To see whether rubios debate performance changed anything, in trump, rubio and cruz all held onto roughly 90 of their supporters. In fact in the raw ballot test rubio moved up all of one point. We have three president ial candidates with us this morning as we look forward to what could be a defining super tuesday. Ted cruz, donald trump and Bernie Sanders. Im joined by donned donald trump. Welcome back. Let me just ask you, howd you make the deal to get Chris Christie to endorse you . Well, it was just somebody that i really wanted. I must tell you i was going to leave a little time go by before i called him. I did not call him. He called me. He saw what was happening. He said, donald, you have a like, chuck, this afternoon i think we have 25,000 people in alabama, we ended up moving to a football stadium because you couldnt hold. I mean, what we have going is incredible. Yesterday in arkansas we had 15,000 people in a hangar in tennessee. Its amazing whats going on. And he said theres a movement going on and id like to be part of it. And i was very happy. I was getting ready to call him. And he called me. And having chris is a great honor. Well, i tell you, he seems like a changed man when it comes to you. There was a time he wasnt such a believer. Let me play a few quotes. Hes been very successful businessman, has lots of talents, absolutely no ability in this area. Be very careful about candidates stand up to say and ban all muslims from coming to the country. Ridiculous. It would be a beautiful, wonderful wall, it will be an incredible wall, the wall will be unbelievable. Were not picking an entertainer in chief, were not casting a tv show. I dont think it would be in the best interest of our party to have someone who i dont think would be an effective president to be the nominee. Mr. Trump, as i can attest to, if anybody had said that, you would have unloaded on them and sort of pulverized them. What made you accept christies change of heart . Well, you know, i heard those comments. They were made in a rather low key manner. And they were made in smaller locations. And they never got out very much. So i never really had to go wild. But i did hear a little about them. But thats called welcome to the Wonderful World of politics, i think. You know, hes been a friend of mine. Hes been a really good guy and a good friend of mine for a long time. Just having his endorsement is amazing. We did four stops between the last two days. And hes introduced me and the place loves him, the people love him. Hes tough, hes smart. We just get along very well. So, you know, thats called politics in all fairness, chuck. I think youve heard about it before, right . Fair enough. He certainly has been quite the opening act for you the last two days. Look, theres been a couple other things came up at the debate. Couple of our attack tv ads are there. Immigration thats going after you and get you to respond on the other side. A federal court ruled that trumps company hired Illegal Immigrants to help the construction process for trump tower. He even paid a 1 million fine. And his new hotel in washington. The Washington Post interviewed about 15 laborers at the d. C. Hotel site reporting that many revealed they had entered the u. S. Illegally. Basically the charge is this, mr. Trump, you dont practice what you preach on immigration. Yeah. Well, its wrong. First of all, the one charge is from 35 years ago. I think thats a pretty good record when people have to go 35 years back to find out about workers. Now, as i remember it, those workers were hired by another company. I just hired a company and they had some workers that were perhaps from poland or some place. And this was the demolition of a building that made way for trump tower. So the workers, chuck, this is 35 years ago youre talking about. By the way the laws were totally different. The laws were not what they are as far as one of the great hotels in the world thats currently being built on pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol Building and the white house, there were no illegals. We do checks like you wouldnt believe. And they didnt name any names, they didnt give any information. We are very, very careful, we have an excellent contractor is the best in the country, works with me, thats why that job by the way is two years ahead of schedule and underbudget and going to be one of the great hotels of the world. Im doing a good job. They know what they did when they got me. Thats what happened. They dont have any proof of any illegals. They have no proof. They said they found a few do you use everify in everything you do when it comes to finding out the immigration status . Yeah, i have everify. And i use everify in that building. And the Washington Post mentioned they spoke to people, theres no names i read the story. It was from a few months ago. There were no names whatsoever. They have no proof, no evidence, no nothing. They saw people and there were absolutely. We go with everify. I am extremely strong on it. Every time i have a contractor meeting in that building, and were doing fantastically well. Building in september, which will be very exciting. Just before the election. Perfect. I mean, you know. The timing. But i will tell you this, i am very the timing is good. But i am very, very tough on that. And they have absolutely no evidence whatsoever. Its a typical the Washington Post story. All right. You were obviously Trump University came up. Let me ask you this right. If Trump University was such a successful business and the trump i know you had to change the name because it wasnt a university. Only in new york. Why isnt it still a robust business . Well, because we would open it again what happened is first of all you have to understand. Took the courses, approved the courses, they had report cards and said they were great, those people now are suing because a law firm said if i could get your money back, what would you say, get my money back, thats great. But they signed these documents they rated the course 98 Approval Rating and high marks. Number two, we have an a from the Better Business bureau. And heres the only thing, chuck, i could settle the case, but i dont want to settle the case. The reason is i dont want to be held up. And once you settle cases, everybody sues you. I dont want to be held up. So i take the case. The one with the attorney general, that was taken from these people. They made a Campaign Contribution to the attorney general of new york. He met with president obama in syracuse, new york, and the following day or a day later he filed a case against me. And that case has been largely won, although theyre appealing, but that case has been largely won by me. So its very easy for me to settle these things, chuck. I just dont choose to do it. Its not a good deal. Its a civil case. Just so you understand, we have a 98 Approval Rating and we have an a from the Better Business bureau. I guess the question is, did anybody succeed . Did anybody make millions of dollars in real estate using your way . Can you produce folks that have made millions using your way . People did succeed. And we have those people will be witnesses at the trial. And the man thats doing that i believe he signed a document saying he thought Trump University was terrific in some form. And that it was terrific. So well have to find out i havent seen this commercial, but the man that did that commercial, i think if you tell me his name or well find it, but most of the people signed documents saying it was great. So it will be interesting. He made the statement. School. Because i think he signed a document saying that the school but well find out. You said Something Else about the judge yesterday. You said one of the judges, you said, quote, i believe he happens to be spanish, which is fine. Hes hispanic. Which is fine. We havent asked for a recusal, which we may do. Why would you need to ask for a recusal . To do with it . Because i think hes been very, very unfair with us. I think the judge has been extremely unfair. This is a case that many, many, many people said should have been thrown out on summary judgment. We have 98 approval and you think its because hes hispanic . This is a case that should have been well, because of the wall and because of everything thats going on with mexico and all of that, i think its frankly look, this is a judge who i believe has treated me very, very unfairly. This is a case that should have been thrown out a long time ago in the opinion of many great lawyers. And as you know right now on twitter there is a trending retweet of yours. You retweeted somebody from elduce it was a mussolini quote, it is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep. Thats a famous muse lynn i quote. Do you like the quote . Did you know its mussolini. Its okay. Its a very interesting quote. And i saw it i know who said it. But what difference does it make whether its mussolini or somebody else . A very interesting quote. 14 Million People. Do you want to be associated its a very interesting quote. Do you want to be associated with a fascist . No, i want to be associated with interesting quotes. And people you know, i have almost 14 Million People between instagram and facebook and twitter and all of that, and we and i sent it out. And certainly, hey, it got your well, it is trending on twitter right now. Mr. Trump, i have to leave it there. Well see you super tuesday. Could be a big night for you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Cruz of texas. Lets set the expectation straight up. If you dont win texas, can you stay in this race . I think were goingn to do very well in texas. And i think super tuesday could well be the most important day of the entire primary season. We are campaigning all across super tuesday. And at this point the facts are clear that there is only one candidate who has beaten and who can beat donald trump. And in super tuesday we are neck and neck with donald. Across super tuesday were doing very well in texas and fighting hard to beat him across the country. And i will say to the 65 of republicans who recognize donald trump as not the best candidate to go headtohead with Hillary Clinton, the only way to beat him is for us to come together and unite. And our campaign is the only one that can beat donald. So i ask for your support on super tuesday. Let me ask you this, is the fairest way to decide who the chief challenger is to trump is the person whos in second place morning between yourself and marco rubio . Listen, theres no doubt were likely to come out of super tuesday with a big difference in delegates. I think it is likely that youll see donald trump has a whole bunch of delegates. I think its likely that well have a whole bunch of delegates. Do you think youll be second . I think theres going to be a big, big dropoff between donald and me and the rest of the field. Right now donald and i are one and two in delegates and right now one and two in the popular vote. You know historically no one has ever won the nomination in modern times without winning one of the first three states, iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina. Donald and i are the only two who have done that. Youve released summary pages of your tax returns. So did marco rubio. You said the only reason you released summary pages is because marco rubio released summary pages. Why should donald trump how are you forcing donald trump to release his tax return if youre only releasing the first two pages . Well, listen, ive released nine years of tax returns. And by the way the first five years have everything. Pages. Ive got nine years of tax returns. Donald trump has not released so much as a paper clip. And donald needs to release his taxes. You know, mitt romney this week observed that the reason donald trump will you be happy if he just does summary pages . Look, it would be a very positive step in the right direction. I would be thrilled if he releases the whole thing, im happy to release everything ive released for five years ive released everything. We just matched what the opponents did for the last four years. But the critical point, chuck, as mitt romney observed the fact that donald seems terrified to release his taxes suggests theres a bombshell there. And its natural to wonder, well, what is it that hes hiding in his taxes . Maybe its that donald trump doesnt earn nearly as much as he has so loudly told everyone. Maybe hes not as rich as he says he is. Who knows. Maybe its the case that mitt romney is richer than donald trump. He could answer that by releasing his taxes. On the other hand maybe its the case that he has given large sums of money to left wing parenthood in the debates over and over again. Maybe hes been a big financial supporter of that. All of those questions donald can put to rest. Or, chuck, maybe it is that it multiple media reports about donalds business dealings with the mob, with the mafia. Maybe taxes show those business dealings are more extensive than reported regardless of what the bombshell is senator cruz, let me stop you there. Thats openly speculative. Do you have any facts to support that donald trump has mob ties . Oh, sure. Abc, cnn, multiple news reports have reported about his business dealings with for example s a construction owned by fat tony solerno who is a mobster in jail. It is owned by two of the major new york crime families. And that has been reported in multiple media outlets. You know, youre going to have donald on the show later today, you ought to ask him, donald, have you written a check to planned parenthood . I mean, thats a question that donald ought to answer. We dont know what it is that hes hiding in those tax returns, but i can promise you this, if hes the nominee come september, october, every day on the news will be about those tax returns about whatever the bombshell is. And republican primary voters deserve to know before the nomination, not after. Because you Better BelieveHillary Clinton and the media are going to go to town on it. And the primary voters should be able to vet all of us. Let me ask you something Rush Limbaugh said earlier this week about your candidacy. He said ted cruz has fought these guys every day that hes been in washington, and for a lot of reasons that doesnt register. Basically hes sounds like he was almost lamenting it, but the fact is donald trump stole your outsider brand. Super tuesday was supposed to be the day you were going to be solidifying your status as the frontrunner. And its not turning out that way. How did trump steal your outsider brand . Well, listen, i think super tuesday will continue to narrow the field. The field down from 17 candidates to a much smaller field. I think super tuesday we will effectively have two candidates coming out of it that have a viable path that have enough delegates to have a shot at winning. And headtohead with donald trump i beat donald by 16 points, 56 to 40. You know, we really saw this in the debate last week, we saw a contrast between washington dealmakers. And this is how weve gotten in the mess were in now is republicans whove cut deals with democrats, grow the debt, grow government and give away our constitutional rights, a contrast between dealmakers and a principled constitutional conservative. You know, chuck, it was striking when donald trump said, ted, you got to be willing to compromise on the supreme court. You got to be willing to compromise on religious liberty. Let me tell you i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights. I will not compromise away your second amendment. Donald trump is telling us if hes president hell cut a deal with harry reid and chuck constitutional rights. Let me end where we began, if you are third in delegates wednesday morning, do you reassess your candidacy . Well, listen, i dont intend to be third in delegates. I dont believe i am. I think that may be a question youll have to pose to other candidates, but i will say what we saw last week was in the seminal battle on amnesty when i was leading the fight against the Rubio Schumer gang of eight amnesty bill and we defeated the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. He had given over 50,000 to five of the eight members of the gang of eight. You cannot lead on illegal immigration if you spent four decades supporting openborder democrats and if youve been hiring Illegal Immigrants as donald trump has been doing. All right. Senator ted cruz, i got to leave it there. Republican from texas. Have a safe time on the trail and well be watching on super tuesday, sir. All right. When we come back, the republican establishment is now in a fullon panic over the possibility of donald trump securing this nomination. Could we be looking at the beginning of a crackup inside the gop as we know it . We were born 100 years ago into a new american century. Born with a hunger to fly and a passion to build something better. And what an amazing time its been, decade after decade of innovation, inspiration and wonder. So, we say thank you america for a century of trust, for the privilege of flying higher and higher, together. Those new glasses . They are. Do i look smarter . Yeah, a little. Youre making money now, are you investing . 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