U. S. Politics, republican and congressman paul ryan reluctantly coming forward to take on the job as speaker of the house of representative. He made the announcement a few hours ago. But he says there are conditions. He wants support from three key factions within the party. And he says hes not willing to give up valuable time with his young family. Ryan says he plans to make his decision within the week. This is not a job ive ever wanted and ever sought. Im in the job ive always wanted here and congress came to the conclusion thats in a very dire moment, not just for congress and the Republican Party, but for our country. And i think our country is in desperate need of leadership. I asked republican strategist Leslie Sanchez if paul ryan can unite the republicans. The issue is this fraction between the conservatives and the Establishment Republicans and can he bridge the gap. Hes seen as a national figure, a big leader. He has conditions to accept this position, but i think if anybod
Face. Donald trump under attack for promising to target terrorists families and for saying he would waterboard terror suspects. He has changed his stance dramatically in less than 24 hours. Last night the issue came up. When he was challenged, he was challenged on his plan to order soldiers to kill innocent people or families of terrorists and torture suspects. He was put on the spot. They said its a violation of international law. Trump though last night was defiant. These animals over in the middle east that chop off heads sitting around talking and seeing that were having a hard problem with waterboarding. We should go with waterboarding and we should go tougher than wat waterboarding. The Trump Campaign said i will not order a military officer to disobey the law. It will be bound by laws like all americans and i will meet those responsibilities. The trump debate had many moments in it. That was probably a high point. It was a pretty low moment for trump and the other candidates fil
So great to have you along with us on this saturday morning. Im pamela brown in for christi paul and Victor Blackwell is in flint, michigan. Victor, today is Super Saturday and the biggest day of the year and the race for the white house. A lot going on today. Yes. A lot going on here and at home. This is Super Saturday. Voters across five states will head to the polls or caucuses. For the republicans, the stakes have never been higher. Weve got voters headed out to kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, nebraska. A lot of headlines. First up, ben carson officially now out of the race. Telling the audience hell take a position with the christian voter group. Meanwhile donald trump who was scheduled to speak at about 11 00 this morning or rather 8 30 this morning is skipping the conservative conference, instead holding a rally in kansas at nearly the same time as his canceled speech. Hes also changed his mind. He clarified remarks that a push for tortures of detainees and killing Family Me
A young actor and elderly retiree inspiring america for their amazing bond for life. Nightly news begins now. Good evening to our viewers in the west. President trumps plan to build a wall on the Mexican Border is potentially running up against its own walls as he looks for ways to pay for it that dont leave americans on the hook. The president s insistence that mexico will foot the bill has caused the mexican president to call off the facetoface meeting. Mexico is this countrys Third Largest trading partner and tonight a white house idea to force payment for mexico could cost us as well. Hallie jackson starts us off now with details. Reporter wall whiplash and who will pay for it . Whos going to pay for the wall . Reporter mexico says it wont. So late this afternoon the administration floating an idea to slap a 20 tax on mexican imports, a way to fund the estimated 8 to 14 billion wall. But under that plan it would be americans who would probably end up paying more for imports like ca
Mlks niece, alvitas king and howie kurtz weigh in on whether abcs reaction was the right call. Also Andy Mccarthy tells us why he now has no doubt that the Obama Administration spied on the Term Campaign and it explains why. Plus, starbucks has every one of its workers spend the afternoon pondering whether they are unconsciously biased or racist. We have an exclusive look at the workbook they reflected over today. This is it, my notebook. Lots of interesting notes in here. We are going to dig into this. I dont think most people have seen this. Pretty wild. We are going to tell you why legalized pot laws have totally backfired and turned out to be a bonanza for, believe it or not, the drug cartels. But first, separating parents from children and fact from fiction. Thats the focus of tonights angle. The media have been hammering President Trump, making scurrilous charges that his draconian immigration policies are separating families and losing track of illegal imMigrant Children. The Tr