so, we solute john c anderson on this day and i guess kind of cool that people can vote at the john cerson cultural center today in honor of mr. ander son who was serving the philadelphia people when he died. so a little history right there couple people who hope to continue serving the american people in our town last night, hillary clinton and bernie sanders and bernie gotten enthusiasms yas many and hillary got the party backing at city hall. here's a little bit of what both had to say. >> i'm excited to be in this beautiful setting, on this spring evening because it makes us all feel like there will be a new beginning, doesn't it? >> generally speaking, not always, but polls often under estimate the how we do on election day. my hope that is a lot of working people, young people, folks who understand it is just too late for establishment politics and economics who know that there is something wrong when almost all of the new income and wealth goes to the top 1 percent, when those people come out and vote, i think we can win. >> reporter: hillary clinton hopes to be back on beautif

another reagan challenger named john anderson had fought hard that year to get a speaking slot at the republican convention but the republican party and the reagan campaign forces figured out way to box john anderson out of that so he didn't get to speak. it was a no drama occasion. '76 had been crazy. '80 was not crazy. ronald reagan got 97% of the delegate votes that year. it was as smooth as glass. they cast their votes. they formally nominated him. he gave his acceptance speech. the convention was seen as huge, smoothly run success in 1980. the first thing reagan did, the first thing he did in that perfectly tightly scripted pageant, the first thing he did was to go here. to go 800 miles south southwest from that convention in detroit to an out of way place that's hard to get to. that had no national political significance as a location other than the one thing that town and that county were famous for. again, this was 1980. one of the things going on in president politics that year was that 1980 was the first presidential election since 1960. first presidential election in 20 yea

you remember john anderson started a third party and he got 5%, and it kind of fizzled out. and you could see some people decide that they will never vote for trump and they will either sit this one out or try to find a third party candidate who is not determined yet. fernando: well, thank you so much. i appreciate all your insights. 1237 delegates are needed to win the republican nomination. 95 delegates are up for grabs in the next primary in new york, one week from tuesday. announcer: up next -- finding the right message. in all the right spots. fernando: some ads help improve the image of candidates, like this ad viewed by millions from the bernie sanders campaign. >> ♪ fernando: and it wouldn't be an election year without attack ads from opponents, like this one from donald trump. ted cruz: it takes citizenship off the table. it does not mean i supported the others. fernando: but now in the era of twitter, what works? michael delli carpini is an expert in political messaging and the dean of the annenberg school of communications at the university of pennsylvania. he joi

kevin connors and john anderson. opening day in major league baseball on sunday. >> the game that we're going to show you between the royals/mets was the end of the last season. how do we know a new one started? don't look, they got gold lettering, that means you're a champion and they are. rematch of the world series between the royals and the mets. not game six. game one of a new season. now theyis one was 4-0, k.c., home team, they rallied against the bull pen. finally, wade davis shuts it 4-3, the royals. you may not have heard about this the golden state warriors are having a good season. averaging 69-8 on the year. steph curry and company taking on the blazers. curry, a three, second quarter. the 1,000th three-pointer for golden state. warriors in the third, riding curry's red-hot hand. he had 39. 136-111, the time. >>> villanova and unc for the men tonight. >> who do you have, quick? >> i'm going villanova. jay wright. >> the ladies side. >> i'm going to go uconn. >> uconn. >> go ahead pick against me. >> i'm

john buccigross and john anderson. >>> we begin with steph curry injury news. >> not the ankle. returned from a two-game absence against houston in game four. now, we have a knee issue. curry returned there, there he is. he slid down, left leg goes out, but he grabs the right knee, that's the problem. slipping on that wet spot. he limped back to the locker room, team says it's a sprained mri on monday. didn't play the rest of the game. but his team did win. >>> now to our top story, capitals and flyers. if the capitals win they'll move on and play penguins in the second round of the nhl eastern conference playoffs. tough to score goals in this one. they finally got one here -- backstrom, only goal of the game. ove and the caps move on to play the pittsburgh penguins in the second round. >>> the islanders are going to try to win this game to play the lightning in the second round. and they do. in double overtime, john tavares, the captain, stuffs it in in double overtime. they eliminate the panthers. capitals versus penguins. and islanders versus lightning. as the isles win in do

congressman john anderson. he received word he would not take part. tomorrow or the next day he will announce he is forming a third-party. what do you think that will do to the party? mr. bush: i don't really believe after the initial flurry it is going to make that much difference. -- there are those who would be for ted kennedy if they thought he was going to have a shot. so i don't view it. i don't think it will be third party. he will run as an independent and they will add the same success. we are a two-party system. it is part of our stability. debate him in the whether he was willing to support the nominee of the party. he made clear he would not prepare that. i think you are right that he will do it. idle think it is going to amount to much after a good trip around the country. i don't see -- he is caught. he doesn't have the true give digital's of a candidate and wants to move against the credentials they got him elected to the house. let him do what he wants. that is the way i feel. [laughter] governor reagan said he could get 20% of the vot

congressman john anderson of illinois. he received word he would not take part. it is expected tomorrow or the next day he will announce he is going to be a third candidate? what do you think that will do to the party? mr. bush: i don't really believe after the initial flurry, it is going to make that much difference. i believe those shoving him forward and those helping him with this would be those who would be for ted kennedy if they thought he was going to have a shot. so i don't view it -- i don't think it will be third party. i think he will run as an independent, and he will have the same success as others who have run as an independent. we are a two-party system. it is part of our stability. i asked him in the debate in illinois whether he was willing to support the nominee of the party. he made very clear then he was not prepared to do that. i think you are right that he will do it. i do not think it is going to amount to much after a good trip around the country. i don't see -- he is caught. because he does not really have the true credentials of a candi

congressman john anderson. he received word he would not take part.orrow or the next day he will announce he is forming a third-party. what do you think that will do to the party? mr. bush: i don't really believe after the initial flurry it is going to make that much difference. i believe -- there are those who would be for ted kennedy if they thought he was going to have a shot. so i don't view it. i don't think it will be third party. he will run as an independent and they will add the same success. we are a two-party system. it is part of our stability. i asked him in the debate whether he was willing to support the nominee of the party. he made clear he would not prepare that. i think you are right that he will do it. idle think it is going to amount to much after a good trip around the country. i don't see -- he is caught. he doesn't have the true credentials of a candidate and wants to move against the credentials they got him elected to the house. let him do what he wants. that is the way i feel. [applause] [laughter] >> governor reagan said he

there was supposed to be a third man here tonight, congressman john anderson of illinois. we received word he would not take part and it's expected that tomorrow or perhaps the next day, he will announce that he's forming a third party and he will be the candidate. what do you think the effect of that will be on the election you hope to take part in? ambassador first? >> well, i don't really believe after the initial flurry that it's going to make that much difference. i believe that he will be more apt to pull from jimmy carter because his backing and those shoving him forward and helping him on this are those who i believe would be for teddy kennedy if they thought he was going to be if n there and have shot. i don't think it will be third party. i think he will run as an independent and i think he will have the same success that others have had who have run as independents. we are a two party system. part of our stability comes from the two party system. i asked him in the debate in illinois whether he is willing to support the nominee of the party. he made very clear t

candidate to get traction which is why when you have a ross perot sexually huge phenomenon murdered john anderson got 5%. it's rare difficult because it's very difficult to get on the ballot. it's not that the media systematically including only the black candidates who are not pulling in the national averages more than one percent. it's all of the other 24 candidates that are also running for president that nobody pays much attention to. i think you have to realize and this is something i have definitely learned to in the research for writing my book is that the black vote is a very pragmatic boat. it doesn't really spend much time looking for psychic regressing for feel-good candidacies which is why a lot of people who probably otherwise would be quite worthy and respected by black america get absolutely no traction among black voters. >> let's talk about how the black vote moved to the republican side to the democratic side. >> it was all very pragmatic. if you look at shirley chisholm and someone we revere now. when she ran, the entire black establishment rejected her candidacy because she wa

john anderson challenged jimmy carter and ronald reagan and then ross perot -- questioning whether orot a third-party contender could run in 2016 and what the rules are. also, a quick programming note. our student can contest has been completed. and we have a number of winners. this year's theme -- what issue would you like the candidates to discuss during the presidential campaign? among topics, jobs, the economy and the environment. we received nearly 3000 films from 6000 students. a most -- the most entrance that we have had. and 150e from 45 states of the documentaries have been selected as award-winning entries. the student film makers shared a cash prize totaling more than $100,000. the grand prize winner, looking at the debt and deficit. we hope you check it out on c-span.org. the student can contest will be back again next year. so if you have not yet participated, i hope you check it out. jake is joining us from las vegas on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the delicate process. i do believe that we should put whole process the toget

anderson? >> john, thanks very much. >>> big night ahead.clinton can submit the front runner status. special coverage continues right now. >>> we just heard from john king. we turned to analyst and reporters. david axle rod, what do we think we learned of the path tonight? >> if he has a strong night tonight and he may, that 1237, i think the stop trump movement has a real challenge ahead of it. they are looking forward to indiana. he's the guy that broke through the line and headed down the field and a couple more chances to tackle him before he gets to that point. >> is there really a stop trump movement? >> in someways it peaked through wisconsin and tried to reconstitute itself in this holy or unholy alliance between kasich and cruz. what will be interesting tonight, it looks like trump will have a strong showing and clarity in his path. does the never trump movement in the republican party embrace that clarity in someways because, you know, they put every obstacle in trump's way whether all the candidates who were his opponents, even th

john anderson, who had lost to reagan said i want to run as an independent. what if trump nails it down after california. you're looking at somebody who is saying, okay, by the middle to the end of june i want to get on all 52 ballots. >> you need to begin really -- if trump wins this big in new york as you're confident he's going to. if he wins the next week. >> it's just the polls but go ahead. >> it is just the polls. he may win new york, obviously, probably will. do well the next week. if he doesn't win -- if he wins indiana it would be hard to stop him. i don't know if jim wants to run. i don't know if john kelly wants to run or a more conventional politician wants to run. people are a little frozen because they don't want to undercut ted cruz who has a good chance, i think, a decent chance. >> of stopping him. >> one in three chance of stopping him. >> can i ask you about ted cruz? people we both respect have been pretty open about saying cruz loses but there is dignity in losing with cruz because he adheres to our republican principles. on intelligence

john berman in for anderson. and here is new york where campaigns come to get nasty. philadelphia, too, where bill clinton today confronted protesters from black lives matter defending his wife almost lecturing them for criticizing her use 20 years ago of a word used back then to describe young violent criminals. the word was super predators, and it still packs a punch today. >> here's the thing. i like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. that's a simple -- very, very afraid. i talked to a lot of african-american groups. they saw black lives matter. they said take this bill because our kids are being shot in the street by gangs. because of that bill we had a 25-year low in crime, a 33-year low murder rate. and listen to this. because of that and the background check law we had a 46-year low in the deaths of people by gun violence. and who do you think those lives were? that mattered. whose lives were saved that mattered? i don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent

john berman in for anderson. and here is new york where campaigns come to get nasty.oo, where bill clinton today confronted protesters from black lives matter defending his wife almost lecturing them for criticizing her use 20 years ago of a word used back then to describe young violent criminals.

anderson asked john kasich about that. ran saturday in new york city and pennsylvania, i want to just take a listen to it and ask you about it. >> told by his father, he was anointed by god to obtain a powerful position, said women should be punished for having an abortion to release their neighborhoods wouldn't rule ouz using nuclear weapons against europe. that the best we can do? no, it's not. john kasich, stable, presidential. >> crazy, pat si clyne. >> why not like that ad. i have told my campaign people. i can't communicate. >> legally. >> pat si klain. >> i love pat si clyne. >> the song in that context. >> i thought you know, i objected to some of what they've done a couple times here. >> we talked about that. i don't want to and frankly that's why until about a month ago, people didn't know who i was. >> more aggressive were more negative. >> all the debates were about who can you smear? who can you yell at? then you get a sound byte, guess what he said about them? you know, and i wasn't going to do that. and have

. >>> john berman in for anderson tonight. can the donald take a bumping and keep on trumping? is for sure. a night after the pummeling he took in wisconsin at the hands of ted cruz, he can sure draw a crowd. donald trump just finished speaking in bethpage on new york's long island. a big audience inside and plenty of protesters outside. for the first time, he spoke about senator cruz since losing to him last night. >> you know, lyin' ted cruz came today. he couldn't draw 100 people. 100 people. i'm telling you, in fact it was a big headline today in "the new york post". he couldn't draw 100 people. now do you remember --

. >>> good evening, john berman in for anderson. one hour from now, you'll get to know anderson in a way you have not before. he and his mother, gloria vanderbilt are featured in a fascinating new documentary, conversation between mother and son about their lives and losses, called "nothing left unsaid." it airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. we will have a preview later in this program. >>> but we begin in california where there was another clear sign today of the passion that donald trump's political rise inspired. today hundreds of protesters kept trump from walking in the front door of the hotel where he spoke to the floor of the california convention. some of them carried mexican flags. when he launched the campaign, he called mexicans rapists and criminals. the motorcade pulled over, he walked through a back entrance. the trump show must go on, go on it did. trump made what sounded like a joke about immigration, one of the very issues that caused so much anger. >> reporter: tonight tensions are rising in california. a large

. >>> good evening, john berman in for anderson.o know anderson in a way you have not before. he and his mother, gloria vanderbilt are featured in a fascinating new documentary, conversation between mother and son about their lives and losses, called "nothing left unsaid." it airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. we will have a preview later in this program. >>> but we begin in california where there was another clear sign today of the passion that donald trump's political

this is john kasich talking about same-sex marriage with anderson.'m a traditional marriage guy. okay? i believe a man and a woman. but i went home one day, i said sweetie, we've been invited to a gay wedding. this was after the court. i said what do you think? she said, well, i'm going, i don't know if you are or not. and we went. and look, here's the thing. we may disagree with something about people's lifestyles and all those kinds of things. we may disagree. but you know what? let's try to understand each other a little bit. what are we going to do, write a law -- i read about this thing they did in mississippi where apparently you can deny somebody service because they're gay? what the hell are we doing in this country? i mean, look, i may not appreciate a certain lifestyle or even approve of it but i can -- that doesn't mean i've got to go write a law and try to figure out how to have another wedge issue because one of the things that's happening he on this issue itself is that there are politicians that are using it to get publicity, which ult

. >>> john berman in for anderson tonight. can the donald take a bumping and keep on trumping? one thing is for sure. a night after the pummeling he took in wisconsin at the hands of ted cruz, he can sure draw a crowd. donald trump just finished speaking in bethpage on new york's long island. a big audience inside and plenty of protesters outside. for the first time, he spoke about senator cruz since losing to him last night. >> you know, lyin' ted cruz came today. he couldn't draw 100 people. 100 people. i'm telling you, in fact it was a big headline today in "the new york post". he couldn't draw 100 people. now do you remember -- do you remember -- do you remember during the debate when he started lecturing me on new york values, like we're no good. like we're no good. and i started talking to him about the world trade center, the bravery, the incredible bravery of everybody. our police, our firemen, our -- everybody. better believe it. better believe it. so i looked at him and started talking about our incredible police, our incredible firefighters. our incredible people. ou

charlie: john o'hara, the writer? anderson is sort of the rage of the unfairness of losing a parent early on, losing my brother, the unfairness of becoming a different person at the age of 10 and feeling like i needed to take care of myself. that sense of unfairness, even as a reporter, fills me with rage. when i see people's voices being silenced, people in situations not of their making suffering, i feel that rage. charlie: are you more of a risk taker because of the life experiences? anderson: i started going to war zones by myself with a fake press pass and a borrowed camera until i became a reporter. i have been to bosnia, rwanda, all these places. as i have gotten older, you see how easy it is to get killed. we have all lost friends in the field. so i do not take risks in my own life. i do not go skydiving on weekends. for a story, there are very few places i would not go. i take calculated risks, i think. i do not view myself as a risk taker. charlie: do you see yourself in your son? gloria: i do think i am a risk-taker

my group was started by john d. anderson. iconic presidential campaign in 1980s a an independent. came in third. came in a strong third. but he also served for 20 years in the united states house of representatives. if you're watching john, hello. >> host: 94 years old. >> guest: 94 years old. amazingly strong. one of my political mentors. but he is -- that's a vanishing breed of republican. like a northeastern republican, like gerald ford, rockefeller kind of republican. so you would have more urban republicans. >> host: what is the three questions that fair vote is proposing. >> guest: three questions is a different effort on my part. okay. three question is is not with fair vote. three questions is, i'm working with former representatives, brian baird and bob english, and we're -- >> host: north carolina and washington state. >> guest: republican and baird is a democrat. so bipartisanship right there. and the independent music dude, right? and so we say three questions. when you go to a campaign forum, you see somebody running for congress, ask them three questions: what are you

john? >> just what he needs, anderson, most or all of the 95 delegates. out new york state and i'll show you the polling numbers. three polls out within the 24 hours. trump at 60% at one, 54% in the third one. look at the big lead, john kasich running second in all three. a distant second. 30, 40 points back. ted cruz in third place. i won't break down the demographics. by age, by gender, by income, by, you know, ideology. trump wins by more than 30 points in every democratic group we usually break down for you. a week is a long time in politics but he's on a path to win big. these poll numbers tell you he has a chance to get most of all. if he's around 55% a week from now, he's going to get 75 or more, maybe all 95. >> new york also let's -- shapes up pretty well for hillary clinton. let's take a look at those numbers. >> it does. switch over, have the democratic candidates up on the map, look at the numbers. not as great as trump's numbers. three polls in the last 24 hours. 50%, 53%, 55%. 13, 14 point lead over bernie sanders. sanders needs a win in new

john berman in for anderson. and here is new york where campaigns come to get nasty.ladelphia, too, where bill clinton today confronted protesters from black lives matter defending his wife almost lecturing them for criticizing her use 20 years ago of a word used back then to describe young violent criminals. the word was superpredators, and it still packs a punch today. >> here's the thing. i like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. that's a simple -- very, very afraid. i talked to a lot of african-american groups. they saw black live matter. they said take this bill because our kids are being shot

. >>> good evening, john berman here in for anderson.keep on trumping? one thing's for sure, a night after the pummelling he took at the hands of ted cruz, high can sure draw a crowd. donald trump just started speaking with plenty inside and plenty of protesters outside. for the first time he spoke about senator cruz since losing to him last night. >> lying ted cruz came tonight. he couldn't draw a hundred people. a hundred people. i'm telling you. in fact, it was a big headline today in the new york post. he couldn't draw a hundred people. now, do you remember -- do you remember

anderson. >> in the last hour i spoke with john kasich. he says as far as he's concerned, the deal is no big deal. >> we don't want to go places and spend money in places we can't win. and so the idea that i'm going to target those places where i can do the best and he's going to target the places he can do the best, that's terrific. i don't see anything wrong or earth shaking about that. so, that's sort of the end of it. >> our cnn political commentators, and jeff, let's start with you, this time. trump is calling it pathetic, desperate. is the campaign, you think, worried that this is actually going to hurt them? because they're not saying to their supporters don't vote for me. >> yeah. i don't think they are, to be perfectly candid. i think this is -- as we've discussed, i think this is a last minute thing. to some degree it might backfire. i don't think it's going to have any effect on cruz whatsoever. more interesting thing going on is who amongst these i guess 54 delegates running in the pennsylvania's congressional districts are goi

my wife was there with anderson coop oren saturday night. john, style, temperament played well in the collar counties of philadelphia, lehigh valley and i guarantee, he'll win the team. >> i think as we all know, pennsylvania often purple for a while, closes blue, you look at the results from the last two presidential races, it's clear as democrats we will do well. >> i want to talk about the issues. i want to talk about the issues, this is john kasich talks about same-sex marriage, listen. >> i'm a traditional marriage guy, okay, i believe a man and a woman. but, i went home one day, i said sweetie, we been invited to a gay wedding, this was after the court. i said what do you think. she said i'm going, i don't know if you are or not. and we went and look, here's the thing, we may disagree with something about people's lifestyles, we may disagree, but you know what, let's try understand each other a little bit. what are we going to do, write a law? this thing they did in mississippi where apparently you can deny somebody service because they're

anderson, back to you. >> john, what do you make about the exit polls?the trade issue has been part of trump's success. he started with i'm going to build a wall. he made his mark early on with immigration. he expanded his appeal by talking about the unfairness of trade. it's fascinating to see. it's the challenge for the republican establishment. it's the party of free trade. traditionally has been the party of free trade. yet you saw there a majority of the republicans voting today in wisconsin, which is both a manufacturing and farm state. a lot of times in farm states, a lot of export-driven economy, you see a more favorable view. a majority of republicans are saying these trade deals are bad for america is a huge challenge, no matter how this republican race turns out. when you're talking about running a platform. because the establishment is at odds especially with blue-collar voters. >> certainly john kasich. >> he's the only republican who's been more free trade and it's not helping him. honestly. i mean, he won his home state of ohio, but on thi

let me ask you, scottie, last night, anderson cooper was talking to john kasich about what's been going on between your guy donald trump and john kasich. donald trump made no secret he wants him out saying he is taking trump's votes. that's what you usually do in an election, try to take votes from your opponent. but here's what he had to say. >> if you come after me, i'm not going to take it, anderson. i'm not a dummy. i know how to fight back, by would prefer to talk about creating jobs, future for our kids. >> so scottie, john kasich is not having any of it. he continues to be a thorn in the side of donald trump's effort to make it to the magical number. how is donald trump going to deal with that instead of saying he needs to get out. does he have any other strategy to fight back. >> i think you ignore john kasich until the convention. because john kasich is only in this to go to the convention an hope they repeal the eight-state winning law, the rule 40 of the rnc. that's the only reason he's in this race. he knows he has no chance of winning the republican nomination by 1237 magic

anderson cooper and voters will ask questions of john kasich, the governor of ohio, and his family this evening. tomorrow night it will be the trumps followed by ted cruz and his wife, heidi, on wednesday evening. then it's on to brooklyn and the democrats on thursday. hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off in a debate moderated by the pride of buffalo, new york, one mr. wolf blitzer. all this only on cnn. >>> sticking with our politics lead, donald trump's campaign handed out ballots in colorado that contained several errors, so why is the top advisor accusing the cruz camp of using gestapo tactics? we'll ask the trump campaign, next. safety doesn't come in a box. it's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not something you do now and then. or when it's convenient. at bp, it's training and retraining in state-of-the-art simulators so we're better prepared for any situation. it's giving offshore teams support from onshore experts, so we have extra sets of eyes on our wells. and it's empowering anyone to stop a job if something doesn't seem right. so everyone comes home safely. w

and it's a very odd state and john king made reference to this, anderson, 54 of the 71 delegates are uncommitted, regardless of the result. you walk into the ballot booth, you don't know really for whom you're voting because there's no indication as to who the delegate will support. i think for a candidate like donald trump, he wants to go into pennsylvania and win convincingly so that he can say to those 54 when it gets closer to the convention, regardless of where they are disposition may lie, i want to state, i want it big, and when you're wondering how does he make up a short fall fa there is one, he turns to pennsylvanians and says, i need you to stick together as a group and put me over the top. >> he clearly mastered a message that goes to states. it's so surprising that he's won mississippi, new york, and is on track to win all of these states that typically go for moderates. all of these blue states like new york, pennsylvania, maryland, those are the states that mitt romney would be the nominee and blocked out insurgent candidates who typically did well in the south. so the

in the last 6 months, there has been eric garner, kaijeme powell, john crawford, akai gurley, tamir rice, tanesha andersonnt, and ezell ford. that's just this year - many more names fill the mouths of protestors here on the streets: sean bell...oscar grant...rekia boyd...aiyana stanley jones. [crowd chanting] you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! you can't stop the revolution! >> this is the new civil rights movement that's happening right now. and ground zero is the policing of black communities. there's no question about it. people are drawing connections that we drew 50 years ago in the civil rights movement that this is a societal problem. this is not just a police department problem. and it's not just a county problem and it's not just a sheriff problem. this is a societal problem because it happens all over the country. it happens constantly. a recent propublica investigation found that a black male teenager is 21 times more likely to be shot by police than a white male teenager. >> why does everyone who look like me gotta be criminal? there's no honor in that badge! >> you d

anderson cooper will host three town halls with the republican candidates and their families. monday night ohio governor johny his wife karen and daughters reese and emma. tuesday it's donald trump with wife melania and children ivanka, eric and donlds jr. and wednesday texas senator ted cruz will be joined by his wife heidi. the candidates will talk with anderson and take questions from the audience all starting tomorrow night right here at 9:00 eastern on cnn. and then on thursday cnn hosts the democratic presidential debate. don't miss hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off live from brooklyn, new york, thursday night 9:00 eastern. big week. all right. it's been a big day too. thanks so much for being with me all weekend long. but stay with cnn. we have much more straight ahead in "newsroom." i'm fredricka whitfield. all starts right now. >>> and you are in the cnn "newsroom." i'm pamela brown in washington in for poppy harlow on this sunday. the big apple of course is the bullseye of the political universe right now for the past few days donald trump has been unusually quiet. trump's silence ended

anderson. >> sarah murray, thanks. in the last hour, i spoke with john kasich about the alliance with ted cruz. he said as far as he is concerned, the deal is no big deal. >> i mean, we don't want to go places, spend money in places we can't win. so the idea that, you know, that i'm going to target those places where i can do the best and he is going to target those places where he can do the best, that's terrific. i don't see anything wrong. i don't see anything earth shaking about that. that's sort of the end of it. >> with me now, mark preston, errol lewis, tara sat meyer, jeff, let's start with you. the cruz, kasich alliance. trump calling pathetic, desperate. is the campaign worried this will hurt them? these candidates aren't calling on supporters. they aren't saying their supporters don't vote for me. >> i don't think they are. i think this is a last minute thing. a hail mary as it were. it is not going to be effective, to some degree may back fire on senator cruz. i don't think it will have any effect on governor kasich whatsoever. i think the mo

starting tomorrow cnn's anderson cooper will host town halls with all three republican presidential candidates and their families. tomorrow night he'll talk to ohio governor john kasich and his family. tuesday night donald trump, his wife melania and his daughter ivanka will join anderson. and wednesday night feature texas senator ted cruz and his wife heidi this monday, tuesday and wednesday nights at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. >>> and coming up this hour of "newsroom," one of the terrorists arrested in connection to the brussels attack tells investigators that their original target was another major city. and "saturday night live" is the latest new york institution to have a little fun with presidential candidates invading their city. >> that will keep me warm while i eat my favorite dinner, a classic new york city street hot dog. a delicious real bite that was. >> we'll talk to a veteran new york journalist about it. and we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪ in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new gene

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. >>> by the way, don't forget starting tomorrow, cnn's anderson cooper will host a town hall over the next three days. tomorrow it's john kasich and his family, tuesday night, donald trump, his wife melania and daughters ivanka and sons will be there and on wednesday, texas senator ted cruz and his wife heidi. that's at 9:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> just ahead, it's the candidates versus the new york media and the lead-up to the primary. you better believe that "saturday night live" had a little fun with it. >>> bernie sanders is set to visit the vatican. what it could mean for the presidential race. >>> stunning revelations out of brussels. the terror cell that carried out the brussels attack was planning another attack in paris, france. you're live. stay can us. like @flagdad28, wh, "in a recent flag football game with my family, i ran up the score, pick-sixed my daughter 3 times, and blocked 8 punts. did i cross a line? flag, i get it. you simply wanted to recreate the thrill of the nfl... all over your family. don't fret: training camp opens soon. but, it might be a good time to spring for a puppy. whei just put in the

john kerry. >> not waukesha. >> as you might remember. anders anderson? >> small percentage of the vote in. with a lead, but again, very small number of votes actually in, still to be counted, still to be watched. michael smerconish, in terms of a convincing lead, a convincing win, how important is that -- how important is the actual percentage for cruz and for sanders or is a win a win and that enough? >> i think it's more significant for bernie sanders because i think the argument that sanders needs to make is that he's winning huge in these next several states so that he can make a compelling argument that the superdelegates need to reconsider exactly where they are. and i want to say something about the superdelegates because i think that their function has been much maligned in this process. people are looking at them and saying why do they exist? they exist for good reason. they exist to avert a blowout and frankly i've heard from a number of republicans in this cycle who are not supportive of donald trump that they wish they had the superdelegate influence that the ds have to try and

anderson? >> jason, thanks very much. now to comments that john boehner made about ted cruz. he spoke at an event at stanford university and wide ranging discussion on stage with a history professor, covered ground. it is not on video. audio is getting a lot of attention. he was asked his thoughts on cruz. here is what he said. >> lucifer in the flesh. i have democratic friends and republican friends, i get along with everybody. but i've never worked with a more miserable son of a [bleep]. >> campaigning in indiana today, cruz said he only met boehner two or three times, never worked with him. he says boehner's anger is somehow aimed at the public. >> when john boehner calls me lucifer, he is not directing that at me, he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry for is not anything i've ever said to him, i haven't said much of anything. what boehner is angry with me for is standing with the american people, energizing and encouraging and honor the commitments we made. >> sunlen certificate fal ee joins me. >> reporter: senator cruz didn't shy away from the battle with jo

anderson cooper is a dumb dumb. he's a stupid head. a total poopy pants. it's had. >> johnch is refusing -- he's like the guy at your house party who at 3:00 a.m. he's still playing xbox on the couch and he's vowed to keep running, he's going to keep running until one person in america can identify him by face and he'll stop. >> you kind of held out until they found someone they like less than you. >> there you go. >> this little bird doesn't know it. >> actually, something similar happened a trump speech. take a look. >> that's what will happen when donald trump is president. >> that's right. >> if i were in my car getting ready to reverse and saw donald in the backup camera, i'm not confident which pedal i'd push. >> oh, come on, you sound like an idiot. >> stephen, i'm rubber, you're glue, i have a lawyer i will sue. >> thanks. what kind of operation are you running, stephen? >> it's called a talk show, bernie. ♪ >> vladimir, hi, it's donald. it was huge, it was huge. hey, can you hold on for a second? melania. ♪ >> what a wild week. all right. on the phone now i am join