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north carolina, and illinois. here is more on what to expect as we head into those contests. of political strategy from marco rubio's campaign encouraging voters in ohio to vote for john kasich rejoining us by the phone, jeremy pelzer. explain what is going on here. clearly, i don't know if you've seen a lot of those reality shows, but they are making a temporary alliance to gang up on what they see as the bigger threat, in this case, donald trump. host: there have been a number of polls in ohio showing the showingald trump -- that donald trump is ahead, but only by the single digits. where is he expected to do well? guest: like many other states,

it is hard to gauge exactly where his support is because there are so many new voters him.g out for in fact, there are reports in eastern ohio that a lot of ullocrats will exit p republican ballots to vote for doll trunk. while the polls show him ahead, they might be proven wrong if a lot of these voters, so-called democrats, come out, this election, and support trunk. host: of course, tuesday is significant because it starts the winner take all states for republicans. 66 delegates at stake in ohio, correct? guest: that is correct. host: let me go back to the strategy of encouraging ohio voters to vote for john kasich. is there a reciprocal recruitment in florida? sign: i have not seen any

of that from the john kasich campaign. in fact, they are pretty irked at the rubio campaign because of an ad campaign that his super pac is running against john kasich. when they got wind of the rubio to vote urging ohioans for john kasich, they reacted coolly, and said, if you want to help out, tell your pac to back off in florida. host: how intense is the race? guest: in ohio, we are no stranger to intense races. it is getting and very intense on the republican and the democratic side. it has been late to rise up, but now we are in the middle of a 10 day hurricane of activity in ohio. host: of course, democratic candidates will be in columbus on sunday. let me ask you about what you

expect on tuesday, in terms of overall turnout. does all of this tee up to what summer cover this w in cleveland? guest: as far as hillary and in ohio, hillary is a conventional front runner. she won in 2008, and polls show her this year with the lead. you have reagan democrats that might come out of the woodwork. everyone i have been talking to expects a much closer race in ohio them what the holes might -- polls might indicate. host: thank you for your time. >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the we follow thes

candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. ♪ hoped to bring you a hillary clinton campaign, but unfortunately, we experience some problems with the signal. instead, we take you to a rally that took lace earlier today in florida with marco rubio. ♪

marco rubio: thank you for coming out so early on a saturday. you should be voting. d already voted. thank you for coming out for me. i think the weather will hold up . so many of you have been supportive of us for so long. i see so many familiar faces. i think you. you.thank i ask you to continue the hard work over the next 72 hours. make sure you get others out to vote as well. it is early, saturday, and there are other things to do, but i am grateful you came out today.

i want to talk to about america. we are in the middle of a campaign. it is an important campaign. what i want to talk to about is a big part of it. years, ourr over 200 republic has given us the opportunity to be an exceptional nation. many countries still solve their problems through war, violence, most countries, if you lose an election, you have to go to another country, into exile, or jail. i tell people all the time, what is the worst that can happen? if you lose an election, you go back to your family, back to the public sector. .e have been very blessed last night, in chicago, we saw images that make america look like a third world country. i am by no means telling you the people who showed up at the .ally are blameless there are clearly professional

agitators, many of them, who went there with the intention of disrupting an event for a speaker they do not agree with. there are things with that speaker that i do not agree with, and that is why i am running against him. there is a developing trend among the american left that if we do not like what you're talking about, we will go disrupt your event. on collegeone it campuses across america. i by no means saying they are blameless in all this. they were acting like thugs last night. by the way, in regards to that, i think last night we saw why are police officers are people we should always be thankful for . [applause] think, quite frankly, we need texamine the discourse in our party. there is no doubt that people are angry and frustrated. angry have a right to be

and frustrated. i understand this. it is the reason why we ran in 2010. the reason why enter public service is to make a difference. i am angry and frustrated. people should be angry and frustrated. every major institution in our country has failed us. college costs more than ever, and they are raising prices for degrees that do not lead to jobs. our media has failed us. all of the things you have seen on tv -- i think the media needs to stop and examine the role in all of this. i will tell you something. i said this other day. i'm not proud of some of the things i set about donald trump as a person. that will never happen again. i have no problem attacking people on policy. i want you to know something. i spent 10 months not doing that. i spent 10 months and 21 days campaigning on issues, and no one covered it.

lies inrted cutting in my speeches. the media has failed us in the discourse as well. our political parties have failed us. have become organizations designed to perpetuate themselves in power, instead of organizations designed to be leaders of the change. our political leaders have failed us. to too many are in office win the election, not make a difference. nameized religion -- you it. we have serious problems in our society, and people are frustrated. they are frustrated because they go to college, and get a degree -- their whole life, they are told, you get a degree, and when you graduate, there will be a job waiting for you, and the american dream. it, androw money to do

and they aregree, told they are worthless. hard,re willing to work and they cannot find a job that pays enough. meanwhile, they know someone who is cheating the system. they know someone who is not paying their mortgage because they can know they can go a year and a half before being foreclosed on. they know someone getting paid cash under the table. they are angry. i understand that. they understand, when they go into work and are told, guess what, your job is gone, we are using a machine, arsenic it to another country, or bringing workers from another country to thatce you -- i understand people are frustrated, i understand that people are angry. here is what i want everyone to understand. the job of a true leader is not in pain, know you are

so what i will do is use your pain to make you even more angry so you will for me, instead of someone else. when you do that, there are consequences. [applause] there are consequences to that, and they are playing out before our very eyes. they're playing out before our very eyes. what i saw last night, in the days before it -- put aside last night -- we have a major presence will candidate that basically encourages people in the crowd to be up on people who heckle and protest against him. that is what is happening. don't come here is not because he is. protesters. had they are obnoxious.

dreams havewildest i ever thought it would be a good idea for someone to punch a guy or a cow in the face. it has gotten worse. after the guy got punched in the was, a gentleman -- a guy arrested. as soon as he was released, he said, maybe next time we should kill him, and no condemnation of it. there is an appeal to that. people find it for fleshing -- refreshing when people say what is on their mind. president cannot say what is on their minds. they can't. [applause] children to say whatever is on their mind, of these, i hope we don't. there are a lot of things on my mind. there are a lot of things on

your mind. there a lot of things you wish you could say, but you don't say them. not because you don't want to offend anyone. not because you are afraid. you don't say them because it is wrong to do it. it is wrong to do it. every society must be governed by rules of discourse. once you lose the rules of discourse, you lose the discourse. that is what we are cre careening towards. the saddest part of all is the republican party is promoting the activity. if donald trump is our nominee, this is what our party will be defined by. this is what it will mean to be a conservative. let me tell you what is a real conservative -- ronald reagan conservative.

>> [indiscernible] marco rubio: that is a whole different story. [laughter] look, i'm here to ask you for your vote. i want you to vote for me. i want your support. [applause] politics have become the comment sections of blogs. you go to any of these blogs, read the comments -- it is amazing what people are willing to say when they are anonymous and hiding behind the screen. our politics have become twitter trolls, acting the same way. the outrageous comments people make on twitter about each other and life in general, that is not lead into our politics. these debates are being covered as an episode of survivor. we have to really take a deep breath here. .his is unreal

we had a debate in michigan two weeks ago. it got really heated. people saying things about each other. everyone said, it was a nasty debate, i didn't like it. then, we had a debate on cnn. the question was, why did you not attack them? they promote these debates like a cage match. you would think it was a ufc fight. what is at stake is the future of the most important country in the world. civil society. here is why, what we are frustrated and angry, we should not lose hope. here is why we should be optimistic about the future. sta st this years, the nation has proven we can do anything. there is no challenge we cannot

confront, no problem we cannot solve. we have proven time and again. i think it is time for leaders who remind us who we are. you know who we are? we are all the descendents of go-getters. i don't care what your heritage is, we are the descendents of go-getters. we are the descendents of pilgrims who refused to accept the rules of the old world. we are the descendents of slaves . we are the descendents of immigrants who gave up .verything they ever knew that is literally in our dna, the blood that runs in our veins. that is who we are as a people and a nation. [applause] that is why, for over two centuries, americans have been capable of solving every problem in every challenge that we have ever confronted. for anyone who pretends that america has had 200 years of

interrupted prosperity and eight years of problems, you are ignorant of history if you if you that, and lying say it. when this nation was founded, it was founded by declaring independence from the most powerful empire in the world. that was a challenge, and it was not clear if that would work. less than 100 years later, the nation had the civil war that almost ended the country. together who studied in military academies were in war against each other. then, this nation was called into the first world war. it was the bloodiest conflict of to that point in human history. not long after, this nation had a great depression that whiteout communities and the entire

.conomy people went hungry. almost as soon as it ended, the nation was tossed into a second world war. we had degraded our military forces. we face pearl harbor, and did not know how to respond. it wasn't clear that america and the free world would win world war ii. if we got in one year later, we .ight not have won world warsoon as th ii ended, we started along cold war. by the way, that is not a war that we won. it ended in arms if that is still in place today with the .ivided korea this long cold war lasted into the 1980's. 1960's. the

we had multiple political leaders assassinated, i got president gunned down in the streets of dallas. rightsdebate over civil and a vietnam that felt like it was going to rip apart at the seams. in the 1970's, we had a lie, and was going to be in peach from office if he resign and scandal. we had hostages in iran, and were helpless to do anything about it. the soviet union was encroaching on us. they were not just in cuba and salvador. but el when have we ever had easy?

went has there ever been a generation of americans that face new challenges, no struggles, no danger, and no problem. ther answer is there has never been such a time. it has always been hard. you know why? it is hard to be special. it is hard to be exceptional. that is what this country is. it is exceptional and special. [applause] it is exceptional and special because we have a political process governed by constitution that allows us to work through all the problems that i just described. without another civil war, without violence in the street, but being able to go to the , byot box and address it .eing able to debate we are exceptional because we have an economy that has allowed

people to fulfill their dreams and hopes without dependence on government. an economy that says it doesn't matter if your parents were poor. if you are really good at something, and willing to work long and hard enough, can be the successful and most in the world. if you want to quit your job and open a small business out of the spare bedroom of your home, you will have the chance to do that. becausebeen exceptional we've been willing to send our sons and daughters off to fight, and die, so that other people could be free. ,e understand that tierney unchallenged, will one day reach us too. we did not fight in vietnam because we wanted a 51st state. we did not going to the gulfport because we wanted iraq to be part of the united states. forave been exceptional

over two centuries because we haven't governed by powerful principles that all men are created equal, and doubt by god, our creator, and with the right to liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. [applause] i entered this campaign for president understanding i would not be a front runner, told by many that was not my turn, that i needed to wait in line, that i as too impatient, and in hurry. yes, i'm in a hurry because i think america needs to be in a hurry. [applause] in ank america needs to be hurry because we are running out of time to get this right. see, the time has come for this generation to do its part. for over two centuries, each generation did what they needed to do to leave their children

off that it than themselves. now, the time has come for this generation to do its part. if we do not get a right and 2016, i'm not sure what happens next. i'm not trying to be a popular that -- to be negative or apocalyptic, i'm just saying, i don't know what happens next. it is very easy to go to people who are hurting and say, i know you are hurting, you should be angry, i want you to be angry, i am angry too, let's be angry together because it is their fault, someone else's fault, so, give me power we can go after the people who have made you angry. me power so we can go after the people who have major life bad. it is very easy to say that. every movement in human history that has been found on the argument has been a dangerous and disastrous one.

[applause] here is what i say instead. i say, you are angry and frustrated, and you have the right to be angry and frustrated, by what you to know, we are going to take your anger and frustration, and use it not to make you angry at and more frustrated, but we will fix it. we will confront the things that are holding you back. you're going to confront the things holding you back. number one, we will go back to a limited federal government. we will go back to a limited federal government, not because we don't care bar problems, but because we care about our problems. the reason why i want less deral government is not because i want to solve these problems, it is because i know the federal government can't.

in fact, it often gets in the way of the state governments that can. i want to go back to the constitution. it is the legal and right thing to do. [applause] number two if you lose the cost, you lose your republic. the constitution means whatever you want it to mean. once the constitution means whatever the people in charge think that means, we become a nation of men, not a nation of laws. [applause] i want to go back to free enterprise. not because we are trying to help out rich people. which people are going to be fine. rich people are rich. billionaires and multimillionaires, they are going to deal with whatever law you pass. they can afford to deal with it. they will deal with it. they will move their money to

another country. they will close the business, and retire early. they will hire less people, cut another line of work. the people who are hurt are the people trying to make it. why do people here have jobs? is it because we have the right president, the right governor, or the right legislator? no. it is because someone, this risk family, decided to money. that is how free enterprise works. you know why i know that? not because i studied it, but because i lived in my life. you know the story. my dad was a bartender. my mom was a stock clerk at kmart, a cashier at a coffee shop. they did not own stocks and bonds. my parents had jobs because free enterprise works.

someone opened up the businesses they worked in, and they had .obs to raise a family we embrace free enterprise because it is the only economy in the world where you can make poor people richer, and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] strongace a national defense not because we want war. i don't want war, i want to prevent one. history teaches us a very important lesson. must beies of peace defeated, or the continue to

warad violence, hatred, and itself. i know the world is a safer place went america is the strongest country in the world. fullyasons we don't understand, this is what we have been called upon to do. let me tell you what happens , an america does not lead vacuum is left, and the result chaos. it is the instability and nato that has encouraged vladimir europe. test it is the chaos in the middle east that has allowed isis to

prosper. i want a strong america because the weaker america is, the more dangerous the world becomes. [applause] we have built challenges. we can fix every single one of them we can fix them without being angry at each other. we can fix it without calling people names. we can fix it without the sort of fiction that is now happening in our society. this debate has reached a boiling point. i cannot tell you how sad i was to see the images last night. again, i was sad -- i know chicago is a city that hosts multiple groups that are professional agitators and protesters, but it is not just chicago. this has been building up for a long time. the result last night, as the world turned on their televisions, they saw images of something that looks like the

third world. this cannot continue. too much is at stake. opportunities are two real -- t oo real. i want to leave you with another message. one that will inspire you to believe that this campaign is not just about our problems, but the chances we have. i think that 21st century is the innce to be the greatest air our history. there are more people around the world than ever before that can afford to buy things from us. free enterprise broke out around the world, and today, there are literally hundreds of millions of people on this planet who just 15 years ago were starving, another drive cars. they drive businesses. -- they own businesses. they buy products.

they take vacations. you know where they want to take vacations to? ah, florida. you know where they want to buy second homes? florida. you know where they want to open businesses? america. florida -- yes. [laughter] you know whose products they want to buy? ours. you know whose culture they have bought into? ours. we literally have hundreds of millions of people to sell things to. hundreds of millions of people to trade with. hundreds of millions of people ,o attract here as tourists clients, collaborators. we live in a world where technology has flattened the pyramid. 30 years ago, you needed an office, your business in the phone book, a sign on the door, all kinds of things. today, if you want to start a

business, depending on what you are doing, you need access to wi-fi. opportunities. there is no nation and no people on this planet in a better position to benefit from it than we are. it is why the theme of my campaign is "a new american century." [applause] think -- i know -- we have a chance to make the 21st century the best time in our history. [applause] not a perfect time. we will still have problems. the best time. i believe, with all my heart, if we are willing to do what needs to be done, our children have the chance to be the freest and most prosperous americans that

have ever lived. [applause] policiesires the right . that requires the right ideas. that requires the right leadership. i will just say this in closing, no matter what our political differences may be, who wants to live in a country where everyone hates each other? who wants to live in a country where everyone is at each other's throats over everything? it is ok to be at each other's throats over college football. su shirt here, i'm not asking for him to be removed -- i just ask that you turn the shirt inside out know. no. i need everybody's vote. [applause] [cheering]

somebody said this to me -- [laughter] hurts. do it, it who wants to live in a country where everybody is at each other's throats? you know how tired i am fighting against my fellow americans about everything? we have real policy differences, we do, let's debate them. let's have a vibrant debate over our tax rate. let's have a vibrant debate over whether obamacare is a good idea or a bad idea -- i think that is settled. let's have a vibrant debate over how to balance our budget. let's have a heated debate about all of these things, we should, then, we will have an election. we really want to live in a country where people are at each thro, where if you don't

agree with me, that makes you a bad person, and evil. we don't. we will have that is if we have a leader that does not want that either. [applause] if you want to be a professional twitter troll, stay on twitter. if you want to be one of these people who say crazy things, get a talkshow. if you want to be president of the united states, you have to love all the american people. even the ones that don't love .ou back [applause] be president of united states, you have to wake up every morning, and say, today, i will work on behalf of the best interests of every single american, even the one to don't vote for me, even the ones

who don't like me, even the want to come to my event and heckle me -- i have to be the president too. th is the present see, at its presidency, at its best. it always comes down to florida. i want you to know, for me, it was always going to come down to florida. delegates tos 99 the winner of the state. if i win florida by one vote, i get on 99 delegates. [applause] if i don't, i get none. that is how high the stakes are. that is why i need your help in this election. i can tell you this. it is impossible for you to ever find a candidate that you agree with on every single issue.

testou take that facebook i keep hearing about? you got 90? .y wife got 89 not bad. that is not true, that is a joke. i don't know what she got. [laughter] tore is no way you are going agree with someone on everything at issue. since when has that been the criteria? the president of the united states is not just head of the government, head of our people, it is the head of the state, the symbol of america around the world. usy the president can call to great causes. it took a president to inspire us to put a man on the moon. it took a president to give us to believe that communism would fall in the cold war would one end.

it took the president to get us through the great depression and come together to defeat germany and japan. mostresident is the powerful bully pulpit in the world. ourets an example for children and our nation. we always want to live in a country where, whether or not you agree with him, he can be the role model, not someone be have to make excuses for. and, not someone we have to explain to our children. i hope i can get your support, and encourage you to go out and find more people to support me. as republicans, i want you to know the future of our party is at stake.

if donald trump is our nominee -- i know he is my opponent, and i'm supposed to be bashing him -- what i tell you is true, if he is our nominee, it will fracture the republican party. the republican party is an organization. the republican party is the home of the limited government free enterprise movement. if you shatter the republican party, that movement will have no home. that means that the people who hold those pencils will struggle to get elected. that has real life consequences. know anymore. i can just tell you it has real life consequences. about thehrase children of the reagan revolution. i don't think it is a coincidence. i think nikki haley is here tonight. [applause]

walker, bobbycott jindal, myself, suzanne martinez, paul ryan -- the list goes on and on. by doing have some people in their 40's, early 50's, who are conservative leaders in this country? in their the liberals mid-40's? who is the up-and-coming young l liberal leader in america? bernie sanders. [laughter] why? of ronald in the era reagan. conservatism for a generation. [applause] it defined conservatism as a set of principles backed up by a set of specific ideas, and wrapped around a sense of optimism for america and our future. and, young people growing up in that area embraced it, and were defined by it, and encouraged to

enter public service because of it. we have to decide, what will this young generation of americans take away from this election? if donald trump is our nominee, he will define what it means to be a conservative for an entire generation of americans. i don't think that is something, as a republican, we want. as is usually the case, florida, it comes down to you. thispe we can continue campaign into other states, other parts of the country. [applause] , heow what the media says is an underdog, behind, trailing. whatever. i heard that before. i heard that into thousand nine. first of all, i have heard that my whole life. there's nothing wrong with

inheriting money, but i did not inherit any. the only load i started off with was over $100,000 of student loans. my parents did not make enough money to send me to school. i knew they wish they could do more. every few weeks, i would get in $40 bill. $20 bill, a i appreciated. they wanted me to have the chance to do everything they could never do. they cannot help me to buy my first home. we had to figure that out. that is ok. if it had not been for them, i would not have gone to school to begin with or to have the chance to buy my first home. >> [indiscernible] i firstbio: when decided to get into public service, my dad did not hand me his rolodex.

even as a sitting senator, i did not have that. we have always had to scratch and crawl, by like that, it has been a blessing. it is who we are as a nation and the people. [applause] that is why, in 2009, when there was an early vacancy in the u.s. senate, and the establishment said they had found their candidate charlie crist, i said, i know him, he's not really a republican. they said, we have his voter registration, i said, trust me, he is not. i did not know how i would win that race. i had no idea. i had no idea i was going to raise the money. the polls that i was down 50-60 points. everything i knew about politics told me i was going to lose. i was discouraged, but we

persevered. of course, we won because you believed in me. you believed in me. [applause] told you that if you voted for me, i would go to washington, and you would stand andor the obama agenda, offer an alternative. that is exactly what i have done. i have had successes. we repealed the bailout fund. [applause] offeredlso alternatives. we have had successes. in a bipartisan way, we passed sanctions on hezbollah. he passed the v.a. accountability bill. in a bipartisan way, we passed human to deal with trafficking. in a bipartisan way, we got sanctions imposed on human rights violators in venezuela.

just this week, in a bipartisan way, we got -- hopefully -- funding for the central everglades project. it is not enough. well member of congress can help shape the agenda, only a president can set the agenda. only a president can rebuild our military, re-embraced the constitution, but people on the supreme court. [applause] >> only a good president can undo the president's desk and under the damage done by about president. that is what i intend to do. that is where i need your help. so, ask you today and tomorrow and on monday and on tuesday to vote and find others to vote. we will be victorious in florida.

then, we will win florida again in november. have a newll american century. god bless you. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> senator markey rubio in

florida. you heard some of his remarks addressing the donald trump rally last night. it was canceled because of

security concerns and physical altercations. we will open up the phone lines and take your calls. we will talk about that specifically. violence in the trump rally. other reports of physical altercations of the trump rally. we want to get your thoughts. 202-748-8000 20. 748 8021.s are 202 we will get your calls in a few moments. we will continue to watch this event.

>> marco. marco. marco. marco. >> marco rubio in largo florida earlier today. at a campaign rally. some of his remarks are directed at the situation in chicago last night at a donald trump rally. that rally was canceled because of concerns over some of the physical altercations. some security concerns. we would like to get your

thoughts. a number of candidates today are commenting on the situation with a violence at the trump rally. now, it is your chance to weigh in on that topic. the mbers are on your screen. feel free to tweet us at c-span. you can leave a comment on the facebook page. again, a number of presidential candidates including marco rubio are criticizing donald trump. saying that he is setting the tone for violence at his rallies. this headline from time.com. candidates say trump set the tone for violence at the rallies. is quoted as saying donald trump is creating a toxic environment. three days away from another set of primaries. in ohio, florida, illinois. several states. the candidates are campaigning ahead of thestates

second round of super tuesday voting. your calls on the topic. violence at the trump rally. inwill hear from and how charlotte north carolina. on the line for democrats. caller: i would like to make a plea to mr. donald trump to leave the race for president. he is a rich man. he doesn't need this. appeal to alls the right-wingers in this country. this is going to be a bad situation for the country. i love this country. i came here as a little kid. i was 16 or 17 years old. i've gone to school here. i do not want to see anything like this in this country.

this is like a third world country. we cannot have this. , he hasmr. trump everything. he is a beautiful family. please leave the race. that would be the right thing to do. host: thank you for the call. a person actually tried to rush the stage at that event. byy were kept from doing so secret service agents and other agents surrounding mr. trump. next up is sandra in fresno, california. caller: good afternoon. i want to make a comment in regards to what happened yesterday. is notve that mr. trump going to be a good leader. i believe that he will be

bringing nations against nation. i believe that he is bringing conflicts. he is hurting other people. he is not a good later. you have to have good ethics. you have to be humble. the poor lifeve before you can actually get up. this is something that he does not know anything about. he was born to wealth. how to do is attack people and hurt people. president, we be are going to see some bad things happen. we are going to see nations night rise against nation. donald trump is only concerned about himself and his wealth. and having power. he is not concerned about america. he continues to say we're going to make america great again,

will make america great again. not set out any kind of plan to do that. all he doesn't say bring jobs back. do this do that. it is not really a plan. marco rubio put out a plan for social security. donald trump has not done anything like that. all he says is just constantly attack people. thank you for the call. you are up from michigan. caller: thank you for taking my call. was something all americans should be embarrassed about. trump or i donald not know why vote for i will not vote for hillary or bernie. but, when a man gets up and he is running for president, every american should be embarrassed at seeing what happened i'm only

stick it up for trend because it is his right to her if he is running for resident, he has a right to hold rally just like hillary does. hillary has been proven a liar. and socialist bernie. to stand upbe left and have a rally. wereof the kids down there from the university. this should wake people up on how our universities and these far left liberals are putting ideas into our young people's heads. act are making them go down like barbaric people. it is embarrassing to see this happen when an american cannot run for president without people riding like they did. if youo not like the man, it is simple. do not vote for him. you do not need to interrupt him like they do down there. prevent him from having his rally. the black lives

matter down there. well, all lies matter. if black lives matter have their slogan saying all lies matter, maybe more people would listen to them. but, since they are acting like they are, nobody's going to listen to them. but, this is a said day for america. it is embarrassing to see people act that way. that is not what this country is about. host: thank you for calling. your calls are about violence at the trump rally. your oppression and how things are going. three days out from a big round of primary voting. this is tuesday. the delegate count so far on the with 1230 seven delegates needed for the gop nomination. continues in the lead with 459 delegates. cruz, the senator from texas

at 360. marco rubio, the florida center -- senator is in last place. the ohio primary is a winner take all. kasich is putting a lot into that effort in his home state. back to your calls. glenn from alabama on the democrats. go ahead. caller: to the gentleman who call before me. first will come you know what? the news men have left us. they just left us. nothing is reported right. and, it is very troubling for the american people. because, first of all, those are not only black lives matter.

those are young white children. young adults. those are hispanic kids. they were asian. african-american. it was every race and gender of young people down there. they all came pro-to protest. thathe made the statement donald trump cannot say what he wants to. guess he can, i am not going to blame the people that come to trump rallies that are voting for him. we have a right and america to vote for who we want. but, donald trump is sending the wrong tone in america. this man is running for president of the free world. but, our young children see our democracy being torn down. regardless of race, creed, or gender. it is said for other countries and nations. we are supposed to be an example to the free world. look at what is going on. racismtrump is promoting

and hate. yes, i am sad for the gentleman who call before me. i'm sad my country is going down like this. i am. illinois holds a primary this tuesday. kerry joins us on the republican line. >> thank you for taking my call. i'm from illinois. i lived in chicago for most of my life. getting moreis political and active. i'm ashamed of what happened. it is president obama city. i wanted to know why so much of the media we see bernie sanders over and over. at every one of his rallies people are screaming that this is a revolution. he has these huge supporters.

nobody is commenting on that. they're just dumping on trump he is trying to hold the rally. he is not even allowed to speak. his supporters are not even allowed to listen to their candidate. it is very disheartening that because of trump's message is positivity for a lot of americans. is antiestablishment. paid political groups. it is our universities. it is shameful that this is what is happening in the university. this is what is coming out of it. so, i would like to see people address that in the news without bernie sanders being allowed to go out and promote a revolution. that does not mean change. that does not mean anything good. word.a volatile

so, that is my only comment. appreciate your fair access in letting everybody speak. trump now mored than ever. byee how he is being pushed republicans and democrats. maybe, it is something good to offer. thank you for calling. randy, you are up from washington, d.c.. >> i want to make a comment on donald trump. i do not think he is qualified to be president. i'm not a republican. host: why don't you think donald trump is qualified to be president? he wants to take us way

back to the 1900s. and, we have to move forward. he is trying to downgrade people. trying to divide people between blacks and whites, and hispanics. we're trying to move on. obama wasnk that if to run for president again, he would win. i do not like the whole situation with the republicans. how they want to downgrade and cut. it is ridiculous. so, that is my comment. trump creates violence. i think he is a racist. a couple of tweets coming in. this one from mason. never before have i also thought that a presidential candidate would bring the u.s. to its

knees. in chaos until now. b william.om why are people angriest donald trump? they're afraid when he is president welfare will be cut back to those who we used to work. we go to aaron now who is in maryland. hello. >> hello. how are you? calling. am i am and barack obama supporter. how this guyeing rushed the stage and almost t to donald trump. although i am a democrat and i support hillary, i wish donald trump would be really careful. we have crazy people out there who might try to hurt that man. ryan for president is not worth his life. want to seedo not

him get hurt. let him run for president just like hillary. do not hurt him. don't try to hurt the man. just let him do his thing. let's see who is the better person. that is all i have to say. thank you for calling. it donald trump appeared at the dayton airport today. there were a number of protesters. let's take a look at that rally and some of the protests. >> go back home to mommy. go back home. go back home. looks like he is 15 years old. what is going on? taken back home to his mother. she will lock him in his bedroom. so, here's what happened. i will call up the carrier.

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>> i was ready for them. it is easier if the cops do it. job? to think i had such an easy life. what do i need this for? because i need it? have done great. i love this country. we will make our country great. it is payback time. i/o it.

host: donald trump at a rally. the rally in chicago because of security concerns. release in apaign statement saying that we have received great credit from everyone for canceling the event. nobody was injured. the crowd disbanded peacefully. it is very good management and leadership under great pressure. that is from the candidates campaign. time for a few more calls. we go to don in illinois on the republican line. hello. >> hello. thank you for taking my call. yes. i wanted to comment on the rally. i was there. there were many people anticipated donald trump's rally. it is very exciting. it is my observation that the there were many

groups. they were organized. there are very vile. that they love america or care about america. that weetty sad though do not do that at their rallies. not that we couldn't come we just do not. they should allow us to have our rally. the police did a good job. it was my observation. i was on the main floor. and, when they announced that it was being canceled, interrupted. was youngperience black kids ran up and were instigating with everyone and anyone they could. it was pretty poor fine. i left immediately. host: if you feelike you are in danger?

of course. i'm a short lady. i'm a middle-aged lady. of course i did. it was wrong. it was very wrong. thank you for calling. james and ohio. another state with a primary. james, and the line for independence. your thoughts on the trump rally? >> yes, what i want to say is that our country has been sold withy other interests their building billion-dollar buildings in afghanistan. does not benefit the united states citizens. a man comes along. a true leader. a successful businessman. donates to charity. now, people try to tear him down. campaign to ruin his and take with his voice. this is being organized by

external global interest. what are those interest? i would say middle eastern countries that have billions of dollars. it is like what universities. .hey are installing professors these are middle eastern muslims. all of these. you also have inside the united states. are organizations that dealing with a liberal agenda. they are promoting this. it is all staged and organized. given entertainer coming out. telling black people go cause trouble. someone influential. none of it is coming from the

conservative side. host: thank you for calling. time for a few more calls. karen joins us from ohio. democratic color. trump on tvw donald this morning. and fact, it was on c-span. and, all i saw in the audience was a lot of white faces. and, evidently, they must not have wanted to have any issues there. so, that is what i was curious about. as far as the violence at his himies go, instead of downgrading people, wives and he talked about his policies and what he would do to help the united states." -- states? divided man. standing around and calling people names is not helping anyone. thank you for calling.

deborah and north carolina on the republican line. you will the last chance to comment. to make awanted comment about the facts. i feel that americans are scared because -- they are scared of what he is talking about. really what is wrong with the country. it does not look like he is being racist when he says we need to close off the country. that could happen for a while so that we can get ourselves in check. it is not something that will last forever. our own country in control. we cannot keep bringing people into the country when our own country cannot handle what we have now. i think people are scared. i think that when it comes to republicans and democrats, they they cannotecause

control donald trump. he is paying for all his own things. not have all these political parties donated money to the cause trying to get these .ther people to be president so so, when they do become president, they have to make good on the deals they made to get them contributions. so, i think people are scared all around. i think our country is dealing with fear. host: thank you for calling. the campaign on newsmakers. our guest is tony perkins. the president of family research council. he'll join us at 10:00 a.m. and six a clock p.m. eastern time to talk about the campaign. here's a preview of the interview on the possibility of a brokered republican convention. and, if he will support donald trump.

guest: consider where we are from where were a few years ago. have thehe did not entire delegate count, he had pre-much sum up the nomination. there was only one contender against him. that was rick santorum who was left in the race. he did not have the money or organization. he fought a valued flight. this is a different situation. right now, we only have 100 . actually aittle bit less. 99. ted cruz has the funds. he has the infrastructure to go the distance. >> i appreciate that. if i can follow up with this

question, assuming that we get ,ast the brokered convention and donald trump is the nominee. i believe you said you had not decided whether or not you would back him. guest: i have not pondered that. i do not think that is our only option. i am working hard campaign across the country for ted cruz. helping his candidacy. i do not give blanket endorsements or those kinds of words of support. if we came to that point, it would require sitting down with donald trump and looking at his pathway. who would be vetting his nominees. who would be the running mate. who would be involved in the cabinet. what kind of policy you would advoca. i am not a lackey for the republican party. just because it is a republican candidate, i will not fall in line. it has to be somebody committed to the values we represent.

advocate not evangelicals and christians not participating, i will not back someone who would be adding to the cultural decline of our country. regardless of country. our guest on newsmakers. tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. and wrote to the white house coverage continues. cruz.r ted he will be at florida at the villages. time 3:00 p.m. eastern with our road to the coverage continued. live coverage of the results and speeches and events.

that evening as darkness 7:00 p.m. eastern time. that is this coming tuesday here at eastern time. now, it is highly cruise. the wife of presidential candidate ted cruz speaking at the city club of chicago discussing the presidential race in the priorities for her husband. ms. cruz: it is great to be in chicago. i had the privilege of coming to your great city many times for business. in, weght, as we drove stayed the entire time in the southern part of the state. my kids are with me and i realized they had never been to chicago before. out the window and said this looks just like houston. my seven-year-old said no, this is much bigger. giving me the opportunity to be with you and

speak with you today. friends and colleagues from the business world here. i would think david and jenny for coming. i've a friend from california. my friend steve. he is here. when ted and i embarked on this journey. a year ago, we cut the big thing and our family would be telling our girls that the dad would run for president and that we would have to describe what that meant for them. used tod, my girls are be going to the office every day. the main question was, what you do few will not go for it goldman sachs? had to explain to them that doing something. in yourself was worth taking a leave of absence. one of the first questions they had was is it paid? so, i had to describe to them that my role would be unpaid. it will be for the country to help dad wing.

position of the country something you do for others. there are so many kids who need a better school and a better chance. i seven-year-old said you know what, if it was so great, there are be more first men. i want to to know. i'm still trying to prove to the girls that this is a worthy role to be a spouse in this campaign. we have been traveling the country for a year. you know that feeling when you are in a place and get the feeling. we had a small town. we had never been here before. i say guys, we have been here before. the restaurant was in the same place. the pool outside was at the exact same angle. we're just another hampton in. if you want a truly consistent experience, please, standing hampton in.

most inspiring thing was when you have an opportunity to take yourself out of your own daily and go make some people across this country in rapid fashion. most was struck me the that democracy is about individuals. great if the process was shorter. if we do not spend two years and so much money, we could save a third world country in the money spent on a political race. as you go through it, you realize there is a goodness to what american people put a family through. they are evaluating policy and what you do for the country, but what kind of a person are you? look kind of character do you have? this is one person one vote. it is an individual exercise. the opportunity to meet people

is tremendous. our party does not elect people without individual representation. every single person having the chance to meet you and know who you are. you are all leaders in your community and your profession. illinois,eat state of abraham lincoln, the first republican printed it -- president and the man who preserved the nation. i'm honored that you would take the time to abuse me to hear about the campaign and ted. i hope that i can provide insight and energy as we campaign here in these few critical days. i cannot underscore the importance of tuesday. have been steadily building delegate vot. last night, we did very well. my seven-year-old stayed up to watch the return.

we won idaho. it ise a total count now closing in on the front runner. that is important. it is an accumulation of momentum. i want to tell you about ted's election in texas. there are some similar qualities to this race. i want to get into some of the key things he is running on and when i ted cruz it ministration uld look like. you all know how the campaign is going. you probably keep track of the numbers. now, people are starting to look at a narrow field and they want to know what you would actually do. when ted was first elected in 2012,e really overcame tremendous odds in the primary. in my private time, i raise money, this was an impossible race to win. take away the leave of absence. he was at 2% in the poll. he had less than that and the name id.

so, of course, as his wife, i had to remind him that he might have a negative id. i watch that campaign. i was very active on the weekend. he had a full-time job. when ted ended up wenning that there a runoff in a victory, and last tuesday, he won texas by 17 point margin. [applause] cruz: it ss the message that ted is doing something different. he is the cause of shaking things up. isis not a profession that comfortable and easy. it is a job and your clients are voters. you are working for them and action tryinto solve real problems. how much of us would be employed if every time we came back to the boss explained about how difficulty problems are that we faced. you're after year, we make excuses and do not get things done. voters in texas were ready for a change.

because ted has been delivering on that change, there is more work to do. they sent a message to the nation last tuesday. they know he is somebody who will fight for them. he will say no further. he is somebody who will actually work to do the things. he will put in a better system that is affordable and portable. it will reduce the debt and deficit. they will not to say i have a plan to talk about it, the senate leadership on the republican side tryi to change billules to allow the debt to come to the floor more quickly so that they could come up quickly. we have the same thing that voters get. ted is doing exactly what he was elected to do. so, what would he do when elected president? key things.ree i will broadly described them. the three things are security,

growth, and liberty. so many times, i am on the campaign trail and 70 people say i love ted cruz, he is a little too far right or little extreme. i hear that less today. these are common sense american principles. and liberty.wth, we all have our individual viewpoints. ted cruz understands the things that unite us. he understands the limits of power. so, i'll try to give your sense of what he would do. first and foremost, is number one priority would be to keep the country safe. i think we all felt less safe in the last year. my brother lives at one mile from san bernardino. this was something that happened abroad in paris. then, it was a mile from her brother's i know you guys have a lot of first-hand experience with the boston marathon. we all feel less safe. ted cruz omit that his number

one priority. to rebuild the military and keep it strong. support our men and women by providing them with equipment and training to succeed. we need to put american and national security interests first. we need to defend our people first. no more nationbuilding. there are some problem. it'll be wonderful to solve them. when you go to iowa and look and 18 euros in the eye and they say i do not know who ronald reagan was, i know that i have been at war for several years. i lost my best friend. i come home and there is not a job. this is a tragedy. for this next generation. in my life, prior to this campaign, i do not have the chance to meet a lot of people. my girls are five years old and seven years old. we get people out of college university. when you meet teenagers who going to war in serving the reminds thatit

these are real lives at stake. we need to put national interests first. we need to use the pulpit of peace for strength so that we go to war less often. when, and if we go, we go to defeat our enemies. we go to protect our people and help them come home. there'll be no more leading from behind. [applause] ms. cruz: there will simply be leadership and defending the american people. growth. the second thing ted will do it dramatical reduce our taxes and regulations through a simple flat taxes. so the very heart and soul of our economy can once again florist to create more jobs and opportunities. we know there are not enough jobs. people come out of college and not good enough job offers. like we were when we are graduating. in theirmany people

40's and 50's who were laid off in the recession have never gotten back on their feet. these are real problems. ted cruz will fully repeal obamacare and replace it with a it personal,es portable, and affordable. it will prevent government bureaucrats from getting in between patients and their doctor. too long, republicans have promised to shrink the size of our federal government. to growgo to washington government more. you know, our founding fathers, the government we have today has no resemblance to anything that they envisioned. the irs, many of you know that the irs has only been in existence for 50 years. these are new things. these are new things that have continued to grow. gone are the days of simply just putting on a sticker saying republicans grow government list.

ted will shrink the size of government. not just grow it less. power needs to return to the states. to the american people. third, liberty. ted will protect our liberties. nobody on the stage has his record of doing so. standing before the supreme court in winning over and over on such an orchid issues as religious liberty. freedom is each. our right to keep and bear arms. and the sovereignty of the united states against the world court. fighting against unlawful government's spine to protect the amendments. stage has the discernment, ability, and fierce determination to appoint a strict constitutionalist to the u.s. supreme court who has a proven record of faithfully defending the constitution and the bill of rights. says sony times, republicans

appoint people who they believed to be good. they found people who had a good enough record that they could pass. ted will spend real political capital to find people who have a real constitutional record. not somebody to reflect his viewpoint, but to stand up to the law. -- for the law. [applause] ms. cruz: you know, i will tightly quick story. the first time i went to hear his supreme court argument, he was studying for three weeks. he only gets about 10 hours a week -- 10 hours of sleep per week. he was well prepared. he went running up the steps. i asked him for a moment, are you nervous at all? he said no. i just hope they understand my argument. i love that about him. the other night, we're watching the returns. he adjust line from idaho. he went straight to bed. race arein the

exhausted. i came running up from the treadmill. i was watching the return. i said how are we doing? i love this guy. he is so confident. he knows what he is doing. he is an optimist for the country. understand that there is a well placed anger in the american people and our electorate. i'm glad that we are standing up and expressing that anger at a political class that has been out of touch for far too long. we need somebody will take on career politicians. need to elect somebody who has stuck their neck out and will to do whatrity people elected him to do. he calls it like it is and will tell the american people inside the beltway. that is exactly what ted has been doing. we go around and see some new people. you will realize why the election is what it is.

is because people are fed up. we need to address the anger. we can do that in a positive way. it appeals for better self as americans. not to our fears and things that divide us. i am happy to go into a little bit more of what ted will do. i might just outline what he will do one day one. we can expand on that and take some questions later. is so important that we elect somebody who understands how quickly things can change for the better. remember, when ronald reagan was elected, the day he was in office, our hostages were free. growth under him. we can change things quickly. willy number one, ted cruz resend every one of obama's illegal orders. so much in this administration,

because of how things have turned out, have a congress that has not acted. a do-nothing congress. even though republicans are in the majority, the selection is not about party. it is about who will get things done. we have had ao-nothing congress. we also had a president vetoes a lot of things. he has an acted a lot of things through executive orders. many things that legal minds know are illegal. will reshape the department of justice to investigate planned parenthood. private sector organization. he will and the political persecution and work that the irs has been doing on specific activist groups. a ted cruz administration will not allow that. he will dispense with this catastrophic deal with iran. 80% of the american people were against negotiating with them.

ted asked secretary john kerry to please bring that negotiation to the u.s. congress so that those collected by you could look at this before went anywhere. instead, they went to the united nations. this is wrong. this is not how we are meant to work. ted also has been an incredible fighter for the jewish people. story ofn is that the our country of religious freedom come of having our own land. ted will move the embassy in israel to jerusalem on day number one. there is a lot more that can be said about each of these policies. i think that maybe i should answer some of the details. i do want to mention a couple things on security. immigration has become an enormous issue. ted will secure our borders. ronald reagan promised to secure the border in the 80's. a number -- the government never got around to do that.

to allow people to come into the country without knowing who they are. we need to streamline legal immigration. ted cruz reminds people. here my people all the time. wereuld not be here if it not for illegal immigration. we are a nation of immigrants. it is important that we celebrate that. we must do so in a way that allows us to know who is here and let's people come in three fair process and that we do put american jobs first. we need to support our children. [applause] i'm thinking if you read the wall street journal. in early february, there was a great article about immigration. done ate of arizona has tremendous job of clamping down on illegal immigration. the results have been tremendous. minimum wage has gone up.

people have had to innovate a little bit. we have been hiring a lot of unemployed people. some costs have gone up for business. it is a way that is actually supporting working-class people. there are a lot of examples of what we can do for immigration. another area that deserves some details is his tax plan. he is talking about having a 10% tax plan for individuals. all the deductions and depreciation schedules, [applause] those are some of the things that a cruz administration would do good security, growth and liberty. with that, i will take the off script to answer some questions. we've had an incredible leadership team in illinois. to tell you two things about our campaign could we build a ground game in 2015 that this country has never seen since ronald reagan.