you know what is interesting, mike leavitt had a lot of inch -- influence on this. said what if we put it out there and things don't work as they should? he says, let me tell you something. the people of utah, the people of ohio, have a better chance of getting their hands around the ears of their state representatives, senators, and governor, then a chance of airing their grievances at the federal level. he is exactly right, and we will learn from one another. we will shift power, and mike, you're absolutely right. we will not hesitate to get that done with a plan that will be presented to the congress in the first 100 days. [applause] thank you. [applause] you must be having a lot of boring times, because you are so charged up this morning. [laughter] but thank you. let me go to you. i am the only one who wants to take lots of questions from the folks, and now's your chance to say whatever you want. i have done a lot of town hall meetings, and they have all been pretty good. so let's not blow this one. [laughter] >> you have spoken several times about the lord and

mike leavitt through his support behind john kasich. president obama told a group of democratic donors that the party must unite behind hillary clinton. no response from the trump campaign on the letter that was sent to eric trump's building. statement on that hacking incident that law enforcement authorities are seeking the arrest of those responsible. that is the latest from outside numb 100 central park south. juliet: moving on, american airlines flight from north carolina was forced to make an emergency landing after being struck by lightning. it was supposed to land at laguardia when it was hit at 6:00 pm. passengers described a big bang, flash of light and explosion here is the audio from the pilot and control tower. >> don't do that again. it was pretty bad. let's land at jfk. juliet: sounds so cool. jfk. passengers, four crewmembers. it landed safely, no injuries investigating. ben: a student brought a loaded gun to class in jamaica, queens. school officials found the gun in a schoolbag after a fellow student turned him in, that

he has the support of another member of the establishment there, mike leavitt.here is no doubt that, if cruz has a great night tomorrow, it could change the race. it puts them in a commanding position vis-a-vis kasich. when it comes to the anti-trump arsenal, new fundraising numbers show that the outside group devoted to stopping trump's march to the nomination race at a decent $4.8 million. another group spending big raised $4 billion in the same month, four times as much as they raced in january. there are other avenues you could give to stop trump, including supporting case against cruz. -- supporting kasich and cruz. if you are a lovely person and you want to give money to stop trump, where's the best place? al: you and me, because nothing has worked so far. mark: [laughter] al: they have to have a message. you and john made this point. it ad hoc,just doing that is one of the reason it hasn't worked, and they have to have more consistence -- mark: to me, the cruz super pac is the best place to put the money. in terms of pure political strategy, it has to be

kasich was introduced by former 11-year governor mike leavitt who served as president bush's secretary of health and huh machine services. leavitt believes there will be a contested convention in cleveland, something he told the crowd has happened 10 times before and the person leading the delegate count, he reminded nomination three times. >> there is a reason. there is a reason that john kasich plays such a vital role. and it is that this party needs to elect a president, this party needs a candidate what can, in fact, and will in fact beat hillary clinton and become the next presidents of the united states. >> reporter: kasich, though, handed a blow abutted an hour ago as mitt romney, who started the weak campaigning for kasich in ohio, sleaze caucus in utah for ted cruz. if cruz can get 50% of the utah vote he would pick up 10% of the state's 40 delegates. john kosich, newschannel5. >> we call him the political guru. thanks a bunch john. >>> turning now to the republican front runner, danita harris we are learning the movement to deny donald trump the nomination is gang momentum. >

you know what is interesting, mike leavitt had a lot of inch -- influence on this. i said what if we put it out there and things don't work as they should? he says, let me tell you something. the people of utah, the people of ohio, have a better chance of getting their hands around the ears of their state representatives, senators, and governor, then a chance of airing their grievances at the federal level. he is exactly right, and we will learn from one another. we will shift power, and mike, you're absolutely right. we will not hesitate to get that done with a plan that will be presented to the congress in the first 100 days. [applause] thank you.

mike leavitt out here in utah. i mean, these are people who are very skilled and very experienced, and they believe that we just ought to keep going along, as i do, and get to the convention and then, you know, conventions are cool things. we're going to learn a lot when we get there. >> just to put a button on this, governor, there are no conversations -- you're not interested in any conversations to coordinate with ted cruz since there's only three people in the race to try to keep the guy who's got by far the most delegates, donald trump, from getting even more? >> look, we always talk -- dana, you know that -- if somebody wants to call and discuss things, but you've got to understand that this is sort of a mission for all of us. and it's not just me. it's the team. we had people from 22 states who were working phone banks in the state of ohio. these are people who believe that america can be better and that america can be really terrific. and that people can have better wages and better jobs. i mean, if somebod

kasich enannouncing endorsement of former three-term governor mike leavitt who served as head of environmentalxample how kasich is so different in this contest. i don't either donald trump or ted cruz would rush to push out a press release being endorsed by someone who used to head the environmental protection agency. bill: nice green, my friend. >> it is. bill: hardly. martha: so, donald trump has we've been saying bowing out of the next republican debate forcing that event to be canceled essentially. trump saying candidates have enough debates. he plans to make a speech that night as james talked about at aipac. governor kasich refused to show up without trump and senator cruz is now mocking donald trump. >> he is scared to debate and, you know he just, he looks down on voters. he thinks they're gullible and believe whatever he is saying. i will be in d.c. for aipac as well. since donald is running from debate i'm happy to debate him there. martha: bret baier anchoring special report and moderates the debates for fox news channel. bret, good morning to you. >> good morning, martha. happy st.

and you know it's interesting, because mike leavitt had a lot of influence on me on this and i said, if we send it out there, things don't work the way they should? he said, welsh let me tell you something, governor, the people of utah, the people of ohio, have a better chance of getting their hands around the ears of their state representatives, state senators and governor than they are to be able to address their grievance as the federal level and he's exactly right. we will learn from one another. and that is the beginning of shifting power out of that town and, mike, you're absolutely right. and we will not hesitate to get that done with the plan that will be presented to the congress in the first 100 days. okay? [ applause ] thank you. thank you. i'll tell you what, you must be having a lot of boring times out here. you're so charged up this morning. so thank you. okay. so let me go to you. you know, i'm the only one that really wants to take lots of questions from the folks, and now's you're chance to say whatever you want. i've done a lot of town hall meetings, ma'am, and they'

you know what is interesting, mike leavitt had a lot of inch -- influence on this. i said what if we put it out there and things don't work as they should? he says, let me tell you something. the people of utah, the people of ohio, have a better chance of getting their hands around the ears of their state representatives, senators, and governor, then a chance of airing their grievances at the federal level. he is exactly right, and we will learn from one another. we will shift power, and mike, you're absolutely right. we will not hesitate to get that done with a plan that will be presented to the congress in the first 100 days. [applause] thank you. [applause] you must be having a lot of boring times, because you are so charged up this morning. [laughter] but thank you. let me go to you. i am the only one who wants to take lots of questions from the folks, and now's your chance to say whatever you want. i have done a lot of town hall meetings, and they have all been pretty good. so let's not blow this one. [laughter] >> you have spoken several times about the lord a