there he is walking out as you see in the video, sir rounded by corey lewandoski, his campaign manager and michelle fields, a breitbart reporter. jupiter police said there was probable cues to charge lewandoski for simple battery, grabbing her arm and turning her back. they also add the state attorney's office, dave aronberg, prosecutor in palm beach county. there is difference between probable cause and being able to get a conviction. that is the reason they say they're not proceeding forward with this case. here is aronberg. >> while the evidence in this case is legally sieve for police to charge mr. lewandoski it is not strong enough to meet the legal burden after reasonable likelihood of a conviction. reporter: i mention the trump campaign trying to move forward. here is statement they put out a little while ago, and i'm quoting here. corey lewandoski is gratified by the decision to drop the misdemeanor charge and appreciates thoughtful conversation and professionalism by the palm beach state attorney and his staff to can carefully reviewed this matter and mr. trump's loyalty and s

the florida prosecutor made this statement. >> this office will not be filing charges against corey lewandoski for battery. while the evidence in this case is legally sufficient for the police to have charged mr. lewandoski, it is not strong enough to meet the legal burden of a reasonable likelihood of a conviction. it is unethical for us to file cases when we believe there is not a good-faith basis to proceed. >> this is "risk & reward." i'm deirdre bolton. the trump team says that a big overhanging issue has been resolved. so here is the full statement. corey lewandoski gratified bit decision to drop the misdemeanor charge appreciates the thoughtful conversation and professionalism by the palm beach state attorney and his stave who carefully reviewed this matter as well as mr. trump's loyalty and support of his colleagues and his family during this time. the matter is now concluded. for context, this is what started the controversy. trump campaign manager lewandoski allegedly grab ad reporter, michelle fields while she was covering a trump event last month. here is a new video, just released

corey yeah, but haven't heard back about it. don't think you have heard the end of this. there are reports that fields may succory lewandoskicivil court for defamation following remarks corey made about her after the incident. bill: what is the trump team trying to do there in d.c. today, peter? reporter: we're here in the capitol hill club, in shadow of united states capitol. they're trying to set up a series of weekly meetings. they have eight members of congress on the house side who have endorsed trump. they're trying to get together week by week to grow that group as the convention gets closer and closer. i'm told by one of the lawmakers inside there was one elected representative on the fence about endorsing fence they got to show up today to hear the pitch from visiting campaign officials, barry brock and barry bennett. it was chaired by first two endorse trump, duncan hunter and chris collins. the other six were there as well. how to counter cruz's influence on the hill. cruz-friendly lawmakers far out number about the trump-friendly lawmakers. a number of people we spoke to say a big emphasis going to their congres

a lot there with corey lewandoski earlier today. melissa: that was trump headquarters? echo chamber and look of it, like you were in the basement. is that in the garage? what is going on there? reporter: it is on one of the floors there. it is certainly inside of trump headquarters. it is interesting to see, melissa, they have different pieces that the trump campaign has collected. melissa: right. reporter: just paste it on the wall. kind of like a collage. melissa: how many people were there? i only see a couple people behind you there? reporter: couple there. behind the camera there is more. it is a big space, couple thousand square feet. funny you bring this up. you have this big image of donald trump and all the millions and this is the campaign headquarters? if you saw our interview live on stuart varney show, they have the delegates written with magic marker how many they have. melissa: okay. reporter: very makeshift. melissa: lien and mane, i like that. -- lean and mean, a money show. i like that. connell: military leaders sounding alarms on what could be brutal

that was the story of the day, h involving corey lewandoski. kind of got feeling he was relieved, not just on personal levy. deirdre: i'm sure. reporter: he has a wife and four kids at home and talked about the campaign, donald trump standing by him. this was issue they really felt they wanted to get behind them and now they want to move forward. you remember at the time when all of this happened, when the charges were first brought in last month or, yeah, last month it was cruz campaign, the kasich campaign and even the candidates themselves were asked what would you do and, they said, either suspend or fire lewandoski if lewandoski was working for them. so i asked lewandoski today, do you want an apology from those folks and here's what he said. take a listen. >> i no, i don't want apology bt it is important when you look at those campaigns, and the people heading those campaigns whether senator cruz or governor kasich, what they're saying is we'll not give you the benefit of the doubt. we recommend we fire you before there is due process. th

what you said and pointed out, john, i can recall having a conversation in new hampshire with corey lewandoski, the em a emphasis of the conversation was this is great, he's riding high, different, people are looking at him as a different sort of candidate, i can recall corey telling me about the delegates he always knew the deal was going to be with the delegates. i don't know whether it was donald trump say pump the brakes on spending money to search for delegates, i don't know, but we're not here. >> let's be clear, trump is not in the clear. he will almost certainly win big tonight and has a favorable calendar coming up. it is still a mad dash and scramble to get him where he wants to be, which is a nominee on june 7th on june 8th, not a nominee in cleveland, and that will take not only big wins but fighting in the trenches for delegates and polls for every last vote. he won't make it by a lot if he makes it. he is on a sprint and in a better position to do it than two weeks ago. >> i think it's far more likely he makes 1237 than he does not. >> i still think what has happened is short of

when corey lewandoski was layered, that was mannafort announced he had a $20 million budget to spendn california and the next nine states to vote. and lewandoski had been benched. there's a loyalist core to the trump campaign. five people who have been doing it all by themselves. they were desperate for help there was no objection to bringing in more horses but mannafort made a bunch of recommendations to mr. trump and donald didn't like that that put corey back in good stead. he never left the campaign, he never stopped waiting for his moment and now he's back and he's doing part of his job again. and yes, this is an evolution of the trump campaign. in terms of its logistics. in terms of how they'll do some of their data research and where they'll place ads or maybe not based on the momentum he has. all the candidates do that now that he's doing it it's exactly what trump's critics have been begging him to do. and sure it's a little embarrassing for mannafort and lewandoski to be in the spotlight like this but corey is not going anywhere and he and trump finish each other's sentence

a lot of stories the campaign manager corey lewandoski being upstaged the new delegate manager to some extent, paul manafort. one of lewandoski loyalists reportedly left the campaign. they have a political insider that used to be on the rules committee. some people say it is too little too late, he is trying as he might to get to 1237 before the convention. new york is a big part of that. melissa, as we head outside of trump tower, it is like a back to the future moment for donald trump. the last time we were here and saw this candidate in this venue, when he came down the escalator with his wife melania. everybody remembers the shot. that is when trump announced he was ruining for president in june of last year. a lot has happened between now and then. he is back where it all began, his own residence, trump tower. what hopes will be a big joyous moment tonight. as you point out it comes down to delegates. how many can he get. melissa: that's right. no one saw the trump go down escalator when that happened. they were watching the woman in front of him, right? connell, was anyone lookin

corey lewandoski was the body man. manager is back behind the desk thinking through strategy, no one was doing that they woke up and realized, that all worked, by the way. they realized they're going to lose on delegates. it's inconceivable in a pennsylvania primary trump comes in third it could happen. those are the rules and trump should have known that and he should have had a staff in place to take advantage of those rules. but the republican party and its official the don't need to defend their system. it's inherently anti-democratic. somebody needs to represent the middle class, it doesn't need to be trump when this is all over. it will be hard for the party to do that if they're on the side of undemocratic election processes like these. >> so dana, it's a rigged election, trump talking point. he's saying that a lot on the trail. it seems to be firing up his loyal base, cruz's response, trump has a very simple motto, overpromise, underdeliver and blame someone else. that's why when we win, he whines, that's not g

prosecutors dropped charges against corey lewandoski. fields is considering a defamation lawsuit. league eagle, lis wiehl will join me whether she has a case. >>> the president's executive order on illegal immigrants face as supreme court challenge. this has huge implications for obama's presidency. we'll tell you what they are. >> i have got a pen and i have got a phone. actions where congress won't. and i have a telephone. how youy connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated, responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you're free to focus on growing your business. centurylink. your link to what's next. .. deirdre: president obama's illegal immigration program faces its greatest challenge today. u.s. supreme court is hearing arguments in texas and 25 other state to file the lawsuit to stop the program. they have president obama overstep presidential authority. the idea the program, allow paren

several hard weeks, you look at wisconsin for ted cruz, donald trump had several setbacks, with corey lewandoskiht states to bernie sanders. are we going to see that throughout the election until november? >> i think if bernie sanders does do the what hillary clinton did for obama in 2008 and he says look i want you to be gracious and i want you to support her, in all the things, if he's going to go out and campaign for her, i think that the democrats probably heal up pretty quickly, don't you think, ebony? >> i think you're right, dana. i think the difference is during the course of the primary. between hillary and barack, he didn't come as damaged around the trust issues. >> without even trying. >> without even trying, that's hurting her. she's saying whoa whoa whoa, dude, pump the brakes, you're leaving me in critical condition going into november. i think barack obama didn't have that problem. so that's the distinction i see. >> i have a theory, i don't think it's so much sanders that's been driving down hillary's numbers. you have a super pac like america rising, which goes after hillary fo

the fact that the abortion comments happened same week corey lewandoski was charged and heidi cruz retweetulminated with wisconsin voters. >> i agree. that was thursday. andrea: hear a lot of people on tv, trump has problem with women voters and women voters and he does. look how the other two candidates poll with women. republicans across the board have problems polling with women. now hillary is not doing that well either. but republican party has not done a great job reaching out to women. even if this never trump hashtag group tries to take out donald trump they still have an issue. those other two candidates are not likely to win the plurality of female voters. you will have issue with the establishment, even if you get rid of trump. i say this to the republican party, you do not by destroying donald trump get rid of your women problems. harris: even john kasich made a couple missteps in terms of what he said on the trail with regard to women as well. melania trump on the campaign trail. perhaps an answer from donald trump. we'll see. andrea: kasich is polling worst than donald trump

at this point it's fairly definitive that control of the campaign has been wrested away from corey lewandoski paul manafort a seasoned old hand, what does that mean for the direction going forward? >> the trump campaign is certainly evolving, shifting away from the small inner circle. what paul manafort brings and rick wiley, is veteran experience in the republican party going forward building relationships with delegates, party leaders. that is a core concern for trump. lewandoski has stayed on. his deputy, jolly re-signed because he didn't like the shake-up and he will be guiding the candidate on the trail. >> i want to play what reince previous views has been saying, about the rhetoric. >> the voters empow ther delegates but ultimately the delegates in most cases are bound by the outcome of caucuses and primaries and conventions make the decisions at the convention. if donald trump, if he was winning the majority of votes, he would likely have the majority of delegates. that's not actually what is happening. he's winning in plurality of votes and has a plurality of delegates and under the

corey lewandoski was on "fox news sunday" on sunday.uthed off something happened in florida a lot of people objected to. >> of those 99 delegates the chairman of the party in florida, who is avid and outward supporter of marco rubio, gets to appoint 30 of those delegates. i understand knows are the riles. donald trump won. now you have a person supporting marco rubio who gets to appoint 30 of the 99 delegates. david: first of all he is wrong. the head of the gop gets to appoint 15, not 30 of the delegates. he is not an outward supporter of marco rubio. so, he is wrong on that. but why focus on florida when he has so many delegates from florida when he could focus on colorado or indiana or west virginia? seems like unforced error by lewandoski? >> this is head scratcher here, which is larger problem of trump's campaign. there is basically no evidence they have a good grasp how to get sympathetic and supportive delegates elected. on first ballot virtually all delegates are bound. there is certain way they have to vote. if trump gets 1237

we of course are talking about corey lewandoski who we now know will not be prosecuted in florida for grabbing the arm of a female reporter at a campaign event back on march 8th. video of the event now playing on the screen. palm beach county officials decline late loose last week to move ahead with their case. in an exclusive interview with fox news sunday, lewandoski told chris wallace he is ready the move on. >>> turned over my phone records to the palm beach county district attorney's office. it clearly shows i called her phone number that evening when i got back, and read about this on the bitter feed. i will be happy to have a conversation with her. but to apologize with someone i have never spoken to and frankly who i have no recollection of interacting with. this is a person i've never spoken to but i would be happy to have that conversation if we can put this whole thing behind news full interview and the new york primary coming up on fox news sunday, coming up right after our show, 2:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel. >>> bernie sanders talks up another victory, this t

martha: you know paul manafort, who is leading the campaign, corey lewandoski is also in that front roleaign and they're adding. that is what you have to do. if your business model, when your business starts to grow you add staff. that is what happened to the trump political operation, but the tone, everything about it has changed in the past week, chris. >> that is what his supporters have long said. at some point el change. at some point he'll change. the old trump would slurp out with a bad greet or statement or something. it would distract from the message. the message is supposed to be resistance is futile. it is too late. you can't deny me. you know you want it. if i does anything else he risks blowing that up. cruz has an ace in the hole which is republicans are more conservative than they are moderate. his hope when he gets to the convention, those conservatives will march with him. martha: fascinating to watch. chris, thanks so much. we'll see you soon. >> you bet. bill: questions this morning on bernie sanders future after hillary clinton's big win last night. chief white house

trump and corey lewandoski, they came out on the sunday shows and say ted cruz is very good at primariesre there's no voting. >> we're trying to let voters and independents decide who the nominee should be. not the party bosses. >> the bottom line is ted cruz does well in places where party bosses decide the rules and people don't get to go and vote. >>> people are watching from the beginning of the process, we watched the people in new hampshire and south carolina and vote it comes to your state, i want to vote and then you realize, wait a minute, we've got this thing set up for years where there's a state convention and, you know, the party bosses, they do the picking. >> and like you are saying, every state is different and like in the state of new york, the candidates, of course, want to choose their delegates but in this state there are 300 gop party bosses and they all choose 95 of the delegates. donald trump is saying i want to choose my own delegates. ted cruz and john kasich say the same thing. when they come to the convention, they are going to be loyal to donald trump in vote