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let's say ted cruz comes in second and john kasich comes in third, ted cruz would like to take more of those, but to keep donald trump from taking them all. it's a win for donald trump, but the math is still -- it's like lie to have an open convention. donald trump has to win big there. watch the polling in new york. trump has been above 50%. let's see if the cruz win in wisconsin effects the numbers. on the democratic side, a win for bernie sanders, he'll get a net gain of eight delegates. can hillary clinton rebound here, 291 delegates for the democrats. if she can win 55-45 she'll say we're back on track. >> unlike wisconsin, new york state on the democratic primary is a closed state. only registered democrats can vote. independents, republicans, they can't vote on the democratic side. you have to be a registered democrat. >> i'm back here with my mega monster panel. i appreciate it. ron, i want to start with you. looking ahead, what are you anticipating we're going to see in the next few weeks when it comes to victories in these soon to be primaries. >> if you look on the democrati

they go to ted cruz. mark: the conversation with scott walker next. ♪ ♪ mark: thank you for joining us. scott walker: good to be here. mark: you are a candidate and now you are hosting primaries. we want to talk about that, but let us start with when you got out of the race. you said clearly you thought other folks should get out, the person you deem to the front runner, and listen. scott walker: i thought the plurality on the majority dispersed among many. i hoped others would follow at least sooner. they eventually did, but more time, more money, primary and caucuses. i'm excited wisconsin is no relevant in a small way. you can argue it is a big way. i talked about way back symptom or 21. mark: let's talk about you and donald trump. that before he was the presidential candidate, he was a big supporter of yours. you had some warm conversations. he said nice things, publicly and privately. he was in your state, and he says, you do not look like a motorcycle guy. those of the biggest fighting words. i

john kasich says he will stay out of ted cruz's way in indiana while ted cruz will steer clear of new mexico and oregon. it's being called an agreement, an alliance, a pact, a treaty. today in rhode island a certain someone used a different word for it. >> it is collusion. if you collude -- in politics you are allowed to collude, and i was happy because it shows how weak they are. it shows how pathetic they are. mark: this morning as kasich campaigned in philadelphia, ted cruz was in indiana. they defended their unorthodox cooperation. >> i don't see this as any big deal other than the fact that i'm not going to spend resources in indiana and he's not going to spend them in other places. so what? what is the big deal? i've never told them not to vote for me. i am not over there campaigning and spending resources. we have limited resources. >> he's focusing his energies elsewhere. that is a decision allocation of resources that makes a lot of and is devoted to the principle of meeting hillary clinton and turning the country around. >> donald trump is going to scream and yell -- that ha

the difference between donald trump and ted cruz, their loyalty is not with ted cruz. however ted cruz has made himself that trojan horse to push this through a contested convention. martha: everything you are describing sounds like politics essentially. everything you are describing. whether or not people genuinely back ted cruz or not is up to that voter and those voters decided in wisconsin last night that they wanted to support him so i am not clear from what you are saying do you literally mean trying to steal the nomination? if so i am not clear from what you said how. >> it is politics but it is also about principal considering how for the last six or seven years you have had a lot of people on the ground particularly on the republican side fighting against the establishment and some of the same people have joined the establishment and if it does go to a contested convention which it very well may not you will see a lot of the pools changing again because that is how the establishment blocks the people's choice. they have admitted it, they are not hiding it. the

lying ted cruz. part of a statement, ted cruz is worse than a puppet. he is a trojan horse being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from mr. trump. now cruz, as you would expect, is taking a different posture insisting that he is gaining momentum that would carry his campaign through colorado and wyoming, that he will get enough delegates to hit the magic number of 1237 before the convention. >> i look forward to coming back to the state of wisconsin this fall and in november for the first time since 1984 painting the badger state bright republican red. >> a >>. >> reporter: and the chief strategist for governor kasich says this means no one will hit the magic numb

that wend to ted cruz. ted cruz also got 68% of the voters most concerned about winning in november. 54% of voters who said trade creates u.s. jobs, donald trump interestingly enough, only got 28% of that group. 52% of voters with incomes over $100,000 a year went to ted cruz. 31% to donald trump. when we hear steve look at the northeast and new york and say this is territory that should be fertile ground for donald trump, can we -- is it fair at this point to say what is trump territory and what is cruz territory anymore? >> no, absolutely not. and ted cruz demonstrated that in wisconsin. wisconsin is heavily catholic state. it's not a traditionally evangelical, religious conservative state, the kind of state ted cruz has played well in in the south. this was a huge victory for ted cruz. and tamron, i think this is the most important point. if you see ted cruz's victory statement last night, and you look at the way donald trump responded, the reason all of the momentum has shifted is ted cruz is getting be

charles: this may help ted cruz in new york doesn't help ted cruz? >> all the internal polling shows a head-to-head matchup cruz beats trump easily so he says it takes votes away from cruz and trump doesn't want him in the race. let's see who wins the race and that the republicans have a chance at that point. charles: then how do you see it shaking out? >> kasich has fewer delegates than marco rubio in rubio is completely out of the race. what i think the storyline we will look for tomorrow is obviously can trump close that gap and can he get close to winning in wisconsin and in many regards because of the way the map is shaping outgoing for this is ted cruz last stand previous big victory is a threat to stop the trump domination. charles: this could be the end of the republican national committee as we know it if trump wins. charles: iraq as thanks a lot. fantastic appreciate it guys and at home we appreciate you watching. catch me every single night and if you can't watch -- now lou dobbs the man himself, next. lou: good evening everybody. i'm lou

it humanized ted cruz. when they sit down and do these interviews their comments are very orchestrated. they don't like to let you look behind the veil too much. families are vulnerable. i think that was a more humanizing moment that ted cruz had. i wish trump would allow himself to be humanized a little more instead of showing himself to be just an icon or pop culture icon. because i think that his staying power in terms of growing his voter base that would be more effective if he did that. cruz did it last night. it's why he's surging right now and why you have the latest reuters poll for the first time he's leading trump right now, because he's having an effect. he's resonating voters. and it's appealing to them to see him as he humanizes himself talking about his wife and kids. >> you had melania trump on the campaign trail. some people said that humanized donald trump a little bit more. it's clear from the exit polls, trump has a loyal following that is not leaving him. >> right. he's winning 35% of th

foolishly. >> ted cruz -- no, ted cruz -- look, he's a very smart guy. i like ted cruz. i think he would be an infinitely better president than donald trump. he's a smart guy who loves politics and he can't resist getting in the kind of discussion that kellyanne and i should have, not that he should have. he should stay on the issue of why he should be president, what his position on entitlement reform, vladimir putin, obamacare and so forth is and let donald trump defend his positions to the degree he has them. >> interesting discussion today, guys. bill kristol, kellyanne conway, jeff dewitt. john kasich, we haven't said his name yet today. he says he is in this race to stay. we're going to ask where he campaigns next and what his chances are in indiana, a key supporter in indiana will talk about just how important that state is. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but ou

just yesterday donald trump had convinced a lot of people that ted cruz was an outsider. ted cruz. i mean, an inside guy. that this outsider in ted cruz who'd never gotten along with anything in washington was an inside guy. that was a trick too. lots of tricks. donald trump is accusing hillary clinton of playing the woman card. you heard sam. he says that if she were a man she wouldn't get 5% of the vote. the republican front-runner made those comments last night after sweeping everything in the gop contest. he stad by his statements earlier today on "fox and friends." >> i don't think she does well with women, frankly. her poll numbers are very bad with women. but i watched her last night. and i said it. i mean, hillary clinton is playing the woman's card. it's the only thing she's got going. >> you may have heard hillary clinton fired back at donald trump last night as she had before after she won four of five democratic primaries. listen. >> if fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in! >> of course hillary c

ted cruz is their guy. we saw radio hosts doing it in iowa and in florida and now in wisconsin, and in a really big way. what you're seeing is that sort of momentum. you're not just seeing the establishment gravitate toward cruz, you're seeing talk radio come to cruz. those make for strange bed fellows but could prove to be effective. >> interesting how talk radio is evolving. there were comments about trump and abortion and some things that lost him in that kind of fear of right-wing talk radio. thank you, dylan. >> thank you. >>> a defeat for trump, a win for cruz. ahead, more on the changing landscape in the race for the white house. what brand of makeup is better for your skin than wearing no makeup at all? neutrogena® cosmetics. powders, concealers and foundations in new shades for more skin tones. with vitamins and antioxidants. your skin will look beautiful when you wear it and even after you take it off. neutrogena® cosmetics see what's possible. >>> tonight is a turning point. it is a rallying cr

ted cruz has the momentum. since a year ago when ted cruz was in a field of 17 you see consistent leadership, consistent messaging. that's paying off over time. that's what people want in the white house. they want a solid candidate they can rely on. his erratic behavior by donald trump is paying off. >> in terms of turning point means the fates have changed. when you look at the delegate count, if you want to put up the numbers, math can get deep. 60% on of the remaining delegates is what trump has to get. but your man can't win either. he needs 88%. i do know the campaign is working existing delegates, going to arizona and louisiana. even then it is a little bit of a stretch. what is your path to victory? >> and the delegates to jeb bush. it is going to be a battle. donald trump is losing support. the vast majority are against donald trump. we are going into new york in two weeks. it will be a tough battle. i think you will see ted cruz competed expectations and do better than people think even if new york. >

that's what ted cruz is riding. he's not riding so much his own momentum, he's riding the momentum of that never trump movement. that's how he was able to declare victory tonight and in key demographics that donald trump is familiar with winning in wisconsin. >> a lot of people were calling this the worst week of trump's campaign the last week. when you look at some exit polls, one in particular about feelings if trump is elected president, after last week, excited 23%. optimistic 18%. concerned 20%, scared, 38%. 58% overall of primary voters saying they would be concerned or scared if elected. the never trump movement is taking credit for these results. pacs like the club for growth, et cetera. i was wearing into buying the worst week rhetoric. it felt too simple and too dramatic to be true. certainly trump has defied those projections before. normally if you know you're going to lose, would have a carefully written statement. what he put out last night read like something typed quickly, angrily. i have to wonder i

for ted cruz. right now, he's getting all of the delegates for winning the state, all 18 as david shuster said still waiting to hear about the congressional district. it sometimes donald trump is doing well may one or two of those. ted cruz called it a turning point for campaign. i am joined now by contacts written frazier, the national press secretary for cruz for president. this is everything you wanted it to be. isn't it? >> a great night. as the senator said, it is a turning point but a campaign. wisconsin is a unique state. it's different than any other state that voted. not the evangelical state a lot of these others have been. what this shows is that senator cruz is bringing republicans from behind the spectrum from behind his candidacy. his message resonates with working class americans, with women, with minorities and different coalitions we are going to be working hard to share our message with and bring on board moving forward. >> let's talk about where we go from here. this campaign doe

ted cruz 15% support. ted cruz lagging kasich in the state. donald trump using ted cruz's words against him. you may remember cruz criticizing new york values. donald trump jumping on that saying cruz was insulting new yorkers. cruz said he was insulting the new york liberal class, not new york voters. if you look, ted cruz is doing well in the delegate hunt. wins in colorado. he took 34 delegates. the donald trump saying he used gustapo tactics. cruz saying that say donald trump temper tantrum. we won because we have a superior organization. in fact, beefing up that delegate organization of his home bringing in a delegate expert to compete here going forward. new york, the next big battle ground could be a winner take all. we should continue to hear donald trump through this week here in new york. john and michelle. >> that's chris frates and the rolling stops. bernie sanders ratcheting up the issue with the primary eight days away over who is qualified to be president. now questioning the secretary's judgment. >> she may have the experience

at ted cruz? >> not at all. it is important to note that a couple of years ago, they conspired to bring down john boehner as speaker of the house. when you engage in political assassination, you're just asking somebody else to bring out the knife down the road. you have to keep your back to the wall if you do that. you strike a king you better kill him. >> and senator mike lee, one of only a few of cruz' fellow senators actually support him. and lee did not hold back in his defense of cruz. 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 houst

we are playing cruz or fiction. ted cruz he diction. ted cruz was kicked out of his college fraternity for being unlikeable. is that fact or fiction. lisa, you have lost. now we go into question number 8. i knew it was an odd number. you are still in it. you could win. only one point separates you from the men. after ted cruz renounced his canadian citizenship, prime minister stephen harper held a good-bye party and said ted cruz is the abraham lincoln of sarah palins. you got that one wrong. there was one question left. tom, this is a big night for you. question number. you guys ready? in a fill busker against obamacare, ted cruz performed a monologue from the princess bride. dave, you are tied for the lead. tom and dave, he read green egg and ham, he quoted ashton kutcher and performed a darth vader impression. >> i always watch a filibuster all the way through. you and dave are tied with 7 apiece. but we have consolation prizes for you including goat cheese from the green room. here is the tie breaker question. you don't need your pa

is ted cruz better? he's as polarizing as trump. >> in the end. >> not to the whole. >> nicole gets the last word in this segment. glad we decided all of that. we're going to take a break. we've arranged to talk to the last person in line in one of those polling places. >>> we're back. that is laramie, wyoming, which is the traveling headquarters of the bernie sanders campaign for reasons we out lined in our last hour. back to wisconsin, the subject of this evening's coverage. tony is not far from the frozen tundra. he's with the last person in line at this polling place. that's right. i've got a couple of characters here that are pretty interesting. this is bob over here. he's a fearsome character. he's guarding the end of the line making sure nobody comes through this door following this person. this is noelle. she was the last person in line. why didn't you vote sooner? >> well, the line was probably about an eighth of what it is now and i thought it was too long. i was super hungry. i figured it woul

ted cruz just walked in here in the back. really the question is they're looking again -- we're talking about delegates and congressional districts. there's only 13,000 republicans here in the bronx. sure, it's a democratic district, but remember you have 13,000 republicans here, that's much easier to connect with. only 2% of the district is white. therefore ted cruz sees this as a potential opportunity to really hit -- he is coming back into brooklyn tomorrow and come and hit this place. if you're talking about ted cruz, when he was here in manhattan two weeks ago, he used bill de blasio as sort of a pinata, political pinata connecting to donald trump, saying donald trump is funded the likes of michael bloomberg, bill de blasio, anthony wiener, the governor here, andrew cuomo. he has used new york and new york values to equate donald trump with the democratic party and liberal values, but the problem is that ted cruz is still ten points down in recent polling here and you've got to remember, we had polling this morning that

and this statement saying lying ted cruz coordinating with his own super pacs, quoting now, ted cruz is worse than a puppet, he is a troejan horse being used by party bosses. what do you think of that? >> i hope those statements will be seasoned with important policy issues. naming the people who are going to be considered nominees for the supreme court. and talking about some other important leadership positions, talking about policies. what are we going to do about the tremendous debt that are inflicting the next generations? unless we begin to talk about that we need to talk about the downtrodden in our society and what other ladders of opportunity we're going to provide. these are things republicans not talked about. we feed to bring those people in. a lot of the bernie sanders people are not going to vote for hillary clinton. we have to give them a place to come. >> have you told mr. trump your concerns about focusing on policy? on these things and perhaps, do you think he's going to change his tone? >> i believe he's going to be adding a lot more substance and policy and he's g

lying ted cruz --. ted cruz is worse than a puppet. he's a trojan horse being used by the party bosses, attempting to steal the nomination for mr. trump. and i'll add one thing. anti- -- forces. as of the end of march they spent between 20 and $30 million just to defeat donald trump. not to support any other candidate. >> well this is a primary election. right now we are win knowing the field in order to determine who represents the gop when we two into the national election this fall. so it is unsurprising to me that you had primary candidate versus primary candidate. >> historically, when can you remember another race where so much money was spent simply to defeat one candidate? and it didn't really matter who anyone else voted $30 million in one month. >> well carol, let me tell you about two other things i think made the difference yesterday. i think first of all wisconsin voters were independent and pragmatic yesterday. but two other things that made the difference i think for ted cruz were talk radio. we have a really unique situ

he's a natural cruz's fit. he's a ted cruz republican. this should not be hard. >> let me bring in katy tur. we interrupted you to go to mike menac pence. what you heard at the top of out sourcing and how he would fight for indiana jobs. >> reporter: that comes as no surprise. governor pence is up for his own reelection campaign and it should be a hard one and it is the one that alienate any of his supporters. indiana could go for donald trump but it is a close race right now. it is a natural thing for him to come out and praise donald trump but then endorse ted cruz. look, he's an evangelical. he's a natural fit for ted cruz. he cannot afford like many establishment figures across the country to alienate trump supporters. they have been loud and vocal and adamant about donald trump and not the other candidates. so, in order to remain true to his grass roots, an endorsement of ted cruz is something he would have had to have done here. you heard him speaking about all the candidates but glowingly about donald trump. the trump campaign mayb

tonight did ted cruz beat trump or did the never-trump beat ted cruz? >> both perform this was a life-line opportunity for cruz, it gave him the momentum he needs to create an argument moving forward that, he can prevent him from getting the critical 1237 number. scott walker just endorsed ted cruz the week before, it was a decisive endorsement. it deflates donald trump's narrative whose message is he's invincible. he's got problems with women and we saw that tonight. >> the exit polling, tonight it's not so much the story coming out for trump, it's not his support was eroded and his supporters left, he did okay with the peoplewho said he liked them. he didn't lose them. the story tonight it's not that donald trump is losing support, it's that ted is growing and donald trump is not growing at the same rate. >> we brought up the statement that the trump campaign put out. he makes further assertions on inappropriate action on the part of the cruz campaign and the super pacs. any truth to that? >> he says it's not legal. no, that is not false. to date ther

why is ted cruz picking a runningmate? he's so far behind as close as he'll get to the white house is jumping the fence. you have to pick a vice president before cuff a chance to have getting president. other wise the streets would be filled to you saying, good day to you, sir, you will be my vice president. no one this far behind in the race has done that. he's like a guy who buys a yacht then a powerball ticket. the wrong order. or a guy who buys is a fedora before he accepted he's going to be a virgin forever. you accept you're going to be a vairnlgen, then buy the fedora. it's a time-honored process. if cruz will pick a runningmate, why of all people would you pick carly fiorina? >> carly is brilliant, carly has shattered glass ceilings. carly knows firsthand from decades in the business world running one of the 20 largest corporations in america, where jobs come from. (cheers and applause) >> trevor: uh... really? i'm not quite sure that carly's time at h.p. taught her where jobs come from. they did teach her where jo

ted cruz. >> why ted cruz? >> i want obamacare out, out. it's killing us. >> we will repeal every word of obamacare. >> i'm torn between donald trump and ted cruz right now. and if they don't stop bickering like two little kids, the name-calling, it's getting very embarrassing. >> count to 10, donald, count to 10. >> i might go third party because you have got to vote for what you believe. otherwise, you will never get what you want. >> i am voting for ted cruz because he will not violate the constitution. >> i love ted cruz. i will just stop there. >> god bless the great state of wisconsin. >> have you decided how are supporting and why? >> i'm leaning more toward donald trump but i'm open right now. one thing i like about trump is that he is not a politician. >> do we love wisconsin? >> one of the things i like about cruz is his integrity. he has a lot of values. >> as opposed to donald trump, i believe that ted cruz is a constitutional conservative. i feel much more comfortable with ted cruz selecting supreme court justices and i feel mo

he called ted cruz lying ted cruz. accusing him of illegally kwo l coordinating with a pro-cruz super pac, and called him a trojan horse used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from mr. trump. you're on capitol hill. you know ted cruz a little bit. you have seen him up here. is that a fair characterization of ted cruds, someone who is stealing an election and trying to steal a nomination from donald trump? >> i don't know whether it's so much ted cruz or the establishment in washington. donald trump in wisconsin actually outperformed the real clear politics poll average. he was sitting around 34%, he got 35%. i think ted cruz got a real wave in wisconsin of the never trump or anti-trump movement. and he took advantage of that. but there was a lot of operatives in there working who were not big ted cruz fans in the past, but i do think they have this anything but trump mentality. and i think they realize the only vehicle to stop trump from getting to 1,237 is ted cruz. so is it that the establishment

it wasn't all for ted cruz. a lot was to stop donald trump. >> you raised the issue of a possibility of a contested convention. >> could be a double-edged sword for republicans. >> no doubt if developmented trump feels he is not being failure treated by republican party, he could bolt and form -- run as an independent for the presidency and that, again, would not bode well for the republican party. so very, very difficult choices. it's still going to be hard for republicans even tcontrol roomig the rules f donald trump enters the convention with less than 1237 but somewhere close to 1237, it's going to be hard to deny him the nomination. some difficult choices with the republican party. >> david, earlier in the year, polls in wisconsin were showing trump ahead or at least some of them were showing him ahead. >> seemed to change. virtually all of them showed ted cruz was going to have a win tonight, not a big a win as he has had how much of a role do you think all of the issues with trump's comments and his campa

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 on the hill this way -- person on the hill this way? >> i think it depends how much scotch butted involved. being -- was involved. being compared to the prince of darkness does not bode well for your ability to unify the party. it sure can't be easy to reach across the aisle -- sandra: and the fact that we haven't heard much from former speaker boehner on any of it. and finally the moment he speaks out, he calls ted cruz lucifer. paul ryan defended him, said i have a much better relationship with the senator. so he o

i am voting for ted cruz. coming to that in the first place. your mention of these principles is what drives you. a lot of people say they like him. a lot of people forgot about it. what about senator cruz says the you i believe in him? >> his convictions. it is not a popular thing in washington. i know that firsthand. i did it. that let mulling to do respectry clear -- i everyone and their determination in the upcoming primary. i hope they make up their own mind. for me, i thought to lead is to choose. when time of choosing people all across america are looking to indiana to make a decision. i just wanted to make my decision known. -- me be very, very clear whoever wins, republican nomination, i will work my heart out to get elected. indiana needs a partner in the white house for prosperity. weare at record employment, have a balanced budget, but how much can we do it we had a republican administration working in a republican congress? about ourexcited bicentennial year. we have some of the working in washington for our site -- instead of agai

they go to ted cruz. mark: the conversation with scott walker next. ♪ ♪ mark: thank you for joining us. kellyanne: good to be here. good to be here. candidate anda now you are hosting primaries. we want to talk about that, but let us start with when you got out of the race. you said clearly you thought other folks should get out, the person you deem to the front runner, and listen. scott walker: i thought the plurality on the majority dispersed among many. i hoped others would follow at least sooner. they eventually did, but more time, more money, primary and uses. is -- cauc i'm excited wisconsin is no small way. a you can argue it is a big way. i talked about way back symptom or 21. mark: let's talk about you and donald trump. that before he was the presidential candidate, he was a big supporter of yours. you had some warm conversations. he said nice things, publicly and privately. he was in your state, and he says, you do not look like a motorcycle guy. those of the biggest fighting words. i am ele

is he hearing ted cruz's footsteps? plus, ted cruz speaking to cnn about how he'll win the nomination. why he is not getting support from his capitol hill colleagues. >>> and the breaking news, bernie sanders moments ago addressing the ugly battle over whether hillary clinton is qualified to be president. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. donald trump making it clear he is gearing up to what will be an ugly fight ahead. naming paul manafort as his convention manager. he also unexpectedly cleared his schedule. usually he is doing two or three states at a time. he has canceled his events in california and colorado, focusing all his time and energy on new york. also today, new york's most prominent republican, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani telling two new york newspapers he is voting for donald trump, but he is not calling it an endorsement. a bit strange there. trump's top rival ted cruz meantime facing an uphill battle in new york, visiting a matzoh bakery in brooklyn after waking up to

cnn projects ted cruz, ted cruz will win the republican presidential primary in wisconsin tonight. ted cruz, a huge win for him in wisconsin. setting the stage potentially, increasing prospect potentially for an open or contested convention. let's go to sunlen serfaty, she's over at cruz headquarters where they're just learning of our projection. sunlen, this is an exciting night for all of the people behind you. they're watching us on that big screen. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. you can hear the crowd behind me here at cruz campaign headquarters as they are just learning this news. this projection that senator cruz has won wisconsin. you can hear the crowd just reacting to that behind me. senator cruz predicted a win here in wisconsin so he needed to get that win. the campaign put considerable time, money, investment really dispatching the whole list of surrogates at their disposal to barn storm this state. the campaign manager describing it as an all-hands-on-deck situation to win this state. you know, the cruz campaign, though, of course, not only on the hunt for a win here

pitch, although ted cruz did. but trump really felt that wouldn't have made a difference because they would have been too late to the party, so to speak. now, trump did say today when he was campaigning in new york that they didn't want to waste resources in wyoming, in part because of the delegate election process in this state. remember, this is not a state that has an open primary or the nash national caucuses can vote, any old joe off the street can come in and cast a ballot. instead, the delegates are elected at the convention. that seems to have benefitted the cruz campaign throughout the election cycle because they did their homework and were able to strategize how to best break through that system. this is a system that has been in place here in wyoming, for example, for the past three, four decades. so it's not a new system but certainly we talked to trump supporters, pam, who said if it had been a primary process instead we may have steen a different result. >> what do the cruz supporters say? do they ag

is it ted cruz? the polls say john kasich. >> well, i think the person who is going to be best suited to beat hillary clinton is the one who gets the most delegates by time we get to cleveland. >> this is a game of constant learning ted cruz a better candidate that i than six months ago, donald trump is a dramatically better candidate this can he was kasich great i don't see how he gets to nomination i think he could be vice president but very hard to see, how is past two to win the nomination. >> always a pleasure to have your great analysis newt gingrich there. >> donald trump rallying against ford over new 1.6-billion-dollar investment in a factory in where else? mexico, later fast-food chain carls, jr., making a name for it's gone risque a burger commercial ceo weighing in, on this fight. come on, burger commercial. really? >> that is -- really? >> i really want a burger right now after seeing that [laughter]. ♪ ♪ higher ♪ ♪ only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up t

you know, 43%, 44% broke for ted cruz. those whose most important candidate quality electability, decisively, ted cruz. shares my values, ted cruz. interesting the lack of excitement. feelings if trump were elected president, concerned or scared, that's 58% are concerned or scared. they're not necessarily overly excited about ted cruz if he becomes president. only 13% are excited. ted cruz, josh rogin what a lot of work to do. he does have a lot of work to do. i think the numbers show that for republicans, both professionals and republicans on the street, this is more about -- this is about more than even the 2016 election. this is about saving their party, about saving the conservative movement. nobody knows who will win the election in november. but they would rather lose with ted cruz than lose with donald trump because then at least they know they would have run a conservative, they would have had conservative values at the forefront, and this sort of eroding trust in donald trump is leaning towards this shaky consensu

ted cruz teams up with carly fiorina. is it going to get him anything, though, in do or die indiana? >> donald trump and hillary clinton, they are two sides of the same coin. they're both liberal. we know that. >> fiorina waste nothing time going straight after donald trump yesterday, but donald trump so far not really taking the bait. our own hallie jackson has an interview with ted cruz's new running mate. that's coming up in just a minute. also, on our agenda this morning, cruz may have fiorina with him but trump says he's the one who just landed the biggest endorsement of them all in indiana. >> i think the most important thing in the world is that we vote for the best man there is for this job, and you've already met him. >> the general, robert montgomery knight, a basketball legend in a basketball crazed state. won three national titles at indiana. now he wants to put trump over the top in the hoosier state. and rounding out our agenda this morning -- >> i am very good in arithmetic and i can count delegates and we

if you haven't been sold on ted cruz before does that sell you on ted cruz? does the seventh place finisher from iowa and new hampshire hold that much sway over the remaining republican voters in the country. is this the key to unlock their hearts? honestly nothing against carly fiorina here and nothing against richard, but stunts like these are less about the identity and the characteristics of the person who gets chosen for a stunt, it's about trying to shake up a race that a candidate is losing. ted cruz might have named anybody. the point of doing something like this is just to try to change the news around ted cruz to be something other than the story of how badly donald trump is beating him in the race for the republican presidential nomination. 38 states have voted so far on the republican side. of the 38 states donald trump has won 26 of them, including his blowout wins last night in five states. his smallest margin of victory was 30 points in connecticut. that was the smallest margin and 30 points, that's how badly he beat john kasich in connecticut.

unusual amount of vitriol coming from him about ted cruz. >> lying ted cruz. he comes in bible high. i'm lying ted cruz. he's a dirty rotten cheat. remember that. >> you see donald trump. those are words he has used before, but with a tone that sounded harsh. a lot of people saying donald trump had the worst week of his campaign. >> you are right, john. wisconsin is crucial. now we're shifting from winning and losing primaries to the real hard delegate game. looking at the map forward, new york coming up. ted cruz knows in order to keep donald trump from getting the delegates. he needs to clinch the nomination. he needs to win in wisconsin and hold his number down as much as possible. we are not just seeing that on the campaign trail. ted cruz mounted a really aggressive behind the scenes effort to work the delegates system and work the convention system. he is playing some really high level chess here to work the pieces and try to make sure donald trump does not get that number. the belief is among the republican establishment if you can keep donald trump fro

to ted cruz's credit, america needs the fight to stop obamacare and ted cruz has been fighting to balance the budget. you see puerto rico going through the throws and greece and other places around the planet. john boehner was not willing to engage in those. that's one of the reasons where we have ted as the only two candidates with any viability left. they are considered to be in the public arena and the public's mind. i start to see that john boehner is endorsing donald trump. that's not the message i want if i'm donald trump. >> thanks for the time. >> certainly. >> let's bring in the spokesperson for the trump campaign. let's follow-up. if he is donald trump, he would have pause about taking support from john boehner. there conservative activists who think john boehner sold them out. 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 shou

yesterday it was ted cruz. when the cruz campaign put out word that senator cruz would be making a major announcement at 4:00 yesterday afternoon, prognosticators were basically equally divided whether ted cruz's major announcement was going to be him bowing out of the race, or alternately, maybe it was going to be him overselling some minor indiana political endorsement. as if it were a major deal. the suspense, the mystery. definitely helped drive interest to ted cruz yesterday afternoon. in the end, he neither quit nor announced an endorsement. he instead acted out a sort of sad fantasy in which he had become the republican nominee for president and was therefore expected to name a running mate. yeah. if there is a contested convention on the republican side, one of the best tools ted cruz might have -- one of the best tools he might have at a convention to try to cobble together a nomination would be to be able to horse trade and negotiate over who will be his running mate. but now with this announcement ye

>> how about ted cruz? [ laughter ] >> lucifer in the flesh. [ cheers and applause ] i have -- [ inaudible ] -- along with almost everybody. i have democrat friends, republican friends, i get along with almost everybody. but i've never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch. >> you could just make out the audio there. trump himself is in indiana. it's been a busy day for his reps in washington, trying to rally support for trump on capitol hill. picking up two key endorsements, jeff miller and pennsylvania congressman bill shuster. luke russert is live on capitol hill. 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

ted cruz. winning big in wisconsin. >> coming up, cruz tallies up delegates and donations in his victory speech. that's still ahead. ♪ staying in rhythm... it's how i try to live... how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition you want without the calories you don't... try boost® 100 calories. each delicious snack size drink gives you... 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. and it's available in two new flavors, vanilla caramel and double chocolate fudge. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. stay strong. stay active with boost®. >>> welcome back to america's election headquarters. for more insight on ted cruz' big win, wisconsin' congressman joins us from milwaukee. the sixth representative endorsed ted cruz last month. thank you for joining us. >> glad to be on the show. >> so a big win for the cruz camp tonight. not entirely unexpected. why did he do so well? >> i think a variety of things. i think we had two weeks' time to analyze

because he hates ted cruz. he thinks ted cruz is the devil. the thinks ted cruz is a terrible, terrible person. and the problem for ted cruz is that john boehner isn't just speaking for washington professional republicans. according to the polls, he is speaking for millions of republicans out there. the stop trump movement would have a tough job if they have a strong candidate to offer an alternative to trump. but the stop trump movement is stopped with ted cruz as their alternative with donald trump. and a republican candidate and a republican leader who can happily and publicly call lucifer in the flesh. we're joined by luke russert, capitol hill correspondent for nbc news and cooper, the senior adviser for the never trump super pac. and brian dougherty is with us in new york. luke, huh a moment with the current speaker. i have a feeling you wish you could have had a moment with the retired speaker. would have been a lot more fun. >> certainly. i presume the dinner beforehand where the california reds were flowing. interesting comments from

lying ted cruz. part of a statement, ted cruz is worse than a puppet. he is a trojan horse being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from mr. trump. now cruz, as you would expect, is taking a different posture insisting that he is gaining momentum that would carry his campaign through colorado and wyoming, that he will get enough delegates to hit the magic number of 1237 before the convention. >> i look forward to coming back to the state of wisconsin this fall and in november for the first time since 1984 painting the badger state bright republican red. >> a >>. >> reporter: and the chief strategist for governor kasich says this means no one will hit the magic number. this week will be remembered as the one in which ted cruz and donald trump both effectively admitted they will not reach the gop convention with enough bound delegates to be the nominee. one thing is certain on a rainy wednesday morning is that everyone is still in the fight and we have plenty of fodder for these broadcasts. back to you. >> mike tobin. thank you, m