you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

can portray her as a typical politician, someone who you detest in a year when the electorate hates washington, certainly that's going to work to his advantage. the inspector general report is not done. the investigation is still ongoing. there will be presumably more developments. the issue is going to hound her until election day. >> this is part of why you see her right now pivoting away from the woman stuff. by all accounts, she should have been able to run as a grandmother this year, everybody trusts grandmothers, everybody loves grandmothers, she wants to do the best for her grandchild. but if you're a woman and everyone still thinks you're untrustworthy, that's not working for you, and you have to turn that in a different direction, you have to go after him about not only his trustworthiness about his readiness. >> absolutely right. she says he's a loose cannon, a bully, unpredictable. and to your point, maybe you don't trust me, but don't trust him more. >> so my question is really simple. if you have paid federal income tax, show us. some people say he doesn't want to show us because

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

voters obviously just detest washington. so if he does things as far as a typical politician, someone who says -- he says things that a normal politician won't say, people seem to like that. even if we think this is going to hurt him in a general election, there are folks that are laughing, thinking it's great that he's attacking her. >> people in america process things differently than we do here, that much we know. >>> coming up, new details from a state department report about hillary clinton's e-mails. >>> we'll share some words of tribute from our past three presidents. >> from our biggest cities to smallest towns, citizens have done what had to be done to advance the dream that began on the fourth of july. >> the long lasting tribute is all around us, a country where citizens have the right to worship as they want, to march for what they believe, and to say what they think. >> remember, it is their courage, their unselfishness, their devotion to duty that has sustained this country through all its trials and will susta

. >> greetings from washington. i want to thank all of you for your work to root out corruption. >> enormous amounts of money have flowed to the clintons, from foreign governments, foreign financiers and businesses. >> oh, yeah, i got to pay off bills. >> before we had to worry about money from wall street and big labor, now we have to worry about it coming from around the world and infecting our politics. with the clintons, nothing is sacred. everything is for sale. >> jeff zeleny, the clnts have been dealing with opposition research and with barbs from the right for a long time. the question is what scares them? is this the type of thing that scares them? is this different than the e-mails? >> i think this does not scare them as much as some of the unknowns. . is all known. we know what's in peter sweitzert's book. this say movie playing to a different audience. the general election audience may not be entirely familiar with that so they're going to get more of an airing of that. i think the thing that worries the

let's go back to wolf in washington. >> our political directors, you are looking at all the numbers. who showed up and what they won. >> he asked the voters as they showed up, what are you looking for in a candidate quality. this will help explain to everyone watching why ted cruz is where he is. take a look at this. among the voters that said i am looking for a candidate who shares my values, ted cruz is demolishing the field. 37% for cruz and 21% for rubio and 16% for carson and 7% for paul. that is 41% of the republican electorate. that was an important quality. when we asked about the quality of someone who can win, the electability question. rubio and 25% for trump and 22% for cruz and 2% for carly fiorina. not as many caucus goers looking for electability as for someone who shares their values. this quality, telling it like it is, that is the donald trump thing. that is what he is campaigning on. 67% of voters looking for a candidate who said i want someone who tells it like it is. only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. with four oust te

in both the new york times and washington post this morning, jim, senior african american from south carolina saying, don't take that for granted, mr. clinton. if he beats you, he can do well. >> yeah, i really don't agree that hillary hasn't made her case to voters. voters know, and they don't much like her. and i think that's hugely important. bernie sanders is not barack obama, but i think her weakness is underscored, that at this point, voters will take anybody over her. her campaign has gone out of it's way to not repeat the same mistakes of 2008. they hosted small meet and greets rather than the big rallies. they've tried to repackage her and make her warm and inviting, but you know, she's still not likable. and i think that her weaknesses in a general election despite the candidates on the republican side, who are inflicting their own wounds on themselves left and right, really shouldn't be underestimated. >> well, that's been an interesting one two. a week or two ago, he tried to play the car saying i don't need with a tour, her version of the 3:00 a.m. phone call if you will

i wonder why he's going to the state of washington? because you know what? republicans don't win it but we're going to win it. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm here. [ applause ] and this love affair began about three months ago when i came up here and we had record crowds, two events, massive, massive crowds. i said why don't the republicans win that state? i think we're going to win washington state. so that's the story. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm here. i don't know if you saw it but poll numbers came in today that are phenomenal. we're leading in florida, we're leading in north carolina. we're leading on a national basis. los angeles times, we're two or three points up. we're doing really well, folks. it's all coming together. when you see crowds like this, people fully understand why. i will tell you. thank you. so we are going to have a great victory for the people, people. remember. for the people. it's going to be a victory for every citizen whose voice has not been heard and that's a lot of people. it will be a win

someone who is going to bring a new sensibility to washington and that is donald trump. that is where we are and the fact that that is happening right now, after everything that this season has brought us, given where he came from, where even he says he was considered a joke on june 16th when he announced, now it's almost impossible to see unless something crazy happens which has happened this year, but it's almost impossible to see him not getting that magic 1,237 and in cleveland him being the person that the republicans nominate as their presidential candidate. >> let's underline this one more time. with senator ted cruz with drawing, that's it. john kasich who remains in the race was running fourth in a three man race. he's now running fourth in a two man race because he's behind a marco rubio and ted cruz so that's not a serious challenge. donald trump who has never run for office before, a man who has offended the sensibilities of the republican establishment and millions of americans from every strike whether latino or muslim or others, is now the republican nomin

when you cut taxes by $5 billion and you grow over 400,000 jobs, that is a record that i can take to washington. >> if you add it up, kasich, bush, christie, put carly fiorina in there, even though she's an outside establishment voters, and marco rubio, donald trump would be in the rear-view mirror. but you have this cluster. >> and for kasich, the question is -- he may do well here, but where is he going to do well afterwards? it's hard to see him doing well in south carolina or the super tuesday states. and he does not have the kind of organization that he's built that could actually compete for a national campaign. that is the one thing that jeb does have going for him, while he has burned through a lot of money -- >> it's why ted cruz's campaign is quietly cheering for jeb bush. the ultimate representative of the establishment. but cruz's folks are cheering for jeb here in new hampshire because they want jeb, and more importantly, they want jeb's super pac to keep going to south carolina and keeping its fire on marco. >> we know there are a lot of evangelical tea party members in the south.

i want to thank the president of the american nurses' association and the president of washington state nurses' association for endorsing me today. i am so proud to be endorsed by the nurses of america. and i want to thank all of the elected officials who are here with us. i particularly want to pay tribute to this great high school, a great, great high school. you know, raniar beach is not only the champion of basketball, it's the champion of the international bacularete and the great results that the students are getting. it makes me so proud to know what this school is accomplishing and i will tell you if i'm so fortunate enough to be your president, i want to be a partner with principals and teachers and students and families like the ones here at the beach. [cheers and applause] >> i'm also very grateful to all of our volunteers who are working to hard in this campaign across this great state and you're knocking down barriers, you're building ladders of opportunity, you're helping us make the point that this campaign is about both growing and sharing the promise of america. we are

he could have punted until trump came down to washington. a big part of this is paul ryan is trying to protect that house majority. we are now in a situation where donald trump's numbers are so terrible that he puts not only the senate in jeopardy for the republican party but the house as well. and i think one of the things that ryan is calculating is that he is giving other house republicans cover as they feel that they don't want to endorse donald trump that maybe that gives them a better chance of saving their seats. >> so he's saying, look, you have to do this if you want to save the republican party and if you want to save our majority, correct? >> i think he believes that he doesn't want everything to go down in the massive bonfire that is the trump candidacy. he wants there still to be a republican party in washington afterwards that can rebuild. he doesn't want a situation where the republicans have lost the senate, the house and essentially the supreme court all in one election. >> you looked pained. >> this is a candidate that has

, they don't like you in washington. and if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for president. >> here's a man, robin hood over here. he talks about corruption. on his financial disclosure form, he didn't even put that he borrowed money from goldman sacks ande

in the campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise! and we need more jobs! we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturin

he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and then he's offered what he believes is a rather simple remedies. that is something that's really resonating right now. >> but a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe that he could do it. >> that all of these people misjudged the pundits pm they misjudged the anger of the american people. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the frontrunners right now, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015. what do they have in common? they're the outsiders. and they have close to 60 and 70% in some places. and marco rubio now wears the establishment proudly. and the idea you can beat trump from the left, senator rubio himself was asked tell us which state you'll win and he said i'll win florida on march 15th. ladies and gentlemen, by march 15th, 50% of the delegates will have voted. he's skipping the first four contests 0-4, he's not going to win anything on super tuesday, according to mr. rub io himself and he may win florida. i think cruz has a much better chance of winning te

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here in washington d.c., republican friends of mine are in angst. it's like an inverse choice. they don't want trump and they don't want cruz and they're trying to decide which is the lesser of evils. it's a moment of hand ringing for them. neither happens to be the establishment's preference, but there are arguments for and against them. >> so scotty wins. you can have both. >> i like it. mr. trump is not on a diet. he can have his cake and eat it too. it's okay. >> i can't, unfortunately. >> i can't either. >> thanks, guys. ahead for us, new fallout after facing voters in a town hall in iowa sanders making some big statements about what he'd do in auchs. >> plus, three inmates missing after a daring escape. a former prisoner joins us live on what he says is unheard of in this case. today people are coming out to the nation's capital to support an important cause that can change the way you live for years to come. how can you help? by giving a little more, to yourself. i am running for my future. people sometimes forget to help themselves. the cause is retirement, and today th

. >> i think we can rally the people in washington because i'm going to remind them that before we're republicans and democrats we're americas and we have an obligation to our children. >> we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody's writing about it all over europe, all over the world they're talking about it. millions of people are coming in to vote. >> only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times all across the country from alaska to main. >> let's bring in john king. missouri both of these contests it doesn't get much closer on the republican and democratic sides. >> 1,530 votes on the democratic side it's 1,600 and change. on the republican side hillary clinton pulled ahead. we told you we were waiting for the final votes to come in. they're in. they're in now and hillary clinton that's how she pulled ahead. in jackson county and the suburbs and st. louis county suburbs outside. i was looking because we had

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money and the stamina and the fact that you have ted cruz who is not liked by the establishment in washington. you have donald trump who if you add them both together you have over 50% of the vote. not liked by them. how much money do you think goes to marco rubio after today? >> well, i think that is the big decision that establishment candidates or the establishment part of the republican party, the centrist part, if you will, however you want to call it, they have to make a decision if they really want to put their power behind somebody like marco rubio. because if not, then, you know, we're sitting here talking about scenarios for ted cruz to go on longer. for marco rubio to go on longer. i talked about how donald trump is leading in every single other poll and every single other state outside of iowa. that is why those kinds of scenarios, if people don't start getting out and getting out fast and consolidating behind one or two candidates other than trump, i still think trump can actually trump everybody else moving forward. >> and when we come back we'll talk about much more in a second

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> back to our panel. last night you were saying donald trump you saw was one you would like to see more of. do you think he has abandoned it for good? are you disappointed? is this just the way he runs. >> not disappointed, we will see more of what we saw last night. the thing is it has to be a meaningful, understandable transition. he can't go from being someone who is organic, spontaneous, fun, lively, people like to watch to someone that's poll tested, focus group tested politician. that would be inauthentic. it would be like when marco rubio went from being the politician to doing a standup comedy act. the thing that has gotten donald trump, he is the guy that says something on the campaign trail, that he says at the dinner table. same guy with his family he is on stage. people like that, believe it, find it honest, trustworthy. for him to change and be a different person, it wouldn't be believable. >> tara, you look like you've gone to a special place. >> i sit here and listen to this, i think of all

this was the front page of the "washington post" this morning. the paper says mitt romney and a, quote, band of exasperated republicans including 2012 presidential nominee mitt romney is actively plotting to draft an independent presidential candidate. joining me now is jackie gingrich cushman. good to see you. >> thanks very having me here. >> this has been an interesting and somewhat rather rocky season. >> absolutely. it's been just amazing. amazing to watch. who would have thought we'd be here today. >> that's right. we couldn't have called any of this. now you're talking about this party unity conversation. simultaneously, the conversation is about a third-party candidate. >> hillary clinton still has not locked it up and she's running against bernie sanders. the whole field is wide open. >> it is, indeed. let's talk about the republicans and perhaps the folks that you know and the inner circles and workings of washington. are they seriously considering a third party? >> i think you see two things. you see paul ryan who met with week with do

king marched on washington unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. >> there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. >> this, to me, is the defining test of this race. because of where the calendar goes next. where you have either majorities or high pluralities of african-americans in the democratic electorate. if bernie sanders can break through and get a sizeable number, that means a longer race and a changed race. >> and the place to look when we get numbers out of south carolina is younger african-americans because the big question is going to be whether younger african-americans vote their race or their age. younger people have flocked to bernie sanders. and why wouldn't a younger african-american connect with his message the way a younger white person would? that's the argument that the sanders campaign is making. >> that's why you see people in the congressional black caucus come out and more aggressively support hillary clinton as they did last we

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. >> for months the republican establishment in washington and elsewhere was convinced that donald trump was going to implode, there was no way his popularity could last, he was saying outrageous things, surely this was going to end and for months you and i have been speaking about this and i have seen no evidence that he can be stopped, that he won't get the nomination. i hope that the republican establishment is realizing that this man is here to stay and they need to rekon with him. >> they probably are. they're trying to at least and i think part of the reason why they're quite concerned tonight is because all of their potential candidates who are if had that cluster for second and third place, it was sort of a circular firing squad. >> john kasich was twice -- donald trump beat him, 16% to 35%. >> voters wanted somebody from outside the establishment, outside politics and that's what they chose. >> wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. it wasn't close. 50,000 votes he beat kasich in new hampshire. donald trump by 50,000 votes and they're still counting the votes. 91% of the vote i

they are looking for someone that can help donald trump as he gets to washington as this outsider. >> sara murray with the trump campaign in new york, new york. dana, they can say they are just going to pick the best candidate but there are always other considerations including gender, including race and ethnicity and one imagines with an electret this divided right now, they are taking other things into account. >> i mean, in someways we kind of hope so, right? because as david garrigan has been saying earlier and this is true, this is the first real presidential decision. the first decision that a candidate makes that shows how they would approach other big decisions and obviously a huge personnel decision. but one of the many, many, many things that is different about the trump process than any other candidate previously is that for the most part, if somebody was being thought about for v.p., they would say yes, sign me up. show me which way to go. and, you know, at this point because people are still trying to figure out who he is and which way he'll go, you're seeing people rule

cnn special coverage from washington, now begins. >>> we're counting down to two crucial contests in two states. >> both the democrats and the republicans have a lot on the line. >> announcer: it's a whole new climate in the presidential campaign with the first contests in the south and the west, the candidates are turning up the heat. >> it's not enough just to be against thing. >> they're throwing everything at me, except the kitchen sink. >> ted cruz, i think he's an unstable person. >> you noticed how rattled donald gets? boy, he really -- he lost. >> he is a liar. >> announcer: right now, in the democratic race, it's nevada's choice. hillary clinton, planning to look like a front-runner again, after her crushing loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. it's the first battleground where minority voters could decide the winner. will they rally behind clinton and her her rebound? >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up! >> announcer: or will nevada feel the burn? >> a funny thing happened. the people became involved in the campaign. >> an

they're really frustrated with washington. that's why you see the candidates who are from washington. it doesn't get mer washington than two senators running away from that record. marco rubio saying he doesn't want to be in the senate anymore, ted cruz staking himself as an anti-senate senator. there's no doubt they want someone from the outside. they get the sense they're frustrated and angry and donald trump has embodies that for them. >> you have to wonder what that means for those going forward in the senate and the house. voters are saying they're very angry with what they've done. interesting, marco rubio, there was one category that he did win and that was the category essentially people who think that he wanted experience, people who did want experience wanted marco rubio, and he hasn't been in this senate all that long even. >> yeah. you know, he paints himself as a 1-year conservative. that's a new part of his stump speech he's put in there in the past weeks. he kbos back to his time in the florida legislature as a

and yeah, they expect snow but i don't think it's supposed to be you know, the kind of snow we saw in washington and new york. 10 days ago. so, i think people are pumped up. this is an election that's going to be a photo finish on both sides. people don't know what's going to happen and they know their votes matter. i don't think the snow is going to make that much of a difference. >> if it snows on monday night and the turnout is lower than expected that affects bernie sanders. he needs a high turnout in order to win here. i mean, his whole theory is expanding that field, bringing first time caucusgoers so he needs a big turnout. if it's a big snowstorm, that could hurt bernie sanders. on the other side, though, you know, a lot of hillary's support is older women. and you know, they don't particularly like to go out in the snow, they could slip, they could fall. so it's kind of a toss-up. >> on that notion, this is what i find fascinating you talk to these folks at rallies on the bernie sanders versus hillary clinton, you see a lot of young women. you say to them, don't you want to see a female

also with us, "washington post" opinion columnist and form speechwriter for president george w. bush, michael gersten. here we are talking about these e-mails. this drip, drip continues. >> and even if several months from now hillary clinton is completely exonerated, the issue is what does an iowa voter do on monday? and lester holt asked exactly the right question. hillary clinton started as the formidable front-runner. one reason bernie sanders has been able to get competitive. and he's run a good campaign. if you are an iowa voter looking for change, something new and thinking about electability, this is another clinton with a cloud over the head. so it raises a doubt. and the last thing you need in a tight race three days before the election is a doubt. >> and it raises tweets from donald trump. this one just tweeted, the new e-mail release is a disaster for hillary clinton. at a minimum how can someone with such bad judgment be our next president? >> certainly that's not surprising coming from donald trump. but, look, certainly the timing is not ideal. but i think what the

, we're sick of washington. that is why they rejected jeb bush so quickly. there is no doubt about it, he has a teflon-type quality. a lot of things he said would have killed the careers of other politicians. trump thrives on controversy. he's not politically correct. the time is right for trump on the republican side. is it the right time for him in the general election? remains to be seen, don. >> van, why do you think that trump voters at least last night didn't seem to care if he had disavowed or not? maybe it was too new in the news cycle. maybe it just doesn't matter to them. >> i agree that some of them maybe it didn't matter and they made other choices. i think you have some pain in the country morning downwardly mobile variety voters. they feel we don't have a naacp to speak for us, we don't have a champion. we're out here, we're getting pummelled every day economically -- >> and donald trump is that champion. >> they look maybe he can be our champion. you have a lot of downwardly mobile white voters th

veterans it taking part in, but mixed in was also a lot of the just average ordinary passers by this washington, d.c. for the memorial day weekend. and donald trump not only talked about his support for veterans and reforming the v.a., but he also talked about trade, he talked about getting a better deal in other countries for protection. and he also took a few jabs at hillary clinton as you would expect. >> all right. scott, thanks. appreciate your time. >>> ahead, at least four dead, three missing in flooding across parts of texas and kansas. mandatory evacuations going on at this very hour. we will bring you that live report up next. talking about these days is how good their coverage is. but only one network is giving you more than just great coverage. t-mobile! only t-mobile's lets you stream video and music - for free! not only that, but we doubled our lte coverage in the last year. that's right! our coverage now stacks up with anybody. including verizon and at&t. so now you can get rid of the other guys and get great coverage from t-mobile. we got you covered. and we won't stop! [ "dream

. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative grass roots are rising up. >> we won. we won. >>> of course plenty to cheer about for trump supporters after winning the south carolina primary with 32.5% of the vote, trump is now the unrivalled front runner among the republican candidates. marco rubio edging out second place over ted cruz. >> well for the democrat, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting that rise of bernie sanders, a so called nevada firewall held up, helping to ease anxiety among her supporters. more in a moment but we're going to start with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and the now shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joins us from south carolina. the trump campaign must be motivated ae but move to the south on march 1st. >> a very encouraging victory here. this is ha man who has never run for office before. and taking two of the first three primary states is such a resounding manner really gives him a head of steam into nevada where he's a heavy favorite to win the caucuses there on tuesday

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's tough stuff. of course ted cruz is not one to sit back and let that happen. he released this ad earlier tonight. >> look, i got the trump action figure. >> no way, it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weiner. >> hey, hillary, i'll give you money to be my house. >> check out my house, mr. trump. >> that's a lousy house people going to take your house and park my limos there. >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want these in a president? >> well, that is the most interesting interpretation of eminent domain i have ever seen. dana, we are now entering a truly new phase of campaign. anyone who thought it was negative before, well, you ever ain't seen nothing yet. >> that is definitely a memorable ad that ted cruz has up but i thought that the donald trump ad was particularly p potentially devastating but if you saw at the end he used the words "trust-ed

i don't live in washington d.c. i live in wisconsin so i'm very close to i think what the average, every day republican primary voter looks like and thinks about and i think that there was never an appetite for jeb bush from the beginning. it was -- the idea was that, you know, it sounded good on paper and looked good in a big play book that they put together and they thought they could just really raise a lot of money and create an appetite for it. i think the good news for america sadly for jeb bush is that this proves that money does not buy elections. he had more money than god and he could not convince more than 6% of whatever primary he was in to vote for him. so i think in a sense we can all be happy that elections cannot be bought in the united states. they're really the voice of the people that have to be listened to and i would say from the beginning that there never was on the ground in the base in the grass roots an appetite for a jeb bush campaign. >> we have to leave it right there. thanks so much to b

and by the way, this was a question posed by the "washington post" i said i don't know. we will find out some day, as you know, it's been untested. nobody really knows and that's a problem. supposing you are the nominee and you know the democrats are going to sue. two people have already sued as i understand. two people have already dued. this is a huge problem. how can the republicans pick somebody where there is a very substantial chance he is not allowed to run for president? >> can we get back -- i want to get back to that issue that has to be resolved one way or the other. >> i think the best way for him to resolve it is to go to court and ask for what is called a declaratory judgment so that the courts clear up the matter. because unless they clear it up, nobody knows if he has the legal standing to run for president. >> you said this was a question for the "washington post" but you said you care about him and you don't want there to be any question about whether he is -- >> i don't care about him but i care about the country. i care about the country. i also care

cartel, against the bipartisan corruption of washington. >> you said yesterday that donald trump is encouraging violence. >> joining me now to discuss trump sorter jeffrey lord and commentator and conservative commentator buck sexton thank you for being here. jeffrey, your reaction to what -- good to have you on. let me get your reaction to what ted cruz just said. this is a job interview, no one is above the law. >> well, no one is above the law. i should start by saying that i like senator cruz or as i call him hopefully vice president cruz. but i'm a little taken aback by his stance here. i mean, what has been going on here at these rallies with violence, the american left has a very, very, very long history of inciting violence, of provoking violence. this goes back -- >> hold on. hold on. you just said the american left. that's a very broad based statement. who are you talking about? >> i'm talking about the anti-war protesters in the 1960s, i'm talking about occupy wall street in this decade. i'm talking about black lives matters that forcibly took over a podium from bernie sa

and there's a lot of frustration about the idea that washington is not listening to people and their every dave concerns. donald trump's candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frustrations. and he has talked about it, whether it's been about the economy, whether it's been about immigration, whether it's national security. he has not offered real substantive positions, but instead he has offered clarity. he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and offered really simple recommend dips. >> a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe he could it it, that he to have more substance, that the people in the republican party misjudged the anger of the people. >> and they really shouldn't have. >> absolutely. >> go ahead, kellyanne. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the front-runners, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015, what do they all have in common? they were the outsiders challenging the establishment. so cruz and trump are still doing that as the outsiders and they have a coal

debate performance and sort of go back to the main stream republican electorate and the party leaders in washington, reestablish himself as the guy who is most plausible as a general election candidate. listening to that strategy, it is a long shot. >> and ted cruz has an event at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in miami. ted cruz taking it to miami, taking it to marco rubio. we'll talk about the implications there. stay with us, everybody. so much more to get to at the tp of the hour. the hawaii results, we just called for donald trump. much more. we'll be right back. (singing alougetting to know you. getting to know all about you... getting to like you. getting to hope you like me... is someone getting to know your credit? not without your say so. credit lock lets you lock and unlock your transunion credit report with the swipe of a finger. getting to know you. getting to know all about you... get one-touch credit lock, plus your score and report at transunion.com. get in the know. (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snori

josh rogan in washington for us. dylan byers, cnn senior reporter for media and politics. and in los angeles, maeve reston, political reporter. and ron brownstein, cnn editor for "the atlantic." m.j. with us, as well. if you look at the events of today, it shows the focus where this race moves next. john kasich, he is in michigan. marco rubio, he's going to be in michigan. ted cruz, he's going to be in kansas. and bernie sanders, he is going to be in michigan, as well. so quickly, with every one of the primaries, super tuesday is over. >> you have 28 states voting. more than half of the states will be registering here. and it becomes a powerful force. to disrupt donald trump, one thing that can change the dynamic of the race would be the party leadership, on the brink here of we are sensing as m.j. said, the hours are dwindling. unifying in an overwhelming effort. that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. on the other side, bernie sanders, faces the reality of the democratic coalition. consolida consolidating, in a way, that makes it difficult for him, unless he can cha

does i say a washington insider, someone to make the washington folks, party establishment, more comfortable with his candidacy, or does he pick someone who could deal with his vulnerabilities on foreign policy and being a commander in chief particularly when this foreign policy shall such a big issue. could it be pence, gingrich, michael flynn, former retired general. we'll see. i don't think anyone knows but donald trump. >> some of the political pros are worried about a general. trump likes generals. the political pros in the campaign think it reinforces those who say he is an authoritarian kind of person. by the last time we checked general flynn was a democrat. i assume because conservatives have so many questions about trump, on that one, it might cause issues among conservatives. what will it tell us about trump? you make a key point. trump said he wants washington experience but one of the debates is if your whole brand is being an outsider. come into washington and flip the table, tip all the cards, do you want somebody? >> what trump has been saying he wants an insider because he's

american people, want to talk about the clinton corruption, changing washington. why can't he dispolice himsecip to not take the bait. >> can't let it go. feels he's wrong but can't let it go. you heard a little kellyanne interjecting, it's not excusing what i said. you heard that. >> relatively disciplined trump. the fact that was the most newsworthy bit from that interview is thin for the outrages we've come to expect when he's really off the cuff. the fact is he can't just avoid doing himself harm turning this thing around. he has ho become a completely different person and win over people who don't like him and interviews like that don't accomplish that. >> and sometimes when he speaks, clearly a guy who's never run for office anymore and charming and appealing to voters in ways he doesn't speak the language of washington but sometimes speaks as if you're saying the 1940s and '50s called want their candidate back. donald trump talking about the problems in america's inner cities. >> we're going to work on our ghettos, so that you take a look what's going on wh

on education, on welfare, reforming those programs, getting the money and power out of washington. and that's just a fact. again, when you have a record, you have an enormous advantage. that's why he's done so well in the past few weeks, because when you carry your message to 106 town hall meetings, you understand what voters are concerned about, but you also have real ideas, real vision, that resonates with them. so it's been a great campaign. of course, with 12 candidates, you can always find someone who hates john kasich, but the fact is he is the right kind of leader for the country right now. >> all right. i have to leave it there. john, thanks for stopping by. >> still to come in the news room, john kasich and the power of the undecided voter in new hampshire. will his gamble pay off on this primary day? we'll talk more about that, next. see see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that i won't stop. until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for mod

there's no winner take all, but the map turns very favorably towards bernie when we get to washington and california. we will catch and surpass secretary clinton >>> >> polls have clinton ahead by double digits in michigan, and they were all wrong. >> i admire jonathan's spirit, and he's definitely a democratic supporter of whoever wins this contest, but at a time when hillary clinton has a 206-delegate lead over bernie sanders, and when you add the super delegates, it's a significant lied. since iowa and new hampshire, what you've seen is their inability to basically win in states that has a very diverse electorate. and what i mean by diverse, particularly women of color. if you look at polls that do matter and exit polls, she's doing extremely well with women of color between the ages of 50 and 65. so the challenge, particularly, for bernie sanders' campaign in florida and ohio, which you're absolutely right, is going to be two big states. she's leading in every single state that we're going to have on our super third tuesday as we are calling it, is bernie's ineffectiveness to basi

i'm dana bash filling in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waking up to an election year. with just 29 days until the first votes are cast, the race is speeding toward a conclusion and the republican frontrunner donald trump has his sights set squarely on hillary clinton. >> they've created isis. hillary clinton created isis with obama. created with obama. this comes after the debut of a new terrorist recruiting video by al qaeda affiliate al shabaab that features trump. >> yesterday america was the land of slavery, segregation, lynching, and ku klux klan. tomorrow it will be a land of religious discrimination and concentration camps. >> so remember this, so listen, donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. until representatives can figure out what the [ expletive ] is going on. >> the rest will eventually turn against its muslim citizens. >> joining me now is republican presidential candidate carly fiorina. good morning. happy new year to you. let's start with that video. >> good morning. >> good mo

in washington, d.c., it takes about 4.5 years to break even. home owners and home values since 2007, realty trac says selling the home in 2015, saw an average increase of 11% from the purchase price. that is gain of $20,000. the average price is $2,600. home values rose in 91% of u.s. markets. >>> 57 minutes past the hour. democrats battling it out for voters in the new hampshire town hall. did they breakout? what did we learn new? "new day" picks it up. >> you cannot say you are a moderate one day and a progressive on the other diethe. >> we have to crush isis. >> if you raise my taxes, how does that help me in. >> did you have to be paid $675,000? >> i don't know. that's what they offered. >> how do you cultivate the ego, the ego we all know you must have? >> oh, that voter fraud. you know, these politicians are brutal. >> another temper tantrum. >> we are suspended the campaign as of this moment and support marco rubio. >>> the black gold that funded the isis war machine. just behind the refinery, a row of tanks turned into an underground pr

also hoping to do well in new york, oregon, and washington. but he does need money and he doesn't have what he needs and he's facing two very formidable opponents. he has now won one state. >> that's right. >> one state. >> his home state. and i think that this is as much about donald trump as it is about john kasich for the narrative of tonight's purposes because this robs donald trump of running the board. it robs him of his nomination being an almost sure thing and it makes it a lot tougher for him to get the magic number of delegates, 1,237, he needs before the convention. so it really means that this is going to be a long haul for donald trump, maybe for john kasich, and maybe for ted cruz and so donald trump is going to be able to have a very important victory speech about florida, but he sure would have had a very different speech had ohio gone differently. >> the big question now is will any of the republican candidates still standing, trump, cruz, and kasich, be able to reach that magic number of delegates, 1,237, before the conventio

in this campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and about wall street. now, senator sanders and i both want to get secret unaccountable money out of politics, and let's remember, let's remember, citizens united, one of the worst supreme court decisions in our country's history, was actually a case about a right-wing attack on me and my campaign. a right-wing organization took aim at me and ended up damaging our entire democracy. so, yes, you're not going to find anybody more committed to aggressive campaign finance reform than me. we also agree -- we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to once again threaten main street, and i will fight to rein in wall street, and you know what, i know how to do it. so when i tell you no bank could be too big to fail and no executive too powerful to jail, you can count on it. now, the real differences in this race are truly over how do we create a future of prosperity, opportunity, and security for all of us? we need to build a growth and fairness economy with higher wages and more good-paying jobs includin

that shifting power and money and influence from that big place in washington and moving it to where we live that empowers us, that's the direction for our country. that is the direction for our country. and finally, and finally, i want you coming out on the road. i want you continuing to do what we've been doing all over this country. i'm getting ready to rent a covered wagon. we're going to have a big sail and have the wind blow us to the rocky mountains and over the mountains to california. but here's what i want you to know -- [ applause ] we've got one more trip around ohio this coming fall where we will beat hillary clinton and i will become the president of the united states. thank you, all, very much. and god bless you. >> governor john kasich of ohio able to give the first victory speech so far in this race. obviously a very big win for him. paul begala, is the path forward -- i mean, is there much of a path forward for him? >> certainly better than losing. it is 44% in his own state where just a year and a half ago he got 64%. but still, it's a big win because somebody had

washington is not going to change that much. a presidency does not alter washington. i have not seen a presidency turn washington on its head. >> thank you, gentlemen. i appreciate it. >> when we come back, donald trump celebrates cinco de mayo as only he could, and no surprise, stirs up some trouble. ♪ (music pl♪ throughout) uh oh. what's up? ♪ ♪ ♪ does nobody use a turn signal anymore? ♪ working my canister off to clean and shine... and give proven protection... against fading and aging. he won't use those copycat wipes. hi...doing anything later? the quiet type. i like that. armor all original protectant. don't be dull. i'm a customer relationship i'm roy gmanager.ith pg&e. anderson valley brewing company is definitely a leader in the adoption of energy efficiency. pg&e is a strong supporter of solar energy. we focus on helping our customers understand it and be able to apply it in the best way possible. not only is it good for the environment, it's good for the businesses' bottom line. these are our neighbors. these are the people that we work with. th