if you look at caucuses, we have a caucus in wyoming today, caucuses are great in the sense that theyvery open, you can see what is happening. you can count the votes yourself if you are in the room. >> people are discussing. >> exactly. >> they are negotiating, so to speak. >> here are the problems. the very same people hurt by voter i.d. laws are hurt by caucus participation. these are people who work offhour jobs and cannot take that amount of time off. people who can't afford child care, senior citizens who can't make it to the places, sometimes students who cannot take that time off. the very same people hurt by voter suppression are hurt by the caucuses. >> and so are you saying -- really maybe it is not negotiating during these caucuses but really it is arguing, issue-oriented trying to make a selection of people. am i hearing you say these are ant quated portions of the system that should go away and time to reform the way in which votes are counted or the way in which the democratic party collects or gathers delegates leading up to? >> i think you have to figure out your visi

they're primaries, not caucuses. has he done well in the western caucuses? yes.think that when you get to a bigger state, diverse states, primary states, we're going to do very well. i think we'll end up april in a better position than we ended up march. >> could there be something deeper going on? senator sanders talks about these issues. trade deals. wall street influence. the vote on iraq. is secretary clinton out of step with the broader electorate? on those issues? >> no. i think that -- he cherry-picks. but he came and campaigned against her on the trade issue in michigan. we lost that narrowly. she came back and said, i want to build a future that will create good jobs. i will have your back. i'll reject bad trade deals. i'll invest in manufacturing. i want to see wages growing by having equal pay. and she's put forward a plan that caused her to win those five states, primary states, including ohio, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and florida. that's where we built up the very large pledged delegate lead. >> we saw senator sanders not backing down on t

in the primaries and caucuses, i've won more of these than hillary clinton. therefore, you have to go with me. and that's the problem right now. if you look at this category, if you look at this right now, i'll erase it so you can see him clearly. we have him down 246. this is after wisconsin. the good news for sanders is the state of washington, he won big there, it's not all allocated. when it's all allocated, that 246 is probably going to drop to 210. so he's down 210 in the allocated category. >> okay. >> keep that number in mind because we'll take a look here. this is what's left on the democratic side. for sanders to be able to make that argument, these are all the states left. the number there is the number of delegates. allocated delegates that are up for grabs. he needs to erase 210. now it may not seem like a lot, but it really is because the way they give out these delegates is proportionate. >> none of these states are winner take all. nobody can win 475 delegates in california. >> right. couple pieces of bad news, he's done so much better in cauc

as we speak, democratic caucuses in wyoming have just begun. live pictures of people there in cheyenne and in colorado it is day two of that state's republican convention in colorado springs. senator ted cruz will be delivering remarks there momentarily after others who are on stage now finish. so far cruz has won all of the delegates up for grabs in that state thus far. the final 13 delegates will be awarded today. we will bring you more on politics in a moment. but first. >>> this out of brussels right now. police in belgium have charged mohamed abrini for participating in the activities of a terrorist group. he was arrested in raids friday. no word if he is the man in the hat seen at the airport before the bombings. they've also identified osama krayem as the second one present at the subway attack in brussels. police carrying out new raids today in a neighborhood. dozens of police officers moving into the area as residents there evacuate. cnn producer kellie morgan and bob baer is standing by. kel kellie, what can you tell us about charges?

in colorado you won't see voters heading to polls or anybody gathering as caucuses.ublican party insiders are hand picking delegates rather than candidates. cnn ana cabrera is in colorado springs. ana, walk us through the process. what's happening? >> reporter: well, right now there are a lot of cheers for ted cruz who is speaking to this, this huge convention. some 6,000 party insiders from the state of colorado have shown up. they're going to be voting on those 13 remaining delegate spots. there are a total, we're told, of 600-plus people who are running for those 13 delegate spots, and each of those it candidates are going to get 10 seconds to speak to this crowd to try to make their final case. just 10 seconds. as you can imagine, a lot happening behind the scenes here in colorado in the weeks and months leading up to this to try to win over supporters. now, ted cruz definitely has the momentum here in colorado, as mentioned. he has picked up all of the delegates elected so far. he is the only candidate who is speaking at this state convention. donald trump and j

couple pieces of bad news, he's done so much better in caucuses than primaries. only two states left have caucuses, small states, wyoming, north dakota. the rest are primaries. that's helped her generally. closed primaries, that's a further hurdle for him. can't have independents, republicans voting. when that's been the case, sanders has done this. 210 is the number. he needs to raise 210. california, mid-atlantic, new york which is next, pennsylvania and new jersey and maryland. you add these states together, this is 2/3 of what's left on the democratic side. just in the mid-atlantic and out here. so if you follow me for a second here, if you take every other state, forget those big ones, take every other state and give sanders big wins in these states, doesn't lose any of them. >> wins them all by double digits. >> worst case gets a draw in the district of columbia. otherwise we're talking big wins. he's going to raise 125 of the 210. he'd need to make up 85 at that point. again, being really optimistic. here's the problem, take new york, for instance. that's

cnn can now project that bernie sanders has won the wyoming democratic caucuses.king at a rally in long island city, new york. let's listen in to see if there is a reaction to this. >> here's what else. you know, i think making this point about how we look at the status quo. and what i beg of you, do not accept that the status quo that we have today has got to extend for decades. what the media does, what congress does, what the establishment does is to tell you hey, this is the way it is. it can't change. yeah, we have a terrible and unequal distribution of wealth and income. so what. that's the way it is. cannot be changed. and what we have got to do is envision a nation in which in fact real change takes place. now, right now, right now in this country, we have millions of people working longer hours for lower wages than was the case 20 or 30 years ago. you want to know why people are angry? you got men and women in the work force whose real inflation adjusted incomes are substantially lower than they were 40 years ago, or 10 years ago. and people are asking ho

since then, bernie sanders won ten straight caucuses.tor sanders is keeping an eye on wyoming. >>> spacex miracsl

it's earning the nomination, and part of the way you do that is by winning elections and caucuses. part of the way you do it is by convincing the party to nominate you. if the party is dead set against it they can give a one finger salute and say we're not picking the guy most you have picked. >> if they pick somebody who didn't try to earn it, who didn't earn any votes. >> a paul ryan, for example. >> i continue to think that's a problem. i think that's a big problem for the republican party. you pick your poison. >> what kind of problem? >> i think it's a problem in fall. nicole was talking about protecting the senate and house majority. you might have trouble doing it with donald trump or ted cruz but you'll have trouble with your party. just forget the rest of the ballot or whatever. it is a pick your poison sort of situation. >> we'll talk about this later on exit with one of exit poll data. one of the pieces fascinating is it was almost equal numbers among republican voters saying if donald trump was the nominee, they wouldn't support him and if ted cruz was the neem, they wo

so i think that caucuses are a very unusual way for some states to really choose who they want to beelegates and who those delegates are pledged to. that's fine. every state gets to pick however they want to. but when you get to the general election, it's about who gets the most votes and who gets the most electoral votes and i think there's no question given what i've already achieved that i'm in a far stronger position when it actually comes to voting in november to win and to become president. >> it seems like looking ahead at that general election right now, we're at a -- we've just hit a turning point. last night, all three of the republican candidates who are left seem to basically abandon what had been their previous pledge that they would support the ultimate nominee of their party, whoever it was. none of them are saying that any longer which means whoever they pick, there's a really good chance that the republican party is not going to all be in favor of their presidential nominee. now, as a democrat, looking ahead at that general election, do you basically look at the repu

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caucuses playing out in wyoming and later in north dakota. bad news for sanders, these are the only two caucus states left. he's done a lot better in caucuses than primaries. only two left on the board. the rest of these are primaries. some of these are closed primaries. that means no independents can vote in them. again, independents voting that's also been good for bernie sanders. those are hurdles for him looking forward. big states left, california, new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, maryland. you add those states together, that is two-thirds of all of the delegates that are left out there. so here's the thing for sanders. if you look at all the smaller states that are left, not the big ones i just mentioned, he has a chance to rack up decent margins in those states. if we use really, really favorable be scenarios for sanders, we say he wins most of them, wins most of them big, he could knock about 125 off that 210, okay? he then needs to make up about 85 delegates in those big states. but that's where it gets complicated. new york is a

. >> host: the caucuses are available online at time.com.we welcome the coeditor of the new book called american gridlock to the listeners on c-span radio. go to thomas next. it >> caller: for me i think that gridlock really started in 2000 when the republicans figured out a way still to do that in the presidential election katherine harris did basically the supreme court when all is said and done and the votes were counted he didn't really win. >> guest: gridlock started in the 1980s in the sense that we had fewer and fewer people elected to the house and senate the senate and the legislatures that could be called moderate. a liberal republican and a moderate republican are an endangered species and secondly is to have the blue dog democrats of those that are fiscal conservatives and voted in the middle of many of their colleagues in the 70s, 80s and they started being redistricted and they lost. they are no longer around so we went for about a third of the house and the senate voting together in the 80s to write now about 4%. when you've g

bernie sanders has turned out really good at caucuses. ahead into wyoming there have been 12 caucuses overall on the democratic side. of the 12, hillary clinton won the first two in iowa and nevada. since then, bernie sanders won ten straight caucuses. so senator sanders is keeping an eye on wyoming. >>> spacex miraculously ended their rocket engine on oa ship. the single best thing about the footage is how nuts they go over the fact they did it. we have interesting rock an roll and political news for a real 81 dog in republican politics. we've also got son unexpected democratic political news tonight that is making a lot of democrats across the country really happy. really relieved including some news that deriefbed from our james sanders interview. lots going on lots ahead tonight. we start tonight with news that has what i consider to be a grand canyon effect. have you ever been to the grand canyon? everybody says it's awesome. it's amazing. it will proceed your mind. have you seen pick of the grand canyon? yes, it looks very pretty. v

the momentum is now with him >> with our victory, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses. [ cheers ] >> and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming landslide numbers >>> we're joined from l.a. by our regular contributor, william snyder. thank you for joining us. we have both men there claiming momentum. is cruz's victory enough to halt or even slowdown donald trump's speed? >> yes. it is, because there's a big turn against donald trump in the last week or so. he has been involved in a lot of controversies with women, over women, over things that he has said about other candidates and there is a growing sense in the republican of two things. one, heap can't be elected, he is a loser if the republicans nominate him and, two, a lot of republicans and other americans are concluding that he's a creep >>> that's a big word there from you. thank you very much for calling it what it is. now, sand ders had recent victories over hillary clinton. is the it enough, though, for him to be able to close that wide gap between himself and clinton? >> it may not be because there a

. >> we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses. >> we've got the full spectrum of the republican party coming together and united behind this campaign. >> but arere the frontrunners worried with new york being the next big prize? >>> two political battles in the state from alabama's governor facing impeachment and alabama's controversial religious freedom law and many more. >>> and a hero cop saves the day for one desperate apl plus a whole lot more on a busy wednesday. "early today" starts right now. >>> the badger state has spoken. bernie sanders is the projected winner, leading hillary clinton by double digits. that nets him 46 new delegates. he is now less than 40 pledge delegates but when factering super delegates, sanders trails by more than 600. and summing it up in just one word. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses. [ applause ] >> secretary clinton tweeted congrats to bernie sanders on winning wisconsin, to all the voters and your hearts into this campaign, forward, h. the two will debate in brooklyn on april

since then, bernie sanders has won ten straight caucuses. senator sanders is favored to win in the caucuses tomorrow in wyoming. we'll be keeping an eye on that. we have footage from spacex as they landed their rocket engine on a ship. we've got some interesting rock and roll news tonight. there's good political news tonight for real underdog in republican politics. we've got some unexpected political news tonight. it's making a lot of democrats a across the country really happy, really relieved including our jane sanders interview. lots going on. it's nice to have you here. >>> we start tonight with news that has what i consider to be a grand canyon effect. ever been to the grand canyon? everybody says it's smau. everybody says it's amazing. it will blow your mind. you've seen pictures like these pictures. yes it looks very pretty. very impressive. here's the thing about the grand canyon, though. no matter how much you have heard about how great it is. no matter how prepared you are to be wowed or overwhelmed by your first view of the grand

. >> we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. >> we've got the full spectrum of the republican party coming together and uniting behind this campaign. >> but are the front-runners worried? with new york being the next big prize. >>> two political battles from alabama's governor facing impeachment to the controversial religious freedom law and many more. >>> uconn's date with destiny and the fourth national championship. >>> a hero cop saves the day for one desperate driver. plus a whole lot more on a busy wednesday. "first look" starts right now. good morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. so the badger state has spoken. bernie sanders led hillary clinton by double digits. the win nets him 46 new delegates. clinton picks up 43. he is now less than 250 pledged delegates behind clinton but when you factor in super delegates he trails by more than 600. he's hoping to capitalize on the push with this win and what it gives him. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and p

reince priebus had to oversee caucuses and primary system or a punch is thrown.ty says the 44 group wisconsinite who started in politics as a high school campaign volunteers survey data for the times study by a cold midwestern temperament and intimate knowledge of party and convention goals. >> former chairman of the rnc can no longer serving moderate chairman in history. he seen it all. he spent three convention before. he's been tested on the state level and national level. please balanced a lot of disparate interests. reporter: first elected chairman in 20 about then and now his third term, reince priebus is the ultimate gop insider and a party dominated by frustrated members clamoring for outsiders. probably the toughest job in politics right now. >> i think it is a tough job. after six years of being chairman of gotten used to in many cases not being loved by a lot of people. lauren: peter barnes, thank you for this story. nicole: the uconn women's national chance she had last night making it a record four in a row. >> i'm not sure what words you can use to

democrats are caucusing.rs poised to notch a seventh straight win against hillary clinton ten days before the primary here in new york. just a half hour from now, sanders will address supporters in manhattan. on the republican side, the delegate fight is on. we are entering a stage of the campaign where what happens during delegate selection matters just as much as what happens on primary days. 13 delegates will be selected today at the gop convention in colorado. ted cruz is hoping for a clean sweep where jacob soboroff is. he joins us from colorado springs as he tracks down some unbound delegates. let's talk about what this process is all about. explain that to us if you can. >> reporter: good morning, aman. basically, this whole line of people you are looking at right now, which stretches all the way down that way and into the broadmoor world arena in colorado springs is going in to vote for 13 remaining delegates here in colorado. ted cruz is going to be here today. on the lines right now, you are actuall

vermont senator bernie sanders won the wyoming caucuses yesterday but split the 14 delegates there with hillary clinton. sanders has narrowed her lead in pledged delegates-- those awarded by winning votes in primaries and caucuses-- to 219. but clinton has an advantage of 438 superdelegates-- party officials who get a seat at the national convention-- putting her ahead by more than 650 delegates overall. looking to his remaining nine months in office, president obama told fox news today he hopes to find common ground with republicans in congress. >> our system is designed to work if people who disagree can listen to each other, if we treat each other fairly in terms of the process, if we recognize that compromise is not a dirty word. >> sreenivasan: the president also said he believes mrs. clinton did not jeopardize national security by using her private email server while serving as his secretary of state. >> sreenivasan: a virginia man who spent 33 years in prison for murder and rape was exonerated and released friday, with prosecutors saying the scientific evidence used to convict hi

democrat bernie sanders hopes to extend his winning streak from caucuses to a fourth state.lican ted cruz hopes a win there will slow donald trump's momentum. we're joined from washington by dan balz, who is a columnist for the "washington post," and an avid political observer. dan, thank you for this. let me begin with-- >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: with donald trump. there was the business about ted cruz's wife. there was the business about his campaign manager. and a woman. there was the business about his interview with chris matthews. is this simply taking a toll in terms of trump and his momentum? >> i think absolutely, charlie. i mean, these have been two of the worst weeks he's had. he's had many other problems, as we know, and he's managed to survive them or move past them or put them behind him. but i think there's something materially different now this this. for one, it is-- it is increasing the obstacles he has if he is the republican nominee to win a general election. so i think we're at a moment in which he's got to find some way to re, sure people in his o

texas senator ted cruz swept 21 delegates in caucuses yesterday. you can follow all the results online with us at pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: bruce springsteen and his e-street band have cancelled their concert scheduled for tomorrow in greensboro, north carolina, to protest the state's new law blocking anti-discrimination measures for gay, lesbian and transgender people. springsteen said the law overturns progress in recognizing the human rights of all people. his boycott is one of growing number of economic hits to north carolina and other states adopting similar laws. joining me now to discuss that is "politico" reporter kevin robillard. how significant has this been for north carolina? i mean, it's been bad press for them all week. does this make an economic impact? >> clierl, it's starting to have one. last night, there were some reports from the north carolina media that, you know, significant numbers of conventions were either cancelling or reconsidering going to north carolina, which is something that translated to, you know, the thou

first of all, alabama, they caucused this weekend. and we've got all the committee spots, convention committee spots have been assigned in michigan as you correctly said where they made a real effort they failed. in fact, we wiped him out. he's got no committee appointments out of michigan. and in nevada preview of coming attractions, clarke county went overwhelmingly for donald trump and they have the majority of the delegates to the state convention leader in this process. and you're going to see ted cruz get skunked in nevada. >> but you acknowledge that they've been out gunning the trump campaign on these weekend events? >> acknowledge we weren't playing in colorado when they did. i acknowledge that they've taken an approach to some of the county conventions where they can scorch policy and don't care about the party. if they don't get what they want, they blow it up. that's not going to work. in fact, it's all secondary games. because when you're talking about delegates, you have to distinguish between actual legates or trojan de

so we had to act out how the nevada caucuses went.n we had sneaky windy. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> pretty good stuff. weird, but good. so we also need to bring in the disembodied boss of steve benen from maddow blog. he's the one who will determine whether or not you'll meet the right answer. >> good evening to you both. >> good evening, nice to meet you. >> all right, are you ready for your first question? >> i'm ready. >> on monday, two of the biggest states in the country simultaneously adopted one of the most progressive new laws in the country. the two states were california and new york. what did they both just do this week? did they, iowa, legalize the possession of marijuana for personal use, ban workplace discrimination, did they, c, raise the minimum wage toll $15 an hour. or did they, d, enact single-payer universal health care for household pets? dogs and cats. >> i'm sure it is "c." >> raising the minimum wage. steve, did shirrin get that right? >> she sure did. the correct answer is "c." shirrin is now one for

local people -- >> wait, can't the exact same thing be said of caucuses?n, that it's act vists, you know, it's the most motivated, the most active people showing up in caucus states to caucus and are you saying that's undemocratic, too? >> no, because everyday people are encouraged to show up and have a process and a vehicle with which to go. no, in colorado the popular vote was canceled on august 25th -- >> i have to say i saw a lot of these delegates who are running, they looked like everyday people to me. they weren't wearing fancy suits, and, you know -- >> this is what senator gardner was talking about. >> no one here is going after the delegates. people are going after the party that said -- >> yeah, you are. >> the party asked how can we disenfranchise voters so someone like rick santorum is not nominated again? it was about whittling down the people whblan who could have a voice. >> the conversation is going to continue. donald trump and his family in a bit, a half hour. >>> coming up, we have new polling. john king is going to break it down by the

both of them are caucuses. most of the success senator sanders has had of been caucuses so we outperformed him in the format where he is best suited to compete and win at those two states that are at the front of the calendar. number two, i don't think states like massachusetts and ohio, states where we racked up important victories count as southern states. thirdly, i'm not sure what point he's making when he suggests that there has been too many, quote unquote, southern states at the front of the calendar. states like florida, states like texas, these are very diverse states that are a true test of your appeal to a diverse electorate and so i'm not sure if senator sanders is making some kind of commentary that's based on his inability to appeal to diverse electorates in some of those states that voted earlier in the calendar. i think he needs to explain himself a little bit more than what we heard in that sound bite. >> and the -- and she won those states, florida and texas. that's the point you're trying to

you can make the same argument about caucuses. only party activists that go out, small percentage of voters -- >> this whole process is imperfect. the irony is a little historical context. this process is a whole lot more democratic than it had been not that long ago. it wasn't that long ago you didn't have that many primaries, never mind caucuses. that's what these conventions were. they were delegates, got there, got in the room, given promises, smoke filled, whole situation. a lot better now. >> we have to take a quick break. when we come back, hillary clinton's lead, how the sanders' campaign hopes to prevail in spite of it. >>> later, response to charges in the flint water crisis. and governor snyder promises to drink filtered water for a month. allergies with nasal congestion? find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes and contains the best oral decongestant. live claritin clear, with claritin-d. hey liquid

it's great that we have caucuses, we can show the room. we're showing the lining. but the fact of the matter is it shouldn't be nothing to show. it should be easy. you don't show people doing things easy. >> can i amplify something that's important? those long lines were a result of the fact that the state of wisconsin under governor scott walker tightened up early voting. they took away weekend voting, they took away night voting. >> i wonder why they did that? i have been watching the voter suppression game. if you're in a demographic bind and there aren't as many white people as there used to be, make it harder to vote. thank you, chris jansing and jacob soboroff who invented the back walk. the rest of the panel is sticking with us. more from milwaukee. >>> welcome back to our special election coverage of the wisconsin primary. we're live from milwaukee still. with the stop trump effort showed big results today. ted cruz is the projected winner here tonight in the badger state with 93% of the vote in now. cruz is up by 14 over trump. 14 point spread here. look a

yet the colorado caucuses basically haven't changed since 2012. to be sure, they're complicated. that's why leading news organizations like "the washington post" and bloomberg news, tried to educate voters in the days leading up to the delegate selection. here's how it works. 65,000 registered republican voters caucused at their precincts on march 1st debating who to nominate for the county assemblies. then those chosen meet and vote for another group, about 3,000 people to represent everyone at the state convention and the congressional districts where the reps pick the national delegates. it's a three-tiered voting system. the only difference this year is that colorado abandoned its straw poll, a new rule by the republican national committee says delegates must be bound to vote for the winner of a straw poll. since colorado's straw poll was historically nonbinding, the state opted out entirely. the colorado republican party spokesperson said it had no impact on the delegate outcome. quote, the reason the straw poll existed in the first place was just something that was conducte

democratic caucuses in wyoming are set to start in one hour. these are live pictures of people assembling in cheyenne. on the republican side, day two of the colorado state republican convention in colorado springs. senator ted cruz is delivering remarks there. so far he has won all of the delegates up for grabs in the last couple days in that state. the final 13 delegates will be up for grabs today and awarded. let's start with cnn's paul vercammen in cheyenne. it seems when i talk with the former secretary of state of wyoming, there's a lot of enthusiasm. describe how excited people are about caucusing. >> reporter: they're extremely excited. i'm smiling because you're not only going to see the enthusiasm, you'll hear it. we heard from a clinton supporter, time for sanders supporters, call them the bernie sanders singers, come on in, only in wyoming would they have crafted a song. what inspired the song? >> preschool teacher, very concerned about the future of our children. >> reporter: without any more adue, the bernie sanders singers and th

sanders won all three western state caucuses and his campaign said he's raising tens of millions eachnth. sanders and clinton both claim they can win. >> the most important goal is to win in november and i believe i am the person best able to withstand what ever the republicans have planned. >> if there is a large voter turn out, we will win on tuesday. if there is low voter turn out, we will probably lose. that's the reality. so i am here to ask you all not just to come out to vote, but to bring your friends. >> reporter: while the campaigns are arguing over possible and the debates, the candidates critized the republicans saying the gop front runners would be dangerous. >> meanwhile they are looking ahead to the next contest. >> reporter: the new york state primary is on april 19th. already clinton and sanders are campaigning there. and negotiating a debate date and it is not going well. clinton campaign said we have offered three specific dates for new york. and all of which sanders campaign rejected and sanders campaign upon said the dates and ven ushgs don't make a lot of sense.

going forward he's running out of caucuses, so he doesn't have a lot of room in terms of caucuses where he has done best, but we'll see what happens april 19 in new york and then new jersey and pennsylvania and going forward. i'm confident that bernie sanders is going to the convention in philadelphia and he's going to have some say about the final say in terms of nomination. >> this has been a fascinating race on the democratic and republican side so far. thanks so much for joining us. >>> up next, for the race to the white house, wyoming where democrats caucus this saturday. the next big prize, new york on april 19. hundreds of delegates are at stake and both clinton and trump have sizable leads. on april 26 another five east coast states have primaries including pennsylvania and maryland. >>> new at 10, a growing backlash against new laws into southern states that critic say discriminate against the lgbtq community. it allows individuals and institutions to deny service to gay couples based on religious objection. ktvu's amber lee in san francisco tonight where equal rights advocates

[applause] >> with our victory tonight in sevensin, we have now won out of eight of the last caucuses. [applause] ♪ the wide margins of victory over their front running rivals in wisconsin last night. ted cruz and bernie sanders breeds new life into their respective presidential campaigns. --

wyoming caucuses next weekend. the new york primary april 19th. and sanders is demanding the debate with clinton in new york before the primary. in a just-released statement, the clinton campaign says it offered three dates this month, and sanders has rejected them. in a statement, her campaign says, quote, the sanders campaign needs to stop using the new york primary as a playground for political games and negative attacks against hillary clinton. the voters of new york deserve better. clinton maintains a significant lead in delegates in the democrat-specific system of super delegates. she secured 1,712 of the 2383 needed to win the nomination. sanders has more than 1,000 and leads in the latest wisconsin polls. there are 247 primary delegates at stake in new york on april 19th. a week later, five other northeastern states vote. clinton has leads in polling in each of the states. clinton supporters claim sanders is delaying the inevitable and only harming democrats ahead of the general election. sanders campaign says the vermont senator has subst

democrats are caucusing.nie sanders are in new york for a total of five events. let's go to nbc's kristen welker in new york city. we are glad to have you here locally. lots of back and forth between sanders and clinton. seems to cool off a little bit sdwch. >> last night we saw that. great to be here. great to see you in person. senator sanders took a little break and went to the play, ma'amily ton. secretary clinton in an event in rochester directed her comments to donald trump. that is a familiar and favorite target. we didn't see this bitter back and forth. this past week has been one of the most contentious we have seen. it started when secretary clinton accused senator sanders of not doing his homework on some of the key issues, like breaking up the big banks. he stumbled in terms of trying to explain how that would actually work. senator sanders fired back that she is unqualified to be president. essentially arguing and responding to some headlines which suggested that that was what secretary clinton w