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I think that's why he tacitly endorsed ryan. but he's living with a choice he made. he could have disowned trump when mitt romney did back in march. now he is sort of stuck with him. the poll, i think, is just one poll, wolf. but at the same time, trump has a point here. he does in a way speak for that hard core 30%, 35% of the republican race that ryan doesn't. >> julie, you spent last night with a group of republicans in a small town in north carolina, which is a very important swing state. what was their reaction to the debate and trump's claim that this election is rigged? >> so i wanted t...

Here. deb fisher, the senator from nebraska again, as robert was saying, she backed away from donald trump and is now going back to donald trump. there are people suggesting that paul ryan, manu raju was reporting, congressmen saying they won't vote for paul ryan if ryan doesn't stand up for donald trump. what are these people seeing that are creating this backlash against the backlash? >> probably two things. one, the reaction from throughout the country of shock and horror at the things donald trump has said and done and also, shock and horror from their on base who support donald trump, wan...

Caucus? >> reporter: so far, and i think we saw a great interview on andrea mitchell reports today from representative labrador, they want a private meeting with paul ryan and they want to see what he would do regarding changing of the house rules. specifically in regards to could newer members move forward to leadership committees. and it's something that boehner has been hesitant to do because he does not want to reward rabble-rousers. i think a way that ryan could get through this is say look, i will take that under consideration, but you 40 conservative members can not dictate all the rule...

Floor vote. >> any reporting on what the freedom caucus is thinking about doing? >> they're with daniel webster from florida but they're open to having discussion with ryan. ryan doesn't want to make too many promises. he wants to lead in his own way and set his own agenda without constantly worrying about the right flank. >> thank you very much. >> paul ryan is playing this so smart. he is going to end up being speaker and there's a chance he won't but i think the likelihood is he will be and the way that he's done this with this reluctance and making the caucus come to him, if he ends up as ...

What i mean by that, there's talk when mccarthy was running and when boehner ran, could they get the 218 votes on the floor. ryan doesn't want that. if he's going to go for the job, he wants a clear mandate, somewhere in the neighborhood of 235 votes, i'm told, that show he's somebody who the conference believes in, has a vision, and one that he would like to execute. so that's where the questions will be, and we'll start to learn the answers to them tomorrow night at the conference meeting, because that's where paul ryan will hear from his supporters, as well as the detractors and really get ...