to the republican national convention this year. if there's one last republican somewhere in country who was hoping that jeb bush would get drafted off the bleachers and brought in to save the party, it's going to be a little more complicated because jeb bush will not be in the room when the decision happens. heolold cnn he's not going to attend the rnc. there's stories about how prom innocent republicans will skip the convention this summer because it's a fore gone conclusion it's going to be a controversial event. either they will pick a controversial nominee for president or the party is going to pick whoever the nominee is by some very controversial process. the way they would get there would also be controversial even if they don't pick one of their controversial candidates. it's going to be controversial either way. the most risk aversion republicans are plningng on staying away because of that and that list includes jeb bush. this will be interesting to watch in terms of republican senators or governors up for re-election this year or republican members of the house from swing

few minutes tonight. on the republican side, the process of picking that party's nominee now features something close to a fistfight which we've got tape of to show you later on this hour. it also involves the cops being called in to break up a republican party meeting that ended poorly. that's very exciting. it's nuts but very exciting. but on the political side of today's news, everything going on is overshadowed by the seismic political event that's going to happen tomorrow. which is the gargantuan-sized new york state primary. this time tomorrow night, polls will have just closed in new york state. new york state has 20 million people in it. new york state has a huge number of delegates to allocate on both sides the presidential contest. these are the last four polls all of which show hillary clinton leading in new york by anywhere from 6 to 17 points. interestingly bernie sanders has been intimating the democratic polls are wrong and that he has information that indicates that he might win new york. okay, we shall see. on the republican side, i don't want to say less dra

specifically, latinos and the republican party. now, through his actions and his words and his proposals, g.o.p. front-runner donald trump has infuriated many latinos. that's just one of many sort of interesting backdrops leading in to the annual new york city republican gala. it takes place here in manhattan in the next few days, and, of course, many latino republicans will be in attendance, as well as all three g.o.p. presidential candidates. joining us now is arcadio casillas. he is the finance chairperson of the new york state republican party. j.c. polanco is a republican strategist. welcome to you both. up -- is it more lifting up presidential politics? is it a fundraiser? is it all of those and more? >> it's all of those, but it's also to create an awareness about the latino individuals and citizens that are very part of new york state and of our party but, at the same time, what makes america tick. the latino community is very large. it's very hard-working, is very influential, and it's one that is growing that needs representation. so, this is a way of also honoring our latino h

exactly what we hear here. nobody on the republican establishment said it is shocking to hear people talk that way and we cannot are them be the face of the republican party as they said about donald trump. i think the republicans are angry with donald trump because he outed them. he pulled back the curtain into what they say. this is a very different breed of cat and nothing you have heard at that presidential debate except for some personal stuff but nothing you have heard about their attitude toward people is different from what he hear here and an indication of why we don't have better policy coming from the house. did you have something else? >> you are a super delegate. you probably got asked in '08 probably. being a super delegate knowing how you think, or lot of them think, what is the likelihood of senator sanders claim of in the end we will be able to turn significant number of super delegates like you to his cause. >> let me jus say, i always chair the convention as speaker and didn't take a position through the race. i have for 30 years been against super delegates. i don

1976 republican national convention was contested. quite dramatically contested. gerald ford was the president at that time. he was seen as a very weak incumbent. not only had he not been elected president, he had not been elected vice president. shortly after they won that election and were sworn in to start the second term in 1973, vice president spiro agnew came under investigation for bribery. nixon's vice president got investigating for bribery. he ended up getting criminally charged. he had to resign from office. we sort of forget this now because of the way the nixon administration ended. even before nixon became the great scandal of the nixon error he had to resign in disgrace and face criminal charges. the vice presidency may not be the most crucial job in the federal government but there does have to be somebody holding that position. when he had to go into that criminal cloud, president nixon had to choose someone to replace him. that's how a congressman from michigan who had never been elected by an electorate larger than his congressional district got himself into the pr

delegate rich contests yet? tonight in the republican race. >> it's a rigged, disgusting, dirty system. >> donald trump, blasting gop rolls for dolling out delegates. >> the rnc they should be ashamed of themselves. >> donald, it ain't stealing when the voters vote against. >> ted cruz aggressively fighting for delegates. >> everybody's been talking about who wins what things, this is about delegates. >> in the democratic race tonight. >> it may be inconvenient, but it's always important to get the facts straight. >> hillary clinton now in a no-holds bar grudge match with bernie sanders. >> i do question her judgment. >> president obama trusted my judgment enough to ask me to be secretary of state. >> now, it's time for voters to have their say. >> new york values are at the core of american values. >> new york state hasn't seen a presidential primary like this. >> i love these people. these choosing and the tension is soaring with delegates up for grabs, right now. >>> and you're looking at live pictures from brooklyn, new york where there has been high turnout, but the mayor i

discontent comes to a head with the congressional elections of 1946. >> the republicans had the simplest, clearest slogan ever. "had enough?" >> the republican-controlled congress takes the helm in the house. the gop now possesses a clear working majority in both branches of congress. >> after 18 years on the political sidelines, republicans are back in control of congress. >> it's the first time since the depression that the republicans had real power in washington. and they were raring to go. they really wanted blood. >> galvanized, the republicans now target the white house. their candidate is tough, slick and camera-savvy. >> thomas dewey was an incredibly impressive guy. when he was a prosecutor, he went after the former head of the new york stock exchange, he went after lucky luciano. he was an incredibly successful governor of new york who created the state university system. who cut taxes. thomas dewey was a political superstar. >> in 1944, dewey had run against roosevelt, but nobody beats a popular president in war time. >> now roosevelt is dead and the country holds truman resp

trick. donald trump goes to war with the gop saying the republican national committee is out to keep him from getting the nomination and that the rules are stacked against him. trump says the republican national committee chairman, reince priebus, should be ashamed of himself. i'll talk to priebus, that's coming up. >>> secret meeting. megyn kelly, the tv news anchor who's been the target of some of trump's sharpest attacks is spotted slipping into trump tower in new york for a secret meeting with the republican front-runner. is trump ready to make peace? is kelly's boss calling for a truce? >>> on the march. bernie sanders joins a picket line in brooklyn telling striking verizon employees their company is, quote, trying to destroy the lives of working americans. tonight, sanders and hillary clinton both picking up big union endorsements on the eve of their cnn debate. >>> and russian warning? shocking new video shows russian jets aggressively buzzing the deck of a u.s. navy destroyer multiple times, coming so close the commander says it was dangerous. so what's behind this risky man

can call in at 202-748-8000. republicans can call 202-748-8001. independence can call 202-748-8002. you can reach us on social media facebook onand on facebook.com/c-span. we will start our discussion about the primary results by looking at a bit of donald trump's victory speech. mr. trump: they have zero cap to victory and we will win on the first ballot, we do not look for the delegates on the 2, 3, 4, ballot. let's assume it went beyond the first ballot and let's assume the head of the rnc, who is a good man, let's say, donald or 15was 12 short delegates short or 25 short. cruz andore than ted far more than that ahead of john kasich. you go to a second ballot, donald trump by that time would be 5 million votes because of california and indiana. donald trump by that time would be 5 million votes ahead of ted cruz. much more than 5 million votes ahead of kasich. in 46.him one i would have won ohio had i not been given a dirty poll saying that florida was tougher than i thought. i stayed in florida for two more days. if i spent two more days in a while i would have one. how do you

situations like zika virus, flint, and opioids. the republicans said no; we have to go home for three weeks. and yesterday the democrats offered onmendment to fully fund the president's request to protect mothers and children and families from the zika virus. on the same day, the cdc confirmed that the zika virus is causing irreversible issues and the republicans said no. this is beyond dangerous. it could have devastating consequences for thousands of american's families and children. it is about testing, research for a vaccine, and learning more about how this disease is spread and stopping it. another challenge that we have now that i am hoping that we won't be saying no to is the issue of puerto rico. our fellow americans are facing a fiscal and public debt crisis that lays on the future of communities and only congress can help. we have been working in a bipartisan way in good faith and the obama administration, by way of the white house and the treasury department, is working in a very receptive way to try to find common ground. it is not going to cost the taxpayer one dim

delegate at state for the republicans. one guy could win them all or most of them. on the democratic side we have 8 delegates, all proportionally shared. the democrats have that other little goody, the superdelegates. charlie gasparino,ly claman, and lou dobbs will be joining us in our next segment. at cruz headquarters in milwaukee it wasn't that long ago when think state was supposed to be an easy win for donald trump. it was tailor made for his crowd. then something happened. what's the mood there? reporter: the polls have been showing for a while that this would be potentially a victory for donald trump. then last week we got the two polls from marquette university and fox business poll that showed ted cruz up by 10 point. potentially part of that has to do with the endorsement of scott walker. walker is the sitting governor in wisconsin, former presidential candidate. not on was cruz backed by walker, and he went out on the campaign trail all across the state. but there was the conservative talk radio that backed scott walker in his three elect victories in wisconsin that had been pu

super tuesday, and it's america's choice. >>> tonight in the republican race, donald trump sounding hopeful he can clench the nomination. >> cruz and kasich have no path. >> nobody is getting to 1237. >> ted cruz rejecting trump's claim he can reach the magic number joining forces with john kasich to try to ensure a convention fight. >> we can steward resources. >> in the democratic race tonight. >> there is much more that unites us than divides us. [ applause ] >> hillary clinton looking to heal a fractured party has bernie sanders. the uphill battle gets steeper and army of supporters remains loyal. >> sounds to me like you want more than establishment politics. you want real change. >> now it's time for voters and the attacks on one another and hillary. >> america is choosing. it's super tuesday in the northeast and the primary race is at a critical cross road right now. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. tonight, the five presidential candidates competing in five northeastern states like new

trump the billionaire real estate magnet will win the republican presidential primary in his home state of new york. we don't know how much he will win by. we don't know the delegate count yet, but we do project that donald trump will be the winner in the republican presidential primary, a huge win, a huge win for donald trump. we also have a key race alert. on the democratic side we are not able to make a projection. look at how tight it is. this is an cnn estimate on the democratic presidential primary based on exit poll information. hillary clinton at 52%, bernie sanders at 48%. very close according to our cnn estimate based on these exit polls. remember, though, these are exit polls. they are estimates based on voter surveys as voters left polling locations throughout today. the final outcome may be different. very often those final outcomes could change. we expect the numbers to change throughout the night, but you can see how close it is based on the exit poll information. let's look at the republican side right now because we have projected that donald trump is the winner.

hayes starts now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> we have ra rigged system. is republican system the rigged. >> donald trump's rage against the machine. >> if you want to vote for somebody else, don't vote. >> ted cruz fights for attention in new york. >> to stand as one. >>> then brooklyn brawl. >> i put it out -- >> excuse me. i think i'm responding. >> clinton and sanders ramp up their attack ahead of the new york primary. >> you evaded the answer. you evaded the question. >> wait, wait. i have stood on the debate stage with senator sanders eight prior times. i have said the same thing. >>> plus, the plot to stop clinton. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a benghazi special committee. >> it's still around. >> the clock is still ticking. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from brooklyn, new york. we begin this hour with breaking news. the bernie sanders campaign has just, within the last hour, we released the candidate's tax return for the year 2014. this comes after a contentious exchange between sanders and hillary clinton ove

insurmountable distance in the race. on the republican side donald trump trying to recover from a tough couple of weeks. getting out maneuver bid ted cruz. a chance for donald trump to win big. the question is how big could he get. they would love to get to 1237, the magic delegate number for him. we are getting this hour. our first look at the exit polls. we caution, you this is first wave. first of all, the democrat side here in new york, compare it to 2008. that was hillary clinton versus barack obama. we're what seeing is a story we have seen throughout there primary process. eight years ago, 58% of democrats in this new york primary called themselves very or somewhat liberal. today that combined number nearly 70%. that's a big jump in eight years. that's a new york democratic electorate that's gotten more liber liberal. we have seen this in state after state. it's a clear pattern. the democratic party of 2016 is significantly more liberal than the democratic party in 2008. this is true in reverse on the republican side. we'll get to that a minute. i jumped the gun here. this has be

reagan through when ronald reagan was on his way that year to losing the republican presidential nomination to gerald ford. ford was the incumbent president. he became president after nixon resigned, but ford was due to run for a full term on his own terms and ronald reagan decided that he would actually be a better choice for the republican party, not the incumbent president so ronald reagan as a conservative upstart he fought president ford really hard for the republican nomination that year, fought him so hard that the republican party found itself heading into a contested convention in the summer of 1976. you know what? it is one thing to be heading into a contested convention behind as ronald reagan was in 1976. it's one thing to be behind in the number of states that you've won in the primaries, to be behind in the popular vote, to be behind in pledged delegates, it is daunting enough to be behind in all of those metrics as ronald reagan was heading into that contested convention in 1976, but to be behind like that in states and votes and pledged delegates, not just behind

rigged as he steps up his a skault on the republican nominating process. >> the system, folks, is rigged. it's a rigged, disgusting, dirty system. >> and now the republican establishment firing back. rins priebus saying the rules are the rules and that trump knew them all along. tensions between trump and republican leaders, this is a story that is not going away. >>> also on the agenda -- >> his words were new york values. take a look at this scorn on his face when he said it. am i right? >> for donald trump there may be no place like home. ted cruz falling behind even john kasich in new polling this morning out of new york with donald trump pulling in big numbers in his home state. the key question today for trump, can he get above 50% in all 27 congressional districts in this state in if he does he walks away with every single delegate, all 95 of them. and some promising news for donald trump this morning. >>> also hillary clinton looking like she may be able to stop bernie sanders in his winning streak in her home state. we're going to dive into all of that in just a moment. a

. for some, it could make all of the difference in the world. wisconsin where a lot of republicans are hoping to stop their own front-runner from getting the nomination. it's where he could practically sew it all up. bernie sanders and his supporters believe they could turn the momentum into the makes of a rolling rout all in the spotlight now. there's the back room planning for contested republican convention and a clinton/sanders slugfest shaping up in new york. covering it all, team of correspondents across the map and the best experts in the lex business. first, jim acosta covering the trump campaign. what is the latest? >> reporter: wolf, donald trump is back in new york right now, but speaks volumes he does not have an election watch party scheduled. he has not done that often. but a come from behind victory for trump in wisconsin would have a dramatic impact on the race. bolster his calls on john kasich to drop out. trump advisers are shying away from making predictions. saying as much earlier today. but it's clear who trump will blame if he loses in wisconsin, and that is john

state republican convention. this is the second day in a row that anti-trump protests have gotten violent in california. we have the story of those clashes coming up in a moment. >>> caught on camera, about an important $10 bet that involves vice president joe biden and a cadillac. >>> also some very funny news ahead about this weekend. i know it is funny because a wide radius of producers and staffers in the rachel maddow news room show today had to put on headphones this afternoon to block out the loud sounds of snorting and giggling sound to cut tape for that very funny story. that very funny story abyour weekend is ahead. >>> also very weird news on the turnout from this week's presidential primaries. the ones that just happened. lots to get to. >>> where we start is with a big bunch of new news that just broke this evening about what appears to be a hard turn in the race for president. there are ten states that still have to vote on the republican side there are ten states plus washington, d.c. on the democratic side, while we do have a clear front-runner in both parties, nei

the past 24 hours the republican front-runner has been doubling down on his testosterone. trump tweeted clinton wouldn't be a viable candidate if she weren't playing the woman card. they pushed the tough guy tone even further with the basketball coach and ranter, bobby knight. >> bobby called me up. he called me up about a year ago. he said to me, hey, donald. i didn't know him. you don't get any better. tough, tough. would you say he was tough enough? not just tough. smart. tactical. he was a winner. he was a winner and still is a winner. the best. >> let me first tell you that i was very, very selective with players during the time i was here. i'll tell you one thing that man that was just up here a moment ago, i tell you, he could play for me. >> trump's campaign has a new tv ad up in indiana featuring donald trump junior talking about how tough, tough his dad is. smart, dumb, somewhere in between? >> somewhere in between. i think it needs to be calibr e calibrated. that ad with donald trump junior also puts a little flash of him playing with his grand kids. this is letting t

conservative nomination, to be able to win over republicans. i can tell you you can expect to see cruz do some more coalition-based events moving forward. he wants to make the argument out of wisconsin that because he was able to, not just the conservatives, but some that are more moderate, that he should be able to make a turnout on those states in the tri-state area and be able to compete in a place where he is not expected to be a natural fit, in a place where donald trump just does better. just to give you a flavor of where we are, this is a dominican chinese restaurant in the bronx. it's been super busy with the lunch flow all day. this is where cruz was doing one of these stops. again, not necessarily comfortable turf for him, but he's trying to get throughout and talk to folks. we heard him talk to the hispanic community, trying to speak a little bit in spanish to a question earlier today, kate. i know you and i have been e mailing about that. i think your spanish is a little bit more comprehensive than mine. >> i do speak spanish, and basically he said i do understand everything becaus

the empire state's republican presidential primary based on fox exit polls. how big is trump's victory? he may end up exceeding 50% of the vote here, which would be a first for him in any state. ohio governor john kasich is currently well ahead of texas senator ted cruz in the race for second place. but it is too early to say who will take the silver and who will take the bronze on that side. >> it is also too early to say whether former secretary of state hillary clinton will beat vermont senator bernie sanders. that's big news. fox exit polls show a tight race between clinton who you may remember representing new york for eight years in t u.s. senate and sanders who was born and raised in brooklyn. this is a huge story tonight, obviously donald trump and the margin of victory that he will have here is a big story. but if it's five points, if it's less than five points, i know it's all about the math, but that's significant. >> talking about the dems side. exactly. >> yes. >> she was supposed to blow him out and was beating him significantly before. he tightened it. eastbound

the republican nomination. me, and donald trump. >> so the system is rigged. it's a bad system. it's a dirty system. and we're going to do something about it. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee. if you don't want to hand the general election to hillary clinton, which is what a trump nomination does, then i ask you to please support the men and women on this slate. >> but just remember this, folks, ted cruz does not like you, and he does not like new york. >> on the democratic side it appears a battle will go down to the bitter end, and much of it depends on money. >> it's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. i agree with it completely. >> money talks, but it doesn't fly to well especially when it's tossed at a motorcade. details on all of these story lines right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> topping our headlines this morning, ted cruz's victory in womening, the texas senator picked up all 14 delegates during yesterday's convention bringing his total number of pledged delegates in the state to 23. donald trump picked up one de

the republican party chair about the trump transformation. >>> plus, one of the ultra secretive billionaire koch brothers breaks his silence about the 2016 race if a revealing abc news exclusive. >> is it possible another clinton could be better than another republican this time around? >> it's possible. it's possible. >>> and bernie's long shot campaign. >> i am in this race to the end. >> he's pushing harder than ever. despite a nearly impossible path to the nomination. with tough contests ahead, will he damage hillary clinton before he's done? bernie sanders speaks out live. from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. donald trump is riding high. after his crushing win this week in new york. poised to pull away with a possible sweep in tuesday's primaries. now his team is reaching out to the gop with a promise of a more presidential trump. but can the candidate pull it off? does he even want to? will it be enough to win over the republican party? reince priebus, the gop chair, and our "roundtable" standing by to weigh in. t

, meaning the republican side, believes very strongly that the people deserve to be heard and they should be allowed to decide through their vote for the next president the type of person that should be on the supreme court. as i've stated previously, this is a reasonable approach. it is a fair approach and it is a historical approach. one echoed by then-chairman biden, senator schumer and other senators. and also, i might say, it was something that was practiced during president johnson's administration, lyndon baines johnson, and it was also something that happened during the eisenhower administration. now, the other side, meaning the democratic side, has been talking a great deal about the so-called pressure campaign to try to get members to change their position. it is no secret that the white house strategy is to put pressure on this chairman of the judiciary committee and other republicans in the hopes that we can be worn down and ultimately agree to hold hearings on the nominee. this pressure campaign, which is targeted at me and a handful of my colleagues, is based on the supposit

by a small amount either. there's the current percentage of the vote in. on the republican side at the closing of the polls not only did we project donald trump, we projected a substantial victory for him, which has come true. john kasich in second, ted cruz in third place. that's been the events of the evening. we watched both of the winners tonight, the democrat and the republican, speak in terms of we'll go on to win this thing and . the difference is the sanders campaign right here in this studio earlier this evening laid out that path to the nomination. >> it was a remarkable thing that happened here on this broadcast. the sanders campaign lapped the clinton campaign in terms of spending. they spent over $5.5 million in terms of trying to win new york. sanders campaigned his heart out in this state. it felt like a home state contest for him. they said they would win this state. they have lost and lost by a lot. the sanders campaign had gone into new york saying they would win here, they said the previous losses and the reason they were so far behind was because of the conserva

with breaking news. donald trump has spoken out again on abortion. if the republican party already had heartburn over him being the standard bearer and spokesman in november, then this could make it a bleeding ulcer. there's that story and going into a crucial primary in wisconsin on tuesday, there's this. a true dilemma for some in the party. fear he'll secure enough delegates to become the nominee and fear he'll fall just short and become as "the new york times" headline put it a zombie candidate damaged but unstoppable. dana bash is covering all the angles for us, including the breaking news. let's start with the latest abortion comments. >> and that is the breaking news. donald trump is trying again tonight to clarify his position on abortion but in trying to do so, he seems to have left more unanswered questions because at the end of a very long answer you'll hear in a second, on cbs tonight, he said the laws are set, and i think we have to leave it that way, speaking of abortion. here's what he said. >> the laws are set now on abortion. and that's the way they're going to remain

speaker john boehner, a republican, called ted cruz last night at an event in california at stanford university that. that reminds us all how much some on capitol hill intensely like the senator -- intensely dislike the senator from texas. while weiner called trump -- textingcalled trump buddies, he did not hold back his feelings about cruz. he said, i have democrat and republican friends and get along with almost everyone, but i have never worked with a more in myble son of a bitch life, talking about ted cruz. this is how cruz responded first of -- responded. boehnercruz: when john called me lucifer, he is not directing that at me. he is directing it at you. it is not anything i have ever said to him. i have not said much of anything. what weiner is angry with me boehnerhat weiner -- is angry at me for his standing with the american people and honoring my commitments. the central question in the nomination race right now is whether the bounce of power is becoming increasingly resigned, or if the stop trump faction can hold its ground and maybe grow before trump can grab the nominat

now. >>> as republican bigwigs try to pull the party back together in florida, donald trump says as nominee, he may open up the party's platform over abortion. this is special report. >>> good ing, welcome to washington. i'm brett baier. some may think the presidential campaign has at times descended into the gutter. today it was focused on the bathroom, the bedroom and the board room. donald trump's comments on transgenders has the party incensed. >> donald trump's differences with social conservatives are on full display over a key abortion provision. without hesitating, trump who was pro-choice until a few years ago said he would oppose all abortions, including cases of rape, incest, and the life of the mother. >> absolutely, with three exceptions. >> john kasich supports the exceptions. >> trump's support for revising the party's position. the anti-abortion group right to live says the platform sets the standard that all candidates need twork from and the suggestion that the platform should weaken its position on the pro-life issue would setback the movement. he also broke down

reality is the sooner we can turn our attention on hillary the better the chances the republicans have to win the election. we need to tart doing that. if we are going to be 400 delegates ahead we need to start doing that tuesday. >> let me talk about paul manafort, the convention manager says we are going to be seeing a kinder gentler donald trump. i want you to listen to your dad's response. >> he said, you know, donald my be changing a little bit over a period of time. and maybe he'll tone it down. i sort of don't like toning it down. we keep -- i'm going the talk about that in a second because it's interesting. isn't it nice that i'm not one of these teleprompter guys? >> what do you say to that eric? >> it is what makes him so special. when you look at the turnout at the polls you have two and three times as many people coming out to the ols to vote. that's because that's him, he is larger than life and bringing personal into politics. frankly, i think a party should embrace that. you want people voting. he is growing the party. if you look at pennsylvania they had 180,000 de

respect for the republican party. the nation's unfavorable rating for the republican party at its highest point since 1992. 62% of the nation sees the gop unfavorably. i have got to tell you something. these trends probably not enough -- the latest chapter coming from former speaker john boehner. joining me to discuss congressman marcia blackburn. i was going to make you a senator. representativ -- representativen you have dealt with the notion that it's an outside outsider'. you still insist everything is okay? >> i think things are just fine. ted cruz should have said, see, this is what i'm talking about. this is what i'm dealing with. he should have owned it. 62% of the american people don't see the republican party as a negative. look at the millions that have come in. they see the establishment with the negative. i think that's where it's coming from. ed the under pinning of a strong national defense and making certain we preserve the constitution. >> i think to a degree ted cruz tried 0 own it. he lumped this with harry reid, boehner. they all despise him because he went down to was

, the republican party at war with itself. >> it's a rigged system, folks. the republican system is a rigged system. >> the trump campaign is trying to be more disciplined, but is it too late for the candidate to change the script? republican chairman reince priebus joins me. >>> also, north carolina's new so-called bathroom law. does it discriminate against the lgbt community? i'll ask the governor, pat mccrory, if he now regrets signing a bill that has cost his state so much money. >>> and joining me for insight and analysis are msnbc's chris matthews, kathleen parker of "the washington post," radio talk show host hugh hewitt and perry bacon of nbc news. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. donald trump got wiped out in the delegate race in yet another state yesterday. in wyoming ted cruz won all the delegates up for grabs at yesterday's wyoming state convention. trump says it would have been a waste of time and money for him to campaign there, claiming the system is ri

the republican nominee in july? and joining me for insight and analysis this morning are david brooks of "new york times." amy walter of the cook political report. helene cooper of the "new york times" and political reporter charles benson from our nbc affiliate in milwaukee. happening opening day, and welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. and, yes, happy opening day, again. how many times have people said, okay now, donald trump is done. he's through? and how many times has it turned out to be true? well, not once. so it's with that big flashing yellow light in mind that we point out that never has donald trump had a worse run or the idea of a trump collapse look more possible. just this week trump's campaign manager was arrested and charged with battery. trump withdrew his pledge to back whoever wins the republican nomination. he argued it might be time to let japan and south korea arm themselves with nuclear weapons to reduce america's military burden. he told msnbc's chri

than ever? and could a wisconsin loss make a convention clash inevitable? the republican party chair and trump rival john kasich are both here. >>> plus, fed up and feuding. >> i'm also a democrat. that's kind of important. >> secretary clinton owes us an apology. >> announcer: as bernie sanders gains in the polls, the democratic fight for the nomination gets heated. bernie sanders joins us live. from abc news, it's "this week." here now chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. >>> was this week the tipping point for donald trump? imagine any other candidate enduring the week he had. imagine one dealing with it the way he did. it began with a battery charge for campaign manager corey lewandowski after surveillance video proved he grabbed reporter michelle fields at a trump rally last month. now, most candidates would discipline the staffer, not trump. he blamed the reporter. >> she didn't almost fall to the ground. he got in her way. by the way, she was grabbing me. am i supposed to press charges against her? >> then there was trump's trouble with abortion. >> do you believe in pun

vote in. on the republican side, at the closing of the polls, not only did we project donald trump, we projected a substantial victory for him which has come true. john kasich in second, ted cruz in third place. that's been the events of the evening. brian williams, rachel maddow, by the way. and we watched both of the winners tonight. the democrat and the republican speak in terms of you know, we'll go on to win this thing, and to the vanquished, the difference, the sanders campaign in this studio earlier this evening laid out their path to the nomination. >> this was a remarkable thing that happened on this broadcast. you think about what happened tonight in new york. the sanders campaign lapped the clinton campaign in terms of spending. they spent over $5.5 million in new york. for context, nobody on the republican side even spent a half million. they doubled the clinton campaign. sanders campaign is a hard up in this state. it felt like a home state contest for them. they said they would win this and they have lost and lost by a lot. sanders campaign went into new york not only say

republican strategists at rollins and fox news contributors. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> let me start with the abortion thing. quickly walk back by the trump campaign. how much damage? your thoughts. >> i think it was a serious mistake. even tony parakins a well-respected leader at the family research counsel made it clear what people are familiar with have known for a long time. it's never been the notion that the woman getting the abortion would face punishment from those arguing the pro-life side. trump corrected the mistake that obviously minimizes the downside but the original mistake i think is going to haunt him. >> we have to point out that tony perkins, a terrific fellow is a cruz supporter as you might take into account. ed, your thoughts on this. how serious? how can he recover? >> the way he has to recover and if i was advising, which obviously i'm not. i don't want to think i'm smarter than anybody in the campaign -- >> by the way, i don't think this would be the night to put that up for a vote for them. >> it's very important he writes a script. this is

to echo what gloria said on the republican side, if polls are right, trump will add 100 plus, he will come away with 100-plus new delegates tonight. we are likely to count the cruz and kasich new delegates on one hand with a few fingers left over. that's as important what trump gets, how many fingers do you need to count what cruz and kasich get tonight? they got wiped out last week in new york. they get wiped out, indiana is waiting did. >> may not be -- >> cruz's last best hope and donald trump is leading already. we'll see if he gets momentum. >> i think secretary clinton takes four and takes many of them with pretty decent margins and the conversations will continue, the campaigns have to figure out what they want to do. but tremendous momentum shift with definition out of the evening. >> bill press as well? >> i think by nature, where the states are located, coming off of new york, hillary has a great advantage tonight in all five states, i do. but at the same time, we've seen when bernie sanders focuses or really puts attention to a state, like pennsylvania, he has -- he do

republicans in wisconsin have recently. so they're a little more united than you might have in other places. i do think it will be interesting to see how donald trump talks about this result tonight, because he could say let's just blow it off, i had a bad week i admit i had a bad week. i'm going to win in new england and win new york and we're going all the way to the convention. if that's the way he plays it that would be better for him in the long run. if he doesn't do that and he lashes out and blame and has a different reaction, that could be bad for him. >> the fact that the fox news decision desk can't make the call right away, it's not as definitive a win yet for cruz and this hour we may be able to make this call. the fact that trump spent so much time campaigning, trying to go to these different areas, suggested that he was delegate hunting in some of these congressional districts. >> and trying to redeem the last couple of weeks, which have been terrible for him. i don't think i've ever seen a candidate behave as poorly as trump has. they're trying to make sure enough dele

playing by the rules. >> by monday, republicans were focused on new york, where trump is dominating in the polls. and we've got brand-new numbers just out showing trump now at 54% of the state's likely republican primary voters. that's unchanged, by the way, from the same poll on monday. but what has changed in this is kasich's position. kasich is now solidly in second place with 23%. and as trump was waging a full-scale war of words with the rnc this week over delegates, monday's poll shows that 64% of republicans in new york says the party should nominate trump as long as he has the most delegates. even if it's not enough to win the nomination on the first ballot. now, free bust has been defending the rules and he did it again this morning on the "today" show. >> quite frankly, the complaining that goes on is something that i think probably distracts from what we really need to do, which is to come together as republicans, over 60,000 people a month ago in colorado voted at their precinct level and then they went to the county level and went to the congressional district level. i thi

hard turn in the race for president. there are ten states that still have to vote on the republican side there are ten states plus washington, d.c. that still have to vote on the democratic side. though we do have a clear front-runner in both parties, neither of them has clinched. there are at least 5 1/2 more weeks of voting and campaigning yet to come. what's now emerging today on the democratic side is that even though the race is not over, it does appear to be going through a massive singular change. we got the first signs that something like this -- something at least of this magnitude might be coming. i've got the first signs of that this week. right after those five northeastern states voted on thursday night, hillary clinton won 4 of the 5 states that voted this week, the following day the bernie sanders campaign announced more than 200 staffers would be laid off. joy reid reported are the layoff came in the form of a short ratherory conference call. some staffers reported they had no idea the layoffs were coming and they were a a little miffed you a they did come. they assu

several recent presidential races. if that happens, it is a shift of where republicans are. you can think of a lot of different explanations for it. we like to take credit and say club for growth as educated him about not being a conservative and a smart thing to do is vote for ted cruz, but i also think voters are kind of maturing. early, it was i am at washington. i think things are on the wrong track. i will send a message. now they are thinking we still want to send a message and i think ted cruz does that for them, but others are saying wait a second. this could be real. what does it mean? republicans are looking at that and saying poll after poll shows he would lose to hillary clinton. a good lose the senate, and with that, the supreme court. i think a lot rides on this election. you have is very -- on this election. you have a lot that will be influenced by the outcome. mr. hohmann: let us talk about the upcoming primaries. it is favorable to donald trump after wisconsin. new york is in two weeks, is home state. -- his home state. can you talk us through the post wisconsin plans fo

victory. >> now, it's time for voters to have their say. >> let's face it, on the republican side, what we're hearing is truly scary. >> the pressure building as both sides look beyond the primaries. >> if she gets in, hillary's going to be a total disaster. >> wisconsin is choosing. dozens of delegates are on the line. and the campaign trail is taking new twists. right now. >>> and you're looking at live pictures of a polling place outside milwaukee, wisconsin. it's a state where both parties' front-runners may be vulnerable right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and watching around the world. i'm anderson cooper in the cnn election center with a special edition of "a.c. 36 o." two democrats and three republicans in the race are competing in wisconsin right now. unpredictable to say the least. there could be surprises tonight. less than an hour away from the end of voting. we'll have the first chance to project winners once the polls close. for the republicans ted cruz appears to have the advantage tonight leading donald trump and john kasich in pre-primary polling. thi

unprecedented. >> fracturing the republican party. truly fracturing it in a way -- we don't know. >> maybe it needed to be fractured. maybe it needed to be fractured. >> final thought here? >> yes. i would say responding to these comments and jame garrity a great reporter said earlier today -- >> i think we lost doug. that was no statement on wa we think of you, doug. i think we lost your satellite. >> thank you for joining me. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now on this fine friday. >> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." we begin with a presidential contest that may not be on your radar because it isn't really a contest at all. wait for it. at least as far as actual voters are concerned, that's the contest we are talking about. the candidates are stumping in wisconsin where both parties hold primaries on tuesday, and new york, the biggest delegate jackpot of the entire month, republican insiders in north dakota, yes, north dakota, are gathering this weekend to choose more than two dozen delegates who are not bound to choose any parti

delegates. for his part, donald trump is still railing at the republican national committee for a system he says is rigged. that's after ted cruz shut him out in colorado last week winning all of the delegates there during the party's convention. trump said the rules there were stacked against him. >> this is the dirty trick and i'll tell you why. the rnc, the republican national committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen. >> of course, the rules in colorado were on the books since august of last year. the first complaints from donald trump didn't come until after he lost. after not addressing the convention in colorado, as ted cruz did, and having moved his first hired worker to the state a year earlier. reince priebus is hitting back with a quite remarkable tweet from a party boss to the party's own front-runner. "nomination process known for a year and beyond, it's the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. complaints now, give us all a break. from the party chair to the front-runner, give us all a break. and in the background o

bargain to help each other try to stop donald trump from the republican nomination. like some high profile hookups. john kasich says he will stay out of ted cruz's way in indiana while ted cruz will steer clear of new mexico and oregon. it's being called an agreement, an alliance, a pact, a treaty. today in rhode island a certain someone used a different word for it. >> it is collusion. if you collude -- in politics you are allowed to collude, and i was happy because it shows how weak they are. it shows how pathetic they are. mark: this morning as kasich campaigned in philadelphia, ted cruz was in indiana. they defended their unorthodox cooperation. >> i don't see this as any big deal other than the fact that i'm not going to spend resources in indiana and he's not going to spend them in other places. so what? what is the big deal? i've never told them not to vote for me. i am not over there campaigning and spending resources. we have limited resources. >> he's focusing his energies elsewhere. that is a decision allocation of resources that makes a lot of and is devoted to the prin

republican side. >> who are you voting for? >> easy decision. >> a sweeping victory could put him within reach of clinching the nomination in july. >> great support. you see all the people there, all positive. >> ted cruz is campaigning in pennsylvania today taking to talk radio to slam trump over his repeated claim that the system when it comes to the dell get selection process is rigged against trump. >> donald trump's campaign does not know how to organize. the campaign doesn't know what they are doing. >> doesn't know what they are doing. i'm joined tonight but our panel, our team in the studio and reporters in the field at the polling stations around the state. we're covering this primary from every angle. we begin with jim acosta. jim, donald trump expecting a big night. the question is just how big. i know you had a chance to speak to the trump campaign and what are they saying to you? >> feels good to be home for donald trump, hoping the gpo front runner will hit that key in the congressional districts across new york to rack up the 95 delegates. it's a big haul. they don't see i