[ cheers and applause ] is this the start of her big move . 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 describe the 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. 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. Biggest test yet. A sustained assault of personal insults, attacks, and mockery that looks like it could have been designed by trump himself. A campaign trail saturday donald trump predicting a super tuesday rout. Hopefully, well win tennessee. Were going win everything. I think were even i think we have great chance to win texas. 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. Reporter Chris Christie, who once mocked trump as the entertainer in chief is now in his corner. With trump on the verge of an insuhr mout. Decided desperate times call for desperate measures. I dont know anything about bankrupting four companies. And you know why . About starting a yufrt thats fake university. Reporter throughout the campaign, rubio insisted he wouldnt go after his fellow republicans. Theres a craving in the media for people the 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 wants to sue me. He should sue whoever did that to his face. Reporter besides the insult assault, rubio has a new label for the bill nar businessman. Hes a con artist. I will never stop before we keep a con man from taking over the party of reagan. H lightweight rubio. Total lightweight. Bing, bing, bin. 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. And jon karl yoins us with the rest of the roundtable. I want to start with hugh hewitt. You were there. Lindsey graham, bat bleep crazy . I cant complain about the ferocity or the velocity. This is the business we have chosen. I like covering thing like that. Were on the verge of a tipping point. The Republican Party could split. Christie finance cochair that does not like that he joined up with trump. Split in the Republican Party . I dont know about that. Its entertaining. But its not particularly inspirational by any of the candidates. We all probably shoulden laugh are said. You hear the audience laugh. The Republican Party has to come to terms that theyre not inspiring. Theyre entertaining. And trying to come to terms with donald trump, the real possibility hes the nominee. Absolutely. Im told two dozen House Republicans have told the colleagues they will not support donald trump as the nominee. If he solidifies this on tuesday and goes on to win the nomination, hell be the leader of a very divide Republican Party. The voters are supporting him. All the candidates can say, all the politicians can say, we wont support him. So far, the voters have. Meantime, democratic side, a higher percentage of the africanamerican vote. Now, there were three candidates eight years ago. Higher than barack obama. Emp was surprised by the margin, the depth, the excitement she had in South Carolina. Her southern fire wall is in tact. 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, mississippi . And katrina vanden heuvel. Does Bennie Sanders have a viable path . I think so. Not so fast. Dont write his obituary. 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 the democratic party. Opened space for progressive movements. I think he goes to the convention. Hell have pledge delegates. Hell fight to shape the plat form. Well talk to him ahead. Right now, to senator ted cruz. Hes in arkansas. Good morning, senator. Good morning, george. Good to be with you. Thank you, senator. Looking 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 . Chlgt i think super tuesday will be the most important day of the entire primary. It is now. Were in a strong position in texas. Were running neck and neck with tuesday. If conservatives come out and vote on super tuesday, well have a strong day. 65 of republicans believe that donald trump not the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton. Donald trump loses to Hillary Clinton. And the only candidate that has can beat him is me. More and more republicans are recognizing donald trump not the right person for us to nominate. If we come together and stand united on super tuesday, well have a good election. Donald trump is winning among conservatives. Among your strong base of e van jell e van vangelical christians. You saw washington dealmakers its washington dealmakers that have gotten us in this mess. Donald promises more deals with democrats. Hes contributed to jimmy carter, john kerry, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer. Hes funded openborder democrats for 40 years. One of the stiking ing striking things. Donald talks about immigration. In the 2013 battle over amnesty. Against the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. Five of the eight members 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 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. 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. If im president , america will stand unapologetically with israel. Willing to cut deals. 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 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. You have made a big issue of Donald Trumps taxes. Now released summaries of your own returns. If he releases those same kind of summary, will that be enough . What about his statement gnat he believes he might be targeted by the irs because hes a christian . Well, i i think his statement. Nobody had any reaction other than laughter. Years of 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, there may be a bomb shell 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. Maybe 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 parent hood. At every debate, it seems, hes praising them. Maybe hes written them a bunch of checks. Maybe other issues. There have been multiple media reports about donalds business dealings with the mob, the mafia. Maybe those tax returns show his with the maf wra . You have reported hes done deals with s a concrete, owned by two of the big crime families in new york. 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 mid tt romney put it, a bomb shell in Donald Trumps candidates, the voters deserve to know. Republicans are getting nervous and some are calling on you, representative franks, from arizona, urmgs you to join forces. They can yipt and win together or remain apart and each fail separately. For the sake of our country, the generations, i adjure them to unite. I agree with the sentiment that to beat donald trump we have to come together. What donald wants is all of us who are convince donald is not the right nominee to be splintered. Divided. Looking at this race, only one kantd has beaten donald trump. Historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination that hasnt won one of the first three states. Only two of us have done that. Me and domd. 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 conditioned. You think nominating him will end up electing Hillary Clinton, even if prapts you like perhaps you like another candidate, i would encourage you to stand with us. The only way to beat donald is to stanld together on super tuesday. To unite with marco rubio. Chris christie next in a this week exclusive. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. Jane likes to mix things up. That s why she loves new light fit greek nonfat yogurt mousse. New 80 calorie obsession. Light fit feel free to enjoy. To the couple wondering what a good deal looks like. No. Seriously . 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Thank you for joining us, governor. You heard hugh hewitt read from the meg whitman statement. Your endorsement of donald trump is an astonishing display of political opportunism. I call on christie donors and supporters to reject the governor and donald trump outright. I believe they will. For some of us, principle and country still matter. Well, i love meg whitman. Great friend to me and mary pat. Always has been. We obviously from that statement have a difference of political opinion. Thats okay. Thats what makes this country great. People can have differences of political opinion. Meg has been free to express her views. I honor her. We adore our relationship with her. Some supporters said you promised you wouldnt endorse donald trump. Him on a phone call. Thats not true. Primary. Endorse donald trump. Untrue. Anybody. You didnt say you never would endorse him . I said i would not endorse him then. I said, joe, its two days after the primary. Were taking a deep breath. We havent thought about what were going to do next. During your campaign, you ran as straighttalking truth teller. 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 . They are a sovereign nation. Youre backing him now. The answer is, he will do it. How . Question. He will. 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 campaign. There i am, as somebody running argument. Issue. Applause. You have had the mexican president , two former mexican president s. The mexican minister calls this a racist, ignorant, absurd proposal. You know mexico is not going to pay. What would you expect them to say . How does donald force them to pay . I think this are great ways to use diplomacy and other tools to come to compromise with nations. Strong leadership is able to excertificate 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 rez resoluteness in terms of getting things done. What is the answer to the how . Its 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. He hasnt answered it. Hes talk about the trade relationship and working on the trade relationship. He talk 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. An appropriate conversation between two countries, there are all types of appropriate conversations to have between two countries. Entitlement reform. Reforming Social Security, medicare, medicaid are essential. Donald trump is the only kantd 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 the get so wealthy, so amazingly wealthy and rich, were not going to have to worry about Social Security. How . Again, the question is how . 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. Its not. 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. Social security is an poernt issue. 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 up with else has plan on Social Security. I have asked all the candidates lots of questions on that issue. At the debate on thursday night, he says the answer of Social Security is eliminating waste, fraud, abuse. In all of your speeches, you said, thats not an answer. We need hard truths. Im not disagreeing what youre saying. So youre disagreeing with donald trump . Im saying hell give more complete answers. Lets hold every candidate to that same standard. The difference in the race is, some members of the media and others want to hold mr. Trump to a different standard than the dont you think theyve been more specific than donald trump . On Social Security . Absolutely not. You do not believe you can solve the problem of Social Security by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. No. That was a bigger issue. His answer was on paying for a tax cut. That was not just on Social Security. It was on paying for a tax cut. He said that on Social Security many time. I want to get to National Security. You made that a central issue of your campaign. One of the issues of donald trump is ban on muslims. 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 . 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. Let me answer. What we need to do is have a coherent National Security policy that is clear. We need to go after folks that want to to harm to this country. And having good, competent Law Enforcement, mr. Trump as thauked thauk ed has talked about restoring nsa authority. Hes stood up and said he wants to make our military stronger. Stood up for Law Enforcement in ways other candidates have not done. 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 fullsome. Were at the end of february. He announced in june. Hell be the republican nominee for the president of the United States. Hell bring the race to Hillary Clinton. Hes the best candidate to beat and the best candidate to secure National Security. Do 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. 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 aagree with 100 of the time, go home and look at the mirror. Youre the only person you agree with 100 of the time. We can play the game that, everything i ran geps 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. Hes the best person to beat her and help keep america safe. I just pointed out three of you disagree on all those issues. What are you talking about when you say hell do what needs to be done . 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. What are you referring to . Hes laid out plan on regular la or the 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 afree on every issue. I wouldnt agree if i were here this morning supporting any of the other kptds that remain on the stage. Disagreements with each other. We ran against each other. Their minor disagreements as opposed to have Hillary Clinton on that stage. 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 takes. You said that didnt happen. Isnt that a slander of your state citizens if he continues to hold that . 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 than 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. The American People see him, 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. Given the other options, hes the strongest, best guy to be the nominee to beat Hillary Clinton and that o be the next president of the United States. Thank you, governor christie. Thank you, george. 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 . So should we go with the 467 horsepower . Or is a 423 enough . Good question. You ask a lot of good questions. I think we should move you into our new fund. Sure. Ok. But are you asking enough about how your wealth is managed . Wealth management at your heart loves omega3s. 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Thats why youre seeing him do rallies three and four times a day. You dont know until election day. We have seen that in every state. 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 rices, all types of people. Hes starting a conservative movement that is picking up a a long time. You seem to call out donald state of the union in january. It wasnt until this week, we saw marco rubio take on donald trump. Did hi take too long . Dont know he waited too long. But donald trump is everything we teach our kids not to do in kindergarten. We have seen unacceptable behavior. 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. You dont walk away from it. When a bully comes after you, you go back. I think he punched. I think he punched hard. It was on policy. He made sure that everybody understood that there are a lot of questions donald trump hasnt answered. Im an accountant. You could be undergoing an audit. Theres to reason he cant release last years tax run returns. Why is he not doing that . This is one more project that trump university. Troump vodka. Trump airlines. Trump mortgage. All failed projects. This is one more project. 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. It will start to ask him the questions and get the answers. Hes there are two president ial candidates right now undergoing legal issues. Hillary clinton and donald trump. Two not december closing information. Hillary clinton and donald trump. That. We have a candidate thats being accused of fraud. With trump university. Him. Were seeing things with donald trump with no answers. I have seen him talk about being for universal health care. Wanting to do things. Hes not giving us the answers for it. Hell make the Republican Party were about. Thats something we dont want to see happen. You heard governor chris tee say he thinks donald trump is the only candidate left in the race that can defeat Hillary Clinton. Its 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 cap is at 35 . His negatives are so high. Its impossible for him to win a general. Marco rubio is the only one that can defeat donald trump and can beat Hillary Clinton. 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 ] but, we do need to make america whole again. Tomorrow, this Campaign Goes [ cheers and applause ] a confident Hillary Clinton there. Were joined by Bernie Sanders. 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. We won the 9 years of age and younger vote. But we got killed. But, im in minnesota now. We think were going to do very well in minnesota on super tuesday. Colorado, well do well. Oklahoma. 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 resonating. A corrupt Campaign Finance system that say lowing billionaires to buy elections. 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 in the primaries are africanamericans. Arent you going to have to do much better . Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. But i do think, no argument with you. Youre correct. But i think youre going to see us doing, and i think the polls indicate it, much better with the Africanamerican Community outside of the deep south. 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. I think we have come a long way. We think we have a lot of work in front oufs. But george, i think we can win this thing. Super retary clinton with large leads. 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 secretary of labor, just we have a good chance to win in massachusetts. A lot of people in miss hs are burdened with outrageous student death. The young people and their parents want click dloejs be tuition free. They want the wealthy corporations to start paying their fair share of taxes. In oklahoma, tulsa, we had great turnout. We were in texas yesterday. 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. Think, in other states. And i think in some of the larger states, like michigan, new york state, ka krarks california, we have a shot to win. Thank you for joining us this morning senator sanders. Thank you. And well be right back with american politics has never been gentle or highminded. Thomas jeffersons opponent tried to stir things up by suggesting he was a muslim. So im in good company. His Vice President , aaron burr, literally killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Lincoln himself was called weak, an unshapely man. The obscene ape of illinois. And my favorite, a facetious petty fogger. I dont know what that means. It sounds insulting. President obama saying dont worry too much about the campaign rhetoric. That was before this week. Were back with our roundtable. Jon karl. Greta vn an susteren. Donna brazile. Hugh hewitt. Katrina vanden heuvel. Yoer seeing 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 now you have a joint, mutual destruction pact with cruz and rubio going after him. He didnt earn it. He got 200 million from his daddy. Hes a con man. Beating up on the little guy. 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, seems like theyre throwing everything up on the wall. What attack is trump most worried about . I dont think hes worried about everything. 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. The pundits. Apparently the voters feel differently, at least so far. Does the establishment is there an establishment first . Do they stop trump . There isnt. 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 after that. After all the chairs are thrown. Behind donald trump . Whoever is the nominee. The Supreme Court vase cancy upped the ante. And hobby lobby gets overturned in donnas friend, mrs. Clinton, gets to make appointments to the kourmt. 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. 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 practice if trumpian authoritarianism wins. Trumpian authoritarianism . Yes. Jean le pen endorsed him the other day. The on seens obsession of cable 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 electi the media has played a critical role. We do it as speck spectacle. We dont see much. Bernie sanders is getting koej. But hes getting because hes debt geting more despite the medias marginalization of him. I think youre right donald trump has been masterful at exploiting the media. 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. The claking of heels of the Republican Party. Oh, katrina. When you run a nation cover story on Hillary Clinton on 793. When you run that story, then ill believe at media mall practice. Endorsed Bernie Sanders. For the same reason the nation hauz 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 my show a million times. He wont do it. How do i cover him . Democrats, donald trump, are they underestimating him . Jt i dont think were underestimating any of the the republicans. 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. I think the president should nominate someone. Think the republicans continue to be on vuxist, thats a problem. 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 says, if he becomes a burden for you, 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. From title reform, to foreign policy. Hes standing the exact only stit i think getting back to to original question. Argue pli, 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 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. If he wins the republican nomination, doan nt underestimate it helps immunize him. Hell have his secret weapon back. Ivanka. She was not in the audience of the day bait the other night. 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 once that have the most potential to stick . Trump university. It resonates for so many people who have gotten so little from so much promise. I think youre seeing first of all, Chris Christie and donald trump have one thing in common. Bullies. 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 kazan 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. Back to my hometown, in wisconsin, theyre fed up with all the successes of all the other politicians that have not been successes. Theyve been failures. Theyre throwing a hail mary pass, whether for your candidate or donald trump. Theyre saying they may not like the language he uses. But at least hes speaking out on the issues. Confronting them differently than the other politicians we thats the terrain were both dealing with on both sides. 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. 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 tone joy. Real movies with plots. Actors. Real names. Like catch me if you can. You know, like saving private ryan. Plaque black movies dont have real names. You get names like barber shop. Thats not a name. That was chris rock back in 2005. Hell be on the stage again tonight. The oscars just hours away right here on abc. Hollywood. Thanks for joining us. How do you expect this diversity controversy play out snmplgt . A whole lot in the presenters. 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. It could be incredible. How about on the oscars themselves . Any locks tonight . I think leonardo dicaprio. And brie larson. Theyve won every competition theyve been in since the end of the year. Former child aekters both of them. What surprise are you ready for . Let put it this way, in 1964, Henry Cabot Lodge won the republican primary as a writein. The oscars dont have those. Because the they did, idris elba would leave here with the oscar. I love that you got Henry Cabot Lodge into the oskars. Chris connelly, thank you very much. Sunday. Stay with us for super tuesday. Ill be here with the whole team,er team, for a prime time special. Ill see you tomorrow on the gma oscar special from a sweet 16 Birthday Party turns deadly in east cleveland. More on what happened overnight in a live report ahead. A local woman who risked her life to save others is being remembered as a hero. Were getting a live look outside on this sunday morning. Its a sunny blue sky day. In downtown cleveland. The camera. Welcome, good morning cleveland, our sunday edition, im nick foley alongside meteorologist janessa webb. If you liked yesterday youre probably going to like today even better. Winds. That advisory starts at 11 00 but the winds already starting to pick up