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i'm kate bolduan. i have the brains for msnbc, but am at cnn.s be another bad week for donald trump with women. joining me to talk about it from the tea party network is scottie nell. >> as a woman i like donald trump. >> how can you keep defending mr. trump. he retreated a sexist photo of ted cruz's wife. >> well -- so -- well -- so actually, that was an accident. donald's hands are so big he can't see every tweet he retweets. his hands are this big. >> that's your actual answer? >> that'sh

. >> and i'm kate bolduan. wait for it, wait for it. delegates. big questions could be answered by the time polls close tonight. mainly has ted cruz set the race with donald trump. >> on the democratic side can bernie sanders make it six out of seven and give him momentum heading into the next big prize, new york. new york spread like a fine cheese all over wisconsin. chris frates in wisconsin. jason carroll's in brookfield, a town we simply don't know enough about to make a joke. so, jason, we oar going to start with you in brookfield. you've been talking with voters on the ground. what are you hearing. >> reporter: how thb for a joke? this is red country but everyone we run into seems to be a democrat. let me set the scene where we are in this room, john. you can see on the right side arc number of people coming in. sweerch a steady stream of people coming in to vote. here in the state of wisconsin, actually expecting 40% of registered voters to turn out that. equals about 1.75 million people. that would be the largest turnout since 1980, if tha

kate bolduan and scottie nell hughes, come on down. >> his campaign manager was arrested for assaulting a woman, a young girl who was pepper sprayed. >> donald trump does not personally condemn violence. >> really? okay. well, let's just randomly see what's happening right now at his rally. >> there's a lot going on tonight. i want to go to cnn's senior political correspondent brianna keilar who is in milwaukee tonight. they've agreed to another debate, this one before that critical primary in new york. tell us the details. >> reporter: well, it's going to be on april 14th and it's going to be in brooklyn, which is interesting because that's where hillary clinton has her campaign headquarters and that's where bernie sanders grew up. both of them have a special connection to where the debate is going to be held. the other interesting thing is it's going to be on cnn and our own wolf blitzer is going to be moderating it. this is a debate that came together after a whole lot of back and forth. kind of a testy back and forth between the sanders and the clinton campaign. sanders had offered

i'm kate bolduan. catastrophic is what the white house says about donald trump's suggestions about where he'd take u.s. policy on nuclear weapons and the possibility of south korea and japan arming themselves. and moments from now president obama will be speaking live from his nuclear summit in washington, a crucial garthther of more than 50 of the world leaders. at the top of the agenda, how to keep nuclear material from countries. we are in washington at the site of the summit. what are we expecting to hear from the president any minute now? >> he's speaking coming out of a meeting of the p5+1, except russia who was a no show. kind of a strange situation there considering russia has so much nuclear material within its borders. this is a group that negotiated the iran nuclear deal. the white house says iran has been living up to its obligations according to that deal which is controversial within the united states and elsewhere. but they insist that iran has been doing what it's supposed to do, howeve

. >> hello, everybody, i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. delegate is at the root now of a practically unheard of situation in the presidential race. talk about a flat-out battle between the front-runner, donald trump accusing the republican national committee of conspireing, conspireing to keep him from winning nomination. he says the rules are stacked against him. >> it's stacked against me and by and by the establishment. >> you don't think the rnc wants you to get t nomination? >> no, i don't think so. >> the head of the rnc having none of it, saying that the rules are just that and they have been set since last year. will you quipping, give us all a break. trump took this step a fight further saying the rnc chair should be ashamed. bob cusac is joining me now. >> thanks for having me. >> reince priebus should be ashamed of himself because he knows what's going on. that's what donald trump said to you in this interview. wow? yeah. it was interesting, he kept repeating it and, remember, kate, it was just earlier this month that priebus an

i'm kate bolduan. the donald trump charm offensive deploying top aides to court the rnc. party leaders are meeting for the last time before their national convention and trump's team is jumping into the game that he loves to rail against, making the case for trump before the same group that trump has hit on the stump as being part of a rigged and crooked delegate system. >> in a not so secret memo, team trump predicts i will clinch the nomination by winning 1,400 delegates, well over the 1,237 needed to avoid a contested convention. if trump falls short, his lifeline could come from this group of republican delegates, republican officials meeting in hollywood, florida, as we speak. let's go live to where it's all happening. our phil mattingly in the middle of it all. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, john. you got a bit of a dual track strategy by the trump campaign. ju donald trump showing no sign of stopping his attacks on the national committee, but his team is down here in full force and it's all of the new people that have more or less taken over the top

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. happening now. >> we're back together. >> it is all happening now. this very hour the campaign trail is on fire. all five candidates speaking hours before wisconsin votes. the contest shaping up to be a possible turning point. and there is also new york looming. any minute now hillary clinton, she will be in this state with new york's governor. they will be speaking at a rally. new york votes in a couple of weeks. bernie sanders back in wisconsin. he is speaking in janesville, wisconsin. >> donald trump in wisconsin holding a town hall this hour. ted cruz holding an event in madison. john kasich looking ahead to new york hoping to plant a flag in donald trump's town flag. >> i feel like alice in the brady bunch right now. we're going to start with the trump campaign in the high stakes. several polls suggest donald trump is trailing there. >> let's get to jason carroll in wisconsin. donald trump has ground to make up in that state. do they think they can do it before tomorrow? >> he ma

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. you'll hear from hillary clinton here on cnn just hours after her tough loss to bernie sanders giving him six wins in the last seven states giving her political heartburn and setting up a must-win here in new york in new york. >> on the republican side, ted cruz calls his decisive victory a turning point in the race. as it turns to new york, what does that mean? one thing is definitely more clear this morning, it seems, a contested convention this summer now even more likely. so where are the campaigns headed today? what does it all mean? jeff zeleny has fresh reporting and phil mattingly is looking at the republicans. phil, let us begin with you, my dear friend. big night for ted cruz. >> no question about it. it's what his campaign needed. it's what any of the anti-trump groups had to have. not just because wisconsin changes the name or certainly doesn't put ted cruz within striking distance of 1237 himself, it brings him closer to a contested convention and what it sets up more tha

. >> i'm kate bolduan. as you were listening right there, john kasich telling new york voters there are two paths they can choose. one of darkness or his path, but take a look at a new poll out this morning. and so far new york republicans seem to see only one path, and it leads right to donald trump with 60% support. more than 40 points ahead both kasich and cruz. >> the ohio governor's speech to the women's national republican club comes just one week before the new york primary. the stakes very, very high. joining us to discuss this, david chalion, ana navarro, and alex burns. david we listened to kasich give a 25 minute speech. this speech was important to the kasich campaign. they were billing about this, talking about it for days. what's going on here. >> this is the kasich candidacy and their rationale. this is the why are you running for president moment down this this race is down to three people, he's getting a good chunk of attention that he had not received at any time previous in this campaign,

i'm kate bolduan. i'm john berman. you just want to dance.art dancing because that's what you do when you hear prince music. the breaking news this morning, an autopsy under way right now to try to determine what caused the death of the music icon. it has been 24 hours since prince was pronounced dead at his home studio in suburban minneapolis. the mayor of the city says the loss is too large to describe. he was just 57 years old leaving his mark around the world as one of the greatest musical geniuses, and that is no overstatement of his generation and more. >> grammy-winning singer, songwriter, composer, producer, performer, he did everything. he did it all literally. known for playing every instrument, singing every line of many of his songs. a huge party in his honor went throughout the night in his hometown of minneapolis, and that is where we will begin this hour. stephanie elam is outside paisley park studios where prince lived and he died. stephanie, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, kate and john. a lot of p

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. big political events and news breaking left, right, and center this friday. within the hour the republican governor of indiana, mike pence, he's going on a radio show for what we're told is a significant announcement, and now sources tell cnn that that announcement, he will endorse ted cruz for president. this is an endorsement the cruz team really, really wanted. >> and in just a few hours donald trump, he's going to be trying to woo more insiders, this time in california. he's set to speak before the republican convention outside of san francisco, and this is after protests broke out outside a trump rally last night with more than a dozen arrested. let's get over to cnn's phil mattingly who is following this all for us. first, phil, to that endorsement, that cruz, let's be quite honest, he maybe needed. >> reporter: no question about it, kate. this isn't just because donald trump has had bob yby knight gog around with him in the state of indiana. mike pence has been a standard beare

. >> i'm kate bolduan. just under two weeks before the next major contest of the election. and the new york state of mind is bring it on. >> this morning a new chapter in the most contentious stage of the democratic campaign yet. last night vermont senator bernie sanders unleashed this attack on hillary clinton saying she is unqualified to be president. then he listed the reasons why he thinks that's so. >> i don't think that you are qualified if you get 15 million from wall street through your superpac. i don't think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in iraq. >> and just a short time ago bernie sanders kind of taking on that question once again citing cnn's reporting as he's talking about it of clinton's campaign thinking they need to take him on more directly after her defeat in wisconsin. >> she has attacked me for being unqualified. and if i'm going to be attacked for being unqualified, i will respond in kind. i know every day they develop a new approach to the campaign. i gather their approach is, again, this is a quote from cnn. quote, disqual

. >> i'm kate bolduan. new york, you're on the clock, my friends. right now the state is the center of the political universe. new yorkers are heading to the polls as we speak, and i do not think it is overstating it to say that new yorkers -- new york's results tonight have never mattered so much. >> big drama, big stakes, a big batch of delegates. hillary clinton claims a win could clinch the nomination. bernie sanders is hoping that a huge turnout will lead to a dramatic upset. donald trump, he wants a sweep of delegates in his home state. here you see him voting just a short time ago at a synagogue here in new york city. his own congressional district hearing from some sources could be an issue. but a big part of the drama is coming from within his own campaign with reports of a shake-up. let's begin with cnn's jason carroll live in staten island where real vogte ervoters are c real votes. jason? >> reporter: that's one good way of putting it, john. we're in the toad hill section of staten island. very affluent section of staten island. a strong

. >> i'm kate bolduan. just moments from now ted cruz and his brand new running mate, carly fiorina, will be hitting the stage for their first full day of campaigning together. we're going to take you to ft. wayne, indiana, where they will be making their pitch to indiana voters as soon as they begin their freshly minted message aimed at stopping donald trump's march to the republican nomination. the front-runner this morning mocking that new alliance. >> their freshly minted message. it still has that new car smell, the message does. but the mocking donald trump gave the announcement nothing compared to the tongue-lashing cruz just received from another front, the former speaker of the house. raining down political hellfire almost literally. he reportedly described ted cruz as lucifer in the flesh. let's bring in david chalon. david, i don't think the former speaker meant that in a nice way. >> i don't think so either. in fact, it's not the first time that he has referred to ted cruz as lucifer. this is so

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. 14,040 new york minutes until the new york primary. >> 95 republicans and 247 democratic delegates are up for grabs and the democrats are doing everything they possibly can to grab every last one of them. sanders holding a huge rally in brooklyn sunday. hillary clinton continuing her pitch to voters. even showing off some dance moves at a block party in washington heights over the weekend. for the republicans, donald trump is ramping up his attacks against his new chief target it seems, the rnc, after ted cruz swept wyoming over the weekend. trump continues to hammer away that the delegate system is rigged. cruz, not surprisingly, had something to say about that this morning. listen. >> you can't get the nomination without earning a majority of the delegates elected by the people, and i believe donald's highest total will be on that first ballot, and he will go steadily down because donald cannot win and we don't want to nominate someone who is a loser in november. >> let's get straight to jason carroll outside the trump tower here in new york. so, jaso

i'm kate bolduan.te house says about donald trump's suggestions about where he'd take u.s. policy on nuclear weapons and the possibility of south korea and japan arming themselves. and moments from now president obama will be speaking live from his nuclear summit in washington, a crucial garthther of more than 50 of the world leaders. at the top of the agenda, how

. >> and i'm kate bolduan. wait for it, wait for it. delegates.the time polls close tonight. mainly has ted cruz set the race with donald trump. >> on the democratic side can bernie sanders make it six out of seven and give him momentum heading into the next big prize, new york. new york spread like a fine cheese all over wisconsin. chris frates in

. >> hello, everybody, i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman.f a practically unheard of situation in the presidential race. talk about a flat-out battle between the front-runner, donald trump accusing the republican national committee of conspireing, conspireing to keep him from winning nomination. he says the rules are stacked against him. >> it's stacked against me and by

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman.ll hear from hillary clinton here on cnn just hours after her tough loss to bernie sanders giving him six wins in the last seven states giving h

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i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. and news breaking left, right, and center this friday. within the hour the republican governor of indiana, mike pence, he's going on a radio show for what we're told is a significant announcement, and now sources tell cnn that that announcement, he will endorse ted cruz for president. this is an endorsement the cruz team really, really wanted. >> and in just a few hours donald trump, he's going to be

. >> i'm kate bolduan. new york, you're on the clock, my friends.l universe. new yorkers are heading to the polls as we speak, and i do not think it is overstating it to say that new yorkers -- new york's results tonight h

. >> i'm kate bolduan and welcome to super acela spring, may, april tuesday.right now are at the polls in five states along the eastern seaboard, connecticut, delaware, maryland, rhode island, and pennsylvania with time running out in both nominating contests. >> for the republicans, 172 delegates up for grabs. 172 key delegates all on the march to 1,237. as it stands now, donald trump is at 846 delegates. 391 away from the magic number he needs. ted cruz and john kasich, they essentially can't get there at all before the convention. >> and so for the democrats, 384 delegates are at stake today. hillary clinton now has a 253 lead over bernie sanders in pledged delegates. if you add in the superdelegates, that lead grows to a big 713. >> now, there is one twist today for the republicans. the biggest prize, pennsylvania, it will award 17 pledge delegates to the

. >> i'm kate bolduan. just under two weeks before the next major contest of the election. the new york state of mind is bring it on. >> this morning a newpt

bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. kate is off today. what you've just been watching is something really, really interesting. bernie sanders at the vatican. hopefully we'll have pictures of what just happened. bernie sanders just spoke to a group at the vatican. this is sort of a think tank there. he was invited or asked to go depending on who you ask to talk about income inequal can i, the moral economy, as bernie sanders likes to city. this event coming one day after the big debate in brooklyn. just a few days before the big new york p new york primary. there were a lot of questions on whether it was smart for bernie sanders to leave the state and the country with so little time before big votes were cast here. but obviously senator sand heer thought it was an important moment. just a few minutes ago we spoke to reporters and said the reason he went is the issues are crucial to him. he also spoke about his admiration for pope francis. he said pope francis speaks about many of the things he thinks are crucial, not just income inequality

bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. kate is off today. just been watching is something really, really interesting. bernie sanders at the vatican. hopefully we'll have pictures of what just happened. bernie sanders just spoke to a group at the vatican. this is sort of a think tank there. he was invited or