this is not just about carly fiorina. we saw cory gardner, the senator from colorado, come out today and finally endorse ted cruz. cory gardner had been holding off after endorsing marco rubio earlier in the race just because people in the senate don't really like ted cruz. this is going to be indiana, basically the last stand for republicans who don't want donald trump to be the nominee, their last chance to stop him. so this is more than carly fiorina and ted cruz. you're going to see everyone who wants to stop donald trump popping up here in indiana. >> rebecca berg from realclearpolitics.com. thanks so much. who'd have thought the hoosier state would be the center of the political world? but it is. and who would have thought that it would have been necessary for one of the front-runners, not the front-runner but the guy who's second, to pick his nominee for vice president in april? who would have thought it would have been necessary at this point? well, we're about 42 minutes away, we're told, from that big announceme

>> i didn't look at carly fiorina just as a woman. think if the trump camp thinks it's desperate, just ignore it. they're really making a lot of hay about it for people who think it's a nonstarter and irrelevant, not going to work. they sure got under their skin a little bit. of course, she's a woman. and she's proven herself a very formidable, fearless defender of conservative values. i think, more importantly, carley are force a two-way conversation on abortion. hillary clinton tries to own that, that republicans -- white men are anti women and anti choice. i think carly fiorina will get in there and say you're extreme on abortion, because you're for partial birth abortion, that's not something -- i don't think trump or ted cruz are going to do as comfortably. secondly, let's give carly fiorina her due. whether it works is a separate question. this woman calling her -- calling it a desperate move after she was the first fortune 20 ceo. she's got a resume outside of politics that hillary clinton would dream of having. she is -- now w

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that's the argument cruz and carly fiorina is making now.s race isn't over and they are the best pair to take donald trump and take on hillary clinton in the general election. >> donald trump and

i don't think carly fiorina is a major national figure. think everyone knows ted cruz is in trouble in terms of winning this nomination, so i didn't see anyone bringing help the way someone would bring help to someone in trouble. i don't know who was the strong partner even at this point. she's lost three contests, one when she was removed as ceo as hewlett-packard, when she lost in california. and then when she ran for president. she's not a winner. and i think people noticed that. chuck, it's over to you now. >> we'll see you at 7:00. chris, thank you very much. with that, let me kick off tonight's "mtp daily." we are 82 days now away from the republican convention. and you just heard, if there is a ted cruz nomination, he wants carly fiorina to be his running mate. so he decided to try it early, call it a hail mary. with cruz's path to the nomination crumbling after trump's primary sweep last night, the cruz campaign is desperately trying to change the narrative. and moments ago, cruz made a nearly unprecedented move for a campaign that

ted cruz teams up with carly fiorina. is it going to get him anything, though, in do or die indiana? >> donald trump and hillary clinton, they are two sides of the same coin. they're both liberal. we know that. >> fiorina waste nothing time going straight after donald trump yesterday, but donald trump so far not really taking the bait. our own hallie jackson has an interview with ted cruz's new running mate. that's coming up in just a minute. also, on our agenda this morning, cruz may have fiorina with him but trump says he's the one who just landed the biggest endorsement of them all in indiana. >> i think the most important thing in the world is that we vote for the best man there is for this job, and you've already met him. >> the general, robert montgomery knight, a basketball legend in a basketball crazed state. won three national titles at indiana. now he wants to put trump over the top in the hoosier state. and rounding out our agenda this morning -- >> i am very good in arithmetic and i can count delegates and we

carly fiorina. last night, trump mocked cruz's decision to name a running mate so early. >> he set a record. he is the first presidential candidate in the history of the country who is mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. it's a record. >> cnn's sunlen serfaty has the latest from the cruz campaign in indiana. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. senator cruz making another hail mary pass making the move to name his vice presidential pick before he is the nominee. a move very widely seen as one that was intended to refocus attention on his campaign after a string of bruising losses. now the move was met with immediate criticism from frontrunner donald trump who said this is just a sign of desperation on the cruz campaign and said senator cruz should not waste his time naming a vp given he has no mathematical path forward without a contested convention. cruz addressed that in the announcement speech. >> it's tradition that the nominee is

defending herself against carly fiorina.er past criticism of ted cruz is coming back to haunt her. now she is, of course, his running mate if he becomes the nominee. now, though, fiorina is trying to take everything bad she ever said back. sunlen serfaty is "outfront." >> if i am the republican nominee, my vice presidential nominee will be carly fiorina. the reaction has been tremendously positive. >> reporter: ted cruz and carly fiorina, one-time rivals, are now trying to make a splashy debut as running mates. the campaign rushing in, fresh branding, as the duo barn storms indiana. >> isn't carley fantastic? >> reporter: talking up their newly formed ticket, an unconventional move aimed at helping cruz blunt donald trump's momentum. >> i will fight with ted cruz, because i had not a shred of doubt when i voted for him so many weeks ago. >> reporter: that goodwill, not as kind when they were competing against each other just months ago. >> ted cruz is just like any other politician. he says one thing in manhattan, he says an

fiorina could help bolser him with women.she is popular in indiana and well received by women in indiana. if she were to come on board the campaign as a ticket, she could help cruz out. she's also a strong member in some spots in california. she has ties there. vulnerabilities talking to sources outside the campaign, the idea of her business record, those layoffs at huh le let pac, something that dogged her during her campaign and already they are starting to do that as she is being vetted. it should be laid to rest in just about an hour and half from now. >> the big count-down is on. thank you. we will have complete coverage of that quote-unquote major announcement with chris matthews today at 4:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. >>> i want to turn attention to the stop trump movement. i want to say hi to the former member of the bush campaign and trying to block the trump nomination before the convention. as we look at the stop trump movement, it really seems to have stalled in many ways. we didn't see a lot of advert e advertising

carly fiorina has been spotted in indianapolis. wmur, in new hampshire, has been reporting, they've confirmed it will be carly fiorina, and the question is, can this all trump trump. i tell you, i'm at a trump event, waiting to go into the indiana farmer's coliseum, we'll see if this can swing the momentum? i don't know. carly fiorina, obviously, has been in his corner, ted cruz's corner almost since she pulled out of the race. raised money for him, campaigned with him, and now apparently theoretically will be on the ticket. see if that makes a difference here. >> if we were making an announcement at 4:00 p.m., it wouldn't make sense to announce it at 10:00 a.m. and so the entire purpose of this is you guys should come, and at 4:00 p.m. can you find out what the major announcement will be. >> reporter: i think you can read between the lines of that one. that seems to be the way it's headed. so we'll see, i don't know if this can turn around for him. the momentum is strong for trump, and the folks in this line that we have read seem

>> carly fiorina is tremendous.ow her when i was state republican party chairman in california, she ran for the u.s. senate there. she won a republican primary, a hotly contested republican primary. she energizes people, she's knowledgeable about the issues. >> she's very qualified but is this a hail mary? >> no, it's not. senator cruz arrived at his decision as to who he would like to see as his running mate. why sit on it until the convention? she's a very, very powerful campaigner, a great addition to the team. now she can go out and campaign with senator cruz and american people can know this is who the ticket is. if we nominate ted cruz, we'll have carly fiorina be a great vice president. it's a total winner. >> we heard donald trump say cruz doesn't have a pathway to the nominated. at what point should he quit? >> donald trump is going to get mathematically eliminated by the 1st of june. this is going to go to the multi-ballot question. it will be up to the delegates to exercise their judgment to see who is th

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did he talk about fiorina? >> reporter: yes, he did talk about carly fiorina and ted cruz and he was sort of openly mocking the latest move by cruz saying this is the guy who is mathematically eliminated from winning first ballot, he is not going to win, yet announced this vp. trump doesn't seem worried this dual ticket will hamper his chances. he said another interesting thing going through the minds of rivals, if i win in indiana, it is over. that's what we hear from more and more aides to rival campaigns, if donald trump manages to come to victory in indiana, it will be very difficult to deny him the 1237 delegates he is going to need to arrive in cleveland as the nominee. anderson? >> sarah murray, thanks very much. ted cruz announced that carly fiorina will be his running mate. sunlen serfaty joins me. he received criticism about the announcement. what is he saying? >> reporter: it was notable today, anderson, that senator cruz when he was making this big announcement of carly fiorina, within that speech h

and fiorina is from california.ar with her, but she lost her bids for both senator and governor there. where would she resonate in california? >> she lost the u.s. senate in california, carol. she lost to barbara boxer, somebody that most republicans would be even challenged, and carly gave her a tough challenge. it is a pretty blue state. but in the primary, the republican voters there no carly, they like her. she will be a big help. >> so i just want to ask you about the evangelical vote, because that's very important for ted cruz, especially in the state of indiana, which is why he is campaigning hard there. but in pennsylvania, ted cruz didn't win the evangelical vote, donald trump did. why was that? >> i'm not sure, carol. to be blunt, that's a mystery to me. he won across the board in pennsylvania, where not many areas expected him to do well. so the trump phenomenon is very real and in some ways, difficult to explain. but both ted cruz and carly fiorina are personally very dedicated evangelical christians, an

carly fiorina is back. handpicked by ted cruz.ts been 40 years since a presidential hopeful -- has selected a runnig mate this early. this move is shaking things up in the republican party -- and the silicon valley.. boxes our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us from mt. view. scott -- we've both spent time w/ fioriana -- and a lot of people know her well from her h-p days. what's the reaction? ==raj/cg== from secretary to c-e- a lot of people know her well from her hp days. what's the reaction where you are? >> it's the talk of the town. as you know, carly fiorina has long been polarizing here in silicon valley. many people consider her an inspiration, others consider her a failure. ♪ i just adore >> it might be the first time we've heard carly fiorina sing, but it's not her bid for a leadership role. far from it. before becoming ted cruz's running mate, fiorina ran for president, and from 1999 to 2005, ran for office. >> they call her an inspiration.

carly fiorina is a three-time loser. lost statewide in california, lost at hewlett-packard before that, she lost running for president. but you mentioned the magic word california. she won a california primary at one point or she wouldn't have been the nominee for statewide office. he has to win in indiana and california. all this talk about indiana changing the game, i don't buy that at all. your thoughts? >> reporter: he's got to win in indiana first. california means so much less if cruz is not able to pull out a victory here in indiana. if he is able to eke it out, then we can go to california. what carly fiorina has said, i covered her during the time she was in the race, she still pulled in millions of votes, had millions of people supporting her in california. the question now was whether somebody who could not beat donald trump now joining forces with ted cruz, who so far has not been able to beat donald trump in the overall delegate count, how the two of them together plan to turn the race around. now, when it c

cruz fiorina equals a perfect match. he wants to ship immigrants out and she is a champion at shipping jobs out. kpix5 political analyst melissa cane say it is tweets are fitting for the senator ending her career. >> it is a beautiful thing to be liberated by not having to run for election again. not that she would lose many votes going after a republican, but she clearly is feeling like she can say whatever she thinking. >> reporter: remember, senator boxer and fiorina went head to head in 2010. >> having run in a bruising campaign against fiorina, she can't be thrilled to have carly coming back to california to stump once again for the republican party. >> reporter: it is something the senator addressed in a conference call this afternoon. >> now she is coming back like a bad dream. >> reporter: it is also the subject of a tweet. cruz thinks fiorina will help in california. maybe he doesn't know she left after she lost by a million vote. >> she won the republican primary with 56% of the vote. maybe cruz is banking on h

fiorina is not going to add or subtract that. that's because of things trump has said, impressions he has left. so i don't see this making much difference. but you touch on why rug republicans are concerned about trump as the nominee. the purpose of political parties to elect like-minded people to office, the negatives trump has are the highest of anybody hat's ever been the republican frontrunner or democrat frontrunner for president of the united states in the history of polling. we can't afford a third term for barack obama. so the republicans who are worried about electability look at that polling you just discussed and it concerns them. >> i looked it up this morning. a couple of polls. his net negative is an astonishing minus 33. gallup had it even higher close to minus 40, which is historic. it sound to me from your comments that you don't think donald trump can win in november against hillary clinton. is that -- >> i actually don't think that. i was good to add that the second most negative image of a person to be a front

you had a chance to speak to carly fiorina. how did that go?lf, you know, indicating how quickly all of this was put together, carly fiorina confirms to me she was asked only yesterday by senator cruz to be his vice presidential pick and although she does describe this as an on-going conversation that they have been having for quite some time, and i did ask her about push back and criticism coming from the gop frontrunner, donald trump today, when he brought up past statements carly fiorina had said when she was running against senator cruz. once saying senator cruz will do anything and say anything to get elected. today she tried to brush it off. >> of course donald trump would do that, a guy who practices saying anything to get elected is donald j. trump, all of the stuff he is talking about, i'm going to fight the system. he's not going to fight the system. he is the system. he benefitted from the system all his life. so you know, see you out on the campaign trail, donald. >> he also says senator cruz is wasting his time. what's your respons

carly fiorina was one of them. and the reason why, i believe we were getting that information, a big reason, was to show ahead of last night when they knew they were not going to do very well, but certainly now that they really didn't do well last night that they are still in the game. and they are -- that senator cruz is not going anywhere. and that he does hope and believe that donald trump will not get the number of delegates needed before the convention, just by way of these contests. so, you know, he's part of the news cycle. we're talking about him. it's a big splashy event as sunlen called it. and it allows him to kind of be part of the political mix on a day where he really needs to be part of the political mix. >> yeah, to your point, i'm not sitting here talking about donald trump's foreign policy speech. we're sitting here talking about the big announcement in an hour. so ben ferguson, to sunlen's point on it being a slashy announcement, is there more than splash? more than ted cruz getting back in the b

he wants to put fiorina out there.you heard him when he introduced her, every at tribute he said about fiorina was a double edged sword, a way to hit donald trump, a way to push stop trump ticket mark and rick are talking about. she has won a california primary. she dropped out of her own race in the republican primary earlier this year. ted cruz still trails in the delegate count. i pose the question to her. how is it one person that has been unable to beat donald trump added to another person who hasn't been able to beat donald trump yet -- does one plus one equal three basically. she said, listen, we are working to try to keep donald trump below 1237. she said he cannot get there was her response. you look at this ticket, the timing of it, how long it's been in the works. i'm told by a campaign aide a couple weeks ago they were getting very serious about rolling her out. originally the campaign started looking at a vice presidential pick back after iowa. they were looking at 42 people. that was narrowed down to 17 f

it is the first day of the cruz fiorina gop ticket.he cruz campaign machine adding an attack of a crucial contest. this time she is running for the number two position. he announced his vp pick in indianapolis five days before the indiana primary where it's say to save if cruz loses o on tuesday, his chances of stopping trump evaporate. the first major foreign policy speech by donald trump, used a teleprompter to read remarks. being criticized for its lack of specifics and praise by others, at least one senator, as a step in the right direction. >> my foreign policy will always put the interests of the american people and american security above all else. it has to be first. it has to be. both our friends and our enemies put their countries above ours and we while be fair to them, must start doing the same. >> our political team has the race covered from all across indiana. in washington this morning, however, lawmakers who are publicly backing trump are meeting again behind closed doors. this is the second such meeting and luke russer

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why of all choices carly fiorina? >> the cruz campaign, first of all, the move itself to name a vice presidential nominee now, ted cruz is trying to deprive donald trump of some of the oxygen. everyone is talking about how close he is coming to clinch the nomination. ted cruz is looking to be part of the conversation. he is making a forceful counter to the clinton campaign by naming a woman. he is looking ahead to the large stock of delegates that are at store in california's primary in early june. carly fiorina ran for senate there in the primary but has a record there as well. he's looking for somebody who can energize the base and fire them up, suck some votes away from donald trump and perhaps the rnc pick up a win. whether that will work, this is a really big gamble. he's running the risk of looking brilliant or having a big failure if it does not go his way. >> i don't know that fiorina checks any of those boxes. just the california box, she ran there, she got pummelled and she hasn't been so nice about ted cruz

think about the sharp contrast between cruz and fiorina and clinton and trump. now why do i put them together? clinton and trump. because they're two sides of the same coin, sean. they're two sides of the same coin. [ applause ] they are both -- they are both the ultimate insiders. i mean, wow, john boehner says yesterday that donald trump is his texting and golfing buddy and harry reid thinks donald trump is okay, too, and donald trump contributed seven times to hillary clinton. i'm sorry, it is not a choice or a contrast when donald trump agrees with hillary clinton on so many positions. yeah, he's okay with the iranian nuclear deal. yeah, he's okay with single payer health care. yeah, he was okay until he wasn't on partial birth abortion. you go on and on and on. how long have republicans and conservatives said we can only win by presenting a clear contrast? so here it is. people of indiana, cruz/fiorina, trump/clinton. [ cheers and applause ] >> you mentioned john boehner. i'm a commentator. i had strong words to say about him yesterday. i'm pretty ticked of

hallie, you spoke with carly fiorina last night. sources close to the campaign have conceded that the move to add carly fiorina was designed to change the conversation, try to undercut the momentum that done auld trump has. that does seem to be working. at least when we look at the headlines this morning. how does it seem to be playing out on the ground? >> well, when you look at the headlines and local papers, we were just in indianapolis and the front page was a picture of carly fiorina and ted cruz talking about candidates coming to indiana to blan ket the hoosier state five days before what will be a crucial primary, not just for ted cruz but that stop trump movement. you will see on the stage behind me, he and carly fiorina with first campaign rally since he announced that she would be on his ticket if he were to win the republican nomination, and in our conversation, carly fee over-rena and i talked about this attack line coming from the trump campaign. you heard paul manafort talk about that this morning, it is desperate, thi

is fiorina going to counter that?e's not a lot of evidence that the vice presidential candidate is the person that voters are voting for. i'm not sure that carly fiorina helps him, other than to message that he would run with a woman at time when donald trump is saying so many offensive things about women. >> were you surprised by this yesterday? >> not terribly surprised. it had been foreshadowed a little bit. but it is a very unusual -- very unofficial for a candidate to pick a running mate before they get nominated. in the case of ted cruz he probably won't have an opportunity to pick a running mate. >> get it in now while you can, i guess, is the thought process? >> exactly. >> well, donald trump gave a big foreign policy speech yesterday. how are experts rating his strategy? >> the general cast of this is that it was not particularly substantive. not particularly coherent. you know, i watched yesterday and listened to the speech actually and, you know, my take on this is that it actually wasn't that bad. what it

. >> fiorina ran for president herself this year. she came in seventh place in iowa and then in new hampshire she came in seventh place again and then she dropped out. this was her second time running for office. she also ran for united states senate seat in california in the deep red republican year of 2010, but even under that year's favorable conditions fiorina lost that senate race in california by double digits, but the ted cruz campaign needs a new story. the ted cruz campaign needs a game changing stunt right now and they are apparently banking on this being it. they're telling republican voters in the states that have yet to vote, you may not have been sold on ted cruz so far, but try this on for size. if donald trump doesn't keep winning state after state after state, if donald trump doesn't go on to win the republican nomination and if the republican nominating process goes to a contested convention and then if they choose to honor ted cruz's choice of who you would like his running mate to be and if after that the republic

mark: fiorina also spoke.fter being introduced, she took a shot at the red -- republican front-runner, donald trump. trump and hillary clinton are two sides of the same going. there was liberal, we know that. , like soary clinton many politicians, she has made her millions selling access and influence from inside the system. and donald trump has made his billions buying people like hillary clinton. mark: so what does donald trump himself think of this pick? he gave a window into his thinking this morning, more than nine hours before cruz made the formal announcement, as rumors swirl. called into the morning shows, and reacted to the possibility of fiorina, on "good morning america." >> i think it would be a bad choice. i think. i did not resonate, not because she was a woman, but because she did not resonate with the people. i like her, she is a nice person, but she did not resonate, she was very low in the polls. at the end, she was an insignificant player. if he wants to bring harley back, it is ok, but it i

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but carly fiorina is not a surprise.alked about how they were going to unveil the running mate, i think a lot of people who follow this stuff would bet with very long odds that it was likely to be carly fiorina. at the end of the day, i think the net effect is that nothing hurt her as we wrap up this week and go into next week. mark: i thought one of the biggest things of the week was overshadowed. tuesday night, when trump was asked, are you the presumptive nominee, and he said, yeah, i am. he clearly wants those two guys out of the race. if he wins indiana and they don't get out, which is possible, what will he do? what steps can corey lewandowski take? guest: the title of prisms of nominee is not want to take, it is to be the stone. it should be bestowed by the titular head of the party. in 2008, when it was clear that mccain would be the presumptive nominee, he had a meeting with the president of the white house. in this case, the titular head of the party is either mitt romney, the past nominee, or paul ryan, the ra

now comes carly fiorina.nnouncing his veep, cruz is probably not expecting a longer trip, he points to the advantage she brings to his ticket. he says the country knows her by her first name. she is sufficient to id her. this is how bad it's gotten. we peek veeps not for the history books, but to get us through the week. when we're packing up next tuesday will we honor this mating with fiorina any more than we did cruz and kasich. this is hardball. chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in". >> my vice presidential nominee carly fiorina. >> the amazing thing is that basketball ring here in indiana. >> he called the rim a ring so he doesn't know too much about the basketball world. >> then the sanders campaign lays off hundreds of staff. >> look, we are clearly the underdogs. i'm very good at arrow rhythm ma tick. >> but vows to stay in the race and trump gets specificish about foreign policy.

why carly fiorina and why now? >> well, boy, carly fiorina is a real superstar. the u.s. senate from california when i was the state party chairman there in 2010 and she really electrifies republicans. she connects really, really well. she's very solid on all of the issues that republicans are concerned about today, that the country is concerned about today. once senator cruz made a decision to choose carly fiorina, there was no reason to wait on that decision. let's get that information out there. let's have the announcement today and let the voters decide. she's only going to strengthen the ticket and provides another person to go out and campaign in a very strong way for senator cruz's leadership and now voters know who they'll get. >> this is donald trump reacting tonight to ted cruz veep pick. >> on television they say it nicely. he has no path to victory. that's a nice expression. he's got no path to victory. he's mathematically eliminated. it's like if you're playing in the world series and your team loses a game, a certain game, he's mathematically elimin

ted cruz announced in indianapolis that carly fiorina is his running mate.earted moment we want to share with you. fiorina talked about spending more time with the cruz family on the campaign trail, was inspired to break into song about cruz's daughters. ♪ i know two girls that i just adore. i know i can see them more ♪ cause we travel on the bus all day, we get to play, we get to play ♪ >> back with the panel. patrick, senator cruz, was this just a big distraction, not the singing but the announcement? >> yeah, probably about changing the subject from trump's major wins. finally getting majorities of the vote in five states, big numbers in three way races. and ted cruz and donald trump have a major problem now, their unfavorable numbers. donald trump is trying to start addressing that, trying to look like a policy guy, and ted cruz sort of bringing on carly fiorina, singing, talking about what a lot of fun ted was. this is a guy you want to hang out with, saying some charming things about his family, his wife heidi. really trying to give a warm embrace to t

ted cruz taking hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina as his running mate. she dropped out of the race after february and endorsed ted cruz. carly fiorina on the kelly file talking about the decision. >> on the one hand you have ted cruz and carly fiorina, two proven conservatives, proven fighters who know what the fight is about, jobs, prosperity, possibility and potential of our nation, liberty. and you have donald trump, two sides of the same coin who are the ultimate insider's. lauren: greta van susteren last night hosted a town hall events, donald trump's early vp pick is crazy. >> it is a waste of time. it is so early in the press. he has no path. he will be crazy. >> next contest is in indiana. >> trump scoring a big investment in indiana. bobby knight announcing his support, in indiana. >> you folks are looking at the most prepared man in history to step in as president of the united states, that man right there. there has never been a presidential candidate prepared to the length this man is. >> trump calling the support the greatest endorsement in

donald trump did not directly respond to the cruz-fiorina alliance.on eric trump tweeted, this is truthly one of the greatest acts of desperation i have ever seen. as for donald, the republican front-runner gave a rather and measured speech today using a teleprompter. >>> a gilroy high school teacher is accused of posing as a woman to get photos from children. science teacher douglas le was arrested at his home yesterday. he received photos from underage kids who believed they were talking to a woman online. he was booked in the santa clara county jail on two felony counts of child enticement. the school says le is on paid administrative leave. >>> fighting for equality in silicon valley, hundreds of janitors and cafeteria workers rallied today outside intel in santa clara. they say they've become invisible for the well-paid tech workers they feed and clean up after. they say they deserve to share in the success of that industry. >> workers are fighting for a better life for them and their families that includes a fair living wage, includes making sur

on the one hand, you have cruz and fiorina. and have fought the system. on the other hand, you have donald trump and hillary clinton. i put them in the same category because they're in the same category. they agree on many things. they are two sides of the same coin. hillary clinton has made her millions selling access and influence and donald trump has made his billions buying people like hillary clinton off. so if you want to be -- have a nominee who's actually a conservative and who will fight the system, now you have a real clear choice. >> all right. that's true, but when you guys are on the stage, there's 17 strong at some point, and at two stages we couldn't fit everybody on. you were going at each other and for a while it seemed like you were somebody who would never team with ted cruz. for example, listen to this. >> ted cruz is just like any other politician, he says one thing in manhattan. he says another thing in iowa. he says whatever he needs to say to get elected. and then he'll -- >> have you changed your mind?

cruz-fiorina equals a perfect match. he wants to ship immigrants out and she is a champion at shipping jobs out. kpix 5 political analyst melissa caen says the tweets are fitting for a senator ending her career. >> it's a beautiful thing to be liberated by not having to run for election again. [ chuckling ] not that she would necessarily lose many votes by going after a republican. but she clearly is feeling like she can say anything. >> reporter: remember, senator boxer and the former head of hewlett-packard went head to head in 2010. >> having run in a pretty bruising campaign against fiorina she can't be thrilled to have carly coming back to california to stump once again for the republican party. >> reporter: it's something the senator addressed in a conference call. >> now she is coming back again. it's like a bad dream, you know? >> reporter: unsurprisingly, it's also the subject of a tweet. cruz thinks fiorina will help in california. maybe he doesn't know carly left after she lost by a million votes. >> she won t