only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trump's. >> john kasich and tedz both claiming a path forward on tuesday and promising to stay in the race until the republican convention in july. kasich racked up his first and only victory in his home state of ohio. while cruz failed to win any of the five republican contests outrate, he did add to his delegate total. does either candidate have a realistic shot at the nomination? steve, i want you to talk up that question from the last block that dan and james raised about donald trump's enormous negative ratings. this is the obstacles that some republicans feel. he has a negative 39% favorable/unfavorable in the lastest "wall street journal" poll. how did donald trump unite the party and then win in november with those ratings? >> look, i agree with some of that. i think the biggest problem for trump is this gender gap, which is really huge, and a lot of republican women are saying they won't vote for trump. i think if trump runs as a general election candidate, i think he actually reshuffles the deck of how pol

when you have both ted cruz and john kasich saying they intend to be there to the end just trying to deny him delegates here and there and trying to get to a contested convention, it doesn't look like he will wrap it up soon. >> there's no doubt in your mind that john kasich and ted cruz have to start winning more primaries if they're going to head off -- go into the convention themselves with enough delegates? >> well, they have to win -- they have to do well in a lot of primaries. look, as we go forward against into some of these races, what you have is a systems that award delegates on a hybrid basis or proportional basis. what it means is there's more opportunity for them to split the vote with donald trump, pull away almost as many delegates as he does if they do well, and the math going forward is also a bit

but ted cruz says john kasich has got to get out, because donald trump has a big lead in the delegateswith b that. and neither ted cruz nor john kasich, i think, can get enough votes themselves to get the nomination. certainly kasich can't and cruz almost can't. so donald trump still has a big advantage. cruz says kasich has got to get out. what do you think of that? >> the way i think about it is, i look at these primaries the way i look at my ncaa brackets. they have blown up by different things. the idea that someone she houldt out, on the one hand donald trump has yet to go over 50%. john kasich is making the case for himself. he needs to win a few states. there's this pesky thing called voters. >> kasich needs to win. >> win some states. >> here's the problem that cruz has. he's going into these eastern and pacific coast states, washington, oregon, california, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, rhode island. he's not shown that he can win among the moderates and somewhat krchts in those states, and maybe trump would do better than he would in -- among those

donald trump with a lead over ted cruz and john kasich. he's got 46%, ted cruz 22%, john kasich 10%. even if you add kasich and cruz together it doesn't come up with 46%. donald trump is the big winner in arizona. 58 delegates. he gets all 58 delegates in arizona. on the democratic side 71% of the vote is in. hillary clinton we've projected is the winner. look al her lead right now. she has 204,000 votes to bernie sanders 125,000 votes. she has 60.5% to bernie sanders 36.9%. an impressive win for hillary clinton over bernie sanders. let's go over to john king and see what's going on as we await the other contests in utah and idaho. >> as impressive lead for donald trump. 61% of the expected vote in statewide. it's worth noting he doesn't show up on our board because he dropped out of the race, but marco rubio is getting about 17% of the vote. marco rubio because of the early voting running ahead of john kasich. you have a lot of people out there saying if you them up -- >> they voted for him before he dropped out. >> right. it's not the way

ted cruz will get some delegates. john kasich and marco rubio will walk away from mississippi with no delegates because they did not reach 915% threshold. we are waiting for results on the republican side from idaho. no results in yet. we will bring the results to you. leading into this election night in idaho it looked like it would be a goodnight for donald trump and has the case in hawaii. the field is chasing donald trump and he may sleep the floor tonight on the republican side >>> we will talk more about it in a minute. going to detroit where al jazeera's michael shaw has the latest on the michigan primaries. the democratic race neck and neck looking better and better for bernie sanders and that is certainly something the polls didn't come anywhere close to predicking. >> reporter: no. as a market of fact, this is probably if bernie sanders wins here in michigan, which he is likely to be the winner mere, a lot of the vote that isn't counted yet is in wane county and most of that in detroit city. those votes have gone 16% to

ted kasich says he'll also skip the debates unless item changes his mind. he needs 1237 delegates before the party's convention this summer. >> otherwise a brokered convention could take place. trump has a warning about the race coming to that. >> i don't think you could say i think you'd have riots. ted cruz also opposes the brokered convention. he says the only way to beat trump is this way. >>> in north carolina, a member of the crowd was caught on camera hitting a protester in the face. five sheriff's deputies were accused of not arresting the victim and suspended without pay. >>> st. pete are looking for a serial suspect. police say this man started five fires in the last two months in a six-block air. >>> this morning, the highway patrol is investigating why a truck driver lost coast and slammed into a school bus. tallahassee yesterday morning. more than 60 students with are taken to the hospital some with broken legs and ankles. the truck drive wears caken to the hospital, too. fhp is investigating the cause. >>> a woman crashed into the back of a sc

ted cruz, the winner take all in florida. in ohio, less than 1% of the vote is in. trump has a lead there, 45.2%, kasichd cruz 11.6%. in north carolina, 72 delegates are at stake there. 6% of the vote is in. trump has a lead there 41.4%, 31.5% for cruz, 13.4% for kasich. trump has a lead of 8,100 votes or so. but only 6% of the vote is in. on the democratic side. in florida, on the democratic side, two-thirds of the vote is now in. hillary clinton has an impressive lead. 214 delegates are at stake for the democrats in florida. they don't close all the polls until the top of the hour. in ohio, less than 1% of the vote is in. hillary clinton has the lead there over bernie sanders. 68.1% to 30.6%. only about 11,000 or 12,000 votes are in. in north carolina, the polls are closed there. the votes are coming in significantly. 10% of the vote is in. it just changed, 62.1% for hillary clinton. 34.5% for bernie sanders. 10% of the vote is in. she's got a lead of almost 34,000 votes in north carolina right now. we're waiting for all the polls to be closed at the top of the hour. we're waiting for all of the polls

but as long as it is divided between ted cruz and john kasich he will do well >>> in the polls, head to head competition against ted cruz, marco rubio or john kasich, trump loses badly. >> he does but there is no head to head. john kasich is moving up. marco rubio is failing, and cruz is moving up. they're showing momentum. as long as there's this division trump is okay >>> john kasich momentum tonight in michigan. he is expected to do better than the mid before west and the rust belt. that is somewhat positive for john kasich and marco rubio is having a terrible night so far tonight. those two national polls i mentioned were divergent. one showed a very tight race with only about 10 points separating trump from the lowest vote getter in that poll which was marco rubio. the other poll showed a bigger gap. do you think, as you were saying, do you really think that we're seeing an enthusiasm gap, that enthusiasm weakening for trump? >> i do. he did not do well among women. men he did very many with, but women voters, who are the majority there, are losing some confidence in him. they fi

do in illinois and i believe in missouri, suite most of those congressional districts because kasich and tedz are splitting the opposition, it really will be a much more significant step closer to his nomination. mark: i agree. what is interesting in wisconsin is john kasich could say there is a lot of voters and ted cruz could say there is a lot of voters of his there and every state is good for trump pretty much. it will be interesting to see how that shakes out. it is possible that trump could win the state and one of the other two guys could do so poorly that they are when no doubt and the other gets his one-on-one race. ted cruz will go forward but if trump and ted cruz finish strong, cruz could use wisconsin to get what he wants which is a two-person race. al: if john kasich is getting 10% in arizona and finishes a distant third in wisconsin it is hard to make a case for continuing. mark: absolutely. the other thing about wisconsin, it has some big cities and a diverse population at it has that political tradition. you're going to see a lot of media coverage, a lot of national focus. i

they do not want a situation where trump win so big that ted cruz gets lumped in with kasich that kasichforbadeinish ahead of ted cruz. this week, arizona will get a lot of coverage. al: arizona will get the most average but -- because it is simple primary. north dakota had more delegates combined then either arizona or wisconsin and i think ted cruz has a good shot at both of those places. he can -- is competitive in both those caucuses. mark: the other reason ted cruz wants to play their -- play re, either they believe they cannot let donald trump on the cruz andon issue, ted his team feel like you have to go after trump on his strengths and immigration has been a big strength for him. al: lots of luck, ted. prettyonald trump has a big lead in the gop delegate count and he will almost certainly expand on that when he competes here in utah and arizona next week. yet, his republican rivals have been saying team ted cruz privately, they can beat trump in an open convention scenario even if he shows up with the most delegates. is the anti-trump part of the gop, underestimating trump ability to wi

. >> i assume you will hear from ted cruz and john kasich. >> ted cruz went through this great transformation in the past month where he was saying over and over there would not be a contested convention. that was a washington fantasy. >> he said it three weeks ago. >> he was saying this and then all of a sudden this past week he said conventions are where these things were designed to be settled. that's what conventions are for. 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 goi

and johnee ted cruz kasich both trying to compete with donald trump. large on stage as he is, but they have taken pretty extreme positions, particularly ted cruz. mark: this story will carry us through easter and into next week. there are no big republican after tonight. we will talk about arizona and utah in a moment. the longer this goes on, the less likely it is for ted cruz or john kasich to break through. the press will become more interested in what donald trump has to say. this plays to his strength as a strong person and it blocks out there chance to make other arguments. they are not going to be talking about trump university anytime soon. you: these are days that can't attack donald trump on things that seem unrelated to national security and foreign policy. you can probably just go out there and try to out strongman him. i will say, the arguments are ridiculous. president obama can make phone calls from anywhere in the world. he doesn't need to come home to make phone calls. the ted cruz argument has raised the hackles of many libertarians.

because if ted cruz wins wisconsin, it's going to be an open convention. i had john kasich on my program earlier tonight and the governor continues to say he's going to compete everywhere. but if he doesn't back out of wisconsin and yield the terrain to ted cruz, which is natural ted cruz land, given that it's a very conservative republican party in wisconsin, club for growth is playing there, it's not going to get to a second ballot. so i think john kasich has some real soul searching to do tonight. because if ted cruz doesn't win wisconsin, it's hard to see how donald trump won't get to 1237. >> nicole, your name was invoked. you get a ten-second rebuttal. >> i just don't think that john kasich is running the kind of campaign where when he searches his soul he decides, i'm going to get out now. kasich has been at some points almost disrespected in this race and there's no way he's going to listen to anyone in the republican party who says get out. he won ohio. i think he actually has a potential to do well -- better than cruz in some of the states that are to come and i j

we have donald trump with 31%, ted cruz at 19%, and john kasich at 10%. now, on the democratic side, hillary clinton has a commanding lead with 50% of the poll numbers, and sanders with less than half of that, at 24%. >> stacking up kind of the way it is right now. >> exactly. >> all right. there you have it. meanwhile, donald trump and hillary clinton say they are both on track to sealing up the nomination after strong finishes right here in florida. here is amy kaufeldt with the wrap up of the week. >> ohio governor john kasich breathing a big sigh of relief and for good reason. he delivered his winner take all back donald trump. >> we will beat hillary clinton, and i will become the president of the united states. >> big talk, but this is kasich's first and only win so far. still, it makes it much more difficult for trump to win the nomination outright. making a contested convention this summer even more likely. >> we're going to make our country rich again, we're going to make our country great again. and we need the rich in order to make the great, i

john kasich -- who is ted cruz to tell john kasich to get out? of course he'd like a one-on-one with the donald. >> but to his point, larry sabato in his crystal ball has said even though numerically donald trump has been winning most races he does not have the numbers to go forward with those 1,237 delegates by june. if that's the case, many observes say we could be moving towards a contested convention. >> that's becoming more of a possibility, but not only has mitt romney, ho who has incentered himself into this, saying ted cruz is the only way forward. marco rubio says ted cruz is the only conservative in the race. that's certainly a slam on governor kasich. interesting thing for mr. rubio to say. at the same time, there are 65% of people who haven't been voting for mr. trump. once this narrows down, there very well could be a coming-together and that's where people have to start making those choices as we get into these later -- >> rubio and romney thought they could win too at some point. turned out not sob to right about that. if you want

ted cruz and john kasich gaining. we have cnn's sara murray with the latest from mississippi. >> reporter: donald trump was rallying a crowd of thousands here in mississippi last night hours before voters in this state and three others head to the polls today. trump and his campaign made it clear that mississippi and michigan are their top prizes today. these are both delegate rich states. as trump was talking in mississippi, he had an eye on florida and taking swipes at marco rubio. >> then we have little marco rubio. i thought when we had chris christie endorse me, good guy. really good guy. he endorsed me two weeks ago. when chris was on the stage, he is the governor of new jersey, but former prosecutor and tough cookie. i thought honestly, i thought marco was going to faint. he was choking like a dog. he was pouring down sweat. chris hit him once. he said the obama thing. he did it again and said it again and again. after the fifth time, i was getting ready to see the size of that hand. look at that. i was going t

ted cruz and john kasich will also speak today. we will have more on that coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> the south korean news agency reports that north korea fired a missile and several other projectiles eastward into the sea of japan. the reported launches came three days after the north reportedly fired a medium-range missile into the sea for the first time since 2014. >>> the pentagon says a marine was killed by isis in northern iraq. staff sergeant louis cardin was killed saturday when he was hit bay mortar fire. the incident took place outside of mosul, a city held by isis. cardin is the first u.s. service member killed in iraq since october of 2015. >>> this morning, pennsylvania authorities are trying to figure out why a retired state trooper and killed two people. sunday morning at the toll 65 miles west of harrisburg, police say clarence brigs pulled a gun and ordered two employees into the administration building. briggs shot and killed a toll collector and a security guard. >> commonwealth and the turnpike and the

ted cruz. marco rubio, everybody likes except the voters. and john kasich everybody likes, but he didn't do as well as he wanted do. >> that is why ted cruz is the only one of the other candidates who hasn't said he would be cool with a brokered convention. i don't understand the theory of john kasich has said he'd drop out if he lost ohio, so it would be transparentally manipulative to say i'm going to hang around to try to assist this project. it seems -- i understand why they're encouraging the anti-trump people because his numbers are going down, his unfavorables are going up, he's taking on water, but i think it may be too late. >> let's not forget trump has won with two wins tonight, ted cruz seven, marco rubio two, john kasich zero. we'll take a quick break. when we come back we're going to speak to bernie sanders campaign manager and get his reaction to the win in michigan tonight. there has to be a way. carry the centimeter, divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad! ♪ and now the name your price tool

ted cruz and john kasich. they're fighting for their political futures. they want to win any way they can. >> i'm not in the habit of supporting someone who attacks my wife and attacks my family. that is i don't understand the line. i think our wives an kids should be off limits. they don't belong in the attacks. >> i will see who it is. >> i have to see what happens. if the nominee is somebody i think is really hurting the country and dividing the country i can't stand behind them. >> the well, okay. so much for that pledge they all made back in august. to actually support the nominee. well everyone except for trump i guess made that pledge. anyway, all of this kind of makes you wonder, whether we could see the creation of a third party, a la ross perot in 1992. here to answer the question, basil smikel. evan siegfried, president of communicating consulting. evan, what is the chance of third party run in your estimation? >> i don't think donald trump wants to run as third party. he will not do it. he will play the blame game. trish: republicans say he is

donald trump followed by ted cruz. kasich, rubio trailing far behind. >> that's the first look at the vote. a whopping 2% in -- 1%. >> all of michigan counties close at 8:00. we hold off on calling the state until 9:00. we cannot stop the reporting of. >> there will be data reported from michigan as you see here going from 1% into 3% and even though there will not be poll closings across the state until the top of this next hour. in terms of the democratic contest in the stakes in michigan, one of the real interesting thing s the racial demographic that we see in mississippi with half the electorate turning out today. it will be a significant black turn out in michigan as well. it will be about a quarter of the electorate. the question is whether black voters in the deep south who are going by 80 points for hillary clinton whether that holds true for black voters in non-southern states. that's the key issue heading to the michigan polls closing in 44 minutes. chris matthews is in michigan. the reaction to what appears to be a

but ted cruz says john kasich has got to get out, because donald trump has a big lead in the delegatesd neither ted cruz nor john kasich, i think, can get enough votes themselves to get the nomination. certainly kasich can't and cruz almost can't. so donald trump still has a big advantage. cruz says kasich has got to get out. what do you think of that? >> the way i think about it is, i look at these primaries the way i look at my ncaa brackets. they have blown up by different things. the idea that someone she houldt out, on the one hand donald trump has yet to go over 50%. john kasich is making the case for himself. he needs to win a few states. there's this pesky thing called voters. >> kasich needs to win. >> win some states. >> here's the problem that cruz has. he's going into these eastern and pacific coast states, washington, oregon, california, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, rhode island. he's not shown that he can win among the moderates and somewhat krchts in those states, and maybe trump would do better than he would in -- among those voters. >> wel

out of option, down to three-man race but is there realistic chance of winning for either john kasich or ted cruz. >> the establish. they don't know what they're doing. they have no clue. they don't know how to win. >> dickerson: we'll talk to the only candidate who beat donald trump, john kasich. and talk to brand new ted cruz lindsey graham. hillary clinton's campaign back on track. plus, we'll have some insights from florida voters disappointment in the prospect of match up between hillary clinton and donald trump. >> the greatest country on earth right now we're being forced to pick the lesser of two evils. >> dickers captioning sponsored by cbs good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. there was more violence and protests this weekend on the campaign trail. outside phoenix, arizona, protesters blockaded the road several hours. three were arrested. later in tucson, a man who was with woman wearing a kkk hood was punched in the face by a trump supporter. and about a thousand anti-trump protesters in new york city marched from central park to trump tower. all of this ac

almost like he was trying to keep her away from me. >> reporter: ted cruz and john kasich campaigningsconsin said in a similar situation they would have fired or suspended corey lewandowski. >> very said development. this is the consequence of the culture of the trump campaign. the abusive culture. >> i can talk about what i would do. we probably would suspend somebody. >> reporter: the campaign in wisconsin moves forward. 42 delegates are in play come tuesday. nicole: thank you, blake. on a lighter note, governor john kasich blamed maria bartiroma for being late for a campaign appearance in wisconsin. listen closely. >> maria bartiroma, i am supposed to do seven minutes. i was so compelling, 25 minutes later, she just kept going and going and going. 25 minutes on maria's show. nicole: thanks for the promo. you will be able to watch maria's interview with john kasich at 8:00 eastern this morning on "mornings with maria" on the foxbusiness network. lauren: hillary clinton and bernie sanders sharing their views on the cost of higher education. clinton criticizing sanders's goal for free

ted cruz is alive. wisconsin will be a real battle royal. john kasich has dropped and ted cruz is in a strong position to have this as a two-person race. i believe wisconsin will be a big deal and i believe that, right now, john kasich has a few states where he has a chance to perform. in the short-term, what the last 24 hours does is elevate the national security debate. pointed this out on a couple of occasions and we chatted about a debate of substance on for policy. ted cruz and don't from have different ideas on how to -- and donald trump have different ideas on how to conduct for policy. there is an emerson poll that and donaldz a 36% trump at 35%. if john kasich drops, it will be soldier on, if you cannot make wisconsin competitive. mark: with ted cruz getting the endorsement, john kasich has to be in the conversation and find a way to do that. john: it is time for family feud, starring the wives of donald trump and ted cruz. clothed photo of melania surfaced. donald trump tweeted -- ted cruz responded with a tweet of his own -- ted cruz continue

it is a significant problem is she is going against ted cruz or john kasich.s a problem if she is going against an unpopular person in the general election, and donald trump is popular with 70% of the general election population disliking him. as a legal matter the attorney general under george bush. >> litigate the email all day long. >> you are the one that keeps raising it. heather: the likability and trustworthiness is a factor for both candidates. have a great day. john: dramatic video of a yacht going up in flames. where this vessel caught fire her owner never gave up hope when luna was lost at sea for five weeks. how this dog was finally found. >> this is not a day we thought would ever happen. john: let's check out what is ahead on "outnumbered". >> donald trump warning of riot if he is denied the gop nomination in a brokered or contested convention. what does that mean? what would it mean for the party? >> the administration admits isys is committing genocide against christians. does this mean we need to step up the fight? >> a major-league baseball p

we'll continue this conversation on the other side. >>> john kasich, ted cruz, >>> john kasich, ted cruz, donald trump taking questions from voters at town hall tonight in milwaukee. back with me now is my political dream team. david, you wanted to say about corey lewandowski. >> this is not about the legal aspect of this case, wherever that goes. it's certainly a distraction. if you're the trump team, what are you doing? why are you leaning into this? you've already got the problem at your rallies where you have violence. you have a candidate who talks about his desire to punch protesters in the face. so what are we learning about the leadership style of donald trump as a potential president? what are we learning about the people he surrounds himself with? what are we learning about the way he respond it criticism or adversity. he had more detail about whether there were adequate print markings on this reporter's arms and doesn't know the basic fact that nato has been fighting terrorists in afghanistan for the past decade. why does he want anyone working with him putting his hands on a

ted cruz behind with 30%. john kasich, 20%. marco rubio in fourth place. >> anchor: and hillary clinton was in a battle there for awhile, but it looks like she pulled this one out. 58%-41%. hillary clinton taking illinois. >> ancncr: and missouri, donald trump taking this with 42%. ted cruz very close behind with 41%. john kasich just 9%. and marco rubio 6%. >> anchor: that was a seesaw battle for a very long time. d speaking of that, it looks like bernie sanders is still ahead of hillary clinton. hillary clinton was ahead for much of the night, but then pupuing with %-48%. >> anchor: and despite backing down. >> only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. ours and trump's. nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. [ applause ] not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times across the country. >> anchor: that's ted cruz, north carolina though is also holding a primary tonight. we can't forget about them. let's look at th

turning to the race to the white house, polls show donald trump still has a lead over ted cruz and john kasichhe general election ted cruz and john kasich top hillary clinton. spring snow over denver. the mile high city hit with a blizzard. we will tell you where the storm is going. dramatic rescue

ted cruz behind with 30%. john kasich, 20%. marco rubio in fourth place. >> anchor: andillary clinton was in a battle there for awhile, but it looks like she pulled this one out. 58%-41%. hillary clinton taking illinois. >> anchor: and missouri, donald trump taking this with 42%. ted cruz very close behind with 41%. john kasich just 9%. and marco rubio 6%. >> anchor: that was a seesaw battle for a very long time. and speaking of that, it looks like bernie sanders is still ahead ofillary clinton. hillary clinton was ahead for much of the night, but then bernie sanders seems to be >> anchor: and despite trump's wins, cruz is not backin down. >> only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. ours and trump's. nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. [ apapause ] not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times across the country. >> anchor: that's ted cruz, north carolina though is also holding a primary tonight. we can't forge

p>> governor kasich gave a shout pout to senator rubio. psenator ted cruz spoke just a pshort time ago in houston. phe hasn't won a state tonight, pat least not yet and we're pwaiting on final results. pit's too close to call there. pcruz is hoping to pick up pdelegates in missouri and will palso get some from north pcarolina where he narrowly lost pto trump. p>>man: starting tomorrow pmorning, every republican has a pclear choice. ponly two campaigns have a lausible path to the pnomination. pours and donald trump's. pnobody else has possibility pwhatsoever. ponly one campaign has beaten pdonald trump over and over and p>> cruz has won primaries over ptrump in nine states so far. pagain, we're still waiting on presults from missouri. p>>> tonight didn't go well for pbernie sanders. phe failed to win a single state. pagain, still waiting for the presults from missouri and pillinois. psanders was in phoenix tonight. p>>man: to my eye, democracy is pnot complicated, it is one erson, one vote. p(applause and cheers). p>>man: you want to vote for me, pgreat

governor john kasich is in new york. senator ted cruz is way out in california, but wisconsin is the next big contest in the primary schedule. 42 delegates up for grab in the winner takes most primary. both cruz and governor kasich are trying to close the gap on donald trump there. clay furman is live in oshkosh, wisconsin. blake, what's kasich's strategy for trying to take out trump? >> reporter: hi, there, gretchen. yes, good afternoon from wisconsin. for john kasich it is fairly simple. at this point he and ted cruz have to stop donald trump from getting to 1237 delegates, the necessary delegates for trump needed to win at the first go around so there's not an open brokered convention. in that end john kasich went full throttle against donald trump earlier today in new york. he argued that not only is trump not fit to represent the republican party but he also said be president of the united states. >> as commander in chief and leader of the free world you don't get do overs. you need to be able to get it right the first time. >>

does that go to ted cruz or john kasich? ted cruz says he welcomes his supporters with open arms. we believe it now makes this race focused more on things like pocy monday. we'll be covering it. having only three people in the stage, moderators have a lot more time to hold candidates responsible for what they believe are actual solutions, not just talk. leon: john kasich is now getting scrutiny. >> he is also fund-raising like never before. alison: good point. leon: scott loves this stuff. keep following scott. we will have more continuing coverage on the long road to the and the primary still coming. several developing story still ahead. targetedn a field trip by would be abduct her at the smithsonian museum. i'm steve rudin. sunglasses in the morning, and keep the umbrella handy. alison: developing now, a field trip turns dangerous at a popular d.c. museum. the police arenvestigating is -- attempted abduction at the smithsonian air and space museum. police say this is the man suspected of attempted abduction. he exits the air and space museum near a group of kids. outside, he gr

trump took north carolina in a close one over ted cruz. kasich follows in third. similar results in illinois. trump with a slightly bigger victory over cruz with kasich next. now, it's interesting to know voting was suspended in part of the state for some time due to a tornado threat. trump is also the apparent winner in missouri in an extremely close contest with cruz. less than 2,000 votes separate the two. it was a clean sweep for hillary clinton, winning in florida, nearly doubling the votes sanders received. clinton had a surprise victory in ohio, which is a setback for sanders. clinton also won handily in north carolina, 121 delegates up for grabs there. for much of the night, the race in illinois was too close to call, but clinton is now the apparent winner. and a similar story in missouri, with clinton narrowly edging out sanders as the apparent winner by roughly 1500 votes. in her victory speech, clinton pivoted toward the general election and upped her attacks toward trump. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning t

ted cruz and john kasich join me as well. plus, the democrats, bernie sanders' win in michigan gives him new hope. and the clinton campaign new reasons to worry about the midwest. and brand new polls out of florida, ohio and illinois. there's a lot more uncertainty about tuesday than you might think. joining me for sight and analysis this sunday morning are republican strategist alex castillanos. influential radio talk show host hugh hewitt. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. students in history know how familiar chicago is with violence at political events. in 1968 anti-vietnam war protesters clashed with police at the democratic national convention in chicago.

kasich if you're in ohio. now he's going to vote tomorrow for ted cruz. and neither one of those was an endorsement apparently. it's just his stating his opinion. but he did put this on facebook to -- let's just say put an emphasis on why he wants to stop donald trump. today there's a contest between trumpism and republicanism. through the calculated statements of its leader, trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, xenophobia, vulgarity and threats and violence. i am repulsed by each and every one of these. why did it take so long? >> sorry. mitt romney is not exactly known for being bold. which was part of his problem in his own campaign. he's clearly finding it easier to do this for someone else. but you are correct, he is sort of bet hedging. it looks like he's having that person not succeed because then essentially he has burned out his one opportunity. i do think that mitt romney wants to be an influential voice in the party and he thinks this is the best way that he can do it. he came pretty close to saying that john kasich should get

if you look at last tuesday, john kasich, yes, it was his home state but ted cruz won his home state and said i'm in the race. kasich won his home state and is still in the race. cruz went 0 for 5 on tuesday. so what is his standing to john kasich to say get out? yes, ted cruz is in second place among the delegates but he got spanked. no other word for it, across the south which was supposed to be ted cruz's wheelhouse. he doesn't exactly have the moral authority to tell john case ukasich to get out of the which is why we're at a defining moment. donald trump needs 55% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. if he wins arizona that's 58 delegates. if trump wins that and then if he gets just 30% in utah, that would be 70 more delegates for donald trump which would mean he'd only need 52% of the remaining delegates. if he wins the wisconsin primary, he'd only need 50%. every time donald trump has a good election from here on out, the percentage for him to get to the magic nurm number goes down which means it's tomb for cruz or kasich. you aren't going to stop donald trump b

ted cruz, amanda carpenter. let's go around, everybody. this is a very big night. do or die for marco rubio. crucial for kasich. crucial for donald trump because he's got to show he can deliver the statesman-like goods. crucial for ted cruz to show he can beat trump. >> trump has been in ohio, slamming kasich as the absentee governor. does he bring that tonight, and how does kasich respond? does he continue to try to rise above it, be mr. rogers, mr. nice guy or get a little down and dirty? >> john kasich's neighborhood? >> yeah. >> i think that the key tonight is whether john kasich and marco rubio in particular can make the case to their home state voters that this is the do or die moment. this is larger than about how you feel about me. this is about whether or not you want donald trump as a representative of the republican party. if he wins one or both of those states, it is going to be almost impossible to stop him. >> ted cruz needs to make everyone forget about marco rubio and john kasich and convince people it's a cruz/trump race and he say consensus conservative candidate who can win. >> i think it's no

john kasich, ted cruz with opportunities here.nd tonight provides them the forum to try to take advantage of that as we head in to the final six or seven days of campaigning here in wisconsin. >> the women's vote is usually an important vote. a recent poll shows three out of four women registered to vote have a negative opinion of trump. are they talking about what they will do about that, or just full steam ahead, not to worry? >> i little more the latter than the former. i feel donald trump feels his message worked until this point. why change it? it has been breaking through with the republican electorate and republican primary voters. why have a shift or overhaul now? one of the most interesting elements of their campaign is no matter what happens they continue to go forward, continue to attack. they don't backtrack or apologize, they don't fire staffers. i think what happened today and what happens over the next couple of days is illuminating how the campaign will go forward, particularly if it is a campaign that will go past