Im steve kornacki. And topping the agenda right now, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders crank up the volume in brooklyn as sanders tries desperately to close a double digit gap here in new york, new york, which may be his last best chance to turn this campaign around. It is true that now that the spotlight is pretty bright here in new york some things have been said. Candidates in their final head to head confrontation last night, before tuesdays primary battling on the minimum wage, wall street speeches and the issue of gun control. We will show you the most heated exchanges in just a minute. Also a on our agenda this morning sort of an interesting story, i hope its interesting but you have to tell it anyway because who the hell wants to talk about politics all the time, right, because politics gets a little boring. Donald trump feeling comfortable in his home of new york city last night. A big win appears imminent for him in the empire state next tuesday, but making donald trump unco
Take a look at this. Our new nbc news wall street journal marist poll shows clinton now holds a sizable lead in new york ahead of Bernie Sanders. Double digits now. 14 points. Now, lets look at the republican side. Donald trump now has 54 points, thats a 33point lead over john kasich, who is in second with numbers like this, its possible that trump could walk away next week with all of the states 95 delegates. Now, hes counting to continuing to ral against the delegate process after losing dozens of delegates to ted cruz in colorado this weekend. This is what trump told supporters at his rally last night. Its a very sick system. Ill tell you what. Maybe in addition to winning, maybe well clean up the system so that in future years we can have an honest contest. We might be able to clean up this dirty, rotten, disgusting system. Now, factor this into the latest. Rnc chairman Reince Priebus tweeted this out. Quote, the rules were set last year. Nothing mysterious, nothing new. The rules
And good morning. Im jose diazbalart. We begin this hour with a fierce fight for new york. Bernie sanders is taking a brief detour from the new York Campaign trail. Right now, hes at the vatican where were expecting to hear from him any moment about a conference he attended on social, economic, and environmental issues. There you see him getting off a plane that took him to rome. Senator sanders a high profile trip comes after last nights high stakes debate in brooklyn where the gloves came off. With four days to go until new yorks Game Changing primary. I dont question her judgment. Senator sanders did call me unqualified. Ive been called a lot of things in my life. That was a first. Im sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn that you supported raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. Wait a minute. Come on. Can you name one decision that she made as senator that shows that she favored banks because of the money she received . [ applause ] he cannot come up with any exam
Until the primary before new york state. He was asked this question just moments ago. He said it was an invitation that was so moving that even though it took him off the trail for a day, he felt it was something he had to do. Ann thompson joins us now with more. Ann, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, erica. I dont think that question is going to go away anytime soon. There are a lot of people who really wonder why Bernie Sanders chose to do this when there was no guarantee that he would meet pope francis. Now it is very clear he will not meet pope francis, at least in an official capacity. He had hoped to swing by the conference at 7 00 tonight, but because he has a very Early Morning call tomorrow because he is going to greece to try to draw the worlds attention to the plight of refugees who are trying to enter europe, the pope will not be attending. He apologized for that. He sends his blessings and g goodwill, but the question is what does Bernie Sanders get out of this t
Park as we count down to the New York Primary just four days to go. Senator Bernie Sanders is not campaigning in the empire state today. He is instead spending the day at the vatican there to address the pontifical sciences. It leaves people to question why sanders would leave the campaign trail at such a crucial time. Why im here at the vatican, yes, i know it takes me away from the campaign trail for a day. When i received this invitation, it was so moving to me that it was something i just simply couldnt refuse to attend. Meantime, over on the right, donald trump scheduled to hold a rally in plattsburgh, new york in the next hour, ripping the democratic process yet again today. In a new oped he writes, i, for one, mnt interested in defending a system that for decades has served the interest of Political Parties at the expense of the people. Responding earlier on today, re reince priebus. I think its a little late after the process to state something you dont like. Now, the system ca