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trump not holding back his attacks on cruz's wife, heidi. >> things about heidi that i don't want to talk about and i'm not going to talk about it. you can look, but i wouldn't talk about them. i'm responding to what he does. the press likes to make me the bad guy. he knew about the picture. he may have even bought the rights to the picture, meaning his campaign. he is close to this super pac. i didn't start, this he did. >> he hasn't campaigned for a week and late at night he attacks my wife and attacks heidi. it is inappropriate and wrong and frankly disgusting to see a candidate attacking the spouse of another and it is a sign of just how scared on donald is because he doesn't want to discuss the substance. >> they are on the heels of the long interview with the "new york times" calling into question. >> john kasich is turning the

heidi, what is it you would really want to work on next? >> from a 30,000 foot view, i believe this stranglehold that the mandate from the sea, this federal overlord that we have is what creates many of the problems we have at the state level. and, the from the private sector work i do, i am a finance professional with a small consulting business as well as working in a private academy. and what i have found on both sides, and education as well as the private sector, what is strangling us are the cares we took from dc, whether it is through the obamacare mandates, the legislation, strictly, the epa. i have dealt with that in the private sector and what it is done to my clients from a financial perspective of sustainability. the medicaid expansion the governor casey, a republican has backed, so much in the teeth of the legislature. if you were in, what would be your position? >> well, what i have found, again, to make it more effective to addressing, let's say, the education policy what about medicaid? >> well, i am saying is to go back and

heidi is my best friend in the whole world.e love of my life and donald should stick with attacking me. because heidi is way out of donald trump's league. you know, i have to say seeing him go deeper and deeper to the gutter, it's not easy to tick me off. i don't get angry often. but you mess with my wife, you are mess with my kids, that will do it every time. donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> i don't know what new york had to did with it. what do you think, scottie? >> well, let's remember, this fight was started by a woman. liz maher, that is in charge of the make america awesome again pac started this because she was afraid of the delegates getting together and keeping someone else getting involved if we made it into a brokered convention. a woman started this fight a at a time when we should be focusing on international policy and instead we're having this childish discussion. i'm teaching my daughters you only make a strong foundation by the bricks thrown at you. move on, get back to the

take a listen. >> this isn't about heidi cruz. this is about melania trump.ump was the one that was attacked. and everyone seemed to be silent on that issue. mr. trump stands up for his wife, and all of a sudden, there's this faux attack on heidi cruz. >> of course, she's addressing directly the latest controversy between donald trump's wife and ted cruz's wife. of course, donald trump retweeting that, what some would call unflattering photo of heidi cruz, whether this hurts or h p helps donald trump, of course, we always say this, it remains to be seen. wisconsin is up next. but a yegeneral election campai, it looks like the incendiary comments against women, retweeting of the ad, the relationship with women, past statements with women could come back to haunt him. there's a whole host of things in the past, super pacs and attack anti-trump groups are coming up with. and democrats are looking into it as well to use against him in a general election campaign if it comes to that. chris. >> so i understand that heidi cruz seems to be winding up, and we expect t

first of all, i've met melania trump and i've had dinner with heidi cruz.o wonderfully accomplished human beings. i have not a negative word to say about either of them. the only -- and obviously i'm a trump supporter, but i love ted cruz whom i often refer to as vice president cruz. let me say this. the only mistake here, this third party group that was anti-trump, which apparently makes them pro-cruz went out deliberately to stir this out. and my recommendation to senator cruz was denounce it immediately. he didn't do that. that led to this feeling on donald trump's part that his wife was being attacked. all of this is perfectly understandable. i would just suggest let's get beyond this. we have had all these people killed in brussels. this is serious stuff here. we're talking serious, serious international problems that can affect the united states of america. donald trump and ted cruz are essentially on the same page. somewhere between 70% and 80% of the voting electorate of the republican party is saying the same thing. for heaven's sakes, let's move o

>> i think heidi cruz and melania, i met them both.ack on one woman, i do think trump attacked ted heidi cruz ai shouldn't. if i attack donald trump's hair, i'm not attacking all men. leave that behind. that is dumb. andrea: attack on hair an attack on all hair then? >> donald trump complimented him on his hair. trump is best example of great hair. what donald trump should have said is this. my wife is professional model. i'm very proud of her and very proud of that picture. she is a beautiful woman. why do you turn around and start hitting heidi cruz who has nothing to do with this? it is same, he can't help himself. that is where misogyny thing comes in. he attacks heidi cruz. went after corley fee for her looks a few months ago. this consistent attack on woman's appearance. why? say my wife is beautiful and and what a great picture. this super-pac didn't do anything that melania trump didn't pose for. she put out a picture she voluntarily posed for? why do you attack heidi cruz who is 20 times more qualified to be president than don

heidi came out took the high road didn't attack. why is this not outyaj just that heidi cruz has been attacked thiseh way. it's not a fight. it's against heidi cruz. make america awesome. it's designed to stop donald trump. when mitt romney says vote for john kasich, vote for ted cruz on different days in different contests. that's not a problem for donald trump. it's not a super pac that either one of them have been aligned with this is not, until and unless we learn that ted cruz has something to do with, this it's just not fair. >> charles, will it matter though? a.b. talks about the numbers. when you look at the primary versus the general, there are some differences on how people feel about donald trump, women, how they react to him. first of all, you know, we all love to look like melania, if we had pictures like that, you could put those out there. >> i think what it does -- it's not going to have a direct effect and it certainly, i think a.b. is right it's going to have more of an effect in the general election than it will i

heidi cruz would be a great first lady. looking i think what donald trump has done is in line with his character throughout his entire life. we put out an ad in our principles pack that was women reading quotes of donald trump talking about women, including things like women, you have to treat them like a word we can't say on msnbc, you know, calling people pigs, you know, insulting women in a myriad of ways you can't imagine. this is a sign of what kind of person he is. but also looking at it politically it demonstrates donald trump can never win an election in this country and rightly so. >> i did not want to imply that heidi cruz needed assistance of senator cruz but he's the person running for office. we've often of course talked to potential first ladies about what they would see as an agenda, what they would like to have as a focus if their husband or maybe in this case wife is president of the united states. so here she is, though, and again a position that i don't think i've ever seen where the wife of a candidate h

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here's what donald trump said about heidi cruz yesterday. >> well, there are things about heidi that about them. you can look, but i wouldn't talk about them. >> sarah, what is he referring to? >> you know, i don't know the specifics on that. i know he's getting a lot of heat right now for allegedly pushing the "national enquirer" story when it's very well documented this is a story that has been pushed for at least over six months by rubio allies. that is a question that should go to them on the details of that. and as far as what else he may be talking about there, that's not something i know of at this point. what i do know is you're continually hearing attacks on donald trump on his war against women. as a mother, as a wife, the things that keep me up at night aren't whether or not some politician hurt my feelings. it is are they going to keep my kids safe. they are going to come home and be safe. they're not going to be hurt or atlantaed. if they manage to go on and graduate from high school, they're going to be able to get a job. they will not be so burdened by this government,

poor heidi cruz ends up a victim in all of this. and the media has been covering it as a tit for tat and donald trump was clearly in the wrong and ted cruz had nothing to do with this. >> cruz has seized on this. >> and he should. of course he should. >> ad as well he should. >> megyn kelly tweeted, seriously? donald trump has taken plenty of shots at her. but the reporter story now, there is one in your paper, democratic strategy is to portray trump as an unabbased sexist. trump's critics see the latest a ain a troubling pattern. and then trump in his twitter response said the press is going out of its way to convince people i don't like or respect women when just the opposite is true. >> i think when the media covers this and reports on what donald trump is doing, it is sort of exactly, it gets to a pattern, right? a pattern of character. as you said, when trump retweeted that, can you argue that him not just justifying heidi cruz and being unfair to her but objectifying his wife. the media reports on what's going on with donald t

trump should apologize for retweeting that picture of heidi cruz. cruz should apologize for calling trump sleazy and surrounding himself with henchmen. covin is exactly right. instead of talking about obama doing the tango in argentina and attending a baseball game during the brussels terror attacks, we're talking about twitter wars. this is crazy. the republicans are going to lose in november and hillary clinton will walk straight into the white house unless both of these men stand up and say, enough is enough. let's talk about terrorism because i think the american people deserve that. >> tara, you hear what kayleigh says. does cruz bear some of the responsibility that he's done some mud slinging as well? >> well, i think ted cruz probably at this point needs to move forward. i agree with that. but i don't think that it's fair to draw a moral equivalence between ted cruz defending his wife and donald trump deciding to tweet out things that aren't true and continuing to perpetuate a lie about the ted cruz campaign. the ted cruz campaign had nothing

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poor heidi cruz ends up a victim of all of this. and the media has been covering it that it has been a tit for tat. >> it's safe to say that senator cruz has seized on that. >> and a fox tweeted, seriously, taking a little shot at donald trump, who has taken plenty of shots on her. but there's a report in your paper. the democratic strategy is to portray trump has an unabashed sexist. some critics see the attacks in the latest of a troubling pattern, reducing women to their physical appearances and then disparaging them in troubling ways. donald trump has gone out of his way to -- >> when the media covers this and reports on what donald trump is doing, is sort of exactly, it gets to a pattern, right, a pattern of character. as you said, when donald trump retweeted that tweet, you could argue as him not just objectifying heidi cruz and being unfair to her, but also objectifying his wife. what donald trump said about carly fiorina, what donald trump is saying about heidi cruz and even his wife, voters can see a pattern of behavior, wh

today, heidi cruz deflected questions about the trump threat.ten. >> as i said, you probably know by now most of the things that donald trump says have no base necessary reality. so we are not worried in the least, we're focusing on our campaign and we are going to continue to do that. >> reporter: heidi cruz is a senior executive at goldman sachs who is on leave to help her husband's campaign. the nude picture of trump's wife was taken for british "gq" in 2000. >> trace, thank you. joining us now, guy benson, and adriana cohen. adriana, is it ever appropriate on the campaign trail to go of a family member, first question? aside from whether or not ted cruz had anything to do with it, is family fair game? >> well, you know, i certainly don't like to see anybody's family get dragged through the mud. but if you go after donald trump and you attack his wife, he has every right to defend himself and he has a right to punch back. >> wait, hold on, hold on. based on that statement, i have to get this in here. the super pac operator, run by a woman, a

and it's not just the heidi cruz stuff. that's just part and parcel of a pretty long trend. megyn kelly during that first, very first republican debate that fox news hosted pointed this out, and he later attacked her. so i mean, that pretty much says it all. republicans have had a gender gap problem since -- i think ronald reagan was the last republican to win the female vote. so this is nothing new. but i just think donald trump compounds the problem. and he's going to have a major gender gap to overcome. and again, it's just amazing because republicans a couple years ago did this autopsy where they said we need to do better with women, we need to do better with hispanics, we need to do better with millennials, and trump is the exact opposite of what republicans were hoping for. >> van, donald trump is disrupting any plans the republicans had. but matt said they won't remember the situation with heidi cruz a couple of months from now. but the democrats will be making sure the general electorate does. >> yeah, absolutely. and the thing about it is right now if you had a norm

heidi is way out of his league. mark: heidi cruz had this to say to supporters.eidi: most of the things donald trump says have no basis in reality. john: in the wake of brussels, how personal can this get? mark: hard to imagine it getting more personal than this. i would just say, having talked to both, the animosity tween -- between them is real. it is not stage acting or for political purposes. i think it is a volatile situation. donald trump provides volatility, particularly if it gets down to a two-person race. john: it could get more personal than this and they have dragged the spouses in. i have to say, maybe i just have too much the core. donald trump used that occasion to go after ted cruz for something not coming out of the campaign after the attacks in belgium, it is not good for him to be going there. some personal stuff works for him. i'm not sure if this does. mark: is a candidate responsible for things supporting the candidate? there is no evidence. -- that the ted cruz campaign did this. john: this is not a regular -- if this is a regular ted cruz

heidi is my best friend in the whole world. she is the love of my life.ald should stick with attacking me because heidi is way out of donald trump's league. i have to say seeing him go deeper and deeper into the gutter it's not easy to tick me off. i don't get angry often. but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that'll do it every time. donald, you're a sniveling coward, and leave heidi the hell alone. phil mattingly is outfront. this fight is unlike anything we have seen so far in this campaign. never seen ted cruz like this. where does this go from here? nobody is backing down. >> we've seen evidence of that over the last hour. donald trump taking to twitter continuing to blame the cruz campaign for this original superpac ad. the cruz team has denied any responsibility. i'm struck by ted cruz's reaction. ted cruz is a very disciplined and on message candidate. there's also a political element here. just about an hour ago at an event in wisconsin, ted there is an up side here. donald trump, 47% of republican women say under no circumstance wil

he retweeted the pictures of heidi cruz and melania.is hands are clean in this episode. >> sure. he should not have retweeted that picture of heidi cruz. heidi cruz is a great woman, and that should not have happened. where i would argue with margaret, we've seen a lot of people engage in very dirty politics. cruz sent out voter violation forms to iowa voters chastizing them in what looked like a legal reprimand for not voting. we saw him saying that ben carson exited the race before he did in an effort to get ben carson voters to get to his side. marco rubio came out and accused donald trump of urinating on a stage. this is not something that is solely donald trump's problem. this is something that someone attacks someone else, they attack back, and we devolve into this fight, this mud slinging fight and need someone torqu emerge. it's not just donald trump. and to say that is disingenuous. >> how do you fix this? can this party get together before the convention in cleveland or after the cleveland convention? >> john, and kayleigh, yo

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>> saying ha, ha, heidi is ugly. >> i don't believe putting heidi next to melania. >> he is not -- >re is the -- >> gutter -- >> get out of the gutter -- >> jennifer. >> people that support donald trump allow him to attack and counter attack with any rules that he -- >> here is just what you said. no -- >> observes most standards -- >> of donald trump. >> he observes -- >> jennifer, take the floor. i want to hear your thoughts. >> all right. if everybody would be able to stop cross talking, we could hear one another. listen, donald trump attacks ted cruz because he wants to attack cruz. he isn't hurt that his wife has been attacked. he uses these incidents as excuses to redirect attention towards himself. this mayor that put the ad has nothing to do with the trump campaign, has nothing to do with the cruz campaign, is an independent broker running around on her own. we can debate the merits of what she did or not. it's clear not even the trump campaign i think when pressed would think liz is working for ted cruz -- >> what's clear, jennifer, i'm not sure it's clear ted cruz didn't kn

threatening to spill the beans on cruises wife heidi. this is all in the tweet.d ted cruz off. he did not have anything to do with the super pack add. trump is not buying it. continue to call him lying ted peered yesterday, ted cruz had some choice words. calling him a coward after he retreated this picture of heidi cruz and his wife. not if there is flattering picture of heidi cruz. maybe it was actually ted cruz who started this. we want to show you something that happened on our air. a cruz surrogate attacking trumps wife first. our very own neil cavuto. watch this. >> mrs. trump will be the first first lady that has ever posed nude. the first first first lady that is the third wife. the first foreign-born first lady in this century. in contrast, heidi cruz would be our first pro-life first lady. >> coming-out attacking donald trumps wife days before that had surfaced. gop strategist and a fox news contributor. tell me, first, to you, what do you make of that? chavez saying, i am not condoning any of this. i think that wives should be off-limits. however, in t

now we're about to hear from heidi cruz.n you tell us about any potential chance she would respond to this? >> i would imagine, tamron, so heidi cruz will often go out and campaign on her own for her husband. that's something the campaign talks about as an asset for them. she's comfortable going out, raising money for him, talking for him. she has been involved in media availability. she was in texas, joining her husband as both of them voted and cast their ballots and she came out and interacted with the media and talked with folks. we have interviewed her for the "today" show and other shows so she's not a stranger to the media. we don't often see her hold these kinds of availabilities. one might imagine it's because of the tweet situation that has developed in the last 12 to 18 hours. let's be clear. this ad that has come out is from a super pac, an anti-trump super pac, make america awesome again, run by a strategist who is part of the stop trump movement. it's not from the cruz campaign. that's a point cruz made. you sa

>> i don't remember donald trump attacking heidi cruz.ere was a back and forth where donald trump was forced of course to defend his wife against some really ugly ads created by a super-pac that supports and endorses ted cruz. i believe any man who truly loves his wife will defend her in any way he can against these senseless, ugly attacks. >> they are certainly senseless and ugly. but do you think donald trump was right in retweeting that very unflattering picture of heidi cruz? >> i think it's his preprogresstipreprogress ti prerogative in any way that he wants to defend his wife. there is this anti-trump movement, $65 million, alex, have been spent to date to stop donald trump from becoming the republican nominee. and these folks will stop at nothing, including bringing in donald trump's wife, milania, and posting ugly, ugly ads towards her. so donald trump has a right to defend his wife, and he will certainly defend this nation. if he would allow these attacks to go on, you would question a man who doesn't defend his wife. >> i don't

you heidi cruz responded for herself.he things that trump says have no basis in reality. what are the beans that donald trump is threatening to spill? >> well, first, i'd like to respond to a comment from your last guest who said that mr. trump would be a threat to the republican party. mr. trump is going to save the republican party because he is a threat to the special interests who controlled both parties in washington for too long. this special interest who offshored our jobs and left our border guide open. >> i get that. >> the only people threatened by mr. trump are the superb interests. we need to be talking about that. >> i think the one person that is not threatened is heidi cruz. >> there was obviously a very mean spirited ad put out by a super pac. and donald trump said if we're going to go there, we can go in that direction. i'm assuming we all hope that the cruz campaign is going to tell the super pac with a public message to stand down. >> what are the beans that donald trump is threatening to spill about he

heidi is the love of my life. before we talk about this, let's talk about wisconsin.nti-trump movement has to really take a stand? >> reporter: absolutely, tamron. so technically, if you talk realistically, the movement has until april to have their last shot at trying to stop trump, at least from a delegate perspective and potentially from a momentum perspective. wisconsin is really going to be the test of how much meat is on the bone, how much influence and sway these people who have come on board the anti-trump movement in the last two weeks will have, especially now that it's a three-man race. marco rubio, who was still kind of a factor, even though he dropped out of the race. for wisconsin, it's going to be donald trump, ted cruz, john kasich. all three of them, by the way, have a real shot at doing well in wisconsin if you look at recent polling. it's not quite an equal three-way split but it's somewhat close, especially with the new poll showing cruz and talking about utah which he won very handedly and wisconsin being the key battleground states for them right

after trump retweeted this side-by-side comparison of their wives with an unflattering picture of heidi cruz. >> it is not acceptable for a big, loud, new york bully to attack my wife. >> reporter: this war of words started when trump blamed cruz for this digital ad run by an old racy photo of melania trump on "gq." trump threatened to spill the beans on cruz's wife. >> i wrote, i said, be careful because otherwise i'll have to start talking about your situation. >> reporter: and cruz insists he had nothing to do with that super pac ad. trump is now accusing cruz of false outrage saying he's just trying to get attention. reena, kendis. >> that would not be the end of it, no doubt. we will hear more on that. >> reporter: probably not. >> bazi kanani in washington, thank you. >>> when we come back the latest on the manhunt in brussels. the basketball player injured in hospital bed. >>> burglarized. a community dealing with a rash of car break-ins and the bears are to blame. maybe almond breeze tastes so good because it's the only almondmilk of course, if you ask one of our almond growers.

. >> donald, you're a smifling coward and leave heidi alone. >>> state of emergency as a wild storm spawns everything from a blizzard to tornadoes and violent hail. a massive system tearing across the country. sglfrlgs and gary shandling dies. the beloved comedian gone at age 66. hollywood mourns his loss. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: there nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. in the aftermath of tuesday's deadly attacks in belgium, authorities in neighboring france have just announced that they have foiled a terror plot in the advanced stages there. unrelated to the brussels bombings. while in brussels, red flags have emerged that possibly point to americans being targeted as part of this week's attacks. at least 31 people were killed and 316 hurt. dozens suffering critical injuries that doctors describe as looking more like wounds of war. and tonight as we're getting our first look inside the apartment where the suitcase bombs were constructed, comes word two brothers involved in the attacks may have

>> well, there are things about heidi that i don't want to talk about. but i'm not going to talk about them. you could look. but, i wouldn't talk about them. >> what really set cruz off was that unflattering photo of heidi cruz. >> well, it was a retweet somebody sent to me. it was a retweet. look, what he did was far worse. he takes out a thing and sends it to utah, the voters of utah. it was a cover shoot. it was, by a big magazine. she was a very, very successful model. big model. did lots of shoots and lots of cover shoots. and to send that like it was some kind of a bad picture was disgusting to me. they make me like the bad guy here. i'm just responding to what he does. i respond. i counterpunch. i'm responding to what he does. but always, the press likes to make me the bad guy. he's the one that started it. he knew about the picture. he may have even bought the rights to the picture, meaning his campaign. the superpac had it. he's close to the superpac. i didn't start this. he did. >> a lot of people watch this and see the way you have responded.

. >> donald you are a sniveling coward, leave heidi the hell alone. ted cruz responded angerly after donald trump retweeted pictures. cruz's wife heidi next to melania trump, the images are worth 1,000 words. >> let me be absolutely clear, off bounds. it is not acceptable for a big, loud, new york bully to attack my wife. >> reporter: just the latest exchange in a war of personal insults involving the two candidates wives. it began tuesday when this 16-year-old gq magazine photo of melania was posted by a super pac that supports cruz but not affiliated with his campaign. meet melani trump your next first lady, the caption reads or you could support ted cruz. trump fired back with this tweet. be careful, lying ted, or i will spill the beans on your wife. >> cruz responded the naked picture of melania didn't come from his campaign. he added -- donald, if you try to attack heidi you are more of a coward than i thought. heidi cruz campaigning for her husband wednesday said she wasn't worried about trump's threat to spill the beans about her. >> you probab

. >> donald, you're a nifling could, and leave heidi the hell alone. >> pelley: comedian garry shandling has died. hollywood threatens to boycott the state of georgia in defense of gay rights. and gloria gaynor survived disco, and now her anthem will, too. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we begin tonight with breaking news from paris. french police have launched a raid that one official says has disrupted a planned terror attack in its advanced stages. there has been at least one arrest. so far, they have found no link between this new plot and the november attacks in paris, or the brussels bombing on tuesday. we also learned today about the brussels suspects. at least two of them were on a u.s. terrorism watch list that would have barred their travel to the united states. and there is another suspect now involved in the brussels subway bombing. that makes at least five so far. elaine cob is in brussels tonight but has the late-breaking developments from the french raid. elaine. >> reporter: scott, a frenchman is under arrest after

attacking heidi cruz not going to do much to improve trump's standing with women. a poll done in march showed half of all-american women had a very unfavorable view of him. >> okay. swamped by heavy downpours last night. at least four inches of rain flooded the streets of boca raton making driving nearly impossible. the pouring rain also submerged much of the baseball field at the florida atlantic university. but the nasty spring weather unleashed most of its fury further west, dumping enough snow and hail to close hundreds of miles of roads, shutting down denver's airport for a time. abc's clayton sandell is there. >> reporter: the swirling mess of spring storms is threatening the south. it's the same system that knocked texas with funnel clouds, lightning, and hail. >> it just got really loud, and then our window just bust through. >> reporter: in kansas and oklahoma, it's the wind supercharging this grass fire, exploding to nearly 400,000 acres. in colorado, a blizzard, trapping hundreds of drivers overnight. some rescued by armored police trucks. if you ever ge

heidi cruz was out on the campaign trail, he brought her up on stage. here is the exchange we had about some of trump's attacks against heidi cruz and against ted cruz. >> i don't get angry often, but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. donald, you are a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> so will you support him as the nominee? >> i'm going to beat him for the nomination. >> that's not answering the question, senator, respectfully. >> i am answering the question. donald trump will not be the nominee. >> he's leading right now, you looked in that camera and said he is a coward, will you support him as the nominee? >> donald trump will not be the nominee. donald trump is a gift wrapped in a pink little bow for the democratic party. it hands the general election to hillary clinton. >> so here are the two interesting notes that he would point out about that exchange, steve, one is that obviously cruz would not say he would not support donald trump as the nominee even though he is obviously very angry an

first, donald trump threatened ted cruz's wife, heidi cruz.ut a tweet about how his wife, melania, is good looking, and how ted cruz's wife, heidi, is ugly. "a," that's wrong. and "b," that's absolutely disgusting. it's like what a fourth-grade child would do. and then the next day, donald trump's spokesperson went on tv and accused a ted cruz supporter, a mother with small children, of having an affair with no evidence from it based on a "national enquirer" report. the same people who talked about hillary clinton having an alien baby. i mean, this is just absolutely repulsive. and that the trump people would go on tv and that news anchors, not yourself, but on other felt works, would say this is a food fight back and forth. this isn't a food fight. this is donald trump acting like a despicable child, a misogynist, which he has a long history of, while ted cruz and john kasich are trying to run reputable campaigns. >> i complain to my friends how embarrassing it is all the time. let's move on to ted cruz, your anti-trump contender. are you con

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if you try to attack heidi you're more of a coward than i thought, #classless. heidi cruz is not playing attention to the social media campaign. >> you know i know that people always know the truth and we will not stoop to the level of donald trump. >> heidi cruz said that her focus now is to get her husband elected. >>> just one day after the attacks in brussels, isis says it's training hundreds of fighters to keep targeting europe. our expert joins us with a look of growing concerns about another attack. >>> we're about to see a big problem with pollen. we'll tell you when it's time to grab the tissues next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> springs here. especially with a day like today, it's over 70. good news for most of ups but nor those what allergies it means the season of sniffling and sneezing. allergy sufferers notice a big change tomorrow. >> we have it worse than other parts of the country. new report of the most challenging places to live with allergies. fy fufl ra philadelphia ranged 21st. >> sheena parveen joins us now. we'll see real pollen problems to

now, heidi is a california native. an image that i will always love is a picture of her firing a full auto machine gun with a pink hat that said "armed and beautiful." [ applause ] but protecting the bill of rights, protecting life, protecting marriage, protecting our fundamental liberties, all of that is at stake in this election and those are women's issues, those are men's issues, those are adult issues, those are children issues. those are the issues fosh america. and finally -- >> we're listening to ted cruz speaking in wisconsin. we're soon going to have the communications director for the ted cruz campaign on. we're going to go to the donald trump event next after a quick break. one crest 3d white smile... ...is all it takes... ...to turn the tables. crest 3d white toothpaste... ...removes 5 times more stains... ...than the red box. for a smile like that, crest 3d white... is the way to whiten. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like grandkids equals free tech support. oh, look at

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you are a coward, donald and leave heidi along. >> and cruz saying a "national enquirer" article is garbage. the presidential campaign is rocked by the bombs in belgium toughing to tough terror talk and finger-pointing. >> donald trump and president obama have to understand one thing: america does lead the world. >> it is extraordinary you have the heeding candidate on the republican side saying torture first, ask questions later. >> i have been saying it for years that president obama's strategy of containing isis is dangerous. >> and hillary clinton does not have a strategy, either. >> look at ted cruz, talking about or welian presence where muslims live. >> is the press turning the tragedy into a blame game? >> millions more against gawker for posting the sex tape of hulk hogan who slammed the adversary to the max. >> i will be naked forever. until my children's children's children die because of the intent. >> we will talk about the impact on journalistic freedom. i am howard kurtz and this is "media buzz". >> an unwanted appearance on the campaign when make america awesome posted this,

heidi was a banker, now a mom. vouching for ted. >> i know we are already starting to unify the party. >> reporter: donald trump in d.c. today for party meetings is dividing the party by gender. just 24% of women backed him in this week's poll in wisconsin where his super pac is running this ad. >> sure i get some grief when i say i'm voting for donald trump but i want to protect my family. >> reporter: trump retweeted this photo of heidi cruz, and walked back his call for punishing women who have illegal abortions. >> every other time he opens his mouth, it's something derogatory towards women. >> he's constantly portraying women as interior. >> reporter: the woman leading the democratic race today. >> donald trump is showing us exactly who he is and we should believe him. >> reporter: polls show hillary clinton could lose to bernie >> a t lot has changed in 11 months. >> reporter: the sanders' campaign still has a mathematical shot at the nomination. >> it is a very uphill battle but they are convinced there is a