jim acosta? >> and i can understand why there might be various reports in terms of what's happening. as you know, you've been covering this for several months now and these outbursts flare up at donald trump rallies from time to time. i remember back in chicago earlier this year. there were deferent reports in terms of what was happening at any given moment. it's not surprising there would be additional local media reports of that sort of thing going on, but we have not been told anything confirmed, jake, that gunshots were fired, that pellets were fired, that tear gas was used at any point while police were trying to get this situation under control. i can tell you only what i'm seeing with my own eyes and that is the main entrance to this convention center is barricaded off. there are riot police officers on horseback outside trying to get a hold of this situation. and i can see police officers in front of the demonstrators at this point. it looks like they're trying to get people to disperse h

. >> jim acosta joins us now, you're now on the streets of albuquerque. so what is the latest with police as they try to remove these protesters from the streets? >> reporter: yeah jon, we're in the middle of downtown albuquerque, this entire intersection was shut down, was basically controlled by these anti-trump protesters, but now you can see quirk police starteding to move in. they are on horse back and they are pushing these protesters out of this intersection where they were basically in control. with just a few moment's notice, just a few moments ago, they

cnn's jim acosta is with the trump campaign.st. >> reporter: donald trump and his entire family were caught completely by surprise by ted cruz's announcement that he was dropping out of the gop race. trump trounced cruz in the indiana primary, a contest that the texas senator had basically described as a must win. trump's son, donald trump jr., told cnn that his father and the entire family were shocked as they watched cruz make his announcement. trump sounded very gracious as he praised cruz for getting out of the race. a big contrast compared to what he was saying about cruz earlier in the day. here's what he had to say. >> ted cruz, i don't know if he likes me or he doesn't like me, but he is one hell of a competitor. he's a tough, smart guy. [ applause ] and he has got an amazing future. he's got an amazing future. so i want to congratulate ted. >> trump also made the pivot to the general election campaign, saying he was ready to take on hillary clinton, and he even reached out to african-american and hispanic voters in his

jim acosta has more. >> reporter: john and christine, with cruz and kasich out of the race, sources for trump say the gop nominee presumptive will start with a biggerstaff to begin forces with the rnc. advisers say names are surfacing in the early favorites in running mate. trump said he wants a politician to help balance out the gop ticket. >> i want somebody helping me to get things passed through senate and congress. to me, i think in terms of vice president, i'll go the political route. i don't need the business route. >> you think some of your former rivals wld be on that list? >> could be. >> even those who said nasty things about you? >> i feel differently about that. when somebody says nasty, i never like them quite the same. >> reporter: a trump source says cnn that ohio governor rob portman and governor nicki haley are on the list. all three of those potential running mates they are not interested. portman through a spokesman said he would not be vice president. haley offered a statement, i'm proud to be mentioned and what it says what is going in south carolina. i'm not inter

let's get to senior white house correspondent jim acosta. he is in the room. he's at trump tower waiting for this press conference to happen. jim, what are you seeing, what are you hearing? >> reporter: kate and john, that's right. we have heard from donald trump in the last several days give an explanation as to why this full accounting as to where that money has gone has been slow in am couldi-- coming. he's said we had to vet the vets. i expect we'll hear that. that it took all of this time to give this full accounting to the american people as to where this money went because not all of these groups were groups that you could put out there as having received this money right away, and so it was necessary for the trump campaign, the trump organization, to do some homework, do some lay work in terms of putting those details together, but, yes, you're right exactly the way you set that up. it was back in january before the iowa caucuses. donald trump says i'm not going one of those gop debates. i'm going to hold a veterans event instead. donald trump said he r

jim acosta traveling with the trump campaign. it's getting more boisterous there.at's about to happen? >> yes. that's right, fredericka, we expect donald trump to be out shortly here in spokane, washington. he's all but clinched the republican nomination. he's still on the campaign trail mainly because they like the excitement that is generated by these big events, rallies like the one they're about to have here in spokane. after traveling with donald trump over the last few days, especially last night in eugene, oregon, he has the gloves off. you would think as somebody who has basically wrapped up the republican nomination, he would ease a little bit. but he's going full throttle against hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. and some republicans who are not supporting his campaign, jeb bush, and others, reminding voters that lindsey graham and jeb bush and the other republican rivals signed that gop loyalty pledge. he's accusing those republicans of not honoring that pledge. consider how he's treating paul ryan just a little bit differently. you'll remember a cou

cnn's jim acosta is with the trump campaign in indiana with the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, donald trump is declaring the race over if he wins the indiana primary. joined by some of the biggest sports heroes all day long, he hit ted cruz all day long. teasing his running mate for not helping carly fiorina when she fell off the stage. here is more of what he had to say. >> if we win, it's over. then i can focus -- then i don't have to worry about lying ted cruz. i couldn't care less if he endorses me. we wouldn't have to worry about lying ted cruz or john kasich. >> reporter: a big win in indiana will force cruz to rethink his future in the race. predicting the money will dry up for the texas senator. cruz is vowing to stay in the race. miguel. >> thank you, jim. as he mentioned, ted cruz is not giving up his bid to stop trump. cruz has no path to victory outside of a contested convention. he has been barnstorming indiana. cruz spoke with cnn's dana bash about why he still has a chance at a republican nomination. she joins us from indianapolis. >> miguel and alison, the thin

we just heard jim acosta. you guys are going to get to 1,400. well beyond 1,237, and during the primary process. >> if we win tomorrow night, i don't know what other state we would lose. >> nebraska. >> so you think the momentum will come on your side with new mexico. >> the atmospherics have changed so much in three weeks. and there's no reason to believe that's just happening inside the borders of indiana. >> what's so important about rubio talking today, he's 171 delegates. that's a nice little delegate count when you're getting this close. >> this is what i would call a walk of shame. it's despicable. but i will say i think we need to push back against this. what? >> i think you're seeing people that come with their tail between their legs who said horrible things about donald trump, who said that donald trump was, frankly, close to lucif lucifer, who we're now reconciling theps. but the bigger concern i have, is this election reform. because the republican party's rules are basically premised on the -- the way the founding fathers set up th

thank you jim acosta. donald trump calls it a great day in d.c., here to discuss, kaylee mcenenny. >> i think he's doing a great job. he's got not an easy job, and i don't mind going through a little bit of a slow process. it's a big subject. we have a lot of things, and i think for the most part, we h e agree on a loot lot of differen. i feel very strong about trade and building up the military. and to a large extent, i think paul is there also. i think a big thing was the justices, i had this idea a couple months ago, because i was getting a little bit of push back from great people and great friends of mine that are in congress, and they were telling me, how can we feel a little bit better, and i came up with this idea that i would come up with a list of really, really terrific, acceptable judges, conservative, and i'll put that list forward, and that will be a list from which i'll choose or at least a list, at a minimum from what i'll use as a guide, and i tell you, that went a long way. people really

jim acosta, thanks for that. let's break down the primary results. eugene scott is with us this morning bright and early. 4:04 a.m. washington time. nice to see you. thanks for getting up early for us. >> no problem. >> a razor-thin win in kentucky for hillary clinton, but she won kentucky. she had invested a lot of time and effort in kentucky. she wanted that win. she eked it out. oregon went, as expected, to bernie sanders. hillary clinton now within 100 delegates of being able to clinch the nomination. what does last night do for her? does it change the board here at all? bernie sanders in california last night still plugging along. >> well, for her, it's certainly a morale booster. the narratived up until now has been that she keeps losing and is still the front runner. that's been a concern to many in the party, especially those who are supporting bernie sanders. this shows she still has more support than he does at the end of the day, no matter how small the gap is. >> eugene, despite clinton being fewer than 100 delegates from the nomination,

jim acosta, thanks very much. let me ask you one more question, jim, before i let you go.a scripted speech he later gave where you are in north dakota. only the third time he read a speech from a teleprompter? >> that's right. he likes to give hillary clinton grief for using teleprompters, he used one here. he has more policy speeches coming in the coming weeks, already delivered one on foreign policy, as for the speech on energy, wolf, it is important to note that donald trump would completely undo president obama's climate agenda, saying today he would do away with the paris climate agreement, he would pull the united states out of that and ask trans-canada to submit another application to build the pipeline that was such a drama in the second obama term. >> all of us remember that, of course. jim acosta, thanks very much. let's get more on this. congressman lou bar let a is with me, he endorsed donald trump early on. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here, wolf. >> we heard donald trump say it is a good thing if he were president, if he rattled world leaders. how can

jim acosta has ears trained to the walls of that building.ndering if we will get the same assessment of the relationship. there are thick walls and know you are outside. give us your read. >> reporter: that is the problem here in washington. all the walls are made out of marble so difficult to listen through. they wrapped up this meeting. donald trump with the senate republican leadership motorcade departed here a few moments ago. he does have additional meetings this afternoon we understand at a d.c. law firm. keep in mind, he has a lot of other things on his plate right now. probably first among them is vice presidential search. a lot of names floating around. perhaps names batted around might be up on donald trump's short list or soon to be short list here in washington. so some of those conversations maybe taking place. i can tell you from talking to people inside the trump campaign that they felt like that this was going to go well and it did go well. paul ryan did not give an endorsement of donald trump. they did not expect that to happ

i want to bring in cnn's jim acosta. you saw him ask one of the first questions and the reaction from donald trump. he is the senior white house correspondent for cnn and covered that press conference live. also, chief political corresponde correspondent dana bash and mark preston and first to you, jim acosta. that was, i think, i think that my colleague said it best when she said, that just happened. that was an extraordinary news conference. less about the headline, which is donald trump raised, i think, $5.4 million for vets which is phenomenal, but more about this consternation. 5.6, rather, but the consternation the press dared to ask questions about him since it had been four months. walk me through what the mood was like in that room. >> reporter: well, it was a real beauty of a press conference, you could say, ashleigh. yes, you saw what i think is vintage donald trump today. we've been out on the campaign trail for many months now and this is a standard part of his shtick. he goes after the press like the disgus

we begin with our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, donald trump has been on the defensive for the past few days but now he's lashing back. >> that's right. donald trump is swimming against a tide of negative stories with the attacks on subjects ranging from his relationships with women to whether he pretended to be his own pr agent. trump in a style all his own is hitting back with some help. >> he was very genuine, he was very gentlemanly. >> reporter: a key subject in a "new york times" article depicting donald trump as a playboy who objectifies women but she tells cnn her views on trump were misrepresented. >> i don't like anything about the story. i'm very upset with "the new york times" article because it was completely misleading. they misled me. >> reporter: that was more than enough for trump who routinely slams the media at his rallies. >> you see that? that's the press. >> reporter: and blasts "the time," with the woman coming forward today to the failing hit piece on me we have exposed the article and it is fraud." and

jim acosta has more. >> reporter: donald trump has rallies out west, but his campaign has parted ways with the staffer. former scott walker aide, rick wiley left the campaign. some dispute he was fired saying he was hearing complaints throughout the campaign. trump kept up attacks on hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. >> i was being hit by everybody. i was being hit by the republicans. i was being hit by pocohantas. pocohantas. that's elizabeth warren. i call her goofy. no, no, goofy. she gets less done than anybody in the united states senate. she gets nothing done. nothing passed. she's got a big mouth. >> reporter: there were most clashes with trump protesters and police in anaheim. trump is trying to keep thing calm into the gop. he was scheduled to have a call with house speaker paul ryan whose aides knock down reports he was on the verge of endorsing trump. they want to give ryan all the time he needs. george and alison. >> thank you, jim. >>> donald trump's feud with the republican governor of new mexico is raising doubts about the ability to unite the gop. blasting susan ma

let's begin with jim acosta. jim, trump's tax issue threatening to overshadow his meeting with paul ryan. what's the latest? >> that's right, wolf. so far donald trump and house speaker paul ryan are saying all the right things ahead of their face-to-face meeting tomorrow here in washington, but the man who ran for president with ryan on his ticket four years ago, mitt romney, is ratcheting up the pressure on trump to release his tax returns. romney just posted a scathing message on his facebook page saying the audit trump keeps talking about should not stand in his way. and donald trump just moments ago tried to clarify the issue with a tweet. one day before what some in washington have dubbed the paul ryan primary and donald trump's meetings with top republicans, the speaker of the house is preaching party unity. >> we have to be at full strength so that we can win this election and that is why we have to go through the actual effort and process of unifying. >> but trump just gave gop lawmakers a new reason to w

cnn's jim acosta has the latest from indiana. >> reporter: miguel and alison, donald trump is declaring the race for the gop nomination over if he wins the indiana primary. joined by some of the state's biggest sports heroes all day long, trump hit cruz hard in south bend, the home of notre dame. teasing him for not assisting his running mate when she stumbled off the campaign stage over the weekend. trump is ready to turn to hillary clinton in the general election campaign. here is more. >> if we win, it's over. then i can focus -- then i don't have to worry about lying ted cruz. i couldn't care less. i don't have to worry about lying ted cruz or kasich who is 1 and 44. >> reporter: a top trump campaign official tells me the win in indiana will force cruz to make a decision. cruz is vowing to stay in the race as long as he remains viable. miguel and alison. >> jim, thank you for that. on the democratic side, bernie sanders hoping for a win in indiana. polling a close second to hillary clinton. sanders has been making his case to hoosier voters. the case he hopes to persuade super deleg

jim acosta is on the scene forness oregon. ill hold its republican primary a week from tuesday. even though trump is already the presumptive nominee but he still wants to visit all these states. >> righting with wolf. he wants all that air time that rallies tend to bring about for him. we should point out as jeff was just saying, the divide inside the republican party over donald trump is growing but inside the trump campaign, they are not expressing any worries, any concerns and while donald trump picked up the support of former vice president cheney and something he mentioned in nebraska, jeb bush and lindsey graham, they are saying they won't vote for donald trump and as we have heard from donald trump in the past, he has said once he beats rival, he doesn't pick on them any more in public but that event in nebraska showed that things have changed somewhat when you form, when you become part of the never trump movement, donald trump comes after you and he did that, enjoying the spectacle. this is what he had to say. >> i wil

but we're going to begin tonight with jim acosta, he's at trump headquarters, in new york. jim? the jfk assassination? really? >> reporter: yeah, jake, this campaign united statesis a mystn a riddle inside an enigma. the trump campaign feels like it's a huge win, exactly like that huge with a y for the gop front-runner in response to the testy reaction from ted cruz that was offered up earlier today. the trump campaign feels it throws cruz off of his game. just as the senator was trying to paint trump to be unfit as president. the real estate was able to fire off a statement that cast cruz as desperate and flailing. the trump campaign has not provided any evidence to us to back up the claim that cruz's father was somehow involved in the kennedy assassination. cruz swore he would do something he would never do, and that's getting in a cage match. whether it be marco rubio, lindsey graham, jeb bush, so on. now for the primary itself later on this evening, we'll get returns coming in the trump campaign believe a convincing win makes the candidate a presumptive nominee. they won't h

let's go to jim acosta at trump headquarters in new york, jim? >> how is this for confidence? delegates and the internal campaign memo? the reaction from washington was fat chance but now with indiana expected to be a big one, i talked to a source inside the trump campaign that said they believe they will blow past the 1237 magic number needed to clinch the nomination once the returns come in from california and all those states up for grabs on june 7th. will they get the number tonight? no. they don't think they will get to it by the time june 7th rolls around but when they see the returns coming in, jake, they do believe they will blow past the 1237 number and inch toward the goal of 1237 a lot of people thought was crazy. meanwhile, wolf talked about the frustration brewing inside the cruz campaign. the trump campaign believes it won today despite the gop front runner and performance this morning when he suggested ted cruz' father was involved in the kennedy assassination lifted out of the "national enquirer." a source says they think they saw cruz' heated reaction coming h

. >> all right, jim acosta, we'll get back to you as soon as trump's motorcade arrives at your location. i want to thank all of you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> paul ryan, i don't know what happened. >> i think that he needs to do more to unify this party. >> paul ryan and his ilk, they have become so disconnected. >> the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. >> he wants to meet, i'll meet. we'll just see what happens. it's just more drama. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> hi, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it's big, it's massive, it's a wild scene on capitol hill today. so big, in fact, that we are calling it the paul ryan primary. so stand by for a key race alert any minute now. >> you're looking at live pictures from the capitol where any minute now house speaker paul ryan, he will hold a press conference. this comes after his first official face-to-face -- actually two face-to-faces with the presumptive nominee. >> faces-to-faces i

thanks very much, jim acosta.ey supporters, scottie nell hughes. donald trump says he is willing to raise taxes on himself. listen to this. >> the middle class in this country is getting decimated. i will fight like hell for that. i don't mind paying more tax, i'm be honest with you. i don't mind paying more tax. i've done well in the last 20 years. >> but then today said he meant the wealthy would be paying less than they pay now. can you understand some of the contradictions seemingly there, some suggesting he is reversing himself? >> i don't think he is reversing, it is not policy, it is proposing. politicians put out policies and don't necessarily follow through. that's why people don't trust when politicians speak on the campaign trail. mr. trump said he would more than likely raise taxes on hedge fund guys and those folks making money off others, not producing jobs to back up funds, those are all things to be revealed as time goes on and economic policy is developed as a proposal, because he wants to work wi

jim acosta is our senior white house correspondent. dana bash is our chief political correspond. you know capitol hill very well. unity seems to be the message of the day. the republicans are pushing. then again i didn't hear a formal endorsement from paul ryan of donald trump. >> you didn't hear it because there wasn't an endorsement. that was abundantly clear that paul ryan was not ready to do that. unity is the word of the day. i think you have to not be listening at all to get that. it is some form of that word unite or unify out of the mouths of everybody across the board. still paul ryan's office at least just sent out an interesting tweet with the photo of him with school girls and the caption said my most important meeting of the day. now, at first blush it's was he throwing shade at donald trump's way. ivent heard back from his office sort of knowing paul ryan and maybe his team i think they are trying to have a little bit of fun with us that there was a big spectacle around his meeting with donald trump and he is trying to kind of put things in perspective. but about th

. >> let me bring in manu raju our senior political reporter up on capitol hill and jim acosta, our senior white house correspondent. jim, we heard speaker ryan. what is trump saying ahead of the meeting and what's at stake for the presumptive republican nominee? >> reporter: wolf, both sides, they say they don't know each other but saying all the right things about this meeting tomorrow between donald trump and house speaker paul ryan. the speaker is one top republican who doesn't have a special nickname coined by donald trump. the presumptive gop nominee has not lashed out on speaker ryan. both men sound like they're getting on the same page. he's stressing party unity and trump is sounding hopeful to bring ryan on board. here's what he had to say earlier this morning. >> we'll see what happens. if we make a deal, that will be great. and if we don't, we will trudge forward like i've been doing in winning all the time. >> ryan is trying to down play the importance of tomorrow's meeting but i can tell you to talking to sources that many gop members are holding off on whether to support tru

jim acosta has more. >> reporter: with ted cruz and john kasich out of the race, trump sources say the presumptive nominee will build a 50-state general election campaign that will begin forces with the rnc. advisers of trump say names are surfacing as early favorites and the search for a running mate. trump wants a politician to help balance out the gop ticket. >> i would want somebody to help me from a legislative standpoint. getting things passed through senate and congress and to me that's why i think probably in terms of vice president, i will go the political route. i don't need the business route. >> you think some of your former republican rivals could be on the list? >> could be. >> and even things who said nasty things about you? >> you know, i feel differently about that. when somebody says nasty, i never like them quite the same. >> reporter: a trump source tells cnn that rob port man in and susana martinez and nikki haley are all on his short list. his daughter ivanka is said to offer input in the process. all three of the potential running mates tell cnn they are not inte

i want to check in with jim acosta. he's covering developments in the donald trump campaign. what's the latest on that front? >> reporter: a little while ago the campaign manager for donald trump corey lewandowski told us that donald trump will continue to drive the message of this campaign and dropping a couple of news bombshells in the last hour. the questions about whether or not he will release his tax returns, he filed his personal financial disclosure forms yesterday. the trump campaign announcing that today. we can put these numbers up on screen. according to these forms filed trump is saying his latest reported income is $557 million and a net worth of $10 billion, but we should point out at this point we have not been able to independently look at those documents because they have not been released yet because they were just filed. as for that other big news that is coming in the form of an interview that donald trump did with a news organization earlier today. during that interview he said he would not make any cuts to social security. that puts him at odds with hou

. >> joining us now is our senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. is this a problem for trump? what are you hearing out there, jim? >> well, they don't see it as a problem inside the trump campaign. you heard donald trump himself, wolf, say that this is not a change in terms of raising rates on the wealthy. he's saying that he would potentially, during the process of negotiating with members of congress, perhaps raise taxes higher than where he sets the rates in his own personal tax plan. he's indicating some flexibility, i think here. i think it is a pivot towards the general election, wolf. he's also talking about letting the states do what they want to do on the minimum wage during the primary process during the debates. he was saying he's opposed to raising the minimum wage and then made this comment to chris cuomo on "new day." it can just print more money. so he did say some things during the course of these interviews over the last 24 hours that have raised some eyebrows but, wolf, i will tell you from being out on the campaign trail, you know

let's bring in jim acosta in spokane, washington. amazing to look at this back and forth between elizabeth warren and donald trump. this seems to be old school trump, nasty names, online bickering. i know it's tough to hear at that rally there in spokane. which trump are we expecting to take the stage in a few minutes? a statesman trump or name-calling trump or both? >> pam, i think if there are any expectations if one ever existed, this would be a much more restrained general election campaign from donald trump, i think that's been put to rest in terms of what we saw last night in eugene oregon. he went right after hillary clinton calling her an unbelievable nasty, mean enabler of her husband's bill clinton's indiscretions. as you were saying a moment ago, he went right after elizabeth warren the democratic senator from massachusetts who is very popular in her party. has been talked about as a potential running mate calling her a fraud, at one point, duffus goody.fy. i think that's an indication that donald trump will run this gener

jim acosta, thanks so much. joining me, special panel for today, correspondent for "the new york times," maggie laborerman, carl bernstein, author of "a woman in charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton," gloria borger, kaleigh mcenany, ana navarro, democratic strategist donna brazile and former mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter. mr. trump tweeted amazing crooked hillary can do an ad when her husband was the worst abuser of women in political history. i don't want to bring this up, but his escapade, shall we say, mr. trump's and you might be too young to remember, but tabloid fodder for decades. why bring up bill clinton's infidelities if your own house is not necessarily in order? what happe what's the thinking? >> his logic, hillary clinton, accusations on the part of the accusers of bill clinton, paula jones, all aqccused hillary clinton of attacking them trying to be heard and trying to make victimization known. that's a fair line of attack. that being said, i think it would be more powerful not coming

let's begin with jim acosta covering the campaign for us. how did trump respond to that state department inspector general report about secretary clinton's use of a private e-mail server? >> well, don, as expected he went right on offense and according to trump campaign sources i've talked to, this is what they're hoping to bring up throughout the course of this general election campaign, that every time hillary clinton has a scandal it reminds the american people that this is what went on during the '90s when her husband was president, that it's always something the clintons. and you heard donald trump going in that direction in an event in anaheim here outside of los angeles earlier this evening. here's what donald trump had to say earlier today. >> crooked hillary. she's as crooked as they come. she had a little bad news today, as you know, from some reports came down weren't so good. but the inspector general's report not good. but i want to run against hillary. not -- i just want to run against her. >> we should point out hillary clinto

jim acosta inside. also donald trump speaking and we will bring it to you if he comes up during this hour. donald trump driving a wedge through gop between those who are supporting him and those who are not. this is dick cheney announcing his support joining a list. also on the list of supporters rnc chairman reince priebus along with two previous gop nominees, john mccain and bob dole and three former rivals from the nomination. those republicans say they will not vote for trump include jeb bush and senator lindsey graham, mitt romney and senator bob sass of nebraska. on the list of those not endorsing trump house speaker paul ryan at least not right now and former presidents george w. bush and george h.w. bush. with that said i want to bring in cnn's special correspondent. we just saw the list of key republicans for and against donald trump. you were the first to confirm that vice president dick cheney is going to back donald trump. a lot of people were surprised to hear that. >> i was surprised, too,

jim acosta is "outfront" tonight. an interesting target for him to pick a fight with, jim. jim, are you hearing us there? >> reporter: hi, jim. yes, i can. that's right, donald trump has no shortage of targets this week. all of the main people he is going after are not only in the democratic party, they're also republicans, as well. and they all happen to be women. but jim, they are all firing back tonight. ♪ >> donald trump is on the general election war path, unleashing his arsenal of one-liners in every direction. on hillary clinton -- >> crooked hillary. she's as crooked as they come. >> reporter: trump is tangling with his likely democratic opponent over his comments on how he was looking to make money buying cheap real estate during the housing crisis. >> she goes, and donald trump is a terrible person! and he wanted to buy housing when it was at a low point! who the hell doesn't? >> reporter: clinton ripped into that. >> he bragged about what he did. he said, profiting off working people losing their homes would be a, quote, good result. so a good result in donald tr

let's begin with jim acosta on donald trump's day in a crucial week ahead for him. jim, where is the trump campaign focused right now as it moves toward tonight's primary? >> top aides expect him to move closer to the nomination. but the next challenge comes on thursday when he's set to meet with paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, other top gop leaders. trump september out on tweet saying hopes to unify the party and ryan told a local radio station that he hopes the meeting begins process of getting everyone on the same page. so the trump campaign feeling that the healing has begun. >> marco rubio says he doesn't want to be donald trump's vice president. what else are you hearing about that? >> well, marco rubio said today he will honor his gop pledge, he said this to our jake tapper to support the party's nominee. of course that means donald trump. but just yesterday, rubio said he wasn't interested as serving as trump's running mate. but i'm told by a number of sources that key supporters of the florida senator were floating his name as a vice presidential prospect at the

>> jim acosta is "outfront" tonight. d jim, donald trump is under a lot of pressure on this issue this evening. >> reporter: absolutely, erin. ahead of his big meeting tomorrow with house speaker paul ryan, trump is trying to set the record straight, insisting they will be released but the last gop, mitt romney is not buying it and demanding trump release his returns, saying a failure to do so would be disqualifying. donald trump just gave gop lawmakers a new reason to worry. defying campaign tradition in saying he will refuse to release his tax returns before the november election, citing an ongoing audit. telling the associated press, there is nothing to learn from them. it's a shift from his earlier comments, when he seemed to leave the door open to making his tax information public. >> i will absolutely give my returns. of but i'm being audited now for two or three years. so i can't do it until the audit is finished. obviously. >> reporter: but last week, trump started to dig in his heels, suggesting the irs could be

our jim acosta has this report. >> reporter: picking up the endorsement of the nation's top gun lobbyid tribute to the nra. and then within seconds fired off tough lines of attack on hillary clinton. >> you know, i call her crooked hillary. she wants to abolish the second amendment so we're fought going to let that happen. >> reporter: trump who once supported an assault weapons ban said he now backs a broad production of gun rights. >> if you would have had guns on the other side, it might not have happened. >> reporter: and the presumptive gop nominee slammed clinton as being unqualified to be president. tying the egyptair disaster. to her record on terrorism as secretary of state. >> i've been looking at airplanes getting blown up in the air. lots of bad things happening. bernie sanders who i'm sure you all love, he did say one thing that was interesting. he said hillary clinton is unqualified to be the president of the united states. he said she suffers from bad judgment. and she does. >> reporter: even though investigators have not publicly concluded the egyptair jet was targets

jim acosta, thank you so much. we'll check back with you. all right.port of many republican voters, but the presumptive nominee is not being welcomed with open arms from many party insiders. he is the last candidate standing after a gop race that started with 17, as jim underscored. but now some conservative republicans are looking for yet another candidate. in fact, several members of the never-trump movement are actively searching for a third party candidate to enter the race and derail trump's presidential chances. some heavy hitters from the gop say they won't support trump, including two former republican presidents and the last gop nominee, mitt romney. romney has reportedly met with influential conservative bill kristol to help look for a conservative to mount a last-minute third party campaign. senator lindsey graham adding fuel to the fire, telling cnn that he will not vote for trump. >> well, it's pretty easy to say no to hillary, because i think she's the third term of barack obama. i don't believe donald trump is a reliable conservative rep

jim acosta, thank you so much.to break down the primary results and all the day's political action, cnn's politics reporter eugene scott in our washington bureau. let's talk about these results last night. hillary clinton, a razor-thin margin, winning by less than 1,923 votes in kentucky. they're splitting those delegates there. look at the math for me though. the 20th win in oregon now, the 20th win for bernie sanders, but the math still really favors hillary clinton here. >> it very much does. and it shows just how important the delegate race is. we know that clinton is leading by about 280 delegates. that's going to be a hard gap for the sanders campaign to make up before the convention that would put him -- that would be enough to put him in the front runner status. >> now, state conventions typically don't make national news. >> you're right. >> but this one in nevada a couple days ago has really captured a lot of attention for the way bernie sanders supporters responded to the proceedings there. you see the c

let's go to cnn's jim acosta with donald trump in new mexico. he's still speaking, i take it. >> that's right, wolf. donald trump is still speaking right now. and as you just mentioned a few moments ago, it has gotten ugly early in this campaign, not even a general election campaign yet, but it certainly feels like one. just a few momentums ago, donald trump referred to crooked hillary, the nickname he's given to the democratic front-runner and also, in just the last few moments, called her a low-life for running an ad or a web video, recalling some of his comments on the housing crisis from several years ago. now, wolf, we should mention, this comes after a warm-up speaker for donald trump earlier this hour, said about hillary clinton, why the voters should not choose hillary clinton. he said, quote, even bill clinton chose another woman. that just goes to show you how dirty and nasty this campaign is getting at this early stage. now, donald trump is also getting some time cleaning up after some damaging stories in recent days or at least story

jim acosta. "outfront" tonight, aim holmes, served as speech writer to majority leader bill frisk. joe avalon, donald trump supporter. jason osborne, bernie sanders supporter. sally cohen, hillary clinton supporter. bernard whitman and trump supporter, aaron elmore. so tonight in these phone calls, we heard something of a new improved, maybe more media-savvy, certainly more aggressive hillary clinton? >> yeah, i think she's realized she's got to play offense. and i think it is extraordinary she's taken that from trump's playbook and just calling in, right? call in, spread the love. but she's got to walk a line. she's got to play offense against donald trump. she's got to say these are the stakes in the election. but can't get down in the mud with him. donald trump will win that mud fight every time. >> jason, i have to ask you if you're concerned at all. this is the day donald trump clinched that nomination, and she was attempting to own the news cycle. >> i think you'll see that every time. campaign 101. she will try and come in and take the oxygen out of the room. and i think wit

jim acosta is "outfront." >> reporter: it appears the great general election pivot is on. >> bottom line, do you want taxes on the wealthy to go up or down? >> they will go up a little bit. >> reporter: donald trump is now revising his stances on a whole host of issues, telling cnn's "new day," the lower tax rates he first proposed in his economic plan are negotiable. >> if i increase the wealthy, that means they're still paying less than they pay now. i'm not talking about increasing from this point. i'm talking about increasing from my tax proposal. >> reporter: it's a softening of his conservative positions that first surfaced last week when he told cnn's wolf blitzer he was open to raising the minimum wage. >> i'm actually looking at that. because very different from most republicans. you have to have something that you can live on. >> reporter: over the weekend, trump said it was more of a local decision. >> i would like to see an increase of some magnitude, but i would rather leave it to the states. >> reporter: either way, a departure from where trump was last fall on the topic. >

jim acosta, talk to me about the reception and when's the price tag of entry?ink it's notable to point out that donald trump throughout the course of the primary part of this campaign has said, you know, he's a self-funded candidate, the donors, contributors don't control him or his agenda and all of that changed to the effect to start holding fund raising reventds like this evening in albuquerque. to take place about an hour before this rally that is going to happen inside this big convention hall where i'm standing right now. it's hosted by a local businessman. $10,000 per person to get in gets you a chance to mingle with the other, you know, movers and shakers here as well as a photo opportunity with donald trump. and, you know, one thing we should point out, brooke, in addition to that, he will have this rally later on this evening and just to show you how much of a tough time donald trump had lately, getting this gop behind him, susanna martinez, the governor of new mexico, the highest ranking republican of the state, she told reporters here in albuquerque

let's go to jim acosta over at trump tower in new york.ook a jab at today. >> reporter: that's right. donald trump held this news conference today to try to clear up some of the questions about some of the money he's raised for veterans groups but he did not take any joy in doing so accusing the news media of trying to damage his campaign and he do so in his own style. it was supposed to be a day for donald trump to salute the nation's veterans and highlight the $5.6 million he's raised for their causes. >> this is my check for $1 million. >> reporter: trump ticked off the more than 40 groups he claims are receiving donations. from the fisher house foundation to the bob woodruff foundation but clearly furious after months of questions where the money is going trump engaged in verbal combat of his own. >> you know my opinion of the medicine i can't you is very low. >> reporter: the news media. >> instead of being like thank you very much mr. trump or trump did a good job, everyone is saying who got it who got it who got it. >> reporter: tru

cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta is traveling with the trump campaign. [ applause ]with some of the delegates in north dakota who helped him clench the gop nomination, donald trump took note of who hasn't reached the finish line yet -- hillary clinton. >> and here i am watching hillary fight, and she can't close the deal. and that should be such an easy deal to close. >> reporter: but the presumptive gop nominee still has another person on his mind, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth warren has made it her job. >> who, pocahontas? >> very offensive, sorry! >> pocahontas? is that what you said? i think she's as native-american as i am, okay? that i will tell you. but she's a woman that's been very infective, other than she's got a pick mouth. >> reporter: he's also taken hits from president obama who's warned world leaders are alarmed. >> they're rattled, and for good reason, because a lot of the proposals that he's made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude. >> reporter: trump jabbed right back. >> he's a president who's a

as you heard jim acosta saying, it's going to be an uphill climb. wolf. >> sara murray, thanks very much. >>> joining us now, republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> if donald trump wins tomorrow in indiana, is he the presumptive nominee? >> yeah. it's really hard to see how he's not. i guess cruz could maybe run just about every other race or win of the coming states and maybe be the nominee but this is definitely a big deal for trump if he wins tomorrow because this was considered a cruz strong territory. there's no doubt a victory for him will do a lot to seal him as the nominee. if he loses, this continues down the road and from what i've heard there's pollings all over the place. we have some of the public polling but i've heard there's private polling showing that it's a lot closer. these are all turnout games and it will be fun to watch tomorrow. >> you saw that "wall street journal" nbc marist poll which shows trump in indiana way ahead. he does have a lot more votes and in all

having trouble with dan's communication right now, his audio, hold with us, dan, we to want go to jim acosta who is also in in downtown albuquerque outside the convention center. so jim, we've seen what is happening at dan's location, what is happening where you are right now? >> reporter: i'm not very far from where dan is located right now. we're in the middle of downtown albuquerque as well. you can see this line of mounted police officers in riot gear. they are slowly, but surely clearing this protest out, block by block, they're moving barricades as they walk. the horses are moving the protesters out of this area and as they do that, as they go block by block, this crowd is getting smaller and smaller. one thing that we can say is it looks like police are getting a handle on this, but just a few moments ago, we saw albuquerque police try to follow some protesters down an alley, those protesters moved dumpsters to block their path into that alley. we saw an article moved at one of those police officers and you could hear a police officer behind me now ordering this crowd to keep moving.

thanks very much, jim acosta.ther clearing the field for donald trump, john kasich is announcing he is also ending his presidential campaign. word leaked out early in the day, the ohio governor made it official awhile agate a news conference in columbus. >> as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith that the lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life. >> cnn phil massingly in columbus for us. phil, john kasich made the decision to drop out quite suddenly according to sources, didn't take reporters' questions at the news conference. update us on what happened. >> reporter: you talk about the news conference, he didn't talk to reporters after the statement because he wanted his statement to stand-alone, his look back at his campaign. more specifically, didn't want it to be a question and answer session about donald trump. what that underscores is push and pull, the tension that john kasich has faced throughout his campaign. he wanted to campaign on issues and ideas,

expected to take the stage any moment, and with e begin with the trump rally in south bend, and jim acosta is there, and what is the late sfes >> well, anderson, donald trump is on stage right now, and he is talking about the chance, and h h feels pretty good about the indiana primary, and he said a few moments ago if we win in indiana, this thing is over, and then he said that we want to the turn to hillary clinton after that, and he said in his words, is it is going to be a lot of fun. now, i did talk to a donald trump adviser earlier today who said that if they win indiana, they feel like at this point, and not only win the nomination, and clinch the number of delegates needed to get that nomination, but they will get 1,400 delegates which is way beyond what a lot of people thought earlier on in the campaign and end it before it gets to california. but momts ago, donald trump rolled out more sports endor endorsements, and he had the former basketball coach of notre dame, digger phelps, and former purdue basketball coach gene keady and bobby knight, the former indiana coach, and lou holt

we know from our own sources and jim acosta's reporting that apparently some of the names thrown out by team trump including, speaking of ohio, rob portman, nikki heal and suzanna martinez. your thoughts on those three? >> needs help in specific states and with certain demographics. that's why i think you saw hillary clinton not only use the language she used in talking about words like demeaning as gloria pointed out but also where when asked about from anderson cooper did republicans start too late? this whole interview made the it clear that democrats are not going to make the mistake that the republicans made in letting donald trump establish himself as a primary candidate for months. democrats as evidenced by the elizabeth warren question as well, democrats are going to go on the attack immediately, and we're seeing that already today. >> okay. listening to you, also hearing another voice in my ear. we'll play had a little more sound as we heard from secretary clinton. we also have donald trump. he sat down with wolf blitzer just a little while ago at trump tower. here they were

and we'll get to jim acosta a little later, but dana, take it away. >> reporter: that's right, carol.this meeting. he's been in this facility or at least the buildings behind me, the rnc and around it, for about two hours now. first, of course, with just three men, donald trump, reince priebus and paul ryan and then they expanded the circle, so to speak, to four other members of the house republican leadership to have discussions, serious discussions i'm told, about how the house republicans and republicans at large expect donald trump to comport himself and how they're going to deal with some policy differences between them. so those meetings have wrapped up. we are, again, waiting for donald trump to leave, and then he's going to head over to meet with leaders on the senate side of the capitol. they're going to do so not at the capitol but at a building down the street. that's going to happen later in this hour, so that should wrap up the big meetings that donald trump is going to have today here in washington. carol? >> dana bash, thanks so much. let's go to the site of that next m