Thanks to Nicole Wallace for sitting in with john. Well be back tomorrow. Coming up, hardball with chris matthews. Charm offensive. Lets play hardball. Now on track to win. Only Hillary Clinton lying between him and the white house. The new yorker accepted the freedom of the city. It was the sense of the inevitable. The republicans line up with
trump or will be seen rooting for the enemy. Amid a crush of reporters, we heard them and Live Television cameras. The nominee to be met with a board republican and quiet skeptics. Speaker paul ryan stopped short of a full endorsement, he said he was heading in that direction. For the first time Republican Leaders were singing the same tune. I was very encouraged with what i heard from donald trump today. I do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences. Do you expect to endorse him . I think this is going in a
positive direction. What did you think of his personality . Hes a warm and genergenuine. Its time to unify the party. Both parties wanted to do that. It was a positive step toward unification. Very positive. I guess we know the talking points, senator john corning tweeted this with trump giving the thumbs up and trump kweeted great day in d. C. With speaker ryan. Things working out really well. Thats trumps view. What did you make of today as somebody who has watched trump. Are you surprised of the
relative sparkle . Im not surprised. The fact he was followed every moment of the day from the moment he landed here in d. C. To the moment where he flew out is unsurprising. He said you need to add a bit of show business. Almost the reality show of what will happen to donald trump and the Republican Party. Not much came out of meetings other than they were encouraging or positive. Paul ryan did not endorse. Nobody expected him to endorse. He got wall to wall coverage. Its expected he would get as much attention as he did today. Im sure he enjoyed every moment of it. Let me go over to hallie. It seems the speaker didnt say hes endorsing but said he will endorse. Ill give this guy a kiss on the cheek some day. Like ill hold his hand today and ill bear hug him in kaup l of weeks. There was a sense that trump wasnt getting up there with the meeting with priebus or ryan and the one with house leadership and given an attitude he was listening. He was attentive. There was a moment im told as was put to me where trump made it clear he was well aware of the polls and how hes doing. Thats the inherent tension of whats happening now. Trump feels he has this mandate from voters. He may not. He doesnt have mandate from everybody in his own party here on capitol hill. There is that contingent of never trump folks who feel like the party is unsettled at the moment. That was a point that was made to trump too. In a sign hes trying to bring the establishment together, you know that jim baker was meeting with trump today. His office confirming the news that nbc broke. Baker was there at the request of trump and held meetings with other gop candidates and were told will have no further comment on it. Thats smart meeting for trump. Here is speaker ryan today on that topic. There are policy disputes that we will have. Theres no two ways about it. Plenty of republicans disagree with one another on policy disputes. You asked priebus about it today. Lets watch that interview point. Im not going to get into the specifics. Its a private meeting, private conversation but everything youre hearing about is accurate. It was cooperative. It was great. Did the speaker explain to donald trump how difficult it is to reduce the debt and theres big elements like entitlements that you have to deal with. Was it that bad . He did bring charts and anybody who has covered paul ryan on capitol hill, one of our producers will tell you this. Paul rye wran lian likes his ch. They were about entitlement reform and national debt. The subsequent meeting had tu trumps aides. Unclear if he was impressed by the charts. Okay. Thank you. Joined by Marsha Blackburn of tennessee. Thank you both. I guess you both have the same
question. You both had districts that were carried by whom in the primaries . Trump. Carried my district. They are. Ive said it was going to be an outsider year. I think thats good and healthy for the party and quiet frankly im energized by the new voters that are coming into the Republican Party this cycle. I notice the first line is he want to stop hillary. Is that a deciding factor for most republicans middle of the road, left and right or right and far right . I think thats a consideration. None of us are supporting Hillary Clinton, obviously. For people like me and my other colleagues that are more center
right, we do have concerns about the lack of policy specifics. These are the concerns a lot of us have. Whats the best you can say about those . You dont really mean it when he said john mccain is not war hero. The plane crashed. I dont know. I havent discussed any of that with mr. Trump. When you look at the issues in front of this country, national security, jobs and economic security, retirement security, which is huge with woman, i think people are saying we want somebody who is going to make decisions. Who is going to provide some leadership. Shes taking the safe position which is leave things alone. Leave it alone. Thats his position. I think sometimes you get into what did somebody say and what did people hear on that. People want to stabilize medicare and Social Security for seniors and near seniors and then to look at it and do something. Is he willing to do that . I would so. Trump is a really smart politician on some things. I think he looks at state like yours and goes a lot of people in pennsylvania are retierees. They want to keep their kids from moving away. Their future is hold what you have. Keep the kids in the neighborhood because theres jobs for them here. Not a lot of fancy stuff. Thats what i think trump seems to be offering. No more trade deals. What troubles me is theres a
lack of policy specifics. The few policies have been cont contradictory. He says he wants to balance the budget and the other hand he says he will ignore the entitlemen entitlements. Did he learn this today . Paul ryan brought the charts out. They look at the three big factors. Interest payments are huge. Third you have defense. People segment that. They want to make sure theres stability there. They look at the mandatory spending components and what needs to be done for reworking medicaid and the Delivery Systems on it and the mandatory spending. They really want that address
because they see a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in those systems. Theyre going to insist we do that plus they want these federal agencies dealt with because they are too bureaucratic. Donald trumps past comments will come up again over next six months. We know that. Earlier this year an antitrump super pac put out this ad quoting him this wbr id wbr7410 way. Lets watch. Bimbo. Dog. Fat pig. Real quotes from donald trump about women. A person who is flat chested is hard to be a ten. Id look her right in that fat, ugly face of her pps. Look at that face. She had the height. She had the beauty. She was crazy, but these are minor details. I like kids. I mean, i wont do anything to take care of them. Ill supply funds and shes take care of the kids. It doesnt matter what they write as long as you have a young and beautiful piece of [ bleep ]. How do you explain that at b
home . I think for a woman like me in tennessee . Ive heard things that and worse said about me. This guy is running for the presidency. He wants your endorsement. Ive heard it from guys ive worked with. Would you hire a male that talked like that . Would you hire one . Let wbrid wbr8030 me tell you where i think women are on this. They have heard that all their life. Theyve had people condescend to them. They are more worried about keeping their community safe. Making certain we dont have terror cells having jobs for their kids coming out of college. Making certain a comfortable retirement is there not only for them or parents. Is there anybody around that doesnt have this reputation that hes got . There are things hes said that i wish he had not said. I think people are more worried about fate of our country. My hunch is, i think pennsylvania will decide it and moderate women. A lot of women are concerned. Everybody sees the polls. 70 of women have an unfavorable view of mr. Trump. I think its hard to take these words back. When youre a president ial candidate, every utterance you make is policy. Thats one of the challenges. It causes me a lot of heartburn when i heard those kinds of statements. Im not naive. Ive heard this too. Youre an optimist. I am. President trump, here we come. Weve had had you on an awful lot lately. Thank you. Paul ryan is inching closer to support donald trump. He actually said a quick yeah. Hes really whying his on president ial prospects for years from now. Every move he makes will have a an impact on his political options. I think hell have no options if trump wins. Can democrats capitalize on revisions in the Republican Party when they are still fighting their own primary battle between held ri and bernie. No matter what you think of trump hes dominating the headlines. How to put on a good show from
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seeds to get yourselves unified. From here were going to go deeper into policy areas to see where the Common Ground is and how we can make sure were operating off the same core principles. This is our first meeting. I was very encouraged with this meeting. This is a process. It takes a little time. You dont put it together in 45 minutes. Theres the agreeable point for the republicans. I know whats fascinating when ryan was interviewed it was like a quick yeah. Its been a bit of the war between the passions that paul ryan feels. Then we see a different approach. The pragmatism of mitch mcconnell. He was able to look them in the eye, talk about some of the concerns that they have and soften some of the rough edges. He makes a reasonable argument that you cant turn it all over and come together in just 45 minutes. Mitch mcconnell is already saying he endorses. He has time. It also gives trump some time
later a chance to say he got a win. Tonight your beat was the biggest beat. Thank you. Ryan, the speaker ryan hasnt been so shy about weighing in on the gops nominating process and calling out trump like his ban on muslims coming into the country. Here is ryan. I will take an exception today. This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly its not what this country stands for. You can tell that was an earlier picture when he had the beard. The conversation over the last few days has been about white
supremacist groups. I try to stay out of daytoday, ups and downs of the primary. When i see something that runs counter to who we are as a party and a country, i will speak up. Today i want to be very 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 peoples prejudices. Wow. As ryan slow walks unifying his party, hes balancing the gops chances in 2016 with his own ambitions to be the nominee of the party in 2020. They both have jobs very, very similar to my own over the years. His interest is protecting the House Majority this year. These are some guy, some are never trump. Some v havent endorsed. Hes prolife. He wants to make sure he believes in the core principles. I think the Republican Party when i worked up on the hill was more of a political party. Some moderate, some middle of the roads. You must subscribe, mr. Trump to the belief system of this party. Theres a bit of worry that trump doesnt really have appreciation for the constitution and worry he might overreach. Theres been a lot of worry that obama has done that as president. They are sick and tired. I think thats a good discussion to have. Congress needs to reassert itself. They dont want the man on horse back. They dont want the guy riding into town. Respect article 1 as well as article two. Thats what they are hoping to get from these conversations with donald trump. A good speaker protects his members. Thats what ryan is also doing protecting his members from a guy who says a lot of things. Ryan is right on the muslim ban and david duke. Hes worried about it because hes not sure how this all plays out. Yet trump has his own political ambitions. Trump has to be seen as on the offense all the time. Hes always on the offensive. He has to be seen as a guy mastering any interpersonal relationship with anybody. He has to be the bully, the boss. How can he get along with the Republican Congress which is the heart of the political establishment without becoming an insider like ryan . He won the primaries by
winning a certain segment of the republican base. In order to win the general election, to beat Hillary Clinton which is all of our goal, hes going to have to unify the party and get votes from every wing of the party. How does he do it. How does he stay donald trump and do that. I think theres a fine line between his outsider status and the sort of hateful comments. Can he still get a crowd if he doesnt engage if the wild speech. That gets his headlines. I think so. He also cant be a typical politician. I think theres way to do this. He was pretty undisciplined throughout the campaign and it worked for him. Paul ryan was close on the ticket last time. Hes been clear that speaker of the house has never been elected president and this is the highest Political Office he expects to hold. Hes a pretty young guy. He aint going to get it if trump gets it. If trump goes in the white house, its over for this guy. Paul ryan is not the kind of guy that is scheming about being president. Hes just a policy wonk. Hes gotten to be speaker. He really wants to move policy. Like dick chaney, he got to be Vice President not by scheming. He just got to be speaker of the house, not by scheming. Paul ryan was begged to do this job by your former boss. I dont think he wanted it. Hows boehners retirement . Hes having the time of his life. Thank you. Up next, democrats seize on this break in the Republican Party. Hillary clinton is still trying to fend off Bernie Sanders in the partys primary. That fight is not over at all. This is hardball, the place for politics. vo on the trane test range, you learn what makes our hting
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