, a story first reported by the "national enquirer." >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being, you know, shot. the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, prior to his being shot. money brings it up. they don't talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. i think it's horrible. i think it's absolutely horrible a man can go and do that, what he' saying there. >> there's a picture out that there reportedly shows rafael cruz standing with lee harvey oswald. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death? before the shooting? it's horrible. >> in response to that, ted cruz unleashed on trump. it all happened during a provide day stump in indiana earlier prompting a response for donald trump, jr. who wrote that was an impressive melt-down, desperate but impressive reminded me of my teen coming off a sugar high. we're covering the trump and cruz campaigns. before we do we want to give you more of that response from ted cruz earlier today so you have the full context here. his reaction to donald trump's accusations that r

let's watch him. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this prior to his being shot and nobody even brings it up. they don't talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it, but i think it's horrible. what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> crazy. >> well, outrageous attacks have not slowed trump's momentum in the republican primaries and as dan balz reports in "the washington post," he has no intention is of toning it down as he pivots to run against hillary clinton in the general. quote, officials say two things are not likely to change. first trump would continue to be hoof prepared to say imprudent or unpopular things. and second trump's unpredictable what critics regard as his lack of discipline would prove to be an asset against clinton. senator warren tweeted i'm going to fight my heart out to make sure donald trump's toxic stew of hatred never reaches the white house. we're back with robert costa, and joy a

what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death? before the shooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: but rafael cruz angrily denying he's the man in the photo, when i caught up with him today. tom llamas with abc news. how are you? >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: real quick. what did you think of donald trump and those allusions of that report, of you and lee harvey oswald? >> i haven't seen it. but it's ludicrous. it's ludicrous. i was never in new orleans at that time. that's typical of donald trump. >> reporter: his son, outraged. >> donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear. this is nuts. >> reporter: cruz then unloading a scathing barrage of personal attacks. >> i'm going to tell you what i really think of donald trump. >> reporter: calling trump a pathological liar, a narcissist and then this -- >> donald trump is a serial philanderer, and he boasts about it. talks about how great is it to commit adultery. how proud he is. describes his battles with venereal disease as his own personal vietnam. >> report

. >> here's the whole thing, his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shotd nobody even brings it up. they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. >> there is a picture that reportedly shows rafael cruz standing with lee harvey oswald. >> trevor: that's correct people, ted cruz's dad asked people to vote for his son and in response donald trump accused him of killing president kennedy. (laughter) so then backed into a corner on what could very well be his last day on the campaign trail, cruz did something he only does in the most desperate situations, he told the truth. >> i'm going to do something i haven't done for the entire campaign. i'll tell you what i really think of donald trump. this man is a pathological liar. donald has a real problem with women. i'll tell you as the father of two young girls, the idea of our daughters coming home and repeating any word that man says horrifies me. donald trump is a serial philanderer and boasts about it, talks about how great it is to commit adultery. >> trevor: that's all true but

there was a picture out there that reportedly shows rafael cruz standing with lee harvey oswald -- >> what was he doing with lee harry oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> well, one thing i don't think you think is horrible is rasmussen came out with a poll, the presumptive nominee seems to be hillary clinton and you. if things are to stay the same after today and you both stay on a roll, you'll be head to head shortly. and right now, rasmussen in terms of a popular poll has you up by two points. that is dramatic shift. what's behind that? i know you're happy about the number. but what do you think the reason is? >> well, because number one, people are listening to me, they're listening to me on the military, they're listening to me on my policies on china and all of these countries that are just killing the united states. they're taking their jobs. people haven't had a pay increase in many, many years as we discussed. i mean, effectively they're making less now than they made 18 years ago. and we're losing our jobs. look at indiana where carrier is

you know, there's a whole thing and, you know, his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being -- you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody brings it up. they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody

this was ridiculous. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being -- you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot and nobody brings it up. what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death -- before the shooting? >> crazy. >> it's horrible. >> donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear. this is nuts. i want to tell you what i really think of trump. this man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. he combines it with being a narcissist. a narcissist at a level i don't think this country has ever seen. the man is utterly amoral. morality does not exist for him. donald will betray his supporters on every issue. listen, donald trump is a serial if i landerer and he boasts about it. he's proud of being a serial philanderer. i want everyone to think of your teenage kids. the president of the united states talks about how great it is to commit adultery, how proud

what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the shooting. it's horrible. >> well, attacks have not slowed trump's momentum in the republican primaries and he has no intention is of toning it down as he pivots to run against hillary clinton in the general. officials say two things are not likely to change. first trump would continue to be an outspoken candidate saying unpopular things and second trump's unpredictable what critics regard as his lack of discipline would prove to be an asset against clinton. senator warren tweeted i'm going to fight my heart out to make sure donald trump's stew of hatred never reaches the white house. we're back with our panel. trump's -- maybe i'm alone. i'll take the stand. i think when you mess with something like the assassination of john f. kennedy and those of us that lived through it, that was the moment of their life. 9/11 was horrible, but that was something that cut to the heart of the country to have a young president killed in front of us and to use it as a political football to me is outrageous. he

story into the gop race, the inquirer says they have a man who looks like rafael cruz, with lee harvey oswald in new orleans in 1963 handing out leaflets. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald. the whole thing ridiculous, right prior to his being shot. nobody even bring it is up. they don't talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. but i think it's horrible. >> trump is openly accelerating his attacks on hillary clinton. >> all i say is here we go again. if you remember all of the scandal that they had all the problems with not only monica, that was, you know one. but whitewater and all of the things that went wrong. it was a mess. his final campaign event in indiana last night. >> when they called her on benghazi, she was sleeping, folks, she was sleeping. she was sleeping. >> the trump campaign has begun a real scramble to prepare for the general election. they expect hillary clinton to attack early and never let up. and they've already begun meetings today. and they'll continue tomorrow on how to finance the rest of the campaign. where to put more staff in terms of b

here's what he said this morning on fox news. >> you know, his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot. and nobody even brings it up, they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. but i think it's horrible. i think it's absolutely horrible that a man can go and do that, what he's saying there. >> right. there was a picture out there that reportedly shows rafael cruz standing with lee harvey oswald. >> what was he doing -- what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death? before the shooting? it's horrible. >> reporter: now, it may be a legitimate question, what was he doing, if it's a legitimate picture. we're not even sure of that. but the fact that donald trump is going to bring it up and have people talk about it and it works, because the media now, politico and others have written stories about it. now of course we're going to talk about it and others. it's just a cycle that happens over and over. but it comes at a time when ma

a powerful moment on cnn yesterday when jake tapper demolished donald trump's line now about lee harvey oswaldnd ted cruz's favorite. what was donald trump talking about this morning on tv? not about creating jobs, not about anything proactive for america but lee harvey oswald and ted cruz's father. that scares so many republicans. we see so many off base terrible things to be talking about that aren't true that benefit no american voter. >> i asked -- we asked bennett and they want ted cruz to win the general. do you think you need ted cruz to win? >> i think conservatives and moderate republicans alike have to come together and support the presumptive or the republican nominee. >> what is he doing pushing the lee harvey oswald thing? >> it was an article in the paper. i have no idea. look, it's something he was actually asked about. he wrote about it in the original interview. regardless of that. the party has to come together otherwise they're going to face eight or four more years of hillary clinton. she has, in my opinion, the tougher position. her unfavorables are five points behind dona

trump: his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shot. the whole thing is ridiculous. is this? nobody even brings it up. they don't even talk about it. what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before his death? it is horrible. nationalmp takes a enquirer story and states it as fact. speaking to reporters, ted cruz counter punched hard, unloading a remarkable roundhouse on his own, including imminent warnings to indiana voters in the entire universe. here are the highlights from his extraordinary string of indignation. cruz: donald trump alleges my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. this is nuts. this is not a reasonable position. this is just to keep -- just kooky. i guess i should admit that my dad killed jfk, he is secretly elvis and jimmy half a is buried in his backyard. is aman is a practical -- pathological liar. you cannot tell the truth but --bines it with being an being a narcissist. he's such a narcissist that barack obama looks at him and says what's wrong with you? everything in his world is about donald. morality d

. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald, prior to oswald's being shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this? right prior to his being shot and nobody brings it up. what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? >> well, now here's cruz. he began his press conference in indiana with this today. >> donald trump alleges that my dad was in involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear this is nuts. this is not a reasonable position. this is just kooky. and while i'm at it, i guess i should go ahead and admit that my dad killed jfk, he's secretly elvis and jimmy hoffa is buried in his backyard. >> cruz then urged indiana voters to vote for him. here are some of the highlights. roll the tape. >> i'm going to tell you what i really think of donald trump. this is man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. and he combines it with being a narcissist. a narcissist at a level i don't think this country has ev

. >> you know, his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being-- you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. i mean, they don't even talk about that. that was reported, and nobody talks about it. what was he doing with lee harry oswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> crazy. >> stephen: this is horrible. and not just for cruz. oliver stone is kicking himself for not thinking of it. trump is basing this attack on a grainy photo of a guy who kind of looks like ted cruz's dad standing near lee harvey oswald that was published in "the national enquirer." yeah, yeah. and cruz got even more bad news when the "weekly world news" broke the story that the secretary of state would be bat boy. and while we can all agree ted cruz's dad clearly high-fived lee harvey oswald right before he handed mama cass that ham sandwich, what about the rest of ted cruz's family? i heard that just before the "titanic" sunk, someone spotted ted cruz's grandfather lovingly stro

. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being, you know, shot.he whole thing is ridiculous. what is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. i mean, they don't even talk about that. that was reported, and nobody talks about it. ( laughter ) >> larry: nobody talks about it because it's not news! or is it? the "national enquirer" claims ted's dad had ties to lee harvey oswald. jesus christ, you guys. between this and all of ted cruz's zodiac killing, the cruz family offed-- they off-- ( laughter ) this is true! this is true. don't mess me up. they offed more people in the 60s and 70s than vietnam! oh, now it got sad. i know what you're thinking "larry stop it. ted cruz is not a killer." okay, well, then you tell me what he was trying to do with carly fiorina here. >> ted cruz! ( applause ) >> when you see it with your own eyes, it feels a little different, doesn't it? okay, but you might be saying, "larry, carly fiorina just fell." okay, dre, dre, show us the other angle we have on that. it's all starting to come together

what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death -- before the shooting? >> i cannot believe i need to say the follow, here goes, there is no corroborated evidence that ted cruz's father ever met lee harvey oswald or any other presidential assassin. we, in the media, don't talk about it because there's no evidence of it. there is contrary evidence, well of about the picture was taken, raphael cruz's sister was brutally beaten by castro forces and raphael cruz denounced the regime. any suggestion that cruz's father played a role in the kennedy assassination is ridiculous. and, frankly, shameful. now that's not an anti-trump position or a pro-cruz position. it's a pro-truth position. cruz, for his part, is in the middle of two the work weeks of the campaign, having been clobbered in primaries, not to mention having made campaign missteps. today, went after donald trump in his harshest remarks to date. >> list. donald trumps a serial philanderer and he boasts about it. this is not a secret. he's proud of being a serial philanderer. i want everyone to think abo

come nobody is talking about this "national enquirer" story that links ted cruz's father to lee harvey oswald and then it took off from there. this is a conspiracy theory that's been floating around for a couple of weeks. trump supporters on twitter tweeting a photo that appears to show lee harvey oswald in the months before the jfk assassination with rafael cruz. this against the backdrop of this very important primary. this is a very, very critical primary, of course, for ted cruz which his campaign, boy the way, has called that story that donald trump brought up garbage. now you have donald trump leading by double digits in our poll, which could spell really a cakewalk for him to win a majority of delegates. so behind us you have the campaign headquarters near indianapolis. we've been talking to volunteers coming in and out. they're excited to go out and knock on doors even in the cold and sometimes it's been raining. a group of folks that are just very excited. they feel, they say, that this is the turning point. that after indiana it will just be trump versus hillary clinton. tamron. >>

and ruby has just hit lee harvey oswald. and now there is chaos and there is a lot of questioning, the policeman are questioning the press, trying to get everyone out of the area and it is just pandemonium. but somehow they all make it out. he runs to the paper. and as he gets to the paper and he hands over his film, it's become apparent that other photographs were made that day. and jack beers' photo is already hitting the wires. so his boss asked him, do you have anything like this, that looks like this. and he said, well i don't know. let's take a look. and of course, this is one of the perfect examples of what makes a pulitzer image. a pulitzer image. because a lot of reporters can be at one spot, making -- trying to make the same image and trying to capture the same scene. but there is only one pulitzer and in this particular situation this is it. >>> moment of reflection wins the pulitzer in 1977. the photographer, robin hood, worked for the chattanooga free press. mr. hood was a veteran. he served in the vietnam war a

>> they have pictures they say looks kind of like rafael cruz with lee harvey oswald. who was like passing out leaflets in new orleans in '63, a few months before he obviously shot and let's remember that the government around the warren commission and everyone else said it was one guy, lee harvey oswald. no other co-conspirators. >> i've been told if trump gets elect elected, i'll be in charge of finding big foot. >> now he what this is all about? >> lying rafael cruz. >> you think that trump believes that? this was his fun mol to have cocktail to throw of a ted cruz. >> this is guise we've seen ted cruz, donald trump use a lot. i'm not saying, people have just said to me. >> donald trump is a socialite in new york city for all of his life. having relations with tabloids there is probably good business. >> having a good social life and being a socialite can pay off. but you know -- and also the inquirer has had to walk back a lot of stories, like john edwards, not. >> i take about half of what they say to be true. >> that much? wow. >> greg, cross them off the list. >

trump repeating the story printed in the tabloid about the father of ted cruz linking him to lee harvey oswalddent john f. kenne kennedy. cruz spain stating the stoe i s absolutely false. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to kennedy being shot. prior to his being shot. and nobody enbrinven brings it . that was reported and nobody talks about it. >> here now to talk about that, president and founder of the new democrat network and former bill clinton campaign advisor. tony, this story was in the "national enquirer." we have no idea if it is true or not but it's in the "national t. is it legitimate for him to bring this up about cruz's father? >> we've questioned many times, gretchen, the logic, strategy and credibility of some of trump's attacks. remember when he attacked john mccain for service in vietnam when he says i like people who didn't get captured. then he attack the pope when he visited america on his immigration policy. both instances turned out didn't hurt trump that much. at this point i think trump is inoculated when he says some of these nutty things. he's kind of st

"jack ruby" shoots lee harvey oswald won the pew litzer in 1964. the assassination of president kennedy is burned into the consciousness of most americans of a certain age and robert jackson had been working with the paper for three years and he was part of the motorcade covering that visit of president kennedy to dallas. as he is near the book reposito repository, mr. jackson goes down and he starts changing his fame, all of a sudden he hears a couple shots and he looks around, hes here three shots, he looks up and he sees a rifle being retreated from the window of the book repository and he's sitting there on the ground with an empty camera. so he misses covering that historic part of the story. however, mr. jackson continues to cover the story throughout the weekend and he learns that on sunday oswald is going to be taken to the city jail and so he goes and, of course, he's not the only journalist that is covering the event, jack beers from the associated press also happens to be there amongst others and as they position themselves to be waiting

. >> what was he doing with lee harvey oswald shortly before the death. >> and what was it really likedate the republican presidential front-runner. >> she dated donald trump. >> was he a good kisser? >> and, olympic hero in tears. >> did they really grope a paralyzed olympic hero? >> it was really embarrassing. >> then, the biggest loser warning. these three contestants lost a whooping 444 pounds on the show. now the shocking revelation. almost all gained weight back. i

kennedy's assassin lee harvey oswald.cruz went on the attack, letting loose a barrage of insults, calling him a pathological liar, a serial philanderer, a bully. so after one of the most heated days in the campaign it was definitely a turn to hear those very positive, flattering words from donald trump. kendis and diane. >> it's going to be a while before things are healed between the two. >> i'm guessing so. >> all right. marci, thank you. >>> so the republican establishment has acknowledged what they've been fearing for a while. >> you saw it there in marci's report. the tweet by rnc chair reince priebus says donald trump will be the presumptive nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating hillary clinton. and for more on what it all means let's turn to abc news political director rick klein. good morning, rick. >> diane and kendis, donald trump taking ownership of the republican party, blowing away his rivals in indiana. now the all but inevitable republican nominee for president. ted cruz dropping out of the r

for donald trump to raise the lee harvey oswald issue -- neil: didn't the father dis trump that got trump >> maybe. if you are leading and look like you are going to clinch 1,237 before the convention, you drop it. he needs to stop attacking cruz and kasich and start going after hillary. neil: seeds of doubt. >> how do you beat a guy like donald trump, he has a bizarre outrageous comeback with ever opponent he's got. whether it's little marco or low-energy jeb. kennedy: why doesn't he have a nickname for john kasich? he talks about the way he eats. he has to change that every week. because there are a lot of tricky words that rhyme with kasich that i would say away from if i were running for office. crooked clinton is just the beginning. he can throw mud and have it stick to her like no other politician. neil: we have lou dobbs coming up and early results when we come back. you are watching continuous fox business coverage in the most important contest in man's history. close. when it comes to small business, she's in the know. so strap yourselves in for action flo! small busi, no! i'm up

its way to the enquirer and then made its way to donald trump's mouth. >> his father was with lee harvey oswaldeing, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this right prior to his being shot and nobody brings it up and they don't even talk about that and that was reported and nobody talks about it, but i think it's horrible. >> the most troubling part of it, i think is when trump accuses the press of covering up this horrible family secret. later in the day cnn's jake tapper fact-checked him on that. >> we in the media don't talk about it because there's no evidence of it. so any suggestion that cruz's father played a role in the kennedy assassination is ridiculous and, frankly, shameful. that's not an anti-trump position or a pro-cruz position. it's a pro-truth position. >> tell me if you agree. i think it's pretty unusual to see something like that on tv, but it shouldn't be because by re-tweeting false information or repeating what he reads on obscure websites trump represents a unique challenge for the press. before we go further, let's be honest, trump is far from t

there was a picture out there that shows cruz standing with lee harvey oswald. >> what was he doing withswald shortly before the death, before the shooting? it's horrible. >> crazy. >> this is something this picture in question, this story original na originated in the national enrequirer. the national enrequirer had put this in its pages. she pointed at the miami herald story and she said it's something in the miami her old. is donald trump going to pivot and become more presidential. paul manafort seemed to suggest something like that was in the works and i'm listening to this this morning and saying nothing's changed here. >> donald trump has collected nch information from the fringes of the news and assimilated it into his campaign. we've seen this with his associations and appearances and his recent citation of the national enrequirer. he has a tendency to pick up these things and put them in the blood stream of the national political narrative. >> i read when paul manafort went to that republican meeting it seemed like paul manafort was trying to bring a degree of professionalism,

his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. he took two pigs, chopped them open. took the bullets that were going to go and shoot these men, took the bullets, 50 bullets, dropped them in the pigs, swished them around so there was blood all over those bullets. just the other day, two years old, 2 1/2, the child, a beautiful child, went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic. i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down. and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> just to be clear, that's not true. joining me, liam wolf, managing editor of the conservative website. benji, you had a piece about the kind of obsession that he seems to have with conspiracy theories. >> that's right. this is something that's been going back years. if you can find a conspiracy theory, he'll leap to it. and one of the most famous examples that'

this is involving jfk and lee harvey oswald. it was brought up by donald trump this morning.nded to this. i want to put the tweet on the screen. that is an impressive melt down. let me ask you this, with trump bringing up the national report this morning, the timing of that, is it a coincidence or because it is primary day and donald trump loves to drop a bomb? >> well, i mean he loves to drop a bomb and manke news. it is just a little surprising to me that donald trump does not see the repercussions. and the assassination of jf jfk, -- anybody can see that. >> yes, we are getting notes in from the field, from my colleague, rascon, he's out with voters standing in line who are saying yeah, i googled it right away and looked up the story right away of rafael cruz. it works to some extent because trump's supporters buy in things. >> those supporters have launched donald trump to the front of a presidential primary think about that. the united states, the leader of the free world, the example of beacon for freedom of all the world to look at and he's quoting the national as as b

his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being shot. the whole thing is ridiculous.hat is this? nobody even brings it up. >> you know that was just yesterday. this is all fresh meat. joining me is the hardball round table. tim, every once in a while i get the feeling the door has been slammed in this guy's face. he can be president of the united states and that's another day in the life of donald trump. >> i think every step along the way a lot of pundits said this can't happen. when the field became smaller he would be eliminated on the contested convention would eliminate him. >> the way we look at things in popular culture, do we just dismiss everything. it's like every ten minutes it doesn't matter what happened ten minutes before. >> i don't know. we have a memory for day, two days. >> part of it is just the jujitsu that donald trump was done that was referenced earlier. he's able to quickly pivot off these nefarious statements. i think we the media, need to take a critical look at how we dealt with donald trump and the statements he's made that have not -- >> w

yesterday you were talking about lee harvey oswald. how do you unite the party today? >> i've gotten a lot of calls from people who were far more brutal than ted was. i said to them, how can you do that after what i said. they said, don't worry about. it's not a problem. they are politicians. it's talk. i've had calls -- i'll have to tell you about them, calls really wanting to get on immediately. this was a week ago or two weeks ago. >> do you care if ted cruz endorses you. >> i think it would be nice. i've been saying for a long time that there's some people i almost don't want their endorsement, republicans, because it was too rough and they were too nasty. i don't think it's going to matter frankly. it's going to be me. i am a republican. i'll do a good job. i'll do a great job on trade and the economy and bringing jobs back. i'll do great on the military. >> what do you say about george well, he ran a column that said it's conservative's duty you win all 50 states. >> george is a loser of he's a dour guy. very few people listen to him. i never want to support -- h

in the national enquirer that said without foundation that ted cruz' father was tied to lee harvey oswald let's watch. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to him being shot. the whole thing is ridiculous. nobody even brings it up. they don't talk about that. that was reported. nobody talks about it. i think it's horrible. >> gabe, i got to stop there. i don't think it's much worse than saying that somebody killed the president. somebody's father killed the president not even running. that's the one i really jumped on trump for. i said this is wrong. there's no basis for saying it. then you're accusing this guy's father of murder who was an anti-castro guy. the facts are wrong around it. >> the litany of falsehoods and misstatements that trump has made from the beginning would have been disqualifying to anyone else. he famously said he would have to kill someone on the street in fifth avenue for his supporters to turn on him and even then they might not. these debates almost feel academic because we can poke holes in the statements. >> let's go back to the one that offended so m

based on one national "national" story, a photo showing someone with lee harvey oswald. you might think he might be coasting and let off the gas, this is his style. what do republicans think of their national nominee citing the "national enquirer" like this? >> ever since its came out of paul manafort, that he would start behaving more presidential and be a different donald trump. ever since that got floated, trump seems to be in full rebellion against that concept and done things increasingly, i'm not going to change and still donald trump. he's on the brink of wrapping up the nomination and i don't think they will change donald trump. i think there is a good chance this is the kind of thing we will see throughout the fall and create a stable volatile unpredictable dynamic and probably ugly dynamic the next few months. >> hillary was asked whether donald trump will come after her and throw things at her. this is what she said. >> there are 16 republicans who were running against him who learns what happens if you don't fight back. yesterday, he very publicly had lump wi

enquirer" story alleging ted cruz's father, rafael cruz was seen allegedly, supposedly with lee harvey oswald just before he assassinated president john f. kennedy. there's no confirmation of that. this is a "national enquirer" story donald trump referred to on fox news earlier this morning. your reaction? >> i think it's laughable almost. it's sad, really. i mean, what we hope is that trump isn't getting his foreign and economic policy and others. it's like he's an mib agent looking for intel in the pages of tabloids. it's absurd. and i think that's what is creating all the unease amongst a lot of republican delegates and over half of the republican voters that don't want donald trump is that we have no idea who's going to show up in the general election and be the party standard bearer and it could be an embarrassment not only to the party but set us back generations but cost us the senate, the supreme court, and that's why a lot of wrestling is going on amongst the delegates about what our path forward is. >> i've got a statement here from donald trump. this is the donald trump reaction to

theory that was in "the national inquirer where ted cruz's father was photographed with lee harz lee harvey oswaldo assassinated president kennedy. cruz in his usual way, people are talking about it. he went ballistic. it is a sign of how high the stakes are. that trump could be on his way to victory and cruz could be on his way home to texas if things don't go well tonight. ad cruz called trump pathological liar, amongst one of the more printable things. extraordinary events in indiana. many were voting while this brawl was going on, so i don't think it would have affected the results much, but, extraordinary nonetheless. katty: if donald trump wins the can we call this race over on the republican side? like: as much as we might to make a definitive ruling, it depends on the result. there are 57 a la gets up for grabs. donald trump is hovering around the 1000 mark. 237 -- 1200 37 to win the nomination. has thrown everything at this state. he said carly fiorina would be his vice president. he even had a pact with john kasich that they would not run against each other. there are tons of evangelical

.>> reporter: nice words, but donald trump said that ted cruz his father spent time around lee harvey oswald, this asked nader of jfk.>> it appears that path has been foreclosed.>> reporter: that leaves john kasich in the race against donald trump, and he would appear to have no path to the nomination at this point, and the expected trump win has no shadow over the democratic race, bernie sanders snatching the win over hillary clinton. >> i understand that hillary clinton things that the campaign is over. i have bad news for her.>> reporter: clinton did not speak last night, but she won almost as many delegates in indiana as sanders, and almost assure in for the democratic nominee. but she has extremely high negatives among the voters. >> donald trump and hillary clinton are both flawed candidates, and i've never seen two candidates from the walking wounded parade going up against one another. >> that is one way to put it.>> reporter: and they both have in common that they both had to reunite the prospective parties. and hillary clinton will have to turn around the bernie sanders supporters,

. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot at. the whole thing is rad i can us. >> trump is referring to national inquirer article, which says, this photo from the warren commission shows raphael cruz with oswald at a pro castro rally. the cruz campaign says it is not true, and that trump is detached from reality. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders is hoping to pull off an upset against hillary clinton, he had coffee with voters in indianapolis today. but even if sanders does pull off the upset, he's unlikely to gain grounds on clinton in the delegate race. clinton is campaigning in west virginia ahead of that state's primary next week. craig boswell, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> keep it on cbs-3 throughout the day for the latest updates from campaign 2016. we'll have the primary results tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> right now, police are searching for the gunman who shot two cousins, early this morning, in north philadelphia. the victims, 16 year old boy, and 20 year old woman, told police a man approached th