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gop elites have a new plan to stop donald trump. >> we can lose in 2016. we probably will. >> will they lose the white house to save the party? >> also, playing to fear with terror everyseas, pundits sink to a new low here at home. >> obama is a radical left, in many ways the first anti-american president. >> hillary clinton could be considered a founding member of isis. >> and showdown for the senate. >> fighting against people like mr. van holland who want to trade job. >> miss edwards was dead last among democrats. >> we'll talk to both candidates in the toughest primary race in congress. all that, plus a very personal week of attacks in the gop. and a big apology from speaker ryan. "politics nation with al sharpton" starts right now.

good morning. i'm al sharpton. on this easter morning, just days after bombings in europe, fears of terror are dividing america along religious and political lines. many think 2016 will be a national security election. with voters looking first at who they want to be commander in chief. and this week americans learned a great deal about the candidates. ted cruz called for increased police patrols in what he described as, quote, muslim neighborhoods. >> it is standard, good policing to direct your resources to where the threat is coming from. we should do the exact same thing with radical islamic terrorism. >> also this week, donald trump

says it was time to bring back torture. >> i think we have to change our law on -- on, you know, the waterboarding thing, where they could chop off heads, and they can drown people, being in cages and heavy steel cages, and we can't waterboard. >> hillary clinton denounced the policies from both republican candidates. >> we can't throw out everything we know about what works and what doesn't and start torturing people. what donald trump, ted cruz, and others are suggesting is not only wrong, it's dangerous. >> and the current commander in chief, president obama, did the same. >> one of the great strengths of the united states, and part of the reason why we have not seen more attacks in the united states, is we have a -- a extraordinarily successful,

patriotic, integrated muslim american community. they do not feel ghettoized. they do not feel isolated. >> a crisis can bring out the best in some people, and the worst in others. this week, some right wing pundits sunk to a new low. >> obama is a radical left, in many ways, the first anti-american president. >> she had her chance to do it. she helped create isis. i mean hillary clinton could be considered a founding member of isis. >> and look at the fox news banner on friday morning. saying there are questions about whether president obama is, quote, taking isis threat seriously. just minutes earlier, nbc's richard engel had reported breaking news on msnbc that the group's number two had been killed.

>> this was a bold operation with u.s. special operations force dropping in with a helicopter assault. this is considered an enormous coup. an enormous blow to the group. both practically and psychologically, because he was the number two person in isis. in many ways the leader of the group. >> at times like this, we need serious debates about solutions. not partisan talk made for political gain. joining me now, congressman andre carson, the first muslim american to serve on the intelligence committee. and general wesley clark, the former nato supreme allied commander. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, reverend. >> congressman, let me start with you. what's your reaction when you hear talk about torture, patrolling muslim neighborhoods, calling people members of isis.

what's your reaction to this? >> well, you know, reverend, stud kis have found, and it's very clear, that torture is not only immoral, it is inhumane. we don't extract the information we need in many cases. folks, in fact, feed us false information to make the pain stop. i think whenever you have presidential candidates, those who are seeking the highest office in the land suggest that we should patrol muslim neighborhoods, there are areas where muslims live closely near one another. but what is a muslim neighborhood? we have muslims who are physicians, who live in suburbia, next to jewish brothers and sisters, catholic brothers and sisters, nontheists. we have muslims in urban centers. we have muslims in rural communities. it is asinine and unacceptable for these candidates to posture in this kind of way. we've seen this same kind of rhetoric in the '50s and '60s and even before that against african-americans. we've seen it against latinos, jewish brothers and sisters, irish-americans and so on and so forth. i think anyone who purports to

want to be commander in chief should be pushed back. because we will not bow down and we will not back up and allow these demagogues to rule our country. >> general clark, what do you think when you hear this rhetoric? does it make america safer? >> i think it makes america more at risk, honestly. you know, we've got a great process in america for assimilation. no other country does it as well. and we want to keep pulling the country together. for generations people have come here from other countries, and they are proud of their ethnic national heritage. but, they become americans. they're all the same. they have many different faiths. we have many different backgrounds. we're all bonded by our patriotic belief in the united states of america. and that's what gives america unique strength in the world. so, when i hear candidates disparaging particular groups, and calling for certain actions against certain groups, they

don't -- they don't get it. and i feel even worse when i think about the men and women in the armed forces. and we've got great muslim americans serving in the united states armed forces. what are they going to think when a candidate says that their security risks or something just because of their background. that doesn't make sense. so, it's destructive. self-destructive rhetoric. >> congressman, i mentioned in the setup about the calling for patrolling muslim neighborhoods, and you repeated it. let me show you what president obama said about senator cruz's statement about patrolling muslim neighborhoods. >> any approach that would single them out, or target them for discrimination is not only wrong, and un-american, but it also would be counterproductive. because it would reduce the strength. the antibodies that we have to resist terrorism.

>> with history as a guide, congressman, is the ted cruz's plan leading us toward what could be a slippery slope? >> without question. i think that if you look at history, reverend, and you know this very well from your early work, muslims have, in fact, had to patrol the communities where law enforcement did not meet needs, and push back on criminal activity. and so i think that mr. cruz, one who is a son of immigrants, to speak in this kind of way, to attempt to posture to a part of society who holds deeply held views that they are somehow getting a smaller piece of the american pie, for him to eschew these kinds of hateful statements concern me, and it should concern most americans. it is certainly a slippery slope. but it is a path as us, as americans, unified, we will not accept. >> general clark, you were the

allied commander of nato. here's what donald trump said about nato this week. >> they're costing us too much money. and frankly, they have to put up more money. they're going to have to put some up there also. we're paying disproportionately, it's too much, and frankly it's a different world than it was when we originally conceived of the idea and everybody got together. >> now, general, with so many threats around the world, and so many things happening, is this the time to talk about getting rid of nato? >> well, it certainly is not. but i would say this, this burden sharing argument that the europeans haven't done enough, it's as old as nato itself. and it comes up every two, three, five years, somebody brings it up. the truth is that nato serves american interests. we fought two world wars to make sure that powers hostile to us would not dominate europe. we're over there not only to help the europeans protect their interests, we're protecting our own interests, using their

terrain, their forces, their resources, and when you put all those nato commitments together they're spending one heck of a lot of money. it may not be as much as the united states is, but it's real money. and they've agreed to spend more. so, i think the point is that nato is as essential today as it ever was. circumstances are changing, that's right. russia is much more assertive today. they've rebuilt their armed forces. i was just in eastern europe over the last couple of months talking with governments there, and military leaders, and they're very, very concerned about what the future is. they want nato there to protect them. so they can build democratic societies and encourage investment. they don't want something like a threat to nato coming from the united states. they couldn't possibly understand it. they're counting on us to help them build free, democratic societies. and that's in our interest to do so. >> i'm out of time. but congressman, i need to ask you this.

i notice from your twitter page you posted earlier this year, a picture of you praying about with some christians. >> yes, sir. >> praying with some baptist parishioners to be exact. isn't this the time for americans to unite across all faith lines, and try to come together, not a time of division in the face of the things that occurring? >> absolutely. you know, i think those baptist pastors who brought some prayer warriors into the office, and prayed for me and the entire staff, and not even surprisingly so, a lot of christian pastors, and jewish rabbis, particularly christian pastors like yourself and others have been at the forefront of pushing back on this bigotry. the founding fathers, though imperfect, they were at least brilliant in not wanting to have a theocracy or religion to cause an imbalance in the society. because at some point, you're going to have to decide which denomination or school of

thought takes the forefront. so christian pastors have been extremely supportive of our work, and we hope to unify as muslims, christians, jewish brothers and christians, sikhs, hindus, nontheists, as coming to the as one nonpluralistic society and pushing back on demagoguery because it's unpatriotic and even un-american. >> congressman carson, general clark, thank you both for your insights today. >> thank you, reverend. coning up from the stop trump movement to lose with cruz. what's left for republican voters? and the democrats, we'll talk to the two candidates shaping one of the biggest 2016 fights in the democratic party. and they aren't hillary clinton or bernie sanders. p you acceler, we've created a new company. one totally focused on what's next for your business. accelerating innovation. accelerating next. hewlett packard enterprise. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

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that's the new phrase kicking around the stop trump movement these days. some republicans saying it's better to lose the election with ted cruz than to hand over the keys to the party to donald trump. check out senator lindsey graham on "morning joe." >> here's my concern. we can lose in 2016. and we probably will. trump gets wiped out, ted makes it competitive. i don't know if he can beat her or not. but at least we've got a fighting chance. if trump is the standardbearer, it's not about 2016. it's about losing the heart and soul of the conservative movement. >> but, these gop elites have a problem. the base. a new bloomberg poll showed that 63% of gop voters think whoever has the most delegates should get the nomination. right now, that's trump. just 33% think the issue should be decided at the convention.

so the party leaders may want to lose with cruz, but the base doesn't feel that way. let's bring in our panel. msnbc political analyst and national affairs correspondent for the nation joan walsh. and republican strategist susan del percio. susan, is lose with cruz a winning strategy or the gop? >> it actually will end up probably being the best strategy for the gop. because when you dshsz >> really? >> when you look at the -- if you look at cruz and you look at mr. trump, what you see is a republican that may have a very difficult time winning a general election. and an opportunist who is simply using the republican line as a means in mr. trump. if he thought it was easier to get elected as a democrat he would have run as a democrat. he's just an opportunist. he's using the line. he has no loyalty to the line. or to the party for that matter. so it would be really hard for the party to survive with the --

with the unofficial head, meaning donald trump, as the -- because he won't do anything for it. plus we'll probably lose the states -- the senate, and maybe some real critical seats in the 40us. >> well, let's look at it this way also, joan, when you look at recent polls, donald trump loses to both democratic candidates by a lot. >> right. >> i mean, hillary clinton, 54, donald trump only 36. bernie sanders, 58%, donald trump 34%. is that part of what's driving this lose with cruz drive? >> i think it is. but i think that there's something really problematic about the idea of just trying to dump the guy. first of all i take issue with the notion that he might have run as a democrat if he could have won. i think donald trump, although he did hold some more liberal positions awhile ago, definitely did, i'll give you that -- >> and he was a registered democrat. >> and was a registered democrat. i think donald trump has a kind of revulsion against what the party has become, the party of barack obama and hillary

clinton, for quite frankly. i think that he has become much more of a nationalist. i think he's become let's say a borderline racist in the age of president obama. so i think he has very little in common with the democratic party. and unfortunately, he is talking to a segment, it's just a segment, it's ray minority, of the republican base, but it's a noisy minority and if they try to push him back, i don't know what happens -- >> let me press you on that, because this week, speaker paul ryan gave a speech, in which he implicitly was criticizing donald trump. let me play this for you. >> our political discourse, both the kind that we see on tv, and the kind that we experience among each other, it did not used to be this bad. and it does not have to be this way. if someone has a bad idea, well, why don't we tell them why our idea is better? we don't insult them into agreeing with us.

we try to persuade them. politics can be a battle of ideas, not a battle of insults. >> is that enough, joan, or do we need gop leaders to be more explicit in denouncing trump? >> i think they're going to have to get more explicit in denouncing trump. and i think that is what we're seeing happening. >> can they do that, susan? >> i don't know how much more explicit we need to see -- >> well, speaker ryan still has not said he won't vote for him. i mean -- >> that is true. and he should definitely wait until off the nominee is selected because he is, in fact, the speaker of the house and will have to work with the next president, whether it's donald trump, ted cruz, or hillary clinton. so he does have to do that. but most dpshs you saw the clip from lindsey graham. you saw jeb bush, carly fiorina. we've seen lots of people go with ted cruz and certainly take the shot at donald trump. because they're going with ted cruz again, not because they think so fondly of him but because it's not donald trump. >> proor jeb. he did it on his facebook post,

i mean. >> susan, this week "the washington post" reported that big gop funders were kind of backing away, and, and they were in many ways scrambling to insulate congress from trump. republicans apparently are. they are -- the question is, if trump is the nominee, and this goes to what you were beginning to say before, how do republicans avoid a democratic wave on election day in the senate and congress? >> they're going to have to break away from him. and the chances are they'll be able to do it early. you're not going to see it in the last two or three weeks of the campaign. we're going to see donald trump's numbers against the democrat most likely hillary clinton, you're going to see -- if that's the case, it's going to be a head-to-head. we're going to see it in july and august, and by september, senate candidates will know what they have to do to insulate themselves from a loss. and if it means dumping trump that's exactly what they will do. >> so they don't --

>> the interesting part about this, by the way, there won't be any pushback. typically there's a lot of pushback by the establishment. >> right. >> and the party elders. there will be zero pushback and they will probably be encouraged to do so. >> the democrats may actually pick up senate seats. which is something that was not as predictable months ago. >> right. >> well, it was hard- >> the numbers were good for democrats. but they weren't going to pick up the number of seats that they will likely pick up with a trump at the top of the ticket. >> well, susan, it's going to be interesting to see how they do that in the base not push back. that's going to be the question. joan and susan stay with me. lots more ahead. coming up, paul ryan slams ugliness in the republican party. but his apology for that ugly rhetoric landed him in our gotcha.

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takers than makers in america. we can become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. >> makers and takers, it's a line republicans have been using for years. and perhaps nobody used it more than paul ryan. before he ever became house speaker, he was a champion of right-wing economics. embracing its ideas, and its language. language taken from the same dictionary his 2012 running mate used in those 47% comments. >> 47% of the people who vote for the president -- the 47% who are with him are dependent upon government who believe that they're victims, who believe that the government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. >> mitt romney later said his comments were wrong, and this

week speaker ryan renounced his comments about makers and takers. >> there was a time that i would talk about a difference between makers and takers in our country. referring to people who accepted government benefits. but as i spent more time listening, really learning the root causes of poverty, i realized something, i realized that i was wrong. takers wasn't how to refer to a single mom stuck in a poverty trap, trying to take care of her own family. most people don't want to be dependent. and to label a whole group of americans that way was wrong. i shouldn't castigate a large group of americans just to make a point. >> let's be clear. speaker ryan deserves some credit. nobody wins when political leaders use offensive language. and yet, ryan isn't backing away from his policies. like the tax cut he proposed in

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leading van hollen by ten points. the primary set for april 26th. just four weeks away. >> it's interesting that ms. edwards is not running on her record. a lot of rhetoric, but no results, no record. >> i'm sorry, but mr. van hollen touts every time at the 30,000 foot level. this is about the way people live their lives on the ground. >> we hear from ms. edwards' constituents that she has not been there for them. >> i was dopely disturbed when the president of our senate endorsed mr. van hollen saying that he was born to the job. well in the united states of america, no one is anointed and born to any job. >> once again miss edwards is just misleading maryland voters. >> passions are high but so are the stakes. especially in the state's marquee city of baltimore. the primary will come almost exactly a year after freddy gray died. after being arrested by

baltimore police a year after riots engulfed the city. a tragedy which is still generating criticisms. from the likes of donald trump just last week. >> you look at our inner cities. our inner cities are a horrible mess. i mean i watched baltimore. i have many, many friends in baltimore. we watched what happened. and st. louis, ferguson, oakland, it could have been much worse over the summer. and it will probably be worse this summer. when you look at the ferguson problems, and the baltimore problems and the detroit problems, you know, there's a lack of spirit. >> the next united states senator from maryland will have to work against views like that. possibly in a new majority by the democrats in the senate. created by donald trump, as the republican nominee. it's time to meet the candidates. joining me now is congresswoman

donna edwards, democratic candidate for senate in maryland. thanks for being here, congresswoman. >> thank you, reverend al. good to be with you. let's start with baltimore. it's the key to this race, as senator what would you do to address the crime, the poverty, and policing issues in that city? >> well, let me just first say, al, i think it's really important for us to deal with a number of these issues simultaneously and not sequin schullly. law enforcement that is accountable. that has citizen accountability and transparency. economic development that goes targeted to the neighborhoods and even the census tracts where we know the communities are most vulnerable. an education system that doesn't just work for some of our students either in baltimore or in maryland. but really works to rebuild communities schools and then lastly, i think we really have to invest in rebuilding a

manufacturing sector so that people have jobs, and opportunity throughout the city of baltimore. i think when we hit those four prongs we will get -- we will be at a place where we're creating economic opportunity throughout the city, educating our young people, and making sure that we have a law enforcement and criminal justice system that really works for the city. >> because, you know, congresswoman, donald trump says that inner cities like baltimore are, quote, horrible mess. says baltimore has a quote, lack of spirit. what's your response to that? >> well, i've been in communities on streets meeting with faith leaders, talking to neighborhood leaders. there is not a lack of spirit in baltimore. and, in fact, we have not invested in our urban core in this country in decades. and so, the challenges facing baltimore are faced by a lot of cities all across the country. but there is not a lack of spirit, and not a lack of willingness to really work hard.

what i sense is a lack of leadership, definitely not a lack of spirit. >> now your opponent congressman van hollen has said and i'm quoting here, miss edwards has not been telling maryland voters the truth. he also said that you had, quote, a lot of rhetoric, but no results. no record. now do you respond to that? >> well, i think that's just baseless. let me talk about my record. i added provisions in to the affordable care act that have accountability for insurance companies so they don't just jack the insurance rates up. so, you know, mr. van hollen talked about a lot of things but he doesn't know my record. and the problem with politicians, establishment politicians like mr. van hollen, is that they think that they can just put their name out there for a head line. i'm not interested in headlines. i'm interested in being on the ground where people live their lives and making a change and an opportunity for them. >> if you're successful, what is

the one most important thing you would look forward to doing as a u.s. senator next year? >> well, you know, that's a really tough question, al. because we face a lot of challenges that i have to say, we have to have an education system that works no matter what zip code you live in. i have walked in the shoes of middle class families and people struggling to enter the middle class. that is a voice that is missing from the senate, and it is a voice that i'll provide. >> congresswoman donna edwards, thank you for your time today. have a nice holiday. >> thank you. now, let's bring in congressman chris van hollen, democratic candidate for senate in maryland. thank you for joining me, congressman. >> reverend al, always good to be with you. >> now this race could hinge on baltimore. i'll put the same question to you that i did congresswoman edwards. as senator, how would you address the city's issue of crime, poverty, and policing?

>> well, we need all hands on deck, reverend al, to address the very deep issues and challenges in baltimore. beginning with police accountability, and adopting many of the recommendations that have been put forward to address that issue, to increase transparency. we need to massively incentivize new businesses to invest and build in those areas. we need to really focus on jobs, and skills training in those areas. this needs to be a top priority, the health of baltimore city is essential for the health of the whole state of maryland. >> what role would you like to play in the senate play if the president is donald trump, or if the president is a hillary clinton? >> well, god help us if it's donald trump. i don't think that's going to happen. but, as you know, as the senior democrat on the house budget committee i've had two roles. one has been to lead the effort against the paul ryan tea party

budget that would disinvest in america, it would cut our investment in education, and lead the effort against their efforts to roll back social security and medicare. so i'm fully prepared to deal with a worst case scenario of a donald trump. i don't think that's going to happen. my other role has been to put forward a positive vision for democrats, and i've put forth a plan to build an economy that works for everybody. we need to get back to the days where hard work translates into higher pay and higher benefits. >> now, congresswoman edwards has painted you as a, quote, career politician. who is willing to trade away our values, just to get a deal. what's your response to that? >> well, reverend al, i've been on this show a lot of times, and i think everybody who knows me knows that, in fact, i've been leading the fight in the house of representatives to uphold

democratic principles and values. it is important to be able to work across the aisle for the benefit of marylanders. and i think if you look at my record, compared to that of congresswoman edwards, mine is one of trying to find common ground where possible for the good of the people of maryland. >> one of the things that has attracted voters to your opponent is she has a very compelling story. what has happened in your life that has really voters ought to know about you that makes you you? >> well, reverend al, i respect congresswoman edwards' story. but you know, this election is about the stories of people across the state of maryland. my approach has always been to listen to the stories of others. and act on those stories to both help them in their daily lives, but also to help others, as well. >> congressman chris van hollen,

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i don't get angry often. but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. donald, you're a sniffling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> senator cruz this week, firing back at donald trump, after a twitter feud that included trump retweeting this less than flattering picture of cruz's wife heidi. it's not the first time trump has faced heat from his treatment of women. there's this ongoing feud with fox news anchor megyn kelly and his even longer-lasting feud with rosie o'donnell, who he called dumb and a loser.

more than half of u.s. women have a very unfavorable view of trump. and if you can't win with women, can you win at all? especially when you're potentially running against the first woman presidential nominee in american history. back with me now are joan walsh and susan del percio. our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, joan, showed nearly half women, half of women polled say they can't see themselves voting for trump. 51% of voters are women. >> right. >> can trump win if he can't win over women? >> no. he's going to be slaughtered. i think that's why susan is here telling us that there's such desperation in the party to figure out a way to stop him. i mean i think this is just the beginning. let's remember, the party has just started campaigning against him. this series of ads that shows ordinary women mouthing the

disgusting things he's said over the years it's a really affecting ad. i know about all of these things. i'm going to say my friend anna holmes back in 2011 laid out this whole picture when he was talking about running for president the first time. so it's not brand-new. and somebody could have taken it early, and they could have run with it. but listening to that ad i found it shocking myself did >> well, susan you are very good at politics. you're very good at what you do. let me show the ad she's referring to. tell me how you would fight this? s. bimbo. >> dog. >> fat pig. >> real quotes from donald trump. about women. >> a person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a ten. >> i looked her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. >> look at that face. would anyone vote for that? >> how would you combat that? >> well, there's only one way you could actually try to and that would be on a very serious policy debate. you'd have to change the whole conversation into be doing some

really tough economic foreign policy debates. which donald trump is not prepared to do, because he hasn't given any real substantial -- >> he has a great foreign affairs expert that advises him. himself. >> well -- well that being said, you can't -- it's -- in defense we're going to see more and more of it. and just to add to the numbers that you -- you -- you spoke of, don't forget generic republican, generic democrat, not male, female, just generic. a republican is going in eight to eleven points with a deficit with women. they're already down. they're already down. so forget the 51% being women, that's -- republicans already in the hole. >> although you have to work to get them and donald trump is not a candidate with his unfavorable numbers, and his untrustworthiness numbers, he is not in a position to get women, nor independents. he also does horribly with independents. and that's the big fundamental

problem. >> well he's been offending people from the beginning. this is nothing new. >> right. >> and no mystery as to why he has problems with independents and women. i mean he's worked overtime offending people, it seems. >> right. although ted cruz, i was almost surprised to see about a third of people -- excuse me, women, had an unfavorable opinion of ted cruz, as well. i mean the party has not -- itself with its positions on women's issues. donald trump takes it to a crude, misogynistic level. this is true in 2012. it's not a brand-new donald trumpian issue. but trump takes it to a place where i think a majority of women would have a very hard time respecting themselves. looking in the mirror and saying yeah, today i'm going to go to the polls and vote for donald trump. even if you're a lifelong republican i don't know how you do that as a woman. >> now going back to that ad, hillary clinton had some problems with women voters, in iowa, and new hampshire. but does this kind of ad really

help hillary clinton, who's had problems with some women voters in those two states? particularly younger women. >> she did have that problem, and you're right, it was with, especially with younger women. and that was i think more of the millennial phenomenon going to bernie sanders. i don't think those same voters who those women who went to westernny sanders are going to look at hillary clinton and donald trump and say donald is my guy. i think even if they stay home what you're probably going to see is if it turns out to be a donald trump, hillary clinton, you're going to see high turnout. whether it be women -- you're going to see a much higher turnout which is not good for the republicans, especially for the u.s. senate. if you see a ted cruz-little clinton you're going to see a lower turnout most likely which is actually more beneficial. >> let me say, suppose donald trump is the nominee and selects a woman as his running mate. >> it won't make a difference, no -- donald trump -- >> not only that, donald trump may name a running mate.

i don't think we'll ever see that running mate. he likes all the attention onto himself. there's no way he's going to give up something unless it's to throw him under the bus. >> i have to push back a little on the notion that hillary's having a hard time with women. in the later primaries she's been killing it. she won florida and virginia 70-30 over senator sanders. women votes. she has finished strong. the first two states, very small, white states were an anomaly when it comes to the women's votes. there's been a huge gender gap in all the subsequent states. >> quickly is there a risk in any of the senate races that if they push back and separate themselves from trump, if he's the nominee, that they will have a backlash from the base, republican base in their states? >> well, because the nature of their -- the -- their races which are toss-up districts, so it means it's pretty moderate, probably not. because it would mean that the base is going to come out, they're certainly not going to

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we close this morning with the terror in brussels, and the perils of giving in to fear. this week ted cruz made headlines by calling for patrol of muslim neighborhoods. it's a shocking idea. profiling americans based on religion, this country has profiled people before, like in world war ii, when japanese-americans were held in internment camps. congressman whose parents were put in camps stood up to remind america of this injustice.

>> i cannot be silenced. 70 years ago, my parents and grandparents were held prisoner during world war ii without trial and without a reason other than their japanese heritage. responding to brussels by advocating for patrols of muslim neighborhoods or suggesting that we torture our enemies is not only counterproductive, it violates the moral code that separates us from our enemies. it is my duty, it is every american's duty to reject discrimination, and upheld our values. >> we all should be concerned. we all should be outraged when we see terrorism. whether it's in brussels or paris, or nigeria, when boekco hard up takes young girls that have still not been returned. we cannot respond to the scapegoating and by going after groups of people. we must unite and fight for the sanctity of human life together.

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good morning, i'm chris jansing live from place de la bourse in brussels, belgium. this is a place where over the last half hour, perhaps you can hear the chanting behind me, the situation has become increasingly tense. if you've been following this story following the attacks here on tooust, you know that there was meant to be a peaceful march, a march of solidarity here that was canceled yesterday over security concerns. well, a group that is expected to number between 400 and 500 have been marching through the streets anyway. dressed in black, carrying anti-isis and anti-terrorist signs, although some