i will be asking questions as well along with my friend roland martin of tvone. first, let's welcome senator bernie sanders of vermont. [ applause ] >> thank you. very good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so, senator, let's start and i have a few questions and so does roland and then we will get to ohio voters, and there is a lot of emotion on the campaign trail, and in some cases unfortunately some violence. donald trump has been on the stump blaming your supporters for some of it, and take a listen. >> look, it is a bernie person. it is a bernie. hello, bernie. hey, ber nish shg, bernie, get line. can you imagine that bernie saying that trump should get the people under control, and they put in these people. and by the way, our crowds are so much bigger than bernie's, you wouldn't believe it. >> your are response, senator? >> i hesitate to say this, because i don't really like to disparage public officials, but donald trump is a pathological liar. [ applause ] we have never, our campaign does not believe in and never will encourage anybody to disrupt anythin

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joined by roland martin. sara fagen, also with cnbc. rich lowry, the editor of the the national review, and from "the washington post" e.j. dionne. and author of a new book, "why the right went wrong." your national review had the cover story. is this the end of the stop trump movement or the beginning? >> just the beginning. we'll be like the last japanese soldier in the jungle resisting this guy. he's much stronger than the other candidates. but not strong enough to unify the party. every time we hear he's going to be more presidential, there's some contemptible statement or act. trump a week or so ago saying he bills of the goon who sucker-punched the protester or playing with the idea of riots at a convention. he might get to 1237. it's quite possible. it's quite possible he'll fall short. >> sara fagen, it seems like from talking to mr. trump this morning, the way he's talking about the violence, it's perfectly fine for him. >> this seems like a no brainer. you condemn it. condemn it strongly. condemn both sides of it. there does a

make sure that they do not overlap, i'll be asking some questions as well as well as my friend roland martin of tv one. first, let's welcome senator bernie sanders of vermont. >> so senator, let's start. i have a few questions, so did roland, then we'll get to ohio voters. there's been a lot of emotion on the campaign trail and in some cases unfortunately there's been some violence. donald trump has been on the stump blaming your supporters for some of it. take a listen. >> look, it's a bernie person. it's a bernie -- hello, bernie. bernie, get your people in line, bernie. can you imagine bernie saying that trump should get his people under control and they put in these people? and by the way, our crowds are so much bigger than bernie's, you wouldn't believe it. >> your response, senator? >> i hate to say this because i really don't like to disparage public officials, but donald trump is a pathological liar. we have never -- our campaign does not believe and never will encourage anybody to disrupt anything. we have millions of supporters, and people do what they do, and people have the right

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joined by roland martin. host and managing editor of news one now. sara fagen, republican strategist and also with cnbc. rich lowry, the editor of "the national review," and from "the washington post" e.j. dionne. and author of a new book, "why the right went wrong." welcome to all of you. rich lowry, let me begin with you. you were an early leader in the stop trump movement. "the national review" had the cover story. is this the end of the stop trump movement or are you just getting started? >> just the beginning. we'll be like the last japanese soldier in the jungle resisting this guy. he's much stronger than the other candidates. but not strong enough to unify the party. every time we hear he's going to turn to be more unifying or presidential presidential, there's some con itemable statement or act. trump a week or so ago saying he might consider paying the legal bills of the goon who sucker-punched the protester or trump playing warnd the idea of riots at the convention. he might get to 1237. it's quite possible. it's quite possible he'll fall s

thanks also to the ohio state university and roland martin of tvone.

for example, i noted that roland martin said was that answer satisfactory to you and he said it was.inton in that it was thoughtful and deliberate and explained her rationale. i thought there might be a missed opportunity. she could have just wrapped her arms around that guy. i was welling up listening to his question. a lot of people were. there was a moment that maybe just called for an emotional response instead of a thoughtful response. >> as i watched i said to myself this is the difference between a debate and a town hall. there is a lot to be said for the kind of forum because you are not relegated to 45 seconds. she was able to hear him out. he wasn't under a time constraint and she was able to provide a fairly lengthy response. i thought it was insightful. >> i had the candidates tell me how much they love the town halls because they get to talk at length. >> it is fascinating to hear from the voters. check out smerconish saturdays 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> tomorrow a huge day. winner take all primaries in florida and ohio. other states voting, as well. this could be the last c