"g" rated version of what he's saying right now, but i digress. senior administration officials are telling cnn this is, quote unquote, not ryan's finest hour. our jeff zeleny is at the white house. jeff, what do things look like from that end of pennsylvania avenue right now? >> reporter: kate, no question the winds here in washington are blowing up some rain, i don't know if you can see that behind me, they're also blowing around a lot of blame up and down pennsylvania avenue, which is very typical for this type of an uncertain outcome of a bill here. there are people inside the white house, most of whom did not like speaker paul ryan in the first place, who are saying, look, some of this is his fault. we did hear the president directly say just a few moments ago in the oval office, when he was asked by reporters at the end of a different event, if speaker ryan should stay if this fails. he said yes, he should.