competitor. >> i understand that secretary clinton thinks this campaign is over. i have some bad news for her. all right, good morning, it's wednesday, may 4th. i'm sam stein. as the kids like to say, may the force be with you. yes, i'm being held hostage by show's producers. donald trump hasn't officially won the nomination, but this morning msnbc is calling him the likely nominee. he won the seventh straight state last night claiming 53% of the vote in indiana. it was a knockout blow to senator ted cruz who promptly suspended his campaign for the

white house. it rests in part with john kasich who is still clinging to the highly unlikely if not impossible presidential bid. bernie sanders meanwhile walked away the winner in indiana taking 53% of the vote to beat hillary clinton. still with her commanding lead in delegates the former secretary of state appears poised to ultimately lock down the nomination even while losing some states in a prolonged and potentially damaging primary battle. ted cruz and supporters put all their chips on indiana, with $6 million on ads in support of him, but despite the spending a last minute endorsement from mike pence and even naming carly fiorina as his running mate, cruz was left to announce the end of his campaign over gasps in the crowd. >> from the beginning, i have said that i would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. tonight, i'm sorry to say --

>> no! >> -- it appears that path has been foreclosed. >> no! >> together, we left it all on the field in indiana. we gave it everything we've got. but the voters chose another path. and so with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long term future of our nation we are suspending our campaign. but hear me now. i am not suspending our fight for liberty. >> just so you understand, ted cruz, i don't know if he likes me or if he doesn't like me, but he's one hell of a competitor. he's a tough, smart guy.

and he has got an amazing future. he's got an amazing future. so i want to congratulate ted and i know how tough it is. it's tough. it's tough. i have had some moments where it was not looking so good and it's not a great feeling. and so i understand how ted feels and heidi and their whole beautiful family. i want to just say though that one tough competitor. >> rather than attend events planned for today in nebraska and washington, senator cruz returned home to houston last night. with his departure from the race, donald trump became, get this, the likely republican standard-bearer this fall. the chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus weighed in, declaring trump the quote, presumptive nominee. a phrase the chairman seemed so

surprised to have to have been typing that he misspelled it at first. the panicked 19-year-old social deputy probably misspelled it. but meanwhile, hillary clinton declared trump the presumptive nominee in a fund-raising appeal and trump's campaign celebrated last night at trump tower with a surprisingly subdued candidate still absorbing the news. talking about uniting the gop and taking on hillary clinton in the fall. >> this has been an amazing evening. i didn't expect this. i didn't expect it and what ted did is really a very brave thing to do. and a great thing to do. because we want to bring unity to the republican party. we have to bring unity. it's so much easier if we have it. we're going after hillary clinton. she will not -- she will not be a great president. she will not be a good president. she will be a poor president. she doesn't understand trade. her husband signed perhaps in

the history of the world the single worst trade deal ever done. it's called nafta. meanwhile, ohio governor john kasich sent his regards to ted cruz last night, tweeting that cruz should be proud of his strong and disciplined campaign and texas is lucky to have you. john weaver responded to the rnc chairman saying it's time to get behind trump writing quote, i appreciate reince and his hard work for the gop but until someone has 1,237 bound delegates there is no presumptive nominee. california, here we come. as indiana went to the polls trump gave voters a taste of just how unconventional a candidate he can be. he and ted cruz traded their toughest barbs to date, beginning with trump attacking cruz's father with a discredited tabloid story linking the cuban immigrant to lee harvey oswald.

the assassin of president john f. kennedy. this was ridiculous. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being -- you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot and nobody brings it up. what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death -- before the shooting? >> crazy. >> it's horrible. >> donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear. this is nuts. i want to tell you what i really think of trump. this man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. he combines it with being a narcissist. a narcissist at a level i don't think this country has ever seen. the man is utterly amoral. morality does not exist for him.

donald will betray his supporters on every issue. listen, donald trump is a serial if i landerer and he boasts about it. he's proud of being a serial philanderer. i want everyone to think of your teenage kids. the president of the united states talks about how great it is to commit adultery, how proud he is. i'll tell you as the father of two young girls, the idea of our daughters coming home and repeating any word that man says horrifies me. that is not who america is. >> trump repeated his claim about cruz's father in another radio interview. and just moments after the polls closed he tweeted, quote, wow, lyin' ted went wacko today. made all sorts of crazy charge, can't function under pressure. not very presidential and sad, naturally. cruz wasn't the only target of donald trump's barbs. he went after hillary clinton

with the focus on coal miners' jobs in appalachia. yesterday, clinton wrapped up a two day tour of the region where democrats have struggled in recent elections. clinton grappled with her comments from march when she said in part, quote, we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business. those words attracted protests at her stop there. and the day before in west virginia. >> here in ohio a few weeks ago during the ohio primary it sounded like i said something differently about coal miner jobs. to put it plainly i misspoke. it's one reason i took this trip to say it directly to the people affected, to make sure you know where i stand because i would never disrespect the people here. among the 100,000 miners who died in the last century, we have lost miners in this century too. 29 brave men who perished at the upper big branch mine. the owner of that mine, don

blankenship had neglected workers' safety for years. we need to strengthen those laws and hold executives who neglect workers' health and safety to account. by the way, i heard mr. blankenship was outside my event yesterday. protesting me. well, if donald trump wants the support of someone like that he can have it. >> we're going to get those miners back to work. i'll tell you what, we're going to get those miners back to work. we're not going to be hillary clinton and i watched her three or four weeks ago when she was talking about the miners as if they were just numbers and she was talking about she wants the mines closed and she will never let them work again. let me tell you the miners in west virginia and pennsylvania which was so great to me last week and ohio and all over they're going to start to work

again. believe me. you're going to be proud again to be miners. for bernie sanders, victory in indiana means his campaign will go on. despite long shot chances of actually winning the nomination. sanders beat hillary clinton by a roughly five point margin. that was hardly enough to dent her massive delegate lead. despite that the only concession from sanders last night was that his path is narrow. >> i understand that secretary clinton thinks that this campaign is over. i've got some bad news for her. i sense a great deal of momentum. i sense some great victories coming and i think that while the path is narrow, and i do not deny for that moment, i think we can pull off one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. i have no doubt, zero doubt, that what we have done in this campaign, what we are doing now and what we will do in the next six weeks is good for the democratic party and it will

result in a higher voter turnout. now as we mentioned earlier, hillary clinton spent the day in west virginia and ohio where she is increasingly turning her attention to the general election. in an interview with msnbc's andrea mitchell, clinton addressed whether she was prepared for the coming attacks by donald trump as well as whether she thinks the republican front-runner is qualified for the commander in chief. >> people have been dumping stuff on me for 25 years. and here i am on the brink of being the first woman nominated by a national party to run for president, which is an extraordinary honor and historic responsibility. when i think of running against him, i'm going to stay focused on the issues that are going to make a difference in people's lives because i think this is a change election. i can't imagine more change than having the first woman president and having someone with a long record of working to even the odds for people. i'm not going to be responding to his every insult and attack.

that is just not what i think this election will eventually come down to. >> he has given no indication that he understands the gravity of responsibilities that go with being commander in chief and that will be a big part of my campaign because at some point, he's going to have to be held to the standard we hold anybody running for president and commander in chief. what is it you know, what is it you have done, what is it you are proposing to do as president and commander in chief? so far, we haven't seen any of that. all right. moving away from politics to another big story we're following this morning. concerning music superstar prince. an attorney for a california doctor tells the "minneapolis star tribune" that prince died one day before he was scheduled to meet with his client in an effort to beat an alleged addiction to pain killers. dr. howard cornfield runs the inpatient clinic recovery

without walls and he received a call from his reps because the music star was quote dealing with a grave medical emergency. unable to clear his schedule for the next day, he sent his son to prince's minnesota home in hopes of meeting with the star to explain how the treatment would work. the lawyer tells the star tribune that the doctor's son was one of three people at paisley park when the musician's body was found inside the elevator and that the son was the person who called 911. nbc news has not been able to verify this account and prince's sister who has been appointed to oversee the estate reportedly declined to comment. prince's former attorney has denied any drug use. federal officials tell nbc news that pain killers were found on the star at the time of his death. and in his home. an autopsy was conducted but no cause of death has been released. let's turn to business where markets are reacting to concerns over slowing global growth.

cnbc's louisa bojesen joins us live from london. i got your name right this time. what are you seeing? >> we're seeing quite a bit of red today on our screens. european equity markets were called lower. we're hanging on to that trend this morning. once again the miners are pulling us down and it's the overarching worry about whether or not we're seeing a bigger slow down and with deflation starting to rear its ugly head it's weighing on commodities. gold and copper, for an example. iron ore as well. and we see the oil stocks coming off tad. we have the inventory data and here we're anticipating a record high crude build and stockpile. watch out for that stateside and the u.s. markets are being called just a little bit lower. still early days but we're called a bit lower there. when its comes to some of -- when it comes to the other things taking place, mixed earnings day on the agenda today. but again the minors very much in focus.

some of those are off 6%. >> thank you so much, live from london, appreciate it. still ahead, "hamilton" makes broadway history. and check this out. the raptors kyle lowry sinks this from half-court sends the conference final against the heat in overtime. we'll look at those stories and a check of the weather when "way too early" comes back. ahh? yeah, ahh? ahh?

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all right. welcome back. time now for some sports. we begin with the nba playoffs in oakland. the golden state warriors continue their march toward a consecutive championship with a second straight win over the trail blazers in the western conference semifinal series. still playing without reigning mvp curry, golden state grabbed the first lead of the game in the fourth quarter. erasing an 11 point deficit in -- and closing with the 16-4

run to wrap up game 2 with a 110-99 victory. in toronto, the raptors were down against the heat in the final seconds of the semifinal opener when, well -- >> needed three to tie. lowry, half-court heave. a prayer at the buzzer. oh, kyle lowry! >> lowry capped the six-point come back with the game tying three-pointer at buzzer sending this to overtime. the raptors fell apart in o.t. going four minutes into the extra period without a basket which in general is not a good thing for a basketball team. miami takes game 1, 102-96. turning now to my semiregular attempt to talk about hockey and the stanley cup as if i know what i'm saying, we go first to brooklyn where the physical play started early between the two teams. lightning center brian boyle and the islanders travis ham anick exchanged words after warm-ups. the hit only got bigger from

there. tampa bay's level drouin was levelled and he lands on the sideline for a big chunk of game 3. and then a hard shoulder hit to the head of hickey moments before netting the game winner in overtime. no penalties were handed down for those hits. the lightning take a 2-1 lead after putting more biscuits in the baskets. wow i made it through the hockey segment. in major league baseball headlines, espn reports that the washingtons bryce harper has inked a deal with under armour. it's believed to be the largest endorsement deal in the history for a baseball player. i'm sure that's a lot of money. in toronto the rangers and the blue jays tied in the bottom of the tenth. justin smoak launched a game tying home run one inning before. >> here's smoak. he tied it in the bottom of the ninth. now he drills one to deep left field. and that's a game winner!

>> well he homered to tight in the ninth and then win it in the tenth. good stuff from the guy who has perpetually disappointed my fantasy teams. in cincinnati, pitcher jeff samardzija struck out in the top of the eighth and he snapped his bat over his left knee. what is a picture. the san francisco -- he tossed eight innings in the victory over the reds. >> wow. >> let's get a check of the weather now. >> come on, it was the skinny end of the bat. like this. bo jackson did it right in the meat. >> okay. i know, bill, that you're -- you snap your bat over your knee every now and then when we have thunder clouds so let's see it. >> no. that's a visual i can't -- i don't have a visual for that. sam, we have been locked in the gray, gloomy weather pattern really since sunday in new

england and the northeast. guess what you have again this morning? i mean, sunglasses have been sitting there now until friday or saturday. and it will stay gray and gloomy. another shot of rain exiting illinois, headed for indianapolis, ft. wayne and kalamazoo and detroit, bring your umbrellas. some big thunderstorms, a lot of lightning coming off the gulf coast. north of tampa. that should be over a florida turnpike over the peak of your rush hour. over 5 million people at risk of severe storms here. mostly looking from melbourne, florida, all the way down to miami. but i guess sam, the big story on the east coast, this weather pattern is with us to the weekend. the middle of the country is gorgeous. it will stay that way. like we're being punished for that warm winter. >> i spent -- i have seen ten minutes of sunlight in the past five days. >> we're handing out vitamin

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