rallied his core conservative members against john boehner, is why john boehner doesn't like him.

now, your second question was about john boehner. john boehner had some interesting comments last night. he actually didn't abbreviate what he said. he was a little bit more -- >> i paraphased. >> -- expressive. he allowed his inner trump to come out. i will say this, if you're wondering who actually has stood up to washington, i think john boehner has made it crystal clear. john boehner in his remarks described donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. so if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy, if you're happy with john boehner, speaker of the house, and you want a president like john boehner, donald trump is your man. and by the way, donald trump gave john boehner's super pac $100,000 just a few years ago. donald trump has been funding john boehner, and he's also been funding nancy pelosi and harry reid. if you like what john boehner, nancy pelosi, and harry reid have done, donald trump is your guy. but let me reveal a little bit about how washington operates. you know, boehner's comments, he said something lik

i've met john boehner two or three times in my life. if i have said 50 words in my life to john boehner i would be surprised and every one has consisted of pleasantries, good to see you, mr. speaker. i've never had any substantive conversation with john boehner in any respect. and indeed, this is something that's not publicly known. during the government shutdown i reached out to john boehner and i offered for us to come over and work with the speaker, can we resolve this and actually get something meaningful done to stop the disaster that is obamacare? john boehner's response was i have no interest in talking to you. what possibly could be accomplished by having a conversation, no, i will not meet. so when he says that i'm the worst guy he's ever worked with, he's never worked with me. the thing to understand about washington -- boehner's comments reveal everything you're angry with. when he calls me lucifer, he's not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry with me for is not anything i've said to him. h

was he so fowerful, john boehner, being willing to stand up to him, could john boehner not rolled over a freshman senator who had been there one year. >> what happened in the 2014 elections? kind of blurry in my mind. i have somehow the feeling that republicans won the senate and gained seats in the house. there's a lot of people in a petty way taking out their unhappiness, dislikes, and i guess entitled to. but i think, for me, maybe i'm just this is my own view, donald trump should not be president. you think that in a strong way, you're willing to put other things aside and do your best to stop donald trump from being president. >> my next question, this idea of a third party candidacy. if donald trump is likely to be the republican nominee if there's another option on the ballot fall for people like you, the planning has to be happening now. looking at ballot deadlines looming. is this something you want to pursue? >> yes, planning is happening. it's tough. but i wouldn't overstate the deadline. right, texas comes up first and then north carolina. there's no other deadline before j

you know, john boehner, it's no secret that he doesn't like ted cruz. you can find the second or third washington for what john boehner said about ted cruz. >> here's how ted cruz responded today. listen. >> when john boehner calls me lucifer, he's not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry with me for is not anything i've said to him. i haven't said much of anything. what boehner is angry with me for is standing with the american people. >> barry, is that what ted cruz is doing, standing with the american people? >> well, so far he's stood with 25% of republican primary voters. i don't think he's standing with the american people. i mean, ted talks a good game about his washington experience but in his six years here, he really hasn't changed anything. but, you know, he made a lot of enemies, picked a lot of fights, some of them unnecessarily. and just very unpopular guy in the senate and in the house. >> ron, i can hear the big sighs there but let me get this question in before you respond. why is it that it seems, ron

john boehner is retired. no one should be too surprised that john boehner feels free to tell the truth as he sees it about ted cruz. especially when it can hurt ted cruz the most. and everywhere he goes, everyone has a recording device in their pockets, we shouldn't be surprised. we got to hear john boehner call ted cruz the devil. >> how about ted cruz? >> lucifer in the flesh. in washington, i have many democrat friends, i have republican friends. i get to along with almost everybody. but i have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life. over my dead body, will he be president. >> over my dead body. john boehner said that to an audience at stanford university last night. we learned about his personal history with donald trump and that he doesn't see that donald trump can win the presidency because there are just not enough voters who look like john boehner and donald trump. >> donald trump and i are friends. we played a lot of golf over the years. we used to text. we used to call me once

back. >> john boehner had some interesting comments last night. he allowed his inner trump to come out. you know, i will say this. if you're wondering who actually has stood up to washington, i think john boehner has made it crystal clear. john boehner in his remarks described donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. so if you want someone that's a texting and golfing buddy f you're happy with john boehner, speaker of the house and you want a president like john boehner, donald trump's your man. >> cruz is also fund-raising off of boehner's comments. he described how pivotal indiana is to deciding the gop nominee. >> i am so grateful that the entire country is now looking to indiana. [ applause ] we are at the edge of a cliff staring downward. and it is the common sense and good judgment of the hoosier state that is the one thing that stands between us and plunging over the cliff. >> this comes as cruz launched new ads in indiana featuring his vp pick carly fiorina. meanwhile, the indianapolis star is ignoring the recent cruz/kasich pact by

nobody likes john boehner. we thought he caused so many problems and didn't know how to run the house. you see his remarks as an endorsement or positive remark about takers -- about ted cruz? caller: idea. if i can tell you one thing about him. i know he doesn't come off as super personal with people, but when he tells you he is going to do something, you can take it to the bank. he is going to do what he says he will do. that, i do know about him. that is a good thing. host: cindy, there is an article in politico. to be hated wants is the name of the article. it says and here that any other politician would have winced at the characterization, especially coming from a follow republican, but given his long-term success at extracting vitriol and bio by the barrel for those -- from those who should be his ideological comrades, we can only assume ted cruz claims the hatred and condemnation and regards boehner's lucifer comment as an endorsement. do you agree? caller: to a certain degree. here's what i agree with.

i've never worked with john boehner. truth of the matter is, i don't know the man. >> reporter: tell that to boehner who revealed two years ago that cruz was once his attorney. >> ted cruz used to be my attorney a long time ago. >> is that right? >> yeah. he's a good guy. >> reporter: cruz also threw cold water on john kasich, which was supposed to mean that the ohio governor would no longer compete. and then tweeted, "i can't stand liars." kasich seemed to acknowledge the deal with cruz is dead saying the governor could pull off a surprise in indiana. >> i think he may surprise people in indiana. i was there on monday. >> but i thought he made a deal with cruz not to campaign in indiana and basically give up indiana. >> i thought that was supposed to be the deal at one point. >> reporter: drama surrounding the heat off of trump still trying to explain the comment that hillary clinton is playing the woman card. >> nobody cherishes and nobody respects women more than donald trump. that i can tell you. i will be so much be

here's john boehner. here's donald trump after hearing those words. >> if cruz sneezes, just sneezes, his people leave him. believe me. no loyalty. nobody -- who can listen to him? in the senate he's known as a liar. marco rubio, who's a good guy, called him a liar in the debate. remember that? he said you're a liar. i said that's great. when another senator can call a senator a liar, i said now i can do it also. it is great. so we came up with lyin'ted. >> apostrophe. we get it. dana bash with me now. first of all, where is john boehner been? now boy oh boy, he made a splash with his public appearance. >> reporter: he has. although it seems reading some of the transcript he didn't necessarily expect it to be public. look, he is gone. in retirement. making speeches. writing a book and he is now saying the things more freely that those of us who covered him, especially during his very tumultuous years, he believes and he is not wrong in large part many times because of ted cruz's tactics. you know, it was

i have met john boehner two or three times in my life. if i had said 50 words in my life to john bane were i would be surprised. and every one has been a pleasantry, good to see you, mr. speaker. charles: john boehner not doing much to help voters when it comes to respect for the republican party. the nation's unfavorable rating for the republican party at its highest point since 1992. 62% of the nation sees the gop unfavorably. i have got to tell you something. these trends probably not enough -- the latest chapter coming from former speaker john boehner. joining me to discuss congressman marcia blackburn. i was going to make you a senator. representativ -- representativen you have dealt with the notion that it's an outside outsider'. you still insist everything is okay? >> i think things are just fine. ted cruz should have said, see, this is what i'm talking about. this is what i'm dealing with. he should have owned it. 62% of the american people don't see the republican party as a negative. look at the millions that have come in. they

he plays golf and texts john boehner as john boehner admitted to in that same speech. john boehner is the consumate insider. >> some of the republicans are flip flopping themselves, they have been criticizing, holding their noses at donald trump for so many months, now he is starting to win majorities. we are all going to start saying nice things, he is my texting buddy, he didn't say this is the voice of conservatism, the great policy thinker of our time, they're sort of trying to get there and angle forward i guess in hopes to save the party. >> find a way to nach gait if he becomes the nominee, support republicans but not trump. i am a ryan republican. maybe here's a cabinet secretary i can get behind, this is who i want nor defense secretary. >> these are politicians, can we say that, and they all looked at the 59 or 60% margin tuesday, you can't read it any other way than the fact that this guy is almost mathematically guaranteed to be the nominee, and they decided, they've woken up, said what am i going to do. am i going to fight the party's nominee the entire ti

. >> i would have voted for john boehner because i think john boehner made a comeback of a lifetime. listen to john boehner in a speech at stanford. >> how about ted cruz? [ laughter ] >> lucifer in the flesh. [ applause ] >> and one of the things i've always liked about john boehner is his candor. he is a guy who says what's on his mind. but in a sense doesn't this kind of make one pine for the old republican party in the sense that it used to have something about it that was a bit glib, a bit urbane, not extreme. john boehner. >> it's sad to me that the only people who speak truth in politics on all sides are former people. >> right. >> i think everybody can learn from the pope that the really interesting time to speak the truth is when you have the job. >> yes. >> and if you think about it sort of the way the tea party destroyed really john boehner's, you know, time as speaker is sound of the animating what's happening in the republican party right now, right? >> oh, by far. today those don't hold the office anymore because of the constant threat of being primaried. it's a real pr

let me go back and start with john boehner. you hear him saying some choice things about senator ted cruz. these are two men who by the way haven't seen eye to eye for a long time. >> reporter: no, they haven't, kate. i think it's very important that people know the back story here. october of 2013 was arguably the most difficult three-week stretch of john boehner's entire speakership. that was due directly to one man, and that's ted cruz. this was during the government shutdown. ted cruz told a conservative bunch of house republicans to hold out, that if they stuck together, they could get president obama to somehow agree to appeal obamacare. a lot of members thought that was a cam kazcy strategy to say the least. one of the things that boehner had to continually deal with, he would often think he had gotten a deal with the white house, that he had gotten something more conservative passed to be the government funding bill, they would get some wins here and there. he'd bring it to his conference and these republican house memb

that's why john boehner resigned in the middle of his term. boehner quit because he couldn't stand another day trying to control out of control children in his party, in the house of representatives and an out of control senator in his party, cheering them on.

he may not know john boehner, but john boehner knows him well. >> he knows how to kick people out. get him out of here. >> you have taste of how he would do it with that comment. they found it ironic that ted cruz would say that because ted cruz was john boehner's lawyer back in 2006. you can't tell me you never talked to the man. >> he was his actual lawyer? >> it's reported today. it was hysterical on the internet. >> you were his lawyer and you never talked to him. >> you have the former speaker calling him lucifer and the other guy jumping in saying you're being unfair to satan. trump, today, said cruz' selection of carly fiorina as a running mate wasn't going to help him. this is the other part of the three-ring circus tonight. >> now he's got to recover. what does he do? he gets carly fiorina. she's very nice. everything's fine. carly got out. she had no -- it was -- she had the one good debate on the children's stage. not on our stage. she was on the children. she didn't debate against me. he now goes out and gets carly who left the race because she had no votes. she had not

john boehner saying devil himself. called him louis officer. never worked with miserable s.o.b., in his life. ted cruz turned that on his heels. look, if you want the establishment, if you want john boehner and those types, fine, elect donald trump. donald trump is his good golfing buddy. they are, effectively, one in the same. and trump is part of the establishment. what do you say to that? >> i would say that john boehner is no longer in office but you can look at who has supported senator ted cruz. look at lindsey graham. lindsey graham is the epit my of the establishment. hasn't met a war he didn't want to go into. he is the one said ted cruz could be killed on senate floor and no one would care. he wants to turn the john boehner thing into -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. are you saying donald trump is not a part of the establishment. >> lindsey graham supporting ted cruz. that is the establishment. that is the current establishment. >> that is most ridiculous things ever. >> all of them done that if you have done that -- >> all busines

cruz said he offered to negotiate with john boehner and got shot down. >> john boehner's respond was i will not have a conversation with you. case up withdrew in indiana to give cruz a better thought there. kasich and cruz's donations have slumped as trump's have grown. hillary clinton has been careful to say she'll not take bernie sanders or his voters for granted. her campaign decided they will not spend money on tv ad in self states where sanders continues to advertise. many think trump could blow a golden opportunity. if he wins in indiana, his odd of becoming the gop nominee go way up. lou: defense officials confirm to fox news that a russian fighter jet flew within 50 feet of a u.s. surveillance plane in northeast asia. that comes two week after two russian jet fighters conducted flyovers of a navy destroyer in the baltic sea. testifying before the senate yesterday, defense secretary ash carter said it's time for those provocations to stop. >> whether it's encouraged from the top, whether it was encouraged from higher up or not, i can't say. but we do expect it to be discourage

it is personal for john boehner. it's about principles for ted cruz, it's personal to john boehner. liz: good to see you, thank you, ken, very much. ken cuccinelli. >> good to be with you. liz: former virginia attorney general. keep it right here for the best coverage and analysis of the indiana primary. coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 p.m. eastern. closing bell 15 minutes away. we are coming right back. dow is down 208 points. 17,835 is where we stand now. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. perfect driving record. >>perfect. no tickets. no accidents... >>that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record. >>yup... now, you would think your insurance company would cut you some slack, right? >>no. your insurance rates go through the roof. your perfect record doesn't get you anything. >>anything. perfect! for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty m

john boehner is a patriot. i've always been a huge boehner fan. that could have been the ultimate kiss of death for a candidate, if john boehner, ultimate in the establishment gave him an endorsement. i'll say this, when ted cruz says i haven't spoken 50 words to john boehner, maybe you should have. he was the house speaker. and ted cruz did put him in a box and he forced the stupid government shutdown. but you know look, boehner and mcconnell and those guys said okay, if you want to try this, knock yourselves out, it was disastrous for the republican party. it took them a long time to dig out of the hole and anybody who said it was a bad idea was crushed at the time and proven right later on. so cruz should have spent more time building the network. >> remember after boehner stepped down, cruz was vocal saying we got this done and taking credit for it. >> you mentioned the pope. the pope was there in the first place, it was an exorcism. >> i don't believe boehner was criticizing cruz by calling him, lucifer in the flesh. lucifer is a rendering of

i have met john boehner two or three times in my life. if i have said 50 words in my life to john boehner i'd be surprised and every one of them has consisted of pleasantlies, good to see can you, mr. speaker. i never had any substantive conversation with boehner in any respect. during the government shutdown, i reached out to john boehner and i offered for mike lee and me to come over and work with the speaker. can we resolve this and actually get something meaningful done to stop the disaster that is obamacare? john baner's response was i have no interest in talking to you. when boehner calls me lucifer, he's not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry with is the american people holding him accountable. >> but for ted cruz's claim to have never worked with john boehner, cruz once worked as boehner's lawyer from 1998 to 2004, but they had little contact when cruz reached the senate. and boehner is not alone in his opinion about ted cruz. pete king added this. >> i fully agree with john boehner and maybe g

the second question was about john boehner. john boehner had interesting comments last night. he didn't abbreviate what he said, a little more expressive. he allowed his inner trump to come out. i will say this. if you are wondering who actually has stood up to washington, i think -- john boehner and his remarks describe donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. so if you want someone who is a texting and golfing buddy, if you are happy with john boehner as speaker of the house and you want a president like john boehner, donald trump is your man. that man calls me lucifer he is not directing that at me. he is directing that at you. what boehner is angry with me for is not anything i have said to him. i haven't said much of anything. what boehner is angry with me for is standing with the american people, is energizing and encouraging house conservatives to stand with the american people and actually honor the commitments we have made. >> wow. i want to bring in my cnn colleague who is in evansville, indiana ahead of a big rally. phil mattingly is live and cnn's political a

martha: senator ted cruz firing back after john boehner calls him lucifer in the flesh. >> john boehner had some interesting comments last night. he didn't abbreviate what he said. he was a little more expressive. he allowed his inner trump to come out. ...clear for take off. see ya! when you're living with diabetes. steady is exciting. oh this is living baby! only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. (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 ask your doctor about myrbetriq. that's myr-be-triq, the first and only treatment... ...in its class for oab symptoms of urgency... ...frequency, and leakage. myrbetriq (mirabegron) may increase blood pressure. tell your doctor right away if you have trouble emptying your bladder, or have a weak urine stream. myrbetriq may cause serious allergic reactions. if you experie

john boehner's calling ted cruz " lucifer " . the biblical comparison captured at an on -campus event for the school newspaper. nbc bay area's kim yonenaka spoke with the reporter and joins us live with the detail, kim? ==raj/ots== >> the former speaker of the house told his audience he

held john boehner's feet to the fire. he was effectively deposed by his own party as the leader of the republicans in the house. this works well when you're holding yourself out as the most conservative presidential nomination since barry goldwater. >> cruz is in a moment where his strategy is trying to unite the republican party. trying to cast trump as more of the outsider, more damaging than him. so to have someone who is still popular in a certain segment of the republican party. donors and elites to be fair. for him to have that come out at a time where he is trying to promote the message of unity, i don't think is helpful to his effort. >> what's so odd is if the criticism of boehner is welcome, because he represents the faction of the party that gave up, was moderate, conceded, was in the end, not conservative enough, the choice of the party up until now. the popular choice, is a guy who isn't even conservative at all. it's a very odd year in which you rebel against the establishment. as being insufficiently ideolo

i've met john boehner two or three times in my life. if i said 50 words in my life to john boehner i'd be surprised and everyone has consisted of pleasantries, good to see you mister speaker. i've never had any substantive conversation with john boehner in any respect. and indeed, this is something that's not publicly known. during the government shutdown , i reached out to john boehner and i offered to come over and work with the speaker. can we resolve this and actually get something meaningful done to stop the disaster that is obamacare question mark john boehner's response was i have no interest in talkingto you. what possibly could be accomplished by having a conversation? no, i will not meet . so when he says i'm a sky he's ever worked with, he's never worked with me. the thing to understand about washington and actually boehner comments reveal something that is wrong with washington. when john boehner calls me lucifer , he's not directing that me. he's directing that you. what boehner is angry with me for is not something i've ev

if you're happy with john boehner and you want a president like john boehner, donald trump is your man. >> in boehner's rocks at stanford he said he would vote for trump if he is the nominee but no what vote for ted cruz. today cruz went out of his way to distance himself from speaker boehner. >> i never worked with john boehner. the truth of the matter is i don't know the man. i've met hem two or three times in my life. >> doesn't know john boehner, that got the intention of our producer, chad pergram. he said ted cruz as one time was john boehner's lawyer and worked for years on a case that involved john boehner. we asked the cruz campaign and he aides said he was a junior assistant that helped with legal briefs, still ted cruz was involve enough that he gave several interviews, even to newspapers, in which he was quoted as boehner's attorney. for his part donald trump held a recall in evansville, indiana. how can he top lucifer in the flesh. that's pretty good. trump piled on cruz's criticism and says cruz is not popular on capitol hill. >> in the senate he's known as a liar. marco

i've never worked with john boehner. truth of the matter is i don't know the man. >> reporter: but tell that to boehner who revealed two years ago that cruz was once his attorney. >> ted cruz used to be my attorney a long time ago. >> is that right? >> yeah, good guy. not that i always agree with him, but he's a good grie. >> reporter: cruz also threw water on the pact he made with john kasich that was supposed to mean the governor would no longer campaign in indiana. >> there is no alliance. >> reporter: moments after that, john weaver tweeted "i can't stand liars." and trump says hillary clinton is playing the woman card. >> nobody cherishes and respects women more than donald trump, that i can tell you. i will be so much better than women than hillary clinton is. >> reporter: joined by his running mate, carly fiorina who once clashed with trump herself, cruz pointed to the gop's pfron runner's record with women. >> joining me is philip bump. i want to you listen to a clip from republican congressman peter king reactin

do you welcome support from john boehner? >> anyone who wants to support donald trump can support him. john boehner is no longer a sitting member of congress. you have to take pause when members of congress has endorsed ted cruz. with all due respect, if we are united states using his logic, ted cruz should dropout of the race. i understand the cruise campaign is trying to find a way to somehow magically force a convention to win the nomination even against the will of the people. it's not going to happen. it is time for republicans to come and coalesce behind donald trump. he has the most votes and the most delegates and he is about to break the record in primary turn out. the writing is on the wall. >> there is a report here in the "new york times" this morning that suggests that your campaign is saying that donald trump may return to the attacks that he launched against bill and hillary clinton over the monica lewinsky scandal. this is how donald trump started to talk about this a few months ago and pulled back. this was t

i met john boehner two or three times in my life. when john boehner calls me lucifer he is not directing that at me. he is directing that at you. what boehner is angry with me for is not anything i have said to him y. haven't said much of anything. what boehner is angry with me for is standing with the american people. >> your take on this latest dispute. you know both of these men. >> i fully agree with john boehner. maybe gives lucifer a bad name by comparing him to ted cruz. john boehner was most concerned about was ted cruz perpetrated a fraud when he brought about the shutdown on government on a vague promise to be able to take obama care out of the budget. ted cruz knew it would never work. he did it anyway, shut down the government, cost the government money. served no purpose other than boost his name identification. i agree with john boehner on that. >> how bad do you think the republican party will be fractured if donald trump gets close to that magic number of 1,237 but just shy and goes to contested convention? >> i have

i met john boehner two or three times in my life. if i have said 50 words in my life to john boehner i would be surprised and every one has been good to see you mr. speaker. maria: pastor jefers, what do you make of this back and forth? obviously john boehner told everybody how he feels and ted cruz is responding. [laughter] >> you know, your producer called me say when we heard boehner say lucifer. [laughter] >> look, maria, i happen to be preaching about the real lucifer in my church on sunday. but i think seriously that -- i think ted cruz is going to wear this as a badge of honor showing that he's an outsider. trump will show, look, he can't get along with anybody. the trajectory headed toward trump nomination. maria: ted cruz has been fighting the establishment the entire time. dagen: you couldn't hit even a republican that likes john boehner at this point. maria: you're right. >> dagen: not to talk about hitting people with softballs. when anybody starts name calling, i always feel they're trying to be relevant. i don't think i

cruz made sure to hit boehner right back. >> john boehner had some interesting comments last night. he allowed his inner trump to come out. i will say this. if you're one who actually has stood up to washington, i think john boehner has made it crystal clear. john boehner and his remarks describe donald trump as his texting and golfing buddy. so if you want someone who is a texting and golfing buddy, if you're happy with john boehner, speaker of the house, and you want a president like john boehner, then donald trump is your man. >> cruz is fund-raising off boehner's comments. at an event underscored how pivotal indiana is to deciding the gop nominee. >> i am so grateful that the entire country is now looking to indiana. we are at the edge of a cliff staring downward and it is the common sense and good judgment of the hoosier state, that is the one thing that stands between us and plunging over the cliff. >> this comes as cruz launched new ad in indiana featuring his vp pick carly fiorina. the indianapolis star is ignoring the recent cruz/kasich back by backing kasich. it says kasic

trump. >> john boehner had some interesting comment come out. if you're wondering who actually has stood up to washington, i think john boehner has made it crystal clear. >> cruz also said indiana's primary on tuesday will play a decisive role in the gop nomination fight. >>> there has been another legal wrinkle for the people investigating prince's death. first at 4, what happened today that's going to keep details of his death from getting out to the public. >>> and it's our big breaking news of the afternoon. a standoff at the fox tv station in baltimore. we're gathering details in our ndwsroom a >>> new at 4:00, baltimore police fielding questions today after police shot a teenager who was carrying a fake gun. during a press conference, commissioner kevin davis said there are still many unanswered questions about this case. the 13-year-old was shot in the leg in east baltimore yesterday. he is expected to survive. police say two patrol officers saw the boy with what they thought was a firearm. it turned out to be a replica of a semiautomatic

held john boehner's feet to the fire. he was effectively deposed by his own party as the leader of the republicans in the house. this works well when you're holding yourself out as the most conservative presidential nomination since barry goldwater. >> cruz is in a moment where his strategy is trying to unite the republican party. trying to cast trump as more of the outsider, more damaging than him. so to have someone who is still popular in a certain segment of the republican party. donors and elites to be fair. for him to have that come out at a time where he is trying to promote the message of unity, i don't think is helpful to his effort. >> what's so odd is if the criticism of boehner is welcome, because he represents the faction of the party that gave up, was moderate, conceded, was in the end, not conservative enough, the choice of the party up until now. the popular choice, is a guy who isn't even conservative at all. it's a very odd year in which you rebel against the establishment. as being insufficiently ideolo

. >>> a war of words have erupted between ted cruz and john boehner. during a talk at stanford university john boehner called ted cruz "lucifer in the flesh". he added he would support trump over the texas senator. >> we played a lot of golf together over the years. he used to call me once a month and pat me on the back and cheer me up. >> you think john boehner is the kind of leader you want in the party, donald trump is your guy. >> ted cruz says john boehner is part of the washington establishment that voters oppose. >>> polls show trump and clinton in the lead for next tuesday's primaries. >>> the eldest of two sons suspected of killing their parents says his younger brother was not involved in their death. the 22-year old man gave a jailhouse interview to the san francisco chronicle. police say the two brothers shot and killed their parents in their home. one woman who lived near the home did not want to show their face. >> they looked look a normal family. they live a private life and we don't get a chance to hang out with them a lot but they app

former house speaker, john boehner speaking at stanford, described ted cruz as "lucifer in the flesh" this comes as cruz and donald trump are headed to the bay area for the state gop convention. and kim yonenaka on stanford scam pus, and plenty of fireworks before they all arrive in town tomorrow. >> boehner's comments captured in an audio recording by a reporter with the stanford daily newspaper. the latest controversy in a volatile race for the presidential nomination within the republican party. >> lucifer in the flesh. i have democrat friends and republican friends. i get along with almost everybody. but i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [ bleep ] in my life. >> john boehner's candid conversation with a group of stanford students last night quickly made national headlines igniting a direct response today from senator ted cruz. >> when john boehner calls me lucifer, he is not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. what boehner is angry with is, standing with the am scan people, is energizing and encouraging house conservatives to stand with the american

here is senator mike lee. >> i am appalled that john boehner would do this. i held my tongue for years on john boehner, even when i disagreed with him. i never saw ted cruz engage in any of the despicable acts that john boehner engaged in. i have had it. >> do you think the tone of john boehner's words were too personal or not? >> no, i don't, listen, he came in to washington intentionally trying to stir up a storm. he wanted to win publicity so he could make this race. you know, you can talk to people in houston who understood this. you r o reap what you sew in this game. it's not at all surprising that at a moment that is white hot, so intent in indiana that people's tempers are exploding and they're letting out their real feelings. we'll get over this. but i'll tell you it will not be a fraternal club back in the senate after senator cruz is back there. >> well, i can only imagine what that will be like. interesting point that that would be coming if he is not the nominee. thank you so much, david gergen. >>> and "outfront," hillary clinton speaking exclus

know john boehner? that's odd since john boehner once hired ted cruz to be his lawyer. cruz campaign today claimed the two had little interaction, apparently, while one was epting the other. boehner is far, far, far from the first person to speak less than kindly about ted cruz. >> i fully agree with john boehner. and maybe he gives lucifer a bad name comparing him to ted cruz. i hate ted cruz. i think i'll take cyanide if he ever got the nomination. >> if you kill ted cruz on the floor of the senate and the trial was in the senate, nobody could convict you. >> president george w. bush apparently not a big fan of senator ted cruz. he was overheard saying, i just don't like the guy. >> there are a lot of good candidates. i like nearly all of them. >> nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him once they get to know him. >> ted cruz was my roommate. i did not like hyme at all in college. i want to be clear. ted cruz is a nightmare of a human being. i plaid 10ty of problems with his po

one quick thing if i could mention to david, john boehner is for john kasich. he is not endorsing trump in any way. gerri: let me get you back to this story for just a second. i think it is important particularly to voters. some who are switching over to trump because of this deal they see being made. listen to this. >> i switched from kasich being my number one to probably leaning to trump because kasich decided not to come to indiana campaign as though we're not important. him and cruz combined together for each other's benefit and not for ours. >> but he did that for to you support cruz here. >> i was never going to support cruise as my first choice. gerri: so interesting reaction from the public, voting public here, charlie. what do you say? maybe this is actually hurting your candidate? >> well i think you will find a few cases like that gentleman but, by and large, voters don't care about process and tactics questions. if anybody was really dedicated to kasich, they will go ahead and vote for kasich. i do believe that cruz will end up netting more votes o

i don't know john boehner. he and i have never worked together. i've probably met him two, three, four times in my life. i'd be surprised if we said 50 words to each other and everything we've ever said has been empty pleasantries, good to see you, mr. speaker. his claim he's never worked with anyone more unpleasant, we've never worked together. in fact during the government shutdown, i reached out and offered for mike lee and me to go over and sit down with the speaker and the majority leader and the response i got was, no interest. there's no point in talking. we have nothing to say to you. so i don't know the guy. but you know what was striking megyn, in that same interview boehner reveals that he is texting and golfing buddies with donald trump. he thinks donald trump is terrific. he also praised hilarylary clinton. if you want to see what is wrong with the corruption in washington with the washington establishment and the system, john boehner and donald trump and hillary clinton, they're all part of the same problem. and the reason john boehn

john: boehner. he and i have never worked together. i've probably met him two, three, four times in my life. i'd be surprised if we've said 50 words to each other. if you want to see what is wrong with the corruption in washington, with the washington establishment and the system, john boehner and donald trump and hillary clinton, they're all part of the same problem. harris: and cruz's newly-tapped running mate, carly fiorina, weighs in too. >> first of all, i think the fact that john boehner doesn't much like ted cruz is all the evidence you need that ted cruz has bucked the system. john boehner was the system. maybe that's why he's not speaker of the house anymore. harris: but congressman peter king of new york says he agrees with john boehner, and he added this actually. ted cruz, in his words, actually gives the devil a bad name. [laughter] >> wow. harris: these words are really harsh and powerful words to be using. are you surprised that a former house speaker, a sitting congressman, that these men would talk about another perp o