twitter. just tweet the show at cnn situation room. next, breaking news. trump threatening to take cruz to court. the two rivals holding duels events live this hour. madeleine albright breaking her silence. does she regret talking about a special place in hell? and the pope. let's go "outfront." good friday evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. duelling events. donald trump and ted cruz both speaking live this hour. this is a live picture of the sun dome. that's at the university of south florida in tampa. trump will be there rallying

supporters in just a few minutes. ted cruz his south carolina event billed as a winter jam christian concert. trump accused cruz of backing negro b negative robo calls in south carolina. cruz called trump dishonest and a liar. jim acosta is outfront tonight at the trump rally in tampa. what a nasty day between these two men. >> reporter: that's right. not too many positive moments. this is another packed arena for donald trump who is taking a break from the campaign trail in south carolina. he is on the hunt for votes down here in florida where he says he's going to start doing something that he hasn't down before and that's bite his tongue.

he's threatening to sue ted cruz if cruz does not halt his attacks. donald trump is warning ted cruz their battle for the gop nomination could veer off the campaign trail and into the courtroom. accusing the texas senator of dirty tricks in south carolina, trump says if cruz doesn't clean up his act, he'll sue him. >> she said he's [ bleep ]. that's terrible. >> there's more than a little irony of donald accusing anyone of being nasty given the amazing torrent of vulgarities that come out of his mouth. >> reporter: trump is promising it to tone it down. >> i won't use foul language. i just won't do it. i'll never do it again.

i'll never even copy somebody w who told me what to say. >> reporter: jeb bush says trump's coarseness is a reflection of his deep insecurities. >> shouting out obscenities in front of children. i can't imagine my dad -- it's just like, yeah, not going to do it. my brother who always wore a suit into the oval office. >> reporter: marco rubio complained he couldn't explain one trump vulgarity to his children. >> they said what did he say. i can't tell you. i never want to be a candidate that does anything like that. >> reporter: john kasich is banking on a more positive campaign. >> how do you ever get anything done long term if you're operating on the dark side of

the street as opposed to the sunny side of the street? >> reporter: the ad wars in south carolina are also heating, but in ways that the candidates couldn't imagine. >> maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time. >> you guys have room for one more? >> reporter: now getting back to donald trump, he has been a twitter tear all afternoon retweeting his supporters who are also knocking cruz's canadian birth. trump is going to be bringing this up in just a few moments. we'll be watching, erin. >> thank you very much. we go to greenville, south carolina. she's been following the cruz campaign. cruz brushing off trump's threat today, but calling him sleazy in an ad. is there any fear that trump may actually be about to sue cruz? >> reporter: well, the cruz campaign, erin, have largely thought they had put this issue to bed last month when donald

trump initially brought up these birther charges. i think they're watching very closely tonight what exactly donald trump's intention and next move on this is. their reaction has been to down play it, use humor, and if it doesn't go away, to respond more seriously. he gave a full throated defense of his american citizenship. that's the moment their bromance was declared over. the threat of a lawsuit, the phase the cruz campaign is in right now is trying to downplay it, use humor, watch and see what trump's next move is and then go from there. >> a donald trump supporter jeffrey lord and the chairman for the cruz campaign in california, ron nearing.

you heard a possible lawsuit. if ted cruz doesn't clean up his act, stop cheating, and doing negative ads, i will sue him for not being a natural born citizen. it's hard to just joke this away if it really happens. a lawsuit in the middle of the campaign has to be the last thing that cruz would want to deal with it, suspect iisn't it? >> ted cruz is not about to be intimidated by donald trump. there are lawsuits around campaigns all of the time. there's always something going on in the courts. what donald trump is doing once again is replaying the same playbook that he's been using. whenever he gets in trouble, he takes to twitter and says crazier and crazier things. what's been interesting to watch is that, number one, his comments are in the context of

having lost iowa after he guaranteed he would win iowa. his own rationale behind his campaign is that he wins everything. now he doesn't win everything. lord only knows what he's going to say as we get closer to the south carolina primary, but we'll see. >> we'll see if lord knows. jeff lord. i'll play again what ted cruz said tonight about donald trump. here he is. >> there's more than a little irony in donald accusing anyone of being nasty, given the amazing torrent of insults and obscenities and vulgarities that have come out of his mouth. >> trump has used some pretty nasty words. does cruz have a point? >> look, my view of this is you stand back and let the giants wrestle. what i think donald trump is doing -- and i think this is one of the reasons why is supporters like him so much is he's

fighting. i asked him myself two years ago about the complaint from people in the grass roots that the candidate didn't fight back. he gets nominated. he was accused of killing a steel worker's wife and bashing a gay kid when he was in high school. these were really despicable things. the romney campaign just let this stuff just sit there. the same thing happened with john mccain when he ran. what people want is a fighter. trump said he would fight. that's exactly what he is doing. if ted cruz can't withstand this, if anybody else can't withstand this, they shouldn't be the nominee. >> it isn't just donald trump. ted cruz has said nasty things about donald trump. here's part of his new ad that's

also pretty negative. >> trump bankrolled politicians to steam roll the little guy. a pattern of sleaze. >> sleaze is a pretty nasty word. how is that any different than donald trump? >> i think donald trump is in big trouble over his use of imminent domain so he can have a parking lot for limousines at his casino in atlantic city. few people would say that was really for a good purpose. >> so you stand by it? you think sleaze is an accurate word? >> donald trump himself calls himself a deal maker. his number one attribute is he's going to make more and more deals. we've had plenty of people in washington making all kinds of bad deals. the last thing we need in washington is someone who is going to focus on making a deal regardless of the outcome. >> i don't think that's what he's saying. >> i think what donald trump is saying he's someone who has

staked his career on, quote, making deals. we've had deals coming out of washington that have taken the country in exactly the wrong direction. >> ron, ron, you can make deals as long as you make them in the right direction. >> this is a choice between someone who has been a, quote, conservative for about six months. versus someone who has been a reliable conservative and challenging the washington cartel and problems in both parties. that's what ted cruz is doing. that's the type of leadership that we need. >> ron, the exit polls, the cnn exit polls, out of new hampshire showed that those who voted in new hampshire who self-identified as quote/unquote very conservative gave the nod to donald trump over ted cruz by 12 points. i understand what you're saying, but the people of new hampshire didn't buy it. >> okay. >> new hampshire is a state that's done very well for

liberal republicans in the past. we've had a lot of people who move from massachusetts to new hampshire. that's an established republican state. >> ron, before we go, i want to ask you one more thing. you mentioned not being concerned about the lawsuit, but there was another lawsuit getting more coverage today out of alabama. five trump supporters filing a federal lawsuit on cruz's eligibility to be president because of being born in canada. a cnn legal analyst says they may have the standing to sue. there's a lot of question about what is standing in this case. there are other lawsuits out there right now. are you prepared this all the way, to fight cruz's eligibility to serve as president in court? >> a couple things. first, these lawsuits are generated to generate earned media attention. we see this all the time at the federal level, local level, state level. this is done to generate a press relea release. >> one of our legal analysts

said it could be real. >> you can find a legal analyst that says anything has merit given the state of the judiciary here. ted cruz is a natural born citizen. there's plenty of testimony to that. >> it hasn't been settled. >> the courts are very reluctant to get involved in an inherently political process. that we've seen over and over again. it's the losing side that wants the courts to override the will of the people. >> thank you both very much. outfront next, w. about to hit the trail for his brother in south carolina. could this shake up the race and can he boost jeb bush to the top? a black legislator changes from hillary clinton to sanders. the kind of criticism that

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more box. any words for the critics? what can i say? critties gonna neg. [ applause ] the what?! [ laughs ] george w. bush hitting the campaign trail. bush 43 about to make his big debut in the 2016 race. it is the first time the brothers have campaigned together. that's right. all the way this late in the race it's the first time. will it be enough to save jeb bush? athena jones is outfront.

>> reporter: george w. bush is back. >> experience and judgment count in the oval office. jeb bush is a leader who will keep our country safe. >> he represenspects the milita. >> reporter: and jeb bush couldn't be happier about it. >> he was the last republican that was president. he is the most popular republican alive. >> reporter: bush, whose campaign logo doesn't even include his famous last name and who began his run stressing he would, quote, be his own man, has been embracing his family more and more every day. his mother barbara bush joining him on the stump in new hampshire. the brothers will be campaigning together for the first time monday. until now w. has been helping out behind the scenes. >> this is the first time that he's really kind of stepped out in the political realm since he was president. i think there will be a lot of

interest in what he has to say. >> reporter: it was once the younger bush who was thought to have a head for politics, but his older brother beat him there winning a governorship first and later the white house. eight years during which jeb bush said he never disagreed with his brother on policy. >> not one time did you call up and say don't do that? >> i'm not going to start now. it's to death do us part. >> your brother's administration gave us barack obama. it was such a disaster those last three months that abraham lincoln couldn't have been elected. >> as it relates to my brother, there's one thing i know for sure. he kept us safe. >> reporter: donald trump has repeatedly bashed the elder bush's decision to go to war in iraq. and the gop frontrunner says he'll be ready for some more choice words for the bushes in the coming days. >> now he's bringing in his brother.

i wouldn't say anything. i'm going the save that for after his brother makes a statement because there's plenty to say about what happened. >> reporter: so a warning there from donald trump, but the bush campaign is making a big play for south carolina. in many ways they're raising the bar on how well he'll do there. campaign officials says it is his best early state. aids told me the goal is to do best among the electable candidates. that doesn't include trump or cruz. erin? >> interesting way they define it. thank you very much. outfront now, douglas brinkley and the white house director for black outreach, paris denard. paris, george w. bush is extremely popular among republicans. you heard jeb bush say the most popular republican alive. 88% approval rating. will he move the needle for jeb

in south carolina? >> erin, i think you hit the nail right on the head. before south carolina, the plan was to run away from the bush name. you see where that got him. now when you move to south carolina, a state that is rich with evangelicals, the military community, and blue collar workers, these are the people in the party that really identify and support president george w. bush, so it is a smart play. polls has governor jeb bush at about 9.3% in fourth place. jeb bush needs a win and he needs to connect it to a winner. the last time we had a winner in the white house who was a republican was president george w. bush. he's going to remind the american people and the citizens of south carolina of that on monday. >> which is going to be fascinating because, doug, here's what's going to happen. early in the evening, george w. bush is going to speak. then right around now on monday donald trump is going to speak and he's going to respond to everything. donald trump is not going to

mince any words. i'm going to wait until he speaks. let me give everyone a taste of probably what he's going to say. >> whether you like him or not, george bush gave us obama. >> i think bush is probably the worst president in the history of the united states. >> when you talk about george bush, say what you want. the world trade center came down during his time. >> i was against the war in iraq. you're going to totally destabilize the middle east and that's exactly what happened. the middle east was destabilized. that was a horrible call to go in. >> this is what we're going to get. we're going to get a fight between george w. bush and donald trump. how is that going to go? is that even good for jeb bush? >> monday is supposed to be presidents day. it's going to be bloody monday. i think the main thing for jeb bush is to win the debate on saturday, really outshine trump and ted cruz. a lot of this back and forth is going to happen i think saturday. come monday, george w. bush

helps a little bit with veterans. his mother didn't give jeb bush new hampshire and donald trump has a lot of material on dysfunction of her, the great recession of george w. bush and a deeply unpopular war in iraq. >> paris, that is part of the issue here, too. the last-minute aspect of this. voters are well aware he's being brought in. it's like bring in the calvary here. now i'm going to admit that i'm related to ex-president who is popular among republicans. it doesn't seem so genuine when you think about it that way, does it? >> it's genuine because he needs the support. what he's doing is bringing in the best surrogate that the party has to help jeb bush get over the top in south carolina. this is the hail mary moment.

when you want something this bad, you have to go for it. president george w. bush has made a decisive effort to not talk about politics, not wade into the swamp, as he calls it. for him to come in and support jeb in this matter shows you how serious and how loyal they are in helping him to win. >> why do you think george w. bush took so long to do this? >> if you recall, jeb said i have to be my own man. >> jeb exclamation point. >> there's bush fatigue that george w. bush wasn't all that popular. he is popular with the american people and republicans, but most of our ex-presidents are. jimmy carter is popular, but do you want a second carter term of malaise? trump is just going to hammer on the bushes and cruz as the

weekend ends. >> we can talk about the great recession, but the facts are the facts. the last seven years we've been under president barack obama's leadership. this is the obama economy. donald trump will be better suited talking about hillary clinton and talking about the legacy that she has left and her issues and president obama's issues, not focusing on george w. bush. trump is going to talk about jeb bush regardless. he's going to talk about the record regardless. but when you have hillary clinton running on the side and jeb bush, it kind of takes that off the table. you can talk about the iraq war if you want to, but the facts are hillary clinton supported it. so that neutralizes it. people are going to come out and vote for somebody who they think is a winner, someone who has leadership experience. you need to connect him to someone they know and identify and voted for. they voted for governor bush in the primary and the general, so this is a smart move for jeb bush. >> thanks very much to the both of you. we'll see if donald trump is

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word because then she doubles down and says i believe what i said. so is this an apology or not? >> it doesn't seem like an apology at all. it's more of an explanation and a context of where she's coming from as this woman who has fought to lower barriers and knock down doors for other women who could follow her footsteps. it's her telling women, listen, there are more barriers to be broken down. she thinks a woman president would lift people's imaginations in terms of what women can do, what kinds of roles they can play, whether it be abortion rights, whether it be equal pay. she feels like hillary clinton, as a woman, can do those things. >> it's interesting. at a bernie sanders rally earlier this week in new hampshire i asked a young woman about it. they both said it's ridiculous.

one of them literally used the word ridiculous to talk about what madeleine albright has said. this excellent has dogged hillary clinton all week. >> as you know, just quickly, as you know, your strong supporter madeleine albright said the other day there's a special place in hell for women who don't support other women. do you agree with what she said? >> she's been saying that for as long as i've known her, which is about 25 years. >> not the most direct answer at least right off the bat, but will her response put this rest? >> no, it won't put it to rest. as long as hillary clinton is in this race in a situation where she is likely to lose women in certain states -- she certainly lost women in states in 2008 that she lost, particularly in those southern states. so as long as there's this tension between her trying to be

an historic candidate but also making an appeal to a group of women who have very different ideas of feminism about what it means to express that femme anymore, i think it's going to be an issue. >> thank you very much. right now hillary clinton and bernie sanders are campaigning in the same city. after last night's fight, they're together in st. paul, minnesota, and everyon at the s dinner. they'll be back to fighting again tomorrow. a big democratic fundraiser. guarantee, they wouldn't be seating at the same table tonight. still a big contrast to last night's debate where they competed aggressively for black votes. >> i want to tackle those barriers that stand in the way of many americans right now, african-americans who face discrimination in the job market, education, housing, and the criminal justice system. >> i understand the african-american community lost

half of their wealth as a result of the wall street collapse. >> the affordable care act has helped more african-americans than any other group to get insurance. >> so race relations would be better under a sanders presidency than they've been? >> absolutely. >> absolutely, he says. well, outfront tonight, justin banburg and kaseem reed. race relations under a president sanders would absolutely be better than under a president barack obama. do you agree with his statement? >> yes. i want to make sure it is very clear what bernie sanders is not saying is that race relations were bad or decreasing under president obama. what bernie is saying is that his stances on important issues, racial justice, social justice, economic justice, his ways of

addressing these things will improve race relations in this country and i agree with him. >> mayor reed? >> i think to listen to bernie sanders you believe that he was a county commissioner somewhere. what he is repeatedly saying is that he would have been better than president obama in a variety of circumstances. he said race relations would have been better. he's been dismissive and disrespectful. he also said that the president had a leadership gap. he said that the president was weak. and in 2011 when president obama was preparing for re-election, he said he should be primaried. so his comments last night, which i happen to believe are incorrect, are consistent with his dismissive and disrespectful a attitude towards president obama, so his comments aren't surprising. he also said he would be better for women than secretary

clinton. his record doesn't back that up. show me in the senate where he led some broad coalition to get something significant accomplished done. he is running to be the standard bearer of the democratic party although he just became a democrat within the last year. >> to this point that reed is making about sanders being disrespectful and dismissive of barack obama, you're the lawyer of the family of walter scott. scott was shot and killed in north charleston by a white police officer who had pulled scott over for a traffic stop. shot in the back. bernie sanders met with you to talk about that incident. on the basis of that meeting, you switched. you were supporting hillary cinton. you switched and started supporting sanders. what did he say to make you change your mind?

>> i did. that was conversation was just two people talking about issues and things they're passionate about. i was already leaning forwards switching to bernie sanders. that conversation just put it over the hump. but i do want to go back about this issue of bernie sanders disrespecting obama and things of that nature. we have stark contrast here. bernie sanders has consistently during his time in office from basically when he was 20 years old, he's saying the same exact things. he knows there are economic issues that affect poor people, working class people, and african-americans and hispanics. bernie sanders, he has nothing but respect for president obama. let me make that very, very clear. he respects president obama. he has worked with president obama. in fact, president obama's flagship piece of legislation the affordable care act bernie sanders helped prepare and draft that legislation. if we want to talk about disrespect of obama, let's talk about the fact that there is one

candidate who ran against him and that is hillary clinton. let's talk about the fact that in 2008 some of the same things that hillary said last night against bernie sanders she said against president obama in 2008. >> mayor, do you think people should give bernie sanders another look? >> the answer is no. let's talk about the fact that she ran against him in 2008, erin. he thought so much of her that he made her his secretary of state and she supported him flat out and did everything she could to see that he was elected. let's also talk about the fact that when you listen to bernie sanders rhetoric, you don't hear him talk about the 14 million jobs that president obama's economy has produced. you don't hear him talk about the 18 million newly insured. you don't hear him talking about the 70 months of positive job growth. the problem, erin, is he's running to lead the democratic party. nancy pelosi and harry reid took hard positions and took votes

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>> i think president obama has set a great example. >> reporter: he often seems like the third democrat in the field. >> under president obama, we have seen a lot of advances. >> reporter: president obama is not running for anything, but hillary clinton just can't stop talking about him from health care -- >> before it was called obamacare, it was called hillary care. >> reporter: -- to immigration. the former secretary of state hugged the president tight in her debate with bernie sanders. she wants to make one thing clear. she is the rightful heir to the obama legacy. >> the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. i do not expect someone running for the democratic nomination to secede president obama. >> reporter: it's a message to african-american delegates. sanders pushed back. >> madame secretary, that is a low blow. one of us ran against barack

obama. i was not that candidate. >> reporter: it's the first time he's gone there, hinting he's willing to remind voters of the sharp words clinton had for obama during their 2008 battling. >> if hillary continues to invoke the president and suggest bernie is at odds with the president, i think bernie has a huge reservoir to draw from. >> reporter: a huge and vicious reservoir it is. >> that's the difference between me and my democratic opponent. my opponent makes speeches. i offer solutions. >> reporter: not long ago in this campaign there wasn't such a fight over obama's legacy. >> i'm not running for president obama's first term. i'm not running for husband's first term. i'm running for my first term. >> reporter: as the democratic primary tightens, clinton is

trying to raise questions about sanders loyalty. >> this is not the first time he has criticized president obama. >> reporter: the long-term fallout is worrying some democrats that are worrying that clinton could be pulled too far to the left for the general election. >> back with me now, doug brinkley. she used to go after him with great viciousness when she was running against him in 2008 and then of course became his secretary of state. is this political opportunityism now that she says his name two dozen times in a debate or does she want to genuinely carry on president obama's legacy? >> both. new hampshire doesn't have a lot of african-american voters so the idea of hitching herself to obama doesn't make as much sense as it does in south carolina. it's not a coincidence that the

democratic black caucus pac has endorsed her. she needs a president obama if she gets the nation hyperactive in the fall to bring out the black vote in cities like cincinnati and toledo, tampa, miami, swing states. he's 95% approval rating in the african-american community, even though they're arguing over his legacy. >> we've seen him just this week come out and talk about his legacy. thank you. outfront next, donald trump taking on pope francis for his politics. yes, you heard me correctly. donald trump is unafraid. is the pope fair game for a trump attack? the music video that's gone viral by literally defying gravity.

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>> pope francis donning a sombrero, mexico bound and stirring controversy in the u.s. presidential race. >> the pope is a very political person. i think he doesn't understand the problems our country has. we're going to run the table -- >> reporter: that's the brash billionaire presidential hopeful from a fox interview taking on the pope, or as catholics believe god's representative on earth. >> i don't think he understands the danger of the open border we have with mexico. >> reporter: the pope who has staked out traditionally liberal views on frefrg climate change to capital toichl the poor is headed to the northern city where he will hold a prayer service with immigrants in the shadow of the fence separating mexico and the u.s. if elected, trump promises to transform the fence in to a wall. >> i think mexico got him to do it because mexico wants to keep the border the way it is because they are making a fortune and we

are losing. >> reporter: it's not the first time the posturing candidate has called the pope out. >> i have great respect for the pope. he is becoming political. no question about it but i like him. >> reporter: oh, what a difference political campaign makes following francis' election, trump tweeted "the new pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why i like him so much." . so what gives with all of the papal poo-pooing now? >> it is pandering in terms of positioning him with a evangelical base. >> reporter: a south carolina republican consultant and long-time adviser to gop candidate said trump may be crazy like a fox. >> donald trump taking on the pope gets him attention and gets him on the radar in south carolina? >> it's a way to try to have some kind of connection with that evangelical group that cruz is expected to do well in.

>> reporter: trump has consistently been in double-digit in polls. but after tasting victory in iowa and new hampshire he prefers to win leaving no political stone unturned. >> nobody would have thought this it was a smart move. i remember when we were outside covering the pope. donald trump was looking at the trump power. he was watching the pope go by. here he is criticizing him. will this work? >> that's the big question. many think it will work in south carolina because those evangelicals may like the pope but don't have a lot of love for him. this undermines or points out where trump differs from cruz and shows she willing to go after anybody for his issues but it may hurt in louisiana and other places that have very catholic and may have bigger problems down the road. >> pope is an incredibly popular figure. >> miguel, thank you very much. next, jeanne moos with a music video that is all fun

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one band did just that, defying gravity. here's jeannie most with tonight's i.d.e.a. >> don't try this aboard your next commercial flight. the band known for its unique videos has come a long way from the treadmill days. ♪ >> reporter: now they are treading in zero gravity in a plane above russia. for three weeks, they practiced and performed. the plane climbed until it goes over the hump creating 27 seconds of weightlessness. time to open luggage and release a zillion balls them flight attendants didn't yell. they were actually trained ariel acrobats. the lead singer called the zero g experience exciting and terrifying. >> it's a very difficult

physical sensation. it causes a lot of fear and panic. >> reporter: russia's f-7 airplane allowed the plane in excha change for a marketing campaign. the video upside down and inside out is made up of eight periods of weightless witness a time in between as the plane repositions. the band members took an anti-nausea drugs, but the production crew wanted to go naturally. >> we had 58 unscheduled reduringations. >> 58 vomiting events. >> reporter: whaes little nausea when paint-filled balloons are spilling their guts. the singer didn't throw up but did pass out. after spun by the flight attendants. >> there's footage of me. you can see my eyes twirl up and i go limp. ♪ >> reporter: watch dammian start

to lose it. after five seconds or so he regained consciousness. >> you want me to get you some water? >> no, i want you to get me some gravity. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> 58 unscheduled vomiting events. what was that stuff flying all over the plane? thank you for joining us. see you back here tomorrow night after the debate. anderson starts now. good evening. i'm jim sciutto filling in for anderson tonight. unprecedented new chapters in so what some would call the business star story of the campaign. one candidate threatening to sue another and a political ad that features a former soft porn actress. politics make string bedfellow indeed. we will hear from her later in