Is she launching a big offensive against sanders just to make sure . And unconventional weapon. Kim jongun says he has a miniaturized Nuclear Warhead and south korea believes him. They say they can mount a nuke on a missile to reach american bases and tonight the u. S. Is taking that threat seriously. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Ted cruz calls it a turning point, a decisive win in wisconsin boosts the odds of a brokered Republican Convention in cleveland in july and his own odds of emerging potentially as the nominee. Now the campaign moves to Donald Trumps home turf, new york. Trump is heavily favored there and loads in other upcoming primary states like pennsylvania, but hell need almost 60 of all the remaining delegates to win a first ballot convention victory. Cruz, john kasich and others within the gop, theyre counting on a head count fight at a contested convention. Meantime after Bernie Sanders gained more momentum with a win in wisconsin, the democrats are on
Hillary clinton is about the weakest candidate the democrats have ever put up and i think photo i. D. Is going to make a little bit of a different as well. And Florida Governor rick scott meets his constituents. [ bleep ]. You dont care about working people. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Donald trump may have suffered a punishing loss in wisconsin last night losing to ted cruz by 13 percentage points, 48 35 . Its a brand new day trump may have suffered a loss in wisconsin last night losing 38 35 . Far ahead of his two remaining rivals. In just the last hour trump was greeted by a rapturous crowd in long island as if wisconsin never happened. Trump was in his element thoroughly enjoying the Home Field Advantage hitting ted cruz for attacking socalled new york values. Do you remember during the debate when he started lecturing me on new york values like were no good, like were no good. And i started talking to him about the world trade center,
Stayed that way. And good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york, the center of the political universe for the next two weeks. After ted cruz trounced donald trump and Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton it didnt take long for things to get nasty. Trump responding by blaming the republican establishment, the party, conservative talk radio hosts and his rival referring to him again as lying ted cruz. Bernie sanders won the night but netted only ten additional delegates and welcomed by a front page daily news headline today. Opening him up for a quick attack from Hillary Clinton. I think the interview raised a lot of really serious questions and i look at it this way, the core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didnt seem in reading his answers that he understood exactly how that would work. That means you cant really help people if you dont know how to do what you are campaigning on saying you want to do. Joining me now covering the Clinton Campaign and peter alexander.
Striking distance of north koreas nukes. The scary claim and whether the threat now is real. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Call it a shellacking, call it what donald trump might call it, a shlonging, whatever you call it, he got his make America Great hat handed to him last night in wisconsin, making it less likely that he will be able to achieve the magic number, 1,237 delegates necessary to secure the republican nomination before the convention. So trump is currently huddling with his delegate advisor in new york today while a victorious ted cruz looks ahead to new yorks primary, today trying to explain just what exactly he meant when he accused trump of having new york values. Cnn chief Political Correspondent dana bash is live in new york where republicans are campaigning today. Dana, are there any signs that mr. Trumps loss might prompt him to make some changes in his campaign . Well, you know very well, jake, that donald trump exceeded everyones e
To stop clinton from locking down the nominati. We started this campaign 60 points behind Hillary Clinton in the National Polls. Last couple of polls over the last few weeks had us ahead in several polls. And everything is on the line for Hillary Clinton tonight too. She needs a big win here tonight to prove she can beat sanders at the polls. Sanders meantime riding a wave of momentum. He has won eight of the past nine contests. It comes as the tension between the two campaigns reaches a new high. Our expert team is going to be with me throughout the hour. We begin with jeff zeleny. Jeff, youve had a chance to talk to both of the campaigns today. Tonight is so crucial for both of them. What are they saying to you . Reporter it is indeed, erin. Im on the debate stage. You can see behind me the podiums are set. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton will be standing side by side, face to face for the first time in five weeks. Theyre ninth time overall. The Clinton Campaign believes this race