we are waiting to hear from paul ryan. paul ryan set to speak at the capitol. we just got this joint statement with donald trump. we can expect they'll say more along those lines, a lot of unity, a lot of common ground. >> he often takes questions at these press conservativeses afe that's where the interesting parts begin. >> we'll be right back. >>> speaker ryan's first comments after his high stakes meeting with drurp. >> there is a lot to discuss. i want to bring in jim geraghty, mary katherine ham, jackie kucini kucinich, and kevin sherton. jim, i want to start with you. you work for the national review which made it its reason deet tray. now that you hear paul ryan, the highest elected republican official in the land talk about unity and common ground and how great this meeting was, is this what you wanted to see from paul ryan? >> they're all going to sell out eventually. you know, when the rick perrys and bobby gjindals of the world who said you can't trust donald trump with nuclear weapons, he's a mad man who needs to be stopped -- oh, never mind, he's

i'm paul ryan. for every nasty tweet you tweeted out bt me over six months, i'm going to tell the rules committee to kill your stupid, idiotic bills every day. they are never going to see the light of day. maybe you can find somebody -- >> you're sounding like donald. >> whoever the rules committee chairman is will say that to donald trump. gu go ahead, show me how powerful you are. >> you're using the very system that has lied to the base, that has cheated the american public, that has -- >> i have a great idea, donald. why don't you hold one of those big rallies. ville dinner with my rules committee chairman. >> you play the washington inside game and i play the outside game. guess what happens when you're up for reelection? >> your bills don't pass. >> it doesn't matter. i'll get the congress. >> i have been elected in jainsville now since 1998. democrats have been elected president in my district. i'm going to keep winning. >> you're not going to keep winning. >> we gerrymandered the system so b

this is donald trump and paul ryan. while we were honest about our few differences we recognize that there are also many important areas of common ground. sounded like a diplomatic communique following a summit meeting going on. there are clear difference business tween these two men. >> it was definitely carefully worded. the message was unity. i am pleased to see speaker ryan try to join the rest of his party. you had camccain come out and s republican leaders would be foolish, a very strong word, not to listen to voters who send a clear message in every cnn exit poll that they feel betrayed by the republican party. john mccain understands the republican party does not exist if they don't have voters. to see speaker ryan come over to the dick cheney point of view he is almost there. very encouraging step for future of the republican party and for this election. >> do you think he he's softening his stance? paul ryan clearly disagrees with him on this. one he announced the ban on muslims coming the united states and th

it's not a win-win for paul ryan. paul ryan loses whichever way he goes. if he doesn't support donald trump, then he's abandoning a lot of members. there will be division inside the republican party. and he'll have the day-to-day responsibilities of managing a house where he's leaving some of his members hanging out to dry politically. if he endorses trump, then he betrays decades of principles, conservative principles, and he's supporting a man who says the republican party in effect is not the conservative party. so it's going to be a tough call for him. donald trump if he gets paul ryan's endorsement, that's a win because he's got the entire republican establishment capitulating to him. if paul ryan doesn't endorse him, he can beat up the republican establishment in washington, d.c., between now and november. so right now there's no doubt donald trump is holding the stronger cards. paul ryan just has to figure out what the least bad solution is. and we're going to continue to follow up on today's big meeting. now less than an hour away. steve kornacki w

high stakes huddle, donald 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

she's covering house speaker paul ryan. it's a wild scene. we've seen folks with -- at one point saw bag pipes and there was a coffin. what are those folks doing there this morning? >> reporter: well, let's take a walk and we'll show you. we're outside rnc headquarters and here's where the protesters are. i'll have our camera man paul show you. they are from ultnited we dream. they are trying to make a stand or show their voice here. they tried to deliver a fake coffin to the rnc. you can see it behind the shot. if you look down there's more members of the media back that way. if you come back this way, there's also to give you a sense of what kind of circus is, there's a group of bag pipers playing, they have shown up and they are sort of giving a performance if you will outside the rnc. there are a couple of trump supporters here. there's one gentleman wearing a make america great again shirt. so it is a circus unsurprisingly outside the rnc. we should note that the members of the media seem to outnumber the protesters that are here. when y

paul ryan doesn't have the solution because paul ryan's never been a business guy. i'm not saying everybody in congress should be a business guy. isn't that how it started out in this country? farmers and business people, they went to congress. paul ryan's been a career politician. that's why -- >> what you're bringing up here is important and important to look at these things. we should point out just in terms of support we have this market law school poll from april. 81%, 81% of republicans in the first district say they have a favorable view of paul ryan. you're talking about his betr betrayal. i want to take a listen to some of the points that donald trump has made on some issues. >> we're going to save social security and medicare. i'm the only one that says that. i don't know how people make it on 7.$7.25 an hour. with that being said, i would like to see an increase of some magnitude. >> do believe in raising taxes on the wealthy? >> i do. i do, including myself, i do. >> the middle class has to be prote protected. the rich is probably going to end up paying

ryan's district s defeated in paul ryan's state. how is t the way paul ryan is handling this so far, how is that playing back home? >> well, he is hanging on to a 64 point lead than his sara palin endorsed district. he doesn't have to worry about that 80 to 14 over this guy. sara palin doesn't have a lot of political juice back home. if the flying monkeys thought they would intimidate ryan, complete fail. ryan had two things, is donald trump going to campaign as an adult and as a conservative. there is no indication that he is willing to do either of those things. when i do think, part of this is political. you are talking about governing, i don't think that paul ryan thinks that donald trump will be president. he is trying to limit the damage, and limit the damage that donald trump will do as a conservative. you want to know what is in that train. where is he taking the train? is the engineer a crack pot. there was a lot of happy talk. you heard that happy talk. everybody is being nice to one another. these differences, you outline

>> paul ryan does not support a third party, because paul ryan is raising money for republicans. paul ryan wants to -- whether donald trump wins or loses, he wants to be there. if donald trump loses to pick up the pieces and move on to keep the house majority, senate majority and maybe down the road can run for president. i think paul ryan was putting down a marker today and donald trump was offended that paul ryan didn't wait until they met before having this break, if you will. paul ryan also made clear, he also made very clear, erin, he would like to support trump and is hoping they can have a meeting, one set up for next week where trump can at least embrace most of the ryan agenda. the principles of the ryan agenda. and that then they can say we agree to disagree on some other things. >> perhaps they'll get there. a quick final word, why would he do it ahead of their meeting? >> i don't know. because i think that paul ryan wanted to be the one who is in charge of the discussion, right? he wants to be the one out front. "outfront." play off words. but, you know, erin, here's

that is who paul ryan is. he's the guy who brings the wonkery and principle and at the end of the day he caves. remember in, 2012 he was mitt romney's running mate. mitt romney ran to the left of barack obama on medicare while paul ryan designed the plan to reform medicare. he had to swallow all that have and carry the romney message into the fight against obama. >> that's what ryan does at the end. day. >> one of the lessons of 2012, and here's paul ryan -- i want to talk about paul ryan because he plays a particular role in this. let's listen to what he said about the presser. >> i was very encouraged with what i heard from donald trump today. i do believe that we're now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified, to bridge the gaps and differences and so from here we're going to go deeper into the policy areas to see where that common ground is and how we can make sure that we are operating off the same core principles. >> all right. so here's the thing. remember, even though romney was the top. ticket in

take paul ryan. he is one of the biggest champions of comprehensive immigration reform on the republican side in congress. he made his name in the last year in congress by pushing through the trade proposition authority that allows free trade deals. and his budgets that he did before he was chairman of the ways and means committee, when he was budget committee chairman talked about reforming social security and medicare entitlements. the big things paul ryan has done and stands for the specifics are exactly opposite what donald trump just ran on. bill: that is why mitt romney chose him four years ago. you asked the question in your first answer. now let's answer it. can they find a way to get along and what does that look like? >> so, yes, there is a way. i don't know that they will do it but the way is this. donald trump has very broad goals. he is has left a lot of space underneath of those goals to sort of get there. if he is willing to let house republicans, paul ryan in particular but other memb

paul ryan is that bridge. what i think you will see after this thursday is that donald trump represents the american people coming in to meet with paul ryan and donald trump is bringing into this room metaphorically 10.7 million people. paul ryan is going to say american people i get it, trump is the guy. paul ryan will have to talk to the washington, d.c. elite and say it's time to come around. let's beat hillary clinton. i think all of this is just at the end of the day going to help next week when paul ryan holds hands with donald trump. >> what about possibly some of it helping hillary clinton because reports that the campaign wants to win over republicans who don't like donald trump. there was a point in the not so distant past when trump said positive things about hillary clinton. do you think she can pick up support? >> she can try. it is up to trump to bring republicans disenfranchised back into the fold. he has to do work and not assume every vote will come his way. he can take no vote for granted. he

>> 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 ry

paul ryan is in a tough place. he basically continues to hold this position not endorsing donald trump and he risks the wrath of a lot of republican voters who voted for trump being upset at him. it is a no-win situation. it is possible paul ryan comes on board but i don't think you'll see the mitt romneys or the bush clan get on board either tomorrow or october or november. >> mark murray, thank you as always. hallie jackson was inside that briefing room. before we get to hallie, i do want to note for our viewers at home, you saw a number of the speakers inside that conference room there wearing that big purple ribbon. we can tell you that the purple ribbon is in memory of victims of opioid abuse and the bulk of that news conference was devoted to legislation talking about efforts to curb opioid abuse in this country. we know that it's the leading cause of injury-related death for folks between 35 and 54 and a lot of conversation against the backdrop of what we are watching play out in chanhassen, minnesota, in th

we are awaiting paul ryan's comments. we should have those moments from now and we will have them live. heather: i am in for generally. the republican primary race may just about be over but party infighting is not. a major effort to change that is donald trump meets with republicans on the hill including paul ryan. john: after the surprise announcement that the speaker was not ready to endorse the presumptive gop nominee trump meeting with the gop house leadership today and getting ready to sit down with senate republican leaders 45 minutes from now. john roberts is live at national committee headquarters in washington. >> reporter: good morning. we expect some members of the house leadership on the republican side will come out to the microphone soon, that meeting with donald trump just wrapped up. it went about an hour after the meeting with paul right and reince priebus went for about an hour. things are looking positive this morning. you don't want to spend a lot of time, sources inside the meeting describe the tone,

has paul ryan been at disneyland. for donald trump to take this meeting and be generous about it is more than he had to do. at this point paul ryan may be gaming it to stretch the type out as others are trying to figure out how to stop mr. trump. that has to be considered. it would be outrageous. we are 180 days until the general election. charles: you are thinking he may have if he their was motives. >> he says i can't make up my mind in 45 minute. are you kidding us? what we have been through, you know who donald trump is. he has known hip for a period of time even before he announced. this would give other looking for options some more time and i think it's shameful if that's the case. charles: michael goodwin do you see where this can be spun and ultimately come out as a positive? and if so would it mean donald trump giving in on something he campaigned on? >> that's great. it's fascinating to watch as the mess anding dynamic, if not a mess anding war. i think the congress, need donald trump more than he need them

you support paul ryan? >> oh, absolutely not. i'm very disappointed in governor perry. i'm disappointed in rand paul. i'm disappointed in all the people who said -- they called him a pathological liar. they were right. they said all of these things they believed he was. now they're turning around and saying this is our best chance for freedom. >> the meeting goes next week, that will be interesting. thanks so much for being with us. alisyn. >>> the fbi will interview hillary clinton in the next few weeks, nearing a nine month investigation classified material on his private e-mail server as secretary of state and whether she knew that. cnn has learned the fbi has already interviewed several aides in clinton's inner circle. justice department pamela brown is live in washington with the latest. >> hi there, alisyn. several people in the inner circle have been brought in quietly to a room in the washington field office for the last few weeks, including clinton's long time confidant, huma abedin. she is one of

and take on paul ryan. you didn't see him challenge paul ryan in his stump speech tonight when he was at his rally. you know, he released a statement saying we're going to agree to disagree. and donald trump moved on. and so i think we're seeing -- i know we always say this -- a different donald trump than the one that would have taken to twitter, because he's not running against anybody anymore. >> no twitter tirade but a statement that a traditional politician, but what about the rest of the campaign? how are they reacting? >> i think tonight at a rally our sarah murray reported that while trump didn't say anything, corey lewandowski was gaggling to reporters off-camera, and reporters were asking him whether this was a slap in the face to donald trump, and he said, look, there's the leader of the republican party. and he pointed to donald trump. it's not paul ryan. it's donald trump. >> who is it? who is it? >> that's a big question. it depends on which vision you embrace, and i don't think this is an arg

bid. >> sarah palin saying, this is personal for paul ryan and i'm not sure that's true, that paul ryan wants to run for president in 020 and wants trump to lose so he can run. the point is fascinating. eric cantor was house majority leader beaten by a tea party challenger that nobody thought had a prayer. as donald trump tries to win the presidency, you have conservatives like sarah palin at the same moment, keep the tea party versus the establishment civil war going at the ballot box. >> the good thing that paul ryan has on its side is wisconsin is sort of one of the bases for the anti-trump movement. i don't know how much paul ryan has to fear from a primary challenge back home. >> we talked about this in the game of paul ryan, everybody knows who he is. he's the central figure in this but you can find this everywhere in the country, republicans saying what do i do? >> the odd thing is the tea party chalers to incumbents have been failing this year in the indiana primary, the tea party candidate for senate lost, the establishment candidate endorsed by mitch mcconnell won the primary.

some supporters on the hill reaching out to paul ryan. ben carson has spoken to paul ryan. donald trump has been saying and tweeting more optimistic things about the upcoming meeting. >> i think he's a good man. i really think, you know, probably we'll come out with something that's going to be good. i hope. otherwise i'll continue on the path i continue to be on. >> i don't really know him. i met him once in 2012. we had good conversation once in march. we as a leadership team are enjoying the fact we have a chance to meet with him. >> reporter: all of this could lay the ground work for the two coming out of this saying there is common ground. we want to reduce the deficit and debt. we want to cut taxes on middle class families. with donald trump there is always the possibility that it could end on a rocky fashion. that it could end in fireworks. we should get a better sense of that in a few hours. back to you. >> sara murray, thank you. >>> donald trump under fire this morning for refusing to promise to release his tax returns before the november election. early last year

paul ryan, i don't know what happened. lou: will the gop elites come to their senses, or do the rino tos really want to help hillary? executive ed door of "the weekly standard" fred barnes joins us next. it's a dream come true for harry potter fans, or at least this group of skydivers. they took out their brooms for a ride of a lifetime. ride of a lifetime. we h sfx: loud poorly played electric guitar that sounds awful seriously, awful but a lot better than last week ♪rock guitar music ♪we weren't born to follow shoshow me more like this.e. show me "previously watched." what's recommended for me. x1 makes it easy to find what you love. call or go online and switch to x1. only with xfinity. show show me more like this. s. show me "previously watched." what's recommended for me. x1 makes it easy to find what blows you away. call or go online and switch to x1. only with xfinit lou: senator john mccain is publicly supporting donald trump, but at a fundraiser behind closed doors mccain was, well, recently recorded saying tr

as you said, i mean, paul ryan, the paul ryan i know is very thoughtful, careful, cautious. he's serious. he's also a fun guy and takes the stuff seriously. this is his life. he's above all a committed public servant. and he has ashooed celebrity at every turn and i think the trump campaign is against everything paul ryan has done over the past decade or two of his career so that's why you hear that kind of caution. you know, we're planting the seeds to bridge the gap to get closer to being unified. paul ryan's job first and foremost to protect the health of the house and so i'm sure during that meeting he, you know, he sat down with donald trump and picture him very clearly saying, look, i get it. you're doing what you got to do. it's been very successful. congratulations. but let me explain to you some of the challenges that we're having in the house. and to, you know, to sort of educate, educate donald trump. he doesn't have a lot of political experience. any actually. >> who do you think needs who more? bill, i promise i'm coming to you. s.e. more of a paul ryan needs do

paul ryan plays tough. paul ryan is in a situation. any other speaker of the house would be in a seemingly tough position. >> what's so tough? if he's the nominee of your party, it should be like that endorsed. >> but he's a bit rogue. he's not a traditional republican. he's not a traditional conservative. >> he's a guy that wants to cut social security, medicare. he is not, you know, he's establishment. he's not even conservative for crying out loud. >> you are talking about paul ryan? >> yes. >> paul ryan, he has that problem, too. he's got problems with the right flank, the conservative wing of the conservative party. he has problems built in without donald trump. donald trump comes along, he is in the middle of two great tech on theic forces that are better colliding inside the republican party him paul ryan is the highest roompging setting aside the highest ranking republican in the country. >> is that the problem? is that the prosch? >> it's a power play, of course it is, lou. >> certainly paul ryan understands that -- >> he's no

>> you're talking about paul ryan? lou: yes. >> paul ryan has that problem too, he has problem with the right flank, the conservative wing of the conservative party. he has problem built-in without donald trump. donald trump comes along and he's in the middle of two great tectonic forces that are colliding inside of the political party and paul ryan is the highest-ranking setting aside the presumptive nominee the highest-ranking nominee in the country. lou: is that the problem? >> it's a power play, of course it is, lou. lou: suddenly paul ryan understands that donald trump is the boss? >> absolutely. lou: is that really the problem? >> absolutely, it was gracious of mr. trump to defer to paul ryan as the person in charge of the gop and everyone in america knows that's not true. certainly this is trump's party, and i think that absolutely that is a tough pill for the gop establishment to swallow. i think reince priebus is having a tough time but ultimately i believe the gop will get in line. it will not serve to stay d

and again, i have not spoken to paul ryan. i am assuming these are his reasons and he wants to protect them. but paul ryan believes very strongly in a strong national defense, and free trade. and he wants to find a way to get donald trump to make some accommodation with that as we go forward. john: congressman, you just talked about one of the things paul ryan seems to be doing, to give some cover to your colleagues in the house. just play sociologist. you are well in touch with your colleagues. how many of your colleagues will want to take that cover and not do what you are doing, to keep their distance from donald trump? whether they have to repudiate him openly, or just stay clear of them for the sake of keeping their jobs? congressman king: i would say there is a good 30 or 40 have serious issues with donald trump politically. i would say they would be the moderate republicans. on the other hand, you have strong conservatives who feel definitely donald trump is not a conservative. paul has to look out for both wings of the

. >> paul ryan. so, he says you have to earn his support. >> will the last republican sta standing break afarther dpop. >>> 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 politic. >> how low will they go? we're one on one with donald trump. his feud with party leaders. and his vision for the white 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. etch a month ago, the odds were long. 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

paul ryan is in a difficult spot here. a lot of things that excited his base and propelled him to where we are some of the things the republican party wants him to move away from. he has to figure out if there is a path that he can do that and moderate and move away from the positions without actually alienating some of the people that really supported him and carried him this far that he will need in a polling hole with the democrats. >> a guy who knows how it works and how you have to really get some discipline and control in washington. that is something he talked about for years. you have a donald trump presidency maintaining medicare and spending more money and tax cuts for everyone. >> very high intensity dance. >> tal. thank you. >>> thousands of people evacuated by air as a monster wildfire approaches. details next. [bur farmers,we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a ufh2o. [man] that's not good. [pilot] that's not good. [man] that's really not good. [burke] it happened august

>> well, i mean, here's paul ryan's problem. paul ryan's problem is that he's got to try to keep the house in what could be a very challenging election cycle. lou: if they keep acting like this it's not going to be very challenging at all, at least not to the democrats. >> right. and as it goes for ryan, he could also have a president with whom he and donald trump have huge fundamental casmatic differences on policy points. ryan is a free trader and all that stuff. he's betwixt and between. lou: i have to put an addendum on the list as you were talking about the trump agenda and platform. he is a free trader. he's just not too thrilled with mercantile practice and the nations like china and germany, but with that addendum. >> duly noted. lou: as always, we find ourselves in raptured agreement. and thank you, thanks for being with us. >> harmony, my brother, harmony, my brother. lou: and tranquility. chris stirewalt. vote in our poll tonight -- that's where the jobs are, folks, that's where the jobs are. cast your vote on twitter

to twitter and take on paul ryan. you didn't see him challenge paul ryan at his stump speech tonight. he released a statement saying we're going to agree to disagree. i think we're seeing, i think it's a different kind of donald trump than the one during a campaign who would have taken to twitter, because he's not running against anybody any more. and he doesn't want to run against the speaker of the house. >> no twitter tirade, but just a statement which a traditional politician would do. how about the rest of the campaign? how are they reacting? >> i think tonight at a rally, while trump didn't say anythingo reporters offcamera. was this a slap in the face to donald trum. he said, look, there's the leader of the republican party and he pointed to donald trump. it's not paul ryan, it's donald trump. >> who is it? >> i think it depends which vision you embrace. i don't think this is an argument that republicans want to be having right now. i think at some point -- i was speaking to someone who's a friend of paul ryan'

what does donald trump make a paul ryan's statement -- about paul ryan's statement? trump wrote, "i am not ready to support paul ryan's agenda. perhaps in the future, we can agree what is best for the american people. they have been treated badly personal long, it is time for politicians to put them first. john: i don't feel like love is in the air. mark: we will have more on the wild presidential race all law -- all night. you can listen to this program every night on the radio, loopnet -- bloomberg 99.net. saldigital education with khan. ♪ >> this is trending business. salamat. ad we are going to be live in shanghai. in sydney, here's a look at what we are watching. trade, the bigto losers, stock now losing 14%. name at the top of the rba,

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paul ryan has proposed something very different there. immigration, very big difference between donald trump saying we've got to deport everyone and what paul ryan has said in terms of comprehensive reform. on those issues is this donald trump's party or paul ryan's snaert. >> it's the republican party. we're going to work together. i actually have disagreed with mr. trump on will several of these issues as mr. trump is now run is in the general election and he's reached out, that's what he does. that's what a ceo does to other folks to get their input. i believe we're going to be all be on the same page. withy are going to certainly security our borders. we're going to have peace through strength. we're going to actually bring these jobs back, fundamental tax reform is part of it, not impacting anyone currently on social security or medicare. i believe, steve, as this moves forward, you're going to see a very united platform. we're going to disagree on trade. i'm with mr. trump. tpp would be a disaster for our country just like nafta was

that allows -- >> paul ryan is out now, howard let's go to paul ryan. >> good morning. right now, more americans die every year from drug overdoses then they do in car accidents. let me say that again, we have more of our fellow citizens dying from drug overdoses than they die of car accidents. today the house continues to work on legislation to address the heroin and opioid epidemic across this country. for those of you at our press conference yesterday, you heard from susan brooks and bob, authors of two initiatives. we're acting on 18 bills to deal with this. i'll actually be signing one of them today. it is s 32. this allows prosecutors to go after drug traffickers in foreign countries if we believe their drugs will make it to our shores, that's going to the president's desk today. one reason we call this an epidemic, because it cuts across all demographics and affects families everywhere in america. take youth athletes, they get injured and prescribed some medication. before they know it they are on a path to dependency and addiction. yesterday we passed a bill int

paul ryan has a lot at stake today too. he's protecting a republican majority in the house that some fear could be at risk with donald trump at the top of the ticket and ryan wants to make clear that trump is aware of the down ticket impacts that his candidacy creates. in addition ryan also putting together an election year agenda that frankly contradicts what donald trump's key policy positions. the question today, whether the two will end up singing from the same song sheet. >> to pretend we're unified without actually unifying we go into the fall at half strength. >> reporter: the nominee to meet this morning with paul ryan and the head of the rnc. >> i think it will go well. paul is a good person. i don't know paul well. >> reporter: all eyes on whether they will emerge with a united front. >> i think it's important for the leader of our party to get together with the presumptive nominee and actually work together. >> reporter: several close allies tell cnn that for ryan to endorse trump he would need to align with the

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 -- just wanted to clarify that right off the bat. reince priebus has become an outlet for donald trump of late. that's what made it most interesting when reince priebus at a playbook breakfast this morning recalled what happened after jake's interview aired, a specific phone call from donald trump. >> it wasn't like furious or anything. it was just like what do -- you know, what do i need to do? i mean -- and so i said, listen, let me just -- you know, my view is just relax and be gracious and i'll talk to paul, and we'll try to work on this. i know paul really well, and i know he's being honest, and i know how he feels, and so i'm comfortable with the idea that it's going to take some time in some cases f

. >> paul neilen, primary challenger against paul ryan, thanks for the time. appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the white house issues new guidelines for bathroom access for transgender students. and one texas leader lashes out. the details of that are next. you're watching "mtp daily." intuitive. with the pressure of my hand i can draw lightly, just like i would with a real pencil. i've been a forensic artist for over 30 years. i do the composite sketches which are the bad guy sketches. you need good resolution, powerful processor because the computer has to start thinking as fast as my brain does. i do this because i want my artwork to help people. safety doesn't come in a box. it's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not something you do now and then. or when it's convenient. it's using state-of-the-art simulators to better prepare for any situation. it's giving offshore teams onshore support. it's empowering anyone to stop a job if something doesn't seem right. at bp, safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. at bp, safety is never

you look at paul ryan and that district. does paul ryan have anything to worry about in his own backyard? >> he has a primary challenge but he is popular in his district. he won in his district in 2012 even when romney didn't do so well in wisconsin. sarah palin, it's questionable about her political capital whether she can influence the grassroots in wisconsin. this pop liulism rising on the right. they are concerned as they look toward the fall. not only will those vote errs c out but will they go against their own senators? >> we get ready for the trump/ryan meeting. thanks for the time. appreciate it. >>> coming up, the never trump campaign that took a major hit when he secured the nomination. basically it was over when he secured the nomination. that doesn't mean they've given up on the convention this summer or a third option for the fall. >>> later, reaction from the clinton campaign on donald trump's new offensive. >> think of this. she's married to a man and nobody -- nobody, perhaps in the history of politics, was

paul ryan has power. paul ryan has strength. he leads policy. the intellectual wing. the future of the republican party really is in paul ryan's hands. trump is a strong guy. trump respects strength. paul ryan says, okay, let's talk. this is good probably for both of them. this is the opening bid in that negotiation. >> you think it's inevitable they'll come around? >> i think they have to come around. it will be up to trump to understand that he needs something paul ryan has. paul ryan has the future. hillary clinton is the candidate with the past. she's more of the same. from washington. hasn't done enough. paul ryan is saying there's a new economy. the world's connected. we have to open things up. he gave a brilliant speech at georgetown the other day about that. trump is not running as a party guy. trump is running as i'm one human being, person, i'm going to do a better job. he has no vision around which to rally a party. that's what ryan could give him. >> he made it clear he's not running as a conservative. solely as a conservative. you have the famous cover, t

paul ryan or donald trump? >> it's really hard to know at this point mp the republican party is very much split. paul ryan probably has a good 25 to 30% of the republican party. and trump has on his side about 25% to 30%. they need all of those to win. republicans are facing a situation in which the democratic candidate's likely nominee has been raising money with the d.n.c. for six months essentially. just this week she held two fundraisers where it cost about $100,000 a head to walk into the room. this is all money earmarked for the general election. they have a lot of catching up to do. in order to do that, donald trump needs to make nice with his party very, very quickly. pete: whose party is it? who is in zpharge >> donald trump is in charge of the republican party. >> he won the primary. he sets the tone. he had this interesting line we are said it's called the republican party, not the cruyff party. his positions that go against the paul ryan orthodoxy have this m the nomination and populist wave is driv

i need paul ryan's help. had he done that, would have served that ball to paul ryan's court and he would have to help donald trump bring the party together. now it looks like we're at war. >> kayleigh, do you see, paul ryan seems to want donald trump to say publicly or not donald trump's positions. >> that's exactly right. it would have been against his brand to do what mark is suggesting, if he were to come out in a situation where you have something unprecedented, speaker of the house coming against the nominee, cow tow to that, wouldn't make sense. mccain had many points, he opposed bush tax cuts, he was still on board. mitt romney had the blueprint in massachusetts, it is nonsensical. people say it is about defending conservative values. that's a cover and front for the never trump movement. if that's what it were about, they would have been against mccain and romney. >> a lot of us were not happy with mccain or with mitt romney, but they were at least republican enough for us. there are a couple of issue

. >> 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 est

trump and paul ryan. the future of republican party unity at stake. >> that's no overstatement i think at all. >> paul ryan has set that bar and moments ago our manu raju reported behind closed doors up on capitol hill there are members saying ryan has put them under increased pressure and made it more difficult for them by saying he's not yet ready to support donald trump. let's bring in our panel to discuss. ben howell for red state.com who says he'll never vote for donald trump as long as he walks this earth. jeff dewitt -- arizona state treasurer and donald trump surrogate and mark press and alex burns. based on what we've heard that there's concern and unrest in the republican ranks on capitol hill based on what paul ryan has done. we'll play our favorite game. it's friday morning the day after paul ryan's closed door meeting with donald trump, he wakes up saying -- >> come to the land i think paul ryan would like to be able to say. we're all expecting fireworks to some degree on thursday. but for ev

paul ryan can't. paul ryan is sort of an ideological, economic free-market guy. he does not have a lot of room to -- trump is not wed to any of his policies. mark: i think they will have to agree to disagree on immigration. on entitlement reform, i think trump can move. if ryan can get trump to say, we are going to preserve these programs for current beneficiaries and save them for future generations. i think trump can make that switch. trump, but i think for we will be able to know more about his appetite for doing something that is very unpopular. his sort of comfort zone is doing what he thinks his popular base wants to hear. they do not want to hear that they will get less when it comes to entitlement. mark: it is not going to be less. it is just going to be different. the big thing is tax reform. that is what ryan wants to do. andp template -- change it ryan will be happy. nicolle: so, all this said, do you think that ryan endorsement is either imminent or probable? or? mark: i do not know exactly how he is going to do it. my hunch and talking to one of his

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appeal toobably his friend paul ryan. paul ryan may endorse and be even more powerful. think ryan is uncomfortable with trump on many levels. i'm not sure this is going to be smooth. john: i have zero doubt. it isbody links -- blinks going to be donald trump read that response, he seemed to be impetuous. if you think of the ways when he has decided to go out and go after people in the past, that was relatively restrained. the stuff today was relatively restrained. katrina pearson went a little out of her seat. trump has been modulated in terms of how intensely he has attacked. anyway he wants to pivot . if he is going to be blinking it's on his side. mark: i agree. john: i think that is where it is going to come if there is blinking. mark: if you think of the resistance, he has become in a surprise physician. -- position. he got dick cheney, symbolic. members of congress. he did not get the governor of illinois. trump has to prove he can win a general election. they have reservations of his his positions. if the nominee can beat hillary clinton that will get people on b

she thinkds her words are going to threaten paul ryan. he's won every congressional election he's ever run in and never lost by more than 54% is the lowest he's ever gotten. he won 63% last time. good luck with that in wisconsin. >> the issue of relevance, even sarah palin is being asked whether she would accept the role of vice president if trump were to ask. >> she's crazy. >> he did ask her to come on board his campaign a few months ago. today, trump was asked and had a very interesting reaction. listen. >> donald trump says picking a running mate, are you willing to be vetted for that job? >> i think i'm pretty much as vetted as anybody in the country could be vetted already. so i think there are so many other great people out there in america that can serve in this position. i think if someone wanted to choose me, they already know who i am and what i stand for and wouldn't be in for any surprises. >> and if he wanted to talk to you about the gig, you're phone is right there? >> well, i want to help and not hurt. and i'm such a reali