Ready to back trump. What hes saying is, look, i want to get there. I think i will get there, but i want to talk to donald trump, and i want to work with him. Reporter priebus, trying to explain why ryan and some in the Republican Party are so reluctant to back their new standard bearer. For some people, an endorsement is a full embrace, and so for some people it takes a little bit of time to get to a full embrace. Reporter the chairman, not promising 100 of the party will fall in line, but optimistic that there wont be a contested convention come july. The platform of our party will be written in cleveland, and i think youre going to get another very conservative platform out of our party. Reporter but not so fast. Trump firing back at ryan in a statement saying im not ready to support speaker ryans agenda. You know why its never trump . Because im going to stop the gravy train for all of these consultants and people. Reporter ryan making clear his focus is on one thing. Protecting th
And special guest kelly ripa. Top of the hour. Im poppy harlow. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. We begin of course with politics because if you thought this election was in the bag, think again. The epic race between Hillary Clinton and donald trump is now significantly tighter, and now there is a potential game changer for the fbi. Director james comey announcing yesterday there will be a brand new review of emails linked to a longtime clinton aid. For donald trump this is fresh ammunition. This is the biggest political scandal since watergate, and its everybodys deepest hope that justice at last can be properly delivered. The Clinton Campaign is hitting back demanding that the fbi come forward with all that it knows immediately. Its now incumbent on director comey to immediately provide the American People with more information than what is contained in his letter. He owes the public the full story or else he shouldnt have cracked open this door in the first place. Cnns new poll of p
Dana joins me from the event there in washington, dana bash, take it away. First i want to ask you about your event here. Theres new audiotape of you talking about the fact that you have relied on your popularity and the fact that people come to your events and that helps you with free advertising. Is that what this is about . Not at all. This was just under budget ahead of schedule. Thats what this is. My Hotel Officially opens today and we built it for less money than was anticipated and ahead of schedule by over a year. If a country would do that we would have a country that would be in much better shape you know, highways, they build highways for double and triple the cost. Reporter so to people who say youre taking time out of swing states to do this you say i say the following. You have been covering me for the last long time. I did yesterday eight stops and three major speeches and ive been doing this for weeks straight. Im going to North Carolina, then im going up to new hampsh
Died. In miamis little havana, a different scene. Cuban exiles dancing and singing in the streets as we see, popping champagne and waving the cuban flag. For them, they remember a ruthless tyrant who reneged on his promise of democracy and executed tens of thousands of opponents and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Cnns flora sanchez from little havana. Boris, what type of stories are you hearing from people there on the street . Reporter pam, theres a tremendous amount of elation on the streets right now. Were outside, the epicenter of the cuban exile center. People are banging pots, pans, theyre chanting. Hundreds of cuban flags here and this party is just getting started. The crowd has grown immensely since i got here and people are holding pictures of their loved ones that they lost, either through the revolution, through political oppression on the island or simply couldnt be here today. People that have been waiting for this moment for a long time. As a matter of fa
Some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. The questions about the president s stability and competence are particularly relevant today as republicans were blindsided by the president s deal making with democrats this afternoon. While they were still trying to decipher the four separate statements that the Administration Made yesterday on daca and ending with the late night tweet that seemed to imply that the president would take executive action on daca if congress failed to legalize the program. Before we get to the reporters we should let you know were keeping an eye on the president who is preparing to speak in north dakota. If he veers from his prepared remarks on tax reform and breaks any new ground on daca or the deal with the democrats well bring it to you. But joining us right now is kasie hunt, nbc news capitol hill correspondent. I was trying to sneak in a thank you for filling in for me last week. I got all tangled up. I enjoyed it. You g