Can cruz stay viable . Hillary clintons camp the hand she is dealt. Woman card, what do republicans think. The assertion that she has 5 of the population is ridiculous. Who does he think the rest of the supporter also go for. Him . I still believe he is still playing the theatrical card. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, i am carol costello, thank you for joining me. Donald trump in california. The primary Battle Ground looming on the horizon, but street fights erupt outside. A standing room only crowd, pours out of the event and into the rath of protesters. Police on horseback and in riot gear try to break it up, vandalism and arrests and emotions boil over. Phil mattingly has more. Good morning. Good morn, carol. Something largely dissipated over the last couple of weeks, violence and protests, but theyve been concerned about over the past couple of months. What happens when you get to california, a very large, politically complex state, with a lot of focus and e
Sure we dont know the shape of the economy or terrorism or the precise job Approval Rating of president obama in the autumn or the gas and scandals that may yet unfold on our way to the ballot box but gosh darn it, theres finally a pause in the nonstop primary calendar and were going to take advantage of that. Jon larry sato, the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia joins us now live. Its pretty bold to be looking at Electoral College votes this early larry. But youve taken a look at it first of all, youve got to pick your nominee. You say its all but certainly Hillary Clinton on the democratic side. Howabout trump . Trump is the frontrunner. He is the likely nominee but he is certainly not the prohibitive favorite to be the nominee and i think theres a real possibility that he will not get the majority 1237 delegates on the first ballot so you have to say john, if youre going to do this today at the end of march, obviously youre going to make the projectio
Thank you so much for joining me. We will see you this weekend performing at new york pride and we wish you the best. Thank you so much. That will wrap up our coverage today. My colleague, kristen welker, picks things up. Xxx im kristen welker. We begin live from washington beginning with breaking news from the Trump Campaign. He fired Corey Lewandowski that shocked many in the campaign. Lewandowski had been with trump since the very beginning. Sources say Paul Manafort will replace lewandowski as Campaign Manager. Ali got the first interview with lewandowski right outside his apartment. Reporter were you surprised this morning when this happened . I dont know its so much a surprise. I want to say how honored i am to be part of this team and a privilege to be part of the team. I now have the privilege of going back and spending time with my family the most important thing. I will continue to support donald trump in any endeavor he has. If i can play a role in this campaign whether form
Ways with his Campaign Manager, corey lewen dowski and sources say he personally lyally delivered that news to him after meeting with his family. Lewandowski a few minutes ago. I dont know id say its a surprise. I am honored to be part of this team. I have time to go back and spend time with my family the most important thing. I have said and will continue to say i will support donald trump in anything he has. If i can play a role formal or informal, that would be an honor to have. This has been an honor and privilege from the beginning. For more on lieu wan dowski if he has regressed and all of this as trump faces republicans and recognized he needed to do something dramatic speaking with my Campaign Reporter Kristen Welker last hour. Why were we hearing a lot of folks inside the campaign were caught off guard. Were you caught off guard . This was news to me definitely. The campaign is going into a new direction and we have the same goal to get mr. Trump into the white house and defea
The people have heard that its 129 years since the personal public. Of course steve is still here and im sorry you wanted to say goodbye and elected. You can go to me if you want. Its the Deputy Campaign and then i guess a little bit of drama and how sanders went over the top. Its much to do about nothing. Well, and theres a question and some of the delegations and in Michelle Obamas thing and in california and how are they going and its the history and within the next hour and its the first woman since 1972 and then a normally nominated convention and then obviously going for the big moment in 84. And then its the announcement. We should not forget that this is happening and then the nomination and then its with the great chance of becoming the first woman nominee. Theres the ability of that. Yeah, so what and its about time and a lot of woman in my wife are a generation older. Its long and a hard road. Its normal and then this is the way that it should be. Thats historic. When its no