Fight heartburn fast. With tums chewy delights. The mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. Tum tum tum tum. Chewy delights. Only from tums. It. It is 7 p. M. On the east coast. Tonights outcome could go a long way in deciding to wins the nomination on both sides of this race. Good evening, everyone. Im megyn kelly. Im bret baier. Fox News Reporters are fanned out across the country as candidates await tonights results. More than 500 republican and democratic delegates are up for grabs tonight. On the republican so wide, donald trump looking for a big night. Tightening his grip, perhaps, on the republican nomination and extending his lead in the delegate count. Ted cruz and john kasich looking to hang on. Im about to beat a senator who doesnt have a clue ted cruz. Im about to beat a governor
who is one for 42. The race is going to shift back west. As it shifts back west, there are a lot of states that are going to be very good. There are more important things in life than winning every inning. We will keep plugging this way. Now we are starting to rise. Last night town hall on fox. Lots of publicity today. I money, we will see where this goes. 118 republican delegates are up for grabs. 384 over on the democrat side. As we mentioned, five states in play tonight, connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania, and rhode island. Donald trump not only needs to win those states, he needs to win big if he wants to close this thing out. We have representatives on hand from all three republican campaigns tonight. But woe begin with Sarah Huckabee sanders, Senior Advisor for the Trump Campaign. Sarah, thank you for being here. We heard the message on trump and cruz. Yes trump is going to have a good night tonight but they are looking forward to
states Like Washington and indiana. And they believe that donald trump if he loses those states can and will be stopped from hitting the magic number. What say you . You know, i think they have been wrong for several months. I think they are going to be wrong again tonight. Were going to, i think, do extremely well tonight. And then i think we are going to go in places Like Washington and indiana and do well there, also. I dont see any path for cruz or kasich moving forward at this point. And i hope that senator cruz will do what he has been calling on john kasich to do. Once it becomes mathematically impossible for him to clinch the nomination, which i think will happen tonight for senator cruz, i hope he will follow his own advice and get out of the race so that donald trump and all of the Republican Party can start to focus on Hillary Clinton where our target needs to be now. Trump has compared himself in some instances to reagan in this campaign. But Ronald Reagan was a tremendously Unifying Force in the Republican Party. And the polls tonight show that the Republican Party remains sharply divided. What is donald trump going to do to unify this party . You know, i think as republicans narrow the field more and more, youre starting to see donald trump win by bigger margins. You know, as the field dwindles, he is bringing those groups together. He is winning across all demographics. There was a poll that came out just in the last day or so that has him in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton. So, i think that that is already starting to happen, and i think as the field narrows and he becomes the nominee and focuses solely on Hillary Clinton, youre going to see the Republican Party come together, but not just the Republican Party, and i think thats one of the things that people are missing in this race. Donald trump has done tremendous with independents, and even appealing off democrats. So i think he will solidify republicans and bring other candidates cant speak to and bring into the process. That one poll that you mentioned showed Hillary Clinton beating donald trump in three points in
battleground states only it came in the same day as another poll showed her beating him by 11 points. And of the last 19 headtohead polls between hillary and trump, she has won all of them, sarah, all of them. And youve noticed that that gap is starting to close. Again, she has had this the race to herself for the most part on the democrat side. She has been the presumptive nominee since the day she announced. Donald trump has had to fight through 17 different candidates on the republican side and really become the republican nominee. Where Hillary Clinton has been more of a coronation. Im not saying she hasnt had to fight for it Bernie Sanders has given her a bit of a run for her money. At the same time, she has been running for the general election since the day she announced. And donald trump is just now getting the opportunity to do that. And the more we move in that direction, the more you see that gap close, and the closer that race becomes. And in november i think he is ultimately the winner and beats Hillary Clinton by a landslide. Give us a look, if you can, into the trump
campaign. Because there was a report earlier this week that paul manhattan for the who man mann paul manafort. He went down to florida and told a bunch of the party elders of the rnc dont worry, trump has been playing the part. You know, he is going to be more president ial and so on. Then suddenly we heard reports that manafort was no longer in his perch. Tell us whats going on. Has there been a campaign shakeup. Megyn, you know this as well as anybody else, because you have experienced this. Since the day donald trump got in this race and until the day he gets out there will be one person in charge and one person only and thats donald trump. He is the leader of his campaign and he was then, is he now. And he is going to continue to be. There is obviously, as he becomes the presumptive nominee and moves into the general election, he is going to have to grow his staff and grow his team. Hillary clinton has probably 10 times the number of staff that he has currently. So, of course he is going to expand. But i would certainly not call that a shakeup. But i would call that becoming a nominee and becoming a general election candidate. Sarah, great to see you. Thank you, meg begin. The number of delegates up for grabs is quickly shrinking. So are the odds that ted cruz and john kasich can stop donald trump from reaching the magic number of 1237 before the Republican Convention in cleveland. Look there. Bill hemmer at the billboard with the math. If its tuesday, there must be a primary somewhere, right, bret . In fact, there are five primaries tonight. All in the northeast, which is going to set the table for you and give you an idea about where we think we might be in this delegate battle here as we start the night all five here pennsylvania is the biggest one. 71 in the state. But only 17 will be pledged tonight. Were going to explain as we go throughout the evening. Which gets a little complicated, too. You can get arguments on both sides of whats
happening there. Okay. Here we go on the delegate map. Donald trump starts tonight 845 pledged delegates now. He needs just about 400 to get to the magic number of 1237. So, this is what we have done. We have been doing this for weeks now where we check the polls in all the states and crossreference a lot of the leading political websites. What we think in rhode island tonight trump picks up several there. Woe think in connecticut he might get 2 dozen. We think in maryland he could get a lot of them. In delaware he could get all of them. Pennsylvania he could get the 17 that i just mentioned there. So its possible. And maybe this is the sweet spot for tonight and maybe its maybe its too low. Its possible but right now we will say 943, which would leave him about 300 delegates to go. And then we would move into the month of may. What happens then . Indiana. For the next 8 days will be after tonight the center of the political universe. Indiana, based on our fox polling and late friday
afternoon we think favors donald trump so that would put him at 988. The following week is nebraska. We think that favors cruz. The same day west virginia, which will mostly go for trump. So, on may 10th, if our calculation is correct, donald trump would be over 1,000 pledged delegates. So, where do you go on the board . We think since the cruzkasich alliance was announced, we think trump and kasich kind of split the delegates right now in oregon. Maybe it changes. For now thats what we are doing. Following week washington state. Favors cruz by a couple delegates here and there. Now we are in the month of june, it is june 7th. It is winnertakeall in montana. Winnertakeall in south dakota. Both right now favor cruz. In new mexico, this is interesting. Since the alliance was crafted and announced late on sunday night after our town hall in philly, we actually think trump will pick up two more delegates in new mexico than he would have before. Suggesting that kasich might do a bit better in new mexico. Then we get to california. At 172 in the delegate meter there, how will trump do . We had him at 100 about a week ago. Weave think he is 109 now. So he is at 1157 june 7th, the same day that new jersey is a winnertakeall with 51 delegates. If this math is right, if the projection is right, look where donald trump would be on that day. 1208, needing 29 delegates. Are not pledged back to the tonight in the state of pennsylvania. If he even gets half that number, this would keep him on track to get him to that magic number of 1237 bound for cleveland, ohio. Throughout the night, well change the map. We will mess and mix with a couple of different combinations for what may or may not come out tonight. We will go back to indiana. We will go back to california and show you if cruz puts on a hard rush there and takes those states away from trump how this
number down here gets bigger and bigger. But we will show you that throughout the night. Bret and megyn, back to you. Bill, thanks. So is indiana ted cruzs last stand . The texas senator is in nights town, indiana this evening. Voters in that state, of course, head to the state next week. Ken cuccinelli is the Operations Director for ted cruz for president. Thanks for being here. Good to be with you. You just saw or heard bills layout of the delegates there, potentially donald trump can get there. If he has a big night tonight, how do you characterize that . Well, i dont think it will be a surprise that donald trump does well in the northeast. States that republicans dont really win in the general election. Then we move into may which is much more favorable for senator cruz. Of course, we did great in the beginning of april. Its just these two weeks in a row where you have got new york and the northeast. We will pick right back up again this weekend, winning delegates, beating the trump
campaign all across the country with a Grass Roots Organization where they really dont have one. And im not quite sure how their supporters expect heir candidate to win in november with no Grass Roots Organization at all, which is what were proving in the cruz campaign. They dont have it. And we built a campaign on the grass roots vision that senator cruz has advanced for more freedom and opportunity. And that is inspiring people to come in, to stay in, and to work. And so were winning on the ground. Once we get out of the northeast here tonight, i think things look a lot better for senator cruz and were, of course, going to push through june 7th and then through the convention and then its on to hillary in november. So, ken, is indiana a mustwin for ted cruz . Well, we have run a national campaign. And weve gathered support everywhere. I dont think we have ever pinned our hopes with the exception of texas, where we said, you know, this is one that a senator from texas
has to win. Looked at it as a singular racemaker or race breaker. Indiana is a good state for us, like wisconsin. And i would remind you all that a lot of the talk before wisconsin sounded an awful lot like the runin talk that we heard from bill earlier about indiana. So, senator cruz is a strong closer. When he can make his case, one voter at a time, one state at a time, is he a great retail politician. He has a great message for getting america back on track. And thats selling to people when they hear it. Let me interrupt you there. Sure. You say you have had a national race. But, potentially, after tonight, senator cruz could be 0 for 6. You are saying may lines up for him better. If you get at the end of june 7th in california and donald trump is 500, 70, 100 delegates behind the magic number of 1237. He has hundreds more delegates than ted cruz, millions more people have
voted for him than voted for ted cruz. How do you make the case that he donald trump shouldnt go to the convention well positioned to be the nominee . Well, hes in a decent position to compete for it but he will have gotten nowhere near a majority of votes. And he wont have a majority of delegates. And you have to get 50 plus one to win. And he has gotten nowhere near a majority in this contest of people supporting him. And for the last two months youve heard senator cruz talk about. What is near . Let me just finish this point. Unifying the party and coalescing. All of these other great candidates who have gotten out of the race, the most support has gone to senator cruz, not to anybody else. And thats because he is able to unify the party and thats the kind of person you want leading your party. And thats what were hoping to do when we get to cleveland. But what is near . I mean, lets say he has
1175. 1220. I mean, at what point is it pretty close that those delegates, the unbound ones, made to avoid a confrontational convention swing his way . Well, youre asking about individual delegates, and i cant really speak to that. But i will say that until donald trump is over 1236, its game on. And were going to compete to be the nominee and were going to compete to get 50 plus one. And weve been on track to do that as more and more people see and hear senator cruzs message. They come back to him. And the delegates that we are winning locally across the country, are coming to that conclusion. A lot of these people used to support governor bush or senator rubio or governor perry or carly fiorina. They are coming on board with senator cruz. So there is only one candidate really coalescing and unifying the Republican Party, which is a process that really needs to take place if were going to win in november. Ken, thanks for your time tonight. Good to be with you. Many arguing the alliance
between ted cruz and john kasich simply will not work. Joining me now trent duffy National Communication director and advisor for the kasich campaign. Lets just start with kasichs disadvantage here. There is a very real possibility he could enter this convention if we go there with 200 delegates . How is he possibly going to convince some 1,000 delegates, some Party Representatives that he is the appropriate nominee . Well, because he is the only one, megyn, as you cited earlier, that can beat Hillary Clinton. Donald trump loses in 15 of the last 19 polls we saw. And it would be doomsday for republicans across the board. We would lose the senate. We would lose senators like senator rob portman, senator pat toomey. Senator kelly ayotte. We would lose people all across the board. Who has come after john kasich . At what point in this campaign has anybody focused on him or unleashed negative ads against him has he withstood the barrage that trump or cruz have at this point . Oh, i think we saw in wisconsin. We have seen ads elsewhere across the country. We saw a lot of that from donald trump yesterday ripping into the governor because, i think he sees him as a threat. I mean, there is 1237 delegates. You do . Yes. Absolutely. Why would he attack him because he views him as a threat. Because he is ticked off about the alliance. Thats what he would say. Is he ticked off about the alliance. He thinks its collusion. He doesnt like these two guys going up on him to cross the finish line. He attacked the way the governor ate pancakes. He was cutting a rather big piece of a pancake in trumps defense. Here it is. Megyn, his negative ratings are eclipsing david dukes in 1992. 67 of americans view him negatively. He does abysmally with republican millennials that we learned today. Im looking forward to your interview. Maybe you will hug it out. I dont think you can undo
the damage he has done with women in this party or america. And so that spells doomsday for republicans and the delegates that gather have to weigh all this as they look who best can represent the party. We learned today that trump may have to testify in a fraud trial. How is he going to take on crooked hillary when he is sitting on trial for fraud . I mean, there is a lot more october surprises that people got to think about as we go forward. So there is a big risk factor with trump. I mean, as ken just mentioned, 63 of republicans have not voted for donald trump. Millions more have voted against donald trump than voted for him. But the numbers are Something Like 93 of republicans have not voted for john kasich, right . He has almost no delegates. So even though he may beat hillary in a headtohead matchup. Maybe paul ryan beats hillary in a headtohead matchup. Maybe bret beats hillary. Do i have a chance . So you are saying there is a chance . Sorry, bret. But the point is you have got to win the nomination. And as trump was saying about john kasich said today is he like the boy that wont leave the room. You say get out and he wont get out. Other guys have done better than kasich in the Campaign Like marco rubio they left. Therefore some are looking at john kasich saying its your turn to go. I will give you the final word. Look, its a good thing that john kasich stayed in this race or else donald trump would have crossed the finish line months as. We are going to pick up delegates going forward. We are going to do better in the Pacific Northwest an