senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemen vigilantes in their ridiculous, absurd efforts so, look i think the goal here is to elect a democratic senate, elect a democratic president, and get to work immediately to get comprehensive immigration reform. >> senator. >> did you support the minutemen? >> of course not. there was a piece of legislation supported by dozens and dozens of members of the house which codified existing legislation. what the secretary is doing tonight, and has done very often, is take large pieces of legislation and take pieces out of it. no, i did not owe pose ose the bailout or support of the automobile industry. no i do not support vigilantes. that is an horrific, unfair statement to make. i will stand -- my career, political career, fighting for workers, fighting for the poorest people, in this country. record against yours any day of the week. >> let's do that. let's talk about that. let's talk about that. let's talk about the auto bailout. i think it imz important s important for people to understan

created a path to citizenship and on two occasions she even accused him of supporting vigilante minutemen at the border. he denied supporting vigilantes calling it a horrific statement and of course a democratic debate focused on immigration didn't go without a question about front-runner donald trump. >> secretary clinton, is donald trump a racist? >> karen, i'm going to foal lie me friend senator sanders' model here. if i'm so fortunate to be the democratic nominee there will be a lot of time to talk about him. i was the first one to call him out. i called him out when he was calling mexicans rapists. his rhetoric, his demagoguery, his trafficking in prejudice and paranoia has no place in our political system. especially from somebody running for president who couldn't decide whether or not to disavow the ku klux klan and david duke. >> a new poll from "the washington post" and univision has her ahead of senator sanders by 38 points. for the republicans in florida, another new poll shows donald trump with a towering lead. he's at 43%, more than doubling the state's u.s. senator, marco r

for undocumented immigrants and then he sided those republicans to stand with vigilantes known as minutemen. senator sanders: that is a horrific statement, an unfair make.ent to gwen: the race heats up as candidates from both parties try clinch theely nomination early, or deny it to a rival. week, jeanne cummings, political editor for the "wall street journal," doyle mcmanus, columnist for the "los times," and ed o'keefe, national political correspondent post."e washington >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens, nation's capitol, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> today, people are coming out nation's capital to support an important cause that could change the way you live for years to come. you help? by giving a little more, to yourself. >> for my future. people sometimes forget to help themselves. >> the cause is retirement and today thousands of people came to the race for retirement and pledged to save an additional 1% their income. if we all do that, we can all win. prudential. >> addi

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemen vigilantes in their ridiculous absurd efforts to, quote, hunt down immigrants. >> both clinton and sanders will be back on the campaign trail today in florida. >>> and now to the republicans. at a town hall meeting in miami, senator marco rubio answered questions about sacrificing his principles in order to level his attacks on donald trump. >>> rubio stoold by the attacks on policy issues but he's not proud of making the personal attacks. >> if that's what it takes to be president of the united states, then i don't want to be president. i don't think that's what it takes. in fact, i know it's not what it takes. that's not what we want. if i were to do that again, i would have done that differently but not the record about his business. i think that's legitimate. i think people ought to know with what they think he is not who he says he is. >>> meanwhile trump isn't letting up on his attacks against rubio. his campaign tweeted out two 30-second ads that try to discredit rubio calling

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemenilantes in their ridiculous absurd efforts to, quote, hunt down immigrants. >> both clinton and sanders will be back on the campaign trail today in florida. >>> and now to the republicans. at a town hall meeting in miami senator marco rubio answered questions about sacrificing his principles in order to level attacks on donald trump. rubio stood by attacks on policy issues but he did say he's not proud of making personal attacks. >> if that's what it takes to become president of the united states, then i don't want to be president of the united states. i don't want that. it's not what we want from our next president and if i had to do it again i would do it differently but not the stuff about his record. i think that's legitimate and i want people to know what he says he is not who he says he is. >> marco rubio is sitting in fourth place, ten points behind trump. his campaign tweeted out two 30-second ads. >>> fresh from victories in michigan, mississippi, and hawaii. donald trump back

for undocumented immigrants and then he sided with these republicans to stand vigilantes known as minutemen who were taking up out post is a long the border to hunt down immigrants. >> polls show clinton leading sanders in florida and ohio. >>> just a disturbing case right now of disrespect and search is on for heartless vandals who damaged philadelphia's vietnam memorial at penns landing. authorities say several of the star medicine dal beyonds were stolen from the medical yam. they are checking surveillance for image of the suspect or suspects. it could cost as much as $1,500 to replace them and repair other damage. >>> still enjoying record warm temperatures parts of the south is seeing flooding. severe weather stretching across several states turns deadly. when the rain may finally stop. >>> and flowers and fine dining, the white house business to do something they have in the done in nearly 20 years. >>> we will be right bac >>> check this out a forest fire in marlton, burlington county is fully contain this was the scene wednesday from chopper three. that fire broke out in the wooded

the whole minutemen issue. sending the children back. and in cuba, he was very much not in the wrong p place at the wrong time. because this is not a place in which to preach the wonderfulness of the castro regime. >> guest: how hard can it be to disavalue fidel castro? . >> mike: why didn't he say, all right. i said that in 1985 and i was more enamored of it. i've subsequently learnedhat he's done awful things. and he's oppressive. how hard is that? >> guest: by '85 his record was clear what fidel castro did. i don't get it. >> guest: that's why trump called him a communist. >> mike: bernie, what are your president's trip to cuba? >> guest: my listeners are not happy with it. they wanted to dictatehe terms of the visit, which is difficult. and to a degree they did. because obama insists he's going to meet wh his dissents and not theirs. >> mike: ben rhoades, the national security advisor was -- >> guest: the point is not that. these people get beat up publically every week. but what is interesting to me, if you're there trying to s sl a

senator sanders supported indefinite detection for people facing deportation, and stood with the minutemen vigilantes. >> what the secretary is doing tonight, taking large legislation and taking pieces out of it. there is a reason why wall street has provided $15 million just in the last reporting period for the secretary's super pac. >> i have the most comprehensive plan to go after wall street. >> clearly the secretary's words to wall street has really intimidated them, and that's why they have given her $15 million in campaign contributions. >> and clinton continued to hit sanders as being unrealistic. >> when you ask questions, as many of us have and more importantly independent experts, it's very hard to get answers. a lot of the answers say, you know, this is going to be much more expensive than anything senator sanders is admitting to. my dad used to say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> i think the rest of the world can do it, and we can. >> the most of the focus was on each other and there was some looking beyond to donald trump. >> he's talking about a very ta

and stood with the minutemen vigilantes. >> what the secretary is doing tonight and has done very often is take large pieces of legislation and take pieces out of it. >> sanders continued to hit clinton for what he called her ties to wall street. >> there is a reason why wall street has provided $15 million just in the last reporting period to the secretary's super pack. >> i do have the toughest most comprehensive plan to go after wall street. >> clearly the secretary's words to wall street has really intimidated them. and that is why they have given her $15 million in campaign contributions. >> and clinton continued to hit sanders for being what she considers unrealistic. >> senator sanders has talked about free college for everybody. he's talked about universal single payor healthcare for everybody. and yet when you ask questions, as many of us have, and more importantly independent experts, it is very hard to get answers. and a lot of the answers say that, you know, this is going to be much more expensive than anything senator sanders is admitting to. my dad used to say if it sounds

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation, and stood with the minutementes in their ridiculous, absurd efforts to, quote, hunt down immigrants. >> no, i do not support vigilantes. and that is a horrific and unfair statement to make. >> reporter: still there were questions of character in the debate that only clinton could answer, or chose not to answer, like her decision to use a private email server as secretary of state. it's a choice she has apologized for, but is still being investigated by the fbi. >> if you get indicted will you drop out? >> it is not going to happen. i'm not even answering that question. >> reporter: there are questions of impropriety that seem to playing clinton over and over again. it is a challenge, clinton will have to overcome if ultimately named the democratic presidential nominee in a general election. kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. >>> volkswagens top exsec nif the u.s. is stepping down due to the emissions scandal. it installed software that allowed its vehicles to cheat emissions test. he has denied any knowled

. >> sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemen individual lvigilante absurd reasoning. >> that is an unfair statement. >> senator sanders is always criticizing the recent democratic presidents. >> i wish he would join me in criticizing former president george w. bush for recking the economy. >> reporter: they're getting under each other's skin and hitting the campaign trail hard with five more states voting in five more days. >> if you come out and your friends and family and neighbors come out, we are going to win. >> reporter: if it is trump, clinton told us his record may not be as impressive as he thinks. >> i've gotten more votes than he has. i think he has really analyzed a pretty narrow base. if he gets nominated, we're going to have a very vigorous general election if i'm the nominee. >> reporter: but many democrats are not waiting to find out. even as hillary clinton has to take on bernie sanders who is drawing big crowds today in florida, some 5,000 people outside of orlando. the clinton campaign and the democratic machi

you have the minutemen, cheer leaded by members of congress. these will guys who are yahoos and technicals patrolling the border with guns and they have been celebrated. or jarro payo, basically our version of the bavarian gull rider, his weird thief dom. how many people has he endorsed? so you can go ahead and condemn trumpism. but you're going to have to do something about the fertile field that grew trump. >> that is his moment. you're seeing this sort of crazy thing happening on the right right now, where even breitbart, which has been the most sort of pro trump outlet, has basically exploded in the last few days over the allegation that a campaign manager grabbed one of the reporters violently and left bruises on her arm and people have resigned. all these physician physical you'res are orupturing in the open. is this some moment of some actual self reflection. >> the easy option, we didn't run a true conservative, the 2012-2008 storyline. and trump is not a true conservative. he's got a lot of apostates for opinions and so you can go ahea

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemens in their ridiculous, absurd efforts to quote hunt down immigrants. >> what the secretary is doing tonight and has done very often is take large pieces of legislation and take pieces out of it. no, i did not oppose the bailout or the support of the automobile industry. no, i do not support vigilantes and that is an horrific statement, unfair statement. >> and the on the record political panel is here from "the washington examiner" susan father -- ferrechio. i still don'ts# get that the democratic party has socialist candidate. he never wanted to be a democrat and now he has her back on he her heels. >> is he doing well. winning a third of the states maybe more. doing a decent job. he is not going to win. the cake is bake, the system is rigged. there is enough super delegates and enough establishment to support in the democrat party to push hillary clinton over the top. is he doing very well and it suggests as radical as we have heard that the republican party is for years, the democra

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deper takes and stood with the minutemen vigilantes in their ridiculous, absurd efforts to quote hunt down immigrants. >> what the secretary is doing tonight and has done very often is take large pieces of legislation and take pieces out of it. no, i did not oppose the bailout or the support of the automobile industry. no, i do not support vigilantes. that's a horrific, unfair statement. i will match my record against yours any day of the week. heather: this debate coming a day after sanders beat clinton in the michigan primary. canada's prime minister justin trudeau arriving for a three-day visit. it's the first time canada's top official has come to the united states in 20 years. a beautiful sight in the south lawn. there would appear to be shared ideas on all those topics. ted cruz getting a boost from a former republican rival. >> last tuesday we had a primary. and i walked into the ballot box and looked at ballot. and i saw my own name on the ballot. it was kind of a thrill. but then i checked the box for ted cruz. bill

senator sanders supported indefinite detention for people facing deportation and stood with the minutemenr efforts to hunt down immigrants. >> no, i do not support vigilantes and that's an unfair statement to make. i have fought for workers, fighting for the poorest people in this country. madam secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. >> that was political reporter alex seitz-wall joining me cleveland, ohio. >> both of these candidates looking ahead to florida where we have 1.8 million hispanic in the state, about 15% of the democratic electorate. so far in the race, about 10% of the electorate has been hispanic, mostly in colorado and texas. clinton has done well there, mostly two-thirds going for her. but both of these candidates made very big promises on immigration. now they are promising not to deport undocumented children and adults who don't have criminal records. and there's a risk that could come back to bite them if either are lucky enough to make it to the white house if they seem to be overpromising the way that president obama has and they both sa