Top Republican Ryan distances himself from Trump White House bidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, took the extraordinary step on Monday of distancing himself from Donald Trump, stirring a backlash from some lawmakers and deepening a crisis over his party’s struggling presidential nominee.         In a conference call with congressional Republicans, Ryan all but conceded that Democrat Hillary Clinton was likely to win the White House on Nov. 8 and said he would put his full energy into preserving Republican majorities in Congress so as not to give her a “blank check.”             Ryan, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said he would not defend Trump or campaign for him after the uproar over the New York businessman’s sexually aggressive comments that surfaced on Friday.     Ryan’s announcement added to the party’s worst turmoil in decades and reinforced the growing sense of isolation around  Trump, who has never previously run for public office. Clinton has led Trump in most national opinion polls for months and Trump’s poll numbers have begun to drop further since the emergence on Friday of a video from 2005 showing the former reality TV star bragging crudely about groping women and making unwanted sexual advances.   Trump hit back at Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, who has frequently been critical of him.     “Paul Ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee,” Trump wrote on Twitter.  Ryan, who had expressed disgust over the tape and canceled a campaign event with Trump over the weekend, did not completely cut ties to Trump. The speaker went back on the Republican conference call later to clarify he was not withdrawing his endorsement. Many Republican members of Congress are concerned that Trump’s chaotic campaign could ruin their chances of holding their majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in the November election and could inflict long-term damage on the party.  During a weekend dominated by criticism of Trump over the lewd remarks, a string of members of Congress, governors and other prominent Republicans called on him to drop out of the race. House Republicans gave Ryan a rough ride on the call, according to some participants. “There was an undeniable opposition to the speaker’s tepid support of our nominee,” said U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais, a Trump supporter, in a comment passed on by an aide.  Many other lawmakers, some of whom did not want to be named publicly criticizing the speaker, said members frequently told Ryan on the call to stand by Trump. Nonetheless, nearly half of all 331 incumbent Republican senators, Congress members and governors have condemned Trump’s remarks, and roughly one in 10 has called on him to drop out of the race, according to a Reuters review of official statements and local news coverage. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus used an afternoon conference call with RNC members to emphasize there was no rift with Trump and that the committee, the party’s leadership and fundraising arm, still backed the nominee, two RNC members who spoke on condition of anonymity said. “Any suggestion that the RNC isn’t fully supporting the Trump-Pence ticket is wrong,” one RNC member said, describing the message. “We are fully on board. We are going to devote every ounce of effort and resource into helping the Trump-Pence ticket win and all the other candidates up and down the ballot.” Any attempt to replace Trump on the ballot this close to Election Day would face huge legal and logistical hurdles. A defiant Trump went on the offensive in a vicious presidential debate on Sunday, saying Clinton, a former secretary of state would go to jail if he were president and attacking her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for his treatment of women. The debate, the second of three before the vote, was remarkable for the brutal nature of the exchanges between the two. Trump stayed on the attack on Monday, describing Bill Clinton as “a predator” and saying: “If they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we’ll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things. There are so many of them.” “She goes out and says: ‘I love women, I’m going to help women.’ She’s a total hypocrite,” he told supporters in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Clinton accused Trump of brushing off criticism of his comments about women.  “On Friday, the whole world heard him talking about the terrible way he treats women. And last night when he was pressed about how he behaves, he just doubled down on his excuse that it’s just locker room banter,” she told a rally at Wayne State University in Detroit.  The television audience for the debate fell sharply from their first, record-breaking encounter in September.     Nielsen data supplied by CNN for 10 broadcast and cable channels on Monday showed that 63.6 million Americans tuned into the 90-minute debate on Sunday, well below the record 84 million that watched the first face-off.     An NBC News/Wall Street Journal opinion poll released on Monday showed Clinton increasing her lead. The survey, conducted after the video release but before the debate, showed Clinton with 46 percent support among likely voters in a four-way matchup including two minor party candidates, compared with 35 percent for Trump.     The Reuters/Ipsos State of the Nation project released on Monday estimated that Clinton had at least a 95 percent chance of winning the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president. The polling did not capture reaction to Trump’s performance in Sunday’s debate or the release of the Friday videotape. politicsNews
top republican ryan distances trump white house bidwashington reuters paul ryan top republican congress took extraordinary step monday distancing donald trump stirring backlash lawmakers deepening crisis party struggling presidential nominee in conference call congressional republicans ryan conceded democrat hillary clinton likely win white house said would put full energy preserving republican majorities congress give blank ryan speaker house representatives said would defend trump campaign uproar new york businessman sexually aggressive comments surfaced friday ryan announcement added party worst turmoil decades reinforced growing sense isolation around trump never previously run public office clinton led trump national opinion polls months trump poll numbers begun drop since emergence friday video showing former reality tv star bragging crude growing women making unwanted sexual advances trump hit back ryan republican vice presidential candidate frequently critical paul ryan spend time balancing budget jobs illegal immigration waste time fighting republican nominee trump wrote twitter ryan expressed disgust tape canceled campaign event trump weekend completely cut ties trump the speaker went back republican conference call later clarify withdrawing endorsement many republican members congress concerned trump chaotic campaign could ruin chances holding majorities house representatives senate november election could inflict damage party during weekend dominated criticism trump lead remarks string members congress governors prominent republicans called drop race house republicans gave ryan rough ride call according participants there undeniable opposition speaker revid support nominee said representative scott desjarlais trump supporter comment passed aide many lawmakers want named publicly criticizing speaker said members frequently told ryan call stand trump nonetheless nearly half incumbent republican senators congress members governors condemned trump remarks roughly one called drop race according reuters review official statements local news coverage republican national committee chairman rence priests used afternoon conference call rnc members emphasize rift trump committee party leadership fundraising arm still backed nominee two rnc members spoke condition anonymity said any suggestion rnc fully supporting ticket wrong one rnc member said describing message we fully board we going devote every ounce effort resource helping ticket win candidates any attempt replace trump ballot close election day would face huge legal logistical hurdles a defiant trump went offensive vicious presidential debate sunday saying clinton former secretary state would go jail president attacking husband former president bill clinton treatment women the debate second three vote remarkable brutal nature exchanges two trump stayed attack monday describing bill clinton predator saying if want release tapes saying inappropriate things continue talk bill hillary clinton inappropriate things there many she goes says i love women i going help she total hypocrisy told supporters cambridge pennsylvania clinton accused trump brushing criticism comments women on friday whole world heard talking terrible way treats women and last night pressed behaves doubled excuse locker room banter told rally wayne state university detroit the television audience debate fell sharply first encounter september nielsen data supplied cnn broadcast cable channels monday showed million americans tuned debate sunday well record million watched first an nbc street journal opinion poll released monday showed clinton increasing lead the survey conducted video release debate showed clinton percent support among likely voters matchup including two minor party candidates compared percent trump the state nation project released monday estimated clinton least percent chance winning electoral college votes needed become president the polling capture reaction trump performance sunday debate release friday videotape politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Top Republican Ryan distances himself from Trump White House bidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, took the extraordinary step on Monday of distancing himself from Donald Trump, stirring a backlash from some lawmakers and deepening a crisis over his party’s struggling presidential nominee.         In a conference call with congressional Republicans, Ryan all but conceded that Democrat Hillary Clinton was likely to win the White House on Nov. 8 and said he would put his full energy into preserving Republican majorities in Congress so as not to give her a “blank check.”             Ryan, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said he would not defend Trump or campaign for him after the uproar over the New York businessman’s sexually aggressive comments that surfaced on Friday.     Ryan’s announcement added to the party’s worst turmoil in decades and reinforced the growing sense of isolation around  Trump, who has never previously run for public office. Clinton has led Trump in most national opinion polls for months and Trump’s poll numbers have begun to drop further since the emergence on Friday of a video from 2005 showing the former reality TV star bragging crudely about groping women and making unwanted sexual advances.   Trump hit back at Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, who has frequently been critical of him.     “Paul Ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee,” Trump wrote on Twitter.  Ryan, who had expressed disgust over the tape and canceled a campaign event with Trump over the weekend, did not completely cut ties to Trump. The speaker went back on the Republican conference call later to clarify he was not withdrawing his endorsement. Many Republican members of Congress are concerned that Trump’s chaotic campaign could ruin their chances of holding their majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in the November election and could inflict long-term damage on the party.  During a weekend dominated by criticism of Trump over the lewd remarks, a string of members of Congress, governors and other prominent Republicans called on him to drop out of the race. House Republicans gave Ryan a rough ride on the call, according to some participants. “There was an undeniable opposition to the speaker’s tepid support of our nominee,” said U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais, a Trump supporter, in a comment passed on by an aide.  Many other lawmakers, some of whom did not want to be named publicly criticizing the speaker, said members frequently told Ryan on the call to stand by Trump. Nonetheless, nearly half of all 331 incumbent Republican senators, Congress members and governors have condemned Trump’s remarks, and roughly one in 10 has called on him to drop out of the race, according to a Reuters review of official statements and local news coverage. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus used an afternoon conference call with RNC members to emphasize there was no rift with Trump and that the committee, the party’s leadership and fundraising arm, still backed the nominee, two RNC members who spoke on condition of anonymity said. “Any suggestion that the RNC isn’t fully supporting the Trump-Pence ticket is wrong,” one RNC member said, describing the message. “We are fully on board. We are going to devote every ounce of effort and resource into helping the Trump-Pence ticket win and all the other candidates up and down the ballot.” Any attempt to replace Trump on the ballot this close to Election Day would face huge legal and logistical hurdles. A defiant Trump went on the offensive in a vicious presidential debate on Sunday, saying Clinton, a former secretary of state would go to jail if he were president and attacking her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for his treatment of women. The debate, the second of three before the vote, was remarkable for the brutal nature of the exchanges between the two. Trump stayed on the attack on Monday, describing Bill Clinton as “a predator” and saying: “If they want to release more tapes saying inappropriate things, we’ll continue to talk about Bill and Hillary Clinton doing inappropriate things. There are so many of them.” “She goes out and says: ‘I love women, I’m going to help women.’ She’s a total hypocrite,” he told supporters in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Clinton accused Trump of brushing off criticism of his comments about women.  “On Friday, the whole world heard him talking about the terrible way he treats women. And last night when he was pressed about how he behaves, he just doubled down on his excuse that it’s just locker room banter,” she told a rally at Wayne State University in Detroit.  The television audience for the debate fell sharply from their first, record-breaking encounter in September.     Nielsen data supplied by CNN for 10 broadcast and cable channels on Monday showed that 63.6 million Americans tuned into the 90-minute debate on Sunday, well below the record 84 million that watched the first face-off.     An NBC News/Wall Street Journal opinion poll released on Monday showed Clinton increasing her lead. The survey, conducted after the video release but before the debate, showed Clinton with 46 percent support among likely voters in a four-way matchup including two minor party candidates, compared with 35 percent for Trump.     The Reuters/Ipsos State of the Nation project released on Monday estimated that Clinton had at least a 95 percent chance of winning the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president. The polling did not capture reaction to Trump’s performance in Sunday’s debate or the release of the Friday videotape. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: top republican ryan distances trump white house bidwashington reuters paul ryan top republican congress took extraordinary step monday distancing donald trump stirring backlash lawmakers deepening crisis party struggling presidential nominee in conference call congressional republicans ryan conceded democrat hillary clinton likely win white house said would put full energy preserving republican majorities congress give blank ryan speaker house representatives said would defend trump campaign uproar new york businessman sexually aggressive comments surfaced friday ryan announcement added party worst turmoil decades reinforced growing sense isolation around trump never previously run public office clinton led trump national opinion polls months trump poll numbers begun drop since emergence friday video showing former reality tv star bragging crude growing women making unwanted sexual advances trump hit back ryan republican vice presidential candidate frequently critical paul ryan spend time balancing budget jobs illegal immigration waste time fighting republican nominee trump wrote twitter ryan expressed disgust tape canceled campaign event trump weekend completely cut ties trump the speaker went back republican conference call later clarify withdrawing endorsement many republican members congress concerned trump chaotic campaign could ruin chances holding majorities house representatives senate november election could inflict damage party during weekend dominated criticism trump lead remarks string members congress governors prominent republicans called drop race house republicans gave ryan rough ride call according participants there undeniable opposition speaker revid support nominee said representative scott desjarlais trump supporter comment passed aide many lawmakers want named publicly criticizing speaker said members frequently told ryan call stand trump nonetheless nearly half incumbent republican senators congress members governors condemned trump remarks roughly one called drop race according reuters review official statements local news coverage republican national committee chairman rence priests used afternoon conference call rnc members emphasize rift trump committee party leadership fundraising arm still backed nominee two rnc members spoke condition anonymity said any suggestion rnc fully supporting ticket wrong one rnc member said describing message we fully board we going devote every ounce effort resource helping ticket win candidates any attempt replace trump ballot close election day would face huge legal logistical hurdles a defiant trump went offensive vicious presidential debate sunday saying clinton former secretary state would go jail president attacking husband former president bill clinton treatment women the debate second three vote remarkable brutal nature exchanges two trump stayed attack monday describing bill clinton predator saying if want release tapes saying inappropriate things continue talk bill hillary clinton inappropriate things there many she goes says i love women i going help she total hypocrisy told supporters cambridge pennsylvania clinton accused trump brushing criticism comments women on friday whole world heard talking terrible way treats women and last night pressed behaves doubled excuse locker room banter told rally wayne state university detroit the television audience debate fell sharply first encounter september nielsen data supplied cnn broadcast cable channels monday showed million americans tuned debate sunday well record million watched first an nbc street journal opinion poll released monday showed clinton increasing lead the survey conducted video release debate showed clinton percent support among likely voters matchup including two minor party candidates compared percent trump the state nation project released monday estimated clinton least percent chance winning electoral college votes needed become president the polling capture reaction trump performance sunday debate release friday videotape politicsnews