we have heard talk from former house speaker john boehner, suggesting that the current house speaker paul ryanht make a good presidential candidate, even though ryan has expressed no interest. >> we'll get a little bit more into that later in the show. randall pinkston thank you. >>> and as randall mentioned john kasich secured his first big win in his home state of ohio. he presented himself as the moderate alternative in the race, but is that enough to take him to the convention? lisa stark reports. >> reporter: john kasich will spending the day in pennsylvania as he continues to complain for the presidency, one of only three candidates still in the hunt. he was jubilant as he thanked his supporters last night after winning ohio and winning it quite handily. the polls were close, but kasick beat donald trump by more than 10 percentage points with ted cruz coming in a distant third. kasick says he is really the establishment-lane candidate. that's how his folks see it, but he also knows that outsiders are playing in the election, and tried to channel a little bit of that last night. >> forget

. >> reporter: pro choice protesters and pro life protesters joined by house speaker paul ryan. abortion case argued at the supreme court this morning. >> this was the most important abortion rights case to be

. >> janeville is the hometown of house speaker paul ryan. so was trump trying to send a message to ryan by holding a rally there? what did people think of his visit? >> reporter: yeah. i think it was pretty blatant symbolism. come if you are against washington, if you are anti-washington, come to the place where the speaker of the house lives in a state that is holding a primary next tuesday, the 5th of april, and make your statement here. and what was interesting tonight, antonio, is that a lot of the people in jajzville, peek we spoke to during the day, people we spoke to this afternoon say while they are republicans and why they like paul ryan very much, donald trump may just not be their. republican. >> mr. donald j. trump. >> today, donald trump brought his campaign into america's hartland, janeville, wisconsin, home of house speaker paul ryan and the two republicans could not be more different. >> our political discourse, both the kind that we see on t.v. and the kind that we experience among each other it did not used to be this bad a

. >>> coming up, house speaker paul ryan wants to win back the americans faith in uncle sam. e debate, you decide. >>> donald trump anti-establishment measure and now house speaker paul ryan is pushing the establishment to earn back america's faith in government. >> looking around at what's taking place in politics today, it is so easy to get disheartened. when people distrust politics, they come to distrust institutions.j7 they lose faith in government. they ,+oñ faith in our future. we can acknowledge this. but we don't have to accept this. and we can't enable it either. >> okay, morgan. whose message is winning out here with the american people? the outsiders or the establishments also known as insiders? >> eric, i think you would have to have your head in the sand over thelast nine months. i think the real question going forward is which outsider is going to get the nomination? trump or cruz. >> what do you say, jonathan. by the way, i like paul ryan, john. but this establishment thing, i think morgan is right. this is the year of the outside. they're getting like 80% of t

house speaker paul ryan criticized trump two weeks ago, t trump playing today gop leaders now accept he will be the biggest people in the party are calling. >> reporter: the party elite they say won't p@ck the nominee. >> the primary vetters will make this decision. this is not our decision to make. >> reporter: but john kasich today could take all of ohioio delegates. >> we're going to win. i feel terrific. >> reporter: and if trump does lose ohio, he might end up short

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it happened after house speaker paul ryan opened up to reporters yesterday. pped trump for hesitating to reject support from former ku klux klan leader david duke during a recent interview. ryan said anyone who wants to be the gop nominee must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. well, trump fired back last night. >> i'm going to get along great with congress, okay? paul ryan, i don't know him well. i'm sure i'll get along great with him. if i don't, he'll have to pay a big price. >> trump and ryan have been at odds for several years with trump's plan to deport 12 million undocumented immigrants and ban muslims from entering the u.s. >>> check this out, the cover headline of this morning's "new york daily news" reads "make america migrate." with a satirical suggestion that his opponents should get ready to leave the country. >>> wilson died while trying to protect people inside a gamestop in north philadelphia. he died in a firefight with two men who tried to rob the store. >>> a township in montgomery county is honoring a plow driver for his li

say and do anything to try tear him down" america's top elected republican tried today house speaker paul ryan on trump not repudiating the kkk s/ rep. paul ryan/ house speaker :48-:48 "if a person wants to be the nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games, they must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry." marco rubio... trying to hold on two weeks 'til the vote in florida ...called trump unelectable and democrat hillary clinton slammed trump s/ hillary clinton / out against bigotry where ever i see it or hear about it" like trump, clinton could win every super tuesday state but one vermont, where bernie sanders hopes for a big turnout in other liberal states s/ sen. bernie sanders / presidential candidate 1:22-1:24 "if not there's not we're probably going to be struggling." like ted cruz, if he loses texas. audio outcue: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, houston, texas and, tonight -nbc will have an hour-long special of nightly news with lester holt. extended live coverage of today's contests starts at 6:30 and runs through 7:30. you can also catch more o

. >> house speaker paul ryan spoke about the agenda and addressed questions about donald trump and the gop presidential nominating process. >> yesterday the foreign affairs committee past two very important resolutions. in a resolution which condemns the gross human rights violation, these are difficult subjects. but that is why we need to take the steps. children are being enslaved. not ready to say they are committing crimes against humanity. we are ready to say this. we need to recognize atrocities and continue to pray. second, the obama administration is preparing fiduciary rules that raise cost and limit options was get her millions. we have already passed a bill in the house to lay the rule. we will be ready to do what we can to protect the savings of hard-working americans, and when we do i hope we will be joined by the dozens of democrats. this afternoon i will be attending seatback. this beautiful idea, one of the planks of the policy agenda we are working on now. this is going to be our contribution to the campaign. a bold agenda that unites conservatives. i will brief our pr

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. >>> tonight on c-span3, president obama, house speaker paul ryan and irish prime minister speak at a lunch at the capital. then a senate hearing on u.s. visa security and the vetting of immigrants and refugees. that's followed by a discussion on medical research onproposal congress reclaim some of the powers they have transferred to the executive branch. >>> president obama, house speaker paul ryan and ireland's prime minister spoke today. they discussed ireland's relationship with the u.s. and the 2016 presidential race. this is half an hour. >> thank you all very much. i want to welcome everyone to the capitol today. i've been going to the lunch for many years. thank you for honoring us with your presence. i've always been very proud of our own family's irish roots. my family comes from a town there. my wife and i, we took our kids there last year to show them our irish hillael heritage and our . we went to a homestead which is still being farmed by our cousins today. we looked into all of our roots. we even looked into my wife's irish roots. my wife comes from the butler family.

house speaker paul ryan said the trip "epitomizes a dictatorship." but did the president's careful words resonate in havana, tom? >> i can tell you the vast majority of the cuban people have been waiting for this moment for years and years and the people we have there say the cubans were glued to their television sets, they were cheering him. i mean, this is just stunning. this is something that's been unimagineable for many years. think on the other hand leadership had to be a little disoriented by this experience. the cuban regime has had this need to have the united states as its enemy. you had reuel sitting up there watching this and politely clapping but i was interested in the official commentary afterwards and the official government press. it was very negative. you had commentators saying the enemy is our enemy. the past cannot be forgotten. so, clearly, you know, there is some discomfort there. to me this was like the foreign policy equivalent of pulling out of vietnam. you fight a war for 50 years and at some point you just say we lost. it

speaker paul ryan about to address the audience on the speed state of american politics. re's speaker ryan. thanks for your patience. we are a bit late because of the vote. thank you everyone for being here today. it's great to see so many people in the audience. i am proud to represent the 21st district in congress. today it is an honor for me to introduce my friend, speaker paul ryan. i first got to know him as paul in 2010 when he was selected to be the republican vice presidential nominee. my job was to help prepare a congressman ryan for his upcoming vice presidential debate. as you might imagine a national campaign takes you to the corners of the country to the first procession with paul and his team i prepared first draft materials and after he reviewed my work pieces we need to dig deeper on the policy. no surprises there. and over the course of many weeks i had the honor of watching how he would encourage his entire team to understand the power of ideas and to raise a brighter american future. i went back home to upstate new york discouraged about the direction of

and house speaker paul ryan comments on the republican presidential race. later, some of today's conservative political action conference. today, the 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney gave a speech attacking the current republican front-runner donald trump, calling him a fraud and a con man. voters torimary support one of the other republicans on the ballot. his full remarks of the university of utah at salt lake

>> and the weekly briefing house speaker paul ryan was asked about donald trump's presidential campaign and the potential for a contested republican convention in july. >>> i am very pleased that the senate has passed a bill that i introduced along with senator patty murray to help take us on the right path to work on fixing poverty in this country. if we're ever going to move the needle on poverty in america, we have to change the way that we think about this problem. instead of putting the focus on effort, we need to focus on results. this bill will help us address how we better treat the root causes not the symptoms of poverty. addressing poverty will be a big part of our policy agenda that we'll present to the country in the coming months. this is a good first step. i hope to get this legislation on the president's desk very soon. second, in a few days, the president will be traveling to cuba. before he does, let's not forget something. let's not forget that the castro regime has been guilty of countless human rights abuses. to this day, this is a regime that provides safe harbor to

he campaigned in wisconsin which happens to be the hometown of yes, speaker paul ryan and the former vice-presidential candidate is the subject of speck ulgdz -- spiculation that many would put him as first choice. >> is paul ryan prepared to commit political suicide. it would require a level of republican confidence at odds with all of the evidence and ryan would be raze to say yes. we'll bring in brad, democratic strategist. and thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> why in the world would anybody jump in to this race as it has gone so far, ford? >> it would be crazy and i agree with the author it would be suicide. understand this is the craziest primary i have seen and anything is conceivable. but it is a fap tace and if it was scouted it would be a great political heist. the skill would rival the gop reverifying the obama care with scalia in the grave. >> how could it happen? >> once you have a brokened convention with no rules, paul ryan could be the guy that bails out the republican party. >> a lot of things would have to happen to get to it that point? >> look, you don

. >>> trump is expected to speak today and also john kasich and speaker paul ryan will deliver the keynote address. >>> vice president joe biden addressed apec last night. he backed the iran nuclear deal saying iran is much further from obtain agnew clear weapon than they were a year ago. >>> hillary clinton is expected to deliver a speech this morning but democrat rival bernie sanders who is jewish is not taking part due to his campaign schedule and the latest campaign fund-raising numbers are out, take a look. for a second month in a row, sanders raised more than clinton, $43.5 million compared to just over $30 million. million more than clinton. at the starr of march, clinton had more in her war chest than sanders. >>> officials in belgium say the suspect may have been planning more violence. hope to learn more from him and the broader threat from isis in europe. nbc's keir simmons reports from brussels. >> reporter: salah abdeslam may have been planning another attacking. >> they were ready to restart something from bustles and it's maybe the reality because i sad we have fallen on wea

. >> house speaker paul ryan with encouraging words for an audience of government interns today. >> it to talk to you about what politics can be. america is the only nation founded on an idea, not on an identity. >> democrats are calling ryan holofor not naming the elephant in the room. more on that ahead. this is joanne. her long day as a hair stylist starts with shoulder pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve. you grab your 10-gallon jug of coffee, and back out of the garage. right into your wife's car. with your wife watching. she forgives you... eventually. your insurance company, not so much. they say you only have their basic policy. don't basic policies cover basic accidents? of course, they say... as long as you pay extra for it. with a liberty mutual base policy, new car replacement comes standard. and for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. learn more by calling at liberty mutual, every policy is pers

speakers on the stage including the president of the national rifle administration and house speaker paul ryan and utah congresswoman mia love. >> reporter: good afternoon, this is cpac and the gathering of conservatives in the united states. and while donald trump is not speaking today, but looming large especially after the resounding victories in super tuesday and more republicans speaking about the possibility of donald trump in the top of the ticket. there is concern that donald trump as presidential balthe on the being hurt those down the bell on the. we heard from former scott walker and he said regardless who is on top of the ticket, you have to support republicans all the way down. we heard from nebraska senator who came out against donald trump and will not vote for him and he did not mention any candidate by name, he did by slogan. >> i am anti- establishment, but what we need most of all is not just someone who breathes fire on washington, but passion in our children for a constitutional recovery because that is how we will make america great again. >> reporter: house speaker paul

protests pro-choice protestersnats pro-life protesters and pro-life protesters...joined by house speaker paul ryan sup court or protests - on opposing sides of an abortion case argued at the supreme court this morning nancy northup - center for repro rights - president ceo this is the most important abortion rights case to be argued in 25 years at issue -- a 2013 texas law that imposes a variety of regulations on abortion clinics...supporters of the law, say it's about protecting women's health...clarke forsythe, president senior counsel americans united for lifeif the supreme court in patient health and safety today marks four years since a deadly round of tornadoes hit the tri-state. tri-state.the storms first hit holton, indiana... then traveled to parts of northern kentucky, and then to moscow. the storms caused millions of dollars in damages and killed eight people. here with nine first warning chief meteorologist steve raleigh who was live on the air that friday night... steve! another quick low pressure swings through the ohio valley late tonight and during the day thursday. this will bring

year-old managed to get to the stage and the judge could send him to prison for a year. >>> house speaker paul ryan says he should be the g.o.p. if no one wins at the rnc. >> john boehner made the suggestion during a conference in florida. a ryan spokesperson issued saying the house speaker isn't interested. last night ryan told cnbc in an uncontested winner he might step up to the plate. >> donald trump says his supporters will riot. we will hear more from him coming up. >> the national republican convention takes place in july. when it comes to security we are not close to being prepared. we will have that story at 6:00. >>> it is one of my favorite events throughout the year tomorrow you can expect to see a sea of green as the annual st. patrick's day parade steps off at 1:04 in the afternoon. dani carlson is live downtown what to expect. dani? >> reporter: we talked with police officials locally and they say there will be an increased police presence and one thing will you likely see is bomb-sniffing dogs. we had a chance to speak to a handler of the dog and part of the drill and what to do if

something speaker paul ryan said a short time ago. n. this is not our decision to make. i am speaker of the house. i am going to keep doing. when i see our principles being distorted, we're going to stand up in defense of our republicans. not just conservative principles but american principles. what can we control? we can control our agenda. that's what we're doing. with respect to who the nominee, that's going to be selected by the voters. >> if donald trump is the nominee, do you still support him? >> i don't think that's going to be an issue because john kasich is going to be the nominee. >> you think john kasich wins on the floor in cleveland? >> john kasich is going to win today in ohio. and ohio is an important state. the only one that beats clinton in ohio. there are a thousand delegates left after today and -- >> even if he wins every delegate, that's not enough to reach 1,237. >> if we end up in a contested primary. i do believe john kasich could be strong. and we talk about the difference between contested versus something t

charles: house speaker paul ryan take a not so veiled threat at donald trump. id to be getting party leaders to move away from the frontrunner. what do you make much of this? paul ryan has been extraordinary vocal for someone who took the job kicking and screaming ann reluctant. it sounds like he will use it as a launching pad if not to hijack this elect, to set himself up for the next go round. >> this should serve as a warning to to both cruz and trump. bewear it seduction of the gop establishment. they will be like a tango dancer hiding a dagger in the back of her belt to particular in your back. you heard trump say i talked to mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. paul ryan will do everything he can to position himself or mitt romney to take the gop nomination in cleveland in july. this is part of that strategy. do not believe paul ryan. he's a poster child for the p.c. culture. charles: . is paul ryan being responsible here? is he trying to save the gop from something? is there something not nefarious about what's happening? >> paul ryan is trying to marry passion

marco rubio now out of the race, establishment leaders have thrown around the name of house speaker paul ryan. but speaker ryan said that if you want to be president, you should run for president, and there is no situation this year in which he will be the party's nominee, including at the convention in cleveland. tom llamas, abc news had, coral gables, florida. >>> five north carolina deputies suspended for their actions at a trump rally. the deputies had been escorting a protester fm the event when video shows him being lit. investigators said the deputies had their eyes on the stairs when thean was hit. the suspect has been charged with assault and disorderly conduct. >>> inhe democratic campaign battle, hillary clinton gets back to fund-raising today with events in georgia and tennessee. after this week's primary victories clinton is attention to a potential general election showdown against donald trump. clinton now has nearly two-thirds of the convention delegates needed to claim the democratic nomination. despite her advantage, bernie sanders isn't going away. has a rally scheduled ton

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say and do anything to try tear him down" america's top elected republican tried today house speaker paul ryan on trump not repudiating the kkk s/ rep. paul ryan/ (r) house speaker :48-:48 "if a person wants to be the nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games, they must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry." marco rubio... trying to hold on two weeks 'til the vote in florida ...called trump unelectable and democrat hillary clinton slammed trump presidential candidate 1:08-1:13 "im going to continue to speak out against bigotry where ever i see it or hear about it" like trump, clinton could win every super tuesday state but one vermont, where bernie sanders hopes for a big turnout in other liberal states s/ sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate 1:22-1:24 "if not there's not we're probably going to be struggling." like ted cruz, if he loses texas. audio outcue: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, stafford, texas >> (sheila) we have some breaking news for you... governor daugaard has vetoed the transgender bathroom bill. the law would have required

about the negatives but there are solutions and i think the solution is talking more about what speaker paul ryan is doing which is -- speaker paul ryan is bringing in more policies on how to preventd poverty through work and personal responsibility and empowerment and a lot of this t goes back to when he worked for jack kemp. we talked about jack kemp had these ideas of enterprise i.t. says businesses want to go into like laces like all the more were you have torn down buildings and there is no opportunity for young black people who are trying to break that generational cycle jack kemp said we are going to give tax credits to these businesses to set up shop in baltimore and torn down predominately blackor cities where there's no economic opportunity. it's also about mentoring and talking to young people and really explaining that when you have a job you are able to buy things. when you finish high school and get a high school education you are able to empower yourself to get that job and maybe go to college. i don't think it should be college, college for everybody. we need to get back to vocati

are not the only republican taking aim at donald trump, is running mate andrehe current house speaker paul ryan andd senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have raised questions about some of trump's positions. >> new audio recordings reveal moments when a snow plow hopkins airport almost collided with a jet on takeoffho the incident sparking change in the way that they play the plow drivers as the airport . >> snow plow driver was fired, they say that they're doing due diligence to make sure this s doesn't happen again it was on january 18 around 12:40 a.m. spirit airlines had received clearance to take off in the plow crews have been kind of runways by one driver says he became disorientedr and crossed in front of the airplane this is eight-hour recording of the incident. airport director fred szabo says investigation shows the plow driver demomos follow the the proper protocol for prosody taxiway he lost his job, they t faa they say that this will be a teachable moment for allooa that have access to the runways and training will increase to make sure this does not happen again at hopkinss ro

if it does come down to a contested convention, former said he would support current speaker paul ryan. and they clarified. meanil south carolina governor nikki haley has switched her allegiance to ted cruz. she called him a strong leader who's action minded. >>> another rubio indorser, oklahoma senator has now switched his indorsement to john kasich. this is kasich's second indorsement from a senator and first from outside his home state of ohio. and donald trump picked up the support of rick scott who said it's time to coles behind trump. >>> we have sad news to report frank sinatra, jr. has died. start spreading the news i'm leaving today i want to be a part of it new york, new york >> sinatra followed in his father's foot steps and eventually worked for old blue eyes when sinatra jr. was 19, he was kidnapped at gun point. his family paid $230,000 ransom. and later in life he performed his father's songs. he died of cardiac arrest while on tour in daytona, florida. and his daughter, nancy sinatra said "sleep warm, frankie." dead at the age of 72. >>> a colorado convenience store cle

states on the gop side and that has trump already looking ahead to his relationship with house speaker paul ryan. sot trump "i )m going to get along great with congress. paul ryan, i don t know him well, but i m sure i )m going to get along great with him. and if i don )t, he )s going to have to pay a big price." sot wins the republican nomination it will split the republican party and it will basically i think split the conservative movement sot clinton it )s clear tonight that the stakes in this election have never been higher. more voters head to the polls this saturday. folks in north carolina have their primary march 15th. ben carson is effectively ending his campaign for president. carson said in a statement today he sees no path toward the nomination -- and will not attend tomorrow )s debate in michigan. ben carson finished last in the virginia primary vote. a local family wants nine million dollars from a norfolk police officer. officer michael edington is charged with shooting and killing a mentally ill man back in 20-14. the mother and father of david death lawsuit against the officer.

. >> now, house speaker paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate in 2012, in his group briefing he discussed the republican presidential race and the fight between donald trump and mitt romney. this is 15 minutes. speaker ryan: good morning, everybody. yesterday, the foreign affairs committee passed two very important resolutions. one resolution by jeff fortenberry states that isis is committing genocide against christians and other religious minorities. in every resolution by chris smith, that condemns the gross human rights violations of the aside regime, these are difficult subjects. that is why we need to take these steps, and in syria and iraq, christians are being executed. churches and holy sites being destroyed. children are being enslaved. the obama administration is still not ready to say that isis andy aside regime are committing crimes against humanity. we are. we are ready to say this. we need to recognize these atrocities with clear eyes. we need to continue to pray for the persecuted. second, the obama administration is in the final stages of preparing so-called fiduciary role

reporter: he arrived in the hometown of the speaker paul ryan. nicole: thank you, blake burman. lauren: hillary clinton like you to bounce back following big losses in hawaii, alaska and washington over the weekend. she campaigned today and now jeff flock has the latest. reporter: you are looking at the grassroots effort for bernie sanders. these are two volunteers throughout canvassing the streets of milwaukee, wisconsin. this is a big battleground, potentially favorable voters to whom you could then produce vendors. maybe more than the liberal enclave of madison for sanders. maybe more than the conservative middleground areas to the west of the state for hillary clinton. but there's a real battleground up for grabs. two volunteers, one named ben, another named dave from st. peter's or, florida traveling around one of them is south carolina knocking on doors, too. this is the way the campaign gets out of scope. this should point out senator sanders will be here in wisconsin a little bit later today. in addition, hillary clinton was here yesterday and will be here again today. d

speaker paul ryan's name has only up. convention and you step over somebody like that, you could have a lot of cop applicant. >> reporter: it still looks like trump can pull this out, but i'm working on a story of who would win in a head to head matchup, donald trump or hillary clinton. >> so what's next for the candidates? there are primaries in utah. a week after that is new york's primary, and that's another state with a huge number of delegates up for grabs. >>> 2 crime alerts you feed to hear about. a string of arsons and bank robbers on the loose. first one in st. petersburg, police say someone is intentionally setting fires in the crescent lake neighborhood. you can see all of these fires just west of crescent lake park. one fire was started in the fuel compartment of a car. >> at my house, aisle be adding security cameras. >> police say this video shows a person of interest. they're asking for any was if you recognize this guy. >>> in sarasota, deputies need your help finding 2 men who took off. you can see one wearing a black shirt and has facial hair. both of them used dark

speaker paul ryan called you out. did you go too far there? if you don't have the 1237 delegates going into cleveland, why should you be guaranteed the nomination? >> well, i think if i'm a few short, and i have, you know, 1200 or 1100. and somebody else is at 300, 400, 500, which is very likely going to be the case. and if i'm a little bit short, and one of the reasons was, we had so many candidates. i mean, we started off with 17 candidates. and, it came down to, you know, finally, it's down to three, frankly. but there are so many candidates. it's hard to get over that number. it's very unfair in a way. because of the fact that there's so many candidates, and so many candidates are grabbing delegates. now, here's what i think. now they're out. now they're out. i think i will get over that number. i think i may get over that number fairly easily. arizona was unbelievable yesterday. utah, frankly, was unbelievable the day before. i think we will get over that number. tremendous spirit about make america great again. that's the whole thing. we

and marco rubio---but a range of big name party leaders like former nominee mitt romney, house speaker paul ryan and south carolina's own nikki haley and lindsey graham. while there have been a few critics converted to the trump cause--new jersey's chris christie for instance---there is already a sizeable chunk of the gop who would appear to have a tough time signing on with the trump team just because there will be an ''r" next to his name on the fall ballot. it seems that there are only two ways to go. hold your nose and go with a candidate that you don't particularly like or alternatively you back says we're giving up on 2016. usc journalism dean and former cnn correspondent charles bierbauer. again as this subject has been discussed in the news cycle surrounding the early voting states, there has been new speculation about someone mounting a third party candidacy to take on trump. bierbauer and others say that would be extremely difficult at this point maybe impossible for a candidate to beat the deadline to get on the november ballot. coming up at 6:30, stay tuned for an hour-long edition o

said that he should have ququkly condemned t he condemned him about 15 years ago, and house speaker, paul ryan, gave his two cents. >> this party does not prey on people's prejudices, we appeal to their highest ideals. this is the party of lincoln, we believe all people are created equal in the eyes of god and our government. >> now, in the end, paul ryan said that he will support the republican nominee. i think that we have some live pictures from kentucky where donald trump is expected to speak. and he only has a few events before he comes here to palm beach. and i should tell you that in nate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, has made comments about this whole controversy, will bring you that at 5:00. >> lynn: nicole, thank you, and now to the republicans, trying to chip awaw at donald trump's lead, and livehere marco rubio is with the super tuesday rally, robin. >> reporter: the ronald reagan equestrian center, no doubt making voters think of ronald reagan for two weeks before the voters head to the polls. we're talking about two junior senators who right now are fighting for second place

i first got toorion as paul -- speaker ryan as paul in 2010.u might imagine, a national campaign takes you to far-flung corners of this country. the first debate prep session was in oregon. i have prepared the first draft of materials, and after paul reviewed my work, he said, we on the dig deeper policy. no surprises there. after many weeks of debate prep, i have the honor of watching h paul would prepare his team and raise our after the 2012 election i went home to upstate new york. the -- at the young age of 28 paul decided to run for congress. it struck me someone so young could make an impact on the discourse of public policy. instead of complaining about the state of american politics i started the process of running for congress. advice i have of received was from speaker riot -- from speaker ryan who said, you have two ears and one mouth, use them in that ratio. he was highlighting the idea of listening to our communities. in my first year in congress i didn't anticipate that paul would become speaker. this is a job he didn't ask for bu

about changing rules that now favor trump, changing those rules to exclude him, types like house speaker paul ryan who are now making a public point of talking up the prospect of what ryan calls an open convention. >> this is more likely to become an open convention than we thought before. we're getting our minds around the idea that this could very well become a reality and, therefore, those of us who are involved in the convention need to respect that. >> comments like ryan's are only damaging to the republican party and helpful to the opposition. and quickly exploited today by senate minority leader harry reid. >> republican establishment acts bewildered but they should not be bewildered. as much as they try to distance themselves from trump now republican leaders are responsible for his rise. for eight years they drained all the oxygen from the country by replacing thoughtful engagement with resentment and with hatred. >> we take up the gop effort to stop trump tonight. we will be talking with former trump adviser roger stone, fox news radio host todd starns and on branding of the trump slogan

steve: house speaker paul ryan paying his respects to former first lady nancy reagan. earlier, a motorcade took her casket to the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. guests will attend the funeral friday. tisha: nine firefighters injured after businesses were leveled this morning. they were working on a gas leak at the time. they were investigating, when buildings exploded, shattering no one else was hurt. steve: a state of emergency in louisiana after more than one foot of rain fell in 24 hours. the sheriff using facebook to warn residents about the extreme flooding risks. it happened after floods in texas, and tornadoes that injured four people. tisha: a flight to honolulu had an interesting site. this picture was taken. an astronomer convinced the airline to delay so the passengers could see it. another passenger brought glasses on board so they could see the eclipse. steve: time for the must see video of the night. there are hoping to find the woman who stole a bichon puppy mix. she puts it in her bag. collected at the top of the third in

speaker paul ryan had this to say. no gains. they must reject any group were cause that is built on bigotry. we believe all people are and our government. >> politics take center stage on the super tuesday. smaller tonight. democrats and republicans had to the polls. the biggest single day of voting in the nomination process. the front runners are hoping >> voters are lining up at polling stations on super tuesday in what is a record turnout. donald trump with a significant lead over his opponents in most of the 12 state voting republican primaries. >> those numbers may be low. >> some people that want to acknowledge they are supporting for him. he will win texas hoping to make it a two man race. >> what we we see i believe is with a significant chunk of delegates. >> democrats are in a two- person contest and hillary clinton is hoping to land a knockout blow to bernie sanders. sanders voted early this morning in vermont but he is looking for more than boats tonight. >> the goal is to end up with as many delegates as we can. >>

steve: house speaker paul ryan paying his respects to former first lady nancy reagan. earlier, a motorcade took her casket to the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. guests will attend the funeral friday. tisha: nine firefighters injured after businesses were leveled this morning. they were working on a gas leak at the time. they were investigating, when buildings exploded, shattering windows and buildings as far as two locks away. no one else was hurt. steve: a state of emergency in louisiana after more than one foot of rain fell in 24 hours. the sheriff using facebook to warn residents about the extreme it happened after floods in texas, and tornadoes that injured four people. tisha: a flight to honolulu had an interesting site. this picture was taken. an astronomer convinced the airline to delay so the passengers could see it. another passenger brought glasses on board so they could see the eclipse. steve: time for the must see video of the night. a brazen puppy-napper. there are hoping to find the woman who stole a bichon puppy mix. she p

house speaker paul ryan in front of the aipac crowd we expect when he wraps up donald trump will begin remarks. we will keep our eyes and ears on that scene there. we will be at aipac for the duration of the convention of the conference and we are coverage at newschannel8 and abc7 news at 11:00 and a complete wrap-up on wjla.com. maureen: president obama is sounding and optimistic tone about the future of the u.s.-cuba relations in historic trip to cuba. he shook hands with president castro today. followed by a face-to-face meeting and joint news conference. a big issue is the u.s. trade embargo. the president said he believes it will be lifted but not before he leaves office. >> i am confident we will deliver brighter future for the cuban and the people. maureen: tomorrow, mr. obama will talk to the cuban people in a televised speech. leon: a trooper is facing charges after he allegedly shot and killed a dog. campbell based in springfield is charged with animal cruelty and discharging a firearm after allegedly shooting a pitbull on march 8. tonight an arlington tow truck driver facing

with the visit today, vips including house speaker paul ryan will get a few moments with her casket to pay their respects. the library expects thousands of people to do this thing the next few days. beatle. martin worked on the most popular beatles album. and george martin won six grammys and was inducted into the rock'n'roll hall of fame in >>> and a special here. astonishing news from across the globe of a solar eclipse. night and witnessed the spectacular site and let from the southern pacific areas of the world. the pilots of an alaska airlines flight are in their petting ping the and departure time so passengers can see it from 37,000 feet looking at the moon, a quarter of a million miles away. >> the solar eclipse is from beautiful pictures. >> yeah. >> but great. right? >> and we can -- . >> no, we could not. we could do 70s again today. >> oh, i'll take that, too. >> yeah, right? >> with the sunshine up there. take it. >> a little bit of both and not as much sunshine as yesterday and still today. very warm ahead of the big -- and let's look outside in this is 67 degrees. helpin

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the house speaker paul ryan just spoke out about that.ant to be clear about something. if a person wants to be the nominee of the republican party, there can be no evasion and no games. they must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. this party does not prey on people's prejudices. we appeal to their highest ideals. this is the party of lincoln. we believe all people are created equal in the eyes of god and our government. this is fundamental. and if someone wants to be our nominee, they must understand this. i hope this is the last time i need to speak out on this race. >> that was the house leadership, paul ryan, the house speaker j speaking hout about trump's comments on cnn. i want to talk more about this with ron paul. welcome, congressman. i'm glad you're here with me. >> thank you. >> your thoughts about this issue over david duke and the ku klux klan? >> well, it's pretty amazing, and a campaign has a lot of involvement. it's interesting the media is able to create the issue the ku klux klan. i don't even know if the