cnn's tom foreman has now on his legendary career.e. >> there's no one else like him, wolf. he influenced a great many young artists. a lot of music you listen to today would not be that way if not for prince. for almost 40 years, he has been vibrant, ever changing. all the more reason his death is a shock. prince was the perper former for his time, just as mtv and the walkman were revolutionizing mice i c music. >> ultimately all music can be inspirational. that's why it's so important to let your gift be guided by something more clear. s. >> almost 40 years in the van guard of music affiliation. and this is how it all ended. police and rescue workers at a studio in minneapolis, stricken fans outside. prince hadn't been well, had to can sell concerts, his plane had to land at one point for treatment. he spoke to fans about it a few days back. >> talked about what happened, said he was okay, don't waste your prayers on me right now, you know, wait a few days. >> prince in his first motion picture. >> like the character he played in th

tom foreman, thank you. let's bring in van jones. he worked with built.for joining us. i know you were close with prince. this must have been horrible news for you. what do you think about when you think about your friend? >> well, first of all, you know, the idea of him being a musician is important, obviously it was very important to him. but we spent, you know, an infinite amount of time together and we rarely spoke about music. he's a humanitarian first and foremost. he's not the kind of friend that was there for you when you don't need him. but if you do need him, he is there a thousand percent, whether you know him or not. there are people right now who have solar panels on their houses in oakland, california, that prince paid for and they don't even know it. there are charities, people in hostiles right now who get anonymous gifts. he never wanted anybody to know how much of a humanitarian he was. he's a jehovah's witness. they are not supposed to speak about their good works but this is a guy who cared so much. he's talking about everything in the

well, tom foreman is outside right now with the big number. ine, has donald trump made history? >> erin, he very well might. by our count right now with about 80% of the primaries and caucuses done, he has had about 10 million americans vote to support him here. again, with 80% done, comparing very favorably to the total number of people who voted for some recent republican nominees, for example, mitt romney got about 10.1 million, john mccain, got about 1.9 million, and the reigning champ, george bush, yes, bear in mind each one of these candidates had a lot of people challenging them early on and that splits the vote up. but the challengers in these three races dropped off a little bit earlier and there were not as many robust challengers late into the race has donald trump has raced. so really what he has done here is he has had to win these numbers of votes while fighting longer and harder through a more congested field. erin? >> all right, if he becomes the nominee, tom, he needs to win over those voters who are still supporting people lik

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tom foreman is "outfront." om, walk me through how cruz keeps getting these delegates and taking delegates away from trump when people are not voting. >> reporter: hey, erin. take a look at the delegate math and take a look at the battle field of the country right now. and you can see, donald trump is winning many of the battles for the nomination, but ted cruz is making some strategic moves in the war for it. and if you look at just a few states, you can see that there should be caution lights flashing for the trump campaign in several places. here's one. wyoming. wyoming did not have a popular vote in all of this. instead, in a series of party meetings through march and april, they decided what to do with their 29 delegates. ted cruz's team went up there, they worked those party officials, and he came out of wyoming with 24 of the 29 delegates. what about kansas down here? kansas did have a vote. they had a caucus system. march 5th, 40 delegates up for grabs. they all went in there and, again, the cruz campaig

thank you very much, tom foreman. outfront now, our political director. embarrassing as an american in many ways because the rest of the world says you're supposed to be the paragon of democracy. donald trump 0 for 34 in colorado. trump's campaign manager said trump could get there if he wins new york, new jersey, california, and pennsylvania. >> on paper, technically he could if he won all the delegates in those states. >> but that's not going to happen. >> ted cruz has taken a pretty big bite out of trump's overall delegate lead. at one point, donald trump had a 300 delegate advantage. now it's 208. that's a pretty big bite out of that delegate lead. however, if donald trump wins all 95 new york delegates next week, he bounces right back. listen, yes, that is a way to get to 1237. i don't think it's the most likely avenue we're going to see. >> not the most likely. then they're saying they could contest the delegate rules with the rnc. he's threatened lawsuits before. he could go ahead and file lawsuits if he wanted to. all of this opens up the possibil

for more on what that means let's bring in cnn's tom foreman.alk us through what happens in a contested convention. >> these are the latest delegate numbers we have right now. they are all chasing that number. if anyone can get to that before the convention, it's a done deal. that's the nominee. if not, then you can come to the situation where people have to vote on the floor as to who they want to support, and that could be a different equation where the actual people who serve as delegates could make a big difference, wolf. let's talk about how it works by looking at tennessee for starters. this is 58 delegates chosen by the people of tennessee. if you divide them based on the popular vote, trump would get 33 delegates, cruz 16, rubio would get nine. by the rules in that state and every state has its own rules they must vote that way for the first two ballots on the floor here if nobody has reached the magic number. here's the tricky part. that little number, that note up there that says 14 are chosen by the state committee. the cruz campaign

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> back with the panel.s continued back and forth between reince priebus and donald trump in such a public way. one rnc member from mississippi fired back at donald trump who said the rules are stacked against him saying, so when the system works to his advantage he's a winner. when he loses, it's a rigged system, it's corrupt. that's not how to unite a party. is trump trying to have it both ways? >> he's railed against the establishment, part of whom some would say is the rnc since the very beginning. now it became evident and palpable when a whole state didn't get to vote that this was unfair. i think donald trump would have railed against it either way because he wants to empower the people. >> reporter: >> why are caucuses okay but this delegate election not okay in colorado? it's a relatively small number of people who are actually turning out. it's not the entire state going to vote. it's people who actually are highly motivated -- >> he didn't really like the caucuses, though, right? his reaction to i

cnn tom foreman has more on that. >> reporter: trump could prove to be a record breaker in this gop primary season. he already has roughly 10.1 million votes cast for him in all the primaries and caucuses and there are only about 80% done. that compares very favorably to the total primary and caucus votes for some other recent contenders, mitt romney for example had 10.1 million votes. john mccain, 9.9 million votes and george w. bush, 12.6 million votes. that's more yes but trump could hit that number. granted, everyone here had a lot of people running against them when he started their campaigns, but in the case of these three, the most robust competition dropped off earlier than it has against donald trump so you can argue that's actually won these votes while fighting longer and harder through a denser pack of contenders. he does, however, have to bring over a lot more support if he's going to go into the general election if he becomes the nominee. look at this. yes, he has 10 million or so votes out there so far. but ted cruz has almost 7 million. john kasich, more than 3.5 million and

i want to bring in cnn's tom foreman for a close are look at the many unanswered questions.the one that sticks out the most for you, or some of the information that we really need to know that we don't know at this point? >> the biggest thing unaccounted for here is this almost 13-hour period of time. the police say, the sheriff's office says at 8:00 in the evening he was dropped off and as far as we know, no contact with anyone until almost 13 hours later when the 911 call is in. was he truly alone all that time, was nobody in contact with him? did nobody hear from him? what was going on during that period of time. the second thing is time of death, made reference to a moment ago, we do not know right now if he died early that morning, if he died in the middle of the night, if he died right after being dropped off and all of that could be important and that speaks to the question of somebody being with him or not being with him. if this entertainer, if he was deathly ill and some of the events of the week before suggest he might have been, if he was alone the whole time, wh

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> back to our panel. last night you were saying donald trump you saw was one you would like to see more of. do you think he has abandoned it for good? are you disappointed? is this just the way he runs. >> not disappointed, we will see more of what we saw last night. the thing is it has to be a meaningful, understandable transition. he can't go from being someone who is organic, spontaneous, fun, lively, people like to watch to someone that's poll tested, focus group tested politician. that would be inauthentic. it would be like when marco rubio went from being the politician to doing a standup comedy act. the thing that has gotten donald trump, he is the guy that says something on the campaign trail, that he says at the dinner table. same guy with his family he is on stage. people like that, believe it, find it honest, trustworthy. for him to change and be a different person, it wouldn't be believable. >> tara, you look like you've gone to a special place. >> i sit here and listen to this, i think of all

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tom foreman joins us with the debate reality check. tom? >> hi, anderson.s and hillary clinton sparred with each other over who is the true champion of a $15 an hour minimum wage. >> when this campaign began, i said that we've got to end this starvation minimum wage of 7:25, raise it to $15. secretary clinton said let's raise it to $12. >> i have said from the very beginning that i supported the fight for $15. i supported those on the front line for the fight -- it happens to be true. >> well, let's break this into two parts here. go to bernie sanders' website and he says the current federal minimum wage is starvation pay. we must increase it to $15 an hour from $7.25 an hour, over the next several years. his position is unequivocal. it is very clear. so we're going to say his claim about himself is true. her position, however, is more complicated. go to her website and what does it say. she has supported raising the federal minimum wage to $12. this is her own website. and believes that we should go further through state and local efforts, such as efforts

cnn's tom foreman explains just how much money these candidates are raking in and spending. >> hey.d in this presidential campaign is absolutely monumental and the march fund raising numbers prove it. hillary clinton pulled in $26 million for the month. she's over all collected more than $182 million out there. notably her b burn rate has pulled back a little bit, a clear sign she's trying to keep some in reserve in case this keeps dragging on. look at bernie sanders over here, in march almost 45 million came into his campaign. he has a total amount of somewhere around 183 million. so their totals are somewhat commensurate, as he always likes to point out a lot of smaller donors involved in this money, too. people keep going back to again and again to keep the race moving on. let's start with ted cruz over here. his numbers for march, about 12 and a half million dollars coming in, his total somewhere around $79 million. that's much smaller than the democrats, but remember a whole lot more candidates on the republican side to divide all those donors. we do have numbers for john kasic

cnn's tom foreman joins me now live from northern virginia. tom, how on earth did this happen?reporter: well, essentially, jake, they're just saying it was an accident, but it was an absolute jaw-dropper for school officials and parents alike who say how can you have a drill at a school that's aimed at making schools safer ultimately and yet seems to produce the exact opposite effect? the cia session to help train bomb-sniffing dogs took place over spring break when all the students were away from briarwood's high school in suburban d.c., only a half hour or so from cia headquarters. one element of the drill was explosive material placed inside the engine compartment of this bus. when the drill was over, they took it out. but some of the material fell deeper into the engine, unnoticed by anyone. and there it remained as the kids came back to school and the bus went back to work, covering 145 miles, making eight runs between several different schools with as many as 26 special needs students onboard. then during routine engine maintenance, a worker noticed something. school spok

cnn's tom foreman explains what is actually allowed, and what's not. >> reporter: in the republicanson, and if nobody wins on the first two ballots, virtually every bell dat out here on the floor would become unbounds, meaning he or she could vote as they pleased. some believe that could create a yard sale for delegates. what to we mean? well, any given delegate showing up here who know what the rules are. the rules say they cannot subpoena any gifts from corporations or from foreign nationals or from federal contractorors. those are all no nos. but the rules say they can accept gifts from political pacs and from individuals. so if a political pac says you know what, we are supporting one candidate and we'd like to give you first class travel here and a limousine ride to a lavish hotel where we will petit put you and up and give you fancy meals -- not trying to buy your vote, just trying to show how much candidate so-and-so appreciates you. what you have a donor, who says i'd like to throw in a gift bag, nice snacks, a designer watch, headphones or a new tablet computer. tickets to a

. >> tom foreman is "outfront". how much money has gone towards these sorts of ads. >> reporter: enough to get a billionaire's attention. the numbers from our analysis by the "new york times" $132 million have been spent on various types of negative ads out there, and more than half of those have been aimed at donald trump. some of them directly attributed to him others comparison ads. negative ads targeting trump which in a weird way any candidate might say is a bit of a compliment because it shows everyone is concerned about him. among those targeting him, gop super p.a.c.s out there. these are people trying to get somebody else to grab the republican nomination. they've spent $23.5 million trying to defeat trump, and as a simple matter the reason they are doing this is because negative ads as much as the public says they don't like them, they do seem to work and it's a way for these groups to try to push back against trump as he so successfully seems to grab the limelight time and time again away from other candi

our tom foreman has more. >> reporter: trump could prove to be a record-breaker in this gop primary seasonlion votes cast for him in all the primaries and caucuses, and they are only 80% done, comparing favorably to the total primary caucus vote for other recent contenders. mitt romney had 10 million votes, and mccain with 9 million, and by the time the season is done, trump very well could hit that number. granted, everyone here had a lot of people running against them when they started their campaig campaigns, but in the case of these three, the most robust competition dropped off earlier. he won the votes while fighting in a harder path of contenders, but he has to bring over a lot more support to win the general election if he becomes the nominee. look at this, yes, he has 10 million or so votes out there so far, but ted cruz has almost 7 million. john kasich more than 3.5 million, and all the others combined, 5 million. wrap that together, and what you have is more than 15 million people who voted in the republican primary caucus process who do not support donald trump. if he really w

cnn's tom foreman explains what's allowed and what's not. >> if the republicans get to a contested conventionallots, virtually every delegate on the floor would become unbound. meaning he or she can vote as they pleased. and some believe that could create a yard sale for delegates. what do we mean? well any given delegate showing up would know what the rules are. the rules say that they cannot accept any gifts from corporations or from foreign nationals or from federal contractors. those are all no-nos. but the rules also say they can accept gifts from political pacs and from individuals. so, if a political pac says you know what, we are supporting one candidate, we'd like to give you first-class travel and a li limousine ride to a lavish hotel where we'll put you up. not trying to buy your vote, just tell you how much candidate so-and-so appreciates you, that might be one form this could take. what you have if an individual doan who supports one of the candidates who says, i'd like to throw in a gift bag, it will include nice snacks, maybe a designer watch. perhaps new headphones or maybe a

thank you very much, tom foreman.'s go straight to our senior political adviser barry bennett and republican strategist todd. as a regular citizen, you say isn't it supposed to be the will of the people? you say the trump team has not been focused on the delegate game. when tom lay that is out, when you're not focused on those individuals, you're going to be toast. >> i think you have to give donald trump credit first off. he's a great television star. he's produced this like a reality television show. he's done a fantastic job in the debates. every time he has a winning victory party, but in politics it's not a reality show. it's a network. you have to build a network to assemble a coalition. the time to work on state parties and committees is two years ago. donald trump chose not to do that. now he's paying a price for it. >> barry, now ben carson is backing donald trump, a surrogate for him, but you heard brad. donald trump's two years behind. you have jumped on board the trump team. you were with carson a few mont

tom foreman has more. >> reporter: there's a reason they call it a floor fight. if nobody gets to that magic number of delegates out there before the convention begins. this is the delegate count. you can see where they are. we've been inching closer to that possibility. donald trump really has the only real big shot at it right now. but look. if we get to the convention and he doesn't have that number, and even if the floor is filled with people who are waving his signs and he doesn't get that number on the first vote, then all bets are off because then many of these delegates will become unbound. meaning they can show their true colors. you may find some waving trump signs are now waving cruz signs or maybe they are waving kasich signs or maybe for someone else altogether. and with each vote after that, more of them become unbound. there are a lot of different state rules and rules written for the convention right before it starts. it may not be clear who all is coming free at which moment but those candidates will be twisting every arm they can and trying to m

but as soon as -- as we go to this detail of the delegates i'm going to let my colleague, tom foreman>> trump could prove to be a record breaker in this gop primary season. he already has roughly 10.1 million votes cast for him in all the primaries and caucuses, and there are only about 80% done. that compares very favorably to the total primary and caucus votes for some other recent contenders. mitt romney, for example, had 10.1 million votes. john mccain, 9.9 million votes. and george w. bush, 12.6 million votes. that's more, yes, but by the time the season is done, trump very well could hit that number. granted, everyone here had a lot of people running against them when they started their campaigns. but, in the case of these three, the most robust competition dropped off earlier than it has against donald trump so you can argue that he's actually won these votes while fighting longer and harder through a denser pack of contenders. he does, however, have to bring over a lot more support if he's going to go to the general election if he becomes the nominee. look at this. yes, he has

we turn to tom foreman that takes a closer look for us. >> take a look at the delegate count as the threetes try to close in on the magic number to clinch the convention and if anybody gets there before the convention, that's it and that's the winner, but if not we head into july and a huge floor fight and it can matter who has been sent here as delegates. let me explain why by walking over to tennessee. tennessee has 58 delegates and 33 of them should go to donald trump and 16 to cruz and 9 to marco rubio. they have to vote that way for the first two ballots based on the state republican party rules but after that they become free agents and can vote whoever they wish and maybe some of the people holding trump signs are cruz supporters, and suddenly you could see what could happen, donald trump could lose a state he won. in louisiana, trump and cruz basically split a lot of the vote getting 18 delegates a piece, and a few went to marco rubio and a few remain undeci d undecided, but in this case they can change after the first vote and all unbound making louisiana a huge question mark. af

tom foreman breaks it down for us. the republicans get to an open convention a contested convention and they get through a couple of votes with no one winning the nomination, virtually every delegate on this floor would become unbound, meaning he or she could vote as they please and some believe that could create a fire sale for delegates. why? let's consider one delegate to see what i mean here. this person would arrive at the convention knowing the rules from the national committee. they could not accept gifts from corporations from foreign nationals or from federal contractors. all of those are no-nos. but the rules do say they can take gifts from political pacs and from individuals. so let's say there's a pac out there supporting one of the candidates and that pac says you know what we want to do, we want to give you first class travel to the convention and then a limo to pick you up and a fancy hotel to stay in and lavish meals and we'll pay for everything. the rules save that's okay. what if you have a private in

our tom foreman delves into what it would mean for the candidates' chances to win the white house. >>eason they call it a floor fight if no candidate can get the magic number of delegates necessary to clinch the nomination before the convention begins. let's look at the delegate count now. donald trump is the close. but if he doesn't get the number before the convention starts or, say you actually get to the convention and have a floor full of people here who have trump signs but on the first vote he does not get enough to get the nomination squirrelled away, then we have a real problem because a floor fight is underway at that point. why? because after the first vote, many of these delegates become unbound. that means they can voted for whomever they wish, not necessarily the person chosen by the people back in their state. people who are holding trump signs may suddenly be holding cruz signs. or maybe kasich signs. maybe signs for somebody else altooth. every state has its own rules. the convention will have its own rules when it starts. it's not clear which rules override other rul

foreman, to me, stamina, carper, casey, warner, menendez, nelson. a lot of time and effort went into examining this issues in compiling this report. i appreciate everyone's that willingness to advance his cause. tom bartel, the chief is staff is with us today to provide background on business tax reform issues and highlight some of the topics reviewed in the working group's report. we really appreciate you being with us. we have a great list of witnesses here today as well that will provide important when set insights and recommendations on broad design issues of the business tax system and practical, on the ground issues that are perverse to keep in mind to develop and refine proposals in the tax state. i wanted take a minute to discuss one particular business tax issue that was discussed in the working group report that i believe warren's believe warrants real consideration by everyone here today. very general terms, corporate integration means eliminating double taxation of certain business earnings. under current law, the corporation's earnings are taxed once at the corporate level, with at the entity level and then again at the share holder level when those earnings are distributed to the sh