nobody looking at donald trump's record could believe for a moment that donald would appoint principled, conservative justices. if you look over the past decades, any time a republican nominates a judge with a proven conservative record on the bench, you had a nasty, not down, drag out title. -- knockdown drag out metal. the democrats care about court and will invest all their energy defeating a proven conservative. it is why republican presidents have decided the court didn't matter that much and they would go with a stealth candidate with no record because they are not willing to invest the political capital. the democrats are always willing to invest everything they have in confirming far left-wing justices. if donald ever became president, we know for a fact he would not invest any political capital in confirming a conservative justice because he's been supporting left-wing democrats, writing them checks, many of whose core missions was preventing conservatives from getting to the court. no one who cares about conservative justices could write those checks. i would note the stakes -

marco rubio just lighting it to donald trump. a relentless barrage of attacks on donald trump. you saw the beginning last night in the debate. happening right now at this stage in dallas, texas. get this. donald trump just announced he is holding a news conference very soon. no doubt respond to this. he also says he has a big announcement to make. the first member to endorse or - donald trump. chris collins from new york. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. i hope you had a chance to hear some, at least, of what marco rubio said. >> i did. >> he said the charade is up. donald trump is a con artist and he says to all of the folks in the audience, friends do not let friends vote for a con artist. it started last night and it definitely shows no signs of letting up, if you look at marco rubio today. what do you say to this? >> clearly donald trump is the chief executive left standing. he is the chief executive, not a chief politician. we saw it last night. they're going to throw everything but the kitchen sink as his juggernaught at the end of tuesday, they're respondin

what donald wants is all of us who are convinced donald is not splintered. divided. candidate that has beaten donald trump. historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination who hasn't won one of the fist iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. me and donald. if you look at super tuesday. we're the only campaign in a position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if perhaps you like another lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donald is to stand together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> and we're live next with chris christie in a "this week" exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. it works on his cough too. let's end this. jane likes to mix th

donald trump loses to hillary clinton. and the only candidate that has had beaten donald trump, that can beat him is me. more and more republicans are recognizing donald trump not the right pern for us to nominate. if we come together and stand have a good election. >> donald trump is winning among conservatives. among your strong base of e van jell -- e vanvangelical christians. >> you saw washington dealmakers -- it's washington dealmakers that have gotten us in thismess. donald promises more deals with democrats. he's contributed to jimmy carter, john kerry, hillary clinton, chuck schumer. he's funded open-border democrats for 40 years. one of the stiking ingstriking things. donald talks about immigration. in the 2013 battle over amnesty. when ias leading the fight against the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. five of the eight members you can't fund open border democrats and say you're going to secure the bder and stop illegal immigration. >> you have made that point about him supp

what the polls show head-to-head, donald against me, we beat donald handily. we beat him 56 to 40. >> our tactics will not dramatically change. the changes will be when people not named donald trump and choices narrow and we give the voters a clearer choice who they want to get behind. >> with fewer candidates, i think maybe there's a possibility, i'm not sure it will happen, but a possibility that people will actually start getting interested in the real solutions to the problems. >> by the way, for those that wonder about donald trump, if i go head-to-head with him in ohio, i beat him by 18 points. >> all four current candidates want their chance to take a swing at donald trump. and a former candidate taking a swing at donald trump. mitt romney. more on that in a minute. we have cnn's phil mattingly with donald trump. >> reporter: good morning, john. the victory lap for donald trump after the nevada caucuses and looking ahead to hillary clinton. >> boy, oh, boy. she has become a marshmallow. everything the president does is wonderf wonderful. what she has do

you're looking at donald trump's headquarters in nevada. cnn projected donald trump will be the winner of the nevada caucuses. we do not have enough information to say whether marco rubio or ted cruz will come in second or third, but we know those are the top three finishers. most significantly was the win of donald trump winning the nevada caucuses. we are waiting for donald trump to come out and declare victory as we've heard him do a couple of other times. let's go to the campaign headquarters of marco rubio. jason, marco rubio told me on sunday they were hoping for a strong showing and maybe a win. it's a state where he spent some of his childhood, but not a good night for him. >> reporter: clearly not the night they wanted, but still they are feeling encouraged by having a strong second place finish. that's what they're hoping for at this point, a strong second place finish. in speaking to one of the campaign operatives here, he tells me they feel as though this is not over for them. he feels if some of the other candidates were to dro

donald trump's hands. you know, when he first walked out here, wolf, donald trump started talking about our new cnn cnn/orc poll which shows him way out in front of the rest of the gop pack on a national basis. he referred to marco rubio at that point as little marco. so it just shows you how nasty and how personal this campaign has become. and he basically has been saying that marco rubio sweat so much during these debates that he can't even deal with the likes of vladimir putin, trying to make this sort of make a tie to foreign policy in these cutdowns in this war of putdowns between himself and marco rubio. as you just heard listening in just a few moments ago he's really going after hillary clinton as well. making a general election pivot in this campaign when he's talking about bernie sanders losing badly in south carolina over the weekend. he said bernie sanders is over unless hillary clinton is indicted. the tone you're hearing now, gop race will likely shift into the general election campaign mode

donald trump. this is why you see, you know, i think some of them staying in. i'm not going to be surprised if we hear they're beginning to talk to each other, particularly the rubio and cruz camps. you're not seeing rubio attack cruz anymore, if you've noticed. and i think the way they're decided to stop him is at the convention, and although it could be done by the rules, it sounds unthinkable. i mean, it sounds like it would be just a crazy act, and they would lose his supporters. but when they look at the map, they believe that by hanging together that could be possible. neil: wow. a.b., thank you very much. good seeing you again. >> thank you. neil: it is rare for this guy to step his toes in political waters. he fights battles in the supreme court and wins, but by and large, he is dedicated to running his business. what does it say when a man of god who sticks to his view of things and doesn't budge enters the political fray to say enough is enough when it comes to donald trump? hobby lobby f

the great donald trump. the great donald trump. [applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal. [laughter] donald trump: nationally, i am leaving every poll. honestly, other than iowa. i'm leading the states, leading here tremendously. but every single national poll, i am leaving. and just about every state poll, i am leading. i spent the least and i have the best result. [applause] donald trump: isn't that nice? others like jeb and a couple of others have spent the most, and they have the worst result. how can you put them in charge? think of this. we have a school system. we are getting rid of common core, by the way. [ap

mark: donald trump's king at the south. he's strong not just in the horse race, but the voters don't consider him the most conservative and yet they still give him the lead. attempts to paint him as less conservative will not have an effect on his standing. he beat the individual candidates head-to-head. that undermines the argument, donald trump over ted cruz. over rubio, 48-44. john: if you look at this poll, and it's hard to poll a whole bunch of states together. it's a very complicated business with all the southern states. it's true what you said, it's not just that he is ahead by so much, it's the ways in which he is ahead. donald trump holds a commanding lead over these other guys. it's possible that ted cruz could pick up a state, marco rubio could get a bunch of delegates and some of the states. it's hard to escape the conclusion that donald trump will be the big winner in the south on march 1. john: it's a very conservative part of the country. the mountain west as well. apparently they like new york values here i

what donald wants is all of us who are convince donald is not the right nominee to be splintered. divided. looking at this race, only one kantd has beaten donald trump. historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination that hasn't won one of the first three states. only two of us have done that. me and domd. if you look at super tuesday. position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right conditioned. you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if prapts you likeperhaps you like another candidate, i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donalds to stanld together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. "this week" exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. jane likes to mix things up. that's why she loves new light & fit

me and donald. if you look at super tuesday. position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right candidate. you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if perhaps you like another candidate, listen, there are a lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donald is to stand together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> and we're live next with exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. jane likes to mix things up. that's why she loves new light & fit greek non-fat yogurt mousse. so fluffy and airy it's her new 80 calorie obsession. to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. seriously? we'll give it a 6 for com

as strong conservatives, donald trump wins. even people as moderate conservatives, donald trump wins. so exactly, you know what is the hope here? i don't know. you talk about 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, strategy, marco rubio has to win somewhere. >> you paint the picture of an outsider taking over a party that may lead to a nomination. >> right. >> he's turned this upside down. >> yes. he has. i think when you started to try to map out how do you stop donald trump, you have to start implying almost magical thinking and saying you know rubio is going to somehow, kasich is going to drop out and rubio will win ohio and florida and you piece together things that seem to be moving pieces or cruz is going to drop out and head to head between donald trump and rubio but why is cruz going to drop out? there are a lot of things that have to happen that probably aren't going to happen. it looks as if, i don't see how you stop him. >> a former romney advisor was saying that you, past is pro logged because what they're doing isn't working so far. >>

donald trump, not christian? >> donald trump is a christian. he's made very clear his stance on supporting our conservative values. we christians will have a friend in the white house. he stood by that and i'm going to stand by the fact that he is a christian. i would n-- we're voting for th next president of the united states of america, so we can't expect donald trump -- he's not qualified to preach in anyone pulpit, but is he qualified to be the president of the united states? i absolutely think so. >> ben, the other day president obama said that donald trump -- now the pope is engaging with donald trump. did he just get elevated even further? >> getting headlines, the kardashians can get headlines. doesn't mean they're good people or we should be excited about what those headlines are. donald trump has a very unique dynamic now. he uses being a catholic as a negative against ted cruz, implying he wasn't an evangelical christian. he said, well, catholics come from cuba as if that is a negative thing to be catholic. you see it. i think that's

donald trump and me. we are the only candidate that has beaten donald trump. i believe we're the only candidate that can beat donald trump. >> if doesn't go to a two person race that day, or afterwards? >> we'll see what the results are, but we're going to come out of super tuesday, seeing a meaningful difference in the delegate allocation. and you know, if you look at republican primary voters, they're a good 65% of primary voters who don't believe donald trump is the best candidate to go head to head with hillary clinton. we saw last night. hillary clinton and donald trump's policy view are virtually inn distinguish able. catastrophic, led to benghazi, donald trump agreed with hillary, supporting john kerry and the disastrous foreign policy has dramatically undermined the nation of israel. indeed, donald trump on foreign policy agreed with hillary clinton that america should be neutralween israel and palestine. we will stand unapologetic on economic policy. donald trump agreed with hillary and barack obama in support of the wall street bailout i think it was

ted cruz, donald trump and bernie sanders. i'm joined by donned donald trump. welcome back. >> let me just ask you, how'd 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 movement going. like, chuck, this afternoon i think we have 25,000 people in alabama, we ended up moving to a football stadium because you couldn't hold. i mean, what we have going is incredible. yesterday in arkansas we had 15,000 people in a hangar in tennessee. it's amazing what's going on. and he said there's a movement going on and i'd 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 wasn't such a believer. let me play a few quotes. >> he's been very successful businessman, has lots of talents, ab

because nobody looking at donald trump's record could believe for donald would appoint conservative justices. i'll tell you why i know that. ecause if you look over the past decades, anytime a epublican nominates a judge with a proven conservative record on the bench, you have a nasty, knockdown, dragout battle. the democrats care about the court, they will invest all their energy. it's why over and over again epublican presidents have decided the court didn't matter to them that much so they go to a stealth candidate with no record. because they're not willing to invest the political capital.

donald trump is not a republican. donald trump is not conservative. donald trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in american political history. basically a con job trying to take over the republican party by telling people he's someone who he is not. we'll do whatever he takes. we'll be in this race as long as it takes. be in as many states to make sure i'm the nominee that donald trump never gets the 12236 delegates which he needs. >> dickerson: what we hear your campaign gotten a lot cappier about donald trump. the for a um of -- i never wanted it to get to this point. by own course the way the media covers politics people would open their eyes see who donald trump really is. that unfortunately has not happened. the polls and early states indicate he's been able to fool a significant number of people to believing that he is something that he is not. donald trump is a locales con people that signed up for trump university now trying to do the same thing to republican voters. he's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is going

do you try to go after donald trump or even talk about donald trump's record? or do you continue kind of aiming fire at each other? >> the thing that's really tricky this late in the game is that you really have to define donald trump as a person. before previously, earlier debates may have been the time to go after him on smaller, ticky tacky issues. but right now with super tuesday right around the corner, i think you have to go right at donald trump's credibility possibly as a commander in chief, which is a tricky thing to do. it has to do with his character, his temperament. can he use some of these smaller issues, like his tax returns, that he's not being up-front or disclosing things, that he might be hiding something to get there, possibly? but it's going to be tricky, that's why the stakes in this debate have so high. >> anderson, i just think that -- >> go ahead. >> i think at this point, after all of these debates and the results that have come in, in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, nevada, boy, what more is there to be said here? i think people

think got a picture of donald trump. that's what they got for their $36,000. >> and they actually did a very good job. and i've won most of the lawsuits. >> senator rubio, you accused senator cruz in a previous debate of lying when he said that you said one thing in spanish and another one in english. so in what sense did he lie? >> because it is not true that i'm not going to get rid of daka. you read out the transcript in spanish. i said it will have to end. that point will be when i eliminate the executive order. those people will not be allowed to renew those orders. i don't think we should be taking new enrollees in the program now. that is how the program ends and how you wind it down. you allow the people who are on it, when the program expires they cannot renew it and it goes' way, but i will cancel the executive order as soon as i step foot in the office. >> he lied 100%. >> you lied about the polish workers. you lied to students of trump university. he lied 38 years ago. i guess there's a statute of limitation

donald trump's momentum is going to feed -- i will tell you voters who don't like donald trump many of them are going to become resigned to the fact that he may be the nomination. that is a big dynamic and challenge that so many other campaigns are going to have to fight against. >> in terms of entuchl, there's a lot of enthusiasm for donald trump and if it's about getting new voters in, is there more enthusiasm on the republican side than the democratic side right now. >> there may be, but he's talking about how he's broken through, he hasn't broken through, he's broken through psyche lolgicily. you have a front-runner who was threatening to punch in the face at his own rally. why should we talk about it, he's done so many other crazy things. he gains momentum by lowering the resistance to outrageous stuff. >> punching is a softer verb. >> we have to take a quick break. more ahead. all her aches and pains. and i said "come to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me and you girl, me and you

. >> i want to go to donald trump and rubio. now, you know, donald trump is donald trump. he's kind of a showman, and i want to be clear, he's a friend of mine, but i never expected rubio to get in that mode and you know, is it entertaining for republicans, or are they turned off by it? >> well, i think most people saw that debate as the worst version of a jerry springer show, but the reality is look, it doesn't change the dynamics of this race. the dynamics of this race are the same. for someone to beat donald trump they have to start getting victories and have to start collecting more delegates -- >> okay, but rubio hasn't won a thing and is not projected to win florida, his own state. so why is the establishment so dug in against donald trump? >> well, judge, your term is establishment. i don't know what that means. this week, two congressmen came out for donald trump. >> two? the guy has won three of four primaries. >> right. i hear you. we have had donors call us and say how do they reach out to the trump campaign. scott brown came out a couple weeks ago. >> phil, i'm

and donald started it. but marco has the policy prescriptions to fix the country. >> but, you know what i think? the criticism is that as governor christie says is that he talks but what's he done? >> but, you look at what he did as leader of the house in florida, i mean, they did tax reform. i mean, they did tax reform. they balanced the budget. they did education reform. and they didn't use common core. i mean, he has a great record. what has donald trump done in the sense of politics and prescriptions and fixing it. greta, we have a crisis. >> what he would say is that he is good at organization. built a business. get rid of waste and fraud and fix our infrastructure. >> you have a business based on fraud. when you are going to use illegals to build trump tower number one or say i'm going to support the american worker but i'm going to have my ties made over in mexico you are being dishonest. we are concerned about a crisis in conservatism. 43% of millennials believe in socialism. the problem is populism

donald trump and me. we are the only candidates have been donald trump and the only candidate that can be donald trump. >> it doesn't go to a two person race that they are afterwards? >> we will see what the results are but we will come out of supertuesday seeing a meaningful difference in the delegate allegation and look at republican primary voters, 65% of primary voters nationwide don't believe donald trump is the best candidate to go head to head with hillary. we saw why last night. donald trump and hillary's policy views on issue after issue are in distinguishable on foreign policy. donald trump agreed with hillary on the catastrophic libya policy that led to ben dr. oz, handing that country to radical islamic terrorists. donald trump agreed with hillary supporting john kerry, and the disastrous foreign policy of john kerry has dramatically undermined the nation of israel. donald trump on foreign policy agreed with hillary clinton that america should be neutral between israel and the palestinians. i

donald trump. his double-difficult win over marco rubio and ted cruz in south carolina, a possible delegate sweep, kills off the campaign of jeb bush. puts him in a powerful position. no republican who has won both new hampshire and south carolina has ever lost the nomination. the big question for so many in the gop today, a question unimaginable one year ago. can donald trump be stopped? he joins us live in a moment. first, jon karl brings us the results of the biggest day yet in this campaign. good morning, jon. >> good morning, george. american politics. what once seemed utterly impossible is one step closer to reality. hillary clinton could be facing off against donald trump this fall for the presidency of the united states. with his big win in south carolina, donald trump took command. >> this is nothing easy about running for president. i can tell you. it's tough. it's nasty. it's mean. it's vicious. it's beautiful. [ laughter ] when you win, it's beautiful. >> reporter: trump's back-to-back

donald trump can do that. but people are tired of the 12-point visions that never get implemented or put in practice. people want strength more so than 12-point plans. >> i'm not asking for a 12-point plan. i'm asking for two or three more points about the health plan. >> absolutely. let's pivot to the tax plan where he says anyone under -- >> no, i'm talking about the health plan. >> those are the two key prongs of his plan. repeal -- okay, the health plan, repeal obamacare. replace it across state lines. that's all he needs to put forth at this time. >> two. >> those are the two prongs of the policy. you can go to his website to find the detailed nitty-gritty. >> you know what the point is. he's not winning or fighting this fight on the basis of policy. that's not what he's offering right now. what he's offering is an antidote to the process. if he maintains this position and he becomes the nominee, everything changes in the general. just looking at hillary clinton or bernie sanders and telling them how much

the only campaign, the only candidate that has beaten donald trump and that can beat donald trump is our campaign and on super tuesday i hope and believe conservatives will get behind our campaign because if you are one of the 65% of republicans that does not want to see trump as our nominee or a blow out in november, i ask you to come support us and stand with us because that is the only way to stop donald is to stand together behind our campaign. >> in are problems in terms of your support. you are running as a social conservative and political outsider but i will put up troubling numbers for you from the south carolina exit polls. trump beat you among evangelicals 34% to 26% and among voteers who say they want the next president to be from "outside the political establishment," they went for trump, 63% to 13%. isn't donald trump beating you, senator, at your own game? >> a primary is an extended conversation and donald trump has told us many, many times in his own words, seven months ago, he said, he was a member of establishment. we saw the debate this past week where donald laid

donald talks about immigration. in the 2013 battle over amnesty. against the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. five of the eight members from donald trump. you can't fund open border democrats and say you're going to secure the border and stop illegal immigration. >> you have made that point for weeks. it doesn't seem to be sticking. why not? >> listen, i think we're seeing real movement in the polls. we won in iowa. i think on super tuesday, we'll have a good night. it was striking at the debate this week, when donald trump does agreed with me. number one, on israel. he said america should be neutral between israel and the palestinians. i strongly disagree. if i'm president, america will stand unapologetically with israel. willing to cut deals. compromise. i'll tell you right now. i'll tell the people at home. i'm not going to compromise on the bill of rights. i'm not going to bargain away your second amendment rights and sit down with harry reid or chuck schumer and agree on s

hillary clinton and donald trump. information. hillary clinton and donald trump. we need to make sure we get that. we have a candidate that's being accused of fraud. with trump university. him. we're seeing things with donald trump with no answers. i have seen him talk about being for universal health care. wanting to do things. he's not giving us the answers for it. he'll make the republican party question who we are and what that's something we don't want to see happen. >> you heard governor chris tee say he thinks donald trump is the only candidate left in the clinton. >> it's that's just not true. chris is a dear friend. did this. i will tell you, donald trump can't beat hillary clinton. his cap is at 35%. his negatives are so high. it's impossible for him to win a general. marco rubio is the only one that can defeat donald trump and can beat hillary clinton. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much, george. >>> now to the democrats after her massive win in south carolina last night, hillary clinton set her sights on the general election. >> despite w

so donald, i would encourage you. if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it is defamation, file a lawsuit. >> our chief political analyst, gloria borger, is with us you no. she was over there at the cruz conference in seneca, south carolina. gloria, let me play a bit of that ad that cruz is talking about. and then we'll discuss. >> sure. >> i'm ted cruz and i approve this message. >> life, marriage, religious liberty. the second amendment. we're just one supreme court justice away from losing them all. >> would president trump ban partial birth abortion? >> look, i'm very pro choice. >> but you would not ban it. >> no. i am pro choice in every respect. >> we cannot trust donald trump with these serious decisions. >> all right. gloria, the -- cruz went on to say, if there is this lawsuit, he would welcome the fact to depose trump under oath. and he said look what it did for bill clinton when he was under oath. he was making a similar analogy to donald trump right now. a really dramatic escalation i

and head-to-head 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 we've gotten in the mess we're in now is republicans who've cut deals with democrats, grow the debt, grow government and give away our constitutional rights, a contrast between deaak 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 he's president he'll cut a deal with harry reid and chuck schumer and give away your constitutional rights. >> let me end where we began, if you are third in delegates wednesday morning, do you reassess your candidacy? >> well, listen, i don't intend to be third in delegates. i don't believe i am. i think that may be a qu

if you want to beat donald demonstrated we can beat donald trump. i'll tell you, going into super tuesday, i think we're positioned, nine days from today, to have an amazing day. our base on the ground is strong. listen, republicans want a real conservative. they don't want someone like donald trump who supported john kerry, jimmy carter, hillary clinton. who supported expanding obamacare into socialized medicine. supported the wall street bailouts. the obama stimulus. they want, instead, someone who will stand up to the washington deals. >> we'll be watching. senator cruz, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, george. >>> much more ahead with the powerhouse "roundtable." and reince priebus. is he prepared for a brokered convention? we'll ask him next. (vo) if you have type 2 diabetes, you may know what it's like to deal with high... once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your bod

the great donald trump. the great donald trump. [applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal.

neil: donald trump's attacks -- you take -- >> i am not going to judge donald trump in terms of whether he is a christian or not. some of the things he does may not be suggestive of christianity but then again all of us have weaknesses and shortcomings. that is what it is all about. neil: kind of like for the pope, who are you to judge, very deft handling of that question. thank you very much. good talking to you, dr. ben carson. this is just coming from the new york times on the presidential race questioning the very pointed harsh criticism of donald trump's campaign for deporting more illegal immigrants. i don't know if it is a game changer, the environment and how we handle illegals and refugees in general. >> i don't see it putting up and in his support. the people who are supporting him for the most part have made up their minds, they like what he is saying and i just don't see a religious figure had changing their mind to specialty when the pope has been perhaps less reluctant to wait in on political matters. he spoke before congress. we have been hearing a lot of political talk,

in the city is too tough on donald. the riley ali is they are adapting and going after trump in a way that was probably not part of the blueprint from the developed the plan early on. i'm not going to comment on individual jokes. i'm simply saying for the first time someone is eating a trump's grill, getting in his head. when he starts reading these tweets about donald trump's spelling last week, and donald is deleting these tweets. you see this is moving up. but that is not the rubio branscum and even a single rant. i do not think that one of the day will push you over. >> for the first time, the press carrying rubio's rally live. this ping-pong match is turning into a two-man race. john: go to your corners. we will be back. [laughter] harold ford junior, danny senior. we'll talk about the democratic race after this. ♪ persone're back with the many in memphis called junior, and former mitt romney advisor danny senior. housee talked about secretary clinton's fortunes have turned. what can she do now to take advantage

donald trump has not released so much as a paper clip. donald needs to release his taxes. mitt romney this week -- 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, i'm happy to release everything i've released for five years. we just matched what the o poens 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 there's a bombshell there. and it's natural to wonder, well, what is it that he's hiding in his taxes? maybe it's that donald trump doesn't earn nearly as much as he has so loudly told everyone. maybe he's not as rich as he says he is. who knows. maybe it's the case that mitt romney is richer than donald trump. he can answer that by releasing his taxes. on the other hand maybe it's the case that he has given large sums of money to left wing groups like planned parenthood. you know, he praises planned parenthood in the debates over and over again. maybe he's been a big financial

. >> donald, donald, i understand rules are very hard for you. you're have been ve confused. >> tv show -- >> donald. >> thank you for the book. thank you for the book. >> go ahead. >> donald, you can get back in the -- >> a lot of photos. i have to tell you. >> donald, relax. >> i'm relaxed. you're basket case. >> okay, so donald trump ended the exchange calling ted cruz a basket case, but you know, not many people are really mentioning ted cruz today. i find that intriguing. because cruz was also on the attack. at many points, amy, he seemed like a third wheel in attacking donald trump and donald trump attacking marco rubio. >> yeah, i think it was a very interesting exchange between the three of them. agreed, the other two candidates didn't seem to get the same amount of time. but i know that ted cruz feels very comfortable here in texas. he definitely has the home field advantage. the support of our governor and our former governor and our lieutenant governor as well. obviously the polls vary. some show him ten points ahead, some in a tie. i'

a picture of donald trump. he says signing a recent tax return next to, as you can see a pile of papers that looks at least three feet high. this started after mitt romney, the 2012 republican nominee, who trump endorsed back then, called on trump and all of the candidates in the race to release their tax returns. romney says that there could be a bombshell hidden in those returns for trump, since trump has resisted releasing his returns to this point. let me bring in right now senator lindsay graham, a former republican presidential candidate. a man who has no love lost with donald trump, as we well now. senator, it's great to see you. >> i think donald trump will be the gold standard for stupid republican candidates. i just want to be on the record for that. >> you are on the record saying that, senator. so to the issue at hand right now. mitt romney says there is reason to believe there could be a bombshell in these returns. what do you know? >> well, i know that he's not going to turn them over, and in 2015

this help donald trump? agon again, it turns the subject to illegal immigration. a strong suit for donald trump and those who support him. >> in the short term, this is a bonanza. manna from heaven for donald trump. most of the republican base anywhere, but especially in the south, supports donald trump. when he says build a wall. do they think mexico is going to pay for it? we can have a separate debate about that. he says we'll secure the border, absolutely. and having a fight with vicente fox only helps donald trump. does trump have a longer term demographic problem if he is the nominee with latino voters? sure. he does. in the short term, donald trump is trying to win the republican nomination. any time he's having a conversation about illegal imgraduation and hgragss and hin is a victory for donald trump. >> how big a deal was that endorsement today? not only from anybody but governor christie could be a powerful ally for trump on the campaign trail. >> i think it was a very big deal. we're talking abou