momont yet of 2016. from abc news, it's "this weekek here now, chief anchor george stephanopopoos. >> what will happen next? has campaign virls gone viral? those are the questions this week. chicago friday night. a trump rally canceled after protesters clash with trump supporters. dayton saturday afternoon. trump startled when a protester storms the stage. look at the secret service circle around him fast. and overnight in kansas city, police use pepper stray outsitd a trump rally,rrest four. after a trump supporter was arrested for cold-cocking a protester. jon karl starts us off. >> reporter: in florida, the republican candidates were on their best behavior. >> i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: just 24 hours later, the campaign entered an

protesters clashing with trump supporters in chicago, forcing the cancellation of a rally friday night. and on the campaign trail saturday, this frightening scene. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> reporter: a protester attempted to charge at donald trump. >> i was ready for him. but it's much easier if the cops do it. >> reporter: protests at trump rallies are so common place, they've become as mh a part of the show as his promise to build wall. >> you know what they did to guys like that in place like in this they would be carried out on a stretcher. i would like to punch him in the face. i'll pay for the legal fees. i promise. >> reporter: in north carolina, the world saw a trump supporter do exactly what donald trump has called for. sucker-punches a protester as he was being escorted out. now trump's rivals are openlnly accusing him of sowinghe seeds of chaos. >> the job of a true leader is

>> donald trump has created a toxic environment. >> eouraging violence is wrong. that's why i've called it out. >> reporter: presisent obama weighed in, too. >> those who aspire to be or leaders, should be trying to bring us together and not turning us against one another. >> reporter: trump isn't backing down. blaping the chaos on professional rabble-rousers. >> we want to get along with everybody. but when they have organized professionally staged wise guys, we've got to fight bacac >> reporter: but as the campaign has taken its ugly turn, trump's opponents are now waivering on the promise to support him if he wins the nomination. >> do you support him as the nominee if he's the nominee? >> i don't know. getting harder every day. >> and jon karl joins us now. boy, you saw senator rubio look shaken up yesterday. i think all of us are taken back.

the campaignn trail since 1968. >> it's hard to look at what is happening now andndot think about the images from chicago in 1968. you had violent clashes on the streets. drupgss on the the floor of the democratic conventionon george i have been to trump rallies all over the country. it'smportant to say that the overwhelming majority of trump supporters are entirely peaceful. overwhelming majority of the protesters are peacef. i have never seen a situation where you have the candidate himself encouraging, condoning violence from the podium. >> we don't know yet what effect this will have on the voting, the big states coming up on tuesday. >> it's hard to say. thousands of people have already voted in florida and ohio because of early voting. in the short run, this may help trump, as you have a reacacon against the protesters.

the country has voted so far, trump has not gained a majority of republicans. if he wants to win, he needs to unifie republicans. and ultimately, going a long way to unifie the country. that's not the direction this is going. now to the candidates. we begin with senator ted cruz in missouri. >> few, george. good to be with you. >> we have seen these extraordinary scenes at the trump rallies. you have said they encourage the vals. you believe mr. trump is encouraging this violence? >> well, let's be clear. first of all, the protesters were in the wrong. you come up, use violence, engage in violence, you threat. violence. you try to shut shut down and shout down speech, that's not what the first amendment allows. itives us the right to speak, but not to disrupt others. but i think also in any campaign, the responsibility starts at the to. and it is not beneficial when

trump who is telling his proresters, punch that guy in the face. you know, i mean, i don't think to violence. and i think beyond that, you know, we need a -- a candidate who respects the people. who engages, even engages the protesters with civility and respect.t. not with hostility. i think, you know, what i would appeal to for every candidate is decency and civility. we can disagree and disagree forcefully while still respecting each other a not engaging in insults and vul garret and not encouraging violence. >> he says this is being preplanned and organized by his opponents. do you believe this might be a conscious strategy on his pt to drive out his vote? >> i don't know. i do know that his approach to every issue is simply to use angry rhetoric. often to engage in insults.

and that's not a productive solution. listen, we're all frustrated. we're angry. i understand the people that are voting for donald trump. they're angry with washington. with politician who is have lied to us. i'm angry too. donald has been enmeshed in the washington corruption for four40 years. if you want to fix it, all of us are frustrated with the current situation. we need a president who understands the way to fixit. the way to fix it is small businesses. is unleashing small businesses through repealing obamacare. passing a flat tax. lifting regulations. donald focuses on washington and deal maiking and big business. donald trump is the system. he is washington. and he's partt of the problem. >> both marco rubio and johnn

right now is making it more difficult to support mr. trump if he's the nominee. is it making it more difficult for you? >> well, listen. the approach to donald, i think if donald trump is the minee, i think it is a disaster. i think it's ady zaster per republicans, conservatives, for the country. if donald is the nominee, it makes it much, much more likely that hillary clinton wins the general. 65% to 70% of the republicans understand that. that tonlds a disaster in the general election. the answer is not to cry in your beer about it. it's not what the washington establish hment is doing, trying to have a brokered convention. if you want to beat donald trump, the answer is to beat him at the ballot box. that's what we're doing. our campaign has beaten him eight different times.

literally from alaska to maine and everywhere in between. we're seeing republicans uniting behind our campaign because we're the only candidate that is in a position to beat donald trump to earn 1237elegates and become the republican nomination. we're seein republicans unite. >> i know you believe you can beat him. i have to pss this a little bit. if you believe donald trump and his campaign are encouraging violence, how could you support him in he's the nominee? isn't that a line that should not be condoned? crossing that line, shouldn't that note condoned? >> and i'm not condodong it. i'm encouraging everyone to focus on decency, civility, appealing to our better angels. my focus is on winning. winningghe nomination. let me be clear. hillary clinton would be a disaster for this country. if hillary clinton is the president, we will lose this

the second amendment will be effectively erased from the bill of rights. religious liberty will be gone. jobs will keep flying america. i don't want to see my children's fure taken away by hillary clinton becoming president. the way to prevent that is for republicans to continue u iting behind our campaign. this week, i was endorsed by carly ffiorina. mark levin. we are seeing con seven tiffs uniting behind our campaign. as that continues to happen, i believe we're on a path to beating donald trump. >> you have also said, a brokered convention would lead to revolt. do you accept mr. trump's standard that whoever has the lead in delegates going into the convention should be the nominee? >> there's a difference between a brokered convention and a

a brokered convention, there's a dead locockelock deadlock. the washington deal makers come in. that would be a disaster. there's a difference two w a contested convention. two candidates come in, neck and neck. we saw this in 1976 with rag and ford, and the delegates decide. using the res of the rnc they vote. >> so even if you're number two, you could be the nominee? >> if we both go into t convention and have a bighunk and are both shy of 1237, the delegates decide. that's how it works. that is allowing the voters to deci. the best approach is get to 1237 before the convention. and if you look at the delegates right now, we have 362. domd has 99 more than we to.

so what i would say to folks at home, everyone if you started this campaign supporting somebody else. even if you're thinking of supporting marco rubio orr john kasich. they're both good, honorable, decent men. i like and respect both of them. neither one of them to hav a possibility to beat donald trump. it's mathemamacally impossible. if you're thinking of supporting one of them, we would welcome you to our team. if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee. or hillary clinton as the president, then come j jn us. we're seeing millions of republicans uniting and doing just that. >> senator cruz, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, george. god bless. and we'reoined now from cleveland by governor john kasich. thank you for joining us again this morning. we have to begin with the remarkable series of events this week end. you have said, mr. trunp has created this toxic environment. if that's true, if he's responsible, as you say, for

can you say you'll still suppo him if he's the nominee? >> george, look, i said in the debate when they asked, i said, yes, but sometimes it's really tough. the st debate that he was in, as you know, they all sort of caught the contagious positivity that i've displayed and things calmed down. but nothing's 100%. i mean, i'm -- i like -- i hope to be able to support whoever the nominee is. but i have to tell you, george, i don't think he'll be the nominee. i'm going to win in ohio. we're rising all across the country. and i believe there's a good chance that i could go into the convention with the largest number of delegates. because the campaign has shifted top pp to places where i think we're do better. plus, one other thing. finally, people are starting to get my message. when i talk about the fact that, i want to lift people. i know how to create jobs. i have a record. and i'm not going to take the low road to the highest office

in the rallies, they have to reinforce the roof. people go crazy. they want to see a positive approach and attitude. >> you're right. a new poll shows you ahead in io just two days before the votes. i want to get to that. first, a yes or no question, is donald trump fit to be president? >> i'm not going to -- you're not g@ing to get me to answer a yes or no question. i hope he'll change his rhetoric and stop dividing people. >> here's what he said yesterday in ohio. take a listen. >> we're going to hopefully win ohio. you know, honestly. [ cheers and applause ] kasich is a baby. he's a baby. he can't be president. can't president. too many problems. >> your response? >> you think i'm going to wallow in the mud with donald trump_ are you kidding me?

i'm interested in appealing to his voters. these are people george who are worried about their job. the stability of their job. they haven't had any wage increases. they put their money in the bank. they don't get any interest from it. they're worried about their kids' future. those are the people that need to hear me. i have solved problems for people like that, both in washington and in ohio. wallow in the mud, no, no, thanks. i'm not interested. that's not a way you can be effective. >> one of the things mr. trump is hitting on is your support of nafta. he's saying that has cost ohioans jobs. >> george, we're up over 400,000 jobs here in the state of ohio. in fact, we have investments. i wasn a plant in dayton where we have a $500 million investment from the chineses i was involved in bringing that

yesterday, i was in plant in newark. we have aignificant german up vestment in the energy business. we're getting investments from all over the world. our wages are growing faster. we have a $2 billion surplus. cut taxes more than anybody in the country. we're not out of the woods. but we have made unbelievable progress. i'm sitting in the city of cleveland, the newcleveland, of the 21st century. we're doing very well. i don't pay attention to the nonsense out there. i'm not going to get into the mud. records are fine. but this silly rhetoric is just silly. ;> you're confident. you sound confident about your state, how you'll do on tuesday. is ohio the tning point? if you block donald trump in ohio, will he not b the nominee? >> i absolutely believe that. look, ohio always seems, george,

the political universe. we're rising in illinois. we'll be able to compete in places like pennsylvania, the eastern seaboard. >> you're not on the ballot in pennsylvania. >> we will be. that's political gibberish over there, too. people try to keep you from getting on the the ballot. we'll be fine. we'll be competing. >> even though you don'l have enough valid signatures now. >> we're fine in pennsylvania. we're e ne. this will be resolved soon. >> we heard senator cruz say if somehow, at the republican convention, the establishment parachutes inith an establishment candida, there's going to be a revolt. your response? >> if there's an establishment candidate, george, it's certainly not going to be me. and, you know, i think that, at the end of the day, delegates will pick somebody with a record. somebody who has proven experience. and somebody who can win places like ohio and compete in other places.

else. in ohio, i think i'm the only republican who can beat hillary in this state. we just keep plugging. one foot in front of the other. my goal, economic growth, jobs, jobs, jobs. make sure that everyone who lives in the shadows has a chance to emerge and live out their god-given purpose. we're having great time out here. >> i can see it. thank you for joining us. >> having a ball. thanks, george. let's go now to senator marco rubio. we looked at the clips of you yesterday. you seemed honestly shaken. how did we get this far? >> i think we all need to look at ourselfves for a moment. i think that includes the media. donald trump's speeches get covered live wall to wall by cable networks. it's good for ratings to have

i think the media is responsible for some of this. i think ultimately, the responsibility -- those protesters in chicago, a lot of them, i believe were paid and organized. that wasn't organic. >> by whom? >> i think you saw moveon.org. there's a professional industry of protests in chicago. they don't have a r rht to threaten violence. put that aside. it's not j jt the thing in chicago. donald trump, on a regular basis, intes his crowds. you have a guy who sucker-punches a man at one of his events. arrested. released. upon release says, next time, we'll kill him. no condemnation or sense o o responsibility for the person who assaulted a reporter. yesterday, an american general who dipped bullets in pigs blood and shot a bunch of prisoners

it goes off people's backs. are numb to this outrage. people out there are unbalanced. we don't know how they're going to react. he keeps putting these things out there. we have now r rched a point in this country where our political discourse look like the comments section of a plog. people can say whatever they want about anyone, without any rules of civility, no norms that goechber how wee interact with each other. if we can't debate the proper tax rate, differences on foreign licy. what the government's role should be in education. without resorting to, you're a bad person. you're evil. ky say or do anything i want because i'm angry. we'll lose our republic. >> is that is indeed the case, isn't it moror important to stand

by your pledge to support thehe nominee? absolutely. we have to stand up to it. my point is i don't know if your question is, do i stick by the pledge or not stick by it? i said yesterday, it's getting harder every day. while i don't want hillary clinton to be president of the united states, i do not. i want her to be defeated, we're having a battle to define conservative ichl conservativism. i don't want it to bee defined by what i'm seeing in donald trump's campaign.. leadership is not about making people angrier or more frustrated and asking help to give you power to go after another group of people. real leadership is recogogzing people are angry. recognizing people are frustrated. showing them a way forward that gives them hope and a belief that we can make things better. that's real leadership.

i don't know how else to describe this election at this point. other than it't' an important one from a generatioiol perspective. it's turned into a real circus. now somethingven worse. >> i know you hope to be the nominee. the latest polls show you pretty far behind if florida rightnow. can you really imagine campaigning for donald trump this fall if he's the nominee? >> first, let me telel you, on wednesday morning, some pollsters somewhere are going to have to explain why they're so wrong about florida and other places. >> been wrong for sure, that's for sure. >> they have been wrong before. someone's wrong here. and again, these polls do reflect how voters vote. they have been really wrong. i think if flororida, especially, a closed primary. that said, we're going to win in florida. i think that's a question. the more important question is, how about the millions and

around the country who have alrerey said, if donald trump is the nominee, they're just not voting. they won't vote. no republican can win with that many people saying i'm not going to vote for our nominee. he'll lose. if donald trump is our nominee, he'll lolose. he'll lose to hillary clinton. we'll have four more years like the last eight. >> will you campaign for him? >> well, again, as i said, i'm not going t to change my position today about supporting the nominee. because i still believe that donald trump will not be the nominee. despite all the noise out there. he needs 60% of the delegates fromomhis point forward in order to be the nominee. ted cruz needs 75% of the remaining delegates to be the nominee. that's the real math. i, at the end of day, do not believe donald trump will be our nominee. i'm going to do everything i can to keep that from happening. to give the party the choice of me.

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we love our protesters. bernie was saying, mr. trump should speak to his crowd. mr. trump. you know where they come froro in bernie's crowd. they're bernie's crowd. look, it's a bernie person. it's a bernie. hello, bernie. hey, bernie, get your people in line, bernie. get your people in line. >> donald trump in cleveland yesterday. senator bernie sanders joins us this morning. thank you for joining us. that was donald trump yesterday in cleveland. doubled down with a new tweet this morning. he says, bernie sanders is lying when he says his disrupters aren't told to go to my events. be careful, bernie, or my supporters will go to yours. your response? >> i think anybody who understands mr. trump's xanl is that he tells the truth very, very rarely. i'm afraid on this occasion,

first of all, he calls me a communist. obviously, that's a lie. then he says our campaign is organizing disruptions of his rallies. that's a lie. we have millions of supporters out there. clearly some of them were at that rally, along with many, many other protesters. to say that we organized that, totally untrue. mr. trump, i think, is getting very nervous. he's catching on to the fact that the american people do not support a candidate like trump whose verbiage, language, rhetoric incites violence. we have seen people in his rallies sucker-punches people. kicking people. i would urge mr. trump really to tone it down. to not incite violence on the pay of his supporters. >> you know, some of -- some

language that you have used this morning. congresswoman mar sll fudge calling donald trump a racist. mayor bill de blasio of new york saying, mr. trump behav like a racist. speaks like a racist. of course, donald trump is a racist. are they right? >> well, look this is a man, you'll recall, a few years ago, who led the anti- -- the birther movement. that was a movement that tried to delegitimize the presidency of barack pamobama. trying the claim that the president was not born in this country. my father was born in poland. i'm a son of an immigrant. nobody has asked me for my birth certificate. where there strong racial overtones to try to challenge the presidency of president obama? of coursr there was. what we're seeing in the trump campaign is not only racist atakes.

muslims, womens, veterans, to attack senator john mccain because he was a p.o.w. is crazy. to insult mexicans and our neighbors to the south. calling micans rapists or criminals. this guy, there was a big debate in the united kingdom parliament of whether he should be allowed to enter the united kingdom. he's dividing up the countrin frightening, serious ways. my campaign zbegt him nervs. i understand that. the last national poll had us 18 points ahead of him, some state polls had us even more ahead of him. soy think you have a guy who is getting very, very nervous. >> first you have to get by secretary clinton. you surprised her and everyone inichigan last week. we have big votes in ohio, florida, north carolina,

again? and where? >> well, i -- we have done some llies in the last few days. we have been in ohio. we've been in -- north carolina. we've been in illinois. turnout is very strong. i am sensing, george, that we have a lot of momentum. we have a lot of energy. and if, as has always been the case, there arere large voter turnouts, we'll do well. have now won nine caucuses and primaries. eight of them by double-digit viviories. in there's a large turnout in ohio, illinois, north carolina, missouri, i think we're going to do very well. i think florida is a tougher state for us. >> okay, senator sanders. few for joining us this morning. >> thank you. rouffyou've heard from the candidates.

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and then, you've got the republican establishment, they're very exercised. we're shocked that -- somebody could be loose with the facts. or -- or -- or distort someone's record. shocked. how can you be shock snd this is the guy, remember, who was sure that i was born in kenya. >> that's president obama's ek explanation for the rise of trump. let's talk about it with our "roundtable."

fusion angster jorge ramos, author of a new book "tack a stand." donna brazile and bill kristol. how did we get here? months. coming. i think donald trump's language in the course of these events and what he's done has set america back to a agree. donald trump didn't create the divisions. he's exacerbating them. instead of using healing language, he's using language that incites. he's speaking to a group of voters that feel unheard of in washington, d.c. by the gop establishment on any issues. on trade, on jobs. a lot of different things. he's doing it in way that not bringing the party or the country together. >> bill kristol, how much has he

themselves. who refused to take him on earlier?r? >> he's been considerably enabled. they were busy with the bush superpac, $120 million. how much of that was spent against donald trump? i think $5 million. $25 million against rubio. if rubio loses in florida, part of it is because the bush campaign dropped $20 mlion of negative ads on him in florida. cruz and rubio spent more time fighting each other than trump. the failure to denounce trump. i think rub roeissed a huge chance at the end of the debate ten days ago, he could have said, look, whe i took the pledge in august, i thought i could support if nominee. i think if he had crossed the bridge, it would have been a dramatic moment. he might have alienated a few people. i think a lot of the nontrump ters who are 65% of the

far would have rallied to rubio. >> and then the question, jorge ramos, you have seen this rhetoric from donald trump from the beginning of his campaign, where does it go next is this can it be contained now that the violence is unleashed? >> i have been asking where were all the candidates nine months ago. he announced june 16th? where was the press asking the thank you questions. he was as hateful and divisive when he said that mek can immigrants were rapists, criminals, drug traffickers. where was the press, the government, the political parties. the government of mexico? so who is surprised now? i am not. who is surprised that he's being confronted in rallies right now? people are saying, well, if the political establishment decided not to confront him, we're going to do it. that's what we're%seeing.

spanish. where in the hell was the political leaders, when he made the insulting statements about mexicans. he's amplifying everything we have heard on talk radio. there's not one a.m. channel at home in the south or up north in the east, a dog whistle. serve the problem. responsibility. i denounced donald trump for not denouncing the vitriol, the violence he's perpetrated with his angry rhetoric. this is not the donald trump who denounced david duke in 1991. he's now soaking up the hate and spilling it back out. >> is there vat ji here? >> think donald trump does everything by gut and viscerally. i don't think this is a strategy. i don't want to become the donana trump apologist or the media's apologist. voters have the information about donald trump.

not as if the media should have done more. they know what donald trump said about mexican americans and about immigrants. muslims. all the language he's used. he's on tv saying the things he's saying for months and months and months and months. they're not without information. there are a huge segment of voters that feels frustrated. >> now that he's unleashed it, can he dial it back? and must he or not? >> i think this -- the china's broken in the course of this, i think the republican party is now fractured forever. whatever the result of this is is -- it's not going to be donald trump that i think pulls this back together. somebody else has to come in and pull it wac together. donald trump is likely the republican nominee. he's not going the to be able to pull the majority of the country together. >> can i say one thing. who did give a speech, the prominent republican taking on trump? mitt romney. impressive speech.

political call observers. oh, boy, what a mistake. peopleate the establishment. a prominent replican told me wrong speech, wrong time. if everyone calculates that way, no one steps up. where is paul ryan? it's mapter of the honor of the republican party. and of the conservative movement. it's not about whether, gee, if i speak up, people won't like me as much. voters. i think that's what's happening. >> it looks like people are stepping on donald trump voters. left behind by the republican party for 20 years. so when you come out, many of them, the establishment comes out and speaks against donald trump, the voters feel like, you're not listening anymore. >> 95% of those voters voted for mitt romney. paul ryan. >> i think it's way too late. it's very dangerous when a presidential candidate attacks a group, minorities, or women, the way donald trump did.

press conference. by the way, the only time i have been ejected was fie dell castro in 1991. tonld trump did is same thing. he said, go back the univision. those are code words. just a few seconds later, somebody said, get out of my country. well, i'm a u.s. citizen. this is the rhetoric he's promoted. he's been all over the place. nobody reacted. >> i want to pick up on one thing. matt, you said he's the likely republican nominee. let's dig in. five big states coming up. we have some charts here that shows what he'll need to do if he wins florida and ohio. if he wins florida and ohio, he has to win 54% of the delegates left. look if he splits. wins florida but loses ohio. he has to win 60% of the delegates left. if jon kasich wins in ohio, a

can't get the delegatat he needs. >> i think kasich is a mu-win. in ohio. holding him do. if rubio could win in florida, i would be confident that trump would not be the nominee. if ohio and florida split, there's a good chance. everyone says donald trump is a menace to the county. he's been horrible. but, 45% of the delegates are selected, so, let's proclaim it over. i object to that. if he's a serious menace to the country, people need to fight him to the end the. >> the delegate math works a little bit different on the republican side. the winner take all. by tend of the month, 60%,%, 65% of the delegates chosen. by the time we get to the yankee primary. 75%. the math will not help rubio,

it only benefits mr. trump. you slow his roll. you won't kill his speed. >> he's averaged 35% of the votes so far. it's not inevitable that he wince winner talk all wiwconsin or arizona. it could be made less likely by serious republicans. where is the speaker of the house from? wisconsin. will paul ryan tell the voters of wisconsin you should not vote for donald trump? >> that's a big question. >> i think most of the elected officials that have come out against donald trump have wound up losing. i think the number that donald -- 1237 is a number that donald trump probably has a hard time getting to. donald trump gets 00 delegates. >> that's reasonable. i agree. >> a he's 300 or 400 ahead of the second place person very reasonable in the course of this. and he's won 29 states. what do you do at a convention then? the natural thing i to go to the leader.

voters, these people are angry and upset, oh, by the way -- >^ let's say everything you said is true. but the violence we have seen this weekend continues through july in cleveland. >> i think it will continue. i think you're going to see violence now at democratic events. i think what will come out of this, not because of democrats, but because people trump supporters and other things. you showed up at ours, we're going to show up at yours. i think this only gets worse. >> i'm not sure about that. i thinknk donald trump has been inciting the violence. he sa, um, alabama, november, maybe he should have been roughed up. las vegas in february, i would like to punch him in the face. michigan, march, not hurt him, but if you do, i'll dend you in court. i think -- >> he was on a college campus. i'm on college campuses every week. this is not just a professional class of leftists. i wish leftists were so professional as to organize at

these are local people. people who don't like the rhetoric coming out of donald trump. he has to figige out how to put the genie in the bottle. the american people are calling for him to rise to the occasion. >> the protesters in this instance, chicago, have done no good service in the course of this. nothing to heal the country in e manner in which they say they want to do. they come in, act descriptively. donald trump has said some outrageous things. in that instance, that time, the protesters, i think, did nothing but help donald trump. >> they're nonviolent. >> they were swinging their fists. >> look, matt. you know, you're throwing your hands at me. be cool. i'm not the o oer woman who likes it. listen, many of them are nonviolent protesters. that muslim woman who stood there in silence.

ooimt a martin luther king type. i think people are reacting to the visittriol. >> they're saying we don't wan what you're saying. >> fighting violence with vigs. violence. we'll have to take a break. we'll look at the president's short list for the supreme court. which country first enacted

we'll be back with that. and we're back with the latest on the looming vacancy to the supreme court. president obama has narrowed his list to three finalists. terry moran has more. >> reporter: and then there were three. merrick garland, chief judge of the federal appeals court in washington wag. sri srinivasan, and paul watford, a federal appeals court judge in california. resume diversity? nono so much. by inivasan would be -- another common trait. all confirmed with support from senate republicans.

senate republica to hold confirmation hearings. >> everybody knows any nominee submitted in the middle of this presidential campaign is not getting confirmed. everybody knows that. >> reporter: history offers a contrast. 17 presidents, including five in the 20th century successfully the put justices on the court in an election year. so when? the nomination could come as soon as tomorrow. and likely before the president makes his trip to cuba next week. rereblicans are still holding firm that this vacancy should the filled by the next president. >> it is today the american people who are best positioned to help make this important cision. >> we answer to the american people. >> the american people. >> reporter: that has at least one republican nervous. >> in the unlikely event we lose the white house, hillary clinton will be president. she'll pick somebody probably more liberal than president obama will send over i i a few

>> reporter: with a donald trump nomination looking more likely, will they dance with the devil it knows and consider obama's pick? for "this ek," terry moran, abc news, washington. >> it look like if that list is indeed correct, the president following his model. judges with a solid background. relatively safe backgrounds. think that will put republicans in the toughest position. >> he's also looking at not just the qualification but the character. nominees that have gone before the senate before. the senate has held hearings. indivivials that have been confirmed by a largebipartisan minority. will they consider the qualificationsf the nominee or obstruct? >> any of the nominees in a tough spot? >> i think merrick garland puts them in the toughest spot. he's been on the d.c. circuit a long time. he's highly respected.

senators pip think the republican position is set that let's wait until the next election. >> no hearings? >> i think no hearings. >> i think that is just a complete tragic mistake that the republicans are doing that. they like to talk about how government bureaucrats don't do their job, don't do their job. they're elected. paid by the united states treasury to do their job. they're saying, we're not doing our job. we're a constitutional republican. not a direct democracy. the u.s. senate should do their job. in the course of this, they show up day in and day out, they get a paycheck. they should get a job, vote it up or down. i think as of wednesday morning, the republican position will change. as of wednesday morning, iff donald trump does well tuesday night, they'll say maybe a nominee by barack obama is better than a nominee by hillary clinton. >> i'm wondering, president

situation, he'll go for the symbolic choice. or the pragmatic one? >> seems like he's eming toward mag matism. >> i don't know. if he understands that, he'll get no support from the senate, why not just do a symbolling choice? i don't know. >> we'll find out soon enough. before we go, did a abody guess two started daylight savings time? >> ireland. >> iceland. >> sweden.

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>> wednesday morning, some pollsters are going to have to make an explanation w they were so wrong. >> mike: marco rubio insis he can win florida and he blames donald trump for the vlence at his rallies. we go one-on-one with rubio this morning. >> donald trump has got to go. >> glenna: the violence raises new concerns and the questions about the race and the republican party. we will take it to the round table. >> mike: it's over in tallahassee, the legislation session ends on a high note and high fives. two lawmakers are here to explain. >> glenna: good morning and welcome. a big week ahead with florida's primary.