the hoosier state preview coming up with dan balls and jennifer jacobs. ♪ john: here to talk more about the indiana primary and a whole lot more are jennifer jacobs and the great dan balls chief correspondent for the washington post. teased to the indiana primary. dan, is this republican race over? dan: if trump wins indiana and you very well in california can make the argument that there is still some day like there to seize on. every delegate you can deny trump is one less than 1237. after what happened last night, and trump far exceeded what people predicted, it is awfully tough. jennifer: trump climbed out of bed this morning the king of the world. he was calling himself the presumptive nominee. he is well known in the northeast. this is not ted cruz territory. that is the bottom line. ted cruz selected carly fiorina. you think that may not of been his first choice? wanted himome people to check in with marco rubio. i did talk to a lot of republicans today who think that the carly choice was very smart. she is a she. he played the woman card. trump wa

al: jennifer jacobs earlier said there was a lot of skepticism also down there.iebus wants this convention to and was some kind of harmony. i think he has been a pretty good chairman. chaos, heds up in writes his obit 50 years from now. he wants harmony. they don't want to trump and they don't want harmony, they may be in total conflict. >> you've got paul ryan down there in washington, d.c. who said it will not be a white night. least wants to lay out some agenda before the republican convention. al: not something that is really serious for a couple reasons. paul ryan has been either chairman of the ways and means committee for five years. they have yet to move an alternative to obamacare. seriousill plan a policy proposal, frankly as a theirr to trump, that candidates can run on, you have to have something about what is the alternative to obamacare. and how is he going to deal with immigration and trade? still issues on which he is 180 degrees apart from donald trump. i think it's going to be fairly superficial. >> are you feeling good about the nationals right

sdpr joini i >> joining us by telephone is jennifer jacobs.you're ted cruz, what's the best news you can say you brought out? what's the best thing that happened to team cruz? >> they say they brought on new supporters. they say they got a comfortable handle, more than a conferredable handle of rnc members to come their way. they think they are making progress that way. they did win a lot of points with the full group of national committee members down here. they had a speech that was tailored right to the party members. a lot of people were talking about it and saying it was real good message. they like that. he dangled a lot of pledges and goodies. he said don't worry about what donald trump is worrying about what's on stage. just disregard it. he doesn't want to change the rules for the nominating process. he doesn't want to. don't worry. in the coming months the donald trump will be coming out, the more reasoned donald trump. he assured on that. they also said magic trump. he's going to expand the map. he will carry the brand into more tha

coming up next, hoosier state preview coming up with dan balz and jennifer jacobs.is. ♪ ♪ john: here to talk more about the upcoming indiana primary and a whole lot more, are jennifer jacobs and the great dan balz, chief correspondent, of everything apparently, for the "washington post." guys, we teased the indiana primary. let's talk about that to begin with. dan, is this republican race daylights there some if ted cruz can win indiana? dan: if cruz wins indiana and does very well in california, you can make the argument that there is still some daylight left for him to seize on. every delegate you can deny trump is one less than 1237. it is not insignificant, but after what happened last night and donald trump far exceeded everyone's estimates of what his delegate was going to be, it is awfully tough. it is awfully tough from this point. jennifer: trump climbed out of bed this morning the king of the world. he was calling himself the presumptive nominee. he is well known in the northeast. he is well known out here. this is not ted cruz territory. that is the botto

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salena zeto, editor of newsjunkie.com, christine stuart, and bloomberg's brand-new addition, jennifer jacobsoming on the show, ladies. jennifer, what is going on down there? >> we have been looking to see if this is a big never trump rally or if it's about welcoming him into the fold. not seeing either of that. everyone is subdued. you are not hearing complaining, not hearing a lot of embracing. people say the win in new york was baked into the cake. the people i talked to do not know if it will be a contested convention yet, despite what ted cruz said here to reporters, that it definitely will be a contested convention. the republican committee members are not convinced. john: jennifer, have you heard anything that struck you as news, genuine news? jeff roe talked a little bit down there today. what come across your radar that strikes you as new and important? >> there is concern, rumbling about are sponsors and businesses trying to avoid our convention? can we overcome that? there was a lot of chatter about the memo the rnc released that they are at $130 million for the presidential cycle

and super star addition, jennifer jacobs. thanks for coming on the show. appreciate your time. jennifer. what's going on down there? >> well, we've been looking to see if this is like a big never trump rally or if it's all about welcoming him into the fold and accepting he's going to be the eventual nominee. everyone is pretty subdued. people are saying the win in new york is baked into the cake. they're not really celebrating him as the possible nominee. a lot of people say the members, we just don't know if this will be a contested convention or not despite what ted cruz said to reporters. these republican committee members are not convinced of that. jennifer, have you heard anything down there that struck you from the course of this day as genuine news. jeff talked there a bit today. tell us what's come across your radar as new and important. >> there's some concern. there's a lot of rumbling about our sponsors and businesses trying to avoid our convention and can we overcome that. there was a lot of chatter today about the memo that the rnc released at 130 some million doll

turn now to robert costa, he is a national political reporter with the "washington post" and jennifer jacobs a national reporter for bloomberg politics, you may remember her as one of the faces of the iowa caucuses. robert costa, let me start with you, this back and forth, donald trump railing against the republican establishment, saying the system is rigged, reince priebus firing back now on twitter. we know there was that meeting between donald trump and the republican national committee a week or two ago. how would you characterize the state of that relationship right now, trump and the republican national committee? >> trump still has some concerns about the republican national committee, the actual membership, he thinks some of them are aligned against him according to people close to trump. at the same time you see trump making inroads with his new campaign team, paul manafort and others trying to build relationships in washington, knowing that they still need to build some momentum in these upcoming states and ahead of cleveland. >> and i thought, jennifer, that was very interesting.

we welcome jennifer jacobs who from the political fields of iowa and "des moines register" join the team at bloomberg news. jamelle boy we for slate magazine. and chief correspondent for the "washington post". and ramesh from the senior review. dan, what is the state of play in the democratic contest? >> well, the state of lay is this. bernie sanders has momentum and hillary clinton has mathematics. and right now momentum is prevailing at least in the narrative of the campaign so there's lot of focus on, a, how is sanders tubal continue to in anybody expected. he's run a remarkable campaign by any measure. and yet delegate, hard math continues to be in clinton's favor. new york is very important to her. it begins a period in which she will be able, she hopes, by the end of this month to be able to say there is no way he can become the nominee. and in a sense give her permission slip not simply to compete for the final delegates but turn her election. >> dickerson: finally makes that commitment. jennifer, i was talking to somebody, who says unless sands forces major shift in the campaign

. >> sreenivasan: karen dewitt and puree chief and jennifer jacobs ofÑi bloom imer bloomber, thanks soch.mu >> thank you. >> woodruff: stay with us.s. coming up on the newshour: the economic toll of the migrant crisis on the greek island of lesbos, and a look at the in- depth coverage of police shootings that won the "washington post" a pulitzer prize. but first, worries over lead in the water in school districts around the country. the outcry over flint, michigan has brought a new spotlight to problems elsewhere. communities are becoming more sensitive to the issue, but mane schools are having a hard time dealing with something so complicated and expensive. the newshour's april brown reports for our weekly education series, "making the grade." >> reporter: across the nation, there has been a lot of news coverage on a growing problem in many schools. >> anxiety, parents at newark's monday night meeting had a lot of it-- mostly about lead in the schools drinking water. >> and wny continues to follow-t up on high levels of lead in the ithaca school district's waterdi sources. >> reporter

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jacob rascon outside trump tower here in new york city. donald trump's hometown. thanks for that. >>> now i want to bring in washington post conservative opinion writer jennifer rubenu have been -- put it this way -- a critic of donald trump's. when you look ahead right now, he suffered the loss in wisconsin, that's good news for the stop trump crowd, now the race is in donald trump's home state, there is an opportunity for him to gobble up most, maybe even all of the delegates here. are you afraid as somebody who wants to stop donald trump that he gets a big win here in new york he is right back on track. how do you look at it? >> i think he is going to win new york, i don't think there is any question about that. i think the big question is donald trump going to undo donald trump. it's not just that he lost in wisconsin it's that he lost it. that he lost control of his organization, he has been on a real losing streak, losing a bunch of races including utah, obviously in wisconsin but also some of these smaller fights for delegates. he's having a campaign shakeup, the press is full of these predictions and observations that he doesn't have the right people, he do

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