. >> kasich news.iscriminated against when the teachers because she is whites and a lesbian. so we but to speak with her lawyer who told me this is what started the entire event. >> the rest of explanation given to her for the transfer. coldly later she found out the reason for the transfer was that because of comments she allegedly made late february 2014 about her vice president were to the building. >> that landed her in their rubber room two years. what was it? it was sexual in nature or derogatory but question the his credibility. >> she said i never made the comment will slip by a 12-foot room is the rubber room where teachers are reassigned. but for her case it was two years. you get no seat assignments down though lawsuits says that her principal only wanted to work with male african-american teachers as well as professors but said she is a woman a and a lesbian. >> and better employee was watching sexual image on the cellphone with other students and his investigation was 80 days you'd could s

coming on the heels of kasich slamming new york value's comment. kasich campaign released an adin new york tryg to make the case that it is kasich and not cruz who is the republican with the best chance of beating hillary clinton come november. look at this here. >> john kasich will win the convention and defeat hillary clinton in the fall. want to stop the clinton machine and win the white house? your only choice is john kasich. >>> the lead in new york according to every poll out there belongs to it donald trump with a wide margin. and they outlined the new york schedule. and trump has an event inro chester in the western part of the state and coming up on sunday with surely more to come after that. thank you so much. >>> after his wisconsin win, ted cruz is reaching out to establishment republicans that face the reality of cruz being the alternative to donald trump. it is a view held by mainstream republicans that he damaged the party in the 2013 government shutdown. but an uneasy alliance is taking shape. how do you explain that ted cruz is sort

. >> not kasich, right. >> new york? to voters, d don't vote for trump he will lose to hillary clinton, he does not stand for something, in one place he says -- >> kasich in new york or cruz in new york? >> against obamacare. it changes daily. charles: lilly to you. some people, marco rubio talked about it. he stayeyed in long enough to lose florida. beni someone else beating trump in north carolina and missouri, but vote for guy closest to trump to stop him, do you buy into that as a kasich supporter? >> i don, at the end of the day i want american democracy to win.. decide who you are sides wor let people choose who they believeve to the right candidate, maybe i'm not supporting m trump today, however he is in his play ground that is new york. i would invest all this money instead of negate advertising, put it in positive advertising that tells me why, i need to change and vote for cruz or vote for kasich. instead of playing a game that we have seen he a teflon politici. >> he has lost big, lilly, cruz can't do somethin

one of them had bad news for the republicans saying there's even more chaos now with the cruz kasich alliance. another one had bad news about where she was headed but the first student, the woman here had something very interesting. >> i think that it would be exciting if there was a redo button when we go to vote. >> why. >> i don't think that all the candidates could support the nation the way we need to be supported and make it auk seszful. >> what do you think about the alliance? >> it's interesting. i have to agree that it might cause more chaos and i think trump has a bad image. >> as a bernie supporter if hilary wraps this up tomorrow could you still support hillary clinton in the general election? >> i would not. >> now another supporter told me look if he doesn't win and get the nomination of any of the other two he said he is moving to ireland. another sanders supporter told me he didn't want to come on camera but he said i'm really excited about bernie sanders. i said are you registered to vote? and he said no. that's been a big problem for bernie sanders. >> i know you app

trump staying on the war path today in upstate new york widening his lead nationally against ted cruz and john kasich according fox news poll. >> we have a rigged system. the republican system is rigged. okay? it's a rigged system.

kasich delivered on his word and turn his state around with grit and determination, something new yorkers should appreciate. john kasich for president. >> ohio governor john kasich out with a new campaign ad, saying grit and determination, those things are in line with new york values. the government in the bronx today holding a town hall tonight in brooklyn. while the kasich camp feels confident ledding into the new york primary, the polls show an uphill battle. trailing trump by 27 points. nbc's kelly o'donnell following the kasich campaign for us. how exactly does the governor plan to win the empire state? >> reporter: well, win is not the word he's using, craig. he's talking about trying to accumulate delegates and says the best stretch of the campaign season for him is beginning now, knowing that wisconsin was not really his territory, he said. and he thinks a lot of votes were more anti-trump than pro-ted cruz. the northeast is perhaps better for john kasich, the territory where his message can connect more. he's looking at new york, at pennsylvania, where he was born, also maryland

mocking john kasich for the way he ate pancakes this morning, giving him a new nickname, 1 for 41 kasich. we haven't heard a nickname for him on the campaign trail. donald trump so far feeling happy about this idea because it allows them to further their own talking points. kate. >> quickly on a busy news day, a little bit of news about his leadership team, right? a new addition to trump's team. >> reporter: they added another senior member of the team, another former campaign manager. this time former campaign manager to chris christie, also somebody that did work in the rnc, another example how they're layering this campaign to smooth things over with the establish and rnc. donald trump on one hand going out at his rallies and saying to his supporters this system isn't fair, rigged, they're out to get me. on the other hand, his team is working furiously behind the scenes to make sure they can do whatever they can to make sure the rnc works with them and enables them to get the nomination if it becomes an open convention. kate. >> katy tur at wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. and to give you

trump will win new jersey, suspect he will win west virginia. say cruz wins indiana, say kasichets new mexico and oregon. california is left. even if trump wins big, giving him 70% of delegates there, a big win, under this scenario, trump is about 1215. short of 1237. doesn't mean he can't negotiate with uncommitted delegates to get there. but if he won those states, if trump came in and won indiana, if trump came in and said sorry, governor kasich, i will take new mexico, we split delegates here, run the board, get oregon, say so much for that alliance, this gets him to 1236. there are more delegates he could get tomorrow night. succeeding in that alliance or two of three states is critical. if trump breaks the deal, if you will, he can get there. >> what about on the democratic side, clinton hopes to make sanders' math impossible after tomorrow night. can she do it? >> again, let's look at where we are. she has a lead after new york she says is overwhelming. same five states tomorrow. asterisk by rhode island, they have open primary, independents can vote. the rest are closed

because he can blow it very quickly if he keeps going the way he's going. >> reporter: for john kasich, new york values were all the things he had eaten. he even offered a mea culpa for a gustatory a blooper. >> i really do believe the folks in new york will forgive me for that big mistake i made when i had that scalding piece of pizza and actually took a fork and touched the pizza with it. in a new york state of mind. >> if we cannot win the election, if hillary clinton becomes the next president for four or eight more years [ booing ] the people of new york know full well what comes from that. >> reporter: trump aids have been telling supporters all day that they're going to quote, glide to the nomination. fight. but in order to do that, mr. trump has to do very very very well here in his home state. reporting live from midtown, marcia kramer, cbs2 news. >> thank you. >>> while the gop candidates were inside, protests were taking place outside. >> [ yelling ] >> thousands of supporters and protesters rallied outside the grand hyatt, taking their messages to the streets. demonstrators marc

kasich get tonight? they got wiped out last week in new york. they get wiped out, indiana is waiting did. >> may not be -- >> cruz's last best hope and donald trump is leading already. we'll see if he gets momentum. >> i think secretary clinton takes four and takes many of them with pretty decent margins and the conversations will continue, the campaigns have to figure out what they want to do. but tremendous momentum shift with definition out of the evening. >> bill press as well? >> i think by nature, where the states are located, coming off of new york, hillary has a great advantage tonight in all five states, i do. but at the same time, we've seen when bernie sanders focuses or really puts attention to a state, like pennsylvania, he has -- he does well, and he has spent, i saw today, $4.6 million in the five states, compared to hillary, $2.6 million. he's really made an effort. i would -- >> he made an effort in new york, though. >> i know. but i'm saying, he's made that effort. i think tonight is really determinative. i would think that ber

new york's flavors. >> i think i heard you say they have a sandwich they named after john kasich. hat? >> reporter: i believe there was some provolone, some tomato, some salami, and they put pickle on the sandwich, they said that's the ohio way though you wouldn't do that in new york. i also saw on the menu a hillary clinton sandwich here, too. this is a must-stop place for politicians, not only sights and sounds and tastes but a great place to speak to people who are small businesses, who are working, and all of the customers who come through. >> john kasich sandwich, there you go. kelly o'donnell following john kasich. hallie jackson with the ted cruz campaign. >>> hillary clinton's turnstile trouble and more. when you think about success, what does it look like? is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student? is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves? is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the natural world? whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. t-i-a-a. safety doesn't come in a box. it'

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big new york primary coming up, seven days from now, talking up his love for new york. kasich across the state over the last week. maybe paying off at least a little bit for him. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll has him creeping into second place, blown out by donald trump. today, a big day for kasich, though, as he tries to make up more ground in new york. he's holding three events across new york city today. in the next hour, he's going to be giving a speech just a few blocks away from the studio. his campaign billing this a major address on the own of the gop race. >> it's going to really lay out this race from the standpoint of two paths. do we look at people's fears and concerns and drive them into the ditch, or do we acknowledge the fact that people do have concerns and problems and can we give them a path to solving our problems like americans always have. >> potential here that kasich might be making some news in the next hour or so. we're going to bring you that speech when he delivers it from new york city in the next hour. bernie sanders and bil

kasich to speak in nand and ted cruz. and on the heels of this bombshell announcement over the weekend, this new kasich-cruz alliance. just wrapped up another event where he spoke out reacting to this unprecedented union. >> 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. they colluded. actually, i was happy. because it show house weak they are, shows how pathetic they are. takes two guys long-time politicians to try and get together to try and beat trump and yet they're way behind. said to myself, that's pretty

cruz's campaign will clear the path for kasich in oregon and new mexico. kasich's campaign will cede indiana to cruz. trump tweeted just announced that lying ted and kasich colluding to prevent me from getting the nomination. the voters heading to the polls for another super tuesday in five eastern states. meantime, trump is calling the system rigged. he is also lashed at criticism that his style is not presidential enough. our jason carroll has more. >> reporter: miguel, christine. trump cautioned the crowd to be careful over his style to be more presidential. he said he would not do that. he has been working out fine so far according to trump. although he has been off-color and non-presidential. he has no plans to change anytime soon. >> it is easier to be presidential. i don't have to use energy. i can just walk out. so much easier. you think this is easy? >> reporter: trump stepped up his criticism of the delegate system and the way delegates are awarded. it is rigged and crooked. we heard those before. he once again called outlying ted. saying at this

new fight already tonight. two rivals teaming up to try to stop donald trump. ted cruz and john kasich. hatching a new plan, dividing up some of the remaining states. but will their supporters go along with it? the two candidates want to keep trump from getting the delegates he needs to win the nomination. and trump moments ago causing a controversy what he said about hillary clinton. abc's tom llamas on the campaign tonight in pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump on the warpath. >> 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 are allowed to collude. >> reporter: the republican front-runner, red hot over the new alliance between senator cruz and governor kasich. the two candidates making a deal -- kasich will stop campaigning in indiana and cruz will do the same in oregon and new mexico. the goal -- to prevent trump from winning the 1,237 delegates he needs to avoid a contested convention. >> it shows how weak they are. it shows how path

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our campaign will focus its time and resources in indiana and clear the path for governor kasich in new mexico and oregon. now, the kasich campaign agreed in a statement but listen to governor kasich this morning. >> who should your supporters vote for in indiana? >> well, i've never told them not to vote for me. they ought to vote for me. >> seems to be a little mixed message there. kasich is telling indiana supporters to vote for him -- >> no, no, just to be clear, this is a resource allocation alliance. so essentially what you see is we're agreeing on where we're going to focus our time and resources. we're not going to ask cruz voters out in the west or elsewhere to vote for governor kasich either. so this is consistent with the original agreement. we respect -- >> it's about spending money. >> exactly. >> it's not about telling voters to vote for them. >> exactly. >> now, mr. trump is suggesting there is something unseemly here, but if the strategy of the cruz and kasich campaigns is to force a convention fight, isn't this the most extstrategic way do that? >> absolutely not. here'

it's not just about momentum, if cruz comes in behind kasich in new york, there are a lot of factors at play here, but it's moving forward into the calendar to see what kasich will do. the campaign only recently, fairly recently a few weeks ago started modeling out what would happen given some of these kasich predictions and where he might be in the case. they're taking him seriously, kasich's campaign he is also in new york, everybody is in new york competing here and trying to peel off as many delegates as he can. kasich's only hope is a con vested convention, he started to put in some delegate strategy in places like colorado, not as long as cruz has but trying to get in and be a factor there. >> kasich has eating his way through new york yesterday. >> i know. that italian hoagie -- >> giving me a lot of ideas. hallie jackson, thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, john kasich from new york, that's part of his eating tour yesterday, he is on his way to connecticut, see what kind of food he hits up there. we will see if he gets any lunch in the nutmeg state today. our cosmetics line

cruz and kasich's new plan. trump. >> 65% to 70% of republicans nationwide recognize that donald trump is not the best candidate to go head-to-head with hillary clinton. >> i'm winning by millions and millions of votes. i'm winning by almost 300 delegates. >> and is he about to rack up even more? five states voting tuesday. >>> and hillary clinton looking ahead to november. >> when you hear what trump and cruz say, it's not only offensive, it's dangerous. >> but bernie sanders says she's got to get past him first. >> we're going to fight for every last vote until california and the d.c. primary. >>> plus -- >> i've approved the deployment of up to 2350 additional u.s. personnel in syria including special forces to keep up the momentum. >> more american troops, but they won't lead the fight, will they? let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. within minutes we expect to hear from ted cruz and john kasich as they hold their first campaign st

cruz will try to be the sole competitor in indiana and kasich in oregon and new mexico come the monthmay. whose idea was this, yours or kasich's? >> there have been discussions taken place between the cam pains that ultimately firmed up most recently at the national -- republican national committee meeting. this is about getting it down to a two-person race. he when this is a two-person contest and the vast majority of republicans don't want donald trump to be the nominee, that's the strategic dynamic we would roik to see. bill: i'm reading the kasich team approached you weeks ago. >> i wants part of those conversations so i can't speak to that. bill: your team and kasich's team, nothing about california or nebraska * or west virginia. >> this is a strategic allocation of campaign time and resources. time, people and money. our focus will be on indiana which will vote a week from tomorrow as we go forward and we'll go into the month of may. governor kasich will have the field available against donald trump in the 80s of mexico -- of new mexico and oregon. if we go into the convention,

this according to our latest nbc news poll. but, kasichhing forward in the race here in new york. joining me now is nbc's kelly o'donnell. she is following the kasich campaign for us. she joins us in the newsroom. so kelly, thanks for taking a few minutes. so kasich makes a pretty dramatic speech today. and it seems like this is sort of a critical moment for his campaign. he won ohio, his home state. he has been pointing to the northeast, saying this is friendlier turf for me. he's got to put -- if not some wins here, he's got to show traction around the northeast. >> and he doesn't talk about wins. he talks about accumulating delegates. so the numbers he's just outlined, that's worrisome for his campaign. but part of the reason for that big speech is the attention it would get today, the way that it puts all of his ideas in a coherent, one-speech form. and he's hoping that the give and take that happens on the campaign trail with town hall meetings, which has more energy and more life and more sort of, the unexpected, which can be great o

referred tol the governor as governor kasich. the newion manager for trump, he really pushed back on the notion that he and others in the campaign are tamping down on trump's rhetoric. they say, paul met forsaid he is setting the tone for the campaign. this may be the tone over the next couple of months. he dismissed that there is turmoil in the campaign. he said they are working together just fine. and finally, getting back to the delegate process, the one that donald trump refers to as crooked. and rigged. he would like to get rid of it next time around. it was a way to extend an olive branch to the rnc. we will have to wait to see how that develops, donald trump has events in indiana and maryland. a big night tonight, jake, there is little room for error for donald trump. he has to rack up big wins to clinch that magic number of 1297. donald trump jr. feels he will get to that magic number, but his dad is not faking anything for granted at this point. >> jim, with the trump campaign, the other big winner on the demdrattic side, hillar

so important cruz win, why is he endorsing kasich in oregon and new mexico. t's so important for kasich to be the nominee as you said he might well be, why is he pushing the most hard right winger in the group? >> i agree. it's very strange. >> confuses voters and angers them. >> kasich says today i wouldn't discourage people from voting for me and muddies the water more and all for wt? it's not for enough delegates i don't think to get trump off track and i don't understand really why kasich is still in this race -- >> i do. because -- >> because they think what you said. >> kasich -- it might happen. >> there are plenty of people downtown, republicans and you talk to them and they say over and over again kasich. if we can get to the fifth ballot. i know. it's a -- >> but -- >> know him. >> for the general election, kasich is more of the person -- >> kasich can beat hillary on a good night. >> kasich has a lot of liberal leaning ideas in some areas, particularly criminal justice. wait a minute. he is. doubles the man paufacturers an close one eye and turn you

new york. i'd say that was a pretty good win. >> but steve, i guess what i don't understand is kasich isn't tellings in indiana to vote for ted cruz and he's not telling supporters in oregon and new mexico to vote for kasich. >> he's been a superior negotiator when it comes to running a real campaign. we all know the trump campaign has been in real chaos. ted cruz is in a position to go on to the convention and compete with donald trump. >> ted cruz is done. it's over. it is over. >> you're going to finish last in every race tomorrow night. last. >> we all know that donald trump will do well in the northeast. but may is a whole different month and ted cruz has a far superior managed campaign, a far superior message from donald trump, that's why he -- >> the superior campaign. >> superior campaign, over time. >> they need to go out and get reality. you're missing it. >> well, you'll see reality come to cleveland and you'll see a superior negotiator and deal maker. >> if this strategy works for indiana and we'll find out if it does next tuesday, do you expect to see the two campaigns teaming up? >> t

the student was quoting kasich's new slogan. that's going to work for him, i think.hat do you think? was he doing that to get press do you think? why was he devouring that way? >> for once he is polling in second place. it is so thrilling after so many shutouts in the delegate count in every single state. he is having a good time. he knows ted cruz has the anti-value backlash because he knows new yorkers are thin-skinned. >> do you think one new york values comment, and i know we are picking on him for that, but is that the reason he is not doing well in new york? >> sure, that's part of it. and donald trump will do great because new yorkers have great taste in their candidates apparent -- apparently. he is unctuous. i don't know what that is, but he is unctuous. even those inclined toward his politics find him personally repulsive. i don't know why. >> i mean, let's face it. new york is made for trump. not only because he is from here, but i feel like new york and new england, there is a boston thing and people love trump in boston. and i think it is because -- i do

five of tomorrow's primaries, he's got to keep winning almost all of the delegates from this new team of kasich and cruz. live in rockville, maryland, steve handelsman, news4 new york. david? >> steve, thank you. >>> the fight over north carolina's so-called bathroom law heating up. democratic lawmakers are now trying to repeal that law that eliminates some legal protection for gays, lesbians and those who are transgender. today protesters rallied outside the state house in raleigh. protesters brought up a petition with 800,000 signatures. they say it calls for house bill the republican-backed law requires transgend s to use the bathrooms listed on their birth certificates. it also keeps maryland from passing their own laws. >> it >> the group which supports outside rallied, urging them to stand against the mounting pressure. stat 20, right? >> 15 long months and the story tom brady received a 4-game suspension for deflategate. the panel said goodell acted thin his right to shut down brady. ball-tampering evidence against brady was compelling, is not overwhelming. by grabbing his cell phone, he

>> and let's look at the poll showing donald trump at 40, ted cruz at 35, john kasich at 20 and that could be very bad news for donald trump if those kasich voters migrate to ted cruz. >> but who's to say they're going to migrate to ted cruz. kasich is procommon core, pronapr pronafta. so, i can't sit there and say -- the only thing that might unite them is their hatred for donald trump but i think they're bigger than that. i think they believe in saving this country and the gop more than their ego, even if those closest to the cruz campaign don't feel the same way. kasich gave up indiana, that's right next to ohio. governor kasich -- the only place kasich has won is ohio so why isn't he competing in indiana? and smoomehow he's been talked t into releasing that state. >> number one, they both are capable of beating hillary clinton in november. there is a poll out today showing donald trump losing to hillary clinton by eight in arizona. only two -- eight. only two democrats have won arizona in the last 100 years. donald trump's getting crushed there. number two, ted cruz and john kasich have a basic respect

shows how pathetic they are. >> reporter: trump today tearing into kasich who has only won his home state of ohio. >> reporter: i have a new nickname for him, 1 for 41. >> reporter: attacking kasich's habit of chowing down during campaign stops. >> i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. this guy takes a pancake and he's shoving it in his mouth. it is disgusting. do you want that for your president? i don't think so. >> reporter: kasich not amused the billionaire is now calling home desperate. >> me? no, i'm not desperate. are you? are you desperate? because i'm not. >> reporter: cruz says trump is just a big whiner. >> whining is what they do, because you notice it's never says he's about winning. and that he looks the part, unlike hillary clinton. >> do i look like a president? how handsome am i? right. how handsome? somebody said, he really does look good, but you know, i don't know if he is presidential. and i'm looking at this stage of people, my competitors, does hillary look presidential to you? >> tom llamas with us live tonight from pennsylvania. you reported there, cruz and kasich teamin

you had ted cruz in new york. john kasich in new york. famous shot of him eating pizza. hillary clinton and bernie sanders in new york. trump has headquarters here in new york. first let's talk about wisconsin and then i want to get your take on new york, obviously. what do you expect tuesday? >> right now it looks as if ted cruz will win in wisconsin. i'm not a ted cruz fan by any means but all the polling, all the momentum seems to be going his way in wisconsin. wisconsin has a different type of republican, they are conservative but also very practical and down to earth and i think they have been either turned off or become concerned by some of the things donald trump has been saying. not so much anti-trump but they have real concerns about him being our nominee for president. john kasich will make a better showing than people might think. he's from ohio. in many ways he represents more what wisconsin is like but he's getting a late start in wisconsin. ted cruz has a good ground game. looking at it from a distance i would say ted cruz can win by 10 points in wisconsin.

john kasich beat ted cruz in the new england states with the exception of the caucus in maine. ea of strength for john kasich. he will win more delegates. marco rubio is holding delegates because he doesn't want donald trump to be the nominee. it will be an open convention and the ted cruz spokesman was claiming it wouldn't be and he would get a majority two or three weeks ago. it will be an open convention and those delegates will listen to the candidates. they will see who has the experience and the vision to lead the country. john kasich has balanced budgets, cut taxes, never lost an election and every poll shows him beating hillary clinton not just nationally but in critical swing states. and i think that's going to weigh on those delegates and why i think he will pick up delegates on every ballot. in 1860 there was a contested convention, abraham lincoln came in trailing and pulled it out. john kasich isn't abraham lincoln but the lesson in history is wait to see how delegates vote on the floor. john kasich will be the nominee and next president of the united states. >> is

dividing conquer agreement, cruz' campaign will "focus time in indiana and clear the path for kasich in oregon and new mexico." this is critical to keeping him from the nomination. recent polling shows cruz trailing trump by single digits in the hoosier state. the strategy shift coming despite the fact that kasich and cruz continue to attack each other on the campaign trail. >> a vote for cruz or trump, frankly, is a vote for hillary clinton. >> john kasich has no path whatsoever to the nomination. >> reporter: trump lashing out on twitter and issues a lengthy statement writing, dough lucico often illegal in many industries, yet these two reverted to co-collusion in order to stay alive. the latest gop bombshell coming ahead of tuesday's primaries in connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania and rhode island. states where trump appears poised to perform well. the republican front-runner continuing his own attack dog strategy on the trail this weekend. >> cruz is working really hard to -- i don't want to use the word bribe -- but to bribe the delegates. >> reporter: accusing cruz of illegal activity

if it's to give kasich new life, doesn't that only help donald trump? >> that is possible. ying about. it's difficult to game plan how these things are going.wcay this these things are going. kasich was clearly the best choice. i was talking to some republican leaders yesterday at their big gala. they said that kasich could come out with quite a few delegates from manhattan, which is definitely trump territory. >> not sure the upper west side is trump territory. >> we're talking in the context of republicans. kasich will do well here and then we'll just see where it goes. i think we'll end up with a contested. >> michelle, how do you look at this? >> every single outcome is completely improbable which makes it hard to predict. it seemed the trump bubble was bursting. everybody thought it was bursting and as far as i can tell things seem to have sort of stabilized. there hasn't been a real disaster this week. he's hiring more professional people. people aren't coalescing around cruz because nobody likes ted cruz. it seems more likely this week than last week he's just going t

and ted cruz to tell their voters, in a future contest vote for cruz in indiana and kasich in new mexico and oregon to deny trump the delegates. it just fizzled out because voters who like john kasich don't like ted cruz and vice versa. so if you're going to unite them,o have to say, here's a fresh reason to be scared of donald trump, and they never made that sale. >> christa: how about the democratic side. what are you looking for tonight? >> reporter: bernie sanders' top strategist said he will reevaluate after tonight. hillary clinton will widen the gap in pledge delegates. what does that reevaluation look like? and how does hillary clinton when she comes out and talks, does she create space? atmosphere for those sanders' her? and what does bernie sanders do? he says he's going to go to the last contest, that's fine, but what's his tone like? is he going to keep hitting her, or does he start training his fire on republican? >> pelley: john dickerson, thank you very much. we'll have election updates throughout the night right here and continuous coverage on our digital network,

right now on "andrea mitchell reports," survivor, 2016, rival ted cruz and john kasich are joining forces. >> it is big news today that john kasich has decided to pull out of indiana to give us a head to head contest with donald trump. that's good for the men and women of ind niana and it is go for the country. >> i am not campaigning in indiana and he's not campaigning in other states, that's all it is. >> thank you, guys. >> it is not a big deal. >> casting call, donald trump and hillary clinton try out their attack lines against each other. >> i am so happy she's going to win. i really want to fight hillary. i really do. >> they came out a poll recently, an election between crooked hillary and wonderful donald. it will be the biggest, most incredible vote getting election in the his strategitory country. >> i don't know who he spends his time talking to but i recommend he gets out one of those towers and talk to some folks. >> loose cannon tends to miss the fire. >> president obama announced more u.s. troops including special forces to be deployed in the fight against isis in syria. and please with a fra

criticism over what he said at south carolina debate about new york values, including this new ad from kasich campaign. >> i think most people know what new york values are. >> i have to say, they are not iowa values, t they are not new hampshire value, everyone knows what n york values are. >> ted cruz divides to get a vote, john kasich uned. reporter: kasich is campaigning hard, encouraged by new pollspennsylvania that show he is only republican that beats bernie sanders and buries hillary clinton. >> everyone now knows we're going to -- a convention, delegates who can win in the fall. i am only one that is win in the fall. >> unbelievable. reporter: to collect majority of det gals narrowing, donald trump made his campaign moretain stream, appointed paul -- who engineere president ford's over reagan to head up a new dc office, they will hold regular meetings with supporters to capitol hi. to beef up staff for final push to california. sources close to the campaign tell me that fact that donald trump is beginning to hire shington insidessers, is a sign of his unconventional ststyle of campai

that was kasich telling supporters at a town hall in new york that he could win votes for donald trumpand ted cruz but trumpeting cruz complained about kasich team and their one day before the wisconsin primaries and there's a new poll from investors business daily that shows john kasich the only gop who can beat hillary clinton aback by a wide margin. will this mean anything for tomorrow or for that contest the convention? tammy i will go to you first. paul has kasich at 45% and hillary at 88%. is that a move toward points? >> look kasich is the dinner guest that never leaves. he's an interesting man, why would you want them to leave? we have seen with polls that they can adjust it they stun what they want to see. this is the title for people's minds. we have seen in this process the polls can show a trend. here's a man who ends in a fourth -- three-way race with his own base. this notion that he will become superman in the general election is absurd so here's a people at the focus on. the message is that the candidates are now sending hillary is relatively untouched. nobody has touch

in late night statements for ted cruz and john kasich announced a bold new plan to stop him. camp will give the cruz campaign a clear path in indiana. while cruz will clear the path for governor kasich in oregon and new mexico. the strategy adds fodder to trump's accusations cruz is using underhanded tactics to sway delegates ahead of a possible contested convention. >> cruz is going and wining, dining, dinners, hotels, all this stuff. he is bribing people. >> cruz denied trump's charges. >> i told delegates backstage, listen, i can't send a 737 to fly you to 18 holes of free golf at mar-a-lago. that ain't going to happen. >> reporter: trump feels like a boxer in a rigged match. >> the judges are going to be against you like the system is rigged. he goes, mr. trump, let me tell you the judges can't help if i knock that guy on his -- i've knock him out. >> reporter: he issued another warning if he doesn't prevail at the gop convention. >> if a guy that is losing by all those millions of votes wins, i'll tell you what, we are going to have some people that are very, very angry.

, kasich won't campaign in indiana to give cruz a better shot to beat donald trump there. cruz won't compete in new mexico and oregon, to boost kasich's chances. >> john kasich has decided to pull out of indiana to give us a head-to-head contest with donald trump. >> donald trump is saying you are colluding. and we expect to hear that from him again and again on the campaign trail. >> i understand that donald will whine. that's what he does. >> reporter: but the collaboration isn't so clear-cut. john kasich today not telling indiana voters to pick cruz. >> they ought to vote for me. but i'm not over there campaigning and spending resources. >> reporter: near indianapolis, john cast his ballot early for the ohio governor. >> wanted to vote my conscience. >> reporter: even if kasich backers decided to go for cruz, would it really stop trump in indiana? the latest poll in indiana shows him in first, followed by his rivals. in theory, if voters buy in, kasich supporters could help put cruz over the edge. but back up. 22% of kasich supporters say trump is actually their second choice. so even with the s

expanding his lead over rivs ted cruz and john kasich in new york. its >>> five things to know. donald trump is expanding his lead over ted cruz and john kasich in new york. the empire state will hold its primary a week from tomorrow. after winning wyoming this weekend, bernie sanders is shifting his focus away from hillary clinton's qualifications and back to the issues. >>> the man accused of killing a former nfl charge is held on $1 million bond. >>> john kerry became the 50 u.s. secretary of say the to visit the japanese city of hiroshima and laid a wreath at the park in honor of those killed when the u.s. dropped an a tom -- atomic bomb in 1945. >>> governor jerry brown will sign a bill into law that strengthens the paid family leave program. new parents get 55% of their pay up to 6 weeks and will increase up to 70% based on income levels. >>> the san mateo city council could decided to strengthen protection for renters later today. the median rent in san mateo is $3900 a month. >>> and i'm jackie ward. search effort s a little girl are intensif

ted cruz not even second but third behind john kasich. new polls in pennsylvania are alsout right now. they show donald trump with a lead ithe gop race that shifts to the northeast. that same poll geses hillary clinton the advantage over sanders in the keystone state. but was wisconsin a real turning point for the front-runners or the end of the line for those upstart challengers? we've got an all-star lineup, a member of the bull horn brigade that led ted cruz to vicries. vicky mckenna explains why people shouldn't blame radadio talk show hosts like hers. >>> and chuck rocha on the plan to make new york feel the bern. >>> wa was talk of one contested convention is no longer. whether both parties have to deal with convention chaos? fed minutes justeleased in the last hour reveal just how close the fed cacame to hiking rates last month. dow industrials up 55 points, had been up 90. we're less than an houto the closing bell. let's art the "countdown." . liz: folks, in just the last hour, the dow has fallen from the 90+-point lead to measly 54-p

a new poll has donald trump leading ted cruz and john kasich as well. ump held a big rally in new york last night. lots of reaction to the treasury department ruled that led to the end of the pfizer and allergan merger. the ceo pfizer writing in "the wall street journal" that high corporate taxes are landing to cost jobs for americans. let's check out u.s. stock market futures after 112.10 yesterday. features a don43 points for e dow, six points for the s&p 500. that is what is happening now. boring. lauren: millions of usave been cast in the primary season so far. the numbers that count are t hundreds of delegates fought over whacould be a pair of messy convention. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen reports on the shadow primaries few people ever see. >> how you doing >> texas senator ted cruz will return to colorado and where cruz last weekend pill.six delegates in congressional district assemblies, further evidence of the operation superior ground game in the so-called shadow primaries. >> two days ago north dakota we had another gem

they are looking, this is cruz and kasich, they are looking at later contests in indiana, new mexico and oregon. kasich agrees as part of this deal that he will stay out of cruz's way in indiana. indiana is up on may 3rd. cruz will stay out of kasich's way in new mexico and oregon. the man behind the art of the deal, donald trump, he is slamming this deal as, quote, a horrible act of desperation. overnight trump released a statement reading in part collusion is often illegal in many other industries and yet these two washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive. cruz and kasich are meth kael dead and this act only shows as puppets of donors and special interests how truly weak they and their campaigns are. but could this shocking twist back fire on kasich and cruz? our political team is here this morning with every angle of the deal covered. let's start with msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt. she's in our washington bureau. kasie, three states involved here. kasich benefitting in oregon and new mexico but really this looks to me that it is about in