Trump at this point. I think what theyre hoping for is to really run the table in new york. They want to run up the score on ted cruz and he does have the potential to really run a clean sweep. I mean if he gets more than 50 statewide, more than 50 in these individual congressional districts, he could sweep up all 95 delegates in new york state. That would put him well on the path to securing the nomination, to that magic number of 1,237. It wont get him there obviously, but the terrain is pretty friendly after new york. In just another week from tomorrow, hell have more northeastern states where hes favored to win, pennsylvania, delaware, connecticut, and maryland. And all of those states, hes favored to win at this point. So the math is looking increasingly more in his favor after some bruising weeks. It was tough in wisconsin all the way through wyoming, which we heard about over the weekend. But hes heading into friendlier terrain. We heard donald trump earlier this evening at this rally in buffalo predict that he will get to that magic number of 1,237. Its not something that you hear from donald trump too often, but he was sounding very confident earlier this evening. He is pulling no punches when it comes to his criticism of the republicans and the party rules today. Listen. You can take them out to hotels, the delegates. You can take them on planes. You can do whatever you want to do. You know what . I said no way because were going to get there. We dont need it. Were going to get there. Its a rigged and a corrupt system. But were going to get there, and i believe were going to do it much more easily than people think, and were going to do it on the first ballot. Were going to get to that big 1,237. So, you know, as you mentioned that hes already looking forward to this on this campaign, looking forward to what happens next. Do you think the feeling, jim, in his campaign is that he can wrap up the nomination before the first vote at the Convention Even if he just gets close to 1,237 . I think that is the question right now, don. I talked to a trump source earlier today who said it would be very damaging to the rnc if donald trump were to go into the convention in cleveland somewhere near 1,237 but maybe not have that magic number of 1,237, and then behind closed doors, the party operatives, the party leaders, you know, wrestle this nomination from donald trump. This trump source was saying that this would essentially disenfranchise millions of donald trump voters, that it would have a trickledown effect. It could potentially affect congressional candidates down ballot. So theyre warning of dire consequences if that were to take place. But when you heard donald trump earlier this evening saying hes not going to wine and dine people. Hes not going to do these sorts of things that youre hearing about in places like colorado and wyoming. Don, you have to ask the question, did donald trump ever wine and dine Business Executives when he was closing all these hotel deals all around the world . You know, when you talk to people inside the Trump Campaign, when you listen to the candidate himself, he is insisting he is not going to do that. He is going to play it straight, and he wants this to be a democratic process. He wants every vote to count. Jim, im sure youre aware of who stuart jolly is, the National Field officer for donald trump resigned today. Why did he leave, and do you see more changes coming . Well, you know, i think that was a very interesting development. I think its more fallout from this Campaign Shakeup from a couple of weeks ago when you saw Paul Manafort come in and be named the Convention Manager to work alongside Corey Lewandowsky. Theyre sort of in a dual pour power sharing role. Stuart jolly, from a letter received about his resignation essentially says in this letter that he was very loyal to Corey Lewandowsky. I talked to a couple of trump sources earlier this evening who tell me that this is essentially another sign that Paul Manafort is getting more control of the daytoday strategy and ground work operations of this campaign. But that doesnt mean Corey Lewandowsky is going to go anywhere. Donald trump is very loyal. He talk to people inside the Trump Campaign. They say Corey Lewandowsky is not going anywhere. If you take the word of the candidate himself, lewandowsky is there for the long haul. No question when you talk to people inside the Trump Campaign, they say this is another indication this departure of stuart jolly is another indication that manafort is getting more control of this campaign at this point. So the democrats are stumping for votes on the eve of this New York Primary. Jeff zeleny is here. The new national poll, youve seen it, statistical dead heat. What does that say to you . Could sanders pull off an upset tomorrow . It tells us this race is a long one and people now know who Bernie Sanders is. That was not true a few months ago. So people like his message. We see these people flocking to his rallies. But National Polls are not how these races are done. I mean its a statebystate thing. So, a, a lot of those people in that poll have already voted. Clinton Campaign Says, look, the number theyre looking at is 56 to 43. That is the number of states that have already voted. She has one 56 to 43. So the National Polls are a sign that donald excuse me Bernie Sanders is not going away, that he still is going to be able to raise money and have enthusiasm, but it doesnt really say who is going to win this contest because its a state by state affair. So she goes into new york tomorrow with a healthy lead. If she does wing w the majority de delegates tomorrow, its a different race. First she has to win tomorrow because its her adopted home state. Her campaign is confident, but they do not believe it will be a blowout because look around at the issues hes talking about, income equality, criminal justice reform, fracking upstate. These are issues that the parties on Bernie Sanders side here, but the New York Primary is closed. That means independents cant vote. That means people cant cross over. You cant just show up tomorrow and pop in and vote. So a closed primary always benefits the establishment candidate, which is her. But they are a little bit worried. They see the size of these big rallies as much as we do. They watch them on tv and say whoa. They didnt think hed still be here. Of course not. A year ago, last month it marked a year she had been in. She didnt think this was going to be a competitive race with Bernie Sanders of all people. The talk of the town everywhere has been this big fundraising effort that she had with George Clooney over the weekend. George clooney has said it is an obscene amount of money but he said thats what you need to run for president. Now the Sanders Campaign is accusing her of violating Campaign Financing laws. Thats a serious accusation. What proof do they have . It is a serious accusation and i thought George Clooney was pretty honest about it. It is obscene, but the proof they have, the reason they can raise so much money, its a joint fundraising committee. So she is raising a lot of money for other democrats, to help democrats down the ballot. Sanders Campaign Says this joint committee is helping her, it is benefiting only her. The problem here is sanders, he could be doing the same thing. The Democrat National committee i talked to someone there tonight. They said, look, sanders had the opportunity here to do the exact same thing shes doing in terms of having these big fundraisers. He has chosen not to. But they say 2. 6 million has gone to actually helping her campaign that shouldnt have. I think this is more of a sign of this, that the Sanders Campaign wants to keep alive the fact that shes raising big money and theyre not. I think its a little bit of a stink here that theyre trying to throw the night before the primary. Big question whether Clintons Campaign violated legal limits on donations by paying her staffers with funds from a joint fundraising effort. I dont want to get too far into the weeds here. The Democrat National committee and the dnc, but youre thinking its just a this is how its always done, not that that makes it right necessarily. But the nominee of the party, prospective nominee always raises money for the other party. Sanders could be doing the same thing. But thats not how he operates baugh it comes in online for him. Well see where this goes. So far theyve rin a lettwritte. Well know theyre serious about it if they actually filed suit. As we just talked about, George Clooney hosted not just one but two star studded fundraisers. A single ticket went for 33,000 a pop. Protesters lines the streets. They were showering clintons motorcade with dollar bills. One was howard gold. Howard, tell us why you decided to throw money at Hillary Clinton. Hi. Highw how are you . The decision was basically, you know, along the lines of what George Clooney is saying. It was just to illustrate the influence of money in politics was the whole goal, and it was our way of doing it. Some people say that it was they saw it was sexist, that you were making it rain as they do in strip clubs. The only people ive heard who have said that are commentators on tv who are playing the scene with the music turned way down. You blast the music that we played, that we blasted, and i havent heard a Single Person with that impression. You know, its so clear. Its actually Rosemary Clooneys version of were in the money is what were playing. Listen, howard, there are estimates that the event raised 15 million. It cost 350,000 to be a cohost and that only got you two tickets. Even George Clooney said it was obscene. Listen to this. When we pulled up in san francisco, and theyre right to protest. Theyre absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders Campaign, when they talk about it is right. Its ridiculous we should have this amount of money in politics. I agree. It seems like you and your neighbor, mr. Clooney, agree on this. You know what, we do. Hes a great guy and a great person. How this whole thing started, i dont know if anybody knows this or anybody in news has covered this yet. How this whole thing started was after i heard he was having the fundraiser for secretary clinton, i actually went up to his house, and i taped a little note to his address sign. And i thought it was and thats kind of the first thing i did in response to his announcement that he was going to do this fundraiser. Howard, you know, he did stress that cash doesnt all go to Hillary Clinton. Here, again is nbcs meet the press. Look at this. The overwhelming amount of money that we are raising and it is a lot. But the overwhelming amount of the money that were raising is not going to hillary to run for president. Its going to the down ticket. Its going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back congress. Howard, what do you think of that . You know what, i read the all ive read about it is a writeup on the facts. It was unclear from reading it. They said a small portion goes to the hillary campaign, and the rest goes to Democratic Party. The thing they didnt make clear is how much of the stuff that goes to the Democratic Party could get shot back to the hillary campaign, which i dont know. It might be a low number, and he might be 100 correct. I dont know. But no ones really explained it to me yet. If Hillary Clinton does win the nomination, would you support her . I think well pass that well cross that bridge when we get there. There are some things that i really wish, you know, that really bother me, and i passed that message to George Clooney. I dont know if he saw it. I really think that if she if she really can change her message and then that would be something that would be really big to me. All right. Thank you very much. Howard gold, we appreciate that. Youre not curious what i passed to George Clooney, huh . No, and i dont have time right now. But thank you so much. We appreciate you joining us. Ahead, Donald Trumps new nickname for Hillary Clinton, and are Bernie Sanders supporters undermining democrats . Were going to talk about that next. Hours away from the New York Primary, polls show Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders among democratic voters. Joining me now, defense attorney alander show wits, cnn political commentator sally cohn, and mark lamont hill. Sally, you endorsed sanders yesterday. Huge rally in prospect park. What was it, 28,000 people there . So Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, theyre over like 90 of the shus, they overlap on 90 of the issues. Why make a decision to stand behind sanders . That was my assertion, right . On 90 of the issues at least i agree with Hillary Clinton. I think she would make an excellent president. My deconcern is the 10 . Issues i dont agree we her on, on which i think shed also make an excellent president , foreign policy. Look, shes too centrist, middle of the road democrat for my taste. But, look, i still think that both for democratic voters at large and for the majority of the american people, that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders align with the majority of the country. But Bernie Sanders is the kind of change we need. Weve seen what center of the road slash conservative policies have done for far too long. Time for a change to actually make this there is some dissension because what dawes your daughter say . My daughter, willa you better be asleep right now. She came on the stage with me. I said she supports hillary, and good for her. And she still does support hillary. When the crowd was chanting feel the bern, she pulled on my shirt and said, hillary, hillary. You know what . A love that. I love that she is able to do that. I love your daughter, standing up to a parent. I want her to have her own opinion. What does sanders need to do tomorrow . I think already can claim a modicum of victory just by closing the margin way more than you would expect it to be. By the way hes also starting to close the margin nationally. Are you okay there . How many times he could win. Not a win is a win. You hear that. Well, i mean but if hillary had come close to winning in new hampshire, wow have heard the same thing. Ill go a step further. I think sanders increases his strength if he loses the nomination to Hillary Clinton and its close. But if he wins the nomination and becomes the democratic nominee, hes going to win two or three states and it will do a devastating result. I think he is much more likely to have impact as a loser rather than a winner. Its almost like its better to lose with cruz than win with trump . I disagree with that. We are a center left country that has been governed for the last 40 to 50 years by center right politicians. Let mark get in here. Mark, did you say its absurd . Yeah. I have to disagree. I mean i agree that bernie may have some troubles in certain states, but to say hed win three or four states against donald trump seems to me a bit unreasonable, not because i think donald trump is an extraordinary candidate or that Bernie Sanders doesnt have faults it could be ted cruz. If its ted cruz, i mean ted cruz could actually destroy Bernie Sanders in a 50state race. But i think if donald trump is the nominee, i think he wins more than two or three states. I think thats the kind of fear tactic people use to prevent people from exercising their own democratic options and they make you feel as if hillary is the only option so i got to go with hillary even though i might prefer bernie. I dont feel that way. I dont like either of them, but many people feel that way. Were a centrist country. We thrive at the center. Im actually writing a book called why i left the left but couldnt join the right. The real loser in this election has been liberalism. You dont hear the word liberal anymore. Either youre a progressive or a repressive or a socialist or somebody who wants to stop other people from talking as some people in the on the left part of the Sanders Campaign want to do. I like the kind of protests that throw dollar bills. I dont like the kind of protests that stop donald trump from speaking and donald trump, i just would like to reassure you, donald trump has had no problem being heard in this election. Rest assured hes doing just fine. Free speech for me, but not free speech for thee has become prevalent in this election cycle. I think its become prevalent on College Campuses. People are intolerant of hearing views that are different from their own, and they try through speech codes, through stopping speakers from speaking. For example, i support the goals of black lives matter, but some black lives matter activists try to prevent a Gay Coalition between israeli gays and gays in chicago because they didnt want the gays from israel to be heard. Move on, supported the claim of those who try to stop donald trump from speaking. And so i think there is a repressive element on the sanders hard left that we have to be very worried about, and i want to hear sanders say, i dont support that attempt to try to repress free speech from my supporters. Okay. You said, mark, zbl can i respond . You said theres a difference between preventing people from speaking and protesting. Of course there is. Theres a few things id like to disagree on and also agree on one thing. Alan and i actually agree on something and that is people should have an opportunity to articulate their voices. People should have an opportunity to articulate their opinion. I dont think you should engage in protest that doesnt allow donald trump to speak. I think the more donald trump speaks, the more people will appreciate how unfit he is to be president. The protesters were not trying to stop gay protesters from connecting with gay israeli protesters. What they were trying to do was challenge the notion of the occupation of palestine. Their goal was not to silence gay activists on either side of the aisle. The resistance the event was canceled. Hold on. Let me finish. The other thing here is that on College Campuses, the goal is not to stop people from talking, nor is it to stay we dont want speech that makes us feel uncomfortable, which is what alan said in his oped. Its not that at all. Its we dont want to violate free speech codes, but we do want to create a Healthy Campus climate. There are codes in most College Campuses in their handbooks mark, mark, ive got to challenge you on that. Yeah. Do you really think on College Campuses, theyre not theyre saying, we dont want to hear your side because we dont feel comfortable with your side. Thats exactly what theyre saying on College Campuses. Look, that happened to me at johns hopkins. Go ahead, mark. We can choose anecdotes or moments where thats happened. Im not saying thats never happened in the history of america. Ive rejected from College Campuses for things ive said on tv. However, the bulk of the activism is not people saying, i dont want you to speak because you dont represent my position. Thats not what School Handbooks not. I work at a university. I study universities for a living, that is simply not factual. Again, are there extremists in every element . Absolutely. Thats why i was surprised alan only pointed out bernie people because theres some nut jobs everywhere. I think thats part of the american politicians. Theres no question there are extremes we could find on either case. There is, you know, a certain level of hyperpartisan unwillingness to have civil conversations across the aisle. Can i read your quote because you wrote about this . You said, i happen to think that sanders is 100 realistic about his goals for our nation. But his supporters are completely delusional if they think secretary clinton is evil. We can think Bernie Sanders is the better candidate without thinking Hillary Clinton is bad. That does go to my point, which is the more broad point here visavis Political Correctness is, look, if were being honest, weve had Political Correctness in this country for over 260 years. Its just only been applied to women and people of color. If they transgressed the lines of acceptable speech and behavior, they faced consequences. Now suddenly were saying, hey, by the way, straight white men, it would be nice if you also treated women and people of color with the same kind of respect that has always been enforced alan wants to get in quickly. Ive been fighting against Political Correctness since mccarthyism in college. It used to come from the right. But on College Campuses they want to stop proisrael speakers from speaking. They want to stop christians who disagree with all of us on gay rights from speaking. The answer to bad speech is good speech. Correct them. Show them that theyre wrong. But dont stop them from speaking. Hold that thought. Ive got to take a break. Well continue right after this. I agree, alan. All right. So its the eve of a very crucial primary here in new york. Back with me, alan dershowitz, sally cohn, and marc lamont hill. Where did we leave off . Well, the whole conversation in the interim on the break has thrown me a little bit. But, look, im also losing my voice. But im going to try to say this, which is i think actually, we were talking about College Campuses. I think all pendulums swing, right . So the fact that we are having a debate about whether Political Correctness is going in some instances a little too far, to me is overall a reflection of the fact this is a general positive thing that people are thinking about their language and their speech and how it affects and whether it hurts other people. Is it maybe going too far in a few instances . Yes. Overall the trend is good. Lets keep this in the context of this particular election, okay . Its exactly because pendulums swing widely from the right and the left that we must have a neutral support of all free speech. And when in doubt, let it be said, criticize it. Are you against it . But never try to stop anybody from speaking. Marc . I dont disagree with that. Ive always been an advocate of bringing as many people into the conversation as possible, even when i fundamentally disagree with them, but i do think there are limitations. For example, there are times at a College Graduation where certain people will be asked to be a speaker. It isnt just an invitation to offer your opinion. Its an honor ific. That is something bigger than simply an invitation. So thats something i wouldnt want to give to a war criminal. Thats something i wouldnt want to give to someone who endorses the occupation of palestinian. Thats something i wouldnt want to give to all sorts of monsters in the world. So absolutely not. I think we do have to draw some sorts of boundaries. I also think theres a difference between saying were going to let you speak. However were going to protest dem on stratively. When i saw that krour ageous young sister interrupt Hillary Clinton and force her to talk about this idea of super predator. Hillary got to finish, but we got to have a conversation we otherwise would not have. The reason people are so aggressive in having their voices heard is because black voices have been rendered marginal for so long that we have to fight to be heard. Sometimes we have to interrupt to be heard. The end result is that nobody gets to speak at colleges. Nobody gets Honorary Degrees anymo anymore. No nobody gets to be speakers unless theyre milk toast, unless theyve never said anything controversial in their life. It sends a terrible message to College Students about how to conduct their lives and how to make sure they never go outside the boundaries. Youre saying that nobody should ever get an Honorary Degree at an university if they digs agree thats not what im saying. I just heard you say if they believe that israel should hold on to the goal on heights, thats a disqualifying factor for you thats not what i said. In getting an Honorary Degree because you talked about the occupation. Thats a debatable position, and just because somebody disagrees with you doesnt mean necessarily youre not the president of the university or the chairman of the board. Why do you get to decide who speaks at colleges . Go ahead, marc. Thats not what im saying. A agree with you. First of all, well have another conversation about how you mischaracterized. What im saying is if i were at a university right now and someone said israel should be wiped off the map, i think that that is a morally repugnant position and i would not want them to be the graduation speaker, a speaker. I think there are eblth cal and moral boundaries. If someone says i believe in the occupati occupation of palestine and i say the opposition, i think we can have a debate about that. You and i may have different views but i would still let you come to my school and i hope i could come to yours but thats a different issue. But there are students who would not allow you to come to certain schools and would not allow me to come to certain cools and that has to stop. We have to have complete im sorry, but youre saying those students have to stop is in itself a form of what you seem to be against. In other words, first of all lets be clear, were not talking about free speech because were not talking about government clamping down and say you can and cannot speak. Number two, youre saying that therefore those students shouldnt speak. No, they should speak. They can advocate what they want. They shouldnt be listened to. That is the university shouldnt cede to their censorial demands. But people should listen on the merits. Good lord knows how much i respect you, so i dont want to pull you into this too much. But lets be very fair. The reason that youre seeing some of these protests, youre feeling that its infringing as youre suggesting on speech as weve known it is because there are communities in this country who are so desperate to be heard, who feel so systemically locked out of power. Lets be clear. The only reason were talking about race for instance in this president ial election, the only thing were talking about the 1994 crime bill, about super predators, over ing kars ration of black and brown folks, drug poll sis, were talking about that because of black lives matter, because of those protests, not because they stood nicely with signs but because they interrupted speech in order to use that plot form to make their own speech. That is america. That is free speech. By the way, that progress and it has never been toward the center. It has been toward progress. That progress has been the greatest part of our american history, the tradition in which 0 we have moved from the abolition of savely to zb slavery to gay rights. I completely agree with you but there are other people and, listen, black lives matter, a big reason were talking about this. But if you look at dr. Cornell west and other people, they have been talking about the prison pipeline and about overincarceration for a very long time before there, and we were discussing it. We would be discussing it now, maybe not to the extent, but still, you know as a liberal democrat, i wrote against the crime bill in 1994 and 1995. It was a disaster, and i was opposed to it then. Im glad theres a debate about it. Just dont stop other people from expressing different views. And i just have to correct my friend over there. We talked about that gay rights demonstration in chicago. They stopped it. They made the event end. It wasnt just protesting. It was not allowing it to go forward. And thats the goal of some of these obstructionist and repressives. They call themselves progressives. I call them prepressives when they dont allow people to speak. Alan dershowitz, i want to live in his universe where black lives matter are repressing folks. Some are. They are responding. They do did in a repressive way. Like youre doing it right now by not letting me have the last word. I feel repressed, alan. I feel repressed right now. I was promised the last word. The point is youre mischaracterizing in my estimation, black lives matter. Some within the group. Some within the group. Of course you can find one or two examples of people who have gone too far. But in general their mission is to be heard in a world that does not want to hear the voices of marginal. At this moment in history, we cant always afford polite speech, but i agree with you a thousand percent. We cannot silence people. As much as i love this conversation, ive got to go. You guys dont have to go home, but youve got to get out of here. Oh, my gosh. He went there. Coming up, ted cruz sweeps up more delegates in what donald trump calls a rigged nominating system. Well be right back. Thope to see you again soon. Whoa, whoa, i got this. Just gotta get the check. Almost there. I cant reach it. If you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. What . Its what you do. I got this. Thanks, dennis if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Growwwlph. Its what you do. Oh that is good crispy duck. Donald trump is the gop frontrunner, yet he continues to lose delegates, making tomorrows New York Primary even more critical. Joining me now, republican consultant margaret hoover, bob cusack, and kelly anne conway. So donald trump is saying that this election is rigged. He may be ahead in the National Polls, but its the delegates that really count here as we know. So ted cruz is quickly gaining ground because hes doing this thing where hes going and hes getting these delegates behind Donald Trumps back. What happened to this new guy . Whats going on here . I mean donald trump is still leading. I mean donald trump has to earn 60 of the remaining delegates. Ted cruz has to win 98 of the remaining delegates. I mean so should we not be complaining. . You think he has no right to complain . He does havent a lot of ground to stand on. By the way, hes about to start winning bigtime. So donald trump we all know what happened. Donald trump didnt know the rules. He started losing. Now he knows the rules and hes got a team in place and hes going to start winning. The question is youre agreeing he shouldnt be complain something. He should not be complaining. I mean they cry foul when they lose delegates, but did we cry foul in missouri when donald trump won by two tenths of a percentage point and got 70 percent of the delegates . Did we say thats not fair . Those were the rules. You have to move on to the next set of states. But we keep hearing about this magical new team around donald trump, the convention gurus. Where the heck are they when people in colorado, your home state, margaret, are having conventions . Theyre like on tv complaining that ted cruz is winning the delegates. Go get yourselves some delegates. I dont know how somebody has gotten 2 billion plus of free air time can ever complain about not being treated im going to take the counter here. There are some rules that seem a little unusual like pennsylvania, West Virginia, other states. If donald trump has expected is going to do very well in West Virginia and pennsylvania, there are delegates that are not going to be bound to vote for him. I think most people think that is highly unusual. The delegates have said to the press, okay, i am going to honor my districts vote. But what if one or two or five dont . That does seem unfair. As far as other rules, they have been out there a long time. The way to get those delegates to remain loyal to you is not to call delegates corrupt or the system rigged or the chairman of the rnc or whatever bad word hes saying about him. In a former segment we were talking about is reince priebuss job on the line . He was elected by the 167 members of the Republican National committee. But the rules are the rules. If donald trump does become the nominee, he has every right to say, as you said, youre fired. And anytime theres a president of a sitting party, they appoint the rnc chair, and thats what happened. Lets talk about Donald TrumpsNational Field director, stuart jolly, leaving today, tendering his resignation. Is this the start of a Campaign Shakeup, do you think, because youre saying its not going to be changing right now. You dont want to be changing at this time. As far as a shakeup, i dont think a shakeup. Remember, donald trump calls all the shots here, and roger stone he felt like was getting too much press before. Then roger stone was not no longer part of the campaign. Overall, i dont think were seeing a shakeup, but were seeing, i think them play catchup to ted cruz in the delegate. If they get to 1,237, theyve got it. But if they dont get to 1,237, theyve got to be in a better position going into cleveland because who has the momentum and who is the likely nominee . Ted cruz. So to kellyannes point, get your ground game together, right . So what happened . Even now with them going back to get these delegates, the Cruz Campaign, you know, this guru Paul Manafort that is suppose to be so establishment. Whats going on . Theyre looking where they can win their votes. Does the Cruz Campaign just have a better ground game than the Trump Campaign . Its not just that they have a better ground game, which they do. They also have had by the way the best data team, and the best field team. They have the most sophisticated Republican National apparatus than we have seen since obama came on the scene in 2008. That said, the reason hes doing so well in a lot of these states, especially these caucus states is colorado, wyoming, hes going to do well in nebraska, probably in indiana as kellyanne will tell us is also that the republican establishment and not just establishment, the Movement Conservatives have coalesced around ted cruz as the antitrump candidate. So you have these instate infrastructures and National Infrastructures that are part of the Movement Conservatism thats been around for 50 years that have all decided to put their ducks in ted cruzs basket. Hes benefiting as much from the Grassroots Organization as he is from his kellyanne, i know you want to hear this becaus donald trump is saying that ted cruz is just buying delegates. He says thats something he wont do. Here he is. Now, i could have done really well because im very good at dealing with the bosses. But you know, youve had it, and you say forget. It you can take them out to hotels, the delegates. You can take them on planes. You can do whatever you want to do. You know what . I said no way because were going to get there. We dont need it. Were going to get there. Its a rigged and its a corrupt system, but were going to get there, and i believe were going to do it much more easily than people think. And were going to do it on the first ballot. Were going to get to that big 1,237. So if it was a matter, kellyanne of winwining and dini wouldnt a billionaire candidate certainly the capacity to do those things. Look, theres no evidence that anyone has done that or would do that. So i think he should be careful. But again using words like rigged and corrupt and i see his people all over twitter, cnn and elsewhere using the same words, i think you have to be careful because insulting the voter is never a good luck. The gentleman on the segment saying ted cruz won delegates in states where nobody lives. How did people in wyoming, north dakota, feel tonight being told are you taking it too literally where he means there arent as many people, its not as pop yew lus, its not as diverse. Donald trump isnt having as much fun in late april as he was a couple of months ago when he was winning. He was told this will all be wrapped up by march 15th the latest. I think theres a little bit of an out here if he doesnt win. If he does not so does Hillary Clinton. Anyway, seriously speaking, if donald trump does not become the republican nominee, he has set up a great narrative here. The system is rigged, its corrupt. Its not his fault. Thats my question to bob, who gets the last word here. But is his strategy of corruption, is that working for donald trump right now . I think it is working because hes putting the party on notice that hes not going to go quietly in the night. You got to give it to me, or i am going to be spending the summer and fall going after the process, going after the party and of course margarets point, that doesnt really help the republican party. But i dont know how theyre unified after cleveland. One word, hillary. Shes a unifier. Thank you, everyone. Thanks, don. Coming up, little marco, and lyin ted. Sounds like a country band, but theyre actually nicknames for his rivals. And hes dropped a new one. You dont want to miss it, coming up. Get a loan and finally finish culinary school. . Learn how to make the perfect macaron. Come back and open your own authentic french bakery . I think i need credit karma too. Check out credit karma today. Burning of diabetic nerve pain, these feet learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. But i couldnt bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. So i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. Common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. Now i have less diabetic nerve pain. Ask your doctor about lyrica. Donald trump is an expert in branding, and hes taken it to the next level when it comes to his political rivals. Jeanne moos has more. They are nicknamed designed to do more than just nick an opponent. Lyin ted. Whats your name . My names lyin ted cruz. Reporter from lyin ted to low energy jeb to little marco. Reporter donald trump even revels in misspelling them. How would you spell that . Lyin . Reporter and now hes got a new nickname intended to torment. Crook ed hillary. I dont respond to donald trump and his string of insults. Shes been crooked from the beginning. He can say whatever he wants to say about me. Crooked Hillary Clinton. I really could care less. Reporter sometimes the donald dispenses a nickname that doesnt stick. For instance, all those crazy megyn kelly tweets never quite took off. Trump suggested a nickname for himself when the candidates were asked what theyd like their secret service name to be. Humble. Reporter actually, the secret service ended up codenaming trump mogul. Mogul has been the target of nicknaming retaliation from ted cruz. Donald wakes up at night in cold sweats that people will call him losin donald. Reporter on mond, hillary went on a radio show that bestows donkey of the day dishonorable mentions, a zinger once aimed at her. Hillary nominated trump. I think hes the donkey of the decade. Reporter of course the nickname for donald is the donald. Where did that come from . His first wife ivana called him the donald as she was learning english. It turns out the donalds ancestors changed the family name to trump, and when john oliver heard the original name, well, everything old is new again. And this is true, drumpf. Yes. Reporter hats off to nicknames. Jeanne moos, cnn, new york. Well be right back. Theyll always be our babies. So there will be things to keep us up at night. Will they find happiness . Reach their potential. Stay safe. Fall in love. But tonight johnsons can help with a bedtime routine clinically proven to help them fall asleep faster. And stay asleep longer. There will be things to keep us up. But tonight, we sleep. We are just hours away from the crucial New York Primary. 95 delegates are at stake for the democrats. Stay with cnn for all the latest. Thats it for us. Early start begins now. The battle for new york is here, folks. The fight over delegates now critical as voters head to the polls today in the race for president. State of disaster. Deadly flooding in texas. The damage done and where the rain strikes next. Supreme court glitch. Justices divided on president obamas plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. It is tuesday, april 19th