deciding not to prosecute corey lewandowski in a case of misdemeanor battery that he grabbed a campaign reporter. is this over or is there another chapter to this story? >> it's more over than it's not. there is talk that michelle fields will file a civil action. but because the prosecutors decided not to go forward with corey lewandowski is temporarily good news for the trump campaign and lewandowski. bill: we are seeing new national numbers. here is what it is. the reason why that's significant. trump was up 20 last week, so he's come down double digits since then. why? >> you have seen some tightening but he holds that core base of support. i think it's notable that ted cruz seems to have closed the gap. there does seem to be some conservative consolidation around ted cruz. the next several the weeks it's whether cruz can expand his appeal. bill: do you see this race shifting? have we reached a holding pattern as we await new york tuesday and the five others that follow the following if week? >> it's much more the latter. clearly wisconsin was a good state for ted cruz. he had the co

-up within his campaign. corey lewandowski out. it seems to be paul manafort, a republican veteran, making all the calls. so that is, i think, a significant change. if this is finally the time that donald trump starts to change things up with the way he's running for president, it would be now. bill: policy addresses, teleprompters and a speech writer. that would be a different campaign than what we have seen. pennsylvania's got some numbers out a short time ago, and donald trump has a clear advantage over ted cruz and john kasich at 40%. does that surprise you? >> no. but the question with pennsylvania as it is with all these states coming up on tuesday and going into june in california, of course, is delegates. it's always been about delegates, and the problem for donald trump has been he's not been playing the actual delegate game. maybe he's been winning the popular vote, but those aren't the rules of the republican party. with paul manafort coming on as political director, that does suggest that trump does perhaps realize that he needs to play this delegate game. that's part o

trump's campaign is in flux. it appears that corey lewandowski, just cleared of battery charges after grabbing a reporter, is being pushed aside. in his place, a new hierarchy, one that knows how to snag delegate supports. trump's rivals may revel in that news, and according to mitt romney, if both stay in the race going forward, trump will win. >> if they're both going at it aggressively, right until the very end, then i think it's likely that mr. trump wins on the first ballot. i say that because i think cruz and kasich divide the vote. >> okay, so let's talk about that and more. with me now, ron narrig, welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. ron, you heard what governor romney says. he said if kasich or cruz becomes inactive after the new york primary, it's likely there will be a contested convention. if both stay in the race, trump will win on the first ballot at the convention. is he right? >> i think we've said for some time that john kasich should seriously consider, you know, his role in this race as a sp l spoiler. it looks like he is auditioning to b

jolly resigned, seeing reports corey lewandowski, campaign manager's role, reduced to scheduling, assisting mr. trump. is all of that true? does he have a reduced role now? >> i don't know the answer, i'm not part of the campaign. mr. trump, being the huber billionaire, businessman moog that he is, you need to improvise, adapt to different situations. right now there is an attempt by the cruz camp and others to deprive mr. trump of what the people want, for him to be the nominee for the republican party. he brought in additional party. it's no different than on a construction site. if in fact you need more people to build faster, so you come in ahead of time or under budget, that's what mr. trump does. he improvises and he's incredibly successful and astute at doing things like this. >> michael cohen, thanks for joining us. >>> john kasich who ran second in the new york polls tonight, he's in analyst, maryland, holding a town hall, gets under way 30 minutes. joining us, trent duffy. thanks for joining us. what are kasich's expectations for new york? maryland is a week from today.

also been reported of a shrinking role for corey lewandows lewandowski. who's steering the ship now? >> i think what we're seeing happen is we're bringing on the top talent in order for us to get to 1,237 so we don't have to worry about a contested convention. we bring on the top-notch that will ent to do this. >> so who's in charge? >> corey lewandowski remains the campaign manager, absolutely. >> is his role -- not shrinking whatsoever? >> no. this is complete media speculation. we are adding talent to our roster in order to, you know, secure the path to victory. >> adding talent to the roster. has trump not felt strong enough about his campaign or staffers for a need to do so? >> again, i think that's speculation. i don't think there's any feelings or sentiment like that whatsoever. >> i'm just asking questions. >> yeah, yeah. we're at a very critical time and bringing on added talent to fill the needs of the campaign and seeing happen. every campaign just like every business has to grow at a certain point and that's the point we are in. >> let me play some sound for you. this is

from barry bennett, he used to help run ben carson's campaign, now for trump. corey lewandowski, the campaign manager for trump and others in the inner circle, lashing out at the media for dubbing last week trump's worst week. yet another pathetic attempt by the racials during the week -- labels during the week labeled the worst week ever, we doubled our support. america is sick of them, their idiotic attacks just remind voters why they hate the washington establishment. on one hand, this could backfire, obviously, make the media even tougher perhaps on trump, all of this back and forth we've seen, but on the other hand remember, this is kind of a tried and true, tested formula where you attack the media, blame the messenger, and maybe the trump people -- by getting this memo out there -- fire up their own trumps going into wisconsin x. then as you say, new york on april 19th. ted cruz fighting hard in wisconsin, up ten as you noted. john kasich already looking ahead to new york's april 19th primary. he has a town hall meeting in a little while at hofstra university. bill: hilla

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we're hearing reports that corey lewandowski, the trump campaign manager who got in that tussle with a reporter a couple months back is going to be cleared of charges by the prosecutor this morning. but there is a big shake-up now inside the trump campaign. >> reporter: huge changes inside the campaign. corey lewandowski is not going anywhere but what trump has done is bringing in political professionals. he's bringing in the establishment, george, the latest big hire is rick wiley, the campaign manager for scott walker, he is also the former political director for the republican national committee so as trump complains about the rules he is now bringing in people that know those rules well and can navigate that system, the question is whether or not it's too late. >> and he's got a lot of favorable states coming up. okay, jon karl, thanks very much. >>> to that big scare at sea. a dangerous coast encounter with russian jets raising echoes of the cold war and shows them repeatedly flying near a u.s. warship. the baltic sea. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has th

got good news today. prosecutors saying trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski, who trump defended, will not be prosecuted for grabbing a woman reporter. trump tonight, chief challenger ted cruz and john kasich all plan to attend a republican fundraiser in new york while sanders and clinton debate. clinton aides predict the clash will not be personal but the verizon issue could get nasty. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, brooklyn. >>> last night during a rally in pittsburgh, donald trump was trying to show off his knowledge of pennsylvania when he fired off these comments. take a listen. >> i know a lot about pennsylvania and it's great. how's joe paterno? are we going to bring that back? how about that whole deal? >> campaign spokesperson said today that trump was referring to the paterno statue that was taken down outside the stadium and not the coach himself who passed away in 2012. >>> coming up next at 5:00, a local restaurant worker gets a big surprise. how a group of moms worked together to give him a very special gift. the world a president has to grapple with. some

manafort control over the d.c. campaign headquarters. and cory lewandowski, embattled manager will be limited to traveling with trump and focusing on future primaries. >> belgian investigators released new images today of a key suspect in the brussels bombing. they asked the public for help finding himai sign perhaps that their investigation is coming up short. here's holly williams. >> reporter: we don't know his name and his face is a blur. but if he is caught, the man in the hat, as he is now known could reveal vital information about isis cells in europe. the two other men in this security camera image blew themselves up in brussels airport killing 16 people. but the new video shows the third man walking away. and then into the heart of the city. at one point he breaks into a slow jog. but the rest of the time, he appears calm. his jacket disappears in the later videos. and police hope if it is discovered it could help find him. he is last seen here, nearly two hours after the airport bombings in the neighborhood where the police raid targeted the apartment the three men set of

fields a former reporter for brightbart said corry lewandowski grabbed her and almost made her fall over. she said she suffered a bruised arm but prosecutors say there is just not enough evidence to warrant charges against that campaign manager. >>> still ahead, the flyers playoff push begins, game one didn't go as planned, missed opportunities and tough game with the capitols. >>> plus day eagles fans have been waiting for, the schedule is out, we break it down, mark your calendar to get ready. joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to social security benefits. and the plan raises the retirement age. it's true. the a.a.r.p. opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefits. the plan sestak supports means higher out-of-pocket costs for millions on medicare. any way you spin it, the truth about sestak is gonna hurt. women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> good morning i'm howard eskin. the flyers opening up against the best team in hockey washington capitol are a very good hockey team. scored to win and flyers di

speech. congratulations. i've heard about roles manafort and lewandowski play, some say coo. i would like to hear you describe their respective roles and what they do for you in the campaign. >> let's go back to the beginning. we started with corey and hope and a few people, right? when everybody said trump is only going to do this for a few weeks and not have much fun. i didn't start with hillary where she had 8 or 900 people sitting in an office, finished office space in brooklyn because she has money from pacs. even though i have a lot more money than any pac put together, i like to watch my money. i don't know. it's an old habit. what happened, we have actually by far the best in the history of campaigns, we have the best location. joe, would you say that's right, and mika? in the history of campaigns we have the best location. >> it is. you can afford to build it out a little bit. >> cement walls. >> concrete walls. >> wires hanging down. >> i only have the space rented. the day the campaign ends, i get the highest rate in the city. the day the campaign ends, i'll build it

this office will not be filing charges against cory lewandowski for battery. we will make miss ellis's memorandum available to all of you. it's important to note that despite several media reports, this matter was never charged by -- are we all good? all right. it's important to note that despite several media reports, this matter was never charged by this office. it was charged by the jupiter police department which found probable cause that mr. lewandowski committed a simple battery against miss michelle fields. as is the normal process, the jupiter police department made a decision based on probable cause to issue a notice to appear to mr. lewandowski. afterwards the jupiter police department sent our office a case file and we conducted an independent review to determine whether we would pursue the charges. jupiter police chief frank kitzero and the police department do an outstanding job and worked well within their authority to investigate and make an independent charging decision. we agree that probable cause exists for the jupiter police department to have charged mr. le

. from the rupert murdoch-owned "post." also, officials deciding not to charge corey lewandowski. this showed fields defying a secret service order to stay back at a trump event. an embolden donald trump invoked 9/11 to criticize ted cruz's mocking of new york values. >> those who rescue each other, those are those of new york values. >> reporter: cruz dismissing the chris schism. during an msnbc town hall, insisting he'll never be trump's running mate. >> chuck, it ain't going to happen. >> new this morning, senator sanders is releasing his toughest ad yet. it doesn't mention clinton by name, but it takes a swipe at her for accepting huge sums of money for speeches while opposing a $15 federal minimum wage. senator sanders currently heading to the vatican this morning. secretary clinton a little later today will head out west for fundraisers hosted by george clooney. natalie? >> kristen welker in brooklyn for us, thank you. >>> a north korean missile launch meant to celebrate its founder's birthday failed. a south korean news agency said the powerful missile exploded in the air a few

corey lewandowski, he's going a bit more mainstream, isn't he? >> i think he's recognized that although he's railing against the system in public he understands that in order to win the nomination he has to play that game and he needs people who know how to play that game. whether it's the convention itself or the runup to the convention, he needs to compete with the people playing the game very well in terms of the delegate selection process around the country. >> and discipline in the way he has over the past week or two. you haven't seen the twitter screeds, he sat down with megyn kelly. >> that moment, having his family there and even his family saying we've told him he has to discipline himself. >> and you say the cnn town hall meeting with the family -- i didn't see it but you said compelling tv. >> it was donald trump playing the part of robert young in the old "father knows best" tv series. he wasn't loud, he wasn't boisterous, he was compellingly cooperative. he gave most of the time to his family. >> he was often quiet. there are long stretches that he said nothing. >

plan to pursuit charges against donald trump's campaign manager. cory lewandowski turned himself into jupiter, florida police last month. he's accused of grabbing and bruising a reporter's arm. politico is reporting that the charges will be dropped but that's not confirmed by nbc. >>> 6:05. thousand that researchers confirm a link between the zika virus and birth defects, they're looking at ways to prevent its shred. on wednesday, the centers no disease control confirmed that the virus causes severe brain damage to unborn babies as well as other defects. researchers weighed data from recent studies to make these connections. it can be spread through a certain kind of mosquito, sex all contact and even blood transfusi transfusions. cdc guidelines encourage women to avoid travel to go areas where zika is spreading. >>> verizon workers entering da close to 40,000 workers in nine states walked off the job yesterday, they're in a stand over over a new contract. retirement benefits are central in these negotiations right now. verizon says it has been negotiating with the union since ju

. corey lewandowski denying the reporting, calling it wholly inaccurate. trump pushing back hours earlier. >> i had not heard anything about the inner fightings of the campaign. we have a very successful campaign going, and i think we're going to keep it going. >> reporter: for the democrats, bernie sanders notching his sixth win in seven states. >> do not tell secretary clinton. she's getting a little nervous. i don't want her to get more nervous. but i believe we've got an excellent chance to win new york and a lot of delegates in that state. >> already facing an uphill battle, sanders is fending off criticism right here in new york. here is the cover of attacking his opposition to a proposal that would permit victims of gun sviolence to sue manufacturers. sanders is calling the words inaccurate. >> quiet before new york. >> exactly. >>> chuck todd is political director and moderator of "meet the press." he's at the board to break this down for us. >> morning. >> wisconsin, on the democratic side, where do we stand? >> clinton has a significant lead. bernie sanders netted all of

moving. she's making her way back over. >> prosecutors argue campaign manager corey lewandowski was justified in his actions to protect the candidate. and citing the video in the decision not to prosecute the top aide. >>> close call. russian fighter jets buzzing a navy ship in the baltic sea. >> the two russian jets buzzed the ship not once, but more than 30 times over two days. at one point, coming within 30 feet of the destroyer. the russian defense ministry called this a training exercise. >>> growing concerns about the zika virus. health officials confirming it causes birth defects and saying it is scarier than they imagined. >> we learned the virus is likely of the pregnancy period. not just the first trimester, but throughout the pregnancy. >>> actor robert de niro talking about autism and vaccines on "today." >> two weeks ago, a film documentary pulled on the topic. di nero wants people to still see the film. >> my child is autistic. there is something people are not addressing. for me to get upset here on the "today" show with you guys means there is something there. >>> ko

not be prosecuted for bat ray in florida. last month cory lewandowski was charged with misdemeanor battery after a trump news conference. michelle real fields, a report for the breitbart website accused him of forcibly grabbing her as she tried to ask trump a question. today the state's attorney's office in palm beach is expecting to announce they are not planning to prosecute. >>> today's scheduled sentencing of former nypd officer peter liang has been postponed as a hearing continues that could lead to a mistrial. liang was convicted of manslaughter, but liang's attorney argues he deserves a new trial because of juror misconduct. the attorney says juror michael vargas lied when he said no one in his family had a criminal history. >> the defendant is entitled to 12 impartial jurors, not 11. >> liang's attorney claims vargas lied to secure a seat on the jury. >>> after a series of scandals ahead of the city's police watchdog agency has resign. richard emory was appointed to the civilian complaint review board in 2014 by mayor de blasio. hess resignation yesterday comes one day afte

attorney refused to prosecute his campaign manager corey lewandowski for man-handling a reporter. >> we could have had a conversation privately and not made this the story it is today and i'm sorry this is the story it is today. >> reporter: alllewandowski sai- >> i'm a catholic and religious people and i think people deserve forgiveness who ask for it. >> reporter: alllewandowski is grateful for trump for having the video that got him out of hot water. butn' past couple of months. >> thank you, major garrett. >>> overnight, rescuers pulled 18-month-old baby from a devastating earthquake in japan. the infant was apparently unharmed. the quake injured 850 others. the epi center on the eyelid of mashkiwi. >> reporter: good morning. today we are starting to get a sense of how destructive this earthquake really was. japanese self-defense started delivering food, water and blankets to evacuation points. thousands are in need of shelter following the strongest earthquake to hit japan since 2011. you can see the panic on the faces of these workers at a tv station in kumoto, a moment the earthq

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] donald trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski has been charged with battery after new video surfaced of an incident in which he violently grabbed a reporter at a recent rally. surely this is going to make a dent in trump's poll numbers. son of a bitch. [ laughter and applause ] donald trump in an interview supported the idea of holding back attacks on the wives and children of rival candidates before adding, "all you have to do that is tell that to cruz because he started it." trump then added, "i'm not touching him, i'm not touching him, i'm not touching him. [ laughter ] and this whole time he's been hitting himself." [ laughter ] a former consultant to the donald trump campaign recently claimed that trump did not initially plan to actually win the republican nomination. even more shocking, jeb bush did. [ laughter and applause ] a man in egypt held up a flight today on the demands that he would not release its passengers until a love letter was delivered to his ex-wife. and afterwards his ex-wife said, "this is why." [ laughter ] stuff like this is why. [ scattered applau

convention manager brought in to run the stage of the campaign and corey lewandowski who is trump's body man. he ran the campaign prior to this point. over the weekend paul manafort held a meeting where he basically took charge of the campaign. he got trump's blessing and got control of the budget and in campaigns, whoever controls the money really runs the shows, so that's paul manafort's new role now. >> he's been around a long time, veteran. >> ran gerald ford's convention fight in '76. >> knows how that goes. >> and it's funny though, over the last 24 hours there's been talk about trump bringing in these establishment guys. no one really considers paul manafort a member of the establishment. he's really been working around the world for different foreign leaders, ousted president of ukraine, so he's not a member of the d.c. establishment. >> right, right, right. so rumblings of a civil war was quoted in your piece. >> and trump mentioned it last night. he wanted to project unity. >> called it an evolution within his campaign. >> but really what i'm hearing and this is where it could get

campaign. corey lewandowski will keep his job and remain as a body man for donald trump and focus on wing all of the primaries and caucuses on the calendar here. corey's job is going to be important but he has to share the role now with and interesting to see forward. trump met with hours with manafort yesterday and gave a -- >> paul is the kind of guy he is running against the republican establishment. >> lobbyist and big-time washington insider. but for the trump campaign they need someone who has been through this process before opinion professional athletes talk all the time success means slowing the game down and politics is the same way. presidential campaign come at awe a mile a minute. you need someone at the top can calm things down and reassure people to stick with the plan and carry it out. when you're the guy like corey lewandowski and traveling all around the country you can't do the tasks that this -- >> do you think donald trump will take advice from anyone? he seems to take his own counsel very seriously. >> this is the key part of the trump campaign future. the matur

. >> an al hague statement, hu? >> i'm in charge. campaign manager corey lewandowski also commented to the paper saying he and aid micha michael glasser in continue to run the campaign including the overall strategy. manafort will be leading outreach efforts in a washington, d.c. office. trump canceled a planned trip to california yesterday to focus on his new york campaign. so you would think new york -- not complete -- but interesting that he would cancel a trip to california, which is down the road as well. important. no? >> you know, these staff stories are so interesting to me as a former staffer because it's not about the staffers, it's about the leader. if trump's brand is that he would bring the best people to bear and that they would work really well together, i don't think that's a test he's passed yet and even this story reveals obvious turfiness between the existing team. >> but at least there's a team? >> yeah, i don't think anyone thinks it's the best team. >> nicolle, to that point, you know this better than anybody -- >> isn't he winning? >> if you lined up the top 20 r

charges against corey lewandowski saying they did not have enough evidence to convict him for allegedly grabbing a female reporter during a campaign event. meantime, all three of the candidates are going to be guests at a big gop dinner. the new york state republican gala in midtown manhattan. john kasich and ted cruz have town halls that will air on msnbc, and then look for both of them after our 11:00 news. senator cruz will be a guest on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon while governor kasich is going to sit down with seth meyers on "the late show." we invite you to make news4 and nbc news your hub make sure you also have our nbc washington app downloaded. we're going to be blasting out all the latest developments from the campaign trail. >>> it is upon us, game one for the capitals. >> here we go, folks. the day has arrived. we're rocking the red but our two down at verizon center, are you staying neutral? what's going on? >> yeah, we're neutral. >> trying to stay a little neutral. we have a little red going on. red bracelets, red pen here. we're doing our part to rock the red. i

trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski, who trump defended, will not be prosecuted for grabbing a woman report. trump tonight, chief challenger john cruz, and john kas a plan to attend a republican fund-raiser in new york while sanders and clinton debate. clinton aides predict their clash tonight will not get personal but on the issue of verizon it could get nasty. live from the brooklyn navy yard, i'm steve handelsman, news4. pat? >> thank you, steve. >>> we're following major developments in the long running federal probe against former d.c. mayor vincent gray. "the washington post" is now reporting that prosecutors ended their investigation of gray last year in part because of questions raised about the credibility of their key witness, jeffrey thompson. he's the one you see here walking with his back to the camera. the concerns reportedly focused on thompson's sexual partners. tom sherwood has been following this investigation. his report coming up in ten minutes. >> we have learned the name of a man whose body was found. osbaldo lemus bernal of arlington virginia was found

, but what about donald trump? might they support him? his campaign manager corey lewandowski told us trump will actively court sanders supporters once bernie drops out of the race and there is no doubt trump is working up to that. >> the democrats have treated bernie very badly and, frankly, i think he should run as an independent. >> trump's strategy, well, it could work. listen to what a sanders supporter told me in miami. even he said trump is appealing. >> his attitude of i don't care what anyone says about me, i will still do it, bernie has that. that's where these extreme ideas come from. the thing is with donald trump is that instead of thinking of i don't care about anyone else, i'm caring about we, he's thinking i don't care about anyone else, i care about me. and that to me is extremely selfish. that is not something i would look forward to as a president. >> with me now to talk about this and more cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic ron brownstein. before we dive into that topic, i'd like to ask you about the indiana governor, mike pence. he's s

lewandowski in part because of this video that shows the reporter michelle fields reaching for trump. and prosecutors said it shows lewandowski reaching out to protect his boss. >> under these circumstances, it is not uncommon for staff members known to the agents to assist in clearing a safe pathway. >> ed henry is in brook whin where the two democratic candidates will face off one more time before tuesday's primary. we begin with john roberts on how the gop candidates are turning to capitol hill to shore up support. >> reporter: a number of people here outside the hotel where the three remaining candidates will be speaking. the new york republican party tonight ahead of next tuesday's big primary here. while donald trump would appear to have a lock on winning that contest, he has a lot of boring to do if he hopes to clinch the republican nomination before the july convention. >> this was step one in the trump campaign reaching out to the congressional supporters. >> facing an increasingly big battle interesting trump campaign assembled members of congress in an attempt to expand th

having to walk back the abortion comments and his campaign manager, corey lewandowski, facing charges after michelle fields said he grabbed and bruised her so we're seeing a different side of donald trump though. he have's actually -- he's not apologizing but he said he regrets something. remember the war of the wives between heidi cruz and melania trump, the picture that he retweeted, the pretty picture of melania and not so nice one of heidi, he regrets it. if i had to do it, i wouldn't have sent it, he says. >> what this shows is a kind of retail politicking that donald trump had not done before. because it comes about when maureen dowd said when you retweeted that picture of heidi cruz she said you lost my sister's vote. he said, tell your sister i'm improving. >> look, my wife is campaigning for me this week. melania is out there, i'm going to turn to my daughter ivanka to help handle the woman's side of things. >> how is senator cruz responding to this? >> take his apology? >> well, here he is with the answer. >> you know, it's gotten to the point where i could not care less abo

lewandowski will focus on the upcoming primaries and sticking close to trump. >>> homes destroyed after a possible tornado through an alabama trailer park. trees snapped and crushed homes in montgomery. crews removed debris overnight. the national weather service confirmed at least one tornado that caused damage southeast of montgomery. there were no reports of major injuries. >>> powerful winds this morning are helping to spread fast moving wildfires. firefighters in arizona battled flames that pushed into clifornia and forced evacuations. several other wildfires stretch across oklahoma. 11 counties there are under states of emergency. manuel bojorquez is at alabaster in the town of freedom where they are fighting flames. >> reporter: firefighters here are preparing to head back to the front lines. the winds are starting to pick up again and that is the biggest obstacle to containing this fire. at least one firefighter has suffered from heat exhaustion and hundreds more are trying to get the upper hand on wind-whipped flames, some towering as high as 100 feet. burning out of control. str

lewandowski. any day you are not indict sad good day. so he probably gets past this whole episode. the loser is the never trump forces. they had a fantastic couple of weeks leading up to ted cruz's victory. donald trump's loss in wisconsin. but now they have gone to a state. it's donald trump's home state. it's a really big state. a lot of delegates. and it's too expensive to even fight him there. so they have had to kind of go to ground for a few weeks. they will be back but they haven't had a good week. >> winner and loser? >> i'm going to the sports world for a moment here and say bryce harper, the 23-year-old star of the washington nationals. he hit a grand slam for his 100th home run. really an incredible perform machines. he is the eighth youngest baseball player to hit 100 home runs. the loser this week, i think, and it's been a two week losing streak, ted cruz. ted cruz, whose mike went out on him during last night's speech into the new york g.o.p. dinner, the sound -- you could hear the sound of glasses clinking and all the rest. >> all right, charles. >> winner inky the octop

corey lewandowski. i think he's going to win. he's going for the first ballot, where it looks like guys he's not going to go for any ballot because he did not feel confident that the inside game of whining and dining dell gattle is going his way, he feels as though he understands the process, nor does he want to, i think the term is the thing is rigged. it feels like to him it's rigged. >> they are trying to professionalize and make it more like of the other campaign operations. they would not have gotten this far without corey lewandowski. thanks to the core operation and the free media. >> he was included in that meeting. there were four individuals. corey was included in that plus the two guys who were hired, manafort and he hired wiley. >> donald trump right there in trump tower said, look, nobody is getting fired. anybody who wants to stay with the campaign -- >> i'm loyal. he said that. >> it's all about loyalty. you can stay here as long as the campaign lasts. roger stone who has done some consulting for many politicians through his career and has work for donald trump in the pas

? >> we'll be talking to corey lewandowski, the controversial campaign manager for donald trump. we'll of course be talking about the fact that he got shut out 14 delegates for cruz, zero for trump yesterday. what's going to happen in new york on tuesday. we'll talk about the controversy involving michelle fields, the reporter he grabbed. more importantly, also talking to anthony fauci, the point man for the government on infectious disease about the growing threat of the zika virus as the weather turns warm. >> check your local listings for fox news sunday. chris, great to see you. >> bye, guys. >> coming up, you have to see this one. a school bus driver hailed a hero after her split-second decision to save a boy choking on a crime. >> did you already swallow it? >> we have a hero and her amazing story, that's next. go ahead... leave the competition behind. lexus gs 350 and 200 turbo. there's no going back. a great part of using the usaa car buying service was seeing the different discounts. it had like a manufacturer discount, it had a usaa member discount. all of them were already buil

corey lewandowski. he was accused of grabbing the arm of a authority jupiterrityut last month. police charged lewandowskido with battery. bte while police did nothing wrong w in charging him his officeff will not pursue the chargesha because there's not enoughe evidence to prove the case. c >> are you up for a freere history ride down memory lane? ? all you have to do is head tos the national mall this week. we. >> it's a new outdoor exhibitorb with ties to the white house.. here's fox5's bob barnard to bad explain. >> reporter: if you love lov cars and presidential history, y then the national mall rightight outside air and space is the is place to be for the next few days. it's a rare treat to catch a cch glimpse of two cars once ownedwd by u.s. presidents. this one a 1962 jeep owned by ronald reagan.eagan. >> i've been driving this for quite awhile. a >> reporter: here's that tha same jeep seen in a barb walters special on abc. abc >> and the u. >> reporter:. >> it's a unrestored and itor it just looks glorious out hererioe today. >> reporter: mark g guessler gue organized

. >>> donald trump's campaign says corey lewandowski is gratified he won't be prosecuted for a videotaped altercation with a female reporter. a prosecutor in west palm beach, florida, today announced there was not enough evidence to convict trump's campaign manager. last month police charged him with battery after video surfaced showing him grabbing mi event. prosecutors say fields left an assigned press area and that lewandowski reacted to a perceived threat. >>> voters have been heading to the polls in maryland as early voting gets under way. as news4's chris gordon reports, it's been a busy first day. >> reporter: this is the southern regional technology and recreational center in if tfort washington. it's one of eight early voting sites and one of the busiest. you see people campaigning and voters when they go in find there has been a change. you might call it back to the future. >> we're using going back to paper ballots and, of course, there's some people who have problems adjusting to that. but for the most part everything is going very smooth. >> reporter: ahead at 5:00, why so ma

of maniford, effective, cory lewandowski. >> major investigate with the inside story. major, thank you. >>> hillary clinton has a commanding lead over bernie sanders. even so after her loss in wisconsin, the former empire state senator is striking back. here is nancy cordes. >> well, in a number of important areas he doesn't have a plan at all. >> reporter: after taking a back seat in six straight states. the front-runner went into on the ee skn conomy and on gun. >> senator sanders wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns. >> reporter: sanders told "the new york daily news" this week he did not think victims of gun violence should be able to sue gun manufacturers. that did not go over well with the left leaning paper or with some family members of the sandy hook school massacre in neighboring connecticut. one tweeted -- shame on you bernie sanders. try living one hour of our lives. >> the sandy hook families say you should apologize for your position? >> will i would say that i think it is -- we all are aware of what happened in sandy hook. it is a tragedy beyond compreh

questions on abortion, concerned about the fact that you continue to support cory lewandowski. >> if you look at the tape what did cory lewandowski do? am i supposed to be loyal to a person because somebody filed something, because if you look at the complaint, i mean, people have -- we don't have to get into it now, but people have looked at that tape and are trying to say what did he do wrong? so i have to be loyal to people just like i will be loyal to the people of this country. when you analyze it, it's called give me a break. as far as women are concerned nobody respects women more than i do, not even close. nobody respects women more than i do. >> why can't they getting that message? >> i get a very, very unfair press having to do with women and many other things. phyllis does. >> i told that to charlie sykes last week, mr. trump. >> charlie sykes, this guy is third rate, a third rate talent and the governor you know the story with the governor, but the women i think that i am going to do very well with women. we just had a big meeting, many women at the meeting and they like me b

trump's campaign cory lewandowski turned himself in to jupiter, florida police last month after this campaign event where lewandowski is accused of grabbing and bruising a reporter's arm. they are reporting that prosecutors will drop the battery charge tomorrow. that has not been confirmed, however, by nbc news. >>> the commander in chief says the united states has the momentum in the fight against isis. president obama speaking today at cia headquarters in langley, virginia after meeting his national security advisers. the president reviewed the progress the u.s. coalition is making in rolling back the islamic state from iraq and syria and killing its leaders. he said the u.s. has the upper hand. >> it only stiffens our unit and determination to wipe this bio terrorist organization off the face of the earth. >> obama says the u.s. will also keep working to secure a diplomatic resolution to syria's civil war. he says a fragile reduced violence there but hasn't eliminated it. >>> there are concerns that the pentagon after russian war planes flew within 30 feet of a u.s. navy destroyer

lewandowski will not beilnot prosecuted on the charge of of misdemeanor battery it came over allegations he grab the arm of m reporter michelle fields. field staged at cnn town hall by his adorable daughters. daughte girls even took a swing at the question and answer portion. telling moderator andersonr a cooper that they would want to n invite taylor swift to the whiti house if their father took office that is. >> fair answer on their part.r on the democratic side vermontrm the senators bernie sanders hoss add mega rally in new york cityy last night ahead of next week'ss primary leck. l rally took most of washingtonhio square park and drew hundreds of supporters.s. sanders spoke about the cominghc days and his plans to campaignig in new york. sanders and hillary clinton hil debate tonight in brooklyn. sandersanders op pone pent now y clinton held a rally this timele in the bronx. she spent her wednesday touringi the city making stops in manhattan at a protest byy workers of verizon who walk offf the job after failed contractntt negotiations.ations >>> we need more money from thet federa

, but how does this work with the campaign manager, corey lewandowski, then the convention manager and then trump? >> this is what's interesting. until now, basically everything in the campaign went through corey and corey went to trump. so to have another operative who's reporting it directly to trump is significant. it is a significant shift. right now essentially trump trusted corey. i no i think this is going to be the challenge. this is why we've seen sort of the butting of heads between the campaign manager and managort so far because corey has to share power in a way he hasn't before and that power could spread even further if paul manafort does bring in new seasoned operatives to help with the clinching of the rest of these delegates. the campaign says more announcements in the next few weeks. we'll see just how big trump lets him build this empire within the campaign. >> convention manager that is where we are, sara murray, thank you. >>> and in just four days, anderson cooper will moderate a town hall with trump and his family. that's right here on cnn. >>> coming up next

lewandowski turneds into jupiter florida police last month. he was accused of grabbing and bruising a reporter. politico is reporting that prosecutors will drop the charges here, that has not been confirmed though by nbc news. >>> if you recorded it on dvr, you will want to watch kobe's final game today. what an awesome way to end an awesome career. kobe bryant scored 60 points to lead the l.a. lakers to a comeback ig win thwin that ende this morning. it was a final game after a 20 year career. and here is how he summed it up. >> i can't believe it's come to an end. you guys will always be in my heart. and i sincerely, sincerely appreciate it. no words can describe how i feel about you guys. >> the last time kobe scored that many points was in 2009. he has the third most points in the nba he's spent his entire career with the lakers. and after michael jordan, people weren't sure who was going to be the next one and he was it. the way he played, so exciting to watch. and sometimes caught a little fire order court. >> and in ein other circle, too. but hats off to him for a tremendous career. 37

there was not enough evidence to accuse corey lewandowski and he was charged with simple battery after grabbing kim fields' arm after she tried to ask trump a question. a new poll shows donald trump ahead in pennsylvania. 44% of republican primary voters in p.a. support trump compared to 28% for ted cruz and 23% who intend to vote for john kasich who was actually born in pennsylvania. the poll has a margin of error of 5.6%. pennsylvania and delaware hold their primary elections on april 26th. new jersey voters go to the polls on june 7th. for complete decision 2016 coverage, including the latest delegate counts and upcoming primaries and caucuses, access the nbc app. >>> a woman was convicted of torching the home of a township officer and she will be eligible for parole after ten years. she was the officer's neighbor. she was angry with the police after her son was arrested. no one was hurt in that fire. >>> defense attorneys in the jersey jam case called the government's case a fantasy. prosecutors are being accused of improperly using statements used under immunity and say kelly can'

lewandowski with us. are you surprised by the magnitude of thi can you hear me, corey? do youet a sense with this that he is going tpick up a lot of delegates and we are not even counting the in pennsylvania? reporter: this is the ght when the writing is othe wall. i fired he would win all five. i though might get 50-55% of the vote but hs in excess of 0% of the vote. that's a blowout w win. he's clear oa path to take the nomination ifhe republicans attempt to get ararnd him and deny this got it nomination who s the votes, cetera, et cetete, etetera. kennedy: i i feel the lang wink wagege concerning the convention has softed the lasast uple days. the esestablishment talking abot a contested co the lyeopltalking about it are cruz and case up a they are not done wittheir bromance. reporter: we'll comurn more money into ted cruz's campaign? chlie: i will say this. 38% of the votes. if that's what his pop vote is, republblics in maryland and the two guys with allolocar shshirts in n rhe island. neil: he will h have captured 55 states by more than 50% of ththe vote. he started with h 17 peop

corey lewandowski scandal. well, corey was exonerated yesterday in the michelle fields incident. this is what he said last night with sean hannity. sean got an exclusive interview with him. take a listen. >> this is a huge distraction for the campaign and should never have been. if michelle fields wanted to have a conversation, we could have had a conversation privately and not made this a story that it is today. i'm sorry that this has become the story that it is today. let me say how much i'm thankful for donald trump and his loyalty in this difficult time. all the other candidates in the race asked for me to be fired, and what we saw today was that they looked at the evidence and decided there's no way they can prosecute this case and move forward. so first and foremost, i want to thank mr. trump. >> a lot of people said he should have been fired. should the people be apologizing? >> greta and i have been united on this. there was zero chance of this man being convicted based on the evidence that existed that i saw and everyone saw. there was no assault. it's shocking that th