this morning, we go to msnbc election guru steve kornacki for an inside look at what a trump/clinton general electionng and just what states trump would have carry in order to beat clinton in the fall. >> let's look at what a trump/clinton general election would look like, with the question how could trump do it? if he gets elected president, what would the path look like? and the first thing to keep in mind, the path that donald trump will have to follow runs counter to everything we thought we learned after the last presidential election. this was election night 2012. this is what america looked like. this was obama's win, what was behind obama's win? it was all about demographics. what republicans say was mitt romney got nearly 60% of the white vote. and basically every election in the past, that probably would have and could have been enough to win the presidential election but because the country was becoming so much more diverse, no longer was that enough. this became a huge problem for republicans. donald trump he will be the republican nominee for president and right now we see in our most re

many are starting to talking about a general election match up. >> take a look at what a trump/clinton general election would look like. how could donald trump do it? if he gets elected emp president, what would would the path look like? it runs counter to everything that we thought we learned after the last presidential election. this was election night 2012. theibly obama statings, the red romney states, what was behind obama's win? demgrattics. it was about how america has been evolving. this is the percentage, going back to 1980. 12% of the voters in the 1980 election were nonwhite. you can see, that number is ticking up over the last generation, we reached an all-time record in 2012. that number is increasing, it will grow with every election. with that in mind, what happened in 2012? different groups voting. romney got nearly 60% of the white vote. because the country was becoming diverse, no longer was it diverse, and the latino vote, 70%, a fast growing portion. remember this, what did the republican party do. we need immigration reform. they were talking about, how can we brin

if we get a trump/clinton general election, by the sound of that, it's going to be about education policy, right? trade. >> reimbursements. >> white papers every day. it's going to be really wonky. >> we're in may and we're in slash and burn. >> he's ignoring and maybe donald trump is a genius, gotten this far but he is ignoring several decades of history about how you run, what do you and don't do to run against the clintons and i think, i mean impeachment, when it was happening in 1998, pabackfired against the republicans, they lost midterm elections. i'm hard-pressed to understand how going back to that set of issues helps donald trump. >> you just raised the most fascinating question of this election, though. people always go back to the old rule books and old playbooks they haven't worked. is trump right? is he a genius or -- or end up in quick sand. >> trump defied all expectations and pundits and won the nomination despite what a lot of people like me thought would happen has a loss of us saying give him more deference but all the data and polls showing what he did in the primary i

general election matchup. steve kornacki has the first look. >> take a look at what a trump/clinton general election would look like. how could donald trump do it? if he gets elect ed president, what would the path look like? it runs counter to everything that we thought we learned after the last presidential election. this was election night 2012. this is what america looks like, the blue obama state, the red romney states, this was obama's win. what was behind obama's win? it was all about demographics. let me show you what i mean. it's about how america has been evolving. this is the percentage, going back to the 1980s. 12% of the voters in the 1980 election were nonwhite. you can see, that number is ticking up over the last generation, and we reached an all-time record in 2012. it was nearly 30%. 28% and that number is only increase. it's going to grow with every election. with that in mind, what happened in 2012? well, this is how different groups voted and what you saw, what republicans saw was mitt romney got nearly 60% of the white vote. and basically in every election in the past, that probably would

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clinton has lost big lead over donald trump. two new polls show clinton basically tied with trump in a general election. ead. german company beyer has offered $62 billion in cash to acquire monsanto the deal as eminent, the world's biggest companies in the businesses of crop seeds and pesticides. and checking on u.s. stock market futures ahead of the opening bell this monday morning, dow futures higher by 11 points, looks like gain there. s&p edging up 1 point, nasdaq edging 5. nicole, that's a look at what's happening now. over to you. nicole: toddlers across the country have been waiting over two to three hours to get through airport security screenings and now the tsa says those long lines will likely continue through the peek summer season, jeff flock is at the airport in chicago with details. >> lauren and nicole, you have been be warned, security lines airports all across the country and this is the one at ohara airport are long, some of them three hours long and here is the headline, they may continue for the summer. take a look at this one here. this is not too bad a security line, but tsa offici

general election might look like. is america ready for a possible trump/clinton general election?n an exclusive interview with hillary clinton, we'll have that entire news-making interview ahead. but this day really belongs, so far at least, to ted cruz, who is making headlines, as he fights for his political life in a press conference to remember. >> i'm going to do something i haven't done for the entire campaign. for those of y'all who have involved with me all across the country. i'm going to tell you what i really think of donald trump. this man say pathological liar. i say pathological, because i actually think, donald, if you hooked him up to a lie detector test. he could say one thing in the morning, one thing at noon and one thing in the evening, all contradictory and he'd pass the lie detector test each time. whatever lie he's telling at that minute, he believes it. but the man is utterly a moron. >> senator -- >> let me finish this, please. the man is utterly amoral. morality doesn't exist for him. donald trump is such a narcissist that barack obama looks at him and goe

a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump in the general election may be shrinng >>> a new poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump in the general election may be slingin shrinking. that difference is also within the poll's margin of error. now, in april a similar poll showed clinton with an 11 point advantage over trump. a hypothetical matchup between bernie sanders and trump has sanders winning by 15 points. clinton will be in the bay area on wednesday for a fund raiser. trump plans to rally in san diego on friday. >>> bernie sanders is campaigning in california this weekend. >> today he conclude add two day swing through san diego county by speaking to sporters in vistvi -- supporters in vista. he called for unity and took a jab at donald trump. >> we've got a lot of work in front of us. we do not make progress unless we stand together, unless we present the donald trumps of the world from dividing us up. >> yesterday sanders made several stops including one at the u.s.-mexico border at tijuana. he heard from families that could only see their loved ones

new polls show hillary clinton and donald trump in a statistical tie in their potential general election battle. >> reporter: as hillary clinton and donald trump prepare for a likely match-up in the general election, a new cbs news poll shows them in tight races in two key battleground states. clinton and trump are virtually tied in florida with clinton just one point ahead. in ohio the democratic frontrunner leaves the presumptive gop nominee by five points. 44% to 49%. >> i'm going to be the nominee. i think there will then be the obvious need for us to unify the party. >> i think secretary clinton is jumping the gun a little bit here. >> reporter: bernie sanders is also tied with trump in florida and in ohio he's beating trump by 9 points, helped by young voters and independents. the polls also show both parties are unifying behind their likely nominee, helped by a sizable percentage of voters who are backing trump and clinton because they're against the other side. >> i will be running against donald trump in the fall and i do not want americans and good thinking republicans as well

clinton would be disastrous as the next president of this country and that nominating donald trump ensures that hillary clinton wins. neither of us want to see donald trump as the nominee handing the general electiono hillary clinton. >> but, sir -- >> that's why i'm campaigning hard in indiana to win the great state of indiana. >> but it is a deal, you would certainly agree. i want to put up what you said about the deal this week. here it is. >> i recognize the media is eager to talk about an alliance. there is no alliance. >> but shortly after john weaver, kasich's chief strategist tweeted this. i can't stand liars, clearly implying it is an alliance and there was an agreement between the camps. >> our focus is on winning indiana. i will tell you what the voters care about. they care about jobs, bringing jobs back to america. they care about bringing manufacturing jobs back to america. they care about raising wages for working men and women who have been left in the cold. they care about ending the administration's war on coal which is wrong and immoral. they care about expanding opportunity for young people. so that's my focus. we are barnstorming the state. i have to say, chris, this has been

our poll has hillary clinton leading donald trump in a general election match up by just three points, that's within the poll's margin of error. trump and clinton are the most unpopular candidates in the history of our poll. 54% of voters have a negative opinion of hillary clinton. and 58% have a negative opinion of donald trump. which has analysts wondering tonight what voters will do if they're faced with two options they don't much like. kristen welker starts our coverage. >> reporter: the likely fall fight shaping up to be a dead heat between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> there is no evidence he has any ideas about making america great as he advertises. >> just bad judgment. she suffers from bad judgment. >> reporter: nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows clinton leading trump by only 3 points. down from 11 points in april. while another poll out today shows trump beating clinton by 2 points. >> as we go through this campaign, we are going to be demonstrating the hollowness of his rhetoric. >> hillary is weak. a weak person. >> trump has surged with many republicans now

amazing >>> as donald trump and hillary clinton look ahead to the general election, the lines o attackre beginning to emerge with the republican nominee intent on reminding voters o the clinton scandals of the 990s. the trump campaign released an ins gram ad focus ong the sexual assault allegations tweeting is hillary really protecting women? his camp has also reportedly asked the rnc to work up information on white water real estate scandal. we're back with kim, dan and bill also joined the panel. so, dan, you were there. chronicling this in the 1990s. the pardon, travel gate, the rest of it. is this really relevant to the current moment? >> it is relevant in the sense this is big time politics. the it's hardball politics and donald trump knows that the clinton camp is doing opposition research on him. he's got a past. it's been documented in the new york tabloids over the years with women and his business relationships and what donald trump is is engaging in here is is mutual destruction. you want to escalate, i'm going to escalate, too. and he's firing the first sound and telling th

when we come back, hillary clinton and donald trump sharpen their attacks as they look aheaa to the a general election. trump is rehashing the clinton scandals of the 1990s, while hillary istr focusing on her rival's record as a businessman so, will either strategy work? sir, this alien life form is growing at an alarming rate. growing fast, you say? we can't contain it any long... oh! you know, that reminds me of how geico's been the fastest-growing auto insurer for over 10 years straight. over ten years? mhm, geico's the company your friends and neighbors trust. and deservedly so. indeed. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. . . . . >>> as donald trump and hillary clinton look ahead to the general election, the lines of attack are beginning to emerge with the republican nominee intent on reminding voters of the clinton scandals of the 1990s. the trump campaign released an instagram ad this week focusing on the sexual assault allegations against former president bill clinton with trump tweeting "is hillary really protecting women?" his camp has also reportedly asked the rnc to work up in

clinton. >>> the vote is in now in kentucky. the race still too close to call. we're getting a preview of what the general election will look like between hillary clinton and donald trump. the main super pac backing clinton's campaign released two ads today as it ravrps up the general election fight against donald trump. here is one of them. it's called speak. >> you know you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her where ever. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [ expletive ] absolutely. >> if she weren't my daughter, perhaps i would be dating her. a person who is flat chested is hard to be a ten. you can tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. >> does donald trump really speak for you? >> serge after that ad, it appears donald trump said the pathetic new hit ad against me r misrepresents the final line. you can tell them to go blank themselves was about china, not women. he did make this statement in rally talking to new hampshire residents about bringing back jobs lost to new mexico. later in that speech he did refer to china. is this him picking a point. >> he seizes on moments he's not being treated accurately or fairly.

and i was witness to the carnage. >> that's donald trump turning his attention to the general election in a likely race against hillary clintonust released cnn orc pollit shows clinton leading trump in a general election matchup. her biggest lead since last summer. we discuss with maggie haggerman, our cnn political analyst and presidential campaign correspondent for the "new york times." maggie, great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> let's take a moment to just re reflect this morning. donald trump, you have covered him for many years. 11 months when he announced he was getting into the race, many people, pundits, thought it would be short lived. he is now the presumptive nominee. >> it's quite a moment, as somebody who authored a piece very early on suggesting he could never win a state. i have to say, i'm pretty surprised. it's a little less shocking over the last few months, because we saw him win new hampshire very big and then he won south carolina. two states that republicans, or democrats, tend to capture and then go on to become the nominee. he has had a tougher path because of this attempt at a stop tru

week this some republican officials are concerned that trump's campaign hasn't grown number to compete against hillary clinton in the general election. trump has said he's relying on the republican national committee's resources and infrastructures across 50 states to help bolster his campaign in the fall. lewandowski defended that strategy and said it's a microcosm for what the nation would look like if trump is elected compared to clinton. >> she's got 800 people on staff. we've got 70 people on staff. they think that bigger is better. that's the mindset that the clinton administration will take to the federal government. you know you just pose that with the trump mindset which is smaller, leaner, more efficient and better results. that's the mindset you need for the federal government. >> reporter: some veterans groups are unhappy with reports that tomorrow on memorial day trump is planning to release a final accounting of his fund-raising for veterans last year when he skipped the fox news debate in iowa. retired major general paul eaton from votevets.org released a statement saying in part there are 364 other days of the year m

trump and clinton matchup? >> donald trump says the general election is under way. hillary clinton in the lead by a healthy margin. but opportunities in our polling for donald trump. let's look at why hillary clinton can feel good as to general election starts. doesn't mean it will last. as of today, as we speak in early may, she's holding to the coalition. these were his numbers among men on election day 2012. hillary clinton doing a little better, among women, doing bet, among independents, doing b better, in the suburbs, doing better, also doing better than president obama on election day 2012 among nonwhite voters. if she can keep the coalition together, she can win. is it all bad news for trump? no. those demographic numbers show you he has work to do. there are also opportunities for mr. trump. he says in a state like michigan, i'll re-create on issues like trade. nationally, donald trump has a five point lead. modest, but a lead on the number one issue for voters, who can best handle the economy. look at the midwest. donald trump knows his path to the presiden

trump/clinton matchup? >> well, don, donald trump says the general election is under way. he enters that general election at a deficit. hillary clinton in the lead by a healthy margin but some opportunities in our polling for donald trump. let's take a look number one at why hillary clinton can feel good as the general election starts. it doesn't mean it will last, but as of today, as we speak in early may, she is holding together the obama coalition. the president won twice, two electoral college landslides. these were his numbers among men on election day 2012. hillary clinton is doing a little bit. among women, she's doing better. among independents, she's doing better. among white voters, she's doing better. in the suburbs, she's doing better. she's also even doing a little bit better than president obama on election day 2012 among non-white voters. so hillary clinton says if i can keep the obama coalition together against donald trump, i can win. is it all bad news for trump? no. those demographic numbers show you he's got some work to do, but there are also some oppor

years of political elected experience and now donald trump has bested them all and taken over the party. we are in for quite a wild ride of a general election between trump and hillary clinton>> that's chuck todd reporting. lester holt is interviewing donald trump right after john kasich announced he has suspended his campaign. you can see the exclusive interview on night"nightly news after this broadcast. >>> in fairfax, scott silverthorne has won another term as mayor. this will be his third term as mayor. in fredericksburg, the incumbent claimed victory with 61% of the vote. go to the nbc washington app and search virginia elections for more results. >>> more and more schools all over the country are turning to surveillance cameras to help keep students sa the federal government that reveals 75% of schools throughout the country use cameras. the national center for education statistics says that is a threefold increase from a decade ago. the report says an overwhelming majority of public schools run school lockdown safety drills. the news4 i-team says there have been 30 school lockdowns in the d.c. area in just recent months. >>> it was a disaster for many drivers. many

hillary clinton is looking to the general election campaigning at the naacp in detroit. clinton slammed trump over his role in what she calls the insidious birther movement and disavow former klan leader david duke. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. we can't let all the hard work

it looks, the bottom line, like we are headed toward a trump/clinton general election. >> how does that matchup look. >> because of demographic changes in the country we are -- the democrats begin with a significant advantage here. look at this man. this was put together by my the states in in dark blue voted democrat aall of the last six presidential elections. if hillary clinton hangs on to those all she needs to do is win the state of florida. sanders has to put in place states like his home state of new york, pennsylvania and michigan, but there's no question that hillary clinton goes into this as the clear front-runner. >> all right, jon, thank you. >>> let's bring in matthew dowd for more. you're in l.a. you were one of the first to call the power of the trump candidacy back last summer. you just saw that map that jon karl showed right now. donald trump begins this general election as an underdog in the electoral map in the polling so can lightning strike twice? >> well, that's the interesting thing. you know, we don't know and i think the fascinating thing about donald trump, geo

trump to vote for her. clinton is also shifting more of her focus to attacking trump, speaking in oakland, california last evening, clinton spent much of her speech criticizing her likely general election opponent. >> donald trump has doubled down on his intention to deport 11 or 12 million americans and even now talk being what he calls a deportation force. can you imagine the police and military action inside our borders? >> reporter: despite her shift to the general election, senator bernie sanders is reminding voters he is still in the race. he says he plans to continue campaigning through the final democratic primary. >> there are nine states left. we think we have a good shot to win west virginia on tuesday, kentucky and oregon the next week and we think we can win in california. so we're gonna fight for every remaining vote in the next nine states. >> reporter: though clinton captured nearly 95% of the delegates she needs to clinch the democratic presidential nomination. after winning today's caucus in guam, she has 2229 delegates. sanders has just 1453. to win the nomination, a candidate needs 2383 delegates. neither is campaigning publicly today. sanders speaks tomorrow at rut

trump. white women, 63% negative. hillary clinton has high negatives but donald trump outpaces her. chris? >> yeah, look, hillary clinton is a flawed general electionable/unfavorable numbers to the fact you have the majority of country saying honest and trustworthy don't describe her. that said, right now both head-to-head polling, some of the subgroups, he cannot beat her as donald trump the brand is currently comprised. there's a whole lot of it that has to do with the electoral college advantage democrats start out with at this time and the challenges that trump's candidacy is exacerbating. the party is getting more white rather than less white. today he can't win the race. look, i wrote june 17, 2015, you don't need to take him seriously. by august 4th, 2015, i was writing, boy, was i wrong. i will tell you if you look at the numbers today, donald trump cannot beat hillary clinton. >> we don't know what will happen with the economy, overseas. there could be foreign threats that play into his hands. >> there's a lifetime between now and november. just to echo chris' thought, the brand he created that was so successful aimed at an angry republica

. >>> topping our decision 2016 coverage tonight, hillary clinton's lead over donald trump is shrinking when it comes to the general election. look at the results from the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll. clinton is three points ahead of donald trump. that's down from an 11-point lead last month. in a matchup between trump and bernie sanders, the vermont senator leads by 15 points. this morning on nbc's "meet the press" clinton showed no doubts about who will win the democratic nomination. >> i am going to be the nominee. and i want to spend a lot of my time, as you have seen me do, really taking on trump, because i find what he says, the kind of candidacy he is presenting, to pose a danger to our country. >> clinton as accused trump of trying to make himself look great rather than making america great. bernie sanders isn't letting up ahead of california's primary in two weeks. thousands rallied behind sanders in southern california today. >> on june 7th, with your help, we're going to win here in california. [ applause ] >> sanders spoke to more than 7,000 supporters in vista just outside san diego. he told the cr

with the republican fight now settled, clinton is trying to turn full attention to the general election and donald trump, but sanders is vowing to stay in the race all the way to the convention. a move clinton says sheas no quarrel with. >> i know there are still contests ahead. i respect senator sanders in whatever chase he makes. i have empathy, anderson. i ran to the very end in 2008. and i won 9 of the last 12 contests. people forget that. i won indiana. i won west virginia. i won a lot of states. but i could not close the gap in pledged delegates. the gap between me and senator sanders is far wider than it was between me and senator obama. >> senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny has more. >> reporter: john and christine, hillary clinton is campaigning in california today. a reminder her primary fight with sanders is still on. the california primary on june 7th, is one of the last contests in the last democratic fight. the campaign is suddenly making a hard turn to the general election. she is sharpening her battle plan for donald trump and intentionally choosing two words to describe him. s

clinton at 56% and trump at 65%. in a general electiont trump's weaknesses and et cetera. >> they will run no matter what they say at the convention, they will both run a scorched earth campaign. when you have unfavorables as high as hillary clinton and donald trump, whose unfavorables are even higher than hillary clinton's you're going to spend way too much time, money and effort trying to reduce the unfavorables for yourself. you might as well concentrate on the other shiide. what's the lesson that the 16 republicans who may well have lost to donald trump are telling other people? they didn't hit trump often enough, hard enough, early enough. i rather suspect the clinton campaign, some of whom are old hands and remember the '92 and '96 campaigns and the whole clinton presidency understood that lesson long ago. >> you indicated that clinton strategy yould also be focused on so-called swing states as well. we heard donald trump say time and time again he is going to flip some of these states from blue to red and put other states in play.

hillary clinton and donald trump are shifting their focus to the general election. ednesday, trump took to the airwaves to discuss possible picks for vice president, while clinton dismissed the presumptive gop nominee as a loose cannon. bernie sanders says he still sees his own path to the nomination. ♪ with his path to the republican nomination clear, donald trump is mapping out his strategy to win in november. part of that plan involves vetting possible choices for vice president, including former rivals john kasich. >> john, whether he's vice president or not, i think he'll be very, very helpful with ohio. >> reporter: several key republican leaders including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have indicated they will back trump. the last republicans to occupy the oval office, bush 41 and bush 43, made clear wednesday they plan to sit this election out. still, trump is looking to unify the gop and defeat hillary clinton. >> if she wants to go the low road, i'm fine with that. if she wants to go the high road which probably i would prefer, i would be fine with

trump, but they will support hillary clinton. a pretty remarkable thing to hear from republicans on day one of donald trump's general election campaignlicans who have already said they are going to support her. it was a pretty long list. obviously the hillary clinton team is working hard to launch republicans for hillary right out of the gate. >> interesting, overnight. republican senator ben sasse says he is not for trump and not for hillary. he says i believe most americans can be for limited government again if they were given a candidate to focus on a small number of urgent things to drive us together instead of drive us apart. i think there is room and appetite for a candidate. we can do better. give us more choices. in the same letter, he indicates he is not going to be the candidate. it is interesting to see a republican senator actively aggressively pushing for a third party candidate. >> that's right. it is highly unusual. he has been on the leading edge of this if you look back to february. he came back then and said if the choice boils down to trump or clinton, i'll be for a third candidate. he is now following through wit

clinton and trump as a they clash over gun control. >> reporter: trump and president clinton are focussing more on the general election and each other. national rifle association endorsed trump. president clinton would preventp law abiding citizens from owning guns. gun control is a central campaign issue for president clinton. she's calling for more background checks and liability speaking before an enter or women whose children had been killed by gunfire. >> will not be silent. wil and we will not be intimidationed. as long as children anywhere are being killed by gun violence, we will keep fighting forur because they deserve a president who stands up for them. >> reporter: president clintonrp claims trump supports allowing a guns in classrooms to protect children from shooters. f >> she's readingro off a tell promoter. she always does. she really doesn't have her ownn words. she talked about guns in classrooms i don't want to have guns in classrooms although in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms. >> reporter: while democrats and republicans have yet to choose nominees. poll just out has president clinton up 46-43.

white house, it is the eve of another set of primaries and donald trump and hillary clinton are liking ahead to the generally election now. in trump's latest attack on clinton he went back to the 1990s. bringing up her husband's infidelities. in the meantime, bernie sanders isn't giving up. he held a campaign rally in atlantic city this morning and our katherine scott was there. >> reporter: the rally has wrapped up but today bernie sanders was atlantic city he talked about a number of campaign issues including universal healthcare and raising the minimum wage and job creation. cheers inside boardwalk hall this morning as bernie sanders addressed the crowd in atlantic city a day after he spoke at rutgers. he ran through a number of issues in his platform and touched on the financial crisis the city is facing. we spoke to the vermont senator before the rally about why he chose to stop here. >>> this is are a community in trouble i wanted to point out the discrepancy that exist in the country where people are doing phenomenally well while others are struggling. >> reporter: voters made the trip to hear his message in p

. >> a new nbc and "wall street journal" poll shows hillary clinton's lead over donald trump in a general election is shrinking. 46% said they would support hillary clinton. 43% would back donald trump. that difference is within the poll's margin of error. in april a similar poll showed clinton with an 11-point edge over trump. hypothetical matchup between bernie sanders and trump has sanders winning 15 percentage points. >> time is running out to register to vote in the california primary coming up june 7th. today is the deadline to register or switch party affiliation. most can register online through the secretary of state's website. >>> a major merger in the works for thing aconsue agricultural . >>> landon dowdy has our cnbc business. >> futures are lower this morning. the dow closing higher friday is now down for the past four weeks on speculation that the federal reserve could raise rates as soon as next month. look for data on housing and gdp. friday the dow was up 65 points. nasdaq adding 57 to 4769. a big merger deal may be in the works today. germany's bayer is offering to buy monsanto

, should trump and clinton be the general election nominees. you know, that's really no surprise, because trump has been hitting hillary clinton now. bernie sanders saying trump would have been hitting hillary clinton anyway. he will do anything possible that he can to stop donald trump or whomever the are gop nominee is in the fall. it looks like he's doing anything possible other than getting out of this race. he's staying in this through june and taking his fight all the way to the convention floor. carol? >> chris frates, reporting live for us this morning. thank you. hillary clinton may be turning her attention to donald trump but not ignoring bernie sanders all together. she still needs his supporters to vote for her if she gets the nomination and her campaign has ripped a page from sanders to do just that. ♪ >> singing "we'll walk it out together together," recalls a sanders ad from months back. ♪ >> you know that ad "they all come to look for america," both ads touchy, feely, allbout love and togetherness. with me now to discu

trump beat the clinton campaign machine on the ground? a look at some of the numbers and the work the trump campaign would have to do to catch up in the general electionbill: issues for hillary clinton on the server, email, notorious hacker claims he will be into her server with little problem. >> when somebody -- okay -- you had a server for five years, okay? you show in five years you had security? bill: johnny mandel is now facing a judge. dallas county grand jury indicting yesterday on a domestic violence charge. a former girlfriend accusing him of kidnapping, hitting and threatening to kill her in january. the judge in the courtroom talking about bomb conditions at the moment. the conditions will be spelled out and we will see what happens later today. wanted to show that to you, johnny football as he is known. martha: ground game is key when it comes to winning a general election and hillary clinton has serious campaign infrastructure that includes grassroots movement and large digital presence. we will show you the numbers in a moment. donald trump has relied mostly on sheer force of his personality, his speeches, will it be enough to propel hi

no you are fellow buff loanian as well. >> go bills. >> what would a general election look like with hillary clinton and donald trump as the nominees. >> we'll break down the strategies for both campaigns going forward. stay right here. >>> while hillary clinton and donald trump's campaigns may be worlds apart their messages for the general election are very much the same, bring it on. in sit down interviews with cnn the front-runners offer a glimpse of what the showdown could look like. joining me, scotty nell hughes. a major donald trump surrogate supporter and bakari sellers. thank you for joining us. scottie, first of all to you. the decision by mitt romney earlier john mccain, both presidents bush to avoid attending the republican convention in cleveland in july, it sounds like a statement against, in effect, for all practical purposes the republican presidential nominee. >> that's very sad and i would hope they would reconsider and join the party which i think ultimately they will. i think they are more thatture than to act like children and stay home. and senator mccain in arizona is up for a tough election b

that poll has hillary clinton leading donald trump in a hypothetical general election matchup by two points, 47% clinton, 45% trump. where a matchup between sanders and trump has sanders leading 52% sanders and 40% trump. that could help sanders in his pitch for the nomination. in fact, the majority of the americans say they are against clinton, they either dislike or hate her. for trump, 46% express those negative feelings about him. while a possible third party candidate continue to haunt him on the trail, they are going through a list of hopeful for the job. nbc hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: donald trump marching toward the general election now looking at a possible new challenger after conservative writer bill kristol hinted at a candidate with a strong team and real chance. trump calling kristol a dummy. can't allow lightweights to set up a spoiler. even after flirting with his own independent bid. i don't want to do the independent thing. i do keep it and it is leverage. he tells nothing is imminent. others with a list for alternative say something could be announced

general election. trump's path t >>> five things to know at the :55. hillary clintonng their focus to the general election. trump's path to the nomination is clear with john kasich out. clinton is dismissing the presumptive gop nominee as a loose cannon. bernie sanders is still maintaining hope despite clinton's huge lead in the delegate count. >>> firefighters in canada are still working to get the upper hand on a deadly wildfire. the fire's already damaged close to 2,000 structures. about 80,000 people have been forced out of their homes. unseasonably high temperatures and strong winds are expected to continue fanning the flames. >>> today federal regulators are expected to announce a plan to ban arbitration clauses for bank customers. the clauses are found in the fine print of things like credit card agreements and mortgages. they currently require the customer to take any disputes to a third party mediator. >>> starting next month, you will need to be 21 to buy cigarettes in california. governor jerry brown signed the bill yesterday to raise the smoking age. the l

trump and hillary clinton are. trump is 60% and hillary clinton 53% and we have already seen before the general election the attacks against each other getting so nasty. getting so personal. is this sort of a window into how bad it's going to get? >> i definitely think so and day by day we're seeing different attacks launched. this is going to be an election where democrats are turned out because of their opposition to donald trump and republicans are turned out in opposition to hillary clinton which means this is going to be a highly negative election and we're seeing in polls that donald trump is closing the gap and narrowing in on hillary clinton. they're now in a dead heat race. so this race is going to be very competitive. the republican party has gotten around donald trump. once the parties are united it will be full force. >> it's going to be all about who can run the better campaign and who can get out the vote. well you mentioned the party divide. the democrats still looking a little divided and it could be getting wider. sanders waging a war against the dnc saying he is going to stay in this thing. we tal

now, the media mogul has plans to back trump against hillary clinton in the general election. trump retweeted having called the fox news anchor a bimbo. >> did i say that? >> many times. >> ooh, okay. >> excuse me. >> what do you think was -- >> not the most horrible thing, politically -- not the most -- over your life megyn you've been call called worse. >> now you have my cell phone number. >> i do. >> you promised you wouldn't use it for evil. >> i won't. >> back with me i think this is actually think donald ales donald trump circling each other. all this buildup, they'll square off, and then at times it felt genuine. the megyn kelly network special tonight -- >> love in. >> totally a love in. struck me as now we're all unified. >> yeah, it's weird, right. >> i'm weirded out by the way she seems to have come around by it. >> it's embarrassing for her. she was attacked in ways that were totally inappropriate and unprofessional. >> a lot of people made a lot of money tonight. >> if you played devil's advocate. i didn't see the whole interview, i've been here all night. there's

i would say a slight advantage clinton but it would be a risky bet. >> let's talk about donald trump. we talked about hillary clinton hoping to pivot to a general election, donald trump gearing up for a general election he has that luxury which hillary clinton doesn't have. i want to play something donald trump said a while back. i'm not sure if this was several weeks or months ago about what he would and would not do in terms of preparation. >> i don't have pollsters telling me what to say. a lot of these folks have pollsters. i'm turning down millions. i don't want your money. i don't want your money. you think those people are giving without favors? now, hillary raised $46 million. a lot of money. the good news is i got -- well, the good news is how much do i have? ten billion. >> donald trump earlier. he has now -- sensibly it's one of the remarkable things you didn't have a pollster before considering -- >> tony who polled for him before when he was think being running for president, and he's worked with manafort. i would suggest what you see is what happens. it's unusual to some extent with donald trump but you're beginning to see the establishmen

let me run a theory by you as i watch the beginnings of this trump versus clinton general election. for all his flaws as a candidate, he's a better performer. he's got greater capacity to drive the news cycle where he wants it to go than she does. that matters as much or more than anything else on the two sides. >> i think that's right. he's far better at that. not only that, he's sort of the new thing. he's the new shiny object. hillary, you can't really say that. she's been around forever. her family has been around forever. >> we're going to have you to lead us there what you would do if you were working for trump. you worked for the kasich super pac. he said a lot of things about trump not being the right guy for the party. he still hasn't endorsed him. a lot of republicans felt strongly that trump was the wrong guy to be the republican nominee and not someone with problems in the general election but really, deeply wrong. you've made your peace with the idea of trump as nominee, right? just explain your thinking how you came from being pretty strongly anti-trump to being suppor

clinton and trump say that their choice is more about opposing the other candidate than anything else. i mentioned earlier the survey shows hillary clinton does have a wide lead over trump in the general electionill months away. it's not today. if there's one thing this campaign season has proved, it's that anything can happen. the polls be damned. abby phillip is the national political reporter for the "washington post." the negatives are astounding. >> yeah. it's really incredible. and i think both parties are going to be dealing with a really difficult job of trying to prevent voters from becoming so disenchanted with politics and so disenchanted with both candidates that they just sit on their hands and say, you know, a pock on both houses, we're done. >> from your reporting, abby, has either side indicated a strategy to raise the positive numbers and lower the negative numbers on their respective candidates? >> absolutely. the democrats you're already seeing some of that strategy play out. part of it is going to be -- it's going to be a two for. one is going to be taking on donald trump, the other is going to be putting forward some kind of positive agenda. that's the part that's going to