kenneth moton is live in maryland with the latest. >> reporter: a steady stream of voters here in marylandwhere donald trump and hillary clinton are leading and bernie sanders is trying to hang on in the the convention in philadelphia but all the talk today is about the republican alliance that is on shaky ground. >> elections in five states, donald trump is optimistic about a clean sweep bitter over the ted cruz and john kasich alliance. >> they ought to drop out of the race and we should unify the republican party. >> cruz pulls his resources out of new mexico and oregon. and the alliance is sending mixed messages, kasich is refusing to tell his supporters to vote for cruz. >> i'm not going to tell anyone how to vote. >> for the supporters of john kasich is the only campaign that can beat donald trump. >> i am thrilled to be here in philadelphia with all of you. >> democrat, hillary clinton, expected to do well especially in delegate rich pennsylvania. bernie sanders says is he fighting all the way to the convention. >> we believe he have a path toward victory. >> and of course the democ

we get the latest from abc's kenneth moton. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. ted cruz fresh off his tuesday night losing streak made a bold and unprecedented move, today he will hit the trail with his new running mate, who i can tell you she says she's ready to take on donald trump again. the political surprises just keep coming. >> a new relationship has started. cruz and carly. cruz can't win. what's he doing picking vice presidents? >> reporter: overnight donald trump was quick to respond to ted cruz's unusual move. >> my vice presidential nominee, carly fiorina. >> reporter: if he gets the gop nomination at a contested convention. >> i am prepared to stand by his dieing he went from criticizing president obama to standing with bobby knight. >> if we win indiana, it's over. i'm not playing games with indiana. >> reporter: after indiana votes hillary clinton is hoping it's also over for bernie sanders. the delegate math is not with sanders who rallied thousands of screaming fans at indiana university hours after he announced the layoffs of hundreds of campai

we get the latest from abc's kenneth moton. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. ted cruz fresh off his tuesday night losing streak made a bold and unprecedented move. today he will hit the trail with his new running mate, who i can tell you she says she's ready to take on donald trump again. the political surprises just keep coming. >> a new relationship has started, cruz and carly. cruz can't win. what's he doing picking vice presidents? >> reporter: overnight gop front-runner donald trump was quick to respond to ted cruz's unusual move. >> my vice presidential nominee, carly fiorina. >> reporter: if he gets the gop nomination at a contested convention. >> i am prepared to stand by his side and give this everything i have. >> reporter: fiorina tussled with trump early in the primary season for comments he made about her face. trump went from delivering a foreign policy in d.c. criticizing president obama to standing with famed hoosiers coach bobby knight. >> if we win indiana, it's over. i'm not

we get the latest from kenneth moton. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this is a major strategic shift in the stop trump movement. and it's a taste of what will likely happen if all three men head to the republican national convention. kasich, cruz, coordinating to take down trump. >> i got to get rid of these two guys. i'm sorry, folks. >> reporter: gop front-runner donald trump campaigning in maryland, one of the five states he's expected to sweep tomorrow in the northeast. so ted cruz and john kasich are moving on to the may contests. strategizing together. >> god bless the great state of indiana. >> reporter: the two campaigns sent out similar statements. cruz is focusing time and resources in indiana. kasich is moving his attention out west, to oregon and new mexico. the ohio governor told cbs' "face the nation" his goal is to have an open convention in cleveland. >> i think when weir at the convention, the delegates will want to know who can beat hillary. >> reporter: trump furious, the billionaire fired off on twitter. "wow, just announced th

we get the latest from abc's kenneth moton following developments from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the numbers are still coming in but more than 20 were arrested and no major injuries were reported as trump protesters and supporters clashed. overnight, stop trump demonstrators in the streets of orange county, california. >> i love this state. >> reporter: inside the pacific amphitheater the gop front-runner rallied thousands. outside protests turned ugly. a trump supporter pulled out of his car and beaten. doughnuts in the street. people on cop cars and people waving mexican flags protested his stance on immigration. >> we are going to have strong borders. we are going to build the wall. >> reporter: it was trump's first stop in california which votes in june but the next battle is in indiana. >> we are at the edge of a cliff staring downward. >> reporter: republican rival ted cruz needs a win tuesday but the attacks against him keep coming. even from former house speaker john boehner who told stanford university st

it's "your voice, your vote" and abc's kenneth moton is live in bethesda, maryland. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: >> reporter: good morning, ryan and diane. here in maryland donald trump and hillary clinton have double-digit leads. voters will head to the polls and we'll find out if those attacks on the front-runners had an impact. the cruz/kasich alliance was in full effect and under attack by front-runner donald trump. >> if you look at these two guy, one is 1 for 41. the other one, he's like a total disaster. >> reporter: even attacking kasich's eating habits. >> i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. he's shoving it in his mouth. it's disgusting. do you want that for your presidential? i don't think so. >> reporter: today trump is expecting a clean sweep in the five states up for grabs including delegate rich pennsylvania but his rivals are focused on next week's primary in indiana. the goal, stop trump by kasich conceding the state to cruz. >> there may be issues on which we disagree but more unites us. >> i can spend my resources