home turf that he is ending this run and going forward donald trump has big challenges as we all talking about that in the next hour. >> which will be interesting what role john kasich -- he did not make a huge imprint on the campaign trail only winning his home state but his philosophy, his background are things that could be appealing and in part of what donald trump would need to unify his party. >> he's a governor, a former budget chair, an experienced political leader who would be invaluable to the republicans as they try to pull this party together. >> okay. i know you're still on that call. i'm being told to turn over the show so you're going to have to hang up on whoever you're on hold with. just hang up on them and they should be watching us live anyway. returning over the coverage to andrea mitchell as we continue to follow this breaking news story. john kasich, reports are, suspending his campaign at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll see what this means for coalescing the party around its likely nominee donald trump. andrea? >> tamron, thank you very much. and seamlessly w

of the 80s than donald trump but no within in the 80s, in the not even donald trump himself, could have predicted where we are right now. this is "cnn tonight,"i'don lemon. the man who wrote "the art of the deal" tweeting great day in d.c. with speaker ryan and republican leadership, things working 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 circu

804 is becoming a central issue in the battle for the white house. both donald trump and hillary clinton are blaming the crash on terrorism while also trying to position themselves as the best terror warrior. here is what we know so far about the crash. search teams have found plane wreckage. human remains and personal belongings in the mediterranean sea but so far no black box. investigators still don't know what the cause of the plane to go down but now there may be a new clue, smoke alarms were reportedly detected going off on board moments before the crash and terrorism is still not being ruled out. trump was the first to call it that. >> what just happened about 12 hours ago? a plane got blown out of the sky. and if anything -- if anybody thinks it wasn't blown out of the sky, you're 100 percent wrong, folks. >> well, chris, it does appear that it was an act of terrorism, exactly how, of course, the investigation will have to determine. but it -- once again, shine as very bright light on the threats that we face from organized terror group. isis and other networks of terrori

. 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 and what he is saying about paul ryan. paul ryan said he is not ready to support donald trump. >> i don't know. he called me two or three weeks ago, a very nice conversation, congratulating me. this was before the ultimate victory. he was congratulating me. i figured routinely he would be behind it a

like that song. >> wake up sleepy heads this is a special cnn tonight, donald trump, the gop presumptive nominee, and a shot in the arm for bernie sanders, and vowing to fight on for every last vote. what is next in the race? full of surprises on a big night for the senator of vermont. i want to begin with a former ohio state senator. it is good morning, how are you? >> good morning. i am wonderful. >> i am great. congratulations to your candidate. bernie sanders. >> powerful. we are delighted that senator won in west virginia. thank you west virginia, 19 win, add democrats abroad, 20. we are going to keep ongoing, to the convention. we are going all the wear. >> going all the way. >> hillary clinton people on the panel, shaking their heads. >> i don't know y. >> you know which one i talk about. >> my dear best friend. >> still in first place. what is the goal for the sanders' camp? >> first of all, the senator has been very clear, everybody should have the opportunity to have choices. he is going to stay in the race, until we see votes, i believe in the middle part of june.

house. donald trump, the self proclaimed great negotiator came out of the most important meeting of his political career with nothing. >> it has been a crazy day down in washington. >> ryan looking for common ground. trump looking for acceptance. >> it is no secret that we have had our differences. >> he does not agree with him on immigration. >> he does not agree with the muslim ban. >> the process of unifying, takes time. >> he doesn't agree with him on taxes, on debt. >> you don't put it together in 45 minutes. >> there is a wide gulf between the two men. >> my 80% friend is not by 20% 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 b

the majority of delegates needed to get there. going into today, peter, our count had donald trump at 1,211, about 26 short. but what ended up happening the unbound delegates, particularly in north dakota ended up endorsing donald trump. many had been backing ted cruz initially and changed their support. one way to think of unbound delegates, they are like superdelegates on the democratic side. what happened today the republican superdelegates that we call them or unpledged delegates ended up breaking for donald trump and made him cross that magic number. >> long ago we anticipated this was going to be a contentious contested convention in cleveland, ohio, john kasich, ted cruz, the two last men standing besides donald trump wanted to hold on to delegates to give them additional clout, they are still holding on. is there any drama still to anticipate in terms of the platform or whatever else as a result of those other delegates? ted cruz is one of the most powerful second place finishers in recent history in one of these conventions? >> i don't expect a lot of drama. we've seen very t

practically detects donald trump. remember this? >> and then i watch this idiot lindsay graham on television today and he's saying, he's a jackass. >> what about those who say that ted cruz is a danger to our party, he's far more divisive. >> all i can say is like being shot or poisoned, you're still dead. >> you know how you make america great again? you tell donald trump to go to hell. >> i wrote the number down, i don't know if it's the right number, let's try it. >> that is what we call the art of the deal or deal turn around or what a deal for trump, he was winning over people who were frozen out when it came to him and never, ever expressed any inkling of warmth. what happened? what's happening as we speak in to chad, wow, what happened? >> reporter: yeah, well this is sort of epitome of training bedfellows and this is not lindsay graham endorsing donald trump at this point. at one point he said that donald trump was the most unprepared person he knows to be president. but this is where you have this morphing, we're getting used to this,and we're coming around and trying to

be able to make a projection. >> cnn projects that donald trump will win the republican presidential primary in the state of indiana. another very, very big win for donald trump. this is a huge win. he was effectively going one on one with ted cruz and manages to pull out a win in indiana. this is something ted cruz really needed almost make or break for ted cruz. donald trump is the winner. let's look at the actual votes coming in right now. we have a key race alert first. too early to call on the democratic side. hillary clinton and bernie sanders based on the informat n information, the actual votes tallied and exit poll information, we are not able to make a projection on the democratic side. too early to call. let's take a look at the actual votes right now. first, on the republican side, we projected donald trump is the winner with 9% of the vote in. he's got a very solid lead. 54.2%. 32.8% for ted cruz. john kasich only 10%. he's up by more than 20,000 votes but based on the information we have, we have projected trump is the winner in the indiana republican primary. on the de

greet their nominee for president, donald trump. and they all could not sound more eager to get beyond the discord. >> the headline is positive to unify our party. >> i do believe we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified. >> in fact, trump and paul ryan used the words unite, three times in one paragraph. saying they will be confident there will be an opportunity to unify the party and win the fall. but also said while we were honest about our few differences we recognized that there were also many important areas of common ground. the differences ran deep during the primaries. cnn is told that today behind closed doors ryan made clear to the billionaire it would be up to trump to unite the gop. a source familiar with the meeting says that ryan told trump that while millions voted for him many republicans opposed him, too. >> i represent a wing of the conservative party, you could say. he is bringing a whole new wing to it, voters we've never had for decades. that is a positive thing. >> still, ryan was not yet ready for endorsing trump. >> this is an encouraging me

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

who broke the story "outfront." donald trump saying his tax rate is none of your business. can he get away with it. >>> trump could win the election, quote, pretty damn easily. we do the math. let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump's denial. donald trump denying it's his voice on a recording released today by "the washington post." the audio, a phone conversation between a reporter and a man calling himself john miller. a man who claims to be a publicist working for trump. >> what's your name again? >> john miller. >> you work with trump? >> yes. >> the tape reportedly made 25 years ago. many then and now say it's clear the man calling himself john miller is, in fact, donald trump. the caller is talking about trump's latest affair which came shortly after his breakup with marla maples. >> he didn't leave marla. he does things for himself. when he makes the decision, that will be a very lucky woman. off the record he probably thought marla wasn't the right one or whatever. >> trump addressing the audiotape in a phone interview on the "today

fell, ted cruz and john kasich called it quits after donald trump dominated the indiana primary. >> bernie sanders scored an upset in the hoosier state. he could possibly soldier on to the convention in tilde via. -- in philadelphia. >> we talked to strategist about new political realities. ,oining us now is mary matalin influential republican strategist and dancing your -- dan senor. you, telll start with us what is going to the speaker's mind at this moment when donald trump is trying to unify the party and the speaker is not on board. >> he believed is it incumbent upon donald trump to unify the party, not his job or mitch mcconnell's job, it is the nominees job. he was struck by these calls for party unity. like everyone should just fall in line. he is not against getting behind a unifying figure but if there is some apprehension about unity now, that is donald trump's job. >> asked whether he would support donald trump, he is a voter and a citizen, he is not there yet, what is required on donald trump's part? dan: he is serious questions about donald trump's temperament to

where all eyes are at this moment on that summit about to begin between donald trump and paul ryan. any second now the two of them are going to sit down. this will be their first encounter since paul ryan said publicly a week ago that he cannot, as of this moment, he cannot support donald trump for president. but pressure is mounting on the house speaker to throw his support behind the man who is, after all, his party's presumptive nominee. prominent republican committee chairs unveiling their endorsements of trump. tom price, candice miller, bill schuster, lamar smith. prominent house republicans. ryan serves as speaker at their pleasure. they are among those now endorsing donald trump. ryan at this moment holds out. on this day, trump indicating there are positions he is ready to compromise on. new remarks on his controversial proposal to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the country. take a listen to what he said. >> 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

, abraham hamilton. charles: voters in indiana heading to the polls. donald trump ahead of ted cruz by 18 points. will ted cruz be able to stop the trump train? senator cruz confronting a line of trump supporters a day after he was heckled by a kid. bernie sanders is neck-and-neck with hillary clinton. wait until you hear donald trump's response to hillary clinton's comments on talking about men being off the reservation. protesters have started to line up outside the trump rally. the dow closing up 117 points. this is jobs week. anything can and probably will happen. take a listen. >> they met a few young guys -- it was cruz was like, this guy is a liar. that's why we call him lyin' ted. did you know that donald trump wants to raise your taxes by 40%? and i guy said no he doesn't. charles: senator ted cruz did encounter a group of passionate donald trump supporters. >> donald trump is a new york liberall who will take away your second amendment rights. this man is lying to you. i appreciate you being out hear speaking. if i were donald trump i wouldn't have come over and talked to you? i

, i'll be there. >> donald trump and bernie unbelievable are both projected winners but bernie sanders isn't much closer to catching hillary clinton and donald trump isn't much closing to you nighting the public party. >> i think with somebody like donald trump you would see a race to the bottom across our country. >> less than 48 hours to go before donald trump meets with house and gop leadership. >> he is not ready to endorse the presumptive nomty. >> it will take more than a week, just to prepare and unify this party. >> we have a nominee. it looks like he may be competitive. >> can he win over the establishment? i think he will beat them. >> secretary clinton is campaigning in kentucky today. >> there are real differences what i believe and the presumptive republican nominee. >> trump is an internet -- >> you know, you don't have to vote anymore. save your vote for the general election. forget this one. the primary is gone. >> yes. it is an aspiring message, it reminds me of patrick hen's immortal battle cry, give me liberty or forget this one. i don't give a crap. >> it's another

are firing back of donald trump's history with women after drawing criticisms from the story's main character. >> i don't have a negative story to give about donald trump because i don't have a negative, you know, account of anything. i just really felt that they misled me into that the entire time into that article and it was almost a trap. >> i am uncomfortable with the journalism of this story. >> i think the story helped him. i do. i think it is going to create worse problems for hillary clinton. >> i don't think donald trump in his personal life did something that people are looking at and saying oh, i am surprise that he has had girlfriends in the past. that's not what people are looking at donald trump. >> president obama talking to graduates making his force full case yet against the gop presumptive nominee, will donald trump be responding. >> when you hear someone wanting for the god ood old things. take it with a grain soft salt. in politics and life, ignorant is not a virtue. [ cheers ] >> did hillary clinton prepare for another primary fight this time in kentucky. tomorr

donald trump as he tries to set the tone ahead of his meeting with paul ryan. >> if he doesn't want to support me that's fine. look, i'm going to get millions and millions of vote more than the republicans would have gotten. if you look at the numbers, i think right now or this week or next week, in the history of the republican party nobody has ever gotten so many votes as i have. i've beateniz eisenhower and nin and everybody. >> also, hillary clinton sends her own message to voters. >> i'm not going to run an ugly race. i'm going to run a race based on issues. i don't really feel like i'm running against trump. >> senator elizabeth warren gets into the fray by turning to twitter. >> now we've landed on a godless matchup between hillary clinton and donald trump. >> and a rare interview with you know who. >>> let's get to new reaction from donald trump about house speaker recall ryan eer paul ry to back him. >> i don't think it hurts me at all. i'd like to have his support, but if he doesn't want to support me, that's fine. we have to go about it. look, i'm going to get millions an

donald trump if he's the nominee? >> i am going to beat donald trump. >> donald trump is playing you for a chump. >> will you vote for donald trump if he's the nominee? >> i doubt it. >> you voted for? >> bernie sanders. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. >> he's a disaster. >> we're going to fight for every last vote. >> i love that. >> the convention will be a contested contest. >> i just have two more words to say. obama out. >>> this is "the last word" on campaign 2016. >> we begin tonight with a political quiz. which presidential candidate said the following words about whom? so, there are two things you have to guess here. who is the person speaking and who are they speaking about? here are some of the words the candidate has used to describe this person. political moron, stupid, dummy. dopey. all right, by now many of you are guessing that this is donald trump's description of someone. actually, all of you are guessing that and of course you're completely right. it's donald trump talking now. here's one more clue about who donald trump is ta

donald trump's series of meetings here. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." for the viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> hi. there i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. donald trump goes to washington on a huge day for the future of the republican party. >> i'm jake tapper live on capitol hill. today has been, quote, productive. quote, encouraging. quote, a good start. but still no endorsement for donald trump from house 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

. >> ted cruz bets it all on indiana. donald trump calls it desperate and looks for a knockout. >> if we win in indiana, it's over. >> reporter: and about that new tone. >> my wife said be more presidential. i said i don't want to be presidential. i wanna win. i gotta win. >> bernie sanders cuts his staff and shifts focus. >> our job, whether we win or whether we do not win is to transform not only our country but the democratic party. >> reporter: "inside politics," the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. two days now until the indiana primary could be the last gasp for ted cruz and stop trump movement so far proved itself about as effective as a squirt gun at a wildfire. after eight years of barack obama, who will be center stage and comedian in-in chief at next year's white house correspondent's dinner. >> ted had a tough week. he went to indiana. hoosier country. stood on a basketball court. called the hoop a basketball ring. what else is in his lexicon? baseball sticks? football hats? but sure i'm the foreign one. >> qu

to the breaking news now. now that's he's got the nomination in his pocket, donald trump is unveil a 15-state strategy, among them, blue states that he wants to paint red. trump is about to start his second rally of the day right now. he's already blaming the state's water problems on environmentalists and saving his sharpest attacks for hillary clinton while praising russia's vladimir putin. protesters were in the streets of fresno earlier and they are out in force right now in san diego. with tensions running high, can police keep a lid on potential violence? >>> and a stunning look and kim jong-un as a child. his aunt, who says she helped raise him, even changed his diapers, now lives secretly here in the united states running a dry cleaning shop. she says he got his first general uniform at the age of 8 but basketball was his real passion. i'll speak with republican congressman darrell issa of california and our correspondents, analysts and guests, they'll have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with sara murray who is in san diego right now. donald trump has his

donald trump if he is the republican nominee. >>> the end of the republic has never looked better. >> the entire country is relying on indiana to save us from going over this cliff. >> honestly, if we win indiana, it's over. >> ted had a tough week. >> and i want to take that television and smack it. >> eight years ago i said it was time to change the tone of our politics. >> america is a better country without you. >> in hindsight, i clearly should have been more specific. >> are you going to supported donald trump if he's the nominee? >> i am going to beat donald trump. >> donald trump is playing you for a chump. >> will you vote for donald trump if he's the nominee? >> i doubt it. >> you voted for? >> bernie sanders. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. >> he's a disaster. >> we're going to fight for every last vote. >> i love that. >> the convention will be a contested contest. >> i just have two more words to say. obama out. >>> this is "the last word" on campaign 2016. >> we begin tonight with a political quiz. which presidential candidate s

controversy surrounding republican presumptive presidential nominee, donald trump. he's come under lots of fire from establishment republicans to say they simply won't be able to back him. but he's fired right back by saying he doesn't need a party that is unified. and today, trump moved forward with his campaign and chose the new jersey governor, chris christie, to lead his white house transition team. should he win the general election in november. on the democrat side, bernie sanders was out on the campaign trail this morning in atlantic city, new jersey. next hour, we'll hear directly from hillary clinton with women and families event in stone ridge, virginia. the two will face off in the west virginia primary. nebraskans are also voting tomorrow in the republican primary. donald trump is drawing fire for changing stances on republican issues like taxes and the minimum wage. over the weekend, he talked about the reality of getting his tax plan passed admitting he may have to rethink tax cuts for the wealthy talking with our chris cuomo this morning, trying to explain what it me

. donald trump. ted cruz ends his campaign. making trump the presumptive nominee. and what do indiana's results mean to the rest of the race? we talk about all of that it my political dream team here with me. the campaign manager for hillary clinton. and cnn political commentators. we have a lot of people, who they supported, they say, i don't know at this point. we will get to the dream team in a moment. jim to you, i guess, good morning to both of you, jim, a huge win for donald trump, and now, the presumptive nominee. what is he saying tonight? >> first of all, don, we have to recognize, this is the first time since dwightizen dwightize ooezen hour eisenhower. to get to this point. it is an incredible feat, you have to give him credit for this. he knocked off ted cruz in the indiana primary. a contest that senator said that he needed to win. he couldn't win the state of indiana. donald trump is presumptive nominee. this afternoon, he was going after ted cruz, suggesting that his father was somehow involved in the kennedy assassination. it was a different donald trump earlie

starts picking up the pieces after donald trump's primary campaign. the presumptive nominee meets with 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 pl

tells cnn that marco rubio's people pushing him hard to be donald trump's running mate. rubio dropped out back in march. this discussion apparently happened just last month that the republican national committee meeting in florida. the source said rubio moved on and added he would likely have demanded some changes in the trump campaign. quoting the source, quote, mr. trump has shown he always leaves the space to walk things back when he needs it. he goes on, with regards to the hispanic community there would have to be things that would have to be walked back. this breaking development comes in stark contrast with what rubio said in the hours after he dropped out of the presidential race saying he did not want to be vice president. as far as the florida senator today, what does he have to say about the front-runner, presumptive nominee of the republican party, minutes ago he talked about donald trump before an audience of foreign policy experts in our nation's capital. >> i don't view myself as a guy who's going to sit here for six months taking shots at him. people know where i stand

herself as someone with strong economic policies, strong foreign policy. donald trump is being reintroduced as a crazy person. >> thank you both. that does it for us. msnbc's primary night coverage continues with rachel maddow. the polls close in nebraska. good evening, rachel. >> thank you, my friend. >>> polls are closing in nebraska. thank you at home for joining us. happy tuesday. one of the things that happens if you run for president but you don't win is that when you come back to your old job, sometimes people clap for you. that's what happened after marco rubio dropped out of the race for president. and returned to his seat in the senate. that is also what happened today to ted cruz who was spotted by a reporter from roll call getting out of a car on capitol hill to go back to his day job. the car incidentally was very, very, very badly parked. do we have that picture? we don't have that picture. but you know what -- there you go, thank you. can we drop that? so you can see how the car is parked? awesome. he's ted cruz, that's how he rolls, that's how he parks. he may n

is great, if it becomes the party of donald trump, i am out. >> never under any, any circumstances, as long as i have breath, never trump. get it. never means never -- never means never -- imagine for a moment, billions of years from now, when the sun dims to a cinder, that is the time scale of my never. >> the presidential defeat that national revulgz, the rhetoric of misplaced belligerence is at the center of either party. >> republicans are having a hard time this week. some of them. all actual quotes from discouraged republicans. if you know one, be nice. that does it for us tonight. tomorrow from vermont. now, it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell". >> rachel, before you g send nick over here with that drum. we could use that. >> yes. >> it is perfect mode for 10:00. >> i will remove his sunglasses and wheel him over there. >> with or without the sunglasses, any way you want to do it. >> donald trump never was a self financing candidate. he has taken millions in contributions from the beginning. now, it looks like he will do what some of us predicted he might d

unleashed on donald trump when's been on track to win indiana. a state that just a couple of weeks ago supposed to be ted cruz country. cruz let loose in response to donald trump's spreading tabloid headlines about cruz's father and then rounded up the tirade saying it's up to indiana voters to save the nation from, quote/unquote the abyss. watch for yourself. >> this morning, donald trump went on national television and attacked my father. donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear. this is nuts. this is not a reasonable position. this is just cooky. i guess i should admit my dad killed jfk. he is elvis and jimmy hoffa is buried in his backyard. donald's source for this is "the national enquirer." it's tabloid trash. but it's run by his good friend david peckard the ceo who's endorsed donald trump and has become his hit piece he uses to smear anybody and everybody. and this is not the first time donald trump has used david pecker's "national enquirer" to go after my family. it was also the national enquirer that went after my wife, heidi. t

john: i am john heilemann. mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect, if you let donald trump picks the chair, he has options. originally come from ohio, right? paul o'neill of the yankees. mark: on the show tonight, a super pac and the love that donald trump lacks. he will meet with his not yet bff, paul ryan. paul ryan, again, said that he was not ready to back donald trump. he said that he wish he had more time to get to know him before this happened. trump asked him to step down as the chair in cleveland. he said, he is the nominee. over the weekend, the presumptive nominee continued to add more names to the trump train manifest without doing much to get people on board. trump: it is a mistake not to do this. we have to bring the party together. i think that i am different than anybody else who has ever run from office and i do not think so. i think it would be better to be unified and there would be something good about that. i do not think it has to be unified, in a traditional sense. need toes the party not be unified in a traditional sense or does he need the wavering republ

john: with all due respect to donald trump, you have been digging yourself out of so many situations lately, it is about time you wore the proper gear. [cheers] ♪ john: we have some not so minor 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

>>> right now on "justice," he said it. >> donald trump talked about radical islamic terrorism. >> she didn't. >> it does appear that it was an act of terrorism. exactly how, of course the investigation will have to determine. >> will the words islamic terrorism determine the next president of the united states? tonight, the man who runs the trump campaign weighs in. then, i take on a hillary clinton supporter live. >>> plus, governor mike huckabee on trump, clinton, and how the republicans can win and lose in november. >>> then -- >> oh! >> why are you screaming? i'm old enough to be your mother. >> things get out of hand when i take scott baio to trump to your. but could we get in to meet the done? you can bet your shirt on it. >> change shirts? i'll put that shirt on right now. let's go. >> you are not getting this off my back. >> "justice" starts now. hello, and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight. now my opening statement. you know, there's only one person who can keep americans safe. and although it may have happened in another

new york. right now, questions over the caller, is this record in 1991 and aide or donald trump himself. >> he's starting to do tremendously well financially. >> who are you? >> john miller. >> the billionaire businessman pushing back against claims that he posed as someone else on the phone. >> it's not me on the phone. it does not sound like me on the phone and it was not me. >> team trump distancing himself from a former member of his own circle circle, a butler publicly called for president obama to be shot and hung outside the white house. >>> and as to his taxes he plans to release them eventually. until then -- >> what is your tax rate? >> it's none of your business. you will see it when it's released. i fight hard to pay as little tax as possible. >> and will all this help win over the gop and be the top man on the hill. we wo behind the presumptive nominee, donald trump, paul ryan says there's no endorsement but he and donald trump are sewing seeds of unity and any disagreement is due to donald trump not being a politician at least that's what ben carson told my colleague. take

o'donnell, in the last word. >>> on the day that donald trump locked up the delegates for the nomination, paul ryan is really trying to think what he thinks before he endorses him. the best way to do that as we'll find out in the program is not to listen to what donald trump says but to follow the money. donald trump's money. >>> and later, a special last word about one of donald trump's new favorite words. pochahantas. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm so honored. >> donald trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the republican nomination. >> unbound, to now bound, i think you're bound, you promise you're bound, everybody. >> i want real party unity. >> i think reince priebus has done a good job. >> president obama talking about how world leaders. >> they're rattled, and for good reason. >> when you rattle someone, that's good. >> this guy is such an [ bleep ]. >> donald trump agreed to debate me and i look forward to that. >> oh, i would love to debate bernie. he is a dream. >> i look forward coming together to unify our party to stop donald trump. >> you have to be

. >> do you want your kids repeating the words of donald trump. >> if we win in indiana, it's over with, folks. it's over with, and then we focus on hillary clinton. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. >> bernie sanders is the strongest candidate. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. john is off today. it is voting day in america once again, folks. so get all of your hoosier, midwest references ready. throw them all through that basketball ring. here we go. the good people of the great state of indiana are headed to the polls as we speak. what happens in indiana could reset the map in this wild primary season. 57 republican delegates, 83 democratic delegates, they are up for grabs today. front-runners hillary clinton and donald trump, they could be looking at two very different results. tonight, trump is aiming for a knockout blow against ted cruz. cruz has events coming up any minute -- moments from now. we're going to bring it to you when we see him, hear what he has so say on voting day. and for the democrats, the clinton campaign seems to be

: good morning. paul ryan speaking to reporters after meeting with donald trump, one of several meetings the presidential in washington yesterday, in an effort to build party unity. the headlines call the meetings tenuous and uneasy. noting that donald trump has not ryan's full endorsement. paul ryan stressed what they have in common. that brings us to our question, putting to republicans only. can your party unite in november? donald trump supporters can call (202) 748-8000. those who oppose can call (202) 748-8001. those undecided can call (202) 748-8002. twitter,each us on let's see what was said. >> he brings a new wing to it. new voters we have never had for decades. that is a positive thing. on the common core principles that unite all of us? we will have policy disputes. romney and i did not agree on everything in 2012. i am not interested in litigating the past. i am interested in going forward and seeing where common ground exists to make sure we can have a unified party. the question is, can we unify on common, core principles that make our party. the print was that bu

>>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," back to the future. donald trump, his toughest attacks yet on both clintons. >> hillary's husband abused women more than any man we know of in the history of politics. if you read what hillary did to the women bill clinton had an affair with, he was impeached about what happen with a woman. she was unbelievable, nasty and mean and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful. >> well, i am not going to run an ugly race. i am going to run a race based on issues and the american people. >> flip-flop, trump does an 180 raising taxes on the rich and minimum wage. >> with that being said, i would like to see an increase of some magnitude but i rather leave it to the state. >> people have to go out and work really hard and get to the upper stratum, do not raise the minimum wage. >> i would not raise the minimum. >> party fouls, sarah palin 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

. >> come on over. well, donald trump and bernie sanders are both projected both winners tonight, but bernie sanders isn't much closer to catching hillary clinton in the delegate count, and donald trump isn't much closer to uniting the republican party. >> i think with somebody like donald trump you would see a race to the bottom across our country. >> less than 48 hours to go before donald trump meets with house and senate gop leadership. >> a very, very bitter divisive primary. >> he is not ready to endorse the presumptive nominee. >> it's going to take more than a week to prepare and unite this party. >> he may very well be very competitive. >> i think he already beat them. >> there are real differences. between what i believe and what the presumptive republican nominee believes. >> i think donald trump has views about islam. >> the trump is internet trump. >> save your vote for the general election. forget this one. the primary's gone. >> yes. it's an inspiring message. it reminds me of patrick henry's immortal battle cry, give me liberty or don't. forget this one, i don't give a

. >>> the big drama looms ahead. donald trump sitting down with the republican leaders says he is criticized and threatened and to diffuse the tensions, one of the rivals is reaching out before thursday's meeting. our correspondents and guests covering both parties and all the angles. let's begin with the republicans, phil mattingly with a closer look. >> for the first tuesday in a number of months, the question is not who is going to win in these primaries, but instead, pamela, what happens next. what happens next is all about those meetings in washington, between donald trump and paul ryan. donald trump and senate republicans on thursday. now the tension between these two sides of the republican party, ratcheted up throughout the weekend, so much so that sarah palin appeared to be threatening paul ryan's house seat, another top trump surrogate, ben carson, new trying to ratchet things back. going the complete other direction in an interview with erin barnett last night. >> if donald trump doesn't want plea to host the convention chair, i'll step aside. should paul ryan step asid

>> dickerson: today on "face the nation," donald trump goes over the top with delegates needed for the republican nomination. but the democratic race continues with ten days to go for california primary win depo is closing for bernie sanders. >> we are the campaign that will defeat mr. trump. >> dickerson: how is he going to stop hillary clinton? we'll stalk to bernie sanders and ron johnson on troubles with the tsa and colorado governor john hickenlooper. president obama visits hiroshima. >> they are not sure how seriously to take some of his pronouncements. but they are rattled by it. and for good reason. >> dickerson: a round up of this year's most memorable commencement addresses it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. joining us now to talk about campaign 2016 is senator bernie sanders he's on the campaign trail in santa barra. senator, i wanted to ask you, looks like debate is not going to happen do you think he was ever serious about that debate? >> donald trump said he wanted to go forward he changed his mind,

. >> "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> republican speed dating. donald trump courts congress and declares unity. now the question? is this a relationship that can last? >> the process of unifying the republican party takes some time. >> new tests for trump. controversial muslim ban. >> i'd like to back off as soon as possible. >> audiotapes raising new questions about fake names and real girl friends. >>> and will voters see the billionaire's tax returns before they cast their ballots? the bernie sanders team says nominating hillary clinton is courting disaster. but can the senator do anything to stop it? >> i say to those super delegates in the states where we won landslide victories, listen to the people of your state! >> "inside politics," the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm the other john, john berman, in for john king. thank you for sharing your sunday morning with us and with us to share their reporting and their insights, jeff zeleny of cnn, alex burns of the "new york times," jill col have an vin of th

." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. donald trump flying high. trump and paul ryan meeting today. the verdict, no endorsement yet, but ryan says trump is a, quote, genuine and warm person. >> he's bringing new voters that we've never had for decades. that's a positive thing. >> trump's motorcade dodging reporters and protesters as he arrived on capitol hill entering through a back door. the pru in the end trump and ryan, no endorsement but they did issue a joint statement. the united states cannot afford another four years of the obama white house, which is what hillary clinton represents. that's why it's critical that republicans unite. and in another big victory for trump today, a senator who once called him a xenophobic big got. lindsey graham speaking with trump by phone and calling the conversation cordial and pleasant. does the trump campaign feel that this was a big win today? >> reporter: they do. donald trump is all but declaring victory after his performance on capitol hill earlier today. as you said, he left washington without that critical endorsement of house speaker paul

feel it. it's obviously a very derogatory word and that's not where she is. she likes donald trump, she always has. >> in response to the criticism, the "new york times" this morning released a statement y saying she was quoted fairly, accurately and at length. >> we kick off coverage this hour with two road warriors. they got started in the early days, katy tur is covering the fallout from this "new york times" piece and katie jack has has more on the latest, how donald trump plans to pivot to a general election fight with hillary clinton and that is the focus of an article we've all been reading trying to purse elements out. since the story broke, donald trump has been out there. how do we know he's been out there? one of the women who was interviewed pushing back as we just saw. she spoke with peter alexander. look what she had to say there talking about her relationship would characterize mr. trump. let's see a little more what she had to say. >> i was promised so many times by them and to my manager and myself over and over again, it was a positive article i was giving them and tha

. >>> hillary clinton sees one clear lesson from donald trump's gop primary win, attack him, relentlessly, and then some more. >> this is to me a classic case of a blustering bullying guy who, who has knocked out of the way all the republicans, because they were just dumb-founded. i don't think we can take a risk on a loose cannon like donald trump running our country. he's a loose cannon. >> you get the point? she thinks he's a loose cannon. i think five or six times in two minutes with anderson cooper she said that. at the same time trump is serving clear notice he considers just about everything fair game. >> they're going after me with women? give me a break! folks, give me a break! bill clinton was the worst in history, and i have to listen to her talking about it? just remember this, she was an unbelievable nasty enabler and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful. >> bernie sanders would say we're getting a little ahead of ourselves. if we get a trump/clinton general election, by the sound of that, it's going to be about education policy, right? trade. >>

around the world, thanks very much for joining us. donald trump now playing defense a little bit. responding to a series of rather unflattering articles of comments from world leaders. this morning, he was asked about british prime minister david cameron calling him stupid and wrong for proposing a ban on muslims. here's trump's response. >> i don't care. it doesn't matter. i mean, it's fine. >> if you're president and he's the british prime minister. >> it looks like we're not going to have a good relationship. i hope to have a good relationship but not willing to address the problem either. >> trump facing questions from friday's "washington post" article he pretended to be his own representative back in the 1991. he denies the claim. there's a new york times article detailing his history with women for promoting them with business to allegedly belittling from the board room to backstage at beauty pageants. trump tweeted this response. the media's really on a witch hunt against me. false reporting and plenty of it. but we will prevail. going to talk on the third party run. form

what the donald trump said about david cameron. in the spirit, we brought along our trump phone booth. mr. trump, operators are standing by. egyptair, coverage on not a lot of other news. the presumptive republican nominee, what he said about the british prime minister would be big news. they have not been the best of friends. david cameron has called donald trump's proposal "divisive, stupid, and wrong." , thed trump told gmb british version of gma, that he is not a divisive person and "i'm not stupid, ok?" which makes donald trump's statement rather interesting. >> he came after me a little bit. he would like me to visit 10 downing street. they put out that invitation two days ago, so i would do just fine with david cameron. i think he is a nice guy. i will do just fine. they have asked me to visit 10 downing street. i might do it. minister'srime office at 10 downing street responded this afternoon saying it is long-standing practice for the british leader to meet with nominees for both of american political parties, but because donald trump and hillary clinton are not confirm nomin

? >>> hillary clinton blasting donald trump for refusal to release his tax returns. >>> breaking overnight. george zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to kill trayvon martin. you will hear his words ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, may 12th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. this is a big day on capitol hill for the republican party and donald trump. in hours, donald trump meets with the highest ranking elected official in his 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 qu