the closed door meeting. i saw love in that room. i see love everywhere i go. reporter: despite walking back what his campaign origin originally promoted as an endorsement event, donald trump emerged calling today s closed door meeting a success. we didn t think we would have a press conference. we have many, many endorsements that came out of the meeting. reporter: in a lead up to today s get together several of the pastors invited said they had no intention of backing the gop front-runner or even attending the meet and greet. if you you talk down to women, if you talk down to documented immigrants calling them rapists and then black lives, get them out of here. no, you can t represent me. i don t need to hear your platform. reporter: victor kuzins said he came to talk with trump, nothing more. it s incumbent upon me to