, this is the biggest repudiation of trump as the nominee from any current elected official. what happens now? >> that will suggest a reenforce a sense of how difficult trump

. i began by asking him what he plans to tell paul ryan when they meet face to face on thursday. >> i'm going to say look this is what the people want. i just don't understand why he didn't -- you know, most people have come out in favor. we've gotten tremendous endorsements over the last short period of time. governor perry even came out. he was very rough. he came out with a beautiful statement. a magnificent statement. i have had so much support. i have had support from all the people that paul ryan works with. i mean, you see the congressmen they're coming forward. they're coming forward in waves right now. and, i'm actually a little surprised it's happening this quickly. just about the -- i understand why a jeb bush or a lindsey graham, i don't care. i was rough with him and beat him badly. i mean, 48 to 2 in his own state. and i understand that. but paul ryan -- >> you're saying he's going to have to come to you? you're not going to come to him. >> no, i'm going to certainly come down the middle. i'm going to have to see what he's looking for. i was very surprised and very

party. house speaker paul ryan. a week ago on cnn, ryan refused to endorse the republican nominee yet. now many republicans are pushing ryan to fall in line behind trump or risk fracturing the party. cnn's sara murray has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. will there be party unity in the gop or not so much? today might be the day that finally gives us our best indication so far. this is the day when donald trump is going to be traveling to washington to meet face-to-face with house speaker paul ryan. that is after the house speaker said he wasn't quite ready to fall in line and endorse donald trump. now he said since then the two need to get to know each other a bit. today is an opportunity for them to do that in d.c. what we already have seen is some of trump supporters begun laying the ground work. some supporters on the hill reaching out to ryan. ben carson has spoken to paul ryan. trump has been tweeting more optimistic things about the meeting. >> i think he is a good man and i really think, probably, we'll come out with something that's g

, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. house speaker paul ryan today shocking the republican party by breaking his word to support the gop presidential presumptive nominee. ryan today declined to say that he would support donald trump and didn't offer a coherent or rational reason for his extraordinary behaviorsa the man who will be running the gop national convention. ryan effectively said he isn't prepared for trump to have won as much as he did or as soon as he did. >> i hope to support our nominee. i hope to support his candidacy fully and i want to do that, but right now, i got to tell you, jake, being candid with you, i'm just not there right now. this thing was going to go to june 7th, probably to a convention. this is all pretty new for us, but at this point, i think he needs to do more to unify the party to bring all wings of the republican party together and to go forward and to appeal to all americans in every walk of life. lou: to be clear, ryan didn't offer any specifics about what he would like to see trump do. trump fired back, he said -- we'll be taking all of that up with infl

the meeting with the rnc with paul ryan and house leadership and senate leadership to try and smooth things over between donald trump and the party. i'm told meeting will focus on tone and how.dt donald trump ca and will change his tone and he is prepared to hit hard, his commitment to help the rnc fund-raise for down ballot candidates, down ballot republicans come in the fall. there is some worry out there, donald trump knows there is worry about there about having him at the top of the ticket. that campaign, his campaign wants to try and mitigate that worry. whether this meeting will result in a come biya, everybody holding hands, not entirely clear, all dependent what is exactly said and how things are handled on thursday. >> everybody will be looking ahead to that. ahead of that meeting, interesting ben carson was requesting a meeting with paul ryan ahead of the meeting, you pointed out corey lewandoski not a lawyer for the vp search team and to have ben carson reach out also seems unconventional. >> reporter: it is certainly unconventional and sources for the trump campaign said

the speaker after ryan said he isn't ready to back trump. trump tweeted this. quote: paul ryan said that i inherited something very special, the republican party. wrong. i didn't inherit it, i won it. with millions of voters. nearly 11 million votes so far, and this morning on fox trump reminded ryan he isn't one to lecture on how to win elections. >> well, they lost, you know, a race that should have been won last time and i, you know, have been very open about it. that was a race that should have easily been won. that was an easier race than this year, but i'll win. lou: and i'll be taking out the establishment's war against trump with the weekly standard's fred barnes and pastor robert jeffers. jeffers says there will be dire consequences for the republican party if it does not unite behind trump. i'll also be taking up the lighter side of politics -- there is such a thing, you know -- with andy levy here tonight. >>> president obama's policies now responsible for a disappointing april jobs report, a disappointing gdp report and a disappointing economy, certainly. but mr. obama i

. >> we have heard priebus and we have heard from paul ryan, we have not heard from donald trump and we have not gotten his take on how his meeting went today. we want to play of what the house speaker said after that get together. >> i think we had an encouraging meeting. it is no secret that donald trump and i had our dircfferenc. we talked about those differences today. that's common knowledge. the question is what is it that we need to do to unify the republican party. it is important that we discussed our differences that we had. it is important that we discuss the core principles that tie us all together. i was encouraged of what i heard from donald trump today. i do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get yourselves unified. from here, we'll go in deeper policy areas and see where that common ground is and how we make sure to offering the same core of principles. i was encouraged with this meeting. this is a process and it takes a little time. >> i think this is going in a positive direction. i think this is a first very encouraging meeting. >> it is an encouraging meet

support trump. house speaker paul ryan will meet with him next thursday. president obama weighing in saying trump's record needs to be examined and statements he has made need to be taken seriously. >> i just want to emphasize the degree to which we are in serious times. this is not entertainment. this is not a reality show. >> cnn's jim acosta both in oregon where donald trump is about to address supporters and there we go with pictures of that rally tonight. a lot of drama in the gop tonight. what is donald trump saying about it all? >> reporter: he seems to be enjoying the spectacle. they are not sweating inside the trump campaign and donald trump was brushing off attacks from lindsey graham and jeb bush earlier in the day. you heard that donald trump is going right after lindsey graham about the gop race and the disgrace but in a statement earlier in the day he said lindsey graham has zero credibility and went back to his old insults aimed at jeb bush saying he is low energy. it is interesting to look at the contrast between donald trump's attacks on lindsey graham and jeb bush a

. factions in the party growing even deeper since last week when house speaker paul ryan said he's not ready to support trump. now one of trump's biggest backers sarah palin warning ryan that he ma pay a price. >> i think paul ryan is soon to be cantered, as in eric canter. his political career is over except for a miracle because he's so disrespected the american people. >> the threat is about ryan's republican race in his wisconsin congressional destruc aal distr. that's going to take place. trump lost in ryan's district to ted cruz. >> i have nothing to do with that. that's -- sarah is very much a free agent. she's a terrific person but very much a free agent. i didn't know about this until yesterday. i guess she's been fighting or endorsing somebody that's running against paul ryan. and i didn't know about it until yesterday when i read about it. >> party unity is an issue for trump. at least in the polls. 84% of his fellow republicans would support him in the general election. for clinton among democrats, the number is 94%. a meeting between trump and ryan scheduled for this thurs

party is still in recovery mode after house speaker paul ryan shocked the argyle socks off the political world and said he's not ready to support donald j. trump, billionaire. we read you trump's initial statement. this morning donald trump call into the fox news network. >> i was really surprised by it. it's fine. he can do whatever he wants to do. it's fine. i was surprised by it. many other people were surprised by it and some were really surprised by it and not happy. i'll tell you i have many endorsements from yesterday. they're coming in left and right. he's one of the only ones that really was surprising. >> was there more? there was more. trump also used his favorite social media microphone to depend himself and deride the house speaker. he said i inherited something special. wrong. i didn't inherit it. i won it by millions of voters. he said even more when his national spokeswoman went on cnn and had tough words for ryan if he doesn't change his mind. >> if the republican speaker of the house does not come around to supporting the republican nominee, do you think that paul ryan

charles payne is here. it starts now. charles: donald trump and house speaker paul ryan completed a highly anticipated meeting. but here is the question. what does ryan want and what will donald trump give? could donald trump be softening his call for a temporary muslim ban? u.s. stocks all over the place. there is some serious problems. i'll talk about it. in particular the great uphill upheaval. nordstrom is getting slammed. speaker ryan earlier today declaring he will do whatever it takes to unite the party. >> i was very encouraged by way heard from donald trump today. i believe we are planting the seeds to get ourselves unified and bridge the grabs and differences. from here we'll go deeper into the policy areas to make sure we are operating off the same core principles. i think this is going in a positive direction and this is the first encouraging meeting. but in 45 minutes you don't litigate all the processes and principles we are talking about. charles: ryan and trump were optimistic after today's meeting to unify the party in a battle with hillary clinton. you heard him ta

donald trump telegraphed in his meeting with gretta van suls between. he said paul ryan is the leader of the republican party and will be for a time to come. then when he said that he was walking back at least a little bit his stance on the ban on muslims coming into this country saying "a", it was only temporary, and there would be exceptions on it. >> i would like to back off as soon as possible. i would like to see something happen. but we have to be vigilant. there is a radical islamic terrorism problem our president doesn't want to talk about. by putting together a commission, a group of people highly respected like rudy and others, i think that could lead to something pretty good. reporter: that proposed ban on muslims is one of the big divisions between trump and ryan. he's softening his position to give speaker ryan that he and speaker ryan may be more on the same page than speaker ryan initially thought they were. martha: in terms of when they get inside, what's the substance expected to be of these discussions, john? >> they probably aren't going to get into the substance of

with house speaker paul ryan and rnc reince priebus. for his part, trump tweeted out, of course, earlier great day in d.c. with speaker ryan and republican leadership. things working out really well, exclamation point. even this afternoon ryan has yet to endorse the presumptive presidential nominee for his party. he did say earlier he was encouraged by their conversation. >> i think this is going in a positive direction, and i think this is a first very encouraging meeting, but, again, in 45 minutes you don't litigate all of the processes and all of the issues and principles that we're talking about. >> to help us break down everything that happened on this very busy thursday in the nation's capital joined by a of nbc reporters hallie jackson and ruk russert. you were reporting there's a very notable republican figure donald trump held at the meeting after his meeting with house speaker paul ryan. >> reporter: secretary james baker was at that meeting over at the d.c. law firm jones day. apparently on his way back to houston. had been in washington to testify before the senate f

>> paul ryan. reince priebus. and donald trump. behind closed doors. the donald visits d.c. >> mr. trump goes to washington. trump goes to washington. >> why didn't we think of that? >> mr. trump goes to washington. an event so big it requires not one box, not two, not three, not four, not five. holy [bleep] juicy trump big steak out extravaganza in washington, d.c. we have our own team. on the special report edition of "with all due respect." team coverage. it was "a great day in d.c." that is held donald j. trump described his huddle with paul ryan and other republican leaders on capitol hill in a series of meetings. just in case you have not been glued to the tube, let me give you a recap. the press got there early before trump's meetings. trump spoke with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and republicans in the upper chambers. afterwards, ryan and trump released a joint statement recognize arewe differences -- we recognize , ground. this is a great opportunity to unify our party and win this fall. and we are totally committed to achieving that goal." "thingsater tweeted -

speaker paul ryan put out a joint statement calling their conversation a positive step toward unification. listen to what the speaker said just a little earlier. >> i was very encouraged with what i heard from donald trump today. i i believe we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified. to bridge the gaps and differences. from here, we're going to go deeper into the policy areas to see where that common ground is. >> but there are questions that still need answers. the speaker was clear this was the beginning of a process, but what's still unclear is where that process will end up. just two and a half months from the republican convention. it has been a crazy day down in washington. our team is spread out across capitol hill bringing us every angle of what came out of today's meetings with donald trump. let's start with hallie jackson. she's been trailing paul ryan today. >> reporter: what a wild day on capitol hill. paul ryan coming out after that meeting with donald trump, first the early meeting with chairman reince priebus. ryan has been holdout now. ryan has hel

meeting between donald trump and paul ryan, ryan said unifying the party is going to take time but is he "very encouraged" by what he heard from trump today. the speaker still shopping short of endorsing the republican nominee though. senior national correspondent john roberts live on capitol hill. so john, full day there, right? >> reporter: gretchen, it wasn't quite mr. smith goes to washington but it was epic in its own way. donald trump winging his way back to new york today after a whirlwind trip of washington. began at 9:00 this morning over at the republican national committee, finished up after going to the national republican senatorial committee, to his attorney's office, then back to reagan airport for the trip back to new york city. he'll be appearing on sean hannity's show tonight. he will talk about what happened today. from talking to republicans who were in the meetings and people on the periphery, they all seem to think it was a very productive today. in particular, paul ryan who was the first person to meet with mr. trump this morning. suggested that it was a very po

miner news for sports fans. the republican party is still in recovery, after paul ryan ocksked of the argyle s off the republican party. and said he is not ready to support donald j. trump, billionaire. we read into his statement, in response to ryan, but donald trump called into the fox news network to flesh out his side of this spat in more details. mr. trump: i was surprised by it. it is fine. he can do whatever he wants. it is fine. i was surprised by. many other people were surprised. some were really surprised, and not happy about it. i have many endorsements coming in, left and right. he is one of the only ones that was surprising. john: was there more? oh, there was more. he used his favorite social media microphone to deride the house speaker. he tweeted out. " i did not inherited, i won it with millions of votes!" then, an hour later, he escalated his thinking even more, when katrina pearson went on cnn and had tough words for ryan. if he does not change his mind. >> if the republican speaker of the house does not come around to support the republican nominee, do you think p

major setback. house speaker paul ryan, the highest ranking republican in the united states right now, refuses to fall in line behind donald trump, at least he says until trump makes some major changes. listen. >> the question is, can our presumptive nominee turn things around, unify, and have a different kind of cadence going forward? the way i look at this, jake, is it's time to go from tapping into anger to channeling that anger into solutions. it's time to set aside bullying, to set aside belittlement, and appeal to higher aspirations. >> so the response from donald trump, two can play at this game. he issued a statement saying that he is not ready to support paul ryan's agenda and a trump spokesman said this morning that if paul ryan doesn't come around to back donald trump, then that makes paul ryan unfit to be speaker. said it actually to you this morning preponderance priebus is now trying to step in as peacemaker and that's where we begin this hour. phil mattingly is joining us. what are are we learn being this meeting? >> so this isn't supposed to happen. we're not supposed

speaker paul ryan. trump and ryan met today for a highly anticipated conversation about how they might be able to come together, how the republican party can unite for the one objective they all can actually agree on, defeating hillary clinton and taking back the white house. speaker ryan did not exactly reveal what if anything was revealed today and said they need some more time. >> the process of unifying the republican party which just finished a primary about a week ago perhaps one of the most divisive primaries in memory takes sometime. look, there are people who are for donald trump, ted cruz, john kasich, who are for marco rubio and everybody else and it's very important that we don't fake unifying. we don't pretend unification. that we truly and actually unify so we're full strength in the fall. >> let's bring in cnn's chief political correspondent dana bash. quick, 45 minutes. what could have been accomplished in that time less than an hour? >> more than you would think when you're talking about two men who really didn't know each other and what they knew of each other w

, another begins. his challenge is to unite the party, looks like an uphill battle. house speaker paul ryan who is chairman of the republican national convention rocked the political landscape when he said he cannot support trump, at least not now. trump spoke in west virginia, didn't mention ryan. he spent 15 minutes going after hillary clinton. we're going to air jake tapper's interview with speaker ryan so you can hear it for yourself. begins with a big question. >> you said you would support the republican presumptive nominee. you ever a presumptive nominee, donald trump. women you support him? >> well, to be westerly candid, i am not ready to do that at this point. i am not there right now. i hope to though and i want to. i think what is required that we unify this party. i think the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from the presumptive nominee. i don't want to underplay what he accomplished. he needs to be congratulated for enormous accomplishment, for not only winning plurality but majority of delegates. this is the party of lincoln, of reagan, of jack kemp. we

. the republican party is still in recovery mode after paul ryan shock the world and said he is not ready to support donald j trump, billionaire. we read to his statement in response to ryan but donald trump called into the fox news network to flesh out his side of this spat in more details. >> i was surprised by it. it is fine. he can do whatever he wants. many other people were surprised. some were really surprised and not happy about it. comingmany endorsements in left and right. he is one of the only ones that was surprising. john: was there more? there was more. he uses favorite social media microphone to derive the house speaker. he tweeted out -- then, an hour later, he escalated his thinking even more when katrina pearson went on cnn and had tough words for ryan. >> if the republican speaker of the house does not come around to support the republican nominee do you think paul ryan is fit to be speaker? >> no. this is about the party. cyclest two presidential we were told john mccain was a conservative. his conservative review scorecard is 37%. a were told that romney was con

campaign trail in west virginia last night. he did not talk about his standoff with paul ryan and republican elite. he did take aim at hillary clinton. in personal terms. cnn's sara murray was there with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, miguel and christine. donald trump arrived in west virginia ready to test attack lines for the general election. he started off with a dooz yerkyerk. >> let me tell you something, the clinton administration of which hillary was definitely a part. she was part of almost everything. almost, i say, not everything. almost. terrible. terrible. i didn't think the people of west virginia thought like that. that's terrible. you should be ashamed of yourselves. terrible. terrible. >> reporter: now it is clear trump is ready to ramp up attacks against clinton. he still has work to do to unite the republican party. paul ryan is not quite ready to support donald trump. trump's campaign is shrugging that aside last night. trump did not talk about it on the stump. his campaign manager said it was hardly a slap in the face. >> thanks, sara. the fbi probe in

the house speaker paul ryan. but is there a meeting of the minds and why isn't ryan ready to offer an endorsement? common ground. while republicans are vowing to reach unity, there are still deep splits on several major issues. so where and how can they find agreement? i'll ask the party chairman reince priebus. >>> new arms race, as the u.s. deploys a defense system in europe, russia deploys multiple warheads. >>> and no sibling rivalry. and kim jong-un gains power, his sister gets more influence in the communist regime. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the republican party started putting itself back together after donald trump's disruptive primary campaign left the gop bitterly divided. the presumptive nominee came to washington to meet with paul ryan and other party leaders. ryan who sent out shock waves when he said he wasn't ready to support trump apparently still isn't ready. he called it a good start but gained no endorsement after their meeting. there were pledges all around to preserve party unity but many still differ with trump on key issues. others tak

>> mr. trump goes to washington. agreeing with house speaker paul ryan it's time to unite the republican party. hillary clinton can't stop her campaign on two fronts, against trump and bernie sanders plus, the white house steps into the highly-charged debate over schools and transgender rights. i'm pete williams in for gwen ifill tonight on washington week. >> we had a very encouraging meeting. it's very important that we don't fake unifying, pretend, that we truly and uley unify that -- so that we are full strength in the fall. >> i think we had a great meeting today and agreed on a lot be things. it will be a process but it will come along. peter: donald trump turns on the charm. hoping to win -- win over republicans warey of his campaign. >> it's a temporary bafpblet it hasn't been called for yet. nobody's done it. this is just a suggestion. pete: can the g.o.p. be at war with its presumptive nominee ahead of what is sewer -- sure to be a contentious campaign? >> let me be as clear as i can be, we are in this to win the democratic nomination! peter: the big win in west virg

john: i'm john heilemann. mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to speaker paul ryan, we have a feeling a brand-new nickname is about to come your way. ♪ leading our show, a latebreaking old-fashioned political bombshell. speaker of the house paul ryan, in an interview a short while ago, said that he is in effect not on board the trump train. when cnn's jake cap or as the speaker if he would back trump in the general election he said , this. speaker ryan: to be perfectly candid, i am not ready to do that at this point. i am not there. and i hope to, and i want to, but i think what is required is that we unify this party. saying that we are unified doesn't in itself unify us. actually taking the principles that we believe in, showing a dedication to those, and running a principled campaign republicans can be proud about , and that can appeal to a majority of americans, that to me is what it takes to unify the party. mark: a source familiar with the speaker explained his words this way. "the speaker was not prepared to have to make a decision about what to say as trump as

trump and paul ryan. right now, the gop power players meeting behind closed doors in washington. the goal, to put an end to the republican infighting and unite around a trump candidacy. you see mr. trump there, he waived just moments ago as he arrived at the rnc headquarters, trump now powwowing with ryan. they both kick off a busy day. after mr. trump wraps up with gop leaders in the house, we'll meet with the party senate leade leaders. the big question, when trump leaves washington today, will his party be aboard the trump train. we're following all of this, like only cnn can. our team of political experts, chief political correspondent, dana bash, manu raju, and our chief political analyst, gloria joins me onset. set the scene for us, dana. >> reporter: that's right. i'm on 1 enmanju is on the othe. the criesness going on over here. one of the sort of bev the repos end cameras to try to get the scene. if you look over here, this is on this side, this is the driveway where donald trump came in. because, it is a way for him to get into the building without having to deal, not just

number one republican in washington, house speaker paul ryan says he's not ready to support his own party's nominee for president. >> this is the party of lincoln, of reagan, of jack kemp and we don't always nominate a lincoln and reagan every four years, but we hope that our nominee, as far as to be lincoln or reagan efrk. saying we're unified doesn't unify us but taking the principles we all believe in, showing that's there's a dedication to those and running a principled campaign that republicans can be proud about and that can appeal to a majority of americans. that to me is what it takes to unify this party. >> trump responded to paul ryan. i am not ready to support speaker ryan's agenda. perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the american people. they've been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first. and trump with more to say on this subject this morning, we're going to play remarks from just the last hour in just a minute. we also have news from his campaign this morning. his spok

vote? vonnie: donald trump and speaker paul ryan met face-to-face this morning, and the meeting went "great. will they" did on the same page? -- will they get on the same page? a new government set to take command of latin america's largest economy. fact, on brazil, we have a new finance minister already. it is 90 minutes into the trading day in the u.s.. let's head to the markets desk were julie hyman has the latest. -- whenell, when list we last talked an hour ago, things started to turn down. that has continued with the nasdaq waiting the decline can we have a selloff in technology leading the decline there. tech is the biggest drag on the major averages. health care also down. each down about .5%. you have a split up about half. in the groups that are up and down, materials and consumer staples remain higher. one of the moves we have been watching has been monsanto after bloomberg news reported buyer will explore a bid for the company. there is also talk of a bidding war. basf have been reports might be interested in bidding for monsanto. the stock is surging 9%. that is boosting

out really well. >> paul ryan pointing out, it just might take more than a day. >> the process of unifying the republican party, which just finished a primary about a week ago, perhaps one of the most divisive primaries in memory, takes some time. >> meanwhile, bernie sanders weighs in on the whole thing. >> they've got a serious problem, an extreme right-wing party dealing with a guy who changes his views every day from bad to worse. >> and bill clinton campaigning for his wife, the candidate, simply saying this. >> this has been i think the most benign word i can think of, this has been a fairly interesting election. >> joining me now, jim acosta. the whole day, it does choke you up. >> it does. >> good evening to you. you said it would take a pretty big tent to hold a political circus today. tell bus that. >> donald trump and his circus came to town today. is there enough room for donald trump? the answer he cot from speaker of the house paul ryan is that there just might be. they know this is just the first step in what will be a long healing process for the gop. they were lit

the edge of collapse. >> paul ryan. so, he says you have to earn his support. >> will the last republican standing break apart the gop? >>> plus, trading blows. >> their presumptive nominee. otherwise called their presumptuous nominee. >> she's married to a man who was the worst abuser of women in the history of politics. >> how low will they go? we're one on one with donald trump. his own words on hillary. his feud with party leaders. and his vision for the white house. from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good morning, and to all our moms out there, happy mother's day. well, a year ago, it seemed impossible. even a month ago, the odds were long. but this week, donald trump sealed the deal. the last man standing for the gop nomination well before the convention. in many ways, it's still hard to believe and for many republicans, including two former presidents and the speaker of the house, hard to accept. especially after headlines like these. donald trump's feud with the establishment threatens to break the republican party in half.

ready to end paul ryan's career after he refuses to back trump. >> his political career is over but for miracle because he disrespected the will of the people. >> and good day, i am andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump firing a blast from the past using bill clinton's white house scandal in the '90s to attack the front runner. >> she's married to a man who hurt many women. if you look at hillary, she hurt many women of the women he abused. >> do you remember the famous "i did not have sex with that woman" and a couple of months later, i am guilty. she's taking negative edge at me. joining me now is nbc kristen welker and katy tour. >> what is the calculus of donald trump of these two unifying the republican party and expanding the republican base, reaching out with women and dealing the gender gap and he's going after hillary clinton for what her husband did. how does that work for him? >> i am not sure of their strategy behind the scene for putting women on board. i know they're trying to throw everything and the kitchen sink at hillary clinton. they're trying to attack her

presumptive nominee, the house speaker paul ryan schedules a meeting with donald trump, but other key republicans are piling on, will trump retaliate? we're standing by. not a reality show, president obama says the election is serious business, not show business and says donald trump's record needs to be examined. is the president jumping into the campaign? >>> shooting rampage. three separate shootings within 24 hours at a high school. shopping mall, and a supermarket, lead to lockdowns, alerts and a manhunt in the d.c. suburbs. three people are dead. the suspect a federal police officer. >>> and city evacuated, convoys of vehicles carry evacuees away from their homes as a massive fire forces the abandonment of an entire city. 88,000 people are forced to flee. how many are still stranded? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> more bombshells in the feud between donald trump and the republican establishment. just a day after paul ryan said he's not ready to endorse the party's presumptive nominee he invited trump to meet with him an