race, nbc's hallie jackson in upstate new york where ted cruz just wrapped up an event. hallie, i never thought i'd say the democratic race is nastier this very moment, at least for the last couple of hours. >> reporter: it's funny, and the fact we're talking so much. normally it's the republicans leading the hours on msnbc and now it's the democrats. but ted cruz and donald trump are still locked in a battle here in new york. the battle trump appears to be winning. polling well above ted cruz dead last in this state and here at this event that's wrapping up just outside of new york. this is upstate new york where the cruz campaign thinks they could peel off some delegates for trump and the campaign said there were about 1800 people packing this gymnasium. the line was set a couple of hours outside this school before the event began. and i want to just highlight for you some of the comments, some of the energy that cruz is bringing here. here's one moment played again and again and again part of his stump speech. we hear it all the time but

hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, guys. senator cruz is at this restaurant in indianapolis here. this is heidi cruz right next to us, she's talking with some voters here, the senator himself is right around the corner and he just previewed that major announcement, 4:00 p.m. happening today. not saying what that announcement will be, but there is some speculation that perhaps he will name a vice presidential pick. carly fiorina we know has been being vetted as on that short list. as we sort of talk about what may come for him in indiana, an essential state, a must-win state some argue for ted cruz just given that he has been mathematically eliminated from contention. we're going to sneak in and see if we can throw a question live to one of these guys as we wait for them to chat with voters. but i see a lot of people at this restaurant. this was similar to what kroou was doing in iowa, getting boots on the ground. i asked him about that as we were walking in. he said, hey, this is us getting out here talking with voters. the

hallie jackson is in indiana with the cruz campaign. she'll be interviewing carly fiorina live here on this show later in this hour. i'm also joined by super lawyer ben ginsberg, rick tyler, and presidential historian and reagan biographer craig shirley. the last time a president tried something like this, it was ronald reagan. he named dick swik ert as his running mate in an attempt to try to pick off delegates at an open convention that year. but let me move over and check in with hallie jackson and see what the crowd, the reaction in the room, how big was it, it looked good on television. hallie, what's it sound like in the room? >> reporter: looked good on tv. a couple hundred people filling the space. i want to see if we can get our camera man to pan over, as fiorina prepares to do some interviews, including one with us that we'll be doing in a couple of minutes. they had these signs ready, cruz-fiorina. the website is already redirecting to cruz-carly.com. as the campaign tries to fund-raise off today's announcement. it felt like

we have the new poll out, hallie. it shows cruz should be dead last in new york, followed by trump at 58%. he also had someone escorted out. talk about that. >> we'll start there, thomas, because i think we have some video we can show you. a couple minutes ago, there were some hecklers. they were taelling him his policies were discriminating. they were escorted out of the building. cruz met with some faith leaders in the bronx. he is shaking hands with some people. i can see him out of the corner of my eye. you talk about the monmouth poll. he finished in wisconsin and notch aid big win for him there. now it's new york, delaware, connecticut, pennsylvania, places that look better for donald trump. donald trump now breaking 58%, senator cruz ahead of john kasich. it is a potentially bumpy ride for cruz here, but he's going to upstate tomorrow to albany. he's also looking to play to some of these smaller congressional districts who don't have a bigger play of republicans who can go door to door, do some door knocking. c

hally cruz wasted no time on this morning going after trump. i want to hear your thoughts here with ted cruz a short time ago. >> donald on television this morning saying gosh, he thought that men should be able to go in the girl's bathroom if they wanted to. now, let me ask you, have we gone nuts? this is the political correctness. this is basic common sense. let me ask you, are there any parents or daughters here? i am the father of two little girls. here is basic common sense, grown adult men -- strangers should not be alone in a bathroom with little girls. and that's not conservative or liber liberal. that's not republican or democrat, that's basic common sense. >> ted cruz is tweeting about this topic a short time ago. this is something that'll resonate the core conservative voters who backed his campaign. >> reporter: as you pointed out, pe peter, really wasted no time on this and he went on twitter and we heard about the rally ended here on frederick a couple of minutes ago. i spoke with some campaign aids. this position that donald trum

one quick question, hallie. yesterday you and i talked about new york values, and the question you asked ted cruz when he was down here in new york city, what he meant by new york values. this morning, the new york daily news, front page, is pretty harsh. take the train, ted. what does the campaign say, though, in all seriousness, what do they say about this, this strain of thought that he won't be able to win over new yorkers? >> here is what ted cruz himself will say, kate. people in new york who are conservative understand what ted cruz is trying to say, what he talks about these new york values. cruz says explicitly he is talking about liberal democratic values. that's actually part of his reworked stump speech. using people like bill de blasio as foils here in new york, and the crowds that are going to his events, like somebody yelled out, heckled cuomo, made a joke off of it. but here is the issue. when you go to places like schenectady, where we were, you talk to folks. what are new york values. does ted

i want to turn now to nbc's hallie jackson. if you were with us at the top of the hour you saw hallie was there at that press availability that senator ted cruz had just moments ago. we saw her ask twice to get some reaction to this word of collusion and, hallie, you couldn't really get an answer out of the senator on that one. >> reporter: what he did, erica, i'm going to speak in a bit of a golf whisper because we are at his event and it's a rather small room and we don't want to be too disruptive, but he continued to pivot to point donald trump as a sore loser and a whiner. he didn't address this as to whether this is collusion, an attack line donald trump and his aides have pushed already. so what cruz is trying to do is push trump to debate him here in indiana. that is why he continued to pivot to that. he said that donald trump keeps complaining and keeps whining. this is a line that we've heard in the past. he also acknowledged that this teaming up between his campaign and governor kasich's campaign could do what they ul

first to nbc's hallie jackson. hallie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. even with that big lead here in new york, donald trump is arguing the delegate system is stacked against him. these new yorkers lining up for hours tonight want trump, and donald trump wants the win in his home state, where our new poll shows him over 50% now. ted cruz, far behind in third. his campaign tells nbc news they're hoping to stop a sweep because if trump gets all new york's delegates, he'll only need 55% of what's left to lock up the nomination. trump knows if he wins at home and in the nearby states voting next, it's easier for him to avoid a contested convention. that's where cruz may have the delegate advantage after cleaning up in colorado. >> now they're trying to pick off those delegates one by one. that's not the way democracy is supposed to work. the system is rigged. it's crooked. >> reporter: while trump won't get the votes of two of his own children, who missed the registration deadline, he's adding staff to get a better handle on the system he's railing against.

and this, hallie, may explain why ted cruz is in california today. donald trump at -- the nbc news marist poll. donald trump 54%, john kasich 21 in second. cruz down at the bottom at 18. but let's also put up right away how this would look in a general election. this is in the state of new york. hillary clinton versus donald trump is 61 clinton, 32 donald trump. she just wipes him out there. i don't know what they've done here with those numbers. what they've reduced them to on that graphic is the size of the lead. you see bernie sanders beats donald trump by more than hillary clinton does and beats the other ones by a little bit more. but basically, hallie-u see these -- all republican candidates getting wiped out in new york. in a general election. including donald trump in his home state. >> which is -- there's always the concern with hypothetical head to heads that it doesn't reflect what might actually happen given a general. but if you look at why -- you mentioned ted cruz in california. he was in irvine, he's in san diego tonight. why is he no

hallie is standing by right now. i think she's very close to senator cruz. hallie? >> reporter: hey there, tamron. we are sort of in the crush here. this is something you see at a lot of cruz events. he's working the rope line. these very nice people are allowing us to squeeze in here. you heard senator cruz deliver a message aimed at voters here talking about the need to pick up momentum and pick up support. remember, 54 unbound delegates in this state. carly fiorina introduced him. when she did, she talked about the system, donald trump's attacks on the, quote unquote, system saying donald trump is the system. you're seeing cruz and his surrogates go after trump. cruz himself has talked about how this will go to a contested convention. just a couple of seconds ago as i'm looking at you and keeping an eye on the senator, we had vaughn ask him is this going to cleveland and senator cruz said this is definitely going to cleveland. the path to the nomination for cruz is to keep a lid on donald trump. make sure he stays under 1200 delegates and the further below the be

let me pick up on what we're just talking about with hallie. two weeks ago ted cruz said it was a turning point. he talked about the stop trump forces consolidating around him. here we are now ted cruz looking at finishing third not just tonight but in a whole string of state next week and being 400 delegate behind donald trump again. what happened to that turning point? >> i'm going to disagree with that analysis and people who think wisconsin was not a big deal. let's bear in mind there's two camps now among the delegates. if you add up the anti-trump numbers they exceed the trump numbers. donald trump is behind in the race for delegates. that puts a huge burdens on donald trump to win 90 out of 95 delegates in new york. to sweep some of the states nerks week, to clean up with new jersey after. the key will be this. donald trump has to do well this new mexico and two or three other states. if he doesn't, even if he does well in the northeast, his home turf, he will not win the first ballot. the key to any kind of sporting event is get the mos

hallie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. donald trump has thousands of people packing his rallies here in wisconsin, but he'll need more support than that to avoid a loss to ted cruz. but it's not trump who has to win in this state. it's the never trump movement needing a victory now more than ever. closing in fast, the wisconsin finish line less than 24 hours away. the last push through a state that matters more than anyone thought it would, not just for its 42 delegates but for the momentum it could give the stop trump movement. >> they realize that donald screams and yells a lot, but he has no solution. >> reporter: it's a dramatic reversal from only a month ago, when this looks like trump country. blue collar, more moderate, an open primary. but since then, ted cruz has surged more than 20 points, fueled by the stop trump movement making milwaukee ground zero, led by a group of conservative talk radio hosts, like charlie sykes. >> this is not a conservative candidate. this is a clown car, and the rhetoric that worked els

hallie jackson, nbc news, new york. >>> hey, guys. >> reporter: i'm kristen welker. both candidates in the democratic campaign sharpened their attacks. >> i noticed under the scrutiny here in new york, senator sanders had trouble answering questions. >> as most of you know, hillary clinton vote for the disastrous war. >> reporter: her delegate lead could become insurmountable, all but securing the nomination. adding to sanders' tough odds, independents aren't allowed to vote in the new york primary. his strategy now driving up turnout. >> when there's a large voter turnout we win. >> reporter: meanwhile, the top democrat who didn't get into the race, vice president joe biden was asked if he would like to see a female president. >> i would like to see a woman elected. >> that's it? >> that's all right. the president and i will not going to endorse because when we ran we said, let the party decide. >> nbc's hallie jackson and kristen welker reporting. >>> the nation's top health experts they're warning that the zika virus appears to be spreading much faster and this th

i wanted to try to stop him. >> hallie adams takes the belt from her husband. >> i believe she got it away from him. she wanted to stop him. but at the same time she had to make it look like she was on his side, otherwise he would turn against her. >> you turn over, i'm going to spank you on your butt. you turn over like a 16-year-old and take it like a grown woman. turn over. >> she won't. she's disobedient. give it to me. >> turn over. >> she was trying to protect me by keeping hold of the belt. because if she took the weapon away from him, hopefully that would make him cool off a little bit. >> i took the belt away from him and he asked for a bigger one. >> hallie says she hopes he'll let it drop if she makes a show of disciplining hillary. >> i knew he was outside the room. i was talking loud, talking mean, hoping he would hear me. >> all the way on your stomach. thank you. >> hillary is stunned when her mother hits her with the belt. >> at that point i didn't understand the complexity of what was happening. i didn't know she was trying to protect me by doing that, by trying to en

who is sticking with him. >> you'll never ever change me. >> reporter: hallie jackson, milwaukee. >>> i'm kristen welker traveling with the clinton campaign. bernie sanders is looking for a win, but nothing would do much to dent hill libertarian's -- hillary's insurmountable delegate lead. sanders' message is resonating with throngs of voters on the heels of winning five states, sanders is gaining momentum. the race increasingly combative. >> he's already under a lot of pressure. so don't tell her this. but i think we win here, we win in new york state we're on our way to the white house. >> reporter: the reality, clinton is ahead by double digits on her home turf of new york. but sanders is slowly narrowing the gap. campaigning here as the state passed a minimum wage increase. clinton took a veiled swipe at sanders again painting his policies as unrealistic. >> feelings have to be matched with politics. >> reporter: another reality check -- his campaign is acknowledging to "the new york times" early missteps which are now creating a drag on the campaign. saying sanders initially fail

thank you so much to hallie, well, first, to kasie and crist t en and hallie jackson is here with me. hallie, this is the first time that donald trump is in a majority position. >> above 50%. >> but paul ryan is talked about as the fallback candidate. he is, this afternoon, going to the rnc and make a declarative sherman-like statement. i'm not in and i wouldn't take it if it were offered to me. he's not the white knight. >> and sources close to speaker said he will not accept the nomination if it comes to him. there's been a lot of speculation, right? if there is a contested convention, paul ryan could sort of swoop in, he would come in and be the savior of the party to bring everybody together. he has said no repeatedly. things have happened that have fanned the flames of discussion, like, for example, the last week video. these campaign style of videos released and sources close to speaker ryan would say, hey, listen, we've been putting those videos out for a while and never made news before. and making news because of this talk. that said, ryan is set to come out this afternoon an

hallie jackson, thanks for that. hoping to move past ted cruz in the fight for the republican nomination, trump going after hillary clinton in that victory speech last night. >> if hillary clinton were a man, i don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. the only thing she's got going is the woman's card. >> and trump continuing along those lines this morning here on msnbc in that "morning joe" interview calling clinton, quote, a shouter and saying he would pick up a few pointers from her opponent, bernie sanders. watch. >> donald, last night hillary clinton spoke about you during her victory speech, and it was specifically about gender. take a look. >> the other day mr. trump accused me of playing the, quote, woman card. well, if fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in! >> it seems that would be the one area where perhaps you -- i don't know -- you say you have plans for hillary, but i would say she's incredibly strong on those issues. >> well, i have

. >> let me turn to you hallie first. we've mentioned trump and the other candidates. >> let's talk about cruz and then john kasich. ted cruz today not even in new york which is significant about what he thinks his chances are here. instead he's in philadelphia where he'll be watching the results roll in. the campaign believes pennsylvania is a place they can pick up delegates. maryland too they'll look to but also look ahead to indiana on may 3rd. that's a place they believe they can slow trump down and the stop trump movement might get involved as well. for john kasich, i just got off the phone with a top strategist for his campaign and this source is saying that, hey, places like connecticut and rhode island could be very good for john kasich. he's polling in second place in new york city here. >> and there, by the way, as we speak, sorry to interrupt you. there's mr. trump voting right now in manhattan, so we wanted to give you these live pictures of him arriving there at the polling area. >> and we know who donald tr

hallie jackson tried to get ted cruz to confirm it as he always does. he dodged that question but i think we have hallie jackson on the phone right now. now, we are confirming the fact this is going to happen at 4:00. it seems interesting he would announce a running mate the day after having a loss at these five primary elections. >> reporter: right, erica. a high level source familiar with these discussions is confirming it will be fiorina to be rolled out as part of the ticket with ted cruz. that will be the announcement in indianapolis. the timing is interesting. the timing raised eyebrows within the republican circles. this is an opportunity potent l potentially for cruz to change the conversation away from donald trump's dominant win. you might ask the last time this happened a running mate was announced so relatively early before somebody has locked up the republican nomination, the last time it happened, one of the more famous types it happened was 1976, with ronald reagan when the campaign made that pick the focus of their opening rules at the c

i believe we have hallie jackson standing by. actually, we're going to go to kasie hunt. she's standing by with the latest on the sanders campaign. and kasie, you know, we make so much about whose turf it is in new york. hillary clinton obviously considering this her second home. and she was senator representing this, but this is also supposed to be bernie sanders' home turf as well. so when he is behind 14 points, what does the campaign say about it? >> the numbers are tough for bernie sanders right now, tamron. but we should expect over the course of the next couple of days a show of force from the sanders campaign in terms of what has been their ongoing advantage all the way along. that's the people who are willing to show up. i want to show you, this is the line to get into his event in syracuse. you guys have been standing here for how many hours? five hours. four hours. she's a half hour. sorry. there were people here this morning at 7:00 in the morning. well before that 2:00 start time for this event. now we're also expecting several really large rallies in the cit

hallie, this is really expected to be another big day for donald trump. how is the cruz campaign hoping that indiana can salvage their campaign with those 57 delegates on may 3rd? >> reporter: they're hoping the momentum shifts after tonight. tonight they're hoping to peel off some of those delegates in pennsylvania, some of those unbound delegates peter and tony and the gang have been talking about. but tomorrow, thursday, going to be really important for the campaign. let's talk about today and then we'll break it down for next week. today, you're already seeing, for example, cruz getting support from pennsylvania senator pat toomey, who is in his own re-election battle. toomey told the local paper that cruz is a solid conservative and has a chance to beat hillary clinton in the general election. this is interesting because just moments ago cruz was on philadelphia radio. he called in and he talked about this. he said if he's the nominee, if cruz is the nominee, then pat toomey gets re-elected. if donald trump is the nominee, the senate is gone and ther

hallie jackson is following the cruz campaign in madison. hallie, bigger picture here, obviously ted cruz needs to win in wisconsin tomorrow but what about that idea of turning the tide, reversing the momentum in other states? how confident are they they can make that happen? >> reporter: so let's take bra he can that down into a couple different pieces. let's start off with what's happening here in wisconsin because that's got to happen first in order for ted cruz and his campaign to make the argument they want to make which is they are best positioned in the calendar moving forward. two reasons why wisconsin is different and key for ted cruz. number one, it's an open primary and number two you're seeing a more moderate conservative in this state. that is something that cruz has not been able to sort of lock down at least in previous states that he has won. essentially this state, wisconsin, looks different than other states that cruz has done well in. his one campaign aid said to me it looks more like michigan than iowa. iowa cruz sailed t

our hally jackson is in south carolina. hally, i want to remind our viewers what ted cruz had to say about it. >> 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's good for the men and women of indiana and good for the country to have a clear and direct choice. after discussions with the kasich campaign, we made a decision of allocating resources. we decided to allocate our time and energy resources on the state of indiana, governor kasich decided to allocate his resources elsewhere. that made sense from both campaigns. >> hally, keep using this phase of allocations of resources. cr i have never told them not to vote for me. they should vote for me. is this alliance the wheel coming off the bus before it got off the grounds 24 hours or less? >> reporter: not even. i think it was 18 hours, thomas. it is an alliance if you can call it that with a lot of conditions. if you live in indiana, who do you vote for? john kasich or cruz or what makes t

we'll go to hally jackson in a moment. i do want to play quickly, something that he said at the town hall this morning. again, this is donald trump at the town hall talking about nor north carolina's so-called bathroom law. >> i heard one of the best answers was from a commentator yesterday saying leave it the way it is right now. north carolina what they are going through with all the businesses that's leaving and all the striekes, that's on bot sides. there is been few complaints of the way it is. >> a moment ago in the campaign trail in maryland. ted cruz blasted trump over those statements, this is what he said. >> donald on television this morning said gosh, he thought that men should be able to go into the girl's bathroom if they want to. now, let me ask you -- have we gone nuts? this is the political correctness, this is basic common sense -- let me ask you, are there any parents of daughters here? i am a father of two little girls. here is basic common sense, grown adult men, strangers should not be alone in bathro

hallie jackson, a who. thank you. kasie hunt, thank you, dear. you're everywhere, and you're often in the cold. >> i get very cold. i get accused of acting like i'm -- >> the place for politics. life from the nbc newsroom. see it all around us. this is the real thing at 30 rockefeller in new york. >>> well, welcome back to msnbc's special election coverage of the new york primary just over at midnight. joining me now is an actor who played pastor isaiah on the good wife. he also stars in an upcoming film, independence day, resurgence. anyway, sequels are great. you are a bernie guy. >> i am. as of the last debate. >> where does bernie go now? he got whacked today -- yesterday. >> it was a rough day, rough week. but bernie persists. i mean the thing is he's got a lot of supporters. the numbers are increasing as far as the number of people coming out to support him. he's got a real message that resonates. he comes across authentic because he believes what he's saying. >> i think so. he's got a philosophy. he's got an ideology. he's a democratic soc

hallie, you spoke with carly fiorina last night. sources close to the campaign have conceded that the move to add carly fiorina was designed to change the conversation, try to undercut the momentum that done auld trump has. that does seem to be working. at least when we look at the headlines this morning. how does it seem to be playing out on the ground? >> well, when you look at the headlines and local papers, we were just in indianapolis and the front page was a picture of carly fiorina and ted cruz talking about candidates coming to indiana to blan ket the hoosier state five days before what will be a crucial primary, not just for ted cruz but that stop trump movement. you will see on the stage behind me, he and carly fiorina with first campaign rally since he announced that she would be on his ticket if he were to win the republican nomination, and in our conversation, carly fee over-rena and i talked about this attack line coming from the trump campaign. you heard paul manafort talk about that this morning, it is desperate, thi

hallie jackson, your guy. >> ted cruz. we talked a little about -- >> he was in pennsylvania tonight. the constitution center. i thought that was interesting. that's his thing. >> that's his whole spiel. on the campaign trail. it was interesting. tonight's speech, you like to say intrepid. it's a meum. >> the declaration, yeah. >> it was a museum feel. it was like 150 people there. this was not a big rally. this was sort of ted cruz behind a podium delivering, by the way, a brand new speech. you talk about change and tone changing. this is a new message from ted cruz. he said not yes, we can, but yes, we will. it was empowerment. it was inspiration, optimism. he's trying to hit all these notes. diametrically opposed to the worlds on fire message. >> next tuesday -- >> he's probably going to lose donald trump -- >> he has pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, rhode island, delaware. he could lose five. >> he's looking ahead to the contested convention, right, just like john kasich is doing. he wants to be able to make the ar

let's bring in hallie jackson, who has been following the cruz campaign. she's live in maryland, where cruz has wrapped up a rally. we put the math there. ted cruz isn't looking to win this thing on the first ballot. he's looking to deny donald trump the first ballot nomination and have the open convention we've been talking about. talk about the cruz game plan in the face of likely defeat in new york tomorrow. >> that's why cruz is not in new york today. he's cleared the room, obviously the event ended a bit ago. he's headed back to new york for a private event and then to philadelphia tomorrow night. you ran through a lot of the math. i couldn't see it, but i hope you had a big chalk board, because there's a lot of numbers there. the number that is important is the difference between 1237 and whatever trump will get. the cruz campaign wants to keep it close. you have it right, they want to deny trump the nomination outright, to push it to a contested convention and to a second ballot, where the cruz campaign believes they will have strength. pointing to

nbc's hallie jackson for us live in early in snowy casper, wyoming. appreciate that update. >>> now to the trump campaign, and the two events he has scheduled in new york today, nbc's ali vitaly joins me from staten island. we heard a lot about the delegate process yesterday. should we expect to hear more of that from trump today? >> hey, ayman. well the delegate process has been something trump has been railing against consistently for the last week throughout new york. he's been talking about how the process is rigged, how he feels it's unfair. especially unfair to him as he's an outsider of the system as he frequently says he's not a politician. though for the past ten months or so he has been. as you see more states elect their delegates at state conventions you see trump zero in more on states that he's unhappy with. for example, colorado. wyoming. places that he feels should be given the chance to have voters go to the polls, as opposed to electing delegates at state conventions. and in these places you hear people at his rallies say they totall

hallie jackson is traveling in california to cover the cruz camp. we know he's been out to california and now back. it's a really interesting intersection to talk about what this potential meeting means . as i brought up with kelly o'donnell, one of the last tweets she sent was just the word "seriously" about that retweet of heidi cruz about melania trump, and now we have a retweet coming out about it being addressed on fox news last night. take a look. >> if there's one thing that's true about ted it's that he always tells the truth. >> you can just brush that stuff off. >> i think these attacks on character are a distraction. i think we have a pattern of behavior here that when donald trump is falling behind, you know, it's interesting the timing of that was right before ted's sweeping victory in utah. our campaign never will, never has engaged in the politics of personal destruction. >> so hallie, talk about the role of ted cruz's wife and how that's being elevated on the campaign trail as he starts to enter states where he is showing a weakness

hallie jackson, good to see you. thank you for being with me. >> thank you. >> coming up, ted cruz continues to play the delegate game. hallie was talking about that. his focus on this weekend's colorado convention. we'll explain the latest maneuver to chip away at donald trump's lead. we're going to go to colorado. delegates are meeting right now. if you're going to make a statement... make sure it's an intelligent one. ♪ the all-new audi a4, with available virtual cockpit. ♪ for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial adviso she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a throom? cialis for daily use is approve to

thank you, hallie jackson, as always. and ari melber. coming up, hillary clinton takes on both bernie sanders and donald trump as she campaigns on her home turf, playing defense in new york. the latest oen the democratic primary fight up in the empire state. and paul ryan says he's not running, but what wait a minute, what do you think? his actions speak a lot louder than his words. stay tuned. ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ take on the unexpected. the new 2016 nissan altima. built to stand out. >>> well, our brand-new poll shows hillary clinton's leading bernie sanders by 14 big points up in new york state. and the reason may come down to location, location, location. take a look at this list of the ten most populist counties in new york state and the ten most diverse counties. these numbers come from the u.s. census, by the way. here's what that looks like on today's map. eight

thank you so much, hallie. i want to transfer to yonkers, new york, where hillary clinton is speaking right now. let's listen. >> everyone who works hard in new york. and contrary to senator cruz, i think new york values are america's values and we want to stand up for those here in new york and across the country. so i'm delighted to be here with you. i thank the hospital for letting me come by and i'm so pleased to have this chance to both see you and greet you and to ask for your support personally. it means the world to me to be back in new york campaigning, and i need your help to keep going and to make the case for the kind of country that we want for our children and our grandchildren. and since i have the most perfect granddaughter, i really care a lot about what happens to the future of our country, and i want every child, not just my grandchild, i want every child to have the same chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. so please come out and vote tomorrow. i will work hard for you. thank

hallie jackson is in indianapolis this morning. she has been on the ted cruz beat. hallie, we've got five contests today, ted cruz not anywhere near any of them. he is in indiana. this one especially in light of this deal, this is a do-or-die test for ted cruz now, isn't it? >> reporter: the pressure is really on him to perform in this state, steve, and here's why. for weeks as you know ted cruz has been framing this as a two-man race. his campaign talks about how they believe if this were a head-to-head matchup between him and donald trump, then cruz would win. well, if kasich sticks with his so-called alliance and pulls his resources out of indiana and doesn't campaign here, then it sets it up to potentially be that head-to-head matchup. so cruz has to prove that he can take down donald trump in the hoosier state. the campaign sees it as similar to wisconsin where the stop trump movement was successful. right before wisconsin they had a couple of weeks to change that narrative coming out of the earlier primaries where ted cruz wasn't so successful. coming out of t

kasie hunt, katy tur, and hallie jackson as well. first to you, kasie. bernie sanders, the overnight flight to the vatican. we don't know whether or not he'll see pope francis but already, he has had the paparazzi around him and he's talking about, you know, why he left the campaign trail to speak about economic justice in rome. >> a brief address to this conference he's there attending and focusing on the things we've heard from him all across the course of this campaign talking about global financial deregulation that he says has driven a lot of the problems that the country and frankly, the world face. standing on a stage that, you know, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to stand on had he not mounted such a spirited insurgent campaign against hillary clinton and you have him explain this trip that way saying this was essentially a bucket list item, this is something if he didn't do it, he would just regret it for the rest of his life. there, you can see him getting off the plane in rome. they flew overnight after the debate and after that spee

wayne. >> hallie jackson on her way to ft. wayne. going to turn now to msnbc's kasie hunt in indianapolis. kasie, one of the theories that's floating around out there about why ted cruz turned to carly fiorina is maybe that in a way he was trying to bait donald trump. donald trump had said that very nasty thing about carly fiorina before. he's gotten into trouble for the way he talks at women before. maybe this would make him slip up again. get into trouble. talking about a female opponent again. trump talking about issues again this torning on the "today" show. what are you hearing? >> hi, steve. that's right. of course, donald trump way underwater in all of our polling with women who seem to basically tell us -- tell pollsters they don't like donald trump. of course, as we know women make up the majority of the electorate in the united states. that's a little bit of a challenge. donald trump was on the "today" show this morning with matt lauer talking about it. >> 70% of women in this country say they have a negative view of you. d

hey, hallie. i want to ask you about what you have seen out there in wyoming this weekend, and in particular, the ted cruz campaign strategy of going out to these smaller states, many of them have been out west, to chase down these delegates and in some cases unbound delegates who are not bound to the will of any popular vote, and they can show up in cleveland and vote for whoever they want. is this something that came together at the last minute or something the cruz campaign has been working on for a long time. what are you seeing there this weekend? >> hey, there, pal. let's take that question a couple parts at a time. first, what we're seeing in wyoming, what we saw over the weekend is we were at this convention. a lot of cruz support. i'm going to show you something. i brought you a souvenir. cowboys for cruz. this shirt was basically everywhere yesterday. you saw cruz packing the tables. you have been to these convention setups. everybody kind of sits with counties. their fellow county membe

lester. >> hallie, there's plenty of drama to go around in wisconsin. we're watching the democratic side as well. polls showing a close race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the sanders campaign hoping to pull off another win and up the pressure on clinton heading into her home state of new york. nbc's andrea mitchell has late details. >> reporter: bernie sanders counting on wisconsin. >> we are hoping that here in wisconsin, there will be a record-breaking turnout. >> reporter: behind in delegates, needing a big win tonight to build momentum for the bigger prize, new york, two weeks from now. that's where hillary clinton is today, ignoring wisconsin, going after donald trump. >> i wish he'd get out of one of his towers and actually walk the streets. >> reporter: but even on "the view" questions about being, quote, inauthentic. >> i don't understand that. i don't understand that because i've been pretty much the same person my entire life for better or worse. >> reporter: that inauthentic charge partly because of a sanders attack that's stick

let's start with hallie jackson. i apologize, i'm holding a microphone in my hand now because we lost my mike. ted cruz is trying to make a big mark today, at least look like he's got presidential ambitions, he's naming a vice president. >> reporter: he's trying to get everybody to talk about something other than donald trump decisive victory in the northeastern states, not just winning but winning big and coming out with this announcement he will be talking about carly fiorina on his ticket if he gets the nomination. this is something cruz has been trying to drum up intrigue all day today. he came out about 9:30 this morning and announced that announcement and refused to say what that would be because he wanted folks to show up and see for themselves. this is a line of people waiting to get into the event set to start at the top of the hour, 4:00 p.m. in indianapolis. if we talk about fiorina, i know you were with her and covered the campaign in the fall before she went on a hot streak before she dropped out. look a

how is this one, hallie, homemade. new york coming up next -- that's my version of new york. >> big states to close out this process. you have new jersey. >> winner take all. >> indiana in early may, you have california at the end of it. i think you've got three big states coming up here. if you want to talk about who has the moral authority to make the argument i have the momentum at the end of this at the convention, if one candidate can win these three states at the end. >> pick it up marcus mariota, indiana and pick up -- i rode 172, that is another really important figure. right? a big prize when it comes to delegates. it is going to be proportional, right, we could see one candidate most of this or more of a split, but june 7th is going to be the day that this all comes down to, donald trump needs to do well in california and in these june 7th states in order to lock up the nomination, you have people like ted cruz looking to montana, new mexico to do very well. >> i can draw montana, i forgot pennsylvania is the

hallie, what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: steve, you really could say that caroline and catherine stole the show when they came out in those matching yellow dresses, it was a moment intended to humanize ted cruz and the girls were cute, they talked about taylor swift wanting to be their first guest at the white house if they make it that far. here is a little bit of the girls' interaction here. >> i remember very well that she -- she had a princess sleepover party and she had 11 of her classmates come over and their favorite game at the sleepover party was attack the daddy. and i will tell you having 11 six-year-old girls dressed as disney princesses attacking -- it is out of lord of the flies. it is terrifying. >> so when senator cruz comes here to buffalo this is sort of a look behind the scenes as we're getting this set up, this is where chuck will be taping it with the senator. we do see the family out on the trail a fair amount, you see the girls come out with ted cruz, when we spoke a couple of months ago h

nbc's hallie jackson is live to us in casper this morning, hallie? >> we're on a bit of a lunch break, folks are milling about here while the ballots are getting ready to be counted. the process will take a couple hours but when it's over later this afternoon we will know the 14 delegates of the 26 plus three unbound headed from wyoming to the national convention in cleveland come july. right now it looks as though ted cruz has the edge. he was the only candidate to speak here today and i want to show you the shirts all over here. "cowboys for cruz 2016." we've been seeing these on a lot of people. cruz has a big presence at the convention, at that particular state convention. one gentleman is preferring a couple people here. they picked cruz delegates or kasich delegates or trump delegates. you can choose undecided delegates and i spoke with one gentleman who said that is his pick why he wants wyoming to be wooed at the national convention. he wants toll pigss to drill down into wyoming issues. as he said, hey, if you give him -- we want the dinner

as hallie mentioned, he got harassed a little bit. polls out this afternoon show not great numbers for ted cruz. 17% across new york. the numbers are stronger in buffalo and syracuse areas, but how does he beat donald trump on donald trump's home turf? >> i think what he does, he does what he did in wisconsin. the polls weren't favorable for ted cruz in wisconsin, either. you saw as soon as he got to wisconsin and the people started coalescing around him, he stayed on his message of jobs, freedom and security, and someone who has been an outsider to washington but has real solutions for the country versus just tied up in the emotion. i think even in new york, he's not going to give new york to donald trump. he's going to go there and he's going to compete, and i think new yorkers, once they get to know him, once they get to hear his message, they're going to like, just like wisconsin, what he has to say. i think we'll hear who underperforms and who overperforms in new york in the next couple weeks. >> there were indications that peopl