every week is another chance for the sanders campaign. hey have momentum, the more people think the marriage can work out and the harder it is for clinton. i am not sure you will have standards -- sanders people go to tromp, but the heartbreak will be more pronounced if clinton is the nominee. we have seen frustration of the situation. what will she do, how will she react if you go to new york and sanders is drawing thousands and she is drawing hundreds? alex: we are seeing the frustration evident in the clinton campaign. they want to put this away. she wants to pivot and focus on trump and the general. really cases she will make that resonates with center supporters is, consider the alternative, look at the clinton presidency for the country, there is a difference between clinton and tromp, so yeah. john: how will she perform? alex: you didn't to wisconsin before -- you went to wisconsin, she is still fighting for it. she is a better campaigner this go around then in 2008, and she went into the eyes wide open knowing it would require stam

it's almost scripture for the sanders followers. they know a ton about the delicate process. ate process. alex: and that is dangerous for clinton, because they are convening to talk about clinton delegates versus superdelegates. if everyone thinks it will be kumbaya and the dominoes fall for clinton -- john: this is like a web extra. wadr exclusive, we showed you going to a clinton rally and the sanders rally talking to people in line at both places, stark differences in terms of the level of commitment. talk about that, compare and contrast. alex: at the clinton event, which was the last of it she was going to have before she left wisconsin, it was a good crowd. but i went through the crowd asking people what they thought about her chances in wisconsin. literally half the people i spoke to were saying, i am still undecided, or i love sanders, i loaded like to see a unity ticket. contrast the sanders rally, thousands of people, i literally walked around the line screening -- screaming out is anyone here undecided? people laughed at m

cnn's chris frates is with us, and he's with the sanders campaign eau claire, wisconsin. and host of reliable sources, chris, begin with you. did bernie sanders talk about this at the rally? he did make a big mention of telling the truth. was that an inference to something in particular? >> well, he does make that reference quite a bit, fredricka, and we've not heard bernie sanders talk about the debate so far, but as you can see behind me, he is still speaking, but we did get a statement from the spokesman, michael briggs. i want to read that to you from spokesman michael briggs. unfortunately the dates and venues she's proposed don't make a lot of sense. the idea that they want to debate in new york on a night of the ncaa finals with syracuse in the tournament, no less, is ludacris. we have proposed other dates, which they have rejected. we hope we can reach agreement in the near future. so that's a statement that we have out today, fredricka. and got to remember, a little bit about how this started. you know, sanders, remember, had a big win in wisconsin -- excuse me. a

one of the people there found out about bernie sanders from the bbc. getting their media from different sources and going deep dive. we went to a bunch of bernie sanders events in wisconsin and he gets into the issues. it's almost like a common response. revival.t to a they are going to hear the good word. it is almost scripture to the sanders followers. know a time about the delegate process. >> that is dangerous for clinton. they are talking about pledged delegates or superdelegates. be ank there's going to bigger circling of the wagons and a more prolonged process that happens before that. john: this is like a web extra. in theusive that was not show that aired last night. we showed you going to a clinton rally and a sanders rally and talking to people in line at both places. a stark difference in terms of level of commitment. compare and contrast that. the: the clinton event was last event before leaving the state of wisconsin. it was a good crowd. i went through the crowd asking people what they thought about clinton's chances in wisconsin. litera

the sanders campaign lapped the clinton campaign in terms of spending. they spent over $5.5 million in terms of trying to win new york. sanders campaigned his heart out in this state. it felt like a home state contest for him. they said they would win this state. they have lost and lost by a lot. the sanders campaign had gone into new york saying they would win here, they said the previous losses and the reason they were so far behind was because of the conservative deep south and those are the kind of places you should expect bernie sanders to lose, but not new york. then to have the bernie sanders campaign manager come here with steve kornacki and walk him through how they think the nomination is still theirs, i had no idea how he was going to explain it. what steve got out of him was absolutely remarkable. this is going to end up being the story of tomorrow's news. i'd love to go back to steve on this now if we can and give us your reaction to what jeff weaver told you. >> i asked him i said if we get through this entire process june 7th, the last day,

the polls. bernie sanders does remarkably well. ter than hillary clinton. >> in fairness, the case has not been defined against him or john kasich. his agenda raises federal spending by 40% overnight. it's hard to know what to make of those numbers for him in the general election, but there's no question he has built a big, broad coalition within the democratic party. however this ends, if hillary clinton is the nominee, she has to figure out how to deal with it, in particular his overwhelming advantage with young people. he's won 70% of voters under 30. >> you think we're going to hear the names donald trump, ted cruz mentioned tonight? >> i absolutely do. >> yeah? >> these are both candidates who are not only trying to draw distinctions between themselves, but repeatedly draw distinctions between them and the republicans. democrats, of course, will say the republicans, even though there is great differences between a ted cruz and a john kasich. you're going to hear a lot about our candidates and the fights that we're having. some

the business. jonathan, let me start with you. as a sanders supporter, the accusation from the sanders campaign, something untoward that the clinton campaign is doing with the democratic national committee in the fundraise, the dnc says, we offered to set something like this up with the sanders campaign as well. it's a way to support down ballot democrats running for the senate, the house, and even state houses and such. >> talk more about what jeff said. you can take the money, you can take 2700 to the individual campaign. the dnc can take a chunk and give $10,000 to each of the campaign committees. sanders campaign is saying millions are being used in an indirect way to support hillary clinton's fund-raising efforts and they're saying that's not the proper issue. that will be up to the experts, lawyers to decide if that's correct or not. >> governor, here's what larry noble told think progress, they, meaning dnc, are throwing their weight behind a particular candidate. argument is that it helps the party generally but the practical reality i

the race. dy dy dylan, what does mr. sanderseed do in new york. >> he needs to go up against a woman who was senator there. the numbers are in her favor, but i'm more concerned about nationally. the narrative coming out of the sanders campaign is they have all of this momentum and somehow the democrats, not just republicans, but that the democrats will go to a brokered convention. john king broke the delegate math down for the sanders campaign manager last night. look, it remains a very long shot you can tell this story about momentum. you can tell about all the support you galvanized against the progressive base, all of that is true, but this is a game of math. i would say sanders has done two important things. one, he's demonstrated there is a broad base of support for his democratic socialist agenda. it's one that hillary clinton needs to take seriously, one that the party needs to take seriously. the key thing he's done is shown the limitations of hillary clinton's own support and raised the red flags, the enthusiasm gap we'

and the sanders campaign when they talked to the prosecute es, the sanders campaign when you hear it from the candidate himself, the sanders campaign when they put out on the fundraising e-mails of course they have a path to victory, but there was i think really important moment last night on our election night broadcast here in studio when bernie sanders campaign manager jeff weaver was asked here in person to explain that path to show the math to show us and our viewers how senator sanders would win. this is what he said to explain it and this is why the two words jeff and weaver were trending all night last night on twitter because of this public case that they're now making for how bernie sanders would win. >> let manage ask you this, is this a fair statement, the popular vote and the pledged delegate counts if you are not leading at least one of those counts when we finish this primary process you don't have a claim to get those super delegates to flip. are you still trying to flip super delegates. >> we're going to go to the convention. it's extremely unlikely that either candid

it is -- we talk about the scale of the challenge for bernie sanders here just trying to overcome the delegate math that we laid out. he wouldn't quite say this. he wouldn't say every state to come is must-win. pretty much every state to come is must-win for bernie sanders. in a lot of cases it's must-win in a landslide. it's a landslide that's unimaginable given how sanders has performed in different regions of the country so far. nonetheless, the scale of that challenge is nothing more than i can remember. if he can't pull that off and he doesn't pass her in the popular vote, then i don't know how to begin to estimate the scale of the challenge of trying to get super delegates who are already for hillary clinton to disregard the delegate count and disregard the popular vote and say now at the end of all of in i'm going to flip to bernie sanders. the only slight parallel, 1984 gary hart got to the end be of the primaries against walter mondale. he said, welcome to overtime. he spent the summer trying to flip super delegates. he didn't get any. if gary hart didn't have any luck back t

the bottom 90%. [booing] sen. sanders: the top 20 wealthiest people in this country today own more wealth than the bottom 150 million americans, half our nation's population. [booing] sen. sanders: that is an economy which is based on unsustainable principles. that is an economy which is not moral, when so few have so much, and so many have so little. that is not the american economy that we need to be the great nation that we should be. [cheers] [applause] sen. sanders: and let me tell you, let me tell you how the rigged economy works. it is not just a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality. here is how it works. we have the wealthiest family in america, the walton family who owns walmart. [booing] sen. sanders: ok, they own more wealth than the bottom 40%. you know what is even worse? you got it exactly right. [applause] sen. sanders: that is exactly what i was going to say. the gentleman upfront said, they don't pay their workers wages that their workers can live on. there you have it. think about it for a mom

the fray with that sound bite. her entire event today aimed at jabbing senator sanders. she took the subway. a few days ago, senator sanders made that comment about using tokens on the subway. some saw as an indication that he wasn't quite up-to-date with how folks use the subway these days. bottom line, tamron, the gloves are coming off. such a fierce fight right now in new york. clinton campaign eager to turn the page on those six losses that they have weathered in recent weeks. this is a preview of more to come as we get closer to the primary. >> some developing news right now. hillary clinton just sat down for an interview with "today" show's matt lauer, responding to bernie sanders' comments had an she is unqualified. >> he doesn't think you're qualified to be president. >> well, that will be up to the voters of new york and the other states that will be passing judgment in the weeks ahead. i think it's kind of a silly statement. but he is free to say whatever he chooses. >> is he qualified to be president? >> well, here is what i believe. i believe voters will be looking at both of us.

the sanders people reacted quickly. oblem is not that they have -- that they happen a lot, but he does not have a day to have half a new cycle of this. they just do not have the luxury of lov that. he has had trouble staying on message, in a way that breaks through. he is consistent, but you have to mix it up. it is easy to have the same stump speech. he made no news. he said his normal stuff. that is disciplined, but this overshadows it, and that is a problem. john: i will say this. and we touched on it a little, there is a lot of frustration among sanders supporters top to bottom. some famous, some not so famous. some of that has taken on a tone of hostility. you and i have experienced this. we have given bernie sanders fair coverage on this show. we have interviewed him dozens of times. his wife, many times. and yet, we are attacked much more harshly by sanders supporters on twitter and elsewhere than trump supporters. there is a frustration with how the race is going. it has taken on a hostile tone in recent weeks th

the sanders' campaign lapped the clinton campaign in terms of spending. they spent over $5.5 million trying to win new york. for context, nobody on the republican side within spent $500,000. they doubled the clinton campaign. sanders' campaign was hard-out in this state. it felt like a home state contest for him. they have lost and lost by a lot. the sanders campaign had gone into new york not only saying they would win here, but said their previous losses and the reason they were so far behind was off a the conservative deep south. those were the kind of places you should expect bernie sanders to lose, but not new york. and to have the bernie sanders campaign manager come here with steve kornacki and walk him through how they think the nomination is still theirs, i had to idea how he was going to explain it. what steve got out of him was absolutely remarkable. i think this is going end to up being the story of all of tomorrow's news. i would love to go back to steve on this now and give us your reaction to what jeff weaver just told you. >> i asked him a

the funny thing is that sanders' supporters in a way know this. when you ask them about the fact he does so poorly among african-americans, they will say that's just because this community doesn't know him. then when you say well then, his negatives aren't factored into his polling, they will say oh, no, everybody knows everything already. the radicalism that some people on the far left really appreciate in bernie sanders would also i'm quite sure be his undoing when the full dimensions of it become really publicly known. >> let's talk about this sort of dimensions of the upcoming state, specifically. this is going into clinton territory in a lot of ways. let's take a look at where we are going. obviously the acela corridor states, midatlantic states, then indiana, then may 10th to nebraska. you see all the way down and you really have to wait until you get to california where you see a state where bernie sanders at least polling-wise is really competitive with hillary clinton. given that calendar, what would be the smart bernie sanders strategy, i

the campaign. on that question. saying that bernie sanders was friends with the koch brothers. rk: they can get rid of their crocodile tears. i agree, i do think that bernie sanders has taken liberties. but i have said before, this is good for him. he is standing up to her. he is changing the dynamic. it does not mean it's going to help him win. it could in the end backfire. she may win at york by a bigger margin because of this. she is an experienced fighter. he needs to show that he can take her on. john: this is a good topic. there is a lot of actual subtlety and nuance here. people point out with hillary clinton that by implication she suggested that obama was not qualified to be president, although she did not say it out loud. we are saying the same thing. mark: barack obama was not mentioned. john: i think that we are in the place where she benefits from this is, it allows her to get a new place where she has the moral high ground. they are crocodile tears on some level. but it allows her the claim -- they have been trolling him all day on twitter. i will say this, one thi

so, the question is does he stay in or bow out? many are saying, including sandersimself, that he'd like to fight it all the way to the end. for starters, unlike the gop voters who favor an outsider, like donald trump, they're looking for someone with political experience. clinton trounss with a huge 91% over 9%. and half in the empire state want a candidate who will continue president obama's agenda. clinton getting 75% of those votes. and 65% feel clinton is the better candidate to beat trump in november. and she's popular among hispanics, winning 64% of the hispanic vote. and scored big with black voters, 75%. very good night for former secretary of state, clinton. back to you. >> i like that very much, kelly. new york state of winning. >> yeah, and donald trump, played the frank sinatra song at the end of his news conference, the one that the yankees play. >>> and it was more than just a home state advantage. coming up, we'll tell you why some new york voters spoke their minds. >>> and our panel weighs in on the issues that propelled trump and clinton to victori

if you are the sanders campaign like why quit? but the delegate math looks worse this morning. >> also the map, too. they might end up winning in a place like oregon but hillary clinton will be strong in kentucky. april 26th contest sanders campaign can say we will overperform in pennsylvania but hillary clinton will have a double digit win in maryland. we saw this between barack obama and hillary clinton. here is what to put in perspective. you mentioned right now hillary clinton has about a 240 delegate lead in pledge delegates over bernie sanders, that is twice the amount that barack obama had over hillary clinton this point in 2008. given that proportional nature where you can win by five percentage points or 15 percentage points you only net a handful of delegates. that is the difficult math for the bernie sanders campaign. >> we are hearing potentially mixed signals. i want to play for a second. we had weaver looking at the map. he was saying even if the sanders campaign loses the popular vote going all the way to the convent

the lowest. [cheers] sen. sanders: i want the people in this room, in the state, in this country, who want to be involved in this political process, progressive, conservative, moderate. fornt you to be able to run office without begging wealthy people for campaign contributions. [cheers] and i want voting rules to be very simple. in america, if you are 18 years of age and a citizen of this country, you are registered to vote, in the discussion. end of discussion. [cheers] numbernders: so, goal one, we need a vibrant democracies where the voices of all our people shape the future of this country, not an oligarchic form of a society where billionaires buy elections. [cheers] number two,: point and again when we talk about the need to deal with the reality of american society, we have got to talk about what is going on in the economy, and the truth is that we have a rigged economy. we have a rigged economy. [booing] sen. sanders: think about it for a second. and by the way, you will not see this on television, read about

but the sanders campaign is doing the opposite of that.over and over and over again the sanders campaign has been saying, about new york, basically forget the polls, sanders is going to win new york. >> and you're going to win new york? >> we are going to win new york. >> and with your help, we're going to win the democratic primary here in your state. >> with your help on april 19th we're going to win here in new york. >> we will win a major victory here in new york on tuesday. >> i believe we're going to win here in new york city. we're going to win here in new york state. >> with your help on tuesday, we're going to win right here in new york state. >> tell me if i'm reading anything wrong. all the polling i'm seeing going into tomorrow's primary here in new york has you at least 10 points down, up to 17 points down. you have information i don't have? >> those are the public polls. but the bottom line is, let's look at the real poll tomorrow. generally speaking, polling has underestimated how we do with elections. we were 25 points down

one of the people in the bernie badgers found out about bernie sanders from the bb krrb. they're getting their -- >> short wave radio. >> exactly, getting their media from different sources and going deep dive, they listen. we went to a bunch of bernie sanders events in wisconsin. he gets into the issues. they know those issues. it's almost like a call and response. i likened it in the show to a revival. they're going to hear the good word. in large part, it's the good word they know. >> in addition to issues, they know a ton about the delegate process. >> that's actually dangerous for clinton. they're now all beginning to talk about pledged delegates versus superdelegates. if everyone think there's going to be a kumbaya and everybody well get in line for clinton, i think there is going to be a bigger circling of the wagons and a prolonged process. >> one of the great moments on the episode we put on the air, this is like a web extra here. >> yes, the first time i have seen that. >> that was not actually in the show that aired last night. what we did show was you going to

the way. how would that break down? something like 130 for sanders and 117 for hillary clinton in the absolute best-case scenario. huge state, huge upset, huge win for sanders. all he does is take 13 off of that. you go down, look at these other states, it would be the same for pennsylvania. he's trailing huge in the polls right now. he gets a monumental comeback, wins a closed primary in a big divers state, what does he get for that? he might make up 11 delegates on a great night for him. maryland, very large population there, closed primary. this looks like a disaster in the making potentially for bernie sanders. that's the other risk. if he loses any of these states, say he loses maryland, keeps it close. 125, that target goes up to 140 just by losing maryland. basically, look, the sanders -- mathematically it can happen. you have to believe in momentum. the idea that the demographic hurdles he faces, they're going to disappear in the face of this abstract thing called momentum. >> this is all toward him still not having the number of delegates yo

here is the point. sanders, concede? it is the closest thing to a concession we might get. >> it comes a few hours after they sent out an e-mail, fundraising e-mail, that caughted her a traitor for the way he has -- she has been campaigning, and showed a picture of the clintons all smylying with the trumps at the trump wedding. one of the roughest e-mail they sent out. i think that cooler heads prevailed tonight. the fact is, they are not dropping out. he will be in it for june 14th, he told me today. it is for all intents and purpose it is, he will fight for the platform, he wants the levera leverage. he said he will be better against trump. he has the young people. she gave a general election speech tonight. she congratulated sanders on what he says about wall street, and income equality and campaign finance reform. she walked about yiting, not dividing. >> when you heard donald trump speak tonight, you heard him, how does he get the 30% of sanders' supporters, adamant for not supporting her in the general lection. very

the house. bernie sanders questioning the democratic party to its core and suggesting it's a corrupt organizatione need his supporters to help join together in these closing weeks. senator sanders is suggesting that the democrats don't nominate him, the party is not worth supporting. that is a dangerous and sendary message and he needs to stop. >> brian, if the secretary wins today in this state, will you all be calling for sanders to bow out? >> absolutely not. hillary clinton ran through the tape. she remained in the contest in 2008 all the way to the end of the voting and we would be the last people to suggest that senator sanders should drop out. he has done a tremendous job of bringing so many people into this process. he has raised awareness about an important set of issues and he will be critical to our chances in the fall. what we do need to do is to change the tone. we can't be turning the guns on each other as democrats and exposing each other to friendly fire. that will only help donald trump and republicans. so senator sanders should remain in the race absolutely, but we should stop t

with this admission, by the sanders campaign, that the mission is not to elect sanders the nominee, but instead push for his agenda, what that does to his performance at the polls, his fund-raising and organization, can they maintain the strength of purpose they've had throughout, even with that being the sort of implied tacit understanding. >> exactly. does that take away something fundamental about his momentum to know that the big prize is not at the end of this. chris hayes, thank you, my friend. great to have you here. >> our coverage will continue on the other side of this break. you shouldn't have to go far to get the help you're looking for. that's why at xfinity we're opening up more stores closer to you. where you can use all of our latest products and technology. and find out how to get the most out of your service. so when you get home, all you have to do is enjoy it. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >>> i hear that he'll be presidential, not presidential. it's very easy to

>> i think it's more significant for bernie sanders because i think the argument that sanders needs tong huge in these next several states so that he can make a compelling argument that the superdelegates need to reconsider exactly where they are. and i want to say something about the superdelegates because i think that their function has been much maligned in this process. people are looking at them and saying why do they exist? they exist for good reason. they exist to avert a blowout and frankly i've heard from a number of republicans in this cycle who are not supportive of donald trump that they wish they had the superdelegate influence that the ds have to try and avert a catastrophe that they think is coming in a general because of some of the numbers that david chalian just put on the board. >> interesting. nia? >> you know, i think if you look back, obama was obviously able to win this state huge back in 2008. won by i think 17 points. and i think the template for bernie sanders has to be going forward what hillary clinton was able to do throughout the south. i mean, she was abl

i've seen people say, oh, the protesters. bernie sanders says, people should be allowed to speak, give their speeches. we're not interested in interfering with the political process. what we are interested in is changing the political process. changing a corrupt system of campaign finance and ending it. not rhetorically the way they do by talking about it. by doing something about it. >> you made hillary clinton, clinton people say, you've made her essentially the face of that. >> the truth is either the democratic party is going to embrace a corrupt system or reject it. two choices. hillary clinton, embrace it. bernie sanders, reject it. that's the choice. it's become a voting issue. i think this is motivating voters more than any other issue today. >> thank you for joining me. >>> as the sanders campaign has chosen to focus increasingly on clinton's ties with wall street, the former secretary of state has once again found heard in the position of defending her decision not to release the transcripts from her speeches to banks. >> what is

that left the 14th. sanders telling cnn that he has a big rally planned and the sanders campaign countering with four or five dates of their own. no word from the clinton campaign. take a listen to how bernie sanders and hillary clinton talked about these debates. >> i'm confident there will be. i'm not the one negotiating it. this is going on between campaigns. i know my campaign has been really trying to get a time that senator sanders would agree with. >> i think we need to look at the maximum viewing audience. anytime and any venue that works that has that viewing audience will be good. we're looking at a lot of options right now. i think at the end of the day, george, we will have a time and place that will be, i suspect, a very spirited debate. >> reporter: so both bernie sanders and hillary clinton want to debate. sanders campaign manager jeff weaver told me he believes this dispute will be settled fairly soon. it's a very big and important thing for bernie sanders. he is expected to do well tomorrow in w

this is what's left on the democratic side. for sanders to be able to make that argument, these are all the states left. the number there is the number of delegates. allocated delegates that are up for grabs. he needs to erase 210. now it may not seem like a lot, but it really is because the way they give out these delegates is proportionate. >> none of these states are winner take all. nobody can win 475 delegates in california. >> right. couple pieces of bad news, he's done so much better in caucuses than primaries. only two states left have caucuses, small states, wyoming, north dakota. the rest are primaries. that's helped her generally. closed primaries, that's a further hurdle for him. can't have independents, republicans voting. when that's been the case, sanders has done this. 210 is the number. he needs to raise 210. california, mid-atlantic, new york which is next, pennsylvania and new jersey and maryland. you add these states together, this is 2/3 of what's left on the democratic side. just in the mid-atlantic and out here. so i

this is to win the nomination fight. bernie sanders is behind. needs to inspired his supporters, who are pretty easily inspired by him. and he needs to create a different mimic in the race. he is as close to criticizing as her. this makes it april in new york. a brawl in new york is what he needs to win new york. john: your argument is that although he twisted her words and went further than was merited, it's good for him because he needs to basically do that. pecans just stay on the path he is on-- -- he can't just stay on the path he is on. he has to do something unfair. mark: if we want to talk about twisted words, we can talk about how the clinton campaign said bernie sanders wanted to get rid of universal coverage. john: the clinton campaign has been guilty of this throughout the campaign. saying that bernie sanders was friends with the koch brothers. mark: they can get rid of their crocodile tears. i have said before, this is good for him. he is standing up to her. he is changing the dynamic. it does not mean it's going to help him win. it

the sanders campaign believes if they can catch hillary here then the superdelegates will have no choiceut to flip their allegiances. bernie sanders comes in today down 240 to hillary clinton in this category. it's more like 210 because there are outstanding delegates from the state of washington that haven't been counted. if the polls are right in new york, if hillary clinton is headed for a win of ten points or more, then that 210 could explode because you have 247 delegates up for grabs here in new york today. bernie sanders needs to be getting as many of those as possible. let's take a look at the republican side, the delegate situation. coming in to tonight, the republican side, there it is. donald trump with a lead of about 200, but this is the thing. 95 delegates up for grabs in new york state. donald trump could get most, maybe even all of these. he could explode this lead over ted cruz and the mid-atlantic and northeast vote next week. a chance for him to create distance between trump and ted cruz. >>> disorganization or maybe some type of a shake-up on the trump side of the led

on the democratic side, bernie sanders wallops hillary clinton taking 56% of the vote to clinton's 43%. cruz and sanders celebrate their wins at raucous victory rallies claiming that even though they're underdogs they do have a path to the white house. >> as a result of the people of wisconsin defying the media, defying the pundits, i'm more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn the 1,237 delegates needed to win. either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates and together we will beat hillary clinton in november. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [ cheers ] and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming landslide numbers. >> the wisconsin results move ted cruz closer to that magic number of delegates, 1,237, and they tip the republican party much closer to a contested convention in cleveland. let's game out what may happen on the republican side. want to bring in the panel, cnn political analyst, josh rogin. senior reporter fo

the clintons have long been party builders. bernie sanders is bringing a bunch of independents into the process. bringing new voters in. that is a key distinction as we go into new york. unlike wisconsin, they are closed primaries. that means only registered democrats can participate. that's why the party loyalty and who, you know, carries the most down ballot benefits for other democrats is such a key question. because now the race is decided by loyal democrats who are interested in not just a movement at the top of the ticket, but seeing results all the way down the ticket. >> the energy that sanders has had throughout the country is being felt here in new york. hillary clinton's lock on the state seems so significant. can he bite into her -- 54 for clinton and 42 for sanders. is she on track for that? >> sanders has a few things going for him. first of all, he has beaten better poll numbers before. michigan was quite a shock. those poll numbers are not really indicative of a clinton blowout of something that she can lockdown and move away

eight of the nine last contests were won by bernie sanders. s hillary time and again, and yet their system is stacked where because of superdelegates and the way the system is rigged, it's highly unlike low that hillary won't be the nominee. i think you're going to see far more dissatisfaction when hillary's team steals the democratic nomination from bernie sanders among bernie sanders voters than you will if a majority >>> governor, with all due respect, i think people will see that. people will see that pivot to the conversations of bernie sanders and hillary clinton as an attempt and not to address what's happening within your own party which maybe an historic and divide between the republican party. i appreciate you joining us. there will be more conversations ahead as john kasich said he's in this all the way to the great city of cleveland. thank you very much. >> good being with us. >> yes, next the polls of the people. we are checking in the polls throughout new york state, we'll be right back. you both have a perfect driving record. per

if he's the nominee, right? bernie sanders support of millions of people around the country. what about his 5 million in the general election? we all know is better than the secretaries. he polls much better against republicans than she does in almost every poll. >> thank you so much. good luck today. big fight. a hard fought battle here in new york. unusual. thank you so much. >> thanks, joe. >> voters are casting their ballots right now. as donald trump shuffles his campaign, a staff shake-up. we get word of it on primary day as spokesperson for the campaign will respond next. if you have allergy congestion muddling through your morning is nothing new. introducing rhinocort® allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec®. powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. try new rhinocort® allergy spray. all day and all night. at safelite,oh nonow how busy your life can be. this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at safelite.com and with safelite's exclusive "on my way text

the question is with this admission by the sanders campaign that the mission is not to elect sanders the nominee but instead to push for his agenda, what that does to his performance in the polls, his fundraising and organization, can they maintain the strength of purpose that they have had throughout even with that being the sort of implied tacit understanding. >> right. exactly. does that take away something fundamental about his momentum to know that the big prize is not at the end of this for him. chris hayes, thank you, my friend. >> our coverage will continue on the other side of this break. >>> i hear that he'll be presidential, not presidential. he'll do this. it's very easy to be presidential. but i'm not playing a part. i started off with 17. i'm down now, i'm winning, it's over. as far as i'm concerned, it's over. these two guys cannot win. there a eggs no path. >> let's bring that point past another campaign professional, mike murphy is of counsel to us this evening. fresh off the bush super pac. a man with experience in things bush and romney. mike, mike, mike, i want to

tonight's take, the gloves are officially off. bernie sanders and hillary clinton, once delighted in keeping the race for the nomination relatively and comparatively drama-free. but last 24 hours have changed that. starting with hillary clinton shedding doubt on bernie sanders' commitment to the democratic party. >> do you believe this morning that bernie sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the united states? >> well i think the interview raised a lot of serious questions. i think that what he has been saying about the core issue in his whole campaign doesn't seem to be rooted in an understanding of either the law or the practical ways you get something done. and i will leave it to voters to decide who of us can do the job that the country needs. >> now, that interview resulted in an "the washington post" article with this headline -- "clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president." that was the headline of that article. late last night, sanders reacted in a big way. >> she has been saying lately that she thinks th

the taxes. janua jane sanders was here. ether there is something there, or like to ride the issue because it's a good question to play off of? >> they've certainly drawn attention to the fact that they haven't been released. they've been careful. i don't know what the entire spin machine is. i don't detect this they are pushing the issue a great deal. i mean, certainly, people who are friendly to clinton have made the point that one of the reasons he hasn't released the entire thing may be to not make an issue of the fact that he hasn't given much or anything at all maybe to charity, which she certainly has, and which, you know, most people with means do. if he isn't, why not. >> i think goldman sachs stock, but. >> it turns out he runs a hedge if fund on the side. ann, thank you so much. have fun tonight. alex wagner joins on the set. we'll be back with her, after these messages. allergies with nasal congestion? find fast relief behind the counter with claritin-d. [ upbeat music ] strut past that aisle for the allergy relie

>> i think at the moment clinton has sanders on the defensive.a big change because one of the narratives of this primary election season has been that sanders wants to debate and that clinton is not so hot about debating. of course she's had the lead pretty much all the time even though sanders has picked up a number of states. and so for clinton sometimes more of a risk to debate than it is for sanders. all along sanders has been call for more debate. even back when martin o'malley was in the race. but now in the past day clinton's really turned this around by coming out and listing a number of different options, dates she would like to debate sanders in new york. and sanders so far has said those are not suitable dates and proposing other ones so there is a back and forth and it goes to who has the advantage heading into this new york primary. of course then all eyes will be on new york and both campaigns notably crucial here. >> it was an interesting proposition we've discussed this morning about the possibility of instead of doing another eve

the sanders campaign clearly hoping for a win there. all eyes back on new york before the primary on april 19th. the clinton campaign is ahead by 12 points in the latest polling. the sanders campaign believes they can make inroads here. that is why the fight for new york is one of the most interesting moments of the presidential race for the democrats. >>> thank you. today is day two of the nuclear summit in washington. president obama hosting more than 50 nations. he met with the president of south korea and prime minister of japan. he went one-on-one with the chinese president xi jinping. the president pressing the south china sea issue. they are called to wrap up the summit today. we get more from cnn's michelle kosinski. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. and other nations at the summit will tackle the biggest threats the world faces. the first posed by iran and in a second special session by isis. you can imagine the sense of urgency surrounding this. so close after the paris and brussels attacks and with new information from belgi

sanders win, changes things. only changes thele, but senator sanders would be closer, the thing that would change the most, wisconsin followed by bernie sanders in new york that would change the conversation the momentum of the race dramatically. maybe not so much the math but momentum in the race would change, if senator sanders can say i beat hillary clinton at home. that's a big, big if and depend on a lot of momentum out of wisconsin. >> all right, john. thank you so much. john king with that. be sure sow watch "inside politics with john king" tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. eastern right here only on cnn. >>> coming up next, a very well-known actress says a donald trump presidency might help democrats in the long run. why some democrats are up in arms after susan sarandon revealed her bernie or bust attitude. stay with me. >>> some democrats jaws hit the ground this week when a very high-pro file actress revealed her bernie or bust attitude. susan sarandon hinting he might not vote for hillary clinton under any circumstances eve

the vote. bernie sanders, 42%. 15% margin. as for delegates, clinton is projected to add 139 to her total, bringing that to 1,930. she needs 453 more delegates to clinch the party's nomination. >> well, it was a much needed win for clinton after losing eight of the last nine contests to sanders. >> in this campaign, we've won in every region of the country. [ cheers and applause ] >> from the north to the south to the east to the west. but this one's personal. >> cnn's mj lee is in new york with more on this. i guess the big news in the last couple of hours was this criticism coming from the clinton campaign about bernie sanders and his destructive path. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, first of all, this was a very, very big night for both donald trump and hillary clinton. so much so that i'm willing to bet if ultimately both trump and hillary clinton do end up being their party's nominees, i think there's a chance that they point to last night and the new york primary races as sort of a turning point in their rac

declaration that sanders would keep battling clinton until the convention. that strategy seemed to be at odds with sanders senior strategist tad divine who told the associated press around the same time the sanders campaign will see how it does next week in pennsylvania, maryland, rhode island, delaware. the sanders campaign has launched a major effort in new york spending nearly $7 million on advertising, but sanders still lost to clinton by a wide margin. 58 to 42. clinton seemed focussed on the general election and unifying the people around here. >> to all the people that supported senator sanders i believe there is much more that unites us than divides us. >> behind the scenes an unnamed senior adviser was feeling not quite as mag nan mus. joining me senator from oregon, the only member from the stat to endorse bernie sanders. tell me about your timing in this. one of the things that struck me was the timing. you're the first senator to endorse him. you're endorsing fairly late in this cycle and you're endorsing at a time when it seems his o