Unleashed a barrage of new attacks. Trying to slow the trump steam roller. Jon karl is here to start us off. Good morning, jon. Reporter g good morning, george. Donald trump is facing his biggest test yet. T. A sustained assault of persona insults, attacks, and mockery that looks like it could have been designed by trump himself. A campaign trail saturday donald trump predicting a super tuesday rout hopefully, well win tennessee. Were going win everything. I think were even i think we have great chance to win texas. Reporter after h his doubledigit wins in South Carolina and nevada, some Establishment Republicans finally agree, he could actualllly win this thing. Trump, hes got the momentum. I think theres a more than 50 chancees the nominee. Reporter nowhere was that hammered home more than fridays shocking endorsement. We need a first class president. Were going to have it in donald trump. Once mocked trump as the entertainer in chief is now in his corn. With trump on the verge of an
inside and outside the hall. you can also follow along on twitter, using the hash tag pbs election. ifill: we re not alone. with us are syndicated columnist mark shields and david brooks. welcome back we re glad to see you. what do you expect tonight? i expect history being made. i do. ifill: you re excited? i am. i m excited. i think it s a defining moment, the biggest moment of mitt romney s public career. balloons will drop. before that we ll get to know something about the guy. as i said i think they have not done enough biography but we ll get a little autobiography that will be great. woodruff: we talked earlier about paul ryan s speech last night. how much did that sort of get the delegates fired up? paul ryan could have read the while pages of the phone book, they were excited. he delivered. he certainly in the room and i think beyond the room to conservatives in particular, particularly the sort of wall street journal economic conservatives, he it w
live stream coverage of events inside and outside the hall. you can also follow along on twitter, using the hash tag pbs election. ifill: we re not alone. with us are syndicated columnist mark shields and david brooks. welcome back we re glad to see you. what do you expect tonight? i expect history being made. i do. ifill: you re excited? i am. i m excited. i think it s a defining moment, the biggest moment of mitt romney s public career. balloons will drop. before that we ll get to know something about the guy. as i said i think they have not done enough biography but we ll get a little autobiography that will be great. woodruff: we talked earlier about paul ryan s speech last night. how much did that sort of get the delegates fired up? paul ryan could have read the while pages of the phone book, they were excited. he delivered. he certainly in the room and i think beyond the room to conservatives in particular, particularly the sort of wall street journal ec
turning this country around. mitt romney is in this race, i believe, not just for himself. he s in it to improve the lives of the american people. an extraordinary chief executive officer. i know he understands the economy. uniquely qualified to get our economy moving again. takes control. not a stuffed shirt guy. charismatic. he is rock solid. an authentic leader. his values are so strong. he s a man of faith. extraordinary character. he cares about the lives of those and voices that are unheard. amazing, humble man. i think he has a great deal of pride. finds a way of turning adversity into opportunity. he knows he is the only guy that can do what it will take to turn this country around. within i did devote every waking hour of my energy to getting america strong again. that s what an american president has to do. u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! woodruff: i ve seen some effective video presentations of a nominee that has to be at t
election. ifill: we re not alone. with us are syndicated columnist mark shields and david brooks. welcome back we re glad to see you. what do you expect tonight? i expect history being made. i do. ifill: you re excited? i am. i m excited. i think it s a defining moment, the biggest moment of mitt romney s public career. balloons will drop. before that we ll get to know something about the guy. as i said i think they have not done enough biography but we ll get a little autobiography that will be great. woodruff: we talked earlier about paul ryan s speech last night. how much did that sort of get the delegates fired up? paul ryan could have read the while pages of the phone book, they were excited. he delivered. he certainly in the room and i think beyond the room to conservatives in particular, particularly the sort of wall street journal economic conservatives, he it was enormously well received speech. ifill: aside from the nominee we ll hear from marco