corey lewandowski says the hunt is down to a short, short list. lewandowski is conducting the search and he tells fox news sunday he is vetting a very small list. this as trump gave the speech on sunday honoring p.o.w.s. trump will give a full accounting of money brought in by the fund-raiser earlier this year. cnn's scott mclean has more on that. >> reporter: trump had a setting where thousands of bikers were there to raise awareness of p.o.w.s and soldiers missing in action. this was not a campaign rally. a lot of people were passing by. many were veterans. trump got a warm reception from the crowd. he slammed hillary clinton. saying if she were elected, p.o.w.s would not come home. >> hoour veterans have been treated so badly in this country. you have a secretary that last week said no, the wait time doesn't matter. forget about wait time. i know people and i have gotten to know so many vets. we just raised $6 million for the vets because i didn't do a television show. i said let's do this. we're announcing on tuesday all of the goroups. >> rep

lou has a very special guest, corey lewandowski next. lou: voters in west virginia and republicans in nebraska casting primary ballots tonight. good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. we're now half an hour from polls closing in west virginia, and donald trump is expecting to have a big night there, certainly a substantial number of west virginia's 34 delegates will help trump close on the 1237 delegates he's now expected to win before the convention in july. on the democratic side, hillary clinton facing a tough test by senator bernie sanders. we don't know how many of those west virginia voters are ready to forget her pledge to put coal companies and miners out of business and out of work. and sanders fighting clinton for every delegate he can win. still vowing to go into philadelphia and do battle with her in a contested convention, and while today is primary day, you can also mark down may 10th as the day two former republican candidates for their party's nomination went off the rail. senator ted cruz still with plumbs in his eyes le

corey lewandowski is not picking these names. donald trump is picking these names. been affiliated with and i'm sure they will be doing the vetting on these candidates. >> you could make the issue that corey lewandowski has been the campaign manager for this entire campaign and this campaign beat those other campaigns. >> we're moving from a period of politicking to a period of governing. that's what this decision is all about. >> theoretically, yes. >> you want the person who would be the best kwal fid qualified next president of the united states if something should happen to you. he can do this how he wants, but if he wants to gain respect as a candidate as someone who would be a good president then you have to pay some attention -- >> can't you make the argument which is he's -- you can argue that he's being more responsible than john mccain for those who didn't like sarah palin that was a knock against her. >> it wasn't a knock against mccain at the end of the day. >> trump is saying i want the opposite of that, i want somebody who has washington experience. >>

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corey lewandowski has won this battle but the war is not over.t you point out, who is going to run all these ground operations? i don't think the trump campaign has figured that out yet but the bigger battle, who is going to signal which super pacs are going to organize the millions upon millions that the campaign needs. >> and joe manafort says he's going to let trump be trump. he's not on the same page as trump recently. he did an interview with the huntington post. it sounds like he's not even aware of the news that manafort made out of that interview so i want you to take a look at this. >> i don't read the huffington post. i'm sure he was misquoted because it is just -- i didn't think they covered politics, the huffington post. do they cover politics? all right. >> they said you were going to soften your position on the muslim ban. is that true? >> well, we're going to look at a lot of different things. >> reporter: we're told it would be highly unlikely that you would have a minority or woman as a vice president because that would be pander

so the journey ahead for corey lewandowski looks like what, robert? >> corey lewandowski is going to be tasked with something that may be difficult, and that is getting someone to be on trump's ticket who also has a rapport with the candidate. trump insiders tell me that having a relationship with the candidate and ability to go with trump's personality and his leadership style is going to be paramount in the selection process. trump has also told his advisers that he'd like to have someone with experience, whether it was a senator, a governor, someone who could help him if elected legislate in washington and pass his legislation should he be president. >> are those sources giving you any indication if newt gingrich as reported may be at the top of the list? if not newt gingrich, then who? >> newt gingrich is certainly part of the conversation. he's close to people in the trump campaign and has developed a relationship with trump. other names you hear are governors like mary fallon. if the general election is against secretary clinton, you pick a fema

cory lewandowski, a guy whose haircut makes him look like a show less smart forrest gump. so the big question is, what attracted trump to him. >> lewandowski has been around politics, controversy and even arrests his entire political life. >> top aide corey lewandowski charged in florida with a misdemean are charge of battery against former breets batter news reporter michelle fields. >> fields later tweeted this photo of bruises she attributed to lewandowski's action. >> trevor: in any other campaign, a misdemeanor assault charge might be seen as a negative. but in a trump campaign, that's a qualification. (laughter) look, anyone who has ever run a campaign knows you need more than just bigots and petty thugs to win the nomination. that's why trump has brought in the big guns. >> a paul manafort is brought on, convention manager for trump. >> the quintessential washington insider lobbyist, represent dictators all over the world. >> filipino dictator mars could and golden gorilla leader john as zbinbe ousted ukrainian president. >> a roster of controversial international c

and lewandowski was pressed about the money this morning. >> will mr.mp release exactly where he's given that million dollars to, which organizations? >> i'll ask him to do that. he's taken $1 million out of his personal account, given it to charities he felt was worthy, any remaining money will be distributed before memorial day. >> that seems crystal clear. he took it out of his personal account and gave it, past tense, he's given it. asked by "washington post" if trump had made good lewandowski responded, the money is fully spent. asked to whom did trump give and what amounts, he's not going to share that information. today facing media scrutiny trump shared that information and in doing so contradicted lewandowski's claim the money had already been distributed. trump also appeared to admit to having been caught red-handed in a million-dollar lie. trump said in an interview he pledged the $1 million to the marine corps law enforcement foundation. reportedly notified the group's chairman, retired fbi official james call strom, in a phone call sometime

somewhere down the road i don't know whether there's a statute for corey lewandowski, but i'm saying when you bring in new people into the system, this is how it's done. people are not -- they're not members of the club and everybody's trying to figure out the risks. >> i think you're right. the risk of a campaign guy heading this up is that they think like i do which is how do i win. how do i win. the problem is this is a governing decision. when clinton picked gore i was involved in it. i didn't want gore and i asked the governor that. i was like why gore. he's the same age, he's the same religion. he interrupted me and he said i might die. i thought this is a different game. i honestly believe that's what president did and president bush. he thought if something happens to me who could run the country. >> former president clinton called you polly like rocky. i'm now forever going to know you as polly. >> a tiny group of people call me that. >> you have a meat locker? >> i thought until this moment i was incapable of blushing. >> you're not. >> i think trump probably thinks he'll l

from not we have trump campaign manager, corey lewandowski. we will start with a highly anticipated donald trump-sanders debate. he said at first he would love to debate but he backed out saying it was inappropriate to debate the second-place democrats which he knew from the start. here is what bernie sanders had to say about automatic of that. >> he claims to be a tough guy, pushes people around a, and donald, come on, let's have a debate about the future of america. >> what is trump afraid of? >> first, thank you for having me on and i thank all of our veterans as we celebrate memorial day or remember memorial day. as you know the question that was asked of donald trump was asked in jest during a jimmy kimmel interview and he said sure in they pay me enough i will be happy to debate bernie sanders. the bottom line is the democratic party is stealing the election from bernie sanders and the part bosses will not allow him to be the nominee and hillary clinton is going to be the nominee and we are focused on defeating hillary clinton in novembe

this is not a hard race. >> lewandowski has said the same thing, letting trump be trump.also tells cnn, there is absolutely no tension between me and paul manafort. i have been exceptionally inclusi inclusive. manafort did not respond to a request about that. >>> outside, tanna gert, senior adviser to the trump campaign. there have been multiple reports of in fighting within the trump campaign, saying wylie was fired after clashing with lewandowski. is the trump campaign truly unified? >> absolutely. that's news to me. we have never -- i've never heard of any inside turmoil. i've worked with corey very closely. and i'm part of paul manafort's delegate team. so absolutely not. we are all unified and we have one goal in miami-dade and that is to get donald trump elected and in the white house. >> to be fair, it is our reporting that the trump campaign never said that wylie was a short-term hire. so why is he gone now? >> it was always my understanding that he was a short-term hire. and i work for donald trump. so we -- that was always my understanding, is that he was just s

corey lewandowski joins us respond. first, cnn's brianna keilar sets the stage. >> reporter: the war between hillary clinton allies and donald trump just went to a new level. >> you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the super pac backing clinton priorities usa will start running scathing ads tomorrow in key general election states, florida, virginia, ohio, and nevada, using trump's words against him. >> does she have a good body, no. a fat ass, absolutely. you can tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. >> donald trump really speak for you? >> reporter: trump firing back on twitter saying, pathetic, new hit ad against me misrepresents the final line. you can tell them to go blank themselves was about china, not women. >> we're going to bring businesses back. >> reporter: and trump is right. that moment coming from a new hampshire rally where he was discussing bringing back back to the u.s. hillary clinton was off the campaign trail today but her husband took on

lou has a very special guest, corey lewandowski next.ou: voters in west virginia and republicans in nebraska casting primary ballots tonight. good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs. we're now half an hour from polls closing in west virginia, and donald trump is expecting to have a big night there, certainly a substantial number of west virginia's 34 delegates will help trump close on the 1237 delegates he's now expected to win before the convention in july. on the democratic side, hillary clinton facing a tough test by senator bernie sanders. we don't know how many of those west virginia voters are ready to forget he

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or is corey lewandowski allowing him to revert to his old self. little more presidential. you can see him maturing. but then he goes off like he did last night and seems to regress. if he runs a temper-tantrum campaign, he is going to get destroyed. but if he runs a really good campaign, he is going to get beat. alex: i think hillary clinton has never run against anyone with 10 arms and a legs like donald trump's. i think the odds of donald trump winning the general election are better than 50-50. john: so could you tell me about what happened today with ted cruz and carly fiorina? what do you think about that? alex: it was a clear strategy by ted cruz to get her delegate. i don't think she has any. i have no idea. it makes no sense. this guy has asked a girl to the prom, she said no, he is still making dinner reservations. it doesn't do anything. i think it demonstrates how irrelevant he is becoming. cruz had value for one reason, he was an alternative to trump. nobody actually wanted cruz. but it turns that when donald trump either succeeds or f

here's campaign manager cory lewandowski on "fox news sunday." >> the media wants to perpetuate the story there's infighting amongst the campaign. bottom line, we're winning. >> also other reports this week this some republican officials are concerned that trump's campaign hasn't grown number to compete against hillary clinton in the general election. trump has said he's relying on the republican national committee's resources and infrastructures across 50 states to help bolster his campaign in the fall. lewandowski defended that strategy and said it's a microcosm for what the nation would look like if trump is elected compared to clinton. >> she's got 800 people on staff. we've got 70 people on staff. they think that bigger is better. that's the mindset that the clinton administration will take to the federal government. you know you just pose that with the trump mindset which is smaller, leaner, more efficient and better results. that's the mindset you need for the federal government. >> reporter: some veterans groups are unhappy with reports that tomorrow on memorial day trump is plann

statements that he's made about women. >> when you were in the vortex of this whole thing with lewandowski, and let me just say my own editorializing, i felt the dispensation of that was probably correct that he shouldn't have been actually charged or tried, prosecuted for that assault. did you feel like you were in some sort of reality-free zone as the whole thing played out? >> i think it was just bizarre to see the presidential candidate of my political party lying about me repeatedly on television. so it was a very surreal moment but i'm happy that's in the past. and i've sort of moved on from this, that everyone has sort of moved on from it. >> michelle fields, thanks for your time, appreciate it. >>> bernie sanders trains his focus on the dnc. today he gets a big win. we'll talk about that ahead. >>> first is it possible to call a presidential candidate a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot whose foreign policy will lead to another 9/11, then urge full low republicans to line up behind the candidate? the latest to fall in line, we think, after this break. >>> i don't want to ha

a lot of talk about the rift between corey lewandowski and paul manafort.have they patched things up? >> it's a little unclear. you do hear different things from different people. there's a sense anyone coming into the trump campaign to overhaul the operation and totally change what trump is going to be doing is not going to come out on the winning end of that effort. one of the things that corey lewandowski has said repeatedly is you have to let trump by trump and one of my takeaways from the interview is trump is going to be trump. when you're bringing in new people into a very small campaign like the one trump has run, you're going to have some hurt feelings and have people angling for power. he's the one who runs the operation. it's not a staffer. it's the candidate himself. this is a chance for him to show his management experience. >> julie pace, who is on the white house and politics beat for the associated press, her interview is available online. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >>> following a meeting with republican president

you've got donald trump, you have the trump advisor, corps lun do you blshg corey lewandows lewandowski. he said ben carson is a part of that effort. here's cory lewandowski talking about it. >> you need someone who understands the slalegislative process intimately so we can put forward mr. trump's agenda, cutting taxes, renegotiating our trade deals. it is not about agenda or geographic reputation. it is about who is a partner to bring our country back. >> clearly making it clear to paul ryan that it is very important to a trump campaign and a possible trump presidency. what do you think about this whole vp thing and are you on that list? we'll look at some of the oz. is th is that something you'd be interested in it? >> nobody has called me about it. here's my phone, it is going off -- no, it's not trump. no. look, martha he has not asked me anything about it so i don't know if i'm on a list or not. right now my job is to try to do everything i can to make sure hillary clinton is not the next president because i know hilly all too well and i just think it would be a disaster to the co

i think i just saw corey lewandowski come down the center aisle. it would appear we will shortly be hearing from donald trump. >> we're going to be hearing him any moment now. we're told just a few minutes ago, as ted cruz was on the stage, announcing that he was going to suspend his campaign. donald trump's campaign team stood right over there, right there, and watched on the screens as ted cruz announced that he would suspend his campaign. they watched stoically. once he left the stage, though, they turned to each other. they embrared and they congratulated each other. they have said that donald trump would get to 1,237. they have said over and over again that he would be the presumptive nominee. they did not get to 1,237 tonight. they have come close, though, but they have been calling him the presumptive nominee and now he officially is the presumptive nominee. reince priebus just tweeting a moment ago that it's time to unite around donald trump. it's important to note that john kasich is still in this race, regardless of reince priebus' tweet.

i spoke with donald trump's campaign manager lewandowsky. >> i don't think fall into line is the right words. i think he loves this party, he loves this country and wants to see something good happen. he's a very good man. he wants what is good for the party. i think we're going to have positive results. and i would like for him to stay, and be chairman. >> the trump campaign is playing down expectations saying they do not think ryan will come on board immediately, but that is okay. as he prepares for the visit to capitol hill, trump announced he narrowed down his voices. the man leading cory lewandowsky. >> it's not about agenda or representation, who best is a partner to bring our country back to where it is? we have to allow we don't allow another 4 or 8 years of a democrat. it's important about making sure we have the right person on the picket to make sure mr. trump gets his agenda. >> and they'll embark on a nationwide tour. and trump saying he won't announce his nominee until the convention. we talked about marco rubio just a moment ago. he came out and said he will support the

for coreydemotion lewandowski? it depends on who you talk to.tinue to work on the day-to-day operations and work through the operations. the shows that man a court will take over more responsibility. it shows who is really in charge. nicole: the sme reaction when i read that the news today. john: i want to ask you more about bernie sanders, because you and i spent a lot of time around him in the january-april timeframe. >> you remember that? [laughter] john: you are right, there was a time when those around senator sanders would say look, he can do math, he is not irrational. and yet even now the math is still the same, and he must understand rationally that he is certainly won't be the nominee. do you think the clinical analysis is right that he is trying to gather leverage to reform the democratic party at the convention? or is there some deeper anger towards hillary clinton? some deeper frustration where he is literally acting out in a totally irrational way? >> honestly i do think it's something deeper. if leverage is what he was looking for

campaign manager, cory lewandowski pushed back against several reports that trump's campaign is rife with infighting and being poorly managed. >> the media wants to perpetuate the story. the bottom line is we are winning. >> reporter: while the campaign chairman and chief strategist, paul manafort steered the conversation towards likely opponent. >> trouble follows the the clintons everywhere. people are frustrated with all of the drama around the clinton family and the history of the clinton family. >> reporter: trump's campaign manager says his team spent less money than the clinton kachl pain did and got better results. anthony, cory lewandowski says it is an indication of how a trump administration would run. >> front-runner hillary clinton is facing a close primary fight in california against bernie sanders. the delegate rich state holds its primary june 7th. meanwhile sanders is now using clinton's e-mail scandal to raise doubts about her electability. >> we come out of the democratic convention with the nomination. donald trump is toast. >> reporter: sunday, sanders made it cl

couldry lewandowski perhaps he has stock rise again, because he is the one who is been there.lowed trump to act as he is acted this entire time. i think those outrageous statements about rafael cruzing the candidate to be himself. john: you have covered many in this cycle. how quickly do you think of trump wins decisively tonight, how many, which of those people, and how quickly will they end up coming out publicly saying they are for trump? mike: i think it will be a wild. out of coming the race before endorse him or passively endorse him. earlier point,n that is going to be the task of the next few months to get the party behind the likely nominee of donald trump. there has sthe idge. to one stop trump donor who says he will vote for hillary clinton, that will be on bloomberg politics and a little bit. mark: coming out publicly? sayinges, and priebus you will not get involved tonight, no matter what the results are. not involved tonight, but maybe eventually? if trump winsn all 57 delegates tonight in indiana, he will not take it off the table. mark: will the trump mpaign ha

donald trump's campaign manager, corey lewandowski joins us now. wee.om financial institutions who he has applied for credit? >> well, i think what you have to look at when you have mr. trump is you have the american success story. you have a person who borrowed a million dollars and grew it to a $10 billion corporation or more with some of the most iconic assets in the world that if we were to sell off, it would be, many, times more. >> the question is not that he has a success story in business. the question is how successful. what he says or what all these financial institutions say. >> the success is in properties that he owns and the cash he has. he had $557 million in income last year. i think by any standards, that counts as success. $557 million. he just filed last week the largest personal financial disclosure statement in the history of our country, outlining what those assets are. here's the problem with the statements. here's the problem. when you look at trump tower, a massive building here in new york, the option is to say it's worth more

and he has a warring campaign in some ways with paul manafort, corey lewandowski. we continue to see the campaign barreling forward, trump at the center being the key player and the decisionmaker. >> what's the deal? it seems like "game of thrones" over that campaign. let me say covering a lot of campaigns, they're all "game of thrones." the office poll sicks of campaigns are legendarily brutal. this one seems more brutal than usual. >> it's a different kind of campaign because it's very small in size. if you compare trump to the operation, it's small. in manafort you have someone who's building relationships in washington, doesn't have as close a rapport with lewandowski. but they're both useful to trump in different ways. they don't get along for the most part, however, but they seem to be operating for a moment in a way that's somewhat peaceful. >> all right. paul ryan is continuing as a sort of consolidation map, you saw those delegates smiling in north dakota today, some of them interviewed later weren't particularly big donald trump fans but this is the way t

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part of the original team and now corey lewandowski has the power back and my sources say, this is all overblown. someone on the inside with different factions particularly with the campaign expanding. what do you think? >> there are probably two factions. in then, trump is going to be donald trump. >> i don't think there is a manager, either is in charge. they both have their lanes and can try toking to in either direction but not under can you not jump in front of the microphone. candidate is the one that is throughout and donald trump is willing to say what he wants to say. >> susan there was a story at the beginning that ted cruz and john kasich and their team had reached a deal, the arrangement, this pact, that ted cruz gets to campaign indiana without john kasich and john kasich gets oregon and the other state... >> washington. >> washington, yes. the media laughed that as ridiculous. do you think it was warranted? >> why would they laugh it? it goes on in politics. it is something that is not exposeed. they needed the voters to buy in that screaming has happened with mitt romney

we asked trump's campaign manager, cory lewandowski whether trump planned to do that and he said notaware of. >> thank you for that report. >>> it is official, donald trump and his vemplg chul democratic contender have a new challenge, third party candidate gary johnson wrapped up the libertarian party presidential nomination today. how much do republicans have to fear from a strengthened libertarian movement this year? i'm joined by trump supporter and national political contributor scottie hughes. scottie, let me start with you. johnson is a former republican governor from new mexico. he's going to be on the ballot in all 50 states as the libertarian candidate. could he be a spoiler to trump in the general election like ross perot in 1992. >> i don't think so. when you look at the power that wanted ross perot to be president they were folks looking for an outsider. when you look at the libertarian party, many things they say don't align with what conservatives want and gary johnson is not one that goes for it. only reason we are giving him attention right now or the libertarians is

i spoke with corey lewandowski last night.m what he thought of the speaker's words and his lack of coming out to endorse him, and he pointed to his boss standing under the stage on these bright lights, captivating the attention of about 10,000 people who were at the west virginia rally last night, and he pointed and said, that's the leader of the republican party. and in some ways, that can be considered -- i know it is not a popular opinion in washington -- but can be considered by the voters, a highlight of this campaign, that he has embraced them instead of embracing the political elite. john: katy, i want to play a little sound of donald trump talking a few minutes ago about paul ryan in omaha, nebraska. mr. trump: paul ryan, i don't know what happened. i don't. he called me two or three weeks ago. it was a nice conversation. he was congratulating me. this was before we had the ultimate victory. but he was congratulating me for doing so well. i figured routinely he would be behind it. the other day and a big surprise , bec

trump's campaign manager corey lewandowski will be the point man to soften it. of course, lewandowski was ultimately not prosecuted for allegedly roughing up a reporter in florida. >>> and dr. ben carson is reportedly stepping away from the veep committee to be an all the-around utility player to be a congressional liaison. he did reach out to house speaker paul ryan before ryan met with trump on thursday. we're guessing that carson gave trump a better recommendation than the one he offered back in march. >> even if donald trump turns out to not be such a great president. which i didn't think is the case. i think he's going to surround himself with really good people. but even if he didn't, we're only looking at four ing out of manafort. that represents dictators. hopefully manafort has better connections for the gop convention. with a starting lineup like this, we'll just say, it's game on for team trump. ♪ (laughing) there's nothing like making their day. except making sure their tomorrow is taken care of too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. fr

we had corey lewandowski saying he paid the lowest possible tax rates. some people wonder how low is that. >> the last tax returns that are available from donald trump he paid zero. >> exactly. we're talking about a longer period of time. that creates ammunition for those who would attack him. you can imagine some of his supporters saying i wish i was paying a low tax rate and maybe he'll help me do that. >> we have to run the country. i think part of the questions about his taxes has been he says he supports the military and there were questions about the event he held on the same night of the debate where that money doesn't seem to have changed hands yet and it's not a matter that's going go away. >> there's a lot of inconsistencies out there. he's got a lot of work to do to put real policy on the table. >> what do you make of the -- paul ryan today held a pen and pad with reporters today and he said look i'm not ready to endorse -- there was speculation about maybe whether paul ryan would come around. he and paul ryan have such -- the differences in t

politico reports there's this meltdown inside of team trump between manafort and lewandowski.that. i think people like paul ryan, who's really the conservative leader in america. he's the leader of the republican party is speaker ryan. that -- he's sitting on the sidelines waiting to see which kind of campaign trump runs. when you look at kelly ayotte in new hampshire or rob portman in ohio or pat toomey in pennsylvania, they can see upside, they can see downside in the trump campaign. we just have to wait to see which one he chooses to run. >> do you have a sense who donald trump respects enough who could deliver the kind of message you're talking about to him and say this is what you can be doing, this is what you can't be doing. who would he listen to that could deliver that message. >> i believe the reporting that newt gingrich is very close to mr. trump and speaker gingrich wins election. he did in 1994 and in the 2012 cycle as well. but as for the most important person? his boys and ivanka. i think ivanka trump and the boys are remarkable personalities and accomplished b

and then in may, "the washington post" said that corey lewandowski revised that figure to $4.5 million and then we were told by the campaign, cnn told that number was incorrect. so just a few days ago, mr. trump said, again, he raised almost $6 million, last week, he gave his own $1 million. that's last week. he gave his own $1 million last week. almost four months after the event. and then this is what gave rise to the questions and the scrutiny. i want to bring in dana bash. is there a liberal sided press that is attacking him on this vets issue and the money or is it broad and wide? the people who have come in, asking questions about where's the money, where did it go, how much was it? is it true what you say every day on the campaign trail? >> reporter: it is the latter and not the former. let's unpack this. this is a complicated situation where i think donald trump was in a position to capitalize on something and go very far with it and in fact, he has decided to take on the media which is an absolute mistake because he doesn't want to necessarily do that. a couple of things, he s

but as i told corey lewandowski when i talked to him, we really want the see overlap on positions and beliefs and some credibility put behind those positions that we can rely on them. this is... to put it in trump-ease, this is a deal. you want me to vote for you, and that coming first. what i get is the positions when you're president. that comes second. and so there's no taking my vote back in november. so in addition to taking conservative positions, not just calling things conservative and declaring it to be so, actual movement on conservative positions, you have to back it up. one good way to back it up is with personnel who you say will implement any particular given policy. >> woodruff: i should say, corey lewandowski being the campaign manager. >> the other corey in all of this. >> yes, yes. >> woodruff: but corey stewart, what about the points we heard from ken cuccinelli that mr. trump has made statements about higher taxes on the wealthy, on raising the minim wage. i mean, are those positions you think he's going to stay with? >> well, i think what you're going the find is

but having said that too, you know, cory lewandowski is correct.ey have brought more people into the party that were not in the party before. question is, is it enough to win in november? >> yeah, real quick, ron. >> your question though, i think is absolutely right. that ted cruz's words about donald trump today have created a new challenge for republicans up and down the ballot. because you're talking about a person who welcomed donald trump in the party and ran longer than anyone else. this is now his conclusion. obviously, fueled by animosity and frustration but this is a conclusion about his character and you can be sure a lot of republican candidates up and down the ballot are going to be asked if donald trump is the nominee, do you agree with ted cruz's assessment of the person leading your ticket into november? >> they're going to be watching the news today. if some of the voters are not going to catch it while they go to the ballots, all the people backing trump were thinking of it and sure as heck going to see the sound bites played over

lewandowski, the campaign manager, told the a.p.as during the primaries when there was no pot of money to repay himself. i spoke to the fec's general counsel who said, look, trump loaned himself money with the idea that he would pay himself back. in other words, you don't need to be a lawyer, no duh, to know that loans are made to be paid back. and what's new now, i can tell you having spoken to paul manafort, another trump campaign aide, they won't rule it ou. they have now hundreds of millions coming in and here's what they told me in a new report out this morning here on air for the first time. trump's campaign manager telling msnbc, it's not the campaign's, quote, intention right now to use fund-raising to pay back the loans. i asked him point blank will you rule it out, will you write off these loans? because some other candidates have, like hillary clinton in past cycles, technically used the loan structure, but then written it off. they would not say they'll do that. they would not take it off the table. i spoke to another tr

maybe the perfect example is corey lewandowski.mp remained on lewandowski's side even after he was arrested but charges were never brought. but trump does, as he says, remain loyal. >> certainly so. jessica schneider, thank you very much. >>> outfront next, we're following the breaking news on isis issuing a declaration of emergency. and jeanne moos on a new dating site for those who have sworn they'll move to canada after the election. i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. but it's actually a triumph of predictive analytics. because of optum. through population health data, they provide insights so doctors and hospitals can identify high-risk patients. like me... asthma... potential hospital visit. so now thanks to optum, this asthma thing's under control. gravity not so much. this is healthier, powered by optum. from health plans to providers to employers. we connect all