well, hillary clinton also spoke to that same pro-israel group, >> reporter: at aipac, clinton argued the middle east is no place for trump to practice "the art of the deal." >> we need steady hand, not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday, because everything is negotiable. >> reporter: the comment reflected her growing focus on the likely g.o.p. nominee, but the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll shows her national lead over sanders has shrunk to its smallest margin yet, just five points. >> let's have a record-breaking turnout in idaho. >> reporter: sanders, who is jewish, was the only candidate to skip the aipac conference. sanders has staked a lot on the west, which he insists will be his stronghold. >> now we're moving into territory where i think we go in as the favorite. a lot of the states that are out there are states that we can win and we can win by large margins. >> reporter: the clinton admitting in a recent memo that sanders is likely to win a series of upcoming caucuses. why? because caucuses, unlike prima

. >> reporter: down here at verizon center at the aipac meeting trump versus clinton in public today. trump, the republican front-runner strategized about his broken party and what to do it today behind closed doors. donald trump went to a private session near the u.s. capital to try to rebuild relations with reinsiders. last time trump tried was september. since then he won the most primaries and delegates by savaging republican leaders. with trump todaye gingrich and bob livingston. >> get behind donald trump and let's have a victory. >> reporter: trump said the same thing warning his party's establishment. >> if people want to be smart they should embrace this movement. if they don't want to be smart they should do what they are doing now and the republicans are going to go down to a massive loss. >> reporter: he speaks at aipac where there's worry about trump's demeanor. his call to ban muslims calling mexicans criminals. >> in those nine months all i've heard is hatred. and i don't want to listen my more. >> reporter: this rabbi with others plan to walk out. at aipac this morning

so in terms of aipac not too much of a surprise. trump walked back those comments about paying back the military aid and did well at the convention staying on message. >> and you're telling me last hour that for the most part, donald trump and hillary clinton are the candidates legallies i familiar with. i'm wondering which candidate american domestically, in the u.s., hillary clinton has issues with trust. but internationally, i gone der how trustworthy donald trump is when he says one thing about israel and sticks to the script when he's addressing aipac. >> reporter: israelis are curious about that. his mistakes have played big in the media, especially when he talks about registering muslims. memories from 70 years ago, registering people of a specific religion. hillary clinton has an easy time with the israel crowd. and that's because bill clinton is so popular here. he was here speaking on the anniversary of yitzhak rabin's assassination. the crowd went wild for him. and although there are differences between him and hillary cl

aipac, we heard the scripted donald trump. it was pretty good. the first time he's ever delivered a prepared speech and did a good job and hit all the grace notes though there were things in there that were surprising. said both he'd scrap the iran deal and enforce it which is incoherent. we heard the unscripted donald trump at the "washington post." >> he had a meeting with the editorial board. it was stream of consciousness donald trump in the open meeting and it was a debacle. he said our military bases in asia, they don't serve any purpose for us whatsoever. he said that nato was in alliance for an earlier time and we spent hundreds of billions of dollars on nato which is fact l factually incorrect. and that we can't afford it anymore. he basically said we can't afford to lead the world anymore. at aipac he says we're going to lead a global coalition to dismantle iran's terror network, but at lts "washington post" he say s we can't afford to lead anymore. those are incompatible things. donald trump unscripted is ve different and much differen

whenen greenwald, i believe he d offer to address aipac by video stream or skype, as did romney in 2012, but we heard he was told no. >> a couple of months ago, donaldld trump on n msnbc progrm said, when asked about israel and palestine, he thought the u.s. should be neutral in order to be a more effective arbiter, which until 20 years ago, was a standard mainstream u.s. position, but now has become very shocking. same with what bernie sanders just said. dear prominent american politician to stand up and criticize israel in such stark and blunt terms, calling them andpiers essentially criticizing how they're treating the palestinians is always shocking to the ear. hillary clinton would never do it, nor would leading republican politicians, yet it is really a very mild way to talk about israel. it shows just how far to the right the discourse has shifted in the u.s. when it comes to israel, and how much a part of that right-wing -- right shift is part of hillary clinton. when you think about how shocking it is to hear mild criticisms of israel coming from sanders or mild proclamations c

. >> that would be a first. 5:45 eastern daylight time, and we'll have coverage as he speaks to aipac. gave ah that same pro-israel group earlier today. the other g.o.p. candidates, ted cruz, and john kashich, also set to address the group this evening. but it's donald trump's speech that is no doubt getting the most attention, after he faced criticism for saying he would would be neutral in trying to hammer out a deal win at the israelis and the palestinians. this speech this afternoon comes on the eve of to the next primkdgk contest in arizona and utah. poll shows donald trump leading double digits in arizona where immigration is a top issue, if not the top issue in utah surveys show ted cruz is topping donald trump by double digits. >> heidi is with us, senior political reporter for "usa today" newspaper. he held an event while we were listening to castro and obama there, but he talked about some of his products. i'm told he gave somebody a job in a media scrum there wasn't much policy or substance to that. we're expecting something different this afternoon, right? >> right. the go

he spoke to aipac using a teleprompter. gave trump fairly enthusiastic reception. one we'll discuss later in the show. shortly before his speech, trump defended the man seen here violently assaulting a protester at a trump campaign rally in arizona over the weekend. >> he was given a certain finger and a hand. he was talked to horribly and he was also looking at somebody that came up with somebody dressed as a member of the kkk. he happened to be african-american, the person who was a supporter. it was a shame what happened. he saw a member of the ku klux klan. you people don't write that. >> the man attacked was not dressed as a member of the kkk. there was another protester nearby in a kkk hood. the victim of this beating said he was scared he would be killed at the rally and blamed trump for inciting violence. >> this political movement has gotten to the point where you may get beat to death inside of a rally. what's going to happen when this man is president? how is he going to shut down descent when he's in charge? >> trump's defense comes on the heels of the

amy: from a senator bernie sanders was the only one to skip the aipac conference earlier this week. he did address the issue on the campaign trail from utah, calling for an end to israel's occupation of palestinian territories. >> it is absurd by elements within the net done government to suggest -- netanyahu government is a just building more settlements is the appropriate response to the most recent violence. it is also not acceptable the netanyahu government decided to withhold hundreds of millions in tax revenue from the palestinians, which is supposed to collect on their behalf. amy: that was bernie sanders in utah. when greenwald, i believe he did offer to address aipac by video stream or skype, as did romney in 2012, but we heard he was told no. >> a couple of months ago, donald trump on msnbc program said, when asked about israel and palestine, he thought the u.s. should be neutral in order to be a more effective arbiter, which until 20 years ago, was a standard mainstream u.s. position, but now has become very shocking. same with what bernie sanders just said. dear prominen

. >> reporter: gop front-runner addressing aipac tonight as his campaign continues to address ongoing violence at his rallies. another protester sucker-punched over the weekend, this time in arizona. katy tur, nbc news, washington. >> reporter: this is peter alexander in washington where donald trump faces today one of his toughest challenges yet. aipac bills itself as america's bipartisan pro-israel lobby drawing speakers from both sides of the aisle. its theme tailed come together and some here blame trum for inciting violence and hatred. >> we're coming and say this is not who we want to be. are. as people of faith we don't believe in divide and conquer. >> reporter: trump has previously raised concerns among american jews, first with his casual remark. >> look, i'm going to negotiate like you folks, we're negotiators. >> reporter: then saying he wanted to be unpredictable in his approach to pursuing middle east peace. >> let me be a neutral guy. i'm going to give it a shot. >> reporter: hillary clinton slamming that strategy without mentioning trump by name. >> we need steady hand

aipac bills itself as america's bipartisan pro-israel lobby drawing speakers from both sides of the aisle. its theme tailed come together and some here blame trum for inciting violence and hatred. >> we're coming together to stand up and say this is not who we want to be. this is not who we are. as people of faith we don't believe in divide and conquer. >> reporter: trump has previously raised concerns among american jews, first with his casual remark. >> look, i'm going to negotiate like you folks, we're negotiators. >> reporter: then saying he wanted to be unpredictable in his approach to pursuing middle east peace. >> let me be a neutral guy. i'm going to give it a shot. >> reporter: hillary clinton slamming that

the candidates will speak at the aipac policy conference in northwest d.c. that conference focuses on rowe israeli policy. protesters promising to be there targeting donald trump. meagan fitzgerald and tracy pots will have all the anxious goal s covered for you. >>> loudoun county is considering a plan that wouldpo will have all the anxious angels covered for you. >>> loudoun county is considering a plan that would concentrate children into two schools. they want to keep the stuchbden closer to home. it includes moving schools to tug husband and leesburg elementary. it would make the former schools we >>> the time is 5:12. >> let's get you up to speed on the forecast. tom kierein keeping an eye on what we can expect during the commute. >> things are drying out after the overnight rain and wet snow. temperatures so cold in the hid 30s, need to have a heat other in the car. but when you're heading back on, it will be around 50, because wind will be blowing you around. could have gusts to around 30 miles per hour with sunshine and a partly cloudy sky. maybe som

. >> let's talk about aipac. you said there is not any prospect for peace until the palestinian authority, hamas and hezbollah take real steps to live peacefully. they also have to recognize israel as a jewish state. that doesn't sound like there's really a chance for peace in your opinion. hezbollah, hamas? >> anderson, why are we living in a dream world until they recognize israel's right to exist, how could you ever have a two-state solution? you know, this is pretty clear. when the prime minister came here and talked about the iran deal, he talked about the fundamental change he thought they should have exhibited before we signed an agreement. i found it to be pretty compelling. >> is there anything you could do as president to move hezbollah, hamas, the palestinian authority in that direction? >> there's always a way in which you'd talk back channels. and we do have some limited leverage over the palestinian authority, but the palestinian authority has been feeding a lot of hatred for 30, 40 years and teachi

john, bernie sanders skipping the big candidate event in washington today at aipac, and instead staying out on the campaign trail. is that a sign of confidence or is that a sign of nervousness about these outcomes? he wanted to stay out here. today he hit all three states with the voting on tuesday, and as you said, he's in flagstaff now, and has probably a couple hundred thousand people. he's really used the day to try to touch base with people who will actually be casting ballots tomorrow. >> john wagner, thank you very much for joining us from that location. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we're joined now here in the studio by josh barrow, also back with us, jonathan alter, and maria teresa kumar, an msnbc contributor. maria teresa, i want to get your reaction to bernie sanders staying out on the trail, working to the last minute in arizona. but the senator has just stepped up to the microphone. and unless you have two fast words to unless you have two fast words to say. no, we'll just go straight -- >> latino vote. that's all. >> okay. that explains a lot! that explains a lo

to address aipac. you will hear from the other candidates in just moments. rick klein and from the daily beast jackie kucinich. rick, first to you. we just heard donald trump in probably one of the most interesting. he spoke from prepared remarks. he actually got advanced copy. this is the first time. he usually he shoots from the hip. >> he likes to criticize teleprompters. this was presidential trump. he knew this was high stakes speech and he didn't want to

latest from aipac up next. >> we are getting results for >> anchor: next presidential primary hours way. voteers from arizona, utah, idaho head to the polls tomorrow. meanwhile foreign policy takes center stage today as nearly all the presidential candidates address pro israel political action group. washington. >> reporter: hillary clinton took the stage to loud applaud from the audience at the american israel public affairs commit conference, aipac. >> one of the first things i israeli prime minister to visit the white house. >> reporter: clinton already looking ahead to november's general election laid out the case that the next president needs to be able to lead the world from day one. >> we need steady hands. not a president that says he is neutral on monday, and pro israel tuesday and who knows what on wednesday. because everything is negotiable negotiable. >> reporter: donald trump speech supposed to be substantive and focused on foreign policy plans starke contrast to speeches he has given on campaign trail. group of rabbis will boycott trump's speech with a planned walk out but

. >>> we have garrett inside where donald trump will speak to aipac. >> good evening. they are introducing paul ryan behind me. the speaker of the house and one of several boldfaced names speaking here today. like many of these events, the republican field is being called out and most are here for one reason, to hear what donald trump is going to say. one half hour ago, gave a preview of his remarks. he said there would be no greater friend to israel then he, should he be elected. he walked back some of the comments he made about being neutral on the israeli- palestinian relationship. this is something people want to hear. you've heard the protesting outside. there are expected to be protest inside of a much different nature. some 40 rabbis have told the washington post they plan to stage a walkout of the speech in this room today. is more than 10,000 people here . the question, how big does a walkout get and how noticeable will it become? these folks disagree with donald trump on a number of issues. one of them is for banning muslim refugees into the u.s. before the c

is set to meet with nearly two dozen republicans.he's also scheduled to deliver a critical speech to aipac, america's leading pro-israel group.denouncing what they call trump's "hate speech," several rabbis plan to walk out of his speech.-nats-trump is still poised to beat rivals ted cruz and john kasich in the winner-take-all state of arizona tomorrow.even still, the possibility of a contested convention hangs over his head. (sot priebus/ abc) you have to have a majority of the delegates in order to be the nominee. there's nothing magical about the number. it's one's disenfranchised.favored to win in utah tomorrow, cruz contends he can stop trump in the delegate count.(sot cruz 17:26:52 ) we have a straightforward path to get to 1237 delegates and secure the republican nomination before the convention-nats-on the democratic side - bernie sanders is counting on wins out west to slow hillary clinton's momentum.thousands came to hear the vermont senator sunday night in spokane:(sot sanders 22:04:26) when the voter turnout is high, we win, when the voter turnout is low we loseclinton leads sa

. >> reporter: at aipac, hillary clinton said the middle east is nowhere for trump to practice art of the deal. we need steady hands. neutral monday. pro israel tuesday. and who knows what is wednesday. >> reporter: it reflected the growing focus on the likely gop nominee. the latest cbs news/"the new york times" poll shows her national lead over sanders has shrunk to its smallest margin yet. just 5 points. >> let's have a record breaking turnout in idaho. sanders who is jewish was the only candidate to skip the aipac conference stumping instead in three western states that vote tomorrow. sanders staked a lot on the west which he insists will be his stronghold. >> now we are moving into territory where i think we go in a lot of the states that are out win. >> reporter: the clinton campaign doesn't dispute that. sanders is likely to win a series of upcoming caucuses. why? because caucuses unlike commitment of a couple hours. so, they tend to reward candidtes with the most enthusiastic supporters. >> with her big delegate lead, clinton is having to spend big to find off sanders. scott,

john, bernie sanders skipping the big candidate event in washington today at aipac, and instead staying out on the campaign trail. is that a sign of confidence or is that a sign of nervousness about these outcomes? he wanted to stay out here. today he hit all three states with the voting on tuesday, and as you said, he's in flagstaff now, and has probably a couple hundred thousand people. he's really used the day to try to touch base with people who will actually be casting ballots tomorrow. >> john wagner, thank you very much for joining us from that location. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we're joined now here in the studio by josh barrow, also back with us, jonathan alter, and maria teresa kumar, an msnbc contributor. maria teresa, i want to get your reaction to bernie sanders staying out on the trail, working to the last minute in arizona. but the senator has just stepped up to the microphone. and unless you have two fast words to unless you have two fast words to say. no, we'll just go straight -- >> latino vote. that's all. >> okay. that explains a lot! that explains a lo

potential president. >> reporter: this comes ahead of trump's highly anticipated appearance at the aipac convention. ted cruz and kasich will also address them but hillary clinton beat everyone to the punch appearing before listing group this morning. >> united states and israel must be closer than ever, stronger than ever and more determined than ever to prevail against our common our adversaries and to advance our shared values. >> reporter: for trump, tonight's speech provides an opportunity to delve deeper in policy matters, especially the middle east. trump has been criticized for lacking foreign-policy experience. >> a number of senate republicans say they present -- they plan to meet with president obama's supreme court nominee after match, has said there will be no meetings or confirmation hearings on judge merrick garland's nomination but now at least six senate republicans say they will meet with garland but mcconnell says the seat should stay vacant until after the presidential election. >> the american people need to weigh in and decide who is going to make this decision. not

autria: the only candidate not speaking at aipac is bernie sanders who is campaigning and washington state today. sanders, the first jewish politician to ever win a present a primary says he cannot attend because of his campaign schedule. a huge crowd turned out to support sanders at a high school in vancouver. reportedly so many supporters that many were unable to get into the building. covering metro, the transit agency is set to begin installing new safer and hopefully more reliable escalators today at georgia avenue petworth and glenmark. each entrance where the escalator or placement work is taking place. at the new escalators are part of a $1 million project to replace more than 130 escalators by the year 2020. a miss at howard university hospital this morning. a pipe burst prompting several patients in critical care area to be moved to another part of the facility. jeannette: this afternoon a water main break inside of howard university hospital causing some significant problems. it only seems to beginning worse throughout the day. he high me this is where it happened. economi

clinton was the first candidate to address the expected crowd of about 18,000 at aipac. she did not just hammer trump for his comments about remaining neutral. she also took him to task for violence at his rallies and his rhetoric on the campaign trail. kelly o'donnell joins us now from the conference in washington, d.c. and a lot, of course, of focus will be on hillary clinton. but she's experienced. she's a former secretary of state. this speech for donald trump and that crowd including the threat of some rabbis walking out, that could be the headline today, kelly. >> well, one of the interesting things will be how visible that will be, because of the setting here at the verizon center. an arena where basketball and other sports are normally pl played. so the crowd is in mostly darkness. so if people do choose to walk out with donald trump, it may be a little harder to detect. we'll certainly keep an eye out for that. and for hillary clinton, her really stinging criticism of donald trump, it's important to know, never saying his name, but she could speak in code that t

we have team coverage from the aipac center. alison: we begin with the talk of protests there with suzanne kennedy. suzanne: 3:30 this afternoon. we saw the first protester show up. we can see behind me that the group has grown quite a bit. they are protest from issues free palestine to dump donald trump. inside this i vent at the verizon center rabbis will be protesting. they say donald trump should not s >> we had an amazing victory. suzanne: when donald trump takes center stage to speak to thousands at the american israel public affairs committee, this rabbi will walk out of the verizon center. he is leading a group of rabbis protesting the speech. >> he has had nine months to give us a positive message to bring us as a community and a world together. he hasn't been able to do it so far. suzanne: it's bipartisan and inviting candidates from both sides of the aisle. hillary clinton spoke this morning, cruz, trump, kasich tonight. but the top republican candidate raised the controversy with the aipac members. like this group fr

. >> the gop front-runner addressing aipac tonight as his campaign continues to address ongoing violence at his rallies. another protester sucker-punched over the weekend, this time in arizona. katy tur, nbc news, washington. >> reporter: this is peter dpand in washington, where donald trump today faces one of his toughest challenges yet. >> as a lifelong supporter and true friend of israel. >> reporter: aipac bills itself as america's bipartisan pro-israel lobby. it seams today come together, but some blame trump for inciting violence and hatred. >> this is not who we are. as people of faith, we don't believe in divide and conquer. >> reporter: trump has previously raised concern. saying he wanted to be unpredictable in his approach to pursuing middle east peace. >> let me be sort of a neutral guy. i'm going to give it a shot. >> reporter: hillary clinton today slamming that strategy without mentioning trump by name. >> we need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday, and who knows what on wednesday. israel's security is non-negotiable. >> re

if aipac wants to hold this meeting in salt lake city, i promise we'll show up for it. it's a logistical issue. bernie will send his remarks. no, this isn't a signal of anything that we're very serious about winning states next week and the weeks thereafter to try to win the nomination. >> tad devine, great things. appreciate it. >> thank you, yis. >> the day before the states vote,ly get a chance to talk with the candidate himself. bernie sanders will join me on the eve of his next big election challenge right here 8:00 p.m. eastern on monday. you do not want to miss it. >>> coming up, the 1976 republican convention hadn't been talked about much, this much, since 1976. why that is ahead. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums this just got interesting. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready a

plus aipac. aipac.bless i am thrilled to be here with you today, and let me say at the outset, perhaps to the surprise of the previous speaker, palestine has not existed since 1948. applause] sen. cruz: on wednesday night at cross the country at senate -- on wednesday night at synagogues across the world, jewish people will read the mcgill and. which tells the story of the miraculous rescue of the jewish people from the hands of a wicked persian king. when the evil-doer haman plots jews, tds grabs him as a nation that is scattered and spread out. teaches that it the jewish people at the time were divided amongst themselves. the lesson is when the forces of good are divided, evil can prevail. but, when we come together in unity, together, we can defeat tyrants. [applause] today we are reliving history. facing a similar time of challenge for america and for israel. you a word ofive hope. in the next few months, we will bring this country together. by unifying the republican party, and then by reach

you brought up aipac. at some point there's going to be a very vivid comparison and world events happen, right? and people will see in realtime how these remains five candidates respond. and i think that could be a clarifying moment for a lot of people, when they find themselves really in the middle of something that they care about, particularly on the world stage and he is asked about it and we'll see what kind of depth he has and he's going to have to come up with that answer. >> if you want to see one person belief of how the party establishment is switching its posture towards trump, look at the same "wall street journal" editorial page today. karl rove, rather than mocking trump, has ten pieces of advice for him about how he can do better and one of it is "you need to bring in people. you need to use this time of the nominating process slowing down to bring in experts and consultants." trump gave a big speech on israel and foreign policy to the republican jewish coalition a few weeks ago where he tal

. >> reporter: as an organization promoting israeli interests, aipac has traditionally refrained from partisan politics, especially in a presidential race. donald trump drew his biggest cheers when when he attacked obama over the nuclear deal with iran >> he may be the worse thing to happen to israel. >> reporter: he promised to keep enforcing sanctions against iran for the ballistic missile test itting and the global terror network. as for his previous comments about maintaining neutrality and negotiate between israel oond the palestinians, those were forgotten. the so-called anti establishment candidate spoke to them straight from the republican party handbook, making it clear which side he would protect >> when i become president, the days of treating israel like a second class citizen will end on day one. >> reporter: on jerusalem. >> we will move the american embassy to the internal capital of the-- external capital of the pupil of jerusalem. we will send a clear signal that there is no daylight between america and our most reliable ally, the state of israel. >> reporter: while h

he's skipping the aipac conference. aipac, of course, is the american israel public affairs committee. this is a bipartisan organization that's a pro-israel lobby, but bernie sanders says, you know what? i'm traveling to all three states that held to the polls tomorrow. hillary clinton, though, has already spoken. she was the first of the group to take the stage. she used the opportunity to attack the republican front-runner's ever changing mind. >> america can't ever be neutral when it comes to israel's security or survival. we can't be neutral when rockets rain down on residential neighborhoods, when civilians are stabbed in the street, when suicide bombers target the innocent. some things aren't negotiable. and anyone who doesn't understand that has no business being our president. [applause] liz: an absolute swipe at donald trump. let's bring in israel's ambassador to the u.n., danny denunn, welcome, mr. ambassador. >> good afternoon. liz: let's start with hillary clinton. she's clearly taking aim at donald trump's

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he had scheduled this speech in aipac to speak to aipac and they gave him several nights. he chose monday. and said that he was not doing the debate. then john kasich said, if he is not going, if trump is not going to be there, i'm not going to be there. so that left ted cruz. and we actually offered ted cruz a town hall. he decided not to take us up on that. so i think he is coming as he said, to d.c. to speak to aipac opposite donald trump. and you know, he offered to have a debate. ted cruz did. we would be happy to host that, martha, right here in the studio. i could put up the chairs. everybody get around the table. we would be happy to do that. martha: make that happen, exactly. kind of too bad because there were for so long, so many people on the stage. i think when you get down to these fewers numbers donald trump says, oh, we've had enough debates and how many times can you answer the questions. with every round there have been new questions and really new challenges because the heat gets more on these individuals as the numbers get fewer and fewer, bret. >> defin

unlike aipac, most believe they ettethan anyone knows. this has changed not just relationship with israel and the government has changed since nintendo who took power in 2009 and especially since the 2,013th elections that resulted in the government in history. we've had a very close relationship with the key neocons since the 1980s when he was based as a diplomat in the u.s. and neoconservatives had their first taste of power under ronald reagan. the worldviews are very similar but there have been differences. while most have been calling for regime change through covert or direct u.s. military action, bb wanted the civil war to go on and on peace in a play for as long as possible and while the neocons who've long viewed moscow as a dangerous adversary had urged a harder line against russia over crimea and ukraine, they've maintained a discreet silence and enjoy the business life if not cordial relationship with vladimir putin. so, manichaean as i'm coming exceptional as from exceptional is on of the americana backed up by the huge milit

at aipac this morning hillary clinton slammed trump for waffling on israel. >> yes, we need steady hands. not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro israel on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday because everything is negotiable. >> reporter: sounding like a preview of the fall campaign. the big concern, maybe the biggest concern of a lot of republicans worried about donald trump is whether he could win a fight in the fall against ar steve handelsman, news4. >>> there is a lot of controversy surrounding donald trump's speech tonight clearly. dozens of demonstrators marched to the verizon center to protest trump's rhetoric during this campaign. shomari stone continues our team coverage now. he's in the mid. it talking to some protesters tonight. >> reporter: this protest has certainly grown standing outside of the verizon center inside donald trump is expected to speak any moment now. you can see this gentleman dressed like donald trump has a lot of $100 bills, benjamins representing wealth in america. and he says that trump is, you know, pretty, you know, has a lot of money

look let's talk about your speech to aipac yesterday. >> well the jews they loved me, okay? i am actually in a synagogue right now where the jews pray to their jew god. who by the way is a tremendous god and a big, big supporter of mine, big. >> larry: the jew god is a big supporter of yours? what are you basing that on? >> look, the jew god respects me because first of all i am a good negotiator. >> larry: okay. >> a little bit better than he was, okay? quite frankly i like him, i would have gotten a tremendous exodus from the egyptians. believe me, i make great deals. >> larry: that makes no sense at all. how can you be so flippant about the jews struggle? >> hey, hey the only person responsible for the jews struggles is obama okay? he is so bad, this guy, really, they should make another one of those depressing jewish holidays dedicated to him. >> larry: okay. this is really -- look, mr. trump, the things you are saying are horrible. you should really stick to only saying what is on the teleprompter from now on. >> this is in the teleprompter. >> what? >> see, dummy, i ca

that's not what the aipac conference would like to hear. they may be receptive to the strong rhetoric we heard from donald trump and specifically his plans to hit isis. senator' ted cruz has just consistently assailed donald trump on that neutral statement and said under a cruz administration, the u.s. would not remain neutral. as for governor kasich, he told a new hampshire audience that the search for permanent peace is a search for something that doesn't exist. we should point out that vice president biden addressed this gathering last night and he his ite --and elicited some boos whe called for an expansion of the israeli settlements. bill: you will see at least part if not all their speeches throughout the day on fox. hillary clinton and donald trump taking early shots sat one another. are we getting a preview of the general election? but not so fast say the other republicans candidates. they are gearing up for a contested convention. what that would look like in a moment. don't let dust and allergies get between you and life's beautif