. >> trump alleging cruz's campaign ran negative ads between his wife melania trump tweeting, "be careful firing back, calling trump a coward. >> if donald wants to get in a character fight, he's better off sticking with me because heidi is way out of his league. ( laughter ) >> trevor: what the hell kind of comeback is that? i'm the creepy one. up to the deal with me. and why does ted cruz always sound like he's delivering lines from a movie. >> you want a character debate, bob, you better stick with me because cindy ellen wade is way out of your league. >> trevor: i see what happened here. you're running for president, so you steal lines from "the american president." clearly, there's no love lost between trump and cruz. and that also turns out to be true between trump and most republican leaders. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> i'm very concerned for our country if we nominate him. >> this is going to be a disaster for the republican party. >> very dangerous for the country. >> very dangerous for the party. >> donald trump as president i believe would be a disaster. >> this par

. >> trump alleging cruz's campaign ran negative ads between his wife melania trump tweeting, "be careful, lying ted, or i will spill the beans on your wife." cruz firing back, calling trump a coward. >> if donald wants to get in a character fight, he's better off sticking with me because heidi is way out of his league. ( laughter ) >> trevor: what the hell kind of comeback is that? i'm the creepy one. up to the deal with me. and why does ted cruz always sound like he's delivering lines from a movie. >> you want a character debate, bob, you better stick with me because cindy ellen wade is way out of your league. >> trevor: i see what happened here. you're running for president, so you steal lines from "the american president." clearly, there's no love lost between trump and cruz. and that also turns out to be true between trump and most republican leaders. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> i'm very concerned for our country if we nominate him. >> this is going to be a disaster for the republican party. >> very dangerous for the country. >> very dangerous for the party. >> donald tru

melania. trump tweeted "lyin' ted cruz just used a picture of melania from a "gq" shoot in his ad, be careful, lyin' ted, or i'll spill the beans on your wife." ted cruz pointed out he was not behind the ad and to repeatedly defend his wife. >> even for donald, though, he reached a new low. it's one thing to attack another candidate. it's another thing to come after my wife. she is used to dealing with bullies and donald trump doesn't scare heidi remotely. >> some folks noticed that in an interview, cruz's defense of his wife was so similar to the president played by michael douglas in "the american president" that a mash-up was born. >> and if donald wants to get in a character fight, he's better off sticking with me because heidi is way out of his league. >> you want a character to debate, bob, you better stick with me because sidney ellen wade is way out of your league. >> which then gave trump the opportunity to tweet "lyin' ted cruz steams foreign policy from me and lines from michael douglas, just another dishonest politician." cruz's wife, heidi, appeared largely unconcerned with trump'

melania. trump tweeting cruz be careful or i will spill the beans on your wife.uz denying that his campaign had anything to do with the ad. >> that should be beneath donald. >> reporter: heidi cruz also getting into the mix on the campaign trail in wisconsin. >> there are a lot of things that donald trump and his campaign say that have no basis in reality. >> reporter: while her husband borrows a line from the american president to punch back at his rival. >> you want a character to beat bob, you better stick with me because sydney ellen wade is way out of your league. >> if donald wants to get in a character fight, he better stick with me because heidi is way out of his league. >> and donald trump doubled down on this and even picked up on cruz channeling michael douglas saying lyin' ted cruz steals foreign policy from me and lines from michael douglas. just another dishonest politician. cruz calling this gutter politics he calls a new low even for donald trump. >> if he wins the white house, it turns out that ted cruz will have a flower garden, just to goat mor

trump and ted cruz. clothed photo of melania surfaced. donald trump tweeted -- ted cruz responded with a tweet of his own -- ted cruz continued the line of attack with trump. ted cruz: he is used to being a bully. heidi is not scared of donald trump and she has dealt with bullies in the business world her whole life. someone yelling, screaming, insulting her, it is not her.ely frightening to she is the daughter of christian missionaries. she is my best friend. a characternts fight, he ought to stick with me. heidi is way out of his league. heidi crews had this to say to supporters. heidi: most of the things donald trump says have no basis in reality. john: in the wake of brussels, how personal can this get? gettingrd to imagine it more personal than this. i would just say, having talked to both, the animosity tween them is real. it is not stage acting or for political purposes. i think it is a volatile situation. donald trump provides volatility, particularly if it gets down. it could get more personal than this and they have dragged the spouses in. havee to

their battles spilling over to lleging cruz's campaign ran negative ads featuring his wife melania trump tweeting, be careful, lying ted or i will spill the beans on your wife. cruz calling trump a coward. >> he is way out of his league. in he wants to get in a character fight he should stick with ter: senator bernie sanders winning in utah and idaho and hillary clinton winning on the border. >> i'm also very proud to have won arizona[ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: but the voting on tuesday taking a backseat to the terror attacks in brussels. saying he'd be open to torture to get information out of recently captured paris attacker>> he may be talking but he'll talk a lot faster with the torture. >> reporter: overnight clinton blasting trump saying torture puts our military and in danger. >> what donald trump, ted cruz and others are suggesting is not only wrong, it's orter: senator cruz with his own solution. calling for patrols of muslim neighborhoods in the u.s. >> and so it is standard good to direct your resources to where the threat is coming from, we should do the exact same thing with

trump entered nasty new territory this week when trump blamed cruz for a superpac ad featured an image of his wife melania from her modeling days. trump tweeted, "be careful, lyin' ted, or i'll spill the beans on your wife." later re-tweeting this an unflattering photograph of shot of melania. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward. leave heidi the hell alone. >> reporter: cruz said trump has a problem with women, an allegation that has dogged him throughout the campaign. >> bimbo. dog. >> reporter: this superpac ad featuring women repeated things donald trump has actually said. >> just look at that face. >> reporter: for his part, trump has adamantly denied all charges of sexism. >> i do cherish women. i love women. nobody respects women more than donald trump. you want to be respected and loved and cherished, everything. i think, am i right, women or wrong? >> and jon joins us. a lot of voters will be uncomfortable where it's all gone. talk of the wives and not the issues in this race. >> we've never seen a presidential campaign get so nasty or personal. ted cruz has always said he wins the nomination, but he said today, i don't make a habit

>> an anti-trump super pac tweeted a nude photo of melania trump asking if this should be the first lady. >> trump put the blame on ted cruz. he tweeted, wow, senator ted cruz that, is some low level ad you did using a picture of melania in a "gq" shoot. be careful, i will spill the beans on your wife. >> yeah, apparently trump has some damning video of her marrying ted cruz. >> how do you spill the beans on heidi cruz? look at her. this woman hasn't spilled a bean in her life. and if she did she'd mop it up with an anti-bacterial wet wipe. >> it's the first time he's seen melania naked in years. >> in the nit, that's huge. >> terrific. >> stay with us for "good morning america," folks. have a fantastic easter weekend. >>> new details at 4:30, a deadly triple shooting on staten island. it may have stemmed from a dispute over a car sale. the victims have just been identified and we're live with new information. >>> plus, a dog has been shot and killed by a police officer. the dramatic video and now word of a lawsuit, as well. >>> and developing right now, new details on the victims of

>> an anti-trump super pac tweeted a nude photo of melania trump asking if this should be the first lady the blame on ted cruz. he tweeted, wow, senator ted cruz that, is some low level ad you did using a picture of melania in a "gq" shoot. be careful, i will spill the beans on your wife. >> yeah, apparently trump has some damning video of her marrying ted cruz. >> how do you spill the beans on heidi cruz? look at her. this woman hasn't spilled a bean in her life. and if she did she'd mop it up with an anti-bacterial wet wipe. >> it's the first time he's seen melania naked in years. >> in the nit, that's huge. >> terrific. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america," folks. have a fantastic easter weekend. >>> good morning, it is friday. >>> philadelphia police are look looking for a gunman after a girl was hit by a stray bullet. >>> storm tracker 6 live is tracking a rainstorm for the weekend.

and trump should not be retweeting ridiculous tweets like this. heidi cruz is a successful woman in her own right. melaniarump is a successful woman in her own right. they are both independent, successful women. but, at the same time, to make this about oh it's just vulgarity or coarseness, i don't think that captures to what has happened in this country. >> certainly about immigration and trade. >> we will leave it there. that's it for the panel. very feisty tonight. donald trump's credit -- critics say is he all about hate with you up next what he has to say test flush growing up, we were german. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com. >> finally tonight, donald trump's critics accuse him of hate speech, but it

trump's wife melania. then trump retweeted a tweet that had a side by side. ife melania. did donald trump cross a line with this one, governor, do you think? >> well, i think everybody is crossing some lines here. ted cruz's pac should never have run that photo. the modeling photo of donald trump's wife who wasn't his wife at the time. it happened 15 years ago, before they were married. and she was a model. donald trump should not have responded with, you know, the side by side photo. i think wives should be off limits. i think children ought to be off limits. it's hard enough for the candidates, but to inject the families, whether it's the wives or the kids or brothers and sisters, frankly having been in this arena for 26 years, i find this the most deplorable part of it. i think we all ought to say there are some things that we just don't do. there are certain places we just don't go. >> and it would seem families should be one of them. governor, donald trump, though, has changed the game. he uses social media and twitter. he's made this campaign much more c

donald trump tweeted the following on tuesday liein' ted cruz just used a picture of melania from a gq ad. he was upset from an ad backing cruz. it shows revealing images of former model melania trump from 16 years ago. cruz responded tweeting the us. donald, if you try to attack heidi, you're more of a coward #classless. >>> the world pays tribute to the attacks in belgium. ahead, landmarks in europe and also in america light up to honor the victims of the terror attacks. so i'm dabbling in new ventures. it was board-game night with the dalai lama. great guy. terrible player. go paperless i got the discounts that you need it's a balancing act, but i got to give the people what they want -- more box. any words for the critics? what can i say? critties gonna neg. [ applause ] the what?! [ laughs ] we give you relief from your cold & flu. you give them a case of the giggles. tylenol cold helps relieve your worst cold & flu symptoms... you can give them >>> here's a look at today's the country. >>> dry woodlands are posing a challenge for firefighters this morning in northwest oklahoma. t

and trump should not be retweeting ridiculous tweets like this. heidi cruz is a successful woman in her own right. melanias a successful woman in her own right. they are both independent, successful women. but, at the same time, to make this about oh it's just vulgarity or coarseness, i don't think that captures to what has happened in this country. >> certainly about immigration and trade. >> we will leave it there. that's it for the panel. very feisty tonight. donald trump's credit -- critics say is he all about hate with you up next what he has to say about love. get off the computer traitor! i won't. (cannon sound) i won't. some say "free the whales." for them, nothing else is acceptable. but nothing could be worse for the whales. most of the orcas at seaworld were born here. sending them into the wild wouldn't be noble. it could be fatal. when they freed keiko, the killer whale of movie fame, the effort was a failure and he perished. but we also understand that times have changed. today, people are concerned about the world's largest animals like never before. so we too must change. that's why the or

the caption says meet melania trump, your next first lady, or support cruz. donald trump tweeted be careful, lyin' ted or i'll spill the beans on your wife. yesterday, heidi cruz reacted. >> you probably know by now that most of the things that donald trump says have no basis in reality so we are not worried in our campaign. >> we are going to assert a standard because of the bringing in of wives of candidates is so unseemly. >> i agree with you. oh, i agree with you. i mean, i did -- i said, be careful otherwise i have to start talking about your situation. do i like doing that, no? should that have been done by him and he knew about it. >> late last night, trump retreated a picture of heidi cruz and melania, no need to spill the beans, the image is worth a thousand words. and it an neers the republican establishment is making prepation for the trump nomination with "the washington post" reporting that big donors will abandon the presidential race and focus on stemming losses in congress if trump is the nominee. three new polls show trump leading among primary voters. ahead 12 p

melania trump. you're seeing the tweet from donald trump where he said, "be careful, lying ted, where i will spill the." neil, i don't need you to respond to donald trump specifically but what does this say? i mean, this is a place that people hope that politics does not go. when you're taking on the spouses of candidates. what does this say about the state of the race, that donald trump does this? ted cruz did respond to it. he did engage and it's compelled heidi cruz to come out and speak to the media about it. >> well, first of all, one of the reasons my wife maria and i are enthusiastic backers of ted, we know a thing or two about great first ladies and heidi cruz would make a great first lady. secondly, i'm frustrated that this dialogue doesn't address critical issues. for constantly to be getting into the twitter world or reality tv world, for donald to continue to bring it down into the gutter the way he does is really discouraging. i'd like to talk about the math. people say he's got all of this momentum. well, there's no way that the people that are talking heads for donald trump can normaliz

the ad, featuring trump's wife melania, from a gq spread back in 2000. trump tweetingbeans on cruz's wife, heidi. trump retweeted this unflattering picture of heidi cruz side by side with melania. ted cruz firing back tweeting, quote: donald, real men don't attack women. your wife lovely, and heidi is the love of my life x. this is cruz yesterday weighing in herself with this reaction to trump. >> you probably know by now that most of the things that donald trump have no basis in reality, so we are not worried in the least. we're focusing on our campaign, and we are going to continue to do that. andrea: let's ask a woman on our couch who is the wife of a candidate. well, not right now but usually -- rachel: yeah, it's election year. andrea: you are the wife of a candidate. ray hell, bag -- rachel, weigh in on this back and forth. rhoderye ray kids, for sure, off limits. obviously, i want spouses to be off limits except i will admit my own hypocrisy when it come toss bill clinton. that said, i think that bill clinton brings up a good point, because i think what this is

nastier and more personal today after yesterday's fight over the naked picture of melania trump that a cruz super pac tweetedthis morning donald trump retweeted an extremely unflattering photo of heidi cruz next to a very good picture of melania trump. it was captioned "a picture is worth a thousand words." were is he now attacking heidi cruz? >> i don't necessarily agree with his response. i don't agree ever attacking anybody based superficially on what they look. we can have a good conversation on disagreement on policy but not necessarily how we were made. that being said, we have to remember that this fight did start maybe not necessarily ted cruz but an anti-trump super pac that ted cruz did not go to the extent of condemning. he could have drop a much stronger job saying not only do i not endorse the actions of this pac, please do not associate me with it. >> you're not defending donald trump's actions are you? >> on this i'm not. melania probably does not take a bad picture, the woman is gorgeous. >> i think heidi cruz is beautiful as well. everyone can take a bad picture. i've seen angles of myself a

cruz saying now that donald trump tweeting about this ad, and you made the great point earlier, a lot of people never even seen or heard of this ad. >> right. >> focused on melania trump until donald trump tweets it out to his millions of followers catapulting it into the headline. >> exactly. so cruz's point, the point that senator cruz is trying to make here in new york city, where we just heard from him and you carried it live a portion of it, is that donald trump is trying to essentially change the subject from his defeat in utah. of course anything that gives ted cruz an opportunity to pivot to talk about his victory in utah is a good thing. but cruz spoke about what this tweet sort of meant to him. he called it, in response to our questions, gutter politics, essentially. he made the point that his wife has been in these banking world for a while, she's used to being in rough and tumble discussions so she can handle it. you heard heidi cruz talk about it as well. for cruz, you're seeing him to paint trump as somebody who has character issues now. the fact he's continuing to go after his wife, cruz is trying to say that's a real problem, that should give vot

melania trump from a nearly nude photo shoot. all those pac has no apparent ties to the cruz damn campaign. trump responded by tweeting ted cruz just used a picture of melania prompting ted to respond with this. >> if donald wants to get in a character fight he better stick with me because heidi is way out of his league. kennedy: i will spill the beans on your wife. it sounds absolutely filthy. >> it does. but i don't think she has any beans. i don't think ted cruz has beans, i don't think his wife has beans. have you seen their home videos? they are good, they are pure, there are no skeletons in their clothes. she has no beans. kennedy: so melania has some skeletons in her clothes, really beautiful skeletons. >> my favorite part is donald trump deleted the tweet right after. it's like in a courtroom drama where one of the lawyers say something and the other one objects. >> he deleted it, but then he wrote with it again with lyin' ted in it. the first one didn't have lyin' ted. kennedy: the thing i like about stain gram is you can edit your post. with twitter you have to delete something and it makes you look like you

this donald trump tweet putting an image of ted cruz's wife next to melania trump.today, ted cruz lashing out. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >>> severe weather hitting right now. the hail, the dangerous winds. major highways shut down after a blizzard buries much of the country.

this donald trump tweet putting an image of ted cruz's wife next to melania trump. late today, ted cruz lashing out. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >>> severe weather hitting right now. the hail, the dangerous winds. major highways shut down after a blizzard buries much of the

trump has taken to twitter targeting mrs. cruz. this comes after a pro cruz super pac used an old nearly nude image of melania trum top bash the g.o.p. front runner. trump tweetedt comparing two women and cruz fired back. >> donald you are a coward, leave heidi the hell alone. >> trump continuing hammering cruz by releasing social media ads slamming cruz recent endorsements. cruz believe the trump nomination could cost the g.o.p. the presidential election. >>> on the democratic side, hillary clinton is promised to go mount an aggressive campaign across california. she said she will win over every voter in the state. this comes a day after the a rifle bernie sanders predicted wow claim the state of california. sanders proclaimed tonight that in the last week, his campaign has closed the gap with clinton, by about 25 delegates. >>> center city residents association held a pennsylvania second congressional district debate tonight, all of the candidates running for seat participated including incumbent chaka fattah. the cpr a is a non-profit volunteer veterans organization whose mission is to preserve, enhance, and celebrate, urban living. >>> new jersey's rate has

this donald trump tweet putting an image of ted cruz's wife next to melania trump. late today, ted cruz lashing out. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >>> severe weather hitting right now. the hail, the dangerous winds. major highways shut down after a blizzard buries much of the country. >>> grounded. the flight attendant under arrest, caught on surveillance. what she was allegedly bringing onto the passenger jet. >>> and we remember an american comedian and actor tonight who made so many of us laugh. >>> good evening, as we come on the air tonight, several breaking developments, after the terror attacks here in brussels. we have just learned that u.s. authorities now believe they know that mystery suspect in that airport surveillance, the man at the center of an urgent international hunt. our justice team, standing by with that tonight. but this evening, investigators here also revealing something else. a possible nuclear plot. we have new reporting tonight on two of the bombing suspects, two brothers, authorities say they were s

: it all started earlier this week when trump blamed cruz for a superpac ad that featured a nude photo of his wife, melania, from her modeling days. trump tweeted, be careful lyin' ted, or i'll spill the beans on your wife. trump later retweeted a photo of their wives side by side. he captioned this photo, the images are worth 1,000 words. questions about trump's attitudes toward women have dogged him throughout the campaign. this anti-trump ad features women repeating things donald trump has actually said. >> bimbo. >> dog. >> fat pig. >> reporter: and in the latest abc news/"washington post" poll, a whopping 74% of women say they have an unfavorable view of trump. a gender gap that could cripple him in a general election battle. with hillary clinton. the fight comes at a crucial moment in the primary campaign. with trump still battling cruz to lock up enough delegates to win the gop nomination before the convention. cruz has repeatedly said he'd support trump if trump wins the nomination. but he's not saying that anymore. >> i don't make a habit out of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my family. >> and donald trump joins me on