And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Donald trump calls Hillary Clinton a liar and says shes, quote, guilty as hell. The very part he wants to represent in november against her. The Republican Party says the gop delegate system is rigged against him. This after colorado awards you have a of its delegates to ted cruz without a single voter casting a ballot. Trump with new yorks all important primary one week from today. And he has a dominant lead in new york. His home state could deliver his first win by an outright majority of more than 50 percent. Phil mattingly is here with more. Reporter good morning carol. It would really set the path to reaching the magic number, 1237 the number needed to secure the delegation before the convention. But donald trump has to deal with the rules. As the rigged, disgusting, dirty system. Donald trump, sounding off. Its a fix. They are going to do it by delegate. Oh isnt that nice. Criticizing the primary system in colorado after losing all 34 state delegates to ted cruz over the weekend. Rnc chairman Reince Priebus taking to twitter to defend the process writing the rules were set last year. Nothing mysterious. Nothing new. The rules have not changed. Ted cruz also responding to trumps frustration at a rally in california. Donald, it aint stealing when the voters vote against you. It is the voters reclaiming this country and reclaiming iing san and blaming his losses on the faults of his own campaign. It is not based on the people. Donald is about donald. John kasich acknowledging the complex delegate rules in a cnn town hall last night. A bizarre process. Im not really in the middle of it. Colorado just the latest state where trump has been outmaneuvered by cruz in key delegate fights. When everything is done i find out i get less delegates than this guy that got his ass kicked, okay . Give me a break. Trump looking to new york to shift the tide back in his favor. Hes lyin ted cruz, remember that. And he doesnt not like the people of new york. Even though his own children missed the registration deadline and wont be able to vote for their father in his home state. They were, you know, unaware of the rules. I think they have to register a year in advance and they didnt. So eric and ivanka i guess wont be voting. So donald trump minus at least two votes in the state of new york. But look, donald trump obviously in a very good position for that primary just a week from today. 95 delegates at stake. Trumps advisors say hell win a good portion for them. But the real question remains the ground operation. Ted cruz out maneuvering them. You see the frustration out of trump. But his team needs to work hard to right the ship. Thanks so much. As donald trump criticizes the delegate system, rival john kasich says the whole process is bizarre. During cnns town hall kasich said he believes the nomination will not be decided until the convention and when that happens the delegates will be on his side. Were reaching out anderson, all over. And it is a bizarre process. For a month ive been saying were going to a convention and the key is delegate growth. But we are certainly not going to use gestapo tactics. Its a skrcrum. It will become a serious matter and its all about the delegatings. And you believe in the second round or the third round. Just like lincoln. It is going to go to go you do. Yeah i think i dont know how many rounds it is going to take. But look. If im the only one who can win in the fall, how do you pick somebody else . Lets bring in cnn executive editor sorry i messed occupy your title mark preston. But thats because im so confused by john kasich. What is he hoping for . Hes looking for donald trump and to go into cleveland so bloodied and battered that he could be the unifier that the Establishment Republicans will get behind. Now when we look at the Republican National convention by and large it really is the establishment. There are grassroots activists that make up the delegates but the rules were created by the establishment, voted on by the grassroots. But the fact of the matter is john kasich is just hoping that these two men are so injured that he could become the unifier in the end. So it is possible that he could be the nominee. And the other question i have of course is donald trump says open to the idea of john kasich being his Vice President. But would that really happen . Couple of things. One it is possible for anyone to become the republican nominee if they are to change the rules the week before the convention which would allow anyones name to be put into the nomination. John kasich is hoping that rule gets changed in order for that to happen. Now if that doesnt happen and he were put into the mix to be Vice President , he says hes not so keen on that idea. Lets hear what he said last night. Said that he likes you, he likes marco rubio and kind of named you in a list of people he might even consider for Vice President. Are you asking me if i would be his Vice President sh. Would you . Zero. Zero. Absolutely not. I would be the worst Vice President the country ever saw. Do you know why . Because im not like a Vice President. Im a president. You dont want to be second fiddle. Well it is not so much about that anderson. Im running for the top job and if i dont get the top job im still governor of ohio. Mayor koch ran for governor of new york and didnt win. And they asked what he did and he said im still mayor of new york city and that aint bad. Im not even thinking that way because i believe at the end of the day our crowds are growing in greece new york we had four thousand people on saturday. For the first time the people are starting to hear the message that i have and were growing. So im optimistic going forward. And then you had john kasich saying he would not be interested in being vp but of course he has to say this at this time in the campaign. One thing to keep in mind though. John kasich has a lot of experience in washington. Lot of executive experience. 18 electoral votes in ohio. Very important a Battle Ground state. If john kasich were on the ticket he would be an asset to whoever the republican nominee is. Mark preston, thanks so much. Kasich says the way we elect president ial nominees is bizarre and you can understand why. The candidates not only have to persuade you to vote for them but the delegates too. And right now the fight for delegates seems way more important than your vote does. So lets bring in our guests to talk about that. Scotty nell hughes, bob barr, and john avalon. Welcome all of you. So mr. Trump accuses senator cruz of luring delegates with crooked shenanigans. There is no evidence of that but what is to stop cruz or trump from plying delegates with gifts to buy favor . Very little. God forbid anyone invoke shenanigans in politics. But this is a very murky process and the rules are the rules. You have to work the rules the way they are. Crying about it is not going to help you. But donald trump has a point. The system is rigged. And that is a function of the federalized rules of the different states. And if one thing is going to come out of this race, it should be a new move towards election reform with more openness, transparence and accountability across the board. Because this system is designed to be rigged by party bosses and Party Activists and that is a big problem in the politics thats led to these insane candidates, frankly. With that in mind scottie, when mr. Trump is ordered supporters to refrain from offering gifts or money for their support. I dont think he would encourage or give a refrain. You said held not refrain. He cant help what the people are doing. I dont think hes going to be one of those to wine and dine his delegates. I dont think that is the way he plays. I think that is maybe in business. But in politics hes been non traditional and if that is hes also a businessman. And you can do that in business. But he hasnt taken some of the same things we see in business that apply in politics. If hes sitting here and hes sitting here talking about being transparent and ted cruz did a great job in colorado. He got his delegate job. I think he was ready to fight the establishment when it came to the convention in colorado. But instead he got a conservative. And i think it is interesting to sit here and watch these delegates sit here that were organized back in august. And mr. Trump be kind of shocked they werent able to get much of a play in colorado when those of us watching the rules in if fall said were going to have an issue in colorado with if we dont look at the delegates being recruited by those within the Cruz Campaign. The fec it doesnt require delegates to disclose individual contributions. So even if a campaign offered gifts or money we would never know, right . I really think this is all kind of over rated. What senator cruz did in colorado has nothing to do with offering gifts or, you know, offering to fly somebody on a plane or giving them a coffee cup or what not. It has to do with one thing and one thing only. And that is the Cruz Campaign understands the rules, worked within the rules and works hard. And wins delegates that way. That is really what this is all about. And the Trump Campaign simply didnt do that. I know i cant get off this topic john but i want to ask one more question about the delegates and the money and contributions. What do you expect will happen . Will we see donors offering swag bags to delegates or free plane rides or maybe a great bottle of wine . Look. This is going to be a total political flree for all. And that is fun to cover. This is going to be an all out street fight for delegates on the way to cleveland. And right now the Cruz Campaign has outorganized the Trump Campaign. No question about that. So you are going to see effectively an arms race to sway delegates. Otherwise they are going to have more unforced errors like colorado going forward. Lets talk about john kasich for a minute. Because he was with his family last night at cnns town hall. He showed a much softer side. And id like to listen to this exchange. He just tries to tell jokes that he thinks are funny but [ laughter ] theyre mostly just funny to us because theyre dumb. He also thinks hes a really good dancer. Uhoh. North south. North south, thats exactly right. Wait, north south is his move. Well you have to go north and south. You cant do this over bite. You have to go north south. Wow. Yeah its very and im really, really good. Ha ha, just kidding. Dont you think reese . Ive gotten better. Yeah but you are not going to go on dancing with the stars. All right and well get a chance to see the whole trump family tonight. Scotty, john kasich said he wouldnt even consider being Donald TrumpsVice President. Do you think donald trump is serious when he says he would like to invite john kasich on his ticket . I think he might have. Hes actually been very praising of governor kasich and some of the things hes done. Hes also been very critical. I dont think that was a good response for somebody whos in third place to say that he would have nothing to do with being the Vice President. I think that was not really necessarily a wise thing for him to say. I think what we saw last night was the softer side. The sears side of john kasich. But were not electing someone whos a good father. What were electing is someone that has a proven success and somebody that can take something thats been absolutely abysmal and like our United States economy and build it into the something great and that is what mr. Trump has the track Railroad Record of doing and the majority of republicans are supporting him. Let me ask you this. John kasich, hes determined to stay in the race. There is no possible way he can get enough delegates to win. It is just not possible. So is he hoping that ted cruz and donald trump will just blow up and be so bloodied along the way, as mark preston suggested, that john kasich will just shoot right in there, you know, on the third ballot at the delegation or at the Convention Rather . If that is what john kasich is hoping for i think hes doomed to be very disappointed at the convention. The way things are shaping up, the two front runners, donald trump and senator cruz are going to enter the convention in cleveland way far ahead of john kasich. There are various other candidate candidates including marco rubio for example, who already has more delegates committed to him than john kasich does. Who will be jokie i jockeying t say in the eventual nominee. But if the republican reaches that far down to john kasich and overlooks senator cruz, for example on a second or third ballot, which will probably be the decisive ballot, then i think they would be making a very serious mistake and it would probably doom the republican candidate t republican nominee to failure. In the fall. Carol this notion that kasich keeps throwing around that hes the only one that can beat hillary is just nonsense. John, last word. Yeah look, bob. It is based in just headtohead polling, john kasich had been doing better headtohead against hint, beating her. Than trump or cruz for a lock time. And the fact hes languishing in third says more about the Republican Party and less about about his strength of a candidate. Against a one term senator and a celebrity demagogue. Ignoring [ inaudible ]. Off center that the most qualified guy to win who does the best in the general election is having a hard time breaking in. That is a mark of the problem with the Republican Party right now, not necessarily john kasich as the candidate. I have to leave it there. Thanks to all of you. Cnns republican president ial town hall is with the candidates and their families continue tonight. 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Donald trump, wand family will take questions from the voters of new york. Only on cnn. And tomorrow night it is ted and heidi cruzs turn. Still to come. Fending off jabs from all sides. Is there one that wont go away she needs to answer . From bank of america to buy a new gym bag. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time and 2 back at the grocery store. 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But shes going to have to live with that when she runs. Because Everybody Knows that she is guilty as hell. Okay . Cris frates in rochester with mor on this. Good morning. Good morning carol. Hints and hint are going at it like two cats in a bag, slamming each other on gun, wall street and policy positions. Hillary clinton putting o new spin on an old dig. Saying a lot of guns coming out of vermont are being used in new york and suggesting that sanders is having trouble dealing with the spotlight of that famously aggressive new York City Press corps. I have noticed that under the bright spotlight and scrutiny here in new york senator sanders has had trouble answering questions. Hes had trouble answering questions about his core issue. Now Bernie Sanders is firing back, slamming clinton for giving six figure speeches to wall street firms and questioning her judgment, including her vote for the iraq war. That is a vote Hillary Clinton has since said was a mistake but this doesnt seem to be hurting her at all here in new york. Looetd leading by double digits. In fact shes starting to take aim at republicans. And both donald trump and ted cruz are firing back. Her whole life has been a big, fat, beautiful life. Its been a terrible, terrible lie. Everything about her is a lie. I do have good news for hillarys legal team. Going forward, hillary is going to be able to use any email server she would like. Because she will never again be an employee of the United States government. Reporter with only a week to go till the crucial new york primary, Hillary Clinton is taking and receiving fire in all directions, carol. Things are really starting to heat up on the campaign trail. Were getting ready to hear from