>> 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 morning to tell us his path to victory.

on the republican side, ted cruz is likely to be mathematically eliminated from a first ballot convention victory tonight. needing 98% of the remaining delegates to stay viable. leaving donald trump as the only candidate who can conceivably win the 1,237 convention votes before cleveland this july. yesterday we told you that ted cruz and john kasich were going to stay out of each other's way in key upcoming states that kasich would bow out of indiana and cruz in turn would let kasich go after new mexico and oregon. yesterday morning over breakfast, that plan hit a speed bump. >> no no no. i'm not going to go tell anybody how to vote. they -- but look, this is a matter of resources. we're running a national campaign. we want to apply our resources where we think they can be used most effectively and it's all designed to stop hillary clinton from becoming president. well, i have never told them not to vote for me. they ought to vote for me.

but i'm noefr not over there -- not i'm over there campaigning and i'm not campaigning in indiana and he's not campaigning in the other states that's all. that's all it is. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> not a big deal. >> last night, the john kasich campaign announced they're pulling out of indiana, leaving this as a direct one-on-one choice for the people of indiana, between our campaign and donald trump. that choice is important for the country and i'll tell you, it's been 46 days since the last republican debate. >> chicken. >> it's hard to dispute that. >> as donald trump's opponents launched a coordinated attack on his path to majority, trump was swift with the counterpunch branding his opponents as losers colluding against them. he pointed to the wins in an attempt to subvert the will of the voters and give party brokers the final say. >> they made a deal. right?

that cruz was going to take indiana. how weak is that? how pa thetdic is when they use collusion? i said to my people, that's great. it will make them look weak and pathetic which they are as politicians. but kasich this morning said, what are you talking about? i want people in indiana to vote for me. in other words, he broke the deal. he broke the deal. this is politicians, folks. all talk, no action. they'll never get you there. cruz and kasich, now, let's talk kasich. kasich is doing worse than many of the people that left months ago. i mean, if you look at marco rubio he did much better than case. he had more -- to this day he has more delegates. this is just a guy who's a stubborn guy who eats like a slob. and shouldn't have press conferences while stuffing stuff down his throat. honest, i have never seen anything like it.

but this is a guy who's a stubborn guy. i'm not leaving. i'm not leaving. he's 1 for 42. folks, we have doing so well. again, millions and millions of votes more than lyin' ted. millions and millions of votes more than 1 in 42 kasich. i call him now 1 in 42 because he has one win and i think they said 42 losses. that's a lot, we're moving along pretty rapidly. so we're going to pick a guy that over a year got creamed, right? got creamed. we're going to let him because so you explain how that's done. you have a revolt. you would have -- at a minimum nobody -- all these millions of people that have joined the republican party. all of these people will never vote. believe me they will never vote for anybody, probably. but they won't be voting for a republican. a new "usa today" suffolk university poll shows that trump is the choice of republicans nationally. trump is ahead with 45% to ted cruz at 29%. john kasich with 17%.

more than two-thirds of republican voters say the party's nominee should be someone who ran in this year's primaries. while they are more closely divide on how the convention should decide if no one has a majority. 47% said pick the person with the most points and 41% said go with the delegates' choice. half of donald trump's supporters would vote for him as a third party candidate if he's denied the nomination. ted cruz and john kasich acknowledge they're looking ahead to the general and picking a running mate. a top aide to carly fiorina said she's being vetted by the cruz campaign. there's no long on how long the vetting process has been under way. fiorina endorsed cruz in early march and has been a regular with him on the campaign trail ever since. john kasich said he's vetting

potential running mate and he was asked if fiorina could be among one of them. >> would you agree that carly fiorina would be a great vice president with you? >> i don't know. that reaction was not the most overwhelming i've ever heard. >> as for the democratic front-runner, hillary clinton, she heads to indiana today. ahead of the may 3rd primary there. but during a rally in wilmington, delaware, she renewed attacks on donald trump saying he's out of touch with everyday americans. >> come out of those towers, name for yourself and actually talk and listen to people. you know, at some point, if you want to be president of the united states, you've got to get familiar with the united states. don't just fly that big jet in and land it and go make a big speech and insult everybody you can think of. and then go back, get on that

big jet and go back to, you know, your country clubhouse in florida or your penthouse in new york. >> and later during the exclusive town hall in philadelphia, the former secretary of state touted her lead over bernie sanders, but appeared to reach out to sanders' supporters saying she and the senator share a lot of the same goals. still, she made it clear she does not plan to concede on her ideals in order to get sanders' supporters on board if she's the nominee. last night, senator bernie sanders appeared optimistic about his chances today, but conceded during an msnbc town hall if votes don't go his way tonight his path to the party's nomination becomes even more narrow. >> what this campaign is about is bringing millions of people into the political process. i'm very proud of this, the success that we have had to do that. now, at the end of the process, you know, frankly if we are behind in the pledged delegates

i think it's very hard for us to win. >> sanders pointed to clinton's super delegates saying they should be allowed to reconsider their allegiances. >> hundreds and hundreds voted for hillary clinton or chose to come on board her campaign before i even announced my candidacy. those people have a right to rethink the decision they made. if they conclude for a dozen different reasons that we are a stronger campaign -- by the way, this is not just talking off the top of my head. virtually every poll shows that bernie sanders does better against hillary clinton should that be taken into consideration, yeah, i do. i think so. >> as it stands this morning, clinton leads sanders by nearly 700 delegates. the largest delegate haul in today's primaries comes out of pennsylvania. 210 are up for grabs. when you include the super delegates. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll shows

sanders behind 15 points in the state among likely democratic votes. also in the headlines, the city of cleveland has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of 12-year-old tamir rice. security camera footage showed the 12-year-old holding a pellet gun outside a recreation center in 2014 when a police cruiser pulls up and an officer jumps out and within two seconds fires two shots. the boy falls immediately and died a day later. a grand jury declined to indict the officers in the set -- and the settlement does not acknowledge any wrongdoing. meanwhile the police union was criticized for its response to the settlement. advising the family to use a portion of the funds to quote, educate the youths of possessing a real or replica firearm. the man who has accused dennis hastert of sexually abusing him when he was a teenager has filed a lawsuit. the accuser is seeking $1.8 million.

the remainder of what the suit describes as a verbal agreement that hastert would pay the man $3.5 million. the lawsuit claims hastert, high school wrestling coach at the time, sexually abused the man when he was 14 years old in a hotel room they shared. hastert is sentenced to be -- is to be sentenced tomorrow. a month after the brussels terrorist attacks, joseph democrat -- i'm sorry, one of the four american mormon missionaries spoke out about the bombings at the airport and his journey to recovery. >> i started to look for my fellow missionaries on the floor around me. because they were right next to me, and i could and find them. this is like the blanket they gave me at the airport. just one of the thermal blankets. this is when they're putting the ointment on my head for all the burns. >> empey had been at the airport for five minutes when the first

bomb went off. he must have been unconscious for the second blast. he suffered burns on his hands, side of his face. he had shrapnel down his legs. empey says he has a new outlook on life and he continues to pray for the victims of the attack. let's turn to business where a petition from a group of conservative activists to boycott target has garnered more than 500,000 signatures. it's over the company's new policy that encourages transgendered people to use the store bathroom of their choice. cnbc's steve sedgwick joins us live from london. tell us what this boycott means for target. >> all right. then i'll start with the policy. good day to you by the way, jonathan. this is target who said they welcomed transgendered team members and guests to use the bathroom or fitting facility room that conforms to their gender identity. in response to that, the american family association over half a million signatures. they say this stance is just

dangerous to women and to young girls because a man simply can say he feels like a woman today and enter the woman's restroom. this debate is set to go on and on. incredibly contentious for target. indeed, for many other corporations throughout the united states as well. in terms of the broader markets, it was a flattish to slightly negative day yesterday. it's pulled slightly more positive today for the u.s. markets. but the fact of the matter is there's a whole host of minefields including a bank of japan policy meeting on thursday. which is interesting for the u.s. currency. ahead of that, we have the culmination of the meeting tomorrow and we're not expecting a rate change. as far as today, the pmi and the durable goods, a whole smorgasbord of data for you. >> steve sedgwick, thank you very much. still ahead on "way too early" -- the latest on the legal troubles for a former nfl quarterback, johnny manziel. plus, the nfl wins round two of deflategate. we'll have tom brady's reaction

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investigation into claims that the patriots purposefully deflated footballs. brady said he's disappointed in the ruling and maintains he did nothing wrong. this latest decision can also be appealed. in other pro football headlines, former nfl quarterback johnny manziel is expected to be indicted by a dallas grand jury today on a misdemeanor assault charge. the indictment stems from the alleged incident in january between him and colleen crawley. he is accused of hitting her in an argument that included manziel drags her into his car. it carries up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. last night's action on the nba court in portland, chris paul exited in the third quarter of game 4 against the trail blazers with a broken bone in his right hand. his injury will be reevaluated

today. and now the season is evened at two games apiece. russell westbrook and kevin dur end knocked out the mavericks 118-104 in game 5. they advance to face the spurs in the western conference semifinals and after the game, durant defended his teammate after mavs owner mark cuban called westbrook an all-star but not superstar. >> were you aware of mark cuban's comments before the game and he said that kevin's the only superstar -- >> he's an idiot. that's what we have to say about this. he's an idiot. that question. >> meanwhile, the warriors will have to do without reigning mvp steph curry for at least the next two weeks after an mri revealed the ligament sprain in

his right knee. he suffered the injury in the game 4 victory over the rockets. game 5 is tomorrow night in cleveland. let's go to the ice for last night's quest for lord stanley's cup. in chicago, the blues eliminate the blackhawks from playoff contention knocking out the defending champions after a 3-2 game 7 victory last night. st. louis will face the dallas stars in round two. in nashville, the predators force a game 7 against the ducks after a 3-1 victory last night. he shoots, he scores. let's get a check on weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, see any of those games? >> no. i knew i would have a long day with the dangerous weather. hopefully it's not a deadly day. let's start with yesterday n the chicago area, milwaukee, near lake michigan, these storms rolled through in a hurry last night. heavy rain and some gusty winds.

then yesterday, late last night, we had some big hail producing storms just outside of san antonio. two weeks ago they had some billion dollar weather disaster there because of a large hailstorm. this wasn't quite as bad, but quite significant. so let's talk about the set-up for today. the storm is moving into the central plains. classic set-up. you can see the snow in the rockies, warm air ahead of it. there's enough juice for strong storms forming in kansas. the tornadic storms are happening late this afternoon. these are the hail-producing storms headed into nebraska and north of kansas city. here's the area of greatest concern this is an area of the country you should have your tornado plans. you're used to it, get the events probably two or three times every spring. omaha to lincoln down through central oklahoma and down through the northern half of texas. but this area of red is in the strong to moderate risk. that's the best chance for any of the strong tornados.

the ones that are the most deadly. that timing looks to be late afternoon. so let's show you the timing of it. 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m., and by the time we get to 6:00 p.m., they explode over wichita and topeka. not until about 10:00 p.m. do we get dallas into the mix and kansas city with wind damage out of i. then tomorrow, we do it all again. the worst of it is this afternoon. >> hopefully folks will -- >> hopefully they'll miss. they're going to happen. we need them not to hit any towns. still ahead, food fight. wait until you see donald trump's latest line of attack against john kasich. "way too early" is coming back.

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so hard for the money. she works hard for -- >> the money. >> so we better -- >> let's do it, tomorrow, we'll treat her right tomorrow. treat her right on election day in november. you know what if she's elected, she will treat this country right. everybody. >> i can't -- a great way to start the day. finally this morning we told you earlier in the show that donald trump has really gone after john kasich in light of the governor's deal with ted cruz to not compete in indiana. here's just another example. >> did you ever see a man eat like this? i never -- i'm all working with my son. little, tiny pieces, baron. little tiny pieces. this guy is shoving pancakes -- it's pouring out of his mouth. and the cameras are on him. i don't know. look, that's not presidential. i can tell you. not presidential.

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>> i think the fact they colooted, the fact they got together. it shows they're getting killed. i laugh. especially with cruz. kasich is going nowhere. >> i don't respond to trump. is it to collusion? no. what does that mean? does he know what it means. >> i understand donald will whine. that's what he does. donald is a sore loser. >> i watched cruz this morning and he's mixed up because he's losing so badly. when he's under pressure he's like a basket case. >> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, april 26th. >> know who else is a sore loser? >> the yankees. the belichick is a sore loser. >> the harlem globetrotters. >>