"legal view" and you want to continue watching cnn, do that or online to watch us too at cnn.com. in the meantime, wolf starts right now. hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in london. thank you very much for joining us. millions of voters here in the united states will have their say today as five states hold ten primaries. these are live pictures you see right now at polling stations in connecticut and pennsylvania. for the democrats, there are 384 delegates at stake in pennsylvania. rhode island, maryland, connecticut, and delaware. hillary clinton already holds a sizable lead in both pledge delegates as well as total delegates when you include the so-called super delegates.

a sweep would put a major step closer to ending the race. on the republican side, it's the same five states and 172 delegates up for grabs. donald trump is expected to do well in this, the northeastern corridor. here's where the republican race stands. trump will likely add to his lead adding more immediacy to john kasich and ted cruz. i want to take a closer look at what's at stake for the republicans right now. david gregory is the newest cnn political analyst, the host of the david gregory show podcast. and joining us from new york. first of all, david, welcome to cnn. good to have you on our team. what will it mean for donald trump's campaign, if he can, as the polls suggest, put up big numbers in all five states today and have basically a clean sweep? >> i think it means a couple of things. he continues to dust off the loss in wisconsin. a big win in new york. if he builds to that, i think he can add to the idea he's not

just a weak front-runner, which has what he's been. he's not hit 50% except in new york. if he could do that, i looked at his margins today to be as important as he moves forward and continues to build the momentum because the stop trump forces are really going to gather and put a line down in indiana to be able to deny him getting to the magic number. >> the stop trump alliance as some are calling it between ted cruz and john kasich, not even two days old. it is showing some serious strain. as you know, the plan is to have kasich focus in on new mexico and oregon out in the west. leave indiana to ted cruz. but kasich is fund raising in indiana today. already told voters there he'd make the best president and donald trump mocking all of this. is this an alliance really an alliance or could it actually backfire on these two republicans? >> it will backfire if there's not a clean opportunity for cruz to go up against trump because right now, trump's doing well in the polls.

he gets tighter if it becomes a two-man contest but as you say, kasich has not completely pulled himself out. so much money getting poured in from all sides right now into indiana but this is really an important moment. because if you do have trump winning in a conservative state like indiana, it's not just that it shows he can win beyond the northeast and more moderate republican territory, it's also 57 delegates and if he has a big night tonight, he gets within a couple hundred delegates, it gets difficult to stop him. i think this alliance is weak and probably a little too late in coming but it's still possible to give cruz enough running room to try to make it very close in indiana. win or take all there. that's important. so getting close is not enough for the anti-trump forces. >> are you surprised that kasich has basically given up indiana, a neighboring state to ohio? basically doesn't look like he's going to do well in another neighboring state today. pennsylvania. what's going on over here?

>> kasich has one play here. to get to cleveland and have an open convention and make the argument he's the best person to beat hillary clinton. he's certainly not winning the conservative primaries and i think one of the reasons he stays in is that he thinks those more moderate voters on the republican side who are for him probably go to donald trump and not ted cruz if he were to go out of the race. so however weak this alliance is, he still has an opportunity to play in other parts of the state with modern republican voters and try to do his part to deny trump. >> i would have thought he was doing better in indiana and pennsylvania. he was actually born in pennsylvania. the only state so far he's won is this home state of ohio. david gregory, thank you so much. welcome to cnn. >> thank you. >> and david gregory. the david gregory show podcast. check it out. i think you'll enjoy. look at some of the expectations on the other side right now and talk about the democrats. hillary clinton is looking to run the table in the five northeastern states that are voting today.

she's been active on social media today encouraging people to get out and cast the ballot. while bernie sanders has been out on the streets of philadelphia shaking hands. taking questions. including from our own jim acosta. >> just curious what you're thinking about today. it's expected to be a big day for hillary clinton. are you feeling any pressure to get out of this race? >> have a nice day. >> joining us from burlington, vermont, she's the wife of senator bernie sanders. thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be here, wolf. >> so realistically, five states and democratic contests. what are you expecting today? any surprises? >> i think we'll do well in several of the states. as you know, four of them are close primaries. so a lot of the people we've brought into the process to try to enter the democratic party are having the door shut on them. they're not able to vote. so that hurts us. and we know that.

in the open primaries where independents willing to move into the democratic party, get a chance to vote, bernie does well and sometimes wins by a landslide victories. in rhode island, it's an open primary so we expect to do best there. >> that's the only open primary today. four other states are all closed and only allowing registered democrats to vote. so you think you might win rhode island but maybe lose the other four? >> no. we hope that pennsylvania and connecticut look good. we will see. i think as you you know, it's proportional delegate count. so we'll split the delegates. and we'll see what happens. >> we'll see where you go from there. is there a scenario that you see where the campaign, this whole presidential campaign with bernie sanders and hillary clinton could end before the convention in philadelphia where one of these two candidates has it all wrapped up and hillary clinton has a lot more delegates

right now. >> no. i find it interesting that everybody keeps on asking us to unite the party behind hillary. ten states haven't even voted yet. and secretary clinton did line up behind president obama. but that was in june. and it was after a little bit of negotiation. so we feel very strongly that what we need to do is allow everybody to have the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice, and also, to vote for the direction of this country. you know, everybody keeps on paying attention to the horse race. honestly, wolf, have you ever heard anybody in the mainstream media from day one since bernie announced say that he could win? even after a string of eight victories, it still was the second sentence. but he can't win. well, you know, we've been doing a lot better than anybody ever thought and we hope to continue and to win. and if we don't, it's very important that the issues that bernie is talking about are

carried forward and he is intending to do that. giving people a chance to vote on the issues that he has talked about. >> i think you make a fair point. a year ago, no one would have expected the independent senator from vermont, bernie sanders, to be doing as well as he is against hillary clinton in this kind of contest. he is doing amazingly well but still has several hundred more pledge delegates and if you add the super delegates, over 500 and he has about 40. she is still way ahead in that all important delegate contest. that's why she's the front-runner, right? >> yes. but i think, you know, everybody just keeps on talking about delegate math. delegate math and i'm more of a fan of history and social studies and literature. i mean, i think what we need to recognize is how do we move this country forward and deal with the fact that 20% of our children are living in poverty? how do we deal with the fact that our young people are bankrupting themselves just to

get an education? all the issues that bernie is talking about need to be addressed. and they need to be addressed now. he is winning the 45 and under. what his agenda is is the future of the democratic party and the future of our nation. because as i said before, there's a lot of i understood depende independents out there. and polls have bernie way ahead against all the republicans, much more than hillary because independents and republicans vote in the general election. that's something that needs to be taken into account. mostly, we want to see these issues carried forward. you know, bernie's all about the issues. he has been running for the presidency and making it very clear winning the presidency is not enough. we need a political revolution. we need a political movement. and we're going to continue that and have it in all 50 states. there's ten more states to go. we want to bring people into the process and we want their voices

to be heard. not just to the convention, but after the convention. and if bernie is the candidate, they will be. if he isn't, we will help to make secretary clinton an even better candidate for the general election. and a republican cannot get the white house. we're committed to that. >> so you're going to be obviously, if he doesn't get the nomination, you'll be out there campaigning very aggressively. assertively for hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states and i'm sure your husband will as well. right? >> we have always said we will support the democratic nominee but not in april. in july. and that nominee can still be bernie sanders and the issues that he talks about should be at the center of the campaign. of anybody's general election. >> let me get your reaction to what the republican presidential front-runner just tweeted in the last hour or so and let me put

it up on the screen. bernie sanders has been treated terribly by the democrats with delegates and otherwise. he should show them and run as an independent. that's the tweet from donald j. trump. what do you think? >> i think that we've been very clear right from the beginning that we will not play the role of spoilers. the reason he was active and decided to run in the democratic party was just that. we cannot afford a republican in the white house. we cannot afford a republican appointing supreme court justices. so bernie will not be running as an independent. but his political revolution, the political revolution that millions of people are a part of will be a force to be reckoned with. not just in the presidential race but in the down ticket areas as well. so, you know, i mean, donald trump, honestly, one of the things that we will be fighting for on the platform, whether he's the candidate or not is electoral reform.

we know shutting people out of the process when they're actually excited about politics is not smart. it's very shortsighted. that's happened throughout this process. so millions of people have not been able, well, hundreds of thousands of people have not been able to vote and not to mention all the voting irregularities. >> we're out of time but has your husband been treated fairly by the democrats? >> yes. yes, but the process, the process needs to change. we need an open electoral system. same day registration and open primaries. >> i know you would like those independents, millions of them who can't vote in democratic primaries in certain states. you'd like them to vote because you'd do much better than hillary clinton were but they're the rules. >> but it's not just that. it's not just that. we knew those rules. we're not complaining like donald trump is. but the concern it's shortsighted. and it's not good for democracy.

and keep them involved in the process. the system today is not. it's not good for democracy. and we are going to work very hard to change it. >> one final question. your husband keeps saying you're the one who prepares the tax returns every year. he's counting on you to release them. you did release the 2014 tax returns. what about earlier years? how's that looking? >> you know, what's interesting is we released the 2014. hillary clinton hasn't released a transcript yet. >> is that the linkage? when she releases that, that is when you'll release the tax returns? >> that's a new development in all of this. i think it's fair to say. >> honestly, wolf, these are not the issues that are of concern to the american people. they're concerned about having

no jobs. bad trade policies. about foreign policies that are not making sense. we need -- i implore you as a leading wonderful host of a major show, please talk about the issues that concern the american people instead of delegate math and who can win or who can lose. it's more important as to what people will be doing. secretary clinton and bernie sanders have a lot more, as she says, that unites them than divides them. the republicans need to be beaten. but there are things that differ and we need to talk about that. >> fair point. all right, jane sanders, as usual, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, wolf. >> the wife of senator bernie sanders joining us from burlington, vermont. we'll get reaction and speak with a top official of the hillary clinton campaign. lots of news coming in. we'll be right back. how are you supposed to choose one? simple. you don't. at red lobster's create your own seafood trios,

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they're getting ready to vote. back there voting all over the northeastern states. mid-atlantic states. five states. ten presidential primaries. we're watching all of this.

these are live pictures coming in from bluebell, pennsylvania. that's the state with the biggest delegate prize of the night. hillary clinton certainly hoping for a sweep of all five states. christi christi christina shake. thank you for being here. you heard them saying several things. i want to get your reaction. first of all, they're not going to release earlier tax returns. the earlier tax returns. they released 2014 tax returns until your campaign releases the speeches before major wall street firms for which he received hundreds of thousands of dollars. is that a deal? can you accept that? >> you know, first of all, i want to say i always appreciate listening to jane sanders speak. she's such a passionate advocate for her husband and for the issues that they care about. so i always enjoy listening to her interviews and i have to say, i thought what was really

important in what she said today is there's so much more that unites us than divides us. i thought that was the most meaningful thing she said in this interview. i have to say on the transcripts and the taxes, i think it's pretty standard in campaigns when someone is running for president to release your taxes. hillary released hers going back to 1977. the last eight years on her web site. i think that's pretty standard thing to do and so we hope that they do that and we'll see what happens. but on her transcripts from the speeches, you know, i think that that's kind of a double standard. that's not something any candidate has been asked to do before and a bit of a double standard to demand that of hillary when no one else is doing it. >> what about the other point she was making? to open up the democratic contests, not close it to democrats but let independents register and vote as well. the bernie sanders campaign feels frustrated that

independents can't vote in a lot of these states. are you okay with that? >> i think those are decisions to be made for future elections. right now, we're really focused on these primaries and we're really proud of the fact that hillary is the candidate who's put together the biggest, broadest coalition of voters ahead by 2.7 million votes. she's ahead by 240 delegates. and that really reflects the coalition that she's put across this country. you know, she is solidly winning with women, african-americans, latinos, asia pacific islanders, seniors, the labor households. she is really the candidate, the only candidate in this race who's been able to put together that kind of coalition and we see that reflected in how far ahead she is at this point. >> last week, senator sanders said he wasn't going to discuss getting out of the race and not only in california but here in washington, dc as well and he said that it's important his

message get out earlier this morning. he was on cnn. this is what he said when he was asked at what point will he begin to merge his message with the democratic party and hillary clinton on issues like free college and ending fracking, for example. listen to this. >> we'll see what happens. we are going to have, if we don't win this thing, we're going to have a lot of delegates. in philadelphia, fighting the fight and i'm not convinced and you don't know what the delegates there will do. >> will secretary clinton be willing to listen to some of bernie sanders policy issues at the convention in terms of drafting that party platform? he seems to have the condition, i'll be with you but you've got to accept these issues. >> well, as i said, and as jane sanders said, there's so much more that unites us than divides us as democrats. if she's fortunate enough to be the democratic nominee, we're pretty confident she's going to be, but she's still working hard to win every vote. she's going to be listening to everybody and really be working

to bring our party together. >> how do you think she'll do today in the five states? >> you know, she's not taking anything for granted. she's out there working her heart out in all of these states and we feel pretty confident that we're going to continue to build on our lead and ahead by 2.7 million votes over senator sanders at this point and we feel pretty confident that she's going to come out of these contests today gaining and building on that lead. >> christina thank you. the alliance between cruz and kasich already showing some serious signs of strain. will it fall apart before taking shape? is easily absorbedmegared by your body. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. it begins from the the second we're born.er. because, healthier doesn't happen all by itself.

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live pictures in west hartford, connecticut, and blue bell, pennsylvania. five primaries in the eastern sea board. pennsylvania, connecticut, delaware, maryland, and rhode island. donald trump may need to get out the broom by the time the votes are counted tonight. the republican front-runner is poised to possibly sweep the five northeastern states holding primaries today but the ted cruz john kasich alliance hoping to stop trump from clinching the republican nomination in the weeks ahead. lou garjulo, co-chair of the 2015 delegate. joining us live as is bob bar, a cruz supporter, former u.s. congressman and republican from georgia. thank you very much for joining us. lou, do you expect a clean sweep

today? >> i suspect it will be a clean sweep. i think it's going to be a tremendous night for mr. trump in all of those states and i think we're moving on to indiana and california and the prognosis is outstanding and i do believe that the 1237 is within reach. and i think that the foolish move on the part of governor kasich and senator cruz to try to subvert the will of the american voter is going to go down in flames and i think it's a disservice to the republican party. >> what do you expect tonight? >> we expect senator cruz to continue to do what he's been going all along and that is recognizing as the trump people apparently do not do that running a national campaign is multi-facet and multi-level. you have to look beyond the big picture always and remember that there are a lot of delegates, a lot of voters down there at the

grassroots level that you have to work and that's what senator cruz has always done and will continue to do. he may lose a state to mr. trump occasional here and there and some of those may be today in the northeast where mr. trump's philosophy resonates more with some of the voters than ted cruz's more consistent conservative message but still a long way to go and the cruz campaign is not going to focus just on today. they're focusing on indiana and particular, on california, in order to make sure that the voters are not steam rolled by mr. trump. >> lou, trump has dismissed this cruz/kasich coalition that some are calling it an act of collusion and desperation. governor kasich said trump is afraid of an open convention and teaming up with ted cruz is about strategy and resources. let's listen to this. >> we want to husband our resources for other places the same way that the cruz people want to do that as well.

i don't see this as that big of a deal. i know it's like a bombshell to everybody. and i heard what you said in this race. everything is always unchanging. but i like to see an open convention. ted cruz would like to see an open convention and i think trump would not because he's afraid if he goes to an open convention, he's got no chance of winning. >> is trump worried about the possibility of an open convention, lou? >> i don't think he's worried about it. he would prefer not to have one. as i would prefer not to have one. it's really curious of governor kasich to even say that. here's a man who has won his home state and that's it. he has not demonstrated the ability to win voters across the united states and for him to think that even in an open convention, that he were to get the nomination, he would be successful in november is ludicrous. and i think he should get real and succeed the fact he's not going to win the presidency and

at this point in time, mr. trump is well on his way to the 1237 and i think also well on his way to a substantial race in november. >> if he wins all five states tonight, it will certainly be an added boost for donald trump. bob barre, as you know, this so-called deal worked out between senator cruz and governor kasich. governor kasich is going to avoid campaigning in indiana. that's a week from today. but senator cruz is going to avoid campaigning in new mexico and oregon which come up in subsequent weeks. here's a simple question. does he want, senator cruz, want voters in oregon and new mexico to vote for governor kasich? >> look. senator cruz is never been out there telling people who to vote for or whether to vote for some other candidate or not. he will continue to do what he has been doing all along very consistently and that is going to the grassroots voters, the grassroots delegates in those

states in which the delegates are chosen by conventions, for example, rather than just in an open vote. and convince them that his consistent conservative message is much better for republican voters in particular and general election voters down the road than mr. trump's flip-flopping back and forth and deciding one day he's going to be presidential and then he's not. >> bob barre, in oregon and new mexico, does senator cruz want voters to vote for him or someone else? >> senator cruz's campaign consistently recognizes there are two tracks that you have to run in a campaign. you have to play offense and you have to play defense as well. the offense is going out and winning elections for senator cruz. the defense is making sure that donald trump does not get the 1237 votes in order to steam roll the convention, which we don't anticipate in any

realistic scenario that he'll be able to do. >> so answer the question. please. >> i'm -- >> in oregon and new mexico to vote for senator cruz or does he want them to vote for someone else? >> senator cruz wants people to vote for the consistent conservative and that is senator cruz. >> so he wants them to vote for him. >> i can't speak for the campaign. the campaign has put out a statement from jeff roe that aught lines what we're talking about here. all i can tell you is as a surrogate for senator cruz is that he is consistently telling people and voters, republican voters in particular to vote for the consistent conservative and that certainly is not donald trump who is more consistent liberal. >> i'll give you the final wor, lou, go ahead. >> the establishment collusion that is going on is only fueling mr. trump further. and it will only lead to a

greater margin at the convention in july. if they believe that people who have voted are going to sit back and watch senator cruz attempt to steal the election in the manner he is, they're in for a rude awakening. and if he were to get the nomination, which i think is very unlikely, he would not be successful in november because the people have spoken. >> lou and bob, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you, wolf. hillary clinton holding a sizable lead right now as voters in five states head to the polls. a sweep will put her one step closer to the nomination and if she wins, bernie sanders supporters say they won't back the presidential democratic nominee of the democratic national committee. standing by to weigh in live. looking at polling stations in pittsburg pennsylvania. our bot. hey, baby, make it your first word! (baby babble)

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dill dwe're digging deeper democratic race. bernie sanders is staying in at least until the california primary on june 7th and probably all the way to the convention. joining us now from davie, florida, just outside of miami, the florida congresswoman, the chair of the democratic national committee. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks, wolf. >> is senator sanders staying in the race complicating the timetable to get ready for a general election? >> no, not at all. we have been getting ready for the general election alongside managing our primary for months now. we are focused on making sure

that our state pears haarties h resources they need and to stand up and coordinate a campaign particularly in the battleground states where we are focused on making sure that the digital and technological advances we have are able to be spread across the country. so we can walk and chew gum at the same time and certainly haven't been hanging back and waiting until the outcome of the primary. we've been getting ready as is our responsibility. >> as you know, senator sanders clearly hoping that if he does well, especially let's say on some of the states upcoming in california, for example, new jersey, that maybe some of those super delegates who overwhelmingly now are aligned with hillary clinton will switch at the last moment on the convention floor in july in philadelphia and vote for him. she's up by about 500 super delegates to 50 that he has. is that realistic? >> well, you know, it's not for me. as the dnc chair to comment on the strategy or likelihood on

the outcome for either one of the candidates. my job is to make sure i get us ready for the general election and neutrally and effective lly manage the primary and we have polls in five states who are going to be able to choose who the best candidate is in their mind to move our country forward and build on the success that we've had under president obama and those choices are going to be enthusiastic decisions in contrast to the republicans who are basically going to the polls to decide on which option they want based on who they dislike the least and that's the contrast. our candidate, whoever our nominee is going into the general election. the enthusiasm gap is significant. >> senator sanders said he looks forward to going to the democratic convention arguing about the platform he sees this effort under way right now not just about getting elected as president but a political

revolution. how much say will senator sanders and millions of supporters have on the party platform assuming he doesn't get the nomination? >> again, we're letting this primary play out and i have for a long time expected we would have a primary continue to the last primary on june 7th. but the platform is an expression of our party's values and as such, our process for developing the platform is going to be open and inclusive and expansive. each have representation on the drafting committee, a smaller committee that actually writes the draft of the platform for the broader platform committee and we have hearings around the country to take input from people who are interested in providing us with their feedback on what they think our platform sho should look like but it will be in contrast to what the republican looks like and what

the republican platform which will be a reflection of how extreme and off the deep end right wing the republicans have gone in recent years. >> i don't know if you were listening to my interview with jane sanders here on cnn just a little while ago this hour. she said and she prepared but not going to release anymore tax returns. they've released 2014 only that year and not going to release any earlier years until hillary clinton releases the transcripts, the full transcripts of her paid speeches before wall street firms. is that a fair deal? >> again, those are a back and forth between our two candidates and their campaigns. look, donald trump hasn't released any of his tax returns. so there is not a whole lot of transparency to speak of at all when it comes to the republican side of the aisle, and i don't understand how he's gotten away through this whole primary

releasing absolutely none of his tax returns and, you know, simply saying that he's being audited, which does not p proclude. let's see transparency on the republican side. that's what i'd like to see. >> do you want to see transparency on the democratic side also? the bernie sanders tax returns, the hillary clinton paid speech transcripts? >> again, that's a back and forth between our candidates at the national party. we're focused on the general election and also focused on making sure that when you're listening to the whining on the other side of the aisle about their process being rigged, what we're real concerned about at the national party for democrats is the process being rigged by republicans all over the country to keep certain kinds of voters from being able to cast ballots. that's why we filed suit last week against the state of arizona and elections officials there, because they have

aggressively adopted policies that make it much harder for people to vote in the primary that they had a few weeks ago. you had a shrinkage of the number of precincts that were available by 70% and in maricopa county, you had 1 precinct open for every 21,000 voters and they stood in line for five and six hours. by design, that was intended to stop minority voters and poor voters from being able to cast ballots. that's unacceptable and we're filing suit because the federal government should intervene. >> debbie wassermann of the dnc and a congresswoman from florida. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure, wolf. thanks so much. a strong message sent to russia deploying the military's most secretive aircraft. details next. neighbor boy.

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united states sending a message to russia and delivered in the form of highly advanced fighter jets. the war planes landed at a strategic romanian air base on monday. it is close to the ukraine border where russia's building up its own military presence. cnn's clarissa ward was on board

the refueling plane that traveled with the f-22s. she had more on the signal that washington is sending. >> reporter: these air force pilots are preparing for a unique mission. they will be accompanying two u.s. fighter jets to romania, a nato ally on the black sea. it will be the first time america's fathersome f-22 raptor landed there. an opportunity for the u.s. to show it's bolstering nato defenses on rush why's doorstep. flying one of the two is squadron commander lieutenant colonel daniel lahawski explaining what makes the f-22 special. >> combination of stealth, super cruise, increase situational awareness of the aircraft provides us which adds up to a unique advantage on the battlefield. >> reporter: so basically the best in the world? >> the aircraft is truly incredible. it is indeed the best fighter aircraft in the world. >> reporter: the technology is so advanced that congress banned

their sale overseas. enroute to romania, the jets regularly refueled, a delicate balancing act we got to see close up, a nozzle of a boom is lowered from the tanker. the jet then moves into place directly below it and the gas starts pumping. officially, this is a training exercise to put u.s. fighter jets from a fixed base to a forward operating base but the symbolism is important here. this is intended as a show of force to an increasingly assertive russia. earlier this month, russian jets repeatedly buzzed a u.s. navy destroyer in the baltic sea in maneuvers the u.s. called provocative and aggressive. since the annexation of crimea in 2014, russia has steadily built up its military footprint on the black sea, unnerving many nato allies in the region as air

force chief of force told us. >> increasing the activities, they're increasing the missions, increasing the training. this is the thing that we are seeing every single day. so we need to get ready for what's going to be. that's my major concern, how to get ready for what's going to be next thing. >> reporter: and like many here, he hopes that the u.s. will continue its commitment to its nato allies, whatever tomorrow may bring. >> senior international correspondent clarissa ward is joining us live from romania. good report. thank you. does russia have a similar amount of air power at its disposal over there? >> reporter: well, wolf, russia is projected to spend more than $2 billion by 2020 on essentially revamping its black sea fleet and it does have some serious weaponry, their most

modern cruise missiles travel nearly 2,000 miles but they don't have anything like the f-22. in fact, really, it is not an exaggeration say nobody in the world does. that's exactly why the u.s. is so protective about this technology. when we were looking at the jets on the ground, even, we weren't allowed to have the cameras out 20 feet of the jets. wolf? >> will the kremlin see it as a provocati provocation? clearly the u.s. wanted to advertise what it was doing, they invitded you aboard and we had this report. so will russia presumably respond in some way? >> reporter: well, it remains to be seen how russia will respond but i think it's fair to say they see it as a provocation an the narrative is different than the u.s. they see nato as the aggressor and bothered them for decades now and interesting to see how they react precisely this event

if they do at all. >> you're in romania right now. that's a key nato ally. how are the folks there, romanians, reacting to the latest round of tension between the u.s. and russia, some aspects of it reminiscent of the cold war. >> reporter: well, it's interesting, wolf. talking to people here there's very real concerns, very real concerns specifically as nato allies, they feel vulnerable that they don't feel perhaps in the past the u.s. has done enough to show the full effect of its force, to stand up against russia. and they're keenly aware of the fact that russia is expanding its presence since the annexation of crimea. we have just seen it grow more and more powerful on the black sea. we have seen how audacious the russians can be. remember this month, the uss donald cook in the baltic sea, the russians flying very low

over it. certainly fair to say they're feeling pretty vulnerable, wolf. >> clarissa ward in romania for us, thank you for your excellent reporting, as always. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." the news continues next right after a quick break. oil differ from megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.

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