this is not just about carly fiorina. we saw cory gardner, the senator from colorado, come out today and finally endorse ted cruz. cory gardner had been holding off after endorsing marco rubio earlier in the race just because people in the senate don't really like ted cruz. this is going to be indiana, basically the last stand for republicans who don't want donald trump to be the nominee, their last chance to stop him. so this is more than carly fiorina and ted cruz. you're going to see everyone who wants to stop donald trump popping up here in indiana. >> rebecca berg from realclearpolitics.com. thanks so much. who'd have thought the hoosier state would be the center of the political world? but it is. and who would have thought that it would have been necessary for one of the front-runners, not the front-runner but the guy who's second, to pick his nominee for vice president in april? who would have thought it would have been necessary at this point? well, we're about 42 minutes away, we're told, from that big announceme

>> i didn't look at carly fiorina just as a woman. think if the trump camp thinks it's desperate, just ignore it. they're really making a lot of hay about it for people who think it's a nonstarter and irrelevant, not going to work. they sure got under their skin a little bit. of course, she's a woman. and she's proven herself a very formidable, fearless defender of conservative values. i think, more importantly, carley are force a two-way conversation on abortion. hillary clinton tries to own that, that republicans -- white men are anti women and anti choice. i think carly fiorina will get in there and say you're extreme on abortion, because you're for partial birth abortion, that's not something -- i don't think trump or ted cruz are going to do as comfortably. secondly, let's give carly fiorina her due. whether it works is a separate question. this woman calling her -- calling it a desperate move after she was the first fortune 20 ceo. she's got a resume outside of politics that hillary clinton would dream of having. she is -- now w

five-state sweep, ted cruz in indiana were a huge showdown looms, tapped former rival turned supporter, carly fiorina as his running mate. >> over and over again, carly has shattered glass ceilings. >> fiorina developed a reputation in a pair of strong debate performances for launching potent attacks on hillary clinton. >> people all across the great hoosier state, all across this nation know that donald trump and hillary clinton both will be disastrous for this nation. >> fiorina quit the gop race, after taking several tough shots at cruz. >> says one thing in manhattan, says another thing in iowa, he says whatever he needs to say to get elected. >> cruz needs help with women voters and must beat donald trump in indiana or trump will be able to clinch the nomination in california. a new suffolk university poll shows john kasich beating cruz by 5%. among women, kasich's strengths are even more pronounced, while he's viewed favorably. cruz and trump are viewed very unfavorably. despite trump's problem with women in the polls, his victory makes it mathematically for cruz to win at the convention. cruz'

carly fiorina has been spotted in indianapolis. wmur, in new hampshire, has been reporting, they've confirmed it will be carly fiorina, and the question is, can this all trump trump. i tell you, i'm at a trump event, waiting to go into the indiana farmer's coliseum, we'll see if this can swing the momentum? i don't know. carly fiorina, obviously, has been in his corner, ted cruz's corner almost since she pulled out of the race. raised money for him, campaigned with him, and now apparently theoretically will be on the ticket. see if that makes a difference here. >> if we were making an announcement at 4:00 p.m., it wouldn't make sense to announce it at 10:00 a.m. and so the entire purpose of this is you guys should come, and at 4:00 p.m. can you find out what the major announcement will be. >> reporter: i think you can read between the lines of that one. that seems to be the way it's headed. so we'll see, i don't know if this can turn around for him. the momentum is strong for trump, and the folks in this line that we have read seem

it's not a crazy idea. >> what exactly does carly fiorina add to the race? rump beats cruz in indiana, will we see enough to stop trump in california? fiorina lost to barbara boxer in the senate race. >> she's a respectable woman, i like her a lot. ted cruz is trying to shore up his base. he didn't win a single state in the southeast, he lost among very conservative voters. he's just trying to win the base at this point. carly fiorina is someone who can allegedly bring in the base. >> go ahead, ron. >> ted cruz is someone who is very deliberate in this process. he went through a very, very long list of potential vice presidential running mates -- >> the question was what does carly fiorina add to it? >> that's what i was about to say. there is someone who can serve in the office of president of the united states, which should be the first consideration, someone who shares the governing philosophy of the candidate of ted cruz in this particular case. she's been campaigning with ted cruz for the last seven weeks. she is just tremendous. she electrifies the base

carly fiorina. last night, trump mocked cruz's decision to name a running mate so early. >> he set a record. he is the first presidential candidate in the history of the country who is mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. it's a record. >> cnn's sunlen serfaty has the latest from the cruz campaign in indiana. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. senator cruz making another hail mary pass making the move to name his vice presidential pick before he is the nominee. a move very widely seen as one that was intended to refocus attention on his campaign after a string of bruising losses. now the move was met with immediate criticism from frontrunner donald trump who said this is just a sign of desperation on the cruz campaign and said senator cruz should not waste his time naming a vp given he has no mathematical path forward without a contested convention. cruz addressed that in the announcement speech. >> it's tradition that the nominee is

president of the united states that i will run on oo ticket with my vice presidential nominee carly fiorina cruz is hoping the move will give him a boost in indiana which is vital to preventing trump from clinching the nomination and where donald trump leads by 6 points. fiorina distinguished herself early in the race with her no holds barred criticism. she showed that more going after clinton and donald trump. >> donald trump and hillary clinton are virtually indistinguishable in their positions and they have always been insiders to the corrupt crony capitalism. he can't be our nominee. if he were hillary clinton would be our president and that is a future that i am not prepared to lie by and allow to happen. >> the announcement also took away some of the headlines that donald trump's big foreign policy speech in dc yesterday where he laid out general ideas but gave few specifics saying he would put america first. he waived up cruz saying it is another act of desperation. some of what fiorina said about cruz a few months ago. >> ted cruz says whatever he needs to say to get elected. >> 57

the john kasich campaign is aggressively dismissing today's news, saying, quote, carly fiorina ran anonorable campaign, but most republicans will meet this decision with a collective shrug. and kasich super pac is digging up all the dirty laundry between cruz and fiorina. when she attacked a cruz surrogate who used sexist language against her. so kasich and cruz, they announced an alliance on sunday, right? it's not gone well. a said, this is why ted cruz cannot beat hillary clinton. you have to put this announcement in context. it comes after trump dominated last night's primaries and it comes when he's mathematically from getting the nomination without taking it to a contested convention. got an all-star panel lined up to help us make sense. we had donald trump's foreign policy speech as well. hallie jackson is in indiana with the cruz campaign. she'll be interviewing carly fiorina live here on this show later in this hour. i'm also joined by super lawyer ben ginsberg, rick tyler, and presidential historian and reagan biographer craig shirley. the last time a president tried somethi

today, ted cruz making the unconventional decision to tap carly fiorina as his vp, if he can win the tion. >> carly is a vice presidential nominee i believe is superbly skilled, superbly gifted at helping unite this party, bring us together so we stand united as one. >> reporter: now donald trump just put out a statement reacting to this carly fiorina announcement. i would say he is unimpressed. he pointed out ted cruz is being clobbered in the delegate count, says it is a pure waste of time, says cruz has no path to victory, he is only trying to stay relevant. we expect to hear from donald trump live in a few minutes, we will see if he expands on those remarks tonight. >> i suspect he will. thank you. let's get more on breaking news now, coming from the cruz campaign, the announcement of carly fiorina as ted cruz's running mate. sunlen serfaty joins us. you had a chance to speak to carly fiorina. how did that go? >> reporter: that's right, wolf, you know, indicating how quickly all of this was put together, carly fiorina confirms to me she was asked only yesterday by senator cruz to

by the way, jonah we got the tweet donald trump sent out about carly fiorina. he puts this quote from carly when she was on the campaign trail. i think we can get that. let's play it. do we have the tweet? >> ted cruz is just like if i other to politician. to get elected. david: we're going to be hearing that run again and again. she has problems with the fact she left hewlett-packard after essentially being forced to quit. she also lost an election in california. so she may not be that. of a help in california. what do you think of this? >> well, i'm actually a fan of carly fiorina's. i don't know that it is going to help all that much. you know, say about california. she did lose an election. lost a general election, won republican primary doing much better than other senate candidates. david: jonah, i'm sorry to have to do this. we'll pick up in second. we have facebook results. jo ling kent has numbers in the newsroom. go ahead, jo. >> 77 cents a share of profit. nice beat of 62 cents a share the street was looking for. looking at revenue coming in at $5.83

>> carly fiorina is tremendous. you know, i got to know her when i was state republican party chairman in california. she ran for the u.s. senate there. she won a republican primary, hotly contested republican primary. she energizes people. she's knowledgeable about the issues. >> she's very qualified, but is this a hail mary? >> no, it's not. i mean senator cruz arrived at his decision as to who he would like to see as his running mate and why sit on it until the convention? she's a very powerful campaigner. she's a great addition to the team. now she can go out and campaign with senator cruz continually and the american people can know this is who the ticket is. if we nominate ted cruz, we're going to have carly fiorina being a great vice president of the united states. it's a total winner. >> we just heard donald trump say cruz doesn't have a path to victory. he's been mathematically eliminated. that's his word. at what point does he call it quits? >> well, donald trump is going to be mathematically eliminated on

you got a chance to sit down with carly fiorina. we know there's a history there between quarter cary fiorina an trump. it was not pleasant between them. now she's teaming up trying to stop him. what did she tell you? >> yes, listen, she has been an attack dog against donald trump during her own primary. she is continuing to do that we're seeing already with ted cruz on his ticket. she was doing that as a surrogate for cruz. also we had this interesting moment during that interview right before he began she was signing autograph, new posters with the new logo, cruz/carly logo. you're signing this new thing. how does it feel? she said i've been signing posters for ted cruz for seven weeks now because she's been on the trail pushing his message as she has been surrogate out there. in our interview though we talked a little bit about how she thinks she can actually help ted cruz in indiana, given that if you look at some of the headlines today it's hail mary or the words of some, hail carly, this move that critics say is a desperate one

today ted cruz making the unconventional decision to tap carly fiorina as his vp, if he can win the nomination as a contested convention. >> carly is a vice presidential nominee superbly skilled to unite the party, bring us together so we stand united as one. >> sarah murray joins us. trump finished talking in indiana. what did he have to say. did he talk about fiorina? >> reporter: yes, he did talk about carly fiorina and ted cruz and he was sort of openly mocking the latest move by cruz saying this is the guy who is mathematically eliminated from winning first ballot, he is not going to win, yet announced this vp. trump doesn't seem worried this dual ticket will hamper his chances. he said another interesting thing going through the minds of rivals, if i win in indiana, it is over. that's what we hear from more and more aides to rival campaigns, if donald trump manages to come to victory in indiana, it will be very difficult to deny him the 1237 delegates he is going to need to arrive in cleveland as the nominee. anderson? >> sarah murray, thanks very much. ted cruz announced that carly fior

why carly fiorina and why now? >> well, boy, carly fiorina is a real superstar. the u.s. senate from california when i was the state party chairman there in 2010 and she really electrifies republicans. she connects really, really well. she's very solid on all of the issues that republicans are concerned about today, that the country is concerned about today. once senator cruz made a decision to choose carly fiorina, there was no reason to wait on that decision. let's get that information out there. let's have the announcement today and let the voters decide. she's only going to strengthen the ticket and provides another person to go out and campaign in a very strong way for senator cruz's leadership and now voters know who they'll get. >> this is donald trump reacting tonight to ted cruz veep pick. >> on television they say it nicely. he has no path to victory. that's a nice expression. he's got no path to victory. he's mathematically eliminated. it's like if you're playing in the world series and your team loses a game, a certain game, he's mathematically elimin

people just plain like carly fiorina.iously very important element to any campaign, but particularly right now for the cruz campaign. she is a big boost for him. >> well, here is the thing. ted cruz has to do well in california, too, right? he has to do well in indiana, california to survive. and fiorina is from california. they're familiar with her, but she lost her bids for both senator and governor there. where would she resonate in california? >> she lost the u.s. senate in california, carol. she lost to barbara boxer, somebody that most republicans would be even challenged, and carly gave her a tough challenge. it is a pretty blue state. but in the primary, the republican voters there no carly, they like her. she will be a big help. >> so i just want to ask you about the evangelical vote, because that's very important for ted cruz, especially in the state of indiana, which is why he is campaigning hard there. but in pennsylvania, ted cruz didn't win the evangelical vote, donald trump did. why was that? >> i'm not sur

that's why he puts carly fiorina on the ticket. i woke up from a nap, heard ted cruz announcing a vp pick. i thought i was in the twilight zone, i realized it was a emppl. he's ahead and he trounced ted cruz last night and tuesday as well. it is a move of desperation. >> there's one way carly fiorina is not ted cruz, it is gender. she's a woman. it is a big piece of red meat he puts in front of donald trump. donald trump whacked carly fiorina before, his favorability numbers with women are a problem. a regular republican nominee in a cycle would be looking at a female vice presidential candidate to run against hillary clinton. in this way it seems like for now not only changing the subject but really giving trump -- >> you think what would have happened if sarah palin endorsed ted cruz if this pick would have still been made. if in desperate need he would have turned to sarah palin. >> i don't think so, given the way sarah palin turned out since 2008, i don't think ted cruz wanted sarah palin's endorsement this time around, but loo

here in indianapolis will choose carly fiorina to be his running mate. echoing what other people have said, fiorina has been one of the most visible surrogates, she originally endorsed him the day he was moving into the florida primary in march. is ips t since the time, she has been put into the works. she's one of the highest surrogates going around the country with him. and i was particularly struck by just a few weeks ago, it was the night of the new york primary where senator cruz was in pennsylvania and philadelphia. and she was -- he was holding an a-typical campaign event near independence hall. and it was carly fiorina who had the only speaking spot from the podium introducing him that night. it seems like that was almost a formal audition. and a few people came up to me the night of that speech and said, she gave a much better speech than the senator did. so i think that sort of high-profile event certainly contributes to the cruz campaign making their decision, the sense that maybe she appeals to a group of people that perhaps the senator doesn'

defending herself against carly fiorina. r past criticism of ted cruz is coming back to haunt her. now she is, of course, his running mate if he becomes the nominee. now, though, fiorina is trying to take everything bad she ever said back. sunlen serfaty is "outfront." >> if i am the republican nominee, my vice presidential nominee will be carly fiorina. the reaction has been tremendously positive. >> reporter: ted cruz and carly fiorina, one-time rivals, are now trying to make a splashy debut as running mates. the campaign rushing in, fresh branding, as the duo barn storms indiana. >> isn't carley fantastic? >> reporter: talking up their newly formed ticket, an unconventional move aimed at helping cruz blunt donald trump's momentum. >> i will fight with ted cruz, because i had not a shred of doubt when i voted for him so many weeks ago. >> reporter: that goodwill, not as kind when they were competing against each other just months ago. >> ted cruz is just like any other politician. he says one thing in manhattan, he says ano

senator ted cruz and his running mate, carly fiorina are with us for the hour. want to welcome to the audience -- we got about 60 kids from morris hill high school. morris hill? all right. from high school that actually cut school today with the permission of their teacher which never happened to me in my entire life. congratulations. we welcome you young people to our event tonight. so we continue. all right. you know, there are a couple -- i pointed out, senator, usually before these events i come out and say hi to the crowd as i always do and i saw a number of really cute young people including little anabelle over there. i said this election is about them. we now have one in four american families that don't have a single person in the labor force. the 95 million americans out of the labor force. 50 million in poverty. 46 million on food stamps. obama will accumulate more debt than any other president before him combined. i look at those numbers and to me it seems almost unfixable. >> well, there's no doubt that the obama/clinton economy is a train wreck. it

but carly fiorina is not a surprise.alked about how they were going to unveil the running mate, i think a lot of people who follow this stuff would bet with very long odds that it was likely to be carly fiorina. at the end of the day, i think the net effect is that nothing hurt her as we wrap up this week and go into next week. mark: i thought one of the biggest things of the week was overshadowed. tuesday night, when trump was asked, are you the presumptive nominee, and he said, yeah, i am. he clearly wants those two guys out of the race. if he wins indiana and they don't get out, which is possible, what will he do? what steps can corey lewandowski take? guest: the title of prisms of nominee is not want to take, it is to be the stone. it should be bestowed by the titular head of the party. in 2008, when it was clear that mccain would be the presumptive nominee, he had a meeting with the president of the white house. in this case, the titular head of the party is either mitt romney, the past nominee, or paul ryan, the ra

coast, ted cruz taking a drastic step to block donald trump's path to the nomination, he picked carly fiorinaammed the announcement. >> carly respects the constitution and the bill of rights and understand the threat facing america. >> it is over. donald trump won. it isn't over. >> it is a waste of time. it is -- you first have to get the nomination. picking a vice presidential candidate when you have zero chance, no path, crazy. maria: we are looking at whether the move will help or hurt ted cruz. on the other side of the race this morning berni

he announced his running mate carly fiorina. >> some would ask why now? it's tradition that a vice presidential nominee is announced at the convention. it's unusual to make this announcement as early as we are now. i make this announcement today so that you the voters in indiana, the voters in nebraska and south dakota and across the country so you will know what you will get. the voters deserve to know -- i have come to the conclusion that if i am nominated to be president of the united states that i will run on a ticket with my vice presidential nominee carly fiorina. >> fiorina ran for president herself this year. she came in seventh place in iowa and then in new hampshire she came in seventh place again and then she dropped out. this was her second time running for office. she also ran for united states senate seat in california in the deep red republican year of 2010, but even under that year's favorable conditions fiorina lost that senate race in california by double digits, but the ted cruz campaign needs a new story. the ted cruz campaign needs a

ted cruz announced in indianapolis that carly fiorina is his running mate. arted moment we want to share with you. fiorina talked about spending more time with the cruz family on the campaign trail, was inspired to break into song about cruz's daughters. ♪ i know two girls that i just adore. i know i can see them more ♪ cause we travel on the bus all day, we get to play, we get to play ♪ >> back with the panel. patrick, senator cruz, was this just a big distraction, not the singing but the announcement? >> yeah, probably about changing the subject from trump's major wins. finally getting majorities of the vote in five states, big numbers in three way races. and ted cruz and donald trump have a major problem now, their unfavorable numbers. donald trump is trying to start addressing that, trying to look like a policy guy, and ted cruz sort of bringing on carly fiorina, singing, talking about what a lot of fun ted was. this is a guy you want to hang out with, saying some charming things about his family, his wife heidi. really trying to give a warm embrace to th

he goes to california which is carly fiorina home state.primary there in 2010. it could help. all matters whether everything falls into cruz's direction. nothing has been in the last couple of weeks but you know he had no other options. martha: throwing a few things at the wall to see what would sick over the past week or so, the cruz campaign. what do you think about this cruz-kasich alliance, we hear carly fiorina saying kasich needs to get out. they brokered a deal days ago. now it doesn't seem to exist at all at least in carly fiorina's mind? >> yeah, it was sort of the deal or agreement that never really took off at all. i think john kasich reportedly was meeting with some donors in indiana and doing glad-handing just last night so clearly it hasn't worked. it is hard to say whether or not john kasich will be a factor. you got to imagine even if he is not running ads, he is not actively campaigning in indiana, his share of the vote is probably going to go down. will it be enough and will ted cruz pick up enough of those kasich voters w

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why of all choices carly fiorina? >> the cruz campaign, first of all, the move itself to name a vice presidential nominee now, ted cruz is trying to deprive donald trump of some of the oxygen. everyone is talking about how close he is coming to clinch the nomination. ted cruz is looking to be part of the conversation. he is making a forceful counter to the clinton campaign by naming a woman. he is looking ahead to the large stock of delegates that are at store in california's primary in early june. carly fiorina ran for senate there in the primary but has a record there as well. he's looking for somebody who can energize the base and fire them up, suck some votes away from donald trump and perhaps the rnc pick up a win. whether that will work, this is a really big gamble. he's running the risk of looking brilliant or having a big failure if it does not go his way. >> i don't know that fiorina checks any of those boxes. just the california box, she ran there, she got pummelled and she hasn't been so nice about ted cruz

ted cruz and carly fiorina have been ratcheting up expectations.y know after last night, the losses in five states and new york, ted cruz acknowledged that he was not getting to 1237. he said the donald trump wasn't either. the game is to stop donald trump . indiana is central to that argument. 57 elegance next tuesday, ted cruz has to win here. the austrian parliament has approved controversial new measures to control the number of migrants entering the country. the bill allows the government to declare a state of emergency in the event of a sudden influx and a path to reject most of the migrants at the border. it raised tensions between demonstrators at the road crossing in the outs. dennis hastert has been sentenced to 15 months in prison . that is for paying hush money to a victim who said the former high school wrestling coach and abused him as a boy. before the sentence was handed down, dennis hastert and headed for the first time that he sexually abused boys when he was in illinois high school teacher from the 19 axes to the early 1980's. a

joining me now, republican vice presidential candidate and the first vice presidential pick of 2016 carly fiorinarly, great to see you again. >> thanks for being with me. >> you know this is odd because cruz doesn't yet have the nomination. and as you pointed out earlier, this whole election has been odd. but what do you say to those like trump who say it was a desperation play by senator cruz? >> well, of course donald trump would say that. donald trump has been trying to say that ted cruz should get out of the race for a very long time. the only thing is donald trump hasn't won this nomination yet, despite so many people in the media just wishing it would all be over and he would be our nominee. but as i said in my speech, i do think this is about the soul of our party and the future of our nation. donald trump and hillary clinton are virtually indistinguishable in their positions. they are virtually indistinguishable in the fact that they have always been insiders to this corrupt system of crony capitalism and selling access and influence. and he cannot be our nominee. and if he were to be our

they are the system. >> carly fiorina ran for the u.s.enate in california in 2010 against democratic senator barbara boxer and yesterday, boxer weighed in. the senator tweeted, i predict that the latest carly fiorina merger will be as successful as her last one. a reference to hewlett-packard's acquisition of packard. >>> well, trump has tough words and he rallied supporters in indiana last night and he got an endorsement from bobby knight. >> i'm not here to represent the republican party and i'm not here to represent any organization that deals with politics. i think -- i think the most important thing in the world is that we vote for the best man there is for this job and you've already met him. >> today i'm in the plane, and i see on television they have a new relationship that's started. cruz and carly. he's mathematically eliminated. he has set a record though. he is the first presidential candidate in the history of this country who's mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. okay? >

carly fiorina is back. handpicked by ted cruz.ts been 40 years since a presidential hopeful -- has selected a runnig mate this early. this move is shaking things up in the republican party -- and the silicon valley.. boxes our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us from mt. view. scott -- we've both spent time w/ fioriana -- and a lot of people know her well from her h-p days. what's the reaction? ==raj/cg== from secretary to c-e- a lot of people know her well from her hp days. what's the reaction where you are? >> it's the talk of the town. as you know, carly fiorina has long been polarizing here in silicon valley. many people consider her an inspiration, others consider her a failure. ♪ i just adore >> it might be the first time we've heard carly fiorina sing, but it's not her bid for a leadership role. far from it. before becoming ted cruz's running mate, fiorina ran for president, and from 1999 to 2005, ran for office. >> they call her an inspiration.

we expect the program to get under way, to see ted cruz and carly fiorina on this stage together, according to what a high level source is confirming to me. this caps really speculation that began back in early march when fiorina first endorsed cruz in a surprise appearance at a miami rally. she's been a surrogate for him on the campaign trail ever since and really one of his most prominent surrogates. she's done not just the campaigning, the events on her own, but has done a lot of delegate hunting for cruz even as he loses to donald trump in the primaries and it becomes mathematically impossible for him to lock up the nomination outright. cruz and fiorina will be headed to convention to continue to do delegate work, making a personal pitch together. so the big question now, though, chris, and one that we'd like to pose to the campaign is, why today? why the timing today? it should be clear after coming off of what has been a big, big series of wins from donald trump. not unexpected wins, although very decisive. cruz now is facing what could be the most important six days of his campaign.

he had a 40 minute speech before carly fiorina came on.i mean, i mean this is politics. you have to use the leverage that you have when you have it. and yesterday he did what i think he needed to do to try to reorient this conversation politically after six losses in a row. it's not been a great run for him in the last few weeks. he had to change that narrative. >> so that's what's happening in the cruz camp. then you had trump. trump goes to indiana, he gets indiana's favorite man to campaign with him. coach bobby knight. take a listen to this and we'll get your reaction. >> because i think, you know, i'm not a republican, and i'm not a democrat. and i have always voted because i think that voting is a special thing that we have in this country that isn't in a lot of different countries. i have always voted, but i've always voted for the person that i thought was the best for the job. there's no question -- [ applause ] there's no question in my mind that the man sitting between the two of us is far and away the best person to lead americ

you spoke with carly fiorina last night.what did she tell you about joining the ticket. >> we talked about a couple of things, guys. is this a move of desperation? was this born out of timing because of the walloping ted cruz got tuesday night, now looking to change the subject. why so early? her response is this is an unprecedented campaign. the fact it was early shouldn't be that much of a surprise. ted cruz himself said during the speech they are doing what he has to do. he wants to put fiorina out there. you heard him when he introduced her, every at tribute he said about fiorina was a double edged sword, a way to hit donald trump, a way to push stop trump ticket mark and rick are talking about. she has won a california primary. she dropped out of her own race in the republican primary earlier this year. ted cruz still trails in the delegate count. i pose the question to her. how is it one person that has been unable to beat donald trump added to another person who hasn't been able to beat donald trump yet -- does one pl

bae systems. >>> just one last point on ted cruz and carly fiorina. ted cruz.com is not what you think it is. if you type ted cruz.com into your browser, you do not find a ted cruz campaign website. instead you find this. it says support president obama immigration reform now. that's ted cruz.com. it has been since he started running for president and at least maybe before. because of that ted cruz campaign website has to be ted cruz.org which is probably uncomparable for him. if you went to carly fiorina.org that brought to you this website. it says carly fiorina failed to register this domain so i'm registering it to tell you how many people she laid off at hue let packard and it was this many and there were a thousand faces to show how many people she laid off. carly fiorina.org. well now that ted cruz and carly fiorina have joined forces in a fake ticket because neither of them have been nominated for anything, now that they have joined together their internet troubles have been joined and become a little more constructive because now if you go to

. >> ted cruz saz carly fiorina is his running mate. also might get him some more support with women voters. you on the other hand seem to continue to say things that alienate women voters. you said hillary clinton is playing the woman card and that if she were a man, she would only have 5% of the vote. 70% of women in this country say they have a negative view of you. do you even care? >> of course i care. >> more on that to come. but first, a look at today's microsoft pulse question, can carly fiorina help ted cruz stop trump in indiana? here's a look at your results at just about quarter past the hour now. the pulse remains live. still time for us to hear from you. weigh in at pulse.msnbc.com. the, you learn what makes our heating and cooling systems so reliable. if there's a breaking point, we'll find it. it's hard to stop a trane. really hard. trane. the most reliable for a reason. you've finally earned enough on your airline credit card. now you just book a seat, right? not quite. sometimes those seats are out of reach, costing an

today, the thinki ining was he would b naming carly fiorina as his running mate.ptured her arri arriving in indianapolis. hallie jackson tried to get ted cruz to confirm it as he always does. he dodged that question but i think we have hallie jackson on the phone right now. now, we are confirming the fact this is going to happen at 4:00. it seems interesting he would announce a running mate the day after having a loss at these five primary elections. >> reporter: right, erica. a high level source familiar with these discussions is confirming it will be fiorina to be rolled out as part of the ticket with ted cruz. that will be the announcement in indianapolis. the timing is interesting. the timing raised eyebrows within the republican circles. this is an opportunity potent l potentially for cruz to change the conversation away from donald trump's dominant win. you might ask the last time this happened a running mate was announced so relatively early before somebody has locked up the republican nomination, the last time it happened, one of the more famous types it h

and seven weeks ago today that carly fiorina endorsed as.hen she initially endorsed us before that announcement we sat down to talking a great linkedin one of the things the struck me said i have a condition. i sat back you said what is it? she said i don't do anything halfway if i endorse a way to campaign and work to do everything that i can. [applause] that is the kind of condition that you like to hear. per conditioned my endorsement is not a rubber stamp it is a full commitment and said our country can fight this and we have to do this and since that time i have seen her day in and day out on the campaign trail going stop to stop to stop she is serious she doesn't get overly excited or rattled. [applause] and we all saw that. is one of the earliest debates carli confronted donald trump. [cheers and applause] a man with the characteristic understatement said look at that face. and everyone of us remember that grace with which she responded. had responded she knew exactly what she was saying as every woman do what he was saying. one of th

i have no bones to pick with carly fiorina.th fact that senator cruz, whom i also like, is losing. that's the fact. he lost here in pennsylvania. as a matter of fact, i'm writing a column this minute, this is the first time in history that i can research that anybody of either party has carried all 67 counties of pennsylvania in any election. and donald trump managed to do that, not to mention all the states and all the counties he carried in all these other states. what this says is that senator cruz, god bless him, just has not been able to strike a cord here in the northeastern united states and he's needs this to have an election victory, as did ronald reagan, who did carry pennsylvania. >> i was waiting to see how long it would take for to you bring up ronald reagan, since he's right there over your shoulder. i hate to tell you, jeffrey, but you're on television right now. you're not writing a column this moment. >> that's still historical fact, don. >> i know. i'm just messing with you . matt, you say this move with carly

what about carly fiorina, is that going to help him? >> they are trying to make the play because donald trump is so unpopular with women. he has a cent percent disapproval rating with women, you can give women a place to g. and that that will happen with carly. we'll see. indiana is a testing ground on that. and the point i wanted to make about this bromance or a liiance between cruz and kasich is that it was a flawed agreement in the first place. voters don't vote strategically. and it was concocted by political operatives in the camp. it is not surprising it fella part and interesting that carly fiorina was the one who put the nail in the coffin of it so to speak. and telling kasich as she is now, to get out of the race. interesting times. nina easton and alex pat pon, thank you both. >>> hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail. focusing on the general election and republican front runner donald trump. despite his delegate devsay the bernie sanders is not giving up. he's in indiana and his campaign is shifting gears as well. hi,

and ted cruz announced that carly fiorina would be his running mate. the texas senator hoping to give a jolt to his campaign. but donald trump, blasted cruz's announcement and called it a waste of time. >> he is the first presidential candidate in the history of this country whose mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice-presidential candidate. a record. honestly i wish them well, but folks, they are not going to do it for you. >> we have carl cameron live in washington with more on this. >> reporter: yeah, the battle for indiana is intensifying. ted cruz knows he has to win the hoosier state which is in part why he added carly fiorina to his ticket. and he slammed donald trump for hillary clinton. >> i am surprised that donald trump has attacked hillary. donald has a problem with strong women. it is not subtle or complicated. he has a real problem and why he can't win the general election. carly fiorina slams the claim that the republicans are waging war on women. and cruz took a hit from former are house speaker boehner who

a few things that carly fiorina does bring to the table. she has been vetted in a national campaign. there is not a lot of people unless you're talking about scott walker or someone like that. she is able to hit donald trump on his problems with women. now, other than that, though, it's difficult to see what she brings to the table immediately, because she has already been apart of the campaign, gretchen, and it's not known how much more she could bring if she were just to be announced as a vice-president running mate. >> none of it matters if somebody reaches 1,237. trump would be the only one before the convention. >> exactly. >> maybe he is trying to get some of the media attention back after trump had such a big night last night. >> well, that's -- i appreciate it. i was going to say, gretchen, that's the thing. trump has been steam rolling the news cycle for the last 24, 48 hours. but ted cruz has gotten himself on television a lot in just the past few hours. the more he pushes it forward, the more he can combat trump on the news cycle

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convention. >> an extraordinary leader, my friend and the next vice president of the united states, carly fiorinars and applause ] >> and trump made sure to hit both cruz and fiorina on the move. >> today i'm in the plane, i see on television they have a new relationship that's started. cruz and carly. he's mathematically eliminated. he has set a record though. he's the first presidential candidate in the history of this country who's mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. >> cruz is hoping his fortunes fare better than ronald reagan's big 1976 gamble when he chose richard schweiker in a dance at his party convention and lost. while cruz enjoyed yesterday's news cycle, trump attempted to pivot to the general election. he delivered his much anticipated foreign policy speech in washington, laying out his view of america. >> my foreign policy will always put the interests of the american people and american security above all else. has to be first. has to be. that will be the foundation of every single decision that i will make. >> former secretary