Victory. Tomorrow, this Campaign Goes national. [ cheers and applause ] is this the start of her big move . Bernie sanders responds here live. From abc news, a special super tuesday edition of this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. As we come on the air this week, its getting harder and harder to find words to describe a president ial race sounding more and more like a grade school playground. Hillary clinton and donald trump dominating the race. Clinton trounced sanders in South Carolina. Cruising into super tuesday states with overwhelming support from africanamerican voters. And with donald trump ahead right now in nearly all the super tuesday states, marco rubio and ted cruz have unleashed a barrage of new attacks. Trying to slow the trump steam roller. Jon karl is here to start us off. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. Winning it all, donald trump is facing his biggest test yet. A sustained assault of personal insults, attacks, and mockery that looks like it could have been designed by trump himself. On the campaign trail saturday, donald trump predicted a super tuesday rout. Hopefully, well win tennessee. Were going to win everything. I think were even i think we have a great chance to win texas. [ cheers and applause ] reporter after his doubledigit wins in South Carolina and nevada, some Establishment Republicans finally agree, he could actually win this thing. Trump, hes got the momentum. I think theres a more than 50 chance hes the nominee. Reporter nowhere was that hammered home more than fridays shocking endorsement. We need a first class president. Were going to have it in donald trump. [ cheers and applause ] reporter new jerseys tough guy governor Chris Christie, who once mocked trump as the entertainer in chief is now in his corner. With trump on the verge of an insurmountable lead, marco rubio for desperate measures. I dont know anything about bankrupting four companies. You bankrupted four companies. And you know why . You know why . About starting a university thats a fake university. Reporter throughout the campaign, rubio insisted he wouldnt go after his fellow republicans. And i know theres this craving in the media for people to attack each other. Ive never been a campaign that attacks people. Reporter now hes using trumps playbook. Mocking the frontrunner with personal insults. How can a person with the worst spray tan in america attack me on twitter for wearing makeup . He said he wanted to sue me. Hes going to sue me. He should sue whoever did that to his face. Reporter besides the insult assault, rubio has a new label for the billionaire businessman. Hes a con artist. Con artist. I will never stop until we keep a con man from taking over the reporter trump and his new wingman were happy to counter. Lightweight rubio. Total lightweight. Little mouth on him. Bing, bing, bing. Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. When the heat was on senator rubio, you saw what happened. He melted. He melted. Reporter the Campaign Turns into a food fight. The question is, is rubios aggressive strategy too little too late . So much at stake, senator Lindsey Graham had a colorful diagnosis for the state of the Republican Party. My party is going bat [ bleep ] crazy. [ laughter ] and jon karl joins us with the rest of the roundtable. I want to start with hugh hewitt. Salem radio networks. You were in the middle of that debate thursday night. You just heard Lindsey Graham, bat bleep crazy . I cant complain about the ferocity or the velocity. As roth said in god father 2. This is the business we have chosen. I like covering things like that. Were on the verge of a tipping point. The Republican Party could i got word from meg whitman denouncing Chris Christie for political opportunism. Thats a shattering thing when roundhouse at you. Party . I dont know about that. Its entertaining. But its not particularly inspirational by any of the candidates. We all probably shouldnt laugh and do laugh at the things that are said. You hear the audience laugh. The Republican Party has to come to terms with the fact that theyre not inspiring. Theyre entertaining. With donald trump, the real possibility hes the nominee. Absolutely. Im told there are at least two dozen House Republicans that have told their colleagues that they will not support donald trump as their nominee. So if he goes if he solidifies this on tuesday and goes on to win the nomination, hell be the leader of a very divided Republican Party. The voters are supporting all the candidates can say, all the politicians can say, we wont support him. Meantime, democratic side, donna brazile, the win for Hillary Clinton yesterday in South Carolina. A higher percentage of the africanamerican vote. Now, there were three candidates eight years ago. Higher than barack obama. Everyone was surprised by the margin, the depth, the excitement she had in South Carolina. Her southern fire wall is in tact. But as you well know, this is a race about delegates, not just winning states. The real question is, will she be able to replicate that in other Southern States like georgia, alabama, louisiana, mississippi . And katrina vanden heuvel. The ed dor of the nation. You endorsed Bernie Sanders. Does Bernie Sanders have a viable path . I think so. Not so fast. Dont write his obituary. Theres a path ahead. 17 states vote in the next two weeks. Whatever happens, he has and i think he has a path. Hes injected new ideas into this campaign. Transformed the democratic party. Opened space for progressive movements. Early after South Carolina. I think he goes to the convention. This goes through may. Hell have pledge delegates. Hell fight to shape the platform. Well talk to him ahead. I want you all to stand by. Right now, to senator ted cruz. Hes in arkansas. Good morning, senator. Good morning, george. Good to be with you. Thank you, senator. Thanks for joining us this morning. New polls out this morning showing you looking pretty good in texas. Donald trump strong in so many other super tuesday states. If he wins everywhere else, how can you prevent him from getting the nomination . I think super tuesday will be the most important day of the entire primary. And it is right now. Were in a strong position in texas. Were running neck and neck with donald throughout states on super tuesday. And i think it really depends on turnout. If conservatives come out and vote on super tuesday, well have a strong day. It also depends, george 65 of republicans believe that donald trump is not the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton. Donald trump loses to hillary and the only candidate that has beaten donald trump, the only candidate that can beat donald trump is me. More and more republicans are recognizing donald trump is not the right person for us to nominate. If we come together and stand have a good election. Donald trump is winning among conservatives. Winning among your strong base of evangelical christians. I think the debate last week started to show significant differences. In particular, you saw washington dealmakers its washington dealmakers that have gotten us into this mess. Donald promises more deals with democrats. Hes contributed to jimmy carter, john kerry, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer. Hes someone who has funded openborder democrats for 40 years. One of the striking things. Donald talks about immigration. When i was leading the fight against the rubioschumer, gang of eight amnesty bill, and we defeated it in congress, donald trump was finding the gang of eight. Five of the eight members of the gang of eight received collectively over 50,000 from donald trump. You cant fund open border democrats and say youre going to secure the border and stop illegal immigration. You have made that point about him supporting democrats for weeks. It doesnt seem to be sticking. Why not . Listen, i think were seeing Real Movement in the polls. We won in iowa. I think on super tuesday, well have a good night. You know, i gotta say, george, it was striking at the debate this week, when donald trump does agreed with me. Number one, on israel. He said america should be neutral between israel and the palestinians. I strongly disagree. With him on that. If im president , america will stand unapologetically with israel. The Supreme Court and religious liberty. He said, ted, you have to be willing to cut deals. To compromise. Ill tell you right now. Ill tell the people at home. Im not going to compromise on the bill of rights. Im not going to bargain away your religious liberty, im not going to bargain away your Second Amendment rights and sit down with harry reid or Chuck Schumer and agree on Supreme Court nominees. We need a president who will invest the Political Capital to defend your constitutional liberties. Donald trump told us at the debate, he doesnt intend to do that. Theres a reason when harry reid was asked about the republican field said the republican he likes the best was donald trump, he said, because i can work with him. Hell cut deals. Weve had too many deals in washington. Its why were bankrupting our kids and grandkids. You have made a big issue of Donald Trumps taxes. Now released summaries of your own returns. If he releases those same kind of summaries, will that be enough . What do you think of his statement that he believes he might be targeted by the irs because hes a christian . Statement. Nobody that heard it has any reaction other than laughter. Listen, ive released now nine years of my taxes. Donald trump has not released any of his Tax Information. He needs to release his Tax Information and the fact that hes refusing to do so really suggests as mitt romney pointed out, that there may be a bombshell in there. Something hes hiding. What you to think it is . A lot of Media Outlets have reported he doesnt make nearly as much money as he says he does. You know, who knows . Maybe the fact is that mitt romney is richer than donald trump . We dont know. But hes clearly hiding something. On the other hand, it could be donations to liberal groups like planned parenthood. At every debate, it seems, hes praising them. Maybe hes written them a bunch of checks. Or, you know, maybe there are other issues. For example, there have been multimillion media reports about donalds business dealings with the mob, with the mafia. Maybe those tax returns show that those business dealings are reported. With the mafia . Indeed, abc has reported that. You have reported hes done deals with s a concrete, owned by two of the big crime families in new york. And that hes had involvement in atlantic city. Maybe thats what his tax returns show. We dont know. But the important point is, george, in the general election, Hillary Clinton is going to shine a light on all of this. Republican primary voters deserve to know. And the media will amplify the democrat attacks. The primary voters deserve to know, if theres a scandal, if there is, as mitt romney put it, a bombshell in Donald Trumps taxes, we deserve to know, the voters deserve to know and to vet the candidates. Elected officials, republicans are getting increase iingly ingly nervous, and some are calling on you, respective franks, from arizona, urges you to join forces. For the sake of our country, the conservative cause, and future generations, i adjure them to unite. Well, listen. I agree with the sentiment that to beat donald trump, weve got to come together. What donald wants is all of us splintered. Divided. Looking at this race, only one candidate that has beaten donald trump. Historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination who hasnt won one of the fist three states. Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. Only two of us have done that. Me and donald. If you look at super tuesday. Were the only campaign in a position to beat donald on super tuesday. If youre at home and you dont think donald is the right candidate. You think nominating him will end up electing Hillary Clinton, even if perhaps you like another candidate, listen, there are a lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. I would encourage you to stand with us. The only way to beat donald is tuesday. To unite with marco rubio. Morning. And were live next with Chris Christie in a this week exclusive. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. 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And Chris Christie is here with us this morning. Thank you for joining us, governor. You heard hugh hewitt read from the meg whitman statement. Your National Finance cochair. Says that your endorsement of donald trump and astonishing display of political opportunism. Donald trump is unfit to be president. A dishonest demagogue who plays on our worst fears. I call on christie donors and supporters to reject the outright. I believe they will. For some of us, principle and country still matter. Well, i love meg whitman. Shes a great friend to me and always has been. Have a difference of political thats what makes this country people can have differences of political opinion. Meg has been free to express her views. I honor her. And we we absolutely adore our relationship with her. And im sure it will continue. Some supporters said you promised you wouldnt endorse him on a phone call. You wouldnt endorse donald trump. Thats not true. Me called me two days after the primary. And said i was just told youre about to endorse donald trump. I said, thats absolutely untrue. Im not about to endorse anybody. But thats all the conversation was. You didnt say you never would endorse him . I said i would not endorse him then. He had a New Hampshire person on the ground tell him that. I said, joe, its two days after the primary. Were taking a deep breath. We havent thought about what were going to do next in this race. During your campaign, you ran as straighttalking truth teller. Specific answers to americas challenges. You told voters to question mr. Trump. I tell everybody who goes to a donald trump event, if you get to ask a question, just ask him how . First he says hell build a wall across the entire border between the United States and mexico. How . How is he going to make the mexicans pay for the wall . How . Youre backing him now. Whats the answer . The answer is, he will do it. How . The fact is, hes going to have to answer that question. He will. George this is february of a campaign. And lets say this. You look at everyone else on the stage, um, and there have not been many more specifics from a lot of other folks on the stage. That was part of my argument during the campaign. There i am, as somebody running for president , making my argument. Were eight months into this campaign. The wall is his signature issue. His goto line when he needs applause. You have had the mexican president , two former mexican president s. The Mexican Foreign minister in the Washington Post this morning calls this a racist, ignorant, absurd proposal. You know mexico is not going to pay. What would you expect them to say . Thats of course what theyre going to say. How does donald force them to pay . I think there are great ways to use diplomacy and other tools to come to compromise with nations that are both or well work on those things. Thats what leadership does. Strong leadership is able to exert those things and talk to folks about what advantages and disadvantages are of certain policies. The fact of the matter is, there wont be question about mr. Trumps strength and his resoluteness in terms of getting things done that hes wanted to get done. What is the answer to the how . Thats the standard you set. It is the standard i set. Hell answer the question. To me, im not answering it. Its the way hell answer it. But he hasnt answered it. I think what hes talked about is the trade relationship and working on the trade relationship. He talked about that yesterday. And using that as a lever to get them to do things. Its part of a bilateral relationship. Before you were opposed to tariffs. Im not going to support everything in any campaign. But what i will say is, an appropriate conversation between two countries, there are two countries. That will happen when mr. Trump your signature issue was reforming Social Security, medicare, medicaid are essential. Its time for a dntd who speaks hard truths. Candidate saying he wont touch Social Security. Heres what you said about that. Mr. Trump, what would you do on Social Security . When i become president , the entire country is going to get and rich, were not going to have to worry about Social Security. How . Again, the question is how . Yeah, and listen, i think we need to do something on Social Security. Ive made that clear. Donald trump and i are not going to agree on every issue. This is the signature issue of your campaign. We dont have to agree on every issue. Its not the signature issue of my campaign. The signature issue of my campaign was National Security, keeping america safe and secure from terrorist attacks and making us a better ally and neighbor around the world. That was the signature issue. Ive laid out my views. Ill share them with the candidate. The fact of the matter is when you look up on that stage, no one else has a plan on Social Security. He said thursday night no one else has a plan on Social Security. So why arent we testing all these other candidates as well. Candidates lots of questions on that issue. And none of them have an answer. At the debate on thursday night, he said the answer of Social Security is eliminating in all of your speeches, you we need hard truths. Youre saying. So youre disagreeing with donald trump . What im saying is hell give more complete answers as time goes on on these issues. Lets hold every candidate to lets hold every candidate to the difference in the race is, some members of the media and others want to hold mr. Trump to a different standard than the other candidates. Lets get senator rubio, senator cruise. Governor kasich. More specific than donald trump . On Social Security . Absolutely not. Im the only person who put out a specific plan on Social Security. So lets hold everybody to the same standard. Im happy to do that. You do not believe you can solve the problem of social fraud, and abuse. No. Social security. And by the way, that was on a bigger issue. Was on paying for a tax cut. Security. It was on paying for a tax cut. He said that on Social Security many times. Security. You made that a central issue of your campaign. One of the issues of donald trump is this ban on having muslims enter america. Heres what you said about that. The idea of banning all muslims from this country is ridiculous. The reason its ridiculous is because you dont have to do that to make america safe. When donald trump said that, he was dead wrong. Hes dead wrong now. Is he dead wrong now . Listen, and thats not what he says any longer. Hes backed off of that position. Only for citizens. Well, thats a big difference, george. Hes still banning muslims from coming into the United States. Where the position was. And what we need so you endorse the one he has now . Excuse me. Let me answer, george. What we need to do is have a coherent National Security policy that is clear. That says that we need to go after folks who want to do harm to this country. And having good, competent law enforcement, mr. Trump has talked about restoring nsa authority. Which some people in the race have not been in favor of, like senator cruz. Hes stood up and said he wants to make our military stronger. Which we need to do. Ways other candidates have not done. So lets not just take one section of it and make it the theres been a lot of other conversations. Ill continue to have conversations about this with him as the Campaign Goes forward. To make all of these things more fulsome. Were at the end of february. He announced in june. Donald trump will be the republican nominee for president of the United States. Hes the best candidate to beat Hillary Clinton in november. And the best candidate to secure National Security. On the muslim ban, are you saying you endorse the ban on having noncitizen muslims thats not what im saying. Thats one piece of the overall approach. You disagree with it. I said it plainly. Listen, george. Heres the bottom line. Elections are choices. And you look at the candidates up on the stage and you decide, all things considered, who is the best choice . I tell voters this all time. If you want to vote for the candidate you agree with 100 of the time, go home and look in the mirror. Youre the only person you agree with 100 of the time. Whether its you or me. We can play the game that, everything i ran against the guy. Of course there are things i disagree with him on. This is now a choice. Of the candidates on the stage, hes the best one to beat Hillary Clinton. Thats job one for the republicans. We do not want Hillary Clinton in the white house. Hes the best person to beat her and help keep america safe. I just pointed out three of the biggest issues in the the ones he talks about all the time. You disagree on all those issues. When you say hell do what needs to be done, what are you talking about . A whole lot of things. We havent touched on the economy. Hes got a solid record to make the tax code better. Opportunity better. Lower regulation. Hes laid out those plans. The fact is hes going to do things for this economy that need to be done to make america safer. Not only from National Security perspective. For people to invest in america. Besides his tax plan, what are you referring to . Hes laid out a plan on regulatory reform. To lower regulations in this country. The idea of making sure Small Business folks are empowered once again. To be able to create jobs for people. Theres been a lot of things laid out in this campaign that merit real consideration. Real support. And were not going to agree on every issue. I wouldnt agree if i were here this morning supporting any of the other candidates that remain on the stage. We would have major we ran against each other. But let me tell you. Theyre minor disagreements to what will happen if we have Hillary Clinton as president of the United States. Shes moving so far to the left to beat Bernie Sanders, i dont know which one is the socialist, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Theyre both so far to the left. You talk about donald trump as the person who can be trusted. He still maintains he saw thousands of people celebrating in new jersey after the 9 11 attacks. You said that didnt happen. If he continues to hold that position, isnt that a slander of your states citizens . I dont think he means it as a slander of my states citizens. When i say he can be trusted, this is a guy, when he makes promises, he keeps them. Ive seen that over the course of a 14year relationship with him. I didnt just meet him in august of 2015. On the debate stage. I met him in 2002. I have been friends with him and gotten to know him. You listen to what is happening, george. The American People see him, they see someone who is strong, resolute, tough, not part of the d. C. Establishment, that has messed this country up and disappointed our people. Both sides of the aisle. Hell go down there and take a different approach. Thats an approach that america needs. Given the other options, hes the strongest, best guy to be the nominee to beat Hillary Clinton and to be the next president of the United States. Thank you, governor christie. Thank you, george. Lots more ahead with our powerhouse roundtable. And Bernie Sanders and governor nikki haley join us live. And can you explain why you recommend synthetic over cedar . Super food . Is that a real thing . Its a great school, but is it the right one for her . Is this really any better than the one you got last year . If we consolidate suppliers, whats the savings there . 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I will stay in this race [ cheers and applause ] theres senator marco rubio yesterday. Were joined by governor nikki haley, of South Carolina who has endorsed senator rubio. Thank you for joining us, governor governor haley. Right now, were looking at the super tuesday states. Hes behind in every single state. Right now, has not won a single state yet. How can he go on if hes 0 for 15 . Oh, this is what we to in elections. You keep fighting until the very end. Thats why youre seeing him do rallies three and four times a day. You dont know until election day. And i think weve seen that in every state. Theres been some surprises. He continues to surprise in every state that he comes to. If you look at his rallies, theyre getting bigger and bigger. The most amazing part is, look at who is in the rallies. Young, old, all races, all types of people. Hes starting a conservative movement that is picking up a lot of people we havent seen in a long time. Trump in your response to the state of the union in january. It wasnt until this week, we saw marco rubio take on donald trump. Did he wait too long . I dont know if he waited too long. But ill tell you, donald trump is everything we hear and teach our kids not to do in kindergarten. We have seen unacceptable behavior. Over and over again. I think what we see from marco is what we tell our children. If a bully hits you, you hit back. I think marco hit back. Hes willing to lead. Willing to fight. Hell have the passion to do it. Some would say hes stooping to the same level. I dont know if you stoop to the same level. What you dont do is you dont walk away from it. When a bully comes after you, you go back. I think he punched. I think he punched hard. I think it was on policy. I think he made sure that everybody understood that there are a lot of questions that donald trump hasnt answered. Its amazing. Im an accountant. You could be undergoing an audit. Theres to reason he cant release last years tax run returns. You look at all these issues. This is one more project that donald trump is doing. Trump university. Trump vodka. Trump airlines. Trump mortgage. All failed projects. This is one more project. And were really concerned about where thats going to be. I think its right for marco to bring these things out. What will a win for donald trump in the nomination fight mean for your party . Well, its its scary. This is where we think these next few states matter. The questions and get the answers. President ial candidates right now undergoing legal issues. Hillary clinton and donald trump. Theres two president ial candidates not disclosing information. Hillary clinton and donald trump. We need to make sure we get that. What we know right now is, we have a candidate thats being accused of fraud. With trump university. Weve got students that have a lawsuit against him. Were seeing things with donald i have seen him talk about being for universal health care. Ive seen him talk about wanting to do things. For it. So i think what hell do to the Republican Party is really make us question who we are and what were about. Thats something we dont want to see happen. You heard governor christie say he thinks donald trump is the only candidate left in the race that can defeat Hillary Clinton. Thats just not true. Chris is a dear friend. None of us understands why he did this. I will tell you, donald trump cant beat Hillary Clinton. His negatives are so high. His cap is at 35 . Its impossible for him to win a general. Marco rubio is the only one that can defeat donald trump and can beat Hillary Clinton. And will win in november. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much, george. Now to the democrats after her massive win in South Carolina last night, Hillary Clinton set her sights on the general election. Despite what you hear, we dont need to make America Great again. America has never stopped being great. [ cheers and applause ] whole again. Tomorrow, this Campaign Goes national [ cheers and applause ] a confident Hillary Clinton there. Were joined by Bernie Sanders. He joins us this morning. Thank you for joining us, senator sanders. Appreciate you being with us this morning. What do you make of what happened in South Carolina . Nearly a 50point win for secretary clinton. We got decimated. We got decimated. The only positive thing for us is we won the actually the 29 years of age and younger vote. And that was good. But, im in minnesota now. Well in minnesota on super tuesday. Colorado, well do well. Massachusetts. I believe well win in vermont. Well do better than people think in other states. George, we began this campaign, as you know, at 3 in the polls. 60 or 70 points behind secretary clinton. We have come a very long way. Our message about a rigged economy, rich get richer, everyone else gets poorer, is ill tell you what else is a corrupt Campaign Finance system thats allowing billionaires to buy elections. I think we have the momentum. I think its going to be a tough fight. I think we can win this thing. From the start, you have been a straight talker. To come right out and say you were decimated, youre continuing that tradition as well. Lets follow up on South Carolina. The vote in the Africanamerican Community. Something like 85 for Hillary Clinton. You have Going Forward about 25 of if voters in the democratic primaries are africanamericans. Arent you going to have to do much better, reach out to that community to have a chance for this nomination . Yes. Absolutely. You. Youre correct. Us doing, and i think the polls indicate it, much better with the Africanamerican Community outside of the deep south. Youre going to see us much better in new york. In california. In michigan. Were going to have to do a lot better. I think what were doing is putting together a coalition of of young people. Of many other folks who understand that the Economy Today is not working for the middle class. Its working for the people on top. People who have strong reservations about secretary clintons foreign policy. Her vote for the war in iraq. So we think we have come a long way. We think we have a lot of work in front of us. But george, i think we can win this thing. Looking ahead to super tuesday. New polls out this morning show secretary leads in the Southern States, texas, tennessee, florida. Shell build up delegates there. Youll win big in your home state of vermont. Where else can you win on super tuesday . If you dont win in other states, how can you go on . Were going to go on to california, where we think we have a real shot. And where most, the state with the most delegates. Bob reich, former clinton endorsed me the other day. I think we have a good chance to win in massachusetts. In massachusetts, a lot of young people are burdened with outrageous student debt. The young people and their parents want colleges to be tuition free. They want the wealthy corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes. In oklahoma, tulsa, we had great turnout. Were going to Oklahoma City later today. We were in texas yesterday. We had 10,000 people out in austin. 8,000 in dallas. Its a tough state for us. But i think were going to do better than the polling indicated. I think we have a shot to win a number of states on super tuesday. Do better than people thought. I think, in other states. And i think in some of the larger states, like michigan, new york state, california, we have a shot to win those states. And as you say, on to california. Thank you for joining us this morning, senator sanders. Thank you. And well be right back with american politics has never been particularly gentle or highminded. Thomas jeffersons opponent tried to stir things up by suggesting he was a muslim. So im in good company. [ laughter ] his Vice President , aaron burr, literally killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Yahoo yahoo. An unshapely man. The obscene ape of illinois. Petty fogger. I dont know what that means. President obama saying dont worry too much about the campaign rhetoric. That was before this week. Were back with our jon karl. Greta van susteren. From fox news. Katrina vanden heuvel. Editor and publisher of the nation. Hugh hewitt. Donna brazile. Were hearing a lot of different voices. Youre seeing something relatively unusual. With donald trump in command. All of a sudden this barrage. The question is, is it too late . The big question is what took so long . Trump has been out there for seventh months, basically unchallenged. Destruction pact with cruz and rubio going right after him. Its remarkable how similar the attacks are. He didnt earn it. He got 200 million from his daddy. Hes a con man. Beating up on the little guy. Thats how hes built up. Theyre on the same message. I even hear that the Cruz Superpac will go after trump in florida. Trying to deny him the victory. Greta vn us is van susteren, it seems like theyre throwing everything up on the wall. What attack is trump most worried about . I dont think hes worried about anything. Look at the vote. Hes won everything but iowa. He likely wont win texas. Hes ahead in all the other polls. Including florida. The home state of marco rubio. No matter how much the Party Leaders talk about it. And say they might not want trump. No matter how much the pundits say it. Apparently the voters feel differently, at least so far. Does the establishment is there an establishment first . There isnt. Big news today when ted cruz opened the door to working with marco rubio. I heard Chris Christie. By the way tough interview. Chris christie said, job number one is beating Hillary Clinton. At the final day, end of the day, everyone will come together about that. After all the chairs are thrown. Behind donald trump . Whoever is the nominee. The Supreme Court vacancy upped the stakes of this race. Heller gets overturned. Citizens united, first amendment. And most importantly, hobby lobby, which protects free exercise of the religious rights. It gets overturned if donnas friend, mrs. Clinton, gets to make appointments to the court. Theres an article of faith inside the party that marco rubio would be the toughest candidate for Hillary Clinton in a general election. You had a cover story in the nation. Saying, wait a second, donald trump could be tougher for the democrats than you think. Hes speaking to the pain. The economic pain in the country. I thinks he has the ability, with the politics of hate and division, to go into big states and speak to the economic pain. Its incumbent on the democrats to have a bold response about jobs. About trade. About a different economic way. But not through the politics of division. But through inclusion. If i could say one thing. Media mall malpractice. If trumpian authoritarianism wins trumpian authoritarianism . Yes. Jean le pen endorsed him the other day. I think the on scene obsession of cable pif tv primarily. The lust for cheap, high ratings has created a politics of spectacle that were all seeing the outcome of. I think when we look back at this election, the upending, ruleschanging, shredding election, the media has played a do we not cover this . What do we do we do it as spectacle. We dont see much. Bernie sanders is getting coverage. But hes getting because hes getting more despite the medias marginalization of him. In those first months. Wait a second. I think youre right that donald trump has been masterful at exploiting the media. But hes also been asked all the questions. It appears so far, the republican primary voters that go to vote like what theyre hearing, despite his inconsistencies are exposed. You did a tough interview with Chris Christie. But the clacking. The clacking of heels of the Republican Party. Oh, katrina. When you run a nation cover story on Hillary Clinton violating the National Security of the United States. When you run that story, then ill believe media malpractice. Gabbard of hawaii just endorsed Bernie Sanders. You know why . For the same reason the nation has called out Hillary Clintons hawkishness. Its a disgrace in this election. That we have Global Crisis that we have not had a serious discussion about foreign policy. I have asked Bernie Sanders to come on our show a million times. He wont do our show. So how do i cover him . Democrats, donald trump, are they underestimating him . I dont think were underestimating any of the republicans. Others. Donald trump would have a perhaps a better opportunity than marco rubio to litigate his case in michigan. Ohio, pennsylvania. Possibly wisconsin. I think at the end of the day, democrats will be able to overcome this so called trump surge. I want to get back to my good friend here. With the Supreme Court. As you know. I think the president should nominate somebody. Constitution says shall. George, we had an interesting break. Thanks to Chris Christie, it got even more interesting. I think the president should nominate someone. I think the republicans continue to be obstructionist, that is going to hurt them. All of that is on the table. I want to go back to the question at the top of the show. How republicans will handle the rise of donald trump if it continues. There was reporting in the New York Times that the republican leader in the senate, senator mcconnell, is telling his colleagues, listen, if he becomes a burden for you, donald trump, dont be afraid to run ads against him. Paul ryan will be the chairperson of that Republican Convention in cleveland. Hes right now the leader of the Republican Party. Hes the antithesis of donald trump on every major issue. Policy. To immigration. Hes standing the exact opposite of trump. I think getting back to to original question. Arguably, at the beginning of this, it was tougher per donald trump to get the republican nomination. Where hes stood over the course of time in his public life than it will be for him to win the general election. He can make an appeal. Hes reaching out to what we used to call reagan democrats. Hell put new states in play. If he wins the republican nomination, dont underestimate it helps immunize him. Against these attacks in a general campaign. Hell have his secret weapon back. Ivanka. Notably, she was not in the audience at the debate the other night because of her pregnancy. She is and his kids are his secret weapon. I want all the attacks out now. I dont want them dumped on him. All the attacks right now, which are the ones that you think have the most potential to stick and be a problem . Trump university. It resonates for so many people who have gotten so little from so much promise. Of all, Chris Christie and donald trump have one thing in bullies. Bullies come together. We now have a ticket, by the way, the wall builder and the bridge closer. But i think when donald trump turns on or abuses ordinary people who support him, you could have a moment a little bit like the elia kazan youre going to the oscars. The elia kazaf film, a face in the crowds. Where a beloved huckster has an open, hot mike and starts degrading the people that believe in trump. Hes a frankenstein. Donald trump is the product of a Republican Party which has played dog whistle races and nativism for decades. You go back to my hometown in wisconsin, theyre pretty fed up with all the successes of all the other politicians which have not been successes. Theyve been failures. Pass, whether for your candidate theyre saying they may not like the language he uses. But at least hes speaking out on the issues. Confronting them differently have been talking about. They like him. And thats the electoral terrain that were both dealing with on the republican and democratic side. The most important thing both parties can do is chill out. I agree. Stop trying to block, tackle, prevent one of the candidates from emerging. The perfect way to end. Donna, all of you, thank you. A look ahead to the oscars we have four black nominees tonight. So cra. Its kind of like the def oscar jam tonight. At least they make movies for white people to enjoy. Real movies with plots. With actors. Not rappers. With real names. Like, you know, like catch me if you can. You know, like, saving private ryan. Black movies dont have real you get names like barbershop. Thats not a name. Thats just a location. That was chris rock back in 2005. His last hosting stint at the oscars. The oscars just hours away right here on abc. Chris connelly live in hollywood. Thanks for joining us. How do you expect this diversity controversy to play out tonight . I think well see a whole lot of diversity in the presenters. I think well see commentary in acceptance speeches. I think chris rock is going to place the first ten rows of the audience on blast. And by extension, not just the actors who happen to be there. But the entire hollywood power structure. This is a moment of speaking truth to power, i think, people like chris rock feel. And hes going to live up to that moment. It could be incredible. I agree with you. How about on the oscars themselves . Any locks tonight . I think leonardo dicaprio. Is a lock for best actor. And brie larson. A lock for best actress. These with two people that have won every competition theyve been in since the end of the year. Former child actors both of reaching the pinnacle as adults. What surprise are you ready for . Well, lets put it this way. In 1964, as you know, george, Henry Cabot Lodge won the republican primary in New Hampshire as a writein. The oscars dont have those. Because the they did, idris elba might leave here tonight with best supporting actor. They dont, so he wont. I guess Sylvester Stallone is still the leader in that category. I love that you got Henry Cabot Lodge into the oscars. Chris connelly, thank you very much. Thats all for us this sunday. Stay with us for super tuesday. Ill be here with the whole team, for a prime time special. Starting at 10 00 eastern tuesday night. Plus special editions of Good Morning America and world news. Ill see you tomorrow on the gma oscar special from im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. And so would her presidency. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential. Unless we all do. Together. A stronger country. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Keep Social Security strong. Hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. By a landslide. That is the only way to describe Hillary Clintons latest primary win. A look at her victory in south super tuesday. The outdoor classic not a victory for the avs, but a local win for the fans and businesses. Were just hours away from show drama. The 88th annual academy awards. Our expert is here with whats unique about this years presenters an will chris rock address the racial controversy