. >> one of the riders here to compete on this day is paul hyman. >> riding a horse, you sit on top of the horse, on the saddle. and you really control the horse with your legs and with your arms. it's much easier to control them that way. when you drive, you only have reins and the horse is way up in front so you really don't control as much as when you are riding. >> the competition begins as planned when paul drives his horse into the ring with the others. but then his horse begins to speed up. >> all of a sudden he started to cantor and that's a big sign that something is wrong. >> walk, please. walk your horse. time-out. >> he pulls the reins to stop but it's no use. >> he hit the other cart and i got thrown out and he was on his own and he really freaked out. >> the horse went into a total panic because he had a loose cart behind him that's banging and turning upside down. >> veteran horse trainers trained paul's horse for the event. >> bring the horses to the inside. bring the horses to the inside, please. >> the tipped cart panics the horse even more. paul and the others scramb

. >> one of the riders is paul hyman. >> he loves to show off. you sit on top of the horse on a saddle in stir ups and reigns. you really control it with your legs and arms. it's much easier to control him that way. you don't control as much as when you're riding. >> the competition agains as planned when paul drives his horse into the ring with the others. then his horse begins to speed up. >> all of a sudden he decide to cantor and that's a big sign that something is walk. >> walk, please. >> he pulls the reigns to stop, but it's no use. >> i lit the other cart and i got thrown out. he was on his own and he really freaked out. >> the horse went in a total panic because he had a loose cart behind him that's banging and turning upside down. >> veteran horse trainers trained paul's horse for the event. >> bring the horses to the inside. bring the horses to the inside, please. >> the tips card pant panics an. the buggy finally shakes loose but paul's horse still won't stop. >> there's nothing scarier than a horse that's totally lost his mental capa

hyman at the markets desk. first word news this afternoon, mark crumpton has more. paulyan said he would step down as the chairman of the republican national convention if donald trump them to. the journal sentinel reported i will he's the nominee, do whatever he wants with ."spect to the convention yesterday he said he wouldn't rule out the possibility of -- mr. trump said he wouldn't rule out the possibility of blocking ryan from serving. mississippi is being sued over its law allowing workers to use their religion to deny services to same-sex married couples. the american civil liberties union filed a lawsuit in federal court today, saying that it will protect people's religious beliefs that marriage should only be between a man and woman. it violated equal protection guarantee of the u.s. constitution. three people were killed, 90 others injured as flames ripped through a hotel in downtown cairo, egypt. officials say that it took six hours to put out the fire, which is a spread to three adjacent buildings. the cause of the fire is under investigation. john kerry says

hyman. let's get to bloomberg's first word news. mark crumpton is in the newsroom. mark: house speaker paul ryan says he has not come to a decision on a possible endorsement for donald trump's presidential bid. people close to the wisconsin lawmaker told bloomberg that ryan is ready to end the standoff. they said he is concerned about the split that has developed in the republican party and may endorse mr. trump this week. hillary clinton and mr. trump, both primary winners in washington state. trump's victory moves him to within 28 delegates of clinching the nomination. for misses clinton, there were no delegates at stake. washington democrats awarded their delegates to bernie sanders in march. in washington, a house committee voted to create a federal oversight board to address puerto rico's $70 billion debt crisis. the bill won't be acted on by the full house until after the memorial day recess, and it still faces obstacles in both chambers of commerce -- congress. completeday not be before the june 1 deadline. a united nations report says has reached over 40% of those the siege in syria

paul ryan, can they resolve their differences and unite the republican party? what does this mean for the november election? first let's go to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest. off the we are coming highs of the session dramatically for the three major averages. -- theative is negative nasdaq is negative and the dow is about the same. what i see is in the white, we have seen oil go a leg lawyer and stocks are going along with it -- a leg lower and stocks are going along with it. we had seen oil rising on concerns over supply constraints in nigeria as well as in the u.s. since then, it has fallen off and it looks like that is what is causing stocks to go lower. imap, energy the is in one of the top spots paring its gains. health care and technology are languishing today but yesterday we had the big pullback in retail stocks. it's a mixed trade and retail. kohl's first earnings-per-share missed their forecast with possible sales down 3.9%. they say consumers are not lying apparel and it says it has a good issues from a marketing perspective and the shares are down 8% which is a five-year low. ralph lauren is seeing fruit of the turnaround effor

hyman. we will check in later on. let's get our bloomberg first word news from mark crumpton. par -- houseegel speaker paul ryan says uniting the republican party with donald trump will not happen overnight. going to get into the day to day up and down of this campaign. i am focused on policies and principles and unifying our party. we just began this process and it is just underway. poll says most people trust donald trump to lead the gop then paul ryan. a new poll shot -- finds voters want hillary clinton to select bernie sanders as her running mate. elizabeth warren was second with 19% according to a rasmussen support survey. castro.s julian in the moments before an amtrak train went off the rails last year, the engineer was distracted by report another train had been hit by a rock. that is one finding by federal safety investigators. eight people were killed. they said a key backup safety system was not in place that would have provided a technological safety net. the world health organization says while worries about the zika virus are on the rise, it does not recommend canceling the upcoming olympics

hyman just spoke about the political situation. there is one going on in this country as well. in washington donald trump and the speaker of the house of representatives paultoday against the backdrop of healing a party that split after one ryan called a bruising primary season. the speaker told reporters that he and mr. trump share the goal of defeating hillary clinton in november. >> i have heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things that everyone knows we have. there are policy disputes we have no two ways about it. plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes but core principles are what we discussed, and again, i'm encouraged. mark: trump held back-to-back meetings on capitol hill roast with speaker rhine and the head of the rnc, and then setting down with -- sitting down with leaders of the republican party in congress. mr. trump is meeting with senate leaders this afternoon. he reportedly wants her to be hillary clinton's number two. senator warren has not ruled out joining mrs. clinton on the democratic ticket. an annual census of the homeless population

paul ryan, can they resolve their differences and unite the republican party? what does this mean for the november election? first let's go to the markets desk where julie hyman