it's tuesday, april 26th. right now on "first look" -- >> they collude, collude. i was actually happy because it shows how weak they are. it shows how pathetic they are. >> ted cruz and john kasich the target of donald trump's venomous response. but on the democratic side, bernie sanders knows it will take a miracle to move him forward against hillary clinton. a severe weather outbreak ahead today. over 36 million americans are at risk of dangerous and life threatening storms. a busy tuesday ahead. "first look" starts right now. well, good morning to you. thanks for joining us today.

i'm betty nguyen. well, today is another big tuesday in politics, voters in connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania and rhode island will head to the polls. half of the delegates will come from pennsylvania and for the republicans 172 delegates are at stake. delaware is the only winner take all contest. if the latest polling is any indication, expect donald trump to have another huge night. trump spent monday railing against the ted cruz/john kasich pact. >> did you see the news today? did you see where they band together, where they collude. you know it's collusion. you know if you collude in business, if you collude in business, or if you collude in the stock market, they put you in jail. but in politics, because it's a rigged system, because it's a corrupt enterprise, in politics, you're allowed to collude. so they colluded and actually i was happy. because it shows how weak they are.

it shows how pathetic they are. >> the two fired back and explained their alliance. >> we had conversations and both campaigns agreed to focus our energies, i think that's a decision, an allocation of resources that makes a lot of sense. it's devoted to the principle of beating hillary clinton in november and turning this country around. >> my team met with the cruz people and they made a recommendation. i said i think it's fair because in some places we haven't spent a lot of resources. i don't think this is a big deal, other than the fact i'm not spending resources in indiana, he's not spending in other places. what's the big deal? >> but there's cracks forming in the informal alliance already. kasich had this to say if he thinks supporters should vote cruz in indiana. >> i never told them not to vote for me. we're not over there spending

resources. we have limited resources. >> trump did not limit his attacks on kasich. the donald went after his eating habits. >> did you see him, he has a news conference all the time when he's eating. i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. i'm always telling my young son baron, i'm saying -- i'm always with my kid, all of them. children, small, little bites. this guy takes a pancake and he's shoving it in his mouth. it's disgusting. do you want that for your president? i don't think so. >> well, the kasich campaign fired back, tweeting we were looking for some trump steaks for the governor, but no one sells them anymore. meanwhile, cruz campaign said carly fiorina is on his short list for vp. and last night, hillary clinton

and bernie sanders appeared in town halls. >> we are the stronger campaign in taking on donald trump or any other republican candidate. i think most democrats throughout, more than anything, correctly so, want to make sure that some right wing republican doesn't become president of the united states. we are running as hard as we can to win this thing. my job is to get as many delegates as possible and try to win the nomination for president. >> i'm winning because of what i stand for and what i have done and what my ideas are. >> delegates -- >> rachel, i'm way away in the votes. i have the greatest respect for senator sanders but really what he and his supporters are now saying just doesn't add up. i have 2.7 million more votes than he has. i have more than 250 more pledged delegates. i'm very proud of the campaign that we have run and the support we have gotten.

>> things got heated on the subject of whether sanders and supporters if they'd back clinton if she gets the nomination. >> if we end up losing and i hope do not, it is incumbent upon secretary clinton not only to reach out the my supporters to do all of the american people with an agenda. >> i didn't put down conditions. you know what, i said i'm supporting senator obama. from the time i withdrew until the time i nominated him, i nominated him at the convention in denver. i spent an enormous amount of time convincing my supporters to support him. i think that's what one does. >> msnbc is the place for complete coverage starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss it. johnny football to be indicted, former heisman trophy winner is expected to be

indicted today on a misdemeanor assault charge. that's based on his alleged actions against his ex-girlfriend, colleen crawley. he is accused of hitting her. manziel was cut by the cleveland browns in march after two tum t tumultuous seasons. he was fired by his second agent in three months last month. prosecutors told him a charge was coming, and in a statement bob hinton says, quote, we are going to treat this like any other case if this were anyone else in my judgment we would not have to deal with this. manziel released a statement to the media last week saying, quote, i'm hoping to take care of the issue in front of me right now so i can focus on what i have to do if i want to play in 2016. i also continue to be thankful to those who really know me and support me. a grand jury heard arguments in manziel's case on thursday. a formal announcement of the finalized indictment is expected later today. severe storms, they moved through michigan on monday

producing strong winds, hail, heavy rain and lightning. today, parts of the midwest are on high alert for a potentially dangerous outbreak of tornadoes. that is something you don't mess with. let's get the latest from bill karins. good morning. >> some schools are closed for today. in anticipation of the storms. they could happen early enough, they don't want the kids getting trapped in schools. some are doing early dismissals, some are canceling all together. the jet stream is doing a big dip here and we have a complete contrast of the warm air coming in off the gulf and then the cold air wrapping in behind. so we'll get the collision of the cold and the warm and it's going to set up right through the heart of tornado alley. so this is the area of greatest concern. from omaha down to san antonio. but it's this area in the middle, this red shade, that's the most likely spot for tornadoes and the possibility of strong tornados. maybe a few that stay on the ground for a long time. so from hastings through wichita, salina and tulsa and

all the way through oklahoma city, almost down to wichita falls, at greatest risk. 3.6 million people are in the strong risk of storms. as mentioned the timing of the storms will be as we go throughout the late afternoon. 3:00 p.m., they are starting to pop up in kansas and near oklahoma city. then by 6:00 p.m., that's when the super cells will start going. that's when we can start getting tornadoes. one of our nbc stations in oklahoma, one of the helicopter pilots will be up later on today. if there are any tornadoes we'll have them live for you. >> be careful out there. hundreds gathered and 54 arrested in the legislature of south carolina yesterday. demonstrators are democrat up -- demonstrating the bathroom bill. protesters gathered outside the state legislature, they pray and sang civil rights song as they called for the law's repeal.

all of this as more high profile performers boycott the state. demi lovato and nick jonas cancelled performances there in north carolina. a bill to repeal it was introduced yesterday. authorities are remain on the hunt for person or persons responsible for killing eight members of a single family. a law enforcement official tells nbc news the marijuana found in the homes of the victims was not for personal use. prosecutor rob junk tells nbc one of the marijuana grow operations found was inside and included more than 100 plants. the other two operations were found outside. the state's attorney general says they still don't have a motive for the slayings. the hunt for those responsible does continue. a tragic death in kid rock's inner circle. his personal assistant was killed in a late night atv accident in rock's home.

he began looking for michael sasha monday morning. his body was found along the driveway. authorities have determined it was accidental. kid rock said, myself, the band, our family, friends and co-workers are devastated over this loss. new developments in the stalking case of former espn reporter erin andrews. according to her attorney, andrews has settled her lawsuit against the nashville hotel where she was secretly videotaped naked through a peep hole by the stalker. the terms are confidential. it happened in 2008 while she was a college football reporter for espn. her stalker pleaded guilty to secretly filming her and served more than two years in prison. last month a jury awarded andrews $28 million in damages from her stalker and more than $26 million from the hotel's local franchise owner and operator. her attorney though filed papers in late march arguing that the

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bring attention to cerebral palsy. this is the brother's third stride. in 2014 hunter carried braden. well, a boy in missouri has raised over $11,000 after word spread about his lemonade stand. his cause is going to toys. it's funding his own adoption. 9-year-old tristan than living with his foster mom for the last four years and now the family is hoping to make it official. the funds raised will go to legal fees. let's get to some sports action. a rough night for chris paul. he broke a bone in his right hand on this play. he defended gerald hender son the lay-up and angry paul left the game. no telling when he'll be back. that's not all though. blake griffin believes he tweaked his quad and is 50-50 to play in wednesday's game 5. the blazers won game 4, to even the series at two apiece. next up, russell westbrook

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republican race. donald trump just got a big endorsement in indiana. former indiana university basketball head coach bobby knight will campaign with the donald this week. the endorsement should give a big boost to trump in the important primary state especially after the cruz/kasich pact. keeping with trump, stephen colbert has some thoughts as he nears the nomination. >> he's getting closer and closer to landing the magic number of delegates needed to secure the gop nomination. 1,237. which coincidentally is the year he gets his ideas from. behold all my treasure and my wives. and the ongoing uproar over adding harriet tubman has samantha bee asking what? >> any other stupid ideas. >> creating a $6 bill or a $12 bill. that would be something. >> yeah, that would be something.

make the black person worth exactly three-fifths of the white person's value. gee, why hasn't anybody ever thought of that before? >> around this is your morn -- and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." 21 minutes after the hour in washington. i'm joined by co-author of "the political playbook" daniel litman. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. let's talk about trump for a second. he is expected to win big by a big margin -- huge as he would say. will the cruz/kasich pact throw a kink in that plan or a little too late for this? >> i feel like if they had come to this a couple of months ago they would have had a shot. but looks like trump has gotten the legitimacy of you know lots of primary voters and so it's almost too little, too late. this is like the -- they're trying to stop a couple from getting married and they're already on their honeymoon. >> i think you hit it on there. even nbc's chuck todd said if this would have been a week or

so ago, this alliance, maybe it would have picked up some 50 votes. would have had a bigger impact no doubt. >> yeah, it's the case that it's giving trump another talking point to rally his voters. he's talking about how they're colluding to stop him from getting the nomination. he's saying they're cheating this is really has -- this has helped to rally his supporters and you're already seeing it fraying at the edges yesterday. >> chuck todd said about 50 delegates there. bernie sanders even admits his path forward is getting pretty narrow. is this his last stand perhaps? >> i don't expect him to drop out tonight, but because he's -- he has such a strong fund-raising machine, last month he raised more than $15 million more than hillary. so he has a lot of, you know, time to continue the nomination. but expect him to, you know,go forward, but he has to evaluate how long he wants to be in the

nomination race. is he going to hurt hillary if he's in too long? >> a lot of talk about that. if bernie were to have an upset, what states might that be in? >> you know, one state that had a positive poll for him was connecticut. it had him down by only two points. rhode island is another state that looks promising. these are states that have, you know, lots of white liberals who have supported him in the past. like iowa and wisconsin. so it's, you know -- those are the chances that he has, but looks like hillary is going to do really well tonight. >> do you expect him though if he doesn't do well that he will just go ahead and say, you know what, the path forward is not much of a path at all and we need to rethink this or do you think he'll continue to forge on like he said he will? >> i think he and hillary need a chat to see how he'll be welcomed into the party, how he'll play a significant role in the convention. that's his victory. because he's already gotten a lot of the ideas he has --

progressive anti-wall street rhetoric she's adopted that. so that's -- even if he doesn't get the nomination he still has influence in a big way. >> no doubt. okay, thanks so much, daniel. we appreciate it. >> thank you. just ahead, why hershey's is banking on dried beef. plus, jimmy fallon and ariana grande tackle small talk like no other. you're watching "first look." constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overght relief suppositories for lief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools.

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of the health and wellness push. and the nasdaq posted the first three-day losing streak. look for data on home prices and consumer confidence. the fed kicks off the two-day meeting. we get earnings from apple and chipotle. back over to you. >> thanks, landon. i'm betty nguyen. "way too early" starts right now. i think the fact that they colluded -- i think the fact that they got together, the two of those guys, number one, its shows that they are -- it shows that they're getting killed. i laugh, especially with cruz. because, look, kasich is going nowhere. >> i don't respond to donald trump. i mean, are you kidding me? >> is this collusion? >> no. what does that even mean? do you know what that means? >> i understand that donald will whine. that's what he does. donald is a sore loser. >> yeah, watch cruz this morning. he's all mixed up. he's losing so badly. when he's under pressure he's like basket case.

>> two against one. john kasich and ted cruz respond to the collusion, and all that matters today is the delegates up for grabs in five states. on the democratic side, victory in sight for hillary clinton as she hammers away at trump while trying to win over bernie sanders' supporters. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." good morning. it's tuesday, april 26th. i'm jonathan capehart. voters will make their choice for president in five states today as the presidential primaries roll through five northeastern states. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is hoping to extend her delegate lead over bernie sanders and the senator will join us live later this