So it should be if youre looking at your clock on eastern time, about 8 08 or 8 09 he should come out. Mike pence warmed up the crowd for him in des moines, iowa, just a short time ago as well. Now here in green bay, wisconsin, where of course, Speaker Paul Ryan has a primary in the republican side this coming week. A primary that donald trump was hedging his bets on endorsing him in. And this because of an interview he did with the Washington Post on tuesday in sterling, virginia. He was asked about speaker ryan, and what a lot of republican officials think was just attempt to be cute, he said, well, im just not there yet. Remember, that was language paul ryan used earlier this year when ask eed if he would endorse tru or not. The problem is, being cuke or not, telling a joke when youre the republican nominee, your words, according to republican officials i talked to, carry a lot more weight, a lot more meaning when youre a competitor. This creating a firestorm and a lot of headlines over the fact donald trump wasnt endorsing paul ryan. Republican leaders and close add visors to donald trump leaned on him to say if this has become a problem, you have to fix it. Tonight, hes going to come out. I talked to the campaign about an hour ago. Theyre still on track to have this endorsement of paul ryan even though the Ryan Campaign wasnt looking for it, the Republican National campaign wasnt looking for it, but i tell you, everybody is onboard. Look at the email or listen to the email i got from paul nealon, who is paul ryans challenger for the seat there in the house, who put out a release a little while ago. This is a guy, by the way, who supports donald trump, was very nice to donald trump. And which is why trump also was saying he didnt necessarily want to endorse ryan at the beginning. He says, quote, giving his stature at our partys nominee, mr. Trumps decision to support the republican speaker is appropriate and is a display of true leadership. But listen to what he goes on to say, quote, mr. Trumps early refusal to endorse ryan sent a signal to wisconsin voters ryan is not his preferred candidate in the race. Politics still at play even though hes giving his blessing to donald trump endorsing ryan. Before i bring a panel in, give us a sense of the size of the room, the crowd. How nmany people . Typical for one of his Convention Center appearances. Probably between 3,000 and 5,000 people. Im horrible at estimating crowds. But rooms this big, its usually been 3,000 to 5,000 people. You can typically tell, too, by the amount of noise that comes out of peoples mouths when theyre cheering on donald trump. I would say between 3,000 and 5,000 here tonight, which is a good crowd for green bay on a friday night. We also want to bring in our panel, juan williams, rick is in palm springs, and lisa booth is in d. C. Now, when we talk about this earlier on the five what do you think . This is a big event, right inthis is big for paul ryan but also big for donald trump. Much bigger for donald trump. Its so interesting to me that this race is not close. When you think about paul ryan versus paul nealon, paul nealon is trailing by more than 50 points. So just for everyone watching tonight, you think, well, maybe this is a close race. Maybe the trump endorsement is going to swing this for paul ryan. In fact, nealon is not even close. This was a finger in the eye from donald trump to paul ryan even the language he used, im just not there yet, is mocking language because it was the same language ryan used when he said he was not ready to endorse trump. This is donald trump versus the republican establishment saying like eric cantor who lost in virginia, like john boehner who was forced out, maybe paul ryan, its time for you to be forced out and i have the power as the party nominee, but apparently, given all the other troubles that are afflicting donald trump at the moment, he got the message from his campaign, hey, this is not good. Were losing republican support behind your behavior. Lisa, do you think this has to do with donald trump seeing his poll ratings slipping . There was another poll released this afternoon, it showed it tighter, but his numbers had been slipping. Is this donald trump saying, hey, i better bring the establishment people back in . I hope so. I do think thats what is happening right now. Look, hes arguably had a tough couple weeks. I think this is sort of a show of a reset on behalf of his campaign, and himself as a candidate. Look, its called a base for a reason. He needs those Republican Voters as a starting point and then to build from there. Endorsing paul ryan, showing that good faith effort is a positive step for his campaign. You also look at, eric, he has an economic speech on monday. Thats also another great opportunity for donald trump to try to reset the narrative, focus on the economy, thats the number one issue to voters. An issue he has been leading on in the polls consistently, and its also a huge weakness for the Obama Administration and Hillary Clinton as an extension of that administration. These are two good opportunities for him to try to reset the narrative and regain control. Rick, look, the rnc, the convention a couple weeks ago, the heavy hitters, some of the big heavy hitters in the republican establishment didnt even show up. Is this enough of an olive branch to bring them back into the fold . You know, its not so much an olive branch to the d. C. Establishment types, the politician types. But i do think that it is an olive branch to the traditional republican voter outside of d. C. Look, the fact of the matter is donald trump won this nomination by attacking and bashing traditional politicians, both on the left and the right. By attacking washington, d. C. And yet, when you look across the spectrum of who didnt show up at the convention, who all the big personalities, all the big politicians who were very upset about trump winning. Paul ryan is still the one establishment that now donald trump is going to endorse. I think that says a monumental things about paul ryan. Paul ryan is standing outside of the establishment, even though he is the speaker of the house, and hes one of the few establishment types that is getting trumps endorsement. So i think its a signal that paul ryan is the future of this party. Hes young. Hes very good. Hes conservative. And trump is recognizing that the rank and file republicans want to get behind someone like paul ryan. They dont think of him as the dirty long establishment type that we should avoid. John, im listening to this crowd cheer. They seem pretty jazzed, pretty pumped up. Any different than a regular pence trump rally . No, we were at a rally at a big arena in jacksonville the other night, and the crowd was off the hook. These are crowds you typically dont see until october. Youre seeing them here now at the beginning of august. We have been in general elocation mode here for a long time. But you know, with all due respect to your esteemed colleagued and the analysis they were giving, this endorsement likely would not have happened if donald trump had not said what he said the other day in that Washington Post interview. Again, the Ryan Campaign was not asking for an endorsement or looking for one. The Republican National committee was not looking for an endorsement or asking for one. It only became an issue when trump came out and said hes hedging his bets. Im not there yet, with this ryan endorsement. That became a headline, and it was one that Republican Leaders said, you made a real mess here. You have to, as the leader of this party, take responsibility for that and clean it up. And thats a very strong message that they sent to him. So tonight, eric, and maybe with the coverage we have been giving donald trump having second thoughts, i doubt it, but people i talk to say we wont believe it until it comes out of his mouth. Heres another thing. I talked to Trump Supporters all across the country. It used to be he could say whatever he wants and we dont care. More and more, people i talk to say we love this guy, we want him to be the president , but hes got to stay on message. Hes got to stop going off on these tangential outbursts getting him in trouble and potentially taking the white house away from him. Theres a lot of support, believe me, across the country from Republican Leaders and from his own constituents to get back on message and drive those points home. It looked like he started to earlier, as we pointed out, i believe in iowa when he started. He focused that attack back on Hillary Clinton. One, but this, now, if he gives an interview to the Washington Post and says im not there yet, knowing he can get back there by the by ryans primary election, it doesnt hurt him at all, does it . Its a freebie. Its on tv quite a bit. Look, probably every network is watching this right now. And it didnt cost him a dime, didnt cost him anything. I dont think it cost him any points. It might cost him points. That would be my point, that this is really evidence of a republican fracture. So you have this feuding in trump party feuding, and what we see in the polls as the polls have not been good for donald trump this week. A lot of republicans just not buying in. So more democrats buying in to Hillary Clinton, helping to push her numbers up. Fewer republicans buying in to donald trump, some buying off. And i think part of it is, look, hes not standing for the republican brand. Obviously, he has huge policy differences with traditional republicans on everything from trade to immigration. But the big issue here is hey, wait a second, you have to back our leadership. You cant just stand apart from the party. Let me cut you off. Were going to take donald trump entering the stage. Hes expected to endorse paul ryan after a few days ago where he said he wasnt quite there yet. Apparently, hes getting there. And as hes getting to the podium, im sure hes going to be there. Donald trump. So how good is he . How good is he . Special. Special. Hes a special man, a special person. And hes become theres a lot of people here. Whoa. Hello, everybody. Your Football Team is going to have a great year. I watch. I watch. You got the quarterback, the whole deal. I think its going to be a very good year. And if you get into that super bowl, ill be going. All right . So you know, i wrote something down before, and i think its important. Because i love you, too. Because we need unity. We have to win this election. This is truly one of the most important elections, certainly in my lifetime. Because were about to go, we lose it, were in the wrong direction, and maybe its gone. Supreme court justices, always remember that. But so many different levels. And when you see what happened with crooked hillary today, it was a disaster. A disaster. She had a disaster. She lies, folks. She lies. Badly. So i want i wrote this out. I wanted to say it to this group. You know, i had a really great time when i was in wisconsin. And i didnt quite eke it out, i thought i was going to, but after that, it worked out well. You built me up. You taught me about politics. And when i left here, i said, i think i have learned a lot. So i love it. I love the people. I have many friends in wisconsin. And theyre incredible people. Youre incredible people, i have to tell you that. And were going to have a lot of fun. Were going to have a lot of fun. This campaign is not about me or any one candidate. Its about america. Its time for a change. We need a change. A real change, not an obama change. Remember obama change . We dont need an obama change. Weve had enough. Its time to change a rigged political system that works only for the insiders, and to replace it with a government that serves the people. Have to do it. And i know both sides. I have been on the other side, believe me. I actually like this side better. This is a movement. This is a Movement Like they maybe have never seen in this country, according to even the political pundits that truly hate me, okay. This is a movement that some say, most say is one of the great phenomenas they have ever seen in politics. Some say its the single greatest phenomenon. Though the media doesnt want to talk about it, weve done something we, all of us together im a messenger, only a mesch sengemessenger. We have done something truly historic together. Standing before you as nominee for president , and i am not a politician, proudly. Im not part of the system. I ran against the system, and im probably better off running against the system. I ran against the donors. Im my own donor, essentially. I have a lot of money in this deal. This is a very expensive process, i want to tell you. I funded, as you know, i funded the primaries. And now im in for over 60 million. And im largely funding my campaign as we go forward. In addition to that in addition to that, we have raised tremendous amounts of money and much of it from small donors, 61. 61. As a republican, that doesnt happen. It happens because of what youre seeing in front of you today. And if you remember just prior to june, they did a story, donald trump hasnt really done too well with fundraising. Thats because i didnt know if i was getting the nomination. Im not going to raise funds. I would have had enough if i didnt make it. I would have said byebye politics. But i wanted to make sure. So i got it, and then i started raising money. For the Republican Party, and we raised a lot of money. We started really on june 14th, flag day, my birthday. My birthday. And in june, we raised approximately, think of this, 51 million. Can you imagine . And those people couldnt believe it. They were really surprised. Big headlines. You know, because they dont give me too many good headlines. I can do the greatest things. I do things i think are fantastic. I say, good, theres no way they can cover it badly. And they cover it badly. I gentry tell a woman that i love her baby, and let the baby cry, its okay. As the baby that had a voice that was superior to pavarotti continued to cry, remember, i told her to stay. Dont worry about it. After about three or four minutes and im trying to speak, and it was in jacksonville, we had this massive, massive crowd. Filled up a stadium. And the baby is screaming. So i said, maam, i would like to reverse my order. Perhaps you can nicely take the baby out. Your baby is crying. I did it so nicely. She was happy. Even the baby was happy. Stopped crying. And maybe you could take the baby out. Would that be possible . The whole place is cracking up. The next day in the newspaper, it said trump throws baby out of arena. Terrible. Now, theyre very dishonest. That was the tough one, and i just had a reporter come up to me. Backstage, a reporter comes up. Mr. Trump, sir, but why did you throw that baby out of the arena . I said i was having fun. I was so nice, i was so nice. Everybody likes me. The baby liked me, the mother liked me. We had a good time. I tried to keep the baby in, but the baby was such had such a powerful voice. In fact, i want to find out who that baby is, because i want to sponsor the baby. And that baby will sing some day. In fill harmonica. New york city. So im not part of the system. I ran against the system. I ran against the donors because im largely my own donor. Im running against myself. Thats sort of never thought of it that way. And against the status quo and the status quo we have to get rid of because its not working, folks. The country is a mess. And thats why i put up a lot of money. But while the democrats nominated the candidate of special interests, and really a candidate of total krupshz, i mean, you take a look at what shes doing, the republicans made history by choosing a nominee from outside of this very, very corrupt system. It is a corrupt system. Its a corrupt system. You want something done, they can do it for you. And thats notnecessarily, and usually it isnt, good for the country. Thats why were going to be able to deliver real change and real safety and real opportunity to all americans. We have to unite. Remember that. Everything i have accomplished i have done by putting together a really fantastic team. Including, of course, governor mike pence of indiana, who has done an incredible job. Done an incredible job. My wonderful staff of people that really love what were doing and theyre working so hard. My family, my friends, and its expanding all the time. But i need a Republican Senate and a house to accomplish all of the changing that we have to make. We have to make them. Right . I understand and embrace the wisdom of Ronald Reagans big tent within the party. Big, big tent. Remember . Ronald reagan, great man. Great guy. Remember, he included reagan democrats and independents and republicans. A lot of people. Were going to have the same thing. There are a lot of democrats perhaps in this room. Are there a lot of democrats in the room . Raise your hands. I mean, i dont think we need too many, to be honest with you. So i embrace the wisdom that my 80 friend is not my 20 enemy. Ronald reagan. Stated by ronald reagan. Pretty good. We will be the big tent party. Were going to have a lot of Bernie Sanders people coming in because of trade. Because Bernie Sanders knew we were being ripped off by trade. Trade is a disaster with china, with japan, with mexico. With vietnam, with so many countries, with every country. Every country. We dont win at any level with anything. And as a unified party, we will lead our country to unity as well. Very important. We need the unity. We have to win this election. Well, we have to win it. Have to win it. Otherwise, our big movement was not as big as we thought. And thats not good. Thats why november 8th, youve got to get everybody you know, and you know, all those voter i. D. , nowadays, a lot of places arent going to have voter i. D. What does that mean . What does that mean . You keep walking in and voting . So you have to be very careful, very vigilant. You have to be careful. But we will have disagreements. But we will disagree as friends and never stop working together toward victory. And very importantly, toward real change. So in our shared mission to make America Great again, i support and endorse our speaker of the house, paul ryan. Paul ryan. Good man. Hes a good man and hes a good guy. And we may disagree on a couple of things, but mostly we agree, and were going to get it done and do a lot of w