trump then huddles with senate leaders at the nrsc. the nrsc is the campaign arm for republicans in the senate and that included the majority leader mitch mcconnell, the conference chair rob portman facing a tough re-election battle in ohio and several others, and we should note that one of the senators in that meeting, orrin hatch, the senate's most senior member, just put out a statement endorsing donald trump. trump also threw in a meeting with jones day, the law firm that represents his campaign, so it was a wild and high-stakes few hours. here's how we followed the trump motorcade throughout the day starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. that was the first meeting between trump, ryan and priebus. that lasted roughly an hour at rnc headquarters. you can see that on the map there. it was a doubleheader there actually. priebus left and then trump was joined by house republican leaders at the same location. that second meeting lasting approximately 40 minutes this morning, and then when that was done trump crossed to the other side of th

and then after that over to the nrsc as well. i'm with one of the leaders of this protest group.out here today. >> we're out here today to let the gop know they are dead to our community and donald trump is a the final nail on the coffin. >> reporter: did you expect more of a turnout? you're vastly outnumbered by the media. >> we're very sure group and filled with many organizations fighting on behalf of our community and we're here representing 11 million people strongly. >> reporter: critics would say this may not be an effect i have been way to get your message out given that trump hasn't come out to see you, is this an isktive way? >> one of the main goals to let our community to know we'll fight back regardless of what it is. they are listening and they are aware we're here and that's a very useful tactic we have been doing. we're here to let them know we'll hold them accountable. >> reporter: thank you. from the group united we dream action. immigration has been an issue that donald trump has run on and propelled him to success in the primaries but also an issue on which th

i think we just saw donald trump's motorcade just came over here to the nrsc. this is the building where republicans are tasked with fund raising and also trying to come up with a strategy for them to keep the senate. donald trump, this is something that a lot of folks have speculated might be troublesome especially for republicans that represent blue or purple states, kelly ayotte in new hampshire, some folks speculate john mccain in arizona could have a tough go of it because of the latino turnout against donald trump. he'll have meetings with officials as well as the senate republican leadership. mitch mcconnell comes to mind. he also will have john cornyn and roy blunt. the interesting difference though, tamron, unlike paul ryan who has been slow to warm up and embrace donald trump, mitch mcconnell said after ted cruz dropped out that he was willing to support the nominee and willing to support trump. a little bit more of a unified front on the senate republican side than we know on the house side. we'll hear from paul ryan around 11:30. that's the latest f

all in with trump saying it's time to unify behind him and the same goes for roger wicker and the nrsc and the members in charge of electing republicans saying let's fall in line, let's go. the one thing about that is that donald trump is so unpredictable. that's the word i hear from these members, so if they embrace him now in may, they really have no other choice, but what happens if something as bombastic as another ban on all muslims coming into the u.s. comes out. what if you have the language like all mexicans coming across the border are rapists. those are right now things on the back burner. we're past that. we're going to smooth out those rough edges that he is as a candidate right now and he said there's an el man of surprise with donald trump. while they embrace him now, perhaps pay for that in the future, but i do think it's telling that ryan is still not going all in. i read that as one thing. keeping hisself clean for 2020. he doesn't want to get too close or at least wants to have a little bit of a buffer zone if he wants to go big in 2020. >> keeping -- he is in the mid

the purpose of the meeting that trump had today, i think was to try to calm the nerves of the nrsc officials as well as some of the gop leaderships. craig, there are a lot of republicans who are up for reelection representing blue or purple states. one senator who was at this meeting today is rob horton and he's facing the important battle in ohio. i am sure his electoral strategy was discussing between the trump campaign. mitch mcconnel spoke with supporters here. they discussed a variety of issues and it was constructive. mcconnell is a chest player, he's going to look at the map and see where donald trump can out or can hurt. but, trump is such a wild card and you have to assume if mcconnell would want some assurance with trump, okay, should we be worried of something else coming around. where are we at risk of getting upset, is there some speculations? so i think moving forward, the two things the look at, number one paul ryan continuing ef ll evolution. what does it mean for the electoral prospect and do they decide, hey, donald trump brought in all these voters, we'll keep our distance

the nrsc chairman, roger wicker is on board.se are the two men in charge of getting elected republicans back into the building come election time. you also see the leadership by kathie mcmorris rogers who i spoke to and you're starting to see this idea of, okay, donald trump may not be the person we thought we were going to be working with, but there's clearly somebody here that we can do business with. and by the way, he is kind of an empty suit when it comes to policy, because he's never really been well versed in it. and maybe, just maybe, we could fill that suit with our own policy ideas and trust that he would put smart people around him. maybe all of this that he's been doing on the campaign trail is just for show. one member suggested this to me, scott dajer lay, also a member of the freedom caucus, take a listen to how he described it. >> i think donald trump, of course grew up in reality tv, i shouldn't say grew up, but was involved in reality tv, and when he campaigns, some of that comes out. if you meet him in private

he's all in on chairman and the nrsc chairman who is in charge trying to keep that senate majority over there. he's all in on trump. so i question how long ryan can go without a full-on embrace. as to why he's going to keep going othe reasons i just mentioned, one other one i'll keep mentioning, paul ryan wants to keep all his options open. and if you embrace donald trump too closely, what does that mean for your prospects, say, 2020, if you want to rebuild the republican party and focus on immigration, upward mobility, kinder, gentler things? makes it more difficult, steve. >> luke russert on capitol hill. that was the news yesterday. then with the meeting between paul ryan and donald trump, the current speaker paul ryan, the former speaker john boehner also making news with comments about donald trump. and we bring in now rory cooper, the managing director of purple strategies. a republican strategist and never trump activist. i want to stay on this john boehner one because john boehner made some interesting comments about donald trump yesterday in las vegas. he is going to be support

we have reaction from senator mitch mcconnell in that meeting at the nrsc with donald trump. mcconnell was asked by reporters if he had endorsed trump in this meeting. he said, i already have some time back. he says he thinks everybody felt it was quite good and he indicated already he's endorsed him earlier. he was asked what issues mcconnell and trump talked about. he said we talked about a variety of things both campaign related and issue related. this is some of the first reaction we're getting from that meeting with senate leadership. mitch mcconnell calling it quite good. yet another sign as we add to what luke has been reporting and katy from reince priebus, the signal going out at least is that it was positive discussions moving forward. >> that is definitely the signal being put out there. also with us at this hour, adam. >> thanks, good to be here. >> you were not in any of these meetings today. you told a local station in chicago you're not going to support him until he changes his tone. have you had any contact, though, with some of your colleagues who did meet wi