tonight the controversy about hillary clinton's e-mails and we talk to ann garon, mark halperin and john hileman. >> not the first thing anyone has done, it has bad judge. , the exact line people want to go after her on, it shows she was supported by people who again helped her engage in something she shouldn't have done. an she has been in setting it up, she has just been too cavalier about it because she never from her experience in little rock, her experience in the white house, she never wants to admit weakness, error or a failure to exer good judgement because she knows quite rightly she will be attacked more and more. the more she reveals and shows weakness, she will be attacked more and more. this is going to be a problem for her for the fore seeable future. >> rose: we continue with julian barnes, his new novel is called the noise of time, a

>> let's go back to mark halperin. mark halperin politics 101 do you escort a 10-year-old kid?> i don't think you go negative on the 10-year-old. what is wrong with your party? >> go ahead. >> just -- it just -- it's not -- this is not cresting well for the cruz campaign. fighting with a 10-year-old, fighting with the heckler. you know, i don't get -- i don't get the whole thing. >> at least -- >> i will say this -- >> at least it wasn't -- >> nobody fell off the stage. >> i would not be surprised -- >> not true. >> i don't know if the 10-year-old was -- i wouldn't be surprised if it was mischief not being created in a not organic fashion. >> do you think the 10-year-old boy is a roger stone flunky? >> jimmy fallon called donald trump's grandson -- a new poll finds that republican voters more about a gimmick. 83% that cruz announced carly fiorina as a way to revitalize the campaign. 16% say she's the best vice presidential candidate. not sure why he needs to make an effort. ted cruz is doing just fine by himself. on sunday ted cruz's running mate carly fiorina introduced cruz -

>> mark halperin, i would have laughed two months ago.s anybody notified this guy he's about to lock down the nomination and going into a general election mode -- why is he doing these mindless twitter feuds on saturday afternoon? >> why won't let you let trump be trump, joe? >> because that trump loses in a general election. i've said it. maybe i'm dead wrong. what works in a republican primary and gains votes in a republican primary often loses votes in the general election. and sort of this, this battling. who wants a president that's going to be entering tweet wars with everybody, repeatedly? like, "the washington post" on friday wrote some column saying, oh, the "morning joe" trump feud is over. i'm like, there's a feud? he's just like shooting all-around, nonstop. tell me. are there people around him and in washington that are concerned that he continues to engage in twitter wars? >> no, i mean, look, going after the press has served him well, so, i agree with you that there are some things that probably he's done that won't help hi

on msnbc mark halpe n halperin. >> this is the pregame show for that. >> and anchor of bbc news kaddy kay. donald trump took it to a new level. he discussed the 1993 suicide of clinton aid vince foster has been the subject of far fetched and widely dismissed conspiracy theories. something president clinton alluded to at a campaign rally this past friday. >> i know the republicans have been mean to her and say terrible things. they're good at this. they delegitimize the people they don't like. you think the stuff they said about her is bad? they accused me of murder. my memories are short. it's what they do. >> yesterday the washington post published this when asked in an interview last week about the foster case, donald trump dealt with it as has about many edgy topics. law enforcement officials and a subsequent federal investigation have ruled foster's death a suicide. trump continued to level of the allegation of rape against president clinton yesterday. his campaign posted a video to i instagram. we should note clinton was never charged and denied the allegations when they were fir

. >> rose: welcome tok the program, we begin this evening with politics and talk to mark halperin, john helleman and mark mckinnon at a conversation recorded at the the-- 92nd street y last night in new york city. >> the opening for somebody to run as a businessman, outsider, not beholden to special interests, not with a plitd kal background was enormous. >> but the fact that it was done ald trump is a complete-- is a surprise. but it-- we shouldn't be surprised that somebody has captured that space of fundamental change, that is so fundamental, that as mark said, they're willing to risk somebody that might be risky because they tried everything else and they have been letdown. >> rose: and we begin with the incredibly popular musician mark ronson. >> especially because of the result of this song uptown funk, are milestones that i never, ever thought that i would achieve. and i would have been perfectly happy if i hadn't have. i was on a good enough path and these ridiculous things of playing the super bowl or playing snl are things i would never-- they wouldn't even be on my bucket lis

mark halperin, with all due respect and bloomberg politics. back in a moment, stay with us. >> rose: marc mron is here, host of the popular podcast wtf with marc maron. he recently celebrated its 700th episode and star of the ifc series maron, season four, the comedy premiers this wednesday, may 4th. here is a look at the new season . >> all right, everybody, before we get to today's interview, i think it's time to address the pink elegant-- elephant in the room. many of you have read or seen stuff about me on the internet, on reddit, on twitter, or in the blogoschfear. time to set the record straight. several months ago i experienced an injury and i started using prescription pain medication and as some of you know, if you are a recovering addict, pharmaceuticals can be a slippery slope. and i slipped, all right. 16 years of sobriety down the drain. i will say this, i nipped it in the bud, it's water under the bridge, no harm, no foul. if you want to tweet me other cliches feel free, but i think i covered them all, okay. but you know, marc ma

mark: and i'm mark halperin.ue respect" to speaker paul ryan, we have a feeling a brand-new nickname is about to come your way. ♪ leading our show, a latebreaking old-fashioned political bombshell. speaker of the house paul ryan, in an interview a short while ago, said that he is in effect not on board the trump train. when cnn's jake cap or as the speaker if he would back trump in the general election he said , this. speaker ryan: to be perfectly candid, i am not ready to do that at this point. i am not there.

mark: i am mark halperin.e is a little more intimate. >> mark halperin is aboard a delta flight somewhere over the united states. what are we doing? are you really in the can? ♪ mark: this is your captain speaking, sit back, relax, and buckle up because we are expecting turbulence, especially for donald trump. maybe, controversy swirls around him like they can -- like dust around pigpe

mark: i am mark halperin. we hope this one is a little more intimate. >> mark halperin is aboard a delta flight somewhere over the united states. what are we doing? are you really in the can? ♪ mark: this is your captain speaking, sit back, relax, and buckle up because we are expecting turbulence, especially for donald trump. maybe, controversy swirls around him like they can -- like dust n, but he was supposedly trying to be his own publicist. ongoing questions about why he will not release his tax returns. and this weekend, a lengthy new york times story showing is improper behavior towards women. any one of these flaps would consume a normal campaign and rivals would pounce on all of the negative headlines. but donald has been on the offense for all of this, and clinton is on silent when it comes to that new york times story. also benefiting trump today, a woman named ran -- rosanne brewer lane. she has been making the rounds on cable network denouncing the story as misleading. with the wayhappy the article

on msnbc, mike halperin. advertising, branding, and marketing expert, donny deutsch is with us. >> expert's not bad. >> and nbc news senior white house correspondent, chris jansing as well. >> how was prom? >> long night. up all night. they had a great time. i survived prom. all right, shall we get to -- what? you're troubled. >> i am troubled. >> we have a lot to get to. >> i just wonder if "the new york times" has done again -- >> here we go. >> i'm just wondering if "the new york times" has done again what they have done since the beginning of the trump campaign where they take a fact, they take an essential truth, and then they -- they expand it to such a degree and put it on the front page, above the fold, on sunday. because, remember, we've always said, they always overreach on sunday. they did it with john mccain on sunday. and they took a, an offhanded, unfortunate remark and turned it into the reason why his campaign was going to collapse. and i could go every sunday. mark, we've seen this time and t

donald trump and your announcers mark halperin and john heilemann.k: congratulations on making it this far. is there anything you would like to say before we begin the final round? >> we started off 17 people on the stage, and what the hell did i know about this stuff? mark: your word is lying. >> how would you spell that? l-y-e-n. mark: yoe

now it's about consistency, as you said mark halperin and john heilemann.ople will be scared. and they will ultimately not want to make that decision. so inconsistent. >> she's been through three presidential candidates. she's been the first lady. backed by -- >> secretary of state. >> backed by hundreds of people. >> she's actually won elections. >> they thought this through and he's not going against the weakest most overrated field of candidates of all time. against a professional operation and again improvising, making it up day-to-day, thinking you can say one thing on monday and a department different thing on tuesday is going to make winning for him tough. he needs to be uncharacteristically disciplined at the same time being himself. >> we're not denying that what he has done is nothing short of incredible. nothing short of historic. nothing short of just never seen before in the history of politics. modern day politics for sure. and speaker ryan, i don't think any house speaker before this has done this. so you could argue he's being careful or a l

halperin. it was a honor to serve alongside mr. halperin. and you hear from professor after the university of michigan school of public policy harold ford jr. and in washington anchor for "world news america" -- >> except i'm in boston. like washington a little farther north. >> yeah. >> let's talk about why you were up there. joe and mika honored by a cable hall of fame in an induction ceremony that went late. tell uscady. >> it was great. the show was honored. it was a fabulous tribute. i think that was mike was referred to as the cranky uncle of the "morning joe" family. >> sounds about right. >> it's kind of true, right. mark halperin gave a nice tribute to joe and mika. that was lovely. i think nicole was mentioned, too, and willie was the chirpy child that kept mom and dad from fighting. >> chirpy child? not what i was hoping for. >> you got mentioned. >> yeah. >> it was lovely. it was very nice, and a lot of people paid tribute to the show. you know, it was very good to recognize what th

managing editor of bloomberg politics and cohost of "with all due respect," mark halperin. what an amazing show. who would absolutely be obsessed with that show? who? i can't think of one person. not anybody in their right mind. >> i finally went to see "hamilton." hamilton, rickles, i don't think it's even a close call. people will remember the summer of 2016. >> and in washington, we have nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell with us this morning. and pulitzer prize-winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. great group! >> before we do the read, i've got to ask. what's going on? what's going on out there? >> there's just a lot of battle lines being drawn. and i think they're fake. i think this whole trump/ryan thing is phony so they could meet this week and come together and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. donald trump just said -- >> i'm getting tired. >> -- that he would consider stripping paul ryan's chairmanship of the republican national co

me start with the guy in the middle, mark halperin, tell me right now -- what are the five most importantuestions about the political year we are in? mark: five? rose: ok, 10. the most important questions .hat you are in search of i'm interested in the bigger questions. in terms of what trump tossed strategy might be, who he will choose for a running mate, who hillary will choose for a running mate, what her strategy will be, does trump have a serious chance -- in terms of strategy might be. have at it. mark: thank you all for coming. 5 -- i'm going to do this in no particular order -- how does donald trump make the big decisions in this campaign -- selection of running mates, debates, which will be among the most watched events of all time, hoda's than r wedding. big. two, can he convince people he is qualified to be president? raise your hand if you are going to vote for donald trump. [laughter] how many people think there are people in this room who are secretly going to vote for trump but will not raise their hand? now, this may not be the perfect demographic for that test, but i do t

jim piland and mark halperin with "all due respect." -- jim halperin. ♪ we are looking and markets andrencies. tom, it is time now for the morning must listen. michael mckee has that for us. have beenand tom talking about movements and currency. we want to show you why they are moving. take a listen. >> what's the likelihood because we are never supposed to talk about -- my colleagues are going to say, and we are going to get a lot of data between now and then. in my view, yes, it would be appropriate, given all the things we talk about to go in that next step. a lot can happen between now and the middle of june. mike: john wayne speaking on bloomberg and suggesting that maybe the markets have this wrong. fed are not anticipating a move in june but of said move in june is a real possibility. we also had the same, yesterday from dennis lockhart of the it led to fed -- the atlanta fed. should, obviously, they try to prepare the markets for at least a realistic range of possibilities. the problem is at the moment fed funds futures are pricing in only a 12% chance of a fed move. andlockhar

mark: i am mark halperin.hope this one is a little more intimate. >> mark halperin is aboard a delta flight somewhere over the united states. what are you doing? are you really in the can? ♪ mark: this is your captain speaking, sit back, relax, and buckle up because we are expecting turbulence, especially for donald trump. maybe, controversy swirls around him like dust around pigpen, but he was supposedly trying to be

fromie: mark halperin, bloomberg politics. back in a moment.tay with us. ♪ ♪ charlie: marc maron is here and he is a comedian, and host of the popular part cast, -- podcast, "wtf with marc maron." it has recently celebrated the 700 episode. he is the host of the semi autobiographical show "maron." thisn four premieres wednesday, may 4. here is a look at the new season. ♪ marc: all right, everybody, before we get to today's interview, i think it is time to address the pink elephant in the room. many of you have read or seen stuff about me on the internet, on reddit, on twitter, or you know, in the blog sphere, so it blogosphere, so it is time to set the record straight. several months ago, i started using pain medication. as some of you know, as a recovering addict, pharmaceuticals can become a slippery slope. 16 years of sobriety down the drain. but i will say this, i nipped it in the bud, water under the bridge, no harm, no foul. if you want other cliches, i can cover them tomorrow. ok? but, you know, marc maron is doing just fine. ♪ charlie:

roman romania. >> mark halperin? >> guccifer, i don't know.o those accounts, it's not a stretch. >> the conversation with the hacker gucciferr is part of around assignment. >> still on "morning joe." >> i'm reminded of my favorite movie, "the princess bride." with respect to navigable waters, you people using that word, it does not mean what you think it means. >> ted cruz doing his best "the princess bride" impression. you know who was not impressed? didn't he support ted cruz. >> he loved ted cruz. he'll love this. >> he joins us live next. we'll try to refrain from asking him questions about spinal tap. you're watching "morning joe." real is making new friends. amazing is getting this close. real is an animal rescue. amazing is over twenty-seven thousand of them. there is only one place where real and amazing live. seaworld. real. amazing ♪ ♪ you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. financial guidance while you're mastering life. my wife and i are n

with us we have mark halperin, pulitzer prize winner jon meacham. please keep us up-to-date. >> 1954. >> no, don't bore us. form former ted cruz republican strategist, and we have ben ginsberg. and the author of the book "love that boy," ron fournier. >> let's go around here a little bit. around the horn. so, tell me, mark, what was your takeaway from last night, how do you put the trump victory into perspective? >> well, the key thing was reince priebus saying this is our nominee. it's going to be now, as ted cruz would say, a time for choosing. you're going to see some prominent people in the next 48 hours, republicans, come out for hillary clinton. you're going the see the clintons organizing that effort. and then you're going to see donald trump, i think, to a surprising degree to some, largely unify this republican party in a big hurry, start to do fund-raising as he suggested to you guys already. and now the question, can he win? democrats don't think he can. there are people who sit around this table that don't think he can. he's going to hav

have more on the gop's battle for unity when we walk with political watchers john heilemann, mark halperin, and mark mckinnon of "the circus." >>> north carolina has raised the stakes in its fight with the federal government over transgender rights. as omar villafranca reports from raleigh, the governor is nowhere close to backing down. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general loretta lynch took the podium to say the state of north carolina had violated federal laws. >> they created state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security, a right taken for granted by most of us. >> reporter: governor pat mccrory filed his own lawsuit, accusing the federal government of overreaching its authority. >> we believe a core, rather than a federal agency, should tell our state, our nation, and employers across the country what the law requires. >> reporter: the doj sent a letter to north carolina officials last week and warned them that if the state didn't comply, the government could withhold billions of

with all due respect mark halperin.winning column nest. >> guys, please, pulitzer prize editor of "washington post" eugene robinson on capitol hill. >> you've got to stop. you're not good at this. >> i'm great at this. >> you have to introduce people with more flourish. >> narrow shoulders, four or five fantasy football leagues, sam stein, "huffington post," senior white house guy. it's great to see you guys. >> okay. next time. >> how are you, sam? >> well, i was doing well. >> what do you think of this crazy, crazy fight on the democratic side? much ado about nothing or a street fight to the convention. >> for a while i thought it was much ado about nothing. increasingly you're seeing pretty radical stuff, death threats, nasty stuff directed at democratic party chair. keep in mind, this is all over two delegates in a race that is pretty much decided. so we're talking about really small stakes for tempers to flair this high. and you're getting the impression -- maybe i'm overstating it or overinterpreting it because it

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mark: i am mark halperin.all due respect, if you let donald trump picks the chair, he has options. trump: you originally come from ohio, right? paul o'neill of the yankees. mark: on the show tonight, a

mark halperin?o win over people like paul ryan and to address any reservations you still have? >> yeah, so again, you know, they are reaching out to folks. obviously, reaching out to him. they are developing much more defined policies at this point. that's the phase that they are in. look, you are talking about a candidate who is a business person who, you know, didn't go to georgetown to study foreign policy or didn't go to some economics school to necessarily study in the way that a lot of people have. he's done it himself as a business person. let's let this play out. i can't imagine why people will all of a sudden be taking positions of never this, never that and let's work with him. look. i saw in his foreign policy speech last week and a very important step forward. and what i think he's saying is that he's going to embrace foreign policy much like bush 41 did. much like people like james baker where there's a degree of realism in our foreign policy that we obviously understand how the world i

managing director and editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. mika has the morning off. a big day. the republican party trying to come together after donald trump all be secured the republican nomination. we've all believed around this table for some time that you feel the title of rem's song, feeling gravity, feeling house of representatives or senate. your party has elected donald trump. he's accumulated more votes than any other republican in primary history, and you start feeling that pull because chances are very good donald trump won in your congressional district. or if you're a senator, he won in your state. so paul ryan is an exception to that rule. ted cruz comfortably won janesville and the surrounding areas in paul ryan's district. mark halperin, for most republicans, they are trying to figure out exactly how to deal with -- if they are talking about musicals, "hamilton," how do you solve a problem like donald. that's what the gop is trying to figure out. today their leader is having to figure that out. how do they embrace him without looking like they are be

mark: and i'm mark halperin.ue respect" to speaker paul ryan, we have a feeling a brand-new nickname is about to come your way. ♪ leading our show, a latebreaking political bombshell. speaker of the house paul ryan in an interview a short while ago that he is in effect not on board the trump train. when he was asked if he would back trump, he said this. speaker ryan: to be perfectly candid, i am not ready to do that at this point. i am not

mark: i am mark halperin.e respect, if you let donald trump picks the chair, he has options. originally come from ohio, right? paul o'neill of the yankees. mark: on the sho

mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect, if you let donald trump picks the chair, he has options. originally come from ohio, right? paul o'neill of the yankees. mark: on the show tonight, a super pac and the love that donald trump lacks. he will meet with his not yet bff, paul ryan. paul ryan, again, said that he was not ready to back donald trump. he said that he wish he had more time to get to know him before this happened. trump asked him to step down as the chair in cleveland. he said, he is the nominee. over the weekend, the presumptive nominee continued to add more names to the trump train manifest without doing much to get people on board. trump: it is a mistake not to do this. we have to bring the party together. i think that i am different than anybody else who has ever run from office and i do not think so. i think it would be better to be unified and there would be something good about that. i do not think it has to be unified, in a traditional sense. need toes the party not be unified in a t

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announcersp and your mark halperin and john heilemann.u would like to say before we begin the final round? >> we started off 17 people on the stage, and what the hel did i know about this stuffl? mark: your word is lying. >> how would you spell that? l

mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to speaker paul ryan, we have a feeling a brand-new nickname is about to come your way. ♪ leading our show, a latebreaking political bombshell. speaker of the house paul ryan in an interview a short while ago that he is in effect not on board the trump train. when he was asked if he would back trump, he said this. speaker ryan: to be perfectly candid, i am not ready to do that at this point. i am not there. and i hope to, and i want to, but what is required is that we unify the party. saying that we are unified doesn't in itself unify us. taking the principles that we believe in, showing a dedication to those, and running a principled campaign republicans can be proud about -- that is what it takes to unify the party. mark: a source familiar with the speaker explained his words this way. "the speaker was not prepared about what to say as trump as the nominee this early." he thought he was going to have more time, but john kasich and ted cruz abruptly handed thei

mark halperin, host of "with all due respect." have some competition from john kasich today. mark h.: not a surprise after last night that his two rivals would get out of the race. it's not always the way it works. someone becomes the presumptive nominee. both john kasich and ted cruz saw that going forward would not yield them the nomination, so they are stepping aside, leaving trump as the last person standing. vonnie: he did say he would met -- vet john kasich as a possible bp, but basically kasich and -- possible vp, but basically kasich and cruise are -- and cruz are out. h.: what will dick cheney, george bush, both george bush's say about trump? you've got the option of saying you will be for him. you had a united states senator from new hampshire, kelly ayotte, who is up for election, saying she is supporting trump, but she is not endorsing trump. kind of unusual language. you will see a lot of prominent republicans make this choice. say you are not voting. say you are writing in someone else. orr this new option of " -- th

mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to those who thought they could come back late from the holiday weekend and be late for donald trump's press conference -- mr. trump: are you ready? do you have your pen? this sleazy guy. voter cycles? no. jeff sessions. crazy bernie. lebron. --t adds up to -6 million- well, let's the that adds up to 5 million, $6,000. bob dole is a fan of mine. bob dole endorsed me. don't tell me about bob dole. bill kristol is a loser. ♪ mark: hello from los angeles, from the california primary one week from today. but wait, everybody wants to know who is the independent candidate who the crystal has been touting? -- bill kristol has been touting? a conservative lawyer, writing, an iraqi were veteran named david french. you may not have heard of him. we hadn't either. krsitol tweeted this weekend that he had a candidate in mind that he said would be a strong candidate. john and i talked to both of them, who both declined to comment. french is a staff writer for the national re

mark: and i'm mark halperin.ct" to donald trump, who called senator sanders "crazy bernie," i think that nickname is only taken. >> crazy donald. mark: on the show tonight,'donald trumps data shrug and hillary clinton's email mug. paul ryan's to limit to -- ryan 's dilemma to hug or not to hug. the gop presumptive nominee has a series of meetings scheduled, but focus will be trump's tete-a-tete

mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to what donald trump is, let's respect what he is not. >> he is not hitler. >> he is not a democrat. >> he is not a member of the political class. >> he is not a republican. >> he's not a conservative. >> i am not a politician. >> i am not a debater. >> i am not a masochist. >> i am not passive. >> no, i am not a bully. >> i am not a shrieker. >> i am not thin-skinned. >> i am not hateful. >> i am not an angry person. >> i am not an obama person. >> i'm not a fan of bernie. >> i am not an isolationist. >> i am not stupid, okay? i can tell you that. ♪ mark: today's show is not going to start with news that donald trump is releasing names for those that he will consider for the supreme court. that is not because we don't think it's a big story. we do. we will discuss his perspective think at some length. but a testament to how bad the bad blood between hillary clinton and bernie sanders has gotten. we are leading with democratic discord. this is arguably one of th

mark: and i'm mark halperin. "with all due respect" to donald trump, who called senator sanders "crazy bernie," i think that nickname is already taken. >> crazy donald. mark: on the show tonight, donald trump's data shrug and hillary clinton's email mug. and paul ryan's ryan's dilemma to hug or not to hug. the gop presumptive nominee has a series of meetings scheduled, but the focus will be trump's tÊte-À-tÊte with paul ryan, who held back his support. the tension between the two top republicans has been toned down somewhat. a story by the new york times, trump is defiant in an interview about walking into their meetings. in a pregame capitol hill press conference, ryan was more conciliatory, saying he wanted to find common ground with his party's presumptive nominee. speaker ryan: to pretend we are unifying without unifying, we are going at half strength. we need a real unification of our party. after a tough primary, that will take effort. we are committed to putting effort in. i want to be a part of the unifyi

mark: and i mark halperin. respect,d with all due i got this. ♪ episode this special tonight, the donald's do's and don'ts tonight with donny. it just these are reinforcing in some ways capabilities. last night, the "wall street journal" reported that the clinton foundation received and included in the ownership list is a woman who "the journal" described as a "close friend of bill clinton. and then following that is a negative story about donald j. trump, the billionaire. of paper claims it has audio donald trump pretending to be his own spokesman, john, and this morning, on "the today show" on nbc, donald trump denied that the voice was actually his. have obtained a recording with the voice that they say is, in fact, you, someone pretending to be a pr person. this is 25 years ago. let me play a portion of the tape for you. >> what is your name? john: john miller. about his dating exploits, his reports, so my question is for you this morning, are you aware of the tape and if so, is this you? i don't recognize

mark: i'm mark halperin. and "with all due respect," to ted cruz and bernie sanders, remember them always protect your face. >> hillary clinton and donald trump are hoping to deliver a knockout low to the rivals. >> knockout blows to the rivals. >> a knockout blow. >> knockout blow, knockout blow -- >> knockout punch. mark: fight night in indiana, but for the republicans, it has become the gauntlet. in one corner, donald j trump, billionaire. any other corner, the now emotional texas senator, ted cruz. as hoosiers went to the polls today, these republicans heavyweights clashed in one of the nastiest verbal matches of this entire nasty campaign. morning when trump went on "fox and friends" and unbidden brought up a national enquirer story about a purported link between ted cruz plus father in the man who shot jfk. mr. trump: his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shot. the whole thing is ridiculous. is this? nobody even brings it up. they don't even talk about it. what was he doing with le

mark: and i'm mark halperin.ue respect" to those who thought they could come back late from the holiday weekend and be late for donald trump's press conference -- mr. trump: are you ready? do you have your pen? this sleazy guy. voter cycles? no. jeff sessions. crazy bernie. lebron. --t adds up to -6 million- well, let's the that adds up to 5 million, $6,000. bob dole is a fan of mine. bob

mark: i am mark halperin. i am john heilemann. i am back. ♪ john: happy friday, sports fans.ond,they say a cross the happy friday, sports fans. littlet our show with a british flavor because of what the donald trump said about david cameron. in the spirit, we brought along our trump phone booth. mr. trump, operators are standing by. egyptair, coverage on not a lot of other news. the presumptive republican nominee, what he said about the british prime minister would be big news. they have not been the best of friends. david cameron has called donald trump's proposal "divisive, stupid, and wrong." , thed trump told gmb british version of gma, that he is not a divisive person and "i'm not stupid, ok?" which makes donald trump's statement rather interesting. >> he came after me a little bit. he would like me to visit 10 downing street. they put out that invitation two days ago, so i would do just fine with david cameron. i think he is a nice guy. i will do just fine. they have asked me to visit 10 downing street. i might do it. minister'srime office at 10 downing street responded