knight, good morning mr. knight. i'm lieutenant suarez. classifications. all right. we reviewed your file and you've been here in this jail for a little over two years now. you have not lasted very long in population. last time you were in population was in january. you made it two weeks. before that, it was -- i think it was may of last year. and you did make it about five months. so you have a history where you've demonstrated you can make it, but you've just been in segregation a long time during this incarceration. but to your credit, you've been down here, haven't gotten into any trouble over the last few months. so we've recognized that. you've requested to go back to population. we're going to give you a shot at population. >> ooh! god is great! [ bleep ]. thank you, thank you. >> you do understand, however, that it's up to you to make the most of it. if you get into any trouble, you'll end up right back down here on a.s. the ball's in his court right now. he's got a lot of jail experience. he's got some gang history. so there are a lot of things working again

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donald trump got bob knight. knight could help more in indiana than fiorina. >> i think you're right. >> thanks very for that. >> all right. >>> ted cruz not making his vice presidential pick without laying out a road map for where he sees the next few weeks going for his campaign. >> i make this announcement today so that you the voters, the voters in indiana, the voters in nebraska, the voters in south dakota and washington state and california and across the country, so that you will know what you will get. >> and he mentioned california there. california on june 7th, final contest, it brings us to our most important number of the day. and that number is sometimes these are very act. 22.5. 22 1/2 is our most important number of the day. why is it our most important number of the day? because all the talk about how critical indiana is to ted cruz in the stop trump movement, california will be just as critical. if we get there in this race is still alive, cruz is going to have to win there. the stop trump forces

i said get me bobby knight fast, please. lou: bobby knight obviously likes trump a lot. giving him his endorsement and getting out on the campaign trail with trump and raising >> as i step away from this podium, i hope as i do that you people will think for just a moment and you will say to yourselves, each and every one of you, damn it, how soon can i go out and vote for that guy? i hope that's what you all have to say. lou: we take up the fight for indiana with the chairman of the indiana republican party. also among my guests, ed rollins, republican strategist. tony sayegh. and the insult heard around the world. former house speaker john brainer blasting ted cruz as lucifer in the flesh and the most miserable s.o.b. he's vert met. it looks like -- he's ever met. it looks like donald trump's plain spoken way is rubbing off. some say why some think the lawsuit against trump university will hurt trump. we'll see whether you believe it's a political hit job by a hillary clinton supporter. we take up that case with arthur aidala and rebecca roseman tonight. donald trump ha

about a year ago i get a call from bobby knight. i didn't know bobby knight.aid wait a minute, the basketball man in indiana? and they said yeah. i get on the phone, we checked it out one and it was bobby knight. he said donald, i just want to tell you, i want to you run. this was before i decided. before that big day june 16 coming down the escalator. i want to you run. my friend all want to you run. you will be great and i would like to endorse you. i said coach what an honor that is. do we a favor. give me a number and maybe i'm going to be calling you back. and then we had all these great victories. i think i won 28 states -- big night last night -- we had a big, big night last night. we had five, five. [cheers and applause] we had five landslides, actually last night. that was a biggy, right? so i said thanks a lot, coach. i took the number. i wrote it down and put it in a special place. i said let's see what i do. a few months later i said i'm going to run. too much, i couldn't take it anymore. i'm looking at these horrible deals made by politicians. cha

knight wasn't crazy nor did he like the logo.lege student just $35 to draw, was supposed to symbolize the sound of speed. but knight thought it just looked like a big fat checkmark. >> nothing ever stands out says, boy, that's it. there's not a eureka moment for me that almost all these things just say, that's the best we can do. >> marketing was never knight's thing, in fact he hated advertising. but he soon realized that well-known athletes wearing his shoes could speak and sell volumes. romanian tennis pro ilie nastase was the first big name, john mcenroe would soon follow then came 1-year-old basketball phenom from the university of north carolina. >> michael jordan. >> when you first signed michael jordan, people thought you were nuts, right? >> well, fortune magazine ran a story how nike lost its way by paying so much money for this basketball player. >> can. >> how much did you pay? >> first year was like $250,000 a year. >> he hadn't played a single game in the nba at that point. >> no, but he'd been player of the year in

but bobby knight, willie geist, bobby knight showed up yesterday. he showed up yesterday in a red sweater. how did that go? >> you'll find out in the next block. >> what? now. it's horrible. >> if carly fiorina and ted cruz and donald trump with ted knight. >> singing. >> singing was great. >> still on "morning joe." second half of ted cruz presidential ticket, his running mate carly fiorina joins the conversation. plus jane sanders on the decision to lay off hundreds of campaign staffers across the country. senator tom cotton who is being blasted by the white house for trying to block part of the nuclear deal with iran. >> keep fighting, tom. not at some point, tom. never. never. >> nbc's hallie jackson joins us from the campaign trail on indiana. a live report from that battleground state is straight ahead. >>> tonight joe is playing his band, prohibition, 8:30. if you're in the area, come on by. she can join you. you're watching "morning joe." be right back. what brand of makeup is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrogena® c

knight said. do i think donald trump is going to pay a price for it? absolutely not.r the course for his campaign and i think in indiana, frankly, i think knight is probably a net positive for donald trump, which is all pretty unfortunate because the implication of what knight said is that donald trump is going to have a quick trigger finger on the nuclear button and that should scare all americans. >> i want to get everyone's reaction and go around the table here. buck, lahnee talked about his readiness to become commander in chief. did the comments heighten those concerns? >> he said he didn't know what a conservative is. look, i think that his endorsement may be helpful in the limited scope of indiana. i don't think people will think about it much longer than that. >> any other candidate would have to go, oh, my gosh, i have to explain myself. >> there is truth that part of his brand, his message, who he is and what his campaign is, he never apologizes. he's certainly not going to apologize for what a former i believe or no longer coach former ncaa coach has to say

i thought you were going to ask about pence or bobby knight. i think bobby knight in indiana is a tremendous get for donald trump. and i think, you know, even from the stop trump people that i have talked to about that have acknowledged that. you know, what's to interesting about the two of them and when they were talking to you at the town hall is that trump and bobby knight are kind of similar. when you think about it, i almost think that if donald trump was a basketball coach, he would be bobby knight and vice versa. they do. so same things. they have the same tendencies. they are both beloved for that kind of very harsh. >> sort of straight talk. >> when i introduced coach knight, it was -- it felt like a rock concert and mick jagger had just walked out to start playing some music. but it was amazing with bobby knight. >> yeah, i was listening to it la last night. >> as do you every night. >> right. >> or dvr. >> at the sloot moment at -- absolute moment when you brought it out and he and trump called, the call he received from bobby knight

bobby knight is bobby knight. this isn't something orchestrated.t's not something that ted cruz would do. and ted cruz -- he wants to bring in carpet bombing and carly fiorina wants to bring the sixth fleet. >> talking about dropping nuclear bombs. >> that's bobby knight. >> well, bobby knight is a surrogate. he should be responsible for who you bring out there, don't you think? >> i think donald trump allows people to be themselves as he's himself. >> well, truth be damned. >> are we really at a point now where you're saying that donald trump is qualified to be president because he would be eager to drop a nuclear bomb on anybody? reagan -- ronald reagan, who people have been saying somehow that donald trump is like, would have never run for office gloating about the fact or surrounding himself with people that were advocating for him to drop nuclear weapons, and he would be the guy to do it. that is -- unprecedented. >> i'm sure you'll hear a statement tomorrow from the donald trump campaign saying bobby knight is bobby knight. a great man, great

really fast, please. >> and bobby knight, obviously, likes trump a lot. giving him not only his endorsement, but getting out on the campaign trail and indiana with trump and raising hell. >> as i step away from this podium, i hope as i do that, you people will think for just a moment and you'll say to yourselves each and every one of you, how soon can i vote for that guy? i hope that's what you all have to say. >> we pick up the fight for indiana with the chairman of the indiana republican party, jeff cardwell joining us tonight. also among my guests, former reagan white house political director ed rollins, republican strategist, tony, and also tonight, the insult heard around the country, former house speaker john boehner blasting senator cruz as, quote, lucifer in the flesh. and the most miserable s.o.b., that's in quotes, that he's ever met. looks like that honesty is rubbing off on the establishment. the mainstream liberal media says the trump university lawsuit could pose a big political problem for trump this fall. well, tonight, we tell you why we

will there be questions about whether a white knight can or should emerge? all of these things are scrolling around and this will be one of the only times that rnc members get together in one room and in one space before the convention. the rnc be fair and transparent yet remain open to a number of scenarios that we have not seen at the republican convention in decades? >> you have a situation where a number of these party officials are familiarizing themselves with the rules. we have not had a contested convention since 1976. most people who are currently involved were not as involved back then. outyone is trying to figure what is going on and how this would all play out. >> so you look at what may transpire thursday. what is the big question that you have? what do you need to understand? >> have people come to the conclusion that we are headed to a contested convention. how do people feel about donald trump and ted cruz being a nominee? there has been some concern about how they would fare in a general election. what people feel worse or better about eithe

bobby knight or carly fiorina? >> bobby knight in indiana, forget it.tory here. donald trump being accused of sexism. this time for saying this about hillary clinton. watch it. >> the car that she has is a women's card. she has nothing else going. if hillary clinton were a man, i do not think she would get 5% of the vote. >> that is a brilliant political line. it is a line that will stick. there is a ring of truth to that. if she were a man, she probably would have been out of this race. sexism, that is crap. he is neutralizing her argument. now at this early date. i think that it will be very effective. >> hillary has played this card. neutralizing it. he will plaster on clinton's sex scandal. >> got it. now i understand. the first national news program to show you the video. they have really turned violent, as you can see. the city was voting on a measure to condemn donald trump. ultimately, that measure was tabled. pepper spray was used on the crowd. did they arrest anybody? >> nobody was arrested yet. a taser was used in the melee. very upset about

the players loved knight. and so that symbiosis, it seems like endorsements don't matter that much, but this one is bigger than mike pence, the governor. lou: i think this endorsement is a billing, big -- is a big, big deal. laura ingraham thanks so as much. we are coming right back. we have a lot more straight ahead. donald trump's blowout win that leaves his last opponents gasping. >> as far as i'm concerned, it's over. >> the media is going to say, the race is over. the media is going to say, donald trump is the republican nominee. lou: what is the senator's point? we'll be take it up with "weekly standard"'s fred barns. we have the eye popping video we have the eye popping video after these very listerine® kills 99% of bad breath germs. we have the eye popping video after these very this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth. what's it like to not feel 100% fresh? we don't know. we swish listerine®. as do listerine® users. the very people we studied in the study of bold. people who are statistically more l

bobbi knight. bobbi knight.>> let me first tell you that i was very, very selective with players during the time i was here and i tell you one thing that man just up here a moment ago, that son of a [bleep] could play for me. and this was a real, a real neat thing for me and i have for sometime leading up to where we are now, felt that above anything else, this country needed donald trump. and that was before, that was before i ever got to it know him. i thought that just reading about him and studying about him. i think it is a tremendous opportunity that you folks you. you know, i have never voted. i am not here to repreponderate the republican party. i don't give a dam about the republican party. and on the other hand. i don't give a dam about the democrats either. [applause] but i really think that we have -- >> it is a donald trump rally. trump working hard to win that state which could deliver the republican nomination to him. of course, with the help of california and others. but if he wins big in indiana

in the end, if he is nominated as a white knight, the task of the white knight is to get the trump voterso come back and vote for him or her in the election. one, they will be mad to begin with. but now they will be angry and not only see this person as illegitimate, but would see him as being a total hypocrite who lied to the country and ultimately went around their back. he set himself up now so that it makes it almost impossible for him to do what he would need to do as the nominee. mark: and he's presiding over the convention and is the chairman of the party, so it would look even worse. so, probably it's over. this could be a sobering reality check for republicans who don't like any of the current options. many of them have probably already started strategizing about who else the white knight could be. here is our our mosaic of potential republicans. it is mostly speculative. where does this leave republican dreamers in search of somebody to be there if the current candidates deadlock? john: i believe the phrase is grasping at straws. there are a lot of esteemed republicans on this w

he's the leader of what is apparently the knights of the ku klux klan.dded a fourth k. took up the racism a notch. this is the kkkk. [ laughter ] i had to meet this guy. i had to call him up and go hey, man, can i come to your creepy compound? i didn't actually call him up. that would be weird. and i didn't say creepy compound. i had one of the producers call him up because he's got a way better white guy voice than i do. because he's a white guy. my white guy voice sucks. i'm like "what up, brother?" [ laughter ] nobody buys that. so thomas robb was like why don't me and your host go out to lunch? and then if i like him then he can come to my compound. which so now i'm in this weird position where i'm going to lunch with a ku klux klan member and i have to impress him. [ laughter ] racism, you know what i'm saying? >> kamau. >> yes, sir. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> tom robb. >> thanks for coming. >> oh, no problem at all. glad to be here. >> i appreciate you showing up. >> i hope i picked a good place to eat. >> i hope so, yes. we'll fi

the governor of your state or that guy, bobby knight. >> bobby knight, no question. >> that is a big battle of the endorsements four days from election day. >> and then you have governor pence who looked like, you know, my kid when i make or choose vegetables off there. which do you want for dinner? well, the broccoli. did not look excited there. versus bobby knight who said, yes, i am really enthusiastic about donald trump because he would drop a bomb on nuclear bombs. >> he suggested it's not the right thing to do but good to know someone will do it. >> i am not sure either of these endorsements, i generally hope not are weighing heavy in the minds of sensible voters thinking about the candidates and who's finger they would want on the nuclear trigger. >> before you move on -- >> it doesn't look good. >> for those who missed the bobby knight, the tenor of his endorsement and i'm going to ask you, margaret, to watch really closely to see if this is a full endorsement when bobby knight threw his support behind donald trump. >> and then i think the ingredients that are necessary winni

the players loved knight. and so that symbiosis, it seems like endorsements don't matter that much, but this one is bigger than mike pence, the governor. lou: i think this endorsement is a billing, big -- is a big, big deal. laura ingraham thanks so as much. we are coming right back. we have a lot more straight ahead. donald trump's blowout win that leaves his last opponents gasping. >> as far as i'm concerned, it's over. >> the media is going to say, the race is over. the media is going to say, donald trump is the republican nominee. lou: what is the senator's point? we'll be take it up with "weekly standard"'s fred barns. we have the eye popping video after these very brief messages. stay with us. we'll be right back. kennedy: all eyes turn to indiana. we'll have full analysis coming up on the next "kennedy." isn't totally replaced.r tr with new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ gaviscon is a proven heartburn remedy that gives you fast-ac

mark: you see them as the knights who say no. it's hard. somebody like mitch daniels, maybe. the problem is, again, trump will have minimum third ballot, minimum, even if he collapses, 500 delegates, and you are going to need those 500 delegates to be happy, and the people they represent, so it has to be aligned withis trump on a lot of issues. and they are not. many are four different policy on immigration. and on foreign policy and a whole variety of things. of thesexperience, all guys have said it at a national level. are overnow that we time, but the fact of ryan's decision means a lot of republicans are going to give up dreaming about a white knight and they are going to say john kasich, ted cruz, donald trump, pick one. john: now for what we are theing ryan's rule, argument that when it comes to only candidates who are or were in the race should be considered. will ryan's rule prevail now? ofk: i think for a lot people it well. that will be an attitude thing. mathematically, if it's not trump on the first ballot, trump on the second ballot, cruz on the second ballot or

i'm meeting with the nordic ordord er knights of the ku klux klan.hese guys claim to be progressive. i guess if you want to prove you're new and improved, you let a black guy watch you burn a cross. i can't let go of my liberal bias for tolerance. as i turn on to the clan property, i'm greeted by a semiautomatic rifle. >> go over there. >> thank you. i said thank you. i usually say thank you for not killing me. thank you for not killing me with your big gun, sir. ♪ oh, this is -- i've had some dumb ideas but this is -- >> imperial wizards, nordic order knights. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> would you like to come over? >> sure, absolutely. no, not really but we might as well start with small talk. >> well, this is kentucky. it's hot. a lot of salt of the earth of the americans and the ku klux klan. >> i would imagine it's especially hot in these robes. >> it's horrible. >> the whole premise behind the mask is to show that we're equal. >> so, what do african americans think about the clan? >> obviously, black people and the clan have had i

or do they say that's phil knight?lly, when i go into a nike store, i might go through the first two without notice. but then the third one will notice and then they will all notice. >> and then the whispering starts. >> yeah. >> this store has a treadmill and i'm not sure what this. >> rest area. >> rest area? well, that i should be familiar with. >> run 26 miles on a treadmill. >> you have done a marathon in your life. >> yeah, i have done two. >> where? >> eugene both times. >> how did you do? >> i ran 324 at age 44. not bad. >> they have clubs here. >> yeah, yeah. >> what is that? >> well, basically running center. so they have events here and they meet here. it's a gathering place. >> why do people run so much? why do you like to run? >> running or fitness in general but running being a key part of it is important as eating and sleeping. it makes you have a better life and it's -- the question is why doesn't everybody run? that's my question. >> i'm a walker. >> that's the same thing. in fitness. i'm a walker now,

knight? mr. knight votes aye. mr. mcarthur mr. russell. mr. courtney? mr. mcarthur the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, 33 aye votes, 28 no votes. >> and the amendment is adopted. >>> i might just note both mr. courtney and mr. mcarthur have talked to me about circumstances that make it hard for them to be here at this particular moment. i don't want to speak for them, but they both have very good reasons at this moment. unfortunately the committee's got to proceed. the question occurs on amendment number 184 by mr. bishop regarding utah test range. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. thornbury votes aye. mr. smith votes no mr. jones votes aye. ms. sanchez votes no. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. brady votes no. mr. miller votes aye mrs. davis. ms. davis votes no. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. langevin votes no. mr. lobiando votes aye. mr. larsen votes no. mr. bishop votes aye. mr. cooper votes no. mr. turner votes aye. ms. bordallo votes no. mr. kline votes aye. mr. courtney? mr. courtney? mister rogers votes aye. mistsongas votes no. mr. franks votes

knight to endorse you, that would be good.hat if i'm from indiana, frankly i vote from anywhere because we understand where bobby comes from. it's just something very special. he's got special. i think it's got to add something. it could add a lot. i think beyond indiana. but the people -- you have to see the people outside, they go crazy. when they see bobby knight they go crazy. look at his record. we don't win anymore as a country. we don't win with our military. we don't -- we can't beat isis. we don't win. we don't win with trade deals. we don't win with anything. you know this is a winner, and that's what the country wants and that's what the country needs so badly. >> coach, are you concerned about the state of the country right now? >> well i think we all are. i think every american is. i think every american wants to see things get back on track and that's what's so important right now and such a great opportunity for the state of indiana. indiana can be the state the people that got america back on track and then fro

crowd in indiana, that's when donald trump will be taking the stage, he will be joining by bobby knight. here in the nation's capitol. trump passed the nomination. well, it is getting a little easier and he's now picking up some speeds as well. we are 24 hours into this new political effort to try to bring he and carly fiorina together as a unit. yesterday ted cruz topping up what many are calling a hell mary with carly fiorina. today, cruz is fighting back with boehner who called him l "lucifer in the flesh." >> boehner had an interesting comment. he allowed his inner trump to come out. when he called me lucifer he's not directing that at me, he's dr directing it at you. >> ted cruz hitting back hard from that lucifer calling. here is moements ago when he spoke with reporters. >> i think boehner has made it crystal clear. boehner in his remarks described donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy if you are happy with boehner as speaker of the house, by the way, donald trump gave boehner superpac $100,000 just a few years ago.

bobby knight is famous for throwing chairs and allegedly choking a player. it adds to the atmosphere, people want to show with trump and they come to a rally and bobby knight with his pullover sweater, trademark look. and meanwhile, ted cruz indiana, you're waiting for mike pence to get off the sidelines and he has not. >> let's talk about this now, former house speaker john boehner not holding back at all, saying ted cruz is lucifer in the flesh and says i have democrat friends and republican friends and get along with almost everyone but never worked with a more miserable son of a blank in my life. cruz giving this response after that. >> john boehner in his remarks described donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy and you're happy with john boehner speak of the house and you want a president like john boehner, donald trump is your man. >> i was surprised he said those comments, not because i agree or disagree with them but because he's really not let loose like that. >> lucifer in the flesh. th

but to bobby knight, that didn't sound good enough or bobby knight has no idea what he is talking aboutbut ill informed trump supporters cheer for him any way. but the billion thing has barely been noticed today because of what bobby knight said after a that. >> and harry truman with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944 saved -- saved billions of american lives. and that's what harry truman did. and he became one of the three great presidents of the united states. and here's a man who would do the same thing. because he's going to become one of the four great presidents of the united states. >> joining us now, graham ward, and mike breen, of the truman national security project and its partner organization, the truman center. mike breen, your reaction to what you heard about harry truman? >> as the guy who runs the national truman statement, crazy is an under statement. saying you are going to drop bombs to nuke isis, they are insurgents. beyond that, that is not one mistake on the campaign trail. this is a candidate who has repeated said he plans on issu

golden knights? >> golden knights of the army, army parachute team.n somehow opportunity to jump with them. >> can't wait to see it. congratulations. >>> now heather with headlines. welcome back, hope you're feeling better. >> yes. thank you very much. >>> everybody, i hope you're off to a great day. serious news this hour. police are hunting for this man who's seen riding a bike on the campus of the university of texas just two hours after 18-year-old freshman student haruka wiser was last seen alive. take a close look. her murder sending shock waves through the entire community. >> as a parent, this is my worst nightmare. the unimaginable brutality against haruka is an attack on our entire family. law enforcement is doing everything they can to bring the perpetrator of this heinous crime to justice. >> hundreds then gathering on campus for an emotional memorial. haruka, a dance student, was last seen leaving the arts building around 9:30 p.m. sunday. she never made it back to her dorm room. her roommates called the police the next morning to report

, i'll be that white knight. we don't care what anybody voted for. it doesn't matter if i don't win anything. i'll just be the guy at the end. i don't think that was very convincing. ted cruz was here. he's the guy these people like, tht the rank and file -- he's a republican, they're republicans. he's conservative, they're conservative. rank and file republicans we see this in contests around theited. he's more like them than any of the other candidates. now we have trump's team here, and they're running a double message. on the one hand, trump's out in indiana talking about filth and ted cruz and lyi lyin' ted and e all the way back to and we'll be at scummy ted in a week, i'm sure. but down here it's a totally different message. down here the message from team trump to these guys, i've talked to people who have been part of the woo and the message is, donald's not so bad. we're not -- we don't want anything bad to happen at the convention. if you just give us what we want, everything will go smoothly. we're no

bobby knight. the great bobby knight. what a guy.by. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. you folks are taking a look at the most prepared man in history to step in as president of the united states, that man right there. there has never been a presidential candidate prepared to the length that this man is. let me say something too. i'm not here to represent the republican party, and i'm not here to represent any organization that deals with politics. i think the most important thing in the world is we vote for the best man for this job, and you've already met him. [ applause ] let me just tell you a few things that i think will happen under the trump administration. first of all, let me introduce or let me have stand, hold your hands up all former military people. i don't care what it is. all former military people. [ cheers and applause ] there will be no president who has ever had a better relationship with our military nor they with them. let's see a show of those hands one more time. now, as you do that, i want all you navy peo

he is, trump is the, embodiment of bobby knight in politics. >> bobby knight speaks the truth and i've been trying to make that point. he's correct when he says trump not a republican and he's not a democrat. i remember when i spoke to trump about running for president, years ago, he was going to run as a democrat. now he's a republican. not only is he a run, he's an anti-aborti anti-abortion, anti-immigration republican, he's a conservative republican. i think trump has evolved. i think trump is trump. i think he is, a cult personality, is huge, i think he's a movie star and i think he's a very formidable candidate and i wish cruz would just go home. >> if that is true, part of the thing of argumentation is putting yourself in somebody else's shoes, you're asking life-long republicans who believe in the party and want to preserve the principles, to vote for somebody who says they don't care about the party. i do think that alienation is real and no republican has won if they didn't have 90% of republicans voting for them. that's true for democrats, too. easier for them to do this year

they see bobby knight.h isis. we don't win with the deals. we don't win with anything. this is a winner and that's what the country wants. that's what the country needs. >> so trump on bobby knight there. you have been talking about that comment from ted cruz. the public ring and the moment where he his body measure the hoop. he said hoosiers is one of the favorite movies and he botched the line and said i misspoke and it happens. it's a basketball state. people love their basketball. i think i said it was in indiana. we are heading back to d.c. >> we are talking about how neither cruz nor kasich have anything going on in indiana. they have other efforts to stop trump. how are they doing? >> they are still obviously up there. i have gotten something back that you can feel their presence watching local and paying attention to what was going on. i saw much more from the pro cruz super pacs and the other outside groups. i had one woman send me a mailer she received and they are polling although i'm not sure wh

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but in the end, the task of the white knight, if he is nominated, to somehow get the trump voters to come back and vote for him, or her, in the fall election, right. they'll be mad to begin be be, but would see him as being a total hypocrite who lied to the country and then capitulated or went around their back. i think that, he set himself up now so it makes it almost impossible to do what he would need to do as the nominee. >> it has been harder, because he is providing over teceding o convention. >>> ryan's no can be seen as a sobering reality check for republicans who don't like the three current options. many of them have started f-- here is the mosaic, crowdsourcing and our own conjecture, you'll recognize the faces up there. john, where does ryan's decision to shut the door leave the white knight dreamers in search of somebody to be there if the three current candidates deadlock? >> i believe the phrase is grasping at straws. you know, we have a lot offest steamed republicans and military people up on this wall. none of them, none of them are really plausible in any really kin

bobby knight threw his chair. >> and iconic red swelter.d trump's combative campaign style. >> they talk abut, he isn't presidential. i don't know what the hell that means. >> it was perhaps no coincidence that cruz picked fiorina on the afternoon of donald trump's big foreign policy speech and may have taken a page from john mccain's playbook. in 2008, mccain stole some thunder from president obama's acceptance speech, announcing sarah palin his runningmate the next day. >> on the democratic side. senator bernie sanders appears to be coming to terms with the likelihood that hillary clinton will win the party nomination. the sanders' campaign announced it is laying off nearly half of its staffers. nancy cordes shows us how that affects the race. >> sanders insists he is not taking his foot off the gas. it is also an acknowledgement of how slim the chances are they will need much staff at all come summer. >> we are going to win here in indiana, next tuesday. >> bernie! bernie! >> on the stump wednesday, sanders tried to strike a balance betw

this morning's guest nike founder phil knight. meanwhi meanwhile, future steady 50 s&p earnings today with apple and twitter tonight. oil is up and k shiller up 5 and 3 in february. proctor, 3m and dupont. what you need to know from those reports. >> and on deck we've got apple and twitter which report after the bell. we'll also get a preview of what you can kmpt. >> t-mobile shares on the rise this morning after strong earnings. john legere will join us onset fresh after his company analyst call. first up, beating the street with quarterly earnings on squawk. saying did help results. >> if you look at the margins, core gross margin up 270 basis points. core operating margin up 300 basis points. that's net of the fx headwind. so it's really giving us the ability to continue investing in markets to continue to serve consumers and hopefully to reaccelerate top line growth. >> that is key. organic sales up one, which is not as good as unilever or lo real. >> does more merging growth. they have these divisions that have been bad for a

coach bobby knight.ou know, i'm not a republican, and i'm not a democrat. and i have always voted because i think that voting is a special thing that we have in this country that isn't in a lot of different countries. i have always voted, but i've always voted for the person that i thought was the best for the job. there's no question -- [ applause ] there's no question in my mind that the man sitting between the two of us is far and away the best person to lead america back where we all want to be led. and this's the guy that can do it right here. let me say another thing about mr. trump and i think we're a little bit alike in that regard. if we're involved in something where we want to win, and particularly something that's necessary, if there's something out there where we need to win, we're going to try to beat your [ bleep ] every time you can. >> we were ready for some bleeps. >> and bobby knight told a story, knight called trump a number of months ago, look, i want to endorse you. you're my guy. i

knight said he feels trump will be quoting now, one of the greatest presidents in the history of the country. out about this video involving his wife mary pat. when donald trump said hillary clinton played the woman card twitter blew up, mary pat rolled her eyes. >> being the recipient of more eye rolls from my wife than any human being on earth, that was not an eye roll. christie insisting his wife, mary pat, was just glancing in his direction. >>> bernie sanders expects to do well in the remaining state primaries. he led a campaign rally in springfield, oregon today. he expects more independent voters will support him and plans to stay in the race until the final primary from california. still his campaign has begun laying off hundreds of staffers. >>> taking a quick look at wall street right now, stocks finished the day lower. the dow lost 210 points. the nasdaq down 56 and the s&p 500 lost 19. >>> as we continue with this thursday night. an mta bus driver attacked. police finally releasing a picture they hope will catch the attacker. >>> also, a baby girl born just at 25 weeks an

of course if you're donald trump, you say bobby knight. but of course looking forward to getting backing. it could go a long way to helping ted cruz, hoping to get some sort of fire going here. caitlyn burns as to whether you think it will. caitlyn, what do you think? >> well, i think cruz is pulling out all the stops. obviously we saw him pull out carly fiorina, the vice presidential pick, really needed this endorsement because sandy such a make or break state for him. at the same time pence is in a election fight of his own, so he's cautious about weighing in. but also getting a lot of heat from conservative activists who wanted to weigh him in this race really against trump and in support of cruz. pence is considered one of the most conservative governors in the country. a conservative congressman. his backing could certainly help cruz. but i also think it puts cruz in a position where if he doesn't win indiana, earlier won't have an excuse. i mean earlier pulled all the stops insides one. neil: you know, i'm wondering too, if you're te