Common ground. What i heard from donald trump today i do believe we are planting the seeds to get ourselves unified, and we had a great meeting and over a short time things will come together. Jon john roberts in new york city with more. Reporter it is more than a truce but less than an agreement. They said he sat and listened and seemed genuinely interested and asked a lot of good questions and they got a sense of where he is on a lot of issues. There are many points of departure as well and they hope to bridge that gap toward the november election. Donald trump did not get an endorsement so trump believe they see eye to eye on core Republican Issues and paul ryan will eventually come around. Here is trump on Sean Hannitys show. He doesnt have an easy job. I dont mind going through a slow process, a very big subject, i think for the most part we agree on a lot of different items and we are getting there. Reporter another story is an audio recording from 1991 where a man who identified
When you are running for and serving as president , you better mean what you say. Tonight, it appears that weve won a big, big victory in West Virginia and with your help, were going to win in oregon next week. Donald trumps delegate count now, 1,107, just 130 shy of the magic number. And clinton now with 2,239, sanders, 1,469. We have fox noose Team Coverage for you. Lauren green following the democratic race for the white house. But we begin live in charleston, West Virginia and Donald Trumps path to the nomination. Rich, good to see you. Reporter good morning. The path forward for donald trump is to methodically collect delegates, which he can easily do, without any other National Republicans in the race. He has done so here in West Virginia and in nebraska last evening. And could secure on june 7th the 1237 delegates he needs to secure the republican nomination on the first ballot. June 7 is when california and new jersey vote. Donald trump is moving forward on his general election
Infighting is not. A major effort to change that is donald trump meets with republicans on the hill including paul ryan. John after the surprise announcement that the speaker was not ready to endorse the presumptive gop nominee trump meeting with the gop house Leadership Today and getting ready to sit down with Senate Republican leaders 45 minutes from now. John roberts is live at National Committee headquarters in washington. Reporter good morning. We expect some members of the house leadership on the republican side will come out to the microphone soon, that meeting with donald trump just wrapped up. It went about an hour after the meeting with paul right and Reince Priebus went for about an hour. Things are looking positive this morning. You dont want to spend a lot of time, sources inside the meeting describe the tone, very positive and a good step toward party unity. Sources didnt want to talk too much about what was said between mister trump and paul ryan, they want to leave that
Blindsided by the speakers announcement that he was not ready to endorse him. Mister trump now refusing to rule out removing the House Speaker from his role as chairman of the Republican Convention if he doesnt come around. As trump suggests, he will be changing his tone but he may be tweaking his position on taxes and the minimum wage be one we have team fox coverage, steve ducey live with the latest on the democratic race but we start with john robert live in our new york city newsroom. Reporter good morning, good to see you. Forget the noise behind me. A prominent member of the Republican National Committee Told me late last night the next seven days will be crucial not just for donald trump but for the Republican Party. They will tell whether this is going to be the trump party, the Republican Party or whether the Republican Party will be able to break into a number of different factions under the rules that have to be brought together in the chaotic november election. A lot of wha
Likes of which waesh washington has rarely seen. The president ial candidate trying to put together the pieces of a fractured party. Hes built buildings and golf courses, resorts and enormous wealth. Today donald trump came to washington to build bridges with republicans. Especially House Speaker paul ryan. We agree on a lot of different items. And were getting there. I feel very strongly about border security. I feel very strongly about trade. I feel very strongly about building up the military and to a large extent, i think paul is there also. Trump arrived in the Nations Capital amid deep suspicions of his intentions. Ryan was particularly offended by trumps plan to ban muslims from entering the country. But after trump softened his stance in the hours preceding his reason. Ryan found reason to be optimistic. I was very encouraged from 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. Ev