State of new york. Trump won 61 of the republican vote with john kasich finishing second and ted cruz a dismal third after his criticism of new york values, something he could not shake. Hillary clinton won 58 of the democratic vote, beating Bernie Sanders by a wider margin than most polls had predicted. Secretary clinton also received more votes, over a million, more than the three republican candidates combined. Both clinton and trump took the stage last night to versions of new york, new york. New york, new york we dont have much of a race anymore based on what im seeing on television. Senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated. The race for the democratic nomination is in the home stretch and victory is in sight. And its all about delegates, and secretary clinton picked up at least 177 of them in new york, increasing her already big lead over senator sanders. She now needs just 29 of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination while sanders needs 71 . Donald trump pi
Too late. After hillarys big night, jean sanders on path forward for bernie. The story about this ugly video at a trump event. What exactly is happening with Chris Christie beyond awesome twitter memes . And as the Supreme Court hears the most important reproductive rights case in 20 year, senator al franken on the republican blockade when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. After last nights Election Results, this much is clear. Barring some huge unforeseen event that forces him out of the republican primary race, donald trump will either become the partys president ial nominee, or despite having the most delegates, hell be toppled by gop leaders this summer in cleveland and could potentially be the messmessiest, most chaot convention in decades. Until now for the entire time trump has led the race, conventional wisdom has held the only way to beat him is to narrow the field and consolidate the antitrump vote. Now the opposite seems to be true. After s
And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. In the revolt against donald trump, it all comes down to this. We are, right now, just 14 hours away from the opening of polls in what will be a supervised tuesday showdown. We have winnertakeall contests in florida and ohio. Its a chance in those states for donald trump to deliver twin knockout blows. One to marco rubio in florida. The other potentially to john kasich in ohio. We also have primaries in illinois, in missouri, in North Carolina, even one overseas. Altogether, hundreds of delegates up for grabs on the republican side, in what could be the republican establishments last stand against the forces of donald trump. And the stakes for the Republican Party could not be higher after what we saw this weekend. A weekend of chaos, of arrests, security concerns, threats of retaliation, and canceled events. All of that consuming the Republican Partys frontrunner and his campaign, and prompting a bipartisan b
To new voting rules in new york that could undermine trumps chances there. But first, this weekend colorado republicans are caucusing but last night ted cruz already had taken the majority of the states delegates donald trump, john kasich, had none. This is a troubling sign for trump. Colorados system is unusual but similar to most states in that delegate selection is different than the president ial balloting by voters and here is why thats bad for trump. Often delegates selected in state caucuses and conventions are long Standing Party members. They are being rewarded not for their loyalty to a particular candidate, but for loyalty to the party and the paramount goal is finding a candidate that can win the general election. New york is the next big prize on april 19 and a rule change last year by its Republican State Committee allows the party, not the candidates to select who will be the delegates. So even if trump wins the primary, if he falls shy of a majority on the first ballot
T the republicans in the fall. Also on the agenda this morning, the republican battle, crucial delegates slipping away from donald trump. He finds himself this morning once again outfoxed by rival ted cruz who is now nine for nine in a delegate battle that could be pivotal to whether trump can get to that magic number of 1,237 and that brings us to our third agenda item this morning. Did donald trump finally just find an answer to his delegate problem . A Campaign Shake up to tell you about at trump headquarters, it shows that trump may finally be getting serious about the prospect of a contested convention, he is empowering a real pro to put together a real Convention Strategy if they get there. This is the surest sign yet that even trump now recognizes how badly hes being beaten at the delegate game and that growing possibility that he will fall short of 1,237. All of that and much more to tell you about and to talk about in the next hour, but we are going to go inn this hour with th