spout off about the factor. word of the day do not be ando -- ambage when writing to the factor. the spin stops here. definitely looking out for you. >> new look at the 2016 campaign and race in america as we get remarkable chance to speak with one of the most controversial political figures in the country the reverend alu4 sharpton. good evening everyone, and welcome to "the kelly file." i'm megyn kelly. a number of our viewers may be tuni&/ in tonight for news about a meeting i had today with new york businessman and republican frontrunner donald trump. and we'll get to that in just a few moments. first, however, to another new yorker. a man who has found himself at the center of a number of recent controversies over race politics, and the police. sometimes at the request of the white house. al sharpton has a upknown as the national action network. this week they are holding a

national convention in new york discussing issues that effect the african-american community and pressuring the candidates to hear their concerns. hillary clinton addressed the group today, bernie sanders will do so tomorrow. but inxd between the two, the kelly file dropped in on the event to pin down mr. sharpton both on his role in a series of controversies and his influence on the 2016 race for president. watch. >> now hillary clinton was here today. she spoke to the group. are you getting close to making an endorsement? bernie is coming tomorrow. >> bernie is coming tomorrow and i'm not close but i'm not far. i mean, obviously we're getting down the track. but i think that them coming shows that they understand that the black vote is going to be crucial so they have to speak to all aspects of the black community. >> do you feel like hillary clinton talked today about the democrats taking the black vote for granted. that they better not do that. a, do you think they do do that and, b, do you think the black vote is up for

grabs in this election? in particular with donald trump run hog says he is going to win the black vote? >> well i think that the black vote cannot be taken for granted and how ws define not taking it for granted is the issue. because what we're saying is you mustr clear concrete proposals, not sound bites not just show up at our church and wave at us.co(p&c @&c@ lay out a plan. hillary clinton did that today. >> to do what? what are you going to do about closing the unemployment gap [.ñ with 2 to 1 unemployed. what are you going to do with the education gap. many people agree on the conservative side that the inequality has to be dealt with what are you going to do in terms of dealing with the environment mental conditions in our community like flint. >> do you feel like barack obama let you down in that department. >> oh, no. i think barack obama did a

lot more than people gave him credit. he cut black unemployment in half. he was able to begin the process of letting people out of jail that started becoming in my opinion wrongly incarcerated under the crime bill. >> what do you think of donald trump? do you think he might get a fair portion of the black vote? >> you know, we had amarosa here today. >> from apprentice. >> and she is on his campaign or one of the people. williams was here. i think they are making an appeal. i think what donald&ñ trump has said about the president with the birther movement calling mexican rapists, i think the whole thing as being coy as hillary clinton said today about kkk will cost him in the black community not just because he is republican but because of the things trump has done. >> one thing we know is we are not likely to see another black president in 2016. you know, there is no black candidate running for office right now to replace barack

obama. might be a black vice president potentially. what kind of impact do you think that1 has on the country? >> you know, it's something that i said this morning at the early session. we are the place we have never been history.çó we have never seen a white president succeed a black president. what will that mean in black america and white america? we don't know. when we see that black family walk out across the lawn to get in the marine helicopter for last time. marine one for the last time and a white family move in, psychologically, what is that going to do? what does that mean? what will it mean about race in america? where will would he be? and i think that we need to be concerned about it, which is why during the campaign we need to be very clear on what we're dealing with and what we're not dealing with on both sides. i remember the republicans had an autopsy they were going to reach out. i don't know what happened to that. i haven't felt. >> no one called you?

>> you know dr. ben carson spoke here last year but i haven't heard from anybody this year. >> what do you make of that though because race relations in the country are very poor according to polls. most people believe they have gotten?oú worse actually under the last eight years which many folks did not expect with our first black president. why is that? >> i thinkt( that becauset( our first black president stood up and did so many ÷ things that was more in the judgment of many of usdn fair. people couldn't adjust. >> why? >> well, dealing with black unemployment. dealing with the educational inequality. >> what do you mean like white people didn't like that? i don't know what you mean. >> i think some of them felt that he was just taking care of his own community by some magic at the expense of others when clearly every month for 37 months he increased jobs. >> what do you make of what's happening in this job right now with the black lives matter movement? how big a factor do you think thatñr is in the 2016 race? >> i think it's going to be

a very big factor. >> there are some advocates of( movement that obviously object to certain black lives being shut down illegally and we have seen that in some cases i think it was south carolina. but then there are other more controversial aspects of the movement, for example. you know, the chants in the street that we have seen pigs in açó blanket fry them like bacon. what do you make of that. >> i mean, if you study the when i was a little boy, you had martin luther king the tradition that we -- and you had people that were saying things like that back in those days that we did not believe in. and i don't think that -- you are not as responsible for people on fox that say things you don't agree that we don't agree with. there was a time we use a lot of language. when i was younger i would use the "n" word and call people the c word because i come up in the rap generation that's the way you talked. i never believed in violence. i do not believe in denigrating anyone with n

word. calling people the c word. people pigs or anybody else. >> you don't condone that kind of talk. >> i do not condone any of that and we don't do that national action network. there are other parts of the movement that do things and they don't condone what we do. >> what about the freddie gray case? that's been controversial down in baltimore. that's being prosecuted under marilyn mosby and she got in a bit of trouble when she came out and said we need justice for freddie gray. we need justice for freddie gray and many attorneys said or just justice because if justice takes us to the exoneration of the police then that's where this should go. did she misstep. >> there she said we need justice for freddie gray because justice for freddie gray because freddie gray is the one that died. justice could be whatever that leads to be. whether it ends up with criminal convictions or not. >> even an acquittal of the officers? that could be justice? >> if that is, in fact, if the officers deserve acquittal, if a jury finds them deserving acquittal

then there would be justice. but he is the only one dead. the one that you areq%ñ lookingmn for justice for was the one who was victimized. the victim here was clearly freddie gray. the question is whether -- what caused hi:op death was criminal or not. >> let me take you back to ferguson, missouri and the case there against officer darren wilson. he shot and killed michael brown. he said it was in self-defense. you came out publicly and said it wasn't in self-defense. that there was no deadly threat to officer darren wilson. the doj found that was not correct, theyckb could find no evidence that he was not in fear of hiszm? life. and exonerated him. do you feel bad about what you said? >>s7 no.lp don't distort what the doj said the doj said they did not find evidence to prosecute him on civil rights. >> they said there was no reason to disbelieve. no evidence to disbelieve his story he was in fear of his life. >> they said that he was not in violation of civil rights and that they found no evidence that he was in fear or that he was not.

>> no, no. they said there was no evidence to disprove his statement that he was in fear of his life. >> so we're stopping here for a moment because this is a key point. and one a lot of people missed or glossed over in the hot debate after a grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson after the doj came out and said they didn't have the case against him. the report from the department of justice specifically says the following: on page 11 quote: the evidence does not support finding that wilson was unreasonable in his fear that michael brown once again, attempt to harm him and gain control of his gun. and again on page 12 quote: there is no reliable evidence to disprove officer wilson's belief that he feared for his safety. that's from the department of justice. let's pick it up again with reverend al. >> well, first of all, if the doj said that, then that is contrary to what eyewitnesses and others who called us into ferguson

mind you, megyn. >> youg that. >> answering your question. i thought you asked one. when we talked to the witnesses, and put them on my television show, they told us what they saw. if i say what i believe to be the case based on talking to several witnesses ixd should apologize for what? >> it's been disproven. >> no, what has been -- first of all, if you supposing the evidence and it's not disproven. i stated what i believe. you get on tv every night and state what you believe. >> no, i don't. >> you don't? >> no. >> well, i do. >> i know because you are an opinion guy. i'm an journalist. >> you just answered your own question. i'm an opinion guy. >> but when your opinion is proven to be wrong by the department of justice, barack obama's department of justice and a man's life is ruined, i mean darren wilson has no job. he has no life. he hasn't been rehired. do you bear some

responsibility? >> if you and i talk to the same witnesses and the doj talks to the same witnesses, and they don't believe him and you and i do, it doesn't make us wrong. >> but you don't talk to all the witnesses. the doj does. it can be a crime to lie to an fbi agent. it is not a crime to lie to reverend. >> watch it with calm down. ask bill o'reilly aboutyz that. i hadrp to lecture him about that. >> go to witness and believe them. doj may talk to more witnesses. you can't come and ask me to apologizeor believing something that i was not privy to. >> so you areok just going back to the moment. >> but anyway, i'm talking about after the faifw after thexd fact. >> when the doj comes back to you and says you are wrong why don't you apologize at that point.u >> apologize for believing it. >> for what you said for telling the world that there was no deadly threat when there was?bx >> i said what i believed. >> did you correct the

record? >> did i correct what record? >> did you go on your television program and report to the world what the doj had actually found? >> i reported what thei] dog said. >> about the death of michael brown? >> i don't know that i stated the line you want. there protesting afterward did you? did you? [ laughter ] >> i think that's a good place to wrap.xdñ >> how about that? and now to that other story. you may have heard the news today that yours truly took a trip over to trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city. there i had a meeting with donald trump. the meeting was at my request. and mr. trump was gracious enough to agree to it. we met for about an hour, just the two of us. and had a chance to clear the ai)t mr. trump and i discussed the possibility of an interview. and i hope we will have news tooannounce on that soon. by the way, in case you were wondering yes, the door man

appeared a bit stunned when i walked in. and they, too were incredibly gracious. at a tuned. -- stay tuned. breaking tonight, the politico website is reporting that prosecutors in florida have decided not to pursue simple battery charges against donald trump's campaign manager corey lewandowsk1gtú after he was shown grabbing a reporter, michelle fields in what became a very controversial incident for the trump campaign. the kelly file just spoke with fields a short time ago and we have breaking news on her reaction. plus, mr. trump today appears to now be at war with the head of the republican national committee. we'll show you how this may play out in the nominating process but first, you just sawwf]; my exchange with al sharpton. up next, we'll hear from kevin jackson, the%u radio host we first met in ferguson, missouri. and he will tell us what he think sharpton is really up to when it comes to 2016 and the race for the white house.

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>> we have had enough. [cheers] the issue is how a young man with no deadly threat no life extenuating circumstances was shot multiple times. >> that was al sharpton telling the people ofçó ferguson missouri, what he thought about officer darren wilson's guilt in the death of 18-year-old michael brown. sharpton tonight suggesting there is no need for him to apologize for those comments which have been refuted clearly by the department of justice. joining me now kevin jackson a fox news contributor and executive director of the black fear.net. good to see you. what he said was totally wrong and the d.j. -- doj the if anything the message they were getting from eric holder at the time was not let's not go exonerate the

cop. they reached all the conclusions in that case that that cop did nothing wrong. >> first of all great interview with"n him.cegd you really went into the snake pit. that's for sure. look, you spun the guy around. you asked him a very simple question. all the evidence pointed to exactly what darren wilson said and what al sharpton did is exactly what he does in the black community. he sides with the black community no matter what. it's not about right and wrong with him. it's about the narrative that gets him paid. and he knows it that what darren wilson did was justified. he knows what's in the report. the idea that i talk to two or three people and they said. this megyn if i talked to those people and they tell me that and i believe them and then yea verily that's correct. that's nonsense. >> just to tee thatiz up. he won't, of course, if there is a car accident and ten witnesses and i talk to three of them and three of them say the red car ran the red light but all the other seven say the car didn't run

the red light. watch here is what i was trying to say. operates outside of his op) if you and i talk to the same witnesseso9st the doj talks to the same witnesses and they don't believe him and you and i do, it doesn't." make us wrong, it means. >> but you don't talk to all[z the witnesses. the doj does. they get people in there and it can be a crime to lie to an fbi agent. it's not a crime to fly reverend al. >> megyn calm down. >> now watch it with calm down. >> go ahead, kevin. >> well look megyn, at the end of the day what sharpton doesn't want to admit and what a lot of black liberals don't want to admit is that those people flatly lied on darren wilson. and it's a condemnation to say that because everybody is afraid to sayn#lit. >> dorian johnson who waste the key witnessok hands up don't shoot which didn't happen. >> right. exactly. many of them in the offchutes of black lives matter and all these things

that came from it are absolutely built on lies. many times when the cops go into the black communities, they are lied about. and that's why in many cases they are talking about the cops cams. the cop cams are not going to exonerate cops -- they are going to be there for the cops to make sure that they understand that this is what i confronted when i was there. al sharpton. >> trying to say look, i talk to do these witnesses so i had a belief about what happened and i'm entitle to do my opinion. the point is, a does he have a greater responsibility given his platform to be careful about going out there and just pronouncing it as fact because he heard it from a couple of witnesses who we now know were completely unreliable. the doj foundí/ that too. b, why is he so reluctant to just say i got it i was wrong. i am sorry. officer wilson was the victim. >> right. it's -- all over again. he causes a stir. ruins people's lives. he is not going to apologize. to apologize he loses credibility in the black

community. darren wilson's life is ruined. he looks at michael brown died and he is the victim. it's the same thing he said about the gentleman that died in baltimore. and, he is right, they are victims. but they there are also innocent victims because of the things that al sharpton does. one other quick point on, this megyn. he is not making it safe for the black community. al sharpton he will race bait and go where the money is when he least, ferguson is less safe. baltimore is le all of these black communities are less safe and he is not held accountable. >> in his defense he gives a lot of people voice who don't have voice. can he get the cameras there and microphones there and shine a light on cases that might not otherwise get attention. >> sure. >> it's not that he does nothing but bad things he does a lot of good but he is very controversial. and there is a real question about whether he uses that microphone for good or for evil. >> do it for the right reason. that's the key. if every time al sharpton is going to show up, it's to stir up nonsense where, and, again, the offchute of it

being the black lives matter movement. i find it interesting that the democrats are meeting with groups like that. i don't know of any democrat that's met with the tea party, tea party community any of the tea party groups that are out there. they will meet with these guys knowing that these issues, by the way megyn, are not black issues, they are american issues. >> kevin it's great to is he you. >> you too. >> we are going to post all that online in case you want to see the mike grab. i don't think that's ever happened to me before. i don't know, this is exciting. anyway. he didn't have to do that interview. so i appreciated it. a standup move. actually literally a standup move the way we did the interview. i appreciate it weiw1m= have new developments tonight in a dramatic confrontation between a russian jet and u.s. navy ship. just ahead we will show you how the military is responding to a serious provocation. plus the republican frontrunner in the race for president is now accusing his own political party of working against him. the war between jump and the rnc heats up next. >> it's a rigged system,

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breaking tonight, we are just getting video of an ugly confrontation between protesters and some trump supporters outside of a trump rally in pittsburgh.

[screams] [cheers] >> a couple hundred protesters have been out there for a couple hours. the pittsburgh police have a significant presence and have manage to do keep things mostly calm. inside that hall, donald trump talked to a crowd of thousands and continued to hammer the republican national committee over the nominating process. here is part of what he had to say to our own sean hannity in a show sean was taping at this event. >> here's what's happening here. so, we vote, and whoever wins gets 17 delegates. but, whoever doesn't win can get like 35 or whatever the difference is between -- so think of it. you beat somebody badly with the people because it's a rigged system, folks. the republican system is a rigged system. >> all right so that was at the rally. his interview with sean is coming up in half a an hour. the head of the rnc is responding today to trump's repeated accusations saying this system is not rigid.

>> it's clearly not. you know, hock, all the candidates have the rules of the game. i have toñi respond though if the party of which i'm the chairman of is getting attacked, especially when it's not true. this is going to blow over. this is a -- this is -- i movie this is some frustration that has bubbled up. >> joining me now josh putnam political science lecturer at the university of georgia who runs the website front loading hq. josh thanks for being here. is it rigged or what is your view? >> you know, i think chairman priebus has a pretty good point about, you know, the rules being in place. i mean, the rnc set its rules. they had a deadline of august 2014 to get@a their national party rules in place and then woe spent the better part of 2015 having the states respond to those rules and they had a deadline of october 1 of last year. >> the question i guess -- bad question because it's really -- i don't think trump is saying that they are manipulating the rules right now so much as the way it is set up it is rigged to

help the one who is the favorite of the party. and i think a lot of people never knew that a candidate could get elected who did not win sort of the popular vote in the republican primary process. >> sure. i mean, you know. is it rigged to help a particular candidate? yeah. in most cases the system is set up. the rules are set up in a way that tends to advantage frontrunners. in 2016 we have a different type of frontrunner than the republican party has tend to do be used to which is to say usually we have got george w. bush or john mccain. >> the party is coalescing around this person. >> right. on the calendar. >> what do you see in trump's huge advantage videoñ -- are john kasich is hovering from 21, 20 points. do you see trump sweeping new york and then what do

you see happening over the next couple of weeks that would effect his final tally? >> right are so i mean, the way new york's rules are set up, you have to win 50% of the votes statewide to get all of those 14 dels. you have to win 50% in each of the 27 congressional districts. sogifk sweeping that even with 50% or polling above 50% in some of the recent surveys that we have seen doesn't necessarily guarantee trump a sweep of those 95 delegates. now, you know, again, translating those -- or that level of support through the delegate allocation process a bad day for1n trump next week in new york has s. probably somewhere around 60 delegates. so, still a pretty significant chunk of the delegates that he needs moving forward. but, again, we're running out of time. we're running out of contests. we're running out of delegates to be allocated at this point. he would still need roughly two thirds of the remaining delegates to get to 1237 by june 7th. >> can he do that given his ad vantage in pennsylvania

and cruz is running better in california and putting a lot of time in there. but trump is also doing well in california. >> sure. we have still got two months until california. a long way to go there. pennsylvania, i think the lead in piece indicateside a little quirky. right? the winner statewide gets 17 delegates and then the remaining 54 delegates are directly elected. voters don't have a similar contest like they did in illinois. they don't have the name of the candidates that the delegates affiliated with to go on. >> it's so crazy. >> they are voting kind of bhindly. >> that's so crazy. you just show up and it's like okay james is he with o'reilly or kelly? that's our stage manager. josh, very interesting. thank you. >> sure. thank you. >> well, we also have breaking news from the political website tonight which is reporting that prosecutors will not charge donald trump's campaign manager with simple battery for his altercation with former breitbart reporter michelle fields. the prosecutor

confirmed that fields told police that corey lewandowski forcefully grabbed her and left bruises on her arm while she was covering a trump event in march. tonight michelle fields tells the kelly file that she has not heard from the prosecutor yet but she does plan to pursue a testify defamation case against him. david, your reaction asx[ acá lawyer if this is true the prosecution is not going to bring charges? >> yeah, absolutely, megyn. we saw the video, you know. that was the donald trump provided the surveillance video which clearly showed corey lewandowski gently grabbing michelle fields on the upper arm. >> it did not clearly show gently. let's not overstate the case. >> my thought it was. cleared a path for donald trump to exit the venue. then we compare that to the police reportd8 which michelle fields made to the jupiter police in florida which said that he grabbed her arm, jerked her back. she almost fell down. she stopped herself from falling down and megyn,

when the prosecutor assesses whether he can make the case yard to a jury, he looks at both of those things that are -- you know basically, megyn at best it's an embellishment. at worst a total fabrication. she has no credibility at this point. can't make the case. >> not necessarily true. one of the things that could enter your mind as a prosecutor when you use your discretion on whether to actually pursue the charges is does he have a defense i can overcome? one of the defenses available to corey lewandowski. i know at first he said he never touched her and all that when youqá(ez the game you can sayfá look, i didn't know it was her that i touched. i was trying to protect mr. trump. that is a legal defense available in a situation like this. we don't know whether that's what went through the prosecutor's mind. >> this is a case of prosecutorial discretion. news that came out tonight prosecutors specifically asked michelle if she would be willing to take apology from corey lewandowski and this was about a week ago. this is what she asked for all along.

she didn't want to press charges but the trump campaign demanded she file a police report. she did. the police then issued charges against lewandowski. and now they are using prosecutorial discretion because michelle was asked if an apology would be sufficient and she said yes. it doesn't discount from the fact megyn that the history of this case still stands. corey lewandowski denied ever touching her. he publicly lied about it. video evidence showed that he nc#-ñ only touched her but had a picture showing there was a bruise. and then he went publicly into a public forum and called her delusional and? tried to say she was a liar and donald trump excuse me let me finish. donald trump on top of corey lewandowski in a public forum in front of hundreds of reporters stated repeatedly that she simply made itv happen. later cam out and said it happened and you tonight david have admitted that look, it was only a gentle tap on the arm. that's what you just said. >> just so we are clear, if she brought the defamation occasion it would have to be

against lewandowski. trump says i think she made it up. that's not actionable. i think, your opinion, that's not actionable. are any of the statements that corey lewandowski actionable in a defamation case, david. >> no not at all megyn. by the way what she said was not true. what she described happened did not happen. that's what he -- that's what he denied. >> cory said he never touched her and he did. >> no. what she said was he grabbed me, jerked me back i almost fell down. he said that's a a lie. that never happened. >> said i never touched7t you. said i never touched you. >> no, no, no. that's not what he said. >> make your point. >> what he said was i never did what michelle fields described me doing. >> that's not true. >> he had no idea based on her description of what happened because it didn't. we saw the tape and no defamation suit will ever. >> let me quote the tweet. i never tiched you. you are delusional. in fact, i have never even met you. >> correct. >> so he said he never touched her when in fact he did.

>> hold on, let her make her point. >> let her make her point. >> totally deflecting. >> i'm not tee flecting at all. i'm quoting what corey lewandowski said. he called her delusional. he was trying to smear her character and to defame her when, in fact. >> okay. >> video evidence from donald trump's organization showed clearly he did, in fact, touch her and you nitted it at the beginning of this segment that he did in fact, touch her. >> go ahead, david. >> is he reacting tokthp michigan shelled= q field's description. he didn't know michelle at the time. what she is describing never happened. this girl is delu[#çeá y she must be making it up. if anybody has a case for defamation i have got it say, megyn it has to be donald trump's corey lewandowski. what she said is he battered her. prosecutors have now thrown it out or declined to prosecute. who has the better case for defamation at this point? >> the prosecutors are not saying that he didn't touch her or cause those bruises if they are not pursuing this case. >> there is no battery. >> no point in pursuing a legal case.

they m legal case against him or they may and they decided not to do it for reasons we will learn later. great debate. i have got to go but i appreciate having both of you here. >> thanks megyn. >> thanks, megyn. >> let's review -- shall we review? >> review. >> a political reporter may sue a campaign manager for defamation. the republican frontrunner is accusing his party of egging are the system. some republican leaders are talking about giving the nomination to someone who is not even running right now. how exactly did we get here? [ laughter ] up next, weg 10 weeks of campaign trail crazy into an amazing four minutes when mark mckinnon creator of the aptly named the circus joins us on a prime marry race like no other. >> the next president of the united states donald j. trump. [cheers and applause]'xt5a >> thank you. >> sit down everybody. please. i mean, this is march largo,

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from the world headquarters of fox news it's the kelly file with megyn kelly. >> well, it has been a wild ride since the state of iowa held its caucuses just 10 weeks ago. the show time documentary the circus has been there every step of the way. along with the series co-creator mark mckinnon. tonight we're going to hear from him about the future holds for this election. but, first a look at the trip from iowa to here. >> this is a story about john kennedy thinking about going into politics and his father said okay, here's the situation. you've got the flu, snowing heavily, it's your daughter's birthday the next morning and you're supposed to be at a soup kitchen at 6:00 in the morning. the question is not would you go it's would you want to go? so ted cruz coming in here with a lot of momentum right? what's he got to do here.

>> you know people are expecting evangelical conservative texas candidate to do particularly well here. even if he finishes fifth it doesn't hurt him thatg >> he is flying flag in south carolina. iowa, marco rubio. his argument is now i was such a strong third if you don't want trump, if you don't want cruz i'm the guy. >> everybody knows that big move out -- mo can propel you out of iowa. >> we have such momentum with what happened in south carolina last week. i won the evangelicals by a lot. >> they were supposed to go with cruz but they don't like liars. they are really smart people. they don't want to vote for a liar. [cheers] >> super tuesday. it is a make or break day for republicans. ♪ >> candidates can win. more delegates on super

tuesday. than any other day on the campaign calendar year. >> the republicans they will fight over nearly half of the delegates required to secure the nomination. >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspended,. >> no. >> the fact that i have even come this far isl evidence of how special americaú is. and all the reason more why we must do all we can to ensure that this nation remains a special place. >> the next president of the united states donald j. trump. [cheers an >> sit down, everybody please. i mean, this is mar-a-lago, woe give you seats. you don't have to stand. >> i talk to people all the time they say why don't you republicans do something about this

guy? >> i'm sorry, this is not the soviet union. we can't call a meeting and decide trump is out. >> we hate that. [ laughter ] it's not a dictatorship. who is for it. >> trump is doing well for one reason. he understands the climate and the culture of america today better than any business:g table. >> how do you feel about the republican nominee may be someone that none of you know. >> shell shocked. bewildered. republicans are hierarch call respectful of authority. we fall in line. and trump has interrupted that cycle. >> today as we sit here do you think most likely donald trump will be the republicanúé @&c @&c@ nominee? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> i think on the republican side he has been vexing to them in being able to controlling the debate. >> right. do you think he could do that in a general election against you? >> our job will be to make sure that doesn't happen. >> wow. great job putting that together, team. joining me now mark mckinnon, co-creator of the

circus and chief advisor to george w. bush. mark, great to see you. what a season it's been for you guys. it's fun to look back at it what's your main take away from what we have seen in those 10 weeks? >> so much has happened and what's really compelling about any drama whether it's movies, television looks or politics is the element of surprise. so much has happened in this election. i mean, those clips just show us, you know just time after time after time what we thought was going to happen something else happened. and then, you know over time, we have an where what we thought a year ago might be the case is completely different than what's actually unfolding before our eyes. so, you know, a year ago we thought there would be an establishment candidate in the mix and there is not even an establishment candidate anymore. >> because they -- all these candidates look so good to so many people but they were playing under an old playbook. >> they were playing under an old playbook. great campaigns don't look to the past. they look to the future and reinvent the rules. that's really what donald trump has done.

he has just rewritten the playbook. not looking at the way past campaigns have run but just reinvented how he runs campaigns and has dominated the media cycle. we have an interesting wholesale candidate in donald trump and retail candidate in ted cruz who understands the rules, understands the way the retail organizational campaigns are won. it's very interesting dynamic now between two candidates with very different approaches and different visions for the republican party. neither of which are a lot of republicans thought would be either option at this point in the campaign. >> joh.p kasich is also doing it differently in that he is winning no states. so that would be different if he -- he has ohio. you know, as ted cruz -- the guy who lost 49 states is probably not going to be the nominee or will he? >> the thing that matters right now is not necessarily winning but just having delegates because it looks so likely now there is going to be some bartering and trading and he who has delegates in his hand at the convention is going to have power.

>> they're going to be the king. what do you think happens nowed to the republican party given that they are looking at likely open convention but not necessarily but likely? >> i think it's likely it will be an open convention now. there is really a fight and instrumental now for the future of the republican party. and the interesting thing, again, is that there is not -- at this point it doesn't look like --fl aul ryan has bowed out. an establishment option is unlikely. there would certainly be a revolt from the trump voters or cruz voters. it looks like there is a high probability that there will be a very new future direction for the republican party either under cruz or under trump, which is completely different than what the traditional republican party has been. so you know, i have said for years we may burn down the republican house to rebuild the foundation in a whole new direction for the republican party. that may be what's unfolding before our eyes. >> mark, you have brought us a lot of interesting insight. that one meeting with those republican party leaders. we are hierarch call, we are

respectful of authority. we fall in line. we lose as is happening. it's great to see you. don't go away. we'll be right back. >> great to see you. thanks. >> don't go away.

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f-15 tomcat, though's not as fast or nimble. the european command instead part, "these actions have potential to unnecessaryily escalate tensions between countries and could result in miscalculation or accident." at those speeds the littlest miscolocongratulation could lead to a collision -- miscalculation could lead to a collision. between the situations in ukraine and syria, u.s./russian relation aren't exactly chummy. here's the white house. >> obviously we have a variety of channels through which we can communicate with the russians. but i don't have any updates now about any conversations that have occur goodred about this incident. >> reporter: during one of the fly-byes, a polish helicopter was refueling on the deck of the destroyer. russian jets also buzzed the "uss cook" last year in the black sea. >> trace, thank you. we'll be right back.

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tomorrow night dozens of republicans join us live right here. trump, cruz and kasich supporters, to hash out, you know things over their favorite candidate and why the other guy should leave this race. also, rnc chair reince priebus will be here. we're excited. set your dvrs. see you tomorrow. thanks for watching. [ applause ] welcome to "hannity." back tonight coming to you from beautiful pittsburgh, pennsylvania, from the soldiers and sailors memorial hall and museum for the entire hour. we'll be joined by 2016 gop front-runner donald trump. we've invited people from all over the great state to join us. we have a lot to get. to ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome, mr. donald trump! [ applause ] ♪