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This is breaking news? >> reporter: it really is. paul ryan, of course, as you know, aegonized oesh donald trump initially not endorsing donald trump when he came the presumptive nominee, later coming to terms with trump and later defending trump. in recent weeks more on the trump bandwagon calling for a unified congress, a binary choice between hillary clinton and donald trump, we we should get behind donald trump. well, hes not defending donald trump anymore. a private conference call paul rya...

That he is still planning to vote for donald trump? >> reporter: no guidance on that yet, john and kate. what will be very interesting to see is the message that he delivers to his conference internally. we will be reporting on that throughout this hour. how much does he say, you know, we need to stick together or we need to get behind donald trump, or does he equivocate at all. for the last several weeks, hes been talking about unified republican government, pushing for party unification. is th...

To be the gold, i would say its the email. thats where hillary has to play complicated defense, deny anything went wrong and has to say no, i smells. >> well hes caught the bureaucracy fighting with itself here which is important for the other side. the importance of the benghazi and email stouffery is not the issues themselves but trumps larger and largest and most successful theme which is that washington is hopelessly corrupt. you may not like me, by im the outsider, and if its a binary choic...

Minutes discussing and one of the most vicious debates in u.s. political history. lets go to manu raju from st. louis. walk me through this stunning face-off with trump and speaker ryan. >> reporter: this has been going on for several months, as you recall, right after that presidential primary when donald trump became the presumptive nominee. paul ryan decided he was not ready to endorse donald trump. they spent several weeks trying to come up with a reason why paul ryan should get behind donal...

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On how to deal with the economy than this president. you cant just frame it in terms of a binary choice and not deal with the presidents own record, can you? >> no, fact is, people want to know about the first term. very simple. general motors is alive and well. and osama bin laden is not. and thats what got done. because the president did deal, and they know, in fact, what he inherited and what he is trying to fix, and the question is before the american people, will we go back to the policies ...

That. thats extreme. >> the republican contest has become a binary choice between two similarly miscast candidates. you know what? i think i need my glasses for this one. the tone sort of lends itself to a more scholarly look. mr. romney is not attracting people who want rationality lenned by romance. he is wanting politics with reasonableness. mr. romney looks like a formidable candidate for november. you know thats not me. thats not my voice. thats not me talking. that was george wills latest ...