here's cokie roberts. >> mr. trump, there have been incidents -- >> hi, cokie. >> hi, mr. trump.ir darker skinned classmates and saying "you'll be deported when donald trump is president." there have been incidents of white kids at basketball games holding up signs to teams which have hispanic kids on them saying "we're going to build a wall to keep you out." are you proud of that? is that something you've done in american political and social discourse that you're proud of? >> well, i think your question is a very nasty question. and i'm not proud of it because i didn't even hear of it. and i don't like it at all when i hear about it. >> it's been reported in many newspapers. >> i'm not proud of it at all and that's not the purpose of it. we want to make america great again. we want to bring back industry and jobs from china and japan and mexico which has taken so many of our jobs. i have not heard about these incidences. >> when you talk about deporting people and talk about building a wall and banning muslims. >> i talk about deporting people that are here illegally. and i als

political commentator for abc news and npr cokie roberts.nd in new york, willie geist along with msnbc anchor and political correspondent steve kornacki. great group this morning. >> great group. >> a lot to get through. >>> willie geist, not a whole lot to talk to other than, of course, the arrest of a campaign manager for the front-runner, a federal judge saying that more discovery can be opened up in hillary clinton's e-mail investigation. again, three republican candidates, all three saying they would never support each other. [ laughter ] in a zillion years it's -- holy cow. is it april? the dog days of march, my man. dog days of march. >> as of today, joe, we're officially one year and one week into this presidential campaign. ted cruz announced march 23 of last year and we still have hom months to go? a long road ahead of us. >> 800. >> last night at the cnn town hall event, all three of the candidates said "that pledge we signed in the fall? forget it, out the window." donald trump last night talking about the three most important ro

she's cokie roberts, this is "overheard." [applause]. >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, he goes to 11:00. [laughter]. >> cokie roberts, welcome. >> happy to be here. thanks so much for having me. >> so nice to be here with you. this book is so -- it's so interesting and such an interesting and creative choice. although, if you look back at the last couple of books you've done, writing about women is not a foreign experience for you. >> no, it's actually -- >> on some women, particularly. >> well, it is actually a mission. my husband describes it as a mission and i'll go with that. >> okay. >> because it keeps him -- it keeps him from killing me. [laughter]. >> because, you kn

here's cokie roberts. she's has a question. >> there have been incidents. >> hi, cokie. >> hi, mr.. there have been incidents of children, white children, pointing to their darker skinned classmates and saying, you'll be deported when donald trump is president. there have been incidents of white kids at basketball games holding up signs to teams which have hispanic kids on them, saying we're going to build a wall to keep you out. are you proud of that? is that something you have done in american political and social discourse that you're proud of? >> well, i think your question is a very nasty question. and i'm not proud of it because i didn't even hear of it, okay. and i certainly do not like it at all when i hear about it. i have, you're the first one who has told me about that. >> it's been reported in many newspapers. >> that's not what the purpose of it is. we want to make america great again. we want to bring back our industry, our jobs from china and japan, and by the way, mexico, which has taken so many of our jobs. >> but when you talk about -- when you talk about deportin

let's talk about that matchup i want to bring in cokie roberts. you talked to a lot of democrats right now, they think cruz are the ultimate solution to an enthusiasm gap. so far republicans have been turning out in the primaries with greater proportions than democrats. >> and donald trump has been making that possible for the democrats. particularly, the comments about the ku klux klan, but the stuff he said about mexico and all of that is likely to energize hispanics and african-americans, as we have seen tonight for hillary clinton, she did in even states that she won big, she still lost, though, to young people. she'll have to do something to energize them, to get them active for the general election. but the other thing, george, that we have to watch, donald trump just goes in with a bludgeon and what happens to hillary clinton in as he does that, could be something that we haven't seen. but we now have senator ted cruz joining us. senator cruz, congratulations on your victories in texas and oklahoma tonight. donald trump is still getting the

. >> cokie roberts, everybody in washington scratching their heads. >> it's beyond scratching their heads. there's probably heavy drinking going on tonight among the politicians in washington. and we had the remarkable scene today of the leader of the senate and the leader of the house, republican parties, coming out and making statements, essentially against donald trump. because of the ku klux klan issue. you know, you look at these numbers, george and the republicans voting in all of these states, 90% say they're angry or dissatisfied. they're terribly worried about the future, much more so than on the democratic side. you see high numbers there, too, but much higher on the >> in fact, donna, what you're seeing on the democratic side a majority of voters wanting to continue the policies of barack obama. >> senator sanders had a great night in terms of winning oklahoma, he won his home state. he'll still accrue a lot of delegates. as you know, this was a huge night for hillary clinton. she won georgia, alabama, texas, where most of the big delegates are located tonight. this democratic

cokie? if marco rubio wince florida, john kasich wins ohio, neither one does get a majority of the delegates. >> then we do head to the convention. and glenn beck was very interested about that. because the truth is, if -- donald trump has a vast number of delegates, and the republica party tries to find some way to take it away, there will be civil war. and you know, the truth is, they for this. forget their policies. that's one whole set of things. but the fact is is that donald trump was awful about mexicans, awful aboutmuslim, awful about women, awful about thehedisabled, thapd just kept their mouths shut. it took the ku klux klan to get the republican leadership to start to -- >> and it brought mitt romney out this week, vanan jones. there seems to be some evidence that donald trump was slowed down by the events of last week. he didn't pleat poll number. lost to ted cruz on the votes taken yesterday by a little bit. >> the great irony is, everybody says mitt romney can't affect anything

marco should and has the best organization. >> where does that leave it, cokie ronts? if marco rubio wins florida, john kasich wins ohio, neither one does get a majority of the delegates. >> then we do head to the convention. if they start winning winner-take-all primaries then we start heading to the conventions. interesting about that. because the truth is, if -- donald trump has a vast number of delegates, and the republican party tries to find some way to take it away from him, there will be civil war. and you know, the truth is, they have only themselves to thank for this. forget their policies. that's one whole set of things. but the fact is is that donald trump was awful about mexicans, awful about muslims, awful about women, awful about the disabled, and they just kept their mouths shut. it took the ku klux klan to get the republican leadership to start to -- >> and it brought mitt romney out this week, van jones. there seems to be some evidence that donald trump was slowed down by the events of last week. he didn't meet his poll numbers in any of the states la

i want to bring in cokie roberts. you talked to a lot of democrats right now, they think cruz are the ultimate solution to an enthusiasm gap. turning out in the primaries with greater proportions than democrats. >> and donald trump has been making that possible for the democrats. particularly, the comments about the ku klux klan, but the stuff he said about mexico and all of that is likely to energize hispanics and african-americans, as we have seen tonight for hillary clinton, she did in even states that she won big, she still lost, though, to young people. she'll have to do something to energize them, to get them active for the general election. but the other thing, george, that we have to watch, donald trump just goes in with a bludgeon and what happens to hillary clinton in as he does that, could be something that we haven't seen. >> okay, i want to get more on this conversation. but we now have senator ted cruz joining us. senator cruz, congratulations on your victories in texas and oklahoma donald trump is still

. >> cokie, you had the two republican leaders in the house and senate. paul ryan o of the speaker of the house and mitch mcconnell, clearly distancing themselves from donald trump. >> it was remarkle. both said they wouldn't involved in this presidential campaign. the remarks about the ku klux klanened the hesitancy of donald trump to move away from their endorsement, really got to tho republican leaders. but, you know, george, this is if those republican leaders wanted to do in donald trump they should have done this many months ago. >> jon karl, you have a candidate here, donald trump, who's attacked john mccain, the candidate in 2008, loser because he was attacked. all of the republican leaders, yet, republicans couldn't come one a coordinated campaign against him. >> yeah, just now starting this effort. it's astounding. when we look back at this campaign, one of the big questions, he may be destroying the republican party as we know it. in another way, he's united the republican party. his two biggest victories tonight were in alabama and massachuset

. >> reporter: coky roberts has written books touching on first ladies, and she new mrs. reagan. she said most first ladies have been influential, including nancy reagan. >> she didn't try to hide her power, and she was traditional in the sense that she was exercising her influence through a man, but she didn't pretend that she was pouring the tea. >> reporter: on the diplomatic front she was instrumental in pursuing her husband to pursue deten detente. but as first lady, she may be best known for her anti-drug crusade. >> what should you do when someone offers you drugs? >> just say no! >> just say no, a simplistic phrase which has since drawn ridicule as being naive. roberts does not think that is what motivated congress. >> their constituents all started saying there is this crack epidemic, and we don't know what to do about it, so they passed a very stringent drug bill. and that's where me problems came. >> reporter: her most challenging years may have come after they left the white house. >> just four years ago ronnie stood before you and spoke for what he said might be his

. >> and here is cokie roberts on "morning joe" today asking donald trump about some of the things thate impact on children. >> there have been incidents of children, of white children, pointing to their darker skinned classmates and saying you'll be deported when donald trump is president. there have been incidents of white kids at basketball games holding up signs to teams which have hispanic kids on them, saying we're going to build a wall to keep you out. are you proud of that? is that something you've done in american political and social discourse that you're proud of? >> well, i think your question is a very nasty question and i'm not proud of it because i didn't even hear that, okay? and i certainly do not like it at all when i hear about it. you're the first one that's been told me about that. >> that's not been the purpose of it. >> what does that do for the party if he is the nominee going forward? >> it's a problem. it's an ad that's waiting to happen. it's a conversation that, as you know, and cruz knows this, as you get to the general election, people start to focus more o

today on "morning joe" donald trump got in a fierce exchange with cokie roberts about that. >> people- >> what about the children, mr. trump? what about the children are hearing from you and how they are responding to it? >> well, i think people are responding very positively. >> children, i asked. >> the message is very positive. you know, make america great again is a very positive message, it's not a negative message. >> unless you think america is great already. >> trump also defending his business acumin after tuesday's wins, pushing back on mitt romney's claims that many of the items that carry the trump brand name have been failures. >> mitt got up and he really shouldn't have done it, it wasn't becoming honestly, he talked about the t waer company. there's the water company. we sell water and we have water and it's a very successful, you know, it's a private little water company and i supply the water for all my places. and trump university, we're going to start it up as soon as i win the lautd. does that make sense? >> peter alexander on the trump campaign for us this morning