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, pardon me, up for grabs in arizona. and you figure that is a heck of a prize when you consider it is a winner take all state. on the other side of this, bernie sanders not too far, down south on the border, a rally on his own, essentially accusing sheriff joe arpaio, historically tough against immigration of being a bully. it's an incredible dynamic being set up in arizona and we are seeing it play out there on the highway en route to a donald trump event. >> another state that's going to be voting on tuesday is utah. and we have seen also a lot of protesters there, very passionate on both sides of the aisle. and that's where we find peter ducey. he joins us now from draper, utah, where we're expecting senator ted cruz, holding a rally there, with senator mike lee. we also know glenn beck was speaking earlier. we presume we also may see mitt romney. what can you tell us, peter? >> i can tell you that the scene you're seeing playing out in arizona right now, we saw something on a smaller scale here in utah last night. th

state of arizona. it's also the first major primary contest in the west. it's important not only in its own terms but also for what arizona might forecast tonight about other big important delegate rich states in the west like, for example, california. on the democratic side, there are 75 delegates and ten super delegates at stake. the polling in the arizona democratic race has been spare infrequent. it does show hillary clinton with a lead in that state. after what happened in michigan this year, sparse polling in big states is newly suspect on the democratic side and nobody is leaning too hard on the polls that have come out of arizona. other than the polling there are reasons why hillary clinton is expected to do well in arizona tonight. one reason is she won the state of arizona in the state of arizona in 2008. she beat him by eight points. she did well in the state with latino voters who are expected to make up about a fifth of the electorate on the democratic side in arizona. the state's primary

, arizona. we are awaiting a press event with donald trump. we anticipated hearing him closer to 2:00 p.m. eastern time. obviously that is not under way quite yet. and perhaps it is because we had seen a lot of his supporters had trouble getting to his event. there one main thoroughfare between phoenix, arizona and fountain hills, arizona. around noon eastern time a group of protesters essentially parked their car in the middle of the highway and then we had seen traffic back up for miles and miles. in fact, it wasn't until about 15 minutes ago that we saw traffic really start to move very, very slowly. but we had seen -- this is actually taped footage. you can see that is where the cars were parked there, is all traffic being stuck for miles and miles. we have seen events happen across the nation. we've also seen some protests erupting in new york city as well. a group of people there coalescing, gathering in central park as well. >> this started out as a peaceful protest around columbus circle

the second issue in arizona is latino voters. remember, in nevada sanders people said we think we won the latino vote. the question is how would they react in arizona? given the immigration issues, martha, that you've been talking about? and apparently they stuck with hillary clinton here in that environment. that is a critical thing going forward as we look at the western part of the united states, as we get farther into this election cycle. on the republican side, i think that donald trump has got the highest percentage i have seen yet in any state. people talk about whether or not he can break 50% in anything. he has not to this point, for all of the wins never over 50%. he's close. if you throw in votes that would have gone to marco rubio, it seems to me he's in reach of the 50% ceiling. >> if you gets there, there will be a lot of discussion about that. and if he gets late deciders and there is more impact on what happened in brussels, donald trump has a very strong argument going forward. >> yes. arizona is a state in which

how you might do that tonight, starting again in arizona. arizona is proportional. hillary clinton and bernie sanders, it's hard to know based on polling how they're going to do. there was some expectation that this would be close. let's assume they split the 75 delegates. going into two states where bernie sanders is expected to do very, very well. the first in the state of utah, mostly white state, democrats there, very progressive. very mindful of bernie sanders' economic message. bernie sanders is hoping to run up the score 80 to 20, 75/25. if he does that, and then he gets the line share of the idea hoe-- idaho, he might reach the 58% of all delegates that are at stake. the splits are very important on the democratic side. on the republican side everything to watch is the split in terms of utah and whether donald trump gets shut out of any delegates or whether donald trump was able to pick that up and also, perhaps, picking up arizona >>> starting to come in from arizona. donald trump way ahead >>> going to michael shaw in utah. we won't know for a while who ha

clinton/sanders in arizona. an official good evening to you. >> hello. >> now that we've crossed 10:00 eastern time. >> there is a big important difference between the races which is on the democratic side there are no winner take all states. the bigger your margin, the more delegates you can get, but there's no way to guarantee you will get them all. arizona is the third largest states in terms of delegates. on the republican side it's winner take all. it's a big deal in arizona and it raises some interesting dynamics. in a winner take all state there's no use in trying to compete for a second second or trying to get close, there's no reason to waste your breath or a dollar if you think you can't get first place. that's why it's been interesting over the past few days to see the ted cruz start to direct some resources to arizona. the only reason to do that if they thought they had a chance of a victory there tonight over donald trump. you wouldn't do that to have a decent showing. there's reason even though the

so she just won arizona. tonight, there are 75 delegates up for grabs in arizona. so she stands to gain 15 to 20, probably win by 15 or 20 delegates. kasie mentioned we still have idaho and utah outstanding. there are 33 here and 23 here. you can see, add those together, you're still not as big as arizona. so what could happen tonight, if bernie sanders wins idaho, if he wins utah, those are still ifs, but even if he does, stop me if you've heard this before, we can get to the end of the night and hillary clinton gains further ground even if she wins two states. in the democratic process, the democratic party process, it's all proportional. you fall behind by 300, catching up from that very hard to do. >> and i'm with nicole. if the republican party had superdelegates, there would be people with torches outside the convention in cleveland. another break. we'll be right back. we're always looking for ways to speed up your car insurance search. here's the latest. problem is, we haven't figured out how to reverse it. for now, just log on to compare.com... plug in some

how back to arizona. and we've been following with the chopper cam this group of what appears to be one white car in the back, one in the back. four suvs in between. perhaps they're just behind schedule. earlier just about an hour ago, the scene was cars stopped by protesters, a major thoroughfare, preventing individuals from reaching the location on the right hand side which you see the podium and microphone. very picturesque, 11:51 a.m. just before lunch there in fountain hills, arizona. back to ali vitali who is at that location. and so you may have heard me mention we believe that he's arriving right now. and i bet you the crowds are probably guessing the same. >> reporter: so they actually just made an announcement that trump is here on the grounds. the crowd was very excited, happy to see that he's here. what we also saw behind where the event is set up to be is there is a large group of people both supporters and protesters alike who have stood outside the area where you have to be screened to get

arizona is a winner state all. he gets all 58 delegates in the state of arizona. i want to go over to sara murray. you have new information? what where you learning? >> reporter: that's right. arizona was a very big state for donald trump, but as we move to utah this is tougher territory and political experts tell me that trump's brand of politics does not play well in utah. when i spoke to the head of the utah republican party he was cautious about making predictions, but he felt like he gave the edge to ted cruz going into tonight. he said i think utahans are sensitive to a person's style and modesty goes a long way mere. this is a guy who was heckled when he visited one of trump's events last week and when donald trump was speaking about this a couple of days ago he said utah is a state he feels fine about. he's not expecting to win there. so the best they can hope going into utah is keeping ted cruz under that 50% number and getting themselves over that 15% threshold so they can pick up some delegates. >> if he keeps him under the threshold he won't gel auto t

to turn arizona blue! [cheers and applause] the great state of arizona, and our nation, now needs to notour focus on accomplishing. we need someone focused on uniting, versus dividing our racial lines. tions, and other minorities and this event is groups, now, we know firsthand the damage that comes from this dangerous and ugly rhetoric. and that's why we need a leader to move this nation forward, not backward. [cheers and applause] >> so, now, i have the tremendous honor to introduce our next democratic nominee and the first female and next president of the knighted secretaryates, hillary rodham clinton. [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] fight song. ♪ ♪ take back my life song. hillary clinton: wow, thank you all, so so much. it is so exciting to be here and privilegedred and to be here on this stage. [cheers and applause] with some ofon: the people i admire so much. i want to thank you so much, governor lewis for being here. thanks to view and all of the tribal leaders who are with us to

so you know, that is kind of the split we have in arizona. remember, 30% of the population in arizona is hispanic, and you have bernie sanders and hillary clinton really trying to play to that base. they're competing for those voters, and trying to make sure that they win the big prize of 75 delegates on tuesday night. meanwhile, you have donald trump talking about building a wall, about being tougher on immigration, and you have these protests, and what's fascinating, we just heard from bernie sanders who did an event along the arizona/mexico border and basically was making the point and taking shots at donald trump. ecertainly s essentially saying, look, we don't need a wall or barbed wire. interesting to watch. >> fred, because he is hitting donald trump and making the case that trump is wrong here. hillary clinton calling in to a radio show earlier this week saying, like, i think we've done a good job securing the border. i think, you know, when i was in the senate i voted for that. you have these two different dynamics playing out here i

in arizona, lunch time here in arizona. 85 delegates at stake for democrats. 58 winner take all delegates up for grabs for republicanes. ted cruz will be in the state tomorrow. bernie sanders already here in sedona. for both of them, a pivotal prize in catching back up for the front runners for cruz that would be donald trump and with the increasing likelihood that trump will win the republican nomination, some conservative leaders are trying to figure out how to stop him. today in washington, the so-called secret meeting that everyone is talking about in the world of politics. meeting behind closed doors discussing options in a let are they signed, saying they prefer to dee nie trump the nomination through voters in the primary process but after near sweep on tuesday, that is starting to seem unlikely. let's start with robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post and nbc news political analyst. robert, you've been writing about this all morning. tell me what we know about this hour about this stop trump meeting that happened in washington. >> good to join you. this m

arizona. >> no, northern arizona which is mostly republican and arizona as a whole traditionally appreciates guns. there's open carry here. you see people walking around with guns in stores. it's not outside the norm to see that. but the sentiment is changing slightly in some respects after the shooting in tucson. >> one last question, jane sanders, the wife of bernie sanders was here visiting the tent cities. you used to work in phoenix. you know these tent cities, you've been there. this is the place where they hold people who are convicted of -- i think they're being prosecuted for crime vors they been -- >> they're low-level offenders, dui cases, drug offenses, not the maximum security facilities. >> and what does it look like? what does it feel like there? >> it looks like green tents as far as the eye can see in the desert with guard towers. i used to interview sheriff joe arpaio frequently. >> who supports donald trump, by the way. >> yes. and i've been in tent cities. it's a brutal environment. but as he says, this is jail, it's not supposed to be a day camp. >> it's a divisive issue

he spent friday in arizona. he held a big rally at arizona christian university where some of the state's congressional delegation joined him. the cruise campaign made a six-figure ad buy. something about ted cruz' campaign. something about arizona tells him it's worth trying for first. any effort now to come from behind and try to put that state in play might be too late almost structurally. early voting started in late february. it ended last week. it ended on friday. in state's two most populous counties, a majority of voters requested early voting. over 50% have been received and more are in the mail. candidates still competing are competing for a slice of the electorate that is narrowing by the day. many, if not most made up their mind before the candidates had their fully formed thought about the state. in a context like that, is it possible to pull off an arizona upset in either party? joining us now is rebecca sanders, congressional reporter for the arizona republic. thanks for being here. i appreciate y

is it winner take all, dagen, in arizona for democrats? >> arizona, yes. neil: 85. my, negotiation she's been nominated -- my gosh, she's been nominated. kennedy: yea. neil: with 85, by the way -- i'm kidding. [laughter] she's almost at 1730, right? dagen: it was done for her last tuesday. neil: well, i've just made an observation. i don't know you have to put me down. [laughter] dagen: why is it always about you? neil: because it's about me! dagen: oh, that's me. [laughter] neil: do you know who's a perfect gentleman? david. dagen: no, he isn't, he's been talking over me the whole time, and all of a sudden charlie gasparino's bad? kennedy: charlie's not here tonight. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] kennedy: i have my listening ears on, neil. neil: thank you, because obviously ron doesn't. [laughter] bernie sanders is running out of fewer and fewer options. kennedy: he's not going to be president of the united states. neil: could he be your running mate? [laughter] kennedy: if she goes progressive -- neil: wow. david: holy cow. dagen: i'm going to pick a runnin

hillary clinton wins arizona. she will have won 18 states plus two territories. >> just a quick point. sanders supporters say when i converse with them on twitter they say you should discount hillary clinton's states that the democratic never win, but i say they should be careful about this. that's how president obama won the nomination. look at these states senator sanders is winning, they're not democratic strong holds come november in. a win is a win in the primary process. >> good point. thanks very much. anderson back to you. >> we're watching utah closely. you had some thoughts about utah. >> let's give it up to bernie sanders. the staying power he's had in 2016 is just stunning. granted these are caucuses, granted idaho and utah -- >> from where he entered the race it's extraordinary. >> the way he's energized people, the very spector that he could win five out of six as john king just mentioned, this should be a night that the bernie sanders sanders people are cheering in. where did he give his victory spe

we're in beautiful phoenix, arizona. and we continue with republican presidential candidate ted cruz. we have carly fiorina with us. [ applause ] this man is the former governor of the great state of texas. this was a great story. if they didn't create a million jobs in texas the first four years of presidency for president obama would have been negative job growth. rick perry, good to see you. carly, i had an opportunity to see you a week ago. the campaign is changing every day. you're out on the road with senator cruz. how do you feel? >> i feel good. i feel like republicans are starting to understand what's at stake here. yeah, you know what's at stake here! you know, i'm not saying this, but there are signs up here that says dump trump, choose cruz. kind of a good slogan. see, we actually need to put a koconstitutional conservative i the white house. the reason that's so important, sometimes people think the constitution is some old relic. you know what the constitution is about? the constitution is not just about pr

rivals working arizona and utah. as the rhetoric ratchets up for the gop. >> i appreciated governor romney's tweet where he announced he is going to vote for me in the utah election. >> i have a lot of friends. by the way, mitt romney is not one of them. >> if you want to beat donald trump, cruz is the only campaign that can do it. >> mitt let us down. he let us down. he let us down. he shook like a dog. >> governor romney observed a vote for john kasich only helps donald trump. >> lying. lying. >> all this as the gops antidonald trump course grows louder. it is peril for the party? >>> this unlikely scene reverberating as joe arpaio crashes an event for bernie sanders wife. the candidate not taking kindly to that. you are going to hear that on the place for politics. let's begin with the latest on the campaign trail. donald trump is getting ready to hold an event with joe arpaio in about two hours from now. it will happen near phoenix. arizona will be the biggest payout in terms of delegates. it is winner take all.

she's up 26 points in the latest arizona poll. for more now on clinton's strategy for winning out west, we're joined by hillary clinton's supporter, and ohio congressman, tim ryan. congressman, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> yes, sir. >> so let's talk about hillary clinton in the past. she won arizona back in 2008, while she has her husband stumping on her behalf sunday, clinton herself, though, will only make one appearance in arizona. that's ahead of -- on monday, ahead of tuesday's primary. is this a sign she feels pretty confident she's going to win tuesday? >> well, she's got a pretty good surrogate there. out there for her. but you know, these are all going to be tough races. i mean, obviously looks okay in arizona. you never can tell. but -- i know we're going to the mat in every caucus and every primary coming up. and we're going to work really hard, whether it's her or a surrogate. >> we know that bernie sanders is aggressively making a play for arizona. play for arizona. hees making four stops before p

he was down at the border in arizona. he was campaigning hard, but donald trump pulled it off big-time tonight. what does that mean? >> it was so natural, clearly immigration was how he launched his campaign. the law on the southern border largely sup pord by the vast majority of arizonans. if you think about the idea that the establishment endorsements have been going to everybody but trump, the establishment in arizona went to trump. a lot of the party and political leadership in the state was well behind trump. and this is the 58 winner take all delegates. cruz for his part clearly is looking to gain delegates in utah, and if he goes beyond that 50 prsz threshold, he gets all 40. they'll both have good nights. for trump, this is all about accumulating delegates to the 1237 number. >> a big one do you think to governor cruz, though he is expected to potentially take utah? >> i'm sure it is a big concern and disappointment to cruz. but looking at arizona, we also had a record number of individuals coming out to vote. som

and arizona a big win tonight. >> let's bring in amy stoddard. you listen to hillary clinton's speech as it continues on in the evening, she's basically accusing him of fear mongering. it looked like that is something that may have pushed some people to vote for donald trump in arizona. >> we've seen her on the last several nights get past not having to deal with bernie sanders and get excited about solar panels. this is a woman contemplating unpredictability of donald trump's appeal. she's to say we're the best country, our best days are still ahead. and knowing that people are so afraid and i think she probably in september as two nominees doing far better than him in a policy debate. but that is not what the voters are asking for. and she knows she's going into unknown waters facing off in this heat. >> donald trump is closing in on potentially 50% in arizona. we don't know how the rest of the 35% of the precincts are going to come in but he's at 46% now. characterize what this means for trump going forward. >> she's able to get over 50% for t

very arizona and a tie clip that's arizona. >> i'm a native. >> we're here. >> exactly. >> you mentioned red state. jacob rascon mentioned the polls. more than 30 points right now. as you look at the landscape, what do you expect? >> it's interesting. folks forget sometimes that arizona is the home of barry go goldwater and barry goldwater became such a prominent figure both in arizona and across the country because he stood for certain things that were very clear. you didn't need a lot of interpreting. you didn't need a lot of massaging to understand what it is that barry goldwater was saying. when you take a look at the republican race this year. you've got two candidates, ted cruz and donald trump, who have, in doing my math correctly, have won three quarters or more of all the delegates that have been picked so far. they've been racking up on average three quarters of the votes in the primaries and the caucuses, all across the country. and they're doing it because they're candidates that are actually saying things that, number one, people understand from day one, i don't have to like

arizona is much tighter. donald did well in early voting in arizona. we are surging now, our numbers are going up and up and up. arizona is all going to come down to turnout if enough people come out on election day to counterbalances the early voting numbers, then we could do very, very well. two weeks later in the state of wisconsin we are poised to have a terrific night in the state of wisconsin. >> let me ask this. it is kind of knot amusing. i know lindsey graham gave you a half hearted endorsement. he said if anybody ever shot ted cruz on the senate floor they wouldn't be convicted and tried on the senafloor of the senate. john mccain called you a whacko bird. here's what i want to know. why haven't these people stood up and fulfilled the promises to repeal and replace obamacare. why didn't they fulfill the promise of 2014 that would stop executive action on immigration in whey do they not understand what's going onnen in the election cycle? they seem mystified. >> that's why i am here on the senate floor. people across this country are from u fr

i think trump will win arizona. i may be wrong but i think trump has momentum going there and certainly has individuals. cruz has an excellent chance of winning utah. i think the night ends up being split although arizona has more delegates. >> that sounds right. i think immigration issue being so hot in arizona trump has, ed said, occupied that space. and there is no way to get around him on that issue. lou: and when we watched what happened with, actually the cruz rallies and utah, watching at the same time the trump rallies in arizona, back, the activists, disruptors as trump calls them, freeway, coming to his event, it was amazing to watch and the number of people who are still talking about that is somehow first amendment rights when they're trampling on thousands and thousands of people's rights to get to a place of assembly to hear a presidential candidate. it is rough stuff. >> well, probably going to backfire too. i think whets the appetite for what trump has to say. it has, every time worked against his cr

he hit arizona. he hit utah. he hit idaho and he's been spending a good chunk of his time in arizona. that's no surprise. the grand canyon state has the most delegates at stake on tuesday. they have 75 delegates up for grabs. so sanders really has been putting some time in, in arizona. as you point out, poppy, hillary clinton has not been to any of those states. she's been doing a lot of fund-raising. bill clinton will be in arizona on sunday. hillary will be there on monday. poppy? >> i think it's interesting, this recent piece in the "new york times," chris, pointed out that clinton's camp is looking ahead more 20 a general election. what it would be like to run against donald trump and saying some of those campaign officials, to the "times" she would try to run a campaign against bigotry playing on and focusing on trump's stances on immigration, as they see them. we'll watch how that strategy shifts especially heading into arizona as clinton faces off with sanders there. chris frates, we'll get back to you. i

arizona and utah. ted cruz trying to sell the notion this is a two-man race while john kasich insists there will able contested convention. listen to both candidates make their cases. >> donald is in a difficult position. if a two-man race, he has a hard time breaking 50%. our path forward is win primaries. and amass the delegates. >> everybody has to face the fact we're going to an open multiballot convention. that's where we're headed. the convention is an extension of what we're going through right now. i've been at a convention that was contested in 1976. what happens is the delegates take everything seriously. they will take a look at people's experience and electability. that's fine. what is everybody so panicked? everybody needs to take a little chill pill to tell you the truth. >> stay with cnn. ohio governor john kasich will be joining us live on "new day" in the 8:00 hour. >> passing out chill pills. >>> on the democratic side, bernie sanders and hillary clinton hitting the trail hard. arizon

i know it is important and significant and arizona to have the first speaker of the house from arizona in a decade, and thank you for giving a strong voice to the men and women here in the state legislature. and governor perry, thank you so much for your friendship, your incredible leadership, your service. thank you for, as a border governor for dealing with these , problems every day for 14 years as governor of texas. and when the federal government failed to step in and do its job, thank you for your leadership to the state of texas, deploying resources and manpower on the border to address this problem. today, we just finished having lunch, and i have the opportunity to visit with ranchers down here in southern arizona. i will take you that the bulk of the lunch i spoke very little. i spent most of the time just listening and hearing their stories. hearing the volume of traffic every day of drug cartels , groups comings across with backpacks filled with drugs. groups that are heavily armed. i heard one rancher tell a story of the cartel, at least one of the smugglers monitoring her

>> guest: maybe an arizona overall probably 10 percent. don't have an exact number on that. >> host: you're talking several hundred thousand people. about 100 miles from the border. >> guest: 60 miles. >> host: 60 miles from the mexican border. what is the terrain like between here and novalis? >> guest: very difficult terrain. arizona is a combination of desert and mountain, and those are dangerous places to walk through. the desert, if you have ever experienced aa tucson summer talking it up to 150 degrees. the mountains in winter, some try to travel across the mountains to get away from border patrol, but there is not a lot there. in some cases it is like desert and mountain this. >> host: on a daily basis are people trying to cross the border? >> guest: not need more. as we were talking, we have about 300 miles of border wall in a state with a 350 mile border with mexico, so thatmexico, so that is quite a lot. the upshot is people walk very long distances well west of where we are. the most crossings take place on a reservation very di

arizona has hit 12 threes in the half. that's a record in a half in the are talking about some illustrious three-point shooters that have come through this place. >> doug: one of the great players to play in this place, my good friend miles simon, m.o.p. of the national championship -- arizona's only national championship -- but if you look, his number is not retired. in order to retire somebody's number at arizona you have to be a player of the year. >> spero: high standards. >> doug: yeah, except jason gardner's number is retired because he was the six foot and under player of the year. steve kerr, got an emotional award but sean elliott was the player of the year that year. i'm going to make the ply to do the right thing. >> spero: is that it? >> doug: damon stoudamire's number should be retired at arizona. steve kerr's should too -- donated $1 million, not why his number is hanging up in the rafters, they went to a final four in kansas city. damon stoudamire's number should mouse, and miles simon, the m.o.p. of arizona

grants, was murdered here in arizona. old, had a9 years promising future ahead of him, was working at a convenience store, when an illegal alien change, but a handful of on a counter and demanded some cigarettes. grant began counting out the alien, when this illegal pulled out a gun and put it in his face. grant quickly grabbed the cigarettes and just gave them to him. other thanreason evil, malice, and hatred, this illegal alien shot and killed grant. he had been in and out of jail, a known criminal. he should not have been in america, he should have been deported. he should have been incarcerated. he should not have been in a 19-year-old boys , andthe barrel of a gun are murdered because the federal government refuses to do its job. steve, thank you for being here. we mourn the loss of your son. steve's story is far too common. in every state of the union, there are people who have lost their lives to criminal, illegal aliens. francisco, my texas, families who lost their little girls in a horrific crime. for far too lon

one thing that i have learned here in arizona is that arizona people are straightforward and honest people. so i am going to be honest with all of you about something. i am kind of new to this whole campaigning thing. i have definitely -- i definitely have not had the chance, at least not many times to introduce a former president of the united states. [applause] you see, in my career i did not do politics. i was just some balls guy -- bald guy that flew airplanes in the navy. later i got a chance to fly a space shuttle for nasa. then i met, and was really lucky to marry this incredible woman from arizona. [applause] her name was gabby giffords. [applause] you know politics clearly was her thing. we were both really proud, very proud to be public servants. now we are both fortunate to have a second chance at service, to fight for those things that we always fought for which our responsibility -- which our responsibility and common sense. that is why we are fighting for a congress and a white house that will stand up to the gun lobby. [applause] that his wife -- that is why gabby and i are

one is a primary in arizona, one is a caucus in utah. i think trump has a very good chance to win in arizona, a lot of things moving in this direction, but i think these comments about romney have iced utah for him, and probably ted cruz will be winning the utah caucuses. maybe he would have anyway, but i think now he's likely to do so. >> and then how do you kind of assess what's going on with mitt romney and at this point involving himself in, you know, representing the establishment, the party of the gop on this campaign to save the gop at the same time say you know, there has to be a republican in the white house and the one that i'm choosing right now is ted cruz? >> reporter: fred, that's his privilege. he is after all the leader of the republican party having been the previous presidential nominee and it's been obvious for a long time that he has been antitrump. so i don't think there's any great surprise here. >> i guess i wonder what's the leverage he has given yes, he was the nominee. he didn't win. he kind of disappeared for a

melissa: voting is underway in arizona. front-runner donald trump banking on a win in winner-take-all state as immigration remains a key issue for voters. here what to expect tonight is robert graham, arizona gop chair. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be here. >> i was amazed to sigh numbers about early voters, 35% had already voted by last week. is that record number? are you looking for record turnout? >> great big turn now numbers. polling stations we have lines wrapping around the block. it will be largest turnout we've had in most recent history for sure. melissa: what do you think? most cases it has been trump drive that. do you feel it is same thing? >> i think it's a little bit of everything. people are excited. in my offices we had a lot of democrats and independents trying at last minute to change the registration to participate in this election, not just for donald trump. people are so disenfranchised with the way obama is leading this country we're not feeling any of this policies. besides, economi

so in utah than arizona, but donald trump has had a very warm reception for the most part in arizona for his supporters, large rallies, it's one of the first places he went where he got a very big rally, although there are a lot of protesters there as well, especially when it comes to his immigration message. >> we will be focusing on arizona heavily the next couple days. >>> hallie jackson, as we mentioned is of course also covering the other side of this and let's talk about ted cruz. ted cruz may get some big name help if he tries to position himself as the primary alternative to of course donald trump. according to "politico" marco rubio is close to endorsing his one time rival. nbc has not confirmed those reports. earlier this week saying cruz was the only conservative left in the race although as of yesterday rubio wasn't willing to go any further than that. >> are you going to support him? >> i don't have any announcement on that today. i'm still talking it through with our folks. clearly ted's positions on issues are conservative, but i don't have anything further to elaborat

peter, how disruptive were they in arizona? >> reporter: as disruptive and they stopped traffic on the main roads in and out. and you look at arially shots and cars were side way ands blocking entireowfj7v lanes and themselves to the outside of the vehicle. this is not only disruptive but can be dangerous. but one of the protest leaders said the greatest act of love to show is shut down where hate rears its head and do better than what trump is peddling. dpragz is the issue to get them fired up and he doubled down on his immigration position today. >> this country has a big, big problem with illegal immigration and all of the sudden we talk about it and then a lot of bad things happening and first time, people saw what was going on. trump is calling ted cruz a liar and saying that john kasich was weak on nafta. >> how are they defending themselves. cruz and kasich are combating and holding a lot more event. trump only had one and it was last night. and kasich had a handful today and cruz had two and got another one tonight and

and deliver arizona. one of the biggest issues is the supreme court justice nominations. and we want to protect the supreme court and making sure it's balanced and fair going forward. >> john mccain said he doesn't think the senate should take up hearings on the ground but something else that's going to be a big issue here in arizona and the general election. in regard to the hispanic population. hispanics making up more than a third of the population in maricopa county. recent gallup poll found trump support with latinos met favorability. negative 65%. that's a hard number to turn around in six months. what's that going to mean for the hispanic vote in arizona? >> in arizona, we didn't just start and we're not today and hoping to going forward. we hope in the latino community across the state bringing people across 30% of our population with latinos and more than 50% of them are less than 18 years old. it's working within the community as a community party and making sure the party is much larger than ju

but utah and arizona have much on the map for both sides of the aisle. arizona is the big prize. it's winner take ale an -- it's winner-take-all and it has the most delegates. you just heard from gerri willis on the tragic event in brussels. many people expecting donald trump to do very well in arizona tonight if not sweep it all together. i want to show you delegate numbers so far. trump very much in the lead. kasich hasn't spent any time in arizona. no resources, no time there. but this is where we stand right now. as we talk about the magic number, 1,237. trump very much in the lead. as far as what you can expect or how the count is so far. there you have clinton and sanders. this doesn't count superdelegates but 2,383 is the goal for them. neil: senator lyndsey graham is supporting ted cruz in this race. senator, what made you decide on cruz. on this issue of sort of shutting down our border and keeping people safe, donald trump is thought to have galvanized his edge in arizona where that's a front and center issue? >> i think the people in arizona have been under siege from

arizona has hit 12 threes in the half. that's a record in a half in the history of this program and you are talking about some illustrious three-point shooters that have come through this place. >> doug: one of the great players to play in this place, my good friend miles simon, m.o.p. of the national championship -- arizona's only national championship -- but if you look, his number is not retired. in order to retire somebody's number at arizona you have to be a player of the year. >> spero: high standards. >> doug: yeah, except jason gardner's number is retired because he was the six foot and steve kerr, got an emotional award but sean elliott was the player of the year that year. i'm going to make the ply to do the right thing. >> spero: is that it? >> doug: damon stoudamire's number should be retired at arizona. steve kerr's should too -- donated $1 million, not why his number is hanging up in the rafters, they went to a final four in kansas city. damon stoudamire's number should hang up in the rafters, mighty mouse, a

rep is it a for arizona's eighth congressional district. [applause] [chanting "gabby"] we don't want bill to get all upset that gabriel giffords is more popular here. hold on. and her husband, mark kelly, former navy captain an astronaut. [applause] as the youngest woman ever elected to the arizona state senate, gabrielle giffords represented the immunity from 2000-2000 five, and then in

rep is it a for arizona's eighth congressional district. [applause] [chanting "gabby"] we don't want bill to get all upset that gabriel giffords is more popular here. hold on. and her husband, mark kelly, former navy captain an astronaut. [applause] as the youngest woman ever elected to the arizona state senate, gabrielle giffords represented the immunity from 2000-2000 five, and then in congress in 2006-2012. her success was credited to her kindness, candor, intelligence, and hard work. [applause] on january 8, 2011, at a congress on your corner event in tucson, with her constituents, congressman giffords was shot in the head from their point-blank range. in stepping down from congress in january of 2012, she said, i will return and we will work together for arizona and this great country. [applause] her husband, captain mark kelly, is a retired united states navy combat veteran, test pilots, and nasa astronaut. [applause] >> as a naval aviator, captain kelly made to deployments to the persian gulf on the aircraft carrier uss midway, and f

>> i think hillary clinton has to win arizona. people expect that. the polls indicate that is the case. and if she does, it really puts bernie sanders in a dark spot in terms of the delegate count tonight, because even if he wins idaho and utah, she's probably likely to come out of arizona with enough of a delegate lead that she expands her lead again. and to give you an example of the problem, in idaho, she was defeated by barack obama 79-17. it's not likely sanders is going to be able to expand on that lead and she's probably likely to do a lot better than 17 this time around, even in idaho. so i think he's got -- these were supposed to be the states where he started opening back up and gaining on delegates. doesn't look like it's going to happen. we'll see. >> so bret and martha, another big primary night and another big primary night which terrorism hasnce again cast its shadow. >> so true. chris wallace, thank you. >>> back to the terror attacks in belgium. the latest on the massive search under way at this hour for a suspect who may have knowle

the city of nogales, arizona. let's listen in. >> -- particularly latino families i am struck by the fear and struck by the sadness that grips so many of them. i remember being in phoenix a number of months ago talking to a number of young girls, teenage girls, with tears, literally coming down their cheeks, who were frightened that they or their parents would be deported at any moment. people living in absolute fear, that their family life could be disrupted. i have seen the sadness of families torn apart. fathers or mothers, or both, sent out of this country having to leave their little children -- can we imagine -- parents having to separate themselves from their small children and leave them with others here in this country. i recall talking to a united states serviceman, a man who has put his life on the line to defend this country, and while he was abroad, his spouse, his wife, was deported. and i have met with a 12-year-old boy who longs to be reunited with his mother. that is why i am here today. >> bernie

slightly breeding and the vote in arizona. and utah, more than 70% of the vote there is also idaho was 70% there. peter barnes on the ground right now in tempe, arizona with the very latest. peter, good morning to you. reporter: hey, good morning. you bring over the main results. all 58 delegates. cruising utah getting off 40 delegates are. fox news last night attacked quite a bit about the attacks. trump going after hillary clinton. >> in the case of incompetent hillary, and you have one reason. such a fight of the president because he's got her life in his hands but that's all it is. she just can't believe this. he doesn't say it. maybe he's got his own reason. you have to ask him. >> in the meantime, cruz said dr. donald trump. >> i noted this morning that it was more than a little ironic. donald trump called for america climbed back for a major weakening or withdrawing. >> with just learned that former candidate jeb bush, former governor of florida is endorsing ted cruz today. thank you, maria. maria: that is big news. we

arizona has hit 12 threes in the half. that's a record in a half in the history of this program and you are talking about some illustrious three-point shooters place. >> doug: one of the great players to play in this place, my good friend miles simon, m.o.p. of the national championship -- arizona's only national championship -- but if you look, his number is not retired. in order to retire somebody's number at arizona you have to be a player of the year. >> spero: high standards. >> doug: yeah, except jason gardner's number is retired because he was the six foot and under player of the year. steve kerr, got an emotional award but sean elliott was the player of the year that year. i'm going to make the ply to do the right thing. >> spero: is that it? >> doug: damon stoudamire's number should be retired at arizona. donated $1 million, not why his number is hanging up in the rafters, they went to a final four in kansas city. damon stoudamire's number should hang up in the rafters, mighty mouse, and miles simon, the m.o.p. of