>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the convention, they w

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the co

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going int

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at t

position is. >> donald trump supporters are so loyal to donald trump. it's hard to imagine somebody who was thinking about voting for him and has now decided they're not going to because of this. but it does, i think -- i think ted cruz was right. it shows he's not thought through the issue and abortion is such a mine field that he ended up sounding like the way pro-choice people caricature pro-life people. he found himself really twisted into a difficult spot. >> there's been this proliferation of issues that touch on women in many different ways. you have the heidi cruz retweet. you have this question on abortion. and you -- >> corey lewandowski. >> corey lewandowski. if you put them all together, the question is whether you reach a critical mass. when you have people undecided, and there are people who are undecided, who would vote for cruz as opposed to trump. and i think that's what you're seeing in the polls in wisconsin. his gender numbers have flipped. >> karen, you wrote an article about corey lewandowski. does trump benefit? trump has tried to

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the

plan a, ignore donald trump and he'll go away a. that didn't work. plan b was, find a candidate, beat donald trump and win before you get to the convention. that didn't work. the plan c is prevent donald trump from getting a majority of delegates by the time you get to cleveland and then take the nomination eye way from the plurality victor which is likely donald trump and substitute someone else in and that is fraught with risk. >> donald trump has said from the very beginning if he doesn't think he's being treated fairly by the party, he'll run as an ind e pendent. >> right now, he's holding the he's using that as an option. he doesn't like the establishment ganging up against him. he doesn't like the other candidates ganging up against him. >> bill kristol, one of the things that we're seeing on the republican side is that threat going both ways. maybe they'll have a conservative run as a third party if donald trump gets the nomination. >> i think they're planning that matthew dowd's plan c is the one hillary clinton is winning a

he was hoping to make the case that donald trump's support here was fading after donald trump's narrow victory in loisiana. but he looks like walking away after a win here >>> joining us now is bill schneid rshgs esh schneidre vment what do you think the headline of the night is in some >> that bernie sanders may beat clinton. that's a big blow to her campaign >>> michael you agree? >> reporter: yes. i don't see how it wouldn't be. especially it doesn't change the delegate count nor the fact of a strong lead. now they go further where she was strong leads and it changes what happens in michigan if she does have a loss >>> why do you think it happened? poles showed her way ahead in the polls in michigan. >> reporter: i think there are a couple of things. in the last 48 hours the bernie sanders campaign flooded the airways with his economic message, the idea that hillary clinton supported the kind of trade deals that according to the sanders campaign caused a lot of jobs. there's indication that at least in the local media and michael will talk to this, hillary clinton got stung by her c

donald trump fell asleep. snake bite, big foot, not the next two candidates in the republican field but things that can really crush people. and stuff. neil: that was great! thank you, jeff, very, very much. isn't the best? >>> meanwhile we're getting separate reports that those monster trucks were doing that monster thing that "politico" reporting that ben carson has landed new job of national chair of my faith votes. this only a few days after ben carson opted out of the fox news debate saying he could not see a logical path to the nomination. does not mean he has formally suspended his campaign for the presidency. some suspect that could be coming in remarks at cpac, i believe they're slated for tomorrow. i could be wrong. so too were donald trump's. he has skipped out on event. i'm told ben carson later today. we're hearing from "politico." other sites saying the same. we can't confirm that. just want to share that ahead of all that with the dust-up with the establishment types led by donald trump or i sho

donald trump. donald trump won at least three states. right now he is locked in a very, very tight race in missouri with ted cruz. look at that. separated by 1,700 votes. the outcome of that, we are told, they are done counting for the night in missouri. they're going to look at provisional ballots and absen e absentees when they wake up. we may not get an official word from missouri for some time. but the big story, florida. winner take all state, 99 delegates at stake. donald trump won every last won of them. this is what he said. >> we have a great opportunity, and the people that

this is what donald trump is creating. it is what donald trump wants. this is the scene that he wants played out. the question is, is this what you want? i'm with david gergen on this. i think this is an angry version of an angry man who has no idea what it is to govern america. >> we hadsome live pictures. i believe they were blocking traffic. there is still an ongoing protest. you can see the live pictures of what's going on on the streets. the police tell us no arrests have been made. no one has been injured. it is largely peaceful. inside, after it was cancelled, we did see some extremely tense moments. he asked the question. is this what you want to see? as a donald trump supporter? is this what you want to see right now? what's happening tonight? i'm not talking about the protests but i'm talking about, donald trump has said. he is the candidate who has said, he wishes he could punch protesters in the nose. is that something that donald trump supporters, you want to see? >> i don't think anyone wants to see violence like this. and donald trump doe

it was a good tuesday for donald trump. he's the leader in the race, no question, he'll have attend of the day, about 250 delegates ted cruz and marco rubio, between them, will have won about 320 delegates. hillary clinton is pretty comfortably ahead. this race, there are two possible paths, trump winning or trump not winning and ending up with a brokered or contested convention. everything depends on two weeks from tonight. if he wins florida and ohio, it's probably over. probably going to a contested convention. if he wins one and loses one, hard to tell. >> many more invested in the last 4 hours in this never trump, stop trump movement in both of those states. >> up to this point, the arguments against donald trump have all failed, the arguments that he's not conservative tonight, he doesn't have the temperament enough to be president he's not actually looking out for the little guy who represents donald trump's voting base within the republican party. it remains to be seen if it's too little too late. >> cokie, you had

donald trump dominated in 7 states last night. senator cruz came out of the evening with three which happened in the wee hours of the morning and marco rubio got his first state win. >> i think we have done something that almost nobody thought could be done. and i'm proud of it. i just want to leave you with this. i'm a unifier. i would love to see the republican party and everybody get together and unify. when we tunify there is nobody that is going to beat us. bill: rubio and cruz will continue to go after trump. they promise this race is far from over. >> we can nominate a washington deal maker, profane and vulgar, who has a lifelong pattern of using government power for personal gain. or we can nominate a proven conservative who has fought consistently for working men and women and defend the constitution. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter how many states it takes, no matter how many weeks and months it takes, i'll campaign as long as it takes and wherever it takes to insure i'm the next president of the united states.

donald trump is a pathological liar. and the news media for the most part has no idea how to deal with him. television news in particular needs new rules about how to deal with a pathological liar running for president. for example, last week on election night every cable news network carried donald trump's 40-minute victory speech in its entirety, and it was filled with lies from start to finish and the networks then devoted virtually no time to reporting or analyzing those lies for that audience that just heard them. donald trump got away with every one of those lies on live television to that huge audience that night. and then the next day some of those lies were taken apart in news articles for a much smaller audience and on some television shows for a much smaller audience than saw that huge election night coverage of his speech. television news has always worked on the assumption that politicians will not try to get away with outright provable lies live on tv where everyone can see them. a few cable news shows don'

will that only help donald trump? and, marco rubio has yet to win a single state, if he comes up empty tonight he will be 0 for 15. can he go on? plus, hillary clinton talk about donald trump more than bernie sanders these days. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to our special super tuesday edition of "the lead." the biggest voting day of the campaign. live pictures right now of donald trump speaking to supporters in kentucky, a state that won't even vote until saturday, trump's coming under fire from the two top republicans in congress today for not disavowing the support of david duke in an interview with me on sunday. >> if a person wants to be the fom nominee of the republican party he must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. >> let me make it perfectly clear, senator republicans condemn david duke, the kkk, and his racism. >> trump again today trying to undo some damage from sunday's remarks. >> david duke disavowed, i disavowed him on friday, right after that because i thought i

as donald trump. the establishment is really only left with one candidate barring some sort of late, you know, surge by john kasich, which i don't see happening. and that candidate is marco rubio. so they have to throw everything behind him. now, you know, you talk about this concerted attack on donald trump over the next two weeks. it's very hard for me to see exactly what those attacks could do that could hurt trump because trump has proven to be invincible for the last nine months but the next few weeks are key. the fact is we have two republican debates between now and march 15th. those two debates are going to be the chance for rubio to really shine, and shining means he has to perform very well because just winning minnesota isn't enough to cut it if he wants to win ohio and florida. >> maeve, when you look at cruz, what is the path forward? you look ahead to march 15th. where's the opportunity for him. is there no opportunity for him? >> well, i think it was a really mixed night for ted cruz in

donald trump. potentially blocking his path to sowing up the nomination before the convention, paving the way toward a floor battle unlike any seen. n that same polling spells hope for bernie sanders and a headache for hillary clinton. a ton of stuff tonight, plus a closer look at the legal troubles surrounding trump campaign manager corey lewandowski. we begin with the abortion 180 and sunlen serfaty. walk us through what happened. >> reporter: this all stems from some very hard line positions that donald trump said today during a town hall, an interview during a town hall today over abortion. and trump was asked during that town hall, point blank, responding to a question, whether he would punish a woman for having an abortion if it was made illegal in the united states. here's first that exchange which set off this controversy. >> should the woman be punished for having an abortion? >> look -- >> this is not something you can dodge. if you say abortion is a crime or abortion is murder, you have

against donald trump? the rhetoric being stallone around, it's like a "real housewives" reunion episode. spray tans and makeup and little hands and you know what else that means. it's incredible. does it work? >> well, we don't know. but my question is this. if your target are upper educated, upscale republican voters which we're told they are for marco rubio, are they impressed with what he's been doing the last few days? i have some real doubts on this. one thing i'd like to say about the map, though. i think that's the perfect map for donald trump. the best outcome for him tomorrow would to be take everything but texas and keep ted cruz in the race for a few more weeks because for donald trump, the more the merrier. >> we've got a lot more ahead. a lot more to talk about. we're also going to talk to our commentators. after the break you're going to hear what one republican u.s. senator said on camera today about what he'd do if it comes down to hillary rodham clinton versus donald j. trump in november.

donald trump has nothing to do with it. donald trump is an excuse. at one point it was hubert humphry. there is video going through downtown seattle smashing windows. video of the black lives matter people silencing bernie sanders at one of his own rallies. this is the american left in action. it's just that donald trump happens to be the target of it right this minute. >> no, jeffrey, respectfully, i've already read what you pen for the spectator and it's very well done but what you failed to show me is where hubert humphry stood up and said i wish i can punch that guy in the face. get him out. there is no behavior like that from the elected officials but there is here. >> michael, we have free speech in this country. candidates can say anything they want. you can't blame this stuff on the candidate. hubert humphry used the secret service to get them out. he did the same thing as donald trump. you can't blame humphry and trump. you can't blame some merchant in seattle or bernie sanders. they have first amendment rights and you can't blame them. >> c

trump. >> donald trump thinks vladimir putin's a great guy. trump talks admiringly of the way the chinese government cracked down on the chinese people in tiananmen square. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee, if you don't want us to give this election to hillary clinton, then i ask you to stand with us today. >> reporter: even bernie sanders getting a jab in on trump. >> the political revolution is about bringing our people together. we do not allow the donald trumps of the world to divide us up. >> reporter: i spoke to cruz today amidst the hustle and bustle at his polling location in houston. >> this is a big day for you, right? >> i'm encouraged. >> reporter: he stopped to address the latest trump controversy. former ku klux klan leader david duke's endorsement of donald trump. >> bigotry and the klan has no place in public discourse, in politics, and i think anyone should have been willing to immediately denounce the klan. and it was unfortunate that he didn't do so. he's better than that. >> donald trump, he joins us

trump. >> donald trump thinks vladimir putin's a great guy. trump talks admiringly of the way the chinese government cracked down on the chinese people in tiananmen square. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee, if you don't want us to give this election to hillary clinton, then i ask you to stand with us today. >> reporter: even bernie sanders getting a jab in on trump. >> the political revolution is about bringing our people together. we do not allow the donald trumps of the world to divide us up. >> reporter: i spoke to cruz today amidst the hustle and bustle at his polling location in houston. >> this is a big day for you, right? >> i'm encouraged. >> reporter: he stopped to address the latest trump controversy. former ku klux klan leader david duke's endorsement of donald trump. >> bigotry and the klan has no place in public discourse, in politics, and i think anyone should have been willing to immediately denounce the klan. and it was unfortunate that he didn't do so. he's better than that. and he should have done that.

we're beating donald trump. we're seeing republicans uniting behind our campaign because we're the only candidate that is in a position to beat donald trump, to earn 1237 delegates and become the republican nominee. we're seeing republicans unite. >> i know you believe you can beat him. i have to press this a little bit. if you believe donald trump and his campaign are encouraging violence, how could you support him if he's the nominee? isn't that a line that should not be condoned? crossing that line, shouldn't that not be condoned? >> and i'm not condoning it. i'm encouraging everyone to focus on decency, civility, appealing to our better angels. my focus is on winning. winning the nomination. then on beating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. because let me be clear. hillary clinton would be a disaster for this country. if hillary clinton is the president, we will lose this supreme court for a generation. the second amendment will be of rights. religious liberty will be lost for a generation. and our kids wi

it is the only way to stop donald trump. the only way he will be slowed is if the press picks up on some of the things that mitt romney laid out. john: all these things are failures, it became too late. he could have endorsed somebody, got into the race himself. there's a lot that you can say about how this is too little too late. if it turns out that john kasich beats him in ohio and marco rubio beats him in florida and they keep him from getting to the majority of delegates, this speech will be an important thing. this speech will be a moment that you put in the history if you are writing it. i just think it will not work. mark: mitt romney has a big following in the republican party. >> especially in the years after he lost, more so. >> he left himself vulnerable. the fact is i don't think trump is a failed business leader. he may exaggerate, but he is not a failed business leader. he inherited a family business worth millions and now he is a billionaire. john: he has a mixed record. what romney is right about is that don

donald trump is a businessman. he understands business in the youth and the world better than those writers. just like donald trump has created a lot of able and -- a lot of angst, i don't want what you want to call that group of folk over there afraid of trump, on the international stage it's the same thing. when he talk about jobs. look at our situation. with every one of the countries on that clip, we have a trade deficit. what trump has done is the same thing he has done to stir interest here at home. he stated a strategic objective. he didn't get into the details. what the economist is worried about, worry about the details how he's going to do that, and he doesn't need to put that on the table right now. he's just simply saying he want to level the playing field. that make him nervous because we have had these trade deficits for so long. charles: there is. >> the piece in this article that i find interesting. that would be the effectiveness of a president trump. combined with the virulent democratic open sign

if donald trump is our nominee, he'll lose. he'll lose to hillary clinton. the last eight. >> will you campaign for him? >> well, again, as i said, i'm not going to change my position today about supporting the nominee. because i still believe that donald trump will not be the nominee. despite all the noise out there. he needs 60% of the delegates from this point forward in order to be the nominee. ted cruz needs 75% of the remaining delegates to be the nominee. that's the real math. believe donald trump will be our nominee. i'm going to do everything i can to keep that from happening. to give the party the choice of me. if i'm the nominee, no one will be asked, will you support the nominee. we'll unite the party. we'll win. >> thank you, senator, for joining us. >> thank you. >>> up next, the democrats. can bernie sanders surprise hillary clinton again? he's here live. they call it planning for retirement because getting there requires exactly that. a plan for what you want your future to look like. for more than 145 years, pa

others say donald trump scrambles the playbook. he'll do well with white working-class voters, in places like ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin. >> i think initially we'll see that hillary clinton would be favored in a race like that. but there are a couple of things that we have to keep in mind. first, it's very difficult for hillary clinton to run against and campaign against an unpredictable candidate like donald trump. it's the hardest to run against when someone is unpredictable. the other thing is, hillary clinton has demonstrated in the primaries and demonstrated in the polls is a flawed candidate for a general election, she's disliked by a majority of the a majority of the country. and she has some vulnerabilities. so, i don't think this is a slam-dunk for hillary clinton. i think she's slightly favored going into a general election. but there's no telling what will unfold against an unpredictable candidate. >> cecilia vega, meantime, the clinton campaign and allies have started to put together a campaign against donald trump.

donald trump in thee course of this. i mean, he had won ne hampshire. he had won south carolina. but this was the big day. this was the delegate haul in and he basically met expectations for himself. >> this has been an amazing evening. already we've won five major states, and it looks like we could win six or seven or eight or nine. >> the great thing for donald trump is not only is he accumulating delelates but because the other candidates in thth course ofof this w a certain share, marco rubio and ted cruz, it makes them live another day. and if four candidates live another day, it's helpful for donald trump. >> who's to say that marco rubio is going to win his home state of florida? >> absolutely. so far he's behind in the polls. john kasich is counting on his home state of ohio. but -- >> he's behind in the polls there. some of them. >> okay. so bill kristol, you have been trying to stop donald trump for some time. first i guess you were a little bit in denial. >> right. >> but can he be stopped? >> i kind of like b

trump drops out, i can imagine donald trump. and i don't think that's going to happen as much as ted cruz would like that to happen. it's interesting. heading into his victory speech tonight, it was clear his message was going to be, i'm going to be beat donald trump. he had iowa, texas and oklahoma. that's three wins against donald trump. we got the race for minnesota. he had made his -- i guess victory speech, even though he hadn't won that state yet. the optics were change. i don't know if you noticed this. but rubio, again, made his speech before the race was called for him in minnesota. this was a big moment for him. this was his first victory of the 2016 cycle. an i didn't feel like he seized on this. and i think this is going to be the problem and question for marco rubio. when are you going to stop being the candidate who is the second choice for voters? the candidate who is waiting behind donald trump, perhaps behind ted cruz, as well, for the voters not interested in them the and that they can turn to marco rubio. his

trump. >> donald trump thinks vladimir putin's a great guy. trump talks admiringly of the way the chinese government cracked down on the chinese people in tiananmen square. donald trump as the nominee, if you don't want us to give this election to hillary clinton, then i ask you to stand with us today. >> reporter: even bernie sanders getting a jab in on trump. >> the political revolution is about bringing our people together. we do not allow the donald trumps of the world to divide us up. >> reporter: i spoke to cruz today amidst the hustle and bustle at his polling location in houston. >> this is a big day for you, right? >> i'm encouraged. >> reporter: he stopped to address the latest trump controversy. former ku klux klan leader david duke's endorsement of donald trump. >> bigotry and the klan has no place in public discourse, in politics, and i think anyone should have been willing to immediately denounce the klan. and it was unfortunate that he didn't do so. he's better than that. and he should have done that. >> donald trump, he joins u

i think donald trump's language in the course of these events and what he's done has set donald trump didn't create the divisions. he's exacerbating them. instead of using healing language, he's using language that incites. he's speaking to a group of voters that feel unheard of in washington, d.c. by the gop establishment on any issues. on trade, on jobs. a lot of different things. he's doing it in way that not bringing the party or the country together. >> bill kristol, how much has he been enabled by republicans themselves. who refused to take him on earlier? >> he's been considerably enabled. they were busy with the bush superpac, $120 million. how much of that was spent against donald trump? i think $5 million. $25 million against rubio. if rubio loses in florida, part campaign dropped $20 million of negative ads on him in florida. cruz and rubio spent more time fighting each other than trump. the failure to denounce trump. i think rub roe missed a huge chance at the end of the debate ten days ago, he could have said, look, when i took the pledge in august, i thought i could supp

donald trump. he purchased a con minimum that he thought was donald trump. it then went bankrupt and donald trump later claimed he had nothing to do with it. >> donald trump was an expert in these types of projects or so we thought. >> in a deposition for a lawsuit regarding the property, trump's son donald trump, junior, conceded that the trump brand could lead people to think a project was a solid investment. >> it's one of the things that you learned through this process is that the trump name brings stability to the project. >> i don't know if it brings stability or viability, but i imagine certain people feel that. >> joining us now bart ring, a lawyer who settled that case against donald trump involving that project and william flint who was one of the people who sued the donald trump organization. thank you both for joining me tonight. i really appreciate it. mr. flint, what made you invest in that donald trump project? >> we were on a little vacation trip in april of 2006 and on the toll ro

we're beating donald trump. we're seeing republicans uniting behind our campaign because we're the only candidate that is in a position to beat donald trump, to earn 1237 delegates and become the republican nominee. we're seeing republicans unite. >> i know you believe you can beat him. i have to press this a little bit. if you believe donald trump and his campaign are encouraging violence, how could you support him if he's the nominee? isn't that a line that should not be condoned? crossing that line, shouldn't that not be condoned? >> and i'm not condoning it. i'm encouraging everyone to focus on decency, civility, appealing to our better angels. my focus is on winning. winning the nomination. then on beating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. because let me be clear. hillary clinton would be a disaster for this country. if hillary clinton is the president, we will lose this supreme court for a generation. the second amendment will be effectively erased from the bill of rights. religious liberty will be lost

trump. >> donald trump thinks vladimir putin's a great guy. trump talks admiringly of the way the chinese government cracked down on the chinese people in tiananmen square. >> if you don't want to see donald trump as the nominee, if you don want us to give this election to hillary clinto then i ask you to stand with us today. >> reporter: even bernie sanders >> the political revolution is about bringing our people together. we do not allow the donald trumps of the world to divide us up. >> reporter: i spoke to cruz today amidst the hustle and bustle at his polling@location in houston. >> this is a big day for you, right? >> i'm encouraged. >> reporter: he stopped to address the latest trump controversy. former ku klux klan leader david duke's endorsement of donald trump. >> bigotry and the klan has no place in public discourse, in politics, and i think anyone should have been willing to immediately denounce the klan. and it was unfortunate that he didn't do so. he's better than that. and`he should have done that. >> donald trump, he joins us n

listening to donald trump there. really kind of praised the crowd, and issued a little criticism for bernie sanders' comments about bernie sanders saying he really needs to kind of temper the mood by talking to his supporters. all right. we'll continue to monitor donald trump's rally, and discuss with our panel on the other side of the break. we'll be right back. during the lexus command performance sales event... [sportscaster vo] there's always a cause for celebration. [sportscaster vo] with extraordinary offers on our highest expressions of luxury. including the visionary ls... the generously appointed es... and the new, eight-passenger lx. [sportscaster vo] because thrills like this... only happen during the command performance sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. (two text tones) now? (text tone) excuse me. (phone tone) again? be right back. always running to the bathroom because your bladder is calling the shots? (text tone) you may have oab. enough of this. we're going to the doctor. take charge and

donald trump not win florida, and donald trump will not be the republican nominee. >> reporter: what is your road map to change florida and win in florida? what do you have to do? >> well, i know we know how to win elections in florida. and what we have to do is remind people what's happening with donald trump. i don't deny up to this point there are people that have been taken by his message. he's trying to exploit people that are hurting with this argument that he's fighting for the little guy. donald trump has never fought for the little guy. he's a guy that says he's tough on illegal immigration but he hired illegal immigrants to work on his trump towers to build it. he is a con artist and that's being exposed and you're seeing where he was up by huge margins in every poll and is pug off small victories and in theis -- >> reporter: but senator he's winning. he's winning delegates and winning states. winninwinning is what matters h. >> charlie, you have to get to 1,237 delegates. donald trump is not on track to do, that especially after tonight. when you get into the winner-take-a

donald trump? >> it might be a little late for mitt romney to way into this field and have this kind of conversation with voters. the reality is donald trump -- stuart: are you on that side of offense that says we got to get rid of donald trump? >> i am on the side the we should let voters figure things out. we have a process in place for a reason that allows republican primary voters to decide who their nominee is going to be. that is not for me to decide on a personal basis, that is for republican primary voters to decide and in a couple weeks after march 15th we will know who the republican voters have decided to be the nominee and is up to the republican party to back that nominee and unify behind that nominee against hillary clinton. stuart: if the nominee is donald trump, how does the republican party unite behind him when mitt romney is out there saying he is a fraud, he is a phony, promises are totally worthless, considerable attack, can't unified around trump if he is the candidate. >> in

it can certainly help donald trump. but a game-changer, that might be a little too much, a little too far going with that term. it is, if you take the 1,000-foot view here though, not necessarily unlikely that donald trump would receive the endorsement of dr. ben carson. carson of course is a political outsider, somebody who has not run for office ever in his career and he is endorsing donald trump, a political outsider, somebody who has never run for office in his career. however, as you also remember things got pretty heated back in november between trump and carson, really one-sided as trump went on the attack of coarse son as carson started rising in the polls, especially not only nationally but also in iowa as well. he went after whether carson, he went after carson's faith. went after his storyline as a child. reason at one point compared him to a child molester. this was the quote at the time. i'm quoting here. if you're a child molester, there is no cure. they can't stop you. path owe logical, there is no cure.

here is a check from trump university for $500,000 made out to donald trump and signed by donald trump. donald trump is now being sued in federal fraud cases, one of which the judge has allowed to be brought under the racketeer influence and corrupt organizations act that's also known as rico, which means that donald trump actually stands accused in federal court of being a racketeer. here is how donald trump lured students to his fake university. ♪ >> we're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific. terrific people, terrific brains, successful. we are going to have the best of the best. and honestly, if you don't learn from them, if you don't learn from me, if you don't learn from the people that we're going to be putting forward, and these are all people that are hand-picked by me, then you're just not going to make it in terms of the world of success. we're going to teach you better than the business schools are going to teach you. and i went to the best business school. >> joining us now is bob geo, a former trump university student and a plaint

>> why did donald trump, why did donald trump allow even an equivocation? >> there wasn't. that's not accurate what you're saying. >> the power he has. >> that's not the accurate. >> that david duke is a -- >> stop. >> is scum. >> he said it in august. he said it on friday. he said it on social media all weekend. >> you're not being fair. >> for the fact that he allowed -- why not condemn wit the same vigor that he condemns the chicago gang bangers or isis? because that's where he resides. >> to bring it back to tomorrow night at the fox news debate, look, marco rubio is constantly trying to bait donald trump into mutual combat on territory that they both understand. mocking, dismissing, ridiculing. my advice to donald trump is don't take the bait because if you start taking the bait and falling into the trap, you're fighting on the same ground. what trump did yesterday -- >> not his nature, though. >> yes. but what he did yesterday, he called a press conference rther than a campaign rally. very smart. he took questions from the press. his demeanor was calmer, more presiden

it's very critical of donald trump. if you can step back and take a look at the advisors and what they have to say, what's your impression of this letter? why now and do you think it will be impactful? >> i hope it will be impactful. these are serious people. they all describe themselvesas republicans. they come however from a wide spectrum of the republican party in terms of their foreign policy views . and voters ought to take them seriously. i mean, the presidency of the united states is the most important job in the world and when trump expresses himself on foreign policy, he does so in ways that are, they can only be described as sort of wildly foolish. claiming that yours w bush lied america into the iraq war. is simply factually wrong and it's a regurgitation of left-wing talking points. insisting that japan shouldbe paying us troops , marine sailors over there, signs like the kind of foreign-policy talking points of the mid-1980s. we want japan as our ally. we want japan on our side. and so trumps views and this

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the convention, they would take it fro

-- donald trump. >> reporter: the margin that donald trump won by, but you have to look at the fact that john kasich who has been surging both the national polls and those here in michigan did find a way to finish in second place. he called it that he will finish in second, particularly counting on money here favoring john kasich in that race. i think that we cannot talk about the republicans tonight without mentioning the fact that it could be amarco rubio does not get one single delegate tonight. if he doesn't get a delegate it means that he will leave here headed into florida next week without winning a delegate tonight. that's big news. >> i will get michigan because we're going to bring the car industry back. we're going to take it back to michigan. it is never even a question. when that's candidates are talking a question, it's not a question. michigan is not something they even talk about >> reporter: that, of course, donald trump speaking about michigan where i'm standing now and he is talking about the auto industry, about bringing it back, but it's the democrats that are taking

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the convention, they would take it fro

it was a good tuesday for donald trump. he's the leader in the race, no question, he'll have attend of the day, about 250 delegates ted cruz and marco rubio, between them, will have won about 320 delegates. hillary clinton is pretty comfortably ahead. this race, there are two possible paths, trump winning or trump not winning and ending up with a brokered or contested convention. everything depends on two weeks from tonight. if he wins florida and ohio, it's probably over. if he loses both of them, we're probably going to a contested convention. if he wins one and loses one, hard to tell. >> many more invested in the last 4 hours in this never trump, stop trump movement in both of those states. >> up to this point, the arguments against donald trump have all failed, the arguments that he's not conservative tonight, he doesn't have the temperament enough to be president he's not actually looking out for the little guy who represents donald trump's voting base within the republican party. it remains to be seen if it's too lit

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in this -- stop donald trump from getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going into a convention. somehow at the convention,

>> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so swamping ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from gettiti that nominee. >> the results of tonightht not only shown donald trump dominating is to quote, the favorite bird's song, turn, turn, turn. their reason is to stay in getting to 1237. their goal, keep him under that and have a contested convention. >> think about that, keep him from getting a majority going into a convention. he would clearly have a huge lead going i

what is donald trump's challenge? reporter: he has half of his party that ranges from absolutely opposed to vowing to never vote for him in the general election and he has a problem. he lays it out aptly. how do i fight back about the criticisms mourn thing about him. how does he fight back against that, but at the same time not reinforce the scepticism. it's a tough spot. >> cruz and rubio, you saw what they did in that debate. what's the expectation? is it any different from a week ago? reporter: i think it's different in this way. you can only make a joke of it for so long. donald trump told a lot of insult company and a lot of schtick. we are getting beyond the political junkies and more and more people are coming in. as they do come into the space, you can't be looking like all you are is negative and snarky. keeping trump on the defensive but not looking like all they are is attack dogs. bill: we'll get to the mitt romney matter in a moment. look how many people are trying to pull levers behind the curtain. we h