mr. ted was called a wacko bird and it made him very proud. >> i'm a very, very proud wacko bird. >> he dreamed of changing the world. >> take over the world. control everything, rich, powerful. >> so he ran for office and made some ads. >> looked at the candidates. ted cruz is my man. >> sometimes he makes us laugh. >> could you, would you, with a goat? >> and sometimes he tries to scare us. >> mike lee, i am your father. >> but in this story mr. ted wants to bring us hope. for over a decade. >> and in this story he wants to bring us hope. >> i'm here tonight with a word of hope and encouragement. >> so he delivered a message about the world. mr. ted said the world -- >> what did he say? >> the whole world is stronger? the world is on fire. your world is on fire. >> he said the world is a beautiful place and he loves kids very much. >> and do kids love him? >> are you kidding? >> ouch. >> yeah, and so he gave his mommy a hug and set out to change the world. i love you, mom. >> love you too,

trump's nasty new jab at mrs. ted cruz. >> and how megyn kelly just jumped in the middle, now on "extra." >>> donald trump mocking heidi cruz's looks. his below the belt new twitter attack on ted cruz's wife, and how megyn kelly is blasting him back. >>> then, bill o'reilly on his bromance with the donald. >> of course, i always buy because he never has any money. >> we've got o'reilly's

trump's nasty new jab at mrs. tedz. >> and how megyn kelly just jumped in the middle, now on "extra." >>> donald trump mocking heidi cruz's looks.. his below the belt new twitter attack on ted cruz's wife, and how megyn kelly is blasting him back. >>> then, bill o'reilly on his bromance with the donald. >> of course, i always buy because he never has any money. >> we've got o'reilly's candidate scorecard. >> if trump was to offer you a cabinet position, would you take it? >>> two new celebrity baby >>> the surprise and sudden death in comedian garry shandling. "extra" with the latest details. >> celebrity baby rumor. ellen grills jessica biel about a timberlake baby number two. >> i read that you're pregnant. >>> then, mario's under the spell of the new wonder woman, going back to her beauty pageant days. >> you were ms. israel, but at the same time, served in the israeli military. >>> then, the daytime emmy nominations are in and look who's on the list. >> "extra." >>> plus, captain america himself chris evans makes

mr. edwards: ted cruz won wonhoma -- amy: ted cruz oklahoma. mr. edwards: yes, he did. like ted cruz at all, but i'm glad he stopped donald trump. amy: what do you object most to about ted cruz? mr. edwards: there are 320 million americans. we are very diverse. the only way you can govern a country like this is through compromise, through being able to sit down together, nobody gets all that they want. he doesn't believe in compromise. this is my plan, this is what we are going to do. that is what people like bob dole and other members of congress would rather even have trump then ted cruz because they think they can deal with trump, they can't deal with ted cruz. he is like a block of concrete. amy: if donald trump got the republican nomination, would you vote for him? mr. edwards: never. amy: who would you vote for? mr. edwards: at that point, my choices would be to not vote at all or to vote for the democratic candidate, if i thought not voting at all would increase the chances of trump winning. you come from the state of woodie guthrie. mr. edwards: i do. although i

even seeing mr. ted cruz -- says the same thing, he's already given up. >> you won't be able to find a republican who will tell you that in 1976 the republican party did the right thing by giving the nomination to the guy who had the most delegates. they will tell you that was a mistake. it should have gone to the guy who came in second, it should have gone to reagan and there never would have been a carter presidency. >> when we come back, we have more ahead. >>> coming up on 18 after the hour, among the races we are watching, the republican primary in missouri. it could yet take some time before we know with 99% plus of the vote in, a difference of 2,000 who is going to come on top in this one. steve is at the big board. he's looking at these numbers. >> we have some interesting exit poll findings on the question will republicans rally around donald trump if he's the nominee, would they sit it out? we asked that question today across all five states that voted, that's what you're seeing here republican

so even saying mr. ted cruz who wants to be -- always says the same thing -- >> you won't be able to find a republican who will tell you that in 1976, the republican party did the right thing by giving the nomination to the guy who had the most delegates. they will all tell you that was a mistake, it should have gone to the guy who came in second. it should have gone to ronald reagan and there would have never been a carter presidency. all republicans believe that. >>> another break for us. when we come back, hue hewitt joins in on the conversation. that and more ahead. >>> welcome back. coming up on 18 after the hour. among the races, we are watching the republican primary in missouri. it could get take some time before we know with 99 plus percent of the vote in, a difference of 2,000, who's going to come out on top in this one. steve kornacki is at the big board, looking at these same numbers. >> we have interesting exit poll numbers, will republicans rally around donald trump if he's their nominee, woul

ted cruz and how he's taking that. what possible motive could trump have other than insulting mrs. cruz's looks? , ted cruz, a pac that supports ted cruz launched those negative attack ads going after donald trump's wife so he has every right to defend himself and push back against that type of personal attack upon the trump family. you know, i disagree with some of the comments that ted cruz made. he said that donald trump is afraid of strong women. that's absurd. in the trump organization, donald trump has nurtured and grown so many women to the executive level within his organization, he certainly is not afraid of strong women. his wife is a strong woman. so many women who work on his campaign, in his companies, so that is just completely false. >> s.e., i've got to bring you in here because you were having a hard time not talking. your response. >> a for effort to adriana for attempting to spin this into something that it isn't. there's really no way to defend slamming a candidate's wife just on her looks. i happen to believe that spouses are not off limits. i thought it was appropriate to ta

trump's nasty new jab at mrs. tedruz. >> and how megyn kelly just jumped in the middle, now on "extra." >>> donald trump mocking heidi cruz's looks. his below the belt new twitter attack on ted cruz's wife, and how megyn kelly is blasting him back. >>> then, bill o'reilly on his bromance with the donald. >> of course, i always buy because he never has any money. >> we've got o'reilly's candidate scorecard. >> if trump was to offer you a cabinet position, would you take it? >>> the surprise and sudden death of comed

. >> what would he go after mrs. ted cruz about. there were also the loans that ted cruz one place he reported, one place he neglected to. is there anything else? >> sure. >> what is trump going to do? >> well, there is a suggestion -- cruz is right. that wasn't from cruz's campaign. >> that was a super pac. >> that was a super pac. >> that supports him. >> well, again, to try to stop trump. but, essentially one of the people behind it liz maher who used to work for scott walker said trump had been going around telling the story about heidi cruz's days. she suffered from a severe bought of depression -- bout of depression when they moved to texas. >> dirty. >> sad incidence. reported by buzz feed. in my personal opinion it's not the sort of thing fodder. >> it's painful. personal even for this kind of campaign. >> agreed. >> how does it resonate? is her -- i mean, where -- where is fair game with the wives and where is not? >> well, i think, you know, both have been campaigning in a sort for their husbands. i think perhaps records or

donald trump makes an ominous threat to spill the beans on mrs. ted cruz after an ad shows mrs. trump leaving little to the imagination. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake today. breaking news in our world lead. a major development in the brussels terror attacks. the man suspected of building the bombs that tore through paris in november and brussels yesterday, he may in fact be dead. cnn has learned that najim laachraoui is believed to have been one of the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at the brussels airport killing at least ten people, injuring dozens more. this comes as the search is intensifying for this unidentified third terror suspect who failed to detonate his suitcase bomb inside the airport terminal. cnn has people on the ground in the belgium capital. let's start with the development over the last few minutes, word from belgian officials that laachraoui, the bomb maker, may be dead. >> reporter: belgian and french officials are telling cnn that they believe najim laachraoui, the man implicated in building the bombs that were detonated

. >> we need to go to mr. ted deutsche of florida. >> -- it's not -- the point i'm trying to make is it doesn't lend itself to just a one judgment. this is more complicated and for better or worse more nuanced th than some of these conclusions allow for. >> mr. ted deutsche of florida. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, thanks for being here. thanks for your service to our country. mr. secretary, i had the pleasure this morning of spending some time with ami amir hekmati. it's wonderful to see and am thrilled for the families, but i want to urge you to continue to press with the utmost, greatest sense of commitment and urgency to bring bob home to his family. i'm grateful for you're raising this issue. i just urge you in the strongest way to really continue to push. i'd like to talk about the iran agreement. without making judgments about whether it's the greatest achievement ever or the worst thing that's ever been done, i think it's -- this is a 15-year term, five months since it was signed, w

mr. perkins, you are supporting ted cruz. to what extent what a donald trump nomination be disappointment to you personally, and those who may have not been enamored with john inain in 2008 or mitt romney 2012, who seemingly found their guy this time around in ted cruz? mr. perkins: first of all, the support i have made it is a personal endorsement. it is not any of the nonprofit organizations that i laid. look, -- lead. look, i share some of the frustrations that many evangelicals and many americans have with the political class in this country. i like some of the things donald trump is saying. i agree with the things -- some of the things he says. i do not agree with his policy prescriptions. i think he is identified the problem. i do not think he has the public -- the solution. as i have sat down with all the candidates -- with the exception of john kasich and governor christie -- all the other candidates i've stalked to, and most of them i know pretty well. it was a difficult decision to come to. i saw ted cruz, and his t

mr. trump: a rubio, 16%. ted cruz, 15%. 10% and john kasich, 6%. we are at 49%, can you believe it? [applause] mr. trump: we got the endorsement of senator sessions. and we have sarah palin and so many incredible people. junior.lwell we are winning every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] trump: we are winning with a little less than highly educated , which is ok. and we're winning with the veterans. we're winning with the military. >> we are mourning with everybody. are winning with everybody. it has been so much fun. i have a special treat. i love nascar. do we love nascar? an endorsement a little while ago and my son is very friendly with the folks and nascar. how good is brian france? and honestly, brian france, there's no one like this man. and the family is so incredible. some of the nascar folks came over here because they are endorsing donald trump. can you believe it? [applause] if the people that like and watch nascar vote for d

jeff: i want to introduce you to ted, also known as mr. fish. how ted: how are you? jeff: who is mr. fish? ted: uh, some crazy round guy, short, going around the world and teaching people how to process, export beautiful fish. jeff: tuna loin is what i' mcause i got a tuna tartare happening here.

mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of washington county commissioner, ted berth, who passed away last week. mr. emmer: ted was leekted to the county board in 2012 and re-elected in 2014 representing washington county's second district. however, ted's long record of public service began more than 40 years ago when he was elected to the oakdale city council in 1974. ted spent an inimpressive 26 years of service as a city councilmember and mayor. his commitment to minnesota and his community goes well beyond elected office. as a marine corps veteran, he was also involved in the oakdale veterans' memorial committee. he was a beloved member of our commute and dedicated public servant. despite his declining health, he stayed involved and in touch with county staffers and fellow commissioners. ted was known for his strong leadership and ability to forge lasting connections. i wish ted's family peace during this siff time and assure them that he will be greatly missed by many minnesotaans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek

mr. fish? ted: uh, some crazy round guy, short, going around the world and teaching people how to process, export beautiful fish. jeff: tuna loin is what i'm gonna need today 'cause i got a tuna tartare happening here. take us to fish school here. how many loins will we get out of here?

ted cruz. >> well, i mean that's the obvious rhetoric you would play if you wanted to be the winner of the primary. i'm sure marco would like mrump and ted cruz to get out and he can go right to the convention. it's the typical tactics no one else can win. i've had it said about me. i had it said back in 2014 race when i won the senate. we have a process in place where you have to get 1237 delegates. if you don't get that. we have another process in place in a contested convention. this back room deal rhetoric is just that, it's rhetoric. we go the convention. cast delegates. and then the majority of the convention will choose. if the majority of the voters before the convention can't make up their mind and that's what we're seeing right now. >> has this backlash from the establishment actually helped trump? >> well, i think that donald trump -- one thing i'll give him credit for is engaging people who haven't gotten involved in primaries. i don't know it's so much of a backlash. it's more a reaction to the rhetoric i hope settles down so we can get a substantive discussion. >> senator, thanks so much for joining us. we so app

so, with that, i like to introduce to you mr. tedmpbell from the industrial health and safety engineer contract consultant from the usps office of sustainability. thank you. >> president omotalade thank you. >> testifier: good afternoon commission. later he said my name is ted campbell. i'm the person that got sent out by the office of sustainability to assist and work with the dept. of the environment and the local postal officials are trying to straighten out the problems that we have with our waste disposal recycling composting. a lot of that stuff was due to the postal service. the office of sustainability has a program called the pressure recycling operations, and that is my primary focus. what that is, we are standardizing our recycling and our waste, how we handle waste throughout the postal service nationwide. there's a lot of reasons for that. as san francisco already knows, there's for a business there's money to be saved. it's a bottom-line issue in a lot of cases. we're really are taking the recyclable zeroes out of the w

mr. trump. ted cruz always surprises people for some reason. mr. kasich will perhaps come in second.it will reassert the fact that the establishment is not in control and i'm happy about that. lou: you heard this bulletin by the establishment, you are not in control. >> they have never really been in control. look at the losses. lou: they were in control of those losses. >> it's a delegate game. we are still in the proportional state. ted cruz will continue to rack up delegates. and john case up might rack up some, too. but going into next tuesday, you will have the leader accelerated. trump and cruz will be on glide paths. >> trump has been hit by mitt romney. it's a jihad romney is on. it's an appalling display of pettiness and sour grapes in my opinion. how in the world do you expect trump to hold up to it? he's been hit by rubio and cruz. he quarter is firing on hip. >> we are talking about a first-time politician who has not run for anything before, has not been through the crucible of politic. he has taken an unprecedent the pounding from all side, the media, the gop, the left,

mr. trump. ted cruz fighting to hold off donald trump in texas and prevent a trump sweep. he's just cast his ballot a few hours ago with his family. cruz admits, it will be all she wrote if he loses the lone star state. >> i believe we're going to do have very, very well in texas. it's up to texas to make their decision. there's no doubt any candidate who cannot win his home state has real problems. i believe we will do well here in texas. >> sunlen serfaty is live for us at cruz campaign headquarters in houston. how confident is cruz that texas will go his way? >> reporter: well, he's very confident, jake. the cruz campaign is predicting in texas they will have a good night tonight but aware, of course, of the stakes. if he loses here in his home state of texas, that would essentially cut off his path forward to the nomination. that's why we've seen in final hours and final days here in texas, really senator cruz leaving absolutely nothing to chance. he has been campaigning incredibly hard in his home state. he's in the state 4 out of the last 7 days, holding a flurry of

mr. trump: outlying ted cruz, 15% will stop good guide ben carson 10%, and kasich 6%. 49%.e are at can you believe it? we got the endorsement yesterday of a senator. incredible. and we have sarah palin. so many incredible people. , jerry, i will tell you falwell, junior. we are winning at every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] right? we are winning with a little less the and highly educated. which is ok. i love you. and we are winning with the veterans. i love the veterans. we are winning with the military. in other words, we are winning with everybody. to thank want everybody. who would've known this was going to happen? so, i have a special treat. i love nascar. do we love nascar? i love it. so we had an endorsement a , little while ago and my son is very friendly with the folks over at nascar. especially brian. how good is brian? is this guy a winner? and the family is so incredible. some of the nascar folks came over here because they are

mr. trump announced. for ted cruz his leadership has to come through in getting mr. rubio to understand this and getting in romney to understand they have got to do it on the ground. charles: how does cruz go beyond the core conservative base? where i his appeal to a broader audience? how does a ted cruz win over the same people donald trump is winning over? >> you heard it begin in new hampshire. when rand paul dropped out, he's a constitutional list. he's tea party. this is about a conservative ideal. that's the message that has to be moving at this point forward that all of us understand and embrace. we can have revolution and it can be velvet and strong. >> trump has confounded everyone. everyone said he wouldn't be this far. i think he will continue to confound these people and this is done. >> i'm sorry, i'm going to tell you something else. ted cruz has to make the case he can win a general arecollection. >> the democrats have a 30% decrease in turnout. the republicans even without mr. trump will have at least a 20% increase. >> i think you are being extremely

donald trump makes an ominous threat to spill the beans on mrs. ted cruz after an ad shows mrs.o the imagination.

. >> mr. ted deutsche of florida. >> thank you for being here.appreciate your service to our country. this morning i had time to spend with amir armaday. and it is wonderful to see amir and i'm thrilled for the families but i want to urge you to continue to press with the utmost greatest sense of commitment and urgency to bring bob home to his family. i'm grateful for you to push this issue. i would like to talk about the iran agreement. without making judgments about whether it is the greatest or worst thing ever done, i think this is a 15-year term and we are five months since it was signed. we just had implementation day. a lot of us, whatever side we're on before, want to see this succeed. so i want to focus specifically on the snap back provisions which had come up earlier. the international sanctions, the tests of the ballistic missiles by iran, clearly violate resolution and advanced power took this to security council. and security council kicked it to the sanctions as i understand it and if this is a clear violation and can't be sanction

zeldin: at this time i'd like to recognize mr. ted poe who is well-respected in this chamber for not just his straight talk and his intellect, someone who is a fierce champion of american security, of our constitution, but it's obvious he has a soft spot in his heart for the importance of honoring those in our lives and in our country who have come before us and serve today to make this place extra special. and i yield such time as he may consume to mr. poe. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman from new york, and it's an honor to be here to, as you say, recognize the people that have influenced our life and, of course, we're talking about the women that have influenced our lives to help us be what we turned out to be. and i want to talk specifically about some specific texas women who i consider rare breed. they are tenacious, strong-willed, nurturing and also kind. one of those is my mother. my mom and dad, i'm blessed they're both alive. they're 90 years of age. my mom was a red cross volunteer during world war ii, and she met my dad. he

mr. trump. ted cruz saying, quote, romney made a strong case why trump shouldn't be the nominee. we are glad more people are speaking the truth about the disaster that trump would be as our candidate. marco rubio's campaign put out a statement saying, quote, great to see mitt romney help explosion donald trump for being a con artist and fraud. john kasich argue with himself over romney's comments. well said, mitt romney. he signed the tweet, john. an hour later, kasich told reporters that he hadn't had a chance to see what romney said today and then said this -- >> i already told mitt i don't think you beat trump by personal attacks. the guy in chick api is not interested in name calling. >> guessing, staffer took over the kasich account and got a bit over the skis, i believe they call. we'll talk with the kasich campaign in a moment and ask about that. chris christie, though, held a press conference in new jersey, where lo and behold, he came to trump's defense against romney. >> i have great respect for governor romney and i'm sure there's others in the race who wish he would m

mr. trump: ted cruz is interesting. he is always saying i am the only one that can beat donald trump. you have to vote for donald trump and going to be miserable. you have to vote for me. the only onee is that can beat donald trump. i've heard it so many times, but he never beats me. take a look. meaning he rarely beats me. the fact is that we are going to do well. ted cruz is going to have a hard time with certain states. one of the things we do is we get up new york. i'm going to do great. we get to new jersey, i'm going to do great. chris christie is here someplace. i watched what chris christie did to marco. great prosecutor. and really, when he came and called he said i have seen it, it is amazing thing. many people have called it a movement. covers on time magazine. part of the movement is what i said before. the people want to be involved. when chris called and sarah palin called, and jerry falwell junior called, when joe arpaio called, and you know when joe arpaio of arizona calls, the that donald trump is tough on the border. i don't want to be tough but we are going to be fa

mr. trump. >> i listen and i watch ted on television when he speaks. he's always saying i'm the only one what beat donald? six contests and i beat him. but i beat him in 13 contests. he never mentions that. and another little minor fact. i have about 1,600,000 votes during this primary season, more votes than ted. the other thing is i beat hillary and i will give you the list, i beat hillary in many of the polls that have been taken and each week i get better and better. and believe me, i haven't even started on her yet. >> senator rubio. >> let me tell you what this election is about for me and i get all the delegate math and debate. on tuesday night i didn't do as well obviously as i wanted to and i was a little bit disappointed when i got home. and my wife told me a story that night, which is the reason why i can get up the next day and keep fighting. there's a gentleman here in south florida who just got out of surgery. his doctors told him he needs to be home resting. every day he sits outside of a polling centers and holds a sign that says "marco

mr. trump. it is about america. >> why not senator ted cruz? >> because i feel that mr. rump is willing to do what needs to be done to break the stranglehold of the special interest groups and the political class. >> are there any remaining hard feelings toward senator ted cruz with what happened in iowa? >> i have forgiven him, that is a that is a duty one has is a christian. >> you said god has led you to the most important decision, did god lead you to donald trump? >> i prayed about it a lot. i got a lot of indications, people calling me that i had not talked to prolonged time saying i had i had this dream about you and donald trump, just amazing thing, but i also tend to think the way god speaks to us by giving you wisdom. that wisdom says to me, that if we allow this to disrupt at the will of the people to be successful, it it will fracture the party in an irreparable way. that will hand the election to people who i personally believe will destroy our country. the reason i say that is because, hillary clinton was a great friend of saul lewinsky, she was on a first n

i agree with ted on that. >> [inaudible] mr. trump: here is the story. i would love it to be at a high level. i will be the most presidential candidate in history other than honest abe lincoln. he was very tough to beat. you look at abe lincoln, he was serious, right? but when i get attacked by these people at a low level, i have to attack back. i can't stand there. some people say you are above it. i will never do that for our country, either. [applause] mr. trump: yes, go ahead. >> [inaudible] mr. trump: i am totally denouncing -- any hate group, no good with donald trump. any hate group. but if you are telling me, i will believe it. i totally denounce, ok? >> [inaudible] mr. trump: bullying? yeah? >> [inaudible] mr. trump: i will help the party fundraiser, yes. i am not looking for funds for myself. i am totally self funding my campaign, but i will absolutely help the camp -- the party fundraiser. i don't want any money for myself. go ahead. >> [inaudible] mr. trump: no, i'm not. i think we will win before the convention. i think we will win before. i

mr. trump 661, ted cruz 406.ubio 169, john kasich 142. 1237 delegates are need tof÷ do win the nomination. right now donald trump has about 2 million more votes than ted cruz, so pardon the pun, mr. trump is cruising. delegates are concerned many will support him in the first round of convention voting this summer even though he has dropped out. after that, they can goat where they want. at this point it is a two man race between trump and cruz but kasich is in a spoiler position and some see him as a potential vice presidential choice because yesterday. on the democrat>uhñ side, it's all over. hillary clinton sweeping all five states last night. she has 1132 delegates. bernie sanders 818. 2383 delegates are need to do win the democrat nomination. talking points believes it is all over because california, new york, those big states are clinton territory. next tuesday, on the g.o.p. side, arizona with 58 delegates and' winner-take-all situation will vote. also utah and american samoa way out in the pacific ocean.

mr. trump. right now, you need 1,237 delegates. right now, ted cruz is the best alternative to mr. trump in terms of denying him. >> reporter: part of that is helping senator cruz raise money. graham is slated to head a fund-raiser monday in washington, d.c. fund raising more essential now the primary has a potential to last longer. >> thank you, sunlen. bernie sanders returns to the campaign trail hours after conceding missouri to hillary clinton. sanders makes stops in idaho and arizona today. despite trailing clinton, the senator still sees a path to the nomination. more from jeff zeleny. >> reporter: john and christine, as many democrats are trying to turn the corner to donald trump, bernie sanders is trying to remind folks the primary fight is still alive. he is campaigning aggressively in arizona. the next primary state in four days. he campaigned there last night. >> we're going to have elections not only here, but in utah and idaho and we're heading further in a couple months to california and washington state, on to oregon. we think that the climate is a little bit friendl

ted cruz. >> well, i mean that's the obvious rhetoric you would play if you wanted to be the winner of the primary. i'm sure marco would like mrtrump and ted cruz to get out and he can go right to the convention. it's the typical tactics no one else can win. i've had it said about me. i had it said back in 2014 race when i won the senate. we have a process in place where you have to get 1237 delegates. if you don't get that. we have another process in place in a contested convention. this back room door rhetoric is just that, it's rhetoric. we go the convention. cast delegates. and then the majority of the convention will choose. if the majority of the voters before the convention can't make up their mine and that's what we're seeing right now. >> has this backlash from the establishment actually helped trump? >> well, i think that donald trump -- one thing i'll give him credit for is engaging people who haven't gotten involved in primaries. i don't know it's so much of a backlash. it's more a reaction to the rhetoric i hope settles down so we can get a substantive discussion. >> senator, thanks so much for joining us. we so a

mr. trump. right now, you need 1,237 to become the nominee. i think ted cruz is the best alternative to mr. denying him 1,237. >> reporter: part of that is helping cruz raise money. graham is slated to hold a fund-raiser for him in washington, d.c. this is more essential now the primary is lasting longer. john and christine. >> thank you. a lot of republicans have been hoping for a convention hero to swoop in and take the nomination from donald trump. the house speaker was a featured guest yesterday in palm beach, florida. he insists he is not among the combatants. >> this is likely an open convention than we thought before. we are getting our minds around this reality. those involved in the convention need to respect that. it is not going to be me. people are campaigning and canvassing and caucuses and primaries. that is whom we should select. >> the guy who used to have his job, he wants him to do that job. ryan spotted last night having dinner at a french restaurant in palm beach along with the republican party's biggest donors. >> put president down on the list of jobs that ryan is not

i favor ted cruz. i think mr. cruz would be a fine president. >> if donald trump wins the nomination, would you fully support him? >> i would. >> what has you favoring ted cruz over trump. >> i'm a strong christian and i agree with his issues on many issues. he has a backbone of steal in my opinion and i'll -- steel in my opinion and i'll tell you why, anyone who will go to the floor of the senate and call mitch mixer cc onnell a liar, which he is, i have incredible respect for anyone who does that. this year, do you have a horse? >> i don't have a horse. as the chairman of the intelligence committee i made a decision to endorse somebody that would give a stamp of approval they're the best person on national security. i didn't want to do is that. i had four colleagues and most of them friends. this is the voters choice to pick and it's good for our country and the future. that's how it's playing out. i'm gonna support whoever the nominee is and i think as we see voter enthusiasm turnout, the numbers, it really does

mr. lott: john calhoun. the great compromiser. i do not trust clay. he is a schemer. but by god, i love him. charlie: is that the way you felt about ted kennedy? mr. lott: that is true. i worked with him on a bill one time, a health bill. he wrote me a nice letter. i wrote him a letter back saying, i enjoyed working with you. ps -- if the world only knew. i did not know it, but he framed it. charlie: he showed it to me. mr. lott: when we spoke at the dedication of the kennedy institute, i said, i did not want the world to know. charlie: and certainly your fellow republicans. mr. lott: i was admonished after a speech in mississippi. i worked with kennedy on the issue. a guy came up afterward and said, you did fine, but that part about kennedy? do not say that anymore. charlie: why has president obama less successful than he wished in trying to build a relationship with speaker boehner? mr. daschle: at his core, he has long felt there is nothing he could do that could work. he had mitch mcconnell who, on basically on the first day said, my only job is to make sure he is a one term president. the president might say today, i wish i had done more. the

mr. chairman. marco, your man has not won anything today. why do you think that is? >> well, hillary has been a -- it has been -- i think tederperformed and mr. trump under performed a little. but it was a good night for ted cruz. >> okay. and you know, donald, you know, if you say under performed he took a beating this week. every week, it's the polls, it's mitt romney. you know, the two of them coming at him. do you see donald trump winning florida? >> well, i'll tell you now, i know everyone keeps on referencing the last poll, but i have seen polls here that show the race -- >> hang on just a second. 49, 44, 28. 44 donald trump, 28 marco rubio. sorry. go ahead. >> when i was saying is that that poll was done about ten days ago. i have seen a couple polls that have come out since that showed the race tightening a lot. one poll had mr. trump up by seven, another, up by five. we see the race tightening. we think marco is going to be very competitive. >> in terms of the party establishment, your candidate is? >> we say the republican party of florida stays neutral. our job is making sure we have inpra structure and ready to

mr. obama is cruz's best ally. if tedz were fighting with us to stop it, instead of fighting with obama to get conservative opposition. that changed the course of american history. millions of jobs are threatened including wisconsin's jobs because of ted cruz's reckless support for the obama trade agreement. ashley: ted cruz, this is name calling and i hate to further it. he called donald trump a sniveling coward. this has no place in the campaign, would you agree? >> i think that mr. cruz's comment is deeply unfortunate, but one of the reasons why i'm so glad to be on your program right now is we get to talk about what really is at stake in this race? we've just seen in belgium one of the most horrifying terrorist attacks that any of us could possibly imagine. mr. trump has been clear that if he is president, we will pause the migration programs to do a full and complete security assessment. ted cruz in 2013 pushed an amendment to double muslim immigration. so again, ted cruz is the candidate of offshoring and the candid

and they get it in ted cruz. >> mr. attorney general, we thank you for talking to us.the way, guam, he picked up nine delegates. >> yeah, hey. >> you get bit by bit bite and maybe you'll get there. >> i won a state senate race in recount by 101 votes. do you know what they call you when you win by 101 votes? senator. >> maybe president we'll see. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> of course. >>> okay. and we move on as israel's prime minister is calling on the world power to take immediate action against iran. the latest provocation from tehran has has israel up in arms. the boston fire department filing two lawsuits, two years after this horrible fire here that killed two of its own. what the department is saying is to blame for the tragedy and do they have a case? . at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like social media equals anti-social. hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancÉe, denise. hey. good to meet you dennis. thank you. imagine if the things you bought every day... ...earned you miles to get to the places you re

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mr. trump, behind ted cruz. absolutely. so yeah. if i were ted cruz or donald trump and i would have the most votes going in there, i would expect to be able to receive the nomination from the party. >> you understand that there are rules. >> i understand that. but i would also not expect for somebody who maybe won one state or no states to be able to go in and get points in a bizarre monarchy. those are not the principles the country was founded on. >> nobody is saying monarchy. the rules of the convention are you have to have a certain number of delegates to win. >> i get how it works. >> right now we're making fun of these liberal group that's might come in. we're worried but not too worried about trump calling for riots among his supporters. the fact is there is a large segment of republican vote here's don't want trump. >> do you know the last time a candidate who wasn't leading going into a contested convention became the nominee? >> 1948? >> 1940. 78 years ago. i mean, our grandparents were kids at the time. the rules are the