top of the hour. 2:00 p.m. eastern and it is down to the wire in five states today. lines are out the door. crowds are filling caucus locations as voters make their final choice on this super saturday. and the republican candidates are getting in their final jabs. >> and the way we win this primary and the way we beat hillary clinton in november is, we tell the truth with a smile. >> we're going to make our military so strong, so powerful that nobody, nobody is going to mess with us. >> and they won't have a chance, if the conservative movement is hijacked by someone who is not a conservative. [ cheers and applause ] >> if i were to just attack donald trump now and call him a name, boy, it would be just -- kasich has resorted to the negative. i'm with harry potter.

we're not going to the dark side. >> and flint, michigan gets ready for the spotlight tomorrow night, for a critical debate between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. while this city deals with a horrific water crisis. hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield live at the university of michigan in flint. >> and, everyone, i'm poppy harlow live in new york. ashleigh and i will take you through the next hour and what a day it is in flint, ash, and in politics. it is super saturday. capping off a busy and chaotic week in the race for the white house. stakes are higher, attacks sharper and the results of today's voting, very important. lines to vote in some kentucky locations right now, they are long and they are winding, in kansas, thousands showed up to caucus. five states are holding their contests today on the republican side. 155 delegates are up for grabs.

in kentucky, maine, louisiana and kansas, democrats also holding primaries in louisiana. they are caucuses in kentucky and in nebraska. in kansas and nebraska, i should say. in total, there are 109 delegates at stake for bernie sanders and hillary clinton. rivals donald trump and marco rubio are both holding rallies in florida this hour, and looking ahead to that crucial winner take all primary on march the 15th. they have both already had very busy days. marco rubio addressed republicans as the conservative political action conference, cpac this morning and sat down with an interview for our dana bash. trump pulled out of his speech scheduled to be there last minute and instead went to kansas and held events. texas senator ted cruz at the very same caucus location there this morning as donald trump, and despite the rival's recent behavior towards one another, trump and cruz steered clear of each other when addressing the crowd. >> we're here this morning for

something a lot more important than politics. we're here because our country's in crisis. we're here because we love our kids and grandkids, and we love freedom and the constitution, and we want our country back. [ cheers and applause ] >> they're talking about what we've done as a movement. when i saw the thousands of people that i just spoke to in the other hall and more than that, more than that, standing outside trying to get in, this has never happened before. the covers of "time" magazine four times over the last few months. it's never -- nobody's seen it before. we have a movement going. >> i want to go live to our reporter in orlando, florida. we're going to see trump there. i know they're expecting 25,000 people to be at this trump rally in orlando. marco rubio's headed there now as well. look, this is a winner take all state with 99 delegates. this is a state the polls showed trump ahead of rubio and analysts say if you don't have a

win in florida, rubio, where is the path forward? >> well, that's exactly right, poppy. what's so testing, after a week where the republican establishment hammered donald trump, trying to disrail him led by mitt romney, you're starting to see that the crowd here booing the establishment. in fact, starting the, stop the establishment hash tag. in fact, we heard a speaker introduced, a former fund-raiser for mitt romney. when he talked about his work he got booed. let's take a listen. >> -- a central florida finance chair for mitt romney's first and unsuccessful presidential bid. who put that in there? >> notice when -- when mitt romney was running, i looked around -- [ crowd reaction ] >> reporter: so there you go. you have some sense of how this crowd is feeling about the

establishment right now and, of course, florida, huge, march 15th. one of the first winner take all states about 100 delegates up for grabs. donald trump spending $2 billion in advertising in this state. marco rubio getting a big endorsement from the "orlando sentinel" just last night. that's huge here in the voter corridor. they're going to continue to duke it out here in the sunshine state but, of course, donald trump, a big lead. he has a lead of 44, poppy. marco rubio coming in at just 28% support. a lot of ground to make up in his native state here and donald trump bringing the crowd out and whipping them up against the establishment. poppy? >> absolutely. it has been working for him so far. we'll keep watching. florida is so critical, voting on march 15th. chris, thank you. republican presidential hopef hopeful, marco rubio says stakes could not be higher in this presidential election. he did get a standing ovation from the crowd at the cpac conference after taking a shot

at donald trump, who he claims is "hijacking" the conservative movement. he sat down for a q&a session with our very own dana bash. here's part of it. >> reporter: one thing you were just talking about struck me i want you to talk about, because i, too, came in through the back, through the kitchen, and, you know that is definitely how you approach a lot of these events, and people don't really realize that, but for you it is personal. >> yeah. i mean, my parents, this is the jobs they did. i always tell people, my parents were incredibly successful people, because the american dream's not about how much money you make or how many buildings have your name on it. [ cheers and applause ] the american dream -- the american dream, i wasn't talking about anybody in particular. i'm just saying. the american dream is about achieving happiness. when you become a firefighter or a police officer, or a teacher, or a nurse, you know you're not going to become a billionaire. you want what my parents

achieved, working as a bartender and maid at a hotel, arriving with no money, education. the first words my dad learned in english, i'm looking for a job. they retired with dignity and left all four children better off than themselves. that's the american dream. >> when he was asked what he thought about donald trump backing out of his speech at cpac, rubio went after his rival saying that the conference is usually reserved for conservatives. you can see how this fight is going on and on. let's talk about all of it. cnn senior political analyst is with us, and rahm, let me begin with you. talking about the strategy, you wrote a fascinating pete e inine "atlantic." after trump captured states across the gop's geographic and demographic spectrum, those resisting him are now talking about a strategy of fragmentation, and you say that encourages marco rubio, ted

cruz, john kasich, et cetera, to remain rivals, basically saying their idea is splinter the vote enough. that's one school of thought. the other school of thought is, don't splinter them or you're going to have trump win. where do you fall? >> right. well, i think the evidence -- the republican party now is at a precarious moment. donald trump clearly has more support in the party than any of these other rivals but he is, poppy, a moplurality pront rufr. exceeded 20% of the vote twice. none of the candidates look big enough on their own to take him down. ted cruz coalition, too narrow. hasn't won more nan 18% who are not evangelical in any staexcep texas. marco rubio winning a little of everything but not winning enough of anything. his bet group should be college educated voters and only one nem three of the nine states on super tuesday. >> didn't see it in virginia

like we thought. >> one of the three, virginia. hoping one of these candidates can emerge to take down trump, the last-dump strategy of those resisting him, mitt romney voiced as it was moving forward is that many of them should, all of them to stay in the race. try to contest trump on different, in different states. the places they would be the strong effort and simply hope to prevent him from reaching the delegate majority on the first ballot and home the convention will turn in another direction for a nominee after that. >> the 901 he needs, a magic number. rebecca, to you. you look at that. the juggernaut that has become, or that trump has become the juggernaut in this party, is it something they can stop with what we've seen thus far? for example, some are pointing to mitt romney saying all you're doing is helping donald trump, because you stand for exactly what he doesn't, in terms of the establishment? >> absolutely. so what we're seeing right now, poppy, is really a hail mary on the part of the republican

party. not only in the sense that they're hoping that they can take this fight to a contested con convention and splinter the vote enough to keep donald trump from getting 1,237 delegates, but having mitt romney come out this week and try to prevent donald trump from winning, try to attack him, mitt romney, as you suggested, for many republicans and especially republicans supporting donald trump, or thinking about supporting donald trump who are angry at the establishment, mitt romney is one of the least credible messengers you could possibly pick to take on donald trump. he's viewed add part of the problem and part of the establishment. >> let's listen to something else marco rubio said today onstage at cpac. >> these young americans are the most technologically advantaged people that have ever lived, on the campaign trail, unless you're under 25, no one knows how to use their camera phone. these young americans have the chance to fulfill and incredible potential and destiny.

but we have to give them a chance. and they won't have the a chance if a hillary clinton or a bernie sanders is elected. and they won't have a chance -- [ applause ] and they won't have a chance if the conservative movement is hijacked by someone who is not a conservative. [ cheers ] >> standing ovation for that one. interesting strategy. he did not use the name trump once on that stage. why do you think that is and is it effective? >> first, interesting he has been using this line about millennials more in the last few days and weeks. millennial, the first election where millennials equal the baby boom as a share of eligible voters in the country. they won't equal them as a share of actual voters they don't vote

by as high a rate. in 2020 exceed the baby boom in all likelihood. marco rubio has generational themes in his argument, hasn't played on them much or establishment an advantage amongst millennials, not a big advantage. so i do think it is interesting he's making that generational argument. he'll go after donald trump plenty by name in the weeks ahead and as i think everybody pointed out, florida is a do or die situation for rubio. he only -- only run there once staid wide. wn in a plurability abiliplural. ultimately the test he'll be measured against. >> wish we had more time. thank you so much. coming up, we go live to two caucus sites in kentucky. will voters on the republican side turn up en masse to support donald trump, or will the anti-trump movement continue to drive voters on this super saturday? a live report, next.

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it is super saturday, and the polls are open across several states right now. some critical states in play. in bowling green, kentucky, a steady stream of voters all day long. in and out of this site. one caucus site, the lines have been so long, well, they wound out the door. this is a new experience for kentucky republicans. this is a first time, the first year they have caucused instead of holding a primary, and by the way, this is much earlier than their primary used to be, which used to be in may. turn to bowling green, kentucky, brian todd is live for us. not only talking to all the people there, lines out the doors, but then rand paul stops by. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. exciting to see him. we thought he might be coming by, because we knew he would vote in this precinct. where people are checking in here. we're not allowed to go past this point. checking in here by alphabetical order and raphael, rodriguez and i will swing around and start to

walk down the line and as we do that, talk about rand paul, he came by here earlier. the lines are so long because of rand paul. this is what he had to say to us. >> what do you think of this? great turnout. are you surprised? >> you know, a little bit. we're excited about it, though. this is the first time that my vote or any kentucky republican's vote will really count, because we're right in the middle of the election. usually we don't vote until late may and a lot of times the election seems to be over, but it's also exciting because we have local candidates out campaigning. everybody's out here shaking hands, and so it's kind of a, more of an old-fashioned feel to politics. >> reporter: now, a key question was going to be, who was rand paul voting for? i asked him a couple times. he would not tip his hand. tried to get him to narrow it down. asked if he'll vote for one of the two senators at the top of the gop ballot. he still wouldn't bite. what we're looking at here. this has been the case all day long. caucus officials tell us they

did not expect this kind of volume. look at this. all the way down this massive hallway. all the way out the door. hundreds and hundreds of people at a time. this has not let up since the polls opened, what, about three hours ago heree and they don't expect it to anytime soon. they're going to actually start counting ballots soon, poppy, because they don't want to get behind in the count for when the ballots close at 5:00 p.m. eastern time and they have to report the results. a couple of hours later. poppy, you can see just a ton of energy here. very exciting. people are jazzed about these caucuses. moved up to march 5th thanks to rand paul, because he wanted to be able to run for both senate and president and couldn't be on both ballots, you know, running for both offices on one ballot. they had to move it up to march 5th. even though rand paul dropped out, this is the result of his efforts. >> brian todd, live for us there in bowling green. thank you so much. we'll check back with you soon. coming up next, we're going to take you to flint, michigan, where you will see a story of community, how volunteers are

helping the residents there in flint in the midst of a dire water crisis. you'll see that. special, live coverage from flint ahead of our debate. the cnn debate there, tomorrow night. that's next. hi. my name is vince swift and my question is for bernie sanders. the flint water crisis was caused by failing infrastructure. how would you as president fix the american foundation so that this doesn't happen anywhere else?

my question to hillary clinton is this -- how will you as a president protect vulnerable populations and minority cultures in the u.s. and throughout the world? welcome back, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. we are coming to you live from flint, michigan. tomorrow night cnn's democratic presidential debate will be held in this city, this city in crisis, and it will no doubt draw a lot more attention to the plight of the residents here. you just heard from one of them throughout the hour we've been showing you other residents. they are the people directly affected by lead-tainted water that's been running through their pipes, through the city's pipes and into homes potentially poisoning anyone who drank it. today cnn partnered with the relief organization convoy of hope to distribute thousands of bottles of clean water to the people of flint, michigan, and

to help them to get the help they need. molly erickson is with convoy of hope and she's kind enough to join me now to talk a little bit about the work you've been doing, the work your group has been doing and thank you for letting us partier in with you to get those 500,000 bottles of cnn water out to the residents. the really the kind of thing we love doing. i want to let you know as well anderson cooper, don lemon, i was going to do it as well but was stuck on the air, a lot of our work verse been working behind the scenes with you. doing this since january door-to-door opening up relief stations. >> yes. >> how did you end up coming from your base in missouri to flint, michigan? >> as a nonprofit it's disaster response. while that normally includes natural disasters like tornadoes or earthquakes, hurricanes, this is a disaster. it's a water crisis. there's was a need and we wanted to address that. we partnered with local churches here after there was a state of emergency in january, and we've

been here ever since, distributing water. >> i'm looking at some of the pictures of my colleagues. so proud of -- sara sidner one of our correspondents also out this morning and she said that the relief, the look on the people's faces when they delivered this water, they are struggling. they're still paying for poison's water to come into their homes. and many of them are saying they're using food budgets to have to pay for bottled water just so they can wash their babies, literally, bathe their babies. you're an organization that goes around the world. you go to third world countries. you do the disaster relief to places where we might expect that that would be needed. did you ever think for a minute you would be doing that kind of work in an american city? >> i think it was definitely a wake-up call for us. like you said, we do work all over the world. so going into haiti or the philippines or tanzania, where we're normally working and one of our focus countries, i think going somewhere like that you expect something like that.

to have this need in our own back yaerpd and have to address it was definitely new for us. >> how are the people, when you're, when you encounter them? whether on the front porch or whether it's at one of the relief stations you've set up? two today were relief stations people could come to and two other events i think at 8:00, you were heading off in a virtual convoy to deliver. what's the reaction been from the people who need this water? >> just thankfulness, really. it's something they've been dealing with for a long time, but just to know that people aren't coming in, seeing the need, responding to it and leaving, but that we're here ongoing and here for the long haul with them. i think they really appreciate that. we've heard from a lot of people, you know, they're using bottled water, like you said, to bathe. so families are going through hundreds of bottles of water each week, and so for us to be able to give them a few cases, you know, this week, and then connect them with the local resources that they have where they could go after that is really important. >> molly erickson, you're doing awesome work and thank you for

that. thank you for being here today. again, i have to thank my cnn colleagues for going out for you today and doing this as well. especially because the weather isn't particularly helpful. thanks again. appreciate it. i'm sure i'm speaking on behalf of many of the people you serve as well. >> we can't do anything we do without volunteers. >> thank you. if you're out there, and i know you can't get out maybe into the snow, here in flint, michigan, but you can go online and help the people of flint, michigan going to cnn.com/impact. i said it before, i must say it again. they're your fellow americans in dire need and it is through no fault of they're own. so google, and then go to that address, and help out. coming up, we're going to turn to our other big story today. super saturday. will the splintering of the republican party continue, or will people start to rally around one of those leaders still standing? we're going to keep an eye on the voting across the nation, next. mini-wheats®... 8 layers of wheat... and one that's sweet. to satisfy the adult and kid - in all of us.

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it is super saturday, and voting is under way in five states right now, and a lot of focus is also on a sftate not voting another ten days. that is florida. we're waiting for two events to get underway there. senator marco rubio will hold a rally in jacksonville. his home state considered a must-win for rubio. earlier he told our dana bash he will win that state and take all 99 delegates with him. we shall see, because every oh gop candidate also wants to take florida. donald trump holding a rally in orlando this hour. voters in maine and nebraska are also heading to the polls today. in maine, the republicans' turn. democrats caucus there tomorrow. in nebraska it is the democrats casting their votes in the caucuses today. we have reporters in both states. in maine for us, we begin with miguel marquess, live in nebraska. what are we seeing today in

terms of the energy, the excitement, the turnout? >> we are seeing huge crowds and lots and lots of bernie suppo support supporters. i want to show you the line outside brian high school here no south omaha. >> wow. >> stretching around the block, growing by the second. how many of you are first-time caucusgoers? how many of you for bernie? how many for hillary? i want to show you inside. check this out. the number of bernie supporters has been huge at all of his rallies. he was here on thursday. he got about -- 4,000 people. they had 1,500 in overflow in order to handle up a the bernie supporters. bim clinton was here last night. chelsea clinton was here in nebraska earlier in the week, but they didn't have nearly the crowd. they've come in here. they have to check in, in this location. brian high school, home of the bears in south omaha is home to two different caucus locations. two different legislative

districts. so they're going to be filling both an auditorium in here and a gymnasium with about 600 people each. excuse me. pardon me. how are you? this is the location inside where they're actually checking in to go to their respective, either the auditorium or the gym, and i want to show you what this gym looks like right now. how are you? >> i'm all right. >> reporter: the two biggest papers in town, the one in lincoln, and here in omaha, have both backed hillary clinton. the student newspaper has backed -- at least the biggest student newspaper, has backed bernie sanders. gives you an idea of his crowd. he had, at the lead center on thursday, he had about 3,000 people come into the center and about 1,000 people outside of it. so as these voters come in here they're going to go either to the auditorium or into this gymnasium here and they will line up basically bernie

supporters on one side, hillary supporters on the other, and this is what it looks like. democracy in action here in, in the cornhusker state. the people on this side of the room are all bernie supporters. the people on that side of the room are all hillary supporters. when this caucus gets doing they'll try to talk each other -- are you guys ready for this? [ cheers ] >> they are, miguel. >> reporter: what about the hillary supporters down there? you ready? [ cheers ] >> reporter: so you can see the signs. you can see the energy. they will begin the caucus process. this will be basically arguing for each other, lining up, trying to get more. turnout throughout the state, huge, poppy? >> miguel, great to see. democracy in play, democracy in action. interesting, when you look back to 2008, then senator obama swept some of these rural states. he swept nebraska. he swept kansas. a failure on the part of the clinton campaign, they would say. sounds like they're taking nothing for granted this time

around in this state. >> reporter: they are taking nothing for granted and a huge point of pride for democrats here in nebraska that in 2008 they got one electoral vote for barack obama. the last time nebraska ever cast electoral vote for a democrat, 1964. so they think this caucus process, which was 2008, the first year they had it. this is the year they think they are going to really push democrats forward here in nebraska. poppy? >> miguel, thank you so much. live in omaha. now to paula sand vol who is in maine. what are we seeing there? >> reporter: poppy, 22 caucus sites here in maine and this is perhaps one of the busiest, also really much 69 attention is right now because a few moments ago republican governor took the stage here addressing these caucusgoers supporting trump. obviously an individual who supported chris christie then soon after he dropped out of the race, he quickly attached himself to the trump campaign. so he took to the stage, reminding caucusgoers why he

believes he's the man who deserves to be in the oval office. now we see representatives of each campaign. because the governor was on the stage a few minutes ago doesn't necessarily mean the people in this room agree with him. we've spoken to people who support cruz, and then also senator rubio as well. even a couple as well that support john kasich. i think this is something we could expect, in the next hour or so we have seen a significant turnout as well. is maine a critical state? many argue maybe that's not the case. is it important, though? absolutely. the first time that the republican outcome will be a binding decision for the delegates of the state. poppy? >> and paolo, such a turnaround for the governor, for le page on trump. >> reporter: absolutely. interesting here, as i mentioned, as the governor took the stage, basically he went down the list of these candidates saying that both senators are in this own words

not ready to be president, and in his own words saying that trump is simply a true, blue american, in his own words. why he called on these caucusgoers to when they go vote, to move in that direction. again, we've seen several different opinions here in maine and it seems to be the consensus people want involved, an energy and feeling that maine truly matters especially if it means perhaps the cruz folks trying to do well. >> yeah. and the fact, though, le page a month ago wasn't backing trump. now has come out supporting him. thank you both. coming up, she's out stumping for trump. what former celebrity apprentice contestant has to say about her old boss. she's live with me, straight ahead. . this cancer patient... christine... living her life... loving her family. moments made possible in part by the

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live pictures for you in flint, michigan. we are coming to you live from flint, michigan, today on super saturday, because perhaps one of the most important issues in this election is, what has happened to the people of flint, and are they alone? or wherever you are in america, could you also suffer an infrastructure problem that is almost paralyzed this city, and will cost this city hundreds of millions of dollars? and maybe yours, too. i'm ashleigh banfield, everyone. welcome to flint, michigan.

i've got the flint river behind me. the source of so much tragedy in this city, and the work to fix the water problem here in flint, thank god, has begun. in fact, just yesterday the stan began pulling out and replacing those lead contaminated pipes in the water system. the crews are starting in neighborhoods that need the most. the people most at risk of lead poisoning. little kids under the age of 6. senior citizens and, of course, pregnant women. it is a $55 million program, which hasn't yet been approved by the state legislature. flint's mayor is pushing the state to pass the bill, and there's a lot of politics that are swirling around this filthy bottle of water that you see on your screen. this weekend the presidential democratic candidates are heading here and they'll be debating right here in flint, michigan. a city in crisis over this toxic water. its led to a health crisis and a

lot of finger-pointing, too. i had a chance to speak with a flint resident just recently. her name is rhonda kelso and she says neither political party seems to have been much help so far. rhonda, do you think that the current democratic and republican candidates for president care about you and your neighbors? do you think that there's someone in that current crop of candidates who can help you? >> i don't think presently, i'd like to put the political system how it is right now with the democrats and republicans. you know, the way that the city of flint residents were poisoned, it was bipartisan. so it was both democrat and republican agents, officials, that had something to do with our water being poisoned. >> but do you see any heroes coming out of the current crop of democratic and republican candidates? >> as far as someone who's going

to -- >> who really cares and wants to change this and fix this and help you? >> i'm not -- >> i mean, they come here and they debate here and they visit here and they campaign here, but do you believe any one of them is actually going to do something here, if elected? >> i can't say that, but i know that hillary, she came through and she spoke about it. you know? she said she was going to fix it. you know? she was going to, you know, help us. that's what she said. and so i know that she came, and she met with our mayor, and other officials, you know. i don't know what they talked about. i don't know what type of remedy she, you know, included, to where it would fix our problems, but i know she spoke about it, and i don't think that bernie sanders spoke about it, you know. at least -- at least hillary said something, but bernie, i don't think mr. sanders said

anything regarding fixing our water situation, or -- or adding his expertise as far as -- >> the overall -- >> yeah. >> well, i can say without question, a huge topic. >> -- on improving or water situation. >> on sunday, my big guess, a good guess, this will be a huge topic of conversation between those two candidates on sunday. i thank you for talking to me and i wish you and your daughter the best as you try to navigate this really awful situation you're in, no fault of your own. >> yes. it's a challenge. it's a great challenge. and our thanks to rhonda kels or for joining us live on the set. don't miss the democratic debate tomorrow night in flint, michigan. everyone in this town is waiting to hear what these two candidates, bernie sanders and hillary clinton, have to say about what they live with every day. they're water crisis. back, right after this.

before he was running for president, and before he became the gop front-runner, donald trump hosted the reality show "the apprentice." contestants competed to be member of trump corporation and those that didn't make it, you know they got fired. one of the more famous firings. >> -- project manager and you not only lost, you got creamed.

i've always been a big am rosa fan, but amrosa, you're fired. >> thank you for bringing me on. >> thank you very much. >> if only everyone responded that way when they were fired. right? am amrosa, thank you for being here. >> you showed me getting fired in front of america. >> i'm sorry. can i blame the producers? no. i'm kidding. look, everyone remembers that your name is so well known from those days and what you've gone on to do since. you are stumping for donald trump, and it's interesting. >> absolutely. >> we were looking back and obviously you worked in the clinton administration, worked for president al gore in the '90s. what is it about trump that has you onboard? >> not only did i work for al gore i also worked for bill clinton, deputy associate director of personnel. spent a lot of time on the hill but i'm stumping for donald trump because he is truly the best chance we have of turning america around. i believe it. he has an incredible vision for

this nation and he will move us forward and that's why i stand by him. not only is he my frent butiend great leader, manage and will make a great minister. >> you are an ordained baptist minister, in addition to teaching and i want your take from that perspective on some of the language we've seen back and forth. what we saw play out on the debate stage thursday night, for example, in detroit. are you concerned about the tenor of this race? >> well, i've been in politics a very long time, as you've pointed out, and all of these races become very contentious. this is the most important, the most important office in the land. it is the highest office you can attain. and so -- >> never before have words like this been used. >> you see the animosity. >> this is in a whole different league. right? >> well, i -- things have gotten tense in the past. let us not forget when romney was running. let us not forget when bush was running or when obama was running against hillary clinton.

very tense moments. this isn't the first time. most important is donald trump is tough. and we need tough leadership right now. america is losing on all fronts. we're being attacked by isis, attacked by terrorists. we need somebody who's going to be tough are and who is going to unapologetically set a new course for this nation. >> there's a difference between being tough and a difference between taking these really personal attacks and talking about the size of body parts, et cetera, so much so -- >> i agree. what rubio said about trump's hands. i agree. what rubio said about trump's hands wa vulgar. >> trump responded, omarosa. >> and rubio should be held accountable for what he says. interesting they're associated trump with something rubio said about him. rubio should be ashamed of himself, of talking about donald trump's hands and the size of other things. donald trump has to respond unfortunately to all of these attacks from cruz, from rubio and from romney. it's incredible. he's taking hits and still

standing and the voters will show that they support donald trump and they're not going to be moved by these attacks by the establishment. >> you have been a vocal outspoken supporter of the black lives matter movement. trump has come under fire obviously for his initial reaction to jake tapper's three questions about whether he would disavow the kkk and white supremacist david duke. this is what happened at protestors at one of trump's rallies in louisiana. how do you feel that your candidate, trump, handled race relations as a eck to is during this campaign? >> can i just tell you, poppy a very personal story. when my brother was murdered in ohio in youngstown, ohio, the first person on the phone to me was donald trump. he was very concerned what was happening in my community, in my family and that's something i can share with you personally that i experienced with donald trump. you talked about a lot of different things. let me first start with black lives matter. i have been very vocal from tray

vo trayvon martin to what's happened to freddie gray and donald trump is very concerned about social justice issues happening in all communities, in black communities, in latino communities in america. when you ask me about black lives matter, let's deal with that. an important movement serving an important role in this election and donald trump has addressed those things. start moving over into david duke, addressing and endorsing donald trump. it was an unwarranted one. he has no association nor any relationship with that organization and he disavowed them. moving forward, today the voters will speak out and show their voice matters and they will not be undermined by the establishment and hopefully we will be victorious today. >> omarosa, finally, arnold schwarzenegger, the new host of "the apprentice" out on the campaign trail for kasich. your stump for trump. what do you think trump feels about his new fill-in? >> what a way to xwaunsquander

influence. a waste of time. kasich, a nice guy. i am in ohio and he is the governor, but, man, he has no clear way of becoming the nominee for the republicans. >> he says he'll take ohio. >> i don't wyoming he'll xwaunldxwaunld xwaunlder squander support. another way the establishment is trying to undermine the will of the people, but the people will be victorious. their vote counts. you vote, it matters. the person wins they go on to represent, poor arnold schwarzenegger, what a way to squander your support. he should have got behind the winner and that is going to be donald j. trump. >> omarosa, wish we had more time. thank you for joining us from cleveland, ohio today. >> thanks, poppy. >> nice to see you. >> thank you. that will do it for me. so glad you were with us today. thank you so much. ashleigh? >> poppy harlow, great job. i'm ashleigh banfield live in flint. thanks for watching both's us and stay with cnn.

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