if the establishment tries to thwart the will of the people. recognizing that millions of new voters have come into the republican fold. largely as a result of donald trump. it's very unlikely those people would maintain their enthusiasm if some shenanigans resulted in some other nominee. >> and ted cruz mocked donald trump for pulling out the debate. the debate has now been canceled. sunlen serfaty has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump is making it clear that he is looking ahead and he really wants this gop nominating process to come to a close. trump says he will not show up for the next debate in salt lake city, utah. he will give a policy speech in washington, d.c. to the pro-israel organization instead. after that, kasich said if trump is not debating, he will not either. all of this forced fox news to cancel it outright. the cruz campaign is hoping to compliment on this. mr. trump, if you won't debate in utah, we'll bring the debate to you. >> i guess he doesn't like when anyone challenges him. he said a week ago he was eager to get one-on-one with me. well, this debate, the f

so, if republicans continue to stand in the way and refuse to do their job, it will only be because they want donald trump to pick the next nominee. [laughter] occasionally republicans may try , to distance themselves from him with their words, but their failure to do their job and give judge garland the consideration he deserves ties them to trump in a way they cannot untangle. if the republicans in the senate want to continue to tie themselves to donald trump, so be it. donald trump won't make america great again, but he will make republicans the minority again. so the message from the american , people to senate republicans is simple -- do your job. the american people overwhelmingly believe republicans have the responsibility to do their job because people get up and go to work every day and do theirs. if people -- if the average person said i'm not going to do my job, they'd lose money, they'd get fired. why do the republican senators think there any different? and joining us today, we have someone who gets up and does her job every day, who will talk about what happened to her if s

it's not the media's job to take down the presidential front-runner of the republican party. if anyone in the republican party had bothered to begin marshaling not even the opposition research but google what newt gingrich did in the 2012 campaign to romney. he didn't wait for the media. his super pac did a 30-minute ad. these campaigns have tried to draft on the trump momentum. they tried to wink and nod at the trump supporters who knew they like his birtherism and they wanted to benefit from it. >> when you watch this new rubio routine. to his credit, i think he's pulling it off well. he's saying you won't pay attention when i talk about policy, now i'm making insults about the size of the guy's hands, little something to that. does this all feel too little, too late? >> it's way too little, way too late. i don't fault rubio. he's kind of right. he's getting more attention now than he was before. he's pretty good at snark. it's worked for trump for a whole year. i cannot believe it's unfathomable how late republicans waited for this. the republican consultant was warning of th

find out if republican is elected.lthough you heard from the white house on number of occasion, by the way, melissa. the people spoke in 2012. when they elected president obama. that is the battle that will be playing out over the next few weeks and months. i for one can't wait. melissa: yeah. absolutely. you heard the president say all that squabbling going on in the news, just in the news. it is our fault. kevin, thank you so much. david: just as kevin explained politics playing a big role in the president's nomination of judge merrick garland to the supreme court. take a listen. >> once voting has started and presidential election campaign and that particular toxic environment especially one we have today that is very toxic, we should not be bringing up a supreme court nomination. >> the decision the senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person. david: so republican senators say they will not consider the nomination until after the presidential election. here to weigh in, peter johnson, jr.,

if we republicans choose donald trump as our nominee the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished. let me explain why i say that. first on the economy, if donald trump's plans were ever implemented the country would sink into prolonged recession. a few examples. proposed 35% tariff like penalties would instigate a trade war and that would raise prices for consumers kill our export jobs and lead entrepreneurs and businesses of all stripes to flee america. this tax plan in combination with this refusal to reform entitlements and to honestly address spending would balloon the deficit and the national debt. so even though donald trump is offered few specific about -- economic plans what little he has said is enough to know he would be. bad for american workers and american families. but you say wait, wait isn't he a huge business success? doesn't he know what he's talking about? no, you sent and no he doesn't. [applause] >> i heard that mitt romney made a fairly long speech. and honestly i will address it quickly because it's irrelevant. look meant is a failed cabin

>> as general george sherman said if nominated i will not run, if elected i will not senator. >> in my opinion that is absurd. no republicanhould say that. that makes absolutely no since for someone to say if they were drafted by their country they would say no, i can say i am not running for president, i will not run, i will support one of these four, and i am supporting three of them right now and that noon we are get one those people as our nominee. >> you realize by saying what you just said people will say, well, he opened the door to draft. >> you know how absurd that is. we have four very strong people running and they will be our nominee. 100% certainty of that in my view. >> despite saying they all thought he was unqualified to be president all three candidates on the stage on thursday said if trump is the nominee they will support him. you say you won. do you think it is a mistake to say they will support him if the nominee. what are your plans, then, a third party candidacy? >> the guys would asked that remember at going of the campaign they committed to support the nominee but they did not imagine it would be d

if you reject merrick garland, this proves your playing politics. mitch mcconnell and other republicans see no political risk in this fight. they see this as something that is crucial to their base. isn't that so? >> absolutely. i think if mitch mcconnell, if he allowed a vote on merrick garland's nomination, he would be seen as betraying the republican base. i don't understand why they would allow that if they have the power not. >> zach wolf, thank you. >>> deadly flooding hitting the south and it's not over yet. we will give you the forecast coming up next. whewhat does it look like?ss, is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student? is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves? is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the natural world? whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. t-i-a-a. think you know t-mobile's coverage? think again! in the last year we've doubled our lte coverage. our new extended-range lte now reaches twice as far... ...and is 4 times better in buildings. see for yourself at t-mob

if i had one issue, senator, that i would tell you, there is such palpable anger towards republicans. if you look at all of those polls, exit polls, states, it's 60, 65% of republicans feel betrayed. as a registered con essentialtive, i feel betrayed. i feel disappointed. i've got to believe that your popularity is rooted in the fact that you stood there, you took on your party, but you're hated for it. so, explain that. explain how as president, do you get those people to go back with the promises they speak for. >> you know, if you think of the last time we broke the washington cartel in washington, it was 1981. >>> repealing every word of obamaca obamacare. >>> a full flat tax and abolishing the irs. filled with callouts and subsidies. >> do you guys get this? they take my money. >> and that's the beauty of a flat tax. it all goes away. as a lobbyist, their power base goes away, and, as politician, their power base goes away. >> could you get paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to go away with that? that's what people want to know. i really believe in my heart that if republicans do anot

> terry, thank you. >>> on capitol hill tonight, our team went to ask republicans who say this will go no further, to ask why, and if they would reconsider. abc's mary bruce with what she heard. >> reporter: minutes after that rose garden ceremony, the senate's top republican declared judge garland's nomination was going nowhere. >> it is the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> reporter: republicans fall to the next president. senator cornyn, any chance you'll be changing your mind? >> none. >> reporter: we chased down the republican leaders who are refusing to hold hearings or a vote, including orrin hatch who once praised garland. >> he belongs on the court. >> reporter: but today? you said before that he belongs on the court. why not at least consider him now? >> i didn't say that he belonged on the supreme court. i said that he belonged on the d.c. circuit court. >> reporter: why not at least have hearings and consider what has changed since then? >> i think the supreme court has been politicized enough. >> reporter: but late today, signs the republican wal

the legitimacy, is it specific to him or if one of democratic candidates ends up winning the presidential election this year, are you concerned that republican senators would keep that blockade even of the supreme court vacancy even after president obama if there's a new democrat elected? >> we've been talking about this over and over. this is the party of no. this is the party of blockade. this is the party that says shut down the legal functioning of the government. really, think about what that means. they don't want him to put anybody at the nlrb because the nlrb don't have a quorum. they can't function. what does that mean? we lose our government agency that supposed to decide disputes between employers and employees. you just effectively shut that down. they didn't want anybody at the cfpb because then they couldn't issue rules. issue rules against payday lenders or mortgage servicers who were breaking the law. it's a shut down approach. now, they've gone after president obama for this from the beginning. whether they would continue that or not, obviously, i don't have any way of knowing. i do know this, they are paying the price for t

republican leaders kept repeating the big lie. if president obama supports it, it won't help you. like any lie, repeating this one got republicans deeper and deeper into it. republicans found that propping contradicted -- they started denying science, or any research that supported democratic policies. the big example, climate change. in the face of consensus worldwide, republicans say they don't believe in science. preventing gun violence is another example. in the wake of an epidemic of mass shootings, republicans reject common sense solutions like background checks. they claim that more guns is the answer. republican leaders even put a -- objective facts above the state of the economy. they claim that the unemployment rate is greater now than when president obama took office. this is sad. shocking.g, but not despite job growth and unemployment rate below 5%, republicans are telling millions of americans that president obama has been a disaster for the economy. one after another, facts were mowed down, tossed aside as one big lie. instead of engaging on policy, republicans told a

the republicans lose. if the republicans embrace these great people showing up, the republicans are going to have a massive victory. not going to be a mitt romney slaughter. because he was such a bad candidate. the republicans will have a massive victory in november. >> will you tell your supporters not to riot if you lose the convention fair and square? >> well, i would certainly tell them that. but, you know, look, these people are fervent. they're really -- they want to see positive things happen for our country. i would certainly say that. i don't want to see riots. i don't want to see problems. you have millions of people we're talking about, george. millions of additional people have gone. i've gotten more than 2 million votes more than anybody else. 2 million votes more than anybody else. and these are millions and that's why i'm leading by so much. i have 21 or 22 states. >> you have conservatives talking about the possibility of a third party challenge if you get the nomination. in cleveland. talking

democrats win the white house. >> if republicans are not successful in the november election, it i hope we are but if we are not we ought to look at this nomination in a lame-duck session. i would rather have a less liberal nominee like merrick garland than a nominee that hillary clinton if she were president would put forward. >> reporter: majority of republican leadership maintain there will not be any confirmation hearings for any nominee until a new president is elected. heather: mitch mcconnell said it is not the person, it is policy. john: the deadly attacks in paris, french lawmakers and first responders reenact the massacre at a concert hall. left 130 dead across paris last november. senior foreign affairs correspondent live with the latest from london. >> back to the blood he seen of isys back to terror for legislators and other officials in paris today. a committee of french parliament investigating the attacks went to the theater where gunmen burst into a crowded rock concert and killed 89 people, the biggest death toll in one location duri

i'm just going to wait and see what happens. >> you're not ready to commit to supporting the republican nominee if it's donald trump? >> i'm not ready to endorse anyone else at this point. >> but you can't even bring yourself to say i'll support the republican nominee no matter who it is? >> i always have supported the republican nominee. this year's the most unusual year that i've ever seen. i would not have guessed that an avowed socialist would win primaries over hillary clinton. so there's a lot of strange things going on on both sides of the aisle. >> all right. are you committing to support the republican nominee? i'm sorry to ask you four times here. you seem hesitant. >> well, i want to wait and see how the process plays out. i don't know who that nominee's going to be. and also, it's going to make a difference who that person chooses as the vice presidential candidate. >> all right. susan collins, i'll stop. i'll let you go. >> thank you. >> republican from maine, thanks for coming on. appreciate it. >>> coming up, rule of law. we'll dig into the rule changes that may need to transpire 0

insist to go a year with eight justices would be unjust. >> we hope saner heads in the republican party will revail. if garland can't get bipartisan support nobody can. >> the judge garland will make traditional rounds tomorrow to meet with members of the judiciary committee. some republicans saying they won't take that appointment. maureen? >> thank you, scott. >> garland spent years as a prosecutor as a district. that includes role in drug case against marion barry. we have the judge's c resume online. >> the damn police looking for five people in the survey -- the d.c. police looking for five people in the sur ray lens video -- surveillance video. the purse was stolen last friday morning. if you recognize anyone in the video the d.c. police want to talk with you. doug: after a day of sunshine and the warm temperatures, clouds in the area. 68 in nationals park. look at the time lapse. cloudy skies. the sun came out for a while. warmed in 70's. now west/northwest, heavy shower underway. looks like this. north of me -- manassas. hail and the rain will feather east. put it in motion to show you the dire

if that continues he'll march towards the nomination leading the republican party bosses little chanceto stop a flag bearer they do not want. >> the party isn't likely to do anything were donald trump were to win a large majority of the delegates. it would be very difficult for them to try to essentially pull the rug out from under him. >> they're trying to keep him from dominating the rest of the contests. now the man who lost the last president election mitt romney said it's an open question whether he'll run or plead with the party with the call anyone but trump. as for the democrats, hillary clinton is continuing her march to the democratic nomination. [singing] but her rival bernie sanders did better than expected, winning four states. he is giving little indication he's ready to bow out. >> what i have said is that this campaign is not just about electing a president. it is about making a political revolution! [ cheering ] >> super tuesday moved the process along but didn't change any of the dynamics. you up next, big states, florida, ohio, the candidates have two weeks to win th

orin hatch, leader of the senate republicans said a long time ago, republicans couldn't do any better. ifmister obama is putting republicans on the spot with his nomination he will succeed. bill: is that what he is trying to do? >> reporter: i am sure he will say there is a constitutional duty to hold hearings. whether it is in the interest of the republican party is just a statistical question given we don't know who will win the white house and there are 34 senate seats up for grabs, 24 of those being held by republicans. if republicans lose the white house and the senate they know get anybody on the supreme court as moderate as garland. if they lose the election mitch mcconnell might call for hearings the very next day. bill: vulnerable senators might not want to be seen as obstructionists. the president and the nominee are stepping up to the microphone. let's listen to president obama. >> of the many powers and responsibilities the constitution invests in the president, few are more consequential than appointing a supreme court judge. particularly one to succeed justice antonin scalia

so i think republicans are left with bad options, if you are a republican who doesn't want to see donaldrump at the top of the ticket. >> yeah i mean, it sounds like republicans, mark, if they go down this road are basically deciding they would be okay with losing the general election, because there would be a good chance donald trump would go out and say what you're saying and cost them the election. >> that's right. but there are republicans that think they donald trump dooms them either way. there is really no good option if you think donald trump is a threat to the party. if you think he is bad news in november, you're left with bad option a, and bad option b. the hope for republicans is that you know what, donald trump is going to do much better than the current polling suggests, he'll be able to do well and overperform in the midwest and some of the industrial states and be fine. but steve, in the delegate math and you put it very, very well. every person ends up mattering, particularly even if donald trump can get 10 or 15 short of the 1,237. what we saw in louisiana, and what we'

he does not get the republican nomination, even if he does not secure enough delegates. is it time for the republican party to go from denial to acceptance after another super tuesday trouncing? >>> plus -- [ barking ] >> if anyone had a bigger night than donald trump, it's hillary clinton. trump today answering her with a new and interesting attack suggesting that she's the candidate who's the punch line. >>> good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with our politics lead and what could be a monumental shift on the u.s. supreme court. president obama nominating 63-year-old merrick garland to fill the vague aens left by the passing left my antonin scalia. he currently serves as chief judge for the u.s. court of appeals here in our nation's capital. almost every republican in the senate is refusing to even consider any obama nominee. let's get right to cnn justice correspondent pamela brown live at the supreme court. pamela, the president was under pressure to pick somebody who could really rally dem

focused on putting forward a name republicans themselves have recommended to the president as if republicans are feeling the political heat it is entirely because of decisions they have made that are totally indefensible. there is an expectation that members of the senate should do their job particularly when it comes to something as important as preserving the integrity of the supreme court and making sure the supreme court can be fully staffed. fernando: and you are getting flack from the more left-wing part of your party, that judge garland is not progressive enough. had you respond to that criticism? >> he has a lot of strong support from democrats, many of whom pride themselves on being progressive. leaders of the civil rights movement have been enthusiastic advocates. black caucus don' t get a vote but have an opportunity to speak out. and they have spoken enthusiastically about president obama' s nominee. we have confident that we have people on the left enthusiastic about the nomination. republicans on the right who have spoken favorably. it means the president followthrough to put f

and if you are an opponent of donald trump, you're a republican who doesn't want to see him. you're left with bad choices. if on the one hand donald trump gets the nomination, on the other hand, you're left with a fractured party, and donald trump imploring his voters not to vote for them in the fall or for hillary clinton to stand out i think republicans are left with bad options if you're a republican who doesn't want to see donald trump at the top of the ticket. >> it sounds like if they go down this road they basically decide they would be okay with losing the general election. because there is a good chance trump would go out with what you're saying and cost him the election. >> yes, but on the other hand, other republicans deem him the other way. so there really is no good option if you think that donald trump is a threat to the party. if you actually think he is bad news in november, you're left with bad option a and bad option b. the hope for republicans is that you know what? donald trump will do much better than the current polling suggests. he will be able to do ver

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are asked if they'll vote for trump. >> you're a republican. >> that's right. >> if donald trump is e republican nominee, are you going to vote for him? >> susan, i'm not going to answer. don't ask that. >> can you support him? >> well, look, i've never voted for a democrat for president. i doend intend to start now, but like a lot of people, i'm watching to see what's going to happen by the time we get to this convention. >> i'm not saying i would vote for hillary clinton by any chance, i'm saying i don't know what i would do if trump became the nominee. >> joining me american enterprise institute resident scholar norm ornsteen it's worse than it was. norm, this has been something you've been chronicling and shouts from the rooftops that the republican party is veering in a direction that's unsustainable in the history of american politics, your reaction to watching today the party attempt to coalesce behind ted cruz to stave off donald trump. >> you know, you have to look with bafflement and wonderment at a party that is careened completely off the tracks with a self-inflicted woun

while unlikely, clinton could end up picking a very liberal justice. >> if you're a republican, you want to confirm this guy before you get to see what hillary is going to do. >> reporter: it's up to the senate judiciary committee to call for hearings. >> if a majority of senators say we want a hearing, they'll have a searing. >> reporter: both sides agree that garland faces one of the toughest battles as a nominee. >>> a troubling discovery is raising concern about a very destructive pest in the north bay. officials found glassy winged shortstop shooter egg masses last week during routine inspections. here's how a mature one looks. the insects can destroy a wide variety of plants and known to spread lethal diseases to crops such as almonds and grapes. items announced any employee who becomes a parent will be able to take up to 26 paid weeks off. it won't matter if the part is a new mom or dad or the baby is adopted. >>> one of the first food delivery startups has shut down. berkeley's spoon rocket failed to raise enough to take on the competition. >>> today, six big candy companies took

president obama, is it specific to him or if one of democratic candidates ends up winning the presidential election this year, are you concerned that republican that blockade even of the supreme court vacancy even after president obama if there's a new democrat elected? >> we've been talking about this over and over. this is the party of no. this is the party of blockade. this is the party that says, shut down the legal functioning of the government. i mean, really think about what that means. when they say with this president, they don't want him to put anybody at the nlrb because if the nlrb doesn't have a quorum, they can't function and what does that mean? we lose our government agency that supposed to decide disputes between employers and employees. you just effectively shut that down. they didn't want anybody at the cfpb because then they couldn't issue rules. issue rules against payday lenders or against mortgage servicers who were breaking the law. it's a shutdown approach. now, they've gone after president obama for this from the beginning. whether they would continue that or not, obviously, i don't have any way of knowing. but i do

republicans. then slowly they purged most of the moderates out of the party. if the republican leaders wonder why trump and ted cruz have been so strong this year it's because most of the people are no longer republicans. that was all set off by goldwater. >> i come back to you ej because i think you describe in the book listening to ronald reagan give a speech in support of barry goldwater. a time for choosing. you told him you were electrified by that speech. i was a 12-year-old conservatives sitting there with my dad and i had the experience that night of millions of conservatives where we saw this guy, ronald reagan as the guy who would lead conservatives out of the wilderness. every conservative knew that goldwater was about to get clobbered. here you saw this guy who could deliver his basic message in a way that seemed to have the capacity to reach lots and lots of other people. i note in the book that one of the fascinating historical points is that there were two politicians who made their careers on one speech. reagan in 1964 where from that moment on ha

what he's now saying tonight, and we ask president obama about trump's prediction of riots, if the republican party tries to stop him. >>> also breaking, new video of the terror takedown. the most wanted man, after the

if he sweeps in big democratic majorities. that clip that you showed you can't get a republican congress to do that. will risk losing their seats. if he is the nominee, and that's a big if, and if he wins by a big enough majority that he brings in a democratic congress we can move towards some of those things. whoever the nominee is, is going to have a tough time. >> if donald trump starts to fade, do you see him horse trading trying to form an alliance? >> one thing that donald trump has said since he started this campaign, and for decades before, is he is a negotiator. it's hard to see donald trump not being tempted to try to make a deal. >> lincoln mitchell thank for being with us. >> thank you. >>> one person who is not running michael bloomberg, in an op-ed he said an independent bid could put donald trump or ted cruz in the white house, that is a risk he is not willing to take. he also called out the democrats saying they have moved too far to the left when it comes to wall street and trade. >>> planned parenthood in utah asking a federal appeals court to reverse a decision to cut off its fund

gave a scathing speech outlining every reason americans should not make donald trump the republican nominee. >> if we republicans choose donald trump as our nominee the prospects for a safe and brother prows future are greatly diminished. >> this morning, mitt romney addressing students at the university of utah today republicans to run from donald trump. >> first on the economy, if donald trump's plans were implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession. you say, wait, wait, wait, isn't he is huge business success? doesn't he know what three is talking about? no, he isn't. >> when it comes to the election the only thing more dangerous then a trump candidacy is a hillary clinton presidency. >> of course the donald trump nominationen ailed her victory. >> he criticized the foreign policy positions, his character, his rhetoric of anger and the blistering remarks culminate with this. >> donald trump is a 15y, a fraud, the promise of as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> he leagued exerts this morning and donald trump released reports on social media including this tweet, it

it will set the republican party back if donald trump is their standard bearer. but donald trump didn't come out of nowhere. what the republicans have sown with their extremist tactics they are now reaping with donald trump's candidacy. >> jose, the clinton campaign trying to determine exactly how to take on donald trump, if secretary clinton does in fact win the nomination. right now, they think that their strongest argument is on a whole host of policy issues. so that's one reason why that supreme court argument was a significant one, she thinks, for her. but, of course, they think this is an unpredictable candidate, so they're not exactly sure how the race is going to play out if the two do in fact face off in a general election. but secretary clinton still has to win this first primary fight before she gets to that battle. jose. >> kristen welker and francesca chambers, thank you both for being with me. great seeing you both. thanks. >> thanks, jose. >> more meetings on capitol hill for president obama's supreme court justice nominee. if republicans want to bl

. >> reporter: he said a trump nomination would be disastrous for the country and for the republican party. >> if we republicans to donald trump as our nominee the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished. >> reporter: mitch is tough. he's smart. >> reporter: trump endorsed romney in 2012 but now says he regrets it. you can see how well he is he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said mid-dropped to her knees and he would have done it. >> reporter: there is a growing consensus that trump is looking more and more what the gop presumptive nominee. but florida senator marco rubio is pursuing the strategy of spread out the delegates to keep trump from getting the number needed to clinch. >> people are saying i was pleased that everyone gets together so we can keep this for order from winning and destroying the republican party >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz once rubio and ohio governor john kasich the dropout so he can take on trump head-to- head >> if we're going to be donald trump, the field cannot remain fractured >> reporter: all of this setting the stage f

. >> now if republicans wanted to deny trump the nomination is there a way they could do that in the coming contests? delegates to deny him the majority of delegates. that means beating him outright in the state's where they are winner take all. he may be weaker, montana, nebraska, south dakota. in the states where he is strong. that distribute delegates proportional. they have to come in close second to shrink the delegate prize. that is going to be hard to do. kasich and cruz, keep splitting the nontrump vote. >> maurko rubio dropped out last night. the face of the new republican party. hispanic, young, what happened. >> he was selling the wrong product. that youth, that outreach expansion to new voters and that optimism. it was a year when voters wanted a champion for their anger. and also, his greatest legislative achievement, pushing a comprehensive immigration reform bill, that's part of what had stirred up that voter anger in the first place. >> john dickerson, we'll be watching you sunday on "face the nation." john, thanks. a university of virginia student to 15 years of hard

it turns out that both republicans and democrats, not big fans. when asked if the u.s. ould have more or fewer restrictions on foreign goods, there was bipartisan agreement. 67% of republicans said there should be more restrictions, 57% of democrats said the same. in any pollinge question to find democrats and republicans thinking the same way. general election implications of this bipartisan consensus on trade? john: the first, it is likely that whoever the republican nominee is, most likely donald whoever it is, they will be the first in a long time that is not a staunch free trader. on the other side, it means hillary clinton on the left on trade, will be forced to stick with those positions which a lot of people have doubts. a you will have basically more or less protectionist argument going on between both parties. never seen that before in our lifetime in politics. mark: but there are other republicans who are restrictionist entree. trump, -- kasich and cruz are both free traders. cruz is somewhat inconsistent. athink we have never had general election between two

they were asking if they would support him if about he was the republican nominee. said they would support him if he was the republican nominee. a telling moment? >> i do think so, there's a note of resignation in the republican party that john kasich has, he is a son of a gun but our son of a gun against hillary. but the polls are showing he does not beat hillary. and i agree with my gentleman friend -- >> ron. >> ron, i'm sorry, we got to come up with something creative. it may need to be fast, but we have to decide, what is our priority 1 ought to be, beating hillary. >> big party no fun. stay with us, it's "inside story." ((úz@úxóxkxÑ($9 ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. donald trump has said in recent days with greater frequency and more urgency, that instead of bringing a political apocalypse he's bringing new life to the party. >> let me start off -- >> 30 seconds sir. >> okay, that i'm really proud of. millions of people have come to the republican party, and by the way the democrats are losing people. this is a trend that's taken plac

republican leaders. but, you know, george, this is awfully little awfully late. if those republican leaders wanted to do in donald trump they should have done this many months ago. >> jon karl, you have a candidate here, donald trump, who's attacked john mccain, the candidate in 2008, loser because he was attacked. all of the republican leaders, yet, republicans couldn't come one a coordinated campaign against him. >> yeah, just now starting this effort. it's astounding. when we look back at this campaign, one of the big questions, he may be destroying the republican party as we know it. in another way, he's united the republican party. his two biggest victories tonight were in alabama and massachusetts, winning in the south, winning in new england, winning along different income levels, different education levels. he united republican voters as he absolutely divided republican leaders. >> with all kinds of voters. okay, we got a lot more to get to. we'll get to the question, can anyone stop trump? senator marco rubio is going to join us. we'll be back. i take pictu

i was in and i took care of the republicans. if there was a unanimous consent request, democrats got something, and republicans got something. and i was well liked by the republicans because i will protected them. there is no one to work with anymore. they are afraid. they are afraid. what they'll do is democrat and republican will introduce a bill knowing it's not going to go anywhere. host: one last question. >> i wanted to see how concerned are you that democratic turnout in the presidential primary has been lower than republican turnout. you talked about doubling down on ideas, but how does that translate into votes? senator reid: it's something we can't ignore. but most pundits and political science believes that the massive turnouts have been as a within thehe rivalry republican party. with the democrats we had this thing going with hillary and bernie for a long time, but it was a love fest. criticize each other. had a little so back and forth. so there wasn't much interest in the democrats versus republicans. i think donald

a real deal republican, if you will. >> let me confirm, are you comfortable supporting john kasich, marco rubio or ted cruz? any one of those three candidates against donald trump? >> absolutely. any one of those three is a real republican. that they share conservative values. there's some differences on policy or on tactics to implement policy, but i'd be very proud having any one of them at the top of the ticket. donald trump on the other hand is someone who represents something entirely different. and in my view is not at all the real deal. this is a guy who pretends to be one thing and is something else entirely. >> you know, i want to go to something you said about donald trump's business background in your speech last thursday. let me play a clip. >> his bankruptcies have crushed small businesses. and the men and women who work for them. he inherited his business. he didn't create it. and whatever happened to trump airlines? how about trump university? and then there's trump magazine. and trump vodka. and trump steaks. and trump mortgage. a business genius he is not. >> however, whe