i'm mike emanuel. a live report, coming up. . >>> in a traditionally conservative state with a fight for delegates brewing nationwide, you might expect all the gop presidential candidates to campaign hard for support. not the case. today, wyoming is holding its republican convention and the only candidate there is ted cruz. our mike emanuel is there, as well, in casper, wyoming. and joins us live. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, leland. yeah, candidates and their campaigns have to make choices about where they're going to invest time and energy. as you imagine, texas senator ted cruz made the trip out here to wyoming, and personally appealed for support at the wyoming state gop convention a short time ago. >> we're in all likelihood going to have a battle in cleveland to determine who the nominee is. i want to ask each and every one of you, if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee. if you don't want to hand the general election to hillary clinton, which is what a trump nomination does, then i as

jon: mike emanuel in huntington, west virginia. ank you, mike. >>> 502 delegates hangs in the balance. 118 for republicans, 384 for democrats. here to break it down, john hart, editor-in-chief at opportunity leaves and communications director for former oklahoma senator coburn and we also have a former advisor to maryland congressman chris van hollen. welcome to both of you. doug, we have run out of appendages to tack on to super tuesday. used to be the first super tuesday was the day that sort of determined who the nominees were going to be. we're on our third or fourth one this time around. is this the day that ends this race or does it go on to california for both parties? >> jon, they call this the acela primary. i think secretary clinton will have pretty smooth ride. i think she could potentially win five out of five states. that really makes the path for senator sanders not only narrow but as narrow as a tightrope. my hunch he stays in till california but i bet you will see a little bit of adjustment in his message. these atta

senior political correspondent, mike emanuel reports tonight from annapolis.here is a lot of republican interest in a traditionally blue state. >> these are unusual times in what is typically blue maryland looking ahead to an important gop primary next week. ohio governor, john kasich, has already been on the ground campaigning in places like savage, maryland, hoping to earn some of the state's 38 delegates. >> this is important. we have to accumulate delegates. time to go home. we are going to accumulate delegates. >> the real clear politics averages in recent polls has donald trump leading by 14 points with senator ted cruz running third. >> i believe the people of maryland want to get behind a positive, optimistic, forward-looking, conservative campaign based on policy and ideas and solutions. >> maryland, very big. a lot of delegates. we have to vote. here is what is going to happen. here is what i promise you. if i win, it will have a lot to do with right here. >> while trump is leading in many places, a maryland pollster said he didn't expect him to conn

senior political correspondent, mike emanuel reports tonight from annapolis.ere is a lot of republican interest in a traditionally blue state. >> these are unusual times in what is typically blue maryland looking ahead to an important gop primary next week. ohio governor, john kasich, has already been on the ground campaigning in places like savage, maryland, hoping to earn some of the state's 38 delegates. >> this is important. we have to accumulate delegates. time to go home. we are going to accumulate delegates. >> the real clear politics averages in recent polls has donald trump leading by 14 points with senator ted cruz running third. >> i believe the people of maryland want to get behind a positive, optimistic, forward-looking, conservative campaign based on policy and ideas and solutions. >> maryland, very big. a lot of delegates. we have to vote. here is what is going to happen. here is what i promise you. if i win, it will have a lot to do with right here. >> while trump is leading in many places, a maryland pollster said he didn't expect him to conne

mike emanuel is in wyoming with the latest. hi, mike. >> hi, elizabeth. as you saw, donald trump did not make the trip here to casper to earn on earning wyoming delegates. instead, he is ripping the process. >> when you look at wyoming, colorado. the bosses are picking the people. the wyoming said they're doing it in order to save some cross because they didn't want to go to an election with the people. they said that yesterday and i said, wow, that's something. >> wyoming republicans are gathered this hour today. they'll hear from ted cruz and surrogates from the other campaigns, they'll select 14 republican delegates with the cruz campaign asking delegates to sign documents pledging their loyalty to cruz. >> this year in particular with the potential for tested convention, things can can change pretty quickly. other candidates can come in. other candidates can drop out. alliances are made. and i just wanted to make sure our to support cruz from wyoming remain with us the entire time. >> as for the process, a rule in place, there's been plenty of interac

senior political correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington.an the run governors have an impact in the months ahead? >> reporter: some are particularly popular in termites approval rate examination could have a large influence of their delegates. there are 31 republican governors in places ranging from texas to new jersey, south carolina to south dakota. if there is not a republican nominee after the first ballot at the gone convention experts note the governors are senior members and could have major influence on their own delegation. >> it is unlikely that the sitting republican governors get together in a room and decide as a group to go in one direction. the difficulty of an open convention is that while there are rules, you're buy all of the easy stuff and into open water. >> reporter: he says discussions with the various campaigns and state delegations will go through the governors. >> what about the impact, then, of governors between now and convention time in cleveland? >> reporter: republicans are governors of six states which have upc

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mike emanuel has more tonight. >> reporter: these are unusual times in what is typically blue maryland looking important gop primary next week. ohio governor john kasich has already been on the ground hoping to earn some of the state's 38 delegates. >> this is an important one we have to accumulate delegates. >> the average of recent polls has donald trump leading kasich by 14.7 points with senator ted cruz running third. >> i believe the people of maryland want to get behind a positive, optimistic, forward-looking conservative campaign based on policy and ideas and solutions. >> maryland is very big, a lot of delegates. we've got to vote. and here's what's going to happen and here is what i promise you folks. if i win, it will be a lot to do with right here. >> reporter: and while trump has been leading in many places, a maryland pole ster didn't expect him to connect as well with voters here. >> donald trump has the name recognition. and he's captured s certainly nationally and it looks like maryland might not be immune to that. there's still something in the air that he's captured i

fox news' chief correspondent, congressional correspondent mike emanuel is in washington with the lateste? >> reporter: well, some truly stunning numbers as lawmakers are asking why immigrations and customs enforcement, or i.c.e., has released more than 86,000 criminal aliens over a three-year period back into the american public. >> there's a whole list of categories that are harm to public safety including those that commit homicide that you went ahead and released anyway. so that law is crystal clear. you are making these discretionary choices in releasing these people out into the public, and they're committing more crimes. and i don't understand why you don't deport them. >> reporter: immigrations and customs enforcement says in fiscal year 2015 it released 9,723 criminal aliens who committed approximately 64,000197 crimes -- 64,197 crimes including homicides, kidnapping, sex offenses and robberies. the i.c.e. director says it is a very complicated problem. >> to sit there and say that the proud women and men of law enforcement and i.c.e. are choosing to release criminals is absolut

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mike emanuel covers the sanders campaign. mike? >> bret, good evening.it's been a long night for the sanders campaign. is he in pretty good spirits behind me. talking to ache pad1m2v, house here in huntington, west virginia. a crowd estimate of 6400 people. he has had a new line here making a case to the delegates that some of these closed primary states, independents and republicans cannot come and vote for him. but he says in november, if he is the nominee, independents could vote for him and he makes the case that independents favor him over hillary clinton. there has been a lot of buzz over the last day or so about whether he would reassess his campaign after anticipated a long night for him and fellow primary he and his campaigns say that he is in it until california. they make the case that democrats in the largest state have a right to have a choice. and so they say they are in it to win it or as long as possible. and that they also want to have an influence on the democratic platform at this summer's convention. bret? >> mike, thank you. fox news

mike emanuel in maryland with more on that. michael?eporter: today we heard something very unusual for a republican front-runner for president to say on the issue of taxes. >> do you believe in raising tax oses then wealthy? >> i do, i do. including myself. i do. >> reporter: a leading antrum group put out a memo to its supporters says: trump has a nearly impossible path. it says trump can win all over committed delegates in pennsylvania, delware, and new jersey arranges large majority of the delegates in connecticut, indiana, and cars, and plurality in new mexico, oregon, washington, west virginia, and still fall short of 1237. trump is campaigning in maryland trying to prove his enemies wrong, saying maryland could be key to his victory. the real clear politics has trump leading governor kashich by 14.7% in maryland, with senator ted cruz running third. both of them making a pitch to maryland volters. >> what we are seeing in maryland and across the country is 65% to 75% of republicans understand that donald trump is not the best cand

mike emanuel is following the sanders campaign. it's not as if this is a new concept.week for senator clinton, we heard similar things, that we'll reassess next week. he went home without the press corps, back home to new england, and what came of that was, well, let's see how we do in the five states next week. it seems like tad devine has told the times if it's not a good day, which it's not supposed to be, we're going to change our words tonight. >> that's right, shep. i talked to a senior adviser after that breaking news alert came out. he says they're in it through california. california being the biggest state, they feel like democratic voters need to have an option and they want to take as many delegates to the convention as possible to help shape the platform there. in philadelphia earlier today, sanders himself was asked about getting out. he called that idea absurd. >> people in california have a right to choose who they want for the president of the united states. what we need to do as a nation is focus on the disappearing middle class. >> in terms of a reas

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. tone of this hearing so far in there? reporter: martha, i would say good morning, very serious, taking a look at obama administration immigration policies. that hearing in front. judiciary committee hearing in the house getting underway a short time ago. committee leaders are noting under president obama's leadership department of homeland security has issued a series of memos undermining u.s. immigration laws, allowing some illegal immigrants to remain here and continue illegal activity. >> regardless of your views on immigration reform surely we can all agree protecting the public from violence and lawlessness is preemption goal of government. whatever you think government should be doing, national security and public security have to make the list somewhere. for me they make the top of the list. think that is true for most people. reporter: democratic member expressed a concern may vilify immigrants here trying to provide better life for their families, martha. martha: what do we k

senior political correspondent mike emanuel stand big live at the convention site in casper, wyoming. you. tell us what's happening. >> reporter: uma, great to see you. senator ted cruz seems to feel pretty good about his chances in wyoming. as you mentioned, 14 delegates to the republican national convention in cleveland are at stake. 14 alternates will also be selected. they are counting votes at this hour. senator cruz was the one republican candidate to travel here to wyoming to make his pitch for support in person. >> you got to learn to compromise. you got to learn to cut deals with the democrats and go along to get along. let me be very, very clear to the men and women of wyoming. i will not compromise away your religious liberty. >> cruz ha asked his supporters to sign a loyalty pledge committing to stay with him if the vote in cleveland on a nominee goes to multiple ballots. donald trump was not here today, focusing his time and energy back home in new york. once again, trump complained about the process and some of these western states. >> it's a rigged system. when you look