>> the pride of miami, marco rubio. .ow rubio takes the snap he drops it. rubio passes to his fans, just out of reach. here's the handoff. it's a fumble. he is wide open. one final chance for rubio to save a game. can he do it? basically not even filling the end zone.

♪ mark: two blocks from here tonight, republican presidential candidates will meet for debate lucky number 13. the volley of personal attacks was out of hand at the last debate. tonight'sare for equal, controversies are exploding all around the front runners. facing a trio of topics that are sure to come up during the debate tonight. the first came from and interview he did with anderson cooper on cnn last night when he was asked how muslims viewed the west. >> do you think islam is at war with the west? >> i think islam hates us.

there is something there that is a tremendous hatred, and we have to get to the bottom of it. there is an unbelievable hatred of us. >> in islam itself? >> you will have to figure that out here you will get another pulitzer, but you will figure it out. but there is a tremendous hatred, and we have to be very vigilant. we have to be very careful. we cannot allow people coming into this country who have this hatred of the united states. and of people that are not muslim. so this has been a huge controversy since he set it on social media and on cable. he has said-- things like this in the past. this is going to hurt him in the debate tonight? john: does it hurt him in getting the republican nomination or in being president of the united states?

what we've seen in exit polls is that a vast majority of republican voters are favoring the muslim ban. do i think it will hurt him with those voters? i do not. do i think it will make him -- make it impossible for him to be a unifying president of the united states if he actually believes there are millions of muslims in the united states who go off and fight and die for this country overseas, it's an outrageous date meant and it will hard to make him a unified figure of the country. so you suggest that he want take this back and it won't hurt him. i think it is an important time in the debates tonight. i think one of the implications certainis, i'm almost trump will be asked about it. how will the others step up?

sometimes the other candidates have pulled their punches. will they have a moment that elevates them? john: it's not hard for any of those other three candidates to stand up and say there is an element of radical islam around the world that hates us, but there are millions of citizens of this country who love this country as much as you do, mr. trop. that would be easy for any of the other candidates to do. at a campaign rally in fayetteville, north carolina tonight, one of donald trump hit aters in the audience protester in the face as he was being escorted from the arena. today that protester spoke about the incident. x you have said that when you woke up today and saw the video online, because people started sharing it, that is when it really hit you. >> yes.

>> tell me about your thoughts. there, but it didn't seem real. like i got hit and now i'm on the ground getting detained by the police. i look at the videos and i really got hit. as you can see i am being escorted by officers after i'm hit, they are still leading me up the stairs. there has understandably been a lot of reaction to this today including from hillary clinton. >> count me among those who are truly distraught and even appalled by a lot of what i see going on, what i hear being said. you don't make america great by dumping on everything that made america great, like freedom of

speech and assembly in the right of people to protest. that everybody in public life gets protested against, and sometimes people do have to be removed, but it should be done in an appropriate manner. other people in the audience should not be joining in. mr. trump should not be joining in. i think as the campaign goes further, more and more americans are going to be really disturbed by the kind of campaign he is running. john: this comes after what a lot of people see is a diverting pattern of violence and rowdiness and unpleasantness at trump rallies, including a photographer who was attacked a few weeks ago. campaignink the trump bears responsibility for the atmosphere that is becoming for ve -- pervasive at some of these events?

mark: they make an announcement before their rally saying don't get violent and sometimes events occur that they really don't know about. but donald trump has said things at the podium about people leaving on stretchers. my view is, while they are not everyresponsible for incident in every case, a pa announcement at the beginning is not enough. john: it has a sort of macho tone in it, kind of a jokey quality about it. about, back in the old days, people would be taken out on a stretcher. go hitn't tell people to other people are beat them up,

but the mood in these crowds is something that i have not seen for the past 25 years. i don't think you've ever seen it at a presidential campaign rally, and it happens at almost every trump event. i don't know that he will get asked about this tonight, be able to say there is something off about this. don't do if they something about it soon, something much worse is going to happen at one of these rallies. trumpthe final donald something that happened during his victory press conference here in florida on thursday night, allegedly. a reporter allegedly had a rough encounter with someone who she says dragged her often forced her to the ground. a washington post reporter

identified the person who grabbed her as the donald trump campaign manager. trump campaign says it never happened. they call her an attention seeker. breitbart has been a favorable news organization for donald trump until now. will this hurt him in the debate or in general? general, donald trump does not have that many news organizations that are favorable or him. terms of the media that tries coverage on the right, being in a fight with breitbart is no good for donald trump. it goes back to a previous topic, not just roughhousing or undue roughness going on, the other thing at the rallies we've seen is that there attitude toward the press is not something you normally see it

presidential campaign rallies. it's not been appropriate for a long time. it is a broader issue beyond just right part. mark: there is no video and the campaign denies it, but i would say, donald trump can fight with the new york times are nbc news, but fighting with breitbart is a totally different inc.. il three of these elements think embolden the anti-trump forces. there is an instability that comes out of this. i think this is great news for the anti-trump forces. ,ohn: i know we heard the bell but there's a photograph of this woman with the bruise on her arm . it doesn't prove anything, but something happened there. and his explanations and posture have shifted somewhat.

dismissive and it cannot be about attacking this reporter. marco rubio has expressed remorse last night over his campaigns decision to get way too aggressive and way too personal with donald trump. last month the rubio campaign stumbled after he looked robotic on the new hampshire stage. dropping inmbers his must win home state of florida, there is no one on the debate stage tonight who needs a great performance more. so what if anything can marco rubio do to change his fortunes? tonight is the night for him to rise to the occasion. he needs to explain to the people of florida and the country he is the best republican nominee for president. can he do it on a four stage in

the current climate? it will be hard. john: the idea of shifting mp, they, taking on tru way he did it is not a good idea for marco rubio and it has certainly backfired on him. he cannot just retreat to optimistic, generational -- he cannot go back to that without looking like a clown. to says to find a way i've taken the conversation in the wrong direction, but donald trump still needs to be confronted. it's a tough line to walk, but he's got to get there somehow. john kasich and ted cruz in their own ways are both perfectly good on the debate stage. up, bernie sanders is trying to ride his michigan momentum. other states are voting next

week. we will show you some new campaign ads he's using to try to leverage success, after this. ♪

after last night's democratic debate, bernie sanders stuck around in florida and he's been here all day. hillary clinton headed out to the other states voting on tuesday like north carolina and illinois. mean bernie sanders is ceding those states to hillary clinton. theays the -- he has hit illinois and ohio airways with a bunch of new ads. let's look at two of them running in the chicago area. the first one mentions someone

chicagoans love to hate. that would be mayor rahm emanuel. >> we have endured a corrupt political situation. presidential candidate that supports someone like our mayor, you have a candidate who is not willing to take on the establishment. notie sanders is definitely afraid to take on that system. he looks beyond that system and sees better possibilities for us. he sees that this is not the way it has to be. that's why i support bernie sanders. john: the second ad we want to getting arrested for civil disobedience. >> as a student, he was arrested for protesting segregation. he led citians against the .acist housing policies he was there in the fight for jobs and justice. now he is taking on a broken criminal justice system to end

mass incarceration and tackle racial profiling. now it's time to stand with him. >> on bernie sanders, and i approve this message. sanders rise out of michigan with a lot of support. we have five big contests on tuesday. where is the state of play in the sanders-clinton war? mark: ohio, illinois and missouri are better for sanders. have narrowedngs and they have seen improvement. you can go into these contests thinking the same dynamic will prevail. the issues in michigan are very real in illinois and ohio. john: the train sanders is now driving is a good message for those states you mention. the fact that he was able to get

a quarter of the black vote in michigan, if you replicate that in ohio and michigan puts them in the game andeight. i don't think he believed he had a chance of winning florida even though he's making a show here. mark: this state is totally different. we need to emphasize the economic message. we need to clarify our position on trade. so what does she stand for in jobs? she will have to do that in a powerful way. bunch of things where the smell test is a problem for the clinton campaign. the clintons are free traders to the depths of their soul.

she can say whatever she wants. most people in their heart know where she stands. sanders on things that also don't pass the smell test in the other direction. kochnight saying he is a brothers ally, that's ridiculous. it doesn't pass the smell test. say, one thing i will hillary clinton is the heavy favorite to win the nomination. she is ahead in superdelegates. she is the heavy favorite to win the nomination. hear me now, believe me later, that is the state of late. john: when you think about the things that undermine her most, she is honest, trustworthy, authentic, it's about the way they are conducting the

campaign. some of these things undermine her basic credibility. coming up, what president obama said today about the republican race and the supreme court vacancy, after this word from our sponsors. ♪

today the white house president obama introduced prime minister justin trudeau at a press conference. there were two interesting questions, whether he was responsible for the tenor of the presidential race on the gop side.

quasi-blamed by republicans were republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they are selecting for their party is not all. elites,blican political and many of the information outlets, social media and news outlets, talk radio, television stations, have been feeding the republican base for the last seven years. what you are seeing within the republican party is to some over aall those efforts course of time, creating an environment where somebody like a donald trump can thrive. what i'm not going to do is that thesome notion

crackup that's been taking place is a consequence of actions that i have taken. i think it is very important for them to reflect on what it is about the politics they've theged in that allows surface we have been seeing to transpire. mark: we've heard a lot of this stuff before. did he say anything today that surprised you in terms of his perspective or his you, his culpability, what's going on with the republicans? say, as we often have, he should have reached out

to republicans and sought bipartisanship more. that might or might not have ultimately help to get a few things done. donald trump did not begin the birther movement, but he certainly capitalized on it. these things are not barack obama's responsibility. fault.t his you can say whatever you want about barack obama, but he has conducted his presidency with an attitude of ability. he's not been about whipping up the frenzy of the mob. he could have done health care and stimulus in a bipartisan way and he chose not to. he could have helped the republican party help itself. small culpability. whether the political pressure to nominate someone to the supreme court, whether he feels

-- issident obama: i think it important for me to nominate a supreme court nominee quickly, because i think it's important for the supreme court to have its full complement of justices. i don't feel constrained in terms of the pool to draw from or that i'm having to take shortcuts in terms of the selection and vetting process. so a lot is going on in capitol hill on this issue and both sides dealing emboldened. where do you think the president thinks he is in his ultimate goal of getting someone nominated? john: the only attitude one can have in this situation, he believes he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to nominate someone to the court. if the republican party decides they do not want to accept that, there's not much he can do about it.

as you have said, the right actual nominee, and it seems like obama has been thinking about that, will change the calculus on the republican side. will it change it enough to get a nominee appointed and confirmed? i don't know. mark: i think we will see some of this in the debate. whenever public and started doing this, i said they are going to have to back down. but they need to -- they need the right nominee. up next, how to stop donald trump. the republican super pac dedicated to doing just that. ♪

charlie: tim miller. now advisor to the group of principle pac's. their goal is to stop trump from winning the republican nomination. good to see you. goal by your and many others life. what are you now, doing today different from yesterday to stop trump? >> we've expanded the amount of in.es that we're we're in ohio. already, reported folks is outsourcing donald trump. and body wash and umbrellas. trump everything. made in -- letterman is featured in this ad. people should watch that video. the point of that broke through. there in ohio

outsourcing. missouri, which is an important state next tuesday. we're talking about the the trumpls of university student who have been defrauded by donald trump who out of their own pocket. they got nothing from it. states on tuesday -- >> we're up in four. we added one market here in florida. in team, -- in tampa, talking about the trump tower tampa. hear about that. pretending like he was a developer . he wasn't. d-listnered with the guys that do strip mall development. to live thereted $100,000. trump got away free. lost it all. trump went away. the apartmentof

up. never went [indiscernible] >> we've been in the field. i think it was part of the reason we talked about these markets. we've seen data that show trump and missouri.nois mark: who's ahead? >> cruz. race in ohio. polls showing marco only down by closer what you're publicin some of the data. we're going into the market shows that trump support is falling. only trump ends up winning one of five or two of five. delegatestory and

story. you're saying you're in places in strikingu're distance or in position to keep winning? saying.that's what i'm it's an important day. matter how it goes on tuesday. this race continues. to stop trump. like you say, he loses three or tuesday, he's in real big trouble. charlie: parts of the republican party is committed to stopping trump. about what is the most way to stop him. would say rubio winning and kasich winning and on with a divided field. go to a contested convention. the cruzy, let's get versus trump as possible. cruz can have a better chance of him.ing what say you?

are veryk both paths realistic. going back to mark's point, goes wisdom.the conventional i think he's not. regardless of whether it's one or kasich orruz rubio, or whether it's a fragmented race. it's very hard for him to get the 1237. memo yesterday. very hard for him to get 1237. if the field consolidates quickly, there are a number of thes for him to lose plurality of delegates. mark: you have a variety of teams in your ads. let's say john kasich, marco and staff arecruz watching now. what would you like them to do tonight?bates >> i think they should raise the issues that trump is the most vulnerable, sometimes haven't gotten the most media attention.

that is trump leaving regular holding the bag in order to enrich himself. heimmigration, the fact that cheated immigration laws, brought in foreign workers hiring american workers, his path on outsourcing. with those two issues, going at him at position of strength. he is less having to defend importing foreign workers and fiveurcing in the last days between now and ohio and .llinois in particular charlie: yes or no answer. three newsworthy controversies. himher they helped politically or hurt him politically. -- [indiscernible] >> hurt over the long haul. in the: doesn't hurt short term. >> hard to say. punched people getting at trump rail. >> hurt. cholidase

>> that hurt -- biggest reason hurts, it highlights his trouble with woman. campaign manager man handled reporter. mark: allegedly. >> there's a video of him. new story out today about trump model. where he imported 14-year-old girls, he has a woman problem. the biggest one. mark: got to leave it there. charlie: up next, two people kasich and cruz campaign. preview the debate tonight. watching inyou're washington d.c., you can listen bloomberg 99.1 fm. we'll be right back.

mark: joining us now alex. the newly minted -- welcome to you both. be here.to mark: trent what's your candidate's goal tonight, kasich? >> continue to do what he's been doing. he is the one best ready to be states.t of the united he distinguished himself from the other three. there's a lot of people on the stage that know how to describe problems really well. john kasich only one that fix them. he's going to go into great detail like he did last week. samegoing to have that stage again. mark: you opened ten offices in florida. in them?people are people working -- we got people working in all the

offices. i was to answer the questions about the debate. to know that ted will be up there tonight. contrast between he provenonsistent conservative against -- and donald trump. not ae who is conservative. someone would rather stand on the debate stage and insult and attack their opponent as opposed it talking about substantive issues. charlie: just the smart analyst prediction. last republican debate was by likes of republican conservatives disaster for the party. people were writing this is kind embarrassing. and do you think the tone tenor is? what do you expect to see? what can happen on the stage?

see a lot we will more contrast. kasich has -- governor done a 9 jo fine job of keeping it positive. he'll talk about the issues. that's important. speak for ted, he continue to talk about the substantive issues and show the contrast. see. clearly because donald trump and rubio, attacking each other. charlie: is this john kasich debate style are we going to be donald trump? >> i don't know. it's not. i'm afraid it's going to delve back into that. going to be the three fight fighting about "new york times" releasing this and that. week ago in detroit where john kasich got to talk about

his record, revival in ohio and what he's been able to do. he's going to continue to do that. really what's distinguishing himself. new polly you see this out showing the three candidacies going forward in the states. way race.ee mark: is it better for john becoming nominee? >> if the race narrows -- mark: is it better in florida? >> it's better for rubio to drop out. mark: you prefer trump? >> we don't prefer anyone. we prefer john kasich. >> the reality is, we're looking at two man race. had ted cruz consistently -- [indiscernible] the fact is, got head to head polls beatng that ted cruz can donald trump head to head. they're in a dead heat.

mark: who you do prefer to win florida? trump or rubio? for us to be ted florida.in charlie: there's a bunch of there today. out couple of of them relate to trump that happened at rallies. one is a reporter and protester the face.d in unruly.llies gotten do you think donald trump personal is responsible for some of the things going on in the rally? do, what do you think he should do about it? >> i think he's responsible for tone that is set in the rally and the language that he uses. not appropriate for a presidential candidate. happens outside of can't hold ayou candidacy responsible for what happens out in the crowd. he does set the tone for the

event. i think that's something more than anything, if he were to venues with a more positive tone, focusing on the crowd instead of rowelling them up it would be different. >> it's despicable for what happened to all the reporters. the realm. what's more to the point what thep talked about suing press invading the first amendment. joke. not a that is a serious proposal he's laid out there. core ofoes right to the our whole system of democracy. that's a serious issue. off.dn't laugh it kasich -- [indiscernible] think we're talking about

donald trump? no, i think there are bigger issues. talking about isis, we're islamicabout radical terrorists. islamicradical terrorist. [indiscernible]. a great day. next, what's at stake in the miami debate. giveht two great reporters titanic.e here at the titan

charlie: we are back in miami for the republican cnn debate at the titanic brewery. our colleague. making her second appearance in two days on this show. coming in.or we ask the question earlier in rubio do toat marco change the script and change misfortunes. tell us what you think. has to recapture the magic and seeming like the winner. rubioe: what does marco need to do tonight to flip the script?

>> make people know that he's in it. he's the most electable guy. needs to get them back in the fold. charlie: what do you think about jeb bush? we talked about it yesterday onut the meetings going today. what do you know about how the where jeb bushnd is leaning and how it might matter where he ends up coming down? >> he and more coe met last -- marco let last night. it went, everyone is tight-lipped. it's little late to really be a team. i don't know if he's waiting to goes tonight.bate we madeing with rubio, fun of earlier in the show. how can that happen? can they make that happen? >> i don't think they intended

to fill the whole stadium. to use a portion of it. campaign beenow a so good knowing how things look would let that happen. is an earlytreet voting site. i was there this morning. there was a line of voters. voters.io several mentioned that the night. wasn't full last regular people noticed that. context of the four person race that you have, i can people arehow talking about -- [indiscernible] >> so far behind in the delegates. he's going to be 100 delegates behind cruz. it seems unlikely anybody will win. cruz, may be if he gets one on one. all of the talk about the contested convention, magic the entire primary has been. uprising against the party

.stablishment chance: today, who has to beat donald trump, marco rubio or ted cruz? rubio.hink outas been getting folks over the past few days. whether it will be enough is sure about. mark: you were talking about kasich and the delegate deficit huge.is charlie: if he does win ohio, there's noviously certainty that would be the case. what do you think of the if hent that he'll make ohio?in >> he'll have a decent argument to make. he's going to argue that he's the person who can carry on the legacy of the republican conservative party that doesn't the popular -- he can argue

he's welcome pennsylvania and florida and blue states. got a good case to make cruz.ed mark: let's talk about the democrats. lot of discussion on immigration on the debate last night. back and forth, each of them had a talking point. sanders saying hillary clinton the central -- [indiscernible]. you get a sense of how that's playing in this state in the democratic world? cubaheard more about the exchange than i have about the immigration exchange. i think the previous day before the debate, clinton and sanders been outhispanicking each other. day, they of the don't want to deport children and nonviolent criminals. a gap between the two of them.

i'm not sure. watch theastonishing to debate on immigration. extraordinary thing about last night, was that, clinton and were competing who most lenient. i think bernie more strongly debate.g not to that's an extraordinary thing. mark: it's above president obama. >> president obama said he'll .rotect 5 million people charlie: which nomination fight think will be going on longer before we have a nominee? republican or democrat? >> democrat. >> i agree, democrat. both so smart.

come to this bar when you were in college? karaoke your favorite song? >> i can't believe you got me to say that. not.utely charlie: you both awesome. these messagesr with who won the day.

charlie: we find ourselves at the end of another day. the day? ted cruz got endorsement.lee's i think ted cruz right now won the day. charlie: yes. check out republican debate night coverage. as always, coming up on west emily chang. thanks to the hospitality. we'll see you tomorrow from somewhere surprising. watching.

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both men pledged to join forces to fight climate change. and his wife will be honored at a state dinner tonight. theersity of miami is setting of the four remaining republican presidential candidate hold their latest tonight. republican national committee -- priebusince pry hoping for a more g-rated debate that featured shouting, insults. u.s.nder overseeing the missile systems saying north launchingapable of ballistic missiles that can training within range of north america. thelligence community rates attack as low probability. opposition leader has avoided a show down with the guessry but signing a nominating to become the next president. -- japan is remembering the victims of