here on c-span. mr. trump: great to see you. we are getting so many questions on the building itself, how it's coming and this is a great speaker system, boy. unbelievable. and just want to thank everybody for coming. we have had so many inquiries as to how we are doing at the old post office, what was formerly the old post office. the rooms are almost complete. close to 300 rooms, super luxury and going to be amazing and going to employ substantially more than i would say 500 people, at least 500 people and getting them largely from the area and they are already in training. our chefs have been employed, our service staff has been fully employed. so we have a tremendous group of people. the hotel is going to be incredible. much of what you are sitting on, that was open space going into a basement area, that is a brand new floor and gets covered with beautiful marble from different parts of the world. much of what you are seeing here gets the final touches on it. this was one of the great buildings in washington, in the country and restored to the highest level, well beyond fr

in georgia.ly mr. trump was endorsed by nascar's chief executive and several nascar drivers leading into the gop super tuesday contest. mr. trump: you people are amazing. i love you. i love georgia. here is the story. we have 7005 hundred people in the room. outside, we have 12,000 people. [applause] : we set up the speakers. would anyone like to give some of the people outside your position? please raise your hand. i'm only kidding. we have a lot of good news today. cnn just came out with a poll. trump, 49%. [applause] mr. trump: a rubio, 16%. ted cruz, 15%. 10% and john kasich, 6%. we are at 49%, can you believe it? [applause] mr. trump: we got the endorsement of senator sessions. and we have sarah palin and so many incredible people. junior.lwell we are winning every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] trump: we are winning with a little less than highly educated , which is ok. and we're winning with the veterans. we're winning with th

these issues, you talk about them in negative ways. you say the terrorists are winning. mr. trump: they are winning. they are shutting down the world. we are worried about laws and we cannot waterboard. they are chopping off heads and drowning people in steel cages. >> if you were president, what would you say about winning the war? senator cruz said he thought we should have patrols in muslim neighborhoods in the u.s. you said you thought that was a good idea earlier today. we had ryan crocker on our show and he said that it would be exactly what jesus would want us to do because we're pretraining the u.s. as the indiscriminately prejudice against muslims. how do you respond? mr. trump: i'm ok. we have to be vigilant, careful. if you talk about the two lens, we were watching closer than anybody else and it was an amazing group and they call people in terms of stopping attacks. blasio.nded by mayor to they ended it. we should bring it back. we should look, even at the mosques. >> there's a problem. you are saying ambassador crocker is wrong? you denounce that isis would take that as a v

states, donald trump. cheers and applause] ♪ mr. trump: thank you so much. what a turnout. what a turnout. wow! [cheers and applause] mr. trump: thank you. i want to thank paul. i love tough people. you need tough people and he's a tough cookie. and when we got his endorsement, we were thrilled, i tell you that. he is a great guy. you know, i was doing a little bit of a thing called the bates -- [crowd chanting] mr. trump: get them out, please. et them out. what are they doing? what's the purpose? i guess a little television time, i guess. you know, i was going to the debate and i was going directly in florida and doing really well in florida. and campaigning against the guy who has the worst voting record in the history of the state of florida named rubio. i call him light weight. he's a light weight. worst history in florida. let's hope i do well there. i love florida. but i was going to detroit and i said to my people, i have to stop in maine. i just had to stop in maine. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: i wouldn't say it's a very direct route. instead of going this way, i went

today. i wrote down notes about wisconsin. [booing] mr. trump: look, he certainly cannot endorse me after what i did to him in the race. but look at this. by the summer of 2015, wisconsin was facing a $2.2 billion, two-year budget deficit. that is terrible. by the way these are out of , books. this is not trump. this is out of books. total state debt is $45 billion. maybe somebody will tell me that is wrong. $45 billion is very high. one of the higher ones. 20,000 fewer people in labor force in wisconsin than seven years ago even though population has grown by 100,000. your population is higher. . would not have done this am i going to say he is doing a great job? he is not doing a great job. he comes in with his motorcycle jacket. the motorcycle guys really like trump. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: and he does not look like a motorcycle guy to me. i am sorry, i'm sorry. -- that can't be possible. they have down 20%. that cannot be possible. what? is it 20%? effective or regular? effective unemployment rate at 20%. this is out of the big book. 800,000 foodstamp recipients. middle

cheers and applause] ♪ mr. trump: thank you so much. what a turnout. what a turnout. wow! [cheers and applause] mr. trump: thank you. i want to thank paul. i love tough people. you need tough people and he's a tough cookie. and when we got his endorsement, we were thrilled, i tell you that. he is a great guy. you know, i was doing a little bit of a thing called the bates -- [crowd chanting] mr. trump: get them out, please. et them out.

the nominee once and for all. ♪ mr. trump: thank you, everybody. wow. thank you. i feel so badly. outside, we have 5000 people and they cannot get in. i feel badly. i want to apologize. we have speakers outside. we have over the 5000 people who cannot get in. does anybody want to leave and give your place to somebody else? >> no. mr. trump: i had a feeling you might be saying that. it is an honor to be with you. it is very important. we are doing very well. millions of votes ahead of cruz. [applause] mr. trump: i called him lyin' ted cruz. i win, as you know. i have been winning all of the evangelical vote. he stands up bible high, puts it down and then he lies. it is amazing to watch him. he said, i'm the only one who can beat donald trump. i said, wait a minute, i have won like most of the states. i think he had five or six and i had 20 or 22, right? and, i said i cannot believe it. i have millions of votes more. i have like millions of votes more. i will tell you something so important. there is something happening, it is like a movement. it is a movement and we are part of th

friend of israel. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: i am a newcomer to politics, but not to backing get the jewish state. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: in 2001, weeks after the attacks on new york city, and on washington, and frankly, the attacks on all of us. attacks that are traded -- that were perpetrated by the islamic fundamentalists. mayor rudy giuliani visited. i sent my plane because i backed the mission for israel 100%. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: and spring of 2004, at the height of the violence in the gaza strip, i was the grand marshal of the 40th salute to israel parade. the largest single gathering in support of the jewish state. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: it was a very dangerous time for israel, and frankly for anyone supporting israel. many people turned down this honor. i did not. i took the risk and i am glad i did. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: but i did not come here tonight to pander to you about israel. that is what politicians do. all talk, no action. believe me. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: i came to speak to you about where i stand on th

started. >> mr. trump, as you may have heard, the 2012 republican nominee for president mitt romney had some things to say about you today. [crowd boos] he said your domestic policy will lead to recession. he said your foreign policy will make us less safe, and then he listed what he said are your personal qualities, quoting now romney on trump, quote: the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the 3rd grade theatrics. he challenged you to answer with substance, not insults. how do you answer mitt romney, sir? >> well, look, he was a failed candidate. he should have beaten president obama very easy. he failed miserably, and it was an embarrassment to everybody, including the republican party. he went away -- it looked like he went away on vacation the last month. so i don't take that. and i guess obviously he wants to be relevant. he wants to be back in the game. as far as domestic policy and trade, which is killing our country, he said free trade. and i believe in free trade, also. if you look at china and look at japan and mexico, both at the border by the way where t

? [cheers] >> let's get started. >> mr. trump, as you may have heard, the 2012 republican nominee for president mitt romney had some things to say about you today. [crowd boos] he said your domestic policy will lead to recession. he said your foreign policy will make us less safe, and then he listed what he said are your personal qualities, quoting now romney on trump, quote: the bullying, the greed, the showingÑo off, the is i sage misogyny, the 3rd grade tactics. he challenged you to answer with substance, not insults. how do you answer mitt romney, sir? >> well, look, he was a failed candidate. he should have beaten president obama very easy. he failed miserably, and it was an embarrassment to everybody, including the republican party. he went away -- it looked like he went away on vacation the last month. so i don't take that. and i guess obviously he wants to be relevant. he wants to be back in the game. as far as domestic policy and trade, which is killing our country, he said free trade. and i believe in free trade, also. if you look at china and look at japan and mexico,

-- [laughter] mr. trump: i'm really ashamed of the press because they got it wrong. they did not give me any credit. do you remember when she was beating bernie easily? suddenly, four weeks ago, bernie was doing great. you know why? she went down. and you know why? because of my skirmish. and i get no credit for that. please give me credit. [applause] mr. trump: so, i look forward to that race. and again, i haven't really done anything with hillary. we haven't started with hillary except for the one moment for weeks ago -- four weeks ago. i heard hillary today and i watched her statement tonight and her statement is "make america whole." that's a terrible statement. [laughter] mr. trump: make america hwol -- whole. i think she means we are in a whole. we are in a deep -- in a hole. we are in a deep hole, and we are trying to dig our way out. make america whole? no, make america great again. that's what mine is. make america great again. [applause] ok? so, again, this has been a very exciting evening. again, i just have to think the people of louisiana and of theucky -- to thank p

into supporting mr. trump. they don't really care if it's hillary clinton and conservativism as the force ended in the '80s. after reagan the republican party was absent in the community. it's okay to use violence as an intimidation tactic or yell racist or hitler. they are okay with hillary clinton opinion that's the purpose of the anti-trump as well. they want to convince people they will not support mr. trump on this notion he will lose. it's not the case. if they do fight against mr. trump, donald trump is going to win regardless. he has the right policies. he is going to fight for the working class. >> it seems to me if it's really about conservativism that would be going after cruz and people more conservative than donald. are they looking to provoke violence? what are they looking to establish? do they just want to get into fights? >> i think a lot of them do. you have some like black lives matter and these anarchists. that's all they do. if they try to stop mr. trump, let's say it's hillary, the establishment is okay with that because they don't have to make the tough decisi

] mr. trump: well, thank you very much everyone. this was an amazing evening and i don't think i have ever had so many horrible, horrible things said about me in one week. [laughter] $38 million worth of horrible lies. but that's ok. it shows you how brilliant the public is because they knew they were lies. and it was just amazing to watch. and to get these kind of numbers where they call them immediately is just something very special. so, i want to thank the public and the people of michigan. i want to thank the people of mississippi. and it is such a great honor. and, it is also really wonderful to have you at trump national golf club. jack nicholas did this. it is his signature course and it's a great result in place and we have a lot of our members here. [applause] mr. trump: we love our members. jack is a special man and he did a special job. and we love jack. we have another special member. paul o'neill of the yankees, can you stand up? [applause] paul. you originally come from ohio, right? wow. paul o'neill. of the yankees. hey paul, he you come from ohio? you endorse me? i lo

up with his chief rival, senator ted cruz. john: we start our look back with donald trump. mr. trump: i was called by a friend, he said, a terrible thing happened in brussels. i was not surprised. i've been saying, brussels is a mess. i turn on the television, i saw what was going on, and i think it is deplorable. givingou talked about the country a pep talk. when you talk about these issues, you tend to talk about them -- in negative ways the terrorists are winning. they are winning. we cannot waterboard, get, they are chopping off heads. mark: i understand that is part of your view. impliesep talk optimism. mr. trump: i would be very optimistic and very tough on terror, much tougher than where we are now. we are not playing in the same field. they have absolutely no loss. they kill people, and don't talk about it. littleomething that is a harsh, and that particular soldier or general, or whoever it may be, loses his life. we are not playing by the same rules. they are playing dirty stuff, and we're not playing that way. we cannot waterboard anymore. waterboarding, nothing is nice a

. chris: mr. trump we're not ejecting anyone from the you'd yens for booing you. >> waterboard them, then kill their families. >> chris: that's your solution for everything. >> chris: and senator bernie sanders. your opponent tonight. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> audience: bernie! >> thank you. thank you. thank you for being here. giving us your time on "@midnight." you had a lot of choices and you came here. we appreciate it you alright, senator sander? >> i don't think this guy is going to make it to the election. unbelievable. >> save it for the issues. chris: it's now time to start with our candidates in place. the first ever "@midnight" presidential debate. here we go. [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central [cheers and applause] >> chris: welcome to @midnight. i'm chris hardwick. i'm wearing a very our guests tonight are the starts of "trump versus bernie." make no mistake this is definitely trump and sanders. [cheers and applause] >> chris: philosophically. i would like the crowd to be respectful. don't shout out anything like "lick me,

. what you were president, would you say about winning the war? mr. trump: i would be very optimistic and tough on terror. much tougher than what we are right now. we are not playing on the same field. no laws. they kill people, they don't talk about it. they don't worry about the law. we do something a little harsh and that soldier or whoever loses his pension and loses his life. the samet playing by rules. they are playing dirty stuff. we can't do anything. waterboarding, nothing nice about it, but it is a minimal form. we have to go tougher. it is eating up the world. the world is weak and ineffective. what is happening in germany is unbelievable. what is happening in a small part of sweden is unbelievable. a lot of people are saying donald trump was right. you know that and i know that. i don't want to be right about it. i want to be wrong about it. senator cruz thought we should have police patrols. you said you thought that was a good idea. you were behind it. on our show.rocker it would portray the united states as being indiscriminately presidents against muslims. h

hypothetical question, abortion is legal in this country and mr. trump was just talking about simple legalities, if something is against the law and they break the law they should be punished, now how that law is upheld should be up to the states. >> he says he's anti-abortion, but there are exceptions, what are the exceptions? >> yes, mr. trump's position is fully that he is pro life, with the exceptions of rape and incest. and inns what's interesting about this, this was a liberal journalist who uses the same old tactics that try to trap pro life politicians, particularly republicans down this line. because there is still the person hood discussion when it comes to abortion, the public is becoming more and more pro life on this issue so they try to make it difficult f politicians to handle these questions. mr. trump was giving his answers and put out a full clarification afterwards. >> and you say he misspoke in his initial statement during that interview, right? >> well, simply because should women be punished and mr. trump said yes, which is why he put out a clarification, the an

beyond the 30 seconds. >> excuse me i haven't been on tv that much this year. >> chris: mr. trump. >> let me tell you, chip. this country, we're losing. we don't win. i have same policy on women as i do chinese, which is china is our enemy. i will tell you this. china is the enemy. we started with 27 people on the a hrapbt. the android face walked off. i have received a rose in every single ceremony since then. i'm going to test hydrogen bombs in iowa. i can tell that you. i came in second. i dug a hole in iowa on the way out. and i sexually assaulted the state. i can tell you this jeb bush a very low energy guy. jeb bush was the terri schiavo of the candidates. the eyes clicking back and forth. somebody put a needle in his neck. chris christie a great guy. chris christie, i threw a paperclip at him at a debate and it went into orbit. if i become president i will name it a moon in our solar system. i tell you that. and karlie fee rena will be the new white house horse. i tell that you. >> chris: that's all the time we have for intros. >> i think there is -- this may not be the debate you

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] mr. trump: thank you, thank you. boy, i tell you, i love tough people. he is a tough cookie. when we got his endorsement, we were thrilled, he is a great guy. you know, i was doing a little bit of a thing called the debates -- [crowd chanting] get him out, please. get them out. what are they doing? what is the purpose? they get a little television time, i guess. but you know, i was going to the debate. i was going directly in from florida. i am down there campaigning. we are doing very well. we are campaigning against the guy that has the worst of voting record and history of the state of florida. his name is rubio. i call him lightweight. he is a lightweight. but he has the worst record in history of florida. i don't know, i should do well in there. let us hope i do well. i love florida. i was going to detroit. and i said to my people. i have to stop in maine. i just have to. [applause] so, i would not say that it is a very direct route. would you say? instead of going this way, i went this way and t

. [applause] tonight, in those states who supported mr. trump today, although once devoted across this country, message is to begin to get ready for the fight coming this fall. the fight this fall is to make sure that he united republican party and united american people , make sure hillary rodham clinton never gets back in the white house. [applause] since june 16, he has shown himself to be tough and strong and bold. he has shown himself to be a fighter, a leader who speaks .lainly to the american people he has listened to the american people, the american people are listening to him. he is bringing the country together. that is not a campaign. it is a movement. america wants to come together. america wants to be strong and successful again but they know they need to have a strong bold tough decisive leader back in the oval office. they have that man after tonight. the next president of the united states, donald trump. [cheers and applause] donald trump: this has been an amazing evening. we have 15 major states. we could win six or seven or nine. it has been great. i congratulate ted

. i've had many people say -- it was a beautiful thing to hear, "mr. trump, i'm 67-years-old. i'm 67-years-old. i have never ever voted before. i've never come close to voting before. this is the first time i will ever vote." and that is so amazing. , that is so amazing. [applause] mr. trump: they do it with such spirit. so, it is really great. i want to thank the special interests and lobbyists. [laughter] [applause] mr. trump: they obviously did something to drive these numbers. but i want to congratulate them because to raise that much money that quickly is a pretty good feat. many of them are my friends but they have to gamble. i want to thank paul ryan. he could not have been nicer. he was very encouraging. i have great respect for paul ryan. great respect. [applause] mr. trump: ted cruz is interesting. he is always saying i am the only one that can beat donald trump. you have to vote for donald trump and going to be miserable. you have to vote for me. the only onee is that can beat donald trump. i've heard it so many times, but he never beats me. take a look. meaning he rarely

we know that senator rubio of course has a corrupt financial history mr. trump brought to light but he has done a great public service in doing so. whether mr. rubio's shady financial dealings, selling his house to lobbyist or his lies to the people of florida. where mr. rubio campaigned would stop amnesty and became the biggest champion of amnesty in washington, d.c. deirdre: that will go far with conservatives. >> absolutely. deirdre: want to come back to the joyful tone in a minute but with more on this idea of a contested convention here is senator cruz on the possibility. >> [cheering] and you amassed 1237, neither has he. say a two-man race at that point. you're okay with the quote, contested convention where it goes to balloting system and still decided by the people. >> a contested convention is different thing you go if no one gets 1237 and you have two front-runners. reagan and ford battled it out at contested convention. that is what conventions are for. if you're fighting between candidates who earned the votes of the people and the delegates at the convention have been

. mr. trump responds at a campaign rally in portland, maine. and house speaker paul ryan comments on the republican presidential race. later, some of today's conservative political action conference. today, the 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney gave a speech attacking the current republican front-runner donald trump, calling him a fraud and a con man. voters torimary support one of the other republicans on the ballot. his full remarks of the university of utah at salt lake city are 20 minutes. [applause] mr. romney: thank you. thank you. thank you, jason. thank you to the hinckley institute. lieutenant governor, thank you. it's good to be with you today. thank you. [cheers and applause] now, i'm not here to announce my candidacy for office. and i'm not going to endorse a candidate today. instead, i'd like to offer my perspective on the nominating process of my party. back in 1964, just days before the presidential election, which incidentally we lost, ronald reagan went on national television and challenged america, saying that it was a time for choosing. he saw two pa

process. we move on, because it's not about me. it's not about mr. trump. it's about america. and this is what we have to be thinking about. i have found that in talking with him that, you know, there's a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than i ever thought that there was. he will speak to that, but, you know, that actually surprised me more than anything. because i do recognize how a person's image can be greatly distorted, having been the victim of that. i probably understand it better than anybody. and i think as the american people who we are focusing on, as they begin to see the real individual there, and those who are helping that individual, i think we're going to be comforted as a nation. you know, we have to start working together. we cannot allow the agents of division to continue to separate us. as a nation, our strength is our unity. and we -- we just have to sort of ignore those people who are always trying to stir up strife, and i'm appealing to some degree to the media as well. you know, you're part of america, too, and should be interested in strengthen

hard-working taxpayers of america. [ applause ] >> mr. trump. >> one of the biggest political events anywhere in the world is happening right now with the republican party. millions and millions of people are going out to the polls and they are voting. they are voting out of enthusiasm. they are voting out of love. some of these people, frankly, have never voted before. 50 years old, 60 years old, 70 years old. never voted before. we're taking people from the democrat party. we're taking people as independents. they're all coming out and the whole world is talking about it. it's very exciting. i think, frankly, the republican establishment, or whatever you want to call it, should embrace what's happening. we're having millions of extra people join. we are going to beat the democrats. we are going to beat hillary or whoever it may be. and we're going to beat them soundly. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. let's begin with jobs and the economy which republican voters say is the most important issue to them in this election. there have been some real differences expressed on

>> with all due respect to jimmy stewart there's a new kid in this town. mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. trump goes to washington. >> mr. trump goes to washington. >> good morning to you both. mr. trump as you mentioned goes to washington. >> greetings from the bloomberg washington bureau. just down the road from here white house hopefuls of both parties are addressing the annual conference of the powerful pro israel lobbying group. all three republican candidates are speaking this evening. donald trump's speech will be by far the one that gets the most attention. later in the program we'll show you my conversation with a pair of rabbis who are concerned with trump's policies and his rhetoric. to further illustrate the tough crowd trump will face this evening check out oat investigation hillary clinton got this morning when she spoke to the group and called out mr. trump for previously suggesting he would not take sides in the israeli-palestinian conflict. >> yes, we need

setelevision. at some point somebody, i imagine mr. trump decided he couldn't put on rally like he likes to do with a lot of cheering and back and forth with the disrupt going on. of course, here is a big city, no surprise this would happen. what i guess i'm still stunned by is trump's rallies have been pl planned. why would they hold rally in downtown chicago with a diverse population. a lot of people who are progressives, a lot of minorities who don't like a word of what trump has been saying on television. here they came to disrupt it. they have succeeded. i want to go back to you, katie on this question of planning of rallies. is it normal for a trump rally to vet the people and expect most will be supporters? >> they have done the vetting on one occasion that i can remember. real vetting on one occasion i can remember. that was in burlington, vermont. that was a city that had been open about the protesters. they were planning ongoing in to try to disrupt this event. this was a very small venue. they asked are you a trump supporter. they looked to see if you were wearing bernie sanders shi

. came out with a poll. trump, 49. [applause] mr. trump: that's high. and i'm very proud of it, because this is not a plateau. this is a movement. we have a movement going on, folks. "time" magazine did a story recently, a couple of weeks ago talking about what's going on and never seen anything like it. they say actually, and i don't think i am exaggerating, but many of the great writers, which there are very few because many is very dishonest, but in the history of this country, there has never been anything like this. we were in huntsville, alabama, we had 35,000 people. 35,000 people. we were -- we went to arkansas. oh, is that another one? get them out. get them out. get them out. they just don't stop. get them out. thank you. bye-bye. bye-bye. terrible. incredible. now you know, you can be nice if you are nice, they will say you were soft. and you can be vicious, get out of here! and then say -- please get them out. [applause] mr. trump: it's incredible. i love you, too. i love you, too. i love you, too. by the way i'm self-funding my , campaign and putting up my own mone

people. and i heard this was going to happen, and they said, mr. trump, would you like to cancel? i said, absolutely not. these are not good people. these are not the people that made our country great. but we're going to make it great again. but these are not the people. these are the people that are destroying our country. get him out, get him out. come on, let's go, get him out. >> that's the way that donald trump has been talking about protesters at his events. that's the way that he has been directing his supporters at events to treat those protesters. that was today. if you want to know what led up to chicago tonight, that was donald trump's display of leadership and calming the waters at his event this afternoon. apparently officials of some kind in st. louis were worried enough about what was going to happen at that rally that it was suggested to mr. trump, at least he said it was, that maybe that event should be canceled. that event was not canceled. it went on, mr. trump lamented that we can't be rough enough with protesters anymore, that these are terrible people, that th

, the nation of israel. >> senator cruz. mr. trump, we're going to come to you in a second. but i want to go to hugh hewitt who has questions on this subject. >> you said you would want to be, quote, sort of a neutral guy. he did mention taylor force, he was a west point graduate, a war hero, a vanderbilt graduate studio, killed in a palestinian terror attack near tel aviv, many others were killed. the israeli government says the palestinian authority is inciting this. do you still want to stay neutral when the palestinian authority is inciting these attacks. >> first of all, there's nobody on this stage that's more pro israel than i am. there's nobody. i am pro israel. i was the grand marshall, not so long ago, of the israeli day parade down 5th avenue. i've made massive contributions to israel. i have a lot of -- i have tremendous love for israel. i happen to have a son-in-law and a daughter that are jewish, okay, and two grandchildren that are jewish. but i will tell you, i think if we're going to ever negotiate a peace settlement, which every israeli wants, and i've spoken to the t

executive and several of the drivers leading into the super tuesday contests. mr. trump: wow. cheers] and mr. trump: you people are amazing. i love you. i love georgia. georgia. here's the story. outside, we have 12,000 people! and, we set up speakers. would anybody like to give some of the people outside your position? lee's raise your hand, we will get you out of there fast. right? ok, i am only kidding. we are a lot of good news today. cnn just came out with a pole. just came out. trump, 49%. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: little lightweight marco rubio 16%. ]boos mr. trump: outlying ted cruz, 15% will stop good guide ben carson 10%, and kasich 6%. 49%.e are at can you believe it? we got the endorsement yesterday of a senator. incredible. and we have sarah palin. so many incredible people. , jerry, i will tell you falwell, junior. we are winning at every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] right? we are winning with a little less the

policy in the middle east. his comments are about a half hour. mr. trump: good evening. thank you very much. i speak to you today as a lifelong supporter and true friend of israel. [cheers and applause] i'm a newcomber to politics, but not to backing the jewish state. [cheers and applause] in 2001, weeks after the attacks on new york city, and on washington, and frankly, the attacks on all of us, attacks that perpetrated, and they were perpetrated by the islamic fundamentalists, mayor rudy giuliani visited israel to show solidarity with terror victims. i sent my plane because i backed the mission for israel 100%. cheers and applause] in spring of 2004, at the height of the violence in the gaza strip, i was the grand marshall of the 40th salute to israel parade, the largest single gathering in support of the jewish state. [applause] it was a very dangerous time for israel and, frankly, for anyone supporting israel. many people turned down this honor. i did not. i took the risk and i'm glad i did. [applause] but i didn't come here tonight to panleder to you about israel. that's what poli

, listen, as we await mr. trump speaking -- >> momentarily? >> at the very least it has elevated the issue of trade to the very top, and, in a good way, as it should during this process. a lot of people are talking about it and re-examining our trade policy and saying, well, all right, a lot of people -- i've always believed in free trade. i think it's the right thing. maybe there's a down side here that we haven't fully understood. >> have you looked at the nafta numbers? about people used to sell clothes here. they don't make clothes here. >> but you'd like to think that we're able to compete with anybody no matter what. we don't need to close our markets to any extent to protect ourselves because we're the best. >> carrier hvac, u.s., mexico, raising numbers, united technologies. >> well, that's the video about the workers being laid off. >> i know, jim. obviously manufacturing is not done in this country anywhere near it once was. you are the factory for ideas. we're still the factory -- >> how about a factory for factories? my kids have to be to cal tech to get a job? >> what ha

people want this race to be over. they look at history, and say, a trend like mr. trump's suspe suspect -- isn't going to be stopped. perhaps. but the rules of political history have pretty much all been shredded during this campaign. if the other candidates with find common ground, i believe we have find a person who event the values and policies of conservatism. that means i would vote for marco rubio in florida and for john kasich in ohio, and for ted cruz or whichever one of the other two contenders has the best chance of beating mr. trump in a given state. let me turn to national security. mr. trump's bombast is already alarming our allies and fuelling the anger of our enemies. assaulting all muslims will keep many of them from fully engaging us in the urgent fight against isis. what he said -- and 60 minutes, did you hear this? it has to go down as the most ridiculous and dangerous idea of the entire campaign season. let isis take out assad, he said. and then we can pick up the remnants. think about that. let the most dangerous terror organization the world has ever known

cancel the election right now. nobody can win. [applause] mr. trump: i will bring them up owner oflly but the the whole deal, the big guy, brian france. come on up. [applause] mr. trump: he's getting pretty dapper. brian, we love you. do you want to say a few words? >> i've known donald for over 20 hiss and you know about

against you, mr. trump. >> right. >> it involves veterans, it involves teachers and it involves so-called middle guy, working class, lower working class, middle class who say they were fleeced, who say it was a scam. the classes are certified and in that case, you countersued the lead plaintiff. alleging you were being defamed. that case was thrown out -- >> the lead plaintiff is now getting out of the case because it's so bad for her. >> but what happened was -- >> excuse me. the lead plaintiff signed a letter saying how great it was and is on tape saying how great it was. >> okay. stand by. what happened in that case was you countersued her. the court threw out your countersuit, made you pay legal fees of hers. you made the same argument about 98% of the people being happy with trump university and that woman in particular signing a survey saying she liked it while someone was standing over her shoulder. >> she's trying to get out of the case. >> stand by. this is what the court of appeals found. they said that the plaintiffs against you are like the madoff victims. >> give me a

states who supported mr. trump today, although once devoted across this country, message is to begin to get ready for the fight coming this fall. the fight this fall is to make sure that he united republican party and united american people, make sure hillary rodham clinton never gets back in the white house. [applause] since june 16, he has shown himself to be tough and strong and bold. he has shown himself to be a fighter, a leader who speaks plainly to the american people. he has listened to the american people, the american people are listening to him. he is bringing the country together. that is not a campaign. it is a movement. america wants to come together. america wants to be strong and successful again but they know they need to have a strong bold tough decisive leader back in the oval office. they have that man after tonight. the next president of the united states, donald trump. [cheers and applause] donald trump: this has been an amazing evening. we have 15 major states. we could win six or seven or nine. it has been great. i congratulate ted cruz on that win. we are going

. mr. trump is not afraid to take questions from anyone. he's the candidate who's had more press conferences than anyone. he takes the tough questions. he goes to the debates knowing the moderators and opponents are going to dog pile on him. mr. trump is not speaking at cpac this year because we have an election tomorrow. i'm here in d.c. because we were supposed to be here tomorrow but the campaign decided to go out there and make one last pitch to the voters in kansas and get out and campaign in florida. that simple. liz: matt was saying he could have won the straw poll which the participants at cpac take at the end of this several day long event. now that's going to hurt him. he's going to do a lot worse than the straw poll. i'm guessing donald trump doesn't give a hoot about any straw poll there? >> if you look at record of cpac, usually a ron paul or rand paul that wins the cpac straw poll. and there are a lot of activists here. mr. trump has spoken at cpac in the past. this was scheduled right before a really important election. mr. trump is being dog piled on by everyone,

first time the number of protesters equaled that of trump supporters. that reality forcing mr. trump and his team to cancel the event just moments before it was set to begin out of an abundance of caution. we are live on the streets of chicago, for complete fox coverage for you tonight. joining us first with more, jeff flock who is live on the scene. jeff, get us up to speed. >> reporter: an extraordinary chicago, a town that's been home to a lot of protests over the past couple of months. but tonight, we're on the street as rallygoers, these are trump rallygoers, they're leaving and being jeered by protesters. but it was an extremely large crowd of protesters that had come to make their voice known against donald trump. i think what shut it down, it's fair to say, perhaps you can hear it, as these people make their way out through this cordon of protesters, i think what did it is there was a large number of protesters that got in. as you know, they've been able to eject individual protesters. this was such a large group, however, a lot of protesters tried to get tickets to the event and

trump is trustworthy. here it is. >> there is plenty of evidence that mr. trump is a con man, a fake. mr. trump has changed his positions not just over the years, but over the course of the campaign. we will reason only really know if he is real deal or phony if he releases tax returns and tape of his interview with the "new york times." i predict there are more bombshells in his tax returns. i predict he doesn't give much if anything to the disabled and to our veterans. i predict the told "the new york times," that his immigration talk is just that, talk. and i predict that despite his promise to do so, first made over a year ago, that he will never, ever, release his tax returns. never. not the returns under audit, not even the returns that are no longer being audited. he has too much to hide. deirdre: with me now, another former presidential candidate, former governor of minnesota tim pawlenty. governor, great to have you back. you have endorsed senator marco rubio. what does today's dueling press conferences mean for the race? >> win of the things it means more entertainment i suppos