continues to demonstrate his contempt for the nomination process. rnc communications director will join me this hour and respond to trump s accusations that the system is, quote, rigged and we ll have his reaction to the breaking news from capitol hill. this afternoon, house speaker paul ryan will speak to the press pouring ice water on weeks of speculation that he might be gearing up to join the presidential race. we have a lot to unpack this hour. our msnbc political team is covering this jam packed political calendar on the ground and across the state. i want to begin with the breaking news. the house speaker, paul ryan announcement, luke, that he s officially not going to be making a run for the white house. the white house with fallout from the panama papers and sort of the cameron let up from the discussion. i m wondering if you can just tell me whether or not the white house is following that and what we should expect the president to defend? josherne ernest saying
against donald trump. all of this as the texas senator continues to seek delegates from the billionaire businessman, a move aloud by republican party rules, rules trump is now targeting head on. this is a crooked system, folks. i ve won twice as much as cruz, i ve won millions and millions of votes more. on the democratic side, another win for bernie sanders over the weekend in wyoming. one that comes with little overall gain against hillary clinton whose ability to lead continues to be questioned by the vermont senator. it determines if her judgment is clearly lacking. the current secretary of state pulling in the lead in her adopted home state of new york. according to the maris poll that is due out this afternoon could provide a critical view of where the votes could land next tuesday. our team of correspondents standing by across new york state and in california with the very latest. after losing the colorado convention, donald trump is lashing out at the republic
received this information, it was so moving to me, that it was something i could just simply not refuse to attend. hillary clinton spent part of her day as we said in new york city before heading off to california for the fundraisers. she spoke a crowd of mostly latino and african-american seniors and promised to fight there are them for them if elected. here in a city that i love that is the greatest city in the world, in the greatest country in the world, and let s make sure we keep it that way! our team covering every angle of this race. let s start with nbc s anne thompson back in rome at the vatican and we just checked in with you not too long ago an i said he s n said he s not expected to meet with the pope but any chance, can they run into each other on a friday night? reporter: believe it or not, they actually could, kate, and the reason is because bernie sanders will spend the night at casa, where pope francis lives. it s a hotel that john paul ii lives. it s a
park as we count down to the new york primary just four days to go. senator bernie sanders is not campaigning in the empire state today. he is instead spending the day at the vatican there to address the pontifical sciences. it leaves people to question why sanders would leave the campaign trail at such a crucial time. why i m here at the vatican, yes, i know it takes me away from the campaign trail for a day. when i received this invitation, it was so moving to me that it was something i just simply couldn t refuse to attend. meantime, over on the right, donald trump scheduled to hold a rally in plattsburgh, new york in the next hour, ripping the democratic process yet again today. in a new op-ed he writes, i, for one, mnt interested in defending a system that for decades has served the interest of political parties at the expense of the people. responding earlier on today, re reince priebus. i think it s a little late after the process to state something you don t lik
wisconsin. in fact, kasich is the only republican throwing down cashier in new york, about $177,000. ted cruz has been focused on other states like california where he was on monday. it s important to point out, too, the gop rules here in the state of new york where donald trump holds a sizeable lead. this is, of course, his home state. if he wins half the vote in new york, he will automatically get this state s 95 delegates. according to the latest nbc news wall street journal marist polling, trump stands at 96%, close to his rival. there is a similar lead for hillary clinton who holds a lead of 14 points over bernie sanders in new york. the numbers here, though, only tell us so much. today there is a new question, one that until recently seems to be reserved for the other party. could the growing divide among democrats now boost the chances of a republican victory in november? our teams are digging into that and much more as they follow the democratic campaigns across the s