>> well, does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you simply say yes, she has some of a first rate resume in terms of a -- >> absolutely. >> the pennsylvania primary april 26, new quinnipiac pole has clinton ahead of sanders by six in the state. >> former president, bill clinton, was also in town, rallying support for his wife. clinton spoke at the dolores emanuel recreation center in east mt. airy. things were going as planned until two black lives matter protesters through up signs criticizing clinton's passage of the 1994 crime bill. here's how clinton responded to it. >> okay, i heard it, did i -- can i answer? here is the thing, i like protesters. but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. that's a simple road. >> after philadelphia the former president stopped in scranton. meantime, on the republican side, the candidate are firmly focused on new york. texas senator ted cruz campaigned yesterday in brooklyn, at one of the stops he made maas is a with rabbi's and children, ohio governor john kasic

clinton and her experience. so why do you now believe she's unqualified? >> because the "washington post" had a headline which said, "clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president." that was what was thrown at me. report clinton never actually called him unqualified, though she has stepped up her attacks. >> well, i think he hasn't dunn his homework and he has been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood. >> reporter: the change in tone has to do with the looming new york primary, which suddenly looks like it could be close. to show she's the true new yorker, clinton ditched her motorcade today in favor of the subway. after an early struggle with her fare card, the former first lady rode the rails for nine blocks in the bronx. >> it is so convenient. it is just the best way to get around. >> reporter: a loss for clinton in the state she represented would be humiliating, but for sanders, the stakes are even higher. he needs to turn that race around, charlie to, preserve even a nar

bernie sanders saying hillary clinton unqualified. the sanders campaign saying the clinton campaign is crossing the line. we asked new york voters if hillary clinton is your party's candidate, what are you going to do? two-thirds said they will vote for her. another 20% say they will probably vote for her. f th13% o democrats saying if clinton is the new mexiominee, not voting for her. about the same here. 60% saying they definitely vote for sanders as the nominee. 21% probably a little higher there on the democratic side. pretty much consistent numbers for both candidates. keep that in mind as we move to the republican side. i said we're seeing that ideological shift on the republican side. they call themselves very or somewhat conservative. this year, is a over 70%. 71% call themselves conservative in some way. the republican party in this state, we have seen this nationally, but the republican party nationally more conservative today than it was eight years ago. these are two parties moving in opposite directions on the political sp

. >> reporter: sanders took heat for calling clinton unqualified. salt down with char -- sat down with charlie rose. >> do you believe that secretary clinton is unqualified. why can't you say she has a first rate resume. >> absolutely. >> in terms of the life and public service. >> look char lease. >> she's one of the most qualified people to run. >> she has years of experience, she is extremely intelligent. >> reporter: clinton was in town yesterday in front of the afl-cio. former president bill clinton was in town today stumping for his wife. >> i owe philadelphia a hot. this city voted for me in record numbers the last time i ran. >> reporter: things were going as planned when two protestors threw up signs criticizing the passage of the 1994 crime bill under his watch. >> i heard it. can i answer. here's the thing. i like protestors but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth, that's simple. >> reporter: after philly the former president made a stop in scranton. both hillary clinton and sanders plan to do some heavy campaigning

sanders fired back saying clinton's unqualified for the job. cbs charlie rose pressed sanders on those comments last night. >> do you believe secretary clinton is unqualified to be president? >> well, does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you simply say yes, she has some of a first rate resume -- >> absolutely. >> now the pennsylvania primary is april 26th. the new quinnipiac pole has clinton ahead of sanders, by six in the state. >> former president bill clinic ton was in town for his wife. east mt. airy, clinton spoke in front of several hundred people yesterday. the things were going as planned until two protesters from black lives matter through up signs criticizing clinton's passage of the 1994 crime bill. here's how clinton responded to the criticism. >> i heard t can i answer? no, see, here is the thing, i like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. that's acinal road. >> after philadelphia, the former president made a stop in scranton. >> on the republican

. >> reporter: sanders took heat for calling clinton unqualified. salt down with char -- sat down with charlie rose. >> do you believe that secretary clinton is unqualified. why can't you say she has a first rate resume. >> absolutely. >> in terms of the life and public service. >> look char lease. >> she's one of the most qualified people to run. >> she has years of experience, she is extremely intelligent. >> reporter: clinton was in town yesterday in front of the afl-cio. former president bill clinton was in town today stumping for his wife. >> i owe philadelphia a hot. this city voted for me in record numbers the last time i ran. >> reporter: things were going as planned when two protestors threw up signs criticizing the passage of the 1994 crime bill under his watch. >> i heard it. can i answer. here's the thing. i like protestors but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth, that's simple. >> reporter: after philly the former president made a stop in scranton. both hillary clinton and sanders plan to do some heavy campaigning

. >> do you believe secretary clinton is unqualified to be president? >> well, does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you simply say yes? she has some of the -- a first-rate resume -- >> absolutely. >> in terms of a life and public service and she is one of the most qualified people. >> she has -- >> to run. >> -- years of experience. >> what should she say? >> i have some experience too. i have a pretty good record in congress, as a senator, as a mayor. i think i am qualified to be president. you're right, we should not get into this tit for tata and we should be debating the issues facing america. all i am saying if the people are going to attack us and distort our record, as has been the case time and time again, i'm going to respond. >> this could happen to anyone but hillary clinton's ride on a new york city subway yesterday didn't go as smoothly as she had hoped. it took the senator five tris to get the subway card to work. she eventually got through. >>> john kasich clearly has a stomach for new york pol

but i hope that we do not have that -- >> do you believe secretary clinton is unqualified to be president? >> well, does secretary clinton believe i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you say, yes, she has some of the, a first rate resume, a life in public service. she is one of the most qualified people to run. >> she has years of experience. she is extremely intelligent. because she is, you know, i have some experience too. i have a pretty good record in congress. as a senator. as a mayor. i think i am qualified to be president. so to answer your question -- you are right. we should not get into the tit for tat. we should be debating the issues facing the american people. all i am saying the people are going to attack us, distort our record, the case time and time again. we are going to respond. >> people are saying the tenor of this campaign has changed and sounding more and more like the republican campaign. >> let's not go that far. no, i -- >> take a listen to this. this its what you said. you said clinton should apologize for iraqi war deaths. do you really -- >> this was

. >> he called hillary clinton unqualified to be president. he said even on her worst day, she would be a better president than either of the gop frontrunner. >>> hillary clinton is spending the day upstate. she's in buffalo right now to speak at a roundtable. that event is just about to get under way. it's focused on growing jobs and raising incomes on the heels of a new ad highlighting her history of creating jobs across the state. >> in the adirondacks, she helped farmers sell their products in big cities. >> that ad is airing in cities upstate. she says when she was senator and says she made a difference for real workers and small businesses. >>> on the republican side of things, governor kasich is in connecticut right now. he'll host a town hall in fairfield later today. he'll host another town hall in syracuse later today. >>> donald trump has canceled his trip to california. he's going to stay in new york. however, he's not announced any new events just yet. and ted cruz is taking a break after spending yesterday in brooklyn. one stop in

after sanders called clinton unqualified, clinton said sanders didn't do his homework.hey're both backing away from the attack lines and turning their focus toward the republicans. >> i think it's a silly statement, but he's free to say whatever he chooses. >> is he qualified to be president? >> here's what i believe. i believe voters will be looking at both of us, but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time. >> i respect hillary clinton. we were colleagues in the senate. and on her worst day she would be a better president than either of the president candidates. >> she's qualified? >> of course. >> joining us right now, the campaign manager for bernie sanders, jeff weaver. bernie sanders just said yes, she's qualified. two days ago, he said these are the reasons she's not qualified. >> i think what he was pointing out the other day is on a number of issues, the secretary as the war in iraq that call into s question if she should be the nominee. >> he said she's not qualified to be president because. this morning he said of course she's qualif

bernie sanders calling hillary clinton unqualified for the job. the new drama ahead. >>> new late night attacks in the race for president. bernie sanders calling hillary clinton not qualified for the job. >>> a battle for votes in new york. donald trump on his home turf blasting ted cruz. >> and a cnn exclusive. taking you to the frontlines on the war on isis in iraq. i'm miguel marquez. welcome back to "early start." >> i'm christine romans. bernie sanders attacking hillary clinton. at a huge rally in pennsylvania, sanders repeatedly calls the democratic frontrunner unqualified to be president. cnn's brianna keilar has more. >> reporter: bernie sanders at temple university pushing back at some of the recent charges of hillary clinton and her campaign where they take issue with some of his recent answers and some of his struggles to explain some of the key parts of his campaign promises. here's what bernie sanders said to hillary clinton. >> she has been saying lately that she thinks i am quote/unquote, not qualified to be president. well, let me j

hear anything whether off or on the record about bernie sanders regretting calling senator clinton unqualified well, i can't tell you anything that i might know off the record seeing as that would violate agreements i made with folks that i talked to. >> okay. >> but i will say that there is a sense that people say on deep background that it was going to be hard to defend his position of calling hillary clinton unqualified day in and day out making that argument was going to be difficult and problematic if in the end they hope to unify the party one way or the other. they, of course, insisting that senator sanders still has a path to this nomination and that that's what he wants from this process. but it's clear he got bruised. that said, alex, they feel like he needs to be willing to hit back at secretary clinton harder than he has been, particularly in the context of new york. secretary clinton, of course, has run several tough races here and if bernie sanders wants to hang in he and his advisors believe they need to take it to her more, alex. >> deep background, all good. thank you very muc

sanders said she started it. >> reporter: you routinely say that you respect hillary clinton now believe she is unqualified? >> because "the inheth end of quote. that was what was thrown at me. >> reporter: clinton never actually called him unqualified. though she has stepped up her attacks. >> well i think he hasn't done his home work. he had been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood. >> the change in tone has to do with the looming new york primary which suddenly looks like it could be close. to show she's the true new yorker, clinton ditched her motorcade today in favor of the subway. after an early struggle with her fare card the former first lady rode the rails for nine blocks in the bronx. >> so convenient. the best way to get around. >> reporter: a loss for clinton in the state she represented would be humiliating. around, charlie to preserve evn a narrow path to the nomination. >> thank you, nancy. earlier today, senator sanders joined us here in our new york newsroom. you said that, secretary clinton isn't qualified because she takes

>> reporter: the rival campaigns at a fever pitch with sanders calling clinton unqualified and then back pedaling friday. >> she's qualified. >> of course. >> reporter: sanders is facing an uphill battle. he would need to win 67% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination and that means winning states like new york by large margins. >> if we can win here, it absolutely opens the door to a path toward victory to the white house. >> reporter: behind the scenes, both candidates are also fighting for super delegates. the sanders team now so aggressive in its outreach over the phone, online, and through social media, there are reports today of a backlash. >> super delegates are either elected officials or members of the dnc. this is what happens. >> reporter: some top democrats have also expressed concern, the fight has gotten so heated it could be hard to unify the party in the fall. >> there's a lot of bitterness right now, between both camps. everybody's mad at each other, everybody's saying they're never going to come together. they will come together. >> reporter: even though se

hillary clinton in that interview, had never actually said that bernie sanders is unqualified. the clinton campaign says that sanders is misrepresenting what she said and call on sanders to, quote, take back what he said. today, clinton responded exclusively to matt lauer, in an interview that will air tomorrow on "today." he said he doesn't think you're qualified to be president. >> well, that will be up to the voters of new york and the other states that will be passing judgment in the weeks ahead. i think it's kind of a silly statement, but he's free to say whatever he chooses. >> is he qualified to be president? >> here what happens i believe. i believe that voters will be looking at both of us, but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. >> but today, speaking outside yankee stadium in the bronx, clinton tried to redirect the topic to the republicans running for president. >> we are going to have to unify democrats, and right thinking americans to stand up against the republicans. donald trump or ted cruz are just absolutely going to rip away the p

clinton is unqualified to be president? >> well, does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you simply say yes? >> all i'm saying is the people are going to attack us if they're going to distort our record as has been the case time and time again, we're going to respond. >> i love new york. >> clinton took five swipes of her metro card to get through a subway turnstile in the bronx on thursday but chose not to question sanders qualifications to be president. >> i don't know why he's saying that, but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. >> the latest cbs poll shows clinton with a 10 point lead here in her adopted home state. sanders thinks he can pull off an upset. as for trump he has a 30 point lead here in new york but cruz is targeting smaller new york congressional districts where he can pick up delegates without having to pick up a lot of votes. convention in cleveland this summer. reporting from the newsroom, brian conybeare. >>> a queens student is fa

unqualified. he is saying that the clinton campaign told cnn that his strategy was to dis call him and discredit him party after. he said she has attacked me for being unqualified and if she attacks me for being unqualified i will respond in kind. sanders also added there, though, i do have respect for hillary clinton. kasie hunt has been following bernie sanders, is in that room. kasie hunt, i'm trying to understand exactly what he's saying there, exactly what he's pacing that on. he's saying, though, that she did call him unqualified, i'm still unclear that she actually did, though. >> reporter: steve, we were talking about this a little bit earlier and of course her initial comments coming on "morning joe" -- >> kasie hunt, i'm sorry to interrupt you, hillary clinton is now talking to the press. let's listen in. >> look, i didn't -- i don't know why he's saying that, but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. so let's keep our eye on what's really at stake in this election. we have republicans whose values are so antithetical to what's right for new york or right for am

. >> do you believe secretary clinton is unqualified to be president? but does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified to be president? >> why can't you say yes? >> the people are going to attack us. if they are going to distort our record as has been the case time and again. we're going to respond. >> i love new york. >> reporter: clinton took five swipes to get to a subway turnstile on the bronx. she chose not to question sanders' qualifications. >> i don't know why he's saying that but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. >> reporter: the latest cbs poll shows clinton with a 10 point lead in her adopted home state but sanders said today he thinks he can pull off an upset. cruz is targeting smaller new york congressional districts where he can pick up delegates without picking up a lot of votes and hopes to force a contested gop convention in cleveland this summer. kristine. >> thank you. >>> a babysitter was arrested for allegedly stalking a child once in her care. >> i'm scott with cbs2 news. can you tell us about

this morning, bernie sanders is still attacking hillary clinton, a day after saying she's unqualified when you have headlines in "the washington post," quote, clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president, my response is, well, you know, if you want to question my qualifications, let me suggest this. maybe the american people might wonder about your qualifications, madame secretary. >> and this morning, "the washington post" headline senator sanders referred to, what he is discussing right now. he is vowing to continue to fight back. >> it is not the type of politics that i want to get in. but, let me also be very clear. if secretary clinton thinks i just come from the small state of vermont, and i need to get used to this, we'll get used to it fast. we will fight back. >> those remarks in philadelphia this morning, following a blistering attack by senator sanders during a rally there last night. >> she has been saying lately that she thinks that i am, quote, unquote, not qualified to be president. let me just say in response to secretary clinton, i don't believe that

senator sanders calling secretary clinton unqualified, the clinton campaign jumping on that interview in which he seemed to struggle with some of his own policy positions and the clinton campaign trying to paint him as uncontested and unprepared. i think donald trump is going to be another theme tonight. who is the strong candidate to take on donald trump in a general election. again, a little bit of a preview of what we can exact to see, jose. to some extent this is sanders' last chance to turn this race around. right now secretary clinton is leading by double digits and if she does, it's going to be hard for sanders to come back. >> kristen welker, thank you very much. we're just hours away from those two exclusive town halls right here on msnbc featuring ted cruz and john kasich. ahead of that, trump now attempting to clear the air with fox anchor megyn kelly at trump tower but it seems his beef with the republican parties what he calls a rigged system is just startin starting. >> in colorado right now they're picketing and going wild because the bosses and the establishment and th

sanders did sort of a pivot, make a big pivot and took back his comments about secretary clinton being unqualified. he took that back. and, in fact, did it on abc in "the view." and i think the vitriol there has calmed down. but, in general, governor, this has been a vitriolic campaign, especially for the republicans. donald trump in your state right now, according to the latest poll, 48% of the votes, in the opinion poll, for your upcoming primary. john kasich with 28%. ted cruz with 19%. what do you see for the republican primary in your state? >> i think trump's gonna get 55%. people know him. in connecticut, the republican party has a hard time, by itself, electing anybody. but if you, then, look at the republican party, along with a percentage of independent voters that they normally get or unaffiliated voters that they normally get -- that's where we have our real two-party system. but this is a candidate, in donald trump, who has turned off independent voters or unaffiliated voters to a very great extent, turned off women to a very great extent, turned off our asian population, our hispanic

. >> you made a comment about hillary clinton being unqualified for the office of president. is that something you regret saying? >> it was said after she and her campaign said that i was unqualified. >> i didn't hear her say you were unqualified. i failed to hear her say you were qualified. >> the issue is after we won in wisconsin and that was our sixth victory in seven caucuses and primaries, i think the clinton campaign has been getting a little bit nervous and more negative. if people attack me and distort my record, we will respond. >> that as both candidates try to lockdown the state before the april 19th primary. we have cnn's jeff zeleny with the latest from the big apple. >> reporter: christine and miguel, after a heated day on the campaign trail, hillary clinton and bernie sanders campaigning again in new york. bernie sanders questioned the qualifications of hillary clinton to be president. he said because of her vote on the iraq war and wall street, she is not qualified to be president. most people don't believe that, but it fired up supporters. she took the high

the clinton campaign insisting she did not say he was unqualified and

. >> can you believe secretary clinton is unqualified to be president? >> well, does secretary clinton believe that i am unqualified? >> the campaign for the republican nomination took on decidedly new york flavor. >> he likes the taste of maas is a bake nag brooklyn school. many new yorkers aren't ready to break bread with him. >> ernie, match the records, not the kinds you want. on the first hole he took a nine. >> that makes you casino of go -- >> oh, that was painful. >> that is like watching me play miniature golf the other day. it was bad. >> katie is outside on the skydeck with the villanova parade, forecast, katie, what's it going to be like? >> well, it is looking like it will stay dry, chilly granted, little warm they are same time yesterday. but, it is definitely colder out here as we start things off on this friday morning. although we are also tracking retreat of the disturbance brought in the rain, the storms yesterday. let's go right out to storm scan3, i want to show you what's happening at the local level. not heck of a lot. one quick zoo

. >> i know sanders called clinton unqualified to be president and that it was sexist. do you think sanders is going to have to watch how he acts on the stage? >> i think any candidate who runs against the woman at that level, in particular, against hillary clinton, has to be mindful. it's an important piece of local lord here in new york. the congressman running against hillary clinton at the time did a little bit of a split and it looked just awful, like he was bullying her and harassing her and the congressman went on to get trounced by hillary clinton and that was just sort of an overreach and not the right way to deal with a woman candidate. we've never had so many operate at this level the way hillary clinton has. >> very quickly, sanders has consistently pounded hillary clinton on her ties to wall street. you're a new york journalist. how have voters responded to that in new york? >>. >> progressive wing says yes, yes, yes, bernie is right. but what also happens, this is our home industry. so there are a lot of clerks and bankers, assistant bankers, vice presiden

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he really fired back, listing reasons that hillary clinton is unqualified as he put it, to be presidentoked attack? because the clinton camp said she never called him unqualified. >> on "morning joe" yesterday she was asked if he was qualified and she dodged the question. she did not say he was not qualified. bernie sanders said she said quote/unquote not qualified about him. then went on to trash her. i think this is a moment that his campaign will come to regret a little bit. and whether or not he apologizes i think, you know, he put himself in a bad position by suggesting something that the vast majority of the democratic electorate doesn't believe which is that hillary clinton is not qualified. i think it would be hard to find 10% of new yorkers who think that. >> there's interesting. i want to get to what you're talking about, the dueling press conference, both at 9:00 a.m. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders. do you expect to see sanders double down on his comments or maybe just back track a little bit? because i doubt he would come out and apologize. do you? >> he doesn't see

we are seeing the tone get very ugly between them as well, senator sanders calling secretary clinton unqualifiedetary clinton questioning his qualifications in a more subtle way but they're throwing sharp jabs and it's had a backlash for voters. we saw this in the debate. >> what about when it's trump versus clinton. >> that would be the gloves off -- the gloves have already come off. >> i have a feeling we'll get further down into the ditch. >>> a little more on this. we'll take a quick break. when we come back we'll look at who these people are. the candidates we've been able to get a sense of as we watch them up close and personal everyday. stay with us. [ laughter ] >> dominos. >> okay -- >> oh! oh! >> i can't believe it! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise... jardiance works around the clock... to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. this can help you lower blood sugar and a1c. and although it's not for weight loss or lowering systolic blood pressure, jardiance co

particularly between bernie sanders and hillary clinton and bernie sanders saying hillary clinton is unqualifiedonald trump has used that language, that of bernie sanders to also underscore his belief that hillary clinton is unqualified for the white house. >> that's not exactly what senator sanders said. he can put it in context and qualified it dra mmatically the day after, saying of course she's qualified to be president of the united states. i don't think anyone has run with the type of qualifications she has, her commitment in private practice to help families, her entire career has been devoted towards public service and delivered incredibly well on these issues. i think it is clear when you listen to both candidates during their debates their respect for each other on the issues and competency and it's just no comparison between our views in these democratic primaries to which you've seen on the republican side. on the republican side statements made by their potential nominees very much against the values much america, not what this country believes in. things said are outrageous. i hear

clinton questioning sanders knowledge of the issues and sanders calling her unqualified to be president. >> you have headlines on the washington post quote, clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president. my response is well, if you want to question my qualifications let me suggest this. maybe the american people might wonder about your qualifications madame secretary. >> that's a silly thing to say that i'm going to rely on the voters of new york to know me and they have voted for me three times, twice for senate, one for the presidential primary.look, i don't know why he saying that but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time so let's keep our eye on what's really at stake in this election. jon: more on this with our political panel later this hour. heather: new information to tell you about on how the feds unlocked the iphone in the san bernardino terror investigation. the fbi director revealing the government purchased the technology to break the encryption from a third party. our chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris life for us

sanders calling secretary clinton unqualified, clinton questioning his qualifications in a more subtlebut they're really throwing sharp jabs at each other. and i think it's had a backlash to some extent for the voters. we saw in that debate. >> and what happens when it's trump versus clinton? >> that would be gloves off -- gloves have already come off. >> i fehave a feeling we'll get further down into the ditch. when we come back, we'll take a look at who these candidates really, stay with us. >> dominos! >> hang on. >> okay. >> oh, no! oh! ♪ the nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive. take on the unexpected. ... 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's gummies. complete with key nutrients we may need... ...plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day vitacraves gummies. and i quit smoking with i'm chantix. i had a lot of doubts going in. i was a smoker. hands down, it was, that's who i was. after one week of chantix, i knew i could quit. along with support, chantix (varenicli

couple weeks ago where the sanders campaign -- bernie sanders himself outright called hillary clinton unqualified, that was an unprovoked attack on her. hillary clinton -- >> he did walk it back. >> he did. but he was the one that introduced that into the conversation. and ever since then, he's only repackaged those same criticisms using different words. so he is now in the last five days questioned her qualifications, questioned her fitness for office, questioned her credibility. this is a far cry from what senator sanders said several months ago when we started this campaign, that he would resist any personal negative attacks. but if what he's been saying in the last few days doesn't count as a personal attack, i don't know what does. and that's why i think increasingly, you see campaign surrogates on behalf of senator sanders taking their cues from his rhetoric and increasingly, you see unwanted and unwarranted personal attacks coming from some of his main surrogates. >> the secretary spoke in front of civil rights activists yesterday, followed her husband clashing with black lives matter and

today he said that he was going to use bernie sanders calling hillary clinton unqualified as one of his campaign ads. they do not believe going after hillary clinton is going to hurt them when it comes to gender. they solemnly believe that hillary clinton is a flawed candidate and women don't like her which is what donald trump said. whether or not if that's the reality of things. that's something we have to wait and see. all of those that are around donald trump do believe that come general elections, he will become a little bit more moderate and he will start talking about economic issues. >> didn't mean to interrupt you in just a second, mike pence is about to make his endorsement. let's go to that show. >> who are you voting for in the president primary? >> well, this is an exciting time for indiana, is it? >> to have candidates in both ballot c political parties traveling all across the hooser state. we really celebrate that and i am grateful for all the candidatings a candidates are coming through indiana and dedicating the time and energy. this is a time for choosing and all of a

bernie sanders at one point calling hillary clinton unqualified. this campaign we asked democrats, energized your party. 68% of them say the sanders campaign has energized the party. only 27% say it's divided the party. very different results for the republican party. 57% saying it's divided the party. and here's a new york specific question, the role of wall street. this has come up on the democratic side. does wall street help or hurt the u.s. economy? overwhelmingly, voters saying it hurts the u.s. economy. even on the republican side, this is interesting, a small majority saying wall street, wall street a major part of the economy in new york, saying it health authorities the new york economy. we don't have the graphic for it, but it looks like bernie sanders supporters in particular saying that wall street hurts the u.s. economy. >> that's a fascinating -- but again, even in new york state, majority in both parties, we've seen this time and again, this economic anger message, however we ask it in each subsequent poll, it always turns out to be

bernie sanders cited a "washington post" headline, clinton questions when sanders is qualified to be president. and justifying his attack on her as unqualifiedthe white house. while the headline was a stretch because clinton didn't use those words, sanders reverted to one of his favorite themes. >> let me be clear, this is not the type of politics that i get toet -- i know it's what the media loves. >> bernie whacked hillary because he thought she had whacked him and blamed it on the media's hunger for conflict. thanks a lot. what's also striking here is how much newspapers have mattered in this campaign. sanders took heat for his lack of detailed answers with the new york editorial board, unable to say what laws he would tuesday break up the big banks. trump got knocked for his session with the "washington post" editorial board for telling the "post's" bob woodward we're heading for a massive recession, and his comments to two "new york times" reporters on nato and nuclear policy. sometimes, not always, the press is actually doing its job. it also happens to make a pretty fat target. >>> ahead, now that "saturday night live" is mocking dona

sanders has called clinton unqualified and he walked it back. but he made sure to question her judgment. clinton questioned if sanders was capable of withstanding the spotlight, if he had done his homework on his biggest policy initiatives, while blaming his home state of vermont for some of the violent crime in new york city. and then a sanders surrogate took the feud to a whole new level last night in front of tens of thousands of sanders supporters standing shoulder to shoulder in washington square park. one of sanders pre-speech acts called politicians opposed to medicare for all, of which hillary clinton is one, he called them, quote, corporate democratic whores. the clinton campaign demanded an apology and the speaker later offered one after insisting he was not referring to clinton. cnn's jeff zeleny is inside the debate hall here in brooklyn. jeff, sanders claims he drew more people to washington square park last night than barack obama did back in 2007, but instead of talking about that this morning, he's having to disavow these remarks

sanders fired back calling clinton unqualified to be president. how serious is this war of words and an editorial in today's wall street journal reads the pillow fight that has been the democratic nomination contest took a savage turn this week as hillary clinton and bernie sanders traded up for water balloons. their little scuffle probably won't leave any marks but it sure is entertaining and indeed, last night sanders said he would support hillary clinton if she were the nominee. let's bring in christopher bedford, editor in chief at the daily caller news foundation and also betsy woodruff, political reporter with the daily beast. actually, a lot of their campaign revolves around money, doesn't it and the ability to raise it? >> without a doubt and of what i think is fascinating about the way this cycle has played out is how essential the reality of online fundraising has been for for bernie sanders. it's going to be incredibly challenging for bernie to get the delegates necessary to be the nominee. in almost any other cycle he would have had to

that central challenge for his campaign. >> you know, sanders said not only did sanders say clinton is unqualifiednt. his campaign said clinton could destroy the democratic party because of her ambition. so older democratic women are not taking kindly to that. is this damaging to sanders when he needs to expand his base? >> i think the unqualified thing was emotionally satisfied but irrelevant to the real challenges he faced if not actually counterproductive as you're saying. as i said, bernie sanders is doing very well with his base. he's winning over 70% of voters under 30 in all the exit polls taken. that's higher than obama attracted in 2008, and he's doing very well with white liberals. what he's not been able to do consistently is crack the diversity of the democratic party. as a result, hillary clinton has won almost all the big states. on the democratic side, all the big states are diverse. the only one he won is michigan. you have others coming up, if there's any path for bernie sanders, he has to win those states. the only way he can do that is by appealing to more african american and l

>> well, does secretary clinton believe i am unqualified? experience. she is extremely intelligent. you know, i have some experience too. >> that was bernie sanders being pressed over his recent claim hillary clinton was not qualified to be president. did he put the issue to rest? let's discuss it with new york congressman and hillary clinton supporter, representative jeffries. congressman, thanks so much for being here. >> good morning. >> was that a satisfying answer that senator sanders gave? >> not at all. i'm not sure why senator sanders has chosen to go down this path. hillary clinton is one of the most qualified to seek the presidency. >> he said he was returning in kind fire. >> at the end of the day the debate should be about issues. they are concerned about his record on gun control where he consistently has been on the wrong side of the issue, voting with the nra and against the interest of the people. >> is senator sanders qualified to be president? >> well, i think he has qualifications that many people have been attracted to, u

. >> let me put on the screen what you said after sanders called clinton unqualified for the white houseu said take it back, senator sanders, i haven't decided who i'm voting for in the new york state primary. but at this point your statement definitely decreases your chances of being you. since he has sort of taken it back, why are you less decided? >> he didn't take it back enough for me. whether it's true or false, sanders says it was because the "washington post" said that she said that i was unqualified and therefore i responded. who cares, even if she had said it, the way he responded -- first of all, the she started it is very trump-ian. second of all, who cares. because she did it, even if you thought she did it -- i can't believe this is like a conversation i have with my 5-year-old. it doesn't make it okay for him to say it. look, i don't like ted cruz. i think he would be a disaster for this country. but ted cruz is qualified to be president. barack obama as a one-term united states senator was qualified to be president. i'm a new yorker. i don't agree with everything hillary

first face-to- face meeting between hillary clinton and bernie sanders since sanders said clinton is unqualified to be president. clinton has a 10-point lead but both sides know they have to do well because this is a high stakes debate. bernie sanders and hillary clinton staged dueling rallies at the brooklyn navy yard. sanders, a brooklyn native wowed his crowd at washington square park and the surrounding streets, which were packed with thousands of people. >> jane and i left new york it is great to be back. thank you. >> reporter: sanders vowed to reform wall street and that brought up hillary clinton's private speeches for goldman sachs. >> i kind of think if that $220,000 speech was so extraordinary, she should release the transcripts and share it with all of us. >> reporter: hillary clinton was in the bronx at the community center in co-op city. sanders has cut her lead in half but clinton stuck to targeting donald trump and ted cruz. >> one of them denigrates new york values. i think new york values are at the core of american values, that's why i'm proud to be a new yorker. >> reporter:

, you know, a lot of democrats you sensed believe that bernie crossed a line when he called clinton unqualified. there are many -- now he connected that to other things. there are a lot of things people say about clinton. that's not a term most people use, which is why they have tried to walk it back. but i think it's not surprising that they're at each other's throats because new york is in a real sense do or die. we say that of aert primary coming up, no doubt, because we want people watching and all this on television. >> absolutely. >> but the fact is, new york is really important because if bernie wins that, i think it does change the tenor entirely. this was her state, she represented it. she really worked it hard as a senator. she was a very good politician in new york. it's an underappreciated part of her career. if she wins it, then it becomes really hard for bernie. really, really hard. what you saw with those wyoming numbers, he beat her with i think it was 56%. they just split the delegates. >> that's right. >> if they keep going forward with that, she ends up with a pretty big lead

gloria: he said clinton's front-runner status is at risk, but stop short of being clinton being unqualified for being in the white house. bernie sanders: i think the issue is more judgment. gloria: on the republican side, donald trump surfacing at his first rally in four days. you everump: have heard anybody other than me say that donald trump has millions of votes? gloria: trump fighting back against his closest rival, ted cruz, picking up his latest win saturday, taking all the delegates in colorado in bringing the gop closer to a contested convention. ted cruz: i believe the first ballot will be the highest total that donald trump will season on a subsequent ballot we will win the nomination. gloria: john kasich disagrees. john kasich: whenever we going to pick somebody who cannot win? that would be nuts. gloria: the next big battleground is trump territory, the billionaire polling way ahead in his home state. kellye: u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrived at a memorial for the atomic bombing in hiroshima, the most senior american official to visit the site since the u.s. dropped the

there was, you know, a headline in the "washington post," clinton campaign arguing that sanders is unqualifiede point that i was making, which is absolutely correct, is that if you look at where she is getting her money, from wall street and other powerful special interests, she voted for the war, she cited henry kissinger, in a sense, as a model for her. i think those issues will tell the american people that in many respects she may have the experience to be president of the united states, no one can argue that, but in terms of her judgment, something is clearly lacking. >> so, you believe she doesn't have the judgment to be president of the united states. >> well, when you vote for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs, when you support and continue to support fracking, despite the crisis that we have in terms of clean water, and essentially, when you have a super pac that is raising tens of millions of dollars from every special interest out there, including $15 million from wall street, the american people do not believe that that is th

bernie sanders was out there calling hillary clinton unqualified. has this process energized your party or divided your party? overwhelmingly democrats in new york watching this campaign, they say it has energized the party, not divided it. same question to republicans. what has this campaign done to your party? 39% say either in jized the republican party, nearly 60% say it's divided the republican party. as we look past the primary process to the general election, those are numbers that could be very significant there. especially if that's true outside of new york as well. >> that's fascinating. i would expect that both parties would say this has been an energizing process only because new york voters never matter. they never have a primary that matters. it's been a generation since it mattered on the republican side, arguably on the democratic side, you'd think they would both say, i feel energized because it counts whether or not i vote. to see such a dramatic split like that that's just remarkable. >> and what it speaks to, we have other number