he sat down with wolf blitzer just a little while ago at trump tower. here they were. >> as we're speaking, i know you're very happy that ted cruz has dropped out. cnn has confirmed john kasich, the ohio governor, he's dropping out as well. you're the only one left right now. >> that's good, that's good. you're just telling me this for the first time about john, and that's good. i think john's doing the right thing. >> ohio, you know, is an important state. no republican has ever been elected president of the united states without winning ohio. >> well, i think john will be very -- i've had a good relationship with john. >> a lot of government experience in the congress, as a governor. >> i think john will be very helpful with ohio, even as governor. >> he says he doesn't want to be a vice president. >> well, that could be. i mean, he said that. i've heard him say that. >> would he be someone you're interested in veting? >> i would be. i like john. had a good relationship with john fanned gotten along with him well. john, whether he's vice president or

i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, donald trump the last man standing. john kasich officially dropping out hours ago. who is the presumptive nominee vetting for vp. >>> and how worried is hillary clinton about a faceoff with him. and the spectacular rise and fall. we have new details breaking this hour about his decision to drop out of the race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tront, breaking news. john kasich dropping out of the republican race this evening. donald trump the gop presumptive nominee for the president of the united states. the billionaire businessman toppling 16 after he was dismissed by every politician and political expert. in fact, the only nominee to have never held elected office since five-star general dwight eisenhower back in 1952. trump declaring the general election starts today, going straight for hillary clinton. >> i thought that i would be going longer, and she would be going s

he did a sit down interview with wolf blitzer. it was interesting to see. already, the first day after he clinches the nomination, he seems to be shifting on issues. listen to what he told wolf about the minimum wage. >> hillary clinton is ready to go to $12. >> she has done that -- >> what would you recommend? >> i'm looking at it. i'm open to doing something with it because i don't li't like it. i'm open to bringing jobs back. >> he said wages were too high in america. >> i was fascinated to hear that. it did not take him long for him to shift. he previously said wages were too high. he said he didn't want to change the minimum wage. now one day into the general election, he is saying he is willing to look at it. this is a challenge for hillary clinton. you are not sure where he will come down on an issue any given day. he has shown a willingness to change his positions. if you are hillary clinton, it is a strange race to run. it is not conventional right versus left race. he is all over the map. he is difficult. it didn't seem to bother republican primary

michael, i want to play more on wolf blitzer's phone interview with hillary clinton.against the ig report on their e-mails. here it is. >> this report makes clear that personal e-mail use was the practice under other secretaries of state and the rules were not clarified until after i had left. as i said many times, it was still a mistake, if i could go back i'd do it differently and i understand people have concerns about this but i hope voters look at the full picture of everything that i've done and the full threat posed by a donald trump presidency. if they, do i have faith in the american people they'll make the right choice. >> so the question, she's saying the threat posed by trump bigger than the concern over her e-mails. is she obfuscating there? >> well, there's no question that was an absolutely devastating report from the state department inspector general. the inspector general made it clear this was an obama appointee that the rules did not permit what she said they permitted. that she never asked for permission, she never got advice from the state depart

and trump told wolf blitzer he would like to vet john kasich. >> thank you, jim. uniting republicans will take a lot of work. many party leaders are dodging reporters questions or simply saying outright they will not back donald trump. both presidents bush, father and son, stating they will not participate at all in the campaign. others reluctantly or not, are climbing on the trump band wagon. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said i have supported the nominee. the presumptive nominee, donald trump, is on the verge of clinching that nomination. he has the obligation to unite the party. >>> and on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders on the campaign trail. clinton in california. the republican fight now settled. she is trying to turn her attention to the general election and donald trump, but bernie sanders is making it complicated. vowing to stay in the race to the convention. a move she has no quarrel with. >> i know there are contests ahead. i respect sanders in whatever choices. i have a lot of empathy. i ran to the very end in 2008. >>

i turn it over now to wolf blitzer. he is in the situation room.ppening now, breaking news. the nominee of the republican party is already declared donald trump the presumptive nominee, but in his first sit down interview since then trump tells me he still believes 100% that the system is rigged and crooked. this campaign has bitterly divided republicans, can he now get them to unite behind him? my interview with donald trump just ahead. >>> dropouts, ted cruz is out of the race and john kasich is about to quit. kasich will explain why he's dropping his long shot bid in a live news conference that's coming up this hour. we're standing by. >>> and still burning, bernie sanders vows to keep fighting for the nomination even as hillary clinton pivots to a fight with don

cnn's wolf blitzer sat down with trump just a moment ago.he reacted to that news. >> as we're speaking, i know you're very happy that ted cruz has dropped out. cnn has confirmed john kasich, the ohio governor, he's dropping out as well. you're the only one left right now. >> that's good. you're just telling me for the first time about john and that's god. i think john is doing the right thing. >> ohio, you know, is an important state. no republican has ever been elected president of the united states without winning ohio. >> well, i think john will be very -- i've had a good relationship with john. >> he's got a lot of government experience in the congress and as a governor. >> i think john will be very helpful with ohio, even as governor. >> he says he doesn't want to be a vice president. well, that could be. >> he's said that. >> would he be someone you're interested in vetting? >> i would be interested in vetting john. i like john, had a good relationship with john and gotten along with him well, but whether he's vice president or not, i

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what donald trump said yesterday, to wolf blitzer is what i'd do is bring our jobs back. details. how will he bring jobs back? >> well, i think he hits on the major points when he's talking about creating jobs and growing the economy. which you have pointed out is the number one issue. leaving the indiana polls there earlier in the week, that was the number one issue, let's create and environment of growth. we haven't had that for eight years. we've had a stagnant economy. wages are flat. i think that's why we're having the discussion about wages. but what we need to do is we need significant tax reform. we need to make america the plaes that other businesses who have left want to come back. we have to grow manufacturing, we have to grow every sector of industry in this country. we have to have a fair trade system that empowers america to trade with our global partners, not decrease our amount of control in the situation, but increase our amount of control. let's do the things that are necessary to grow jobs in america, and be bold about it. >> so you've heard donald trum

wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. i'm 1:00 p.m.ing n washington. 6:00 p.m. in lon dan. 8:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you are watching from around the world thank you for joining us. the next phase of the presidential race here in the united states is official will he underway at least for one party. while republicans debate whether to coalesce behind their presumptive nominee donald trump, he is moving ahead naming a money man for the general election campaign, steve mnuchin. all this while

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "situation room." >>> donald trump called a news conference today and spent a lot of the time bashing the news media. trump gathered journalists to announce an accounting of his fund-raising for veterans groups amounting to $5.6 million. the issue goes back to january when donald trump skipped a republican debate for a benefit and repeatedly failed, though, in the process to give details about the proceeds. trump today called reporters dishonest, not good people, and sleaze. and he vowed if he wins the presidency, they can expect the same tone. trump also lashed out at a judge overseeing a fraud case against trump university who he previously called a mexican and today calling him unfair. documents from that case were released today. detailing how the trump sales team was instructed to bring in customers and push students to sign up for more courses. also tonight, u.s. officials are warning that kim jong-un's missile program poses a threat to american, even though the la

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." another bombshell from donald trump. a blast from the candidate's past. in previous decades, trump routinely made calls to reporter posing as a binl cyst and answering questions about his business dealings including business relationships and divorces. a recording sounds very much like donald trump speaking in the third person about his exploits. trump says, quote, it was not me. an audio forensic specialist says it's trump's voice. this is as he's trying to pass up a badly divided republican party and being pressed on statements that he's made during the campaign. the presumptive nominee says his proposal to ban muslims from the united states was just a suggestion and in the same breath says he's not softening his stance but that he's flexible. trump is refusing to release his tax returns until an audit is complete. he'd be the first nominee, by the way, since 1976, to withhold that information. asked about his tax rate, trump says it's none of your bu

i want to play more on wolf blitzer's interview with hillary clinton. >> this report makes clear that the practice under other secretaries of state and the rules were not clarified until after i had left. but as i said many times it was still a mistake. if i could go back i'd do it t differently and i understand people have concerns about this but i hope voters look at the full picture of what i've done and the full threat posed by a donald trump presidency and i have faith in the american people. >> she's saying that the threat posed by trump is bigger than the concern over her e-mails. >> there's no question that was a devastating report from the state department inspector general. the inspector general made it clear this was an obama appointee by the way that the rules did not permit what she said they permitted and she never asked for permission and never got advice from the stapt department lawyers and there are some really startling influencing it's in that report one that hasn't got enough attention is two staffers in her office raised questions about this and said they had con

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a day before primaries in west virginia and nebraska, donald trump is the only gop candidate left in the race and the presumptive nominee is getting ready for november and beyond. he's named new jersey governor chris christie to head his white house transition team, and trump is already pivoting toward the general election on the issues, shifting his stance on the minimum wage and taxes on the wealthy. none of this will ease the concerns of establishment republicans, some of whom are refusing to support trump and are even looking at a possible third-party effort. house speaker paul ryan has made it clear he's not yet ready to endorse trump and now says he would step down as convention chairman if trump asked him to. the two are scheduled to meet on thursday as trump supporter sarah palin says ryan's political career is all but over. >>> and north korea leader kim jong-un has a new title, elected party chairman of the communist elite in three decades

i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. even donald trump says he didn't expect the presidential race to look like this in late may with the democrats still sparring, while he's on the brink of becoming the republican nominee. trump gets closer to claiming that prize. less than an hour from now. that's when voting by mail ends in washington state's republican primary. of course, trump is confident of a win, as the only remaining gop candidate. trump expects to get most of the 44 republican delegates on the line tonight, and there's a chance he could win them all. right now, trump is just 48 delegates away from officially clinching the republican presidential nomination. he's likely to get very close to the magic number of 1,237 by the end of the night. as for the democrats, hillary clinton now flatly is declaring that she will be the nominee, despite bernie sanders' claim he still has a chance. there's no denying the math. tonight, clinton needs 82 more delegates to clinch, based on her total of pledged and super delegates.

i'm wolf blitzer.'re in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news tonight. a new phase in the chaotic republican race for the white house. donald trump now the party's presumptive nominee with the departure of his two last remaining rivals. less than an hour ago, john kasich announced he is dropping out of the race. ted cruz quit last night after trump's commanding victim tree in the indiana primary. i sat down with donald trump since his win in indiana made his nomination a near certainty confirmed by the party itself. we talked about potential running mates, his campaign strategy against hillary clinton and a lot more. and hillary clinton is also talking to cnn calling donald trump a, quote, loose cannon in an exclusive interview with anderson cooper. unlike trump, her fight for the party nomination isn't over. her rival bernie sanders won in indiana and his determination is to keep going despite hillary clinton's nearly insurmount and delegate lead. covering that and more with our correspondents,

i am wolf blitzer.e in "the situation room." >>> a new war raging between donald trump and one of the most frequent targets, the news media. trump lashing out against a "the new york times" article alleging a pattern of unwelcome and unsettling conduct toward women dating back decades. an ex-girlfriend interviewed by the times says her story is misrepresented and trump calls it a hit piece and a fraud. >>> we are also following a growing al qaeda threat. the group now calling for professional assassinations in the latest issue of the online magazine. it comes as al qaeda is increasingly challenging isis in syria, prompting experts to warn that the group started by osama bin laden poses a greater long term threat to the u.s. covering all of that and more with our guests, including a key supporter, scottie nell hughes. correspondents and expert analysts are standing by. let's begin with the trump campaign. sarah murray has the latest. trump is hitting back hard against that "the new york times" article. >

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> all counts relating to the custody of eddie gray, edward nero, one of six officers charged in the case and the second to be tried. gray's led to widespread rioting and tensions have been high surrounding the case. the hunt is being stepped up, meanwhile, for the crucial black boxes which could help explain what happened to egyptair flight 804 and the search in the eastern mediterranean is now going under water. an automated system on the airliner sent messages about smoke in the front of the aircraft just before it plunged into the sea. but there are new questions about whether the plane was brought down by terrorism or a technical problem. two new polls suggest hillary clinton has lost what was once a big lead over donald trump and is now in a dead heat for the white house. the polls also indicate that the two rivals are as close as possible when it comes to favorability. our correspondents, analysts and guests all have full coverage of the day's t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the republican party started putting itself back together after donald trump's disruptive primary campaign left the gop bitterly divided. the presumptive nominee came to washington to meet with paul ryan and other party leaders. ryan who sent out shock waves when he said he wasn't ready to support trump apparently still isn't ready. he called it a good start but gained no endorsement after their meeting. there were pledges all around to preserve party unity but many still differ with trump on key issues. others take strong exception to the strong rhetoric. for his part, trump tweeted after the meetings and then quoting him now, things working out really well, exclamation point. we'll have full coverage all of the day's top stories. let's begin with jim acosta. donald trump and paul ryan met face-to-face but they still don't necessarily see eye to eye. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. donald trump is all but declaring victory after his performance on cap

. >>> and i turn you over to wolf blitzer. he's, as always, in "the situation room." >>> happening now, shadowed by protesters. as donald trump targets california, demonstrators target trump. marches, rallies, confrontations and clashes. is this the new normal for the election campaign? >>> new strategy. with the nomination locked up, trump is looking to november. he's unveiled his battle plan turning key states from blue to red. trump is in california right now stepping up his attacks on hillary clinton. >>> on the front line. u.s. troops spotted and photographed with militia fighters battling inside syria. is the mission changing in syria and why is one key u.s. ally very upset? >>> and kim jong-un's aunt living secretly in america and running a dry cleaning shop. she talks about how she helped raise the young leader and how he was so obsessed with basketball that he would sleep with a ball under his arm. she talks about the moment that changes everything. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to th

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> more bombshells in the feud between donald trump and the republican establishment. just a day after paul ryan said he's not ready to endorse the party's presumptive nominee he invited trump to meet with him and house republican leaders next week. trump spokes woman says if ryan can come around he's no longer fit to be speaker of the house. meantime, more stunners. two former republican presidential candidates, jeb bush and senator lindsey graham say they won't vote for trump but dick cheney says he will. president owe pa ma says voters must scrutinize trump's record warning the election is "not a reality show." we're standing by to hear from donald trump himself, due to speak at a rally shortly in omaha, nebraska. our correspondents, analysts and guests will have full coverage of all the day's top stories. we begin with a republican family feud. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us, he's

i am wolf blitzer.on room." >>> breaking news political news on the eve of the indiana primary. a just released cnn poll conducted by cnn and orc i should point out shows a vast majority of american voters believe the stage is already set for the general election. more than 80%, 80% say they expect donald trump and hillary clinton to face off in november as their respective party's presidential candidates. we are standing by to hear from trump. he has an event about to begin in indiana, his final rally before tomorrow's primary. arguably, the most high stakes contest for trump, rival ted cruz is throwing in everything he has in indiana. it is his last best chance to try to block trump from getting delegates he needs to win the nomination outright and force a contested convention where cruz hopes he would be the nominee. on the other side, bernie sanders is saying the democrats are facing a contested convention. he is predicting hillary clinton will not win enough pledge delegates to clinch the nominatio

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news, donald trump now has enough delegates to win the republican nomination. the balloons won't come cascading down until the gop convention in july but previously uncommitted delegates have now gone over to trump's side, putting him over the threshold of 1237 convention votes. while basking in his victory, hillary clinton saying she can't clinch her own nomination. >>> signals are detected, meanwhile, from flight 804 emergency locator device which would dramatically narrow the search area for the all-important black boxes that could explain why it went down in the mediterranean. i'll speak this hour with democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton and with trump's spokesperson, katrina pierson and i'll have coverage of all of the day's stories. let's go to trump's big milestone which he celebrated a while ago in north dakota. jim acosta is on the scene. he sell grated but also did a little gloating aimed at hillary clinton? >

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tensions among democrats are at a fever pitch right now as bernie sanders says he's in the race until the last ballot is cast. the split primary wins with hillary clinton and almost took both kentucky and oregon last night but the delegate math puts clinton even closer to the presidential nomination. >>> and frustration among sanders supporters is boiling after. at the nevada state convention this weekend, they shot down pro clinton speakers and the state party chair received death threats. now there's a growing fear among democratic party leaders the same kind of chaos could wreck the party's national convention in philadelphia in july. >>> presumptive nominee donald trump is already looking far ahead, releasing a list of potential u.s. supreme court picks. but there's new controversy. even as trump tries to develop foreign policy credentials by talking with a gop elder statesman henry kissinger, trump is taking heat for saying he would talk direct

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the polls are open, the emotions are running high in indiana. it's a make or break day for ted cruz who is mathematically unable to get the delegates he needs before the republican convention in july. cruz's efforts focused on stopping donald trump from getting to the magic number, thereby triggering a contested convention. in indiana today, cruz unleashed his most forceful attack yet. he previous faced it by telling reporters, quoting him, i'm going to tell you what i really think of donald trump. here's some of what he said. >> this man is a pathological liar. a narcissist at a level i don't think the country's ever seen. donald is a bully. he's terrified by strong women. he lashes out at them. he's a serial philanderer and he boasts about it. >> it will surprise no one to hear that donald trump has responded. we'll have that in a moment. we'll also have our reporters covering all of the campaigns and at the polling stations throughout indiana rig

it's something he underscored in his interview yesterday with wolf blitzer on the minimum wage.d trump straddling the republican and democratic positions. >> bernie sanders says he wants $15 an hour minimum wage, and he has really gone after you lately for saying you're happy with $7.25, the current federal minimum wage. you can't live on $7.25 an hour. >> no. and i'm actually looking at that because very different from most republicans. you have to have something that you can live on, but what i'm really looking to do is get people great jobs so they make much more money than that, so they make much more money than the $15. >> reporter: carol, a prime example right there of how donald trump has infuriated conservatives for his willingness to buck the party orthodoxy, but appealed on some level to people perhaps not so tied to it in the past. one issue that donald trump made very clear in that long sit down with wolf blitzer was his focus has shifted and rightfully so. he is the presumptive nominee, but he has a new target. that's hillary clinton and that's the general election.

i turn you over to wolf blitzer and anderson cooper in "the situation room." >> happening now, hoosierng is under way in indiana, donald trump and hillary clinton could take another giant step towards securing the nomination. will today be the beginning of the end for the stop trump movement? >> no love lost in the heartland. ted cruz unleashes brutal rant against trump calling him a pathological liar, a narcissist, serial philanderer. do those things mat for trump supporters? mind set in the midwest, breaking news, first exit polling starting to come in. we'll show you the data and talk about what it can tell us what voters are thinking. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

wolf starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m.dad. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. we start with battleground indiana. one day away from the important indiana primary. both the democratic and republican front runners are certainly hoping the hoosier state deals knockout

turning you over to wolf blitzer and anderson cooper. they're right next door in "the situation room." >> happening now -- on the attack, new ads rolling out using donald trump's own words against him. trump foiring back with choice words on twitter. who comes out ahead in the battle for women voters? >> voters in kentucky and oregon making their choice. first results soon. hillary clinton hoping to bounce back from a bad couple weeks. >>> sanders campaign facing fallout. gathering erupts into angry chaos. >> beyond the conventions. i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> hello. another big day of election politicians. produced by a pro-clinton super pac, one featuring women lip syncing things about women. corey lewandowski joins us respond. first, cnn's brianna keilar sets the stage. >> reporter: the war between hillary clinton allies and donald trump just went to a new level. >> you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: the super pac backing c

i'm wolf blitzer. tonight the democrats are battling two states to be the candidate that goes up against donald trump in the general election. polls are closing in the eastern half of kentucky. right now we expect the first vote tallies very soon. less than an hour voting ends in the western half of kentucky. once all the polling places are closed, we may be able to project the winner in that state. the front-runner hillary clinton is looking for a kentucky victory. she's hoping to bounce back from the big loss in neighboring west virginia a week ago. bernie sanders is aiming for a win in oregon. he wants to bolster his claim that he still has a slim chance of actually winning the nomination. a total of 116 pledged democratic delegates are at stake. we'll get the first results out of oregon after 11:00 p.m. eastern. the presumptive nominee donald trump is confident of winning delegates in oregon. let's go to jeff who is covering the democrats for us and there's an escalating dispute right now pretty ug

wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. i'm 1:00 p.m. here in washing n washington. 6:00 p.m. in lon dan. 8:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you are watching from around the world thank you for joining us. the next phase of the presidential race here in the united states is official will he underway at least for one party. while republicans debate whether to coalesce behind their presumptive nominee donald trump, he is moving ahead naming a money man for the general election campaign, steve mnuchin. all this while the 2012 republican presidential candidate says he will not attend the republican convention this center. on the democratic side it's full speed ahead for hillary clinton and bernie sanders. they are on the campaign trail once again today as is donald trump. the messages are clear. trump is hitting clinton, clinton is hitting trump, and sanders is hitting both of themes he keeps pushing ahead to the democratic convention. west virginia is next up for the democrats this coming tuesday. kentucky and oregon are the other big prizes be

turning you over to wolf blitzer and anderson cooper.ight next door in "the situation room." >> happening now -- on the attack, new ads rolling out using donald trump's own words against him. trump foiring back with choice words on twitter. who comes out ahead in the battle for women voters? >> voters in kentucky and oregon making their choice. first results soon. hillary clinton hoping to bounce back from a bad couple weeks. >>> sanders campaign facing fallout. gathering erupts into angry chaos. >> beyond the conventions. i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

i'm wolf blitzer reporting. "erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> next, donald trump on fire unleashing his anger on just about everyone. is it tough talk, a temper tantrum or just the real trump? plus a clinton sanders ticket. why it may not be such a crazy idea and a 3-year-old trap inside a gorilla's pen. images of the moments just before zoo keepers killed the ape. did he have to die? let's go out front. >>> good evening i'm jim sciutto in again for erin burnett. all out attack. donald trump launching an assault on anyone standing in his way or standing up to him. republicans desperate for a trump alternative and his favorite target, the media. all of this in a fiery press conference, which he called to highlight the $5.6 million he's raised for veterans. >> i find the press to be extremely dishonest. i find the political press to be unbelievably dishonest. to have people say like this sleazy guy from abc, he's a sleaze in my book. you're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts we

i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. there are only three candidates left in the presidential race and one of them now is virtually certain to be the republican nominee with donald trump no longer facing any primary opposition. the focus tonight is on the democrats on going contest and the general election battle ahead. we're counting down to 7:30 p.m. eastern, less than a half an hour from now. that's when the polls close in west virginia. we'll have our first chance to project a winner. hillary clinton is facing the possibility of an embarrassing loss even as she closes in on clinching the nomination in a likely face-off with donald trump. bernie sanders is promising to keep on fighting to the convention in philadelphia. a victory tonight could strengthen his argument he still has a path forward. 29 democratic delegates are on the line in west virginia. remember, the democrats split their delegates proportionally so both hillary clinton and bernie sanders will add to their tallies. heading into tonight, cnn estimates t

>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in damascus, syria. 1:30 in pyongyang, north korea. wherever you watch around the world, thank you for joining us. west virginia and nebraska, primary day. voters get a chance to make a choice in the election. republicans in the two states have one active candidate. that would be donald trump but two of his former primary opponents are back in the spotlight today. senator marco rubio is speaking right now about the situation in the middle east. we're monitoring that. also, senator ted cruz. he's returning to his job back at the united states senate today. we're monitoring that as well. a reminder. trump still needs to capture the 1,237 delegates to secure the republican nomination. democrats are only battling for delegates in west virginia today. it may be a very close race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders there. clinton is holding an event in lexington, kentucky, by the way, right now. kentucky votes in their primary a week from today and senator sanders preparing to take t

bring out the bold™ >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m., syria. 1:30 in pyongyang, north korea. wherever you watch around the world, thank you for joining us. west virginia and nebraska, primary day. voters get a chance to make a choice in the election. republicans in the two states have one active candidate. that would be donald trump but two of his former primary opponents are back in the spotlight

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room"? the state department inspector general has issued a long-awaited report about hillary clinton's use of her private e-mail system while secretary of state. it was unauthorized and inappropriate and notes there were outside attempts to hack the system. clinton's campaign says the report shows her e-mail practices were consistent with those of previous secretaries and senior officials. donald trump is stepping up his attacks on hillary clinton, calling her a lightweight and low life. he's also attacking elizabeth warren, democratic senator, calling her pocahontas. as protests rage at a trump rally in new mexico, he even attacks a popular governor susana martinez for staying away. can these women put trump on the defensive? our correspondents and guests will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's start with sunlen serfaty and the scathing new report on hillary clinton and her e-mails. what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, hillary clinton has said time and time again that s

wolf blitzer was the first journalist to interview trump in the wake of it all. here is more of that interview. >> recent weeks and months, you suggested the system is rigged. >> 100%. >> you still believe that. >> 100%. i don't mind. the only way i got it, i went for the knockout. i saw these folks going out, getting delegates and wining and dining people, bringing them to hotels, paying for hotel rooms, that's a bad system, a crooked system. by the way, bernie sanders' system is also rigged. that's why he wins and doesn't get anything out of it. >> but those are the rules. >> they're not the rules, it is a dishonest system. who gives out superdelegates in terms of democrats? who gives out superdelegates. the bosses give out superdelegates. >> they're elected party officials. >> meaning the bosses. that system is rigged, the republican system is rigged but in a more sophisticated way. i really think i'm very proud of the fact after all these many decades with the delegate system that i've been able to point out some real weaknesses, i think they'll be changed. f

wolf blitzer asked him about the minimum wage. previously he had said -- he said he actually thought the wages were too high. >> too high. then needed to stay -- where the minimum wage needed to stay. >> now listen to what he told wolf. >> i'm actually looking at that because i'm very different from most republicans. i mean, you have to have something you can live on. what i'm really looking to do is get people great jobs so they make much more money than that, so they make much more money than the $15. now, if you start playing around too much with the lower level, the lower level number, you're not going to be competitive. >> if you were president what would you recommend? >> i'm looking at it but -- >> you're open to raising the minimum wage. >> i'm open to doing something with it. >> patti, what he was essentially saying is he was open to the idea of perhaps raising the minimum wage. he would explore it. there are people and people who ran the republican primary who will say that's a flip-flop or pivot. but doesn't this presen

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absolutely. >> john king there with our wolf blitzer. and we'll take a quick break here. to come, she's not in the presidential race, but she's ready to take on donald trump. ahead on our special election coverage, an intense online battle between donald trump and elizabeth warren. back in a moment. hey there, hi. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. i got your back. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you. >>> a warm welcome back to our special coverage of the primaries in west virginia and nebraska. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. democrat bernie sanders is savoring a decisive win in the west virginia primary. he beat hillary clinton 51% to 36%. but the vict

i turn you over it a man you know, wolf blitzer and he is where expected, in "the situation room." >>a stunning refusal to back his party's presumptive nominee, the house speaker paul ryan schedules a meeting with donald trump, but other key republicans are piling on, will trump retaliate? we're standing by. not a reality show, president obama says the election is serious business, not show business and says donald trump's record needs to be examined. is the president jumping into the campaign? >>> shooting rampage. three separate shootings within 24 hours at a high school. shopping mall, and a supermarket, lead to lockdowns, alerts and a manhunt in the d.c. suburbs. three people are dead. the suspect a federal police officer. >>> and city evacuated,

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, donald trump and paul ryan head-to-head. did ryan blink first? ben carson working with the trump campaign is my guest youfrts. >>> plus trump bragging brag he's the king of debt. and attacks on hillary clinton over her husband's sex scandals are, quote, retribution. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening to all. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news, donald trump set to meet with top senate republicans on thursday, the same day he is set to meet with house speaker, paul ryan. ryan promising he'll step aside as chairman of the republican convention if that's what trump wants. the overcoming after ryan triggered a political earthquake, declaring he's not ready to support trump's nomination. now, also late today, another crucial development. marco rubio addressing vp rumors for the first time, saying he has no interest in the job. more on that in a moment. trump, though, did pick up a big endorsement from a h

speaking of drones, how is wolf blitzer still on television? that's the follow-up question. s winner. anyone who isn't watching "the situation room." no, all right. fine. i like wolf. vice president joe biden is here. nice to see you, vice president. that's great. i heard joe's retiring, moving back to delaware, which is good. he won't have to answer any more difficult questions like, hey, don't i know you from somewhere? but i have to say about the first lady, it's so nice to have dinner with you. she's the epitome of grace, class, and poise. isn't she? she really is, yes. [ applause ] not to be confused with future first gentleman bill clinton whose three favorite strippers are named grace, class, and poise. don't make that mistake. it's the late show, mr. president. i can do these jokes. let me just say, mr. president, the office has taken its toll on you. you look terrible, mr. president. you do. look at you. your hair is so white, it tried to punch me at a trump rally. president's hair is so white he keep saying all lives matter. all right. fine. fine. i get it. i get it

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twitter, go ahead, tweet me at wolf blitzer. tweet the show at cnn sit room. join us this coming -- next week in "the situation room." until then, happy mother's day to all of the wonderful mothers out there. i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. breaking news. donald trump comes out swinging, at key republican leaders. his message to speaker paul ryan, the day after ryan snubbed him. >>> plus, trump getting a big boost from former vice president dick cheney. why cheney is going against his two former bosses. >>> and president obama taking on trump tonight. he says this election is not a reality show. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. donald trump taking on the growing list of republicans saying they will not back the presumptive nominee. and just tonight, that list now includes trump's former rivals, jeb bush and lindsey graham. listen. >> no, but i won't talk about jeb bush. i will not say -- i will not say he's low energy. i will not say it. i will not say it! and i won't talk about

wolf blitzer is off today. i'm president obama wiamela bro. you're in the "situation room." now trump may be facing a real threat and he's lashing out once again. a prominent conservative weekly standard editor william kristol is hoping an independent candidate will enter the race. that candidate will have a strong team and a real chance. donald trump is calling him a dummy and a loser and warns that republicans better rally behind his own candidacy or face defeat. >>> and u.s. allies are putting their militaries on alert. what's looking like another north korean missile test. there's growing concern that kim jong-un is getting closer to a weapon that could reach the u.s. his regime is trying to score points by showcasing the sons of an american defector. donald trump may be feeling the heat. and he's going after those he feels are putting him under pressure including supporters of a third party challenge. we begin with cnn's phil madingly. >> reporter: look at this way. four months ago donald trump decided to skip a republican debate and hosts what he said would be a fund-r

even senator sanders knows what trump is doing and he went with wolf blitzer and said no, sorry, donald. >> i know that donald trump is staying up nights worrying about bernie sanders, but let me just give donald trump some bad news. and that is number one, if i am the democratic nominee, i am going to defeat him and defeat him by a very large margin. if i am not the democratic nominee i'm going to do everything that i can to see that he does not get into the white house. >> we'll see if it plays out because it used to be in most of our adult lifetimes it was the democrats who got into the circular firing squads and the republicans more disciplined but right now the democrats seem to have an all hands on deck all against trump attitude at a time republicans are fractured all over the place. >> what trump talking about sanders supporters, how he can win over bernie voters there is a great amount of overlap between trump supporters and bernie fans looking for a candidate who believes the political system is rigged. i've been to plenty of trump rallies and bernie rallies where people will