i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. this is how i see this today. the wild presidential election is an episode of "survivor" and donald trump's biggest rivals using his own advice against him. ted cruz and john kasich taking a page from "the art of the deal" joining forces to guarantee a convention circus. it's bombshell move, they're teaming up to stop trump from winning on the first ballot at a contested convention and focusing on the select upcoming primaries. ultimately the goal is this. a contested convention that would give them a shot at the nomination. >> after discussions with the kasich campaign, we made a decision about allocating resources, the time and energy and resources on the state of indiana. governor kasich decided to allocate his resources elsewhere. >> resources. i feel that it's very fair for me to be able to go to areas where i can spend my resources most effectively and the same is true for senator cruz. when's t what's the big deal? >> donald trump says it is quite a

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with the explosive turn in the race for the democratic nomination for president. today, hillary clinton, hopping the subway, stumping in new york. we're going to have more on that. it's bernie sanders now accused of really taking the low road for saying that clinton, former senator in the state of new york, former secretary of state, is, quote/unquote, unqualified to be president of the united states. an assertion he stood by today. albeit with regret. that the sort of rhetoric republicans adopted long ago is now tainting the democratic contest. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising millions of dollars from wall street and greed, recklessness and illegal behavior helped destroy our economy? look, let me be clear. this is not the type of politicings. i know it's what the media loves. it's not the type of politics i want to get in. let me also be very clear. if secretary clinton thinks i've just come from the small st

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me here. a lot to get through today. one day after his biggest race yet, donald trump describes current u.s. foreign policy. it was long on criticism but short on detail. and donald trump gave it using a teleprompter, using prepared remarks. this is trump's opening move to win over a wider audience and the republican elite. >> it's time to shake the rust off america's foreign policy. it's time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold. something we have to do. america first will be the major and overriding theme of my administration. foreign policy is a complete and total disaster. no vision, no purpose, no direction, no strategy. our allies are not paying their fair share. and i've been talking about this recently a lot. our allies must contribute toward their financial, political and human costs, have to do, of our tremendous security burden. but many of them are simply not doing so. they look at the united states as weak and forgiving and feel no o

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i'm brooke baldwin. you of course where watching cnn. drurch is now at war with the republican party officially. his rage against the party machine has developed into an attack against the party leader the chairman of the republican national committee ryans preeb us. he said he quote should be ashamed of himself because he knows what's going on. trump was talking about the rigged system that he believes led to his loss in colorado not by apopular vote but by a state convention of delegates. he admitted that the republican party does not want him to be the republican nominee. >> i know it's stacked against me. we had a lot of delegates and they were not heard because it was controlled by the rnc. they changed the rules a number of months ago -- >> eight months ago. >> well that's not very long ago. >> but you had a long time to prepare a better organization. >> they saw how i was doing and they didn't like it. >> you are saying you don't think the rnc wants you to get the nomination? >> no, i don't think,

i'm brooke baldwin. politics, an already unprecedented presidential election has taken one huge step toward an event the nation has not seen in generations. a contested convention. the likelihood of that just rose after the frontrunner suffered a double-digit defeat in the wisconsin primary. i'm talking about both parties here. first up democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton lost to bernie sanders by 14 points. she's still, though, has a strong lead toward the party nomination, but sanders' wisconsin win, his six in the a row, mind you, is shaking the clinton's camp confidence. meantime opponents of republican frontrunner donald trump may now be at their most confident after his crushing defeat as well. senator ted cruz beat trump 48% to 35%. the cruz victory now forces trump to rack up even bigger wins looking ahead if he is trying to reach that magic number before the convention in july in cleveland. and take a look at this. trump would have to win 60% of the delegates in the re make primari

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you know this, less than 24 hours we'll be in the throws of an event that the political yurngs hasn't seen in 40 years. what am i talking about? new york republican primary that mattered and making a difference in who the party's ultimate nominee is. 95 delegates at stake and front-runner donald trump needs every single one of them in the pursuit of 1,237. that is the number of delegates required to clinch the party's nomination before the convention in cleveland in july. as donald trump fights to sweep new york, he is also struggling to earn the allegiance of delegates in states he's already won. after a series of votes by party insiders in georgia it appears most of the delegates picked to go to the convention support ted cruz. now, yes, while they are bound to mr. trump in that first round of votes at the convention, personal loyalty could spell big trouble for the front-runner if the fom natinomination goes to two, second ballot. let's did to sarah mur

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with signs that the cold shoulder toward donald trump is beginning to thaw. former republican house speaker john boehner reportedly told a crowd at sanford university he would vote for donald trump if he were to become the republican nominee but as the former speaker apparently warming up to trump, by the way, he said they're texting friends for years, he is hurling fire at another man being ted cruz. boehner said he would not support cruz as the nominee. and he went further than that. listen to boehner's reaction when asked what he thought of this texas senator, boehner made a face and then he said this. quote, lucifer in the flesh. i have democrat friends and republican friends. i get along with almost everyone. but i have never worked with a more miserable of a bleep in my life. minutes ago, donald trump seized upon boehner's ire. >> if cruz sneezes, if he just sneezes, his people leave him. believe me. no loyalty. nobody -- who can listen to him? in t

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me with super tuesday, again. this time in the northeast. voters in five states going to the polls right now to cast ballots in, of course, the democratic and republican primaries. first, the dems. 384 delegates at stake today in connecticut, delaware, maryland, pa p and rhode island. hillary clinton, she is hoping for a five-state sweep. of course, that would push her mush closer to the finish line as bernie sanders is hoping for a miracle. on the republican side, 172 delegates at stake for them today. donald trump expected to run the table. he is the only republican candidate who still has a shot at clinching the party's nomination prior to the convention in july. even as his two rivals have joined forces to crush the chances. first up to the polling places. i have chris freights in pennsylvania and national correspondent jason carroll live in pittsburgh. jason, beginning with you, what are folks in pittsburgh saying? >> reporter: well, you might think might

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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.today. prince, quote, the only guy to steal your girl and her wardrobe. the super star's life was full of love and love lost. randi kaye has more. ♪ ♪ nobody quit >> reporter: she was the drummer and then fiancee. sheila e said, somewhere in the middle of a european tour, prince mouthed to her during a song, marry me and the answer was yes. the two reportedly met at one of his concerts in 1978. >> i was walking backstage to introduce myself and he was in the mirror and he shook hi hand and goes, i know who you are. he says, i'm following your career. >> reporter: she later signed a contract with the production company and prince oversaw her first album "the glamorous life." ♪ without love it ain't much another of prince's loves was his protege denise matthews. former model began dating prince after meeting him at the american music awards in the 1980s. "jet" magazine claimed prince was the only man she ever truly loved. prince called her vanity and built vanity 6 around her encouraging

i'm brooke baldwin. a big day here on this tuesday. this is the first new york republican primary in generations that counts. in fact, voters right now playing a direct part in who the next presidential nominee will be for both parties and as new yorkers are out and about casting the ballots, two of their own fighting to be out ahead. republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton. both today voting. both also face rival who is are coming off of a string of victories. talk about momentum there. while secretary clinton needs a simple win, donald trump needs a little bit more than that. he needs to break 50% statewide in new york and within each congressional district. that way all 95 republican delegates are his. trump needs every single delegate in his pursuit of that magic number 1,237, the number of delegates to clinch the republican nomination and needs to do this as the campaign leadership is going through massive shakeups. first to the poll, to the new yorkers themselves. my colleague bryn gin

i'm brooke baldwin. we begin this hour as we did just around this time yesterday.ical knight, is gone. want you to first take a look at the front pages, these are newspapers from all around the world. and classic prince fan,

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me here today. let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. harriet tubman will replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill. old hickory smoked. "the lead starts right now. not pushing out their opponents, 18 months, people in flint, michigan, unknowingly drinking poison from their faucets. today, criminal charges and a possible bombshell from one of the city officials. plus, one day you'll look at that $20 bill in your wallet and say, remember these? much overdue, major changes coming to american money. hello, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. so many questions than answers in our politics lead today. are we seeing a more restrained and dare i say super disciplined donald trump? he referred to his only real republican challenger as senator cruz instead of deploying the lying ted nickname trump previously favored. but that was last night. this was 20 minutes ago. >> in the case of lying ted cruz, lying ted, lies, oh, he lies, you know, ted, he brings the bible, holds i

she's in for brooke baldwin. that starts right now.s for joining us. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in new york. brooke baldwin is out today. we begin with the accusations flying in the race for the white house. is the colorado convention a preview of what's to come when the republican national convention meets in july? ted cruz wins in what's being called a voterless victory. and donald trump crying foul. trump broke several days of media silence to protest. after cruz won 34 delegates in colorado's republican convention over the weekend. but there is no primary, no caucus. instead, convention goers pick delegates. some were hindered b

i'm brooke baldwin. a massive loss in the world of music. pop culture. art.

now. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in today for brooke baldwin.is monday. this is cnn's coverage of the final sprint to wisconsin. today, donald trump and ted cruz are blanketing the battleground state as they gear up for tomorrow's critical primary there. and in just minutes from now, they're holding dueling rallies and of course we'll bring both of them to you live. it's worth mentioning this is the second round of competing events in wisconsin today. the stakes are high to say the least. it's not winner take all. but winner take most. 42 delegates are up for grabs.

i'm brooke baldwin. a massive loss in the world of music. pop culture. art.ar, music pioneer, music legend prince has died at the age of 57. he's an artist who truly transcended genres, generations and eras and a week ago today he was performing, sold out solo concerts across america. trying to learn exactly what happened this morning. here's what we have here at cnn so far. police responded to a medical call at his home in minnesota this morning. remember, he was born and raised in minneapolis. then a death investigation began at his estate. we know that he was hospitalized last week for the flu. and that is all we know. at this point in time. but you know prince. you know, his hits go on and on. you think about "purple rain." "let's go crazy." "kiss." "little red corvette." the list is endless. it's been three decades. we have come to know and love and respect this music pioneer. he blended his electric style of soaring g ining guitars and fun flamboyant dance moves and he performed a rally for peace concert to rave reviews in the wake of the death of fredd

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.begin with the explosive turn in the race for the democratic nomination for president. today, hillary clinton, hopping the subway, stumping in new york. we're going to have more on that. it's bernie sanders now accused of really taking the low road for saying that clinton, former senator in the state of new york, former secretary of state, is, quote/unquote, unqualified to be president of the united states. an assertion he stood by today.

i'm brooke baldwin. an already unprecedented presidential election has taken one huge step toward an event the nation has not seen in generations. a contested convention. the likelihood of that just rose after the frontrunner suffered a double-digit defeat in the wisconsin primary. i'm talking about both parties here. first up democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton lost to bernie sanders by 14 points. she's still, though, has a strong lead toward the party nomination, but

she's in for brooke baldwin. that starts right now. thanks for joining us. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in new york. brooke baldwin is out today. we begin with the accusations flying in the race for the white house. is the colorado convention a preview of what's to come when the republican national convention meets in july? ted cruz wins in what's being called a voterless victory. and donald trump crying foul. trump broke several days of media silence to protest. after cruz won 34 delegates in colorado's republican convention over the weekend. but there is no primary, no caucus. instead, convention goers pick delegates. some were hindered by misspellings and misnumbered paperwork that show trump's ground game may need some work. but trump insisted the delegate system is the problem. >> colorado, where they frankly just get all of these delegates and it's not a system. there was no voting. i didn't go out there to make a speech or anything. there's no voting. i heard him say, well, that's the way it is. well, this shouldn't be the way it

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news on cnn. this man allegedly involved in not just one but two of europe's most horrific terror attacks has just been caught alive. one of the men here, mohamed abrini, has just been arested. these photos showing abrini at a gas station, two days after the paris attacks, with the now captured, the eighth wanted terror suspect from paris there in the surveillance photos from the gas station from right after those coordinated attacks. meaning that last named suspect is no longer at large. also ties him to last month's coordinated brussels bombings at the airport and the subway. something authorities have kept very closely to themselves. belgium media reporting that this man in the hat and the light colored jacket at the airport before those bombings is, in fact, abrini, captured a short time ago, along with osama krayem, accused of having a quote/unquote operational role in the brussels attacks. lots of pieces to throw at you. we'll have it all together and understand it as w

now. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in today for brooke baldwin. great to have you along with us on this monday. this is cnn's coverage of the final sprint to wisconsin. today, donald trump and ted cruz are blanketing the battleground state as they gear up for tomorrow's critical primary there. and in just minutes from now, they're holding dueling rallies and of course we'll bring both of them to you live. it's worth mentioning this is the second round of competing events in wisconsin today. the stakes are high to say the least. it's not winner take all. but winner take most. 42 delegates are up for grabs. as trump tries to bounce back from a rocky week. he is doubling down on his calls for rival kasich to drop out of the race. and cruz taking out his first negative ad against kasich. >> he's 1 in 30. he ought to get the hell out. just like a stubborn guy. he's stubborn. he doesn't want to leave. let me tell you, he hurts me much more than he hurts cruz. cruz wants him out. cruz is wrong. he hurts me. >> there are only two candidates whose names wi

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i'm brook baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with the breaking news in the republican race for the white house. very soon, we expect to see house speaker paul ryan make really his most aggressive move yet to finally, in case he hasn't already, totally end any kind of talk that he could be up to become our next president. aides say he will give an official statement at the republican national committee official ruling himself out of any nomination. let's go to our senior political reporter manu raju live on capitol hill with all of the details. listen, he said no multiple times before. but finally this is it, is it really? >> it seems that way. paul ryan has dealt with this increased speculation that he needs maneuvering behind the scenes to position himself for a possible run in a deadlock convention. he's tried to end all that chatter. for months we've been asking him. he said no, i'm not running. it's only seemed to intensify the speculation and the chatter also among people in the party establishment who are worried

brooke baldwin has been given rare, exclusive access. brooke is here with me now. >> good morning.zing. i am still walking away thinking was i really in the persian gulf on this aircraft carrier? yes, the answer is yes. and thank you so much to the u.s. navy for offering me this extraordinary exclusive rare look at essentially a carrier strike group 8. 6600 men and women, average age 27. when we talk about our next commander in chief what about talking to the people who are fighting for us overseas? >> reporter: this is the u.s. navy's front line of the war on terror in the persian gulf. lieutenant commander kate batten deployed two weeks after the paris terror attacks and her resolve only deepened after the recent bloodshed in brussels. >> that is exactly why we're out here. if anything, it gives us that much more purpose and resolve to ensure that we're doing things the right way and that we leave this region better than we found it. >> reporter: when you put on your flight gear, what does that feel like? >> it's interesting because it's a routine now. it's something i do every d

i'm brooke baldwin. don't move a muscle. we have much more coming at you. "the lead" from jake tapper starts now. ♪ trying to run from my destruction you know i didn't even care ♪ ♪ 2,000 >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. he was possibly the most talented, charismatic, entertaining, influential and barrier breaking of his generation. prince, the purple one, died today at the age of 57. the cause of death is not yet known. we do know that prince was found unresponsive in an elevator at his estate in minnesota and the last few weeks of his life were a bit mysterious. prince was an artist of the kind of significant that his death would merit an official statement from the president of the united states and we just got one. "we lost a world icon. michelle and i join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of prince. few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly or touched quite so many people with their talent. prince did it all. funk, r & b, rock 'n' roll. he was a brilliant band lead

. >>> all right, here we go, top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news on cnn.s man allegedly involved in not just one but two of europe's most horrific terror attacks has just been caught alive. one of the men here, mohamed abrini, has just been arested. these photos showing abrini at a gas station, two days after the paris attacks, with the now captured, the eighth wanted terror suspect from paris there in the surveillance photos from the gas station from right after those coordinated attacks. meaning that last named suspect is no longer at large. also

you're watching cnn "newsroom," i'm brooke baldwin. the head of the rnc reince priebus firing back right here on cnn just a short while ago. >> it was the same system that put abraham lincoln into offers. i think the system is working and all the delegates bound to the candidates will stay bound to the candidates. no one is losing any bound delegates. we're going to get together, we're going to be unified in cleveland. i know there's drama. i know there's going to be work to do. i get it. i'm not, you know, oblivious to the world that i live in. >> all right, let's begin there. matt lewis, cnn political commentator, conservative writer is with us today. senior contributor for the daily caller bob cusack is here, editor and chief of the hill, and she's kind enough to stick around, daily beast bureau chief jackie kucinich. nice to see you all this afternoon. bob, coming off what you just heard reince priebus say, you know, acknowledging that yes there is drama but yes they will be unified in cleveland, the system is working. is this his

>>> hello, i'm pamela brown, in today for brooke baldwin on this busy tuesday. voters in wisconsin are weighing in on who they think should be the next president. wisconsin may possibly buck national trends as the front-runners in both parties are in a fight to first place. first to the republican side. 42 critical delegates are up for grabs and if senator cruz wins wisconsin, donald trump's path to the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination will get much tougher. today trump is downplaying local pools. >> the polls are busy, huh? we could have a big surprise tonight, folks, big surprise. this feels like new hampshire. i think you're going to have a big, big turnout. you're going to have a great surprise. >> all right, let's get to the voters. cnn's chris frates is in green bay but we begin with cnn national correspondent jason carroll live in brookfeld, wisconsin. >> you can see, there's a few people still in live from earlier today. we saw much more than that. we're seeing a lull here. that is expected. it is the lunch hour. the machine you see in t

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. deal making afoot to try to hurt the author of "the art of the deal." "the lead" starts right now. >>> senator ted cruz and governor john kasich forming a tag team to deny donald trump, but is all this wheeling and dealing just proving trump's point? >>> an intense manhunt, methodical cold-blooded killings, eight people executed, shot in the head in four different homes. could marijuana lead us to the motive? >>> plus, threat from below. north korea firing a missile from a sub, and threatening to test another nuke. why this launch could be kim jong-un's most frightening yet. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. at long last, factions of the republican party are uniting. well, at least two of the presidential candidates say they are. in a brazen act of political calculation, senator ted cruz and governor john kasich are announcing that they are strategizing together, trying to block donald trump from racking up enough delegates to win outright before th

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me in new york. jake tapper continues our live special coverage of the new york primary. that begins right now. >>> new york, new york, will donald trump's hometown advantage put him over the top here? will the city that never sleeps punish ted cruz for his slam on new york values? and if she can make it here, can hillary clinton snap bernie sanders' winning streak? "the lead" starts right now. good afternoon, welcome to a special edition of "the lead." i'm jake tapper. live in new york. here is something that hardly ever happens here in the empire state. primary vote here actually matters on both sides of 0 the aisle. new yorkers playing a crucial role for the first time in decades. democrats have 247 delegates at stake here. republicans have 95. four presidents born in new york, republican front-runner voting new york central s synagog synagogue, a few blocks from trump tower, he would lik to be number five. >> who are you voting for? >> easy decision. >> hillary clinton voted at an elementary scho

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. pull up a chair, grab a traditional slice of new york pizza from sparro's, because this is going to be good. "the lead" starts right now. turning point, a ted cruz win pushes the republican party closer to a convention cage match. but could donald trump's home state end those new york values crush that possibility? >> no sleep till brooklyn. bernie sanders keeps rolling with his seventh win in eight contests, but is clinton's math more powerful than the sanders' mo? >>> plus americans now in striking distance of north korea's nukes. the scary claim and whether the threat now is real. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. call it a shellacking, call it what donald trump might call it, a shlonging, whatever you call it, he got his "make america great" hat handed to him last night in wisconsin, making it less likely that he will be able to achieve the magic number, 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the republican nomination before the convention. so trum

. >>> thank you, brooke baldwin. july fireworks could extend well past the fourth. "the lead" starts right now. donald trump saying he hopes there isn't violence if the republicans deny him the nomination reigniting cries that he is inciting or at least not denouncing violence. earth-shaking destruction, people searching for more victims in the rubble across oceans and continents as hundreds killed, thousands injured in ecuador. where could the earth rumble next? >>> plus, keeping us in the dark about america's darkest day. should the government declassify the secret pages of the 9/11 report that could be hiding a close ally's role in those attacks. welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. donald trump wants to jazz things up by injecting a little showbiz, he says, into the cleveland convention. you know, because a contested convention isn't riveting enough and trump also hinting that the guy at the helm of the rnc, reince priebus, might lose his job. sara murray is live. he's acting like the nomination is his, really, when it comes to the conventi

i'm brooke baldwin. a big day here on this tuesday.ew york republican primary in generations that counts. in fact, voters right now playing a direct part in who the next presidential nominee will be for both parties and as new yorkers are out and about casting the ballots, two of their own fighting to be out ahead. republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton. both today voting. both also face rival who is are coming off of a string of victories. talk about momentum there. while secretary clinton needs a

. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown, in today for brooke baldwin on this busy tuesday.s in wisconsin are weighing in on who they think should be the next president. wisconsin may possibly buck national trends as the front-runners in both parties are in a fight to first

i'm brook baldwin. you're watching cnn.aking news in the republican race for the white house. very soon, we expect to see house speaker paul ryan make really his most aggressive move yet

brooke baldwin here with mic and me and polls are open, my friends in the exceleor state.hat 247 delegates up for grabs. >> hungry eyes. start singing. you like that? and republican the now. donald trump expected to do well given his home field advantage. could he sweep and get all 95 republican delegates? news of another shake-up in the trump campaign has many asking, what's really going on here? the race covered the way only cnn can. beginning with chris frates live in brooklyn on the democratic race. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. so it's finally here. new york primary day, and the battle of brooklyn comes down to this -- brooklyn native bernie sanders looking to upset hillary clinton, and the two democrats crisscrossing new york yesterday. bernie sanders spending five hours shaking hands, kissing babies and trying to remind what's at stake. 250 delegates up for grab, second only to california. remember, no winner take all. if hillary clinton

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. we'll send it to washington d.c. now. jake tapper with "the lead" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. >>> an orange politician slamming ted cruz and it wasn't donald trump. >>> ted cruz is quote, lucifer in the flesh. that comment coming from the former house speaker john boehner emerging from the golf course to call his former colleague the worst person on earth. today, ted cruz is fighting back. >>> north korea making more noise, antagonizing the u.s. and allies with two more missile explosions just in the last day. now the world is responding. >>> plus chilling new details about the final hours of prince the drugs found on him when he died and details of a possible overdose just days before. welcome to "the lead". i'm jake tapper. senator ted cruz tried this week to shake up the presidential race but after cruz announced his running mate carly fiorina on wednesday, he spent today, one, arguing that that move was not desperate to responding to former house speaker john boehner who called him lucifer and, three, denying

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we are live today in washington but we're watching two big stories out of two states that are key in the race for president. first up here, ted cruz. he has just gotten what could turn out to be a campaign-saving endorsement four days before the critical indiana primary. that state's governor says he is backing the senator from texas. meantime, all eyes this afternooon california because minutes from now donald trump is set to address a crowd that could truly hold the keys to his white house aspirations. mr. trump will be speaking at the california republican convention, packed, packed with party faithful there. reddest of the red. this is the kind of audience that may give him a chilly reception but these are also the very people trump will need in june when california's pivotal primary is perhaps the best chance to clinch the nomination. let me show you as we're talking about where mr. trump will be speaking in just about an hour's time. already folks beginning to gather. this is ou

brooke baldwin with the mic and me.in a new york state of mind. the two moving closer to clinching their party's nomination after huge, big, pir cher superlative victories in new york. both candidates declaring their races all but over. the new york primary meaningful for the first time in decades. >> now we turn our attention to next super tuesday. five primaries in the northeast up for grabs. six days away. could it be the end of the road for bernie sanders or ted cruz or john kasich, or might they continue on and fight on? we have the race covered today for you, the only way cnn can. let's begin with john berman here to break down the numbers and the delegates' score card. good morning. >> reporter: brooke baldwin, blowouts in the big apple. look at the republican race. donald trump hit 60%. his high-water mark of the campaign so far. john kasich in second at 25%. ted cruz way behind in third at 14%. in the democratic race, hillary clinton, ending the bernie sanders winning streak. she got nearly 58%. bernie sanders

i'm brooke baldwin. you of course where watching cnn.epublican party officially. his rage against the party machine has developed into an attack against the party leader the chairman of the republican

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.egin with signs that the cold shoulder toward donald trump is beginning to thaw. former republican house speaker john boehner reportedly told a crowd at sanford university he would vote for donald trump if he were to become the republican nominee but as the former speaker apparently warming up to trump, by the way, he said they're texting friends for years, he is hurling fire at another man being ted cruz. boehner said he would not support cruz as the nominee. and he went further than .

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me here. a lot to get through today. day after his biggest race yet, donald trump describes current u.s. foreign policy. it was long on

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me with super tuesday, again.his time in the northeast. voters in five states going to the polls right now to cast ballots in, of course, the democratic and republican primaries. first, the dems. 384 delegates at stake today in connecticut, delaware, maryland, pa p

ask your doctor about cialis and a $200 savings card >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in today for brooke baldwinr a whirlwind week in which he ticked off people on both sides of the abortion debate and reneged on a promise to support whomover becomes the gop nominee, donald trump is now turning his attention to math, as in delegate moth of course. a gop source tells cnn walking trump and his top aides through the delegate process was the main focus of his meeting with rnc chief reince priebus in washington. it's even more of a possibility, given the possibility of a contested convention. trump is now saying it'

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. it is a gorgeous day here in new york.lliamsburg bridge just behind us here, this gorgeous set that our cnn crew has put together for us here, ahead of the big night tonight. critical democratic presidential debate hosted by cnn. less than seven hours from now, bernie sanders will get his final chance to take on hillary clinton face-to-face before the all-important tuesday new york primary. senator sanders was born here in brooklyn. former secretary of state clinton elected here, served eight years as state senator. no question the state is

alisyn is off, brooke baldwin is here, mic is here, and we are ready to give you the headline of theushing their rivals. huge victories in their home state of new york. clinton now on the brink of clinching the democratic nomination. trump, cementing his half, still facing a battle to reach the party's delegate threshold but much closer now. >>> all eyes on the northeast primaries for next tuesday. will it mean the end of the road for bernie sanders, ted cruz, possibly even john kasich? or will the battle rage on? we have the 2016 election covered the only way cnn can beginning with john berman to break down the numbers and the delegate score card. mr. berman? >> ms. baldwin, decisive wins for hillary clinton and donald trump here in the big apple. on the republican side, donald trump got more than 60% of the vote. john kasich in second. ted cruz way down at third at 14%. look at the democrats right now. hillary clinton at 57%. 15 points higher than bernie sanders. that is more than either campaign thought the margin would be heading into the election yesterday. that means hillary cl

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.day in washington but we're watching two big stories out of two states that are key in the race for president. first up here, ted cruz. he has just gotten what could turn out to be a campaign-saving endorsement four days before the critical indiana primary. that state's governor says he is backing the senator from texas. meantime, all eyes this afternooon california because

on "saturday night live" sicily impersonates cnn anchor brooke baldwin which is surprising because usuallyn are journalists on cnn. we have elected officials throwing snowballs in the senate. >> okay, mr. president, i think they got it, bro. >> it is crazy. what about our kids? what kind of stupid short-sighted irresponsible -- >> whoa, whoa. whoa. >> i am determined to make the most of every moment i have left. my advisers asked me, mr. president, do you have a bucket list? and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. [ laughter ] take executive action on immigration, bucket. my new attitude is paying off. look at my cuba policy. the castro brothers are here tonight. welcome to america. amigos. [ speaking a foreign language ] soon the first presidential contest will take place and i for one cannot wait to see who the koch brothers pick. it's exciting. ted cruz said that denying the existence of climate change made him like galileo. [ laughter ] now, that's not really an apt comparison. galileo believed the earth revolves around the sun. ted cruz believes the earth revo