, we have ted cruz in the lead over second place donald trump. on the democrat side, too early to call is the central determination there. bernie sanders leading hillary clinton. rachel i asked you what we make of this, but there's nothing to make. >> no. this is pretty much what we expected. that said, being able to characterize a lead in this race is not necessarily what i might have picked out of hat as the answer right now. the polling was strongly for cruz. slightly less strongly for sanders heading into this. think about the consequences here about how big the margin is. whoever wins, it's going to be important on the republican side. it may be less important on the democrat side if it's anywhere near close just because the delegate allocation on the democratic side, it's really hard to get a big margin. i'll give you example. in 2008, in wisconsin, it was a blow out. barack obama won by double digits. he won by 14 or 17 points. he won every congressional district in the state. he won 62 out of 72 counties in the state. he absolutely shallacked hillary clinton in that primary. it

uneventful seg. ted cruz keeps racking up delegates, even in state where he was whipped pretty good. polls show senator ted cruz has a comfortable lead in wisconsin but trump is gaining. we'll look at how ted cruz is going to work this out. gop insider karl rove calling for a quote fresh face for the party. forker gop candidate dr. -- former gop candidate dr. ben carson will join us. >> does it mean he's perfect? no. he has main detects, just like the -- major defects, just like the rest of us. but he's willing to listen to people. there is a humility issue that could use some polishing.ves ine government anymore. everybody believes that we are weak on the world stage, we are not doing things that make sense economically, and he's probably the person who most likely to do that. are there better people? probably. charles: dr. ben carson, he says donald trump is the best man for the job as commander-in-chief. in the meantime, senator ted cruz, his ground game and infrastructure posing a serious threat. not just in wisconsin and others. but in elects that we thought were done and over

front-runner. ted cruz and john kasich announcing their plan to divide and conquer the remaining primary states. will it block trump from the nomination? >>> food fight. donald trump now in an all-out war with his rivals calling them desperate and weak, even attacking john kasich over the way he eats. >> he has a news conference all the time when he's eating. i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. >>> unabated. kim jong-un personally supervising the launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine. the move sparking new anxiety coming on the heels of a series of defiant nuclear tests. is north korea now capable of a nuclear strike on the united states? >>> and purple pain. new details of prince's last days and questions about whether he was in excruciating pain and possibly taking prescription drugs that may have been involved in his death. tonight, new details of his emergency landing and trip to the hospital just days before he died. what caused his medical emergency. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic news twists in the wild

to upset the status quo. >> fox news projecting senator ted cruz will win the primary tonight. the cruz victory slowing down some of trump's momentum. >> on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders beats out hillary clinton, meaning the senator from vermont now won six of the last seven states for the democrats. >> tonight, both candidates took to the stage to rally supporters. cruz, and sanders savoring the win. >> tonight is a turning point, a rallying cry. a call from the hard working men and women of wisconsin to the people of america. >> the hard working men and women of wisconsin stood, and campaigned tirelessly to make sure that tonight was a victory. >> with our victory tonight, in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses. momentum is starting the campaign, 60-70 points behind secretary clinton. momentum is the last couple weeks, national polls had us one point up, one point down. >> in the all-important delegate count, senator cruz trying to keep pace. donald trump leads with 737, senator cruz is in second with 505. again, 1237 is the magic num

cruz does in indiana. >> he cleared 50% in his home state last week. we'll see if he clears 50 tomorrow night. he has a chance to. thanks for joining us. chuck will be back tomorrow with "mtp daily." stay tuned for a doubleheader that will start at 8:00 and a special edition of "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> bad news buddies, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington and welcome to the special two-hour edition of "hardball." ted cruz and john kasich are trying to do together right now what neither has been able to do on his own, stop donald trump. cruz and kasich have joined forces trying to coordinate their campaigns against trump in the primary states after tomorrow's five states. trump calls the arrangement collusion and may well play directly into his argument that republican nomination process itself is rigged. nbc's kelly o'donnell is rhode island where trump had a rally today and national political reporter for the national post and nbc political analyst and the former chair of the committee and msnbc analyst. kelly, t

one way or another. cruz continues to lead the women's vote. the interesting thing hereby is cruz continues to lead with women the same double digit margin he has in other states. i want to show you independent as well. 43% of independent say they are going for trump. 38% saying they are going for cruz. lastly the top candidate quality, what do wisconsin primary voter want the most in their candidate? it's all about change. 36% want that. 32% want a candidate who can share our values, that's something cruz traditionally led in previous state races. telling it like it is is 19% and winning in november is 1%. charles: how is it looking there, blake? reporter: good afternoon. this room will start to fill up in a couple hours for ted cruz it was first in, last out campaigning through the the state. he was the louisiana one standing and he hopes he will be the louisiana one standing on top when the numbers roll in. he was bouyed bid governor scott walker. trump is doing some retail politicking today. he told reporters he thick he will do well in wisconsin today. >> we'll have a big sur

right. ted cruz and bernie sanders winning wisconsin and stealing momentum from the 49ers. front-runners. >> i am more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn the 1237 delegates needed to win the republican nomination. >> we have a path toward victory, a path towards the white house. >> final results for the republicans. ted cruz 48%, donald trump 35%, john kasich 14%. that leaves trump with 740 delegates, cruz with 514 and kasich with 143. >> for the democrats, sanders beating hillary with 56% of the vote but clinton still in the lead with 1743 delegates. sanders has 1056. >> we have fox news team coverage for you beginning with rich edson on the republicans. good morning, rich. >> reporter: good morning, abby and heather. it is looking more like a contested convention. senator ted cruz's victory in wisconsin makes it increasingly difficult for front-runner donald trump to collect the delegates needed to secure the republican nomination ahead of the gop convention in cleveland. cruz says this latest victory is a turning point in the race. he says he can unite the r

polls predicted. but indiana is what matters, and ted cruz knows it. he's putting everything there. politico's shane goldmacher writes today, "trump can't win the nomination there, but it's where he could lose it." john podhoretz in the "new york post," if trump wins the primary next week in the hoosier state, cruz is toast and trump will almost certainly be the republican nominee. the "national journal's" josh trauthauer says if cruz wins indiana taking most of its delegates the path for trump to win 1,237 delegates is very narrow." make no mistake, this will not be easy for ted cruz. he's down in the latest indiana poll by a few points. there part of the electorate is angry about lost jobs and a troubled economy. that's a trump strength. and there's no organized network of conservative radio lined up against trump like it was in wisconsin, where cruz managed to do, well, anything. so for cruz it won't be easy. but the analysts seem to believe it's all that's left for the not trump crowd to stop trump. john mccormick writes today in "the weekly standard" "if undecided voters and s

we talked about two weeks ago. >> fox exit polls show that texas senator ted cruz enjoys a solid lead over new york businessman donald trump, although it is too early to project a winner in that race. want to bring back in our panel. i know, here we go. >> i was enjoying the commentary with the panel. i love election night coverage. i was just thinking about something steve said which is about wisconsin voters. something people kind of forgot remember that scott walker fought a huge battle with the unions and that was all the coverage for weeks on end about this descending on the capital. so republicans in wisconsin have recently. so they're a little more united than you might have in other places. i do think it will be interesting to see how donald trump talks about this result tonight, because he could say let's just blow it off, i had a bad week i admit i had a bad week. i'm going to win in new england and win new york and we're going all the way to the convention. if that's the way he plays it that would be better for him in the long run. if he doesn't do that and he lashes out an

historic contested convention. ted cruz crushing front-runner donald trump in the wisconsin primary. >> and bernie sanders gaining momentum. another big win against hillary clinton. is the democratic front-runner in danger of losing the nomination? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. >> i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. our breaking news this morning, the crucial primary wins for ted cruz and bernie sanders. victories in wisconsin that keep the two candidates viable and could shake up the race for president -- fair to say it is shaking up the race for president. on the republican side with 99% of the vote counted, cruz soars 13 points past donald trump nabbing 48% of the vote, john kasich third. on the democratic side, bernie sanders wallops hillary clinton taking 56% of the vote to clinton's 43%. cruz and sanders celebrate their wins at raucous rallies saying they do have a path to the white house. >> as a result of the people of wisconsin defying the media. defying the pundits, i'm more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn t

kickstarter fund for her. >> help the pretty. bill: where are we this morning? senator cruz calls it a turning point. with his win in wisconsin, is it enough? martha: ted cruz won the badger state by 13 points. ted cruz will pick up the lion's share of the 42 delegates, making donald trump's road to the nomination trickier. >> tonight is a turning point. it's the rallying cry. a call from the hard working men and women of wisconsin to the people of america. we have a choice. a real choice. bill: the trump team with this statement calling ted cruz worse than a puppet. he's a trojan horse being used by the party bosses to steal the nomination from done. martha: bernie sanders has won seven of the last eight contests. bill: byron york, chief correspondent with the "examiner." but my coverage starts with mike tobin. in wisconsin. reporter: a massive network of volunteers people say are responsible for the turnout and the win last night. >> rick perry and i lyndsey graham and jeb bush, and carly fiorina. and wisconsin's own governor scott walker. when you toss in senator mike lee and mark l

unleashing a blistering assessment of ted cruz. boehner calls him now, and i'm quoting, lucifer in the flesh and a miserable s.o.b. what is boehner's relationship with donald trump? >>> the white house hopefuls are battling it out in indiana where the democratic primaries are only five days away and what's at stake for front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton. >>> and pills on prince. cnn has learned that the musical artist was carrying prescription drugs when his body was discovered. powerful opioid medication used to relieve pain. was prince treated for a possible overdose just days before his death? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> heated new rhetoric from a surprising source, former house speaker john boehner. he made a withering assessment of ted cruz calling the senator, "a miserable s.o.b. and lucifer in the flesh." boehner says he'll vote for donald trump in the general election if he's the republican nominee calling the front-runner a texting buddy with whom he's played golf. he's holding a rally in southern california. and we're following new de

not going to know for sure for another two weeks. after bernie sanders and ted cruz scored resounding victories last night, both say they have reset the race. >> tonight, wisconsin has lit a candle guiding the way forward. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. >> either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates. >> the facts are pretty clear. we have a path toward victory, a path toward the white house. >> hillary, get ready. here we come. >> and for losers there's nothing to do but look forward to the primary here in new york on april 19th. hillary clinton, who still picked up more than 30 delegates in wisconsin despite the loss, she didn't even bother to show up in wisconsin last night. she had actually been in new york since sunday. today, she's also heading to pennsylvania. pennsylvania will have about 200 delegates up for grabs later this month. on "morning joe," she said she feels good about where things stand. >> we're in a very good position. he

the trump campaign to figure those out. they are out maneuvered by ted cruz is the trump campaign's fault, not the rnc's fault. >> when you talk to the campaign, is it their math they will reach a majority, the magic number before the convention? >> they believe they have a pathway to get to that point. when you look at how things are playing out, particularly in states like colorado, north dakota, or perhaps wyoming coming up in the days ahead, donald trump needs to secure that number before cleveland or he could be in big trouble on a second or third ballot. if you look at the states ahead, starting with new york, 95 delegates here. maryland, pennsylvania, rhode island, places where donald trump is polling good right now, his team feels there is a pathway to that 1237 number preconvention, but if you watch, jim, what ted cruz and john kasich are doing, not just here in new york but in those states going forward all the way to california on june 7th, it is all about keeping delegates away from donald trump. even if they can't beat him in the states keeping him under the 1237 number

about our ted cruz interview. let us know your thoughts. follow me on twitter. let me know what you think. thanks for watching everyone. i'm megyn kelly and this s s s kelly files white heright here. >>> welcome to hannity. donald trump is in the golden state and he's about to hold a rally in california. when trump takes the stage, we'll bring you his remarks live. also tonight the nypd is investigating suspicious powder that was sent to trump tower. we're five days away from the all important indiana primary on the republican side. 57 delegates are up for grabs. both trump and cruz were out campaigning earlier today and joining us now to weigh in on the race author and attorney and former clinton pollster. good to see you david. indiana, you have been a strong outspoken ted cruz supporter. is it do or die? >> it's prasetty close. i think there's still a way to block donald trump if he doesn't win in indiana and the polls are showing the race is narrowing there and definitely cruz feels this is an important juncture or he wouldn't be putting so much of his resources there. if he los

is an estimate according to our exit poll results, ted cruz has the lead, a significant lead, 47%. donald trump at 36%. john kasich 14%. remember, this is the result of our exit polling. questions that we asked as voters were going in. let's take a look at the democratic side right now. here are the results of the exit polls. a significant lead for bernie sanders. remember, this is an estimate. 55% for bernie sanders. 44% for hillary clinton. remember, these are exit polls. they are based on estimates, based on our early survey of voters as they left their polling locations. the final outcome may be different. we can expect those numbers to change throughout the night. remember, these are exit polls. to give us an indication of where this may be heading. jake? >> all right. wolf, thanks so much. let's go to our reporters in the field. sunlen serfaty at cruz headquarters. sunlen, tell us what the mood is there. obviously no concrete results yet, but a lot of people expecting cruz will have a good night. >> reporter: that's right, jake. and certainly here at cruz campaign headquart

anywhered else. fan.a c-span am a c-span fan. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] cruz spokenator ted to supporters in milwaukee. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the governor of wisconsin, scott walker. ♪ governor scott walker: good evening, wisconsin. what a great crowd. i want to particularly thank our lieutenant governor for being here. and, thank you to all of you for coming out. i want to thank all of you, particularly you at home. for showing what wisconsin nights mean. wisconsin nice means we are nice but not push overs. you see, we understand what common sense conservative reforms mean. we understand what it means to have principled conservative leadership because we have done it here in the great state of wisconsin. we understand that and in contrast we do not need leaders who taught about how things are bad. we need leaders who will inspire our country going forward. that is why we are celebrating h amend his victory for ted cruz, the next president of the united states. ted cruz is someone who has stood up and fought the big government special intere

with a big night for this candidate, ted cruz beating trump. >> for the democrats, the night belonged to bernie sanders. the senator continued to make slow headway. he won wisconsin with 56% of the vote. hillary clinton got 43%. >> bernie sanders and ted cruz both thanked their supporters for their wins in wisconsin. >> cruz, who has been trailing the republican front-runner donald trump since the race began said wisconsin is now a turning point in his campaign. >> as a result of tonight, as a result of the people of wisconsin defying the media, defying the pundits, i'm more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn the 1237 delegates needed to win the republican nomination. either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates, and together we will beat hillary clinton in november. >> bernie sanders was already looking ahead to the next contest when he found out he'd won in wisconsin. >> he gave his victory speech in wyoming where voters will caucus this saturday. >> momentum is starting this campaign 11 months ago and

has no path to winning in cleveland. he will not be the nominee. >> ted cruz and john kasich striking a deal to divide up key battleground primary states. a double-team strategy that already has trump crying foul. their goal here is simple. consolidate the anti-trump vote behind one candidate in each primary. but the numbers say it may not be that easy for them. full details on this daring last-gasp effort to stop trump in just a minute. >>> also on our agenda today, republicans for clinton? >> so is it possible another clinton could be better than another republican? >> it's possible. it's possible. >> billionaire republican donor charles koch says clinton may end up being the best bet in november as top republican donors continue to keep their checkbooks closed. >>> also the veep stakes. someone on the clinton team is talking. we'll tell you what names are leaking out and why they may be leaking out now. >>> rounding out our agend awill it make a difference? what the poll numbers are telling us about the kasich and cruz alliance in indiana and beyond. the answer may surpris

projecting senator ted cruz, he will win the badger state. donald trump second. governor kasich third place and as for the democrats, bernie sanders will in fact defeat hillary clinton. sanders won 6 of the last 7 democratic state contests. joining us now with reaction, former speaker of the house newt gingrich and contributor that h admit this is one of the most fascinating, interesting, political years, presidential election years, we have ever seen and may ever see in our lifetime. >> it's absolutely unbelievable. you have bernie sanders, a socialist who joined the democratic party for the purpose of running for president, who's giving hillary clinton who's been active at this business now for at least 24 years, the run of her life. he's going to win another victory tonight. on the republican side, everybody who represented the old order's gone. you have as the two major contenders ted cruz who a year ago was the most disliked member of the u.s. senate and now may be their only hope to stop the other guy donald trump who nobody would have thought a year ago would be where he is and

cruz, he will win the badger state. donald trump second. governor kasich third place and as for the democrats, bernie sanders will in fact defeat hillary clinton. sanders won 6 of the last 7 democratic state contests. joining us now with reaction, former speaker of the house newt gingrich and contributor that h admit this is one of the most fascinating, interesting, political years, presidential election years, we have ever seen and may ever see in our lifetime. >> it's absolutely unbelievable. you have bernie sanders, a socialist who joined the democratic party for the purpose of running for president, who's giving hillary clinton who's been active at this business now for at least 24 years, the run of her life. he's going to win another victory tonight. on the republican side, everybody who represented the old order's gone. you have as the two major contenders ted cruz who a year ago was the most disliked member of the u.s. senate and now may be their only hope to stop the other guy donald trump who nobody would have thought a year ago would be where he is and then tonight wiscons

. this is live cnn special coverage. we're here for the republicans ted cruz has won in wisconsin and a contested convention in cleveland in july looks not only possible, but may even now be probable. bernie sanders upending the front-runner hillary clinton. sanders says his win tonight means the war for the democratic nomination will be decided at the democratic convention in philadelphia. to get there sanders needs to beat clinton by big margins again. sanders is calling his win a landslide. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers and applause] and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming landslide numbers. >> once again on the republican side, wisconsin picked ted cruz and cruz calls that decision a turning point, a rallying cry, he says, for the rest of the country to rise up and stop donald trump. >> three weeks ago the media said wisconsin was a perfect state for donald trump. [ boos ] but the hard working men and women of wisconsin stood and campaigned tirelessly to make sure that tonight was

citizen government. and now we must restore and a president ted cruz will restore. power back where it belongs, in the hands of citizens and communities and the states of this great nation. [ cheers and applause ] what is at stake now is the future of our nation, the potential of our nation. will this be a nation where every american, regardless of their circumstances, has the opportunity that comes from their god-given gifts. will we be one nation indivisible under god with liberty and justice for all or not? our country is being taken away from us by the elites, by the crony capitalists, by the special interests that have captured both parties. they want to take away, they are taking away. not only what we treasure about this nation, but what has made this nation great. what has made this nation a place of possibility for so many people. my fellow americans, people of indiana, it is time. we must take our country back. [ cheers and applause ] this, this, is the fight of our time. and i believe ted cruz is the man to lead that fight. and i am prepared to stand by his side and give thi

stand now. >> hi. good morning, you guys. wisconsin was a must win for ted cruz and bernie sanders. and they did just that. let's look at the numbers. cruz's decisive victory in wisconsin shaking up the republican race now. he won with more than 48% of the vote. cruz will take 36 of those. now, donald trump will get three delegates for his second place finish, which means he is still on top of the gop delegate race. the math isn't adding up for him to clinch the nomination before the convention. this of course sets the stage for a delegate fight, fight at an open convention with 16 primaries and caucuses to go here. trump will need to win 60% of the remaining pledged delegates to reach the magical number of 1,237. not impossible but unhikely. cruz and kasich are favored to do better in those states. 1,066, a little more than 200 behind clinton's delegate total. however, clinton leads sanders by a wide margin. hillary clinton, she's got about 36. she needs 36% of the remaining pledged delegates to clinch the nomination. superdelegates don't count until they vote on the convention fl

right now. >>> if it's monday, it's the art of the deal. trump's rivals must have read it, cruz and kasich incahoots, can they make the stop trump effort a reality? or is it way too little and way too late? this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >> good evening, i'm steve kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." it's another manic monday here at the place for politics. in an action-packed night coming up, look at this, back-to-back town halls on msnbc, starting at 8:00 eastern. chris hayes will host an msnbc presidential town hall with bernie sanders. soon as that's done, 9:00 p.m. eastern, rachel maddow hosts a town hall with front-runner hillary clinton. both democrats, back-to-back, right here on msnbc starting at 8:00 tonight. but this hour, we begin this hour with the art of the deal on the republican side. this is between trump's two remaining rivals, ted cruz and john kasich. and donald trump has just wrapped up a rally in pennsylvania. this, part of a three-stop blitz today of rhode island and pennsylvania. those are two of the five states that a

. >> that's where supporters of republican presidential candidate ted cruz are celebrating. cnn projects the texas senator has won his party's primary there. >> in the national delegate count, donald trump still in the lead with 743. cruz has 510. the magic number, 1237. >> indeed. cruz is determined to beat trump. off his wisconsin win, he told supporters the momentum is shifting in his favor. >> tonight is a turning point. it is a rallying cry. it is a call from the hard-working men and women of wisconsin to the people of america. we have a choice. a real choice. >> on the democrat side, cnn projects bernie sanders has won the democratic primary, beating rival hillary clinton with about 56% of the vote. >> clinton still leads sanders by 700 delegates. >> sanders has won six of the past seven state contests. he's already in wyoming where voters there will caucus this weekend. >> if you ignore what you hear on corporate media, the facts are clear. we have a path toward victory. we have a path toward the white house. >> let's take a closer look at the wisconsin primaries. we're joined by

ted cruz of texas may be facing his very own alamo, as he and donald trump go all in over a prize that could finally decide who is the republican nominee for president. welcome to "the kelly file," everyone. i'm megyn kelly. the cruz campaign firing up supporters in indiana today with a big announcement, confirming that senator cruz has carly fiorina as his choice for a running mate. >> today i am very proud and very humbled and honored to announce that i have accepted senator ted cruz's offer to be his vice president for the republican nomination. >> ms. fiorina will be joining us later this hour for her very first prime-time interview since the announcement today. and the stakes for her team could not be any higher. trump is holding a slight lead in the real clear politics of all polls from the state of indiana. if cruz does not win the 57 delegates up for grabs in less than a week there, the political analysts are saying donald trump will effectively become the republican nominee for president. we're speaking tonight with former romney campaign strategist stuart stevens and tru

we in, when they go to kasich, "i would fire him." ted cruz, "i would fire him." folks you need someone that is , going to be loyal to the country and to yourselves. john: beyond the story he is , also facing more damning headlines. police are searching for two men, who allegedly assaulted a a 15 yearer sprayed old woman in wisconsin, tuesday night. here's video that has been making the internet rounds in the past 24 hours. considering all of this, how to you think his campaign is going? mark: if he wins wisconsin or new york, the danger for him is all the swirling controversy, up to the notion of women and treatment of women. if he loses wisconsin, and the exit polls show he has been bad with women, this is a narrative that will be tough to put down. john: these all connect up. if you start with the tweet of heidi cruise. that unflattering picture. you move on to corey lewandowski, allegedly attacking a female reporter. he is now charged with that crime. the pepper spray. the atmosphere of violence. now this abortion thing. all toward women, but there is also an atmosphere of b

families can relate. >> i would love to hear you singing on the campaign bus. >> hi, mr. cruz. thank you for being here. >> in response to a question regarding his weaknesses in a redebate, your husband said i might not be the guy that you want to get a beer with but i'll be the one to drive you home. he recognized that likability was a potential problem for many supporters. a lot of the polls have shown that -- recently have shown about 60% of respondents say they have an unfavorable view of your husband. as his wife and someone who knows him better than anyone else, can you give us insight of why your husband may be likable that the general public doesn't know? >> think about the context of this. people aren't talking about knowing ted and knowing what it's like to hang out and be with him. they're talking about the projection of the news media and those in washington who have not been working for the american people. one thing i said in the other day when asked does ted have a lot of friends, i said one of the greatest things about marrying ted cruz of the opportunity to hang out

race. ted cruz is now, effectively, in a one-on-one race with donald kasich said john that he will not go hard in the state. d new mexico cede and oregon. john kasich thinks the states to his centrist brand of politics and that he has a better chance. of course, this with a goal of keeping donald trump under the magic number. >> we will know if the strategy is that you. is it too little, too late? effective. is is it too little, too late? >> somebody wondered aloud if it was too little, too late. manyan look at this in different ways. it was credit for a long time -- crowded for a long time. there is an argument to be made that the field started to thin and having an arrangement like this with the candidates competing in certain states and not in others, they might have slowed trump. why are we talking about this today? is there any precedents with this type of strategy? >> it is unusual for an opponent thinge together and, a that is important is that this fuels the argument donald trump is making on the campaign trail, that the party establishment is going behind the closed doors

phrase of the day. former speak of the house, john boehner, a republican, called ted cruz an event last night at stanford. that reminds us all how much some dislike, intensely, the gentleman from texas. while boehner called himself and donald trump quote, texting buddies who have golfed in the past. he did not hold back his feelings about cruz. he said also, quote, i have democrat friends and republican friends. i get along with almost everyone, but i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [ expletive ] in my life speaking about ted cruz. here is how cruz responded to this at an event this morning. >> when john boehner calls me lucifer. he's not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry with me for is not anything i've said to him. i haven't said much of anything to him. what he's angry with me for is standing with the american people and energizing and encouraging house conservatives to stand with the american people and honor the commitments we've made. >> this comes at a pretty pivotal moment for the republican party. the central question

deal between john kasich and ted cruz, and all about trying to stop trump's momentum. five states vote tomorrow. cruz and kasich are looking further ahead, deciding to stay out of each other's way in three states. not surprisingly, he is not impressed with this deal. sarah murray has the latest. >> in politics because it is a rigged system, because it's a corrupt enterprise, in politics you're allowed to collude. >> reporter: whether collusion or common sense, john kasich and ted cruz are teaming up to stop donald trump. >> so they colluko colluded, it how weak and pathetic they are. >> reporter: the real estate mogul is not impressed. >> this guy cruz is getting killed, got beaten last night. >> reporter: kasich agreed to pull out of indiana, cruz promised to back out of oregon and new mexico, in the latest employ to stop trump from clinching the nomination before the convention. today cruz is mocking trump's outrage. >> i don't doubt that donald trump will scream, yell, curse, insult, cry and whine some as well. that has been donald's pattern. >> reporter: spinning the deal as his ch

desperate measu measures. the bombshell, john kasich and ted cruz united to take down donald trump. the two underdogs have a bold new plan, split up some upcoming conte contests. >> it is big news today, john kasich decided to pull out of indiana to give us a head to head with donald trump good for the country. >> i love campaigning in indiana and he loves campaigning in these other states. >> in return, kasich push es had in oregon and new mexico all to stop trump with delegates. you look at it, this agreement is really more of a truce than alliance. they're not exactly endorsing each other or even telling voters to vote for the other guy. to trump supporters, it may all read like a shadowy back door deal. that's exactly what donald trump wants the appearance of, as he puts it, collusion, that the party is out to get him. while this could work very well for cruz and kasich to force a contested convention, it could backfire. either way, it will have a profound effect on an already unconventional gop race. the rnc named mitt romney the party's presumptive nominee. what a long way we

for coming along with us. on the show, first up, ted cruz is laying the groundwork f what could be the last stand against donald trump. at any moment we expect him to take the stage at the gop convention in california, the state that votes last, but it has the biggest prize, 172 delegates. they are critical, because trump is so close to winning the nomination outright. he is now just 235 delegates shy of the magic number, and cruz and the new running mate carly fiorina is hoping to take this to a contested convention. and now, the scene is drastically different from hours ago when the anti-trump protesters forced the car carrying trump to go out the back door. and today, trump had special words for those protesters. jason carroll joining us from the convention. walk us through wa has happened with donald trump in the last 24 hours. >> well, this morning, donald trump tweeting out about the demonstrators yesterday saying that basically the protesters in california were thugs and criminals, and many of them are professionals and they should be dealt with strongly by law enfor enforce

, and he pushes her? what kind of country are we in when they go to kasich, i would fire him. ted cruz, i would fire him. you need someone that is going to be loyal to the country into your cells. -- your cells. john: he is also facing more damning headlines. a woman was essentially assaulted, 15 years old, in wisconsin tuesday night. here's video making the internet rounds in the past 24 hours. considering all the news, how do ? u think mark: if he wins wisconsin or new york, the danger for him is all the swirling controversy, up to the notion of women and treatment of women. if he loses wisconsin and the exit polls show he has been bad with women, and is tough to put down. john: these all connect up. you have an unflattering picture. you move on to corey lewandowski a woman. attacking the pepper spray, now the abortion, all toward women but an atmosphere of barely restrained and sometimes unrestrained violence around trump. -- hedisquieting and it may or may not have the wisconsin primary. his is the first time it seems like trump is being battered right now. a little bit on the rope

closest rival, and ted cruz a distant third. ted cruz didn't pick up a single delegate. donald trump may walk away with almost all of them. we have him at 89 right now. john kasich with three. a few more to be allocated. trump will probably reach 90 or 91. this significantly improves his chances of getting the 1237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination in the first ballot. on the democratic side, hillary clinton, she won a big victory. look at that. beating bernie sanders by 15 points in a state where bernie sanders just yesterday said he thought he had a good chance of winning. she now leads bernie sanders by about 260 pledge delegates. add in the super delegates, her lead is almost 700. >> we don't have much of a race anymore based on what i'm seeing on television. senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. as you know, we have won millions of more votes than senator cruz, millions and millions of more votes than governor kasich. we've won and now especially after tonight close to 300 delegates more than senator cruz. we're really, really rocking. >> in this campai

going down to the wire between donald trump and ted cruz. cruz out front by trump by as much as ten points. cruz picked up victories over the weekend. in colorado, he won the first six delegates to the republican convention picked in a week long selection process. in north dakota, the cruz team said they did well. all north dakota delegates are unbound. today is all about wisconsin. where a cruz win could alter the momentum of the republican race. cnn's sunlen serfaty has the latest from green bay. >> reporter: good morning, christine and john. the cruz campaign hit the ground hard in wisconsin. dispatching heidi cruz, carly fiorina, governor scott walker all barnstorming the state. the cruz campaign manager wants all hands on deck. the senator has been projecting confidence. he is predicting he will get most if not all of the state's delegates tomorrow night. on the stump here in green bay, he is playing up the importance. moment going forward saying it is a decision point that will resonate beyond just here in wisconsin. the senator seemed to get reflective on the state of the rac

parties will go on. wisconsin has spoken. last night, ted cruz scored a must-win victory, comfortably beating donald trump 48% to 35%. governor john kasich won 14%, but as of this moment came in third in every county. we need to talk about that. >> we do. >> but trump performed well in the northern and western parts of the state and ended the night with three delegates. cruz has taken home 33 so far. six are yet to be decided. >>> on the democratic side, bernie sanders extended his winning streak to six with a 14-point victory in wisconsin over hillary clinton. >> so bernie's won six out of seven? >> uh-huh. >> but he barely made a dent in the delegate race. >> that's right, picking up 46 delegates to clinton's 43. senator sanders still trails by 670 delegates as the democratic race moves to saturday's caucuses in wisconsin and new york's primary 10 days after that and huillary clinton will e our guest this morning on "morning joe." that should be interesting. >>> with us on set, we have john heilemann and mark halperin. in washington, senior political editor and white house correspon

cruz and bernie sanders scoring big wins in them. >> tonight is a turning point. it is a rallying cry. >> with a victory in wisconsin tonight, let me take this opportunity to thank the people of thing. we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. maria: big numbers. a big fight in new york. breaking down the delegate count. what it means for the convention come july. the government in the way business. going out with a bang, pfizer reported that walking away from its deal with allergan in the wake of the treasury department new rules. justice department will block a merger between halliburton baker hughes as well. a closer look at the regulatory environment coming up. a major setback in the war on terror. facebook what's up to an encryption for 1 billion users. oil moving sharply higher today. kuwait's oil minister says the agreement on a production freeze as possible. oil up 2.5%. rotter market look like this. dell industrial to it than 50 points this morning after the weakness yesterday. nasdaq, s&p 500 and the greatness morning. joining me this morning

republican party's delegate system. he is challenging the delegate haul. ted cruz won in colorado. he complained about the republican party picking delegates at the convention instead of primary or caucus. how is it possible the people of the great state of colorado never got to vote in a primary. cruz won delegates with quote gustapo tactics. >> not my style. it is ted cruz's style. that will win him. >> you think he is threatening delegates? >> you go to the conventions and you see the tactics. >> gustapo? that's a strong word. >> we will file protests. the reality is they are not playing by the rules. >> is so cruz's campaign is lashing back saying cruz's campaign won after the hard work to build superior organization. let's bring in chris frates. >> reporter: john and michelle, after a three-daybreak, trump back on the trail. crucial to donald trump with 95 delegates at stake. donald trump has a shot at winner take all. that is crucial as ted cruz has been on a bit of a winning streak. donald trump starting to call into question the delegate wins by ted cruz. >> we have a corrupt

him since that walloping in wisconsin. ted cruz also here today campaigning in a bronx neighborhood in new york city. he's expected to take the microphone any moment now. he will be taking questions as well. when that happens, we'll bring it to you live here on msnbc. also coming off a big win tuesday, vermont senator, bernie sanders, who narrowed his delegate deficit against hillary clinton but still has a steep hill to slog to the nomination. our political team is crunching the numbers, covering all the angles, especially the increasing likelihood of a contested convention. we start with nbc's vaughn hilliard who is in the bronx in new york city at that ted cruz event. vaughn, what's the reception like for the guy who once bemoaned new york values? >> reporter: sure, craig. he actually just walked in. we're here in the bronx. you told me when i moved back to iowa in the summer, we would have a donald trump and ted cruz square off in the middle of the bronx, i don't know where you begin with the comparisons. ted cruz just walked in here in the back. really the question is they're l

. that's the rule. that means donald trump is qualified. that means ted cruz could become qualified by then. nobody else has a chance. to change that rule you'd need a majority vote of the delegates at the convention. but the vast majority of the delegates will be committed, at least on the first ballot, to cruz or trump. so why would they change that rule? they would not. so what we have today is three candidates -- donald trump, ted cruz, and the one with all the power, not donald trump, john kasich. trump says he wants kasich to drop out. of course he does. kasich is the not donald trump candidate. for example, new york. the next primary, a week from today. if trump gets 50% of the vote in each congressional district, he gets all of each district's delegates. if he wins but gets less than 50%, he only gets 2/3 of the delegates from each of those districts. so if kasich drops out, it's much easier for trump to get to 50% and it's much more likely he'll get the 1,237 delegates needed to get the nomination on the first ballot. so kasich -- i should say so trump wants kasich out. got it

clinton finishing strong in the badger state but senator ted cruz beat donald tru by a wide 8% margin. senator sanders added to the momentum against hillary clinton with s out of the past seven state wins. this is "rk & reward." i'm deirdre bolton. the wisconsin results make it clear that the race will be longer and have more bruises than previously thought. so here's where candidates stand now. donald trump in the lead. he needs 56% of the remaining delegates to clinch the 1237 to assure nomination. senator cruz needs 82% othe remaining delegates. now some say it is unlikely either candidate hits those marks though trump has closest shot. delegate s separation for both parties about even. hillary clinton and senator sanders abouthe same as the gap between donald tru and senator cruz. so the next contest two weeks away in new york. 291 democratic delegates up for grabs. 95 gop delegates in the pire state. donald trump holding a rally in his home state tonight. connell mcshane is on locaon in long island. connell we see roads he been blocked off. are police preparing for a lot of prote

race. asking supporters to tell him, seal the nomination. governor kasich calling ted cruz senator smear, telling him and trump to get over it and put aside the personal attacks and prepare for contested convention in cleveland. senator cruz with a late-night rally in waukesha, wisconsin, saying there will only be two candidates left by then. himself and donald trump. trump also has a late event in milwaukee which is happening practically right next door to a bernie sanders event. senator sanders is hoping to nab another victory in wisconsin tomorrow. while campaigning hard for an upset in new york where he and hillary clinton will meet on the debate stage a week from thursday. in the meantime, he's suggesting his success is making her nervous. a lot of maneuvering, a lot on the line. plenty to talk about. sara murray is at the trump event in milwaukee. trump about to take the stand. his wife melania is going to join him there as well? >> that's right, anderson. we're expecting melania to join donald trump on the campaign trail which is significant because she hasn't come out that

having wrapped up her elimination fight any sooner than donald trump or ted cruz. they will go to june the matter what. she wants him out of the race. she's trying to take advantage of a weakness to get him out. she thinks the weaknesses are abundant. whenever advisors knows -- oneo fher advisors knows that new york is a place, where if you are not playing offense, you are playing defense. they want to go after sanders on the context of the looming debate, and the new york media. john: i think that is the case. they know this will be a competitive state. but unlike in wisconsin, where they said they were in trouble, they aret to which competitive -- she is going for the jugular. mark: last night, the vermont senator pulled off a big win in clinton -- against clinton in wisconsin. beating her 57% to 47%. she took 36 delegates. during his victory speech, circuit and staffers -- surrogates and staffers appear on television, claiming that they have the momentum for the nomination. you'reoing forward, if making the best case for sanders being the nominee, how does that play out? john:

to be saying to ted cruz. yesterday it was john boehner calling ted cruz lucifer in the flesh. if they have to choose, they take trump over cruz. >> i may change my mind. i have been meticulous about not choosing sides. i am the chairman and a speech was given. i liked it. i want to hear more about it. they have surprising names coming out and that's still ahead. the deal looks dead. >> i recognize there is no alliance. >> the deal can divvy up primary states. this process is rigged against them. >> it's a fact that she is playing a woman card. that's the only thing she has going. she is playing it as much as she can. i have been watching it. >> standing by his comments on hillary clinton on what this one about the scandal of the 90s. we begin this morning with the top story, team trump continuing their outreach to the republican establishment. it is payingative dends as republicans continue to say thanks but no thanks. former house speaker john boehner's ted cruz calling him lucifer in the flesh. they were the headlines, but there is more republicans. just as vicious in speaking

cnn that that announcement, he will endorse ted cruz for president. this is an endorsement the cruz team really, really wanted. >> and in just a few hours donald trump, he's going to be trying to woo more insiders, this time in california. he's set to speak before the republican convention outside of san francisco, and this is after protests broke out outside a trump rally last night with more than a dozen arrested. let's get over to cnn's phil mattingly who is following this all for us. first, phil, to that endorsement, that cruz, let's be quite honest, he maybe needed. >> reporter: no question about it, kate. this isn't just because donald trump has had bob yby knight gog around with him in the state of indiana. mike pence has been a standard bearer. he's been under tremendous pressure to come off the sidelines and endorse ted cruz. the cruz team has been working very hard to get this endorsement. there's a good reason why. what mike pence represents in this state, what he represents to conservatism in general over the course of his house career and his time in the governor's offi

. we're going to begin in indiana where senator ted cruz is holding a rally at this hour. of course he is focusing on indiana after we learned that john kasich will skip the may tlooe 3rd primary to help ted cruz. let's listen in as ted cruz is speaking. >> on jobs, freedom and security, that's exactly what i will be and what i will do as president. >> you and john kasich, how do you justify that, senator, when you look at this. donald trump has hit you already on this both on twitter and elsewhere. >> if you do win indiana, what's to stop you from doing a bait and switch in new mexico? >> well, we are all in in indiana. we are competing in this great state. indiana is a crossroads. it is a crossroads for the entire country. it is big news today that john kasich has decided to pull out of indiana, to give us a head-to-head contest with donald trump. that is good for the men and women of indiana, it's good for the country to have a clear and direct choice. after discussions with the kasich campaign, we made a decision about allocating resources. we decided to allocate our time and en

posted an image of heidi cruz next to his wife. >> it is not going to have any impact. but people feel bad for heidi cruz and ted cruz really, because you cannot go after a guy's wife's looks. smearruz: it is a from donald trump and his henchmen. >> what i was asking donald trump to do is at some point, apologize, real men stand up and say i was wrong. this campaign committee decided they will never admit it. and as result, they backed themselves into a corner. >> a day of bad news for donald trump. clashing with trump supporters, democrats push the ground. >> ultimately, the responsibility is mr. trump's/ >> after corey lwin dow ski was 16 membersgroup of of the conservative media called on trump to fire his campaign manager. >> this is repelling so many people who are not his core supporters. >> poll numbers certainly in wisconsin not good news for donald trump. planned parenthood versus pro-life groups. >> you will look back and see this is where the bottle -- bottom started to drop out. mark: he was nbc with prince d.c. anyone be back in wisconsin until saturday, two events here. w

we all? this is msnbc the place for politics. well, the big news this morning, ted cruz wins colorado. the texas senator is a po majority of back state delegates and colorado springs. cruz got 21 of the 37 delegates. we has a chance to get 13 more bound delegates on the convention a bit later on this morning. cruz is now 224 delegates behind donald trump. later today, cruz will driver a speech at that colorado convention and then travel to las vegas to address the republican jewish coles. john kasich continues his swing from new york with three events. donald trump will resume campaign events tomorrow. kasich drew 1,600 people at a town hall in upstate new york last night h. ehe attacked his rievs a and went after hillary clinton. >> the problem that hillary has more than all the policy things is that if people suspect it, if the wind proceeds this wake, she does this, if the wind proceeds that way, she does that. >> democrats are caucusing in wyoming today. 14 of the 18 delegates are up for grabs there, with ten days until the new york primary, hillary clinton and bernie san