i must applaud john kasich. i thought he was the best of all the candidates in both parties's policy. i really thought he was excellent on policy. it wasn't his time in history as i told him in detroit, wasn't real happy i said that to him but it is absolutely true. in another time he might have skewed the nomination. as far as ted cruz is concerned, i wasn't that surprised he dropped out, it was a money thing, wasn't going to win, bernie sanders is not going to win either but he is making a symbolic run. sanders a little stronger than ted cruz because he won indiana and it is a mystery why hillary clinton did not contain that state. i can't figure that out. >> we are getting word from reporters on the trail that are saying it was -- looks like john kasich won't make an endorsement. why do you think they hold their powder in that regard and what are they waiting for? one man left standing at this point. >> i can't read john kasich's mind. there was a lot of back and forth in this campaign so ted cruz, john kasic

perhaps it was such a long shot for john kasich. i want to explain what you're seeing on tv is a big deal. cnn polled voters and said, who would better handle these issues? and among the registered voters, the left column is clinton and the right column is trump. that top issue is the economy and it's a top issue for a reason. nine out of ten voters say it's number one for them. the economy is number one and they go for trump. he beats hillary clinton 50% to 45%. but every one of those issues below economy. terrorism, immigration, income gap, health care, foreign policy, education, climate change, that is all a hillary win. her column wins out. if it comes to the issues, folks, things are looking good for the two presumptive front runners of the party. i want to bring in margaret hoover and peter. let's start with you. that's a big old deal having a list in your favor. >> a list can shrink. the gaps can shrink over time. some things aren't going anywhere. i find it hard believe people will radically change their beliefs on foreign p

i'd be interested in vetting john kasich of ohio. is john kasich at the top of the list for trump's potential vp? >> i think john kasich has always been someone that has been considered. he is the sitting governor of ohio. you know, donald trump came in second in ohio. of course, he's going to consider all of the 16 other people in the race simply because they were all very competitive. he mentioned that last night. so, of course, everyone that's run, mr. trump is probably looking at and considering as a running mate. >> what about dr. ben carson. it was announced today that he's going to be part of the vp vetting committee. would he also be someone mr. trump would look at as a possible vp? >> i'm sure mr. trump is looking at everyone that was in the race. ben carson is going to help along with that vetting process. dr. carson is very much respected. he also wants to help. he wants to participate in in process. he has a lot of supporters. he was one of the other political outsiders who gutted this campaign and helped expose a lot of

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we'll see what john kasich has to say. thank you so much, phil. >>> what does the republican national committee think of the freshly newly minted presumptive nominee? let's ask the republican party's chief strategies sean spicer. it's good to see you. >> good morning. that was delayed. is it a good morning? were you surprised last night? what did you think when ted cruz dropped out? >> well, i wasn't expecting that at all. that wasn't my tuesday night plan. so that kind of shook up the evening viewing i amended. it's a great thing we can come together and unify as a party. passions were high for the different candidates out there in the field. we need a little bit of time to unify has a party. the quicker we can do that and focus on the general election on hillary clinton the better. it's odd you would realize we're the party having the extra time to unify. hillary clinton lost last night. that is sort of the untold story of last night. another big win for bernie sanders. he continues to drag her through the primary which

john kasich was supposed to come here. he was going to have a few fund-raisers here in maryland and virginia and the d.c. area, meet with national security advisers. that's all canceled. we're told he never got on the plane. the plane never took off. they stayed in columbus. they made a decision to announce he is suspending the campaign later this afternoon. >> i have one minute. halle jackson, i don't know if this is a big surprise given what happened in indiana and what reince priebus said regarding donald trump. >> reporter: headlines for me, tamron, not particularly surprising although kasich and his campaign have been insist enter now for months that they would stay in this race through a contested convention to prevent alternatives to republicans look iing for a choe other than donald trump. what we expect to hear today from kasich will likely be a speech in which he talks about needing to beat the democratic nominee likely at this point to be hillary clinton. we are heading to columbus, ohio, in the next ten minutes

there's a lot of dispute about the effect john kasich had on the race. people saying he spoiled it, got in the way, kept them from consolidating. how do you look at the kasich role in this campaign? >> i think, you know, as donald trump said, you know, a candidate who won only his home state, and last i looked, something like seven counties outside of it, can hardly be viewed as a spoiler. i think all along, john kasich was sort of the platonic ideal of what a lot of republicans would -- a lot of mainstream republicans would have liked to have seen in the race, back when they were congratulating themselves on the most qualified distinguished field they had put forward in a generation. this was what they thought the race was going to come to. but the fact is, john kasich was not in tune with the mood of the republican electorate. and donald trump was. and he was just not going to be stopped. >> yeah, on that point, ben ginsburg, i feel like the last year, we've learned that the fact that trump's going to be the nominee, the last man standing against him,

on the second ballot, is the very pro-john kasich delegates list. i just don't know how they would vote for john kasich at a brokered convention if he gets 10% here and abandon the state before the campaign even started. that would be a very difficult thing for them to be. is joining usly from indianapolis. a political columnist for the indianapolis star. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. it was a pleasure. >> road to the white house coverage coming up later today with vermont senator bernie sanders. the democratic presidential candidate is holding a news conference here in washington dc where he first announces candidacy exactly one year ago. we devote 72etary, of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states... >> this month we showcase our student cam winter. video competition for middle school and high school students. year's theme is right to the white house. --

john kasich officially dropping out hours ago. who is the presumptive nominee vetting for vp. >>> and how worried is hillary clinton about a faceoff with him. and the spectacular rise and fall. we have new details breaking this hour about his decision to drop out of the race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tront, breaking news. john kasich dropping out of the republican race this

john kasich is being floated. i've heard marco rubio in terms of past rivals who could potentially help him bridge the gap in washington. trump has said no concrete name until july. >> katy tur at trump tower, thank you. kim blackwell, senior adviser to the anti-trump pac. i want to get to trump but let's talk about this news that john kasich will be suspending his campaign, both big names in hoho politics. i know you supported him. your general reaction? >> i think john kasich by taking himself out of the race, suspending his campaign, has probably risen on the list of potential running mates. that is a deliverable john kasich can deliver. newt gingrich is rising on that list from a number of directions because of his grasp of foreign policy, his familiarity with the legislative process and acceptability in washington. i think john probably positioned himself well for consideration in light of the fact charlie black is his principle adviser and used to be the business partner of paul manafort. >> you are aware go

any word on those calls being made to john kasich? >> reporter: there's a lot of conversations happening in the last 48 hours in republican circles, that much is clear because of the way this race shaped up, what we saw in indiana, obviously the race resetting and taking a very different tone with cruz dropping out. these conversations have been happening and for kasich, what does his political future hold. he talked about he's governor of ohio. he will continue to do work in his home state. on a national level, what is next for him? could he possibly be considered as vice-presidential pick for donald trump, with trump talking about wanting to choose somebody politically savvy and wanting to work connections in the more traditional gop field. >> and kasich said he's not in this to be vp. that is definitely a lot of speculation we are hearing. a lot of conversations happening at this hour. hallie jackson on the road to ohio. we will continue to check in with you throughout the afternoon as we await that news conference. just up the str

he will have some competition from john kasich today. mark h.: not a surprise after last night that his two rivals would get out of the race. it's not always the way it works. someone becomes the presumptive nominee. both john kasich and ted cruz saw that going forward would not yield them the nomination, so they are stepping aside, leaving trump as the last person standing. vonnie: he did say he would met -- vet john kasich as a possible bp, but basically kasich and -- possible vp, but basically kasich and cruise are -- and cruz are out. h.: what will dick cheney, george bush, both george bush's say about trump? you've got the option of saying you will be for him. you had a united states senator from new hampshire, kelly ayotte, who is up for election, saying she is supporting trump, but she is not endorsing trump. kind of unusual language. you will see a lot of prominent republicans make this choice. say you are not voting. say you are writing in someone else. orr this new option of " -- this new option of "i support him, but i don't e

i think john kasich could have also mixed up that map and a little bit more. republicans have a fundamental problem with demographics and trump has stepped in it, especially with hispanic voters, he has to figure out a way to -- >> and women. thank you so much. >>> is bernie sanders on the rebound? he took indiana last night and the next few primaries have bernie sanders' friendly electora electorates. that contested convention he mentioned is sounding more and more possible. and joe biden weighed in on the fact donald trump is likely to be the republican nominee. >> i'm anticipating he will ask me to be vice president. still be pain. t, but l it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a who

john kasich ends up fourth place in a three-man race. the never trump movement, i think, it's going to become the stay home movement. they don't have anyone they can support. people never liked ted cruz. marco rubio was the little boy that could but never really made it. at this point you have to vote for donald trump. we're going to see it, carol. all the people will slowly pivot over the summer and say, all right, i guess donald trump is better than hillary. we've heard it from bobby jindal. the issue is who decides to hold their nose and vote for trump and who decides they're going to stay home. the never trump movement is over. >> so might ted cruz back the never trump movement? actually, the more interesting question does he regret going off on that tangent against donald trump on the day of the indiana primary? >> i think so. i think that ted cruz regrets a lot of things. >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, if i could, i think it probably was c can that is rightic there was one phrase in the press conference yesterday morning where

and john kasich had a change of heart. and he just realized that he was no longer able to get his message as sort of hope and unity. what he was candidacy. and i think when he makes his statement at 5:00 p.m., we'll see how he begins to navigate it. as you pointed out, this is particularly awkward because the republican convention is in john kasich's home state. he is the sitting governor of ohio. the convention will be in cleveland where donald trump puican nominee and so that's another thing he and his aides are going to have to grapple with is how to deal with donald trump in this convention. >> no more drama over the contested convention. chief political analyst gloria borger and cnn analyst and host of the david gregory show podcast, david gregory. gloria, you've been involved from the beginning. it was just last night you made this decision. >> well, no. this morning. 8:00. like he was on a private plane. they were heading into dc and he had the plane turn around, i'm told. and he called four of his closest, oldest b

john kasich has 7.6%. connell mcshane with more from new york's trump tower. >> donald trump began by thanking his family and he moved on. and >> ted cruz, i don't know if he likes me or doesn't like me, but is one of a competitor. he is a tough, smart guy. he has got an amazing future. i want to congratulate ted. reporter: the republican national committee chairman reince priebus said@real donald trump will be the nominee. we need to unite and focus on defeating hillary clinton. >> i want to thank and congratulate the republican national committee and reince priebus who i just spoke to. he's doing a tremendous job. it's not an easy job when you have 17 egos. now it's down to one. reporter: technically that is not yet true as john kasich remained in the race same kasich has plans to campaign in the state of california. after taking today off he has plans to resume campaigning tomorrow in west virginia the night thank you, connell mcshane. lauren: jeff flock joins us now from indianapolis. >> as results sta

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john kasich is ending his bid for the white house. the associated press and other organizations report kasich will suspend his presidential campaign. he is scheduled to make a statement in columbus, ohio, at 5 p.m. local time. nhe campaign had canceled a event at dulles airport. this comes one day after ted cruz dropped out of the race. the race isrs says not over. senator sanders surprised democratic front runner hillary primary.nd yesterday's senator sanders hopes to get some of her superdelegates to back him. the european commission is making good on its promise to stemming return for the flow of refugees, they are paving the way for visa free travel to europe. that's one recommendation they are making to eurozone countries. to a bigment has led drop in refugee arrivals. the latest snapshot of school safer schoola environment. still 3% of students ages 12 to 18 say they were victims of crimes at school in 2014. about 1.3 million students were least one fullt school day for alcohol violations, violence, or weapons possession. dayal

what will john kasich do? we'll know in seconds. >>> hello, i'm eric bolling and this is a fox news alert. we're waiting a major announcement from john case nick his home state of ohio. the gop candidate sb to suspend his campaign for the presidency after declaring for months he would stay in the race through the convention. kasich's departure comes less than 24 hours after ted cruz dropped out. giving donald trump a clear path to the nomination. trump is now the uncontested and is presumably the gop nominee. let's butt it that way. hey, kg, donald trump today was talking about taking the next step. starting to vet some vp, potential vp candidates. >> and that's the way someone talks, they're sayingo

kasich right now -- >> not intimately. >> he's a source close to john kasich. >> he's not endorsing just yet. what do you think is going through his head? >> i think he has reservations like we all do. look, many people went and said we're going to support the nominee noth think be it would be donald trump and then donald trump has become the nominee. in fairness when the establishment gets their candidate and they call for the outsiders to join in unity, now the outsiders have one and they're saying establishment, be part of the unity team. john is i saying there's understandable reservations about donald trump and he wants to think that through and see if donald trump can improve before he puts his support behind him. >> but do you think it's inevitable? >> probably but not necessarily. somebody like john kasich or paul ryan can wait and see what happens. >> do you think there's any element of this that this is any kind of a power play? i mean, if you look at the great state of ohio, donald trump needs that state. john kasich won that state big time. >> normally again, yes, but i

what is john kasich doing? bernie sanders is going to particular around for as long as possible because he wants to change the democratic agenda. what is john kasich doing? is there some grand scheme? neil: maybe the sense that donald trump and senator cruz, i don't think to lou's point, counsel at trump headquarters. we read wire reports that donald trump wanted to make sure cruz's statement was done. as recently as an hour ago he's tweeting aught lyin' ted. do we know if the two chat before that? reporter: i don't know for a fact. we spoke to trump officials about an hour ago. at the time there was encouragement saying we wish john kasich and ted cruz would drop out of the race. but last time we spoke they were making plans to campaign in state like west virginia later on this week. at the time, they were saying that they were assuming even though they would like to see cruz drop out of the race, that he would stay in. i have not heard from the trump campaign since then. as cruz was speaking the trump campaig

john kasich is expected to announce the suspension of his campaign. kasich canceling events today leading up to a big announcement taking place in just about an hour. of course we'll cover that live. and while the race goes on for the democrats as they head to condition tuck and west virgini. coal country where coal miners are still reeling from comments hillary clinton made about putting them all out of work. >>> buckle up tesla and 21st century fox, the parent company of this network, among big names reporting quarterly results. we'll give you the numbers when

kasich. >> it's as if john kasich is not a conservative. >> they didn't come close to picking john kasich. almost nobody from the establishment picked john kasich. >> what is the establishment. >> it's a lot of guys and some women with a lot of money that constantly pick losers. these people have wasted billions of dollars over the past 20 years giving money to losers who they're more comfortable with. >> so you put out a definition of why donald trump -- >> i'm not calling ted cruz a looser personally. i'm saying this republican donor class has spent 20 years selecting losers, people that loss campaigns because they would rather have somebody they're comfortable with than somebody that could win. >> i think there's a washington post column here. still ahead why electability doesn't seem to matter this year when it comes to the republican field, plus -- >> great big guy seven feet tall name is rick miller portland, oregon and he started the business. it was in basketball, but it wasn't in basketball. i figured he had to be in sports. >> the kbraimportance of being sports. >> where did we

what will john kasich do? we'll know in seconds. >>> hello, i'm eric bolling and this is a fox news alert. we're waiting a major announcement from john case nick his home state of ohio. the gop candidate sb to suspend his campaign for the presidency after declaring for months he would stay in the race through the convention. kasich's departure comes less than 24 hours after ted cruz dropped out. giving donald trump a clear path to the nomination. trump is now the uncontested and is presumably the gop nominee. let's butt it that way. hey, kg, donald trump today was talking about taking the next step. starting to vet some vp, potential vp candidates. >> and that's the way someone talks, they're saying look i'm going to be the nominee of the party. i want to build bridges, bring us all together. i want to get the best and brightest that the republican party and the conservative movement have to offer. i like that, it's what business people do, it's called best practices, right? you're going to go and look and who

and john kasich is -- john kasich. what's he doing? let's bring in cnn political commentator host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson, a ted cruz supporter. i should say he was a ted cruz suppo supporter, and also margaret hoover worked in the bush white house and on several president's campaigns. margaret, start with the kasich question. what's he doing? >> what is john kasich doing? look, john kasich should have run stronger in new york to help keep trump's numbers down. should have run stronger in a lot of places. does this become a pro-john kasich movement? put they are money where their mouth is and not never trump or have they run out of steam? >> answer that question. >> totally run out of steam and sort of roll over. what you've seen is an acquiescence among conservative intelligence and elites that maybe the best thing to do is to fall in line. we see democrat fall in line. republicans fall in line. maybe have to disprove the theory running like donald trump can actually win a general election. >> you're going to fall in li

john kasich officially dropping out hours ago. who is the presumptive nominee vetting for vp. >>> and how worried is hillary clinton about a faceoff with him. and the spectacular rise and fall. we have new details breaking this hour about his decision to drop out of the race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tront, breaking news. john kasich dropping out of the republican race this evening. donald trump the gop presumptive nominee for the president of the united states. the billionaire businessman toppling 16 after he was dismissed by every politician and political expert. in fact, the only nominee to have never held elected office since five-star general dwight eisenhower back in 1952. trump declaring the general election starts today, going straight for hillary clinton. >> i thought that i would be going longer, and she would be going shorter. she can't put it away. that's like a football team that can't get the ball over the line. i put it away. she can't put it away. >> some prominent republi

nomination for president goes to john kasich. what a long, fascinating trip how did it go from the final three to the one the establishment didn't think could win? well, running for president isn't about the establishment. in the final hours, it came down to 1,237 brave american delegates-- you, who overcame tremendous personal pressure and did the right thing. they nominated the only candidate who could win the only election that mattered, the candidate who was presidential, john kasich. >> stephen: yes, a commercial showing john kasich winning the g.o.p. nomination. as long as they're fantasizing, they should have made his vice president that pizza that comes in a box made of pizza. you'd get the youth voight and the stoner vote. and i say why stop at the nomination? i can imagine an ad that's even more optimistic. in fact, i already have. >> president john kasich. what a long, strange tit how did he go from third place in the 2016 republican primary to the most successful five-term president in american history? through charis

kasich. >> stephen: yes, a commercial showing john kasich winning the g.o.p. nomination. as long as they're fantasizing, they should have made his vice president that pizza that comes in a box made of pizza. you'd get the youth voight and the stoner vote. and i say why stop at the nomination? i can imagine an ad that's even more optimistic. in fact, i already have. >> president john kasich. what a long, strange trip it's been. how did he go from third place in the 2016 republican primary to the most successful five-term president in american history? through charisma that can only be gained by years of eating deli meat. and after barack obama resigned early to make way for president kasich, he balanced the budget, defeated isis, and repelled spiderbeasts from the planet thestias. with only three seconds left, he threw the winning pass in the super bowl, a pass caught by john kasich. he then won the oscar for best supporting actor, and was crowned pope. so don't listen to the establishment who say john kasich has no chance of becoming president. they were the f

let's talk about john kasich for a bit. john kasich told anderson cooper he is not prepared to endorse mr. trump, and here is why. >> so just for the record, you're undecided whether you would endorse donald trump? >> yeah, i am. undecided. >> are you undecided whether you're going to vote for him? >> you know, at the end of the day, endorsing means a lot, and frankly, my wife and my daughters have watched this. if i were to turn around today and endorse him, they would be like why, dad. and that matters to me. >> okay, so errol, i saed i wasn't going to go jump into the woman thing, but john kasich did it for me. so should mr. trump worry? >> i think what john kasich did is what so many of the republican leadership could or may be should have done for months now. which is simply to say, you know, not sort of a heavy handed approach, but just to say i'm not going to be with you if you act in a way i think is unworthy of a republican nominee, a president of the united states. john kasich has a soft touch when he makes that c

donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich all spending significant time there. indiana is winner take most. a win for trump could go a long way toward preventing a contested convention in cleveland. he's won 52% of all the delegate as warded so far but now needs 56% of the remaining delegates to get to that magic number, 1237. trump says the continued primary fight is, quote,

jim acosta has more on that. >> reporter: john and christine, with ted cruz and john kasich out of the race, trump sources say the presumptive gop nominee will focus on a 50-state general election campaign with a biggerstabigge bigger staff to begin forces with the rnc. names are surfacing as early favorites. trump wants a politician. >> i want somebody that would help me from a legislative standpoint. getting things passed through senate and congress. to me, that's why i think probably in terms of vice president, i'll go the political route. >> you think some of your former republican presidential rivals could be on the list? >> could be. >> even people who said nasty things about you? >> i feel differently about that. when somebody says nasty, i never like them quite the same. >> reporter: a trump source tells cnn rob portman and martinez and nicki haley are early favorites. his daughter ivanka is said to be involved in the process. all three of the running mates are telling cnn they are not interested. portman said he is not interested through a spokesperson. haley says my plate is

ted cruz was second, john kasich a distant third. on the democratic side it is still too early to project the race between hillary clinton and nernie sanders. john dickerson, your thoughts? >> reporter: downtown, a, he is a novice and looks like he is on his way to the nomination after beating professionals, bernie sanders gave a speech tonight in which he went through all of the differences with hillary clinton, much different than last week. >> most of our stations will be ngaving us for regular programming, but for some, the cbs evening news will continue right now from new york. >> and continuing our coverage now, major garrett is with the republicans. major. >> reporter: scott, here at trump headquarters all eyes are on ted cruz. i have worked with senior cruz advisors, the presidential race headquarters live in indianapolis, indiana. >> tha teenage immigrant washing dishes could never have believed it and yet that is exactly what happened only in america. [ applause ] >> in recent months, a lot of people have been talking about

indiana without john kasich and john kasich gets oregon and the other state... >> washington. >> washington, yes. the media laughed that as ridiculous. do you think it was warranted? >> why would they laugh it? it goes on in politics. it is something that is not exposeed. they needed the voters to buy in that screaming has happened with mitt romney and john mccain's campaign, and all this is behind the scenes stuff happening regular limit. >> but when the reporters --. well, this is not a big tell at all, and it is always advertised --. >> and it has fallen apart. >> there is a lot of colluding going on in the past. >> you shocked. >> shocked. all the only difference is no other campaigns were colluding to stop a frontrunner have actually put out press statements and then we are appalled the press was interested in their announcement of the colluding. >> amy, how do you describe in he gets the nomination he will have fiorina at the running mate. "new york times" in a news story analysis, said this was desperate. maybe it was desperate but i was surprise the. what do you think? >> it was neg

not that i -- so i'm just john kasich. but i have a right to take a position and i will have a position and opinion. i've made it clear that i need to see a positive approach and if there's one not forthcoming, it's going to be a real problem. >> do you think he's capable of that? >> i don't know. i don't know him real that well. i stood on a stage with him, but didn't spend time with him. there's a sense in the media that we're all kind of hanging out and calling one another. that's a fantasy. the closest we all were is when we were in the elevator in cleveland, all of us in one elevator. and i looked around and thought, if this elevator just crashed, the people would probably cheer! >> was it an awkward silent elevator ride? >> that's the other thing, some of these candidates would viciously attack one another and then backstage, it would be like, how's it going! it's like it was a game. it wasn't a game to me. at any time running for president was a game. >> obvious, your name has also been talked about as vice presiden

john kasich is expected to announce the suspension of his campaign. kasich canceling events today leading up to a big announcement taking place in just about an hour. of course we'll cover that live. and while the race goes on for the democrats as they head to condition tuck and west virgini. coal country where coal miners are still reeling from comments hillary clinton made about putting them all out of work. >>> buckle up tesla and 21st century fox, the parent company of this network, among big names reporting quarterly results. we'll give you the numbers when they come out, melissa. melissa: stocks ending off session lows. adam shapiro at new york stock exchange. trader phil flynn standing by at the cme. let's start with adam. >> dow settling below 100 point loss. we'll see if we hold it in next minute or two. s&p 500, essentially positive for the year. dow is positive for the year. nasdaq by the way is down for the year almost 6%. talk about mcdonald's. mcdonald's had really good day. if you like garlic, just don't kiss anyone after testing the ne

john kasich spoke exexclusivelyo anderson cooper. he says it doesn't feel right to run as a third party candidate. he told anderson he has not made up his mind about backing the presumptive nominee. >> you are undecided? >> i am. i'm undecided. >> are you undecided if you were vote for him? >> at the end of the day, endorsing will mean a lot. frankly, my wife and daughters have watched this. if i were to turn around today and endorse him, they would be like why, dad. that matters to me. >> donald trump is scheduled to meet with former secretary of state henry kissinger tomorrow in new york. the 92-year-old kissinger was a aides to ford. >> he has delalt a lot with russia and missiles. donald trump hired his first pollster of the election. tony fabrizio. entering a new phase. >>> in hours, hillary clinton hopes to bounce back in one state after losses to bernie sanders in indiana and west virginia. both campaigns thinks sanders has an edge in oregon. hillary clinton has spent a lot of time in kentucky. let's get the latest from jeff z

he says there is no road to victory for ted cruz or john kasich. of course, donald trump touting that 15-point lead he has in the polls going into tuesday's primary. john and alison. >> jessica, thank you so much. let's talk about indiana. this could be everything. cnn's managing editor zach wolf joins us. good morning. this new poll sent shockwaves through t this weekend. just days before the indiana primary. a stated cruz says he pretty much needs to win. >> that's right. you know, polls pretty recently shown a tighter race. this suggests, this poll suggests, some change in the landscape there. that would not be a good thing for ted cruz. he tried to change this narrative for trump who won five or six straight contests and is looking to sort of put it away in indiana. there's not that many left. just ten races left. cruz has mathematically eliminated from clinching the nomination. he is looking for a contested convention and deny trump the ability to get majority of delegates before that. this would not help if he is unable to perform in indiana

i'm not even counting john kasich's years in congress. a guy who never held office or was an active member of the republican party has bested all of those people. today when you see john kasich getting out the day after ted cruz gets out, i think we need to step back and sit here and give him his due. what donald trump did was not easy. >> so do you think the republican party will unite to rally behind trump? we've been asking the question on social media all day. here's a look at the results. you can keep on voting on our facebook page. 64% so far say no. >>> the caps are just a few hours away from game four against the penguins. >> the team saying this game is a must-win tonight in pittsburgh. >> that's where we find carol maloney. >> reporter: ready to battle tonight. may the force continue to be with them, force as in mass, force equals mass times acceleration. newton's second law of motion expected to be on full display tonight. >> our physicality, our strength, our speed, our puck decisions can wear down a team. i think we're traini

john kasich said "zero chance." ted cruz said "he has zero interest" and rick scott says "well, i like my job." our analyst, donald trump has spent so much trash talking of so many of his rivals and then he tries to make life. >> he's a low energy individual. >> i wish him the best. >> jeb bush who was a nice person. he was like a loyal boy, oh, i am with the president. >> chris christie endorsed me. incredible guy. >> this little guy has lied so much. it is rubio. >> i want to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really tough campaign. >> nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. he cannot do it. he's a joker. >> ted cruz is one hell of a competitor. >> when you watch him back-to-back like that, it is absolutely surreal. what are the chances that donald trump can bring on board one of these 16 other gop contenders? >> one of the 16 about 40%. [ laughter ] >> there you have it. who would be the strongest? >> oh, i don't know. i think there are numbers. part of the vice president selection process is t

john kasich, was going to win new mexico. i don't think he can bet on that donald trump, leading in oregon. if he stays in the race that long. gets trump at 1143. this is a 70-30 split. even with a seven-30 trump is over the line. that gave cruz states in the west. now that he is not in t trump will win those as well. pennsylvania, unbound delegates. these are gone. forget about it. it is over. >> moving on to democrats, bernie sanders won tonight, does it change the math? >> not a lot. it is easier to do it this way. no offense to senator sanders, he won in indiana, hillary clinton will end the night with a 300 delegate lead. 933 left. you can do it at home. 900 and something left. more than 60%. higher than that can he do it? sure, if he can run the board, he won't catch up to her. do this for the sake of argument. if you come out of this map. i will give you the democrats, take the super delegates off the map. see where we are. for the sake of argument, saying this is never going to happen. the clinton campain will tell yo

talk about the path ahead for john kasich. guest: john kasich strategy from the very beginning when he started with a 17 candidate field and we went through that mockery of televised debates that degenerated into sophomoric name-calling and bullying, john kasich most of that time was down on the end in the debates. he would find himself being outnumbered many times in terms of the amount of time he received at the debate. he decided early on in the that acquiring delegates during the primary process was not the target for him and you do to wage a 1237 campaign of hoping for a contested convention and hoping that it goes to a second ballot, which will give him a greater chance. i think that is consistent. isfact, the indiana strategy such that i think part of why he felt comfortable about leaving indiana and going on to oregon in new mexico was that i would feel comfortable that a majority of the delegates in indiana, if things would go to the second ballot, would probably back john kasich. i think that is what his strategy is.

.>> reporter: today, ohio governor john kasich said he is suspending his campaign for president. his decision comes 24 hours after senator ted cruz suspended his campaign. that of course clears the way for donald trump to become the republican nominee.>>> ross palombo joins us now. >> reporter: 17 candidates in the beginning and donald trump has seen candidate after candidate fall. just a few hours ago, the last one, governor john kasich, dropped out. >> as i suspend my campaign today, thank you and god bless. >> reporter: then there was one. donald trump is the only nominee left standing. now call the presumptive nominee from the gop itself. it has already prompted former president bill clinton to slam trump's foreign-policy plan. >> i have nothing serious to say. >> reporter: joe biden even joking about trump's candidacy. >> it appears that path is closed. >> reporter: ted cruz ended his candidacy yesterday after losing in indiana. after a series of it -- up embarrassing campaign blunders including elbowing his own wife.>> i was surprised, but he did the right thing.>> reporter

john kasich only 10%. he's up by more than 20,000 votes but based on the information we have, we have projected trump is the winner in the indiana republican primary. on the democratic side, 7% of the vote is in. hillary clinton maintains her lead. 53.3%. 46.7% for bernie sanders but it's too early to call. too early to call in the democratic side but trump wins the indiana republican presidential primary. that is the prediction. >> let's check in with jeffrey lord. i guess no surprise to you. what is this moving forward? is this it? >> this is it. ted cruz may last a little longer but i think this is it. the psychological momentum here is just going to be incredible. now, one of the things that just reverberates over and over and over again is in essence, the only folks for him are the voters, the people. they keep doing this over and over and over again and yet you got establishment leaders saying i can't do that or this or i'm horrified and have to vote for hillary clinton and having serious nights just

for one brief moment, ohio governor john kasich was the last man standing between donald trump and the republican presidential nomination. trump just won the indiana primary, ted cruz left the race, governor kasich had gotten what he wanted, a chance to go one on one with trump and prevail somehow at the convention in cleveland. instead, that same day governor kasich decided to end his run. he has yet to explain it in an interview because he hasn't given one since then. then there's speculation of drafting him to run independent, his name as a vice presidential pick, whether he will throw support behind donald trump. i talked about all of that and more at his mansion in columbus. your name came up in the news last couple of days. story in "the washington post" this weekend, has a lot of pick up that a number of republicans, conservatives, mitt romney among them has been looking at the possibility of a third party candidate or independent candidate, conservative candidate, your name is mentioned. has mitt romney reached out? >> i don't want to get into who. i had a phone call with someb

to john kasich. let's listen in. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. thank you all for coming. the first thing i have to do is thank my great wife, karen. [ cheers and applause ] she has endured my political career, and also, of course, accentuated it. there's no one like karen. she's charismatic, she walks into a room and people fall in love with her. you know, when she appeared on anderson cooper, john weaver commented, and beth hansen commented that if we'd only run karen, we would have been a lot more successful. i happen to agree with that. you know, emmett reed showed up, and they're unbelievable. they're just so beautiful. and they've been so supportive. [ cheers and applause ] and they traveled with me around the country as well. and it was always such a delight to have the family on the road. and as their principal had said, don't let education get in the way of learning. and i think that they learned a great deal. and of course, i want to thank the worthington christian staff, and particularly

ted cruz throws in the towel and john kasich is expected to do the same. also coming up, hope for the people of aleppo. the u.s. and russia agree to extend the cease-fire to the city under siege. and the european commission backs visa-free travel as part of a migration deal but critics fear the concession sends the wrong message to the turkish government. ♪ >> welcome to the program. it is almost official come up donald trump looks like he will be the republican nominee in the race for the white house. first ted cruz dropped out after a devastating to the in the indiana primary. and now john kasich is also expected to announce that he too is quitting. what does it mean for the republican party? the leadership has begrudgingly started to rally around the trunk. now, what will voters make of his provocative comments? our coverage of the race for the white house begins with this week's primary trail. >> john kasich was the consistent adult and the republican presidential a day. the ohio governor never stood a chance of securing the nomination, the party lea

john kasich who remains in the race was running fourth in a three man race. he's now running fourth in a two man race because he's behind a marco rubio and ted cruz so that's not a serious challenge. donald trump who has never run for office before, a man who has offended the sensibilities of the republican establishment and millions of americans from every strike whether latino or muslim or others, is now the republican nominee and the big question now going forward is is he going to be able to change the map as he has promised his his appeal to white working class voters, appealing to them on approaches, the question is will that work? will he be able to redraw the map or is the math that the way that many republican officials suggest it is and the democratic nominee will have a leg up? i don't know. >> and the answer to that question is largely going to depend on whether or knonot whae have seen in history is going to happen with donald trump in that people who said i'm not going to vote for x, y or z, will those voters fall in line. my experience last nig

say that john kasich should drop out, and what is going on? >> carly fiorina gave her speech and said that she dropped out of the race when it was clear she did not have the path to victory, and she said she wished that john kasich will get the memo, so looks like they are still going after him. >> it looks like they had a deal for a very short period of time. as a matter fact, john kasich said he did not like the deal, and the deal was stabbed him simply go to the states he could win back supposedly, and ted cruz would go to the states that he could win, and i would assume that one of the other would be the running mate, but i think what happened is that what ted cruz decided to go it alone and do something with carly fiorina, that is when john kasich got the message. >> no place for him in the second spot. what do you think about that question mark >> i don't know that john kasich was holding out for ted cruz to pick him as a running mate, but that news it did suck out the weekend from that scandal, and talking about the donald trump foreign

john kasich stays in but for how much longer? thank you for joining us, i'm lesli foster.>> donald trump is now the presumptive republican nominee for president. he won big in the indiana primary with 53% of the vote. ted cruz with about 37%, john kasich 7.5% even before all the numbers were in ted cruz made a major announcement. >> donald trump has a few things to celebrate. >> we have the only local reporter and garrett has been traveling since the very first votes in iowa. now the truck campaign shifts-- now the donald trump tenpin-- campaign shifts course.>>> reporter: this is something theyve few in the republican party saw it coming. after seven victories in a row each time getting above 50% of the vote, he is now the presumptive nominee knocking ted cruz out of the race and he did it in dramatic fashion. he threw everything he had, the endorsement of the governor, millions of dollars in backing, and the endorsement of his running mate who he named and anything to move the needle, at the end of the day it simply was not eno