i want to help to unify this party. we have to unify it, i think for us to be successful. for us to have a campaign that they're proud of going forward and that's unifiable and that's going to go and appeal to the vase majority of americans. >> well, mr. speaker you're casting this in the op mystic a optimistic terms, but you're saying that the speaker of the house cannot as of now support his party's nominee for the president. is there something that he has done or said that's brought you to this moment? >> well, like i said i hope to support the nominee and hope to support him fully. i want to do that, but right now i have to tell you jake, being with you i am not there right now. it's because i think of part of the last campaign. i don't want to go back and roll the tape. i was clear and outspoken on a number of occasions and i think that he did the wrong said and said the wrong thing. i will do that in the future but what a lot of them want to see is that there's a standard bare and that it unifies all of the wings and that we all come from different wings of the party

saying we're unified doesn't in and of itself unify us. taking principles we believe in, showing dedication, and running a campaign that republicans can be proud about and that can appeal to a majority of americans. that's what it takes. to unify the party. # >> you are saying you can't support or endorse him right now? >> yeah, i am basically saying that. look, i thought about this two days ago. i thought this was going to go to june 7 at the very least, probably to a convention, so this is all pretty new for us. but at this point i think that he needs to do more to unify this party, bring all wings of the republican party together, then to go forward and appeal to all americans in every walk of life, every background, a majority of independents and discerning democrats. conservatives want to know, does he share our values and principles on limited government, properly role of the executive, adherence to the constitution, there are lots of questions that conservatives want answers to, myself included, and i want to be part of the unifying

saying we're unified doesn't in and of itself unify us. taking principles we believe in, showing dedication, and running a campaign that republicans can be proud about and that can appeal to a majority of americans. that's what it takes. >> you are saying you can't support or endorse him right now? >> yeah, i am basically saying that. look, i thought about this two days ago. i thought this was going to go to june 7 at the very least, probably to a convention, so this is all pretty new for us. but at this point i think that he needs to do more to unify this party, bring all wings of the republican party together, then to go forward and appeal to all americans in every walk of life, every background, a majority of independents and discerning democrats. does he share our values and principles on limited government, properly role of the executive, adherence to the constitution, there are lots of questions that conservatives want answers to, myself included, and i want to be part of the unifying process. i want to help unify the party. we have

to be successful, we have to be unified. i am happy to do that. >> i sited those and not that you did not review him on the muslim band but because they seem to o go against the view and principles of of the republican party and the liberty in terms of the free trade and in terms of deporting 12 million workers. that's what i meant. those are principles. it's not just pl olicy agreemen but principles. >> we have work to do. >> david wrote this and this is a joe moment and people are judged by where they stood at the time and those that walk with him are tanted forever after the standards and then the general election and then the slaughter. do you see it that way? >> i am not looking at it like that. i don't think that it's right to think about 2017 and beyond. i want to focus on 2016 and getting us back on track. i am focused on the here and now and tomorrow. as one that shares the value all of my life, i want to see them celebrate the principles of our party apply the problems and appeal to all americans and run a principl

unify, so that we are full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really, truly understand each other, and that we are committed to the conservative principles that make the republican party, that built this country, and again, i'm very encouraged. i heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee, and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things that, you know, everybody knows we have. there are policy disputes that we will have. there's no two ways about it. plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes. but on core principles, those are the things we discussed. craig? reporter: do you expect to endorse him? speaker ryan: yeah, i think this is going in a positive direction. i think this is the first very encouraging meeting. again, in 45 minutes you don't litigate all of the process and issues and principles that we are talking about. i didn't catch that. reporter: yeah, can you offer any assurances he would change or mode

saying that we're unified does not unify us, but actually taking the principles that we believe in and running a campaign that the republicans can be proud about, and that can actually appeal to the majority of americans. that's what takes it unify the party. >> so you're saying that you can't support or endorse him right now? >> zbraerks i am basically saying that. i thought about this two days ago. i thought actually this was going to go to june 7th and to i convention. this is new for this. at this point, i think that he needs to do more to unify the

the nominee needs to unify the party for it to be unified. >> okay. bringing in dana and truly a stunning twist in the latest political story if you will. how big of a set back is this for donald trump? >> it's a large set back. i don't think that there are words that can under score how big it is. there are several things that i think that are important to unpack. first and foremost, it's not just guy giving his opinion. he is the speaker of the house and head of the republican party and second in line to be president right now. this is a big deal because he is not just doing it for himself. he is sending a signal to the rank in file. first and foremost they can hang back, and also one source that i talked to reminded me and someone that's familiar with ryan's feeling and the house is that if there was a big trump caucus in the house of the republicans, he would not have been able to do this. this is not the way that the house works. he is giving them breathing room inside of the house but also speaking for what appears to be the majority of the hous

i think that -- >> doesn't have to be unified? >> no, i don't think so i think it would be better if it were unified. there would be something good about it but i don't think it actually has to be unified in the tradition -- i'm going to do

. >> can we unify? how do we unify? can we unify? don't fake unifying. >> is a paul ryan endorsement inevitable? >>> also, elizabeth warren comes out swinging. >> what donald trump has demonstrated over his entire career is it's all about donald trump. donald trump is just not used to people who stand up and challenge him. >> could warren become the democratic running mate? >>> plus, federal civil rights charges in the walter scott shooting. >> if you want to know what civil rights history looks like, take a look at today. >> what could it mean for the eric garner case? >>> all that, plus outrage over offensive comments from trump's longtime butler and a strong new push on equality from president obama. from rockefeller center in new york, this is "politicsnation with al sharpton." >>> good morning. i'm al sharpton. donald trump wants gop leaders to take him seriously. but he spent days dealing with other issues like hateful talk from a former butler, claims about phony calls to reporters back in the '90s, and his own admission that

saying that we are unified doesn't in itself unify us.aking the principles that we believe in, showing a dedication to those, and running a principled campaign republicans can be proud about -- that is what it takes to unify the party. mark: a source familiar with the speaker explained his words this way. "the speaker was not prepared about what to say as trump as the nominee this early." he thought he was going to have more time, but john kasich and ted cruz abruptly handed their campaign quickly. ryan and his advisers had a day to think about it after cruz got out. facing what this source called "difficult options," ryan took the position from his heart rather than pure politics. this is the biggest repudiation of trump is a nominate from any current elected official. what happens now? john: [laughter] well, we hinted at in the cold open, that trump will lash out at paul ryan. that will reinforce how difficult trump's challenge is in putting the party together. i'm sure paul ryan is being honest. the idea that he only had a day to think

they want to be with him and have a unified party. think that team mentality is something that came across today. >> in a way, people look at what speaker ryan said last week and say, that might have been like a warning shot. hey, you need to come aboard and start trying to unite us. that's what paul ryan said and possibly it worked. kelly ann, let me bring you in. do you think donald trump -- i don't think this is going to happen but do you think donald trump can win the presidency without the serious backing and endorsement of republicans on capitol hill? >> i think he'll have the backing and today was a giant step toward doing that. he did what politicians did, he visits them. put on a charm offensive and he gave them access to their presumptive republican nominee. i have to say, too, that i think these republican senators and staffers and house members must smell blood in the democratic water today because what you heard from others involved in the official capacity is something you don't hear right now out of the democratic party

that we truly and actually unify so we are full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really, truly nunderstand each other and we're committed to the conservative problems that make the republican, that built this country, and, again, i'm very encouraged. i heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things everybody knows we have. there are policy disputes we will have. there's no two ways about it, plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes, but on core principles, those are the kinds of things we discussed, and, again, i'm encouraged. craig? >> do you expect to endorse him? >> i think this is going in a positive direction and i think this is a first very encouraging meeting, but again in 45 minutes you don't litigate all of the processes and all the issues and the principles that we are talking about. i didn't catch that. >> can you offer any assurances that he would change or moderate? >> loo

the goal is to unify the various wings around common principles so we can go forward unified. >> you spoke with ben carson, a top trump supporter, last night. what was mr. carson's message to you ahead of this meeting with donald trump. >> first of all, ben carson is a great guy. he wants to be a force to help all the various wings of the republican party and conservative movement to come together and he's trying to play that constructive role. >> mr. speaker, at the meeting tomorrow can there be merged messages or do you see a possibility of two separate messages, a congressional gop message and a nominee's message. >> we've got a process we're just getting started. the last thing i'm going to do is say what the end of this process is going to be when we're just beginning this process. the point i'll make one more time is i really believe if we're going to be successful this fall, we have to unify our party. we have to go forward with a positive message that americans see that we have solutions to their problems. when seven out of ten americans don't like the path that this country

i do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified .to bridge the gaps and differences so from here we are going to go deeper into the policy areas to see where that common ground is and how we can make sure we are operating off the same core principles so yes, this is our first meeting. i was very encouraged with the meeting but this is a process. it takes a little time. you'll put it together in 45 minutes so that is why we had like i said a very good start to a process on how we unify. jonathan. [inaudible question] the process of unifying the republican party which just finished a primary about a week ago, perhaps one of the most divisive primaries in memory, takes some time. look, there are people who are or donald trump, for ted cruz or john casey or marco rubio and everybody else and it's very important that we don't fake unify and we don't pretend unification. that we truly and actually unify so that we are full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a faith unification process here. i want to make sure we really truly un

unify so we are full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really truly understand each other and that we are committed to the conservative principles that make the republican party and built this country and again, i'm very encouraged. i hear a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things that everybody knows we have. there are policy disputes we will have. no two ways about it. plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes. but on core principles, those are the kinds of things we discussed and again i'm encouraged. craig. >> i think this is going in a positive direction and i think this is a first very encouraging meeting but again, in 45 minutes, you don't litigate all of the processes and issues and principles that we are talking about. i didn't catch that. >> did you offer assurances that he would change or moderate his tone on the campaign? >> i think it's important th

saying we're unified doesn't actually unify us, but taking the principles we all believe in, showing there's a dedication to those, and running a presidential campaign that republicans can be proud about and can appeal to the majority of americans, that, to me, is what it takes to unify this party. >> so you're saying you can't support or endorse him right now. >> yeah, i am basically saying that. look, that's, you know, i thought about this two days ago. i thought, actually, this thing was going to go to june 7 at the very least, probably to a convention, so this is all pretty new to us. but at this point, i think that he needs to do more to unify this party, to bring all wings of the republican party together and then to go forward and to appeal to all americans and every walk of life, every background, a majority of independents and discerning democrats, and so, i think conservatives want to know, does he share our values and our principles on limited government, the proper role of the executive. adherence to the constitution. there are a lot of questions that conservatives i thin

you think that trump can unify the gop? deputy to foxnews.com/happeningnow and get your thoughts in the conversation. we have received it. >> i don't see the alternative. if there is not unitty how can they win the election? >> speaker ryan. i think his goal is to unify the party. i am hopeful. >> i think donald trump has his own agenda and out for donald trump. and he's not any worse than anyone else. >> a trump candidacy is better than hillary clinton in the white house for sure. i think they will pull it together. >>> fox news alert. three months ahead to olympics in brazil. law makers voting to suspepped the president accused of trying to cover up deficits. she will be replaced by the vice-president who is also involved in a corruption scandal. >> in the brazilian capitol. the president here came out and speaking to supporters in front of the presidential palace. she said it is a farce and a coup against democracy. 50 million brazilians elected her president and now 50 senators threw her out. she is accused of cooking t

and actually unify to be a full strength in the fall.'t want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really truly understand each other, and that we are committed to the conservative principles that make the republican party that built this country, and i again, i am encouraged. i heard a lot of things from the presumptive nominee, and we exchanged differences of opinions on some things that everybody knows that we have, and there are policy disputes we will have and no two ways about it, and so we can dispute on the policy issues, but not core principles, and on that, i am encouraged. back to craig. >> and will you endorse him? >> it is a positive direction and the first very en kourmging meeting, but in, again, 45 minutes, you don't litigate all of the issues and the processes and the principles -- i did not catch that? >> can you offer any assurance s that he will moderate the tone of the campaign? >>> it is important that the conversation that we had with no offense, but i don't want to litigate our co

saying we're unified doesn't in and of itself unify us, but taking the principles we all believe in, showing there's a dedication of those, and running a principled campaign that republicans can be proud about. that's what it takes to unify this party 37. >> you're saying you can't support or endorse him right now? >> yeah, i am basically saying that, look, i'm -- i thought about this two days ago, i thought actually, this was going to go to june 7th at the least. probably to a convention, this is all pretty new for us, at this point. i think he needs to do more to unify this party, to bring all wings of the republican party together and then to go forward and appeal to all americans in every walk of life, every background a majority of independents and disearning democrats. and so, i think conservatives want to know, does he share our values and our principles on limited government? the proper role of the executive. adherence to the constitution, there are lots of questions that conservatives are going to want answers to, including myself. i want to help unify this party, we have to

when you talk about unifying the party, i don't think anything unifies the party more than a press conference where he goes after the media where republicans and conservatives think the media leans left and going after hillary clinton. those are two things republicans love their candidate to do. donald trump did it today. that's how you unify this party around a common theme and set of ideas. >> i take your point on the lack of trust that many in the country but certainly especially conservatives and republicans have when it comes to the media. to be fair to the people at the press conference, those reporters were trying to find out what happened to money, millions of dollars, that mr. trump said he was going to give to veterans charities. it was basic accountability questions. >> yes, that's not you, jake, you're fair. i would say to the press conference, i think it is fair to ask the question. and they did. but i also think conservatives look and say, hey, hillary clinton and bill clinton made $25 million giving speeches in the last two years. how much has she given to veterans? how much ha

say they can unify.f they do not, are you nervous, worried it might hurt donald trump's candidacy? if they don't unite with him, they are voting for hillary clinton. it is just that simple. tothey want the republicans win, they will do it. they made us vote for mccain and romney and used the what happened. that this time, it will be the same thing. host: that was sandra calling in. eph. xt, think party unity is possible? aller: donald trump is , con man,businessman who will say anything to anybody them,ly them and insult he has been doing nothing but seating into it -- but feeding .nto the fear he will say and do anything to what he wants. he wants it all. will you do on election day if you oppose donald trump? hillary vote for clinton? the other candidates on the ballot? what do you plan to do? i will vote for bernie sanders. host: if bernie sanders is not on the ticket, if it is secretary clinton, will you be able to vote for her? possibly, or i just won't vote. this country is going to be able to tole

saying we're unified doesn't unify us. but actually taking the principles that we all believe in, showing that there's a dedication to those, and running a principle campaign that republicans can be proud about and appeal to a majority of americans, that, to me, can unify this party. >> breaking news this hour. a few minutes ago, paul ryan on cnn talking about whether he, the republican speaker of the house of representatives, can endorse donald trump for president this year. ryan saying he's not there yet. so leaving open the possibility he may still endorse donald trump but so far, refusing to do so. lots of attention on this question this week obviously with donald trump finally locking down the republican nomination, emerging as the presumptive republican nominee. we had news yesterday mitch mcconnell said he will support the republican nominee. now, you have all eyes turning to paul ryan on that question, and ryan saying, well, not so fast, not quite there yet. of course, ryan delivered a very well-publicized speech i

can we unify on common core principles that make our party?rinciples that built this country -- i am very encouraged that the answer is yes. >> [indiscernible] >> one more over here. sorry, the lady first. >> [indiscernible] you just mentioned millions of new voters he is bringing in. how do you interpret his success? will it mean the fundamental realignment of the party? >> it's really unparalleled. he has gotten more votes than any republican primary nominee in the history of our country. this is not over yet. he has not gone to california yet. it's a remarkable achievement. whatuestion is -- this is we can be a party to helping -- how do we unify at all? it's a big and growing movement. how do we keep adding voters while not subtracting any voters? to me, that means a positive vision based on core principles, taking those and applying them to problems facing our country today in offering people positive solutions and speaking to people where they are in life and addressing their anxieties and showing we have a better plan. a hillary clinton

saying we're unified doesn't unify us. actually taking the principles that we all believe in, showing there's a dedication and running a principled campaign that runs can be proud about and that can appeal to a majority of americans, that is what it takes to unify this party. >> he thought he was going to have more time but ted cruz and john kasich ended their campaigns quickly. ryan and his advisors had about a day to think about it after cruz got out. ryan took the position from his heart rather than based on pure politics. john, this is the biggest repudiation of trump as the nominee from any current elected official. what happens now? >> that will suggest a reenforce a sense of how difficult trump's challenges is in trying to put this party together. i'm sure paul ryan is honest in what he is saying. the idea that trump would be the nominee was on track, that he would have to grapple with this question has been clear for weeks. if it's not been wanting to deal with that, he's been in denial and he didn't serve himself

and advance them, and that's what we want to see, saying we're unified sdoesn't i fact unify us. >> reporter: they weren't given a heads up by ryan's team, and no shortages. this is no longer a donald trump versus hillary clinton issue. all eyes will also be on donald trump and hillary clinton. >> phil, stick around. more questions and bring in political commentator and anchor from "time" news, and jackie kucini kucinich. different from what he said's he had said, yes, i will get behind anybody in the republican party f. trump is the nominee -- >> i'm going support whoever the republican nominee is and stand up for what i believe in as i do that. >> we're going to be able to present a unified front. that's my anticipation, whoever the nominee is going to be. >> we're going to be able to work with whoever the nominee s. that was from a couple months ago. what happened? >> for one thing, he shaved his beard. look, now it's real. right? now we've got to put our cards on the table. feels exactly right. he's got a 30-seat majority. while that might seem insurmountable, a lot of marginal

what's important to him is he unifies the party, that he unifies the voters, and that he then unifies the republican party. remember, he ran as an outsider. he ran as somebody who was representing the people's interest, who were frustrated with the gridlock in washington. he wasn't a candidate of the leaders. and so to expect everything to come together the day after the primary process ended, it was a bit unrealistic. but frankly, i'm very pleased to say that it's happening even faster than we thought. i mean, many of the candidates who ran against him, and there were 16, are now moving in behind him, endorsing his candidacy, expressing support for it. party leadership in the congress, and as well as members of congress, is coming together. the governors are coming together. so the process is happening faster than we thought. >> paul, does he think it's important that the party be unified going forward? >> well, he thinks it's important that the country be unified, and that his appeal be presented in such a way that his message is clear. but of course, he's the head of the republican

i hope to though, and i want to, but i think what is required is that we unify this party. and i think the bulk of the burden of unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. i don't want to underplay what he's accomplished. he needs to congratulated for a huge accomplishment, he's on his

unified. juan? >> reporter: you spoke with ben carsing, a top trump supporter last night, what was mr. carson's message to you? >> first of all ben carsing is a great buy, trying to provide -- he wants to be a force to help all the various wings of the republican party and conservative movement to come together and he's trying to play that role. >> reporter: mr. speaker, out of the meeting tomorrow, can there be merged messages? or do you see a possibility of two separate messages? a congressional gop message and nominee's message? >> we have a process we're just getting started. the last them i'm going to do is -- the point i'll just make one more time. i really believe we have to unify our party, go forward with a poach message. when seven out of ten americans don't like the path this country is on, and hillary clinton is promising to keep going down the same path? , we have an obligation to offer this country a choice, a better way forward. that's going to take some party unification to do

the party and the speaker is not on board. >> he believed is it incumbent upon donald trump to unify the party, not his job or mitch mcconnell's job, it is the nominees job.

i want to be a part of the unifying process. to know each other. >> got to get to know each other. less than 24 hours before his arrival, while not a ringing endorsement does leave open the possibility for a bridge between those vast ideological divides. >> this is the big ten party. there's plenty of room for disputes in this party. we come from different wings of the party. the goal here is to unify the various wings of the party around common principles so we can go forward unified. >> here's the thing, though, the battle goes beyond rump and ryan. trump doubling down on those incendiary remarks about john mccain being a war hero. >> so do you regret saying that? >> i don't, you know, i like not to regret anything. i mean, you know, you do things and you say things, and what i said, frankly, is what i said. some people like what i said. if you want to nope the truth. >>

the regular meeting of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, may 10, 2016, is now called to order roll call. >> thank you ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney ms. chin and mr. totiano and ms. fewer. >> i'm hero. >> thank you. >> if you'll please join me in the pledge of allegiance all right. approval of the minutes of the april 16th and special april 2015 can i have a motion and second. >> so moved. >> corrections second. >> any corrections roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> all right. i want to welcome everyone who's joined. >> us we thank you very much for being here if anyone wants to address do bureaucratic's speak out a card and give to ms. casco before the item is called mr. superintendent >> thank you president haney a number of announcements this evening this morning of the high school balboa got did green school award if the environment for their excellence in environmental education and green teams of teach

it's very important that we don't fake unifying, pretend, that we truly and uley unify that -- so that we are full strength in the fall. >> i think we had a great meeting today and agreed on a lot be things. it will be a process but it will come along. peter: donald trump turns on the charm. hoping to win -- win over republicans warey of his campaign. >> it's a temporary bafpblet it hasn't been called for yet. nobody's done it. this is just a suggestion. pete: can the g.o.p. be at war with its presumptive nominee ahead of what is sewer -- sure to be a contentious campaign? >> let me be as clear as i can be, we are in this to win the democratic nomination! peter: the big win in west virginia this week did little o distract from trump. >> my husband and i released eight years of tax returns. um got to ask yourself why doesn't he want to release them? pete: plus the obama administration tells public schools allow students to choose the bathroom that matches their chosen gender identity, with federal funds at stake. susan davis, n.p.r., jeanne cummings, political editor of "the wall street

the regular meeting of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, may 10, 2016, is now called to order roll call. >> thank you ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney ms. chin and mr. totiano and ms. fewer. >> i'm hero. >> thank you. >> if you'll please join me in the pledge of allegiance all right. approval of the minutes of the april 16th and special april 2015 can i have a motion and second. >> so moved. >> corrections second. >> any corrections roll call vote. >> thank you ms. chin mr. totiano ms. fewer ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns mr. haney 7 i's. >> all right. i want to welcome everyone who's joined. >> us we thank you very much for being here if anyone wants to address do bureaucratic's speak out a card and give to ms. casco before the item is called mr. superintendent >> thank you president haney a number of announcements this evening this morning of the high school balboa got did green school award if the environment for their excellence in environmental education and green teams of teach

. >> i'm a unifier. we're going to be a unified party. >> he's a con artist. >> a tony. >> donald trump is the no nothing candidate. >> donald is a bully. >> he's a race baitbaiting, xenophobic bigot. >> now that we're off and running, the panelist joining this week. can donald trump win without the support of the establishment republican party? >> i think it would be a long shot. let's start by saying if the election were held next tuesday, we would probably lose. let's understand that in the primaries, only 19% of the available electorate has voted so far. upwards of 80% of the people are still trying to make up their mind. he has a long time to make the sale. two days after the nomination having this division created between house speaker paul ryan and himself, suggests that the party is not unified no matter what he says. that is going to create confusion all through the party and in the states. surely he can run campaign based on his persona. he needs the party leadership to get behind him but they

actually unify so we're full strength in the fall. i don't want us to have a fake unification process here. i want to make sure that we really truly understand each other and that we are committed to the conservative principles that make the republican party, that built this country, and again, i am very encouraged. i heard a lot of good things from our presumptive nominee, and we exchanged differences of opinion on a number of things that everybody knows we have. there are policy disputes we will have. there's no two ways about it. plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes. but on core principles, those are the kinds of things we discussed, and again, i'm encouraged. >> that was house speaker paul ryan talking about his meeting with gop presidential candidate donald trump. he said the meeting was encouraging. he stopped shy, though, of giving an endorsement. he did say they talked about their differences and the core principles that unify them as republican party, the constitution and also the supreme court.

it is time to unify.e for those of us like myself who supported marco rubio, who was there at the last debate in miami and heard different levels of hooray and yea and boo for different candidates but heard overwhelming applause when reince priebus talked about defeating hillary clinton. we are republicans. that is the direction we want to go. bill: you stumped for rubio in seven different states. now we're in the present. you mentioned taxes. trump says he will not release his tax returns before the election in november. he went on to say there is nothing to learn there and suggested that the public doesn't care. is he right or do they? >> first of all i think the press cares for than the public. they always do. the fact is he and, if clinton is nominee as we expect, if they get into a contest who releases taxes or not, that will be decided later. plenty of candidates said they won't release taxes and they later do. i suspect that mr. trump has some of the most complex taxes ever. i suspect he pays his t

i want to unify the party.the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. >> so you are saying you can't support or endorse him right now. >> yeah, i am basically saying. that look, i thought about this two days ago. i thought this

the party was closer to unifying. suppose that means they're papering over what differences there were to start with. does that mean that congressional republicans are changing on trade or on cuts to social security and medicare? the fact is senate republicans have been governing from the trump textbook for years. they may not be proud of how their nominee expresses himself or pleased with the tone of his campaign and the name calling, but on policy, donald trump and republicans are singing from the same hymnal. nowhere is that more clear right now than the current blockade over the supreme court. hours after justice scalia passed, donald trump gave senate republicans their marching orders. delay, delay, delay. donald trump wants the power to fill that seat and as many others as he can with judges that will reflect his world view. donald trump has called for a supreme court delay and almost every single republican fell in line. but it's not just the trump supreme court. it's not just the supreme court where trump and

people will unify around him. he'll unify around the republican party. it's an organic process. >> you make a strong case. but, of course, you describe paul ryan's comments as benign. but, you know, they were unprecedented. i mean, you know, we have described them as seismic. your father came out with a statement. i am not ready to support speaker ryan's agenda. in a sense, this is a standoff. your father, the presumptive republican nominee, and the current -- head of the republican party. >> you always have to remember, paul also said the one thing we will not under any circumstance allow is for hillary clinton to become president. so it's interesting. i just -- >> you worried that's his nod to give me a third party option? >> i really view this as -- listen, we've got to get to know the guy, take some time. he's fresh, very new. believe me, the one thing my father can do is unify the party. we're going to beat her. no one wants to talk about it, but it's so great we're out ahead of the democrats. you know, obviously hillary is struggling with bernie. s

this unifies the party. this is not the best strategy. >> it does not unify the number. >> look at the polling numbers. ana, you're wrong. >> that's because we are not unified. if you think the party is unified -- >> there's a difference between unifying and unification. >> i think that the vast majority of republicans will enjoy going on the offense. if hillary slips up, by the way, she's hypocritical on this, this shows her hypocrisy. you talked about it last segment, about the fact she was essentially trying to discredit women. that's a vital issue. that's legitimate. >> i want paul -- >> that argument is not up to donald trump. >> i want paul and others to respond. we have to take a quick break. we will have more on the discussion. be right back. allergies with nasal congestion? find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains the best oral decongestant. live claritin clear, with

we need to truly become unified and to truly become unified we have to have a good conversation withrinciples and the policies that come from conservatism. >> joining us with more from washington, good morning. >> reporter: donald trump is facing such a big and important moment for his campaign going forward. when he comes here to washington tomorrow he'll meet with house and senate republican leaders and of course that big meeting with speaker of the house, paul ryan. as he's reaching out and going for party unity, put simply, there still is a lot of convincing that he needs to do on capitol hill. still a lot of reluctance from those on capitol hill to fully support his candidacy. notably, his former rival, marco rubio came out and almost seemed to avoid doing a formal endorsement of donald trump. even though he told cnn's jake tapper that yes, he would support the republican nominee because he says he made a promise during the primary fight. here's what he had to say. >> are you going to vote for him? >> well, as i said, i'm going to support the republican nominee. >> you're going

to pretend we are unified without actually unifying. neil: joining me now, the is academic director for the new york state democratic hardy and boris. >> it is necessary. no one individual outside of donald trump. all ryan is playing a very dangerous game here. the gop of the establishment. he is really risking leaving voters behind. i am not ready. the voters are speaking and they are ready. the mac donald trump doing more damage by themselves by not raising donald trump. >> about two months. plenty of time to come together. sort of waffling continuing. speaker ryan was not clear on what he was saying. they are unified. supporting the nominee. trish: a big moment. a lot of drama being built up here. let's not underestimate donald trump and his ability to capitalize and seize the moment. maybe, tomorrow, donald trump will be able to take a victory lap. look, i did it. if i can do it with republicans, i could do it with democrats as well. >> one of the assumptions here is you can rein in donald trump. i do not know if that is the case. g

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