so not the margaret hoover were business. which of course is the perfect major if you're going to pay off that one trillion dollars. all right. let's continue to take a look at how americans feel about the college's price tag. we've got an exclusive point taken survey from our friends. they do these special surveys for us every week and this past week they asked is college worth the price tag or not. here's what they found. 55% of americans said yes, it is worth the price tag. so some of our studio audience. while 38% said no, not worth it. but consider this other interesting fact. when asked of the cost of college is out of reach for most american families, 75% of those same people agreed, 23% disagreed. so margaret, interesting. you are hearing folks saying college is worth it but they are worried that it's out of reach for a lot of people. how do you hear that? >> what that means to me is that we're in dire and desperate need for reform for the system. it feels, frankly navigating the financial aid process is an extraordin

thank you bakari, bill press amanda, margaret hoover. everyone.s together on stage tonight from the cnn democratic presidential debate moderated by wolf blitzer, only on cnn. >>> the east river's cold right now, but it is beautiful. welcome back, everyone. now, let's go inside the hall. there we go. that's where hillary clinton and bernie sanders are going to be debating tonight. we're back in brooklyn. in just hours, that debate will start. we're going to turn to politics just shortly. first, we have some devastating news. today marks two years since gunmen captured hundreds of girls. we're getting an indication some of the girls may still be alive. cnn has obtained this new video. it is being used in negotiations between boko haram and the government that shows the missing students. they were snatched from their beds in a dormitory in the town of chibok, leading to international pleas to bring back our girls. now this exclusive report. >> reporter: lined up against a yellow wall, 15 girls, only their faces showing. an off camera voice asks each

also with me, juliette cayenne, author, and margaret hoover, sirrius xm host.ottie. that snl skit. >> joining me to talk about it from the tea party news network is donald trump defender scottie nell hughes. >> hi, kate. as a woman, i like donald trump but as a full-blown nut job, i love him. let's watch. >> i've just got to say, isn't my daughter ivanka the best? she's so smart, so talented and what a rack. >> no. okay -- no. so that was beautiful. you're just trying to work it but is it worth it? you put his thing down, flipped it and reversed it. you can't break me, kate, because i'm crazy and crazy don't -- and kate, i know that you agree with me on three things when it comes to trump. one, he is drop-dead gorgeous. >> no. >> two, he is bringing trade back so we can make america great again. and three, he is way better than ted cruz. >> okay. yes. that i do agree on. >> scottie. >> scottie. >> i know you didn't expect it but i hope you're taking this with a good sense of humor because it's "snl". >> absolutely. i mean, come on, some of the best impersonatio

back with me now, kayleigh mcenany, kelly anne conway and margaret hoover.ly, you first and then we'll move on from this alliance so to speak. donald trump isn't happy about cruz and kasich joining forces and he went after the way kasich eats today. >> if you look at kasich, i don't think he knows what -- you know, did you see him? he has the news conference all the time when he's eating. i have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion. i'm always telling my young son, baron, i'm saying -- and i'm always with my kids, all of them, i'd say, children, small, little bites. small. this guy takes a pancake, and he's shoving it in his mouth. it's disgusting. do you want that for your president? i don't think so. he's eating today, stuffing. i never saw. bites this big. he's pushing it in with his -- i never saw a guy eat like this. i told my son, he was watching. he said, daddy, look. i said, don't watch. little bites. little bites. >> all right. so we're all laughing. obviously he wouldn't be happy, but is this really the best way to attack kasic

. >> joining margaret hoover, mary ham, and a trump supporter. aret, is this just a hail mary pass by cruz and kasich? >> it's not even really that. mitt romney had a better idea of doing it. when you're running strong, all republican voters should vote for these people. so, yeah, i suppose if it actually worked and they had rolled it out eight weeks ago, it could be useful. but this notion that it's collusion is crazy. trump is the art of the deal guy. he's the weakest frontrunner. his job is to do exactly what cruz and kasich are supposed ly doing. collusion implies a illegal this is not illegal. >> if you're kasich say to my voters, don't vote for me, vote for cruz, because it helps with the math. because they're not doing that. >> if this is actually a real pass and you want the receiver to catch it, yes, you do that. i think margaret's right, had you done this a couple weeks ago, it would have made more difference. they've all felt a little too little, too late. much like when mitt romney did not indorse it that time and maybe if it he had do

>> let me bring in tana gertz, nia-malik henderson and margaret hoover. ladies, nice to have you on. tana, to you first, what is the woman card he's talking about? >> mr. trump doesn't care about gender, he cares about the qualifications of a person. he wasn't busting on women, just busting on hillary, that woman. he wants to see qualifications for how, what she's going to do, and she doesn't have anything to prove that. it had nothing to do with being a woman or not liking women. that was just -- it was -- it's not gender specific. >> margaret? >> i would love to believe that. this is the problem. this is, first of all, there are different rules when you run as the first woman to run for the presidency ever. but what we all fear, i'm one of these republicans who really, you know, it would be great to see a first woman president but i've never been a supporter of hillary clinton. the hard part is there are 30% to 40% of republican women who find themselves in a really difficult position wondering whether they can pull the lever for donald trump. and when

i have gloria borj, cnn political reporter david chalian, cnn political commentator margaret hoover,blican strategist, and in another screen, chief correspondent john king. and lou gargilo, the trump campaign co-chair in rockingham county, new hampshire. to all of you, welcome. we're going to have a big chat here covering all things politics. let's just begin, staring at the three of you all. hello, by the way. with paul ryan, how many times does he have to say i don't want to be president? >> 19. washington examiner totaled all the times. 19 times he is not going to run for president on are president or do anything. the thing is, republicans, i think, do feel lucky to have paul ryan as part of the leadership because he can actually inject -- he's going to play a role at the convention besides being this chair of the convention, he's trusted amongst all of the clans of the republican party, all of these factions, and if we have an open and contested convention, he's the one guy that everybody trusts will be able to help make sure that the rules are enforced. >> he wants to call the b

ron brownstein and margaret hoover. donald trump, the front-runner, is in an out-right feud with the chair of the party. >> unified by force. it is not unusual to bring a party into the national party committee. what is unusual is to have open warfare and it can energize his voters who thrive on us against them mentality. on the other hand, if he leads in delegates and is short of the first ballot majority, he is going to need unbound delegates. those tend to be party people. if you have somebody saying the party is biased against me, the system is rigged, they are more hesitant about turning over the party to that nominee. this is something that may help him with his electorate but is a real high wire in terms of the maneuvering he may need to get over the top. >> that's looking at it as far as what's going on in trump's mind. what's going on in reince priebus' mind right now, do you think? he not only said, these are the fact, the rules have been set, he took it a step further. >> he went to a tweet. >> he said, give

joining me now, republican consultant margaret hoover, bob cusack, and kelly anne conway. so donald trump is saying that this election is rigged. he may be ahead in the national polls, but it's the delegates that really count here as we know. so ted cruz is quickly gaining ground because he's doing this thing where he's going and he's getting these delegates behind donald trump's back. what happened to this new guy? what's going on here? >> i mean donald trump is still leading. i mean donald trump has to earn 60% of the remaining delegates. ted cruz has to win 98% of the remaining delegates. i mean -- >> so should we not be complaining. ? you think he has no right to complain? >> he does haven't a lot of ground to stand on. by the way, he's about to start winning big-time. so donald trump -- we all know what happened. donald trump didn't know the rules. he started losing. now he knows the rules and he's got a team in place and he's going to start winning. the question is -- >> you're agreeing he shouldn't be complain something. >> he should not be complaining. i mean they

joining me is margaret hoover cnn political commentator and golf veteran. anne conway heads up the pro ted cruz super pac keep the promise. hughes chief correspondent and the communications director for the republican national committee. great to see you. let's talk about the polls, let's talk about the specific polls we are looking at here. trump trumps -- the view of trump among women. you are no fan of trump. we can get that out of the way and the polling expert on this table right now. when you see numbers like this. i want to put up the cnn numbers, unfavorables for trump, 73% among women nationally, 26% favorable. not just cnn, fox news, quinnipiac and more. similar numbers of unfavorable, negative view of donald trump amongst women nationally. what does that tell you? >> just to clarify, i'm not a fan of some things that donald trump says but i have known him for years and sat on one of his boards and have known senator cruz. the data among women are unmistakable and recent. that is what is confounding. when donald trump pivoted to an election strate

let's bring in alex burns, "new york times" and margaret hoover who worked in the george w. bush white house and two presidential kpanz and carl bernstein, author and former communications director for senator ted cruz. okay, amanda, you know the cruz team. tell us everything you know. what is this announcements at 4:00 p.m.? >> it's billed a a major announcement, it better be major -- in these cases there's endorsement and there's speculation on the vp pick, carly fiorina has been on the trail with him a lot. she almost steps in front of them to answer a question which normally would be viewed as a hostile move but with her is very natural. we'll see what happens. if you're going to tease a major announcement, it better be good. >> yeah, if you tease it as big major, join us, it better be big and major, maybe not, maybe you're trying to win the day. what do you think? >> especially when you're going up against the big national security speech, in you tease out the idea and it ends up being an endorsement from some senator from a neighboring state, his campaign recognizes th

mark preston, margaret hoover and bob beckle, the guy who's trying to talk over everyone. and president of -- i'm trying to introduce someone. a super pac supporting ted cruz. what, what? >> one for every state. >> you heard donald trump saying this is a dirty, rotten process, do you agree? >> that's why i said that. it's going to get real dirty. >> they spent more time on tv this week learning the rules. they should learn the rules. >> this delegate process is so unfair, and nbc did a really good analysis about this. trump has won 45% of the delegates in this entire process, but he's only won 37% of the popular vote. this delegate math situation is actually benefitting him. okay. so i mean, so it's not all that unfair. he does have to get smarter about the rules. >> extremely unfair, here's the thing, as sarah reported, most delegates, many are local party leaders, they are republican party people, and i wish the republican party would pay attention to cnn exit polls. >> trump has a crushing lead, 54%, kasich 21, cruz, 18, same poll shows 69%, mark, primary voters think w

president will keep the promise a super pac supporting ted cruz and cnn political commentator margaret hoover i got three smart ladies here. so let's see if i can live up to this, your expectations of me in my questioning. so i want to ask you about this alliance between you first, between john kasich and ted cruz this alliance, shall we say, that donald trump is calling collusion s this fair game? >> of course it's fair game. this is dan ald in the light of day and basically it affects three states, oregon and new mexico. mr. kasich will now go and campaign in and indiana where ted cruz is far ahead of john kasich in his race and it is a very important state. it is winner take all by congressional districts. >> he is saying both of them should quit. that would be the unifying strategy. that's what donald trump said. >> i'm sure he would like them to quit. he should have had this nomination wrapped up a month ago. instead of worrying about them and insulting them as lying ted and john case whoik eats like a slob today which is very unpresideu unpresidential, then he should ignore them. why no

scottie matthews, margaret hoover, republican consultant and cnn political commentator. van jones democratic activist author and some days in the white house himself. and maria is a hillary clinton supporter. her firm works for a pro clinton super pac. i put it on the table. all the disclosures and bios. now the hard stuff. you heard chris frates talking about the fire wall that hillary clinton would like wisconsin to be. there's five points at the last dhunt separated them. with sanders, six out of seven last he has won. seven out offing awould be damaging to hillary in new york, wouldn't it? >> i don't think it would be damaging. it is certainly a lot funner to win than to lose for sure. but wisconsin has always been a state that's tailor made for someone like bernie sanders. they have a proud stance on liberal issues and liberalism and being progressive. it is a very white state. a lot of college students. as we have seen in past primaries and caucuses, this is an electorate that is favorable to bernie sanders. having said that, she certainly has been campaigning and

krupp and margaret hoover and long time andrew kurtzman a political consultality.it was all over the local news. the helicopters covering the events and the rallies everywhere. there's so much energy. this feels like such a big event tonight. >> yeah. well, you know, there's an old saying if you're going to hit a home run, do it in yankee stadium. this is yankee stadium and almost the bottom of the ninth inning. this is an incredible race. bernie sanders, you know, had this remarkable victory in wisconsin. and has been completely knocked off his stride. you can feel kind of the air coming out of the balloon last week. made all these kind of attacks against hillary clinton. didn't quite work. and then he has a historic rally at nyu, washington square park last night. 27,000 people. and, you know, the electricity is in the air. it's a good, good time for political junkies. >> hillary clinton's campaign is disputing the number of people that showed up. >> almost feels like a swing state -- a battle ground state. >> welcome to the new normal. every state is a swing sta

joining me now, all-stars, angela rye, margaret hoover, tara setameyer, former communications director and ross is a conservative columnist for "the new york times." with us as well, trump supporter kayleigh mcenany. how much of a tipping point do you think wisconsin could be? >> i think the momentum has favored cruz. if you give me a man-to-man race, donald trump will shrink under the pressure and cruz will perform well. in utah, cruz won overwhelmingly and now going into wisconsin where trump was leading at one point by nearly 20 points, cruz is now ahead. that has to do with not with trump's implosion but also cruz gaining support from someone like governor walker, a great infrastructure and running a very smart campaign that's built to go the distance and win. >> kayleigh, you're a trump supporter. if trump loses in wisconsin, how does he spin that? because it would take some of the momentum he got from the last big round of primaries and also be an indicator that some of these comments and campaign tactics have really hurt him. >> sure. you want to win every state, obviously. but

david gergen served as presidential advisor to four presidents including reagan and clinton, margaret hoover worked in the george w. bush white house, tara set meyer served as communications director for a republican in congress, trump supporter joe visconti joins me, mark preston, executive editor of politics, maria cardona, her firm works for a pro-clinton super pac, she's a super delegate. bernie sanders supporter jonathan tisini and editor of the daily beast, john avalon. tomorrow this is a crucial day, there's only juan day that's bigger and that's california, new jersey, a couple other states. tomorrow is going to be crucial. >> it is. and, look, this is the acela corridor primary. this is an area in the northeast where people have written off republicans for decades but donald trump looks like he's heading for a big night. he appeals to conservative populists in the south and had a string of big wins in the north. if he can seal the deal and ted cruz is a distant third it's a momentum maker because the math becomes difficult and kasich is trying to claw his way to getting delegates wh

margaret hoover, cnn political commentator.us ac, editor in chief of the ill.com, and kelly anne conway of keep the promise. a super pac supporting ted cruz. good evening to all. john, to you first. it looks like there is a new sheriff in town inside the trump campaign. do you see more of the original team getting sidelined. ? >> well, look, i think that donald is going to have a huge victory in the state of new york and everybody likes a winner. so if they come in north of 50%, which all of the polls indicate -- some of the polls indicate they're coming in north of 60%. you may not see the changes that some people are predicting and some people are expecting to see. so, yeah, i think that you could see some changes, but odds are i think the focus will be on the victory in new york. >> i'm wondering about this, bob cusack. donald trump comes into tomorrow's primary with a huge lead. i think it's 20 points over john kasich. ted cruz is well behind. he's in third place. if he takes the lion share of new york delegates, is this a

and margaret hoover and ben ferguson. backing ted cruz. thanks to all of you. maggie, let me start with you. a crucial night. everyone says, why do you all keep saying it's a crucial night? because it is a really crucial night every single time because we don't know who will win. >> the most crucial ever in this political season. this actually is crucial, though, because if donald trump comes from behind and wins as jim was saying, this would ruin any momentum of anyone has in stopping him realistically toward the march for the nomination. if he doesn't, there's how much does he lose by if he loses, can he keep it within, say, ten points. can he pick up some delegates in congressional districts. if he can't do either of those two things, you'll see the first real tangible effects of what has been a pretty rough two weeks for him. we haven't -- we've seen him have bad weeks before. this last seven days i think has been very, very different. his completely self-inflicted wounds on abortion, with the fact that he spent several days defending his campaign manager o

joining me republican consultant margaret hoover, bob cusack and kellyanne conway.he national polls but it's the delegates that count here. ted cruz is gaining ground because he's doing this thing where he's going and getting these delegates behind donald trump's back. what happened to this new guy? what's going on here? >> donald trump is still leading. donald trump has to earn 60% of the remaining delegates. ted cruz has to win 98% of the remaining delegates. >> so should he not be complaining? he has no right to complain about this? >> he doesn't have a lot of ground to stand on. and by the way, he's about to start winning big time. donald trump didn't know the rules, he started losing. now he knows the rules, now he's got a team in place and he's going to start winning. >> no. >> you're agreeing he shouldn't be complaining? >> he should not be complaining. they cry foul when they lose delegates but did we cry foul in missouri when donald trump won by 0.2 of a percent and point and got 70% of the delegates? those were the rules. you have to move on to the next se

cupp, margaret hoover. ladies, nice to see you.i feel like they're all sort of doing there, you're intimidating this isn't fair, they're complaining. s.e., who has the most room you think to complain? >> well, anyone who is not on the trump side is getting -- i mean, i speak for myself, you know, threatens, intimidated. it's not fun to not be on the trump train. takes some courage and some thick skin. >> you're getting threatened? >> oh, for sure, daily. it's really nasty. >> phone calls, e-mails? >> yes, yes. yeah, it's really nasty. and, you know, i put the blame not squarely on the trump campaign shoulders but i think they deserve some of it for inciting that kind of vitriol among people who don't really agree with them. look, ted cruz is doing a masterful job of organizing and really showing that -- getting these delegates are important and you have to know the system to do it. and so ted cruz should be really proud of that organization. and i think if it goes to a contested convention and gets beyond the first ballot that bode

also cnn political commentators margaret hoover and bob beck ol and kelly ann conway, president of the keep promise one, whew, that's a long name, super pac supporting ted cruz. and joining me also is congressman charlie dent, a john kasich supporter. and you're going to have to really yell when you want to get in because i can guarantee you this is going to be a really raucous group. i'm going to start with you, margaret. how do you think john kasich dp tonight? >> he did great. who didn't like this idea of seeing his family and his daughters? it was a really intimate look at who he is as a man, as a father, as a husband. and that's what you want to see in all these political candidates. i think in other years that tends to be a little more important. you want to be able to have a beer with the guy you're going to vote for. this year not so much. this year because of the anger, because of the economic situation i think you have a little bit different sentiment in the electorate. but it's an important element to be able to see who is the character of the candidate you're voting for. >>

margaret hoover and jeffrey lord. ali. >> great to have you, jeffrey. margaret, let's start here. fair to say it's been a challenging week. corey lewandowski charged with misdemeanor battery. and women should be punished for abortion. nuclear proliferation. maybe south korea, japan should get nuclear weapons. will this have an effect on the upcoming races in. >> yeah. it will have an effect on wisconsin. and how much effect does it have in terms of blocking the delegate count in order to get over the 1237 which he has a chance of not getting to. here's a deep read on the numbers. trump's numbers have plateaued. as we know, supporters like him. there is little you can do to dissuade him. this, a, energizes everybody else. conservative voters like ted cruz are even more energized over this, especially the abortion flip-flop. it is around 30%, 35%. only two others are competing for the rest of the vote. that will help ted cruz and john kasich. >> jeffrey, i heard you say on this program, you believe donald trump made a m