john cornyn said this week i think he could change the electoral map in way we haven't seen before. rob is gibelling. giggling. many are warming to the new billionaire. perhaps it is trump. his campaign is promising a gentler tone, and on thursday they released this powerful ad. first they are sour. then they're sweet. >> that's cool. >> of course we made that, but it is true. trump is like a sour patch kid, right? sour and then sweet. >> and orange. >> oh really? we didn't intend that. >> oh really? all of your writer didn't come up with that? i had to come up with that? for free? >> that was a freebie. look, rob, has he changed his tone a little bit? >> why would he bother to do that? e thinks he is on a roll. and they didn't say it would be good to change the electoral map. >> that's why you were giggling. look, there is no incentive to changerright now. he think he will be able to change later and we know that won't happen. >> why is he giving -- he is definitely attacking to the middle. >> he said on tuesday night after the five-say the -- five-state sweep, i am the presumptive

. >> reporter: senator charles schumer, a democrat and texas senator john cornyn, a republican, are cosponsoring a bill to allow legal action against other countries when there's an attack on american soil. saudi arabia's foreign minister says if the bill passes, the arab country would sell off $750 billion of its u.s. assets, which could destabilize the u.s. economy. president obama is lobbying against the bill and against declassifying 28 pages of the 9/11 commission report. those pages reportedly contain information implicating saudi officials in the 9/11 attacks. >> i'm mad about bush. he treated them with kit gloves after 9/11. they hid the 28 pages. now president obama won't let us see them. you'll see the direct ties to the terrorist links that killed our 3,000 loved ones. >> hillary clinton said she stands with the 9/11 families. >> i support chuck schumer's bill. i think it's important to try to find out what actually did happen and if there are people or institutions or governments who should be held accountable, that should be part of the bringing to justice. >> reporter: donald trump

this tweet from john cornyn -- saudi arabia threatening $750 billion in u.s. assets, talk about an empty threat. guest: the one thing, especially when the world is in some financial turmoil, people want u.s. bonds. the idea they would sell 750 billion, if they did, they would sell it at a loss. one return, we would find buyers for those bonds. in their reason for doing it is supposedly not to punish the united states, it is to make it impossible for us to execute judgment from any of these lawsuits. saudi arabia is too big. we are too big or they will overlap, these two countries, and there is going to be a way to see that. hide.not run and they cannot run and hide. they are too big. we are too big. let's take a call from a democrat. good morning, congressman. i have been looking at relations between america and the middle east, from even before i was born. honestly, i feel, and you can tell me if i am wrong, i feel as though the hand we have had in pursuing and spreading democracy with the a turn majority of the people in the middle east who are very true to

texas senator john cornyn who was chilly toward trump. poin could expand the party. that sounds good. and no doubt that cruz realizes that winning indiana is crucial for him. if he doesn't, it could be the talk of never trump and contested convention no more. it will be an incredible battle, jon. >> it is fascinating to watch. >> reality tv at its finest. >>> in the democratic race drama there, too. bernie sanders laying off staffers. and he insists he will carry on to the end of the primaries but with fewer people. he has little more than three weeks from oregon primary. here's more on that from a washington newsroom. >> reporter: bernie sanders' campaign down played the play-offs. and the campaign no longer requires those staffers. in a statement sanders still has 3 300 workers. and we'll marshal our resources to win the democratic nomination. sanders will compete in the june 7th california primary and he claims to be able to win in a general election. >> the political reason is obvious. that is this campaign is getting the support of the vast majority of democrats

she's standing with john cornyn.hink we have to pay attention anytime we see such a line in the sand between, how many times have we seen true bipartisanship to this extent? on the other side is the executive position. that looks suspicious. to something eric said, when are we going to stop being held postage? we understand that. it's a legal concept to serve and protect serve things. it's not absolute. what is wrong with asking questions and doing further investigation? i was very dissatisfied. the answers were so narrowly tailored. >> the royal family is huge. at the higher levels, a closer ally. there might be closer ones that see eye-to-eye. >> forms of islam they support and fund terrorism. >> very quick thought, why not open up the 28 pages? we are not necessarily pass the bill to allow them -- this is one step at a time? >> there couldn't be more international signal for a rap than now. >> the president of the united states, even if every member of congress votes to pass and he that has call to whether he -- i

senator john cornyn of texas had been chilly with trump but now says trump may be able to expand the gop. cruz and voters got a blunt reminder of the senator's unpopularity from speaker john boehner who got laughs and applause for trashing cruz. >> lucifer in the flesh. i get along with everybody. but i have never worked with a more miserable on of a [bleep]. reporter: cruz said boehner is letting his inner trump out. >> john boehner in his remarks cribbed donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. donald trump gave john boehner's super pac $100,000 a few years ago. house conservatives let a budget shutdown go forward in 2013. cruz said he offered to negotiate with john boehner and got shot down. >> john boehner's respond was i will not have a conversation with you. case up withdrew in indiana to give cruz a better thought there. kasich and cruz's donations have slumped as trump's have grown. hillary clinton has been careful to say she'll not take bernie sanders or his voters for granted. her campaign decided they will not spend money on tv ad in self states where sanders continue

senator majority whip john cornyn, who once feared his candidacy, now says trump could change the electoral map, putting states in play for republicans that have never been before. john kasich is campaigning in oregon. the alliance may be a little looser today when cruz refused to rule out campaigning in oregon. at the time, kasich's chief strategist tweeted out, quote, i can't stand liars. now he's calling him a liar. that lying ted thing. steve: on the democratic side, while bernie sanders was at perdue university, he was cutting staff. he laid off 200 workers from states which have held primaries. it's a sign that his campaign is winding down. he insists he's staying in the race until the convention to have a say in building the platform. tinsel town through march 31st. she has received more than $8 million in donations from the holed holed -- hollywood crowd. george clooney brought in 15 million. bernie sanders has raised over a million from the entertainment industry. >>> the nypd says there is more heroin on the streets than ever before. dari: the epidemic is the focus of this week's

the number two senate leader, john cornyn of texas had been chilly toward the billionaire, but now notes trump could expand the gop. a point trump was eager to make in the hoosier state. >> we're going to win states nobody thought were winnable as a republican and do really great. >> cruz and voters got a blunt reminder of the senator's unpopularity from former house speaker john boehner. >> lucifer in the flesh. >> cruz said boehner sleting his inner trump out and slammed him as a bought-and-paid for trump crony. >> he described donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. donald trump gave john boehner's superpac $100,000 a few years ago. >> cruz outraged congressional leaders, he let a budget shutdown go forward in 2013. cruz argued that he offered to negotiate with boehner and got shut down. >> john boehner's response was i have no interest in talking to you. what could be having a conversation, no, i will not meet. >> kasich has pulled out of indiana to give cruz a better shot. it saves resources for cruz and kasich, whose donations have slowed as trump's momentum has grown. trump

topic did not come up today between the leaders, it remains on the minds of many like texas senator john cornyn, who believes even if the pages implicate the saudis notice attacks, the american people have a right to know. >> my attitude is let the chips fall where they may, let's bring just toys the victims and families of the 9/11 families and deter to the extent we can terrorist attacks on our own soil. >> now as i mentioned, that report didn't make the cut in today's two-hour-long conversation between the two leaders. instead the men focused on another pressuring issue, what to do about the growing threat from iran. defense secretary ash carter stressed despite the president's push for the iran nuclear deal, the u.s. is not pivoting towards tehr tehran. >> on iran i noted that the united states shares with our gcc partners, the view that even as the nuclear accord verifiably prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, there are many more issues to be concerned with regarding iran's behavior in the region. >> a big understatement there. now there are critics, brett, who feel like the pres

. >> reporter: senator charles schumer, a democrat and texas senator john cornyn, a republican, are cosponsoring a bill to allow legal action against other countries when there's an attack on american soil. saudi arabia's foreign minister says if the bill passes, the arab country would sell off $750 billion of its u.s. assets, which could destabilize the u.s. economy.

the cosponsor of the legislation is john cornyn of texas. senator cornyn says the 28 pages of a congressional report that allegedly outline saudi arabia's role should be declassified and made public. >> attitude is let the chips fall where they may. let's bring justice to the victims and the families of the 9/11 families and deter to the extent we can terrorist attacks on our own soil. lou: and the obama administration disagrees with the senator despite having once pledged to be the most transparent and open administration in history. >>> u.s. officials have uncovered a new drug tunnel connecting mexico to california. ventilated with electricity is the third found in march. 16 people have been arrested charged with crimes involving drugs and yes construction of that tunnel. the discovery bolstering the case for the trump claims, which he says, as president, he would straighten out forthwith. we're coming right back with much, much more, stay with us. >>> a huge hometown victory moves trump closer to the presidential nomination. >> thank you,

bill pushed by chuck schumer and john cornyn would prevent saudi arabia and other countries with alleged terrorist ties claiming sovereign immunity in the u.s. this is a move that president obama says would backfire. president obama: if we open up the possibility that individuals in the united states can routinely start suing other governments, then we are opening up the united states to being continually sued by individuals in other countries. jonathan: the families of the victims also want the white house to release 28 classified pages in the 9/11 report. that may prove that the saudis were involved in the attacks. michelle: coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- add pearl jam to the list of jams can carolina. find out what protests over the so-called bathroom bill are starting to cost the state. >> who gets to go on an airplane when you're old? jonathan: at least not one like this. the adventure of a lifetime. at a later age. wait until you find out how old she was when she climbed in the seat. michelle: as we head to break, a quick reminder that the phone lines are open in today's organ

significant and this bill that's in congress with bipartisan support, sponsored by chuck schumer and john cornynstice against sponsors of terrorism act, would enable 9/11 families to sue saudi arabia and bring them to federal u.s. court if there is a tie or suggestion of a tie to funding terrorism. the president says that would open up the u.s. being sued down the road. this specifically deals with funding terrorism. america doesn't fund terrorist acts. harris: my question is, why can't the president saying no, veto the bill why can't he have it both ways but then turn around say for those families, for those families we will declassify the 28 pages so the world can know what went on, trace the money, trace who had the connections? >> sure but those families want some justice. they want some retribution, want something, i think. listening to their attorneys talk about it. andrea: wouldn't he then have to act, bret? if you dig into the research this, is long-standing national security council policy which led to even further blow back on this issue but the president is not saying that. to harris'

increasingly more say they would be okay if he became the standard-bearer, including john cornyn, whoump could be good for his ticket, even though a while back he thought trump could be an albatross. now other quarters of the republican party are seeing them shift from the never cruz moment. >> you know, you saw congressman dent there supporting john kasich. he said comparing ted cruz to lucifer is not fair to lucifer, are you surprised at the vitriol levelled at ted cruz? >> not at all. it is important to note that a couple of years ago, they conspired to bring down john boehner as speaker of the house. when you engage in political assassination, you're just asking somebody else to bring out the knife down the road. you have to keep your back to the wall if you do that. you strike a king you better kill him. >> and senator mike lee, one of only a few of cruz' fellow senators actually support him. and lee did not hold back in his defense of cruz. here is senator mike lee. >> i am appalled that john boehner would do this. i held my tongue for years on john boehner, even when i disagree

. >> reporter: the bill pushed by senator chuck schumer and senate majority whip john cornyn would prevent saudi arabia and other countries with alleged terrorists ties from claiming sovereign immunity in a u.s. court. >> the victims of terrorism in our country should be able to seek justice from people who do fund that terrorist attack. >> reporter: 9/11 family members are also urging president obama in a letter to permit the release of 28 report that many believe may have proof saudis were involved in the attacks. >> they were not complicit. >> reporter: the white house says the director of national intelligence is the one to consider those 28 pages and determine how much, if any, of those documents can be declassified. as for the 9/11 bill, if passed the white house says president obama is likely to veto. stephanie ramos for channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> well, for the first time we are hearing from a survivor of that deadly uber shooting spree that left six people dead. tie and a carruthers says she saw the accused shooter, jason dalton, pull up to her apartment. within seconds bullets

topic did not come up today between the leaders, it remains on the minds of many like texas senator john cornyno believes even if the pages implicate the saudis notice attacks, the american people have a right to know. >> my attitude is let the chips fall where they may, let's bring just toys the victims and families of the 9/11 families and deter to the extent we can terrorist attacks on our own soil. >> now as i mentioned, that report didn't make the cut in today's two-hour-long conversation between the two leaders. instead the men focused on another pressuring issue, what to do about the growing threat from iran. defense secretary ash carter stressed despite the president's push for the iran nuclear deal, the u.s. is not pivoting towards tehr tehran. >> on iran i noted that the united states shares with our gcc partners, the view that even as the nuclear accord verifiably prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, there are many more issues to be concerned with regarding iran's behavior in the region. >> a big understatement there. now there are critics, brett, who feel like the presiden

chuck schumer and john cornyn in the senate. i'm sponsor in the house. i do believe the legislation should go forward. on issue of 28 pages, this is more of a constitutional issue. that comes in the purview of president. whether it is president obama, president trump, president cruz whether or not it is in national interest to release 28 pages. i have seen them. this comes within national security and national defense. i think president as commander-in-chief should make that decision. trish: congressman, you have read them. >> right. trish: you have read them. if you were in the president's shoes i would have them released? >> because i've read them i can't comment. if the president releases them i won't oppose it. if don't release them i won't oppose that either. it is up to the president. i feel strongly as far as the 9/11 families lawsuit against saudi arabia, again i am sponsor of the bill in the house. i've been fighting for this for several years. since terry strada, one of the leaders on this, her husband grew up in my district. i know his mother

among those, texas senator john cornyn. >> my view let the chips fall where they may.et's bring justice to the victims of the for the 9/11 families to deter terrorist attacks on our own soil. reporter: keep in mind there has been a move congressionally we're speaking of to hold accountable foreign governments accused and later found responsible for committing acts of terror on american soil. right now that legislation appears to be on a bit of a hold or a little bit of a stall in congress. the president made it clear he would not support that. in fact he would veto it if it ever made its way to his desk. the concern among white house officials it something like that were to pass it could damage a key relationship here in the region. this is story we'll keep an eye on for you. back to you. >> kevin corke, thank you very much for the report. david. david: we have all want to see what's in there. donald trump wrapping up a rally in indianapolis. what is he doing there when five big states vote before them? we have the answer to that. >>> the fight over the republican conv

texas republican john cornyn iso the main sponsor: >> now the president seems to want to use the leverage of the 9/11 families in order to some how mollify or cure that riftth that the president has created himself as result of iranian nuclear deal. i think that's entirely inappropriate. and as i tried to point out, we actually need to deter people from facilitating and financing terrorist attacks on our own soil. >> woodruff: both senate majority leader mitch mcconnelll and house speaker paul ryan sai today they still need to review the bill. the saudis have reatened to pull billions of dollars from f the u.s. economy if it becomesit law. >> sreenivasan: major parts of houston were still under water w today, after widespread flooding that's killed six people so far. school was canceled again in the nation's fourth largest city, and hundreds of people were in shelters. emergency teams worked around the clock to evacuate homes flooded by the deluge. more than a foot of rain fell monday, and a flash flood watch remained in effect. >> woodruff: the nation's largest health insurer will pull o

john cornyn told me in february that trump could be an albatross to down ticket republicans.n i asked him about that yesterday, he said trump could expand the map, perhaps could win the majority. we'll be fine, he said. similarly mark sanford two supports ted cruz said we're getting around to the fact that donald trump could be the nominee. earlier today on "new day" tom coburn, a big time trump critic, sounded more open to the idea of trump being the nominee. >> i think he's going to be the nominee. it seems obvious to me at this time. it's going to be pretty hard to stop him, and what i would say, he's probably wearing on people where they're starting to see something besides superlatives and starting to see some substance, and so i think it's something that we're going to see over time. >> now, i should caution there are still a lot of folks in that never trump movement including lindsey graham of south carolina who said the republicans would be creamed if donald trump becomes the nominee but clearly there's a split on capitol hill and some folks are starting to embrace th

we also have the support of the republican whip, john cornyn of texas, and sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. what is it about this bill that can bring together people that are so different -- liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans? it is a common belief that we bring to this that at this moment in history we need to take an honest look at the incarceration policy in america. you see, the united states of america has 5% of the world's population, 25% of the world's prisoners. over the last 35 years, we have increased the number of federal prisoners by anywhere from 800% to 900%. our federal prisoners we're building as fast as you can imagine and they're dramatically overcrowded and it raises the obvious question: are we safer? if we spend $30,000 a year to incarcerate a person, take them off the streets and away from their family, are we safer because of it? well, in some cases, we clearly r our first obligation is public safety. if someone is a threatening, deadly, violent criminal, they ought to be taken off the streets as long as they are a menace or danger to society. but

senate majority whip john cornyn, the number two republicans in the senate, in february told me thatalbatross to down ticket republicans. now, yesterday when i asked him what impact trump would have down ticket, he said, well, trump could be a good thing. co- he could expand the electoral map. maybe this would be good for the party, don't worry about it, i think we will be okay. bob corker, who is very close to mitch mcconnell, said trump gave a very good speech on foreign policy and he said he thinks it's a good thing trump scares world leaders. mark sanford, republican congressman, said that we're all starting to get around to the idea that donald trump will very likely be the party's nominee. in oregon today on new day, tom coburn, former republican senator, also seemed open to the idea. >> i think he's going to be the nominee. it seems obvious to me at this time. it's going to be pretty hard to stop him, and what i would say is he's probably wearing on people where they're starting to see something besides superlatives and starting to see some substance. >> reporter: i should cau

john cornyn i am in trade -- john: i am intrigued.ou think it main lesson would be in respect to japan, europe's futures and many other places? jurrien: that there is a limit. if you asked all the central bank chiefs, maybe that should of been a question to the panel last night, as to what really keeps them awake at night, it is that it takes more and more aggressive policy that used to be unthinkable to get less and less results, right? financial crisis, monetary policy in the stock markets were positively correlated so the central bank would raise rates because the economy was stronger and the stock market would do well in the central bank would raise rates too much and the cycle would roll over. now, it is the opposite and central banks have to get more and more aggressive to keep rings up. that is non-us, that is a different story because the u.s. economy is on better footing because we took it first in terms of this sold debt bubble back in 2008 so this is a non-us story for the most part. terms of the limits of central bank mone

i wandered into a room on criminal justice, there was cory booker sitting beside mike lee and john cornyn, you had democrats and republicans. i thought first, this is a bipartisan issue. the other thing that jumped out at me is some of the data that was introduced there. for someone who is engaged in education reform. this is a sister issue. >> if we want to close down the highway from education to prison, we have to start with our education system. we need to apply the same sorts of data to education. and get kids particularly in black and hispanic communities that aren't graduating from high school. the large percentages of people primarily from the black community that if you didn't graduate from prison -- i'm sorry, if you didn't graduate from high school, your likelihood of being in prison right now is over 30% and if you didn't graduate from high school, your likelihood of being in prison at some point is over 60%. taking in total, looking at reforming the criminal justice system, we also need to look at the education system and really think about how do we bring back the civility a

and he had worked for jon kyl and john cornyn. cornyn was still here, of course, and kyl left and we all had great respect for jon kyl being from my neighboring state of arizona. and so i said this is kind of an unusual request since everyone knows that the two leaders, when we have a commission that we're going to staff with our selections, he and i have the right to do that, that we always pair them. a democrat, a republican and a democrat and republican. we pair them. so i said to my friend from south dakota and my friend from kentucky that that doesn't sound like the right thing to do for me. but they talked for awhile longer. my heart said do it. my head said don't. my heart won. and i relented after having made an arrangement, an agreement with them that we would go ahead and do o'riley right then. i would agree to do that provided that when the new congress convened in less than a month that we would take care of the republican -- i mean take care of the democrat -- i'm sorry, mr. president. her name is jessica rosenworcel.

. >> hey there, erica, it's a very interesting bill that was announced last year by john cornyn and chucklican, one a democrat. essentially what the bill says is that the families of terrorist victims killed on american soil should have the ability to sue foreign governments if they had a direct role with the terrorist attack that happened here on american soil. and that void is dead. the reason why this bill is getting so much attention is because of those 28 pages you discussed missing from the 9/11 commission report. they're not missing, they're classified, that a lot of folks have said shows the direct involvement between the saudi arabian government and 15 of the 19 hijackers who are actually saudi who took down the world trade center. so what's interesting, though, with this bill is that schumer, who's very much in line to become the next leader of the democrats here in the senate, is going mano a mano with the white house because it's very popular back in new york. what's interesting, though, specifically more than anything, this gets at the question of sovereignty. and what the hi

texas senator john cornyn says they should see the light of day. >> let the chips fall where they may and bring justice to the victims and 9/11 families, deter to the extent we can terrorist attacks on our own soil. reporter: storyline we'll be following during our time here in the kingdom. martha? martha: thank you very much. bill: ted cruz meanwhile back here at home vowing to carry on in his campaign. >> the people in state after state have made it clear. they cry out for a new path. this is the year of the outsider. bill: he did not pick up a single delegate last night, what is his plan as of today? martha: what about the general election? will last night's winners be the two who face off in november? what the exit polls are saying about that matchup. bill: a look at where each candidate stands in their path to the nomination after last night's results. stay tuned for all of that in a moment. first though, donald trump, from again, last night, the trump tower in new york. >> even though we're leading by a lot and we can't be caught, it is impossible to catch us, nobody should take

this tweet from john cornyn -- saudi arabia threatening $750 billion in u.s.ets, talk about an empty threat. guest: the one thing, especially when the world is in some financial turmoil, people want u.s. bonds. the idea they would sell 750 billion, if they did, they would sell it at a loss. one return, we would find buyers for those bonds. in their reason for doing it is supposedly not to punish the united states, it is to make it impossible for us to execute judgment from any of these lawsuits. saudi arabia is too big. we are too big or they will overlap, these two countries, and there is going to be a way to see that. hide.not run and they cannot run and hide. they are too big. we are too big. let's take a call from a democrat. good morning, congressman. i have been looking at relations between america and the middle east, from even before i was born. honestly, i feel, and you can tell me if i am wrong, i feel as though the hand we have had in pursuing and spreading democracy with the a turn majority of the people in the middle east who are very true to thei

there was cory booker sitting beside michael lee and john cornyn. you had democrats and republicans. this is great, a bipartisan issue. the other thing that jumped out at me with some of the data introduced there. as someone who is personally engaged in education reform, this is a sister issued to that. if we want to close down the highway from education to prison , we have to start with our education system. we need to apply the same sorts of evidence, data, and logic to education and to get particular black and hispanic kids from poor communities graduating high school. i will close was saying that this is really shocking -- the data that i learned. ,he large percentages of people primarily from the black community but also latino and white, that if you do not i'muate from prison -- sorry, but if you do not graduate from high school, your likelihood of being in prison right now is over 30%. if you do not graduate from high school, your likelihood of being in prison at some point is over 60%. i think just taken in total, looking at reforming the cr