hillary clinton lock up their nominations or will there be a shake up? good morning. welcome to early start. i m miguel marquez. i m alison kosik. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. voters head to the polls in indiana. frontrunners trying to close the deal in the state s crucial primary. donald trump campaigning in indiana predicting a huge victory that would crush ted cruz and john kasich. cnn s jim acosta is with the trump campaign in indiana with the latest. reporter: miguel and alison, donald trump is declaring the race over if he wins the indiana primary. joined by some of the biggest sports heroes all day long, he hit ted cruz all day long. teasing his running mate for not helping carly fiorina when she fell off the stage. here is more of what he had to say. if we win, it s over. then i can focus then i don t have to worry about lying ted cruz. i couldn t care less if he endorses me. we wouldn t have to worry about lying ted cruz or john kasich. reporter: a big wi
i don t have to worry about lying ted cruz or kasich who is 1 and 44. reporter: a top trump campaign official tells me the win in indiana will force cruz to make a decision. cruz is vowing to stay in the race as long as he remains viable. miguel and alison. jim, thank you for that. on the democratic side, bernie sanders hoping for a win in indiana. polling a close second to hillary clinton. sanders has been making his case to hoosier voters. the case he hopes to persuade super delegates to back him. namely he will be the strongest candidate in the general election. every single national poll, every single poll in a battle ground state like indiana, you know what the polls show? they show by far, bernie sanders is the strongest candidate to defeat donald trump. senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is traveling with the sanders campaign. he has the latest from indianapolis. reporter: miguel and alison, sanders campaigning until the very last minute before the i
tomorrow. the poll shows trump with a double digit lead in indiana. many see this state as a must win for ted cruz. both men have events across the state today. cnn s jessica schneider is with the trump campaign. reporter: john and alison. a rally in ft. wayne where donald trump promised to bring jackson back to the state. he used harsh words against china saying it has raped the u.s. economy. donald trump also returning to his usual rhetoric about lying ted cruz. donald trump slammed the alliance between john kasich and ted cruz. calling it all part of the rigged political system. donald trump also seized on heidi cruz s words that her husband is an immigrant. of course, donald trump conceded that heidi cruz was likely just referring to the senator s cuban roots. heidi cruz, nice woman. said my husband you heard about this, right my husband s an immigrant. right? is an immigrant. that s what i ve been saying. i think she was trying to say she was trying to put a li
camera to the inspector general report on the use of the e-mail server while secretary of state. saying clinton did not seek permission to use a private e-mail server and would not have received the okay if she had asked. last night clinton defended herself saying the report s criticism is nothing new. there may be reports that come out, but nothing has changed. it s the same story. just like previous secretaries of state, i used a personal e-mail. many people did. it was not at all unprecedented. i have turned overa all my e-mails. i will continue to be open. it s not an issue that will effect the campaign or my presidency. today, the state department weighs in on a freedom of information lawsuit that would compel testimony from her e-mails from hillary clinton herself. this is one filed by judicial watch. taking a deposition today from a top aide to clinton when she was at the state department. cheryl mills is asking the judge to prevent release of the video from the de