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. >> why do you think governor walker used your program, your venue to endorse senator ted cruz. charlieslature. we go way back. i think that scott walker and other conservatives in wisconsin have a very close relationship with talk radio. talk radio has been the way they have been able to go around the mainstream media, the way they have been able to build support in the state. the way they have been able to disseminate their ideas. so given my relationship with walker, it was not all that surprising. >> donald trump phoned into your program on monday. we will hear an excerpt in a moment. how did this come about? charlie: ok, that was surprising. i did not see that coming. i will be honest. i was taking a nap on easter sunday after brunch. my producer said, are you sitting down? he said donald trump, 8:35 tomorrow morning. i said no way. somebody on the staff will realize i have been a very consistent critic of him for rtrump guy.ve i've called a cartoon version of the candidate. there was no way he was going to call, but he did. that was a surprise. but apparently, nobody in his staff

. >> what do you think of it or governor walker used your program to introduce senator ted cruz? charlieother conservatives in wisconsin have a very close relationship to talk radio. talk radio has been the way they have been able to go around the mainstream media, the way they have been able to build support in this state, the way i wish they had been able to inseminate their ideas. given my relationship with walker, it was not all that surprising. >> donald trump phoned into your program on monday and we will hear an excerpt in a moment. but how did this come about? charlie sykes: that was surprising. that i did not see coming, i will be honest with you. i am actually taking a nap on easter sunday after brunch and my producer says "are you sitting down?" trump, 8:35onald tomorrow morning." i said, there is no way the he will do that. someone will realize i have been a very consistent critic of donald trump for months. i am a #nevertrump guy. i have actually called him a cartoon of the presidential candidate. i thought there was no way he would call into my show, but he did. that was a

this little handmade sign in the overflow room that says "breaking news, scott walker announcing the endorsement on the charliehow." we've been talking about this. it isn't often we've seen any kind of endorsement make a difference in this campaign. but scott walker has put together a coalition who has fought and won three gubernatorial battles, including a recall. charlie sykes on his radio show announced his endorsement. certainly the governor controlling a lot of the ground here, all of those things ted cruz hopes will amount to a victory, despite donald trump saying he will pull it out. ted cruz needs this to continue to make his argument that it's a two-man race. >> chris jansing in waukesha, wisconsin. chris, thank you. >>> straight ahead -- >> well said, craig. >> thank you very much. the cruz and trump campaigns trying with both. if you need advice for your business, legalzoom has your back. our trusted network of attorneys has provided guidance to over 100,000 people just like you. visit legalzoom today. the legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. whewhat does it look like?ss, is i

charlie sykes. then, the next day, wisconsin governor scott walker joined other elected republicans in endorsing tedtrump stepped in it with a major abortion gaffe. telling our own chris matthews that women who seek illegal abortions should be subject to, quote, some sort of punishment. remarks he later walked or shall we say ran back. and then there's the real clear politics polling average which shows trump deeply underwater with just 30% favorable ratings versus 63% unfavorable. john dean, the former white house council to richard nixon and an expert in authoritarianism in politics predicted the rise of trump in july when most people were not taking his candidacy seriously. dean wrote for the league blog back then, political pundits everywhere are scratching their heads, asking what is going on with trump, how can a clown like trump be at in front of serious gop candidates. nine months later, the head scratching continues, particularly for the gop. john dean and i spoke on friday. take a listen. >> there is really no republican establishment today. there are some old hands who are very unhappy wi

. >> they say charlie sykes the conservative radio host in wisconsin is reporting that governor scott walker pressured mike pence to consider cruz. that's perhaps what got him over the line on that. let me ask you whether you think this makes a difference in indiana because i assume you agree -- tell me if you don't -- this is it for ted cruz. he's got to win this state. >> yep. yes, i think that's right. two points. first of all, you'll hear from trump people tonight, this doesn't matter, this is irrelevant. who cares? well, the fact is donald trump sought mike pence's endorsement and didn't get it so that's some self-serving revisionism right there. as for the broader picture and this nominating contest, there's no sugar-colting it, megyn. this is a must-win election on tuesday for ted cruz. and look, if he were to draw it up the way he wanted, this is how it would be playing out. he finally has the one-on-one contest he's been pining for against donald trump. he's got the governor in his he fiorina. the list goes on. this is a fairly conservative midwestern state. the stars are sort of al

scott walker is seen as key in helping ted cruz win wisconsin. could be marco rubio. charlie: you supported him. guest: i supported rubio. ryan's point was it cannot be someone who does not have skin in the game. charlie: what do you think of that, albert? guest: he made another subtle point when he said that, if no candidate wins on the first ballot, it ought to go to someone who has run. that is not the donald trump view. , if inald trump view is finish ahead of anyone else, it should go to me. when you talk about the future of the party, there is a schism that is so profound between the rank-and-file voters this year, ruz,voted for trump and c and paul ryan's brand of conservativism on trade. charlie: the war on poverty. guest: ryan has more in common with obama than trump. guest: after the 2012 election, he spent an inordinate a lot of time and resources on a re-think , reform program on how we can turn around the war on poverty programs and dedicated enormous efforts. that is what he wants to be talking about. he wants to be talking about the issues he thinks should be a

scott walker spent a lot of time, charlie sykes, conservative talk radio host and others, spent time ted cruz to overcome them. the interesting question for me is if he can win upscale milwaukee suburbs, could he do it in upscale new york suburbs? philadelphia suburbs? maybe not. maybe not. it's hearter. milwaukee suburbanites are probably more conservative than philadelphia suburbanites. that's why cruz won, that that it was just impressive, if he can hold that, if he can put together a coalition of ideological conservatives and suburbanites who can't stand trump then he could be the nominee. >> howard, let's look at the democratic side. hillary's lost six of the last seven contests and yet you look at the delegate counts and it's just -- she's still away ahead. does it matter she keeps losing these contests? >> it only will matter in the big states. bernie will win another one this weekend, the wyoming caucus which is he'll get a small handful of delegates. the trouble is we're a proportional party. if you get 43% of the vote, you get 43% of the delegates or sometimes a little more

scott walker was their first choice or somebody else, so ted cruz is the second or third choice of folks who are supporting him here in wisconsin. >> charliees, i see you shaking your head there. >> yeah, i think there's a little bit of a delusion there because this is very clearly not donald trump territory. in fact, you come into southeastern wisconsin where people have been paying attention, where the voters have been battle-tested and he is deeply, deeply underwater and he's being hammered among conservative republican women, not just on the issues, but they're repelled by his treatment of women, by his attitude toward women and i think you'll see that played out and also at least in the areas where i am and craig gilbert are, the crowds for ted cruz have been very, very enthusiastic, and in part that's a backlash against what i've described as the weapons grade stupid decision by donald trump to attack scott walker in this state. if this is a referendum on scott walker in wisconsin where he has an 80% approval rating among republicans, donald trump is going to be annihilated. >> so, sean duffy, what do you tell your constituents who a

walker, who's very popular with republicans here. the kind of suburban counties around milwaukee have made this, in the words of charlie sykes, their mosadavictory, that would be a devastating loss to the forces that are opposing them. >> it really would. i think you're right, chris. i think expectations have been downplayed for donald trump, obviously, because he's had a very rough two weeks. also, he's got the talk radio circuit against him. he's got the establishment against him. and that usually wouldn't matter. i mean, i remember trump going into south carolina, saying he was going to do well in south carolina, in the south, because there was a certain strain of populist voter there. but in wisconsin, look at the people you're talking about. paul ryan, scott walker, they are understated are conservatives. i mean, temperamentally. the guys are just understated. very midwest. and not at all like donald trump. >> and there's also, i think, you know, i think you can't remove it from the context of the walker wars here. you've got a situation in which this has been the site of the most sort of brutal iterative battles of our time, with wa

charlie rangel for their help and leadership. i'm grateful to committee mbers, tiberi, blumenauer, pascrell and davis who have been involved in supporting this legislation. i would like to thank representatives mark walker, tom mcclintock, todd rokita, nick mulvaney and representative blume for their leadership throughout this process. join us in supporting this critical legislation by tax breaks for our local manufacturers. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i yield myself such time as i shall consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i welcome the opportunity to join with the chairman today and we've welcomed the opportunity indeed, the absolute necessity to try to work together. and so i want to place what we are doing today in some perspective. it's been nearly six years since congress last passed a miss tariff bill. we are just now establishing a process to consider a future m.t.b. bill which would not happen until the end of 2017. this year's long delay has hurt u.s. manufacturers and our manufacturing competitiveness. it's long