that's all paul ryan said. paul ryan's point of view is, he was on the road campaigning for a very vulnerable republican, congressman andy bar, from kentucky, who doesn't want to be talking about birthright citizenship and undoing it through executive order. that's not what andy bar wants to talk about. all of a sudden ryan has to talk about it, and so the reason that president trump is attacking paul ryan on this is curious. >> well, you know, look, paul ryan is going away, right? paul ryan is no longer going to be speaker. paul ryan is an easy, you know, punching bag. not a darling. i don't think at any trump rally this afternoon in the hertz arena in ft. myers there are going to be people chanting for paul ryan. he's going out to rally the base. not too long ago, mitch mcconnell was not a favorite. >> only top ranking republican on the hill -- it's not like he's an unimportant, minor league -- >> he's lame duck -- >> you know what this says to me, he's given up on the house. this message is one that helps re

ryan saying that paul ryan doesn't know what he's talking about? paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinions on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. our new republican majority will work on this closing the loopholes and securing our border. yesterday the president said in an interview with axios, he can sign an executive order, sign his name, it would change what has been seen as the 14th amendment to the constitution for 150 years and children born in the united states, they're automatically u.s. citizens. >> i'm also a constitutional law professor. there are a lot of unknown questions looming around right now. it's clear in the 14th amendment, it was enacted in response to a terrible decision in which the supreme court held that children of former slaves at that time slafbs could in the be citizens because slaves were property. they passed the 14th amendment. there is plain language that undermine what is the president is stating. in addition we have a supreme court state the supreme

house speaker, paul ryan. the ballottle over the presiden pledge to end birthright citizenship in the u.s. with an executive order. something ryan says mr. trump can't do, because it's in the constitution. the president tweeted, paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinions on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. that was in response to the speaker saying, hold on. >> well, you obviously cannot do that. you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. >> reporter: a senior gop aide jumped to ryan's defense telling cnn, this is a great way to screw up the machine a week before the election, first the comment itself and now attacking the top republican in congress, trying to save our majority. >> not fear mongering at all. immigration is an important subject. >> reporter: top white house officials like kellyanne conway insist, the birthright issue is an open question. >> there are constitutional scholars who say the 14th amendment is up fo

for him. >> but paul ryan's leaving. he knows paul ryan is low hanging fruit. he's not popular amongst the base. what it does do is put republicans in tight positions in a tough position of arguing over what president trump is doing is constitutional or not, it probably something most republicans in tight districts do not want to deal with. paul ryan knows more about constitutionality than president trump does. he's the same guy who claims he knows more than the generals. it's an assanine comment. >> he's been critical of a man who has been picking on him for a year and a half. >> and paul ryan has the bravery and fortitude. where was this courage when he was running this same exact campaign in 2016? that is the kind of courage we needed then. that is the kind of courage that says partisanship out the window. this is not right. this is inhumane, these are the types of things we should not be talking about or engaging in before the american people. that is the paul ryan who was going to be re-elected speaker. it doesn't m

what about the blaming paul ryan issue? >> he said he wouldn't blame paul ryan if republicans lose the house, so we should keep that tape and see if we end up having to replay it at some point on the line here. but i think politically, i don't think it's terribly helpful for the republican party to have a republican president and a republican speaker sniping at each other publicly over a disagreement over an issue that just came up from a reporter question two days ago in the final week of an election. i understand the arguments on both sides of the birthright citizenship question, i actually think they are reasonable questions about whether or not we ought to change our policy as a country, i do agree with the speaker that that cannot be acca mere executive order. i think a lot of us have a lot to say about the abuse of executive power under the previous president, and this is well beyond that scope, but for now, i don't think it is terribly edifying for republicans who are trying to come together and win some really impor

it has a vague shape like paul ryan would have come up with. >> he was never in favor of the wall. we need to keep talking about it, if they can get through in the next congress isn't here, the house members aren't here. if it's the first item when they come back, it's a positive thing. >> i want jim jordan to be speaker. >> i do too. >> i think kevin mccarthy, to put it plainly, is sort of a -- he's a paul ryan figure. now with a piece of paper. he doesn't have the piece of paper, he's coming with the

announcer: house speaker paul ryan attended a campaign rally in new jersey in support of j weber, a republican running to fill the seat vacated by congressman freeling horizon, who -- congressman freeling relinhuysen who is retiring. >> all right, thank you, betty lou and thank you the weber kids. thank you. [laughter] [applause] very much for you being here and supporting me, and thank everyone for coming out today. thank you, so much. . have a question for you do you like winning? well, we have good news. we are winning! [applause] >> no one, no one can look at the facts desk some of you mentioned, fax matter, right? nobody can look at the facts and said that we aren't winning in the country these days. and it is an american win, right? [applause] day.ca is winning every if you look at the economy, it is growing at 4% per quarter, right? unemployment at 3.7%. business confidence at an all-time high, wages and housing stats are going up. just today, the world economic forum, the organizations that os conference,v named america is the most competitive economy in the world. [applause] that is t

leader leader paul ryan issued a statement on the shooting. he said pittsburgh and the jewish community have been wronged, but they should know that americans stand firmly with them. house minority leader nancy pelosi sharing her thoughts on share theng saying we grief of the congregation and the entire pittsburgh community. may it be a comfort that so many of us mourn with them at this tragic time. we plan to show you the president's entire parks in indianapolis tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> candidates in minnesota's first congressional district faced each other in a debate. currente's representative, tim walz, is not seeking reelection because he is running for minnesota governor. this debate is 45 minutes. >> this is mpr news. minnesota has eight seats in the u.s. house a a

before he went insane, he got it right. >> but paul ryan -- >> are you going to blame paul ryan if republicans don't vote the house? >> no, i'm not going to blame anybody. i think we're doing well with the house. we're going to have to see. it's a lot of people. i've campaigned for a lot of candidates that were down a little bit. and now they're up. but we're going to see. i think we're going to do well in the house. i think we're doing really extraordinarily well in the senate. >> have you received a subpoena at all from robert mueller? >> no. >> no? >> [ inaudible question ]. >> say it again. what? >> what do the saudis have to say to you -- >> nothing. i just hope it all works out. we have a lot of facts. we have a lot of things we've been looking at. they haven't betrayed me. i mean, maybe they have betrayed themselves. we'll have to see how it all turns out. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> no, not fear mongering at all. immigration is a very important subject. the democrats have let immigration in our country get out of control with their horrible, not allowing us to have any votes to get p

lou: outgoing, lame duck, house speaker, paul ryan, let me size that outgoing. breaking his midterm silence over the weekend, taking a shot at conservatives and the president and used the word tribalism. >> i worry about tribal identity politics of the new norm, as conservatives we thought it was a left winglinsky thing, but the right wing practices that as well, day in age, technology,oidoi identity politics and working. >> you talked about inclusive politics which trying to unify, does president trump practice those. >> sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't. lou: joining me now to take up who is really to blame. for the toxic political crime at. fox news political analyst, ed rollins. fox business contributor. michael goodwin. i want to start, ed, on paul ryan, we don't hear from him, then he is south talking about tactics on part of the right. >> if i close my eyes it could have been a statement by nancy pelosi, paul ryan, supposedly leader of conservative movement. lou: supposedly. >> vast majority have conservative principles of the president, he cannot l

i want to start, ed, on paul ryan, we don't hear from him, then he is south talking about tactics on part of the right. >> if i close my eyes it could have been a statement by nancy pelosi, paul ryan, supposedly leader of conservative movement. lou: supposedly. >> vast majority have conservative principles of the president, he cannot lead them. that is why just as well, threes going off to where ever he is going. lou: your reaction. the tactics of left, radical dems, day in, and day out. in concert with the media. >> my view of last two years, is different from paul ryan's would be, which is that. everything that happened since elect of 2016, is about bringing down president trump. various ways, but a sense of unhinged movement to bring down this president. for paul ryan to say, well both sides are playing this game it really a total misreading of what has been happening. lou: i would agree, it would be a misreading, but in his case it is more misrepresentation on his part. hknows better. >> i am not sure he does. >> he is that be o obtuse. >> i think if he did, he would still be spe

>> paul ryan it into campaign rally in new jersey in support of jay webber, a republican running to fill the seat being vacated by congressman rodney frelinghuysen who is retiring. this is 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, betty lou. and thank you von trapp -- i mean the web or kids. thank you. johanna, thank you very much for being here supporting me and thank everyone for coming out today. thank you so much. i have a question. do you like winning? we've got good news. we are winning. no one, no one can look at the facts, facts matter. no one can look at the facts and say we are not winning in this country these days. it's not a republican win. it's an american when. right? [applause] america is winning every day. look at the economy. the economy is growing at 4% per quarter. unemployment at 3.7%. business confidence is at an all-time high. wages are going up, housing starts are going up. the economy is moving. just today the world economic forum, the organization that puts on the davos counsel, the nine states of america, our home has the most competitive economy in the world. [appl

the president tweeted, paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinions on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. that was in response to the speaker saying, hold on. >> well, you obviously cannot do that. you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. >> reporter: a senior gop aide jumped to ryan's defense, telling cnn this is a great way to screw up the message a week before the election, first the birthright comment itself and now attacking the top republican in congress who is trying to save our majority. >> not fearmongering at all. immigration is a very important subject. >> reporter: top officials like kellyanne conway insists it is an open question. >> there are scholars who say the 14th amendment has been misinterpreted and the supreme court has never given an opinion on this. >> reporter: her husband disagrees, writing in a "washington post" op-ed what scholars have stated, such a more would be unconstitutional and would be challenged and the challengers would undoubtedly win. the white house fixation on immigr

. >> house speaker paul ryan took part in a campaign rally in new jersey in support of jay weber, a republican running to the seas vacated by congressman ronnie freeling housing. >>. >> all right. thank you betty lou. >> thank you though weber kids. thank you. >> joanna, thank you very much for being here supporting me and thank everyone for coming out today, thank you so much. so i've got a question. you like winning? well, we've got good news. we are winning. no one, no one can look at the facts. somebody keeps mentioning facts matter. no one can look at the facts and say we are winning in this country these days and is not a republican win, it's an american win. right? >> america is winning every day.look at the economy. the economy is growing at four percent per quarter, unemployment at 3.7 percent, business confidence is at an all-time high, wages are going up, the economy is moving, just today, the world economic forum, an organization that puts on the gallows, world economic forum named america, the united states, our home as the most competitive economy in the world . [applause] that i

td ameritrade. ♪ >>> why are you attacking paul ryan? >> first right citizenship is a very, very important subject. in my opinion it's much less complex than you think. >> are you going to blame paul ryan if republicans don't hold the house? >> no, i'm not going to blame anybody. >> the president just leaving on the white house south lawn. it's a conversation we were just having about paul ryan. let me show you the president's final schedule here until election day. going to ft. myers today. pretty much the only place that doesn't need republicans fired up in the state of florida, for what it's worth. then we go to columbia, missouri, the reddist area in a red state. friday it's huntington, west virginia and indianapolis. sunday is macon, georgia, and chattanooga, tennessee. monday, cleveland, ohio, ft. wayne, indiana, and rush limbaugh's hometown of cape girardeau of missouri. if you love the house, you must love this travel schedule. >> i don't see a single competitive house race. >> if we're talking about appealing to college-educated

but that doesn't make him right about this issue. >> paul ryan made him wrong? >> i don't think paul ryan thought he was saying anything controversial in that interview. all of a sudden they're in this fight. it sort of puts their relationship where it started. >> i think paul ryan probably thought he wasn't doing anything to cause a fight. he was focused on constitutionality of executive orders. >> not the first person that thinks of himself as a constitutional conservative to have issues with the president of the occupation. we'll see you back here this time tomorrow. wolf starts after a quick break. have a great day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ...ancestrydna can pinpoint where your ancestors are from... ...and the paths they took, to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com. you finayou know it! chair? woah! (laughter) hahaha-aaaahhhh! gorilla glue. of course. gorilla glue expands into the materials to form an incredibly strong bond. for the toughest jobs on planet earth. their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on i

. >>> and we talk to paul ryan about the saudi controversy. the president and the key issues that will decide who controls congress after the mid term elections. >>> the cdc warns the public about the outbreak of a rare polio disease, affecting 60 children in 22 states. meet a 3-year-old who spent more than half his life fighting this illness. >>> and nasa astronaut talks about surviving last week's rocket failure. >>> we begin with a look at today's eye openers. your world, in 90 seconds. >>> it depends whether or not the king or the crown prince knew about it. if they knew about it, that would be bad. >> the president defends saudi leadership. >> president trump comparing the allegations to those against brett kavanaugh, calling this a case of guilty until proven innocent. >> oh, my god. >> flooding in central texas turns deadly. >> officials urge residents to evacuate. >> people lost their houses and their belongings.

even if they don't like president trump they are aligned with house speaker paul ryan and other republican leaders who are aligned with president trump. what they are banking on when you talk to them is that the economy will help them survive. that people will look past the tweets, look past the the racially charged language, look past the scandals and say well the economy is solid and we got a supreme court justice. we actually got two. that could be enough. that's more of a gut feeling from vulnerable republicans than any dined of data-driven facts. >> these declarations from the president, 5200 troops to the border, news from axios he's carcinogenic of getting rid of birth right citizenship.

and the president's not tweeting about it, paul ryan's not discussing it in interviews. but it could be key both in the skmerms even the ne even in the next election. i'm talking about our deficit. from paul ryan to mitch mcconnell to the tea party to maga, the gop has long claimed that they are fiscally conservative. in fact, with when obama was president, gop leaders palablas the existence of any deficit as a fiscal and moral crisis. >> they are in denial. they are in denial about the debt, $14.3 trillion! they're in denial about the deficit. >> and they didn't want to see a nation in debt. they wanted us to pay our bills in our time. >> yes, this level of debt is unsustainable. but it is also immoral. >> immoral. keep that word in mind. that was, of course, speaker john boehner. he was ousted by a tea party movement that clamored about runaway spending. and the members of that movement may have cared a lot about it. we're talking tonight about what republican leaders did about it. consider that that deficit obsession was also embraced by boehner's replacement, paul ry

ab why are you attacking paul ryan? >> birthright citizen citizenship is a very, very important subject. in my opinion, it's much less complex than people thing. >> reporter: that comes after ryan pointed out the president can't over ride the constitution iv with an exec order to prevent babies born in the me u.s. to undocued parents from becoming citizens. >> you obviously cannot do that. you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. >> reporter: the president is not backing off, betting his base will turnout if he keeps the border battle front and center. the president tonight here in florida is hoping to boost the ce chof the republican candidate locked in a tight race for governor in a rl state where voting by republicans has outpaced democrats but democrats are hoping for their own shot in the arm when a different president, former president obama at visits this later in the week. both parties in a final blitz to election day. >> hallie jackson in florida, thanks. >>> from that let's talk about the

>> i'm not a big paul ryan barber. because -- basher. but i am not normally in camp that thinks that everything he does is wrong. but that was the stupidest, most unhelpful thing that anyone could have said. he doesn't know a thing about the 14th amendment or how to fix it. this goes to show why republicans have not done anything to quic fix this probl. lou: thank you very much. we'll be right back. .. today... back pain can't win. now introducing aleve back and muscle pain. only aleve targets tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve back & muscle. all day strong. all day long. lou: president trump at a rally just spoke about the national left-wing media. president trump: the national left-wing media doesn't want to stoke progress. our movement is about safe homes, great jobs for every citizen. lou: that's it for us tonight. we thank you for being with us. thanks for joining us. good night from new york. [♪] trish: breaking right now, a fourth caravan making its way to our border as americans promise to take up arms them

paul ryan says no. i think we have paul ryan saying the president is wrong. it is worth hearing how wrong paul ryan says the president is. >> well, you obviously cannot do that. you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. we didn't like it when obama tried changing immigration laws with an executive order. i'm a believer in following the plain text of the constitution. i think the 14th amendment is pretty clear. >> it is most interesting to me the debate about birthright citizenship. it is fairly clear. six days before the midterms, the house speaker is saying, i don't like where the president is. this doesn't work for me or for us six days before the midterms. >> yeah. it is interesting because it is both substantive i. think there is something that binds a lot of conservatives together. this is their regard for the constitution. but also as a political matter. trump is pulling out his base and running for his own re-election. i think this is what paul ryan is signaling as he exits the stage in part because his district, like many others,

and that has other republicans including house speaker paul ryan and others george conway, the husband to white house counselor kellyanne conwa wawco and joining me is kristen welker and patty murray. is this designed to rally the base? >> yes, it is to rally the base, andrea, and that is what he is focused on right now, and not the reaching out to independents and ton decided voters and the calculation is to get out the core supporters and then his goal obviously is to hold on to the senate and to hold onto the house, although, base moind conversations with the officials here working on thele campaign, they say it is looking increasingly unlikely something that they are more and more acknowledging, andrea, we hind the scenes. but president trump up and tweeting about that caravan today and then the announcement about the birthright citizenship reversal, and we asked press secretary sarah sanders who told him that he could do this with a stroke of a pen with an executive order, and she did not have an answer. but she pushed back against paul ryan, the speaker of the house saying they d

back, with leadership from kevin mccarthy and steve scalise and others and a lot of fund-raising by paul ryan, they are within fighting distance, and i told people, it's probably somewhere between 229 republican in which case we're a majority and worst case 204. mark: what is the majority? >> 218. mark: 218. >> we currently are at 241. mark: you are fairly optimistic? >> very optimistic in the senate and pretty optimistic overall, and we still have ten days to get to the election, and in 2016, we actually got stronger every single day. mark: well, the early numbers, and they're that, from nbc among others, looking at a number of these state, and the than nevada, some of these other states, georgia, florida, texas, montana, early voting

you've profiled paul ryan. i'm shocked at times he was very candidate for vice president of the united states. i don't think the answer there is sometimes. i don't think any serious observer would say that sometimes a president is divisive at rallies. his rallies are defined die divisiveness like beatles concerts were defined by screaming girls. i will say at least in that clip, he did acknowledge that recognizes have gotten just as bad as democrats in tribalism and politics of division. >> what's interesting to me about paul ryan, and his answer to that question is completely consistent with how he's answered questions like that over the last several months, it almost sounds like he's working at a think tank and always goes to words like tribalism, identity politics. almost as if he's work on a white paper somewhere, where he can talk about that in a far more, even detached setting. the obvious followup to this is when you say sometimes, what do you mean? it's all very, very sort of cut and dry. privately and

. >> house speaker paul ryan says the president has it wrong, and george conway says he has it wrong, and the editorial board of the "wall street journal" is flat out trolling the president saying it puts mr. trump on the wrong side of immigration. >>> some including the rabbi and the tree of life synagogue welcomed president trump, and there were protesting him. abby is live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, john. we are in the home stretch before the mid-term elections, and president trump is heading to a state that he considers basically a second home for him and he will be campaigning for a key supporter of his in the gubernatorial race against andrew gillum. president trump has fixated on this race calling gillum a thief, and andrew gillum is african-american and running for governor in that state but this is all part of what we have been seeing over the last few days, the white house and the president ramping up the attacks in the last few days and ramping up concern about immigration and fears about migrants coming up from central america to the southern border. he

will paul ryan run for office again? will he take on donald trump? will his congressional seat flip and turn blue? will he go back to cutting lawns, like he did when he was growing up? mr. ryan: i did last sunday. [laughter] andrea: that answers that question. mr. speaker, you have the floor. we are rolling tape. mr. ryan: thank you, very much. that was nice. [applause] is that your phone? andrea, thank you so much. i appreciate that. it is great to be back here. i was hoping to see craig gilbert here. make sure you give them a hard time for me. first off, i want to start off by saying one of the most valuable things we have in a democracy is a spirited exchange of ideas. and by celebrating the first amendment, this organization plays a vital, vital role in civil dialogue here and around the world. i want to welcome each and everyone one of you for your part in playing that role. i mean that sincerely. as you mentioned it, i am more a policy guy. ideas are what brought me into this line of work. i love taking an idea, putting it on paper, going throu

. >> house speaker paul ryan spoke at a campaign rally in hanover new jersey for jay webber, a republican candidate seeking election to the house seat being vacated by rodney frelinghuysen who is retiring. this is 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, betty lou. and thank you von trapp, i mean the web or. thank you. hannah, thank you very much for being here and supporting thank everyone for coming out today. thank you so much. [applause] i have a question for you. you like winning? we've got good news. we are winning. no one, no one can look at the facts. some electrocute pension tax matter, right? no one can look at the facts and say we are not winning in this country these days. it's not a republican win. it's an american when, right? america is waning every day. if you look at the economy, economy is growing at 4% per quarter. unemployment at 3.7%. business confidence is at an all-time high, wages are going up, housing starts are going up. just today, just today the world economic forum, the organization that puts on -- they named america the united states of america our home is the mo

shift away, shift the blame away from the white house not to paul ryan and cocaine mitch mcconnell. early voting numbers are coming in and voter engagement is huge democrats showing up more than republicans but of the 4.3 million early ballots that have arctic been cast wired all these people rushing to the polls when we have seen so much can happen at any given two-week period? the panel is here to weigh in and it's ladies night. former criminal defense attorney elliott -- along with political analyst for dnc jewel green and she's the correspondent and reporter for national review on line. welcome everyone. let's talk a little bit about the waive that may or may not be. i think it's fascinating that now you have high voter engagement on those sides. >> exactly. we hear so much about the blue waive. it's going to be this blue waive. people are really

house speaker paul ryan said he would retire at the end of his term. . >> welcome to the city of oak creek we are pleased to have you here celebrating three years in our new civic center we are excited to host regional events like this i am the city clerk the clerk's office is busy preparing for the upcoming general election we will begin in person voting d concluding november 2nd to take advantage of this opportunity her historically we will have a 70 percent turnout for the gubernatorial election were 29 percent of voting early. please join me to welcome our host. [applause] . >> good evening. a few comments for the main event. we are grateful for this opportunity to vote the voters of the first congressional district the two major party candidates in what has become a race of extremely high importance and interest. fyi wisconsin is the first and only independent non- government-funded, nongovernment controlled state capital network. we are very proud of the fact we do this differently than all of the states and that independence allows us to do events like this without having to w

paul ryan spoke out yesterday saying you can't do it. no way he can do it, and i don't think we should try to muck around with the constitution. that earned him a presidential rebuke today. six days in front of the election instead of having a unified republican party you have republicans fighting with each other about whether or not children born here in this country should be automatically citizens or not. >> so there's something tim o'brien about having these politics a division that are so galling. trying to go farther than baby cages and then doing it incompetently. so taking the politics of hate, the politics of xenophobia and you earn a rebuke from the republican speaker of the house. it's almost miraculous to see. >> it's also trump understands he's lost control of the narrative. there was this nice bump they enjoyed after the kavanaugh hearings. and then the khashoggi -- >> which is gone. that's evaporated from all the polls. >> and the khashoggi murder happened. and he came under sharp criticism for that. he tried to rebound on

paul ryan has been very careful to tow the line with this president over and over again. how many times have you and i talked about me asking paul ryan a question and him saying this is just how the president is. we're focused on our agenda. now the president is saying that paul ryan is hurting their attempts to win back the majority. the speaker and those close to him would argue he's done more than probably anyone else to try to keep the house majority. he's been campaigning across the country. he's been raising all kinds of money. that's one of his most valuable roles trying to keep the house be p he h. he has come under a lot of criticism.he has come under a l criticism.. he has come under a lot of criticism... he has come under a lot of criticism.. he has come under a lot of criticism.he has come under a l criticism.he has come under a l criticism.. he has come under a lot of criticism. you're sighing steve stivers saying there's no place for this. we're not going to help you win your re-election fight. i do think the dynamic that's emerging and the differences betwe

paul ryan has been characterized as the reluctant speaker. after giving up his beloved chairmanship at the ways and means committee he took over the speaker's gavel in late 2015 when john boehner left the post. now after two decades in elected office and a stint as mitt romney's vice presidential running mate, speaker ryan is free to return home to wisconsin where he has lived his entire life and be known as just paul. or, he could follow a trail blazed by many of his predecessors, and take a spin through the revolving door, or he could run for president. [applause] >> thank you, media. andrea: i would take a moment to point out to anybody who is watching online or on c-span, that the national press club is open to members of the general public. any reaction you hear here today may not be from the working press. we are most fortunate to have speaker ryan at the national press club. especially with just 29 days to go before one of the more interesting midterm elections in recent history. all while living through one of the more tumultuous pres

. >> laura: the reaction today was over the at top, hyperbolic, and paul ryan even, we're going the play a clip from this. paul ryan said this, i believe, it was on a radio show, let's listen. >> you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. obviously as conservatives we believe in the constitution. you know, as a conservative on a believer in following the plain text of the constitution. i think in this case, the 14th amendment is pretty clear. >> laura: andy mccarthy and paul ryan, outgoing speaker of the house, not giving it trump any help there. but he said we've got to have congressional action. is that true? >> i think they should have congressional action. as a tract call matter, personally i think this is a constitutional provision of the 14th amendment where we're not only just dealing with the constitutional provision it's also been codified by congress. i think they made a pretty clear that they want to weigh in here and rightly so, that they are the supreme branch of the three in terms of defining citizenship. i think there's a very good argument that trump s

today he was going, ripping into paul ryan a bit for criticizing him over the birthright citizenship issue. this was interesting for me to go out. i just got back from fresno, california where i was helping with focus groups for polls and while trump supporters might appreciate the efforts to secure the border and might not necessarily object to deploying military force, no one is supportive of the birthright citizenship proposal. that's really striking way out into left field for an issue that isn't even exactly animating the base, in my opinion. >> what do you think would be the case if he said you're not a citizen if you're born here? what other bases would we have for american citizenship. we're all fortunate to be born here. it seems you would have to go back and not just by your birth certificate to get a job. i think at nbc you have to do that but you'd have to get your parents green card. you'd have to get a lot of paper work. talk about beauracracy. how do you make it work if you get rid of the 14th amendment? >> i think you've noticed that execution isn't one of donald trum

i kind of think i'd fall with paul ryan. but why not debate this issue? and i wonder what you all think about this. don't you believe that this encourages illegal immigration when you can bring in a child as an illegal immigrant? by the way, if i were mexican, i would do that. the greatest asset in the world is a u.s. citizenship. >> there's so much to talk about. there's so much to unpack here because the biggest immigration problem is not people coming across the border or people coming over to claim asylum. it's people overstaying their visas and they're from countries like europe. but no one says anything about that. why? because they're not black or brown people. let's just be honest about that. >> i don't agree with that. look, it is true about half the illegal immigrants come in overstay their visas and about half of them come over the border illegally. >> is someone yelling about the caravan of people flying in on united or american or qantas or whatever? >> they're concerned about people overstaying their visas. absolutely they are. >> okay. >> t

the president tweeting this morning, quote, paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinions on birth right citizenship, something he knows something about. our new republican majority will work on this, closing the immigration loopholes, and securing our border. the way that the president believes, shep, he can do it through an executive order or regulatory action is the phrase in the 14th amendment, the opening line, which says, subject to the jurisdiction of. he believes as foreign dignit y dignitaries they're not subject to the jurisdiction of the united states and twlfer with the albanian ambassador had a baby at gw hospital, he would not be an american citizen. neither should illegal immigrants be subject to the jurisdiction of the united states. it's a legal argument that i'm sure is life for all kinds of argument. that's what the white house is looking at doing if they can do it through executive order or regulation. >> shepard: okay, what more do we know about his travel plans? >> well, as you mentioned at the top, five days left of campaigni

. >> the republican house speaker paul ryan mocked at the president's plan. >> that means you can't do something like this via executive order. >> reporter: nancy pelosi echoed that in a statement saying the president does not have the power to erase parts of the constitution. vice president mike pence hinted the issue could be decided by the courts. >> the supreme court of the united states has never ruled on whether or not the language of the 14th amendment subject to the jurisdiction thereof applies specifically to people who are in the country illegally. >> reporter: the department of defense is deploying more than 5,000 active duty soldiers to the border as thousands of refugees are making their way from central america through mexico and eventually to the u.s. the armed troops are expected to play a supporting role to u.s. border patrol agents and will not have the authority to detain immigrants. angelica alvarez, cbs news, the white house. >> some lawmakers including speaker ryan have said only an act of congress could change birthright citizenship. we are asking, do you agree w

so paul ryan has been characterized as the reluctant speaker. after giving up his beloved chairmanship of the committee, he took over the speakers gavel in late 2016 when john left the post. now, after two decades, mitt romney's vice presidential, speaker ryan is free to return home to wisconsin where he has lived his entire life and be known as just paul. or, he could fall a trail, his predecessors or he could run for president. [applause] >> thank you. >> i would like to take a moment to.out any of the people who are watching online, or c-span, not all of, it's open to the general public. you may not be from the working press. we are most fortunate to have speaker ryan at the chess club. especially with 29 days to go before one of the more interesting midterm elections in history. paul ryan, run for office again. will he take on donald trump? with his congressional seat, will be go back to cutting one's? >> i did last sunday. >> this may answer that question. mr. speaker, you have the floor. there is no need to revise. we are rolling tape. >>

paul ryan came. heavy artillery on both sides. >> bill: so many races just like this. >> julie: a good one to look at moderate republican seat and it is one i think that we have to win. >> bill: thank you, sir. bill mcgurn, nice to see you from the "wall street journal." >> julie: fox news alert. officials in indonesia believe they may have identified the location of that jetliner that crashed on monday killing all passengers and crew on board. we'll have details on the search. >> bill: also mitt romney is looking to take a senate seat in utah. with that race pretty interesting. could he give a boost to other republican candidates? we'll take you there live coming up shortly. >> this is the kind of leadership america needs. conservative republican leadership. and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. ahhhhhhh! new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. the daytime coughing, stuffy head, vaporize your cold, medicine. here at snowfest... for your worst sore throat pain try new vicks vapocool d

ryan. [music] >> how are you doing? how's it going, north jersey? jay just introduced me to johanna and his kids and it made me realize that i am not nearly as good a catholic as jay weber is. so what a beautiful family. i've got to tell you, no pressure, but we, the rest of the country were all counting on you, north jersey to deliver this man to the united states congress in 20 days. i've got to tell you, i think you understand this but the stakes could not be higher for this country. we really are at the sort of proverbial tipping point, a fork in the road of this nation and you can see it. the left, they just come unhinged. nancy pelosi and her phones running for congress, montclair mikey, is that what we say? nancy pelosi under clones running for congress are going hard left. they want to get rid of just controlling our border, they want to have socialized medicine and take over and bankrupted medicare. and want to undo all the tax cuts and raise lower taxes. they want to move us so fa

paul ryan, who shot down the president's claim that he can end birthright citizenship with an executive order is now being targeted by the president. trump today tweeting paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinions on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. most legal scholars agree with speaker ryan. so why exactly is the president doing this six days before the election? let's bring in our kaitlin collins, who is outfront for us live right outside the white house tonight. the president is not backing down on this claim to end birthright citizenship and is now lashing out to the republican leader as he kicks off this campaign rally tour. will we hear more of the same tonight? >> reporter: probably so, pamela. that's exactly what the president's has been for the last few days. some people in washington think the president is taking this throw everything, including the kitchen sink, at the midterms trying to save this for republicans. that's why the president is kicking off this campaign swing starting in florida tonight, ending

>> reporter: you heard paul ryan say he doesn't believe he has the power to do that. most constitutional experts would agree with that. in fact, back in 1995, the justice department said very forcefully in an opinion that is still enforced today, still operative today, that the only way to change birthright citizenship is, quote, by amending the constitution. david? >> all right, jon karl with us again tonight. thank you, jon. >>> just as millions of families prepare for halloween, a powerful storm system is moving east tonight. it already spawned this tornado in oregon. and another. and for halloween, there could be severe weather and flooding from texas, all the way up to ohio. chief meteorologist ginger zee is live with us tonight. >> reporter: hey there, david. more than four inches of snow has dropped from that system in colorado. it should bring enough cold air to give new mexico its coldest halloween in 27 years. but then it gets downright scary from beaumont, texas, over into louisiana, because severe storms, i'm talking damaging winds and isolated tornadoes p

earlier this month, we spent time in saratoga springs, new yorkw house speaker paul ryan and the congresswoman who represents that district, elise stefanik as she campaigns for reelection. our conversation about budgets and taxes ran on cbs this morning but we also talked about the increasing polarizatihat nes organizations don't cover congressman's bipartisan achievements. why do you think there's not much talk about bipartisanship? >> i don't think it sells, for you guys, for the media. we take a look at the bills we pass out of the house, about a thousand bills, one of the most productive sessions of congress in a generation. and of those roughly thousand bills, over 80% of them are b bipartisan bills. we've tackled the opioids, we've tackled human trafficking, all of those are bipartisan but they don't get reported. it doesn't sell. i honestly think it's the ratings chase that's on display in america today that says when they're fighting each other that's when you cover it. >> dickerson: so if we accept some portion of responsibility for that, you've seen some president trump's rallies, do

paul ryan lived in a very wealthy section of gainesville. one of the things i found the most interesting, and somewhat disturbing, he has forged a self-made theology around his background that has contributed to his efforts to attack the medicare program. using that money to attend college. to help pay for it. i think that's a great thing. as many of you know, he's been attacking the welfare system. working a high school job at mcdonald's and a few other odd jobs. as saying e centrally that lifted myself out and anyone can just as a lack of will. a philosophy that helping people through government programs, somehow robs them of their agency. he is exaggerated quite a bit. leaving a significant inheritance. his extended family is one of the richest families in the area he has kind of forged a blue-collar persona. he often talked about his brown bag lunch. taking a tour on his harley to wisconsin every year. simply an effort to politic in his forthcoming campaign for governor. he also went to parts of iowa. yes, i think that mythology is very

he is now thrown out some make believe magical tax cuts that even paul ryan doesn't know about. kennedy: he's also not good at cutting. >> i'm not sure how much is actually getting done in the white house. he's made it clear that campaigning is what he is doing. for democrats if president obama had been effective on the campaign trail we would have lost those seats so good for him but here's the problem. republicans got from the kavanaugh confirmation is going to slowly be forgotten while the president is on stage talking, you don't need it decoder ring kennedy. he said i'm a nationalist. guess who he is talking to? notches nationalist but the white nationalist who have backed him from the beginning. this man is using every trick in the book to make people vote on fear in this midterm and not hope. >> i think that's how it feels to you and i respect that but i don't think that's necessarily true. i think there's a conversation right now that has more to do with prescriptionism and a pushback against globalism. it's more about economic restrictions than the win went to a bunch of