i don't know what sarah palin is doing. she's been rather shrill and inco-here ent and it's given her relevance again. she was fading off into the sunset of politics and she herself became a reality show person and i don't really think that what sarah palin has to say against paul ryan, who's a serious conservative, who has achievements through and through his entire adult life in working with conservatism, we can agree on some of the his policy prescriptions but for the most part he is a thinker and intellectual and his goal in life was to be ways and means chairman so he could rewrite tax policy and entitlement policy. we're comparing sarah palin and what she has to say to someone like paul ryan, i take it with a grain of salt. 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 sh

what is the potency of palin endorsement this cycle?l in the wisconsin primary in paul ryan's district. donald trump did not fair all that well, to the potency is questionable right now. and palin has had some really good victories when it comes to endorsements. she has had some that didn't go so well also. so i don't think the ryan people feel particularly threatened by this, but at the same time, they know in a year like this, anything could happen and they're not taking anything for granted. >> all right, jake tapper, looking forward to the interview. >> thank you so much victor. >> watch state of the union coming up at 9:00 this morning, john mccain and sarah palin, once running mates, but will trump pull them apart? here from both on state of the union with jake tapper this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern, right here on cnn. >>> kentucky derby winner, won every race he has ever run. is nyquist going to be the next triple crown winner? in your mutual fund. we invested in your fund to help us pay for a college education for our son. we'

mentioned he who oversaw the sarah palin vetting. is there any talk about sarah palin?anyone talked about sarah palin is a possibility. mccain's vice presidential betting. i'm not hearing anyone who would say she would be a top choice. deeply do you think he got into the sarah palin's pass? everything i know about that i learned from you. collects i think everyone deserves a bit of mercy at this point. the last person he bedded was sarah palin. i know he wasn't responsible for that. thank you very much for that. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ one less question. should hillary clinton participate in a debate with bernie sanders? >> by debating him, she takes away the argument that deck is stacked against them. i say yes. debate more. coming up on bloomberg west. thanks for letting me post. until tomorrow, sayonara. ♪ ♪ >> i'm mark crumpton. you're watching bloomberg west. in the military and see does not belong to egyptair flight. that jetliner was flying from paris to cairo when it disappeared. in egypt's northern coastline. it was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew. terror

now palin is making her own choice to comment. donald trump not only won the home county of speaker ryan, he won the hometown of speaker ryan in jansville. speaker ryan should consider what the voters in his own town want and back donald trump for the presidency. >> john mccain echoed that sentiment today. you're a conservative who supported ted cruz and then recently and reluctantly came around to supporting donald trump as republican nominee. what do you make of paul ryan saying he's not ready to endorse trump yet? >> i think what paul ryan is trying to do is to have a voice in shaping what the trump campaign looks like. the trump campaign should be trying to create converts not hunt down heretics. it has to happen for the future of the republican party. and paul ryan is essentially trying to use what leverage he has right now to push trump in a more conservative direction and also let it be known that, you know, the votes of people within the gop, republican voters, conservative base voters in particular, aren't just necessaril

let's talk about sarah palin. her being a vice presidential pick for the trump ticket or did she. kalie, what did you think? >> i think she shot down the idea. palin has been immensely helpful to donald trump. i think she was a big help when he endorsed him and kind of gave the evangelical conservative credentials but i think she shot down the idea and i commend her for admitting she thinks she might be a burden on the ticket but being supported from the beginning. >> what did you think about what sarah palin had to say, ana? >> i think it was very realistic. i think she's gone through this. she's also right now making a lot of money. she's doing very well in the private sector. she's become a national and international brand, highly sought after speaker. i also think that, look, once she came out for donald trump, we remember seeing that kind of rather strange surreal endorsement event where she rambled on for a long, long time. this was not the sarah palin we saw at her peak in 2008. and frankly, since then, i h

. >>> plus, sarah palin. she was one of the first big names to back trump. >> we needed a revolution, and we found a revolutionary. >> will her former runningmate john mccain join her? exclusive interviews with both mccain and palin. will she join the trump ticket? and hillary clinton, sharpening her line of attack against trump. >> we can't have a loose cannon in the oval office. >> is she ready to deploy a secret weapon? >> i told my husband he's got to come out of retirement. >> and the best political minds will be here with insights from the campaign trail. hello i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c., where the state of our union is reeling. wild week in american politics, as donald trump becomes the presumptive republican nominee, following the surprise dropout of his rival krtz kted cruz and this shocker with i played out live right here on cnn. >> to mr. speaker, you have said throughout this process that you will support the republican presidential nominee. now you have a presumptive nominee, donald tru

nicole: you mentioned who oversaw the sarah palin vetting. is there any talk about sarah palin? heard anyone tell me they are looking at sarah palin as a possibility. he ran john mccain's vice the central vetting and landed on sarah palin. i'm not hearing anybody say that she will be a top choice for this cycle. john: how deeply do you think he dug into sarah palin's past? >> everything i know, i read in your book. so i learned it from you, john. [laughter] john: i'm just knowing whether you want to give a.b. a thumbs up or thumbs down. >> i think everybody deserves a bit of mercy at this point. the less person he vetted was sarah palin. i know he wasn't responsible for that. we are all watching. thank you very much. we will be right back. ♪ nicole: john, one last question. should hillary clinton participate in a debate with bernie sanders in california? john: yes, yes, and yes. debates are good, and by debating him, she takes away the argument that the deck is stacked against them. i say yes. go for it. debate more. nicole: coming up on "bloomberg west," hugo barra. i would not

the 2008 republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin. palin said she will support ryan's primary challenger. >> i will do whatever i can for paul nelen. paul ryan and his ilk, their problem is they have become so disconnected from the people whom they are elected to represent as evidence by paul ryan's refusal to support the gop frontrunner we just said he's our man. >> reporter: the first threat of retaliation against the trump opponent wouldn't the party we have seen so far. it could deepen the divide. christine, john. >> thanks, eric bradner. john mccain who picked sarah palin as running mate echoed her claim that those who are reluctant to back trump are out of touch with the voters. he offered the presumptive nominee advice on who to pick as a running mate. suggesting joanie earnest from iowa. >> what he said about me, john mccain, that's fine. i don't require any repair of that. when he said i don't like people who are captured. then there's a body of american heroes that i would like to see him retract that statement. not about me

i want to talk about sarah palin. remember her?king the rounds promoting an anti-climate change documentary. a movie called "climate hustle". sarah palin is supporting it. >> i want people to feel empowered to ask questions about what's being fed to them by the science community that something is not making a whole lot of sense when it comes to inconsistent data being produced and fed especially to our children when it comes to global warming or climate change, whatever they're calling it today. >> that was one sentence, by the way. >> jimmy: one long, dumb sentence. here's another one. >> it's perpetuated and repeated so often that too many people believe that oh, well, if 97% of all scientists believe that man's activities are creating changes in the weather, who am i to question that? >> jimmy: exactly. who are you to question that? here's the thing -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: i have a theory. i think maybe sarah palin wants global warming. it's cold in alaska. it would be welcome up there. the idea that she knows more than 97% of

i think maybe sarah palin wants global warming. it's cold in alaska.more than 97% of scientists is offensive and dangerous. no matter what sarah palin and these geniuses she surrounds herself with, climate change is not a liberal versus conservative thing, but the people who profit from ignoring it want you to believe it is. in general, politicians on the left believe humans are the major problem, on the right, they say not all, but most. this isn't a matter of political opinion. it's a matter of scientific opinion. in this case, overwhelming scientific opinion. 2014 was the warmest year ever until 2015 became the warmest year ever. now 2016 might turn out to be even warmer. you know how you know when climate change is real, when the hottest year on record is whatever year it currently is, that's how you know. [ applause ] we've had 15 of the last of the 16 hottest years ever since 2001. that's not an opinion. it's a fact. for so humans are contributing to this has become a left versus right issue. the politicians debate it. our scientists don't. a hug

what was that like in 2008 for you and how did you end up with sarah palin? >> well, i -- i still believe that contrary to what has become the popular information and opinion is that sarah palin energized our ticket. i have polling data back from then that shows she did that. she beat joe biden in a debate. >> she also made some big mistakes. >> of course she made some mistakes. do you think that -- yes. obviously i made mistakes. i will take full responsibility for my failure. i will not put that responsibility on sarah palin. she energized our campaign. and i'm very proud of her. i don't often make a comment like this, but she was treated terribly by what we know of as the mainstream media and that's the only thing i will ever resent about my presidential campaign is her treatment by the media. it was disgraceful. >> what advice would you give trump as he selects a vice presidential pick? >> someone who will unite the party. >> joni ernst was just out here. >> i think she would be tremendous. she is really remarkable. i think there's a number of members of

the last time sarah palin in milwaukee, she bombed.lmost none of the grass roots tea party folks know this guy. most of the support comes from people parachuting in. it was an indication of what this era of trump is. think about this, now sarah palin becomes the arbitor of what is rational. have we gone to the point where we have sarah palin lecturing us of what paul ryan should ask or what he should do. >> charlie, thank you, it is always great to talk to you. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up next, hillary clinton is facing a tax from both sides, we are talking about bernie sanders digging in for the long hall and donald trump is going after her personal life. wendie davis is going to join us. will donald trump's position hurt him in the general election. take a look at what you are saying so far? 49% says yes and 51% says no. the polls is live check it out on msnbc.com. is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the major

the 2008 republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin. palin told cnn she is going to support ryan's primary challenger. >> i will do whatever i can for paul nelan. this man is a hard working guy. so in touch with the people. paul ryan and his ilk, their problem is they have become so disconnected from the people whom they are elected to represent as evidenced by paul ryan's refusal to support the gop frontrunner that we just said he's our man. >> reporter: the first threat of retaliation against the trump opponent within the party that we have seen so far. and it could deepen the divide. christine and john. >> let's break down the fast changing political landscape this morning. ellis henican. good morning. >> they are moving fast. >> it's already 5:02. this week is flying by. >> a lot going on this week. this week marks six months until the general election. >> six more months of this? >> let's talk about sarah palin. she was on "state of the union." she made a new verb. cantored. >> i think paul ryan is soon to be cantored. as in eric c

jake has an interview with sarah palin coming up next. donald trump is the leader of the republican party. paul ryan is its highest elected official, third in line to the presidency. sarah palin a trump supporter saying as donald trump is trying to unify the republican party and get elected president she wants to support a guy running a primary challenge against the speak er of the house. >> i think paul ryan is soon could be cantored as in eric cantor. his political career is over as the leader of the gop, the convention certainly. he is to remain neutral, and for him to already come out and say who he will not support was not a wise decision of his. you know, i think why paul ryan is doing this, jake, is it kind of screws his chances for the 2020 presidential 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 nob

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i'm honored to have governor palin's endorsement. look at the broad coalition, wisconsin's first district is ugh suffering under paul ryan's lack of votes on behalf of wisconsin's first district, quite honestly lack of votes on behalf of american workers. along those lines, whether somebody pulling for trump or cruz, i've gotten malkin's endorsement and tea party patriots serva s supporting me have somebody supporting me that polled for cruz and kasich. the broad coalition we're bui building fund-raising is not an issue. paul ryan had $7 million. 83% of that came from outside our district and the vast majority from inside the d.c. beltway. >> you brought up a couple points here. you're talking about money. paul ryan has brought in millions of federal money well-positioned as speaker to do that opposed to a freshman congressman. i know you called on paul ryan to support the will of the people to endorse donald trump. if we look at the way things played out in wisconsin, donald trump lost wisconsin and the first congressional district

being palin. >> do you want sarah palin trying to turn people against paul ryan?party. >> sarah palin endorsed me, i like her a lot. >> do you want that. >> let me finish what i wanted to say, okay? i had nothing to do with that. sarah is very much a free agent. she's a terrific person. but she's very much a free agent. i didn't know about this until yesterday. >> in the middle of all this, rnc chairman reince priebus, told talk radio show earlier that ryan's decision not to back trump needs to be understood in the proper context. he says he and others in the party didn't expect ted cruz to drop out that soon. there are many republicans that need time to absorb the idea of trump as the nominee. wolf, it seems like all sides are trying to lower the temperature as much as possible ahead of the meeting. >> reince priebus will participated in that meeting, chairman of the republican party thursday. good luck to him. >> shows how important it is, trying to keep things calm this early on. >> very important. thanks very much, jim acosta. joining us, one of donald trump's

. >> sarah palin is ready to end paul ryan's career. >> i could focus on hillary. crooked hillary. >> i'm not going to run an ugly race. >> she was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler. >> i'm going to run a race based on issues. >> he was impeached because he lied. i did not have sex with that woman and -- >> this is not entertainment. this is supposed to be a country. >> this is the last word on campaign 2016. >> good evening to you. donald trump is on top of the ticket but is he in charge? that is the question an mating several squirmishes. they learned he just met with with top aids to discuss strategy. now, that coordination comes as tension continues between trump and speaker paul ryan, who has taken the unusual position of declining to back his party's chosen nominee yet. but in a candid interview today, he offered to get out of trump's way, and then balanced out that olive branch for failing to focus on true unity. >> if he asked you to sten down as chair of the convention, . >> there is a real disagreement >> there is a real disagreement here. trump suggest

palin threw her support behind donald trump back in january. now she's vowing to help paul nolin take paul ryan's seat. ryan is due to serve as chairman of the republican convention in july. >> interesting stuff. >>> controversy at a southern california high school. coming up, why one name in the yearbook has some people outraged. >>> plus, threatening to double in size. an update on the progress to battle a massive wildfire in canada. ♪ ♪ you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. financial guidance while you're mastering life. that's the question at a high school on the central >>> honest mistake or racist act? that's the question at a high school in the central coast after a student was tagged with the wrong name in the yearbook. nbc's jane yamamoto explains the controversy. >>reporter: a muslim student wearing a hijab in the yearbook, but this 17-year-old high school senior says that's not her name and she's extremely sad, disgusting and embarrassed.

pl palin told cnn that ryan's career is over. palin is now vowing endorse his challenger, saying ryan ignored the will of the people. >>> turning our focus to overseas now -- the leader of north korea sounding a friendlier tone during a three-hour speech. kim jong-un vowed not to use the country's nuclear weapons unless under a direct threat. he's made similar promises before. under kim its nuclear and missile program have dramatically accelerated. this morning, north korea announcing has expelled a reporter from the bbc saying the reporter insulted the dignity of that country. >>> officials on both sides of the border are expressing side that el chapo has moved to a less secured prison. some have speculated that move means el chapo will soon be extradited to the u.s. but officials deny that. >>> penn state now says child sex abuse by former assitant coach goes back decades. the university said its legal settlements with jerry sandusky's accuser dating back to 1971. meanwhile the university president released a statement saying h

this is the party that put sarah palin one heartbeat away from being president. >> i can't tell if we are actually seeing something that fundamentally alters, rips apart the republican party or whether everyone is going to say, well, all right i guess we're trumping. >> well, look, i don't think you can put this back in the bag. it's gotten out and it's got claws and it's hungry and so there's a force that's been unleashed here that i think sarah palin tapped into as well in a smaller way, but there's a force of resentment and cultural identity politics that was not previously sort of activated in our politics. and sure there's a lot of liberal, a lot of people on the left saying republicans you didn't know your party was about resentment and racism and what have you, but there are a lot of republicans that really did not want that to be what their party is about and now it's what they see the nominee is about they have to accept it or tame the jaguar. >> or embrace it. there's a sense in which you can just say we are going to give it a go as the party of essentially white identity re

and sarah palin has played a big role in these tea party upsets. 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,

would trump be able to win with sarah palin on the ticket? >> well, vice presidential nominees typically play the role of attack dog but it's usually attacking the other party's front-runner or candidate, not people within their own party. so palin and trump really sort of play to the same part of the republican electorate. it may not be a great match. she really does sort of have the same sort of populist appeal that trump does we don't know what direction he's going to go. later on jake's show, jan brewer, the former arizona governor kind of volunteered herself for the job. he could look for someone with some ties to washington or maybe a governor or something like that. >> he says he wants someone with political experience because he says business, i got that but i need someone with political experience. >> that's right. he seems to know he needs someone who can help him make deals on capitol hill. something that trump talks a lot about at lot lately. he knows he needs to negotiate with legislatives and even if it his brand is strength and

ryan, when he said he was not ready to support trump's nomination, and trump shrug it off but sarah palin did not, and she said paul ryan ruined his own career and she will run him out of office. >> i think ryan is soon to be cantored, as in eric cantor, and his political career is over because he disrespected the will of the people and as the leader of the gop, the convention certainly, he is to remain neutral and for him to already come out and say who he will not support was not a wise decision of his. i think why paul ryan is doing this, jake, is it kind of screws his chances for 2020 presidential bid that he is gunning for if the gop were to win now, that wouldn't bode well for his chances in 2020, and that's what he is shooting for. >> donald trump and house speaker, ryan, are scheduled to have a face-to-face meeting on thursday, and donald trump said i think paul ryan will be fine, and if not, that's okay. here to break it down, boris ebstein, and ben ferguson, and liz mayor, and steven collinson. great to see you all on this sunday, this mother's day. >> happy mother's day. >> hap

sarah palin came out and said paul ryan is done.p to go after paul ryan and make sure that he gets cantored, as in eric cantore, that he looses his seat where he is. do you want that? do you want sarah palin going out there and turning people against paul ryan? >> sarah has endorsed me. i like her a lot. she's a great person. >> do you want her to do that? >> let me finish what i want to say, okay? i have nothing to do with that. sarah is very much a free agent. she's a terrific person but very much a free agent. i didn't know about this until yesterday. i guess she has been fighting or endorsing somebody that's running against paul ryan. and i didn't know about it until yesterday when i read about it. >> but this is a big deal. paul ryan, the speaker there. you have said, to this point, to give you your due, i want ryan on my side. i want to work with him. >> i'll go a step further. i've always liked him. he called me not so long ago, a number of weeks ago. he called me. he was very supportive and nice. i thought everything was fin

in 2008 vice president picks, sarah palin vows to unseat her nominee house speaker, paul ryan. ryan's reluctance to throw support behind trump. palin, who has been campaigning for donald trump will do whatever it takes to help the republican challenging ryan in the august primary in wisconsin. trump did not echo the sentiments saying palin is her own free agent. >> west virginia's primary is tomorrow. while their votes may not change the state of the race, it certainly has stirred up a debate over coal. we are in madison, west virginia with the cost of a struggling industry. >> men like jordan bridges toiled in obscurity in the coal mines in west virginia. now, the dynamic there has changed. >> reporter: what do you blame it on? >> regulations. the industry is coming up. everybody understands that. when you overregulate an industry to a point they can't mine the coal, it's essentially shutting them down. how do you come back from that? >> reporter: the economic devastation is all around. businesses boarded up. for sale signs. there is a drug epidemic and broken families. 283 co

sarah palin fired back this weekend in response.how you what she had to say later in the newscast. >>> well certainly a happy mother's day to the moms. when it comes to athletes, they have been talking to their moms. steph curry posting pictures with his mom on the left side and that is his wife on the right side and their two kids. all sorts of things. he wasn't able to be with his wife today. he said hate that i'm not there to spend with you but i will make that up to you soon. >> vicki, do you know that one? >> barry bonds. >> yes, barry bonds took to facebook, the former giants slugger says happy mother's day, love you. you can see the old shot of him on the left-hand side and the new shot on the right-hand side. >> closer hair cut. >> we love hearing from barry bonds. >> we do. >> a few days in the hospital never fun but new moms along the peninsula. didn't mind spending the day with the babies. >> moms were treated to a special day. >> two days after a life changing delivery, the birth of this precious little girl named -- nan

i mean sarah palin has been from day one unbelievable. [cheers and applause] jerry falwell junior is a special person. they've done an incredible job and everybody goes through liberty and somehow he liked what i was saying and perhaps he liked the way i said it but he's a special guy and he's helped me. so many pastors and ministers and tonight i see i won with evangelicals. the evangelical vote was for trump and there's no greater honor. we're going to work together for many, many years. we're going to make it so good. we're going to be saying merry christmas again and we're going to be saying it. [cheers and applause] i won with women. i love winning with women. [cheers and applause] but i won with women. i won with men. we won with hispanics. we won with african-americans. we won with every virtually every category so it's just been an amazing evening. so again, i want to congratulate ted cruz. he is a tough, smart competitor. i want to thank my wife and my family. it's an incredible family. [cheers and applause] i want to thank my st

to come out and say who he will not support was not a wise decision. >> palin suggesting ryan would share the same page as former house majority lederer rick cantor who was unexpectedly defeated back in 2014. ryan is being challenged in his home state by wisconsin businessman paulnal lynn. >> it is time for hillary clinton the pending testimony before the fbi. the investigation into her personal e-mail server. she still has not been contacted by the fbi. >> no one has reached out to me yet. i made it clear i am ready to talk to anybody any time. i have encouraged all of my assistants to be very forthcoming. >> top aids including huma abedin have already been interviewed. clinton said she never sent or received classified information. 22 e-mails have been marked top secret. >> to the fox news alert for you, a second spotting in new jersey as police ramp up their manhunt for escaped killer arthur buckle. he was last seen near the garden state parkway. he was days from a parole hearing when he escaped. he was behind bars on an aggravated assault charge. he previously served 14 years for kill

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

. >> joining me now, tony frank, vetting a controversial pick, sarah palin. nice to have you on?nk you for having me. >> i don't want to rehash twapd in '08 with mccain and palin, but you're the perfect person to talk to because talk to me about, you know, whether you're a donald trump or let's say it's a hillary clinton, how do you choose? how do you determine whether you go with a safe pick or the big risk, big reward pick? >> well, there are two aspects. vetting aspect figuring out what sort of negative things will be said about your vice presidential candidate if you select him or her and then there's the selection aspect. what -- what does the candidate add to the ticket? will they be a good president if god forbid something happens to you? did they compensate for your weaknesses or reinforce the message you're trying to send like the clinton/gore ticket in '92. >> what's the biggest lesson you would say you and the mccain team learned that you would pass along to either of these nominees? >> well, don't pick somebody at the last minute i think is a lesson that the campaign

in 2008 vice president picks, sarah palin vows to unseat her nominee house speaker, paul ryan. ryan's reluctance to throw support behind trump. palin, who has been campaigning for donald trump will do whatever it takes to help the republican challenging ryan in the august primary in wisconsin. trump did not echo the sentiments saying palin is her own free agent. >> west virginia's primary is tomorrow. while their votes may not change the state of the race, it certainly has stirred up a debate over coal. we are in madison, west virginia with the cost of a struggling industry. >> men like jordan bridges toiled in obscurity in the coal mines in west virginia. now, the dynamic there has changed. >> reporter: what do you blame it on? >> regulations. the industry is coming up. everybody understands that. when you overregulate an industry to a point they can't mine the coal, it's essentially shutting them down. how do you come back from that? >> reporter: the economic devastation is all around. businesses boarded up. for sale signs. there is a drug epidemic and broken families. 283 co

. >> it was then that former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate sarah palin told cnn she was endorsing paul ryan's primary challenger and would do everything in her power to help end ryan's career. >> i think paul ryan is soon to be cantored, as in eric cantor. his political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people. >> and while the intraparty feud continued, trump also spent the weekend giving voters a taste of what the ugly and personal general election would look like going after likely democratic nominee hillary clinton again and again and again. >> hillary clinton wants to take your guns away, and she wants to abolish the second amendment. on foreign policy, hillary is trigger happy. she is. she's trigger happy. she's got a bad temperament. by the way -- and her husband learned that a few times, didn't he? if she didn't play the women's card, she would have chance, i mean zero, of winning. she's married to a man -- and nobody, nobody perhaps in the history of politics was worse to women or abused women more than bill clin

but sarah palin's point stands and it's one donald trump has been making as well. the primary. he has won millions of votes. perhaps it's time that republican leaders pay more attention to what he wants, his perspective on things, and not expect him to come the other way, and it's a position actually supported by somebody who you might not expect. 2008 presidential nominee john mccain. take a listen to what he told cnn's manu raju. >> are you worried that there's a disconnect there? >> there has -- you have to draw the conclusion that there is some distance, if not a disconnect, between party leadership and members of congress and many of the voters who have selected donald trump to be the nominee of the party. we could go down the list, but a lot of it is older, white, blue collar workers who see no prospect of a job ever again. we see dissatisfied young people who are carrying student debts into their first job for many, many years. so there's -- and, of course, a perception which is largely reality, not totally, that there's gridlock in washington, and that's gi

trump's latest warning as sarah palin gives her two cents. >>> plus, it's a riddle worthy of a sphinx. how does a baseball player get on base seven times without a single at-bat? we'll talk about that. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. it is monday, may 9th. i'm alex witt. donald trump is looking toward the general election, tackling hillary clinton's policy positions with a new broadside on guns. while clinton hit trump for his foreign policy rhetoric and questioned his understanding of the economy, she said she would not take the low road. >> hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. she wants to abolish it. okay. hillary clinton wants to take your guns away, and she wants to abolish the second amendment. she wants to take the bullets away. she wants to take it. you tell me that's something we can live with. we're going to cherish the second amendment. we're going to take care of the second amendment. >> i don't see donald trump having any kind of coherent foreign policy or theory of national security. he

many dismiss sarah palin and laugh at her, but sarah palin did a lot for john mccain's campaign, energizedshe was an asset. this is a smart hire. he needs someone to shake up the ticket. great hire, great pick. >> i understand, every campaign needs researchers and vetters, this is a mechanical position. you have a lot of staff that are there doing research, checking boxes, making sure candidates are thoroughly vetted. i wouldn't read too much into it other than the trump campaign is staffing up, they need to do, they're running a national campaign. on foreign policy staff, criticism from republicans of the obama administration has been president obama's policies put our friends in unstable footing put our allies in unstable footing, drawn our enemies near. the idea we would begin to talk to kim jong-un, chairman of the korean workers party goes to every criticism republicans had of democrats, this administration. it is doing exactly that. there's not a single u.s. president that's met with the leader of north korea, and there's a good reason for it. you need this administration in north ko

they include john kasich, marco rubio, ted cruz, sarah palin and chris christie.t the same time "fox news sunday" asked former house speaker newt gingrich if he would be interested in the ground. >> if you ask me i want to say i'd sit down and talk about it. if he convinces me and calista it's doable and we'd contribute we'd be very hard pressed not say yes. >> sounds like a yes. joining me is a democratic strategist and former congressional strategist and mercedes schlapp, former spokeswoman for president george w. bush. sounds like a yes from newt gingrich. >> definitely not a no. >> right. >> i think for newt gingrich, when a candidate decides or persuades you to please take into consideration becoming the vp it's very difficult for many of these -- these leaders, gop leaders, to say no to the presumptive nominee, so i think for newt gingrich he's been someone who has stayed in the political conversation ever since he left being speaker of the house. obviously he has a very substantive policy insight. >> right. >> as well as the fact that he actually would prob

i think governor palin's right that paul ryan ought to be worried.ought to be concerned that he will be the next eric kanter. i believe he will be. i'm talking to people around this district, and they are fed up. they're fed up with cheap mexican heroin getting across the border and killing americans in record numbers. michael steele just gave me a great endorsement. he said over the last 15 years, americans salaries have basically leveled off. paul ryan has been in congress for 18 years. what has he been doing? 83% of his campaign financing came from outside of our district and the vast majority of it came from inside the d.c. belt way. so when you look at that, when you look at who is paul ryan voting on behalf of? he's voting on behalf of the special interests that donald trump represents the -- the populist outrage of no matter who we have in office, we continue to get the same thing. >> paul neilen, primary challenger against paul ryan, thanks for the time. appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the white house issues new guidelines for bathroom access

going to be eric cantor'd. >> i love sarah palin.he endorse med in my race for congress. have the utmost respect for her. but paul ryan is a big thinker, a conservative thinker. any conservative, whether it's sara paulen or michelle mull kin, who i like as well, who thinks a house would be better off without paul ryan, it's a foolish statement. they should have conversations with paul. they should let their opinions be known. but to say that you're going to, you know, go for paul ryan's primary opponent, i think, doesn't make any sense. the country is better and the party is better with paul ryan winning his race, and he will, and continue on in the speakership. >> congressman, before you go, i know you've been working on puerto rico a lot and have been knee-deep in terms of what to do next for this struggling situation. what is the next catalyst in terms of paurt paurt ricoh and what should we expect? >> you'll see our bill come out this week. we're going to do two things. we'll have a control board that is going to take fiscal meas

kennedy: whoever he picks -- >> sarah palin would be fine with you? kennedy: the popular alaska governor. she said as president she was going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business, but after getting a chilly reception earlier this week she tried to clarify the comment. >> the market is making this decision. the market has driven down the cost of coal. so you have companies going bankrupt. kennedy: that's what it is. the president has been so warm toward the coal industry. this is a woman who hate the free market. she despises the free market. >> the's like smashing up the solar panels and saying no one is buying what they have to sell. kekennedy: sun spots are responsible for global warming. i wish you would stand behind something she says. now she is talking about a $30 billion handout in coal country to level the playing field. >> she is not entirely wrong about the market. thing like fracking have driven count prices of natural gas. long-term coils on the way out. that does suck for people who have spent their lives working