>> i'm bob massi. for 34 years, i've been practicing law and living in las vegas, the center of the recent real-estate crisis. lives were destroyed from coast to coast as the economy tanked. now, well, it's a different story. the american dream is back, and nowhere is that more clear than the sunshine state of florida. so we headed from the strip to the beach to showyou how to live the american dream. i'm gonna meet real people who are facing serious problems, take you behind the gates of properties you have to see to believe, and give you the tips that everyone needs to navigate the new landscape, because information is power, and the property man has got you covered. [ woman vocalizing ]

we've all heard the expression "if these walls could talk." but the walls behind me -- man, would they have some stories. this is 93 palm, better known as al capone's mansion. >> al capone, commissar of vice and corruption, became a front-page figure and a millionaire... >> capone was america's most notorious gangster, running the prohibition-era chicago mob known for bootlegging, smuggling, prostitution, and guess what -- murder. in 1927, capone came to miami beach and secretly bought the compound under someone else's name. ♪ now, 93 palm has been renovated and turned into an upscale venue for shooting films and videos. the 6,000-square-foot main house, it sits on a 30,000-square-foot lot overlooking biscayne bay on palm island between miami and miami beach. >> this is a private beach of the mansion. every six months, we bring new sand. ♪

>> the new italian owners paid $8 million for the property plus a nearly $2 million renovation. >> we found it in very bad condition. when we bought this property, we decided to save it. >> but they made sure to maintain many of the original details. >> now we are in the bathroom of the cabana. all the structure is original. >> this is the original window. >> as many 1920s touches as possible were kept, including the wood multi-pane windows, some original light fixtures, fireplaces, and art deco features such as gold-and-black powder room. >> we want to show you the al capone bath. ♪ >> this is completely the design from al capone. and it's a clear example of the art deco style. and the tiles are amazing. it's -- everything, it's original. >> the estate is actually a

collection of three houses -- the main villa, a gatehouse, and a two-story cabana. >> al capone wanted to be protected from the land and from the sea. >> the guesthouse, which served as the guardhouse during capone's days, has peepholes that would help determine if a visitor could be let in, and it's protected by a 7-foot wall and a heavy gate. ♪ al capone used his palm island estate as a getaway from his life as a big-time chicago gangster. >> it's a mediterranean flavor, and this historical building, it's a part of the eastern united states and of miami. >> when capone moved in in 1927, he immediately began over $100,000 worth of upgrades. he built this pool, which at the time was the largest privately owned swimming pool in the area, connected to the bay with a filtration system able to handle both sea- and freshwater. capone added a new dock for his

speedboats, new garages, a boathouse, and details like rock gardens and fountains. >> i want to show you the grotto, the bridge, and the lighthouse. >> the coral and rock grotto lighthouse and bridge is where al and sonny capone would feed their tropical fish. ♪ >> here we are in the al capone master bedroom with a bath and with a closet. >> you can see a lot of windows, but the view is amazing. there is a very mediterranean flavor inside this room. >> once word got out that it was actually al capone who'd bought the house, the miami officials, well, they were outraged. the authorities pledged to do whatever they could to keep capone out and show that he was not welcome to the area. and so there were multiple arrests and raids on the compound. instead of leaving, he invited people in and threw wild parties right here on these very grounds. ♪

february 14, 1929, the saint valentine's day massacre. seven members of chicago's north side gang were assassinated as they waited for a shipment of bootleg whiskey. while it was widely suspected that capone ordered the hit, well, he had an ironclad alibi. he was relaxing right here on palm island in florida. [ jazz playing ] october 17, 1931, capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion. he was first sent to the u.s. penitentiary in atlanta but later transferred to alcatraz island. he got out early in 1939, but he left alcatraz sick and a broken man. he retreated to 93 palm to live out his final days. this small bedroom above the front entrance is where al capone spent most of his time, especially near the end. from this bedroom, he was able to watch through the window to see those who were coming and

going, and it was here that he died in 1947. up next, how do you know when it's time to move from your starter home to your forever home? i'll tell you and introduce you to a couple who have found paradise by doing it the right way. [ woman vocalizing ]

♪ >> welcome back. i'm bob massi, the property man. shopping for a home is one of the biggest things we'll ever do, and you can't take that process lightly. this is critical -- picking the right realtor could be the important decision andisthe most important decision you make when buying a home. >> it's important to understand how long the agent's been doing this. have they gone through the ups and the downs of the market? because many agents leave the real-estate industry once times get tough. and what are their sales? >> scott and tamlyn are a young couple raising a family in florida. in the past six years, they've moved five times.

and all were rental properties. why? because they wanted to make sure that when it was time to make the huge investment of buying a house, it would be their forever home. >> we don't want to buy something that's not where we're going to live for the rest of our lives, so we decided to rent, and we're so glad that we decided to do that. we tried neighborhoods that we thought were gonna fit for us, and they didn't. >> did you ever get to the point, scott, where you felt, "geez, maybe i'm just throwing good money after bad. you know, i'm appreciating somebody else's home while i'm paying rent"? >> absolutely. that gone through my mind every time we wrote a monthly check. but when we did relocate at one point in my career, we bought a house that we liked based on appeal of the house. we didn't know much about the area. we didn't know much about the neighborhood. and after we lived there, we realized that was not the ideal location for us. >> so, scott and tamlyn turned to a realtor, warren cleveland. >> a lot of agents, they don't want to take the time to sit down and discuss what's important. you know, i think that's really

key 'cause with the days of the internet, you can go online, you can find all kinds of information, but sending you 300 properties, which may or may not meet your criteria, that doesn't really help you. i don't care if this takes a week, a month, a year, two years. i mean, we've had clients that have lasted two years until they found the perfect home. >> when i work with buyers, specifically buyers, i want to make sure they know what they want. >> what are the things that will make the home the best fit for you over the long haul? >> when we go through a buyer counseling interview, that's what we're trying to get to, and that's an evolving target sometimes. >> i don't want to look at 100 houses. i want you to take what we're looking for, whittle it down to what you can find, 'cause i know the market is competitive, and i know we need to get out there, and if we find the house, we need to jump on it. >> what must the house have before you say yes? >> water. >> okay. >> cul-de-sac. >> good place for the kids to run around. there's got to be space for them to play. >> it's all about priorities. >> the more you can understand what's important to them in the very beginning, really the more

successful this outcome becomes. >> how did you know that warren was the right person for you? >> i gave him our checklist. he goes, "i can do that. i can get you in a house. i promise you i can get you in a house." and at that point -- and we sat for an hour on the back porch, and we really talked about what our family's needs were and what we were really looking for. this house is our forever house that we're getting. even when we drove up to the front of the house, we were like, "enh." and then we walked through the front doors, and we looked at each other, and we were like, "okay! so let's sign a contract." because he knew. he found us the house that had everything we were looking for. because he listened. it was amazing. >> so, we're gonna go look at this new property that i know right now i believe is gutted. >> yes. [ chuckles ] >> and you're gonna make it your own. >> yes. ♪ >> hey, guys. >> hey. what's up, buddy? >> so, you talked to me about this home and you said, "eh, the outside was sort of not sure." but then you said it was the back part of the house.

i'm gonna go look at the back part of this house. >> absolutely. >> come on. let's take a walk. yeah. come on. wow. >> absolutely. >> wow. no, i get this. >> you get it? get why we waited? >> oh, boy. >> this is it. >> scott and tamlyn decided that their number-one priority was to be waterside with an amazing view. and who could blame them? just look behind me. >> you're buying location. you can't move it. you can change it, but you can't move it. so location is key. and for this property, this is why i brought them here. >> even though the actual house was not what they wanted, well, this location can't be beat. so, they decided to gut the house and remake it to fit their needs. >> this is gonna be the new den. there'll be a pergola-covered porch off the back that will lead to the pool. our living room is coming out another 10 feet. >> okay. >> so, and then this used to be the old master bedroom and bathroom, so we'll have a cabana bath and a den on this side. >> how many bedrooms is the house going to be? >> three bedrooms.

>> bob, they didn't believe me. >> i didn't believe -- >> they just didn't believe me when i said, "we've gotta go see this house. this is -- this is what you've asked me to find you." >> if you feel like a realtor is pushing you towards a home just to make the sale, that person is not right for you. finding a property is less important than finding the right property. >> like a doctor. you wouldn't walk into a doctor's office and just demand a prescription, right? the doctor's got to counsel you, talk to you, find out what's wrong. it's the same process, and, you know, not that we're doing surgery here, but, you know, if you're gonna invest $200,000, $300,000, $400,000, $500,000, a million dollars or more, you should spend some time really understanding "what do i really want out of this?" >> up next, we'll meet the father-daughter team that is building their own city. yes, you heard that right. they're building a city. [ woman vocalizing ]

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comcast business. built for business. ♪ >> welcome back. i'm bob massi, the property man. i'm standing in doral, florida, a place with an interesting history and an even more interesting future. in the late 1950s, alfred and doris kaskel paid about $50,000 for 2,400 acres of swampland outside of miami. they built a hotel and country club and combined their first names, doris and alfred, to name it doral. eventually, their grandson went on to expand the community, building doral estates and doral park. now another family is completely transforming the area with a massive billion-dollar downtown doral project. ♪ the father-daughter duo of armando and ana-marie codina bought 31 buildings in an industrial area. >> it took us several years,

but we have now demolished 27 of the 31. >> we really wanted to build a community of locals. we want a vibrant place where people want to live, work, play. >> condo towers, more than 70 stores and restaurants, over a million square feet of office space, even the new $20 million city hall and village green that you see behind me. armando codina says his plan is all coming together now, but it was 30 years in the making. >> i was lucky enough that cuba was 90 miles from the united states and that i was able to come here. so, everything that i have, i owe to this country. you couldn't do what i've done anyplace else. you interview my daughter -- she has an mba from m.i.t. i didn't go to college. i went to support my mama when she got out of cuba, so... >> it wasn't until 2003, after a seven-year battle, that residents finally voted to incorporate and doral became an actual city. >> we want like mixed-use

developments like this one, where you can work and learn and play and where you can have more massive transportation and you can have all together in the city. >> when doral incorporated, it was part of dade county. it was never meant to be a city. >> here is an area that doesn't have a downtown, that doesn't have a center, all of a sudden, wants to call themselves a city. a lot of warehouses, office buildings, employment based. the regular population of doral is 45,000 people. during the day, it balloons to over 150,000. so, it's a major employment base. >> employees used to come here at 8:00 and leave at 5:00. tremendous traffic problems. >> the idea was to build something that would address the traffic because you have everything nearby, as opposed to having to drive everywhere, and to give doral a heart. >> the mixed-use community will feature 2,840 residences and 180,000 square feet of retail space. and they say that it's already filling up.

>> this is actually a small portion 'cause this is a 120-acre project, so this is really the core and the main entrance of the project that we have shown in this scale model. that's our main entrance, the corner of 87th avenue and northwest 53rd street. the trump national doral is directly across the street. so, these two condo towers, that one over there is 100% sold out. this one's about 65%. we really wanted it to feel like a true town center, not a development. and so that was very intentional. this one-story building you see wrapping around is the first phase of our retail. the retail, we curated it very carefully. we had a number of chain restaurants that were interested. we really weren't interested. we wanted local operators who had two or more units, so we wanted people with some experience who had a local flavor. this is our first condo tower. you see we have the pool deck, we have a gym, a party room, amenities, but our true amenity here is the community. it's the retail. you can go downstairs, have dinner. you can walk your child to

school. >> tell us about the school here. >> it's a public school that's privately operated. usually, charter schools and the public school system are at odds, and this was a partnership. >> they have created a brand-new main street, which will be the heart of an urban center with more than 50 retailers and restaurants. >> 80,000 feet of retail. 40,000 feet of restaurants. 40,000 feet of lifestyle-support shops. >> this is one of the high-rises. this is gonna be one of the condominium high-rises. >> yes, we'll deliver that in... >> third quarter of next year. >> now, as it relates to these stores, they're obviously still working on them. when do you anticipate that they're all gonna be open? >> all of it should open by february, and it's 90-plus percent leased. look at the sidewalks, the width. so these would all be sidewalk cafés. parallel parking, not angle parking, so that it doesn't disturb the diners. >> does the employment just from -- >> very big employment generator.

>> and what's wonderful about this is private funding -- i mean, there's literally no government funding involved. >> not a penny. >> not at all. >> it goes to show you, it's way past the american dream. >> not even a tax-increment district, where we would take some of that -- no. not a penny of government, and all of the real-estate taxes go to the city of doral and the county. ♪ the school is open. city hall is open. we built and donated a park. >> this is the heart of downtown doral. you have city hall, so the heart of government; our downtown doral park, which is right in the middle of the whole community; and you have our school right across from the park. >> and tell us about the history of city hall. >> we wanted the city to have a very elegant, iconic hall. >> again, it's consistent with what you're trying to do -- build a self-contained city, in this case. >> we donated the land, bob, and the improvements. >> for the park. >> for the park. >> for the park and built that sculpture. >> everything's pretty well

self-contained. i mean, everywhere you look. you have the park in the middle. you have the condominium high-rises. you have the retail over here. you're gonna have the restaurants. >> offices. >> be a million feet of office when we're finished. >> and are all those offices occupied presently? >> 90%. >> codina has been a great partner for the city, and we have built here a workable city. >> our focus is on complex projects. our attitude really is if somebody else can do it, we're not interested. we want to build communities. we don't want to build a building and walk away. ♪ >> up next, the massi memo with information you can't afford to miss. so, stick around. [ woman vocalizing ] i wanted to know who i am and where i came from. i did my ancestrydna and i couldn't wait to get my pie chart. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. just to know this is what i'm made of,

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♪ >> time now for the massi memo. earlier, we met a couple who took their time finding the home that was perfect for them. they did their research, worked with a good realtor, and made sure that it was something they could afford. here are some tips to make sure that you do it right. make sure you find the right realtor. this is critical. he or she needs to understand you -- what is important to you and how much you can afford. avoid someone who's trying to sell you on property just to make a sale and get a commission. fully understand your own finances and all of the costs that go into the purchase -- get pre-qualified; get a credit check -- to make sure when you look at the home you want that you actually can afford it. study all lending changes with

a qualified broker. understand the laws and regulations that are presently on the books at the time of purchase. now, effective october 3, 2015, there is an entire new regulation before closing with escrow called "know before you owe." you will receive a loan estimate, and three days before closing, a closing disclosure form has to be provided by the lender to you, the prospective home buyer. the home buyer compares the estimate received to this new disclosure form. if they're not the same, such as interest rates or payments amount, you have the right to challenge that and extend it another three days, no matter what, until it's rectified. it was, in fact, the consumer protection finance bureau, an expert, that made these changes to protect the home buyer for full understanding of what they're buying. that's it for today. as always, there is much more information on our website at foxnews.com/propertyman.

be sure to send me your questions or property stories at propertyman@foxnews.com. i'm bob massi. i'll see you next week. [ woman vocalizing ] i'll see you next week. this week on "the journal editorial report," deadly attacks in brussels raising new questions about europe and america's commitment to fighting isis. plus, with terror making a return to the campaign trail, a look at how the presidential candidates are responding to the threat. and ted cruz renewing his call for john kasich to exit the republican race. but can he beat donald trump one on one as

oliver north. now back to "the journal editorial report." welcome to "the journal editorial report." islamic state took

responsibility for the attacks in brussels that left 30 dead and hundreds more injured and left security alarms across the united states. president obama who came under fire this week for pressing ahead of his tour of latin america in the wake of the attacks calling defeating isis is his top priority. >> this is any my number one priority. i've got a lot of things on my plate. but my top priority is to defeat isil a and to eliminate this barbaric terrorism that's been taking place around the world. >> joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan and columnist mary and bill mcgern. bill, reports this week, more than 400 terrorists have come in from syria and iraq via islamic state threatening europe to strike whenever they feel they

are able to do it. >> right. >> we've got a bigger threat there than i think a lot of people thought we did. >> right. including the president. this week we saw a good snapshot of what president obama is about. i think the criticisms of him continuing a tour are kind of weak. >> i agree. >> the big problem he has is he doesn't have a strategy. his strategy seems to be back in his old dorm room and fighting the people the cold war. and what he says on isis is contradictory to that. a long war against radical islam, it's not going to be a divisive battle. we've been very undecisive. we can't even say how many troops we have in iraq. it's the worst lesson of vietnam, the gradual lie zags of sticking more and more people in there. >> let's talk about the threat in europe. they are really coming out, these terrorists, out of -- some of them are europeans but they've traveled to syria and iraq, been radicalized or

trained or both and then come back. and that's the nature of this threat. >> yeah. what's really remarkable and what we're finding out now is really how little coordination there has been in europe amongst the european states and also inside belgium how little they have been able to mobilize against this. belgium has something like 6% of its -- something between 6 and 8% of its population is muslim. and in the city of brussels, it's almost 24%. now, these people are largely peaceful but you also have something like 560 belgians who have gone to syria and iraq to fight and come back and there is evidence that at least one of them traveled five times back and forth before he was caught. there's something wrong with the intelligence there. >> a lack of intelligence. intelligence, surveillance and interrogation. those are the three best tools that any government has to be

able to cope with terrorism. they are inadequate on all fronts. >> not only inadequate on all fronts, europe is inadequate in a way that you would not go so far to say that it threatens its very existence but it does threaten what prime minister michel calls their way of life. they do not share intelligence well with one another but they don't do anything well with one another. this problem began because you had all of these migrants throwing into europe. european states got together to perform a policy for the migrant crisis. they were incapable of doing it because they had conflicting policies and conflicting policies with the european union. the exact same thing is going on with terrorism. they are smothering under the bureaucracies that they have created in those countries and don't seem to be able to get out of it. >> they also don't seem to be wanting to do anything about the problem in syria.

there are some bombing the french and germany is doing nothing, essentially, in syria or iraq to contain isis. unless you go to the source of this problem, you're never really going to get your arms around it. >> well, that's true but i think this comes back to president obama because i think that the u.s. is the natural leader for this. and he has not exerted that kind of leadership and if you're not a believable, you know, leader in a crisis like this, you're not going to get people behind you. there's too much political risk domestically. >> let me read something, bill, from jeffrey goldberg's article in "the atlantic" summing up president obama's thinking, exhaustive reporting here. "he has never believed that terrorism poses a threat to america kmen sure rate with the fear it generates. even during the period in 2014 when isis was executing its

american captives in syria, his emotions were in check. valley jarrett, oem's closest adviser, told him people were worried that the group would soon take its beheading campaign to the u.s." that's from a general supporter of the president. >> the points of difference between jimmy carter, we had a similar kind of chaos in the world. jam president obama knows what he's doing but doesn't believe what everyone else does. his thinking, he's not sharing that with the american people that, you know, to say isis is his top threat and also have these beliefs that are incompatible. he's sort of giving the public one thing and we're allowing the civil war to upend the whole region. when we come back, terror returns to the campaign trail as

presidential candidates react to tuesday's attacks. we better get smart. we getter get vigilant. we're going to be in big trouble

we need to be targeting isis. and as president, i will utterly destroy isis. we will use overwhelming air power, carpet bomb them into oblivion. >> it would also be a serious mistake to be carpet bombing areas into oblivion. that doesn't make you sound tough. it makes you sound like you're in over your head. >> ted cruz and hillary clinton two of the presidential candidates weighing in after tuesday's attacks in brussels brought the issue of terrorism back to the campaign trail. mary, donald trump says the terrorism issue plays well to

him because it's vindicated him on muslim immigration, in particular. how do you think it cuts into the campaign? >> well, i think in the primary it will help him because a lot of his supporters like the idea that he wants to use torture against people that he catches. you know, cut off any muslim immigration to the country. i mean, that's a line of thinking from his supporters and i think they will be mobilized by that. but i think in the general election it will be a problem for him and i think hillary clinton in her speech at stanford this week was very good at describing how complicated this problem is. she doesn't have any answers either. but her speech was a lot more informed, i think, and a lot more eloquent and elegant in terms of thinking about the moving parts here and also the reality that we're not going to start rounding up muslims in this country. it's just not going to happen no

matter how hard talking trump is. >> what is the difference between obama's policy and hillary clinton's as she outlined in her speech? is there much? >> there isn't much. and you know what, hillary should be pressed on that by the republican candidates. why and how is your policy going to be different than barack obama's. but you know what, paul, that's not going to happen. i think as big of an event as this is, it has changed nothing in terms of the presidential campaign. >> nothing at all? >> nothing at all. the reason is, a serious policy has to admit that in addition to bombing from the air, you're going to have to insert some u.s. troops to guide that or to support our allies down there. ted cruz is adamantly against that. >> right. >> john kasich is more or less against that. his position is ambiguous and i think hillary clinton can argue back against either one of them and you end up with a policy of pl bluster on the other side and donald trump wins the bluster

argument. >> she calls for an intelligent surge as if they are not already doing what they can and calls for an acceleration of the pace of the campaign against isis without any details. so that's not much of a difference, bill. but john kasich has said once -- on occasion that he would be willing to support ground troops. >> yeah. >> we need to lead. i agree thoroughly with dan, what's missing with this is we keep defining what we theneed to by tactics. we need forces. there's 30, 40,000 isis fighters. we need forces there. no one wants to say that. what we should be doing is defining our mission and then finding the resources to meet the mission. we just had a couple of generals testify before the attacks in brussels that the president basically does not have a strategy to defeat isis in syria and iraq and increasingly libya. >> and the republican strategy is represented by donald trump and ted cruz and is really an immigration strategy.

it's shut off from the borders and this week cruz said he would patrol and secure -- wants to patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods in the united states. are we really going to deploy people to walk the streets? and what good would that do? >> paul, i think what's going on here, these politicians don't feel that americans have the stomach to engage in the kind of fight that bill is talking about. and, you know, it's an election. they want to win the election. they are not going to tell the american people we need to go over there. >> and to be clear, we're not talking about 150,000 troops in iraq. former generals have talked about maybe 10,000, 15,000 -- >> trust me, we have more support than ever from the partners the region. you look at what president bush did with the anbar awakening, the muslim allies there. we have a lot more sunni arabs that would be willing to fight if we could give them logistical

support and so forth. >> i think the candidates are not making a case for why i we have to do that and you're not going to get there until -- >> you are basically saying that terrorism might play to hillary clinton's benefit in the general election because she would be -- she's trying to portray herself as the adult, the experienced one, the sober, you know, she knows the world, builds alliances and that might work to her benefit since there's not a lot of other distinctions with the republicans? >> that's exactly my point. john kasich and ted cruz are ambivalent about their policy and trump's policy is to bomb them to the stone ages. when we come back, the race heads to wisconsin and then on to new york, ted cruz calling on john kasich to get out. but can he beat donald trump one on one? >> let me tell you, i drop out and donald trump will absolutely be the nominee because i don't believe that senator cruz can

come to the east and win.

♪ a split decision in tuesday's republican contest with donald trump notching a big victory in the arizona primary, and ted cruz winning decisively in utah. and as the race heads now to wisconsin on april 5th and new york two weeks later, a new fox news poll finds ted cruz closing the gap with donald trump nationally. with john kasich a distant third. but in a general election match-up against hillary clinton, that same poll shows kasich with a double digit lead and the the only gop candidate to top the 50% mark. so dan, does the utah result and these new polls show that donald trump losing -- is losing some

support among republicans? >> i think it does suggest that. we are in a very interesting inflexion point in this campaign for the nomination. because people -- as we get closer to the possibility of a brokered election, republicans start thinking about who can win in november. and these polls, real clear politics average of five major polls has hillary in the head-to-head, beating donald trump by 11 points. and bernie sanders beating him by 17 points. something is going on there. and i think as we go into these final primaries, donald trump has somehow got to display that he can raise his ceiling, raise his game, which means raise the tenor of his campaign. because if he keeps going as -- with the status quo, he's going to remain flat against two of these democratic opponents. >> big gender gap growing in particular, mary, for donald trump. but ted cruz gaining new doorsments this week. jeb bush, mitt romney, the club for growth. so he's consolidating some support among mainstream

republicans not yet showing somewhat conservatives and moderates in the poll -- in elections. but he is gaining some support. >> yeah, dan says something is going on there. the something is that the majority of americans would not vote for donald trump. that's what's going on there. and it's -- i think the fact that ted cruz is gaining some momentum. i think it's a little comforting to people. but when you look at ted cruz's negatives, they also remain a problem. i mean, he has gotten endorsements from jeb bush and other important republicans, but i am looking at this general election poll and i think it's very doubtful that ted cruz could be elected president of the united states also. >> he loses in real clear politics average by 2.9 points so it's close. and these are early. there are several months to go and we don't know how they would debate head-to-head. but ted cruz says john kasich has got to get out, because donald trump has a big lead in the delegates, no question with

b that. and neither ted cruz nor john kasich, i think, can get enough votes themselves to get the nomination. certainly kasich can't and cruz almost can't. so donald trump still has a big advantage. cruz says kasich has got to get out. what do you think of that? >> the way i think about it is, i look at these primaries the way i look at my ncaa brackets. they have blown up by different things. the idea that someone she houldt out, on the one hand donald trump has yet to go over 50%. john kasich is making the case for himself. he needs to win a few states. there's this pesky thing called voters. >> kasich needs to win. >> win some states. >> here's the problem that cruz has. he's going into these eastern and pacific coast states, washington, oregon, california, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, rhode island. he's not shown that he can win among the moderates and somewhat krchts in those states, and maybe trump would do better than he would in -- among those

voters. >> well, kasich's argument has some plausibility, which is that if he drops out, his voters are going to migrate to donald trump. or at least most of them will. because kasich has this kind of blue collar, broad appeal, which, believe it or not, trump does have. >> sure, of course he does. >> cruz has a very targeted appeal to white voters, christian voters. wisconsin is the big test. ted cruz is there big time, he has a sophisticated campaign if he comes in second to trump or beats trump. >> i think he's got to beat trump. he's got to deny him those delegates in wisconsin. that's a very big state. >> but the point about, you know, cruz's supporters being white, middle class, upper middle class people, he's trying to say that he can win the presidency. merely by attracting those voters and getting that vote out. and he says, i don't need hispanics or any minorities. and i think republicans are worried about that. not just for the election, but if it starts to define the party like that, that is troubling for

winning elections from here to etemperature. >> the best kasich argument, i can beat her in november, the polls show it. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week.

time now for "hits & misses" of the week. mary. >> cuba's known mostly for its propaganda and most

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