back to new york or to new york, back to big rallies, giant rallies.is expecting then to be in every massive population center around the state. that's what his co-chair is saying here in new york. he announced also his party leadership, which includes members of all 27 congressional districts. donald trump wants to take it all here. he knows it could be critical to getting to that all-important nomination. >> hawley jackson joins us. she's following ted cruz. good morning. >> reporter: immediately by protesters, hecklers who say you do not belong here. cruz pushing forward. we're actually here outside schenectatty. he has a new magazine cover out, by the way. let's pull up the latest "time" magazine. cruz on the cover. headline "likable enough?" on ted cruz, how he views this nomination process moving forward. this was done before his wisconsin win. now that he has locked down and his campaign momentum, looking to compete in new york. we were out chatting with folks at a diner down the street. and there is a sense that this seems to be trump country.

again to the strains of "new york, new york."e'll open up the microphones and let this play out. ♪ i want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep ♪ ♪ and find i'm king of the hill top of the heap ♪ ♪ these little town blues are melting away ♪ ♪ i'll make a brand new start of it new york ♪ ♪ if i can make it there i'll make it anywhere ♪ ♪ it's up to you new york, new york ♪ ♪ ♪ new york, new york ♪ i want to wake up in a city that never sleeps ♪ >> -- really nice i have to say to the people that know me the best, the people of new york, when they give us this kind of a vote. and it's just incredible. and i guess we're close to 70% and we're going to end at a very high level and get a lot more delegates than anybody projected, even in their wildest imaginations. so i just want to thank everybody here. i want to thank my family. i want to thank -- [ cheers and applause ] >> usa, usa, usa, usa, u schsa! >> i really want to thank my team. my team has been amazing. and you know, it's actually a team of unity. it's evolving but people

everyone in new york and outside of new york knows exactly what i meant by that. and it is the liberal values of democratic politicians who have been hammering the people of new york for decades. they've suffered under these liberal values. it's been politicians like governor andrew cuomo, like hillary clinton, like mayor bill de blasio. you know, andrew cuomo told new yorkers, said if you're pro-life, if you believe in traditional marriage, if you believe in the second amendment, there is no place for you in the state of new york. it was striking yesterday when i was meeting with senator diaz, and a democratic senator. he said my own governor said there is no place for me as a pastor. and someone who believes in life. i mean, that is a liberal intolerance, which the people of new york i think are tired of. >> you talked about the fact that you are coming to talk to me now. we're sitting in a jewish community center, in an ultra orthodox part of new york. you just helped make matzoh with young children. i've interviewed you at love places around the country. >> su

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new york is so much more than just new york city.ord's" griff jenkins is live in buffalo new york getting thedt pulse of the voters there griff? >> that's right, greta. we are at the anchor barn icon here in buffalo. it's the birthplace of buffalo chicken wings. some 52 years ago. in this part of the country is the most conservative anywhere in the state. trump and clinton leading the polls respectively. but we went to our own polling place today to find out how people were voting. take a look. >> today i voted for donald trump. the reason being is i think is he bringing some fresh ideas and i think a step away from the status quo might be just what we need. >> i voted for bernie sanders. i believe he has the right vision. but my vote also was to go against the democratic party because i don't believe we have a vote. >> i voted for hillary clinton. i have been a hillary clinton voter for a number of years. >> the issue that i choose her most for is that her relation toward african-americans. i feel that she has always been there for

a little while ago we heard them striking up frank sin at raw's new york new york. >> thanks very much. let's go to the hillary clinton campaign headquarters. what's the latest there? >> reporter: the clinton campaign is expecting a big night tonight. they're also worried about the sanders' campaign recently raising questions about whether the clinton campaign how it raises funds jointly with the dnc if that is something that breaks rules. the clinton campaign says it's above board but they're worried that these attacks are something that could hurt hillary clinton and the party in a general election. they're not just worried, they're angry. one source told me many in the campaign were quote pissed about this. look for backers of hillary clinton to be calling for bernie sanders after tonight to look at the long game. as one said to me quote he has to find a way to land this plane so it doesn't crash and burn the party. so could tonight bring a miracle on the hudson? that's not what the clinton campaign is expecting, but they're hoping what's been a testy primary of late will get toned

>> we're going to do new york, new york, new york. not only is it home but some of the states coming right behind us -- pennsylvania, new jersey, connecticut -- they are all watching the new york media as well. so we'll do a lot of campaigning in new york. >> why didn't you do it today? he could have gone out his front door. shook some hands and that would have been campaigning in new york. didn't do anything today, not tomorrow or saturday. >> a lot of internal meetings today and some tomorrow. >> that's what he's doing, meeting behind closed doors? >> yeah. >> any additional add-ones to the campaign besides paul manafort. we could see adds in communication and policy? >> i think it's fair to expect there will be quite a few over the next few weeks tofu months. as you get closer, there's a lot of work to be done that involves the convention let alone what's we've been doing, earning delegates every day. then we have to get ready for a general, too. a lot of work. a lot of people coming on board. >> we have been told there will be a s

york values are.hey're not iowa values and not new hampshire values. everyone knows what new york values are. >> ted cruz divides to get a vote. john kasich unites to get things done. >> another ad, the campaign cast doubt on cruz's ability to get enough delegates for the nomination, asserts kasich has a better chance of taking down hillary clinton in november. >> you have only one choice. one choice that will stop the clinton political machine. john kasich. don't be fooled. ted cruz can't win the nomination outright. he can't defeat hillary clinton, either. >> well, kasich is the one candidate donald trump hasn't lashed out at much, at least. what is the ohio governor's game plan. is he looking to land on the ticket with trump. who knows. i'm thinking, though. joining me at the round table, john stanton, left of me, washington bureau chief, sabrina sediqi and jonathan capehart. it's interesting, because first of all, sneering is a great word. cruz sneers. it's a great word for him. he is getting pers

hey, new york is called new york. it never, ever will change. so what has happened, and very strongly what has happened, we are going to have those strong borders, just as you saw last week. the border patrol, 16,500 people in the border patrol, endorsed and i didn't even ask, endorsed donald trump for president. the first time they've ever done it. they've never endorsed anybody for president. but they want to have strong borders. and you know what, i thought to myself, has anybody heard the snake? has anyone heard of it? have you heard? should we do it? should we do it? all right. the main thing, can you hear me all the way in the back? can you hear me? can anybody not hear me clearly? all right. i want to thank my brother, my cousins, my nephews, my beautiful daughter-in-laws, mu son, wonderful ivanka, as you know, they all came to see this. i mean, they can't even believe it. you know, you know, lying ted cruz came today. it was a big headline today in the new york post. he couldn't draw 100 people. now, do you remember, do you remember -- d

new york her adopted home. and spent eight years representing the state in the u.s. senate. >> it's great to be home. this is home. it's great to be home. >> and he spent his entire life in new york. recon firing the skyline -- configuring the skyline with his buildings. and for the first time in decades, the votes of new yorkers could help determine who will call the white house home. starting next january. >> we are competing and competing hard in new york. >> it's like being so alive being in new york. >> and good evening everybody, welcome to a special edition of "up close." i'm bill ritter, now on the empire state. that's not happened in the presidential primary here in the last 40 years, the candidates are in a new york new york the second biggest prize left, only california has more at stake. polls now show the national front runners ahead here as well in new york. on the republican side, donald trump maintained a large lead over both john kasich and ted cruz, well over 0% of the vote -- 50% of the vote.

a new york state of mind. on long island. we'll have a speech area. long island new york. let's bring in andrea mitchell. i'm glad you have this for bernie sanders. she was just on. as you saw she was on msnbc "morning joe" saying that he had not prepared, he had not sought things through. the opposition for a vermont position. it's been popular there. he wasn't sensitive to the fact that this was new york. connecticut. he's already been slammed by senator chris murphy who has endorsed hillary clinton. the question was framed in the mind set of sandy hook. perhaps more disturbing to the economic base of new york is what he said about breaking up the banks. fair criticism he didn't know who was in charge. how would you break break up the banks. what would you do with hundreds of thousands. >> what would be the mechanics of it. the clinton campaign very prepared. almost having prepared this welcome mat, if you will, for bernie sanders. you couldn't have asked nor a better band aid after wisconsin. not the same thing for trump. >> no. the loss in wisconsin was even bigger in

>> i think most people know what new york values are. >> i am from new york. >> you're from new york. you're might not. i promise you in the state of south carolina, they do. the concept of new york values is not that complicated to figure out. not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> are you sure about that? >> that happened in january at one of republican debates. it led to what i think was widely seen as donald trump's best debate moment of year. you saw him standing there stone face as ted cruz was getting laughs from the crowd. donald trump went onto defend new york. he talk and about new york and what new york went through after 9/11 and how the city pulled together after 9/11, how it was wrong to insult new york. probably his best debate moment ever of the entire campaign. in addition to that fight of those two candidates, that insult led to this on new york news sands. you see there's a blurry spot. remember the other ones i got permission to show even if i couldn't say them. this is one i can't show you the whole thing is. we had to pixelate part

and new york, the whole country is looking at new york right now. >> i vote for you, man! >> amen, sir. >> reporter: not a lock. former apprentice contestants, a number of whom gathered in new york to denounce their would be boss. >> we strongly condemn donald's campaign of sexism, xena phobia, racism, violence, and rate hr donald trump responding in character, calling those angry contestants wannabes. meanwhile, busy on the campaign trail, donald trump with two rallies in upstate new york. alex? >> katy, thank you for that. be sure to catch "road warriors," a round-table with the women following the presidential candidates on the trail. don't miss it today at 3:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> hillary clinton still holds a double digit lead over bernie sanders here in new york. what can sanders do to close the gap in just three days? and donald trump already unhappy about the fight over delegates but how would he react to a possible major rewrite of c convention rules? ♪ ♪ [engine revving] the all-new audi a4 is here. twell what if i told you th

new york. they have two weeks to make very important decisions. bernie sanders got what he wanted out of wisconsin yesterday, a 14-point win. but considering he only picked up a net gain of 10 pledged delegates and the number of contests remaining is getting smaller and hillary clinton used to be a senator here in new york for eight years, it's no sleep till brooklyn for native son bernie sanders. he's not the only hometown boy racing back to the empire state. donald trump came up short in wisconsin, and ted cruz and john kasich had their days in texas and ohio. but now trump is the one with the home court advantage in a state where he could sweep all of new york's 95 delegates. that will happen if he wins more than half the vote here. and look at the latest polling data released just a short time ago, the real estate billionaire sitting at 52% in new york state. if all of that happens, buckle up, because new york is the starting line for a grand tour of the northeast. connecticut, delaware, ma

new york. we're setting up for ted cruz in the bronx. he'll be taking questions from reporters after a big win yesterday in wisconsin. hour hallie jackson who follows the cruz campaign joins me now from the bronx. we have the new poll out, hallie. it shows cruz should be dead last in new york, followed by trump at 58%. he also had someone escorted out. talk about that. >> we'll start there, thomas, because i think we have some video we can show you. a couple minutes ago, there were some hecklers. they were taelling him his policies were discriminating. they were escorted out of the building. cruz met with some faith leaders in the bronx. he is shaking hands with some people. i can see him out of the corner of my eye. you talk about the monmouth poll. he finished in wisconsin and notch aid big win for him there. now it's new york, delaware, connecticut, pennsylvania, places that look better for donald trump. donald trump now breaking 58%, senator cruz ahead of john kasich. it is a potentially bu

the first is new york. some 200-plus delegates at stake in new york. that is one of the best last best opportunities for him to eat into the lead we have. if he can't do it new york, no basis to think he can do in california. we'll know in april if sanders has run out of scenarios. we thinkel it be ooh clear hillary clinton been the nominee based on new york and pennsylvania on the 26th. senator sanders should be working on trying to win support here in new york. if he tries to go on the attack against hillary clinton, i think it will back fire on him. >> that's coming up pretty soon. we have a debit coming up a week from today. between hillary clinton and bernie sanders in brooklyn. thanks very much, brian fallon, for joining us. >>> coming up, we'll hear from the bernie sanders' campaign. get a very different perspective. how they're defending his comments that hillary clinton is not qualified to be president of the united states. and their strategy for new york when she's ahead here in the polls. >>> plus, the brand-new video of one of the suspected

this makes it a brawl in new york. a brawl in new york is what he needs to win new york.ohn: your argument is that although he twisted her words and went further than was merited, it's good for him because he needs to basically do that. he can't just stay on the path he is on. he has to do something unfair. mark: and the folks in the clinton campaign, if they want to talk about twisted words we , can talk about how the clinton campaign said bernie sanders wanted to get rid of universal coverage. john: the clinton campaign has been guilty of this throughout the campaign. on that question. saying that bernie sanders was friends with the koch brothers. mark: they can get rid of their crocodile tears. i agree, i do think that bernie sanders has taken liberties. but i have said before, this is good for him. he is standing up to her. he is changing the dynamic. it does not mean it's going to help him win. it could in the end backfire. she may win at york by a bigger margin because of this. she is an experienced fighter. he needs to show that he can take her on. john: this is a

have in new york.t in the vibrance. the vibrance of our people. the people are vibrant, the people are loving people. we build things, we make things, we have courage and we love our community. and that's what new york values is. just remember this, new york values were really on display for all to see in the aftermath, more than any other time that -- i've lived here all my life. i know this area, i know every area of new york. i was in long island, dupage suffolk. it's rough because you see the buildings and there's so much empty stuff -- >> we've been listening to donald trump speaking up north in plattsburgh, new york by the canadian border, talking about jobs and manufacturing jobs leafing the state. one of the biggest things with new york is jobs. with just four weeks to go, it's one of the things, really, the candidates are focused on. it's 19% right now of individuals living below the poverty line. upstate new york has lost, as you heard donald trump refer to, 40% of manufacturing jobs accordin

about new york values.trump can hit 50, and cruz comes in third. i think what happens in new york could basically take away all momentum he had coming out of wisconsin. lou: he wanted to achieve was momentum coming out of the best performance he could imagine in wisconsin. and he has just run into a swamp in new york. it does, it all centers, round that unnecessary remark he made, you know, trump is you know, generally creditor blame for not following a script. it obvious cruz regrets that one. >> yep, i was there, that of the fox business debate in north charleston, south carolina, i could not believe it, that was trump's best mome in the debate, reminding people how people of new york came together we were all new yorkers on september 11, john kasich is helpingng trump right now with those ads, it will be a fun next 12 days. lou: where kasich finishes is basically immaterial. the trump strategy is important to him. do you think he is doing the right thing? not traveling to other states, who have contests

hatred of new york.o folks, i think you can forget about him. >> it's getting ugly in new york. donald trump pouncing on ted cruz after cruz's controversial comments about new york values. trump is rescheduling trips to the west coast this week keeping his focus largely on winning new york. with 12 days until the primary, how much ugliy eiey eier can it? i'm joined by fred dicker. great to see you. >> nice to be with you. >> i should point out to all the people tweeting in, yes, i know it's thursday. but those covering new york politics, we haven't not slept since tuesday. tell me about the donald trump versus ted cruz match-up in new york. it does seem that ted cruz has a really steep hill to climb given his background, texas, new york values, all of that, up against donald trump. >> coming out of wisconsin, i think he's got a good deal of momentum and donald trump has heard himself in new york. that said, ted cruz doesn't have big base of support in new york except evangelicals who don't make up a larg

that we talk to all over new york. they'll say, look, they're trying to steal the election away from -- steal the nomination away from mr. trump. that's what they say, even if they don't understand the way it really works. >> we also saw the entire trump family together last night. at a town hall. what do they have to say about the campaign? >> yeah, they were asked, for example, about whether trump is presidential or whether they want him to be more presidential. and there was a little -- laughing back and forth. but they talked about how some members of the family have told trump, their father, look, take it easy a little bit. here was the exchange last night. >> one of the interesting things about this process is it's very easy to have an opinion on things, but when you're not in the arena, it's -- you know, it's a different ball game. i have definitely said things of that kind to him, but i also then watched these debates and it's a hard thing to observe because i see them. it's like a cage match. they're jumping o

politics nation with al sharpton starts now. >>> new york, new york. >> it's great to be home. this is home. >> it is so great to be in new york. >> it's fantastic. >> i love new york. >> the media capital of the world becomes the center of politics. and the democrats take off the gloves. >> i don't believe that she is qualified. >> it's kiechbd a silly thing to say. >> the mayor of new york city bill de blasio and bernie sanders' campaign manager weigh in. plus the gop contest and the battle over new york values. >> the values of liberal democratic politicians like andrew cuomo, like anthony weiner, like eliot spitzer. >> a response to ted cruz from former congressman anthony weiner. and bending toward justice. a new series from "politics nation." >> making sure our criminal justice system doesn't just function as a pipeline for underfunded schools to overcrowded jails. >> from rockefeller center in new york, this is "politics nation" with al sharpton. >>> good morning. i'm al sharpton. for the first time in decades, new york's presidential primaries could have a major impact

that includes new york. according to brand-new fox news polls this morning trump is leading the way in new york. john kasich coming in second with 22% support and ted cruz is in third place with 15% support. joining me right now is someone who knows the state's republican voters very well. edward cox is with us, chairman of the republican party of new york. >> good to be with you. >> this is your turf. >> you bet. >> the next two weeks is going to be so exciting. >> the democratic primary is interesting, but the republican one is going to be decisive. those polls are about right. they've been confirmed by other polls. donald trump is over 50%. if he stays there, he may get the 80 of the 95 delegates he needs to have a chance to win on the first ballot. if he drops below 50%, he's probably going to drop below the 80 delegates he needs and it would probably be an open convention. the republican grass roots, when they vote, will make the difference. >> this is really going to make a difference and put which eve

new york's voting laws are strict. you need to register to vote many weeks before the primary here and that means a lot of people who are just getting energized about his qualm pain now, especially young people, wont vote on tuesday. >> do you think it was the right decision for him to leave new york when he has an uphill battle to go an attend this event. >> in that interview with your reporter, you can see him setting expectations fairly low, he has a 17-point gap with hillary clinton according to the nbc poll. the fact that she's in l.a. and he's in italy tells you about how they feel about this race and where it's going. >> dan, this week we saw the democratic primary, the debate take a different tone than what we've seen in the past by some accounts all of the gloves were taken off between the two candidates. it was different than what we've seen in the past. do you think it's safe to say we are entering into a new phase of the campaigning between these two candidates? the tone will be markedly different now, perh

a great honor for new york, new york is a special place. make america great again. >> reporter: trump is trying to make his campaign better too after months of criticism his team is ill-prepared. recently hired manager paul manafort and scott reilly are the new shot callers in california, that vote in may and june. stewart jolly resigned yesterday. corey lewandowski remains. new regime is staffing up and hired gop election lawyer bill mcginley to lock up the 1237 delegates required for the nomination. trump makes no bones about a shake-up. >> when you bring other people in, i see people's feelings get hurt, and i don't know most of these people. they're field people, but frankly, you know, we're in a position where we'd like to close it out. >> reporter: in new york, the billionaire led ted cruz and ohio governor john kasich with more than 50% in recent polls. a majority is key in new york's 95 delegate contest. a statewide winner with more than 50% takes 14 at-large delegates, the other 81 from the congressional districts, each winner-take

york state? of those democratic voters, what do you project of those voting in this election? what is the percentage of u.s. registered them accredit voters voting and what percentage of them inhabit the southern tier? that's a simple question for a pollster. guest: it's not really ever terribly simple any primary to know how many will turn out. the democratic registration in new york is heavily weighted to the southern tier of new york. it is mostly the southern tier of new york. it's new york city and the suburbs. how many will turn out -- i think this will be a very large turnout for a democratic primary. it's been a long time since we have had one in new york. we have not had a presidential democratic primary in new york since 2008. i think the turnout will probably be even heavier. hillary clinton beat barack obama at the time in the new york primaries. i think she is probably again set to beat bernie sanders. what percentage will turn out in that sector, i would be hesitant to say. i think

thank you everybody and thank you new york. we love new york. we love new york. very much everybody. thank you. [cheers and applause] >>> the winner of the republican new york primary, donald trump with a dominate lead. i have to say dana bash, listening to donald trump we've been talking for the last couple of weeks about how he has become a more disciplined candidate, how he has been saying fewer things that get him off message and we heard that man this evening. he did not refer to lying ted. >> no. >> he referred to senator cruz over and over and over. he did not refer to john kasich even by his first name. he called him governor kasich. he stuck to two basic messages in addition to expressing gratitude. one is that the trade deals have been bad for the economy and that's why he's doing well in places like new york and why he thinks he will do well in pennsylvania and in indiana and rhode island and other places and then the second issue which he's been talking about quite a bit is how he says the system, in this case the election system, the republican prima

york primary. york wednesday night donald trump blasted ted cruz for comments he made in the lead up to the iowa caucuses about, quote, new york values. trump followed that up thursday releasing thisunderstands the values in new york state focus around money and the media. >> i saw something no place in america could have handled more beautifully or humanely than new york. >> reporter: ted cruz has not backed off of the comments. he campaigned outside albany and labeled donald trump a new york liberal. >> our friends in the media tell us donald trump is unstoppable in new york state. oddly enough our friends in the media are very comfortable with a new york liberal who has supported andrew cuomo and hillary clinton and chuck schumer for decades. >> reporter: rudy giuliani told the new york post he will vote for donald trump. he said ted cruz's new yk values commentas part of the reason why, quote, i know he was attacking liberal democratic values. he went on to say there was a better way to say it.

you are the new york gop chairman.s we are sitting here, it doesn't feel like to is any drama. >> the drama is donald trump, will he do very well or extremely well. if he doesn't get 80 out of the 95 delegates he will have hard time winning. charles: is there a possible bit of a combination of donald trump winning 54% of the vote in line with the polls and still only getting 80 delegates? >> it's also a congressional district. let's say he goes beneath 50% that's a drop of 6% from the most recent polls. he would probably lose 20 to 25 of those delegates. kasich will be the one to fix it, not cruz. it could give kasich some real momentum going into the remainder of the states. >> your guy didn't spend a lot of time in new york. they say his best chance might be the jewish vote on staten island. >> women voted for the first time in america in new york in 1917. he resonates well with woman voters all ages, all faiths. in look at new york i think he will be able to cherry pick a few delegates out of bronx, queens and possi

they love new york. you can be from lots of other places, and if you want to see somebody, you just say when are you coming to new york? everybody comes to new york eventually. there's nothing like it. so when we talk about values, what do we see in new york values? we see our really incredible, when you look at september 11, especially, new york police and new york firefighters, incredible. we see our unbelievable, and they keep those trains going, and those buses and everything else, but we see our transit workers and what they went through on september 11 was incredible. we see families playing in central park. thousands and thousands of families with their children. some without children. some together. some not together. but we see people in central park and people playing in central park. we see restaurant workers all over the city in delis and factory workers in upstate new york. unfortunately, i spent a lot of time in upstate new york and those factory workers are rapidly leaving our state. and w

new york invented 20 47 before there was 24/7. on the last places in the world except london were you have a really competitive newspaper culture. you have larger-than-life reporters who really know how to make news and view their role as trying to provoke candidates. we saw that and you also have players in the form of 1992 as mario cuomo and david dinkins, who liked the metal event, which we are seeing with bill de blasio. it is incredible, really intense. i believe clinton by the in the process liked what happened in new york. despite everything going on, being heckled by an aids protester, he did not have a new york kind of time. mark: i'm excited about the next two weeks, and i don't want to be one of the old people that talks about the good old days, but what about this event in the bronx? there were no reporters -- there were three questions and two were from national reporters. in my day into national reporters try to dominate a press conference there would , have been a revolt. i don't see a tabloid competition the way it

the guy who said new york values, coming to new york. what was the reaction? >> reporter: well, you know, initially, when you walked in, you saw him immediately heckled by a couple of protesters. a couple of guys came in, i think we have the video, and were yelling at cruz, calling him racist, saying, you don't belong here, taking him at his immigration policies. they were escorted out. it all went down peacefully, obviously. they were taken out without incident. but it's a sign of what cruz may be up against in places like the bronx. that said, the "new york values" line is potentially not a bad sale in a place like iowa. in new york, it may get harder. which is why went cruz was asked about it by us here at his media availability earlier, he talked about liberal democratic values, in his words. and he specifically said, hey, if you're in western new york, you understand. you know what these values are, you get it. that is a bit of a sign to me, of where cruz plans to compete in this state, given that it is donald trump's home turf. i want to play you a littl

new york. how important as you look ahead to the next upcoming contest the pennsylvania, california and in may, places like indiana. >> it's really important for donald trump and hillary clinton because this is largely about delegates. you have to win in nine delegates he needed to clinch the nomination. both donald trump and hillary clinton are coming off of a couple bad weeks. for donald trump, senator ted cruz and wisconsin also picked up delegates in wyoming and colorado. a lot of articles and conversation about his lack of organizational strength. donald trump will really want to bring it home tonight in his home state of new york and one shared delegates. hillary clinton wants to do everything she can to lead bernie sanders in the rearview mirror. she'll need a big win tonight in new york to help her do that. maria: your thoughts on new york and the importance for this election year. >> new york is important for donald trump. if he can do well tonight which all the polls indicate he will,

york up to you new new york ♪ york new york city thatwake up in a never sleeps i am ♪ donald trump:ave to say to the people that know the -- no me be best, the people of new york, or they give us -- when they give us this kind of a vote, it is incredible. we are close to 70%. we will end at a high level and get more delegates than anybody projected. even in their wildest imagination. i want to thank everybody here. i want to thank my family. [applause] >> usa usa usa donald trump: i really want to thank my team. my team has been amazing. it is a team of unity. it is evolving. the press does not understand it. keep talking. this has been an incredible evening. it has been an incredible day and week. we went all over new york state. new york state has problems like virtually every other state in the union. our jobs are being sucked out of our state. they are being taken out of our country. will not let it happen anymore. we are going to stop it. , behind me, ily have to say we have some of our great businessmen of the world. carl is here. ben, the great steve ross. steve is building a

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new york city comptroller scott stringer vowed to audit the new york city board of elections. we'll have more on the new york primary after headlines. in brooklyn, a judge has sentenced former nypd officer peter liang to serve no jail time for killing unarmed african american father akai gurley. in 2014, nypd officer peter liang shot 28-year-old gurley in the darkened stairwell of a brooklyn housing project. gurley was walking down the stairs with his girlfriend because the elevator was broken. following the shooting, officer liang first texted his union representative before making a radio call for help. as gurley lay dying. liang had faced up to 15 years in prison on second-degree murder charges. but on tuesday, judge danny chun sentenced him to serve only five years probation and 800 hours of community service. judge chun also made the rare decision to reduce officer liang's verdict from manslaughter charges to the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. following the announcement, akai gurley's aunt, hecicicirtencia petersen, spoke out. >> this is not justice. this

she is doing well in new york. pennsylvania's primary is the week after new york.ill she need to fight as hard in pennsylvania as she did in new york? >> i think she needs to fight hard everywhere. it's a very good campaign, anti-establish kind of year but she is winning those big states gi general except for michigan and he has won smaller states that match up with his demographics. >> don't you believe this is a guy who came out of nowhere. >> they all are. >> he's never been a nobody, donald trump never been a nobody. >> that's right but nobody expected him to be the republican nominee. >> thank you so much for being with us. enjoyed having you. i hit the streets of new york just days before the primary in tonight's street justice. they're here and the political panel is taking all of this in and ready to talk hillary and donald and all the candidates in a the socialists and their chances for winning nnow, back jeani jeanine. for all your headlines, log onto foxnews.com. >>> all eyes on the big apple tuesday for that critical new york primary. we feature experts

, hates new york.look at that debate and you see the way he talked about us and new york values, here's a man that turned down sandy money for this state and plenty of other money. we had lots of things coming into new york and he voted against. no new yorker can vote for ted cruz. >> donald trump's winning big in new york. why is he going after ted cruz so hard last night? well, part of it is because that's what donald trump does but also it has to do with our most important number of the day. that number is 27. 27 as in there are 27 congressional districts in new york. this will be critical tonight because we know it's going to be a good night for donald trump. the question is and this is very important to that over all question of could he hit 1237. there are 95 delegates at stake in this state. but they're given out mostly by congressional district in these 27 congressional districts. if you are donald trump and hit 50%, you get all three. if you come under 50%, you have to start splitting them up

the new york tabloid press. how the candidates have to handle the toughest most in your face media market in america. we are going to get to all of that and a lot more in the next hour, but we begin this morning with the war of words that's exploding right now on the democratic side. the issue of what it means to be qualified to be president of the united states. now, where did this whole dispute come from? bernie sanders seemingly responding last night to comments that were made by hillary clinton on this network, on "morning joe" yesterday, when clinton was asked if sanders was ready to be president. >> so the question -- and i'm serious, if you weren't running today and you looked at bernie sanders would you say this guy is ready to be president of the united states? >> well, i think he hadn't done his homework and he had been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood, and that does raise a lot of questions. really what it goes to is for voters to as

lou: our next guest senator cruz's new york values rememark is haunting g him now in new york. joining us former chairman off south carorolina -- republican charter van hip. i mean, ted cruz has locked into a i mean retribution itself for those inane remararks he made in your fair state. >> he is trying to finesesse it nonow saying he was the talking ababout cuomo and weiner and all, judging by reactionon, he got i dodon't think that is working, here is w what is interesting, the polls, he is running g third in the poll behind john kasich.h. and kasich is actualally his super pac is spending 7 figures to remind peoplele of new yoyork what he said about new york values. if trump can hit 50, and cruz comes in third. i think what happens in newew york could basically take away all momentum he had coming out ofof wisconsin. lou: he wanted tachieve was momentum coming out of the best performance he could imagine in wisconsin. and he has just run intoto a swamp in new york. it does, it all centers, rouound that unnecessary rememark he mamade, you know, trump is you know, generally cr

he will be back in new york. he will continue to hold rallies in new york. that's something he talked about publicly of coming to new york to compete. the strategy in this state is not to compete necessarily for a win. that just seems totally out of reach at this point. it's to be able to peel delegates off in places like upstate new york and western new york where there aren't many republicans and the campaign feels they can put in a get out the vote effort to turn out the smaller number of republicans. remember, not to get in the weeds, but because each congressional district will give three delegates, each district sort of is valued differently. in a place where there's fewer republicans. you can get more bang for your buck if you focus there. >> hallie jackson, thank you very much. good seeing you. in about 15 minutes from now, we're expecting what is billed as a pretty significant speech from john kasich. he's currently polling second in new york, and it appears his normally positive message may be shifting a bit. kelly o'donnell is watching the kasich

trump of new york. part of the reasons why tonight's complicated. >> to be both winning and that disliked is a portrait of the american voter. and not necessarily a portrait of the candidates. that itself is worth a number of novels and we'll probably inspire them. i want to talk about the prospects for donald trump tonight, though. he is leading by a considerable amount in the new york polls. and that raises the question not necessarily of whether or not he's going to win, it feels pretty sure that he's going to win. but given that, what counts as a good night for him tonight? for that we go to steve kornacki. >> let's take a look at the big board. so yes, the question for donald trump tonight is how good of a night is this going to be? the best possible night for donald trump is he gets all 95 delegates. coming into tonight, this is where he stands. donald trump now his lead less than 200 in the delegate count against ted cruz. it's been a rough couple of weeks for cruz. he can add to that tonight, th

and new york is a big state. not everyone is a new york city liberal in new york.nty of conservatives. and he's just going to do a very targeted, strategic campaign district by district. keep donald trump under 50%. and win some of those district level battles. so he benefits from low expectations. at the end of the day he's not going to go into the convention with the majority of delegates. the whole game is to keep donald trump under 1,237. so that's his strategy in new york. >> don lemon, bill clinton clashed today with some black lives matter protesters in philadelphia. really got angry at them. the protesters were critical of his 1994 crime bill. what do you think of that engagement he's had with them? >> i think it's -- this is why many people call, you know, the former president a brilliant politician, the way he engages people. the way he explained himself. listen, he has said it was a mistake, the way the bill was written, and admits it sent african-american and hispanic people, especially men, to jail more than any other segment of the population. but he

thank you for mentioning upstate new york. this is the real new york state. mill pond that feeds into an apple cider mill. it is a great place. they're doing very well. they're prosperous, but as you say, part of the story up here is when you drive around and you get out of this little town and drive out, you see a lot of poverty. you see a lot of rundown homes and rundown businesses. there's been a lot of flight of population out of this area in central new york. the poverty rate here is about 19% in this county. that's way above the national average. last night we drove over to another county. the poverty rate there is about 17%. we went to a pizza shop. great place. it's called new york pizzeria in the town of new berlin. it's run by a woman named betsy and her husband who is from italy. we talked to betsy about what's happening here upstate and who you it is feeding into the political dynamics this year. >> we've been driving around, i told you. you see a lot of towns that look like -- things have been better. >> this is the first time in the last five ye

par for the course in new york. here with us now, one of the reporters who also deserves combat pay, hallie jackson, who covers cruz. >> for the record, not my camera that hit you in the head. >> so you say. >> allegedly. >> one of your many cams that was there almost hit me in the head. so you asked about what i was going to ask about if i had been called on, which is cruz talking about new york values as a negative thing. how does a guy who trashes new york, including today a little bit, mostly trash new york liberals. >> that's what it is. >> appealing to new yorkers. >> for two and a half months, you said it mark and you heard it from him today. he is shifting a little bit, right. he is calling it liberal democratic values that just so happen to be here in new york. so he is trying to make the case to conservatives in places like western new york. which is another place he talked about. did you notice that? he said, hey, people in western new york, they get what i'm talking about. it's the same argument that he